JP3171400U - Sticker printing device with information display - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a sticker printing apparatus with a display for displaying information, which displays various kinds of information and does not bore an operator in the time until sticker issuance. A sticker printing apparatus for creating a sticker by touching a touch panel 3 on which a selection screen corresponding to an installation place is displayed and printing a thousand company bill or a photograph / illustration, the display being installed above the printing apparatus; And a storage device that stores information and announcements of operation methods, and a central processing unit that reads information from the storage device and displays it on a display. [Selection] Figure 2

Description

  The present invention is a device that prints a sticker such as a thousand company bill by touching characters and symbols displayed on the touch panel, and printing by touching the touch panel to create a sticker by the printing device. Information on the area where the device is installed, for example, a ryokan / hotel, souvenir shop, restaurant, tourist facility, or general corporate advertising information that is affiliated with a tourist association in a tourist area is provided separately from the touch panel. The present invention relates to a sticker printing apparatus with an information display for displaying on a display.

  For example, as a conventional device for creating a print sticker for a thousand company bill, there is an invention disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2000-280561. The present invention selects a favorite character or figure while touching a character or design displayed on the touch panel of the Senja bill making machine, and touches the hiragana displayed on the touch panel to incorporate his name or the like into the Senja bill This is a device that creates a design, and when the operation is completed, prints it with a printer to obtain a seal on which a plurality of the above-mentioned thousand company bills designed enough for one seal are printed.

JP 2000-280561 A

  By the way, in the invention of the device for creating a print sticker for the 1,000 company bill, it is shown that a presentation panel is provided above the touch panel, but this panel is simply a fixed image on which a description of the device and operation is printed. It was a panel and the display contents did not change at all, and it was not looked at by those who did not show interest in Senjafuda.

  In recent years, a lot of sticker printing devices such as Senjafuda have been installed in sightseeing spots, etc., and information on local inns / hotels, souvenir shops, restaurants, tourist facilities, etc. on the fixed image panels described above. However, there is a problem that only a small number of information can be displayed if the information is displayed on one panel.

  The present invention is intended to solve the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to replace the presentation panel with a liquid crystal display as an advertising panel, and a RAM in a computer provided in the printing apparatus using this display. The local information stored in the site or various information from the server installed elsewhere via the communication line is displayed and displayed to the tourists. It is an object of the present invention to provide a sticker printing apparatus with a display for displaying information that can make the apparatus itself interested by showing the information and does not get tired of the time until the sticker is issued.

  The sticker printing apparatus with an information display according to the present invention is intended to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, and the means of claim 1 is to touch a touch panel on which a selection screen is displayed to print a thousand company bill or a photograph / illustration. A sticker printing apparatus for creating a sticker, comprising a display installed above the printing apparatus for displaying characters and figures, a photograph and an illustration printed on a sticker, characters and graphic images displayed on the touch panel, and the display Information such as advertisements of the area where the present apparatus to be displayed, tourist information, general company advertisements, etc. are stored, and further, an announcement of an operation method for creating a seal and a screen for character input, When selecting, using the touch panel, photos, illustrations, and text information displayed on the touch panel, random or touch It is composed of a central processing unit that reads out information from the storage device and displays it on the display, such as advertisements for local areas where this device selected in the channel is installed, tourist information, advertisements for general companies, etc., and when all operations are completed, The central processing unit displays a photograph or an illustration selected on the touch screen on the touch panel, and prints on a sticker by issuing a print command.

  The means of claim 2 is a sticker printing apparatus for creating a sticker by touching a touch panel on which a selection screen is displayed and printing a thousand company bill or a photo / illustration, and is arranged above the printing apparatus to display characters and figures. The display to display, photos and illustrations printed on the sticker are memorized, the characters and graphic images to be displayed on the touch panel are memorized, and the operation method announcement and character input screen to create the sticker are memorized A storage device, a server installed in another location where information such as advertisements, sightseeing guides, general company advertisements, weather conditions, traffic information, etc., in which the device is installed, and a communication line with the server. If a photograph, illustration, or character information displayed on the touch panel stored in the storage device is displayed on the touch panel, A central processing unit that accesses the server via the communication line to read information related to photos or illustrations selected by a dam or a touch panel, and displays the information on the display. When all operations are completed, the central processing unit Is characterized in that the touch screen displays a photo or illustration selected on the touch panel and prints on a sticker by issuing a print command.

  The means of claim 3 is a sticker printing apparatus for creating a sticker by touching a touch panel on which a selection screen is displayed and printing a thousand company bill or a photo / illustration, and is arranged above the printing apparatus to display characters and figures. Information such as the display to display, photos and illustrations printed on the stickers, characters and graphic images to be displayed on the touch panel, advertisements and tourist information for the area where this device is installed, advertisements for general companies, weather forecasts, etc. are stored Further, a storage device in which an operation method announcement for creating a seal and a screen for character input are stored, and information such as tourist guidance, general company advertisements, and weather forecasts that are not stored in the storage device are stored, and , A server installed in another location that enables addition or rewriting of information stored in the storage device, and photos, illustrations, and characters displayed on the touch panel When the information is selected on the touch panel, information related to a photo, illustration, or text selected randomly or on the touch panel is read from the storage device, and the selected information is information that does not exist in the storage device. A central processing unit that accesses the server and captures the selected information and displays it on the display, and when all operations are completed, the central processing unit has a print screen on the touch panel and a photo selected on the touch panel Or an illustration is displayed, and a print command is issued to print on a sticker.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the central processing unit according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein the central processing unit finishes all operations and displays the print screen, the photograph, the illustration, and the character selected on the touch panel. The contents of the information such as the advertisement displayed in the above are displayed on a part of the sticker on the touch panel, and the information such as the advertisement is simultaneously printed on a part of the sticker at the end of printing.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the above-described fourth aspect, a coupon is printed on a printed portion of information such as the advertisement printed on the sticker.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to third aspects, the information displayed on the display is an advertisement, weather information, or information on an installed area.

  According to claim 1 of the present invention, when the photograph / illustration / character information suitable for the installation location is stored in the storage device, and the operator selects the desired photograph / illustration / character information on the touch panel, the photograph / illustration / character information is selected randomly or on the touch panel. Information such as advertisements related to the selected information is read from the storage device and displayed on the display, and a photo or illustration selected on the touch panel and the content of the advertisement displayed on the display are created in the advertising space of the seal The operator who creates the sticker while printing is able to wait for the printing to be completed while looking at the image on the display, so that he / she does not get bored, and information on the installation location (eg, souvenir information) This is useful for thinking about what souvenirs to purchase in advance.

  Further, in claim 2, a large amount of information such as advertisements, weather conditions, time series information such as traffic information, etc. related to the information selected on the random or touch panel is connected to the printing apparatus via a communication line. The capacity of the storage device on the printing device side can be made extremely small by storing it in a server located elsewhere and capturing it on the printing device side and displaying it on the display if necessary. The cost of the storage device can be reduced.

  Further, in claim 3, information such as advertisements related to information selected on the random or touch panel is stored in a storage device on the printing device side, and the information not stored in the storage device is Since it can be displayed on a display by accessing and loading a server located elsewhere connected to the printing apparatus via a communication line, the capacity of the storage device can be used to reduce the cost of the printing apparatus. In addition, the contents of the storage device can be rewritten, added, and deleted by a command from the server, so that information in the storage device can always be kept new.

  Further, in claim 4, the selected information of the photograph or illustration selected on the touch panel is displayed on the display, and is displayed on a part of a sticker such as a thousand company bill on the print screen of the touch panel, and is printed. Since printing is also performed by performing the operation, necessary information can be confirmed by looking at the information printed on the completed sticker.

  Furthermore, in claim 5, since a coupon that is pleasing to the operator can be obtained by printing the coupon in the advertisement field of the printed sticker, there is an effect that the advertisement function of the sponsor can be fully exhibited. It is what you have.

It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of the sticker printing apparatus with a display for advertisement which concerns on this invention. It is a circuit block diagram of a printing apparatus same as the above. It is a flowchart which shows the process at the time of starting. It is a flowchart for creating an illustration thousand company bill. It is a front view of the printed illustration card. It is a front view of other printed illustration company bills. It is a front view of the sticker which selected and printed the dog (toy poodle).

  In the present invention, a display is integrated with a sticker printing apparatus, and various information such as advertisements selected by an operator or randomly selected are displayed on the display. The various information is also printed on the part.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment for printing a 1000-company note with a sticker printing apparatus with an information display according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a sticker printing apparatus with an advertising display such as a Senja bill. A computer 2 shown in FIG. 2 is built in a housing 1, and a touch panel 3 which is a touch panel type liquid crystal display is attached. The coin selector 4 is attached to the front side for counting the number of coins inserted and received from the coin insertion slot 4a and discharging the change when there is change.

  In addition, a printer 5 for printing a thousand company bill produced by an operator is built in, and a speaker 6 is built in a desired portion of the housing 1 (not shown in FIG. 1). In addition, advertisement data that is installed on the upper back side of the housing 1 in an upright state and is information on inns / hotels, souvenir shops, restaurants, tourist facilities that join a tourism association, and advertisement information of general companies An advertising display 7 for performing advertisement is attached (moving images, still images and sound, and sound is not always necessary). Reference numeral 8 denotes a discharge port for a seal such as a thousand company bill printed by the printer 5. Note that it is desirable to attach a speaker that emits advertising sound to the advertising display 7 so that it can be distinguished from the sound from the speaker 6 described later.

Next, the circuit block diagram shown in FIG. 2 will be described.
The computer 2 has a CPU 2a which is a central processing unit having a communication function capable of exchanging data with the server 9 via a communication line (via the Internet or a dedicated line), and a program for performing the processing of the flowcharts shown in FIGS. Sent from the server 3 through the communication line, and the ROM 2b in which the image data of the Senja bill, the keyboard image data for character input, the voice data explaining the operation method to the operator who creates the Senja bill, and the like are recorded. A new advertisement data is added, a new advertisement data and old advertisement data are rewritten, or a RAM 2c is built-in which is deleted by a command to delete stored advertisement data.

  A touch panel 3 and a coin selector 4 are connected to the input side of the bus line from the CPU 2a, and a printer 5, a speaker 6 and an advertising display 7 are connected to the output side.

  At the time of standby (when an operation for creating a thousand company bill is not performed), only the advertisement data that is built in the RAM 2c and is preselected is repeatedly displayed on the advertisement display 7.

In this state, the operation when the operator performs an operation to obtain a thousand company bill will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
First, before the operation by the operator is started, a demonstration screen is displayed on the touch panel 3 (step S1). In this state, the CPU 2a monitors whether or not the operator touches the touch panel 3 (step S2). When the CPU 2a detects the touch, the narration for explaining the operation method by voice is started.

  Next, a sound that the charge XX is inserted is emitted from the speaker 6 and a charge insertion screen is displayed on the touch panel 3 to prompt the user to insert the charge (step S3), and the CPU 2a determines whether or not a coin has been inserted. (Step S4), and when the operator inserts a coin from the insertion slot of the coin selector 4, the coin selector 4 confirms the authenticity of the coin or the banknote, and when the change occurs, the change is discharged. The operation of taking out from the exit is performed, and the screen shifts to a creation screen for the next step (the flowchart shown in FIG. 4), which is an illustration thousand company bill (see FIG. 5).

  First, when the operator touches the displayed illustration company card portion, a screen is displayed for the operator to select a variety of illustrations (step S5). In other words, the above-mentioned inns / hotels, souvenir shops, restaurants, tourist facilities, and still images that are advertisement information of general companies are displayed. Then, when the illustration strip sign is touched, the CPU 2a monitors whether or not the operator has selected an illustration from a number of illustrations (step S6), and the operator desires an illustration (for example, FIG. When the beer mark of a local beer company that is affiliated with the tourism association shown in FIG. 5 is selected, the advertisement information of the selected local beer company is transmitted from the RAM 2c to the display 7, displayed as a moving image or a still image, and released. Make a sound (step S7) to make the operator interested in the advertisement.

  If the illustration is displayed on the screen for selecting the illustration but is not stored due to the problem of the storage capacity of the RAM 2c, the server 9 is accessed via the communication line and the selected illustration is displayed. It is also possible to output the advertisement information to the display 7 without interposing the RAM 2c. For example, when a general company such as a nation-wide famous plastic bottle tea manufacturing company shown in FIG. 6 wants advertisement information to flow from all the printing apparatuses according to the present invention, it is stored in all the RAMs 2c of the printing apparatus. This is because if the storage is performed, a RAM having a large storage capacity is provided, so that the cost of the printing apparatus itself is expensive. Therefore, it is advantageous from the cost aspect that the storage is originally performed in the server 9 having a large capacity. .

  Thus, in the state in which the advertisement information corresponding to the illustration selected on the display 7 is displayed, the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern selection screen is displayed on the touch panel 3 (step S8). Here, the background pattern is a pattern printed on the lower side of the illustration, and various types of background patterns are displayed. The CPU 2a monitors which background pattern is selected (step S9). When the CPU 2a determines that the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern has been selected, a character input screen for inputting characters such as names to be inserted into the thousand company bills is displayed (step S10). In this character input screen, hiragana characters are selected and kanji conversion is performed in the same manner as hiragana input in a word processor. That is, key images such as hiragana, muddy sound mark, semi-voiced sound mark, open one character, delete one character, select a candidate for kanji after character conversion, and return are displayed on the touch panel.

  Then, the CPU 2a monitors whether or not the character input on the character input screen has been completed (step S11), and the character input has been completed. “In FIG. 5, the name of (Taro Heisei), in FIG. If it is determined that the name is “Satoshi name”, then a font selection screen for displaying the typeface of the input character is displayed (step S12). In this font selection screen, various types of fonts suitable for a thousand company bill such as sumo characters and kabuki characters are displayed on the touch panel. In this display, the CPU 2a monitors whether or not the font selection has been completed (step S13). If it is determined that the font selection has been completed, a tender character selection screen is displayed (step S14).

  This slip screen is a strip tag on which characters such as “household safety”, “entry prayer”, “business prosperity”, “successful prayer” and characters such as idioms are written. Then, the CPU 2a monitors whether or not the operator has selected from a number of characters on the bill (step S15). If it is determined that the desired character has been selected from the characters on the bill, the next step is performed. A print sample screen (step S16) is displayed.

  When the operator wants to display characters other than the standard characters exemplified in step S14, the character input screen can be displayed by touching the character selection transition button displayed in the upper right corner of the tender character selection screen. Is displayed (step S16). The operator inputs a character “for example, as shown in FIG. Then, in this state of the character input screen, the CPU 2a monitors whether or not a character has been input (step S17), and if it is determined that the character input has been completed, the above-described print screen is displayed (step S18).

  In this print screen, software is incorporated in the CPU 2a so that the advertisement of the craft beer company selected by the operator in the illustration operation, the advertisement of the general company, and the coupon are displayed in a blank portion separately from the Senja bill, When printing to be described later is completed, the printed portion may be peeled off from the base paper and brought to a craft beer store or a tea store so that it can be taken at a discounted rate. It is assumed that the size and arrangement of each thousand company bill and the position and size of the advertisement part are set in advance.

  In this step S18, the CPU 2a monitors whether or not a print instruction has been made (step S19). If the operator determines that the image on this screen is acceptable, the CPU 2a touches the print character. Then, color printing by the printer 5 is started (step S20). For example, the peeling seal thousand company bill shown in FIG. 9 is printed. When the printing is completed, the thousand company bill sticker is discharged from the discharge port 8. finish.

  If you want to correct the image on the print sample screen, touch the return character displayed on each touch panel to return to the screen you want to correct, repeat the above operations, and print. Printing can be started by returning to the sample screen.

  In the above-described embodiment, when advertisement information or the like is stored in the storage device that is the RAM 2c, and information that is not stored in the storage device is selected, the communication line is used. The case where the information stored in the server 9 is taken into the printing apparatus side and displayed on the display 7 or printed has been described. However, when the capacity of the storage apparatus is large (the printing apparatus becomes expensive). By storing all the information, the server 9 is unnecessary, and it is also possible to display the information from the server 9 on the printing apparatus side without displaying the RAM 2c in the printing apparatus, and to display and print it. is there.

In the above-described embodiment, the method of creating a thousand company bill has been described. However, a case of creating a seal other than a thousand company bill will be described.
In this embodiment, a description will be given of a printing device that sells pets such as pet shops and department stores and is installed in stores. However, it is installed in a professional baseball stadium or a professional soccer stadium. , You can select a player photo or illustration for each professional team and print it on the sticker, and part of the sticker is an advertisement for a beer company, a beverage company, a snack company, etc. sold at baseball or soccer fields It is also possible to print on a sticker that can be printed on a sticker by selecting a photo or illustration of a tourist spot at a tourist spot. In addition, advertisements for tourist inns / hotels, souvenir shops, restaurants, etc. may be printed.

  Hereinafter, a printing apparatus installed in a pet shop where many pet lovers such as dogs, cats and small birds gather will be described with reference to FIG. Note that the operations described below are substantially the same as the above-mentioned creation of the Senja-fuda, and therefore the flowchart is not particularly shown.

  On the initial screen of the touch panel 3, when there are many types of pets stored as data, symbols and characters of pet types (dogs, cats, birds, etc.) are displayed. If it is a pet, for example, a dog, a dog symbol is selected. In addition, when there are few kinds and the number of pets memorize | stored as data, you may display the photograph and character of all the pets on the touch panel 3. FIG.

  In the case of a printing apparatus having many types of pets stored as data, since the pet type is displayed on the touch panel 3, when the operator touches a desired pet, in this embodiment, a photo / illustration of a dog. Next, a lot of kinds of dog photos and characters (for example, Ducks, Toy Poodle, Shiba Inu, etc.) are displayed. Dogs touched by touching the photos, illustrations and characters (Toy Poodle in the example) Photos and illustrations are displayed.

  And if you think that this photo is good, the operator touches the toy poodle photo / illustration to change to the hiragana or romaji input screen. For example, the dog type “TOY PODPLE” or the operator Appropriate characters such as “SAKURA COOKIE” which is a related advertisement are selected and input while touching the touch panel 3. It should be noted that the character can be input by the operator by converting Roman characters, Hiragana, and Kanji into a desired word.

  When it is determined that the character input is completed, the above-described print screen is displayed. This print screen displays two photos and illustrations of the toy poodle selected by the operator, and a sponsor advertisement related to the dog selected first, “Full-scale stran with dogs”. Here, when the operator determines that the image on this screen is acceptable, color printing by the printer 5 is started by touching a printing character, and when printing is completed, the sticker is discharged from the discharge port 8 and all operations are performed. Ends. In addition, it is possible to print a coupon ticket (discount ticket printing) in the advertisement column.

  Also in this embodiment, when information that is not stored in the RAM 2c of the printing apparatus is selected, the information is retrieved by accessing the server 9 via the communication line, as in the case of the above-mentioned thousand company bill.

1 Housing 2 Computer 2a CPU (Central Processing Unit)
2b ROM
2c RAM
3 Touch Panel 4 Coin Selector 5 Printer 6 Speaker 7 Display 8 Discharge Port 9 Server

Claims (6)

It is a sticker printing device that creates a sticker by touching the touch panel on which the selection screen is displayed and printing a thousand company bill or photo / illustration.
A display installed above the printing apparatus and displaying characters and graphics;
Information such as photos and illustrations printed on stickers, characters and graphic images displayed on the touch panel, and advertisements and tourist information in the area where this device to be displayed on the display is installed, advertisements of general companies, etc. are stored. A storage device storing an announcement of an operation method for creating a seal and a screen for character input;
When a photo, illustration, or character information displayed on the touch panel is selected using the touch panel, information such as advertisements, sightseeing guides, advertisements of general companies, etc. in the area where the device selected by the touch panel is installed at random is stored. A central processing unit that reads from the device and displays on the display;
When all operations are completed, the central processing unit displays a photo or an illustration selected on the touch screen on the touch panel, and prints on a sticker by issuing a print command. Sticker printing device. It is a sticker printing device that creates a sticker by touching the touch panel on which the selection screen is displayed and printing a thousand company bill or photo / illustration.
A display installed above the printing apparatus and displaying characters and graphics;
Photos and illustrations printed on a sticker are stored, characters and graphic images to be displayed on the touch panel are stored, and an operation method announcement for creating a sticker and a character input screen are stored;
A server installed in another location where information such as advertisements, tourist information, advertisements of general companies, weather conditions, traffic information, etc. is stored;
When photos, illustrations, and text information displayed on the touch panel that is connected to the server via the communication line and stored in the storage device are selected using the touch panel, they are related to the photos or illustrations that are selected randomly or on the touch panel. A central processing unit that accesses the server via the communication line and reads and displays the information on the display;
When all operations are completed, the central processing unit displays a photo or an illustration selected on the touch screen on the touch panel, and prints on a sticker by issuing a print command. Sticker printing device. It is a sticker printing device that creates a sticker by touching the touch panel on which the selection screen is displayed and printing a thousand company bill or photo / illustration.
A display installed above the printing apparatus and displaying characters and graphics;
Information such as photos and illustrations printed on the stickers, characters and graphic images displayed on the touch panel, advertisements in the area where this device is installed, tourist information, general company advertisements, weather forecasts, etc. are stored. A storage device in which an operation method announcement and a character input screen are stored;
A server installed in another location that stores information such as tourist information, general company advertisements, weather forecasts, etc. that are not stored in the storage device, and that allows addition or rewriting of information stored in the storage device; ,
When a photo, illustration, or character information displayed on the touch panel is selected using the touch panel, information related to the photo, illustration, or character selected randomly or on the touch panel is read from the storage device, and the selected information is If it is information that does not exist in the storage device, it consists of a central processing unit that accesses the server and takes the selected information and displays it on the display,
When all operations are completed, the central processing unit displays a photo or an illustration selected on the touch screen on the touch panel, and prints on a sticker by issuing a print command. Sticker printing device.   In the central processing unit, when all operations are completed and the print screen is displayed, the contents of information such as photos, illustrations and characters selected on the touch panel and advertisements displayed on the display are part of the sticker on the touch panel. 4. The sticker printing apparatus with a display for displaying information according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the information such as the advertisement is printed on a part of the sticker at the same time when the printing is finished.   5. The sticker printing apparatus with an information display display according to claim 4, wherein a coupon is printed on a printed portion of information such as the advertisement printed on the sticker.   4. The sticker printing apparatus with an information display display according to claim 1, wherein the information displayed on the display is an advertisement, weather information, or information on an installed area. 5.