Disposal processing system and disposal processing apparatus

Abstract

A disposal processing system is provided and includes: a disposal section that disposes of a document; a reading section that reads identification information of the document, the identification information being attached to an image on the document; a judging section that makes a judgment whether disposal of the document is permitted on the basis of the identification information; and a controller that controls the disposal section so that the disposal section disposes of the document at least one of: when the judging section makes a judgment that the disposal of the document is permitted; and when the controller acquires information indicating that the disposal of the document is permitted while the judging section makes a judgment that the disposal of the document is prohibited, and so that the disposal section does not dispose of the document when the judging section makes the judgment that the disposal of the document is prohibited.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail based on the following figures, wherein:

FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a document management system according to an aspect of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an exemplary configuration of a document generation apparatus;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an exemplary configuration of a document management apparatus;

FIG. 4 schematically shows an exemplary mechanism of a manual-feed-type document disposal apparatus;

FIG. 5 is a top view of a document tray unit;

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an exemplary configuration of a manual-feed-type document disposal apparatus;

FIGS. 7A and 7B illustrate an exemplary manner of generation of a document;

FIG. 8 shows an exemplary document management table;

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a processing procedure of a manual-feed-type document disposal apparatus; and

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of a procedure which is followed in registering information indicating that an originality-assured electronic document is stored.

Claims

1. A disposal processing system comprising: a disposal section that disposes of a document;a reading section that reads identification information of the document, the identification information being attached to an image on the document;a judging section that makes a judgment whether disposal of the document is permitted on the basis of the identification information; anda controller that controls the disposal section so that the disposal section disposes of the document at least one of: when the judging section makes a judgment that the disposal of the document is permitted; and when the controller acquires information indicating that the disposal of the document is permitted while the judging section makes a judgment that the disposal of the document is prohibited, and thatthe disposal section does not dispose of the document when the judging section makes the judgment that the disposal of the document is prohibited.

2. The disposal processing system according to claim 1, wherein the disposal section comprises a disposal restricting section that restricts the disposal of the document, and the controller controls the disposal restricting section so that the disposal section cancel restricting the disposal of the document when the disposal section is controlled to dispose of the document, and thatthe disposal section restricts the disposal of the document when the disposal section is controlled not to dispose of the document.

3. The disposal processing system according to claim 1, which comprises a managing section that manages the identification information and additional information of the identification information in such a manner that the identification information and the additional information are correlated with each other, wherein the control section sends the managing section the identification information to acquire the additional information from the managing, and makes the judgment whether the disposal of the document is permitted on the basis of the additional information.

4. The disposal processing system according to claim 3, wherein the additional information includes at least one of a time, date and date and time of generation of the document, and the judging section makes the judgment whether the disposal of the document is permitted on the basis of at least one of elapsed hours, elapsed days and elapsed days and hours from the time, date and date and time of the generation of the document.

5. The disposal processing system according to claim 3, wherein when the disposal section disposes of the document, the managing section registers therein information indicating that the document has been disposed of.

6. The disposal processing system according to claim 1, wherein when the reading section can not read the identification information, the judging section makes the judgment that the disposal of the document is prohibited.

7. The disposal processing system according to claim 1, which comprises an input section that inputs into the controller the information indicating that the disposal of the document is permitted.

8. A disposal processing system comprising: a disposal section that disposes of a document;a reading section that read encrypted identification information attached to an image on the document;an analyzing section that analyzing the encrypted identification information to acquire identification information of the document;a judging section that makes a judgment whether disposal of the document is permitted on the basis of the identification information; anda controller that controls the disposal section so that the disposal section disposes of the document at least one of: when the judging section makes a judgment that the disposal of the document is permitted; and when the controller acquires information indicating that the disposal of the document is permitted while the judging section makes a judgment that the disposal of the document is prohibited, andthe disposal section does not dispose of the document when the judging section makes the judgment that the disposal of the document is prohibited.

9. The disposal processing system according to claim 8, wherein the disposal section comprises a disposal restricting section that restricts the disposal of the document, and the controller controls the disposal restricting section so that the disposal section cancel restricting the disposal of the document when the disposal section is controlled to dispose of the document, and thatthe disposal section restricts the disposal of the document when the disposal section is controlled not to dispose of the document.

10. The disposal processing system according to claim 8, which comprises a managing section that manages the identification information and additional information of the identification information in such a manner that the identification information and the additional information are correlated with each other, wherein the control section sends the managing section the identification information to acquire the additional information from the managing, and makes the judgment whether the disposal of the document is permitted on the basis of the additional information.

11. The disposal processing system according to claim 10, wherein the additional information includes at least one of a time, date and date and time of generation of the document, and the judging section makes the judgment whether the disposal of the document is permitted on the basis of at least one of elapsed hours, elapsed days and elapsed days and hours from the time, date and date and time of the generation of the document.

12. The disposal processing system according to claim 10, wherein when the disposal section disposes of the document, the managing section registers therein information indicating that the document has been disposed of.

13. The disposal processing system according to claim 8, wherein the reading unit can not read the encrypted identification information, the judging section makes the judgment that the disposal of the document is prohibited.

14. The disposal processing system according to claim 8, which comprises an input section that inputs into the controller the information indicating that the disposal of the document is permitted.

15. A disposal processing apparatus comprising: a disposal section that disposes of a document;a reading section that reads identification information of the document, the identification information being attached to an image on the document;a judging section that makes a judgment whether disposal of the document is permitted on the basis of the identification information; anda controller that controls the disposal section so that the disposal section disposes of the document at least one of: when the judging section makes a judgment that the disposal of the document is permitted; and when the controller acquires information indicating that the disposal of the document is permitted while the judging section makes a judgment that the disposal of the document is prohibited, and thatthe disposal section does not dispose of the document when the judging section makes the judgment that the disposal of the document is prohibited.

16. A disposal processing apparatus comprising: a disposal section that disposes of a document;a reading section that read encrypted identification information attached to an image on the document;an analyzing section that analyzing the encrypted identification information to acquire identification information of the document;a judging section that makes a judgment whether disposal of the document is permitted on the basis of the identification information; anda controller that controls the disposal section so that the disposal section disposes of the document at least one of: when the judging section makes a judgment that the disposal of the document is permitted; and when the controller acquires information indicating that the disposal of the document is permitted while the judging section makes a judgment that the disposal of the document is prohibited, andthe disposal section does not dispose of the document when the judging section makes the judgment that the disposal of the document is prohibited.

17. A disposal processing system comprising: a document managing section that holding document management information;a registering section that registers presence of an originality-assured electronic document in the document management section;a reading section that reads an image on a document;a disposal section that disposes the document;a recognizing section that recognizes identification information from the image;an analyzing section that analyzes the identification information to acquire document identification information; anda control section that controls the disposal section so thata disposal section that disposes of a document;a reading section that read encrypted identification information attached to an image on the document;an analyzing section that analyzing the encrypted identification information to acquire identification information; anda controller that send the identification information to the document managing section and controls the disposal section so that the disposal section disposes of the document when the originality-assured electronic document of the document is registered in the document managing section, and thatthe disposal section does not dispose of the document when the originality-assured electronic document is not registered in the document managing section.