JP2006168131A - Recording device, recording system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a recording device to record new contents of recording on an object of recording whose writing position is predetermined. <P>SOLUTION: The recording device has: a reading section to read a writing position from the object of recording; a recorded object detection section to detect the position of the object of recording in the recording device; a recording head to record on the object of recording; an input section to accept the input of the contents of recording to be recorded on the object of recording; a writing position control section to control the relative position of the recording head with the object of recording and align the writing position in the object of recording with the position facing the recording head; and a recording control section to record the contents of recording inputted in the input section in the writing position of the object of recording aligned with the position facing the recording head. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a recording apparatus and a recording system for recording on a recording material whose writing position is predetermined.

Conventionally, a form processing system that electronically manages many types of forms is known. In this form processing system, image data in a format preprinted on a form and position data indicating the position of an entry location in the format are registered in a database in association with the form type. A bar code indicating the type of the form is recorded in the form. The system reads the image data of the form to be input, and identifies the type of form based on the barcode included in the image data. Based on the identified type, the position data of the entry location is read from the database, and the character of the entry location included in the image data is recognized by the OCR device. Then, the recognized character is registered as the content recorded in the form (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2002-32704 A

  However, the conventional technique has a problem that new recording contents cannot be recorded on a form whose format is not registered in the database.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, in the first embodiment of the present invention, for a recording object in which a writing position indicating a position in the recording object of a recording content to be newly recorded on the recording object is encoded and recorded. A recording device for newly recording recorded content, a reading unit that reads a writing position from a recording material, a recording material detection unit that detects a position of the recording material in the recording device, and a recording material A recording head that performs recording, an input unit that receives input of recording contents to be newly recorded on the recording material, a relative position between the recording head and the recording material, and a writing position on the recording material, A writing position control section for matching the position facing the recording head, and a recording control section for recording the recording content input to the input section at the writing position of the recording object aligned with the position facing the recording head. A recording apparatus is provided. According to such a recording apparatus, the recording content to be newly recorded is recorded at the writing position with respect to the recording object in which the writing position predetermined for each recording object is coded and recorded. can do.

  In the recording apparatus described above, the recording object is encoded with identification information for identifying the writing position and then recorded in association with the writing position, and the reading unit associates the identification information with the writing position. Furthermore, a display unit that displays the identification information associated with the reading and writing position in a state that can be recognized by the user is further provided, and the input unit displays the identification information associated with the writing position to the user. In the state of being displayed in a recognizable state, the input of the recording content to be recorded at the writing position is received, the input recording content is transmitted to the recording control unit in association with the writing position, and the writing position The control unit matches the writing position associated with the recording content received by the input unit with a position facing the recording head, and the recording control unit sets the recording material aligned with the position facing the recording head. Record entered in the input section at the writing position Contents may be a record. According to such a recording apparatus, even when a plurality of writing positions are determined, the recorded contents can be recorded at the writing position intended by the user.

  In the above recording apparatus, the recording object is obtained by encoding image information indicating an image in a visible format recorded in advance on the recording object and format position information indicating a position in the recording object of the format. The reading unit further reads the image information and the format position information, and based on the writing position, the image information, and the format position information read by the reading unit, the format and the writing on the recording object are recorded. The display unit further displays a preview image showing a positional relationship with the position, and the input unit accepts input of recording contents to be newly recorded at the writing position while the display unit displays the preview image. Then, the input recording content may be transmitted to the recording control unit. According to such a recording apparatus, since the recorded contents are input while checking the positional relationship between the pre-recorded format and the writing position, the efficiency of the input work is improved.

  In the recording apparatus described above, the recording object is further recorded in association with the writing position after encoding the recording range assigned to each writing position, and the reading unit records the recording range to the writing position. The input unit adjusts the recorded content for receiving the input to a size that fits in the recording range read by the reading unit in association with the writing position of the recorded content, and then reads the recorded content whose size has been adjusted. You may transmit to a recording control part. According to such a recording apparatus, it is possible to record the recording contents with an appropriate size according to the recording range assigned to each writing position.

  In the above recording apparatus, the recording object is further recorded in association with the writing position after encoding the direction of the recording content at the writing position, and the reading unit changes the direction of the recording content to the writing position. The input unit adjusts the direction of the recorded content that has received the input to the direction read by the reading unit in association with the writing position of the recorded content, and then records the recorded content with the adjusted orientation. You may transmit to a control part. According to such a recording apparatus, it is possible to record the recorded contents in a predetermined direction for each recording object.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the writing position indicating the position of the recording content to be newly recorded on the recording material in the recording material, and the image of the visible format recorded in advance on the recording material are displayed. A recording device that records the recorded content and a recording device that inputs the recorded content with respect to the recorded material that records the encoded image information and the format position information that indicates the position of the formatted recording material. A system is provided. In the recording system, the recording apparatus includes a reading unit that reads a writing position, image information, and format position information from a recording object, a recording object detection unit that detects a position of the recording object in the recording apparatus, A recording head that records on a recorded material, and a control that controls the relative position between the recording head and the recorded material, and reads the recorded material so that the writing position on the recorded material matches the position facing the recording head. A preview image showing a positional relationship between the format and the write position on the recording object based on the write position, the image information, and the format position information acquired from the recording apparatus. The display unit for displaying and the input of the recording content to be newly recorded at the writing position displayed in the preview image are received, and the input recording content is associated with the writing position. And a recording control unit that records the recording content received from the input device at a writing position of the recording object that is aligned with the position facing the recording head. Have. According to such a recording system, according to such a recording apparatus, it is possible to appropriately record the recorded contents at a writing position that is predetermined for each recording object. Furthermore, it is possible to record the recording contents with an appropriate size according to the recording range assigned for each writing position.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording apparatus that records a new recording content in association with a format on a recording material in which a visually recognizable format is recorded in advance. A reading unit that reads an image of a recorded format, a blank detection unit that detects a blank area included in the format image, and a position of the blank area on the recording object based on the format position on the recording object A blank position determination unit that determines the position of the recording medium, an input unit that receives an input of recording content newly recorded in the blank area in association with the position of the blank area, and a recording object detection unit that detects the position of the recording object in the recording apparatus And a recording head that performs recording on the recording material, and a relative position between the recording head and the recording material. The recording content input in association with the position of the blank area is recorded in the writing position control section that matches the position of the recording area with the position facing the recording head, and the blank area that is aligned with the position facing the recording head. There is provided a recording apparatus including a recording control unit. According to such a recording apparatus, it is possible to record the recording contents at an appropriate position in accordance with the format of each recording object.

  The recording apparatus further includes a display unit that displays a preview image indicating a formatted image image and a blank area included in the image image, and the input unit newly records in the blank area displayed in the preview image. You may receive the input of the recording content which should be. According to such a recording apparatus, it is possible to input the recording contents while confirming the pre-recorded format, so that the efficiency of the input work is improved.

  In the above recording apparatus, the blank detection unit determines the range of the blank area, and the input unit adjusts the recording content newly recorded in the blank area to a size that fits within the blank area range determined by the blank detection unit. Later, the recording content adjusted in size may be transmitted to the recording control unit. According to such a recording apparatus, it is possible to record the recording content in a size that matches the size of the blank area.

  The above recording device is pre-recorded within a predetermined distance from a blank area among a character recognition unit that recognizes a character string included in an image in a format read by the reading unit and a character string recognized by the character recognition unit. A character string extraction unit that extracts the character string that is being recorded, and a display unit that displays the character string extracted by the character string extraction unit when the input unit accepts input of the recording content to be newly recorded in the blank area. Further, it may be provided. According to such a recording apparatus, the user can easily understand the contents to be recorded in the blank area.

  In the recording apparatus, the character recognition unit determines the orientation of the recognized character string, and the character string extraction unit determines that the character string is recorded when there are a plurality of character strings that are recorded in advance within a predetermined distance from the blank area. The character string located on the left side or the upper side of the blank area may be preferentially extracted on the basis of the direction of the character string determined by the recognition unit. According to such a recording apparatus, it is possible to display a highly relevant character string in the blank area by preferentially extracting and displaying a character string located at the top of a row or column. As a result, it is possible to display information that accurately recalls the contents to be recorded in the blank area.

  In the above recording apparatus, the character recognition unit determines the direction of the character of the recognized character string, and the input unit determines the direction of the character of the recorded content to accept the input of the character of the character string recognized by the character string recognition unit. After setting the orientation, the recording content is transmitted to the recording control unit, and the recording control unit inputs the recording content that is input in association with the position of the blank region to the blank region that is aligned with the position facing the recording head. May be recorded in the direction of the character set by the input unit. According to such a recording apparatus, it is possible to easily match the direction of the font of newly recorded content to the direction of the font in the pre-recorded format.

  In the above recording apparatus, the character recognition unit determines the font size of the character string included in the image image, and the input unit changes the font size of the recording content that accepts input to the font size of the character string included in the image image. After setting, the recording content is transmitted to the recording control unit, and the recording control unit records the input recording content in association with the position of the blank region in the blank region aligned with the position facing the recording head. You may record with the font size which the input part set. According to such a recording apparatus, it is possible to easily match the font size of newly recorded content to the font size in the previously recorded format.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, a recording apparatus that records new recording contents in association with a format on a recording object in which a visually recognizable format is recorded in advance, and an input apparatus that inputs the recording contents Is provided. In the recording system, the recording apparatus includes a reading unit that reads an image of a format that is recorded in advance on a recording object, a blank detection unit that detects a blank area included in the image of the format, and a format on the recording object A blank position determination unit that determines the position of a blank area in the recording material, a recording material detection unit that detects the position of the recording material in the recording apparatus, and a recording that performs recording on the recording material And a writing position control unit that controls a relative position between the recording head and the recording material, and adjusts a blank area position on the recording material to a position facing the recording head. Display a preview image showing a format image image obtained from the device and a blank area included in the image image A display unit, and an input unit that receives input of recording contents to be newly recorded in the blank area displayed in the preview image, and transmits the input recording contents to the recording apparatus in association with the blank area. The apparatus further includes a recording control unit that records the recording content input in association with the blank area in the input device in a blank area aligned with a position facing the recording head. According to such a recording system, it is possible to record the recording content at an appropriate position in accordance with the format of each recording object. Furthermore, since the recorded contents can be input while checking the pre-recorded format, the efficiency of the input work is improved.

  The above summary of the invention does not enumerate all the necessary features of the present invention, and sub-combinations of these feature groups can also be the invention.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described through embodiments of the invention. However, the following embodiments do not limit the invention according to the scope of claims, and all combinations of features described in the embodiments are included. It is not necessarily essential for the solution of the invention.

  1 and 2 show the structure of an ink jet recording apparatus 10 which is an example of a recording apparatus. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an ink jet recording apparatus 10. FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the ink jet recording apparatus 10. In FIG. 2, the ink jet recording apparatus 10 is shown together with the recording object 11 during recording.

  The ink jet recording apparatus 10 includes a recording object tray 12 that holds a plurality of recording objects 11, a feeding unit 20 that feeds the recording object 11 pushed out from the recording object tray 12, and a feeding unit 20 that feeds the recording material 11. A transport unit 30 that transports the sent recording material 11 to the liquid ejection region, a recording unit 40 that records on the recording material 11 in the liquid ejection region, a discharge unit 50 that ejects the recording material 11 from the liquid ejection region, and a step motor. 60, a reader 150 that reads information recorded in advance on the recording object 11, and a control unit 80 that controls the entire inkjet recording apparatus 10. The recording medium tray 12 has a hopper 124 that pushes out the recording medium 11 placed on the recording medium tray 12.

  The feeding unit 20 includes a feeding roller 22 and a retard roller 24 that rotates around the feeding roller 22. The feeding roller 22 and the retard roller 24 sandwich the recording material 11 positioned at the top of the bundle of recording materials 11 pushed out from the recording material tray 12 by the hopper 124, and record the recording material. 11 are conveyed to the conveyance unit 30 one by one.

  The transport unit 30 includes a transport roller 32 that is rotated by a step motor 60, and a transport driven roller 34 that rotates with the transport roller 32. The transport roller 32 rotates while sandwiching the recording material 11 fed by the feeding unit 20 between the transporting driven roller 34 and transports the recording material 11 to the liquid jet region on the upper surface of the platen 100.

  The recording unit 40 includes a carriage 42, a recording head 44, and a motor 48 that moves the carriage 42 shown in FIG. Further, a guide plate 46 is slidably supported in the main scanning direction, which is a direction substantially perpendicular to the feeding direction of the recording material 11.

  The discharge unit 50 includes a discharge roller 52 that is rotated by a step motor 60 and a discharge driven roller 54 that rotates with the discharge roller 52. The discharge roller 52 rotates with the recording object 11 after recording interposed between the discharge driven roller 54 and the discharge roller 52 to discharge from the liquid ejecting area.

  The power is transmitted to the transport roller 32 and the discharge roller 52 from the step motor 60 via a single belt 62. A tension is applied to the belt 62 by a tensioner 64. The step motor 60, the tensioner 64, the conveyance roller 32, and the discharge roller 52 are arranged in this order in the belt flow direction.

  In the above configuration, the control unit 80 discharges the liquid from the nozzles of the recording head 44 while reciprocating the carriage 42 along the guide plate 46. The control unit 80 performs recording on the entire recording material 11 by conveying the recording material 11 every time the carriage 42 performs one scan. Note that the ink jet recording apparatus 10 may perform recording in both the forward path and the backward path of the recording head 44, or may perform recording in only one of them.

  FIG. 3 shows a standard format sheet 200 relating to the first example of the present embodiment. The fixed format paper 200 is an example of the recording material 11. On the fixed format paper 200, a visible fixed format 206 is printed in advance. The format 206 includes characters, ruled lines, diagrams, and images. A writing position 202 indicating the position of the recording content newly recorded on the standard format paper 200 on the standard format paper 200 is determined in advance corresponding to the format 206. The fixed format paper 200 has a two-dimensional code 204 that records the writing position 202 in a manner that can be read by the reader 150. The two-dimensional code 204 is recorded on the front surface or the back surface of the standard format paper 200.

  The recording method in which the writing position 202 is encoded and recorded so as to be readable by the reader 150 is not limited to the two-dimensional code. For example, a bar code or a contact or non-contact IC chip may be used. The writing position 202 may be, for example, information indicating a relative position with respect to the paper outer shape 210, for example, a distance from the left end portion and a distance from the upper end portion of the paper outer shape 210, or is recorded in advance. Information indicating a relative position with respect to the format 206 may be, for example, a horizontal distance from the end of the underline and a vertical distance from the underline.

  In addition, when the standard format paper 200 has a plurality of write positions 202 on a single standard format paper 200, the identification information 208 for identifying the write position 202 is encoded in the same manner as the write position 202, and then written. It is recorded in association with the insertion position 202. The identification information 208 is, for example, a serial number sequentially numbered from the upper left to the lower right of the standard format paper 200. The identification information 208 may be an item name assigned to each of the writing positions 202. Note that the dotted line indicating the writing position 202 and the circled number indicating the identification information 208 in the figure are shown for explanation, but are not printed in advance on the fixed format paper 200 so as to be visible. .

  FIG. 4 shows a first example of the functional configuration of the recording system 600 according to the present embodiment. The recording system 600 includes an inkjet recording device 10 and an input device 500. The input device 500 is a device that includes a display unit 504 and an input unit 502. The input device 500 is, for example, a personal computer having a monitor as the display unit 504 and a keyboard as the input unit 502. The ink jet recording apparatus 10 includes a reading unit 154, a recording object detection unit 152, a writing position control unit 84, a transport unit 30, a carriage driving unit 49, a recording head 44, and a recording control unit 82.

  The reading unit 154 reads the writing position 202 from the two-dimensional code 204 of the standard format paper 200. The recording object detection unit 152 detects the position of the fixed format paper 200 in the ink jet recording apparatus 10. The recorded object detection unit 152 optically detects the position of the paper outer shape 210 and outputs it as the position of the standard format paper 200. The recorded object detection unit 152 and the reading unit 154 are, for example, the reader 150 in FIG. The input unit 502 accepts input of recording contents to be newly recorded on the standard format paper 200. The display unit 504 displays the recorded content that is accepted by the input unit 502.

  The writing position control unit 84 controls the relative position between the recording head 44 and the standard format paper 200, and adjusts the writing position 202 on the standard format paper 200 to a position facing the recording head 44. For example, the writing position control unit 84 controls the conveyance unit 30 based on the paper outer shape 210 detected by the recording object detection unit 152, so that the position of the standard format paper 200 in the sub-scanning direction with respect to the ink jet recording apparatus 10. To control. Further, the writing position control unit 84 controls the carriage driving unit 49 to control the position of the recording head 44 in the main scanning direction. In this way, the writing position control unit 84 controls the relative position between the recording head 44 and the fixed format paper 200. The carriage drive unit 49 includes the motor 48 and the guide plate 46 in FIG. The recording control unit 82 records the recording content input to the input unit 502 at a writing position 202 that is aligned with the position facing the recording head 44. In this way, the recording system 600 can appropriately record the recording contents at the writing position 202 that is predetermined for each fixed format paper 200. The recording control unit 82 and the writing position control unit 84 are an example of the control unit 80 shown in FIG.

  The reading unit 154 further reads the identification information 208 in association with the writing position 202. In this case, the display unit 504 displays the identification information 208 read in association with the writing position 202 by the reading unit 154 in a state that can be recognized by the user. For example, the display unit 504 displays a serial number assigned to each of the writing positions 202. The input unit 502 inputs the recording contents to be recorded at the writing position 202 while the display unit 504 displays the identification information 208 associated with the writing position 202 in a state that can be recognized by the user. The received recording contents are associated with the writing position 202 and transmitted to the recording control unit 82. The writing position control unit 84 receives the writing position 202 associated with the recording content received by the input unit 502 from the recording control unit 82, and sets the received writing position 202 to a position facing the recording head 44. Match. The recording control unit 82 records the recording content input to the input unit 502 at a writing position 202 that is aligned with the position facing the recording head 44. As a result, even if a plurality of writing positions 202 are defined on one standard format sheet 200, the recorded contents can be recorded at the writing position 202 intended by the user.

  The two-dimensional code 204 further records image information indicating an image of the format 206 and format position information indicating a position of the format 206 on the standard format paper 200. The image information is information indicating an image such as a frame, line, character, or picture included in the format 206. The format position information is, for example, an image obtained by combining the format 206 and the paper outline 210. The format position information may be a distance to the paper outer shape 210 of the format 206.

  In this case, the reading unit 154 further reads the image information and the format position information. The display unit 504 displays a preview image indicating the positional relationship between the format 206 and the writing position 202 on the standard format paper 200 based on the writing position 202 read by the reading unit 154, image information, and format position information. . The preview image shown by the reading unit 154 is, for example, an image of the standard format paper 200 shown in FIG. The input unit 502 receives an input of new recording content to be recorded at the writing position 202 while the display unit 504 is displaying a preview image, and transmits the input recording content to the recording control unit 82. . The writing position control unit 84 receives the writing position 202 associated with the recording content received by the input unit 502 from the recording control unit 82, and sets the received writing position 202 to a position facing the recording head 44. Match. The recording control unit 82 records the recording content input to the input unit 502 at a writing position 202 that is aligned with the position facing the recording head 44. Thereby, since the recorded contents are input while confirming the positional relationship between the pre-recorded format 206 and the writing position 202, the efficiency of the user's input work is improved.

  Further, the two-dimensional code 204 further records a recording range assigned to each writing position 202 in association with the writing position 202. The recording range recorded by the two-dimensional code 204 is a vertical dimension and a horizontal dimension that can be recorded for each writing position 202. In this case, the reading unit 154 further reads the recording range in association with the writing position 202. The input unit 502 adjusts the recording content that accepts input to a size that fits within the recording range read by the reading unit 154 in association with the writing position 202 of the recording content. Size adjustment includes enlargement and reduction. Then, the recording content adjusted in size is transmitted to the recording control unit 82. The recording control unit 82 records the recording content input to the input unit 502 at a writing position 202 that is aligned with the position facing the recording head 44. As a result, the recording content can be recorded with an appropriate size according to the recording range assigned to each writing position 202.

  Further, the two-dimensional code 204 further records the direction of the recorded content at the writing position 202 in association with the writing position 202. The direction of the recorded content is, for example, the direction of characters included in the recorded content. In this case, the reading unit 154 further reads the direction of the recorded content in association with the writing position 202. The input unit 502 adjusts the direction of the recorded content for receiving the input to the direction read by the reading unit 154 in association with the writing position 202 of the recorded content. Then, the recording content adjusted in direction is transmitted to the recording control unit 82. The recording control unit 82 records the recording content input to the input unit 502 at a writing position 202 that is aligned with the position facing the recording head 44. As a result, the recorded contents can be recorded in a predetermined direction for each fixed format paper 200.

In the present embodiment, the inkjet recording apparatus 10 and the input apparatus 500 are configured separately, but the configuration of the recording system 600 is not limited to the present embodiment. For example, the ink jet recording apparatus 10 may further include the function of the input device 500. That is, the ink jet recording apparatus 10 may have all the functions of the recording system 600 in the present embodiment.
FIG. 5 shows an output example of the standard format paper 200 in this embodiment. As shown in the example of this figure, the ink jet recording apparatus 10 can appropriately record the recorded content 250 at the writing position 202 (FIG. 3) determined in advance for each fixed format paper 200.

  FIG. 6 shows a standard format sheet 300 relating to the second example of the present embodiment. The fixed format paper 300 is another example of the recording material 11. On the fixed format paper 300, a visually recognizable fixed format is printed in advance. The standard format includes characters, ruled lines, diagrams, and images. The standard format paper 300 of this embodiment is different from the standard format paper 200 of the first embodiment in that it does not have the two-dimensional code 204. In other respects, the standard format paper 300 is the same as the standard format paper 200. The standard format sheet 300 includes, for example, a ruled line 306, an underline 304, and a character string 308 as a visible format 302 printed in advance.

  FIG. 7 shows a functional configuration of the recording system 600 according to the present embodiment. The configuration of the ink jet recording apparatus 10 of the present embodiment includes a blank detection unit 156, a blank position determination unit 158, a character recognition unit 160, and a character string extraction unit 162 in addition to the configuration in the first embodiment. The other configuration is the same as that of the first embodiment, and the description thereof is omitted. The ink jet recording apparatus 10 according to the present exemplary embodiment records new recording contents in association with the format 302 on the standard format paper 300 in which the visually recognizable format 302 is recorded in advance.

  The reading unit 154 reads an image of the format 302 recorded in advance on the standard format paper 300. The reading unit 154 further reads the paper outer shape 310. The blank detection unit 156 detects a blank area 307 included in the image image of the format 302. The blank detection unit 156 detects, for example, a region that does not include characters in the region surrounded by the ruled line 306 as the blank region 307. The blank detection unit 156 detects a blank between characters included in the image of the format 302 as a blank area 307. Further, the blank detection unit 156 detects the upper side of the underline 304 recorded beside the character as a blank area 307. The blank position determination unit 158 determines the position of the blank area 307 in the standard format sheet 300 based on the position of the format 302 in the sheet outer shape 310. The character recognition unit 160 recognizes characters included in the image of the format 302 read by the reading unit 154. The character string extraction unit 162 extracts characters recorded in advance within a predetermined distance from the blank area 307 among the characters recognized by the character recognition unit 160. The predetermined distance may be set as an absolute distance such as 10 mm, for example, and the same dimension as the short side of the blank area 307 may be set as the predetermined distance on the basis of the range of the blank area 307.

  The input unit 502 accepts input of recording contents to be newly recorded in the blank area 307 in association with the position of the blank area 307. The recorded object detection unit 152 detects the position of the standard format paper 300 in the ink jet recording apparatus 10. The writing position control unit 84 controls the relative position between the recording head 44 and the standard format paper 300 and adjusts the position of the blank area 307 on the standard format paper 300 to a position facing the recording head 44. The recording control unit 82 records the recording content input in association with the position of the blank area 307 in the blank area 307 aligned with the position facing the recording head 44. Thus, the recording content can be recorded at an appropriate position in accordance with the format 302 for each standard format sheet 300.

  The display unit 504 displays a preview image indicating an image image of the format 302 and a blank area 307 included in the image image. The input unit 502 accepts input of recording contents to be newly recorded in the blank area 307 displayed in the preview image. As a result, it is possible to input the recorded contents while confirming the pre-recorded format 302, so that the efficiency of the input work is improved.

  The blank detection unit 156 determines the range of the blank area 307. The input unit 502 adjusts the recording content newly recorded in the blank area 307 to a size that fits within the range of the blank area 307 determined by the blank detection unit 156. The input unit 502 transmits the recording content adjusted in size to the recording control unit 82. The recording control unit 82 records the recording content input to the input unit 502 in a blank area 307 aligned with the position facing the recording head 44. As a result, the recorded content can be recorded in a size that matches the size of the blank area 307. The range of the blank area 307 is the vertical and horizontal intervals of the ruled lines 306 in the case of blanks in the ruled lines 306, the character intervals in the case of blanks between the character strings 308, and the underline length and underline in the case of the underline 304. Determined by the height of the characters to be Adjustment of the size of the recorded content enlarges or reduces the entire recorded content at once. When the recorded contents are characters, the individual font size may be enlarged or reduced.

  The display unit 504 is recorded within a predetermined distance from the character extracted by the character string extraction unit 162, that is, the blank region 307, when the input unit 502 receives input of the recording content to be newly recorded in the blank region 307. The characters that are being displayed. For example, in the format 302 of FIG. 6, a character string 308 “product name” is recorded in advance immediately above a blank area 307 located in the upper left of the ruled line 306. The character string extraction unit 162 extracts a character string 308 “product name” in association with the blank area 307. When the display unit 504 receives an input to the blank area 307, the display unit 504 displays the character string 308 “product name” extracted by the character string extraction unit 162. As a result, the contents to be recorded in the blank area 307 can be easily understood by the user.

  The character recognition unit 160 determines the direction of the recognized character string 308. When there are a plurality of pre-recorded character strings 308 within a predetermined distance from the blank area 307, the character string extraction unit 162 uses the direction of the character string 308 determined by the character recognition unit 160 as a reference to the blank area 307. The character string 308 located on the left side or the upper side is preferentially extracted. Thereby, for example, the character string 308 positioned higher than the row or column in the ruled line 306 can be preferentially extracted and displayed. As a result, it is possible to display the character string 308 that is highly relevant in the blank area 307 and to remind the user of the contents to be recorded in the blank area 307.

  The input unit 502 sets the direction of characters in the recorded content to accept input to the direction of characters in the character string 308 recognized by the character recognizing unit 160, and transmits the recorded content to the recording control unit 82. The recording control unit 82 records the recording content input in association with the position of the blank area 307 in the direction of the character set by the input unit 502 in the blank area 307 aligned with the position facing the recording head 44. . As a result, the orientation of the newly recorded font of the recorded content can be easily matched to the orientation of the font in the pre-recorded format 302.

  Further, the character recognition unit 160 determines the font size of the character string 308 included in the format 302 image. The input unit 502 sets the font size of the recording content for accepting input to the font size of the character string 308 included in the format 302 image, and transmits the recording content to the recording control unit 82. The recording control unit 82 The recording contents input in association with the position of the blank area 307 are recorded in a blank size set by the input unit 502 in the blank area 307 aligned with the position facing the recording head 44. Thereby, the font size of the newly recorded content can be easily adjusted to the font size in the format 302 recorded in advance.

In the present embodiment, the inkjet recording apparatus 10 and the input apparatus 500 are configured separately, but the configuration of the recording system 600 is not limited to the present embodiment. For example, the ink jet recording apparatus 10 may further include the function of the input device 500. That is, the ink jet recording apparatus 10 may have all the functions of the recording system 600 in the present embodiment.
FIG. 8 shows an output example of the standard format paper 300. As shown in the drawing, the ink jet recording apparatus 10 can record the recording content 350 in an appropriate blank area 307 (FIG. 6) in accordance with the format 302 for each standard format sheet 300.

  As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated using embodiment, the technical scope of this invention is not limited to the range as described in the said embodiment. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications or improvements can be added to the above-described embodiment. It is apparent from the scope of the claims that the embodiments added with such changes or improvements can be included in the technical scope of the present invention.

1 is a perspective view of an ink jet recording apparatus 10. FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an ink jet recording apparatus 10. A fixed format paper 200 which is an example of the recording material 11 is shown. 1 shows a first embodiment of a functional configuration of an ink jet recording apparatus 10. It is an output example of the standard format paper 200. The fixed format paper 300 which is another example of the recording material 11 is shown. 2 shows a second embodiment of the functional configuration of the ink jet recording apparatus 10. It is an output example of the standard format paper 300.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Inkjet recording device, 11 to-be-recorded object, 12 to-be-recorded object tray, 20 feeding part, 22 feeding roller, 24 retard roller, 30 conveying part, 32 conveying roller, 34 conveying driven roller, 40 recording part, 42 carriage , 44 Recording head, 46 Guide plate, 48 Motor, 49 Carriage drive unit, 50 Ejection unit, 52 Ejection roller, 54 Ejection driven roller, 60 Step motor, 62 Belt, 80 Control unit, 82 Recording control unit, 84 Writing position Control unit, 100 platen, 124 hopper, 150 reader, 152 recording object detection unit, 154 reading unit, 156 blank detection unit, 158 blank position determination unit, 160 character recognition unit, 162 character string extraction unit, 200 standard format paper, 202 Writing position, 204 Two-dimensional code, 206 -Mat, 208 identification information, 210 paper outline, 250 recorded content, 300 standard format paper, 302 format, 304 underline, 306 ruled line, 308 character string, 307 blank area, 310 paper outline, 350 recorded content, 500 input device, 502 input Part, 504 display part, 600 recording system

Claims (14)

A recording apparatus that newly records the recording content on a recording material that codes and records a writing position indicating a position in the recording material of the recording content to be newly recorded on the recording material,
A reading unit for reading the writing position from the recording object;
A recording object detection unit for detecting a position of the recording object in the recording apparatus;
A recording head for recording on the recording material;
An input unit for receiving an input of recording contents to be newly recorded on the recording object;
A writing position control unit that controls a relative position between the recording head and the recording object, and adjusts the writing position of the recording object to a position facing the recording head;
A recording apparatus comprising: a recording control unit configured to record the recording content input to the input unit at the writing position of the recording object that is aligned with a position facing the recording head. The recording object is recorded in association with the writing position after coding identification information for identifying the writing position,
The reading unit further reads the identification information in association with the writing position,
A display unit for displaying the identification information associated with the writing position in a state recognizable to a user;
The input unit is configured to display the recording contents to be recorded at the writing position in a state where the display unit displays the identification information associated with the writing position in a state recognizable to the user. Accepting the input, sending the input recording content to the recording control unit in association with the writing position,
The writing position control unit matches the writing position associated with the recording content received by the input unit with a position facing the recording head,
The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recording control unit records the recording content input to the input unit at the writing position of the recording object that is aligned with a position facing the recording head. . The recording object is further encoded with image information indicating an image in a visually recognizable format recorded in advance on the recording object and format position information indicating a position of the format in the recording object. Recording,
The reading unit further reads the image information and the format position information,
A display unit for displaying a preview image indicating a positional relationship between the format and the writing position in the recording object based on the writing position, the image information, and the format position information read by the reading unit; In addition,
The input unit receives an input of the recording content to be newly recorded at the writing position in a state where the display unit displays the preview image, and inputs the input recording content to the recording control unit. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein The recording object is further recorded in association with the writing position after encoding a recording range assigned for each writing position,
The reading unit further reads the recording range in association with the writing position,
The input unit adjusts the recorded content that receives an input to a size that fits in the recording range read by the reading unit in association with a writing position of the recorded content, and then adjusts the recorded content that has been adjusted in size. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recording apparatus is transmitted to a recording control unit. The recorded object is further recorded in association with the writing position after encoding the direction of the recording content at the writing position,
The reading unit further reads the recording content in association with the writing position,
The input unit adjusts the direction of the recorded content that has been accepted to the direction read by the reading unit in association with the writing position of the recorded content, and then controls the recording content with the adjusted orientation. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recording apparatus is transmitted to a recording unit. A writing position indicating a position in the recording material of a recording content to be newly recorded on the recording material, image information indicating an image in a visible format recorded in advance on the recording material, and the format of the format A recording system comprising: a recording device for recording the recording content and an input device for inputting the recording content with respect to the recording material for encoding and recording format position information indicating a position in the recording material. ,
The recording device comprises:
A reading unit for reading the writing position, the image information, and the format position information from the recording object;
A recording object detection unit for detecting a position of the recording object in the recording apparatus;
A recording head for recording on the recording material;
A writing position control unit that controls a relative position between the recording head and the recording object and adjusts the writing position in the recording object read from the recording object to a position facing the recording head; ,
With
The input device is:
A display unit that displays a preview image indicating a positional relationship between the format and the writing position in the recording object based on the writing position, the image information, and the format position information acquired from the recording apparatus. When,
An input unit that receives an input of the recording content to be newly recorded at the writing position displayed in the preview image, and transmits the input recording content to the recording device in association with the writing position; And
The recording device further includes:
The recording system which has a recording control part which records the said recording content received from the said input device in the said writing position of the said to-be-recorded object matched with the position facing the said recording head. A recording device that records a new recording content in association with the format for a recording object in which a visually recognizable format is recorded in advance,
A reading unit that reads an image of the format recorded in advance on the recording object;
A blank detection unit for detecting a blank area included in the image of the format;
Based on the position of the format on the recording material, a blank position determination unit that determines the position of the blank area on the recording material;
In association with the position of the blank area, an input unit that receives an input of recording content to be newly recorded in the blank area;
A recording object detection unit for detecting a position of the recording object in the recording apparatus;
A recording head for recording on the recording material;
A writing position control unit that controls a relative position between the recording head and the recording object, and adjusts a position of the blank area on the recording object to a position facing the recording head;
A recording apparatus comprising: a recording control unit that records the recording content input in association with the position of the blank area in the blank area that is aligned with a position facing the recording head. A display unit for displaying a preview image indicating the image image in the format and the blank area included in the image image;
The recording apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the input unit receives input of recording contents to be newly recorded in the blank area displayed in the preview image. The blank detection unit determines a range of the blank area,
The input unit adjusts the recording content newly recorded in the blank area to a size that fits in the range of the blank area determined by the blank detection unit, and then adjusts the recording content adjusted in size to the recording control unit. The recording apparatus according to claim 7, wherein A character recognition unit for recognizing a character string included in the image image read by the reading unit;
Among the character strings recognized by the character recognition unit, a character string extraction unit that extracts a character string recorded in advance within a predetermined distance from the blank area;
8. The display device according to claim 7, further comprising a display unit that displays the character string extracted by the character string extraction unit when the input unit receives an input of the recording content to be newly recorded in the blank area. Recording device. The character recognition unit determines the direction of the recognized character string;
When there are a plurality of character strings that are recorded in advance within a predetermined distance from the blank area, the character string extraction unit uses the direction of the character string determined by the character recognition unit as a reference. The recording apparatus according to claim 10, wherein a character string located on the left side or the upper side is preferentially extracted. The character recognition unit determines the direction of the character of the recognized character string;
The input unit, after setting the direction of the character of the recording content that accepts input to the direction of the character of the character string recognized by the character recognition unit, transmits the recording content to the recording control unit,
The recording control unit records the recording content input in association with the position of the blank area in the blank area aligned with the position facing the recording head in the direction of the character set by the input unit. The recording apparatus according to claim 10. The character recognition unit determines a font size of a character string included in the image image;
The input unit, after setting the font size of the recording content that accepts input to the font size of the character string included in the image image, transmits the recording content to the recording control unit,
The recording control unit records the recording content input in association with the position of the blank area in the blank area aligned with the position facing the recording head, with the font size set by the input unit, The recording apparatus according to claim 10. A recording system comprising a recording device that records a new recording content in association with the format, and an input device that inputs the recording content, with respect to a recording material in which a visually recognizable format is previously recorded,
The recording device comprises:
A reading unit that reads an image of the format recorded in advance on the recording object;
A blank detection unit for detecting a blank area included in the image of the format;
Based on the position of the format on the recording material, a blank position determination unit that determines the position of the blank area on the recording material;
A recording object detection unit for detecting a position of the recording object in the recording apparatus;
A recording head for recording on the recording material;
A writing position control unit that controls a relative position between the recording head and the recording object, and adjusts a position of the blank area in the recording object to a position facing the recording head;
The input device is:
A display unit that displays an image of the format acquired from the recording device and a preview image showing the blank area included in the image;
An input unit that accepts input of recording content to be newly recorded in the blank area displayed in the preview image, and transmits the input recording content to the recording apparatus in association with the blank area;
The recording device further includes:
A recording system comprising: a recording control unit configured to record the recording content input in association with the blank area in the input device in the blank area aligned with a position facing the recording head.

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