Image Forming Apparatus Presence Confirmation Delivery Routing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional printed matter delivery systems face delays when users are absent, as the delivery process is halted, preventing other print jobs from being processed until the user's presence is confirmed, leading to inefficiencies in delivery and resource utilization.
Innovation Solution
An image forming apparatus that includes a controller for confirming user presence and automatically switching to a designated deputy or storage if the user is absent, ensuring timely delivery and maintaining system availability by preventing delays.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the printed matter delivery apparatus waits for user presence confirmation before delivering printed matter, then the user can receive the printed matter, but the processing for delivering other printed matter is delayed
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs presence confirmation processing before issuing the delivery instruction. The controller checks whether the user is present at the designated location prior to commanding the delivery apparatus to move, thereby preventing wasted travel time and enabling faster overall processing.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors user presence status and uses this feedback to dynamically adjust the delivery process. The controller receives presence confirmation information and makes real-time decisions about whether to proceed with delivery to the user or redirect to a deputy, optimizing delivery efficiency.
2Measurement precision
If the delivery apparatus moves to the user's seat to confirm presence, then user presence can be confirmed, but time is lost during which other print jobs cannot be processed
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces a deputy as an intermediary delivery destination. When the user is not present, the delivery apparatus delivers printed matter to the deputy instead of returning empty-handed or waiting, thereby maintaining continuous operation and reducing overall delivery time.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the delivery destination parameter dynamically based on user presence status. The controller switches between two delivery destinations (user or deputy) depending on the confirmed presence status, optimizing the delivery process under different conditions.
3Reliability
If the system waits for user presence before delivering printed matter, then accurate delivery can be ensured, but system efficiency and resource utilization decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs presence confirmation processing before issuing the delivery instruction. The controller checks whether the user is present at the designated location prior to commanding the delivery apparatus to move, thereby preventing wasted travel time and enabling faster overall processing.
Solution Approach 2:
The delivery system autonomously determines the appropriate delivery destination based on user presence confirmation. The controller automatically switches between user and deputy as delivery destinations without requiring manual intervention, maintaining both accuracy and efficiency.
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AI summary
An image forming apparatus capable of preventing a delay in a processing for delivering other printed matter due to the absence of a user is provided. The image forming apparatus that performs a print processing to produce a printed matter in accordance with an instruction from a user, and that transmits a delivery instruction that a delivery destination of the printed matter is set to a printed matter delivery apparatus, includes a controller that executes a presence confirmation processing for the user, and in a case that the presence of the user has been confirmed, transmits a delivery instruction that the user is set as the delivery destination to the printed matter delivery apparatus, and in a case that the presence of the user has not been confirmed, transmits a delivery instruction that a deputy for the user is set as the delivery destination to the printed matter delivery apparatus.