Document disposal apparatus

Abstract

A document disposal apparatus is provided and includes: a disposal processing section that disposes of a document; a document placement section on which the document is placed; a reading section that reads identification information of the document, the identification information being attached to the document, and makes a judgment whether the document exists on the document placement section; and a controller that controls the disposal processing section in accordance with a reading result of the reading section.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a document disposal apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 shows an exemplary configuration of a document disposal apparatus;

FIG. 3 shows another exemplary configuration of a document disposal apparatus;

FIG. 4 shows an exemplary configuration of a document management system in which a document disposal apparatus, a document generation apparatus, a document management apparatus are network-connected to one another;

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of an exemplary document generation apparatus;

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of an exemplary document management apparatus;

FIGS. 7A and 7B show exemplary documents in which identification information is recorded;

FIG. 8 shows an exemplary structure of data managed by a document management apparatus;

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a first exemplary process which is executed by a document disposal apparatus; and

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of a second exemplary process which is executed by a document disposal apparatus.

Claims

1. A document disposal apparatus comprising: a disposal processing section that disposes of a document;a document placement section on which the document is placed;a reading section that reads identification information of the document, the identification information being attached to the document, and makes a judgment whether the document exists on the document placement section; anda controller that controls the disposal processing section in accordance with a reading result of the reading section.

2. The document disposal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the reading section can read identification information of the document, the reading section judges that a document exists on the document placement section.

3. The document disposal apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the reading section performs intermittent operations of reading the identification information.

4. The document disposal apparatus according to claim 3, wherein after the reading section judges that the document exists on the document placement section, the reading section performs a continuous operation of the reading the identification information.