Integrated physical warehouse and digital document management system
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H04N-001/21
G06F-017/30
H04N-001/00
B65H-003/08
출원번호
US-0383292
(2016-12-19)
등록번호
US-10187542
(2019-01-22)
발명자
/ 주소
Fielding, Alex
Hall, Kevin C.
Knight, Kirk H.
Lembo, Kimberly
출원인 / 주소
RIPCORD INC.
대리인 / 주소
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
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초록▼
A document management facility may process volumes of physical documents for digital imaging. The document management facility may utilize robotic apparatus to perform the various functions for processing the documents, which may include document intake, document storage, document digitization, and/
A document management facility may process volumes of physical documents for digital imaging. The document management facility may utilize robotic apparatus to perform the various functions for processing the documents, which may include document intake, document storage, document digitization, and/or document removal. Digital versions of the documents may be accessed with a document management system.
대표청구항▼
1. A document management facility comprising: a document storage section configured to store a plurality of documents within one or more containers, wherein the one or more containers are removable from the document storage section; anda document digitization section configured to (1) receive the pl
1. A document management facility comprising: a document storage section configured to store a plurality of documents within one or more containers, wherein the one or more containers are removable from the document storage section; anda document digitization section configured to (1) receive the plurality of documents from the document storage section, (2) prepare individual pages of the plurality of documents for digitization, including physically separating the plurality of documents, and (3) digitize the individual pages of the plurality of documents, in an automated fashion without human intervention,wherein the plurality of documents are transferred from their respective locations in the document storage section to the document digitization section in an automated fashion without human intervention, andwherein the plurality of documents are transferred from the document storage section to the document digitization section with aid of one or more autonomous ground vehicles. 2. The facility of claim 1, wherein the document storage section includes an automated shelving system that manipulates the one or more containers automatically without human intervention. 3. The facility of claim 1, further comprising a document intake section configured to receive the plurality of documents and collect information relating to the plurality of documents. 4. The facility of claim 3, wherein the plurality of documents are transferred from the document intake section to the document storage section in an automated fashion without human intervention. 5. The facility of claim 1, further comprising a document removal section configured to prepare the plurality of documents to be removed from the facility subsequent to the plurality of documents being processed within the document digitization section. 6. The facility of claim 5, wherein the document removal system shreds the documents in an automated fashion without human intervention. 7. The facility of claim 5, wherein the document removal system is configured to shred the documents in response to an instruction from an operator. 8. The facility of claim 1, wherein a document type is associated with each of the plurality of documents, and a document retention schedule is applied for each document type. 9. The facility of claim 8, wherein the document retention schedule is executed in an automatic fashion without human intervention in accordance with a set of rules established by a human operator. 10. The facility of claim 1, wherein the plurality of documents comprise a plurality of types of media including two or more of the following: paper, card stock, file folders, cardboard, acetate film, polyester film, X-ray film, synthetic paper, microfiche, tissue paper, blueprints, maps, cloth, or parchment. 11. A document digitization section comprising: a document preparation station configured to prepares and separates a plurality of documents from a container;a fastener management station configured to detect and remove fasteners from the plurality of documents; anda document scanning station configured to digitize individual pages of the plurality of documents,wherein the plurality of documents are configured to traverse the document preparation station, the fastener management station, and the document scanning station in an automated fashion without human intervention,wherein the plurality of documents are transferred between two or more of the document preparation station, the fastener management station, and the document scanning station with aid of an autonomous ground vehicle. 12. The document digitization section of claim 11, wherein the plurality of documents comprise a plurality of types of media including two or more of the following: paper, card stock, file folders, cardboard, acetate film, polyester film, X-ray film, synthetic paper, microfiche, tissue paper, blueprints, maps, cloth, or parchment. 13. The document digitization section of claim 11, wherein the document preparation station is configured to remove the plurality of documents from the container and separate the plurality of documents in an automated fashion without human intervention. 14. A document management facility comprising: a document storage section configured to store a plurality of documents within one or more containers, wherein the one or more containers are removable from the document storage section; anda document digitization section configured to (1) receive the plurality of documents from the document storage section, (2) prepare individual pages of the plurality of documents for digitization, including physically separating the plurality of documents, and (3) digitize the individual pages of the plurality of documents, in an automated fashion without human intervention,wherein the plurality of documents are transferred from their respective locations in the document storage section to the document digitization section in an automated fashion without human intervention, andwherein the document storage section includes an automated shelving system that manipulates the one or more containers automatically without human intervention. 15. A document management facility comprising: a document intake section configured to receive a plurality of documents and collect information relating to the plurality of documents;a document storage section configured to store the plurality of documents within one or more containers, wherein the one or more containers are removable from the document storage section; anda document digitization section configured to (1) receive the plurality of documents from the document storage section, (2) prepare individual pages of the plurality of documents for digitization, including physically separating the plurality of documents, and (3) digitize the individual pages of the plurality of documents, in an automated fashion without human intervention,wherein the plurality of documents are transferred from the document intake section to the document storage section in an automated fashion without human intervention, andwherein the plurality of documents are transferred from their respective locations in the document storage section to the document digitization section in an automated fashion without human intervention.
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