Maintenance scheduling system, maintenance scheduling method and image forming apparatus
US7467841B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 7, 2006 |
| Grant date | Dec 23, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 15, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/553
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A maintenance scheduling system for creating a maintenance schedule for an image forming apparatus includes an actual use acquiring unit configured to acquire actual use information of the image forming apparatus and actual use information of a consumable part, a failure probability distribution estimating unit configured to estimate failure probability distribution of the consumable part on the basis of history of actual use information of the consumable part, a counter proceeding degree acquiring unit configured to acquire a counter proceeding degree, which is a counter value per day, on the basis of history of actual use information of the image forming apparatus, and a maintenance scheduling unit configured to present next replacement timing and a consumable part to be replaced, on the basis of the failure probability distribution of each of the consumable parts and the counter proceeding degree.
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