JP2007062077A - Printing sheet for electronic pen - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printing sheet for an electronic pen which can eliminate hindrance in a visual area, when a photograph, a pictorial pattern, etc. are printed. <P>SOLUTION: A check sheet 3 is structured of two layers, one upper layer printed with routine printing information sheet and a lower layer printed with a dot pattern. In addition, the upper layer of the check sheet 3 can be released from the lower layer. In case the upper layer is released, the dot pattern of the lower layer appears, and therefore, a user can make an entry in the lower layer with the dot pattern made to appear by releasing the upper layer, using the electronic pen. Thus, it is possible to solve the problem such that a character, a ruled line, a pictorial pattern, a photograph, etc. become obscure due to the dot pattern and tend to give a depressed feeling, since the routine printing information and the dot pattern are assigned to the two layers. In other words, defects such as the poor visibility and the unpresentable image caused by the superposed printing of the dot pattern and the routine printing information, can be eradicated. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a structure of a printed matter for an electronic pen that is filled in with an electronic pen.

  In recent years, pen-type input devices called “electronic pens” and “digital pens” have appeared (hereinafter referred to as “electronic pens” in this specification). The developed “Anoto pen” is known. Anotopen is used in a pair with dedicated paper (hereinafter also referred to as “dedicated paper”) on which a predetermined dot pattern is printed. In addition to the normal ink-type pen tip, the Anoto pen is equipped with a small camera for reading the dot pattern on the dedicated paper and a data communication unit. When a user writes characters on the special paper with an anotopen or checks an image that is designed on the special paper, the small camera detects the dot pattern on the special paper as the pen moves, and the user Entry information (also referred to as “stroke data”) such as written characters and images is acquired. This entry information is transmitted from the Anotopen by the data communication unit to a terminal device such as a nearby personal computer or mobile phone. The system using this anotopen can be used as an input device in place of the keyboard, and is very easy to use for users who are reluctant to use the personal computer and keyboard described above.

  However, with conventional dedicated paper, when a product or a photographic image of a product is laid out on a dot pattern, the photographic image tends to be dark and sunk due to the dot pattern printed with black ink. For this reason, catalogs and the like created with dedicated paper have caused problems such as deterioration of products and product images.

  As a method of solving such a problem, it is conceivable to lay out the dot pattern and the product or the photographic image of the product separately on a dedicated paper. However, in this method, there is a space limitation, and a dot pattern that is necessary for the electronic pen to recognize and is not directly related to a product or a product is conspicuous.

  Patent Document 1 is cited as a similar technique related to the structural aspect of the present invention. However, in Patent Document 1, a part of the monthly calendar is simply formed into a seal shape, and a photograph or a picture of a portion that is covered and hidden by peeling off the seal shape is exposed. Are completely different.

No. 3055259

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and usually has a two-layer structure of an upper layer portion on which printing information is printed and a lower layer portion on which a dot pattern is printed, and a half cut process is performed on a part of the upper layer portion. It is an object of the present invention to provide a printed matter for an electronic pen that can eliminate adverse effects on the visual surface when a photograph or a pattern is printed.

  One aspect of the present invention is a printed matter for an electronic pen that is filled in by an electronic pen including an ink pen unit and a reading unit that optically reads a dot pattern, and an upper layer portion on which upper surface printing information is normally printed and an upper surface. It has a two-layer structure of a lower layer portion on which the dot pattern is printed, and the upper layer portion can be peeled from the lower layer portion.

  The electronic pen printed matter configured as described above has a two-layer structure of an upper layer portion on which normal printing information is printed and a lower layer portion on which a dot pattern is printed. Here, the printed matter for the electronic pen is, for example, a form such as an application form or a survey sheet. The electronic pen can acquire, as electronic data, stroke data and the like written on the printed material for the electronic pen. Further, the normal print information is information such as characters, ruled lines, pictures, photographs, etc. constituting the printed material for the electronic pen. Furthermore, the upper layer part of the printed material for electronic pens can be peeled from the lower layer part. When such an upper layer part is peeled off, a dot pattern of the lower layer part appears. That is, the user uses the electronic pen to fill in the lower layer portion where the upper layer portion is peeled off to reveal the dot pattern. According to this, since the normal print information and the dot pattern are separated into two layers, it is possible to solve the problem that characters, ruled lines, patterns, photographs, etc. are dark and tend to sink due to the dot pattern. In other words, it is possible to solve the visibility and poor image due to the dot pattern and the normal print information being printed overlapping each other.

  In one aspect of the printed matter for an electronic pen, a part of the upper layer part is subjected to a half-cut process, and the part subjected to the half-cut process is peelable from the lower layer part. That is, it is possible to set the upper layer portion so that a portion corresponding to an arbitrarily set item is peeled off and the dot pattern of the lower layer portion is exposed. According to this, only the item selected by the user can peel off the upper layer portion of the two-layer structure and expose the dot pattern. Therefore, it is not necessary to use the electronic pen for processing, and it is possible for the representative to collectively process printed materials used by a plurality of users after the fact.

  In another aspect of the printed matter for the electronic pen, the normal print information printed on the upper surface of the upper layer portion is associated with the position coordinates of the dot pattern printed on the upper surface of the lower layer portion. Specifically, the normal print information printed on the upper layer portion is associated with the position coordinates of the dot pattern that appears when the portion on which the normal print information is printed is peeled off. For example, when a printed matter for an electronic pen is composed of a plurality of items, a photograph of a product or the like is printed as normal print information on the upper surface of the upper layer portion corresponding to the item. When the user purchases the product, the user enters the number of purchases using an electronic pen in the dot pattern that is exposed by peeling the upper surface of the upper layer portion. In the electronic pen printed matter of the present invention, since the product and the position coordinates on the dot pattern are associated with each other, the server or the like can easily determine the product and the number of purchases based on the entry information acquired from the electronic pen. Can be associated with

  In still another aspect of the printed matter for an electronic pen, the back surface of the upper layer part is subjected to adhesive processing, and the upper layer part peeled from the lower layer part is sealed. According to this, the peeled upper layer part is sealed and labeled, so that it can be used for other printed materials.

  In still another aspect of the printed matter for the electronic pen, the normal print information is printed on an upper surface of the upper layer portion with an ink not containing carbon, and the dot pattern is a carbon readable by the electronic pen. It is printed on the upper surface of the lower layer portion with a dedicated ink containing. The electronic pen can recognize only the pattern with the dedicated ink. In other words, since the electronic pen is printed with a special ink containing carbon, the electronic pen can read the dot pattern by filling in the dot pattern that appears by peeling the upper layer part of the printed material for the electronic pen. it can. In other words, even if the electronic pen fills in the normal print information printed on the upper layer part, the written content cannot be read as electronic data.

  According to the present invention, a two-layer structure of an upper layer portion on which normal printing information is printed and a lower layer portion on which a dot pattern is printed, and a printed matter for an electronic pen in which a part of the upper layer portion is half-cut processed, And bad visual effects such as poor appearance of light-colored patterns can be eliminated.

  Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, an outline of an electronic pen used as an input device in the system of the present invention will be described.

[Electronic pen]
FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing how the electronic pen is used, and FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing the structure of the electronic pen. As shown in FIG. 1, the electronic pen 10 is used in combination with a dedicated paper 20 on which a dot pattern is printed. The electronic pen 10 includes a pen tip portion 17 similar to a normal ink pen, and a user writes characters on the dedicated paper 20 in the same manner as a normal ink pen.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the electronic pen 10 includes a processor 11, a memory 12, a data communication unit 13, a battery 14, an LED 15, a camera 16, and a pressure sensor 18 therein. The electronic pen 10 includes an ink cartridge (not shown) as a component similar to a normal ink pen.

  The electronic pen 10 does not convert the locus of the ink drawn on the dedicated paper 20 by the pen tip unit 17 but converts the locus coordinates of the movement of the electronic pen 10 on the dedicated paper 20 into data. While the LED 15 illuminates the vicinity of the pen tip 17 on the dedicated paper 20, the camera 16 reads the dot pattern printed on the dedicated paper 20 and converts it into data. That is, the electronic pen 10 can acquire, as image data or vector data, a stroke generated when the user moves the electronic pen 10 on the dedicated paper 20.

  The pressure sensor 18 detects the pressure applied to the pen tip portion 17 when the user writes characters on the dedicated paper with the electronic pen 10, that is, the writing pressure, and supplies the detected pressure to the processor 11. The processor 11 switches on / off the LED 15 and the camera 16 based on the writing pressure data provided from the pressure sensor 18. That is, when the user writes characters or the like on the dedicated paper 20 with the electronic pen 10, writing pressure is applied to the pen tip portion 17. Therefore, when the writing pressure exceeding the predetermined value is detected, it is determined that the user has started the description, and the LED 15 and the camera 16 are operated.

  The camera 16 reads the dot pattern on the dedicated paper 20 and supplies the pattern data to the processor 11. The processor 11 calculates X / Y coordinates on the dedicated paper 20 from the supplied dot pattern.

  The processor 11 acquires the writing pressure array data and the X / Y coordinate data while the description of the user is performed, and stores them in the memory 12 in association with the time stamp (time information). Therefore, data corresponding to the description content of the user is stored in the memory 12 in time series. The capacity of the memory 12 can be about 1 Mbyte, for example.

  All the acquired data is held in the memory 12 until a transmission instruction is given by the user. When the user gives a transmission instruction, the data communication unit 13 transmits the data in the memory 12 to the terminal device 25 within a predetermined distance from the electronic pen 10. Basically, once a transmission instruction is given, the electronic pen 10 transmits all data stored in the memory 12 to the terminal device 25, and thus the memory 12 is cleared. Therefore, when it is desired to transmit the same information to the terminal device 25 again after transmission, the user needs to write the description on the dedicated paper 20 again. In this case, the user can trace characters written on the dedicated paper 20 with an ink pen.

  The electronic pen 10 itself does not include a function button such as a transmission button, and a transmission instruction and other instructions are made by a user checking the dedicated box provided at a predetermined position on the dedicated paper 20 with the electronic pen 10. Executed. A transmission instruction is associated with the position coordinates of the dedicated box in advance, and when the processor 11 receives the position coordinates of the dedicated box, the processor 11 supplies the data in the memory 12 to the data communication unit 13 and transmits it to the terminal device 25. To do. The electronic pen 10 can indicate completion of data transmission by vibration of the electronic pen.

  The battery 14 is for supplying power to each element in the electronic pen 10, and the electronic pen 10 itself can be turned on / off by a cap (not shown) of the electronic pen, for example.

  As described above, the electronic pen 10 has a function of acquiring coordinate data and writing pressure data corresponding to characters and the like described on the dedicated paper 20 by the user and transmitting them to the nearby terminal device 25. Since the pen tip portion 17 is a normal ink pen, the content described on the dedicated paper 20 remains as an original original. That is, at the same time as describing the original paper, its contents can be digitized in the form of coordinate data in real time.

  According to the standard function of the electronic pen 10, data obtained by the electronic pen 10 is in principle in the form of coordinate data or vector data, and is not text data. However, as a standard function, the electronic pen 10 has a function of converting text into alphanumeric characters by describing it in a dedicated area provided on the dedicated paper 20.

  Also, the electronic pen 10 can hold property information (pen information and pen owner information) regarding the pen itself and its owner, and can be referenced from the application. As the pen information, a battery level, a pen ID, a pen manufacturer number, a pen software version, a subscription provider ID, and the like can be held. The pen owner information can hold nationality, language, time zone, email address, free memory capacity, name, address, fax / phone number, mobile phone number, and the like.

  In the data communication unit 13 in the above example, the electronic pen 10 is connected to the terminal device 25 by various methods such as wireless transmission using Bluetooth (registered trademark), wired transmission using a USB cable, and data transmission by contact with a terminal. It is conceivable to perform data transmission.

  Next, a method for acquiring X / Y coordinate data of contents described by the user with the electronic pen will be described. As described above, a predetermined dot pattern is printed on the dedicated paper 20. The camera 16 of the electronic pen 10 does not read the locus of ink described on the dedicated paper 20 by the user, but reads the dot pattern on the dedicated paper 20. Actually, as shown in FIG. 1, the illumination area by the LED 15 and the shooting area of the camera 16 (located in the illumination area) are deviated from the position where the pen tip portion 17 contacts the dedicated paper 20.

  The dot pattern is printed with a special ink containing carbon, and the camera 16 can recognize only the pattern with the special ink. Even if a ruled line or a frame is printed on the dedicated paper with an ink other than the dedicated ink (not including carbon), the electronic pen does not recognize them. Therefore, when creating forms such as various application forms using dedicated paper, input frames, ruled lines, cautions, etc. are printed with ink other than dedicated ink.

  In the dot pattern, the position of each dot is associated with data, as illustrated in FIG. In the example of FIG. 3, the 2-bit information 0 to 3 is displayed by shifting the dot position vertically and horizontally from the reference position of the lattice (intersection of the vertical and horizontal lines). The position coordinates on the dedicated paper are determined by the combination of information expressed in this way. As illustrated in FIG. 4A, 36 dots are arranged in a grid within a range of 2 mm in length and width, and the data array (FIG. 4B) indicated by these dots is displayed on the dedicated paper. Are associated with the position coordinates. Therefore, when the camera 16 of the electronic pen 10 captures a dot pattern as shown in FIG. 4A, the processor 11 changes the data array shown in FIG. 4B based on the dot pattern data input from the camera 16. The position coordinates on the dedicated paper (that is, where the dot pattern is located on the dedicated paper) corresponding to the acquired position are calculated in real time. The minimum unit for recognizing a dot pattern is 2 mm × 2 mm, and the camera 16 takes about 100 shots per second.

  Next, the dedicated paper will be described. An example of the structure of the dedicated paper is shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the dedicated paper 20 has a dot pattern 32 printed on a mount 30 and a design 34 such as a ruled line printed thereon. The mount 30 is usually paper, and the dot pattern 32 is printed with dedicated ink containing carbon as described above. Also, the design 34 is printed with normal ink or the like. The dot pattern and the design may be printed at the same time, or one of them may be printed first.

  In the present invention, the printed material for the electronic pen, which is the dedicated paper 20, has a two-layer structure of the upper layer portion on which the design 34 or the like is printed and the lower layer portion on which the dot pattern is printed, and the upper layer portion is peeled off from the lower layer portion. By doing so, the dot pattern appears. Details of the printed matter for the electronic pen of the present invention will be described later.

  An example of the design 34 is shown in FIG. FIG. 6 shows an example of a certain application form 36 in which a plurality of entry fields 38 and a transmission box 39 are printed. Although it is not clearly shown in FIG. 6 and will be described in detail later, a dot pattern is actually printed on the entire surface of the application form 36, and an entry box 38 and a transmission box 39 are formed on the entire surface using ordinary ink. It is printed. The user may fill out the necessary items in the entry fields 38 of the application form 36 using the electronic pen 10 in the same manner as a conventional application form without being aware of the dot pattern.

  The area on the dedicated paper 20 can be roughly divided into two types. One is an entry area, in which the content described by the electronic pen 10 is handled as information as it is. In the example of FIG. 6, a plurality of entry fields 38 correspond to this. The other is a functional element. When a corresponding area is checked with the electronic pen 10, actions, instructions, and the like defined for the area are executed in advance. The transmission box 39 in the example of FIG. 6 corresponds to this.

  The transmission box 39 is used when giving an instruction to transmit data stored in the electronic pen 10 to the nearby terminal device 25 as described above. When the user checks the transmission box 39 with the electronic pen 10, the electronic pen 10 reads the dot pattern in the transmission box. The pattern is associated with a transmission instruction, and the processor 11 in the electronic pen 10 issues a command to transmit data stored in the memory 12 to the data communication unit 13.

  The assignment of dot patterns is usually performed for each application (paper type). That is, the dot patterns in a certain application form do not overlap in one sheet, but the same dot pattern is printed on the same application form. Therefore, when the user inputs necessary items with the electronic pen 10, it can be specified from the coordinate data on the application form which item of the application form the input item is for.

  As described above, by printing a predetermined design on the dedicated paper on which the dot pattern is printed, various application forms using the dedicated paper can be created. If the user uses the electronic pen 10 and fills in necessary items in a normal manner, the electronic data is automatically acquired.

  In the above example, the dot pattern is printed on the dedicated paper with carbon-containing ink. However, it is also possible to print the dot pattern on ordinary paper using a printer and carbon-containing ink. Furthermore, the design on the dedicated paper can also be formed by a printer instead of printing. When dot patterns are formed on paper by a printer, different dot patterns can be formed on each sheet. Therefore, each of the sheets can be identified and distinguished by the difference in the formed dot pattern.

  In the present specification, the term “print” is a concept including not only normal printing but also printing by a printer.

  Next, transmission processing of data acquired by the electronic pen will be described with reference to FIG. The data acquired by the electronic pen 10 is mainly data of items input by the user, but usually does not include information on where the service server that is the transmission destination of the data is. Instead, information specifying the application or service related to the dedicated paper is included in the dot pattern on the dedicated paper, and the information is acquired from the dedicated paper during the user's input operation. Therefore, the terminal device 25 that has received the entry information from the electronic pen 10 first makes an inquiry to the inquiry server 26 to which service server 27 the data input to the dedicated paper should be transmitted. The inquiry server 26 has information on a corresponding service server for each dedicated paper, and in response to an inquiry from the terminal device 25, information (such as a URL) of the service server 27 that performs a service related to the dedicated paper. Answer to the terminal device 25. Then, the terminal device 25 transmits the entry information acquired from the electronic pen to the service server 27. Here, the entry information may include not only the stroke data but also the above-described time information and property information.

  In the above example, the terminal device 25, the inquiry server 26, and the service server 27 are separately configured. However, some or all of them may be configured as one device. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that a server described later also serves as the inquiry server 26 and the service server 27.

[Information processing system]
Next, the entry information processing system in the present invention will be described. FIG. 7 shows a schematic configuration of the entry information processing system 100. The entry information processing system 100 shown in FIG. 7 has a two-layer structure of an upper layer portion on which normal print information is printed and a lower layer portion on which a dot pattern is printed, and a half cut (half-cut) process is performed on a part of the upper layer portion. This is a system for processing the entry information entered using the electronic pen 10 on the printed material for the electronic pen to which is applied. Here, the normal print information of the upper layer portion is printed with ink (not including carbon) other than the above-described dedicated ink. On the other hand, the dot pattern in the lower layer is printed with the above-described dedicated ink containing carbon.

  In the present embodiment, the printed material for the electronic pen is the survey sheet 3. Here, the survey sheet 3 is a dedicated paper for surveying the creatures of the river as shown in FIG. 8, and the information processing system 100 is based on the information entered in the survey sheet 3 by the electronic pen 10. Count the numbers.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the entry information processing system 100 is configured by connecting a terminal device 25 and a server 5 through a network 2. Here, one suitable example of the network 2 is the Internet. The terminal device 25 is a terminal that receives the entry information entered on the survey sheet 3 from the electronic pen 10 and transmits it to the server 5. Specifically, the terminal device 25 is a PC (Personal Computer), a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), a mobile phone, or the like that can exchange data via the network 2. The server 5 executes a process of counting the number of creatures surveyed by the user based on the entry information received from the electronic pen 10 via the terminal device 25, and a survey result database (hereinafter, referred to as a survey result database). (Referred to as “DB”).

  First, referring to FIG. 8, an outline of a method for processing information entered in the survey sheet 3 in this system will be described. FIG. 8 is an example of the survey sheet 3 that is filled in by the user using the electronic pen 10. As will be described in detail later, the survey sheet 3 has a two-layer structure of an upper layer portion on which characters, ruled lines, patterns, photographic images, etc. are printed and a lower layer portion on which dot patterns are printed. This is a printed material for an electronic pen that has been half-cut. In addition, the investigation sheet | seat 3 can peel a part of upper layer part from a lower layer part by a half cut process. Moreover, the dot pattern printed on the upper surface of the lower layer part is exposed by peeling off a part of the upper layer part.

  Specifically, the survey sheet 3 is composed of the item 51a, the bag item 52a and the crab item 53a, the habitat item 54 and the non-habitat item 55, and the survey area item 56 because the photograph image of the creature of the river is printed. It is configured. Here, half cut processing is applied to the upper layer portion corresponding to the meka item 51a, the case item 52a, and the crab item 53a, and the upper layer portion can be peeled off from the lower layer portion. Further, the back surface of the upper layer portion is subjected to adhesive processing, and the peeled upper layer portion can be used as a seal. Since the survey sheet 3 has a two-layer structure of an upper layer portion and a lower layer portion, when the upper layer portion of the item 51a, the eyeglass item 52a, and the item 53a are peeled, as shown in FIG. The dot pattern of the part appears. As shown in the drawing, on the dot pattern of the lower layer part, the name of the creature of the peeled upper layer part is printed.

  The user investigates the creatures in the river, and sticks a sticker of an item corresponding to the found creature to the inhabiting item 54 and a sticker corresponding to the creature that could not be found to the non-inhabiting item 55. Specifically, when four pieces of glasses are found, the user peels off the items 52 a of the survey sheet 3 and attaches them to the habitat item 54. Furthermore, the user enters the number “4” of the found glasses in the suit item 52 b in which the dot pattern appears using the electronic pen 10. In addition, when the medaka cannot be found, the user peels off the medaka item 51 a of the survey sheet 3 and attaches it to the non-habitat item 55. Further, the user uses the electronic pen 10 to enter “0” in the item 51b as to whether the dot pattern is displayed. The same applies to the crab item 53.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 8 (b), the user enters the elementary school name as the survey area, and enters the elementary school ID for identifying the elementary school in the survey area item 56 using the electronic pen 10. In addition, the upper layer part corresponding to the survey area item 56 has already peeled, and the dot pattern of the lower layer part is exposed from the beginning. Further, the elementary school ID of the survey area item 56 needs to be entered with the electronic pen 10, but the elementary school name need not be recognized by the electronic pen 10, and may be entered with a normal pen.

  In this way, the user fills in the survey sheet 3 based on the result of the survey of river creatures. Although not shown in the figure, the survey sheet 3 has the transmission box 39 as described above.

  On the other hand, the electronic pen 10 acquires stroke data corresponding to the contents entered in the survey sheet 3 and temporarily stores it in the memory 12 in the electronic pen 10, and then a check mark is entered in the transmission box 39. The stroke data is transmitted to the terminal device 25 at the timing. The terminal device 25 receives the stroke data from the electronic pen 10 and transmits it to the server 5 through the network 2. In this way, the server 5 acquires the stroke data as entry information indicating information entered by the user on the survey sheet 3.

  In this embodiment, it is assumed that each user has one electronic pen 10 and fills in the survey sheet 3 using his / her own electronic pen 10. That is, it is assumed that the server 5 can identify each user by the pen ID included in the entry information.

  The server 5 that has acquired the entry information from the electronic pen 10 specifies the pen ID included in the entry information. In addition, the server 5 has entered each item from the entry information based on the position coordinates on the dot pattern corresponding to the medaka item 51b, the garment item 52b, the crab item 53b, and the survey area item 56 in the survey sheet 3. Extract item entry information. Specifically, the server 5 specifies the number of the eyeglasses, the eyeglasses, and the crabs based on the item entry information entered in the eyeglass item 51b, the eyeglass item 52b, and the eyepiece item 53b. Further, the server 5 identifies the elementary school ID, the elementary school name, and the area based on the item entry information entered in the survey area item 56. Then, the server 5 stores and manages in the survey result DB 6 by associating the number of eyelids, eyeglasses and crabs, and the region with the specified pen ID as a key. That is, the server 5 can easily count the number of river creatures in each region based on the information stored in the survey result DB 6.

[Survey sheet]
Next, the structure of the survey sheet 3 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of the survey sheet 3.

  As shown in FIG. 9A, the survey sheet 3 has a two-layer structure of an upper layer portion on which the normal print information is printed on the upper surface and a lower layer portion on which the dot pattern is printed on the upper surface. In addition, a part of the upper layer part is half-cut, and can be peeled off from the lower layer part. The portion to be half cut can be arbitrarily set. Here, the normal printing information specifically refers to characters, ruled lines, patterns, photographic images, etc. constituting the survey sheet 3, and is printed with inks other than the above-described dedicated ink (not including carbon). . The dot pattern has position information that can be read by the electronic pen 10 and is printed with the above-described dedicated ink (including carbon).

  When the user performs entry using the electronic pen 10, as shown in FIG. 9 (b), the dot pattern printed on the lower layer portion is removed by peeling the upper layer portion subjected to the half-cut processing. Make it appear. The normal print information printed on the peelable upper layer part and the position coordinates on the dot pattern printed on the peeled lower layer part are associated in advance by a coordinate table or the like described later. In addition, the adhesive process is given to the back surface of the peeled upper layer part, The said upper layer part can be reused as a seal | sticker. That is, the peeled upper layer portion can be used as a printed picture sticker.

  The survey sheet 3 configured as described above, that is, the printed material for the electronic pen, has a dot pattern necessary for the electronic pen 10 to recognize, and has a printed pattern that is not visually restricted. Therefore, in particular, when the electronic pen 10 is used to select information that requires photographic display (such as creatures in the survey sheet 3), according to the present invention, it is possible to arrange a dot pattern without impairing reproducibility of photographs and pictures. it can.

  Further, only the selected item is caused to reveal a dot pattern by peeling off the upper layer portion of the two-layer structure. Therefore, it is not necessary for the user to process the electronic pen 10, and it is also possible for a plurality of users to collectively process the printed material for the electronic pen from which an arbitrary upper layer portion has been peeled off after the fact. Further, by sealing and labeling the upper layer part to be peeled off, it can be used for other printed materials.

[server]
Next, the server 5 will be described in detail. FIG. 10 shows the internal configuration of the entry information processing system 100, particularly the server 5. As illustrated, the server 5 includes an entry information processing program 101, an entry information acquisition function 102, a pen ID identification function 103, a coordinate table 104, an item entry information extraction function 105, an elementary school table 106, an item content identification function 107, and a survey result. It consists of a DB storage function 108. Each function is realized by the CPU included in the server 5 executing a program prepared in advance.

  The entry information processing program 101 is a program that specifies a pen ID and a survey result based on the information entered in the survey sheet 3 and stores it in the survey result DB 6.

  The entry information acquisition function 102 is a function for acquiring entry information entered on the entry sheet 3 by the user using the electronic pen 10 by executing the entry information processing program 101.

  The pen ID specifying function 103 is a function for specifying a pen ID included in the entry information acquired by the entry information acquisition function 102. In the present embodiment, each user has one electronic pen 10. Therefore, the pen ID for identifying the electronic pen 10 can be assumed to be information for identifying the user.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the coordinate table 104 includes item IDs, item names, and coordinate data. FIG. 11 is a diagram schematically showing the data structure of the coordinate table 104. Here, the item ID is information that configures the survey sheet 3 and identifies each item to be filled in with the electronic pen 10. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 8B, the item IDs “K01” and “K02” are assigned to the item 51, the item 52, the item 53, and the region item 56 on the survey sheet 3, respectively. , “K03” and “K04”. The item name is the name of the item indicated by the item ID. The coordinate data is information indicating the position coordinates on the dot pattern of each item. Thus, the coordinate table 104 stores the name of each item and the position coordinates on the dot pattern of each item on the survey sheet 3 using the item ID as a key.

  The item entry information extraction function 105 is a function for extracting item entry information entered in each item from the entry information acquired by the entry information acquisition function 102 based on the coordinate table 104.

  The item content specifying function 106 is a function for specifying the content written in each item by OCR (Optical Character Reader) processing or the like based on the item entry information extracted by the item entry information extraction function 105. Specifically, the item content specifying function 106 has an area specifying function and a number specifying function.

  The area specifying function is a function for first specifying an elementary school ID by OCR processing based on the item entry information entered in the survey area item 56. The area specifying function is a function for specifying an elementary school name and an area by referring to an elementary school table 106 as shown in FIG. 12 based on the specified elementary school ID. FIG. 12 is a diagram schematically showing the data structure of the elementary school table 106. As shown in the figure, the elementary school table 106 includes an elementary school ID, an elementary school name, and an area. Here, the elementary school ID is information for identifying the elementary school to which the user belongs. The elementary school name is the name of the elementary school indicated by the elementary school ID. The area is an area where the elementary school indicated by the elementary school ID is located. Thus, the elementary school table 106 stores the name and location area of each elementary school using the elementary school ID as a key. Therefore, the item content specifying function 106 can specify the elementary school name and area based on the elementary school ID specified based on the item entry information and the elementary table 106 as shown.

  The number specifying function is a function for specifying the number of each creature by OCR processing based on the item entry information entered in the item 51b, the item 52b, and the item 53b.

  The survey result DB storage function 108 stores the region identified by the item content identification function 107 and the number of each creature in the survey result DB 6 as shown in FIG. 13 using the pen ID identified by the pen ID identification function 103 as a key. It is a function. FIG. 13 is a diagram schematically illustrating the data structure of the survey result DB 6. The server 5 can easily add up the number of creatures for each region based on the information stored in the survey result DB 6.

[Entry information processing]
Next, the entry information processing executed by the entry information processing system 100 will be described. FIG. 14 is a flowchart of entry information processing.

  First, the user investigates the creatures in the river and peels off the upper layer of the item corresponding to the found creature in the investigation sheet 3 as shown in FIG. Specifically, the peeled upper layer is used as a seal and is affixed to the habitat item 54. Further, the user enters the number of creatures found using the electronic pen 10 in the item where the dot pattern appears by peeling off the upper layer portion.

  Moreover, a user peels off the upper layer part of the item corresponding to the creature which was not discovered in the investigation sheet | seat 3. FIG. Specifically, the peeled upper layer part is used as a seal and is affixed to the non-habitat item 55. Further, the user enters “0” using the electronic pen 10 in the item where the dot pattern appears by peeling off the upper layer portion.

  Further, the user enters the elementary school name as the survey area, and uses the electronic pen 10 to enter the elementary school ID for identifying the elementary school in the survey area item 56. When the entry on the survey sheet 3 is completed, the user enters a check mark in the transmission box 39 using the electronic pen 10.

  At this time, the electronic pen 10 acquires stroke data corresponding to the contents entered in the survey sheet 3 and temporarily stores it in the memory 12 in the electronic pen 10, and then a check mark is entered in the transmission item 39. The stroke data is transmitted to the terminal device 25 at the timing. The terminal device 25 receives the stroke data from the electronic pen 10 and transmits it to the server 5 through the network 2. In this way, the server 5 acquires the stroke data as entry information indicating information entered by the user in the survey sheet 3 (step S1).

  The server 5 that has acquired the entry information from the electronic pen 10 identifies the pen ID based on the entry information (step S2). Further, the server 5 refers to the coordinate table 104 and extracts item entry information entered in each item from the entry information (step S3). And the server 5 specifies elementary school ID by OCR process etc. based on the item entry information entered in the investigation area item 56 (step S4). Further, the server 5 identifies the name and area of the elementary school by referring to the elementary school table 106 based on the identified elementary school ID (step S5). Further, the server 5 specifies the number of the eyeglasses, the eyeglasses, and the kana by OCR processing or the like based on the item entry information entered in each of the eyeglass item 51b, the eyeglass item 52b, and the eyepiece item 53b (step S6). ). And the server 5 memorize | stores the number and area of the identified creature based on identified pen ID in investigation result DB6 as shown in FIG. 13 (step S7). Thereby, the entry information processing is completed. Thus, by storing and managing the specified creatures and areas in the survey result DB 6, the server 5 can easily count the creatures for each area.

  In this embodiment, each user has one electronic pen 10 and the entry information entered in each survey sheet 3 is distinguished for each user. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Is not to be done. For example, when it is desired to count the total number of river creatures found, it is not necessary to distinguish the entry information for each user, and a plurality of users may use one electronic pen 10. In this case, after all the users have completed the entry on the survey sheet 3, the entry information stored in the electronic pen 10 is transmitted, so that the entry information that is the survey results of a plurality of users is transmitted collectively. can do.

  In this embodiment, the survey sheet 3 for surveying river creatures is described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention is applicable to any printed material that is filled in with the electronic pen 10. be able to. That is, the present invention can be applied by making an arbitrary printed matter to be filled in with the electronic pen 10 into a two-layer structure as shown in FIG. In particular, when applied to various printed materials having a process printing pattern such as a photographic pattern, the merit of the present invention that eliminates the harmful effects on the visual surface can be effectively exhibited.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the survey sheet 3, that is, the printed material for the electronic pen, has a two-layer structure of the upper layer portion on which the normal print information is printed on the upper surface and the lower layer portion on which the dot pattern is printed on the upper surface. A part of the upper layer part can be peeled from the lower layer part by half-cut processing. That is, since the normal print information and the dot pattern are separated into two layers, it is possible to solve the problem that characters, ruled lines, patterns, photographs, etc. tend to be dark and sunk due to the dot pattern. In other words, it is possible to solve the visibility and poor image due to the dot pattern and the normal print information being printed overlapping each other.

  In addition, according to the present invention, since the upper layer part of the two-layer structure is peeled off only for the selected item and the dot pattern is exposed, the processing by the electronic pen 10 does not need to be used by the user himself / herself. It becomes possible for the representative to collectively process the printed matter processed by a plurality of users. In addition, the peeled upper layer part is sealed and labeled, so that it can be used for other printed materials.

  The printed material for an electronic pen of the present invention can be used for various printed materials that are filled in with an electronic pen.

It is a figure which shows the usage pattern of an electronic pen typically. It is a functional block diagram which shows the structure of an electronic pen. It is a figure explaining the expression method of the information by the dot pattern printed on the exclusive paper. It is an example of a dot pattern and the information corresponding to it. The structure of a form composed of dedicated paper is shown. An example of an electronic pen form is shown. It is a figure which shows schematic structure of the entry information processing system in this invention. It is an example of the investigation sheet | seat which is a printed matter for electronic pens. It is sectional drawing of the printed matter for electronic pens. It is a functional block diagram of a server included in an entry information processing system. It is a figure which shows typically the data structure of a coordinate table. It is a figure which shows typically the data structure of an elementary school table. It is a figure which shows typically the data structure of investigation result DB. It is a flowchart of the entry information processing in this invention.

Explanation of symbols

2 ... Network 3 ... Survey sheet 5 ... Server 6 ... Survey result DB
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Electronic pen 11 ... Processor 12 ... Memory 13 ... Data communication unit 14 ... Battery 25 ... Terminal device 26 ... Inquiry server 27 ... Service server 100 ... Fill information processing system

Claims (5)

A printed matter for an electronic pen written by an electronic pen including an ink pen unit and a reading unit that optically reads a dot pattern,
It has a two-layer structure of an upper layer portion on which the normal print information is printed on the upper surface and a lower layer portion on which the dot pattern is printed on the upper surface,
The printed matter for electronic pens, wherein the upper layer part is peelable from the lower layer part. A part of the upper layer part is subjected to a half cut process,
The printed material for an electronic pen according to claim 1, wherein the half-cut portion is peelable from the lower layer portion.   3. The electronic pen according to claim 1, wherein normal print information printed on the upper surface of the upper layer portion is associated with position coordinates of a dot pattern printed on the upper surface of the lower layer portion. Printed matter. The back surface of the upper layer part is subjected to adhesive processing,
The printed material for an electronic pen according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the upper layer part peeled from the lower layer part is sealed. The normal print information is printed on the upper surface of the upper layer portion with an ink not containing carbon,
5. The electronic pen for an electronic pen according to claim 1, wherein the dot pattern is printed on an upper surface of the lower layer portion with a dedicated ink containing carbon readable by the electronic pen. Printed matter.

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