JP2016203562A - Image formation apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image formation apparatus with which a user can distribute distribution materials while confirming attendees and absentees on a seating list sheet.SOLUTION: A seating list printing unit 32 prints a seating list sheet having check mark columns arrayed in correspondence with users in a prescribed user group in a seating layout of the prescribed user group with a printer 22. An attendance specification unit 33 reads an image of a seating list sheet after entering attendance to the check mark columns with an image reader 23, and specifies the number of attendees for each seating row in the seating list sheet. A distribution material printing unit 34 prints the distribution materials with the printer 22 while classifying by the number of copies for the specified number of attendees with respect to the seating row for each seating row.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus.

  In each class in the school, materials such as materials, test papers, and announcements are distributed to students. A certain image forming device displays a seat layout on the touch panel, identifies absent persons based on user operations on the touch panel, stops output of the distribution of the identified absent persons, and sorts by row A few minutes of distribution are printed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2013-86292 A

  Although the above-mentioned technology prints the distribution so that there is no remainder of the distribution in each row, the absence is specified on the touch panel, so when actually distributing the distribution to each student, It may be difficult to identify students who are doing.

  For example, if two students are absent in a row but there is only one student absent in that row, which student is absent and which student is present, such as going to the toilet It is difficult to judge whether you are just temporarily away from your seat.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to obtain an image forming apparatus capable of distributing a distribution while confirming attendees and absentees on a seating chart sheet.

  An image forming apparatus according to the present invention, a seating chart printing unit for printing a seating chart sheet having a check mark column arranged corresponding to a user of the user group in a seat layout of a predetermined group of users with a printing device; The image of the seating chart sheet after the attendance entry for the check mark field is read by an image reading device, the attendance specifying part for identifying the number of attendees for each seating row in the seating seat sheet, A distribution printing unit that prints the distribution with the printing apparatus while sorting the number of copies corresponding to the number of attendees specified for the seat row.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to distribute a distribution while confirming attendees and absentees on a seating chart sheet.

  These and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a seating chart sheet. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the seating chart sheet after the attendance entry. FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the image forming apparatus shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a seat row identified from a seating chart sheet. FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the number of print copies specified for each seat row shown in FIG. FIG. 7 is a view for explaining distribution printing of the distribution material for each seat row shown in FIG.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The image forming apparatus shown in FIG. 1 is a multifunction machine having a printing function, an image reading function, and a facsimile function. The image forming apparatus includes an operation panel 11, a communication device 21, a printing device 22, an image reading device 23, a facsimile device 24, a storage device 25, and a controller 26.

  The operation panel 11 includes a display device 11a such as a liquid crystal display and an input device 11b such as a touch panel, and displays an operation screen for the user and detects a user input operation.

  The communication device 21 is a device that can be connected to a host device or a server (not shown) via a network or the like and performs data communication using a predetermined communication protocol.

  The printing device 22 is an internal device that prints a document image on printing paper by, for example, an electrophotographic method.

  The image reading device 23 is an internal device that optically reads a document image from a document and generates image data of the document image.

  The facsimile device 24 is an internal device having a reception function for receiving a facsimile signal and converting the facsimile signal into image data, and a transmission function for converting the image data into a facsimile signal and transmitting the facsimile signal.

  The storage device 25 is a nonvolatile storage device such as a hard disk drive or a flash memory, and stores data, programs, and the like. The storage device 25 stores user data 41, seat layout data 42, and distribution history data 43.

  The user data 41 includes, for example, a user ID and user attribute information (name, affiliation class, etc.) for each user such as a student or a teacher at school.

  The seat layout data 42 includes image data of a seating chart sheet used for printing a seating chart sheet to be described later. Further, when each student's seat is designated in a fixed manner, each seat layout sheet 42 User seat data indicating the user (student) corresponding to the check mark column is included. For example, the user seat data of a certain user includes the coordinates (i, j) of the check mark column corresponding to the user's seat in the check mark column array and the user ID of the user.

  The distribution history data 43 indicates a distribution history of one or a plurality of distribution items. The distribution history data 43 includes, for each distribution item, identification information of the printed distribution item, absences at the time of distribution, storage location information of the image data of the distribution item, and the like.

  The controller 26 includes a computer having a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), etc. (not shown), and stores programs stored in the ROM or the storage device 25 in the RAM. And the program is executed by the CPU to operate as various processing units.

  In this embodiment, the controller 26 operates as a login processing unit 31, a seating chart printing unit 32, an attendance specifying unit 33, a distribution material printing unit 34, a distribution material storage unit 35, a history browsing unit 36, and a template acquisition unit 37. To do.

  The login processing unit 31 uses the user data 41 for a user (student or teacher) who has performed a login operation (input of a user ID or the like) to determine whether or not the user can log in to the image forming apparatus.

  If the input user ID matches the user ID registered in the user data 41, the login processing unit 31 permits the user to log in. When login is permitted, the user can use the image forming apparatus using the operation panel 11.

  In addition, when the login processing unit 31 permits login of a absentee, which will be described later, when image data of a distribution associated with the absentee is stored, the login processing unit 31 stores the distribution associated with the absentee. The absence of the user who is permitted to log in is notified that the image data is stored. At this time, for example, the login processing unit 31 displays a message indicating that on the display device 11a, a list of distribution items associated with the absentee, and the like.

  The seating chart printing unit 32 prints the seating chart sheet with the printing device 22 in accordance with an instruction from a specific user (teacher or the like) to the input device 11b. The seating chart sheet has a check mark column arranged corresponding to a user (here, a student belonging to a class) in a seat layout of a predetermined group of users (here, a school class). Here, the check mark field is a white square mark.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a seating chart sheet. In the seating chart sheet shown in FIG. 2, seven check mark columns 51 indicating seats are arranged in each column and arranged in six columns.

  The attendance specifying unit 33 reads the image of the seating chart sheet after the attendance entry of a predetermined user group by the image reading device 23, and identifies the number of attendees and absentees based on the image of the seating chart sheet. Specifically, the attendance specifying unit 33 reads the image of the seating chart sheet after the attendance entry for the check mark field described above with the image reading device 23 and identifies the number of attendees for each seating row in the seating chart sheet. .

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the seating chart sheet after the attendance entry. In the seating chart sheet shown in FIG. 2, the check mark column for attendees is painted black by a teacher or the like as shown in FIG.

  The distribution material printing unit 34 causes the printing device 22 to print as many distributions as the number of identified attendees. Specifically, the distribution material printing unit 34 acquires image data of the distribution material with the image reading device 23 or acquires image data of the distribution material from the host device with the communication device 21 in accordance with an instruction from a specific user such as a teacher. Then, the distribution material is printed by the printing device 22 based on the acquired image data.

  In addition, after storing the distribution image data by the distribution storage unit 35, the distribution material printing unit 34 subsequently stores the distribution image data associated with the absence in accordance with a command from the absence. The distribution material is printed by the printing device 22 based on the read image data of the distribution material.

  Further, the distribution material printing unit 34 can sort the number of copies corresponding to the number of attendees specified for the seat row for each seat row, and print the distribution material by the printing device 22. In that case, sorting is executed by the finisher of the printing apparatus 22.

  Specifically, the distribution material printing unit 34 sorts the number of copies corresponding to the number of attendees specified for the seat row for each seat row specified from the check mark column arrangement in the image of the seating chart sheet. Meanwhile, the distribution is printed by the printing device 22.

  The distribution storage unit 35 stores the image data of the distribution in a predetermined internal or external storage device (storage device 25, external server, etc.) in association with the specified absentee.

  Further, the distribution storage unit 35 uses the distribution history data 43 to identify printed distribution identification information (ID unique to the distribution, distribution date, etc.), absentee (specifically, the user ID of the absentee). , And the storage location information (file path, etc.) of the image data of the distribution, and if the distribution is printed after the absence according to the instructions by the absentee, the absence ( Specifically, the absence user ID) is associated with the identification information of the printed distribution.

  Based on the distribution history data 43, the history browsing unit 36 includes each user included in the user group indicated by the seating chart sheet based on the distribution history data 43 in accordance with an instruction from a specific user (such as a teacher) input to the input device 11b. Distribution status information indicating whether printing has been completed for the user is displayed on the display device 11a.

  For example, the history browsing unit 36 displays a seat image indicating a seating chart sheet on the display device 11a, and displays a different mark image in the seat image for each user (student) depending on whether printing is completed. Show. For example, for a student who has not completed printing, a white mark image is displayed, and a mark image filled in black is displayed.

  When a seating chart sheet template created by a specific user (such as a teacher) is used as a seating chart sheet, the template acquisition unit 37 reads an image of the seating chart sheet template with the image reading device 23 and reads the seating chart sheet template read. Are stored in a predetermined internal or external storage device. In this case, the seating chart printing unit 32 reads the image data of the template from the storage device, prints the seating chart sheet on the printing apparatus 22 based on the image data, and the attendance specifying unit 33 reads the seating chart that has been read. The number of attendees is specified for each seat row by comparing the image of the seat with the image of the seating chart sheet template. Here, the image data of the seating chart sheet template is included in the seat layout data 42.

  Next, the operation of the image forming apparatus will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the image forming apparatus shown in FIG.

  First, a specific user such as a teacher logs in to the image forming apparatus before starting a morning meeting or class, and performs an operation for printing a seating chart sheet on the input device 11b. The seating chart printing unit 32 prints a seating chart sheet as shown in FIG. 2 according to the operation (step S1).

  Thereafter, a specific user such as a teacher fills in the attendance on the printed seating chart sheet. Here, the attendee's check mark field is blacked out. Then, a specific user such as a teacher performs an operation on the image forming apparatus for reading the image of the seating chart sheet in which the attendance is written. According to the operation, the attendance specifying unit 33 reads an image of a seating chart sheet as shown in FIG. 3 (step S2), and specifies the number of attendees and absentees as described above (step S3).

  The distribution material printing unit 34 acquires image data of the distribution material according to an instruction from a specific user such as a teacher, and the distribution device for the number of copies of the specified number of attendees is printed by the printing device 22 based on the acquired image data. Printing is performed (step S4).

  At this time, based on the instruction from the specific user, the distribution material printing unit 34 prints the distribution material for each seat row by the printing device 22 while sorting the number corresponding to the number of attendees specified for the seat row. It is also possible to do.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a seat row identified from a seating chart sheet. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, seat rows 61 to 66 are specified. The seat row may be designated in advance by a specific user such as a teacher, or may be detected in the image of the seating chart sheet by image processing. In that case, for example, if the arrangement of the images in the check mark column is detected, and the check mark column arranged in a predetermined direction (for example, the sub-scanning direction) corresponds to the seat row, Good. For example, the seat rows 61 to 66 shown in FIG. 5 are detected from the image of the seating chart sheet shown in FIG.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the number of print copies specified for each seat row shown in FIG. FIG. 7 is a view for explaining distribution printing of the distribution material for each seat row shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, the number of attendees for each seat row is specified. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, printed distributions are sorted and stacked for each seat row.

  On the other hand, the distribution storage unit 35 associates the absentee with the distribution using the distribution history data 43 as described above, and stores the image data of the distribution in association with the identified absentee. Store in the device (step S5).

  In this way, a distribution for the number of attendees is printed and distributed.

  Thereafter, the absentee can log in to the image forming apparatus and print the distribution distributed when he / she is absent. When the absentee logs into the image forming apparatus after storing the distribution image data by the distribution storage unit 35, it is informed that there is a distribution that was distributed when he / she was absent. Then, the absentee performs an operation on the input device 11b for selecting and printing the distribution distributed when he / she is absent. According to the operation, the distribution material printing unit 34 reads the image data of the selected distribution material from the storage device 25 or the like, and prints the distribution material on the printing device 22 based on the read image data of the distribution material.

  As described above, according to the above-described embodiment, the seating chart printing unit 32 generates a seating chart sheet having check mark columns arranged corresponding to the users of the user group in the seat layout of the predetermined user group. Printing is performed by the printing device 21. The attendance specifying unit 33 reads the image of the seating chart sheet after the attendance entry in the check mark column by the image reading device 23, and specifies the number of attendees for each seat row in the seating chart sheet. The distribution material printing unit 34 prints the distribution material for each seat row by the printing device 21 while sorting the number of copies corresponding to the number of attendees specified for the seat row.

  As a result, a specific user such as a teacher can go to each student's seat for each seat row, holding the seating sheet after attendance, and distribute the distribution to only the attendees for each seat row. Therefore, a specific user such as a teacher can distribute the distribution while checking the attendees and absentees on the seating chart sheet.

  Various changes and modifications to the above-described embodiment will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Such changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the subject matter and without diminishing its intended advantages. That is, such changes and modifications are intended to be included within the scope of the claims.

  The present invention is applicable to an image forming apparatus such as a multifunction machine.

32 Seating Chart Printing Department 33 Attendance Identification Part 34 Distribution Print Department

Claims (3)

A seating chart printing unit that prints a seating chart sheet having a check mark column arranged corresponding to a user of the user group in a seat layout of a predetermined group of users with a printing device;
An image of the seating chart sheet after the attendance entry for the check mark field is read by an image reading device, and an attendance specifying part that identifies the number of attendees for each seat row in the seating chart sheet,
For each seat row, a distribution material printing unit that prints a distribution material on the printing device while sorting the number of copies corresponding to the number of attendees specified for the seat row;
An image forming apparatus comprising:   The distribution printing unit sorts the number of copies corresponding to the number of attendees specified for the seat row, for each of the seat rows specified from the check mark column arrangement in the image of the seating chart sheet. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the distribution is printed by the printing apparatus. A template acquisition unit that reads an image of the seating chart sheet template with the image reading device and stores the read image data of the seating chart sheet template in a predetermined internal or external storage device;
The seating chart printing unit reads the image data from the storage device, prints the seating chart sheet on the printing apparatus based on the image data,
The attendance specifying unit compares the read image of the seating chart sheet and the image of the seating chart sheet template, and specifies the number of attendees for each seat row,
The image forming apparatus according to claim 1.

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