JP2007124356A - Reading and recording composite device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent misreading of the content of an original or folding of the original due to mis-setting occurring in the case of setting an original etc. which is curled markedly such as a rolled heat sensitive paper to an original platen. <P>SOLUTION: An original sticking part is provided at a pressure plate so as to prevent a failure by not mounting the original on the original platen but sticking the document onto the side of the pressure plate. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing method and system using a read / record composite apparatus.

  Various types of recording apparatuses called printers have been proposed and put to practical use, such as an electrophotographic system, a thermal transfer system, or an inkjet system. On the other hand, a scanner that reads a document is a flat bed that reads a document by placing a document sensor on a document platen made of a sheet-through method or glass that moves the document and moving the document to a position facing the document through the glass. There are methods. Equipped with such printer and scanner at the same time, printer printing function, scanner reading function, copy function to print the scanned image as it is, fax function to send and receive scanned image via telephone line etc. Multi-function devices that realize this with a single device have appeared. In particular, in recent years, flatbed scanners have become cheaper, and as a recording apparatus, an inkjet system that is superior to other systems in terms of image quality, apparatus price, running cost, etc. has been evaluated in the market. ) Is rapidly expanding its market share.

  In such a multi-function peripheral, the originals used in recent years are diversified, and various types of media are used. For example, a manuscript such as heat-sensitive roll paper may be used.

As another conventional example, Patent Document 1 can be cited.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-271289

  As a manuscript using the heat-sensitive roll paper, a receipt issued at a store or the like can be cited. Receipts are generally small strips, and when trying to read them side by side on the platen, each receipt is curled greatly and even if you try to set the pressure plate, the receipts will shift and overlap each other, or Sometimes it broke and could not be set well. In such a case, the contents of the receipt as a document cannot be read correctly, and a satisfactory reading result cannot be obtained.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems,
A reading / recording composite apparatus in which a printer for recording on a recording medium and a scanner for reading information such as an original are integrally configured,
The scanner is composed of a document table made of glass or the like, and a pressure plate member that presses a document placed on the document table against the document table,
The pressure plate is provided with a document pasting portion for pasting a document.

  The document pasting portion is an adhesive portion provided on the pressure plate.

  A cover member that covers the document pasting portion may be provided.

  The document pasting unit may be an electrostatic chucking unit that chucks the document with static electricity.

  Further, the document pasting unit may be an air suction suction unit that sucks a document by air suction.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to easily set a curled document such as a heat-sensitive roll paper, and particularly a document that is difficult to set when placing a plurality of small objects on the document table. Reading errors can be eliminated, and problems such as document folding can be prevented.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the present invention. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an outline of the multifunction machine of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the scanner 21 reads an image. The document 4 on the document table 2 in FIG. 3, a plurality of receipts in this embodiment are placed at arbitrary positions. After placing the document on the document table 2, the pressure plate 3 is set and the document 4 is pressed against the glass of the document table 2 to stabilize the relative position with a scanner sensor (not shown). When the scanner 21 reads an image in step 11 in FIG. 1, the processing unit 22 extracts a QR code portion from the read image data. Other images are ignored in this embodiment, and only QR code data is selected. In step 13, the extracted QR code is decoded. QR code decoding is performed by a predetermined algorithm, and the algorithm is incorporated in the control unit 22 in advance. Here, the receipt, which is the manuscript in this embodiment, is a receipt output that is set to print a QR code in which information such as the classification code, product name, price, etc. of the product purchased by the user at the store or the like is printed. Output by the device.

  In step 14, the multi-function device 24 analyzes the content of the QR code decoded by the processing unit 22. That is, the information on the product described in the receipt is stored in a memory or the like in the processing unit 22. The processing unit 22 performs predetermined numerical processing, for example, calculates the sum of the price data of a plurality of receipts, sorts the data based on the date / time data included in the QR code, and arranges the data for each classification code. Further, the processing unit 22 develops the processed data into a format prepared in advance in the processing unit, and forms the data into a format that can be used as a so-called household account book. The printer 23 of the multi-function device 24 prints out the data developed and formed in step 16 to the recording medium.

  The output thus obtained is output in the form of so-called household account book data by randomly arranging a plurality of discrete receipts on the document table 2 of the multifunction peripheral and performing a predetermined start operation. There is no need for an expensive PC here, and output can be obtained with a very simple operation, so even a user without PC literacy can easily operate and transfer data from a conventional receipt to a household account book. Because there is no need to post or manually input, accurate results can be obtained.

  Here, the size of the QR code printed on the receipt may change depending on the amount of information, or a plurality of QR codes may be printed on one receipt. The QR code may include a command for the processing unit 22 of the multifunction device 24 to understand.

  In the present embodiment, a receipt issued at a so-called dealer or the like has been described as an example. However, for example, the document may be a business card including a QR code. In this case, since the multi-function device 24 does not include the OCR function as long as it includes the QR code decoder, the processing unit 22 can be simplified as compared with the one having the OCR function. In addition, QR code decoding is overwhelmingly higher in analysis accuracy than OCR, so that accurate data processing with almost no erroneous recognition can be performed.

  In this way, if a manuscript includes a barcode such as a QR code, it can be applied in any way, not limited to receipts and business cards, and since it can be processed in a random manner on the manuscript table, the consumer is complicated So you can get accurate information easily.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 4, a heat-sensitive roll paper is generally used for the receipt, and many of them are usually greatly warped. In this case, it is easy to make a mistake when placing the document on the document table, but in some cases, a problem such as folding or overlapping each other is likely to occur. In this case, the QR code to be read is incomplete and the output is not accurate.

  In order to solve this problem, the pressure plate is provided with an adhesive portion 5 as shown in FIG. 5, and a document warped against this portion can be flattened and pasted. The adhesive portion is usually covered with another cover member, and in the present case where this purpose is not applied, it can be set and used on the document table 2 as usual. The adhesion part 5 is good also as an adsorption | suction part instead of an adhesion part. As a method for attracting the original, electrostatic attraction or a method of providing an air suction portion can be applied.

  With this configuration, it is possible to remarkably improve the operability in the case where a plurality of originals, particularly receipts, which are greatly warped are placed simultaneously.

The block diagram explaining the Example of this invention. The top view which shows an example of the receipt in this invention. 1 is a perspective view showing a multifunction machine of the present invention. 1 is a perspective view showing a multifunction machine of the present invention. 1 is a perspective view showing a multifunction machine of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Multifunction machine 2 Document stand 3 Pressure plate 4 Document 5 Adhesive

Claims (5)

A reading / recording composite apparatus in which a printer for recording on a recording medium and a scanner for reading information are integrally configured,
The scanner includes a document table and a pressure plate member that presses a document placed on the document table against the document table.
A reading and recording composite apparatus, wherein a document pasting unit for pasting a document is provided on the pressure plate.   2. The reading / recording composite apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the document pasting portion is an adhesive portion provided on the pressure plate.   The reading / recording composite apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a cover member for covering the document pasting portion is provided.   The reading / recording composite apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the document pasting unit is an electrostatic chucking unit that chucks the document with static electricity.   3. The reading / recording composite apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the document pasting unit is an air suction suction unit that sucks a document by air suction.

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