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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2003
Jae-jung Chang, San Jose, CA (US);
Steven S. Loehnert, Hollister, CA (US);
Yoshihiro Adachi, Tokyo, JP;
Shuji Kuhara, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirokazu Tsuji, Kanagawa, JP;
Jae-Jung Chang, San Jose, CA (US);
Steven S. Loehnert, Hollister, CA (US);
Yoshihiro Adachi, Tokyo, JP;
Shuji Kuhara, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirokazu Tsuji, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The photo laboratory management system manages a photo laboratory utilizing a digital photo print system and includes an order entry function of receiving an order from a customer by receiving order information that includes at least identification information of the customer, a type and a form of an original image from the customer, a type, a form, and a number of copies of an output image ordered by the customer, an order management function of managing the order information received from the customer and a workflow management function of managing a schedule according to which the order received from the customer is to be processed, and predicting a time required for finishing the output image ordered by the customer. Productivity in the digital photo print system can be improved and order automation is possible. The time required to process the order can be automatically estimated.