JP2003307977A - Copying machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a copying machine enabling the user of print paper to confirm the accurate copying time. <P>SOLUTION: The copying machine 1 for copying base paper 2 and generating print paper 3 comprises: a built-in clock 7 having internal time information Ti; and a control part 6 for correcting the internal time information Ti of the built-in clock 7 and outputting the internal time information Ti and the information Cp of correction immediately before to the print paper 3. The user of the print paper 3 confirms the accurate copying time by the outputted internal time information Ti and confirms the reliability of the internal time information Ti by the outputted information Cp of the correction immediately before. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a copying machine for copying a base paper to produce printed paper.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present, a copying machine for copying a base paper to produce a printing paper is widely used in facilities such as companies and libraries, and is used for copying the base paper. That is, in each department of a company, documents and the like can be easily and easily duplicated, and books and the like that can be browsed in a library can be easily and easily copied, and today, a copying machine is an essential part of industrial activities.

[0003]

By the way, at present, there is no known copying machine that prints its generation time on printing paper. If the generation time is printed on the generated printing paper, it becomes clear when the printing paper was generated, and the convenience is significantly improved. However, current copiers are not equipped with a clock or the like having time information, and the generation time cannot be printed. Further, even if a clock or the like is provided, if the copier is used for a long period of time, the time information of the clock may be out of order due to an error unique to the clock. If incorrect time information is output on the printing paper,
It causes confusion among users of printing paper.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a copying machine which allows a user of a printing paper to confirm an accurate copy time.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, according to the invention of claim 1, in a copying machine for copying a base paper to generate a printing paper, a built-in clock having internal time information, and the built-in clock. Correction means for correcting the internal time information, time information output means for outputting the internal time information to the printing paper, and correction information output means for outputting the correction information by the correction means to the printing paper. It is characterized by that.

According to the first aspect of the invention, since the internal time information of the built-in clock is corrected by the correction means, the internal time information becomes relatively accurate. Then, when the base paper is copied to generate the print paper, the time information output means outputs the internal time information and the correction information output means outputs the correction information to the print paper, respectively.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the copying machine according to the first aspect, there is provided a receiving means for receiving standard time information transmitted from the outside, and the correcting means has the standard time received by the receiving means. The internal time information is corrected based on the information.

According to the invention of claim 2, in addition to the operation of claim 1, the correcting means corrects the internal time information by the standard time information received from the outside, so that the internal time information can be accurately and accurately timed. Can be approached to.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the copying machine according to the second aspect, the receiving means receives a radio wave having the standard time information, and the built-in timepiece has a radio timepiece having the correcting means. Is characterized in that.

According to the invention of claim 3, in addition to the operation of claim 2, since the built-in timepiece is a radio-controlled timepiece, the internal time information is automatically corrected to the correct time by the standard time information. .

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the copying machine according to the second aspect, the receiving means receives the standard time information from the standard time server via a communication line, and the correcting means uses the receiving means. The internal time information is corrected based on the received standard time information.

According to the invention described in claim 4, in addition to the operation of claim 2, the internal time information is corrected based on the accurate standard time information received from the standard time server.
The internal time information can be surely corrected to the correct time.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in a copying machine for copying a base paper to produce a printing paper, receiving means for receiving standard time information transmitted from the outside, and the standard time information received by the receiving means. And time information output means for outputting to the printing paper.

According to the fifth aspect of the invention, the internal time information is output to the printing paper by the time information output means when the printing paper is generated by copying the base paper.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the first to fifth aspects are provided.
The copier according to any one of the items 1 to 3, further comprising a communication unit capable of communicating the generation time information of the printing paper with an external device via a communication line.

According to the invention described in claim 6, in addition to the operation of any one of claims 1 to 5, for example, when the communication means is accessed from an external device, when printing paper is generated, or the like, The generation time information is transmitted to the external device via the communication line.

In the invention described in claim 7, claims 1 to 4 are provided.
The copier according to any one of the items 1 to 3, further comprising a communication unit capable of communicating the immediately preceding correction information immediately before generating the printing paper and the generation time information of the printing paper with an external device via a communication line. It is characterized by

According to the invention of claim 7, in addition to the operation of any one of claims 1 to 4, for example, when a communication means is accessed from an external device, when a printing paper is generated, or the like, The generation time information is transmitted to the external device via the communication line.

According to an eighth aspect of the invention, in the copying machine according to the seventh aspect, the communication means has a mail server, and the immediately preceding correction information and the generation time information are sent by electronic mail to the external device. It is characterized in that it is transmitted to.

According to the invention of claim 8, in addition to the operation of claim 7, the immediately previous correction information and the generation time information are transmitted to the external device by electronic mail, and the copy history is confirmed by the external device. You can

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the copying machine according to the seventh aspect, the external device is a facsimile device, and the communication means is the preset facsimile device and the immediately preceding correction information, The generation time information is transmitted.

According to the ninth aspect of the invention, in addition to the action of the seventh aspect, the immediately preceding correction information and the generation time information are transmitted to the facsimile machine, and the copy history is output to the facsimile machine.

According to a tenth aspect of the invention, in the copying machine according to the seventh aspect, the communication means is a web server capable of transmitting the immediately preceding correction information and the generation time information to be updated via the communication line. It is characterized by having.

According to the invention of claim 10, claim 7
In addition to the effect of the above, the immediately previous correction information and the generation time information are appropriately updated, and each of these pieces of information can be browsed from the outside through the communication line.

[0025]

1 to 3 show a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a copying machine, and FIG. 2 is a printing of a printing paper generated by the copying machine. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a state, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display state when the information transmitted to the mail server is viewed by the mail client. In this embodiment, the control unit 6 functions as a correction unit, a time information output unit, and a correction information output unit. Further, the control unit 6, the interface unit 9, and the mail server 15 function as a communication unit, and the interface unit 9 functions as a reception unit.

As shown in FIG. 1, the copying machine 1 copies a base paper 2 to generate a printing paper 3. The copy input section 4 reads the original of the base paper 2 and the copy input section 4. Copy output unit 5 for copying the read original onto printing paper 3
And have. Copy input unit 4 and copy output unit 5
Are connected to the control unit 6 and are controlled by the control unit 6 to generate the printing paper 3 from the base paper 2.

The above is the same configuration as the conventionally known copying machine, and the characteristic configuration of the copying machine 1 of the present invention will be described below.

As shown in FIG. 1, the copying machine 1 has a built-in clock 7
The built-in clock 7 is connected to the control unit 6.
The built-in clock 7 has a function as a general clock,
It has internal time information Ti as the current time.

Further, the copying machine 1 has an interface section 9 connected to an external communication line 8. here,
The communication line 8 is the NTP server 1 having the standard time information Ts.
The standard time information Ts can be downloaded to the copying machine 1 via the communication line 8. The interface unit 9 as the receiving means is the control unit 6
The control unit 6 performs communication processing with the NTP server 10 as the standard time server.

Further, the communication line 8 is connected to a predetermined mail server 11, and various kinds of information can be transmitted from the copying machine 1 to the mail server 11 by electronic mail. The information transmitted to the mail server 11 can be viewed by a predetermined person from the mail client 12 such as a personal computer.

The control unit 6 includes a CPU 12 and a RAM 13
And a ROM 14. In addition to the copy program 101, the ROM 14 stores a time correction program 102, a time information output program 103, a correction information output program 104, an information transmission program 105, and the like. That is, the CPU 12 stores the programs 101 to 105 and data stored in the ROM 14 in the RAM 13, and executes various processes using the RAM 13 as a work area.

The copy program 101 is, for example, the copy machine 1.
The copy processing button, etc. of is pressed by the user, etc.
Under a predetermined condition, the copying machine 1 controls the copy input unit 4 to read the original of the original paper 2, and the copy output unit 5
Is a program for controlling copying onto the printing paper 3 by the.
The time when the base paper 2 is copied and the print paper 3 is generated is stored in the RAM 13 as generation time information Tp. In the present embodiment, this generation time information Tp is rewritten to the latest one each time copying is performed.

The time correction program 102 acquires the standard time information Ts from the NTP server 10 via the interface section 8 at preset time intervals, and based on the acquired standard time information Ts, the built-in clock 7 of the built-in clock 7 will be described. It is a program for correcting the internal time information Ti. The server 1 that has acquired the corrected time and standard time information Ts in this correction
The correction information such as the address of 0, the amount of correction time, the machine number of the copying machine 1, the location of the copying machine 1, and the like are stored in the RAM 13. In the present embodiment, this correction information is rewritten to the latest correction information each time correction is performed, and the RAM 13 stores the immediately preceding (latest) correction information, that is, the immediately preceding correction information Cp.

The time information output program 103 is used for the base paper 2
Is a program for outputting the internal time information Ti of the built-in clock 7 to the printing paper 3 on which the document is copied. In the present embodiment, the output of the internal time information Ti to the printing paper 3 is as shown in FIG.
As shown in (a) and (b), it is performed by printing relatively thin characters on the printing paper 3.

The correction information output program 104 is used for the base paper 2
Is a program for outputting the correction information to the printing paper 3 on which the document is copied. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG.
As shown in (b), the previous correction information Cp is used as the correction information.
Is output. Further, similarly to the internal time information Ti, the immediately preceding correction information Cp is output to the printing paper 3 by printing a relatively thin character on the printing paper 3.

The information transmission program 105 is a program for transmitting the immediately preceding correction information Cp and the generation time information Tp to the external mail server 11 via the interface section 9 when the original is copied on the printing paper 3. is there. The copying machine 1 of this embodiment has a mail server 15, and when copying is performed by the copying machine 1, the correction information Cp immediately before the printing paper 3 and
The generation time information Tp of the printing paper 3 is transmitted to the external device by electronic mail. Further, in the present embodiment, the image information P of the document is also transmitted as an attached file. In the present embodiment, the mail server 11 to which each piece of information Cp and Tp is transmitted is preset.

In the copying machine 1 configured as described above, the internal time information Ti of the built-in clock 7 is the standard time information Ts acquired from the NTP server 10 at preset time intervals.
It is corrected based on. Then, when the base paper 2 is copied,
As shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, on the printing paper 3, the copied original document, the immediately preceding correction information Cp, and the internal time information Ti.
And are output. Also, the mail server 11 sends the immediately previous correction information Cp and the internal time information Ti to the mail server 11 by an electronic mail.
And the image information P of the document is transmitted.

As described above, according to the copying machine 1 of the present embodiment, the internal time information Ti of the internal clock 7 is corrected by the time correction program 102, so that the internal time information Ti becomes relatively accurate. Then, when the base paper 2 is copied to generate the print paper 3, the time information output program 103 outputs the internal time information Ti, and the correction information output program 104 outputs the immediately previous correction information Cp to the print paper 3, respectively.

Therefore, the user of the printing paper 3 can confirm the exact copy time from the output internal time information Ti. Further, according to the immediately previous correction information Cp output,
The reliability of the internal time information Ti can be confirmed. In addition to copying the original on the printing paper 3, each information T
Since i and Cp are output, for example, even when copying a document of a company or the like, it is possible to recognize that the printing paper 3 is a duplicate, and the printing paper 3 is erroneously recognized as the base paper of the document. There is no such thing. In addition, when a confidential document is copied, it becomes clear when and where the confidential document was illegally copied, and from the viewpoint of preventing leakage of confidential information in companies, etc.
It is extremely effective.

Further, according to the copying machine 1 of the present embodiment, the time correction program 102 corrects the internal time information Ti based on the accurate standard time information Ts received from the NTP server 10 to obtain the internal time. The information Ti can be surely corrected to the correct time.

Further, according to the copying machine 1 of the present embodiment, the immediately preceding correction information Cp and the internal time information Ti are transmitted to the mail server 11 by electronic mail, and the mail client 12 can confirm the copy history. it can. Therefore,
The history of copying in the copying machine 1 can be managed, and the copying state can be monitored externally, which also prevents the leakage of confidential information.

FIGS. 4 and 5 show a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 shows a schematic block diagram of a copying machine, and FIG. 5 shows an output state of information transmitted to a facsimile machine. It is a figure. The copying machine of the second embodiment differs from that of the first embodiment in that it has a radio clock as a built-in clock, and that correction information and the like is transmitted by FAX instead of e-mail. . In the present embodiment, the control unit 6 functions as time information output means and correction information output means, and the radio clock 21 functions as correction means. Further, the control unit 6 and the interface unit 23 function as communication means, and the receiving antenna 21 of the radio-controlled timepiece 21.
a functions as a receiving means.

As in the first embodiment, this copying machine 100 has a copy input section 4, a copy output section 5, and a control section 6.
And have. The control unit 6 is similar to the above embodiment,
It has a CPU 12, a RAM 13, a ROM 14, and the like. still,
In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG.
The time correction program 102 is not stored in.

The copying machine 100 has a radio timepiece 21 connected to the control unit 6. The radio clock 21 has internal time information Ti. In addition, the receiving section 21a receives the radio wave transmitted from the base station or the like and having the standard time information Ts.
The internal time information Ti is corrected by the time correction program 102 based on the standard time information Ts received at.

The copying machine 100 has an external communication line 2
The interface unit 23 is connected to the terminal 2.
Here, the communication line 22 is an ordinary telephone line, and
The facsimile machine 2 external to the copying machine 100 by X
It is possible to transmit various information to No. 4. That is, the information of the copying machine 100 is notified by FAX to a predetermined person.

In the copying machine 100 configured as described above, the internal time information Ti of the built-in clock 7 is corrected based on the standard time information Ts acquired from the radio wave transmitted from the base station or the like. Then, as in the first embodiment, the base paper 2
2 is copied, as shown in FIG. 2, the copied document, the immediately preceding correction information Cp, and the internal time information Ti are printed on the printing paper 3.
And are output. In addition, the facsimile device 24 sends the immediately preceding correction information Cp and the generation time information T by e-mail.
p and the image information P of the document are transmitted by FAX.

As described above, according to the copying machine 100 of the present embodiment, since the radio clock 21 for automatically correcting the internal time information Ti based on the standard time information Ts is provided, the internal time information Ti is relatively accurate. Become. When the base paper 2 is copied to generate the print paper 3, the time information output program 10
3, the internal time information Ti is output to the printing paper 3 by the correction information output program 104, and the immediately previous correction information Cp is output.

Therefore, the user of the printing paper 3 can confirm the accurate copy time from the output internal time information Ti. Further, according to the immediately previous correction information Cp output,
The reliability of the internal time information Ti can be confirmed. In addition to copying the original on the printing paper 3, each information T
Since i and Cp are output, for example, even when copying a document of a company or the like, it is possible to recognize that the printing paper 3 is a duplicate, and the printing paper 3 is erroneously recognized as the base paper of the document. There is no such thing. In addition, when a confidential document is copied, it becomes clear when and where the confidential document was illegally copied, and from the viewpoint of preventing leakage of confidential information in companies, etc.
It is extremely effective.

Further, according to the copying machine 100 of this embodiment, since the built-in clock is the radio-controlled timepiece 21 having the time correction program 102, the internal time information Ti is automatically adjusted to the correct time by the standard time information Ts. Is corrected, and is extremely advantageous in practical use.

Further, according to the copying machine 100 of this embodiment, the correction information C and the internal time information Ti are transmitted to the facsimile device 24 by the FAX, and the facsimile device 2
The history of copying can be confirmed from the outside by the printing paper 3 output from the printer 4. Therefore, it is possible to manage the history of copying in the copying machine 1, and further, it is possible to monitor the copying state externally, which also prevents the leakage of confidential information.

In the second embodiment, the information Tp, Cp is transmitted to the outside by FAX, but it is transmitted to the outside by electronic mail as in the first embodiment. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 6, it may have a web server 30 capable of transmitting each information Tp, Cp to the outside. In this case, when there is a transmission request for each piece of information Tp, Cp from the outside, each piece of information Tp, Cp is transmitted to the outside via the communication line 31 and the interface section 32. That is, for example, when the communication means is accessed from an external device, or when the printing paper 3 is generated, the generation time information Tp is transmitted to the external device through the communication line 31, and the generation time information Tp is copied. History management is possible, and the copy status can be monitored externally.

In each of the first and second embodiments, the case where both the immediately preceding generation information Tp and the generation time information Tp are transmitted to the outside has been shown, but either one of the information is transmitted. May be. In addition, in each embodiment,
Although the output of both the immediately preceding correction information Cp and the internal time information Ti to the printing paper 3 is shown, either one of the information Cp and Ti may be output to the printing paper 3.

Further, in the second embodiment, the one in which the radio wave having the standard time information Ts is received is shown. However, as in the first embodiment, the standard time information Ts is received from the NTP server. Even if it is, the same effect as the above-mentioned embodiment can be acquired.

In each of the first and second embodiments,
The standard time information Ts is externally supplied every time the base paper 2 is copied without providing a built-in clock or radio clock having the internal time information Ti.
May be acquired and the acquired standard time information Ts may be output to the printing paper 3. Also by this, the user of the printing paper 3 can confirm the accurate copy time from the output internal time information Ti. Further, the reliability of the internal time information Ti can be confirmed by the immediately previous correction information Cp output.

In each of the first and second embodiments,
Although the immediately preceding correction information Cp and the internal time information Ti are output on the printing paper 3 so as to overlap the copied document,
For example, the information may be output to the upper or lower end of the printing paper 3 so as not to overlap the original, and the output state of each information Cp, Ti to the printing paper 3 is not limited to that of each of the above embodiments. Not something.

The configuration of the control unit 6 is arbitrary within the scope of achieving the object of the present invention, and it goes without saying that the specific detailed structure and the like can be appropriately changed.

[0057]

As described above in detail, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the internal time information is output to the printing paper by the time information output means.
An accurate copy time can be confirmed by the output internal time information. Moreover, since the correction information is output to the print paper by the correction information output means, the user of the print paper can confirm the reliability of the internal time information from the output correction information. Furthermore, since the internal time information and the correction information are output together with the copy of the original on the printing paper, it can be understood that the printing paper is a duplicate,
Printed paper is not mistaken for the base paper of a document.

According to the invention described in claim 2, in addition to the effect of claim 1, since the correction means corrects the internal time information by the standard time information received from the outside, the internal time information is accurately and accurately timed. Can be approached to.

According to the invention of claim 3, in addition to the operation of claim 2, since the built-in timepiece is a radio-controlled timepiece, the internal time information is automatically corrected to the correct time by the standard time information, It is extremely advantageous for practical use.

According to the invention described in claim 4, in addition to the operation of claim 2, the internal time information is corrected based on the accurate standard time information received from the standard time server.
The internal time information can be surely corrected to the correct time.

According to the fifth aspect of the invention, since the internal time information is output to the printing paper by the time information output means, the user of the printing paper can make an accurate copy based on the output internal time information. You can check the time. Also,
Since the internal time information is output on the printing paper together with the copy of the original, it can be recognized that the printing paper is a duplicate, and the printing paper will not be mistaken as the original paper of the document.

According to the invention of claim 6, in addition to the effect of any one of claims 1 to 5, for example, when a communication means is accessed from an external device, or when a printing paper is generated, Since the generation time information is transmitted to the external device via the communication line, it is possible to manage the history of copying and further to monitor the copying state externally.

According to the inventions of claims 7 to 10, in addition to the effect of any one of claims 1 to 4, for example, when an external device accesses the communication means, when a printing paper is generated, etc. In addition, since the last-minute correction information and the generation time information are transmitted to the external device via the communication line, it is possible to manage the history of copying and further to monitor the copying state externally. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration block diagram of a copying machine showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a printing state of printing paper generated by a copying machine.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display state when information transmitted to a mail server is browsed by a mail client.

FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration block diagram of a copying machine showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an output state of information transmitted to a facsimile device.

FIG. 6 is a schematic configuration block diagram of a copying machine showing another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Copier 2 Base paper 3 printing paper 4 Copy input section 5 Copy output section 6 control unit 7 Built-in clock 8 communication lines 9 Interface section 10 NTP server 11 mail server 15 mail server 21 radio clock 21a receiving antenna 22 communication lines 24 Facsimile machine 30 web servers 31 communication line 32 Interface part 100 copiers 101 Copy program 102 Time correction program 103 Time information output program 104 Correction information output program 105 Information transmission program Cp last minute correction information Ti internal time information Tp generation time information Ts standard time information

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Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A copying machine for copying a base paper to generate a printing paper, a built-in clock having internal time information, a correction unit for correcting the internal time information of the built-in clock, and the internal time information A copying machine, comprising: time information output means for outputting to the printing paper; and correction information outputting means for outputting the correction information by the correcting means to the printing paper. 2. A receiving means for receiving standard time information transmitted from the outside, wherein the correcting means corrects the internal time information based on the standard time information received by the receiving means. The copying machine according to claim 1. 3. The copying machine according to claim 2, wherein the receiving means receives a radio wave having the standard time information, and the built-in clock is a radio timepiece having the correcting means. 4. The receiving means receives the standard time information from a standard time server via a communication line, and the correcting means calculates the internal time information based on the standard time information received by the receiving means. The copying machine according to claim 2, wherein the correction is performed. 5. A copying machine for copying a base paper to produce a printing paper, receiving means for receiving standard time information transmitted from the outside, and outputting the standard time information received by the receiving means to the printing paper. And a time information output means for controlling the copying machine. 6. The copying machine according to claim 1, further comprising a communication unit capable of communicating the generation time information of the printing paper with an external device via a communication line. 7. A communication means capable of communicating the immediately previous correction information immediately before the generation of the printing paper and the generation time information of the printing paper with an external device via a communication line. 5. A copying machine according to any one of items 1 to 4. 8. The copying machine according to claim 7, wherein the communication means has a mail server, and sends the immediately preceding correction information and the generation time information to the external device by electronic mail. . 9. The external device is a facsimile machine, and the communication means transmits the immediately preceding correction information and the generation time information to the preset facsimile machine. The copier described in 7. 10. The copying machine according to claim 7, wherein the communication means has a web server capable of transmitting the immediately previous correction information and the generation time information to be updated via the communication line.