JP2016110046A - Information display label - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information display label easy for printing and reading even when an information content to be set is changed and effective for reduction in a display area.SOLUTION: Contents of printing are such that the combination of (i) color is set in different kinds using arbitrary two or more colors in a row direction of columns, and information is set for each item by joining the (ii) number of lines arranged and extended in a column direction and one type of the combination of (iii) row and the order of columns are added with information. The setting of four rows using arbitrary two colors can obtain the maximum 16 kinds, and the setting of three rows using arbitrary three colors can obtain the maximum 27 kinds, and the setting of two rows using arbitrary four colors can obtain the maximum 16 kinds. The combination using fewer colors is excellent in the configuration of a printing device and a reading device. However, when using the same number of row directions, the combination is deteriorated in one column of the number of information. For this reason, the content of the setting is defined as an appropriate color and the number of rows that take into consideration necessity of the miniaturization of the content and whole of the display information and the superiority of the configuration of the printing device and the reading device.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention is a technology related to the printing contents of a label corresponding to an optical reader that displays information for each item such as a product category, a manufacturing location, and a manufacturing date.

In the prior art, two colors of white and black are used, and two or more types of linear width dimensions are set, and information content is displayed in accordance with the order of arrangement in the column direction and one set of width dimensions. There are print information display labels in multiple columns.
With this technology, (a) two or more columns are required for one set, and if the number of items of display information is set to a large number, the overall display width dimension becomes large. (B) One set of width dimensions changes depending on the type of combination. A blank column is provided in the middle column, and it is not possible to perform additional printing after fixed information has been printed in advance and confirmed the variation information. (C) Since the information reader needs to identify the width dimension on a straight line, it cannot be identified from the whole It becomes. For this reason, it is advantageous for the operation of the information reading apparatus that the length of the line is large, and further, the printing accuracy of the width dimension is necessary, and there is a problem that the overall reduction in size is excluded. The use of colors other than white and black does not solve the problem.

In the prior art, there is an information display label for printing in which a large number of grids are arranged using two colors, white and black, and information content is set for one type of pattern.
With this technology, it is necessary to set all the information contents for each item required for one type of pattern. (A) Even if there is a change in the information content, another type of pattern is assigned and a large number of patterns are required. (B) There is a problem that the printing device and the information reading device require all the numbers of patterns used. The use of colors other than white and black does not solve the problem.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and is a print content technique that provides an information display label that can be easily printed and read even when the information content set is changed and is effective in reducing the display area.

Use any two or more colors, set the color and number of lines to be used in the cells separated by rows and columns, arrange one kind of color combination in the row direction, and further align the number of rows and arrange in the column direction In this technique, information content is set and printed in an arbitrary number of columns in accordance with one type of alignment and the order of columns.

The relationship between the number of types of combinations obtained by permutation combination of the number of colors used in one column and the number of rows in arrangement is shown in Table 1. If the number of colors used is the same, a larger number of lines is advantageous because more types of combinations are obtained, but the configuration of the printing device and the reading device is inferior due to complexity. The greater the number of colors used, the greater the number of types of combinations that can be obtained with the smaller number of lines, but the printing device and the reading device are inferior in complexity. For this reason, the number of colors used and the number of lines are set appropriately in consideration of the number of information required for each display item, the necessity of reducing the printing area, and the degree of configuration of the printing apparatus and reading apparatus.

The number of colors used can be any 10 colors, and information can be set according to the order of one type of color and column per line. When printing multiple columns, a combination of 0 and 9 types of single-digit numbers can be displayed. The display area can be reduced most by printing the same number of rows.

Compared with the prior art: (a) The use of single-digit numbers, such as the month of October to December of the date of manufacture, can be handled in one column when setting the number of rows to be 16 or more compared to the need for two columns (B) Since the width of the row can be made the same, a blank row can be provided in the middle of multiple rows and additional printing can be performed later. (C) Identification of the arrangement pattern can be reduced to the number of types used in the row. In 4 rows, 3 colors, 3 rows, 4 colors or more, and 2 rows, combinations of 16 or more colors can be obtained, and 6 or more types of 2-digit numeric information can be displayed in one column. The expansion can be divided into a plurality of columns, the second group can be moved in the row direction of the first group, the whole can be configured in a square shape, the dimensions in the column direction can be reduced, and (f) the expansion in the column direction is moved in the row direction. Can be printed on a cylinder or curved object in a straight line layout (g) Print area by changing the type of color used The number of types of display can be increased without changing (h) The color printing in the squares can be reduced to the limit that the reader can identify the colors in the squares and the colors can be distinguished, and in the ultimate it is possible to make a very small label In the application of injection printing with (ii) printing technology, it is possible to cope with changes in paint even if the color is changed, and there is an effect that does not complicate the printing apparatus.

FIG. 6 is a layout diagram of printing colors according to an embodiment in which two colors are used and four lines are set according to the present invention. FIG. 4 is a layout diagram of printing colors according to an embodiment in which four colors are used according to the present invention and are divided into two groups by setting to two rows and moved in the row direction.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.
Table 2 replaces the rows and columns and uses two colors of white and black, and the four columns show the types of combinations of combinations and the color arrangements. The Arabic numerals and alphabetic characters set for management are used to mediate the setting of the print content in accordance with the information content setting. Table 3 shows the types of combinations of combinations and the arrangement of colors in two columns using four colors of red, green, blue, and white by exchanging rows and columns. Since the arrangement of color combinations obtained by the number of colors used and the number of columns set can be easily created by referring to Table 2 and Table 3, other tables are omitted.

Examples of label printing contents according to the technique of the present invention are shown in FIGS. The relationship between the print contents and the display information contents shown in FIG. 1 is shown in Tables 2 and 4 in FIG. 1, and Tables 3 and 4 in FIG. In FIG. 2, the column is divided into a first group and a second group, and the second group is moved in the row direction of the first group, and the whole is shown as an example of printing in a rectangular shape.
Printing does not change the effect of the present invention even directly on a part of a product or a packaging box.

1 Label or border 2 Matrix division line 3 Grid and print color (color type is displayed in grid)

Claims (10)

(B) 3 rows in the 1st column (b) 3 rows in the 1st column, (b) 1st column in one of the arrangement types of permutations of colors The information content is set in accordance with the order, and (c) the printing of an arbitrary plurality of columns in which the information content is set in accordance with the order of one of the three rows of arrangement types and the order of the second and subsequent columns. The information label that becomes. (B) In the squares separated by rows and columns of any size using any two colors, (b) in the first row, in the fourth row, (b) in the first row in the arrangement type of the permutation combination of colors The information contents are set in accordance with the order, and (c) the printing of any plural columns in which the information contents are set in accordance with the order of one of the four rows of arrangement types and the order of each of the second and subsequent columns. The information label that becomes. (B) First row in one row out of the arrangement types of the permutation combination of (b) colors in the fifth row of the first column in the squares separated by rows and columns of arbitrary dimensions using any two colors The information content is set in accordance with the order, and (c) the printing of any plurality of columns in which the information content is set in accordance with the order of one of the five rows of arrangement types and the order of each of the second and subsequent columns. The information label that becomes. (I) In the grid delimited by rows and columns of any size using any three colors, (b) in the first row, in the second row, (b) in the first row in the arrangement type of the permutation combination of colors The information content is set in accordance with the order, and (c) the printing of an arbitrary plurality of columns in which the information content is set in accordance with the order of one of the two rows of arrangement colors and the order of the second and subsequent columns. The information label that becomes. (I) In the grids separated by rows and columns of any size using any three colors, (b) The first row in one of the arrangement types of the permutation combination of the colors (b) in the third row of the first column The information content is set in accordance with the order, and (c) the printing of an arbitrary plurality of columns in which the information content is set in accordance with the order of one of the three rows of arrangement types and the order of the second and subsequent columns. The information label that becomes. (I) In the grid that is separated by rows and columns of any size using any three colors (b) In the first row, in the fourth row, (b) The first column in one of the arrangement types of permutations of colors The information contents are set in accordance with the order, and (c) the printing of any plural columns in which the information contents are set in accordance with the order of one of the four rows of arrangement types and the order of each of the second and subsequent columns. The information label that becomes. (I) In the grid delimited by rows and columns of any size using any 4 colors, (b) in the first row, in the second row, (b) in the first row in the arrangement type of the permutation combination of colors The information content is set in accordance with the order, and (c) the printing of an arbitrary plurality of columns in which the information content is set in accordance with the order of one of the two rows of arrangement colors and the order of the second and subsequent columns. The information label that becomes. (I) In the grid divided by rows and columns of any size using any 4 colors, (a) 3rd row of the 1st column, (b) 1st column in one of the arrangement types of permutations of colors The information content is set in accordance with the order, and (c) the printing of an arbitrary plurality of columns in which the information content is set in accordance with the order of one of the three rows of arrangement types and the order of the second and subsequent columns. The information label that becomes. One of the arrangement types of (b) color permutation combinations in (b) the first row and the second row, in a cell separated by rows and columns of any size using any color of 5 to 9 colors Information content is set in accordance with the order of the first column in the type, and information content is set in accordance with the order of each of the first and second columns after the arrangement type of the two rows of (c) color. An information display label consisting of multiple columns of printing. In 10 squares using any 10 colors and separated by rows and columns of any size, (a) In the first row, the information content is set together with one type of colors used and the order of the first column. Furthermore, (b) an information display label formed by printing a plurality of columns in which information contents are set in accordance with one type of used colors and the order of each column after the second column.

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