公开(公告)号：US09552183B2

公开(公告)日：2017-01-24

申请号：US14750199

申请日：2015-06-25

Applicant: Xerox Corporation

Inventor： Tulia Plumettaz ,  Pallavi Manohar ,  Eric Michael Gross ,  Manoj Gupta

IPC: G06F15/00 ,  G06F3/12 ,  G06Q10/06

CPC classification number: G06F3/126 ,  G06F3/1211 ,  G06F3/1285 ,  G06Q10/0631

Abstract: A system for performing queue-based routing of print jobs in a multi-site print production environment may include an electronic dispatch system having a scheduling queue, at least one processor and a computer-readable storage medium. The computer-readable storage medium may include programming instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to receive print jobs from client computing devices, identify one or more print shops, select a set of print jobs from the scheduling queue that are to be assigned to the print shops for completion, generate a feasibility matrix for the selected print jobs, determine a preliminary assignment of the selected print jobs to the identified print shops using a set cover heuristic, use a linear programming heuristic to determine a final assignment of the selected print jobs to the identified print shops, and route each of the selected print jobs to an assigned print shop as specified by the final assignment.

Abstract translation: 用于在多站点打印生产环境中执行打印作业的基于队列的路由的系统可以包括具有调度队列，至少一个处理器和计算机可读存储介质的电子调度系统。 计算机可读存储介质可以包括编程指令，其在被执行时使得处理器从客户计算设备接收打印作业，识别一个或多个打印商店，从调度队列中选择一组要分配给 打印商店完成，为所选择的打印作业生成可行性矩阵，使用集合封面启发式方法确定所选择的打印作业到所识别的打印商店的初步分配，使用线性编程启发式来确定所选打印件的最终分配 作业到所识别的印刷商店，并将每个所选择的打印作业路由到由最终作业指定的指定的印刷商店。

公开(公告)号：US20160378407A1

公开(公告)日：2016-12-29

申请号：US14750199

申请日：2015-06-25

Applicant: Xerox Corporation

Inventor： Tulia Plumettaz ,  Pallavi Manohar ,  Eric Michael Gross ,  Manoj Gupta

IPC: G06F3/12 ,  G06Q10/06

CPC classification number: G06F3/126 ,  G06F3/1211 ,  G06F3/1285 ,  G06Q10/0631

Abstract: A system for performing queue-based routing of print jobs in a multi-site print production environment may include an electronic dispatch system having a scheduling queue, at least one processor and a computer-readable storage medium. The computer-readable storage medium may include programming instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to receive print jobs from client computing devices, identify one or more print shops, select a set of print jobs from the scheduling queue that are to be assigned to the print shops for completion, generate a feasibility matrix for the selected print jobs, determine a preliminary assignment of the selected print jobs to the identified print shops using a set cover heuristic, use a linear programming heuristic to determine a final assignment of the selected print jobs to the identified print shops, and route each of the selected print jobs to an assigned print shop as specified by the final assignment.

Abstract translation: 用于在多站点打印生产环境中执行打印作业的基于队列的路由的系统可以包括具有调度队列，至少一个处理器和计算机可读存储介质的电子调度系统。 计算机可读存储介质可以包括编程指令，其在被执行时使得处理器从客户计算设备接收打印作业，识别一个或多个打印商店，从调度队列中选择一组要分配给 打印商店完成，为所选择的打印作业生成可行性矩阵，使用集合封面启发式方法确定所选择的打印作业到所识别的打印商店的初步分配，使用线性编程启发式来确定所选打印件的最终分配 作业到所识别的印刷商店，并将每个所选择的打印作业路由到由最终作业指定的指定的印刷商店。

公开(公告)号：US20160283170A1

公开(公告)日：2016-09-29

申请号：US15097419

申请日：2016-04-13

Applicant: Xerox Corporation

Inventor： Eric Michael Gross ,  Tulia Plumettaz ,  Pallavi Manohar ,  Manoj Gupta

IPC: G06F3/12

CPC classification number: G06F3/126 ,  G06F3/1204 ,  G06F3/1268 ,  G06F3/1285 ,  G06F3/1296 ,  G06K15/1817 ,  G06K15/1822

Abstract: A system for performing queue-based routing of print jobs in one or more print production environments includes a computing device having a processor, and a computer-readable storage medium in communication with the computing device. The computing device will receive print jobs from one or more client computing devices, and the computing device will store the received print jobs in a scheduling queue. When the computing device determines that a released print job has been released by a print production environment, it will determine a similarity metric for a plurality of print jobs in the scheduling queen, identify the print job having the highest similarity metric, and route the identified print job to the print production environment for processing.

Abstract translation: 用于在一个或多个打印生产环境中执行打印作业的基于队列的路由的系统包括具有处理器的计算设备和与计算设备通信的计算机可读存储介质。 计算设备将从一个或多个客户端计算设备接收打印作业，并且计算设备将将所接收的打印作业存储在调度队列中。 当计算设备确定释放的打印作业已经被打印生产环境释放时，它将确定调度女王中的多个打印作业的相似性度量，识别具有最高相似性度量的打印作业，并且路由所识别的 打印作业到打印生产环境进行处理。

公开(公告)号：US09317760B2

公开(公告)日：2016-04-19

申请号：US14252162

申请日：2014-04-14

Applicant: Xerox Corporation

Inventor： Eric Michael Gross

IPC: G06K9/18 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G06K9/52

CPC classification number: G06K9/00852 ,  G06K9/52

Abstract: A method of determining an input character based upon character recognition output of an education assessment system may include receiving, by a processing device, a proposed value generated using character recognition. The proposed value may be associated with at least one handwritten character of an assessment. The method may include determining, by the processing device, whether the proposed value is correct, by determining a posterior probability associated with each of one or more possible characters, identifying the possible character associated with the posterior probability having a highest value, and in response to identifying the proposed value as the possible character associated with the posterior probability having a highest value, determining, by the processing device, that the proposed value is correct, otherwise, determining that the proposed value is incorrect.

Abstract translation: 基于教育评估系统的字符识别输出来确定输入字符的方法可以包括通过处理设备接收使用字符识别生成的建议值。 拟议的值可能与评估的至少一个手写字符相关联。 该方法可以包括通过确定与一个或多个可能字符中的每一个相关联的后验概率来确定所提出的值是否正确，识别与具有最高值的后验概率相关联的可能字符，并且作为响应 将所提出的值识别为与具有最高值的后验概率相关联的可能字符，由处理设备确定所提出的值是正确的，否则，确定所提出的值是不正确的。

公开(公告)号：US20140176512A1

公开(公告)日：2014-06-26

申请号：US13726820

申请日：2012-12-26

Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION

Inventor： Sharath Srinivas ,  Eric Michael Gross ,  Jack Gaynor Elliot ,  Bryan J. Roof

IPC: G06F3/033

CPC classification number: G06F3/03545 ,  G06F3/0317 ,  G06F3/0321 ,  G06F3/03542 ,  G06F2203/0384

Abstract: A method, system, and apparatus for capturing information is disclosed. The method includes emitting energy of a first wavelength from a first energy source located proximate to a first end of a digital pen and forming a first set handwritten markings on the substrate by causing the substrate to image as a result of an exposure of the substrate to the energy emitted from the first energy source. The method also includes detecting by an image-capturing sensor of the digital pen a first detected portion of a position-identifying pattern on the substrate and storing in the memory a digital document file comprising the first set of handwritten markings and the first detected portion of the position-identifying data. An apparatus and system for performing the method is also disclosed.

Abstract translation: 公开了一种用于捕获信息的方法，系统和装置。 该方法包括从位于数字笔的第一端附近的第一能量源发射第一波长的能量，并且通过使衬底作为衬底曝光的结果而在衬底上形成第一组手写标记 从第一能源发射的能量。 该方法还包括通过数字笔的图像捕获传感器检测基板上的位置识别图案的第一检测部分，并将存储在存储器中的数字文档文件包括第一组手写标记和第一检测部分 位置识别数据。 还公开了一种用于执行该方法的装置和系统。

公开(公告)号：US20160224516A1

公开(公告)日：2016-08-04

申请号：US14609820

申请日：2015-01-30

Applicant: Xerox Corporation

Inventor： Megan Clar ,  Eric Michael Gross ,  Eric Harte ,  Dennis L. Venable ,  Eric S. Hamby

IPC: G06F17/21 ,  G09B3/00 ,  G06F17/24 ,  G09B7/00

CPC classification number: G09B7/02 ,  G06F17/211 ,  G06F17/241 ,  G06K9/18 ,  G06Q10/10 ,  G09B7/00 ,  G09B7/06 ,  H04N1/0044 ,  H04N1/387 ,  H04N2201/0094

Abstract: This disclosure provides a method and system to convert a first digital representation of a document including a first format to a second digital representation of the document including a second format. According to an exemplary method, a preexisting printed assessment is scanned to produce an image file and an educational assessment analysis system captures an image area associated with a question, processes the captured image area to automatically assign metadata associated with an independent assessment creation process to the captured image area, which is subsequently processed to generate an assessment based on the assigned metadata which conforms with a format consistent with the independent assessment creation process.

Abstract translation: 本公开提供了一种将包括第一格式的文档的第一数字表示转换成包括第二格式的文档的第二数字表示的方法和系统。 根据示例性方法，扫描预先存在的印刷评估以产生图像文件，并且教育评估分析系统捕获与问题相关联的图像区域，处理所捕获的图像区域以将与独立评估创建过程相关联的元数据分配给 捕获的图像区域，其随后被处理以基于分配的元数据生成评估，所述元数据符合与独立评估创建过程一致的格式。

公开(公告)号：US20160098231A1

公开(公告)日：2016-04-07

申请号：US14503990

申请日：2014-10-01

Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION

Inventor： Pallavi Madhusudan Manohar ,  Eric Michael Gross

IPC: G06F3/12 ,  G06Q10/06 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q50/10

CPC classification number: G06F3/126 ,  G06F3/1212 ,  G06F3/1273 ,  G06F3/1288 ,  G06Q10/06313 ,  G06Q10/0639 ,  G06Q30/0283 ,  G06Q50/10

Abstract: Methods and systems evaluate the most recent print job processed with different printing sites to calculate the current residual capacity for each of the different printing sites. The current residual capacity is determined and maintained by a computerized server. These methods and systems can then calculate the turnaround time of a print job for each of the different printing sites based on the current residual capacity, can calculate the cost of the print job for each of the different printing sites based on historical cost information maintained by the computerized server, and can calculate a weighted sum of the turnaround time and cost of the print job for each of the different printing sites. This allows these methods and systems to select one of the different printing sites based on the relatively lowest weighted sum for the print job, and to assign the print job to the selected printing site.

Abstract translation: 方法和系统评估使用不同打印站点处理的最新打印作业，以计算每个不同打印站点的当前剩余容量。 当前剩余容量由计算机化服务器确定和维护。 这些方法和系统然后可以基于当前剩余容量来计算每个不同打印站点的打印作业的周转时间，可以基于由不同打印站点维护的历史成本信息来计算每个不同打印站点的打印作业的成本 计算机化服务器，并且可以计算每个不同打印站点的打印作业的周转时间和成本的加权和。 这允许这些方法和系统基于用于打印作业的相对较低的加权和来选择不同打印站点之一，并将打印作业分配给所选择的打印站点。

公开(公告)号：US20140372339A1

公开(公告)日：2014-12-18

申请号：US13920800

申请日：2013-06-18

Applicant: Xerox Corporation

Inventor： Eric Michael Gross ,  Tao Wang ,  Sudhendu Rai

IPC: G06Q10/06

CPC classification number: G06Q10/067

Abstract: A method of determining a maximum profit for a print production environment may include receiving, by a computing device, a flow model associated with a print production environment, applying, by the computing device, a modified Jackson Network analysis to the flow model to generate one more characteristic curves that each characterize a relationship between profit of the print production environment and job inflow rate and that each show a maximum profit value for the print production environment, and presenting, by the computing device, one or more of the generated characteristic curves to a user.

Abstract translation: 确定打印生产环境的最大利润的方法可包括由计算设备接收与打印生产环境相关联的流模型，由计算设备将修改的杰克逊网络分析应用于流模型以生成一个 每个特征曲线表示印刷生产环境的利润和作业流入率之间的关系，并且每个显示出印刷生产环境的最大利润值，并且由计算装置将所生成的特征曲线中的一个或多个呈现给 一个用户

公开(公告)号：US20140240737A1

公开(公告)日：2014-08-28

申请号：US13777051

申请日：2013-02-26

Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION

Inventor： Eric Michael Gross ,  Timothy Wayne Jacobs

IPC: G06F3/12

CPC classification number: G06F3/1204 ,  G06F3/126 ,  G06F3/1275 ,  G06F3/1282 ,  G06Q10/0631

Abstract: A method of designing a cell in a print production environment may include identifying one or more print jobs, grouping the one or more print jobs into one or more job groups, identifying a job group to assign to a cell, identifying a print job, determining a process, determining a job volume, and determining whether the cell includes a production device capable of performing the determined process. The method may include, in response to the cell not including a production device capable of performing the determined process, determining a production device capable of performing the determined process, determining a capacity, and in response to determining that adding the determined production device to the cell will not increase a number of production devices in the cell to a value that exceeds a threshold value, adding the determined production device to the cell, and determining a recalculated capacity.

Abstract translation: 在打印生产环境中设计单元的方法可以包括识别一个或多个打印作业，将一个或多个打印作业分组成一个或多个作业组，识别作业组以分配给单元，识别打印作业，确定 处理，确定作业量，以及确定所述单元是否包括能够执行所确定的处理的生产设备。 该方法可以包括响应于不包括能够执行确定的处理的生产设备的单元，确定能够执行确定的过程，确定容量的生产设备，并且响应于确定将确定的生产设备添加到 单元不会将单元中的生产设备的数量增加到超过阈值的值，将确定的生产设备添加到单元中，并且确定重新计算的容量。

公开(公告)号：US09342764B1

公开(公告)日：2016-05-17

申请号：US14666663

申请日：2015-03-24

Applicant: Xerox Corporation

Inventor： Eric Michael Gross ,  Tulia Plumettaz ,  Pallavi Manohar ,  Manoj Gupta

IPC: G06F3/12 ,  G06K15/02

CPC classification number: G06F3/126 ,  G06F3/1204 ,  G06F3/1268 ,  G06F3/1285 ,  G06F3/1296 ,  G06K15/1817 ,  G06K15/1822

Abstract: A system for performing queue-based routing of print jobs in a multi-site print production environment may include a computing device having a scheduling queue and a processor, and a computer-readable storage medium in communication with the computing device. The computer-readable storage medium may include one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to receive a plurality of print jobs from one or more client computing devices, store the received print jobs in the scheduling queue, determine that a released print job has been released by a print production environment, identify a similar print job from the received print jobs in the scheduling queue, remove the identified similar print job from the scheduling queue, and route the identified similar print job to the print production environment.

Abstract translation: 用于在多站点打印生产环境中执行打印作业的基于队列的路由的系统可以包括具有调度队列和处理器的计算设备以及与计算设备通信的计算机可读存储介质。 计算机可读存储介质可以包括一个或多个编程指令，其在被执行时使得处理器从一个或多个客户端计算设备接收多个打印作业，将接收到的打印作业存储在调度队列中，确定释放的 打印作业已由打印生产环境释放，从调度队列中接收到的打印作业中识别类似的打印作业，从调度队列中移除所识别的类似打印作业，并将所识别的类似打印作业路由到打印生产环境。