Sheet reinspection apparatus, sheet inspection system, and sheet inspection method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9073092-B2
Application number	US-201314025974-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 13, 2013
Priority date	Sep 21, 2012
Publication date	Jul 7, 2015
Grant date	Jul 7, 2015

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a reinspection apparatus which reinspects rejected sheets rejected from sheet processing apparatus configured to convey sheets at first speed, to inspect conveyed sheet in accordance with first determination threshold, and to reject sheets in accordance with an inspection result, reinspection apparatus includes, conveying unit configured to convey taken sheets at second speed lower than first speed, inspection unit configured to inspect sheets conveyed at second speed, determination unit configured to determine whether to reject sheets, and counting unit configured to count sheets which have been determined not to be rejected.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A reinspection apparatus which reinspects rejected sheets rejected from a sheet processing apparatus configured to convey sheets at a first speed, to inspect the conveyed sheet in accordance with a first determination threshold, and to reject the sheets in accordance with an inspection result, the reinspection apparatus comprising:
a taking unit configured to take in, one by one, the sheets as the rejected sheets rejected from the sheet processing apparatus;
a conveying unit configured to convey the taken sheets at a second speed lower than the first speed;
an inspection unit configured to inspect the sheets conveyed at the second speed;
a determination unit configured to determine whether to reject the sheets in accordance with the result of the inspection;
a counting unit configured to count the sheets which have been determined not to be rejected in accordance with the result of the determination; and
an output unit configured to output the result of the counting,
wherein the determination unit comprises a memory configured to store a second determination threshold having a wider acceptance range than the first determination threshold,
the inspection unit retrieves a detection value from the sheets conveyed at the second speed, and
the determination unit determines whether to reject the sheets in accordance with the second determination threshold and the detection value.

2. The reinspection apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the inspection unit retrieves a detection value from the sheets in a smaller period than the sheet processing apparatus.

3. The reinspection apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the inspection unit retrieves detection values of more items from the sheets than the sheet processing apparatus.

4. A sheet inspection system comprising a sheet processing apparatus and a reinspection apparatus which reinspects rejected sheets rejected from the sheet processing apparatus, wherein
the sheet processing apparatus comprises
a first taking unit configured to take in the sheets one by one,
a first conveying unit configured to convey the taken sheets at a first speed,
a first inspection unit configured to inspect the sheets conveyed at the first speed,
a first determination unit configured to determine whether to reject the sheets in accordance with the result of the inspection,
a first counting unit configured to count the sheets which have been determined not to be rejected in accordance with the result of the determination, and
a first output unit configured to output the result of the counting, and
the reinspection apparatus comprises
a second taking unit configured to take in, one by one, the sheets as the rejected sheets which have been determined by the first determination unit to be rejected,
a second conveying unit configured to convey the taken sheets at a second speed lower than the first speed,
a second inspection unit configured to inspect the sheets conveyed at the second speed,
a second determination unit configured to determine whether to reject the sheets in accordance with the result of the inspection,
a second counting unit configured to count the sheets which have been determined not to be rejected in accordance with the result of the determination, and
a second output unit configured to output the result of the counting.

5. A sheet inspection method for use in a sheet inspection system comprising:
taking in the sheets one by one by a sheet processing apparatus,
conveying the taken sheets at a first speed by the sheet processing apparatus,
inspecting the sheets conveyed at the first speed by the sheet processing apparatus,
determining whether to reject the sheets in accordance with the result of the inspection by the sheet processing apparatus,
counting the sheets which have been determined not to be rejected in accordance with the result of the determination by the sheet processing apparatus, and
outputting the result of the counting by the sheet processing apparatus; and
taking in, one by one, the sheets as the rejected sheets which have been determined to be rejected by the sheet processing apparatus by a reinspection apparatus,
conveying the taken sheets at a second speed lower than the first speed by the reinspection apparatus,
inspecting the sheets conveyed at the second speed by the reinspection apparatus,
determining whether to reject the sheets in accordance with the result of the inspection by the reinspection apparatus,
counting the sheets which have been determined not to be rejected in accordance with the result of the determination by the reinspection apparatus, and
outputting the result of the counting by the reinspection apparatus.

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk

Inventors

• Nakada Masashi

Classifications

• G07D11/0084

  Physics · mapped topic

• B41F33/0036 Primary

  Devices for scanning or checking the printed matter for quality control · CPC title

• G07D11/0021

  Physics · mapped topic

• B41F33/025

  Counters · CPC title

• B07C5/342 Primary

  according to optical properties, e.g. colour {(according to radiation transmittivity B07C5/3416)} · CPC title