JP2005018347A - Charging information managing device and system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To much more easily execute charging processing to the use of image inputting equipment such as a digital camera or a printer. <P>SOLUTION: A charging information managing device 20 receives print result data from printers 50a and 50b set in a photo-studio, and registers the data in the print result table 29c of a database 29, and calculates a print charging sum for print and a DSC charging sum for the use of digital still cameras 61a and 61b on the basis of the registered print result data, and adds the print charging sum and the DSC charging sum to calculate the final charging sum for the printers 50a and 50b, and totals the DSC charging sum for each of the managing companies of the digital still cameras 61a and 61b, and calculates the profit amount of each of the DSC managing companies. As a result, the charging processing for the use of the image inputting equipment such as a digital camera or the printers is much more easily executed, and the introduction of the image inputting equipment or the printers is promoted. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a billing information management apparatus, a program used therefor, and a billing information management system, and more specifically, via a printing apparatus and a communication line capable of printing image data input from image input devices installed at a plurality of bases. The present invention relates to a billing information management apparatus that is connected and manages billing information for use of the image input device and the printing apparatus, a program used therefor, and a billing information management system.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, with the development of printers capable of high-quality photo printing and high-performance digital cameras, it has become possible to introduce such equipment into general photo studios and perform everything from photography to printing. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).
[0003]
[Patent Document 1]
JP2003-44255A (FIG. 2)
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, since such high-performance printers and digital cameras are expensive, introduction into a photo studio has not been easy. In addition, the introduction of a printer can be facilitated by adopting a method for performing billing processing according to the number of printed sheets, the consumption of consumables, and the like, but the introduction of a digital camera is facilitated. Nothing has been proposed.
[0005]
An object of the billing information management apparatus and billing information management system of the present invention is to more easily perform a billing process for use of an image input device such as a digital camera or a printing apparatus. Another object of the accounting information management apparatus and accounting information management system of the present invention is to promote the introduction of image input devices such as digital cameras and printing apparatuses.
[0006]
[Means for solving the problems and their functions and effects]
The billing information management device, the program used therefor, and the billing information management system of the present invention employ the following means in order to achieve at least a part of the above-described object.
[0007]
The billing information management device of the present invention
Billing information management that is connected to a printing apparatus installed at a plurality of bases and capable of printing image data input from an image input apparatus via a communication line, and manages charging information for use of the image input apparatus and the printing apparatus A device,
Data storage means for storing data;
Data transmitting / receiving means capable of transmitting / receiving data to / from a printing apparatus via the communication line;
Printing result data including at least printing amount information related to the printed amount and management source derivable information capable of deriving the management source of the image input device that has input the printed image data associated with the printing amount information is output from the printing apparatus. A record data receiving means for receiving using the data transmitting / receiving means and storing the received print record data in the data storage means;
The printing result data is read from the data storage means and, based on the read printing result data, a collective charge amount for the use of the image input device and the printing apparatus and a management source of the image input device among the collective charge amount Billing calculation control means for calculating the profit amount of
Calculation result output means for outputting a calculation result by the charge calculation control means;
It is a summary to provide.
[0008]
In this accounting information management apparatus of the present invention, information relating to the print amount, information that can derive the management source of the image input device of the printed image data, etc., as print result data from a printing apparatus connected via a communication line is received. Based on the received print result data, a collective charge amount for use of the image input device and the printing apparatus and a profit amount for each management source of the image input device are calculated. Accordingly, it is possible to collectively calculate the charge amount for the use of the image input device and the printing apparatus as a collective charge amount according to the print amount and the like and to calculate the profit amount for each management source of the image input device. As a result, the billing process according to the use of the image input device and the printing device can be performed more easily, and the introduction of the image input device and the printing device into a photo studio can be promoted. The “image input device” includes a digital still camera, and the “print amount information” includes information such as the number of printed pages, the number of print jobs, the amount of recording material consumed, and the number of printing days. The “device management source” includes an image input device sales company, an image input device manufacturer, and the like.
[0009]
In such an accounting information management apparatus of the present invention, the data storage means stores at least device identification information for identifying the image input device and management source identification information for identifying a management source of the image input device corresponding to the device identification information. The management source derivable information of the printing result data may be the device identification information of the image input device that has input the printed image data. In this way, the management source of the corresponding image input device can be derived from the identification information of the image input device. In the billing information management apparatus of the present invention of this aspect, the billing calculation control means calculates a billing amount for each image input device identified by the device identification information based on the print record data, and calculates the calculated image input device. The charging amount for each image input device may be aggregated for each management source of the image input device, and the profit amount for each management source of the image input device may be calculated. In this way, the charge amount for each image input device can be calculated and the calculated charge amounts can be aggregated to obtain the profit amount for each management source of the image input device.
[0010]
In the billing information management apparatus of the present invention, the data storage means stores at least a printing device billing unit price for use of a printing device and an input device billing unit price for use of an image input device, and the billing calculation control unit Calculates the collective billing amount based on the printing result data, the printing device charging unit price, and the input device charging unit price, and manages each image input device management source based on the printing result data and the input device charging unit price. It can also be a means for calculating the profit amount. By doing so, it is possible to calculate the collective billing amount and the profit amount for each management source of the image input device using the printing device billing unit price and the input device billing unit price. In the billing information management apparatus of this aspect of the present invention, the input device billing unit price may be a unit price that can be set for each management source of the image input device. In this way, the input device billing unit price can be different for each management source of the image input device.
[0011]
Further, in the billing information management apparatus of the present invention, the calculation result output means is means for transmitting the collective billing amount calculated by the billing calculation control means to the computer on the printing apparatus side using the data transmitting / receiving means. Or a means for transmitting the profit amount for each management source of the image input device calculated by the accounting calculation control unit to the computer on the management source side of the image input device using the data transmission / reception unit. . In this way, the calculated collective charge amount and the profit amount for each management source of the image input device can be notified to the computer on the printing apparatus side or the computer on the management source side of the image input device.
[0012]
The billing information management apparatus program of the present invention includes:
A computer comprising data storage means for storing data and data transmission / reception means capable of transmitting / receiving data to / from the printing apparatus via the communication line is installed at a plurality of bases and input from image input devices A program for a billing information management apparatus which is connected to a printing apparatus capable of printing image data via a communication line and functions as a billing information management apparatus for managing billing information for use of the image input device and the printing apparatus. ,
Printing result data including at least printing amount information related to the printed amount and management source derivable information capable of deriving the management source of the image input device that has input the printed image data associated with the printing amount information is output from the printing apparatus. A record data receiving module that receives data using the data transmission / reception means and stores the received print record data in the data storage means;
The printing result data is read from the data storage means and, based on the read printing result data, a collective charge amount for the use of the image input device and the printing apparatus and a management source of the image input device among the collective charge amount A billing calculation control module for calculating the profit amount of
A calculation result output module for outputting a calculation result by the charge calculation control module;
It is a summary to provide.
[0013]
In this accounting information management apparatus program of the present invention, the computer can derive information relating to the print amount and the management source of the image input device of the printed image data as printing result data from the printing apparatus connected via the communication line. Receives information and the like, and functions as a billing information management device that calculates a collective billing amount for use of the image input device and the printing device and a profit amount for each management source of the image input device based on the received printing result data . Accordingly, it is possible to collectively calculate the charge amount for the use of the image input device and the printing apparatus as a collective charge amount according to the print amount and the like and to calculate the profit amount for each management source of the image input device. As a result, the billing process according to the use of the image input device and the printing device can be performed more easily, and the introduction of the image input device and the printing device into a photo studio can be promoted. The “image input device” includes a digital still camera, and the “print amount information” includes information such as the number of printed pages, the number of print jobs, the amount of recording material consumed, and the number of printing days. The “device management source” includes an image input device sales company, an image input device manufacturer, and the like.
[0014]
The billing information management system of the present invention
A printing apparatus installed at a plurality of bases and capable of printing image data input from an image input apparatus; and charging information connected to the printing apparatus via a communication line and usage of the image input apparatus and the printing apparatus A billing information management system comprising a billing information management device to manage,
The printing apparatus includes print result data including at least print amount information related to a print amount and management source derivation information capable of deriving a management source of an image input device that has input the printed image data associated with the print amount information. Is a device for storing
The accounting information management device includes a data storage unit for storing data, a data transmission / reception unit capable of transmitting / receiving data to / from the printing device via the communication line, and the data transmission / reception from the printing device. Means for receiving the received print record data in the data storage means, reading the print record data from the data storage means, and inputting the image based on the read print record data Charge calculation control means for calculating a collective charge amount for use of the device and the printing apparatus and a profit amount for each management source of the image input device out of the collective charge amount, and a calculation result by the charge calculation control means is output Calculation result output means
This is the gist.
[0015]
In the billing information management system of the present invention, the printing device stores information relating to the print amount and information from which the management source of the image input device of the printed image data can be derived as print record data. The printing result data is received from the printing device, and the collective charge amount for the use of the image input device and the printing device and the profit amount for each management source of the image input device are calculated based on the printing result data. Accordingly, it is possible to collectively calculate the charge amount for the use of the image input device and the printing apparatus as a collective charge amount according to the print amount and the like and calculate the profit amount for each management source of the image input device. As a result, the billing process according to the use of the image input device and the printing device can be performed more easily, and the introduction of the image input device and the printing device into a photo studio can be promoted. The “image input device” includes a digital still camera and the like. The “print amount information” includes information such as the number of printed pages, the number of print jobs, the amount of recording material consumed, and the number of printing days. The “image input device management source” includes the sales company of the image input device, Includes manufacturers of image input devices.
[0016]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described using examples. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an outline of a configuration of a billing information management system 10 including a billing information management device 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the accounting information management apparatus 20 of the embodiment is configured as a general-purpose computer centered on a CPU 21, ROM 22, and RAM 23, and controls connection to a hard disk drive (HDD) 24 for storing data and a network. Data related to printing results (hereinafter referred to as printing results data) are periodically acquired from printing devices 50a and 50b that are provided with a network interface card (NIC) 25, etc. and are connected via the network 30 and installed in various photo studios. The computer 70a of a management company (hereinafter referred to as a DSC management company) of a digital still camera (DSC) used for photographing in the printing apparatuses 50a and 50b and the photo studio is processed. To 70b. The HDD 24 stores data such as various programs, and a database 29 as a general DBMS (database management system) is installed. The database 29 stores information about a digital still camera introduced in a photo studio or the like. DSC table 29a to be managed, management company table 29b to manage information related to the DSC management company, printing record table 29c to manage printing record data acquired from the printing apparatuses 50a and 50b, charging table 29d to manage the results of processing related to charging, etc. Have The accounting information management apparatus 20 also includes a printing result data receiving unit 26 that receives printing result data from the printing devices 50a and 50b, a charging calculation unit 27 that performs charging calculation based on the received printing result data, and the result of the charging calculation. Is sent to the printing devices 50a, 50b, etc., and each step of information reception processing and billing calculation notification processing described later is executed. The print result data receiving unit 26, the charge calculating unit 27, and the calculation result transmitting unit 28 are shown as functional blocks. In practice, various programs stored in the CPU 21, ROM 22, and HDD 24 are integrally realized. Is.
[0017]
2-5 is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the information managed by each table which the database 29 has. As shown in FIG. 2, the DSC table 29a includes an ID (device ID) for identifying a digital still camera, a product name / model, an introduction date when the digital still camera is introduced into a photo studio, and a DSC management company that manages the digital still camera. It is configured to manage information such as IDs. As shown in FIG. 3, the management company table 29b manages information such as the ID of the DSC management company, the management company name, the unit price for billing calculation for use of the digital still camera, and the settlement date in the DSC management company. Is configured to do. As shown in FIG. 4, the printing result table 29c shows the IDs and printing dates of the printing devices 50a and 50b, the total number of pages printed by the printing devices 50a and 50b within the printing date, and the printed image data. It is configured to manage information such as the number of print pages per DSC, which is the number of print pages per photographed digital still camera. Here, the number of pages printed per DSC is managed by a combination of the device ID of the digital still camera and the corresponding number of printed pages. As shown in FIG. 5, the accounting table 29d is configured to manage information such as the IDs of the printing apparatuses 50a and 50b, the date when the accounting calculation notification process described later is executed, and monthly accounting amounts for the printing apparatuses 50a and 50b. Has been. Here, the monthly charge amount includes a print charge amount for the use of the printing apparatuses 50a and 50b and a charge amount for each DSC for the use of the digital still camera. The charge amount for each DSC is a charge corresponding to the device ID. It is managed in combination with the amount. A method of calculating the monthly charge will be described later.
[0018]
As shown in FIG. 1, the printing apparatuses 50a and 50b include two high-performance ink jet printers 51a and 51b, and print servers 52a and 52b for managing print jobs executed by the ink jet printers 51a and 51b. The print servers 52a and 52b store information on print jobs executed by the ink jet printers 51a and 51b as print result data in a storage medium such as a hard disk (not shown). Here, the data structure of the print record data stored in the storage media of the print servers 52a and 52b has the same structure as the information managed in the print record table 29c of the database 29 described above. In addition, client computers 60a and 60b as general general-purpose computers are connected to the printing apparatuses 50a and 50b via a LAN or the like. The client computers 60a and 60b input image data photographed by the digital still cameras 61a and 61b via a USB cable or a memory card, and execute execution of a print job related to the input image data to the printing devices 50a and 50b. Instruct.
[0019]
Next, the operation of the accounting information management apparatus 20 of the embodiment configured in this way will be described. FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of information reception processing executed by the billing information management apparatus 20. This information reception process is repeatedly executed every predetermined time (for example, every 24 hours). In the information reception process, first, as shown in the figure, a process of receiving print record data stored in the storage medium of the printing apparatuses 50a and 50b connected via the network 30 is executed (step S100). Here, the printing apparatuses 50a and 50b that receive the printing result data may be all the printing apparatuses 50a and 50b connected to the charging information management apparatus 20 via the network 30, or the printing apparatuses 50a and 50b. May be divided into appropriate blocks (for example, geographical regions) and grouped, and the printing devices 50a and 50b included in the blocks may be targeted. In the case of dividing into appropriate blocks, this information receiving process may be executed for each block. When the print record data is received in this way, the received print record data is registered in the print record table 29c of the database 29 (step S110), and the information receiving process is terminated.
[0020]
Next, the accounting calculation notification process executed by the accounting information management apparatus 20 will be described. FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the billing calculation notification process. This process is executed at a predetermined timing (for example, the first day of every month). In the accounting calculation notification process, first, as shown in the figure, a process of extracting print record data whose print date is the previous month from the print record table 29c of the database 29 is executed (step S200). Of course, the range of print result data to be extracted may be different depending on the period to be charged.
[0021]
Then, based on the extracted printing result data, a printing charge amount for printing and a DSC charge amount for use of the digital still cameras 61a and 61b are calculated for each printing apparatus 50a and 50b (step S210). The print charge amount is calculated by multiplying the total number of printed pages of the print result data by the print charge amount unit price. In this embodiment, the unit price for the print charge amount is predetermined and registered in the database 29 or the like. The DSC charge amount is calculated by calculating the charge amount for each of the digital still cameras 61a and 61b in the printing apparatuses 50a and 50b by multiplying the number of pages printed per DSC in the print result data by the unit price for the DSC charge amount. The charge amount for each of the digital still cameras 61a and 61b is calculated by summing up each of the printing apparatuses 50a and 50b. Here, the unit price for the DSC billing amount used when calculating the billing amount for each of the digital still cameras 61a and 61b corresponds to the billing unit price managed by the management company table 29b of the database 29 described above. The DSC table 29a is searched to acquire the ID of the DSC management company corresponding to the device ID of the printing result data, and the charge unit price corresponding to the acquired management company ID can be derived by searching the management company table 29b. .
[0022]
Subsequently, the final charge amount for each printing apparatus 50a, 50b is calculated based on the calculated print charge amount and DSC charge amount (step S220), and the digital still cameras 61a, 61b in each printing apparatus 50a, 50b. The profit amount for each DSC management company is calculated based on the charge amount for each (step S230). FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a specific example of a process of calculating the final billing amount for each of the printing apparatuses 50a and 50b and the profit amount for each DSC management company. As shown in the figure, the final billing amount for the printing devices 50a and 50b is calculated by adding the printing billing amount and the DSC billing amount for each printing device 50a and 50b. Further, the profit amount for each DSC management company is calculated by totaling the charge amount for each digital still camera 61a, 61b in each printing apparatus 50a, 50b for each DSC management company. When the charge amount for each of the digital still cameras 61a and 61b is totaled for each DSC management company, the charge amount for the digital still cameras 61a and 61b having the same management company ID managed in the DSC table 29a should be totaled. That's fine.
[0023]
When the final charging amount for each printing apparatus 50a, 50b and the profit amount for each DSC management company are calculated in this way, the calculation result is registered in the charging table 29c of the database 29 (step S240), and the final charging amount for each printing apparatus 50a, 50b is registered. Information about a typical charge amount is sent to each of the printing apparatuses 50a and 50b, and information about a profit amount for each DSC management company is sent to the computers 70a and 70b of the DSC management company (step S250). The notification process ends. In the embodiment, the information regarding the charge amount is transmitted to the printing apparatuses 50a and 50b by the charge amount notification e-mail illustrated in FIG. In this example, the print charge amount and the DSC charge amount are displayed together with the final charge amount of the corresponding year and month as the details. In addition, in the embodiment, the profit amount notification e-mail illustrated in FIG. 10 is transmitted to the computers 70a and 70b of the DSC management company. In this example, information (printing device, number of printed pages, charge amount, etc.) for each digital still camera 61a, 61b managed together with the profit amount for each DSC management company of the corresponding year and month is displayed as a detail.
[0024]
According to the accounting information management apparatus 20 of the embodiment described above, printing result data is periodically received from the storage media of the printing apparatuses 50a and 50b and registered in the database 29. In the accounting calculation notification process, this printing is performed. Based on the actual data, the print charge amount for printing and the DSC charge amount for use of the digital still cameras 61a and 61b are calculated, the final charge amount for the printing apparatuses 50a and 50b is calculated, and the profit amount for each DSC management company Can be calculated. That is, it is possible to calculate the billing amount for the use of the printing apparatuses 50a and 50b and the digital still cameras 61a and 61b all together and to calculate the profit amount for the management company of the digital still cameras 61a and 61b. As a result, billing processing according to the use of the printing devices 50a and 50b and the digital still cameras 61a and 61b can be easily performed. Therefore, the printing devices 50a and 50b and the digital still cameras 61a and 61b are introduced into a photo studio or the like. Can be promoted.
[0025]
Here, in the billing information management apparatus 20 of the embodiment, the ROM 22, RAM 23, and HDD 24 correspond to data storage means, the NIC 25 corresponds to data transmission / reception means, the print result data reception unit 26 corresponds to result data reception means, The accounting calculation unit 27 corresponds to the accounting calculation control unit, and the calculation result transmission unit 28 corresponds to the calculation result transmission unit.
[0026]
In the billing information management apparatus 20 of the embodiment, the printing result data is configured by information such as the total number of printed pages and the number of printed pages per DSC in the printing apparatuses 50a and 50b. For example, information such as the number of printed pages and the number of printed pages per DSC may be managed for each executed print job. In this case, when printing result data received in the information receiving process is registered in the database 29 or when printing result data to be charged is extracted from the database 29 in the charge calculation notification process, a print page for each print job is used. The number may be aggregated in units of printing date.
[0027]
In the billing information management apparatus 20 of the embodiment, the number of printed pages for each DSC is managed as print result data. However, the number of print pages for each information from which a DSC management company can be derived may be used. For example, print result data The number of print pages for each DSC management company may be managed. That is, it suffices to calculate the profit amount for each DSC management company by totaling the billing amount corresponding to the number of printed pages for each DSC management company.
[0028]
In the billing information management apparatus 20 of the embodiment, the unit price for the DSC billing amount uses the unit price set for each DSC management company (billing unit price of the management company table 29b), but is not limited to this. Regardless of the DSC management company, a fixed unit price may be used, or a unit price set for each product name and model of the digital still cameras 61a and 61b may be used.
[0029]
The billing information management apparatus 20 of the embodiment calculates the print billing amount and the DSC billing amount based on the printing result data, and the final billing amount and the DSC management company based on the calculated print billing amount, DSC billing amount, and the like. The profit amount for each is calculated. However, the method of calculating the final charge amount and the profit amount for each DSC management company is not limited to this. The calculation method can be applied.
[0030]
In the billing information management apparatus 20 of the embodiment, the billing amount for using the digital still cameras 61a and 61b as image input devices and the profit amount for each management company of the digital still cameras 61a and 61b are calculated. Of course, it can be applied to other image input devices.
[0031]
In the billing information management apparatus 20 of the embodiment, the number of printed pages is used as information about the amount printed, but other information may of course be used. For example, the number of print jobs, ink consumption, print Information such as the number of days may be used.
[0032]
In the billing information management apparatus 20 of the embodiment, the DSC management company is not particularly specified, but may be a sales company or a manufacturing company of the digital still cameras 61a and 61b, for example.
[0033]
In the billing information management apparatus 20 of the embodiment, information about the final billing amount for each printing apparatus 50a, 50b is transmitted to each printing apparatus 50a, 50b, and information about the profit amount for each DSC management company is sent to the DSC management company. The information is output to any of the computers 70a and 70b. For example, it may be transmitted as screen data that can be displayed by a Web browser or the like. Further, the data may not be transmitted to the printing apparatuses 50a and 50b and the computers 70a and 70b of the DSC management company, but may be registered in the database 29 or printed using a printer.
[0034]
The billing information management apparatus 20 of the embodiment is configured as a general-purpose computer centering on the CPU 21, ROM 22, and RAM 23. However, the hardware configuration is not limited to this, and a plurality of general-purpose computers and the like are used. The billing information management apparatus 20 may be configured.
[0035]
In the embodiment, the form of the billing information management apparatus 20 has been described. However, a similar billing information management method may be used. In addition, a program that causes a single or a plurality of computers to function as the billing information management apparatus 20 may be used. At this time, each step of the information reception process illustrated in FIG. 6 and the accounting calculation notification process illustrated in FIG. 7 may be programmed using an appropriate program language and installed in the computer.
[0036]
The embodiments of the present invention have been described using the embodiments. However, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and can be implemented in various forms without departing from the gist of the present invention. Of course you get.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an outline of a system configuration of a billing information management system 10;
FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of information managed by a DSC table 29a.
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of information managed by a management company table 29b.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of information managed by a print record table 29c.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of information managed by a charging table 29d.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of information reception processing.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a billing calculation notification process.
FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a calculation process of a final charge amount and a profit amount for each DSC management company.
FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a billing amount notification e-mail.
FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a profit amount notification e-mail.
[Explanation of symbols]
10 charging information management system, 20 charging information management apparatus, 21 CPU, 22 ROM, 23 RAM, 24 HDD, 25 NIC, 29 database, 29a DSC table, 29b management company table, 29c printing result table, 29d charging table, 30 network, 50a, 50b printing device, 51a, 51b inkjet printer, 52a, 52b print server, 60a, 60b client computer, 61a, 61b digital still camera, 70a, 70b DSC management company computer.

Claims (10)

Billing information management that is connected to a printing apparatus installed at a plurality of bases and capable of printing image data input from an image input apparatus via a communication line, and manages charging information for use of the image input apparatus and the printing apparatus A device,
Data storage means for storing data;
Data transmitting / receiving means capable of transmitting / receiving data to / from a printing apparatus via the communication line;
Printing result data including at least printing amount information related to the printed amount and management source derivable information capable of deriving the management source of the image input device that has input the printed image data associated with the printing amount information is output from the printing apparatus. A record data receiving means for receiving using the data transmitting / receiving means and storing the received print record data in the data storage means;
The printing result data is read from the data storage means and, based on the read printing result data, a collective charge amount for the use of the image input device and the printing apparatus and a management source of the image input device among the collective charge amount Billing calculation control means for calculating the profit amount of
Calculation result output means for outputting a calculation result by the charge calculation control means;
A billing information management device comprising: The billing information management device according to claim 1,
The data storage means is means for storing at least device identification information for identifying the image input device and management source identification information for identifying a management source of the image input device corresponding to the device identification information,
The accounting information management apparatus, wherein the management record derivable information of the printing result data is the device identification information of the image input device that has input the printed image data. The charge calculation control means calculates a charge amount for each image input device identified by the device identification information based on the printing record data, and calculates the calculated charge amount for each image input device as a management source of the image input device 3. A billing information management apparatus according to claim 2, which is a means for calculating the profit amount for each management source of the image input device by summing up every image. The billing information management device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The data storage means is means for storing at least a printing device billing unit price for use of a printing device and an input device billing unit price for use of an image input device,
The charging calculation control means calculates the collective charging amount based on the printing performance data, the printing device charging unit price, and the input device charging unit price, and based on the printing actual data and the input device charging unit price A billing information management apparatus which is a means for calculating a profit amount for each management source of an image input device. 5. The charging information management apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the input device billing unit price is a unit price that can be set for each management source of the image input device. 6. The accounting information management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image input device is a digital still camera. 7. The accounting information management according to claim 1, wherein the calculation result output unit is a unit that transmits the collective accounting amount calculated by the accounting calculation control unit to the computer on the printing apparatus side using the data transmission / reception unit. apparatus. The calculation result output means is means for transmitting the profit amount for each management source of the image input device calculated by the charge calculation control means to the computer on the management source side of the image input device using the data transmission / reception means. Item 8. A billing information management device according to any one of Items 1 to 7. A computer comprising data storage means for storing data and data transmission / reception means capable of transmitting / receiving data to / from the printing apparatus via the communication line is installed at a plurality of bases and input from image input devices A program for a billing information management apparatus which is connected to a printing apparatus capable of printing image data via a communication line and functions as a billing information management apparatus for managing billing information for use of the image input device and the printing apparatus. ,
Printing result data including at least printing amount information related to the printed amount and management source derivable information capable of deriving the management source of the image input device that has input the printed image data associated with the printing amount information is output from the printing apparatus. A record data receiving module that receives data using the data transmission / reception means and stores the received print record data in the data storage means;
The printing result data is read from the data storage means and, based on the read printing result data, a collective charge amount for the use of the image input device and the printing apparatus and a management source of the image input device among the collective charge amount A billing calculation control module for calculating the profit amount of
A calculation result output module for outputting a calculation result by the charge calculation control module;
A billing information management apparatus program comprising: A printing apparatus installed at a plurality of bases and capable of printing image data input from an image input apparatus; and charging information connected to the printing apparatus via a communication line and usage of the image input apparatus and the printing apparatus A billing information management system comprising a billing information management device to manage,
The printing apparatus includes print result data including at least print amount information related to a print amount and management source derivation information capable of deriving a management source of an image input device that has input the printed image data associated with the print amount information. Is a device for storing
The accounting information management device includes a data storage unit for storing data, a data transmission / reception unit capable of transmitting / receiving data to / from the printing device via the communication line, and the data transmission / reception from the printing device. Means for receiving the received print record data in the data storage means, reading the print record data from the data storage means, and inputting the image based on the read print record data Charge calculation control means for calculating a collective charge amount for use of the device and the printing apparatus and a profit amount for each management source of the image input device out of the collective charge amount, and a calculation result by the charge calculation control means is output A billing information management system comprising: a calculation result output unit;

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