JP2010122859A - Method for collecting written information using electronic pen - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for collecting written information using an electronic pen. <P>SOLUTION: The method for collecting written information uses duplicate slips in which a plurality of sheets of paper are assembled at one end, overlapped and bound together stage-wise in such a manner that a lower slip is slightly longer than an upper slip, the electronic pen for reading dot pattern information and an information collection terminal for collecting the dot pattern information, and collects duplicate information written on the duplicate slips and addition information added to each sheet of paper to make them unified information. There is provided the method for collecting written information using an electronic pen, which includes at least a dot pattern forming stage, a duplicate information writing stage of writing duplicate information on the duplicate slips, an addition information writing stage of writing the addition information, a duplicate information collecting stage of collecting the duplicate information by the information collection terminal, an addition information collecting stage of collecting the addition information, and an information editing stage of associating the duplicate information and the addition information with a dot pattern to unify them as written information on one slip. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a description information collection method using an electronic pen that collects information described using an electronic pen on a copy form on which a dot pattern is formed.

Conventionally, when submitting an application form or the like, an applicant fills in an application form on which a predetermined printing has been performed and fills in the necessary items with a writing instrument.
In recent years, convenient input systems have been provided for such fields.
This is an input system developed by "Anoto" in Sweden. An electronic pen called "Anotopen" and an electronic pen reading dot pattern (hereinafter also referred to as an electronic pen reading dot pattern or simply a dot pattern) Is a system that transmits information described on electronic pen writing-dedicated paper (hereinafter referred to as electronic pen description paper) printed as an electronic information to the communication terminal on the spot.
The electronic pen, when the reporter writes characters etc. on the electronic pen description paper, as the pen moves, the electronic pen imaging unit reads the dot pattern printed on the electronic pen description paper and writes the characters etc. Is stored as electronic information.
The input information stored in the electronic pen is transmitted from the electronic pen to a nearby communication terminal such as a personal computer or a mobile phone by a communication unit built in the electronic pen.
In the above-described input system using an electronic pen, the electronic pen functions as a keyboard. However, the reporter can make an application or the like with a conventional feeling.

In the above-mentioned “Anoto” input system, electronic pen-description paper on which a dot pattern is printed is used, and the above-described dot pattern is assigned and used for each field.
Further, in this system, input information is input by reading a fine dot pattern with an electronic pen, so that the print quality of the dot pattern and the substrate to be printed are strictly selected.

  When manufacturing a copy form for an electronic pen, a dot pattern is usually printed and collated for each sheet of a copy form. For this reason, it is necessary to check whether the dot pattern is printed as specified before collation, which takes time and effort. In order to reduce this effort, a barcode printing section and barcode processing section are provided on a single electronic pen form so that it can be filled in a copy form for electronic pens composed of a plurality of electronic pen forms. There has been provided an “electronic pen copy form” that efficiently performs data processing of entered information (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

2007-316795

According to Patent Document 1, an electronic pen copy form that is filled with an electronic pen including an ink pen unit and an optical pen reading unit that optically reads a dot pattern, and is composed of a plurality of electronic pen forms on which the dot pattern is printed. The electronic pen copy form constituting the electronic pen copy form is separated from the barcode printing section on which a barcode having identification information for identifying the electronic pen copy form is printed and the barcode is removed. It is characterized by having a barcode processing part processed as possible.
Therefore, the present invention collects copy information described in the copy form and, for example, additional information described in the remarks column, by the information collection terminal, using the copy form, electronic pen, and information collection terminal on which the dot pattern is formed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for collecting written information using an electronic pen that is edited to unify written information.

  In order to achieve the object, the first aspect of the description information collecting method using the electronic pen according to the present invention is such that a plurality of pieces of paper are aligned at one end and the lower form is longer than the upper form. A copy form that is stacked in a staircase and bound together, an electronic pen that reads information on the copy form and reads dot pattern information formed on the writing surface, and is electrically connected to the electronic pen and read by the electronic pen A description information collecting method for collecting copy information described in a copy form and additional information added to each sheet to be unified information by an information collection terminal that collects the dot pattern information, and at least printing means Or a dot pattern forming stage in which a dot pattern for reading an electronic pen is formed on the exposed surface of the information description surface of each sheet of the copy form, Copy information is recorded on the copy form using an electronic pen, additional information is written on the nth surface of the copy form, and additional information is collected by the information collection terminal. A copy information collection stage, a supplementary information collection stage in which the supplementary information is collected, and an information editing stage in which the copy information and the supplementary information are associated with each other in a dot pattern to be unified as the description information on one form. It is a feature.

The second aspect is characterized in that, in the first aspect, the copy information collection stage and the supplementary information collection stage differ in at least one of a reporter, a written time, and a written place. is there.

The following effects can be expected by the method for collecting written information using the electronic pen of the present invention.
1) The copy information entered in the top form with the electronic pen and the supplementary information written on the top or other sheet are printed by the dot pattern information formed on the display surface of the top and bottom forms. Centralization becomes possible.
In other words, when the reporter, the written time, and the written place are the same, the dot pattern information formed on the surface of the form can be unified, and at least the written person, the written time, and the written place can be unified. Even if any one of them is different, it is possible to unify them by forming the dot pattern information formed on the display surface of the form with a printer and making them different.
As a result, the applicant writes the application information at the application location and takes the highest form, and the person in charge of the service provider takes the second and subsequent forms back to the company and adds information to the second and subsequent forms. Can be stored in the information collection terminal in association with the information described by the dot pattern information formed on the form.
2) In addition, fraud can be prevented.
Since the electronic pen code is attached to the electronic pen, if the same electronic pen must be used at the time of application and addition, even if an unauthorized person attaches with another electronic pen, the electronic pen Checking the code can prevent information tampering.

Hereinafter, a description information collection method using the electronic pen of the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an example of a copy form used in this embodiment, FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining an example of a cross section taken along line AA of FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an example of an electronic pen, and FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining an electronic pen read-only dot pattern. Fig.

An example of a copy form used in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
The example of the copy form shown in FIG. 1 is an example of a copy form composed of two sheets, but is not limited to two.
However, it is preferable that the copy form is composed of about 2 to 4 parts because the dot pattern formed on the form becomes unclear in the lower form due to the level difference of the stacked paper as the number of copies increases.
The electronic pen copy form 1 according to the present embodiment is an example of an application form, in which a first form 11 that is a “customer copy” and a second form 12 that is a “company copy” are illustrated. Are aligned at one end on the left side, and are bound together at the binding portion 3.

The second form 12 which is a lower form is a copy form arranged in a staircase longer than the first form 11 which is an upper form, and information is described in each form. A dot pattern (not shown) for reading with an electronic pen is formed only on the exposed surface on the side of the surface with a material that absorbs infrared rays, for example, printing ink or printer toner.
In addition to the dot pattern described above, information such as ruled lines, designs, characters, and the like is printed on the exposed surfaces of the first form 11 and the second form 12. Although not shown in the figure, since the information described on the first sheet is displayed in a duplicated portion on the portion of the second sheet that is not represented, information such as ruled lines and characters similar to those on the first sheet is displayed. Is printed with a material that does not absorb infrared light, such as printing ink or toner.

With reference to FIG. 2, an example of the cross section along the AA line of FIG. 1 is demonstrated.
In the electronic pen copy form according to the present embodiment, the first form 11 and the second form 12 are aligned at one end on the left side of the drawing and bound by the binding unit 3.
The second form 12 which is the lower form is designed to be longer than the first form 11 which is the upper form. In each form, a dot pattern 2 for reading an electronic pen is formed only on the exposed surface on which information is written.
In addition to the dot pattern 2 described above, normal printing 4 such as ruled lines, designs, and characters is applied to the surface of the second form 12. Although not shown, normal printing such as ruled lines, designs, characters, etc. is applied to the surface of the first form 11 in addition to the dot pattern 2 described above.

The first form 11 is the top sheet of a copy form, and the top sheet is used if it is carbonless paper. The second form 12 is a lower sheet, and a bottom sheet is used if it is a non-carbon sheet.
The top surface of the top paper is the surface of plain paper so that information can be written with a writing instrument. Further, the lower surface (back surface) of the top paper is a color former forming surface 111, and the capsule is broken by the writing pressure of the written writing tool so that the color former oozes out.
The upper surface of the second form 12 is a color development surface, and is a developer forming surface 121 that develops color by the color developer that has been destroyed and exuded.

In addition to the method that uses carbonless paper, there is a copy method that uses copy paper and copies with print carbon, and can be copied by forming wax-based ink on the back of the first sheet of paper, As in the case of using the above-mentioned carbonless paper, a dot pattern for reading with an electronic pen and other printing are applied and used as a copy form for an electronic pen.
When selecting the above-mentioned carbonless paper and copy paper (as shown in the figure, the step becomes larger as the number of copies increases), a thin paper is selected to print the dot pattern clearly.

An example of a procedure for producing a copy form will be described with reference to FIG.
First, a printing pattern is separately printed and wound on the first and second sheets 11 and 12 of the copy form 1 shown in FIG.
When using carbonless paper for the form, copy paper is printed on the back side of the first sheet 11 to copy the first sheet 11 and the second sheet 12 although not shown when using copy paper. A binding copy form 1 is produced with a superposition adhesive or the like.
When forming a dot pattern by printing, the collated copy form is loaded on the feeder of the sheet-fed printing press so as to be fed from the binding unit side, and an electronic pen is read on the display surface of the information description surface of the copy form. A dot pattern for printing is printed with infrared absorbing ink.
In addition, when forming a dot pattern using a printer, the bound copy forms are stacked on the feeder of the sheet-fed printing press so as to be fed from the binding portion side, and the information display surface of the copy forms is displayed. Further, a dot pattern 2 for reading an electronic pen is formed with toner that absorbs infrared rays.

Here, a system of “Anoto” using an electronic pen and a dot pattern for reading only an electronic pen will be described.
The electronic pen includes a normal writing unit, an imaging unit for reading a dot pattern, a transmission / reception unit (hereinafter referred to as a communication unit) for transmitting / receiving dot pattern information, and the like.
For example, when a writer describes characters or the like in the information description column, an imaging unit built in the electronic pen reads the coordinate information displayed by the dot pattern as the pen moves, and the connected communication terminal (or The read coordinate information is transmitted directly from the communication unit to the information collection terminal.
The communication terminal transmits the received coordinate information to an electronic pen system management server connected to the network.
The electronic pen system management server converts the received coordinate information into text data and sends it back to the server on the user side or the communication terminal.
In the case of the information collecting terminal described above in which the electronic pen system management server function is built in the communication terminal, the coordinate information is converted into text data.

The electronic pen will be described with reference to FIG.
The electronic pen 5 includes a writing unit 56 with an ink cartridge 58, an imaging unit 55 using a digital camera that reads a dot pattern, a storage unit 53 that stores writing information (dot pattern coordinate information) read by the digital camera, and portable communication. A communication unit 52 that transmits coordinate information to the terminal, a control unit 54 that controls these functions, a pressure sensor 57 for an electronic pen, and a power supply unit (not shown) are provided inside the casing 51 of the electronic pen 5. It is installed.
The electronic pen 5 reads the dot pattern printed on the electronic pen description sheet by the imaging unit 55 and stores it in the storage unit 53. Although not shown, the electronic pen 5 is connected to the communication unit 52 together with unique identification information of the electronic pen. Send to the terminal.
The communication unit 52 of the electronic pen is compatible with both USB (Universal Serial Bus) and Bluetooth (registered trademark of The Bluetooth SIG, Inc.).
In addition, the writing unit 56 incorporated in the casing 51 of the electronic pen 5 can be used as a simple writing instrument.

The writing unit 56 plays a role of making the distance between the imaging unit 55 by the digital camera and the dot pattern printing surface constant in addition to the role of leaving the writing information in the description unit in a visible state.
When the writing unit 56 is mounted on the electronic pen housing 51, the tip on the ink cartridge 58 side comes into contact with the pressure sensor 57 for the electronic pen attached to the housing 51 of the electronic pen.
The pressure sensor 57 has a function of notifying the control unit 54 that the description of information is started and a function of recognizing the strength of writing pressure.
Further, when checking the remaining amount of the ink cartridge 58 or when filling ink, for example, the writing unit 56 is pulled out from the tip of the electronic pen housing 51 to check the remaining amount of ink, or to fill the ink. Do.

The electronic pen read-only dot pattern will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a part 200 of the portion B shown in FIG.
The vertical and horizontal virtual lines shown in FIG. 5 are shown for ease of explanation, and are not actually printed.
Each dot of the electronic pen read-only dot pattern 2 is arranged and formed in any one of four different directions near the intersection of vertical and horizontal imaginary lines that intersect at right angles formed at intervals of 0.3 mm. In the system of “Anoto”, 36 dots (a group of dots printed on the inner side of about 4 mm ² ) are handled as one unit information.

When characters etc. are written on the electronic pen writing paper with an electronic pen, the position of the pen tip is traced, the coordinate information of the dot pattern printed in the vicinity is read, and the locus of unit information that the pen tip has moved Is stored in the storage unit of the electronic pen.
When a predetermined part of the electronic pen description sheet is marked with the electronic pen, the coordinate information described on the electronic pen description sheet is transmitted from the electronic pen to the communication terminal.
In the system of “Anote”, management is performed so that the same dot pattern is not used in one field of use.

Next, the above-described electronic pen system management server (not shown) will be described.
In many cases, the electronic pen system management server is divided into a PLS server and an ASH server.
The coordinate information transmitted from the communication terminal is first transmitted to an electronic pen system management server called PLS (Paper Look-up Service).
The PLS server determines the application being used from the received coordinate information of the dot pattern, and sends the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) and coordinate information of the ASH (Application Service Handler) server that supports the application to the communication terminal. . The electronic pen system management server function may be used by being incorporated in a communication terminal.

Next, the above communication terminal (not shown) will be described.
The communication terminal is, for example, a mobile phone, PDA (PDA) having input means such as a keyboard, transmission / reception means connected to the Internet for transmitting / receiving input information, display means such as a display, and storage means for storing input information and read information. (Personal Digital Assistance), a personal computer.
As described above, the communication terminal transmits information transmitted from the electronic pen to the electronic pen system management server, and receives and uses it as information converted into text data or the like.

  In some cases, the information collection terminal described above is used instead of the communication terminal. Since the information collection terminal is equipped with the management server function described above, the dot pattern information read with the electronic pen is directly converted into text information.

With reference to FIG. 3, an example of a description information collecting method using the electronic pen according to the present embodiment will be described.
First, the first and second sheets of the copy form 1 are printed separately (S1), and the first and second sheets are bound together to produce the copy form 1.
A dot pattern is formed on the exposed surface of the copy form using a printer or printer (S2).

Using the electronic pen 5 on the copy form 1 produced in S1 and S2, copy information is described (S3). The described copy information is collected by the information collection terminal 6 (S4).
Additional information is described (S5). The written additional information is collected by the information collection terminal 6 (S6).
The information collection terminal 6 edits the copy information and supplementary information collected in S4 and S6 (S7).
The information collecting terminal 6 uses the editing function to collect the collected information because the dot pattern formed on the copy form is associated with the above-described S3 and S5 regardless of whether the writing person, written time, and written place are the same or different. Can be unified.

  It can be used for various copy forms that are written using an electronic pen.

It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the copy form for electronic pens of this Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the AA line cross section of FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the collection method of the description information using the electronic pen of this Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of an electronic pen. It is a figure for demonstrating the dot pattern only for an electronic pen reading.

Explanation of symbols

1 Copy form 2 Dot pattern 3 Binding area 4 Printing area (Infrared non-absorbing ink)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 5 Electronic pen 11 1st sheet form 12 2nd sheet form 51 Housing | casing 52 Communication part 53 Memory | storage part 54 Control part 55 Imaging part 56 Writing part 57 Pressure sensor 58 Ink cartridge 111 Color developing agent formation surface 121 Developer forming surface 200 FIG. B part enlarged view of 1

Claims (2)

A copy form in which a plurality of pieces of paper are aligned on one end and the lower form is longer than the upper form, and is stacked and bound together in a staircase pattern, and a dot pattern formed on the written face with information on the copy form An electronic pen that reads information and an information collection terminal that is electrically connected to the electronic pen and collects the dot pattern information read by the electronic pen. It is a description information collection method that collects information and makes it centralized information, at least,
A dot pattern forming stage in which a dot pattern for reading an electronic pen is formed on the exposed surface of the information description surface of each sheet of the copy form by the printing means or the printing means;
A copy information description stage in which copy information is written on a copy form by the electronic pen, and an additional information description stage in which additional information is written on the N-th surface of the copy form;
A copy information collection stage in which copy information is collected by the information collection terminal, a supplementary information collection stage in which the supplementary information is collected, and the duplicate information and the supplementary information are associated with each other in a dot pattern to be unified as information to be described in one form A method of collecting written information using an electronic pen, characterized by comprising: In the collection method of the description information using the electronic pen of Claim 1,
A method for collecting written information using an electronic pen, wherein the copy information collecting stage and the supplementary information collecting stage are different in at least one of a writing person, a written time, and a written place.