JP2720369B2 - Image recording device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image recording apparatus applied to, for example, a facsimile or a copying machine having an electronic file or recording means.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional electronic file has a photoelectric conversion element or the like as reading means for photoelectrically reading an image of a document, and a laser as recording means for recording the read image on an optical disk as a recording medium.

[0003]

However, in such a conventional example, it is not possible to judge whether or not the original has been read by simply looking at the original, or to determine on which optical disk the image of the original has been recorded. There's a problem.

[0004] As a result, there has been a waste that the read original is read and recorded twice and three times, or the same image is redundantly recorded on the same optical disk.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art. It is an object of the present invention to visually confirm whether or not a document has been read and, moreover, to provide a recording medium on which the document is recorded. And an image recording apparatus capable of recording an image of the same document on the same recording medium in an overlapping manner.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided an image recording apparatus comprising: reading means for reading an image of a document; and recording means for recording the read image on a recording medium. Means for assigning an identifier corresponding to the recording medium to the document, and when the identifier read by the reading means is assigned an identifier corresponding to the recording medium, the document is not recorded and the corresponding identifier is assigned. And means for controlling to record the document when not performed.

[0007]

The reading means reads the image of the document, the read image is recorded on the recording medium by the recording means, and the appending means appends an identifier corresponding to the recording medium to the document,
If the identifier of the document to be read corresponds to the recording medium, the reading means does not read the image of the document.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the dimensions, materials, shapes, relative arrangements, and the like of the components described in this embodiment are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention thereto unless otherwise specified. .

1 or 2 showing an image recording means according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1A is an external perspective view of an image recording apparatus (electronic file) to which the present invention is applied.

A display 2 is provided on the front side of the apparatus main body 1, and a function key 3 for operating the apparatus main body 1 is provided below the display 2. The deck 4 of the apparatus main body 1 is provided with a paper feed port 5.

On the other hand, a paper discharge port 6 is provided on the upper surface of the apparatus main body 1, and a paper discharge roller 7 is provided in the paper discharge port 6. Further, a disk insertion slot 8 for inserting a recording medium (optical disk, magnetic disk, etc.) 9 is provided on a side surface of the apparatus main body 1.

FIG. 1B is a block diagram showing a main circuit of a configuration provided inside the apparatus main body 1. Reference numeral 10 denotes a control unit including a CPU and the like.
A photoelectric conversion element 12) and a recording unit 11 composed of a lens, a laser, and the like are provided.

The assigning means 13 is constituted by a stamp mechanism or the like for assigning a mark as an identifier, and is activated by detection of an original detecting means 14 such as an optical sensor. The document detecting means 14 is provided near the paper feed port 5.

The mark detecting means 15 is a bar code reader or the like, and detects and reads a mark provided on a document. Reference numeral 16 denotes storage means connected to the control unit 10 for storing the mark and the position of the mark. Further, reference numeral 17 denotes discriminating means for reading the attribute of the recording medium 9, and this discriminating means 17 is also connected to the control unit 10.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, turn on the power (Step 1)
After that, the recording medium 9 is inserted into the disk insertion slot 8.
Then, the determining means 17 determines the attribute of the recording medium 9 (step 2). At this time, if the recording medium 9 is new, the control unit 10 initializes the recording medium 9 and newly sets a mark such as a unique character, numeral, bar code, etc. on the recording medium 9 (step 3). Are stored in the storage means 16 (step 4).

Further, the printing position of the mark to be added to the document 20 is set and stored at the same time. The print position of the mark is set because the mark is overlapped on the document 20 unless the position is changed when the image of the same document 20 is recorded on a different recording medium.

Next, the document detecting means 14 detects the presence or absence of the document 20 (step 5), and if there is no document 20, sets it (step 14). If there is a document 20 in step 5, the mark detecting means 15 determines whether or not the document 20 has a mark, that is, whether or not the document has been read once (step 7).

If a mark is detected, the storage means 16
Is compared with the attribute of the recording medium stored in the document (step 8), and when it is determined that the document is the same document and the same recording medium, the operation is stopped (step 6).

If no mark is detected in step 7,
If the document does not correspond to the recording medium in step 8, the document 20 is fed (step 9), and the mark is printed on the document 20 by the applying means 13 (step 10).

Next, the reading means 12 reads the image of the document by operating the function key 3 (step 11), and the image is recorded on the recording medium 9 by the recording means 11 by further operating the function key 3. (Step 12). Thereafter, the document 20 is discharged to the paper discharge port 6 (step 13).

As described above, since the mark M is attached to the document 20 to be discharged, it can be visually confirmed that the document has been read and recorded, and it is also possible to determine which recording medium 9 has been recorded. Therefore, the image of the same original 20 is not spread on the same recording medium 9.

Further, the mark is automatically read to determine whether or not the document and the recording medium correspond to each other, and if so, reading and recording of the document are automatically stopped.

Therefore, even if the operator forgets to check the mark of the original or if the original is fed too much, the above-mentioned problem can be prevented beforehand.

In the above embodiment, the mark is printed before reading the document. However, the provision means 13 is provided near the paper discharge port 6, and the mark is printed on the document after reading the document. You can also.

With this configuration, the image of the original document without any mark can be read and recorded on the recording medium, so that the quality of reading and recording is improved.

In this embodiment (particularly in FIG. 1)
Although the case where the recording medium is a sheet material has been described, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be appropriately applied to various image recording apparatuses such as a microfilm. In this case, the reading means is a camera.

[0027]

According to the present invention, since an identifier is assigned to a document, it can be visually confirmed that the document has been read and recorded, and it is also possible to determine which recording medium has been recorded. Therefore, the image of the same document is not recorded on the same recording medium.

Further, the identifier is automatically read, and it is determined whether or not the document and the recording medium correspond to each other. When the identifier corresponds, the reading of the document is automatically stopped.
Even if the operator forgets to check the identifier of the document or if the document is fed too much, the above-described problem can be prevented beforehand.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1A is an external perspective view of an electronic file according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1B is a block diagram showing a main circuit configuration of the electronic file of FIG.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation of an electronic file according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 9 recording medium 11 recording means 12 reading means 13 applying means 20 manuscript M mark (identifier)

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. An image recording apparatus comprising: reading means for reading an image on a document; and recording means for recording the read image on a recording medium.
And an original corresponding to the recording medium on the original read by the reading means.
If a separate child is granted, do not record the original,
If the corresponding identifier is not assigned,
Image recording apparatus comprising: the means for controlling to perform, further comprising a.