Information processing device and method, and non-transitory computer readable medium

• US 10,083,049 B2
• Filed: 04/12/2016
• Issued: 09/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Nemoto, Yoshihiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Swarthout, Brent
• Application Number:
  US15/096,440
• Publication Number:
  US 20170161086A1
• Time in Patent Office: 896 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44536 Selecting among different versions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/083 Shipping

Abstract

An information processing device includes first and second detectors and a controller. The first detector detects a shipping situation of an apparatus. The second detector detects that a predetermined operation has been performed. The controller performs control so that a detection result indicating the shipping situation of the apparatus will be stored in a first memory until the second detector detects that the predetermined operation has been performed. After the second detector detects that the predetermined operation has been performed, the first detector is switched to be able to detect an operating condition of the apparatus.

Claims

1. An information processing device comprising:

a first detector that detects a shipping situation of an apparatus;

a second detector that detects that a predetermined operation has been performed; and

a controller that performs control so that a detection result indicating the shipping situation of the apparatus will be stored in a first memory until the second detector detects that the predetermined operation has been performed,

wherein, after the second detector detects that the predetermined operation has been performed, the first detector is switched to be able to detect an operating condition of the apparatus.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined operation is an operation for making the apparatus usable.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein a time interval at which the first detector detects the shipping situation is changed between before and after the first detector is switched to be able to detect the operating condition of the apparatus.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the sensitivity with which the first detector detects the shipping situation is changed between before and after the first detector is switched to be able to detect the operating condition of the apparatus.

5. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein, if the second detector detects that the predetermined operation has been performed, the controller is switched to a controller that performs control so that settings of the apparatus will be stored in a second memory in accordance with the shipping situation.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising:

an output unit that outputs a detection result indicating the shipping situation stored in the first memory if the second detector detects that the predetermined operation has been performed.

7. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein, if a value representing a detection result indicating the shipping situation detected by the first detector is within a predetermined range, the controller performs control so that the detection result will be stored in the first memory.

8. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a warning unit that outputs a warning if a value representing a detection result indicating the shipping situation detected by the first detector is within a predetermined range.

9. The information processing device according to claim 8, wherein the predetermined range is changed between before and after the first detector is switched to be able to detect the operating condition of the apparatus.

10. The information processing device according to claim 6, wherein, if it is detected that a predetermined second operation has been performed before the second detector detects that the predetermined operation is performed, the output unit outputs a detection result indicating the shipping situation stored in the first memory.

11. The information processing device according to claim 10, wherein the predetermined second operation is an operation for giving an instruction to output information concerning an ongoing shipping situation.

12. The information processing device according to claim 10, wherein, after it is detected that the predetermined second operation has been performed and the output unit has output a detection result indicating the shipping situation stored in the first memory, the controller deletes the detection result stored in the first memory.

13. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein, if it is detected that a predetermined third operation has been performed after the second detector has detected that the predetermined operation has been performed, the first detector is switched to be able to detect the shipping situation.

14. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein, if it is detected that a predetermined third operation has been performed after the second detector has detected that the predetermined operation has been performed, the controller performs control so that a detection result indicating the shipping situation of the apparatus will be stored in the first memory.

15. The information processing device according to claim 14, wherein the predetermined third operation is an operation for resetting a state of the apparatus to a shipping state.

16. The information processing device according to claim 13, wherein, if it is detected that the predetermined third operation has been performed, the controller deletes a detection result indicating the shipping situation stored in the first memory.

17. An information processing method comprising:

detecting a shipping situation of an apparatus;

detecting that a predetermined operation has been performed;

performing control so that a detection result indicating the shipping situation of the apparatus will be stored in a first memory until it is detected that the predetermined operation has been performed; and

switching the detecting of the shipping situation of the apparatus to detecting of an operating condition of the apparatus after it is detected that the predetermined operation has been performed.

18. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:

detecting a shipping situation of an apparatus including the computer;

detecting that a predetermined operation has been performed;

performing control so that a detection result indicating the shipping situation of the apparatus will be stored in a first memory until it is detected that the predetermined operation has been performed; and

switching the detecting of the shipping situation of the apparatus to detecting of an operating condition of the apparatus after it is detected that the predetermined operation has been performed.