JP3168536B2 - Copy paper - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method in which a copy material such as carbon for copying is applied to the back of a sheet, and the contents written on the front side of the sheet are copied onto a sheet placed under the sheet. Associated with a copy sheet adapted to be used.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Test result entry forms used in hospitals, clinics and other medical institutions (hereinafter referred to as "test forms")
There is a paper in which carbon for copying is applied as a copying material on the back side of the paper so that the contents entered on the top paper can be directly copied to the second and subsequent papers.

FIG. 8 shows an example of a conventionally used inspection sheet. Inspection sheet 81 shown in FIG.
A hospital name entry field 82, a personal information entry field 83 for entering personal information of the patient and the person undergoing the examination, an office information entry field 84 for entering office-related matters such as the department name and the type of insurance, A medical data description column 85 in which past medical data is described, and a test result entry column 86 in which the result of a test (eg, a blood test) performed this time is described are provided. The inspection result entry column 86 is actually color-coded for easy viewing according to the type of inspection. Inspection result entry field 8
A large number of check boxes 86 ₁ printed together with numbers in 6 are fields for a doctor or the like to enter a check-mark as described later.

[0004] The inspection paper 81 shown in FIG. 8 is actually a stack of three sheets 91, 92 and 93 as shown in FIG. 9, and the inspection paper 81 in FIG. 5 shows the contents of the topmost sheet 91 of FIG. In FIG.
Although the three sheets 91, 92, and 93 are shown separated from each other, when a doctor or the like actually writes the test results, the three sheets are adhered to each other at the left end portion. ,
These can be easily separated. In addition, there are inspection sheets for four-sheet copying and five-sheet copying.

[0005] Of the three sheets 91, 92 and 93, the top sheet 91 is a sheet (entry sheet) on which a doctor directly writes an examination result with a check mark or the like. The middle sheet 92 is a sheet (copy sheet) on which the same contents as those written on the entry sheet 91 are printed for storage or the like. The lowermost sheet 93 is a reading sheet for reading a check mark with an optical mark reader (OMR) or the like, and detailed items such as an entry sheet 91 and a copy sheet 92 are not printed. Is merely provided. The reading paper 93 is finally collected by a company that specializes in inspection and the like (hereinafter, referred to as “inspection company”), and is read by an OMR (Optical Ma
rk Reader), the test results are totaled, and the results are fed back to a hospital or the like.

[0006] Entry sheet 91 and copy sheet 92 shown in FIG.
Are coated with carbon for copying, respectively, and when a doctor writes something in a predetermined column of an entry form 91, it is copied as it is to a copy form 92 and a reading form 93.
Is copied to The copy carbon applied to the back surfaces of the entry sheet 91 and the copy sheet 92 is, for example, blue or black. As a result, the copy sheet 92, the read sheet 9
3, a check mark is copied in blue or black.

[0007]

The entry form 9
The shape of the check mark to be filled in 1 is strictly different depending on the habit of the person who fills the mark. However, since the reading sheet 93 is automatically read by the OMR and the presence or absence of the check mark is determined by an image processing method, although there is a certain tolerance, the reading sheet 93 is not used.
It is necessary to fill the form correctly to some extent. FIG. 10A shows a mark correctly written in a predetermined check mark copy field of the reading sheet 93. In practice, however, such a mark is rarely written correctly. For example, FIG. In various manners, such as b), (c), and (d), the information is randomly written.

FIG. 10B, FIG. 10C, and FIG.
When it is filled in as shown in (d), the reading form 93 is also displayed.
A similar check mark is duplicated. However, if a check mark written in this manner is applied to the OMR, the recognition rate is greatly reduced. For this reason, in the past, when an inspector collected the inspection paper, the person in charge checked the inspection paper at a glance and checked whether the check mark was correctly entered. Then, for the inspection sheet determined to be recognizable by the human eyes but not by the OMR, the person in charge re-enters the check mark correctly from the entry sheet 91 again based on the entry contents. An operation called "remark" was being performed. For this reason, the burden on the inspector is large, and the work efficiency is poor, which has been a factor that hinders a reduction in the cost required for the inspection.

The present invention has been made on the basis of the above circumstances, and a plurality of sheets, such as medical examination sheets, are superimposed on each other, and a check mark written on the upper sheet by a copy material such as a copy material carbon. Can be made to automatically determine the presence or absence of a check mark at a high recognition rate even if the check mark written on the upper sheet of the copy sheet copied on the lower sheet is somewhat messy. The purpose is to provide copy paper.

[0010]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a copy sheet according to the present invention, wherein the back side of each sheet is opposed to the front side of the sheet disposed immediately below the corresponding sheet. A plurality of sheets are stacked and arranged so that the content written on the front side of a certain sheet (entry sheet) is copied to the front side of a predetermined sheet below the back side of the sheet immediately above the predetermined sheet. A check mark entry field in which a check mark is entered in an item selected by a writer from a plurality of items provided on the entry sheet, wherein the first copy material is applied to the copy sheet. In a plurality of copy sheets provided on the front side of the entry sheet corresponding to
The first copy material is applied to a first application area corresponding to a portion of the sheet where the check mark entry column is provided, and adjacent first application areas are arranged at intervals. And, further, around the first application area,
Apply a second copy material of a different color from the first copy material
And a second application region .

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the second application region is adjacent to the second application region.
The regions are arranged at intervals . According to a third aspect, the invention of claim 1 or 2, wherein, small among the sheets in said blank form by Rimoshita
At least one piece has a check mark using optical means.
It is an optical reading sheet for automatically detecting absence .

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first, second or third aspect of the present invention, the copy sheet is related to a medical practice.
It is characterized by including a series of contents .

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an enlarged view of two adjacent check boxes of copy paper according to the first embodiment. FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of an apparatus (hereinafter, referred to as an "OMR apparatus") that performs a process of reading check marks from a read sheet and finally totaling inspection results. Note that items described on the front side of the copy sheet of this embodiment are essentially the same as those shown in FIG.

Although only two adjacent check boxes 11 are shown in FIG. 1, when the copy sheet of the present embodiment is applied to a medical examination sheet similar to FIG. 8, the same check box as FIG. A large number of boxes 11 are arranged over the entire sheet. However, it is desirable that the interval between adjacent check boxes be slightly wider than that shown in FIG. 8, as shown in FIG.

The check box 11 shown in FIG. 1 indicates a copy sheet to be placed at the top of a plurality of copy sheets which are overlapped and have an end bonded. The number of sheets to be stacked can be arbitrarily determined as needed within a range that can be copied with normal writing pressure.
The purpose of using each sheet is arbitrary. However, the reading paper for automatically reading the check mark by the OMR device is usually placed at the bottom.
The check box 11 shown in FIG. 1 is located at the same position from the second sheet to the lowermost read sheet.

In the OMR apparatus shown in FIG. 2, as the image reading section 21, a scanner or the like that automatically feeds a read sheet and reads an image with a line sensor can be used. However, an optical sensor provided in a plane may be used. The image processing unit 22 digitizes the image data read by the image reading unit 21 into, for example, 256 gradations, binarizes the data with a predetermined threshold value,
Further, processing such as labeling is performed. The mark recognition unit 23
For example, if the check mark portion is set to be black, count the number of pixels corresponding to black,
It is determined whether or not there is a mark in each check mark copy field (read paper field corresponding to the check box) based on whether or not this exceeds a predetermined number. The inspection result totaling unit 24 totalizes the results for each paper, and also totals the results of a certain number of inspection papers for each hospital and each due date, for example, and performs recording on a recording medium and printout.

The image processing section 22, mark recognition section 23, and inspection result totaling section 24 in FIG. 2 can be actually realized as a computer program running on a personal computer or the like. In FIG. 1, a dashed line drawn slightly larger than the check box 11 around the check box 11 indicates the outer periphery of the area 12 where the copying carbon as the copying material is applied to the back surface of the entry sheet. That is, in the present embodiment, unlike the conventional copy sheet, the copy carbon is not applied to the entire back surface of the entry sheet, but is applied only to the portion where the check box exists on the front side of the entry sheet. Apply. Hereinafter, this is referred to as “application region”. As shown in FIG. 1, the area of each application region 12 is substantially the same as or slightly larger than the area of the corresponding check box. In the present embodiment, for example, black or blue copying carbon is applied to the application area 12.

As shown in FIG. 1, instead of applying the copying carbon to the entire back surface of the entry sheet, the copying carbon is applied only to the application area 12 where the check box 11 is provided on the front side. An area 13 where no copying carbon is applied is provided between adjacent application areas 12. Therefore, the interval between adjacent check boxes 11 is set to be slightly wider than that shown in FIG. 8, as shown in FIG. By setting the application area of the copying carbon in this way , the following effects can be obtained.

FIG. 3 shows a check box 11 for an entry form.
Shows various types of check marks to be entered in the table. FIG. 3 (a) shows the most common correctly filled checkmarks, while FIGS. 3 (b)-(f) show various aspects of inappropriate checkmarks. In other words, FIGS. 3B, 3C, and 3D show the case where the check mark largely protrudes from the check box 11, and FIG. 3E shows a circle inside the check box 11. FIG. 3F shows a case where a plurality of vertically continuous check boxes are grouped together and checked with one line.

When a physician at a medical site writes a check mark on an examination sheet, the physician often has to fill in a large number of examination sheets in a short period of time, so that FIGS. 3B to 3F are often used. A check mark with a messy or peculiar habit as shown in FIG. With conventional copy paper, copy carbon was applied to the entire back surface of each paper, or the entire specified entry field,
When a check mark as shown in FIGS. 3B to 3F is entered, it is copied as it is on the sheet below it, and a similar mark is also copied in the mark copy field of the bottom reading sheet. Will be.

When the read sheet is applied to the OMR apparatus shown in FIG. 2, the image processing section 22 of the OMR apparatus first looks at the entire read sheet and determines whether there is any unnecessary description in a portion other than the check box. . For this reason, FIG.
If a random check mark or a habitual check mark as shown in (b) to (f) is entered, it is determined that there is an entry in a place that should not be entered, and the determination of the presence or absence of the mark is stopped. Even if the paper is removed or the determination is continued, the probability of making an erroneous determination becomes very high, and as a result, the OMR recognition rate decreases. Therefore, if there is a read sheet on which such a messy check mark or a habitual check mark is copied, the operator performs the above-mentioned remark work to check whether the check mark is written or not. In the case where a check mark has been entered, it is necessary to perform a remark operation in which a correct check mark as shown in FIG.

[0022] In contrast, as shown in FIG. 1, and that the applying copying Carbon check box 11 on the front side is only coating region 1 2 provided, the copying between the application region and the application region Region 13 not coated with carbon
Is provided, even when the check mark is entered as shown in FIGS. 3A to 3F, the check mark to be copied on the read sheet is as shown in FIGS. 4A to 4F, respectively. That, and the correct check mark in FIG. 3 (a), the check mark is entered only in the coating region 1 2 as shown in FIG. 3 (e), respectively Figure 4 (a),
As shown in (e), it is copied almost as it is. Also,
With respect to the check marks as shown in FIGS. 3B, 3C, and 3D, as shown in FIGS. 4B, 4C, and 4D, portions that greatly extend from the check box 11 are cut off.
Only the part written in the application area 12 corresponding to the check box 11 is copied. Further, one line as shown in FIG. 3 (f) is divided for each coating region 1 2 as shown FIG. 4 (f), the only portions corresponding to the respective check boxes are copied.

As shown in FIGS. 4 (a) to 4 (f), the read copy paper is set on an OMR device to automatically determine the presence or absence of a check mark. The reading recognition rate is greatly improved as compared with a case where carbon for copying is applied to the entire specified entry field. Therefore, the necessity of the remark operation is greatly reduced, the operation efficiency is improved, and the cost is reduced.

[0024] The coating checkbox 11 is provided to apply the copy for carbon front region 1 2
The following additional effects can also be expected by using only. That is, by informing a doctor or the like who fills in a check mark on site that the copy paper is applied only to a portion where the check box 11 is provided as shown in FIG. Awareness of filling in can be raised.
Thereby, it is considered that the overall quality of the check mark is improved, which leads to a further improvement in the recognition rate of the automatic reading.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of two adjacent check boxes of copy paper according to the second embodiment.
In the figure, the same parts as those in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals to clarify the effect. As in the case of FIG. 1, the check box 11 indicates a copy sheet which is placed on the top of a plurality of copy sheets composed of a plurality of sheets stacked and bonded at the ends. The position corresponds to a predetermined check mark copy field of the reading paper placed at the bottom.

In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, a second coating region 14 (the outer periphery thereof is indicated by a dashed line) outside a coating region 1 2 (this is referred to as a “first coating region”).
Is provided. The second color copy Carbon applied to the coating region 14, and a different color, for example red and black or blue for copying carbon is coated on the first coating region 1 2. Further, between adjacent second application areas 14, an area 13 where no copying carbon is applied is provided as in the first embodiment.

[0027] As in FIG. 5, the first outer coating region 1 2 coated with black or blue for copying carbon, by providing the second coating region 14 is further coated with a red copy Carbon, The following effects can be obtained. FIG. 6 shows a mode of a check mark rarely entered by a doctor at a medical site, that is, a check mark in which a circle is entered so as to surround the check box 11. Such a check mark indicates that the first application area 1 2
When the OMR apparatus automatically recognizes the check mark, it is not possible to correctly recognize that the check mark is written if the copy paper of only the first application area 12 is used.

[0028] In contrast, in the present embodiment, on the outer side of the first coating region 12, by further providing the second application area 14, as shown in FIG. 7, the first coating region 1 2 Most of the contents of the entry that greatly protrudes from the paper are copied onto the reading paper by the red copying carbon applied to the second application area 14. Since the carbon for copying applied to the second application area 14 is red, the reading paper is marked with a slight black or blue color by the first application area and a red color indicating most of the check marks. Is copied.

As in this embodiment, the first coating region 12
In the case where the second application area 14 coated with a different color of carbon for copying (red or black) than the color of carbon for copying (black or blue) is provided, the image reading unit 21 shown in FIG. It is assumed that a color scanner capable of distinguishing the two colors is used, and that the image processing unit 22 can recognize the difference between these colors. By doing so, for example, at first, only the black or blue color by the first application area is recognized, so that the same effect as that of the first embodiment described above, that is, not only in the check box 11, but also Even if a check mark having a portion that largely deviates from the mark is entered, it can be correctly recognized as a check mark.

In addition, in the present embodiment, even when a check mark as shown in FIG. 6 is entered, for example, only red is recognized by the image processing section 22 and the image of FIG. 7 is displayed on the screen of the personal computer. By displaying the information, for example, the operator can check on the screen of the personal computer whether there is anything written around the original check box. In this case, not only the red part of FIG. 7 but also a black or blue part can be displayed together.

The copy sheet of the present embodiment is useful in the following case. Mutually close together, for example, if a medical examination form has a check mark in a check box for one item, the check box for the other related item must also be checked. There may be items related to. However, it is assumed that the report from the inspection result totaling unit 24 has revealed that one of these two items has a check mark, but the other has no check mark. However, when using copy paper in which only the check box 11 is coated with the copy carbon as in the first embodiment, the writer is
Even if a check mark as shown in FIG. 6 is written around the check box, it cannot be confirmed.

On the other hand, in the case of the inspection paper to which the copy paper of the present embodiment is applied, if a check mark that greatly protrudes the check box 11 as shown in FIG. If the personal computer is instructed to display only the portion, the image is displayed on the screen of the personal computer.
Thus, the operator confirms that the entrant was willing to check this checkbox.
It can be confirmed on the computer screen. Also,
When there is a check mark as shown in FIG. 6, the computer may automatically determine the presence or absence of such a check mark using an appropriate algorithm.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various changes can be made within the scope of the invention. For example, in each of the above embodiments, the present invention is applied to an examination sheet for filling in examination results in a medical institution,
The application range of the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to various fields using copy paper.

[0034]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The copy material applied to the back of the paper is applied not only to the entire back surface of the paper, but only to the application area corresponding to the check mark entry column, and the application areas are arranged at intervals so that the entry paper Even if the check mark entered in the check mark entry field is somewhat cluttered and protrudes greatly from the check mark entry field, if the optical reading sheet is placed below the entry sheet, Since the portion of the paper that has been written off the check mark entry field and is not copied is not copied, even if this optical reading paper is automatically checked by a computer or the like for the presence or absence of a check mark, it is determined with a high recognition rate. Becomes possible. For this reason, it becomes possible to omit the remark work, and as a result, the burden on the inspection company is reduced,
It is possible to provide a copy sheet capable of reducing the cost required for the inspection.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an enlarged view showing two adjacent check boxes of copy paper according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 reads a check mark from a reading sheet,
FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of an OMR apparatus that performs a process of finally totaling inspection results.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing various types of check marks to be entered in check boxes on an entry sheet.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing how each of the various check marks shown in FIGS. 3A to 3F is copied onto a reading sheet when various check marks are entered.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of two adjacent check boxes of copy paper according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a check mark which is one of inappropriate check marks and which is marked with a circle surrounding a check box.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing how a check mark with a circle is copied on a reading sheet by a red copy carbon applied to a second application area.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a conventionally used inspection sheet.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of an inspection sheet on which three sheets are stacked.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing marks entered in various forms in a predetermined entry column of a reading sheet.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Check box 12 1st application area 14 2nd application area 21 Image reading part 22 Image processing part 23 Mark recognition part 24 Inspection result total part 81 Inspection paper 82 Hospital name entry field 83 Personal information entry field 84 Office information entry field 85 Medical data entry field 86 Test result entry field 86 ₁ Check box 91 Entry paper 92 Copy paper 93 Reading paper

Continuation of the front page (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B42D 11/00 B42D 15/00 331 B42D 15/00 361 B41M 5/10 B41M 5/16 G06K 19/00

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] Claims 1. A plurality of sheets are stacked so that the back side of each sheet and the front side of a sheet placed immediately below the sheet are opposed to each other, and the contents entered on the front side of a certain sheet (entry sheet) Is a copy sheet in which a first copy material is applied to the back side of a sheet immediately above the predetermined sheet so as to be copied on the front side of the predetermined sheet below the copy sheet, and a plurality of sheets provided on the entry sheet In a copy sheet, a plurality of check mark entry fields are provided on the front side of the entry sheet corresponding to each of the items, wherein a check mark entry field in which a check mark is entered in an item selected by the entrant from the items of the first copy is provided. The material is applied to a first application area corresponding to a portion of the sheet where the check mark entry column is provided, and adjacent first application areas are arranged at intervals , and Of the first application area In circumference, the first copy
Second coating area with a second copy material of a different color
Copy paper characterized by having an area . 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second coating area is adjacent to a second coating area.
2. A copy sheet according to claim 1, wherein the cloth areas are arranged at intervals . 3. A sheet below the entry sheet.
Checkmark at least one using optical means
Optical reading paper that automatically detects the presence or absence of
Copy sheet of claim 1, wherein the. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the copy sheet is used for medical treatment.
4. A copy sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the copy sheet includes a copy sheet.