JP2004195933A - Delivery slip for electronic pen - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a delivery slip for an electronic pen, which is manufactured by utilizing a manufacturing process for a conventional delivery slip, and utilizes the electronic pen, so that data is easily fetched into a server. <P>SOLUTION: The delivery slip consists of an attachment slip (53) to be attached on a delivery, and a receipt slip (54) disposed in the same plane as the attachment slip. The surfaces of the attachment slip (53) and receipt slip (54) are provided with fields for displaying delivery information to be printed with a printer. At least in parts of the delivery information displaying fields, dot patterns (32) which are readable with the electronic pen (10) provided with an ink pen unit, a reading unit to optically read the dot patterns, and an information transmitting means to transmit the read information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a delivery slip used for courier service or the like, and more particularly to an electronic pen including an ink pen unit, a reading unit for optically reading a dot pattern, and a communication unit for transmitting the read information. The present invention relates to a delivery slip for an electronic pen having a function of acquiring.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, many delivery slips used for transporting goods by courier service or the like are multi-part delivery slips of pressure-sensitive copying type in which about 5 to 8 slips are bound (hereinafter referred to as a multi-part delivery slip). ) Is used. The purpose of the multi-part delivery slip is to store copies at each point of transportation and to manage information about packages.
When using the courier service, usually, when the client fills in the address and name of the client with the writing instrument such as a ball-point pen, the address of the addressee, the name of the receiver, and other information on the delivery, etc. A form in which a mark or a mark is copied to a slip of each part constituting a delivery slip is used.
However, recently, in various industries such as transportation, mail order, and distribution, business transactions or data exchange between companies based on electronic information using a digital network have progressed. Therefore, each company identifies the slip by reading the barcode printed on the slip instead of storing the copy slip of the paper method, and the information handled on the slip is digitized, and the network and the Electronic information storage using databases has come to be performed. For this reason, recording on a paper-based slip has been changed from printing by hand to printing data directly on the slip by a printer device connected to a computer.
[0003]
Furthermore, since the printer device has evolved and a non-impact type printer device capable of high-speed printing has appeared, it is no longer necessary to use a pressure-sensitive copying multipart delivery slip as described above. One-part delivery slips (hereinafter referred to as one-part delivery slips), in which a plurality of slips are arranged on a single sheet of paper, and each slip is simultaneously printed by a printer, are used. Was.
[0004]
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a usage form of a conventional one-part delivery slip. A delivery slip 52 is attached to a delivery 70 as shown. The delivery form 52 includes at least two of an attachment form 53 and a receipt form 54. When the delivery 70 is delivered to the recipient, the delivery company delivery person receives the recipient's signature or seal on the receipt form 54, In order to use this as a proof of the completion of delivery, the receipt slip 54 is separated from the delivery slip 52 and brought back.
[0005]
FIG. 10 shows an example of the structure of a conventional one-part delivery slip for performing the above operation. FIG. 10A shows a delivery slip sheet 50 in which a delivery slip 52 is multi-faced on a sheet. It is a top view.
FIG. 10B is a cross-sectional view taken along line XX of FIG. The delivery slip sheet 50 has a slip sheet 51 adhered to a label base material 60 via an adhesive layer 63. On the slip form 51, a design of a delivery slip 52 (a logo of a delivery company, various entry frames and item names, fixed information necessary for the delivery slip, such as precautionary notes, etc.), which is a set of an attachment slip 53 and a receipt slip 54, is provided. Printed.
Since the receipt slip 54 of the slip sheet 51 needs to be peeled off, a portion corresponding to the receipt slip 54 of the label facing the slip sheet forms a peeling layer 64, and the receipt slip 54 and the label are pseudo-adhered. Further, a half cut b reaching the upper side of the label base material 60 is formed between the sticky slip 53 and the receipt slip 54. An adhesive layer 61 is formed on the back side of the label base material 60, and a release paper 62 is provided so as to be peelable. Further, a half cut a reaching the upper side of the release paper 62 is formed at a position for dividing the periphery of each delivery slip 52.
The delivery slip sheet 50 having such a configuration is mounted on a printer device and necessary information (variable information such as a client, a delivery destination, a slip code, etc.) is printed.
The delivery slips 52, which are divided by the half cut of the delivery slip sheet 50 on which the necessary information is printed, are separated from each other, and the separated delivery slips 52 are attached to the respective delivery items 70. (For details, see Patent Document 1)
[0006]
[Patent Document 1]
JP 2001-353887 A
[Patent Document 2]
WO 02/39377
[0007]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, as described above, with regard to printing on delivery slips, with the evolution of printer devices and the evolution of the structure of delivery slips as seen in Patent Document 1, there has been a demand for faster and more efficient slip issuance. It was realized, but for the processing after the recipient receives the delivery, the recipient can sign the delivery slip by hand, or the delivery company can take the receipt stamp stamped with a seal and take it back and keep it as a copy There is a problem that it is not different from the operation form using the multi-part delivery slip of the formula.
To digitize the information handwritten by the recipient, etc., the operator must input the information using a keyboard while looking at the slip, or read the characters written on the slip via a scanner device. There is a problem that it is necessary to prepare human resources and infrastructure.
Even if people and infrastructure are prepared, it takes a lot of time to collect the slips written by the recipients and get them to the operator's hand, so the information written on the slips is shared in real time. There is also a problem that such operations cannot be performed.
In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention uses a general-purpose electronic pen as disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Publication No. H10-15095, and uses a conventional delivery slip manufacturing process. It is an object of the present invention to provide a delivery slip which can instantaneously digitize various kinds of information written on the delivery slip in the delivery process.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
An electronic pen delivery slip of the present invention solves the above-mentioned problems by means described in the following claims.
(Claim 1) An affixed slip (53) to be affixed to a delivery (70) and a receipt affixed to the delivery form (70), and the receipt affixed to the delivery (70). ) Has a delivery information display field that can be printed by the printer (for example, the address and name of the recipient (the name of the recipient), the name, address, telephone number, or slip code of the delivery slip). In the delivery slip provided, a dot pattern (32) readable by an electronic pen (10) including an ink pen unit, a reading unit for optically reading a dot pattern, and information transmitting means for transmitting read information to the outside is provided. A delivery slip for an electronic pen, wherein the delivery slip is formed in at least a part of a delivery information display column.
(Claim 2) The receipt form (54) is provided with a receipt confirmation column (58) in which a dot pattern is formed for the recipient who has received the delivery to read the receipt by filling in with the electronic pen. The delivery slip for an electronic pen according to claim 1, wherein:
(Claim 3) Form code information (42) readable by an electronic pen (10) for specifying the form is provided on the surface of the attached form (53) and the receipt form (54). The delivery slip for an electronic pen according to claim 1, characterized in that:
(4) The delivery slip for an electronic pen according to (3), wherein the slip code information (42) is formed by forming a barcode pattern for specifying the slip on a dot pattern (32). .
(5) The delivery slip for an electronic pen according to (3), wherein the slip code information (42) forms a different dot pattern (32) for each slip.
(Claim 6) The delivery slip (52) is affixed to a delivery (70) via a label base material (60), and the receipt slip (54) is provided releasably on the label base material (60). The dot pattern (32) readable by the electronic pen (10) is formed on the surface of a label substrate (60) that appears when the receipt slip (54) is peeled off. Delivery slip for electronic pen described.
[0009]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
[0010]
[Electronic pen]
First, the electronic pen will be described.
FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing a usage form of the electronic pen 10, and FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing a structure of the electronic pen 10. As shown in FIG. 1, the electronic pen 10 is used in combination with a dedicated paper 20 on which a dot pattern 32 is formed.
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.
[0011]
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) and the like as constituent elements similar to a normal ink pen.
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 special paper 20, the camera 16 reads the dot pattern 32 formed on the special paper 20 and converts it into data.
[0012]
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.
[0013]
The pressure sensor 18 detects a pressure applied to the pen tip portion 17 when a user writes a character or the like on the special paper 20 with the electronic pen 10, that is, a writing pressure, and supplies the 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.
[0014]
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.
[0015]
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.
[0016]
All acquired data is held in the memory 12 until a transmission instruction is issued by the user.
Then, when the user gives a transmission instruction, the data in the memory 12 is transmitted to the terminal device 25 located within a predetermined distance from the electronic pen 10 by the Bluetooth transceiver 13 which is an example of information transmission means to the outside.
Basically, once a transmission instruction is given, the electronic pen 10 clears the memory 12 because all information stored in the memory 12 is transmitted to the terminal device 25.
Therefore, if the user wants to transmit the same information to the terminal device 25 again after transmitting the information from the electronic pen 10 to the terminal device, 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.
[0017]
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. (Hereinafter, the dedicated box for the transmission instruction is referred to as a transmission box 39.)
A transmission instruction is previously associated with the position coordinates of the transmission box 39. When the processor 11 receives the position coordinates of the transmission box 39, the processor 11 supplies the data in the memory 12 to the Bluetooth transceiver 13 and transmits the data to the terminal device 25. Is performed. Note that the electronic pen 10 does not have a display, buttons, or the like, but can indicate completion of data transmission by vibrating the electronic pen.
[0018]
The information transmission means of the present invention is not limited to a wireless system such as the Bluetooth transceiver shown in the above example, but may be a cable connection system or a transmission system via some recording medium.
The battery 14 is for supplying power to each element in the electronic pen 10. For example, the power of the electronic pen 10 itself can be turned on / off by a cap (not shown) of the electronic pen.
[0019]
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.
[0020]
According to the standard functions of the electronic pen 10, data obtained by the electronic pen 10 is in principle in the form of coordinate data or vector data (stroke data), and is not text data.
However, as a standard function, the electronic pen 10 is described in a dedicated area provided on the dedicated paper 20 so that text data can be converted to text data using alphanumeric characters by using a character recognition application. Obviously, it is possible.
[0021]
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.
In addition, as the pen owner information, nationality, language, time zone, mail address, available memory capacity, name, address, fax / telephone number, form telephone number, and the like can be stored.
[0022]
Next, a method of obtaining the X / Y data of the content described by the user using the electronic pen will be described.
As described above, the predetermined dot pattern 32 is formed on the dedicated paper 20. The camera 16 of the electronic pen 10 does not read the trajectory of the ink written on the special paper 20 by the user, but reads the dot pattern 32 on the special paper 20.
Actually, as shown in FIG. 1, the illumination area of 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.
[0023]
The dot pattern 32 is formed of a special ink containing carbon or the like, and the camera 16 can recognize only the pattern using the special ink.
Even if a ruled line, a frame, or the like is formed on the dedicated paper 20 using an ink (not including carbon) other than the dedicated ink, the electronic pen does not recognize them. Therefore, when creating various forms using the special paper 20, input frames, ruled lines, notes, and the like are formed using ink other than the special ink.
[0024]
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 special paper 20 are determined by the combination of the information thus expressed.
[0025]
As illustrated in FIG. 4A, 36 dots are arranged in a grid within a range of about 2 mm in length and width, and an array of data indicated by these dots (FIG. The upper position coordinates are associated.
Therefore, when photographing the dot pattern 32 input from the camera 16 of the electronic pen 10, the processor 11 acquires the data array shown in FIG. 4B based on the data of the dot pattern 32 input from the camera 16, The corresponding position coordinates on the dedicated paper 20 (that is, where the dot pattern 32 is on the dedicated paper) are calculated in real time.
The minimum unit for recognizing the dot pattern 32 is 2 mm × 2 mm, and the camera 16 shoots about 100 times per second each time.
[0026]
[Dedicated paper for electronic pen]
Next, the special paper 20 will be described.
FIG. 5 shows an example of the structure of the special paper. As shown in the drawing, the dedicated paper 20 has a dot pattern 32 formed on a backing paper 30 and a pattern 34 such as a ruled line formed thereon.
The backing paper 30 is a normal paper, and the dot pattern 32 is formed of a special ink containing carbon as described above.
In addition, the design 34 is formed with ordinary ink or the like. The dot pattern 32 and the pattern may be formed at the same time, or one of them may be formed first.
Further, the example in which the dot pattern 32 is formed on the entire surface of the mount 30 is shown, but the dot pattern 32 may be formed on a part of the mount.
[0027]
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. 5, a plurality of entry fields 38 correspond to this.
The other is a functional element, and when an electronic pen 10 in a corresponding area is checked, an action, an instruction, and the like defined in advance for the area are executed.
In the example of FIG. 5, the transmission box 39 corresponds to this.
The transmission box 39 is used when giving an instruction to transmit data stored in the electronic pen 10 to the nearby terminal device 25 as described above.
The user reads the dot pattern in the transmission box 39. 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.
[0028]
The assignment of the dot pattern 32 is usually performed for each type of form. That is, the dot patterns in the delivery slip do not overlap in one slip, but the same dot pattern 32 is formed on all the slips of the same type.
As described above, what means the area where the dot pattern 32 is formed is defined in advance.
Therefore, when the user inputs necessary items to the delivery slip using the electronic pen 10, it is possible to specify from the coordinate data on the delivery slip which item of the delivery slip corresponds to the input item. .
In this way, the design 34 in which the entry section necessary for the delivery slip is designed on the special paper 20 on which the dot pattern 32 is formed is formed in advance, and predetermined information is entered in the predetermined entry section by the electronic pen 10. Thus, a delivery slip that can automatically convert the entered information into electronic data can be created.
[0029]
The formation of the dot pattern 32 or the formation of a ruled line frame indicating an entry portion and other necessary information is performed by means of printing and forming a printing plate made in advance using a so-called printing device such as an offset printing machine (hereinafter simply referred to as a printing device). Means for transmitting data from the computer to a so-called printer device connected to and controlled by a computer (hereinafter referred to as "printing" or "printing") (hereinafter simply referred to as "printing" or "printing"). It is performed by
[0030]
The production of the delivery slip of the present invention starts with printing of a delivery slip sheet. On the delivery slip sheet, fixed information necessary for the delivery slip such as the logo of the delivery company, various entry frames, item names, notes, etc. is pre-printed (hereinafter referred to as "pre-printing"), and it is designed accordingly. Varies from one delivery company to another, and even for a delivery slip of one delivery company, for example, for general use, for fresh food, for delivery time designation, and the like, there are many types. Usually, a printing plate designed for each type is prepared and pre-printed on paper.
[0031]
Printing with a printing press is suitable for producing the same in large quantities. Therefore, when the dot pattern is formed on the delivery slip by printing, it is performed at the pre-printing stage. At this stage, printing plates of different types of dot patterns corresponding to different delivery slips (hereinafter simply referred to as “delivery slip types”) for each delivery company and for each type of delivery slip are prepared. A predetermined dot pattern is printed on 50.
[0032]
By doing so, the same type of dot pattern is formed on the same type of delivery slip. Since the relationship between the type of the delivery slip 52 and the type of the dot pattern 32 is defined in the definition table on the inquiry server 26 in advance, the dot pattern 32 is read by the electronic pen 10 and the inquiry server is sent via the terminal device 25. By referring to the definition table 26, the type of the delivery slip 52 in which the read dot pattern 32 is formed can be specified.
[0033]
Therefore, the type of the delivery slip can be specified from the dot pattern data obtained from an arbitrary position in the area where the dot pattern 32 is formed on the delivery slip 52.
Needless to say, the same dot pattern may be printed and formed irrespective of the type of the delivery slip, and the type of the delivery slip may be specified by giving code data described later.
[0034]
Furthermore, a management number is assigned to each delivery slip, and each delivery slip is specified by this management number, and distribution management of the delivery is performed. Usually, the management number is printed and formed on a pre-printed delivery slip sheet as slip code information (slip code data) such as alphanumeric characters and bar codes by a printer device. In the case of the delivery slip of the present invention, As the code data, it is possible to add code data that can be read by an electronic pen to each delivery slip in a manner of adding code data described later.
[0035]
Further, the dot pattern 32 can be printed by a printer device.
Therefore, if dot pattern data to be sent to the printer is prepared for each type of delivery slip, the same type of dot pattern can be printed on the same type of delivery slip.
[0036]
Further, each delivery slip is specified by the management number. If dot pattern data corresponding to the management number is prepared and printed on each delivery slip by a printer device, the management number is obtained. It is also possible to obtain a delivery slip on which the corresponding dot pattern is formed. If such a dot pattern is formed on a delivery slip, individual delivery slips can be specified from dot pattern data obtained from an arbitrary position in the area of the delivery slip 52 where the dot pattern 32 is formed.
[0037]
It is needless to say that the same type of dot pattern may be formed on all the delivery slips even when the dot pattern is formed by the printer device, as in the case of forming by printing.
[0038]
[Data transmission processing]
Next, transmission processing of data acquired by the electronic pen will be described.
As described above, the communication function (information transmission means for transmitting information to the outside) of the electronic pen 10 is based on Bluetooth, and a service server (for example, a distribution company for distribution management of a delivery company) that handles data input to the dedicated paper 20. The data cannot be transmitted directly from the electronic pen 10 to the server.
Therefore, the data acquired by the electronic pen 10 is transmitted to the service server via the terminal device 25.
[0039]
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 special paper is printed on the special paper, and the information is obtained from the special paper during a user input operation.
Therefore, 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 entered for the dedicated paper should be transmitted.
The inquiry server 26 has information of a service server corresponding to each dedicated paper, and in response to an inquiry from the terminal device 25, information (URL) of the service server 27 which performs services related to the dedicated paper. Etc.) to the terminal device 25.
Then, the terminal device 25 transmits the input data acquired from the electronic pen 10 to the service server 27.
[0041]
In the present invention, for example, the service server 27 is provided at a merchandise center of a delivery company. On the other hand, a delivery member of the delivery company has an electronic pen and a terminal device 25. At each stage of the delivery, the information of the delivery slip acquired by the electronic pen held by the delivery person is sent to the service server 27 of the delivery company via the network 2 and the inquiry server 26, and the distribution management is performed. The recipient also has the terminal device 25 with the electronic pen 10 and, when receiving the delivery, uses the electronic pen to sign the delivery slip with a signature in the receipt confirmation column and to enter other necessary information. When the recipient does not have an electronic pen, the recipient enters necessary information using the electronic pen possessed by the delivery person who has carried the delivery.
[0042]
[Code data input]
Next, a specific method relating to information entry or acquisition of information on a delivery slip of the present invention using an electronic pen will be described.
First, a method of inputting code data using the electronic pen 10 will be described with reference to FIG. As described above, the standard function of the electronic pen is to acquire the trajectory drawn by the electronic pen as vector data, but by the following method, the user ID code, the slip code assigned to the delivery slip, other codes, etc. Can be input using the dedicated paper 20.
[0043]
A first method of inputting code data is a method of printing a code data input field as shown in FIG. 6A on the delivery slip 52 in advance. In FIG. 6A, the check boxes 41 corresponding to the respective numbers are printed on a dedicated paper forming the delivery slip 52 with ordinary ink. The numerical value of each frame is associated with the code data indicated by the dot pattern in the check box 41. That is, the dot pattern in the upper left check box indicates that the seventh digit of the code data is zero, and the dot pattern in the lower right check box indicates that the first digit of the code data is 9. Such dot pattern and information on the number of digits and numbers forming the code data are stored in the service server 27 as code data association information, for example, in association with each other. It should be noted that the information handled as the code data association information is not limited to the above numbers, but may be alphabets, symbols, or anything.
[0044]
Therefore, when the user checks the check box 41 corresponding to the slip code of the delivery slip 52 with the electronic pen 10, the corresponding code data 46 is transmitted to the service server 27 via the terminal device 25. You. The application in the service server 27 can obtain the slip code input by the user with reference to the code data association information.
Note that the code data association information may be stored in the terminal device 25, and an application prepared in the terminal device 25 may acquire the code data corresponding to the dot pattern with reference to the code data association information.
[0045]
In a normal mark sheet, it is necessary to accurately fill in an entry field such as an ellipse, but in a code data entry field using an electronic pen, just check the check box and the camera provided with the electronic pen Can be easily input.
[0046]
In particular, since the delivery slip is attached to the delivery and used, there is a limitation on the size of the paper, and there are limitations on the design because various patterns are printed. In such a case, it is possible to use a 4-bit input field which is at least necessary to represent a number from 0 to 9 as shown in FIG. 6B. In this case, the input code data can be specified by a combination of one or more check positions input for each digit.
[0047]
A second method of inputting code data is a method of providing a barcode type input field as shown in FIG. 6C on the dot pattern forming surface of a dedicated paper (delivery slip).
Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6C, a portion where the dot pattern is missing is formed in a band shape on a dedicated paper on which the dot pattern 32 is printed. This band-like pattern is obtained by converting specific code data into a bar code in advance. Since the electronic pen reads the coordinate data of the position corresponding to the movement locus of the pen from the dedicated paper, a missing portion of the pattern is formed in a belt shape in advance, and if it is traced over the band with the electronic pen, the pattern shown in FIG. In this manner, a pattern that is discontinuous due to the lack of the pattern can be obtained (the acquired data in FIG. 6C).
If this pattern is used like a barcode and associated with the code data, the user can input the corresponding code data simply by tracing the pattern with the electronic pen.
Therefore, a bar code corresponding to the slip code is formed on the delivery slip side, and the user can read the slip code into the terminal device by tracing the bar code with an electronic pen.
[0048]
The bar code used as the slip code of the present invention can be the same as the bar code used in the current delivery slip, and the code data can be obtained from a general-purpose electronic pen.
[0049]
The missing portion of the pattern shown in FIG. 6C can be created by not printing the dot pattern when printing the dot pattern. In addition, barcodes can be created later by printing a band-shaped pattern with a special ink or toner containing carbon by recording using an inkjet printer or toner on a normal delivery slip created without missing parts You can also. Since the ink or toner containing carbon covers the dot pattern in the band-shaped pattern portion, the electronic pen cannot read the dot pattern, and as a result, a discontinuous pattern as shown in FIG. 6C is obtained as acquired data.
[0050]
Although the slip code is described as an example of the code data, the present invention is not limited to this, and the code representing the type of the item to be delivered, the delivery company code, the agency code, the delivery company staff code, the client code, the delivery destination code, In addition, any code data such as a designated delivery date and time, a delivery date and time, and various trouble information may be used.
[0051]
(Example)
FIG. 7 shows an example of a delivery slip of the present invention in which information can be written and information can be obtained by using the above electronic pen.
FIG. 7A shows an example of a front side design of a delivery slip, and a dot pattern 32 (not shown) is formed on the entire surface of the delivery slip 52. Needless to say, it is not necessary to form the entire area, and a dot pattern may be formed only in a portion where information is written or obtained with an electronic pen.
[0052]
The delivery slip 52 includes an attachment slip 53 and a receipt slip 54. The affixed slip 53 is attached to the delivery and passed over to the recipient while being attached to the delivery. The receipt slip 54 is provided on the delivery slip 52 so as to be peelable, and a delivery member of the delivery company hands the delivery to the recipient, and after receiving the receipt confirmation, peels off and takes it back.
A variable information printing column 56 is formed on the attachment form 53 and the receipt form 56, and the address, name (recipient's name), etc. of the destination, the client's name, address, telephone number, etc. In the slip code data 42, a slip code of a delivery slip or the like is printed in advance by a printer device.
[0053]
In the embodiment of the present invention, the slip code is formed by the above-described bar code method. The receipt slip 56 is provided with a receipt confirmation column 58 for signing as a proof that the recipient has received the delivery. In addition, an entry section 38 is provided. Although the entry field is formed on the receipt in this embodiment, it may be formed on an affixed form, and characters can be entered later with an electronic pen.
[0054]
The attached form 53 is provided with a response method desired column 57, in which a requester can receive a response, such as the recipient's receipt confirmation information or the like, in which the requester can enter. In this example, a check box 41 for selecting a response means such as FAX or E-mail is provided. A check box 41 is provided, and a transmission box 39 for instructing transmission of the electronic pen after filling in the entry section 38 with the electronic pen is provided.
[0055]
FIG. 7B shows a state where the receipt slip 54 is peeled off from the delivery slip 52. As shown in the drawing, information such as an advertisement column is printed on a peeled surface that appears when the receipt slip 54 is peeled off. It is possible. The dot pattern is also provided on the peeling surface, and the electronic pen can be used by providing the check box 41, the transmission box 39, and the entry section 38 (not shown).
In the delivery slip having the above-described configuration, the user can use the electronic pen 10 to fill in the necessary items in the entry section 38, enter a check mark in the check box 41, without being conscious of the dot pattern 32. Alternatively, if the information formed on the slip code data 42 is traced with the electronic pen 10, the delivery information on the delivery slip is digitized immediately.
[0056]
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an operation example of the delivery slip of the present invention.
For the delivery slip of the present invention, for example, a delivery slip sheet 50 having the configuration shown in FIGS. 10A and 10B is used. The delivery chit sheet 50 may be printed with a dot pattern for the electronic pen in advance, or may be printed later. Then, necessary information is printed and printed by the printer device in the variable information print column 56 of the delivery slip sheet 50 (S1).
The individual delivery slips 52 are separated from the delivery slip sheet 50 on which the printing of the variable information and the dot pattern for the electronic pen are formed (S2), and the separated delivery slips 52 are attached to the corresponding deliverables 70. (S3).
The delivery 70 to which the delivery slip 52 is attached is transferred to the delivery company 72 (S4), and is delivered by the delivery company 72 to the recipient 74 of the predetermined delivery destination (S5).
[0057]
At the delivery destination, the recipient signs the receipt confirmation column 58 of the delivery slip 52 affixed to the delivery 70 with the electronic pen 10 as a proof of receipt of the delivery, and checks the transmission box 39. The signature data of the recipient is sent to the service server 27 of the merchandise center 71 via the electronic pen 10, the terminal device 25, and the network 2. If the client's desired answer method (for example, E-mail, facsimile, mailing, etc.) is registered in advance, the reception confirmation information is sent from the service server 27 by means designated by the client 73. For example, when the client 73 desires E-mail as the desired answer method, it is possible to e-mail the receipt confirmation information from the receiver 74 to the client in real time.
Alternatively, if the acknowledgment information that has arrived at the service server 27 is made accessible from the outside, the client 73 can also view the acknowledgment information via the network.
[0058]
The printout of the operation example shown in FIG. 8 includes, for example, customer information, client information, product information, etc. managed by a database 28 connected to a service server of a merchandise center 71 operated by a store such as a department store or a mail order company. It is performed based on. For example, the client 73 may go to a store such as a department store to order a product, but as shown in FIG. 8, for example, the client 73 uses a terminal device 45 such as a personal computer connected to the Internet to make a home purchase. It is also possible to order online from department stores and mail order companies.
[0059]
When the variable information to be printed is registered in advance in the database 28 of the merchandise center as in the above-described example, the print slip is printed on the delivery slip at the merchandise center as shown in FIG. It is.
However, if the variable information does not exist or is only a part (for example, only customer information), a delivery slip in which the variable information entry column 56 and the desired answer method entry column 57 are blank is manufactured. The client may enter necessary information on the delivery slip using an electronic pen. The information entered by the client with the electronic pen in this way is registered in the database 28 of the merchandise center via the terminal device and the network.
[0060]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the delivery slip of the present invention, receipt / pass confirmation at each delivery site, and acquisition of additional information such as a signature can be digitized in real time by checking or filling in with an electronic pen. effective.
In addition, there is an effect that a delivery slip in a paper state in which the additional information is written can be left.
[0061]
By using such a delivery slip, the information entered can be digitized at the same time as the entry, even if the user is not conscious of digitization.
[0062]
In addition, since the information checked or entered in the delivery slip is digitized in real time and can be sent to the service server via the network, it is possible to confirm the passage of each delivery base and share the final receipt confirmation information. This has the effect.
Particularly, there is an effect that the fact that the delivery has been completed can be transmitted to the client at the same time as the signature on the receipt confirmation column.
[0063]
In addition, by providing a dot pattern for an electronic pen on a release layer forming surface of a delivery slip appearing after peeling off a receipt, there is also an effect that the use value of the delivery slip is increased.
[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 illustrating a structure of an electronic pen.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a method of expressing information by a dot pattern formed on a dedicated paper.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a dot pattern and information corresponding to the dot pattern.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a structure of a form formed of dedicated paper.
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a method of inputting code data.
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a delivery slip according to the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an operation example of the delivery slip of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a usage form of a conventional one-part delivery slip.
FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating the structure of a conventional one-part delivery slip.
[Explanation of symbols]
2 Network
10 Electronic pen
17 Pen tip
20 Exclusive paper
25 Terminal device
26 Inquiry Server
27 Service server
29 Printer device
32 dot pattern
38 entry section
39 Outbox
41 Check Box
42 Slip code data
50 Delivery slip sheet
51 slip form
52 Delivery slip
53 sticker
54 receipt
56 Variable information print column
57 Response method entry field
58 Receipt confirmation column
59 Advertising column
70 Delivery
71 Product Center
72 Shipping Company
73 Client
74 recipient

Claims (6)

A delivery slip comprising a sticky note to be attached to a delivery, and a receipt slip arranged in a plane with the sticky slip, the delivery slip having a delivery information display field printable by a printer device on the surface of the sticky slip and the receipt slip. At
A dot pattern readable by an electronic pen including an ink pen unit, a reading unit that optically reads a dot pattern, and an information transmitting unit that transmits read information to the outside is formed on at least a part of the delivery information display section. A delivery slip for an electronic pen. 2. The receipt form according to claim 1, further comprising a receipt confirmation column in which a dot pattern is formed for the recipient who has received the delivery to read the receipt by filling in with the electronic pen. Delivery slip for electronic pen. The delivery slip for an electronic pen according to claim 1, wherein slip code information that can be read by an electronic pen for specifying the slip is provided on a surface of the attached slip and the receipt slip. The delivery slip for an electronic pen according to claim 3, wherein the slip code information is formed by forming a bar code pattern for specifying the slip on a dot pattern. 4. The electronic pen delivery slip according to claim 3, wherein the slip code information is formed by forming a different dot pattern for each slip. The delivery slip is affixed to a delivery via a label base material, the receipt slip is provided on the label base so as to be peelable, and the electronic pen is provided on a surface of the label base material that appears by peeling the receipt slip. 2. A delivery slip for an electronic pen according to claim 1, wherein a readable dot pattern is formed.

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