Patent application EP16202850A (EP), filed 2016-12-08
Publication number: EP3260972A1
Title: CONTROL DEVICE, PROCESSING APPARATUS SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM
Abstract: [0001]    A control device includes: a receiving unit that receives a request for processing; and a control unit that, in a case where the receiving unit receives a plurality of requests for processing from a plurality of places, controls a traveling route of a processing apparatus based on traveling time taken for the processing apparatus to travel to the plurality of places and processing time taken for the processing apparatus to finish the processing after traveling.
IPC codes: G05D   1/    02            A I
G06F   3/    12            A I
G01C  21/    20            A I
G06Q  30/    06            A I
Claims: number: 1
text: A control device comprising:
number: 2
text: The control device according to claim 1,
wherein the control unit controls the traveling route of the processing apparatus such that average wait time becomes shortest, the average wait time being an average of waiting time at each of the plurality of places.
number: 3
text: The control device according to claim 1,
wherein the receiving unit further receives priorities of a plurality of requests for processing, and
the control unit controls the traveling route of the processing apparatus further based on the priorities.
number: 4
text: The control device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
wherein the processing apparatus is an image forming apparatus, and
the receiving unit receives a request for image forming processing.
number: 5
text: The control device according to claim 4,
wherein the control unit estimates the processing time based on a number of items of printed matter, a number of pages in an item of printed matter, a type of printing, or a past record.
number: 6
text: A processing apparatus system comprising:
number: 7
text: A program causing a computer to execute:
Office action: search_report, dated 2017-12-27
Rejection reasons: novelty_epc_54
Prior art cited: ref_id: JP2001125646A
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: JP2001125646A
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: US2015378652A1
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: JP2001125646
ref_type: patent
severity: novelty_destroying
ref_id: US2015378652
ref_type: patent
severity: background
Final disposition: pending (2017-12-27)