Job processing system using job designation sheet
US6498964B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 31, 1999 |
| Grant date | Dec 24, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 31, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/21
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A job processing system using job designation sheets includes a printer unit to prepare job designation sheets including the description of specified job designation contents and print Sheet Version Number indicating the version of the job designation sheets when editing, a sheet management database to manage versions of job designation sheets based on Version Number printed on the job designation sheets, an image input unit to read job designation sheets with the job designation contents described and Sheet Version Number printed, a sheet recognition unit to recognize the contents of description and Version Number of the job designation sheets that are read by the image input unit and a judging unit to judge whether the Version Number of the sheet recognized by the sheet recognition unit is the latest one based on the version of the job designation sheet managed by the sheet processing management database. When the version of a job designation sheet judged by the sheet recognition unit is the latest version, jobs are processed according to the described contents of the job designation sheet recognized by the sheet recognition unit, and even when the version judged by the judging u…
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