JP2755085B2 - Man-hour printing device for time recorder - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a time recorder in which an employee inserts a time card individually and the actual time stamps of attending and leaving work as normal printing. The present invention relates to a time clock input man-hour printing device provided with a function of counting time.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a manager or the like grasps the number of people, that is, the number of man-hours during a certain time period, the work schedule of an employee or the like is conventionally known as a work schedule, a so-called shift table and an employee. A method of calculating input man-hours while observing the actual employment status is usually adopted. Some of the input man-hour data are printed out by accumulating a predetermined period and using a dedicated machine such as a process management machine.

[0003]

Today, the work styles of employees and the like at each business office and the like are diversified due to the increase in part-timers and part-time workers, so that man-hour management becomes extremely troublesome. I have. However, especially in small-scale business establishments, to introduce a large dedicated machine as used conventionally, a dedicated operator is required, installation space must be secured, and cost increases. It is very difficult.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to use a time clock which does not require a dedicated machine such as a process control machine, and performs actual clocking in and out of work. It is possible to visually print out the input man-hours according to desired conditions on a time card used for the time clock or a card having substantially the same shape as the time card, and it is possible to easily manage man-hours without requiring excessive introduction cost. An object of the present invention is to provide an input man-hour printing device in a time clock that can be used.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention is to send an inserted time card to a predetermined printing position by a card feeding means and to print the time card on the card as a normal print by the printing means. Assuming a time clock in which employees and others individually enter and leave work, the man-hour counting mode for counting the input man-hours of working hours of employees and the like from the normal printing mode for performing the normal printing described above. Mode setting means for switching and setting, personal attribute information memory for accumulating actual stamping data of each individual such as an employee, input means for inputting counting conditions such as a period to be counted, and the personal attribute information A stamping information memory for storing actual stamping data of each person who enters the counting condition set by the input means from the memory; A man-hour calculating means for summing up man-hours and calculating as an average input man-hour for each time zone, and a data converting means for converting the calculated average input man-hour into visual data which can be printed out, and the converted Visual data of man-hours is printed and output by the printing means for each time zone on the time card sent to the time recorder by the card feeding means or on a card having substantially the same shape as the card. The present invention proposes an input man-hour printing device in a time clock.

Further, the present invention proposes a configuration in which the data conversion means in the above-described configuration includes numerical data conversion means for converting, as visual data, numerical data of man-hours for each time zone.

Further, the present invention proposes a configuration in which the data conversion means includes a graph data conversion means for converting visual data into graphed data for each time zone.

[0008]

According to the configuration of the present invention, in the time recorder for performing the actual stamping of the working hours of each employee such as an employee in the normal printing mode, the man-hour counting operation is performed by switching to the man-hour counting mode by the mode setting means. Is done. When the totaling period and the totaling conditions such as work affiliation are input by the input means, the data is read from the personal attribute information memory storing the actual embossing data of each person from the embossing information memory stored according to the totaling conditions. This is calculated as an average input man-hour for each time zone by the man-hour calculation means. Then, the calculated man-hour data is converted into numerical data or graphed data divided by time zone by the data converting means,
Alternatively, both data are visually printed out together on an unused surface of a time card used for the time clock, or on a blank card having substantially the same shape as the card.

[0009]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of a time clock provided with an input man-hour printing apparatus according to the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a CP in the main body of the time clock.
U is a processing control unit, 2 is a printing unit serving as a printing means for performing printing at the printing position, such as attending and leaving work in the case of normal printing on the time card, 3 is a time card inserted into the time clock Card feeding means for feeding card to the printing position or ejecting it from the printing position, 4 is a keyboard part which is an input means for performing various numerical settings and mode setting operations to be described later by manual operation, and 5 is embossing. A display unit 6 serves as a display unit for visually indicating the time, operation state, and the like, and 6 is a clock stepping unit that adds a clock function to the time clock.

Each of the above-described components is provided in a general time clock, and is the same in the present embodiment.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a card insertion detection unit which arranges an optical sensor such as a photo sensor at a card insertion slot of a time clock and sends a detection signal to the processing control unit 1 when a time card passes through the sensor position to insert the card. Is notified, the card feeding unit 3 is started via the processing control unit 1, and a card printing operation is performed. Reference numeral 8 denotes a card front / back detection unit which determines the front / back state of the card inserted into the card insertion slot. For example, similarly to the above, an optical sensor is used and arranged on both sides of the card insertion path, while the two corners of the insertion end of the card are formed by cutting out one corner of the card, or As shown in FIG. 2, a mark 8a is provided, the other corner is left as it is, and the front and back of the card are determined by the presence or absence of detection of a corresponding sensor and the difference in detection timing when the card is inserted. One month work,
When the normal printing of leaving is performed on one side of the card, if the card is inserted in a state opposite to the normal printing side of the card, this is discriminated and a detection signal is sent to the processing control unit 1 to send the detection signal to the processing control unit 1. The card is ejected by the feeding unit 3. In the normal state of the card surface, the card is fed to the printing position as it is. On the other hand, in the case of a double-sided type in which normal printing is performed by changing the front and back of the card every half month, the detection signal is sent to the processing control section 1 and collated by the clock stepping section 6, and the front and back of the card are checked on the 15th day of the month. The card feeding unit 3 is controlled via the processing signal control unit 1 so as to prompt switching.

The above two detectors 7 and 8 are also provided in a normal time clock, and are the same in the present embodiment, so that further description is omitted.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a memory unit, which stores personal attribute information memory 10a for storing the embossed data for each employee when the employee or the like normally prints the working hours of going and leaving the work, The embossing information memory 10b stores embossing data of each employee or the like as data for calculation according to a certain totaling period such as a month unit, the total number of persons to be totaled, and totaling conditions such as affiliation or work style. And

Numeral 11 denotes a mode setting section serving as mode setting means, which switches the time recorder from the normal printing mode to the man-hour counting mode, or to the normal printing mode again after the man-hour counting is completed. In switching to the man-hour counting mode, in this embodiment, a setting operation is performed by a key operation of the keyboard unit 4, a counting condition such as a counting period is input, and this input signal is transmitted from the mode setting unit 11 to the processing control unit 1. Is read from the embossing information memory 10b.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a man-hour calculating unit which forms man-hour calculating means.
Based on the data read from the embossing information memory 10b, the input man-hours are totaled in accordance with the totaling condition and calculated as the average input man-hour for each time zone. To calculate the average input man-hours, assign and add the total man-hours of the persons to be counted who worked for each time slot for one month, and calculate the average man-hours by dividing this addition total by the number of target days in the counting period. Made in.
In this case, if you are working for at least one minute in each time zone,
It is counted as one man-hour.

Reference numeral 13 denotes a data conversion unit which serves as data conversion means, and converts the average input man-hour calculated by the man-hour calculation unit 12 into visual data which can be printed out by the printing unit 2. The data-to-data conversion unit 13 includes numerical data conversion means 13a for converting numerical data into man-hours for each time zone as visual data, and graph data conversion means 13b for converting the calculated man-hours into graphed data.

Any of the above data conversion means 13a, 13
b, the printing unit 2 and the card feeding unit 3 via the processing control unit 1
, While sending the totaling card inserted into the time clock, each time zone (0:00, 1:00,..., 23) divided into printing stages along the feeding direction.
), Visual data corresponding to the average input man-hour is printed.

Reference numeral 14 denotes a card suitability detection unit which determines whether or not the tallying card inserted in the man-hour tallying mode is unused. The card suitability detection unit is also constructed by arranging an optical sensor in the card insertion passage of the time clock, and determines whether or not the card is unused, that is, whether or not the card is in a blank state where the total data can be printed on the printing surface. As for the counting card, the back side of the time card used for normal printing can be used if only one side is used for normal printing. Alternatively, a blank card having substantially the same format and size as the time card may be used. However, when using a normal time card, to avoid the one currently in use,
Since it is necessary to check this, it is necessary to make a determination by the card suitability detector 14. When a time card is being used, a code mark, for example, is given on the card from the time recorder when the card is inserted at the start of use of the time card. Then, this is sent to the card suitability detector 1
By detecting the error with the sensor of No. 4, the error is determined as a used card error, this is transmitted to the card feeding unit 3 via the processing control unit 1, and the inserted card is ejected. Also, the operator is notified from the display unit 5 to prompt the user to insert the card, and again,
The suitability of the card is determined, and when it is determined that the card can be used, the card feeding unit 3 is operated and the printing unit 2 sequentially performs man-hour printing.

FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of a card in which the average input man-hours totaled by the input man-hour printing device of the present invention are printed out for each time zone. As shown in the drawing, time zones are sequentially printed in the left area 15 of each printing stage along the card feeding direction, and correspondingly, the average input man-hours corresponding to each time zone are numerically printed in the right area 16 respectively. I have. Further, in the central area 17 according to each time zone, graph data in which the input man-hours are developed in a bar graph shape with (+) and (*) symbols are printed.

For the time display of the time zone, for example, "0
The hour indicates a time range from 0:00 to 0:59:59, and the same applies to other time displays. The displayed man-hours are the average value per day calculated by adding the man-hours entering each time zone for the totaling period for all persons to be totaled and dividing this by the number of target days in the totaling period as described above, that is, the average input man-hours It is. In the example of FIG. 2, the totaling period is one month, and the totaling target person is the entire case. If the totaling period is one day, the man-hour is a real number.

In this example, the graph data is printed by a half-width (+) sign with two man-hours as one unit for up to 50 persons.
In the case where the number of persons exceeds the limit, 50,100 persons are printed with (*) symbols, and the remaining man-hours are printed with (+) symbols. As a result, even if the graph data varies, the data can be sufficiently contained within the limited printing width, and the size of the man-hour can be visually grasped more clearly.

Incidentally, as shown in the card printing example of FIG.
When printing the total man-hours, the time display of each time zone is displayed in the area 15 together with the printing of the man-hour data.
The range of the person to be counted and the like are simultaneously printed by the printing unit 2 in the upper area 18 of the card.

As described above, in the embodiment of the present invention, a configuration is shown in which the data conversion unit 13 is provided with both the numerical data conversion means 13a and the graph data conversion means 13b so that the total man-hour data can be printed out on the card as numerical values and graphs. However, the present invention also includes a configuration in which the data conversion unit 13 includes only one of the conversion units 13a and 13b and outputs only one of a numerical value and a graph. Fig. 2
As shown in the example of card printing, the display format assigned to each printing stage along the card feeding direction is advantageous in that the printing output is easy and that it is easy to grasp visually. However, the present invention is not limited to this display format, and other formats such as displaying a pie chart and printing out numerical data around the pie chart are also possible.

Next, referring to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a series of tally operations in the man-hour tally mode in the above-described embodiment of the present invention will be described.

In FIG. 3, the operator of the manager selects the man-hour counting mode by operating the keys of the keyboard unit 4 by the mode setting unit 11 at step 20. Although different from the embodiment, a configuration in which a rotary key switch is provided and the mode is set by the switch insertion operation instead of the key input may be used. In the previous step 20, the processing control section 1 detects the current operation mode based on the signal from the mode setting section 11, and in step 21, checks whether or not the man-hour counting mode is set. A setting error is notified from 5 and the operator is again urged to make a switching setting in the mode setting unit 11 by operating a key of the keyboard unit 4.

In the case of the man-hour counting mode, the next step 22
In step 23, the user enters the designated totaling period to be totaled and the totaling conditions for the range of totaling persons (all, affiliation, work, etc.). The input operation is performed by a key operation of the keyboard unit 4, and the necessary totaling conditions are displayed on the display unit 5, and the input operation proceeds in an interactive manner.

The input signal of the tallying condition is collated by the processing control unit 1 with the embossing information memory 10b of the memory unit 10, and it is checked at step 24 whether or not the tallyable period is reached.
If a period during which no embossed data is held is specified in b, the processing control unit 1 determines that an input error has occurred, and in step 25, notifies the display unit 5 of the input error of the totaling period, and again displays the totalizing period. Return to waiting for input.

If the input totaling period is the totalable period, the processing control unit 1 determines in step 26 that the card insertion detecting unit 7
Check the presence / absence of card insertion based on the signal from If a card has not been inserted, the processing control unit 1 checks in step 27 whether or not the man-hour counting mode has been canceled. Mode setting unit 1 cancels the tact counting mode
The processing control unit 1 detects the cancellation based on signals from these units 4 and 11.

When the man-hour counting mode is cancelled, the process ends. If the card has not been cancelled, the presence or absence of a card is checked again at step 26, and if the card insertion is confirmed, the flow proceeds to the subsequent flowchart shown in FIG.

In FIG. 4, at step 28, the processing control unit 1
Activates the card feeder 3 to draw the card into the time clock. In step 29, the processing control unit 1 checks the card insertion direction of the drawn card based on a signal from the card front / back detection unit 8.

If the card is not inserted in the normal direction, the processing control section 1 causes the card feeding section 3 to execute step 3.
0, the card is ejected, and at step 31, the display unit 5
A card insertion error is further displayed and notified, the card insertion is prompted again, and the process returns to step 26.

When it is confirmed that the card has been inserted in the normal direction, the processing control section 1 checks the presence or absence of a code based on a signal from the card suitability detecting section 14 in step 32. Thus, when the code is detected, it is determined that the card is in use, and the processing control section 1 ejects the card by the card feeding section 3 in step 33 as a card error, and displays the used card error in the display section 5 in step 34. Is displayed to inform the user that the new card is to be inserted again, and the process returns to step 26.

When an unused card is confirmed, in step 35, the processing control section 1 reads the embossing data corresponding to the counting condition from the embossing information memory 10b. In step 36, the processing control unit 1 adds the man-hours worked by the person to be counted for each time period by the man-hour calculation unit 12 based on the read data of the day to be counted in the counting period. Divide by the target number of days to calculate the average input man-hour.

At step 37, the calculated average input man-hour is calculated by the numerical data conversion unit 1 of the data conversion unit 13.
3a is converted into numerical data that can be printed out by the printing unit 2. Subsequently, in step 38, the data conversion unit 1
3 is converted into graph data that can be printed out by the printing unit 2 by the graph data conversion means 13b. Then, in step 39, the processing controller 1 sends the card feeder 3 and the printer 2
And prints out the numerical data and graph data of the average input man-hours converted by the data conversion means 13a and 13b at a predetermined print position on the card.

When the printing of the total data is completed in this way, in step 40, the processing control section 1 ejects the card by the card feeding section 3 and ends the processing.

In a series of operations in the man-hour counting mode described above, if the data conversion unit 13 is provided with, for example, only the numerical data conversion means 13a, there is no graph data conversion step 38, and after the numerical data conversion in step 37 Immediately in step 39, the man-hour is printed out.

[0037]

As described above, in the input man-hour printing apparatus of the time recorder according to the present invention, the printing means and the card feeding means which are built in the time recorder for performing normal printing such as working hours, etc. for printing out the input man-hours. Can be performed using the printing unit and card feeding unit already provided in the time clock, and the printing and launching of the input man-hours is the same as printing on a normal time card, only by setting the man-hour counting mode. The card insertion operation can be performed easily and quickly, and the total man-hour data is represented by numerical data for each time zone, and furthermore, it is represented by graphed data in an extremely easy-to-understand manner. Eliminates the need for large-scale dedicated machines and operators for man-hour tallying work. Without taking place with not require excessive installation costs in small offices in such Sutoran, etc. can be performed easily man-hour management exhibits various effects.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram of an embodiment of a time clock provided with an input man-hour printing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view showing an embodiment of a card in which the average input man-hour is printed out by numerical data and graph data by time slot by the input man-hour printing device in the time recorder of the present invention.

FIG. 3 shows the first half of a flowchart of a man-hour counting mode in the embodiment of the input man-hour printing device in the time clock of the present invention.

FIG. 4 shows the latter half of the flowchart following FIG. 3;

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 processing control unit 11 mode setting unit 12 man-hour operation unit 13 data conversion unit 14 card suitability detection unit

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. An inserted time card is sent to a predetermined printing position by a card feeding means, and an employee or the like individually performs actual stamping on and off the work as normal printing on the card by the printing means. In the time recorder, the mode setting means for switching from the normal printing mode for performing the normal printing to the man-hour counting mode for counting the man-hours input for the working hours of employees and the like, A personal attribute information memory for accumulating actual stamping data; input means for inputting a totaling condition such as a period to be totalized; and an actual hitting of each person who enters the totaling condition set by the input means from the personal attribute information memory. A stamping information memory for accumulating time data, and the input man-hours are totaled from the stamping information memory according to the totaling conditions, and the average input man-hours for each time zone are calculated. Means for calculating the number of man-hours to be output, and data conversion means for converting the calculated average input man-hours into visual data that can be printed out. The visual data of the converted man-hours is sent to the time recorder by the card sending means. Wherein the printing means prints out the time card or a card having substantially the same shape as the card sent by the printing means for each time zone. 2. An input man-hour printing apparatus in a time recorder according to claim 1, wherein said data converting means includes numerical data converting means for converting, as visual data, numerical data of man-hours for each time zone. 3. An input man-hour printing apparatus in a time recorder according to claim 1, wherein said data conversion means includes graph data conversion means for converting the visual data into graphed data for each time zone.