Patent ID: 8259323

Claim:
A mobile print planning system for making a mobile print plan comprising: a first mobile object having a first operation execution unit performing a printing operation of printing pages of a book; a second mobile object communicably connected to the first mobile object, the second mobile object having a second operation execution unit performing a book-binding operation on printed pages of the book, the book-binding operation being performed subsequent to the printing operation, wherein the mobile print plan instructs the first mobile object to perform the printing operation and to transfer the pages of the book to the second mobile object and instructs the second mobile object to perform the book binding operation and to deliver the book resulting from the printing operation and the book binding operation to a predetermined delivery destination, wherein the first mobile object is a first vehicle that is configured to perform the printing operation and does not perform the book-binding operation, and the second object is a second vehicle that is configured to perform the book-binding operation and does not perform the printing operation; the system further comprising: a delivery instruction information acquisition unit acquiring delivery instruction information including a print job, the print job including specifications of the printing operation, the book-binding operation, a location of the delivery destination and a delivery deadline; and a management unit making a movement plan and an operation execution plan based on the delivery instruction information, the management unit determining a route for the first moving object, a route for the second moving object, and a joining point for the first moving object and the second moving object, wherein the joining point defines a location determined by the management unit where the first moving object and the second moving object meet, such that the pages of the book printed during the printing operation are transferred from the first moving object to the second moving object so that the book binding operation is performed on the printed pages, and wherein the location of the joining point is based on a location of the first moving object, a location of the second moving object, processing capabilities of the first moving object, and processing capabilities of the second moving object.