JP2016096418A - Portable image scanner - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable image scanner suitable to scan a delivery slip received from a customer in a delivery car as early as possible.SOLUTION: The portable image scanner includes: an image scanner part 200 having an ejection port 220 for ejecting scanned paper; and a bag 300 which can be deformed to either a folded form or an expanded form. The bag 300 includes: an image scanner housing part 350 which stores the image scanner part 200, when deformed to the folded form; and a paper housing part 340 having an opening which is positioned beneath the ejection port 220 of the image scanner part 200 and opens upward, when deformed to the expanded form. When deformed to the expanded form, the paper housing part 340 houses paper, falling from the ejection port 220, through the opening.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

  The present invention relates to a portable image scanner.

  A delivery company causes an image scanner to scan a delivery slip and manages image data acquired as a result of the scanning.

  Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2014-78885 (Patent Document 1) reads “a hopper on which stacked delivery slip bundles are mounted, and images of delivery slips conveyed one by one from the delivery slip bundle mounted on the hopper” An image scanner comprising an image sensor and control means for confirming an input omission and / or image quality of a delivery slip image read by the image sensor, wherein the control means uses the image sensor to The reading step of reading the delivery slip a plurality of times in the order of stacking is compared with the number of black pixels of the delivery slip image of the delivery slip bundle read a plurality of times in the order of reading, and the compared black pixel counts match within a predetermined threshold range. The first determination step of determining whether or not to perform is executed ”.

JP 2014-78885 A

  Since it takes time to collect a delivery slip from a customer and the number is enormous, there is a need to scan a delivery slip received from a customer (for example, an individual or a corporation) as quickly as possible. An object of the present invention is to provide a portable image scanner suitable for scanning a delivery slip received from a customer as quickly as possible.

  Of the inventions disclosed in the present application, the outline of typical ones will be briefly described as follows.

  A portable image scanner according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an image scanner unit having a discharge port for discharging scanned paper. Moreover, it has a collar part which can be deform | transformed into any form of the folded form and the expand | deployed form. Further, when the collar portion is deformed to the folded form, the image scanner accommodating portion for accommodating the image scanner portion, and when the collar portion is deformed to the unfolded shape, the image scanner portion And a paper storage unit having an opening that is located below the discharge port and opens upward. In addition, the paper storage unit stores the paper that falls from the discharge port through the opening when the paper storage unit is deformed to the developed form.

  Among the inventions disclosed in the present application, effects obtained by typical ones will be briefly described as follows.

  According to the representative embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide a portable image scanner suitable for scanning a delivery slip received from a customer as quickly as possible.

It is a figure which shows the outline | summary of the structural example of the delivery slip management system which has a portable image scanner in one embodiment of this invention. It is a front side perspective view showing the form by which the portable image scanner in one embodiment of the present invention was developed. It is another front side perspective view which shows the form by which the portable image scanner in one embodiment of this invention was expand | deployed. It is a front perspective view for demonstrating each form until it becomes the form from which the portable image scanner in one embodiment of this invention was folded up. (A) And (b) is a front side perspective view which shows operation | movement until it becomes a form expanded from the folded form. (C) is a front side perspective view which shows the folded form. It is a back side perspective view which shows the form by which the portable image scanner in one embodiment of this invention was folded. It is another back side perspective view which shows the form by which the portable image scanner in one embodiment of this invention was folded. It is another back side perspective view which shows the form by which the portable image scanner in one embodiment of this invention was folded.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that components having the same function are denoted by the same reference symbols throughout the drawings for describing the embodiment, and the repetitive description thereof will be omitted.

<System configuration>
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of a configuration example of a delivery slip management system having a portable image scanner 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the delivery slip management system includes a plurality of portable image scanners 100 and a server 400 connected to each portable image scanner 100 via wireless communication.

  Conventionally, delivery slips collected to a predetermined point are scanned in a concentrated manner by an image scanner installed at each point. However, it takes time to collect the delivery slips at a predetermined point. In the delivery slip management system according to the embodiment of the present invention, the delivery slip received from the customer is scanned by a plurality of portable image scanners 100 assigned to each delivery vehicle, so that the image data of the delivery slip can be quickly obtained. The server 400 can be integrated.

  The delivery slip includes a delivery slip collected from a private house, a delivery slip collected from a store or a corporation, and a delivery slip collected from other delivery points.

  The portable image scanner 100 is configured to be able to send and receive various data to and from the server 400 via wireless communication.

  For example, the delivery company causes the portable image scanner 100 to scan the delivery slip received from the customer. Thereafter, the portable image scanner 100 transmits image data acquired as a result of scanning to the server 400 via wireless communication.

  The server 400 receives each image data transmitted from each portable image scanner 100. Thus, the server 400 centrally manages the delivery slip scanned by each portable image scanner 100.

  Here, when the image scanner for scanning the delivery slip is distributed, the image scanner must be stored in a bag or the like and carried. In that case, it may be difficult to store the image scanner itself in a bag.

  In general, an image scanner is used by being installed on an installation table such as a table. Therefore, a place where the distributed image scanner can be used must be secured.

  The portable image scanner 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is a form developed from a folded form (hereinafter sometimes referred to as a folded form) when scanning a delivery slip (hereinafter, developed form). May be called). In addition, when the portable image scanner 100 is carried, the portable image scanner 100 is deformed from the expanded form to the folded form.

<Detailed configuration>
Hereinafter, a detailed configuration of the portable image scanner 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIGS. 2 to 5, the portable image scanner 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention scans paper (for example, a delivery slip) in a developed form. The portable image scanner 100 is carried in a folded form.

  FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a developed form of the portable image scanner 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the portable image scanner 100 includes an image scanner unit 200 and a collar unit 300 that accommodates the image scanner unit 200 in a folded form.

  The image scanner unit 200 includes an insertion port 210 into which a paper to be scanned is inserted and a discharge port 220 through which the scanned paper is discharged.

  The image scanner unit 200 scans the paper inserted from the insertion port 210 and discharges the scanned paper from the discharge port 220.

  The heel part 300 can be transformed into either a folded form or an unfolded form.

  The collar unit 300 includes a back plate 320 that is a plate-like member that covers the back surface of the image scanner unit 200, a cover plate 310 that is a plate-like member that is connected to the back plate 320, and a plate that is connected to the back plate 320. A bottom plate 330 that is a shaped member, and a paper storage unit 340 connected to the bottom plate 330. As shown in FIG. 2, when scanning is performed in the developed form, the cover plate 310, the back plate 320, the bottom plate 330, and the paper storage unit 340 are arranged in a line on the same vertical plane. The back surface of the image scanner unit 200 is bonded to the back plate 320.

  Note that a pair of hook-and-loop fasteners (not shown) may be provided on the back surface of the image scanner unit 200 and the back plate 320. In this case, the image scanner unit 200 is detachably attached to the back plate 320 via a hook-and-loop fastener.

  The cover plate 310, the back plate 320, the bottom plate 330, and the paper storage unit 340 are configured to be folded so as to wrap the image scanner unit 200 by being folded in the same direction.

  The bottom plate 330 faces the bottom surface of the image scanner unit 200 in a folded form. The bottom plate 330 is configured to be bendable in the bottom direction (the direction toward the bottom surface of the image scanner unit 200) with the boundary between the bottom plate 330 and the back plate 320 as an axis until the bottom plate 330 is changed from the developed configuration to the folded configuration. . Further, the bottom surface plate 330 is configured to be able to bend in the direction opposite to the bottom surface direction with the boundary between the bottom surface plate 330 and the back surface plate 320 as an axis from the folded configuration to the expanded configuration.

  The paper storage unit 340 stores paper that is dropped by being discharged from the discharge port 220 of the image scanner unit 200 in the unfolded form. The paper storage unit 340 can be bent in a front direction (a direction toward the front of the image scanner unit 200) about the boundary between the bottom plate 330 and the paper storage unit 340 until the paper storage unit 340 is folded from the unfolded configuration. Is done. Further, the paper storage unit 340 is configured to be able to bend in the reverse direction of the front direction around the boundary between the bottom plate 330 and the paper storage unit 340 from the folded configuration to the deployed configuration.

  The cover plate 310 includes an image scanner cover plate 311 that covers the top surface of the image scanner unit 200 in a folded form, and a handle surface cover plate 312 that covers the handle surface 342 in a folded form.

  A handle 343 that can be gripped by the user is attached to the handle surface 342 of the paper storage unit 340. Specifically, the handle 343 is attached to the outer surface of the handle surface 342 when the collar unit 300 is deformed into a folded form. The handle 343 may be attached to any outer surface of the cover plate 310, the back plate 320, the bottom plate 330, and the paper storage unit 340 of the collar unit 300 in the folded form.

  The handle surface covering plate 312 of the covering plate 310 is formed with an insertion portion 314 into which the handle 343 is inserted in a folded form.

  In the folded configuration, the handle 343 is inserted into the insertion portion 314, the handle 343 is caught in the insertion portion 314, and the grip surface covering plate 312 and the handle surface 342 are in contact with each other. The Thereby, the form of the portable image scanner 100 is maintained in the folded form.

  Further, the cover plate 310 is configured to be able to bend in the top surface direction (the direction toward the top surface of the image scanner unit 200) about the boundary between the cover plate 310 and the back plate 320 until the cover plate 310 is in the folded form. Is done. Further, the cover plate 310 is configured to be able to bend in the direction opposite to the top surface with the boundary between the cover plate 310 and the back plate 320 as an axis, from the folded form to the deployed form.

  A hook hole 313 is formed in the image scanner cover plate 311 of the cover plate 310. The portable image scanner 100 is suspended by a hook (for example, a hook attached to the wall of a delivery vehicle) being inserted through the hooking hole 313.

  The collar unit 300 of the portable image scanner 100 is hooked on the wall of the delivery vehicle, for example, so that the cover plate 310, the back plate 320, the bottom plate 330, and the paper storage unit 340 are arranged in a line on the same vertical plane. Expands to form. As a result, the portable image scanner 100 is in a developed form and can scan paper.

  Here, the paper read by the portable image scanner 100 needs to be stored in a bag or the like after being read. Therefore, the paper storage unit 340 of the portable image scanner 100 is positioned below the discharge port 220 of the image scanner unit 200 in the unfolded form. Further, in the unfolded form, the opening 341 of the paper storage unit 340 opens upward. That is, in the developed form, the discharge port 220 of the image scanner unit 200 and the opening 341 of the paper storage unit 340 face each other in the vertical direction. Thus, the paper discharged from the discharge port 220 of the image scanner unit 200 in the unfolded form falls toward the paper storage unit 340 of the collar unit 300 and is stored in the paper storage unit 340 through the opening 341. .

  As shown in FIG. 3, the paper storage unit includes an opening / closing plate 344 that is a plate-shaped member, a storage unit rear plate 345 that is a plate-like member facing the opening / closing plate 344, and an opening / closing plate 344. It has a plate-like handle surface 342 that connects the rear plate 345 to the rear. The opening / closing plate 344 is configured to be able to be bent with the boundary between the opening / closing plate 344 and the handle surface 342 as an axis, and the opening / closing plate 344 is in the opening direction (the direction in which the opening / closing plate 344 is separated from the storage unit rear plate 345). By being bent, it is developed into an open form in which paper cannot be stored. On the other hand, the opening / closing plate 344 has a closed configuration capable of storing paper by being bent in a closing direction (a direction toward the storage unit rear plate 345) around the boundary between the opening / closing plate 344 and the handle surface 342.

  In this way, by changing the paper storage unit 340 from the closed configuration to the open configuration, the portable image scanner 100 has a length (the length of paper) that is longer than the length of the paper storage unit 340 in the vertical direction (vertical direction during scanning). Scanning is possible even with long paper (for example, long slips).

  In addition, when the paper storage unit 340 is closed, the opening / closing plate 344 and the storage unit rear plate 345 are configured to form a predetermined angle. Thus, in the closed configuration, the paper storage unit 340 is configured such that the distance from the storage unit back plate 345 to the opening / closing plate 344 increases in the horizontal direction (horizontal direction during scanning) as it approaches the discharge port 220. Furthermore, one end of the opening / closing plate 344 (the end opposite to the handle surface 342 side) is in a closed configuration and extends in a direction away from the storage unit rear plate 345. As a result, the paper discharged from the discharge port 220 and falling down is easily stored in the paper storage unit 340.

  Next, using FIG. 4A to FIG. 4C, an operation until the portable image scanner 100 is changed from a folded form to a developed form will be described. 4 (a) and 4 (b) are front perspective views showing the operation from the unfolded form to the folded form, and FIG. 4 (c) is a front perspective view showing the form after being folded. FIG.

  From the form shown in FIG. 2, the cover plate 310 of the collar unit 300 is bent in the top surface direction, the bottom plate 330 is bent in the bottom surface direction, and the paper storage unit 340 is bent in the front direction. It becomes the form shown in a).

  Next, from the form shown in FIG. 4A, the cover plate 310 of the collar unit 300 is further bent in the top surface direction, the bottom plate 330 is bent in the bottom surface direction, and the paper storage unit 340 is bent in the front direction. As a result, the configuration shown in FIG.

  Next, from the configuration shown in FIG. 4B, the cover plate 310 of the collar unit 300 is further bent in the top surface direction, the bottom plate 330 is bent in the bottom surface direction, and the paper storage unit 340 is bent in the front direction. When the handle 343 is inserted into the insertion portion 314, the folded configuration shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 4C, the collar unit 300 includes an image scanner storage unit 350 that stores the image scanner unit 200 when it is transformed into a folded form. The image scanner storage unit 350 includes an image scanner including an inner surface of the cover plate 310, an inner surface of the back plate 320, an inner surface of the bottom plate 330, and an inner surface of the opening / closing plate of the paper storage unit 340. It is formed by enclosing the outside of the portion 200.

  On the other hand, from the form shown in FIG. 4C, the handle 343 is pulled out from the insertion portion 314, the covering plate 310 of the collar portion 300 is bent in the reverse direction of the top surface direction, and the bottom plate 330 is inverted in the bottom direction. The paper storage unit 340 is bent in the direction opposite to the front direction, and the configuration shown in FIG. 4B is obtained.

  Next, from the form shown in FIG. 4B, the cover plate 310 of the collar unit 300 is further bent in the reverse direction of the top surface direction, and the bottom plate 330 is bent in the reverse direction of the bottom surface direction, and the paper storage unit The shape shown in FIG. 4A is obtained by bending 340 in the direction opposite to the front direction.

  Hereinafter, the portable image scanner 100 in the folded form will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a rear side perspective view showing the portable image scanner 100 folded according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the portable image scanner 100 has a handle 343 that can be held by a user. A user can carry the portable image scanner 100 by holding the handle 343. Furthermore, the portable image scanner 100 in which the scanned paper is stored in the paper storage unit 340 can be carried.

  Also, as shown in FIG. 5, a plurality of rubber legs 321 are attached to the back plate 320 of the collar unit 300. Accordingly, even when the portable image scanner 100 is placed on a table or the like so that the back plate 320 faces downward, the portable image scanner 100 is not easily dropped from the table. Moreover, it can suppress that a table is damaged because the portable image scanner 100, the backplate 320, and a table contact. The rubber legs 321 may be attached to any outer surface of the cover plate 310, the back plate 320, the bottom plate 330, and the paper storage unit 340 of the collar unit 300 in the folded form.

  As a modified example, as shown in FIG. 6, a rectangular shock absorbing member (for example, a rubber member) 500 may be attached so as to surround the outer periphery of both side surfaces of the image scanner unit 200. As a result, the impact applied to the portable image scanner 100 from another object when carried or used can be mitigated.

  As a modification, as shown in FIG. 7, the handle 343 may be attached to the bottom plate 330. Specifically, the handle 343 may be attached to the center of the bottom plate 330. Accordingly, when the portable image scanner 100 is carried, it is possible to prevent the paper stored in the paper storage unit 340 from going out of the paper storage unit 340.

<Effects of the present embodiment>
According to the portable image scanner 100 according to the present embodiment described above, the collar unit 300 is unfolded with the image scanner storage unit 350 that stores the image scanner unit 200 when the collar unit 300 is deformed into a folded form. When it is transformed into a form, it has a paper storage unit 340 that is located below the discharge port 220 of the image scanner unit 200 and has an opening 341 that opens upward. The image scanner and the delivery slip that has been read can be carried, and the image scanner can be used by being hooked on a hook or the like attached to the wall of the delivery vehicle.

  In addition, when the collar unit 300 is deformed into a folded form, the handle 300 is provided on the outer surface located above the image scanner storage unit 350 so that the portable image scanner 100 is carried. Thus, it is possible to prevent the paper stored in the paper storage unit 340 from going out of the paper storage unit 340.

  In addition, the paper storage unit 340 includes an opening / closing plate 344 that can be bent in the opening direction, and the opening / closing plate 344 is bent and opened in the opening direction, so that the portable image scanner 100 can be connected to the short side of the paper storage unit 340. It becomes possible to scan paper (for example, long slips) whose length (length in the longitudinal direction of the paper) is longer than the length in the direction (height direction).

  In addition, since the collar unit 300 has the rubber legs 321 on any outer surface, the portable image scanner 100 is less likely to fall off the table.

  In addition, since the image scanner unit 200 includes the impact buffering member 500 on the side surface, it is possible to mitigate the impact applied to the portable image scanner 100 from other objects when being carried or used.

  As mentioned above, the invention made by the present inventor has been specifically described based on the embodiment. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. Needless to say.

100: Portable image scanner,
200: Image scanner unit, 210: Insertion port, 220: Discharge port,
Reference numeral 300: collar portion, 310: covering plate, 311: image scanner covering plate, 312 ... handle surface covering plate, 313 ... hook hole, 314 ... insertion portion, 320 ... back plate, 321 ... rubber leg, 330 ... bottom plate, 340: Paper storage unit, 341: Opening, 342: Handle surface, 343: Handle, 344: Opening / closing plate, 345: Back plate of storage unit, 350: Image scanner storage unit,
400 ... server,
500: Shock absorbing member.

Claims (6)

An image scanner unit having a discharge port for discharging the scanned paper;
A collar part that can be transformed into either a folded form or an unfolded form;
Have
The buttocks
An image scanner storage section for storing the image scanner section when transformed into the folded form;
A paper storage unit having an opening that opens downward and is positioned below the discharge port of the image scanner unit when transformed into the unfolded form;
Have
The paper storage unit is a portable image scanner that stores, via the opening, the paper that falls from the discharge port when the paper storage unit is deformed to the developed state. The portable image scanner according to claim 1,
The said collar part is a portable image scanner which has the handle which a user can hold | grip on either one of the outer surfaces, when it deform | transforms into the said folded form. The portable image scanner according to claim 2,
The portable image scanner having the handle on the outer surface located above the image scanner storage portion when the collar portion is transformed into the folded form. The portable image scanner according to claim 1,
The paper storage unit includes an opening / closing plate and a storage unit rear plate facing the opening / closing plate,
The paper storage unit is a portable image scanner that is developed by bending the opening / closing plate in a direction away from the back plate of the storage unit. The portable image scanner according to claim 1,
The collar part is a portable image scanner having a rubber leg on one of the outer surfaces. The portable image scanner according to claim 1,
The image scanner unit is a portable image scanner having an impact buffering member on a side surface.

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