Sheet processing system and sheet processing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10059531-B2
Application number	US-201715633818-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 27, 2017
Priority date	Sep 9, 2015
Publication date	Aug 28, 2018
Grant date	Aug 28, 2018

Abstract

A sheet processing system comprising:
a plurality of sheet processing apparatuses; a conveying unit conveying a container containing a plurality of sheets; a distribution unit for distributing the container to any one of the plurality of sheet processing apparatuses; an identification information reading unit for obtaining identification information from the container; a communication unit for receiving information about the paper sheets contained in the container; and a controller for controlling a distribution destination of the container, on the basis of information about processing situations of the plurality of sheet processing apparatuses, the identification information about the container, and the information about the sheets contained in the container.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sheet processing method, comprising:
receiving a container containing a plurality of sheets;
obtaining identification information about the container from the container and obtaining information about the sheets contained in the container; and
controlling a distribution destination of the sheets, on the basis of information about processing situations of a plurality of sheet processing apparatuses and the information about the sheets contained in the container,
wherein the information about processing situations includes a number of receivable sheets, and the information about the sheets includes a number of the sheets.

2. The sheet processing method according to claim 1 , wherein the sheets are distributed to any one of the plurality of sheet processing apparatuses.

3. The sheet processing method according to claim 1 , wherein the sheets are accumulated in any one of the sheet processing apparatuses.

4. The sheet processing method according to claim 1 , wherein a vacant container is conveyed to a vacant container accumulation unit, and the conveyed container is distributed to any one of the sheet processing apparatuses.

5. The sheet processing method according to claim 1 , wherein sheets having a requested specification are loaded to the container, and information capable of identifying the container is recorded to the container.

6. The sheet processing method according to claim 1 , wherein sheets having a requested specification are loaded to the container, and information capable of identifying the container is recorded to the container, and the identification information about the container and a processing result are transmitted via a communication unit.

7. The sheet processing method according to claim 1 , wherein sheets having a requested specification are loaded to the container, and the sheets are distributed to a delivery container accumulation unit in accordance with a delivery destination.

8. The sheet processing method according to claim 1 , wherein information is receive and/or transmitted to/from an Automated Teller Machine of banknotes.

9. The sheet processing method according to claim 1 , wherein the sheets are taken into the sheet processing apparatus automatically.

10. The sheet processing method according to claim 1 , wherein the sheet processing apparatus including a plurality of accumulation units, and performing fixing processing and auto assign processing whose type of accumulation sheet is automatically changed.

11. A sheet processing method, comprising:
receiving a container containing a plurality of sheets;
obtaining identification information about the container from the container and obtaining information about the sheets contained in the container;
selecting a sheet processing apparatus from a plurality of sheet processing apparatuses, on the basis of information about processing situations of the plurality of sheet processing apparatuses and the information about the sheets contained in the container;
conveying the sheets to the selected sheet processing apparatus; and
processing the sheets in the selected sheet processing apparatus,
wherein the information about processing situations includes number of receivable sheets, and the information about the sheets includes number of the sheets.

12. The sheet processing method according to claim 11 , wherein the sheets are distributed to any one of the plurality of sheet processing apparatuses.

13. The sheet processing method according to claim 11 , wherein the sheets are accumulated in any one of the sheet processing apparatuses.

14. The sheet processing method according to claim 11 , wherein a vacant container is conveyed to a vacant container accumulation unit, and the conveyed container is distributed to any one of the sheet processing apparatuses.

15. The sheet processing method according to claim 11 , wherein sheets having a requested specification are loaded to the container, and information capable of identifying the container is recorded to the container.

16. The sheet processing method according to claim 11 , wherein sheets having a requested specification are loaded to the container, and information capable of identifying the container is recorded to the container, and the identification information about the container and a processing result are transmitted via a communication unit.

17. The sheet processing method according to claim 11 , wherein sheets having a requested specification are loaded to the container, and the sheets are distributed to a delivery container accumulation unit in accordance with a delivery destination.

18. The sheet processing method according to claim 11 , wherein information is receive and/or transmitted to/from an Automated Teller Machine of banknotes.

19. The sheet processing method according to claim 11 , wherein the sheets are taken into the sheet processing apparatus automatically.

20. The sheet processing method according to claim 11 , wherein the sheet processing apparatus including a plurality of accumulation units, and performing fixing processing and auto assign processing whose type of accumulation sheet is automatically changed.

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk

Inventors

• Nakanishi Ayaka
• Oosawa Hisashi

Classifications

• B65G2203/0216

  Codes or marks on the article · CPC title

• G07D11/0006

  Physics · mapped topic

• G07D11/0045

  Physics · mapped topic

• B65G47/49 Primary

  without bodily contact between article or load carrier and automatic control device {, e.g. the destination marks being electrically or electronically detected} · CPC title

• B65G2201/0285

  Postal items, e.g. letters, parcels · CPC title