System, method and device for folding subjects

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11037176-B2
Application number	US-201615577473-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 27, 2016
Priority date	May 29, 2015
Publication date	Jun 15, 2021
Grant date	Jun 15, 2021

Abstract

A server device is provided with: a receiver that receives subject data that are transmitted from one or more folding devices for folding subjects and that include related data on the subjects which are read from the subjects by the folding devices; a storage unit that stores aggregate data obtained by aggregating the subject data; an analyzer that performs an analysis on predetermined data contained in the aggregate data; and a provider that provides a result of the analysis by the analyzer to a predetermined information processing device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A server device, comprising:
a central processing unit (CPU);
a receiver that receives subject data for each of a plurality of types of subjects, which are generated by and transmitted from one or more folding machines for folding subjects and that include related data on the subjects which are read from the subjects by a reading device of the one or more folding machines,
wherein the one or more folding machines (i) fold the subjects using one or more folding subject processing operations, (ii) read identification data from the subjects while folding the subjects, and (iii) generate the subject data, based on the identification data, including data related to a number of the folding subject processing operations and data indicating a result of a determination made by the one or more folding machines on whether each folding subject is ongoingly used by a user or not by determining a count value within a predetermined time frame;
a storage unit that stores aggregate data obtained by aggregating the subject data indicative of the folding subject processing operations, wherein the aggregate data includes for each of the types of the subjects:
first data indicating a result of aggregation of a total number of folding subject processing operations for subjects indicated as not ongoingly used,
second data indicating an average of the total number of folding subject processing operations for subjects indicated as not ongoingly used, and
third data indicating an average of a number of folding subject processing operations for each of a plurality of predetermined periods;

an analyzer that filters and extracts data corresponding to one type of among the types of the subjects contained in the aggregated data to perform an analysis on extracted data wherein the analyzer uses the third data to analyze a usage timing at which each of the subjects is used and a number of times each of the subjects is used at the corresponding usage timing, and uses the first data or the second data to determine durability of each of the subjects indicated as not ongoingly used by the user; and
a provider that provides a result of the analysis by the analyzer to a predetermined information processing device.

2. The server device according to claim 1 , wherein the related data include at least one of the following: data on a sales company selling the subjects, identification information of the subjects, data on types of the subjects, data on purchase dates of the subjects, and data on users who use the subjects.

3. The server device according to claim 1 , wherein the subject data include at least one of the following: a number of processing performed on each of the subjects by the folding machine for each predetermined period, a total number of processing operations performed on each of the subjects by the folding machine, and data indicating whether the subjects are ongoingly used or not.

4. The server device according to claim 1 , wherein the subject data include data relating to folding of the subjects, and the analyzer performs an analysis concerning the subjects by using the data relating to folding of the subjects.

5. The server device according to claim 4 , wherein the data relating to folding of the subjects include at least one of the following with regard to each of the subjects: data on stains, data on damage, data on wrinkles, data on a shape change, data on color loss, data on color transfer, and data on weight.

6. A data providing method executed by a computer, the method comprising the steps of:
receiving subject data for each of a plurality of types of subjects, which are generated by and transmitted from one or more folding machines for folding subjects and that include related data on the subjects which are read from the subjects by a reading device on the one or more folding machines, wherein the one or more folding machines (i) fold the subjects using one or more folding subject processing operations, (ii) read identification data from the subjects while folding the subjects, and (iii) generate the subject data, based on the identification data, including data related to a number of the folding subject processing operations and data indicating a result of a determination made by the one or more folding machines on whether each folding subject is ongoingly used by a user or not by determining a count value within a predetermined time frame;
storing, in a storage unit, aggregate data obtained by aggregating the subject data indicative of the folding subject processing operations, wherein the aggregate data includes for each of the types of the subjects:
first data indicating a result of aggregation of a total number of folding subject processing operations for subjects indicated as not ongoingly used,
second data indicating an average of the total number of folding subject processing operations for subjects indicated as not ongoingly used, and
third data indicating an average of a number of folding subject processing operations for each of a plurality of predetermined periods;

filtering and extracting data corresponding to one type of among the types of the subjects contained in the aggregated data to perform an analysis on extracted data, wherein the third data is used to analyze a usage timing at which each of the subjects is used and a number of times each of the subjects is used at the corresponding usage timing, and the first data or the second data is used to determine durability of each of the subjects indicated as not ongoingly used by the user; and
providing a result of the analysis to a predetermined information processing device.

7. A data processing system in which one or more folding machines for folding a plurality of types of subjects and a server device are connected by a network, the data processing system comprising:
one or more folding machines that (i) fold subjects using one or more folding subject processing operations, (ii) read identification data from the subjects while folding the subjects, which are read from the subjects by a reading device on the one more folding machines and (iii) generate subject data, based on the identification data, indicating the folding subject processing operations;
a transmitter that transmits, to the server device, subject data generated by the one or more folding machines, for each of a plurality of predetermined periods;
a receiver that receives the subject data generated by and transmitted by the transmitter;
a storage unit that stores aggregate data obtained by aggregating the subject data including data related to the number of the folding subject processing operations and data indicating a result of a determination made by the one or more folding machines on whether each folding subject is ongoingly used by a user or not by determining a count value within a predetermined time frame, wherein the aggregate data includes for each of the types of the subjects:
first data indicating a result of aggregation of a total number of folding subject processing operations for subjects indicated as not ongoingly used,
second data indicating an average of the total number of folding subject processing operations for subjects indicated as not ongoingly used, and
third data indicating an average of a number of folding subject processing operations for each predetermined period;

an analyzer that filters and extracts data corresponding to one type of among the types of the subjects contained in the aggregated data to perform an analysis on extracted data, wherein the analyzer uses the third data to analyze a usage timing at which each of the subjects is used and a number of times each of the subjects is used at the corresponding usage timing, and uses the first data or the second data to determine durability of

Assignees

• Seven Dreamers Laboratories Inc
• Panasonic Corp
• Daiwa House Ind
• Sbi Ventures Two Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sakane Shinichi
• Kitagawa Hiroshi

Classifications

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