JP2577364Y2 - Cutting plotter - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cutting plotter for cutting out characters and figures from a cutting sheet or the like, and more particularly to a cutting plotter provided with a function for facilitating positioning of a sticking position.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, characters and figures cut out from a cutting sheet or the like have been widely used in window displays or the like. These cutout characters and the like are cut out manually or created using a cutting plotter controlled by a computer. The steps from creation of cutout characters to pasting are performed according to the following procedure. First, characters or the like are cut out of the cutting sheet on the surface of the cutting sheet with release paper manually or by a cutting plotter, and only the cutting sheet excluding the release paper is cut. Next, an unnecessary portion of the cutting sheet is peeled from the release paper, and a transparent application sheet is attached to a surface of characters or the like aligned on the release paper. Subsequently, when the application sheet is peeled from the release paper, the characters and the like on the release paper come into close contact with the back surface of the application sheet and are peeled off together with the application sheet. And
Apply the back side of the application sheet to the target position of the application place, rub the surface of the application sheet with a squeegee etc. to adhere the cutout characters etc. to the application place, then peel off the application sheet from the cutout characters etc. and paste it Ends.

[0003]

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] When a cutout character or the like closely attached to the back surface of an application sheet is attached to a target position, positioning is performed while visually checking the cutout character or the like from the surface of the transparent application sheet. Depending on the shape of the drawn figure or the like, it may be difficult to grasp the horizontal and vertical postures. Therefore, there is a problem in the workability of the sticking operation, and when the sticking is performed while being displaced from the target posture, the display effect is reduced. In addition, it is not easy to peel off the cutting sheet that has been pasted once from the pasting place, and to paste it again exactly at the target position.If the pasting position is incorrect, it may be necessary to create a new cutout figure etc. Yes, waste time, money and effort.

[0004] Therefore, it is easy to grasp the posture and the pasting position of the cutout figures and the like arranged on the back surface of the application sheet, to prevent the sticking position from being erroneous, and there is a possibility of generating waste in the creation and the pasting work of the cutout figures and the like. In addition to solving these problems, a technical problem to be solved arises in order to improve the efficiency of the sticking operation, and the present invention aims to solve the problem.

[0005]

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, a cutting tool is mounted on a cutter head, and the cutter tool cuts out characters and figures from a sheet material of a cutting sheet with release paper. In the plotter, the reference mark data arranged in parallel to the four points of upper, lower, left and right of the cutout area is stored in the storage unit of the cutout control unit, and input data such as characters and figures are combined with the reference mark data to cut out. The present invention proposes a cutting plotter having a means for generating data.

[0006]

In the cutting plotter according to the present invention, reference mark data to be arranged at four points in the upper, lower, left, and right directions of the cutout area is stored in the storage of the cutout controller. When data such as characters and figures are input, the cutout data generating means of the cutout control unit combines the input data with the reference mark data to generate cutout data in which reference marks are arranged at the top, bottom, left, and right of the input character. . When the cutting of the cutting sheet is executed, characters, graphics and reference marks are developed on the cutting sheet according to the cut data. Unnecessary sheet parts are peeled off from the cutting sheet, and the characters, figures and fiducial marks are transferred to the back of the application sheet, so that the characters, figures and fiducial marks that are aligned at the time of the cutout are pasted to the target location. be able to. At the time of pasting, the left and right inclination postures and the like of the character and the figure can be grasped by the reference marks arranged in parallel at the four points of the character row of the character and the figure, and the pasting position can be easily determined.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a control block diagram of the cutting plotter, and reference numeral 1 is a CPU. Data such as characters input to the CPU 1 from the keyboard device 2 or the host computer via the input interface 3 and the input / output control device 4 is transmitted to the display unit 6 such as an LCD via the display unit driving circuit
At the same time, the cut-out data generating means 1a of the CPU 1 converts the cut-out data into an outline vector data of a font, a character size, and a character interval according to the input data by a cut-out data expanding program in the ROM 7 or an external storage device (not shown). The reference mark data described later is added and stored in the RAM 8.

When a cut-out execution command is input from the keyboard device 2 to the CPU 1, the CPU 1 controls the X-axis motor drive circuit 9, the Y-axis motor drive circuit 10, and the Z-axis actuator drive circuit 11, which are the cut-out mechanism, according to the cut-out data. , The X-axis motor 12, the Y-axis motor 13, and the Z-axis actuator 14 are driven. Although not shown, the X-axis motor 12 moves the cutting sheet mounted on the cutting plotter back and forth in the X-axis direction, and the Y-axis motor 13 controls the tool head that engages with the Y-axis guide rail of the cutting plotter. It is formed to move along the Y-axis guide rail. The tool holder mounted on the tool head so as to be movable up and down is a Z-axis actuator 1
4, the cutter mounted on the tool holder is moved in the X-Y direction with respect to the cutting sheet and Z is moved.
The vertical movement in the axial direction is controlled, the line segment corresponding to the vector line segment of the cutout data is cut, and the characters and figures of the set dimensions and the set font and the reference mark are cut out.

The ROM 7 contains the data shown in FIGS. 2A, 2B and 2C.
The four types of reference mark data shown in (d) are stored, and the respective reference mark data (a) (b) (c) (d)
Is set with unique attribute information corresponding to the format.
The reference mark data (a), (b), (c), and (d) are selectively read out by the CPU 1 depending on whether the format of the input data is horizontal writing or vertical writing, and cutout data generated by being synthesized with the input data is stored in the RAM 8. Is stored.

As shown in FIG. 3, for example, in horizontal writing, "A
When "BC" is input, "A" which is the first digit of the first line
The reference mark (a) is written in the digit immediately before the symbol (a), and the reference mark (b) is written in the digit immediately after the last digit "C" in the first row. And in this example, the first in the last line
The reference mark of (c) is overwritten on the digit immediately before “A”, which is the digit, and the reference mark of (d) is overwritten on the digit immediately after “C”, which is the last digit of the last line. The cutout result as shown is obtained.

When the format is set to vertical writing, the reference mark data (a), (b), (c) and (d) are rotated by 90 degrees according to the attribute information, and as shown in FIG. The reference marks (a) and (c) are written in the digit immediately before the “Y” which is the digit, and the reference marks (b) and (d) are written in the digit immediately after the “Middle” which is the last digit in the first line. A mark is written.

Unnecessary portions of the cutting sheet are removed from the cut-off sheet with release paper, and the cutout characters and reference marks (a) and (b) remaining on the release paper
(C) By pressing the application sheet 15 on the surface of (d) and peeling only the release paper from the application sheet 15, the cutout characters and the reference marks (a) (b) ( c) (d) can be attached to a target place. At the time of pasting, by visually observing the mutual positional relationship of each of the reference marks (a), (b), (c), and (d), the posture of a cutout figure, a character, or the like can be accurately grasped. Then, after the cutout characters and the reference marks (a), (b), (c), and (d) are attached to the target locations, the attached reference marks (a), (b), (c), and (d) are peeled off and removed. Then, the attaching operation is completed.

The means for synthesizing the reference mark and the input data according to the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various methods can be applied. Also,
The writing position of the reference mark and the like can be arbitrarily modified. And it goes without saying that this invention extends to those modifications.

[0014]

According to the present invention, as described in detail in the above-described embodiment, reference marks are added to four points at the top, bottom, left, and right of a character string such as a character or a figure input to a cutting plotter, and cut out. When attaching the cutout graphic or the like transferred to the application sheet and the reference mark to the target location, the reference mark can be visually checked to grasp the posture such as the left and right inclination of the character row, and the sticking position can be easily determined. it can. Therefore, it becomes extremely easy to paste a figure or the like having a shape in which it is not easy to grasp the up, down, left, and right postures. This is a practically valuable device that can prevent occurrence.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the cutting plotter of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing fiducial marks.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing a cutout result of a horizontal writing format attached to a back surface of an application sheet.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a cutout result of a vertical writing format attached to a back surface of an application sheet.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 CPU 1a Cutout data generation means 2 Keyboard device 7 ROM 8 RAM 15 Application sheet

Continuation of front page (58) Field surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁶ , DB name) B26D 5/00 B26D 3/10

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A cutting plotter in which a cutter tool is mounted on a cutter head and characters and graphics are cut out from a sheet material of a cutting sheet with release paper by the cutter tool. A cutting plotter which stores reference mark data arranged in parallel to four points on the left and right sides, and includes means for generating cutout data by combining input data such as characters and figures with the reference mark data.