JP2012126087A - Verification device and verification system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a verification device and a verification system which can simply designate information required for verification and can efficiently perform a verification process even when a plurality of kinds of media are continuously verified.SOLUTION: The verification device 1 includes a management unit 102 which can manage a plurality of pieces of format information including at least a format that is information related to a position on a printing medium P of a display, and which manages the format information stored in a memory card 102a; and a designation unit 106 which designates at least one piece of format information used for the verification by a verification unit 101. Control of a scanner unit 70 carried out by the verification unit 101 is carried out while a process related to a part to which the verification is not required is omitted, on the basis of the format information designated by the designation unit 106.

Description

  The present invention relates to a verification device and a verification system for reading and verifying barcodes and characters printed on a print medium.

  Conventionally, a verification device that prints a barcode or the like on a label using a printer, reads the printed barcode by a scanner built in the printer, and verifies whether the printing is normally performed (for example, a patent) Reference 1).

  A conventional verification apparatus is a form built in a printer, and includes a printer main body and a scanner used as a part of the barcode verification apparatus, and an increase in the size of the housing is inevitable. In addition, the verification apparatus is dedicated to verification of a print medium printed by an integrally provided printer, and is not versatile and expensive. For this reason, a highly versatile printer and a verification device are desired.

  Patent Document 2 discloses a method for checking a card based on a format of a selected card in a card precheck device.

JP 2005-212373 A JP-A-6-150036

  However, when the verification apparatus is configured separately from the printer, the print data cannot be used as verification data as it is. Therefore, the verification apparatus cannot grasp at which position on the print medium the print display to be verified such as the barcode to be verified is made, and it is necessary to read the entire surface of the print medium, which takes a long time to read. There was a case.

  Further, in the method disclosed in Patent Document 2, the content to be verified is simply selected by simply comparing the content registered in advance with the card of the selected format. Therefore, the method disclosed in Patent Document 2 cannot solve the problem that it takes a long time to read.

  Furthermore, the technique disclosed in Patent Document 2 has a problem that it is necessary to select a format each time a card is checked, which is complicated and inefficient. In a situation where the verification apparatus is used side by side with a printer, it is desirable to sequentially verify the media discharged from the printer one after another in accordance with the discharge speed. Therefore, the technique disclosed in Patent Document 2 cannot be applied to a print medium verification apparatus.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a verification device and a verification system capable of easily specifying information necessary for verification and efficiently performing verification processing even when verification of a plurality of types of media is performed continuously. Is to provide.

  The present invention solves the above problems by the following means. In addition, in order to make an understanding easy, although the code | symbol corresponding to embodiment of this invention is attached | subjected and demonstrated, it is not limited to this.

  The invention of claim 1 is a verification means (101) for controlling the reading means (70) to read the display on the medium (P, 501, 502) to be verified and verifying the display on the medium; Management that can manage a plurality of format information including at least a format that is information on the position of the display on the medium, and manages the format information stored in a storage means (102a) provided in a built-in or removable manner Means (102) and designation means (106) for designating at least one of the format information used for verification by the verification means from the storage means, and verification of the display on the medium performed by the verification means, Based on the format information specified by the specifying means, the processing related to the portion that does not require verification is simplified or omitted. Is that, the verification device characterized by (1).

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the verification apparatus according to the first aspect, the designation means (106, 106B) can designate the number of the media to be verified corresponding to the format information. Is a verification device (1).

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the verification device according to the first or second aspect, the specifying means (106) can specify a plurality of the format information corresponding to the medium (P) to be verified, The verification device (1) is characterized in that the order of verification can be specified.

  The invention of claim 4 is a verification system comprising a verification device (1B), a printing device (400), and a control device (300) communicatively connected to the verification device and the printing device, The control device includes a print instruction unit (301) for instructing the printing device to perform display printing on a medium, and information corresponding to the content instructed to be printed by the print instruction unit, at least the display Information transmitting means (302) for transmitting format specifying information for specifying format information including a format that is information on a position on the medium to the verification device, and the verification device is printed by the printing device. And reading means (70) for reading the display on the medium, and reading on the medium to be verified by controlling the reading means, and the table on the medium. A verification means (101) for verifying the format information, and a management means (102) for managing a plurality of the format information, and managing the format information stored in a storage means (102a) provided in a built-in or detachable manner Specification means (106B) for specifying at least one of the format information used for verification by the verification means from the storage means based on the format specification information acquired from the control device, and the verification means performs At least one of the control of the reading unit and the verification of the display on the medium to be verified is based on the format information specified by the specifying unit, or the processing related to the portion that does not need to be verified is simplified, or This is a verification system (1B, 300B, 400) characterized by being omitted.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the verification system according to the fourth aspect, the designation means (106B) can designate the number of the media (P) to be verified corresponding to the format information, and the information The transmission means (302) transmits information related to the number of the media to be verified to the verification apparatus (1B) in response to the content instructed by the print instruction means (301). The verification system (1B, 300B, 400).

  The invention of claim 6 is the verification system according to claim 4 or claim 5, wherein the specifying means (106B) can specify a plurality of the format information corresponding to the medium (P) to be verified, The order in which verification is performed can be specified, and the information transmission unit (302) provides information on the order in which the print instruction unit (301) performs verification corresponding to the contents instructed to print by the verification device (1B). ) To the verification system (1B, 300B, 400).

  According to the present invention, the verification apparatus and the verification system can easily specify information necessary for verification and efficiently perform verification processing even when verification of a plurality of types of media is performed continuously. be able to.

It is the perspective view which looked at 1st Embodiment of the verification apparatus 1 by this invention from the side. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a relationship between each unit in the verification apparatus 1. FIG. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the present verification system that simply shows the relationship between a computer 300 used in conjunction with the verification apparatus 1 and a printing apparatus 400. It is a figure which shows an example of the label which is a printing medium with which the verification apparatus 1 of this embodiment performs verification. It is a figure which shows the other example of the label which is a printing medium with which the verification apparatus 1 of this embodiment performs verification. 4 is a flowchart showing a flow of operation of the verification device 1. It is the block diagram of this verification system which showed simply the relationship between the computer 300B used with the verification apparatus 1B of 2nd Embodiment, and the printing apparatus 400. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of operation | movement of the verification apparatus 1B.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of a verification device 1 according to the present invention as seen from the side.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the relationship between each unit in the verification apparatus 1.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the present verification system that simply shows the relationship between the computer 300 used with the verification apparatus 1 and the printing apparatus 400.
In addition, each figure shown below including these figures is the figure shown typically, and the magnitude | size and shape of each part are exaggerated suitably for easy understanding.
In the following description, specific numerical values, shapes, operations, and the like are shown and described, but these can be changed as appropriate.

The verification device 1 of this embodiment includes a lower main body 2, an upper main body 3, and an insertion guide 4.
The lower main body 2 is a portion that occupies a substantially lower half of the verification device 1.
The upper main body 3 is provided above the lower main body 2 and occupies substantially half of the verification device 1.
The insertion guide 4 is a portion that guides when the print medium is inserted into the verification device 1 from the insertion portion 4a, and is provided so as to protrude from the lower body 2 to the right side in FIG.
The verification apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment is disposed or connected in the vicinity of a printing apparatus 400 such as a commercially available general-purpose label printer. Then, the verification apparatus 1 inserts a printed medium such as a printed continuous label continuously discharged from the printing apparatus 400 from the insertion section 4a using the insertion guide 4, and prints a barcode or the like printed. Various types of information can be verified independently.

  The verification device 1 includes an insertion sensor 5, an upstream conveyance unit 10, an intermediate conveyance unit 20, a downstream conveyance unit 30, an upstream movement detection unit 40, a downstream movement detection unit 50, and a medium position detection unit. 60, a scanner unit 70, a marking unit 80, a display operation unit 90, a control unit 100, an encoder En, and a motor MO.

  The insertion sensor 5 is provided in the immediate vicinity of the insertion unit 4 a on the downstream side in the conveyance direction, detects the leading edge of the print medium, and transmits a detection signal to the control unit 100 via the paper detection control circuit 204.

The upstream conveyance unit 10, the intermediate conveyance unit 20, and the downstream conveyance unit 30 are all mechanisms that constitute a conveyance unit that conveys the print medium inserted from the insertion unit 4a, and have opposed rollers. is doing. The upstream conveyance unit 10, the intermediate conveyance unit 20, and the downstream conveyance unit 30 are connected to the motor MO by a belt and a pulley (not shown).
The motor MO is a drive source that generates driving force for the upstream transport unit 10, the intermediate transport unit 20, and the downstream transport unit 30, and the drive is controlled by the control unit 100 via the drive control circuit 206. .

The upstream side movement detection unit 40 and the downstream side movement detection unit 50 are movement detection units that detect the movement of the print medium conveyed by the conveyance units (10, 20, 30). The upstream side movement detection unit 40 and the downstream side movement detection unit 50 are connected to the encoder En by a belt and a pulley (not shown).
The encoder En is a rotary encoder that outputs the movement of the printing medium detected by the upstream movement detection unit 40 and the downstream movement detection unit 50 in a form that can be converted into a movement amount. The encoder En sends a detection signal to the control unit 100 via the encoder control circuit 207.

The medium position detection unit 60 detects the position of the print medium. The medium position detection unit 60 of the present embodiment includes a reflective photosensor and a transmissive photosensor.
The reflective optical sensor detects a reference position by detecting position detection marks (eye marks) printed at a predetermined interval on at least one surface of the print medium.
The transmission type optical sensor is configured such that when the print medium is composed of a mount and a label temporarily attached to the mount, the label is temporarily attached to the mount and the position where the label is temporarily attached to the mount. The reference position is detected by the difference in light transmittance from the position.
The medium position detection unit 60 sends the detection signal detected by the reflection type optical sensor or the transmission type optical sensor to the control unit 100 via the pitch detection control circuit 205.
Note that the medium position detection unit 60 detects the position of the print medium using either a reflection type optical sensor or a transmission type optical sensor depending on the presence or absence of a position detection mark.

  The scanner unit 70 is a reading unit that reads information printed on the conveyed printing medium. Information read by the scanner unit 70 is sent to the control unit 100 via the scan control circuit 202. Specifically, the scanner unit 70 includes an illumination unit (not shown) and a sensor, reads a print medium illuminated by the illumination unit using the sensor, and acquires information on the print medium in the form of an image. Then, the scanner unit 70 sends the acquired image to the control unit 100. The image data sent from the scanner unit 70 is temporarily stored in the image RAM 203 and used by the control unit 100.

  The marking unit 80 performs marking on the print medium in response to an instruction from the control unit 100 via the marking control circuit 208. Specifically, when the marking unit 80 determines that the printing result on the printing medium is a defective product that does not satisfy a predetermined condition based on information obtained from the scanner unit 70 by the control unit 100, the printing medium For example, “NG” is imprinted. In addition, as the marking part 80, you may mark using a laser, an inkjet, etc., without using a stamp, and may mark by notching a part of printing medium, or opening a hole. .

  The display operation unit 90 includes an operation unit 91 that receives various operations related to the verification apparatus 1 and a display unit 92 that displays various types of information. The display operation unit 90 is controlled by the control unit 100 via the interface (IF) 201.

The control unit 100 is a control circuit that performs overall control of the operation of the verification device 1, and includes a CPU 103, a ROM 104, and a RAM 105.
Further, the control unit 100 includes a verification unit 101, a management unit 102, a specification unit 106, an interface (IF) 201, a scan control circuit 202, an image RAM 203, a paper detection control circuit 204, and pitch detection control. A circuit 205, a drive control circuit 206, an encoder control circuit 207, and a marking control circuit 208 are provided. Here, the verification unit 101, the management unit 102, the designation unit 106, the interface (IF) 201, the scan control circuit 202, the image RAM 203, the paper detection control circuit 204, the pitch detection control circuit 205, and the drive The control circuit 206, the encoder control circuit 207, and the marking control circuit 208 will be described as configurations independent of the CPU 103, the ROM 104, and the RAM 105 described above. However, for example, the functions of the verification unit 101, the management unit 102, and the specification unit 106 are functions of a part of the computer program of the verification apparatus 1 that operates using the CPU 103, the ROM 104, the RAM 105, and the like. It may be realized.

  The verification unit 101 is a verification unit that verifies information on a print medium transferred from the scanner unit 70 and acquired as image data. The verification unit 101 verifies whether the information on the print medium is correctly printed on the print medium based on the format information designated by the designation unit 106 described later. The contents to be verified can be selected as appropriate, such as contents to be printed, faint or missing prints, dirt, and the like. Here, the format information is information including a format that is information regarding a displayed position of a barcode or the like printed on a print medium. Details of the format information will be described later.

  The management unit 102 manages a plurality of format information stored in a memory card 102a serving as a storage unit. Note that the storage means is not limited to an external storage medium such as the memory card 102a, and a form using a memory or the like built in the verification apparatus 1 may be used.

  The designation unit 106 designates format information corresponding to a print medium to be verified by the verification apparatus 1 from among a plurality of format information managed by the management unit 102. The designation unit 106 can designate the number of sheets in addition to designating format information. Furthermore, the designation unit 106 can designate a plurality of format information, and in that case, the order of verification can also be designated. For example, if the format information is indicated as “FNo.”, The designation unit 106 first sets the FNo. It is possible to specify that 10 sheets of 1 are verified and 30 sheets of FNo2 are subsequently verified.

  The computer 300 is a control device using a general personal computer or the like. The computer 300 is not limited to a personal computer, and may be a control device dedicated to this system. The computer 300 has a function as a print instruction unit 301 that causes the printing apparatus 400 to execute printing by installing software.

  The printing apparatus 400 is a printer such as a label printer that is communicably connected to the computer 300. The printing apparatus 400 includes a printing unit 401 including, for example, a thermal head and a platen roller. The printing apparatus 400 executes printing of the print medium P in accordance with an instruction from the print instruction unit 301.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a label that is a print medium on which the verification apparatus 1 of the present embodiment performs verification.
The display content printed on the surface of the label 501 shown in FIG. 4 can be divided into five regions, region A to region E.
Area A is an area where a one-dimensional barcode is printed.
Area B is an area where a one-dimensional barcode different from area A is printed.
The area C is an area where a two-dimensional code indicated by a QR code (registered trademark) is printed.
Area D is an area where characters are displayed.
Area E is an area where a serial number is displayed.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating another example of a label that is a print medium on which the verification apparatus 1 of the present embodiment performs verification.
The display content printed on the surface of the label 502 shown in FIG. 5 can be divided into eight regions, region F to region M.
Area F is an area where a one-dimensional barcode is printed.
Area G is an area on which a one-dimensional barcode different from area F is printed.
Area H is an area on which a one-dimensional barcode different from areas F and G is printed.
Area I is an area where a two-dimensional code indicated by a QR code (registered trademark) is printed.
Area J and area K are blank areas.
Area L and area M are areas where characters are displayed.

In the present embodiment, three areas of the area A, the area B, and the area C on which the code is printed out of the area A to the area E of the label 501 are verified. Therefore, the area D and the area E do not need to be read by the scanner unit 70.
Similarly, with respect to the label 502, verification of four areas, area F, area G, area H, and area I, on which the code is printed, is performed. Therefore, the area J, area K, area L, and area M do not need to be read by the scanner unit 70.

Therefore, the verification apparatus 1 of the present embodiment uses the format information regarding the positions of the three areas A, B, and C on the label 501 for the label 501, and uses the format information regarding the unnecessary area D and the area E. The verification operation is speeded up by not reading.
Similarly, the verification apparatus 1 uses the format information regarding the positions of the four regions, region F, region G, region H, and region I, on the label 502 for the label 502, and uses the unnecessary region J, region K, region L and region M are not read so as to speed up the verification operation.

  The verification apparatus 1 can cope with verification of a plurality of types of print media. Therefore, the format information needs to be in a number corresponding to the type of print medium to be verified by the verification apparatus 1. Here, it is assumed that the format information corresponding to the label 501 in FIG. 4 is “FNo. 1” and the format information corresponding to the label 502 in FIG. 5 is “FNo. 2”.

  As described above, the format information is information including a format that is information regarding a displayed position of a barcode or the like printed on a print medium. The format information may include only this format, or may include other information such as the number of printed sheets in addition to the format. In the present embodiment, the description will be made on the assumption that only the bar code printed on the print medium to be verified and the format that is the position information of the two-dimensional code are included.

As shown in FIG. 4, the format information “FNo. 1” includes coordinates (xA1, yA1) and coordinates (xA2, yA2) of two corners of the rectangular area A. Therefore, the verification unit 101 can determine the range of the area A from the format information. Similarly, the format information includes coordinates (xB1, yB1) and coordinates (xB2, yB2) corresponding to the area B, and coordinates (xC1, yC1) and coordinates (xC2, yC2) corresponding to the area C. ing.
Similarly, the format information “FNo. 2” includes coordinates that can determine the ranges of the region F, the region G, the region H, and the region I shown in FIG.

In the verification device 1 of the present embodiment, the following two methods can be used as methods for inputting format information to the verification device 1.
The first method of inputting format information is a method of performing input by directly operating the display operation unit 90 of the verification apparatus 1.
The second method of inputting format information is to create format information externally using an external device independent of the verification device 1, for example, the computer 300, and input the format information to the verification device 1. Is the method. The computer 300 has print data for printing the print medium P. Therefore, by using the computer 300, format information can be easily created using this print data. In the present embodiment, verification information created externally is stored in the memory card 102a, and can be input to the verification device 1 by inserting the memory card 102a from a card insertion slot (not shown). It is. The verification information created outside may be input from outside via communication.

Next, operation | movement of the verification apparatus 1 of this embodiment is demonstrated.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation flow of the verification apparatus 1.

  In step (hereinafter referred to as S) 101, the designation unit 106 receives designation of format information from the user. This designation is performed by the user directly operating the display operation unit 90. When the format information is designated, the management unit 102 reads the designated format information from the memory card 102a.

  In S102, the designation unit 106 receives designation of the order of the format information and the number of sheets from the user. This designation is also performed by directly operating the display operation unit 90 by the user. Here, as an example, FNo. 10 sheets were verified, followed by FNo. It is assumed that 2 is specified to be verified 30 sheets.

In S <b> 103, the verification unit 101 reads the print medium P (label 501) with the scanner unit 70. Here, the verification unit 101 refers to the format information and order specified in S101 and S102, and the unnecessary region D and region E on the label 501 that should be transported to the scanner unit 70 at that time. The reading operation is performed at a higher speed than when reading the entire label 501.
The verification unit 101 also causes the scanner unit 70 to read the area A, the area B, and the area C, and performs processing for verifying the codes printed on these parts. If the result of the verification is a failure, the marking unit 80 performs marking.

  In S104, the print medium P read in S103 is displayed in the format information FNo. Judgment is made as to whether or not it corresponds to 1. The print medium P read in S103 is the format information FNo. If it corresponds to 1, the process proceeds to S105. Otherwise, the process proceeds to S112, and after error processing, the operation is terminated. Since the verification apparatus 1 is provided independently of the computer 300 and the printing apparatus 400 and does not communicate, an apologizing label may be inserted due to carelessness of the user. In such a case, error processing can be performed by this step.

  In S105, n = n + 1 is counted up. Note that n is a variable for counting the number of print media and is reset to 0 when the first sheet is scanned.

  In S106, it is determined whether or not the designated number has been reached. In this example, it is determined whether or not 10 sheets have been reached. If the designated number has been reached, the process proceeds to S107. If the designated number has not been reached, the process returns to S103.

  In S107, another FNo. Judge whether or not there is. Another FNo. If there is, the process proceeds to S108, and if not, the operation is terminated. Here, FNo. Since 2 is designated, the process proceeds to S108.

In S <b> 108, the verification unit 101 reads the first print medium P by the scanner unit 70. Here, the verification unit 101 refers to the format information and the order specified in S101 and S102, and unnecessary areas J, K, and K on the label 502 that should be conveyed to the scanner unit 70 at that time. The reading operation is performed at a higher speed than the case where the entire label 501 is read without reading the regions L and M.
The verification unit 101 also causes the scanner unit 70 to read the region F, the region G, the region H, and the region I, and performs processing for verifying the codes printed in these portions. If the result of the verification is a failure, the marking unit 80 performs marking.

  In S109, the print medium P read in S108 has the format information FNo. Judgment is made as to whether it corresponds to 2. The print medium P read in S103 is the format information FNo. If it corresponds to 2, the process proceeds to S110. Otherwise, the process proceeds to S112, and after error processing, the operation is terminated.

  In S110, n = n + 1 is counted up. Note that n is the FNo. It is assumed that it is reset to 0 when the first sheet corresponding to 2 is scanned.

  In S111, it is determined whether or not the designated number has been reached. In this example, it is determined whether or not 30 sheets have been reached. If the designated number has been reached, the operation is terminated. If the designated number has not been reached, the process returns to S108.

  In S112, error display is performed on the display operation unit 90, and then the operation is terminated.

  As described above, according to the first embodiment, the verification apparatus 1 stores a plurality of pieces of format information, and can specify the order, the order, and the number of sheets. Therefore, even when a plurality of types of print media P are continuously verified, information necessary for the verification can be easily specified. In addition, the verification apparatus 1 can perform the verification process efficiently and at high speed because the reading process related to the portion that does not require verification is omitted based on the format information.

(Second Embodiment)
FIG. 7 is a block diagram of the present verification system simply showing the relationship between the computer 300B and the printing apparatus 400 used together with the verification apparatus 1B of the second embodiment.
The verification apparatus 1B of the second embodiment has the same form as the verification apparatus 1 of the first embodiment, except that the format information designation method is different from that of the first embodiment. Therefore, the same reference numerals are given to the portions that perform the same functions as those in the first embodiment described above, and repeated descriptions are omitted as appropriate.

The computer 300B and the verification apparatus 1B of the second embodiment are connected so that they can communicate with each other.
The computer 300B is installed with software, and has a function as the print instruction unit 301 and a function as the information transmission unit 302.
The print instruction unit 301 instructs the printing apparatus 400 to execute printing.
The information transmission unit 302 transmits information corresponding to the print execution instruction made by the print instruction unit 301 to the verification apparatus 1B. Specifically, the information transmission unit 302 transmits information (format designation information) for specifying format information corresponding to the print medium P for which the printing instruction has been issued, its order, and the number of sheets to the verification device 1B. . This is because the contents instructed to print correspond to the contents to be verified by the verification apparatus 1B as they are. Note that the information specifying the format information is a number or symbol specifying format information managed by the management unit 102. In this example, FNo. Corresponds. For example, the information transmitting unit 302 first sets the FNo. 10 pieces of 1 are verified, and subsequently, information such as verifying 30 pieces of FNo2 is transmitted to the verification apparatus 1B.

  The designation unit 106B according to the second embodiment designates format information corresponding to information (FNo.) Specifying format information transmitted from the computer 300B from among a plurality of format information managed by the management unit 102. The designation unit 106B also designates the verification order and the number of sheets according to the information transmitted from the computer 300B.

Next, the operation of the verification apparatus 1B of this embodiment will be described.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an operation flow of the verification apparatus 1B.
The operation of the verification apparatus 1B shown in FIG. 8 is the same as the operation of the verification apparatus 1 in the first embodiment, except that the operation from S100 to S102 is different from the operation shown in FIG. 6 of the first embodiment. .

  In S100, the information transmission unit 302 of the computer 300B transmits the information (FNo.) Specifying the format information, the order, and the number of sheets to the verification device 1B.

  In S101, the designation unit 106B designates format information according to the information received from the computer 300B in S100. When the format information is designated, the management unit 102 reads the designated format information from the memory card 102a.

  In S102, the designation unit 106B designates the order and number of format information according to the information received from the computer 300B in S100. Here, as an example, FNo. 10 sheets were verified, followed by FNo. It is assumed that 2 is specified to be verified 30 sheets.

  Thereafter, the operations from S103 to S112 are the same as those in FIG. 6 of the first embodiment.

  As described above, according to the second embodiment, the verification apparatus 1B stores a plurality of pieces of format information, and specifies the order and the order and the number of sheets according to information from the computer 300B. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the format, order, number, and the like of the print medium P on which the printing apparatus 400 performs printing from being inadvertently deviated from the format, order, number, etc. specified for the verification apparatus 1B. . In addition, since the designation operation itself is simplified, work efficiency is improved.

(Deformation)
The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above, and various modifications and changes are possible, and these are also within the scope of the present invention.

  In each embodiment, the verification unit 101 has been described with reference to the format information, in which an area that does not need to be read is not read, that is, the reading process for an unnecessary area is omitted. For example, the verification unit 101 may reduce the resolution of reading an area that does not require verification to improve the processing speed, that is, simplify the reading process for an unnecessary area.

  In the second embodiment, the information transmission unit 302 has been described with an example in which information specifying format information is transmitted to the verification device 1B. For example, the information transmission unit 302 may transmit the format information itself.

  In each embodiment, the verification unit 101 has been described with an example in which reading processing by the scanner unit 70 is omitted based on the format information. For example, the verification unit 101 may omit or simplify the image processing after reading and the verification processing itself using the image processing based on the format information.

  Note that the first embodiment, the second embodiment, and the modified embodiments can be used in appropriate combination, but detailed description thereof is omitted. Further, the present invention is not limited by the embodiments described above.

1, 1B Verification Device 70 Scanner Unit 90 Display Operation Unit 100 Control Unit 101 Verification Unit 102 Management Unit 102a Memory Card 106, 106B Designation Unit 103 CPU
104 ROM
105 RAM
300, 300B Computer 301 Print instruction means 302 Information transmission means 400 Printing device 401 Printing means 501, 502 Label P Print medium

Claims (6)

Control means for reading the display on the medium to be verified by controlling the reading means, and verifying the display on the medium;
Management means for managing a plurality of format information including at least a format that is information on a position of the display on the medium, and managing the format information stored in a storage means provided in a built-in or removable manner;
Designating means for designating at least one of the format information used for verification by the verification means from the storage means;
With
The verification of the display on the medium performed by the verification unit is performed based on the format information designated by the designation unit, by simplifying or omitting processing related to a portion that does not require verification,
A verification device characterized by The verification apparatus according to claim 1,
The designation means is capable of designating the number of media to be verified corresponding to the format information;
A verification device characterized by In the verification device according to claim 1 or 2,
The specifying means can specify a plurality of the format information corresponding to the medium to be verified, and can specify the order of verification;
A verification device characterized by A verification system comprising: a verification device; a printing device; and a control device communicably connected to the verification device and the printing device,
The controller is
Print instruction means for instructing the printing apparatus to print a display on a medium;
The format designation information that designates format information that is information corresponding to the content that the print instruction means has instructed to print and that includes at least information about the position of the display on the medium is transmitted to the verification device. Information transmitting means to
With
The verification device includes:
Reading means for reading a display on the medium printed by the printing device;
A verification unit that controls and reads the reading unit on a medium to be verified, and verifies the display on the medium;
A plurality of the format information can be managed, and a management means for managing the format information stored in a storage means provided in a built-in or detachable manner;
Designation means for designating at least one of the format information used for verification by the verification means from the storage means based on the format designation information acquired from the control device;
With
At least one of the control of the reading unit performed by the verification unit and the verification of the display on the medium to be verified is based on the format information designated by the designation unit, and the processing related to the portion that does not require verification is simplified. To be done or omitted,
Verification system characterized by The verification system according to claim 4,
The designation means can designate the number of the media to be verified corresponding to the format information,
The information transmission means transmits information on the number of media to be verified to the verification apparatus in correspondence with the contents instructed to be printed by the print instruction means;
Verification system characterized by In the verification system according to claim 4 or claim 5,
The specifying means can specify a plurality of the format information corresponding to the medium to be verified, and can specify the order in which verification is performed,
The information transmission means transmits information on the order of verification corresponding to the contents instructed to be printed by the print instruction means to the verification device;
Verification system characterized by

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