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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2016
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Toshiaki Yamagami, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiichi Taniguchi, Asahi-mura, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); G06Q 30/04 (2012.01); G06Q 50/04 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/04 (2013.01); G06Q 50/04 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0283 (2013.01); Y02P 90/30 (2015.11);
Abstract
A billing charge calculation method for use in a sheet manufacturing apparatus that manufactures a sheet using a material including a fiber, includes: acquiring a quantity of output of the manufactured sheets; and calculating a billing charge according to the quantity of the output of the sheets, in which, in the calculating of the billing charge, a charge that includes a quantity-based charge which is obtained by multiplying the quantity of the output of the sheets by a charge per unit quantity is calculated as the billing charge.