JP2004110563A - Electronic pen, business form for electronic pen, business form processing system and unit data partition processing program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform data partition processing for every business form unit with one transmission instruction using an electronic pen after continuous preparation of a plurality of documents of the same kind using the electronic pen. <P>SOLUTION: The business form for the electronic pen is provided with frames for "a new record box column" and "an additional record box column" to be checked with the electronic pen, and these frames are checked with the electronic pen. A data group comprising input data and data of each record box column made into stroke data within the electronic pen is transmitted from the electronic pen to a terminal unit such as a personal computer, and a unit data partition processing program installed in the terminal unit is started to perform partition processing of unit data. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method for acquiring and dividing data written on a form using an electronic pen.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, users fill in necessary items using application such as ballpoint pen in various documents such as application forms and application forms (hereinafter referred to as “various application documents”) submitted to government offices and financial institutions, etc. Documents had been submitted. On the other hand, in recent years, instead of a conventional paper form, an electronic form in which the form is digitized has been used. The electronic form is electronic data including entry items of a paper form as a plurality of fields. A user who creates a document such as an application reads an electronic form into a personal computer or the like, displays the electronic form on a display device, and operates an input device such as a keyboard or a mouse to input necessary items in the electronic form. The input items are acquired as electronic data, and can be transmitted to an organization to which the form is submitted through a network or the like.
[0003]
However, when preparing various documents to be submitted to government offices and financial institutions, users who do not have sufficient knowledge of how to operate personal computers or users who are not good at keyboard input are required to use the above electronic form. It is often difficult to make good use of. It is easiest for such a user to make a pen input on a paper form, as is conventionally done.
[0004]
In recent years, as input devices effective in such a case, pen-type input devices called “electronic pens” and “digital pens” have appeared (hereinafter, referred to as “electronic pens” in this specification). As a representative example, “Anotopen” developed by Anoto of Sweden is known. The anoto pen is used as a pair with special paper on which a predetermined dot pattern is printed (hereinafter, referred to as “special paper”). The Anoto pen is equipped with a small camera for reading a dot pattern on dedicated paper and a Bluetooth compatible communication unit in addition to a normal ink type pen tip. When a user writes characters or the like on an exclusive paper with an anoto pen, the small camera detects a dot pattern on the exclusive paper as the pen moves, and input data such as characters written by the user is acquired. The input data is transmitted from the Anoto pen to a nearby terminal device such as a personal computer or a mobile phone by a Bluetooth-compatible communication unit. Therefore, the user prepares various application documents made of special paper by the system using this anoto pen, sends it to the terminal device every time one paper is created, and submits it to the government office or financial institution. .
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, when using the electronic pen as described above, in order to use the same type of form printed with the same dot pattern on each sheet, the electronic pen must use a different form unless a transmission instruction is given for each sheet. I can not recognize that there is. Therefore, after continuously writing and creating a plurality of forms using the electronic pen and transmitting the form to a nearby terminal device by a single transmission instruction using the electronic pen, the input data entered in the same entry area of each form As a result, the terminal device processes the input data as it is.
[0006]
In addition, when using a plurality of forms of the same type, by setting the dot pattern of each entry area for each form to be different, the electronic pen inputs input data of the entry area for each form separately. Since the data can be recognized as data, the input data can be transmitted to the terminal device by a single transmission instruction even when there are a plurality of the same types of forms.
[0007]
However, according to such a method, when the number of forms to be used is tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, and millions, it is practically extremely difficult to prepare a dot pattern of an entry area corresponding to these. .
[0008]
The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and after a plurality of sheets of the same type are successively created using an electronic pen, each form unit is transmitted by a single transmission instruction using the electronic pen. It is an object of the present invention to provide a form function and a division processing system capable of performing data division processing according to the present invention.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In one aspect of the present invention, a form processing system is provided that uses a form corresponding to the content entered in a form for an electronic pen by optically reading the dot pattern from the form for the electronic pen on which a predetermined dot pattern is printed. An electronic pen that acquires user entry data and transmits the data to a terminal device by wireless communication, and the terminal device that receives user entry data transmitted from the electronic pen and transmits the data to a server via a network, The server that receives data transmitted from the terminal device, wherein the terminal device includes a dividing unit that divides the user entry data into units of the electronic pen form. I do.
[0010]
According to the form processing system described above, when the user fills in the required form on the form for the electronic pen using the electronic pen, the electronic pen acquires the entered contents as user entry data and transmits it to the terminal device. The terminal device divides user entry data transmitted from the electronic pen as continuous data into units for each electronic pen form, and transmits the data to the server. Therefore, even when the user continuously fills in a plurality of electronic pen forms, the server can acquire the user entry data for each electronic pen form.
[0011]
According to another aspect of the present invention, a form processing system optically reads a dot pattern from a form for an electronic pen on which a predetermined dot pattern is printed, and uses the form corresponding to the content entered in the form for the electronic pen. An electronic pen that acquires user entry data and transmits the user entry data to a terminal device by wireless communication, and the terminal that receives user entry data transmitted from the electronic pen and transmits the data to a server via a network A server that receives the data transmitted from the terminal device; and the server includes a dividing unit that divides the user entry data into units of the electronic pen form.
[0012]
According to the form processing system described above, when the user fills in the required form on the form for the electronic pen using the electronic pen, the electronic pen acquires the entered contents as user entry data and transmits it to the terminal device. The terminal device transmits the user entry data to the server via the network. The server divides the user entry data transmitted from the terminal device as continuous data into units for each electronic pen form. Therefore, even when the user continuously fills in a plurality of electronic pen forms, the server can acquire the user entry data for each electronic pen form.
[0013]
In one aspect of the form processing system, the electronic pen form has a check box on which a dot pattern corresponding to information indicating entry start or entry completion to the electronic pen form is printed, and the dividing means The user entry data is divided based on information indicating the entry start or entry end included in the user entry data.
[0014]
According to this aspect, the electronic pen form has a check box on which a dot pattern corresponding to information indicating entry start or entry end is printed, and the corresponding information is obtained by the user checking the check box. It is included in the user entry data. The dividing means can divide the user entry data into units of one electronic pen form using information indicating the entry start or entry end included in the user entry data.
[0015]
According to another aspect of the present invention, a unit data division processing program is executed on a computer, so that the electronic pen having a check box on which a dot pattern corresponding to information indicating entry start or entry end is printed. Acquisition means for acquiring user entry data obtained by inputting an electronic pen to a business form, means for detecting information indicating the entry start or entry end, between a pair of continuously detected information Existing data is divided as user entry data for one electronic pen form, and is made to function as division means for outputting.
[0016]
The above-described unit data division processing program detects information indicating entry start or entry end from user entry data obtained by a user using an electronic pen to fill in a form for an electronic pen, and The data to be sandwiched is user input data corresponding to one electronic pen form.
[0017]
In another aspect of the present invention, the unit data division processing program is executed on a computer, so that the computer executes a first check box on which a dot pattern corresponding to first information indicating the start of writing is printed. Acquisition means for acquiring user entry data obtained by inputting with an electronic pen into an electronic pen form having a second check box on which a dot pattern corresponding to second information indicating completion of entry is printed; Means for detecting the first information and the second information from the user entry data, one piece of data existing between the first information and the second information detected continuously Of the electronic pen form as user entry data, and functions as division means for outputting the data.
[0018]
According to the above-described unit data division processing program, first information indicating entry start and entry end are obtained from user entry data obtained by the user using the electronic pen to enter the form for the electronic pen. The second information shown is detected, and data sandwiched between them is set as user entry data corresponding to one electronic pen form.
[0019]
In another aspect of the present invention, a form for an electronic pen to be filled in by an electronic pen including an ink pen unit and a reading unit for optically reading a dot pattern is provided on the dot pattern, and is an entry field in which necessary items are entered. A first check box provided on the dot pattern and outside the entry field, where a check mark is entered when the form is used as a new form, and a first check box on the dot pattern and outside the entry field And a second check box in which a check mark is written by an electronic pen when another form following the form exists. The dot pattern in the first check box is for the electronic pen. The dot pattern in the second check box indicates the end of filling in the electronic pen form, which corresponds to information indicating the start of filling in the form. Correspond to be information.
[0020]
According to the electronic pen form described above, the user uses the electronic pen to enter necessary information in the entry fields. At this time, a check is made in the first check box at the start of entry into one electronic pen form, and then necessary items are entered in each entry section. Check the check box. As a result, the user entry data obtained from the electronic pen is the data in which the data of the necessary items entered in the entry column are interposed between the first information corresponding to the start of entry and the second information corresponding to the end of entry. Will have a structure. Therefore, by using the first and second information, it is possible to easily divide and acquire the user entry data for each electronic pen form.
[0021]
In another aspect of the present invention, a form for an electronic pen to be filled in by an electronic pen including an ink pen unit and a reading unit for optically reading a dot pattern is provided on the dot pattern, and is an entry field in which necessary items are entered. A first check box provided on the dot pattern and outside the entry field, where a check mark is entered by an electronic pen when the form is used as a new form, or another form following the form Has a second check box in which a check mark is written by the electronic pen when the electronic pen exists, and the dot pattern in the first check box is the first information indicating the start of writing into the electronic pen form. The dot pattern in the second check column corresponds to the second information indicating the end of the entry into the electronic pen form.
[0022]
According to the electronic pen form described above, the user uses the electronic pen to enter necessary information in the entry fields. At this time, a check is made in the first or second check box when filling out one electronic pen form. As a result, the user entry data obtained from the electronic pen has a data structure in which the data of the necessary items entered in the entry column is sandwiched between the first and second information corresponding to the entry start or entry end. become. Therefore, it is possible to easily divide and acquire the user entry data for each electronic pen form using the first or second information.
[0023]
In another aspect of the present invention, the electronic pen is a user corresponding to the contents written on the electronic pen form by optically reading the dot pattern from the electronic pen form on which a predetermined dot pattern is printed. Means for acquiring entry data; and division means for dividing the user entry data into units for each electronic pen form. According to this, the user entry data entered in the electronic pen form can be divided into units of one form.
[0024]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The present invention makes it possible to use a digital pen as an input device to perform data processing on a plurality of forms at once, and to enable a system for dividing and processing data into each form unit. . First, an outline of an electronic pen used as an input device in the system of the present invention will be described.
[0025]
[Electronic pen]
FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing a usage form of the electronic pen, and FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing a structure of the electronic pen. As shown in FIG. 1, the electronic pen 10 is used in combination with a special paper 20 on which a dot pattern is printed. The electronic pen 10 has a pen tip 17 similar to a normal ink pen, and a user writes characters and the like on the special paper 20 in the same manner as a normal ink pen.
[0026]
As shown in FIG. 2, the electronic pen 10 includes a processor 11, a memory 12, a Bluetooth transceiver 13, a battery 14, an infrared LED 15, a camera 16, and a pressure sensor 18 therein. The electronic pen 10 has an ink cartridge (not shown) as a component similar to a normal ink pen.
[0027]
The electronic pen 10 does not convert the locus of the ink drawn on the special paper 20 by the pen tip portion 17 into data, but converts the locus coordinates of the movement of the electronic pen 10 on the special paper 20 into data. While the infrared 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 special paper 20.
[0028]
The pressure sensor 18 detects the pressure applied to the pen tip portion 17 when the user writes a character or the like on the special paper with the electronic pen 10, that is, the pen pressure, and supplies the detected pressure to the processor 11. The processor 11 switches on / off the infrared LED 15 and the camera 16 based on the pen pressure data provided from the pressure sensor 18. That is, when a user writes a character or the like on the dedicated paper 20 with the electronic pen 10, pen pressure is applied to the pen tip portion 17. Therefore, when the writing pressure equal to or more than the predetermined value is detected, it is determined that the user has started the description, and the infrared LED 15 and the camera 16 are operated.
[0029]
The camera 16 reads the dot pattern on the special 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.
[0030]
The processor 11 acquires the pen pressure array data and the X / Y coordinate data while the user is being described, 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 chronological order. The capacity of the memory 12 can be, for example, about 1 Mbyte.
[0031]
All acquired data is held in the memory 12 until a transmission instruction is issued by the user. When the user gives a transmission instruction, the data in the memory 12 is transmitted by the Bluetooth transceiver 13 to the terminal device 25 located 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, so that the memory 12 is cleared. Therefore, when the user wants to transmit the same information to the terminal device 25 again after the transmission, the user needs to write the information on the special paper 20 again. In this case, the user only has to trace characters written with the ink pen on the dedicated paper 20.
[0032]
The electronic pen 10 itself does not have a function button such as a transmission button, and a transmission instruction and other instructions are provided by a user checking a special box provided at a predetermined position on the special paper 20 with the electronic pen 10. Be executed. A transmission instruction is associated with the dot pattern of the dedicated box in advance. When the processor 11 receives the position coordinates of the dedicated box, the processor 11 supplies the data in the memory 12 to the Bluetooth transceiver 13 and transmits the data to the terminal device 25. Let it do. Note that the electronic pen 10 does not have a display, buttons, or the like, but the completion of data transmission can be indicated by vibration of the electronic pen.
[0033]
The battery 14 is for supplying power to each element in the electronic pen 10, and for example, the power of the electronic pen 10 itself can be turned on / off by a cap (not shown) of the electronic pen.
[0034]
As described above, the electronic pen 10 has a function of acquiring coordinate data and writing pressure data corresponding to characters written on the dedicated paper 20 by the user and transmitting the data to the nearby terminal device 25. Since the pen tip portion 17 is a normal ink pen, the contents described on the special paper 20 remain as original originals. That is, at the same time as describing the original paper, the contents can be digitized in real time in the form of coordinate data or the like.
[0035]
According to the standard functions of the electronic pen 10, the data obtained by the electronic pen 10 is in principle in the form of coordinate data or vector data, not text data. However, the electronic pen 10 has a function of converting only alphanumeric characters into text by describing it in a dedicated area provided on the dedicated paper 20 as a standard function. In the terminal device 25 and the like, it is of course possible to obtain text data from the coordinate data and vector data transmitted from the electronic pen 10 using a character recognition application.
[0036]
The electronic pen 10 can hold property information (pen information and pen owner information) on the pen itself and its owner, and can be referred to from an 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 include a nationality, a language, a time zone, an email address, a free memory capacity, a name, an address, a fax / telephone number, a mobile phone number, and the like.
[0037]
Next, a method of acquiring the X / Y data of the content described by the user using the electronic pen 10 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 reads a dot pattern on the special paper 20 instead of reading a locus of ink written on the special paper 20 by the user. Actually, as shown in FIG. 1, the illumination area by the infrared LED 15 and the imaging area of the camera 16 (located in the illumination area) are shifted from the position where the pen tip 17 contacts the special paper 20.
[0038]
The dot pattern is printed with a special ink containing carbon or the like, and the camera 16 can recognize only the pattern using the special ink. Even when the ruled lines and frames are printed on the special paper with an ink (not including carbon) other than the special ink, the electronic pen does not recognize them. Therefore, when creating forms such as various application forms using the special paper, input frames, ruled lines, notes, and the like are printed with ink other than the special ink.
[0039]
In the dot pattern 32, as illustrated in FIG. 3, the position of each dot is associated with data. In the example of FIG. 3, two-bit information of 0 to 3 is displayed by shifting the position of the dot vertically and horizontally from the grid reference position (the intersection of the vertical line and the horizontal line). The position coordinates on the dedicated paper are determined by the combination of the information thus expressed. As illustrated in FIG. 4A, 36 dots are arranged in a grid within a range of 2 mm in length and width, and an array of data indicated by these dots (FIG. 4B) is stored in the dedicated paper 20. It is associated with the upper position coordinates. Therefore, when the camera 16 of the electronic pen 10 captures a dot pattern 32 as shown in FIG. 4A, the processor 11 generates a data array shown in FIG. And the corresponding position coordinates on the dedicated paper 20 (that is, where the dot pattern 32 is on the dedicated paper 20) are calculated in real time. Note that the minimum unit for recognizing the dot pattern 32 is 2 mm × 2 mm, and the camera 16 shoots about 100 times per second.
[0040]
Next, the special paper 20 will be described. FIG. 5 shows an example of the structure of the special paper 20. As shown in the drawing, the special paper 20 has a dot pattern 32 printed on a backing sheet 30, and a pattern 34 such as a ruled line printed thereon. The backing paper 30 is usually paper, and the dot pattern 32 is printed with a special ink containing carbon as described above. In addition, the design 34 is printed with ordinary ink or the like. The dot pattern 32 and the design may be printed at the same time, or one of them may be printed first.
[0041]
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 41 and a transmission box field 43 are printed. Although not clearly shown in FIG. 6, the dot pattern 32 is actually printed on the entire surface of the application form 36, and the entry field 41 and the transmission box field 43 are printed thereon with ordinary ink. . The user may use the electronic pen 10 to fill in the necessary items in each entry field 41 of the application form 36 in the same manner as a conventional application form without being conscious of the dot pattern 32.
[0042]
The area on the special paper 20 can be roughly divided into two types of areas. One is an entry area, in which the contents described by the electronic pen 10 are directly handled as information. In the example of FIG. 6, a plurality of entry fields 41 correspond to this. The other is a functional element, which executes an action, an instruction, and the like defined in advance for the area when the corresponding area is checked with the electronic pen 10. The transmission box column 43 in the example of FIG. 6 corresponds to this.
[0043]
The transmission box field 43 is used when giving an instruction to transmit the data stored in the electronic pen 10 to the nearby terminal device 25 as described above. When the user checks the transmission box 43 with the electronic pen 10, the electronic pen 10 reads the dot pattern 32 in the transmission box 43. The pattern is associated with the transmission instruction, and the processor 11 in the electronic pen 10 issues a transmission command of the data stored in the memory 12 to the Bluetooth transceiver 13.
[0044]
The assignment of the dot pattern 32 is usually performed for each application (type of paper). That is, the dot patterns 32 in a certain application form do not overlap in one sheet, but the same application form is printed with the same dot pattern 32. Therefore, when the user inputs necessary items with the electronic pen 10, it is possible to specify which item of the application is for the input item from the coordinate data on the application.
[0045]
As described above, by printing a predetermined design on the special paper 20 on which the dot pattern 32 is printed, various applications using the special paper 20 can be created. If the user uses the electronic pen 10 to fill in the necessary items in the usual manner, the electronic data is automatically obtained.
[0046]
In the above example, the dot pattern 32 is printed on the special paper 20 with ink containing carbon. However, the dot pattern 32 can be printed on normal paper using a printer and ink containing carbon. . Further, the design 34 on the special paper 20 can be formed by a printer instead of printing. When the dot pattern 32 is formed on paper by a printer, it is possible to form a different dot pattern 32 for each sheet. Therefore, it is possible to identify and discriminate these sheets one by one based on the difference between the formed dot patterns 32.
[0047]
In the present specification, the term “print” is a concept that includes not only normal printing but also printing by a printer.
[0048]
Next, transmission processing of data acquired by the electronic pen 10 will be described. As described above, the communication function of the electronic pen 10 is based on Bluetooth. The communication function of the electronic pen 10 is based on a service server that handles data input to the dedicated paper 20 (in the case of a specific application, the application server is the server of the application). Therefore, data cannot be transmitted directly from the electronic pen 10. Therefore, the data acquired by the electronic pen 10 is transmitted from the terminal device 25 to the service server.
[0049]
The process at that time will be described with reference to FIG. The data obtained 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 27 to which the data is transmitted is located. Instead, information for specifying an application or service related to the dedicated paper 20 is included in a dot pattern on the dedicated paper 20, and the information is obtained from the dedicated paper 20 during a user's input operation. Accordingly, the terminal device 25 that has received the input data 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 20 should be transmitted. The inquiry server 26 has information of the corresponding service server 27 for each dedicated paper 20, and in response to an inquiry from the terminal device 25, information (URL) of the service server 27 that performs a service related to the dedicated paper 20 or the like Etc.) to the terminal device 25. Then, the terminal device 25 transmits the input data obtained from the electronic pen to the service server 27. In the above example, the terminal device 25, the inquiry server 26, and the service server 27 are configured separately, but some or all of them may be configured as one device.
[Application processing system]
Next, the application processing system 1 according to the present invention will be described. FIG. 7 shows a schematic configuration of the application processing system 1. The application processing system 1 shown in FIG. 7 is a system in which the reception server 3 receives data written in an application form by the user using the electronic pen 10 via the terminal device 25, and performs application reception processing. In this embodiment, a case where a travel application form 4 is used as shown in FIG. 8 will be described as an example of the form of the application form.
[0050]
As shown in FIG. 7, the application processing system 1 is configured by connecting a terminal device 25, a reception server 3, and an operator terminal device 6 via a network 2. The network 2 can be various networks such as an in-house LAN and the Internet.
[0051]
First, an outline of a travel application receiving method using the present system will be described. The user first receives information such as the application reservation status from the operator terminal device 6 when preparing the travel application form 4. Then, the user uses the electronic pen 10 to fill in the necessary items of the travel application 4 based on the information provision. The data entered by the user in the travel application form 4 is transmitted from the electronic pen 10 to the terminal device 25, and after the terminal device 25 performs predetermined data processing, is transmitted to the reception server 3. Further, the processed data received by the reception server 3 is registered in the database 8 and, at the same time, a reception confirmation is returned to the operator terminal device 6, whereby the reception processing ends.
[0052]
Next, each element will be described individually. First, the terminal device 25 will be described.
[0053]
The terminal device 25 is preferably installed at a travel application receiving place such as a business contact of a travel company, and accepts a travel application form 4 from a user. Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the terminal device 25 has a function of receiving data transmitted from the electronic pen 10 and application software for processing the data (hereinafter, “unit data division program 5”). Is installed). Then, when the user continuously writes in the plurality of travel application forms 4 using the electronic pen 10, the terminal device 25 divides the data into unit data for each travel application form. Further, the terminal device 25 transmits the plurality of divided unit data to the reception server 3 via the network 2.
[0054]
Next, the reception server 3 will be described.
[0055]
The reception server 3 is preferably installed in an information management section of a travel agency or the like, and receives unit data transmitted from the terminal device 25 and performs a reception process. As the reception processing by the reception server 3, the reception server 3 returns the reception confirmation to the operator terminal device 6 and performs a process of registering the unit data in the database 8. Then, the reception server 3 has a function of accessing and reading the requested data from the database 8 and replying to the operator terminal device 6 when there is a data inquiry such as an application reservation status from the operator terminal device 6.
[0056]
Next, the operator terminal device 6 will be described.
[0057]
The operator terminal device 6 is preferably installed in the same premises as the terminal device 25 described above. Then, the operator terminal device 6 provides the user with necessary information such as an application reservation status at the time of making a travel application, and when the travel application is accepted, the operator terminal device 6 responds to the reception confirmation returned from the reception server 3. Issue a travel ticket based on this. Specifically, the operator operates the operator terminal device 6 to access the database 8 connected to the reception server 3 and display necessary data such as the application reservation status registered therein on the screen. In addition, data can be checked and travel tickets can be issued, for example, by printing with a printer.
[Application function]
Next, the function of the application form used in the application processing system 1 will be described. FIG. 8 shows an example of a travel application form 4 used in the present invention.
[0058]
The travel application form 4 is, for example, a paper medium on which a pattern such as a plurality of characters such as an applicant's name, address, and destination, and entry fields is printed. Here, in the present invention, the travel application form 4 is created as the dedicated paper 20 described above. That is, as illustrated in FIG. 5, a predetermined dot pattern 32 is printed on the backing sheet 30, and a plurality of characters such as the name, address, and destination of the applicant, and a design 34 such as an entry field are printed thereon. ing.
As described above, the dot pattern 32 is printed with ink containing carbon so that the electronic pen 10 can recognize it. On the other hand, since the pattern 34 consisting of a plurality of characters such as the name, address, and destination of the applicant, and entry fields, etc., is printed with ordinary (carbon-free) ink, the electronic pen 10 cannot recognize it. Absent.
[0059]
Also, as shown in FIG. 8, the travel application form 4 includes a new record box column 40 for checking that the travel application form 4 is a new travel application form 4, and the applicant's name / address, destination, schedule, train name, etc. A plurality of entry fields 41 for the user to fill in, an additional record box field 42 for checking when a plurality of travel application forms 4 are used successively, such as an application by a group applicant, and a travel application form 4 are entered. At the end of the process, a transmission box 43 is checked to transmit the contents described in the travel application form 4 to the terminal device 25 of the travel agency.
[0060]
The new record box column 40 is a frame for the user to first check with the electronic pen 10 as a pre-stage for filling in the entry column 41 of the travel application form 4. When the user checks the box of the new record box column 40 using the electronic pen 10, the electronic pen 10 reads the dot pattern in the frame of the new record box column 40. Then, the processor 11 in the electronic pen 10 acquires stroke data of the checked X / Y coordinates in the frame of the new record box column 40 and stores it in the memory 12 in the electronic pen 10 as a new record code. It has become.
[0061]
The entry column 41 is a frame for the user to enter with the electronic pen 10 in accordance with a plurality of entry items such as the applicant's name / address, destination, schedule, and train name. As shown, different dot patterns 41a, 41b, 41c, 41d and 41e are printed in advance in the frame of the entry field 41 as shown in the figure. Although the dot patterns 41a, 41b, 41c, 41d, and 41e shown in the drawing are different from the dot patterns 41a, 41b, 41c, 41d, and 41e actually formed in the travel application form 4, they are described in the present embodiment. For convenience, dot patterns 41a, 41b, 41c, 41d, and 41e of different types such as oblique lines are shown. If the forms of the travel application form 4 are the same, the dot patterns 41a, 41b, 41c, 41d, and 41e in the frames of the entry fields 41 corresponding to the respective entry items in the plurality of travel application forms 4 are all the same. Are printed in dot patterns 41a, 41b, 41c, 41d, and 41e. That is, as shown in FIG. 8, the dot patterns 41a, 41b, 41c, 41d, and 41e in the frame of the entry field 41 corresponding to the entry items of the first travel application form 4 are the N-th, plural sheets. Are the same dot patterns as the dot patterns 41a, 41b, 41c, 41d, and 41e in the frame of the entry field 41 corresponding to each entry item of the travel application 4. When the user writes necessary items in the frame of the entry field 41 using the electronic pen 10, the electronic pen 10 reads the dot patterns 41a, 41b, 41c, 41d, and 41e in the frame of the entry field 41. Then, the processor 11 in the electronic pen 10 acquires the stroke data of the X / Y coordinates entered in the frame of the entry column 41 and stores it as input data in the memory 12 in the electronic pen 10. I have.
[0062]
The additional record box column 42 is a frame for the user to check with the electronic pen 10 when an additional travel application form 4 is required after the user has completed all the entry fields 41 of one travel application form 4. When the user checks the box of the additional record box column 42 with the electronic pen 10, the electronic pen 10 reads the dot pattern in the frame of the additional record box column 42. Then, the processor 11 in the electronic pen 10 acquires stroke data of the checked X / Y coordinates in the frame of the additional record box column 42 and stores it in the memory 12 in the electronic pen 10 as an additional record code. It has become.
[0063]
The transmission box column 43 is a frame for checking using the electronic pen 10 in order to transmit the data to the terminal device 25 after the user fills in the plurality of travel application forms 4. When the user checks the box of the transmission box 43 with the electronic pen 10, the electronic pen 10 reads the dot pattern in the box of the transmission box 43. Then, the processor 11 in the electronic pen 10 acquires stroke data of the checked X / Y coordinates in the frame of the transmission box column 43, and stores the acquired stroke data in the memory 12 in the electronic pen 10 as a transmission command code. At this time, all data stored in the memory 12 in the electronic pen 10 is transmitted to the terminal device 25.
[0064]
Note that when one travel application form 4 to be used by the user is sufficient, it is not necessary to check the box of the additional record box field 42 described above, but may simply check the box of the transmission box field 43. . On the other hand, when the user uses a plurality of travel application forms 4, after completing all the travel application forms 4, any one of the plurality of travel application forms 4 is used. A check may be put in the box of the transmission box column 43 of (normally, the travel application form 4 lastly entered).
[Data structure stored in electronic pen]
Next, a data structure in a state where each stroke data of the travel application form 4 is taken into the electronic pen 10 will be described. FIG. 9A schematically shows a data structure in a state stored in the memory 12 in the electronic pen 10.
[0065]
As shown in FIG. 9A, the data structure stored in the memory 12 in the electronic pen 10 includes a plurality of unit data 51 arranged in time series and one transmission command code 52 ( Hereinafter, it is referred to as “data string group 53”.
[0066]
The unit data 51 has a structure in which stroke data corresponding to one travel application form 4 are arranged in chronological order, and includes a new record code 51a, a plurality of continuous input data 51b, and an additional record code 51c. It is composed of
[0067]
The transmission command code 52 is the data at the end of the plurality of unit data 51 arranged in time series, and indicates the end of the data string group 53.
[0068]
The actual data of the new record code 51a, the input data 51b, the additional record code 51c, and the transmission command code 52 are the stroke data of the X / Y coordinates acquired from the electronic pen 10 at the time of creating the travel application form 4 as described above. It has become.
[Unit data division program]
Next, a method of dividing the data string group 53 stored in the electronic pen 10 into the unit data 51 corresponding to each travel application form 4 by the terminal device 25 having received the data string group 53 will be described.
[0069]
First, FIG. 10 schematically shows a flowchart of the unit data division program 5. As shown in FIG. 10, in order to perform the unit data division process, the unit data division program 5 installed in the terminal device 25 is started (step S1). Then, the data string group 53 stored in the memory 12 in the electronic pen 10 is received via the Bluetooth transceiver 13 mounted on the electronic pen 10, and the data string group 53 is acquired (step S2). This data string group 53 has the data structure shown in FIG. 9A as described above.
[0070]
Next, the terminal device 25 detects a new record code 51a checked and converted into stroke data by the user for each travel application form (step S3), and then an additional record code 51c corresponding to the new record code 51a. Is detected (step S4). As can be seen from FIG. 9A, a plurality of input data 51b exist between the pair of new record codes 51a and the additional record codes 51c. The unit data 51 is divided (step S5). The unit data 51 is input data 51b for one travel application form 4.
[0071]
Then, the terminal device 25 repeats the processing of steps S3 to S5 until the transmission command code 52 indicating the end of the data string group 53 is detected (step S6: NO), and when the transmission command code 52 is detected ( Step S6: YES), the unit data division processing ends. As a result, the data string group 53 initially acquired by the terminal device 25 from the electronic pen 10 by the unit data division processing is divided into the unit data 1, the unit data 2,. . . , Unit data N, and so on, is divided into a plurality of unit data 51 corresponding to each travel application form unit. After that, the unit data 51 is transmitted to the reception server 3 and used for the reception processing of the trip.
[0072]
In the above embodiment, a new record code 51a and an additional record code 51c corresponding to the new record code 51a are detected to divide the plurality of unit data 51 from the data string group 53. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The unit data division processing program 5 may divide the plurality of unit data 51 from the data string group 53 by detecting either the new record code 51a or the corresponding additional record code 51c.
[0073]
In other words, only one of the new record box column 40 and the additional record box column 42 shown in FIG. When only the new record box column 40 is provided in the travel application form 4, the user checks the new record box column 40 with the electronic pen 10 at the start of filling in the travel application form 4, and Fill in the required information. Then, when continuously filling out the second and subsequent travel application forms 4, first check the new record box field 40 of the second travel application form 4 with the electronic pen 10, and then enter a frame in the entry field 41. Fill in the required information. The data string group 53 obtained from the electronic pen 10 in this manner has a data structure in which the input data 51b for one travel application form 4 is divided by the new record code 51a corresponding to the new record box column 41. Therefore, the unit data division program 5 can detect the new record code 51a and divide the input data 51b sandwiched between the successive new record codes 51a as the unit data 51 for one travel application form 4.
[0074]
On the other hand, when only the additional record box field 42 is provided in the travel application form 4, the user fills in the necessary fields in the entry field 41 of one travel application form 4 with the electronic pen 10 and then adds the information. A check is made in the record box column 42, and necessary items are entered in the entry column 41 of the next travel application 4. The data string group 53 obtained from the electronic pen 10 in this manner has a data structure in which the input data 51b for one travel application form 4 is separated by the additional record code 51c corresponding to the additional record box column 42. Therefore, the unit data division program 5 can detect the additional record code 51c and divide the input data 51b sandwiched between the consecutive additional record codes 51c as the unit data 51 for one travel application form 4.
[Modification]
In the above embodiment, a case will be described in which the data string group 53 stored in the memory 12 in the electronic pen 10 is divided into a plurality of unit data 51 by installing the unit data division program 5 in the terminal device 25. However, the configuration is not limited to this, and a configuration in which the function performed by the unit data division program 5 is realized by the application function of the electronic pen 10 may be employed.
[0075]
This eliminates the need for the terminal device 25 to perform the division processing of the unit data 51 that has been processed by the terminal device 25 every time the data string group 53 is received from the electronic pen 10, and the travel application form is directly transmitted from the electronic pen 10 It can be received as unit data 51 corresponding to each unit. Therefore, since the terminal device 25 can directly transmit the unit data 51 to the reception server 3 as it is, it is possible to omit the process of dividing the unit data 51 which has been performed by a person.
[0076]
Further, in addition to the embodiment in which the function performed by the unit data division program 5 is implemented in the electronic pen 10 as in the modification, the unit data division program 5 is installed in the reception server 3, and the reception server 3 May be divided.
[0077]
Thereby, the electronic pen 10 can improve the throughput of the electronic pen 10 by directly transmitting the data string group 53 acquired from each travel application form 4 to the terminal device 25. In the terminal device 25, the data string group 53 received from the electronic pen 10 is transmitted to the reception server 3 as it is, so that the work of installing the unit data division program 5 in each of the plurality of terminal devices 25 scattered in various places can be performed. This eliminates the need to prepare the unit data division program 5 for each terminal device 25, so that a significant cost reduction can be achieved.
[0078]
Further, as shown in FIG. 8, a cancellation box column 44 can be provided on the travel application form 4. The cancel box field 44 corresponds to an instruction to cancel the items entered so far. Therefore, when the user checks the cancel box column 44, the data between the new record code corresponding to the new record box 40 and the code corresponding to the cancel box column 44 among the data obtained from the electronic pen 10 are displayed. What is necessary is just to process so as to ignore the entry data sandwiched between.
[0079]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, even if data of a form having a plurality of forms is transmitted from the electronic pen to a terminal device or the like at once by handling the form as data for each form unit, the form is filled in each form. Since the processed data can be handled without being mixed, data processing can be easily performed in a terminal device or the like.
[0080]
In addition, since the user only needs to give a single transmission instruction from the electronic pen after continuously creating a plurality of sheets of the same type with the electronic pen, it is possible to reduce the burden of the form creation work. .
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing a usage pattern of an electronic pen.
FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing a structure of an electronic pen.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a method of expressing information by a dot pattern printed on a dedicated paper.
FIG. 4 shows an example of a dot pattern and information corresponding to the dot pattern.
FIG. 5 shows a structure of a form formed of dedicated paper.
FIG. 6 shows an example of a form.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an application processing system using an electronic pen and special paper.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing functions of an application form used in the application processing system of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a data structure stored in the memory of the electronic pen and that the data structure is divided into unit data.
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an outline of a unit data division program of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
2 Network
3 reception server
4 Travel application form
5 Unit data division program
6 Operator terminal device
8 Database
10 Electronic pen
11 processor
12 memory
13 Transceiver
14 Battery
15 LED
16 Camera
17 Pen tip
20 Exclusive paper
25 Terminal device

Claims (8)

By reading the dot pattern optically from the electronic pen form on which the predetermined dot pattern is printed, user entry data corresponding to the contents entered in the electronic pen form is obtained, and the user entry data is acquired. An electronic pen for transmitting to the terminal device by wireless communication,
The terminal device that receives the user entry data transmitted from the electronic pen and transmits the data to a server via a network,
The server receiving the user entry data transmitted from the terminal device,
The form processing system, characterized in that the terminal device includes a dividing unit that divides the user entry data into units of the electronic pen form. By reading the dot pattern optically from the electronic pen form on which the predetermined dot pattern is printed, user entry data corresponding to the contents entered in the electronic pen form is obtained, and the user entry data is acquired. An electronic pen for transmitting to the terminal device by wireless communication,
The terminal device that receives the user entry data transmitted from the electronic pen and transmits the data to a server via a network,
The server receiving the user entry data transmitted from the terminal device,
The form processing system, characterized in that the server includes a division unit that divides the user entry data into units of the electronic pen form. The electronic pen form has a check box printed with a dot pattern corresponding to information indicating the start or end of entry into the electronic pen form,
The form processing system according to claim 1, wherein the division unit divides the user entry data based on information indicating the entry start or entry end included in the user entry data. . By running on a computer, the computer
Acquisition means for acquiring user entry data obtained by inputting with an electronic pen on an electronic pen form having a check box on which a dot pattern corresponding to information indicating entry start or entry end is printed,
Means for detecting information indicating the entry start or entry end,
A data dividing process for dividing data existing between a pair of pieces of information detected continuously as user-input data for one electronic pen form and outputting the divided data; program. By running on a computer, the computer
For an electronic pen having a first check box on which a dot pattern corresponding to first information indicating entry start is printed and a second check box on which a dot pattern corresponding to second information indicating entry completion is printed Acquisition means for acquiring user entry data obtained by inputting the form with an electronic pen,
Means for detecting the first information and the second information from the user entry data,
Functioning as dividing means for dividing data existing between the first information and the second information which are continuously detected as user entry data for one electronic pen form, and outputting the divided data; A unit data division processing program characterized by the following. An electronic pen form written by an electronic pen including an ink pen unit and a reading unit that optically reads a dot pattern,
An entry field provided on the dot pattern and filled with necessary items,
There is a first check box provided on the dot pattern and outside the entry field, where a check mark is entered by an electronic pen when using the form as a new form, or another form following the form. A second check box in which a check mark is written by an electronic pen when
The dot pattern in the first check box corresponds to first information indicating the start of entry into the electronic pen form, and the dot pattern in the second check box corresponds to the electronic pen form. A form for an electronic pen, wherein the form corresponds to second information indicating completion of entry. An electronic pen form written by an electronic pen including an ink pen unit and a reading unit that optically reads a dot pattern,
An entry field provided on the dot pattern and filled with necessary items,
A first check box provided on the dot pattern and outside the entry field, where a check mark is entered by an electronic pen when the form is used as a new form;
A second check box provided on the dot pattern and outside the entry field, where a check mark is entered by an electronic pen when there is another form following the form;
The dot pattern in the first check box corresponds to first information indicating the start of entry into the electronic pen form, and the dot pattern in the second check box corresponds to the electronic pen form. A form for an electronic pen, wherein the form corresponds to second information indicating completion of entry. Means for obtaining user entry data corresponding to the content entered in the electronic pen form by optically reading the dot pattern from the electronic pen form on which a predetermined dot pattern is printed,
A dividing unit for dividing the user entry data into units for each electronic pen form.

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