JP3219919B2 - Data setting registration device for time clock - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is used in the technical field of a time clock. More specifically, the present invention relates to a time clock capable of easily setting an internal clock of a time clock or registering setting parameters. The present invention relates to a data setting registration device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The above-mentioned operation of setting an internal clock, the type of print date and day of the week set for each business establishment, or the operation of registering various setting parameters such as the switching time of a printing stage are facilitated. For this reason, the present applicant has disclosed in
No. 290 and Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 63-39746 have developed a data setting / registering device for a time clock.

[0003] In the former setting registration device, after inserting a setting card in which various setting items are described into a card insertion slot of the recorder, addresses corresponding to the setting items are set on numeric keys of 0 to 9 which are also provided on the recorder. When input using the setting card, the setting card is conveyed up and down, and the conveyance is stopped at a position where the name of the setting item corresponding to the input address can be visually recognized, so that the setting item can be specified. In addition, the latter setting registration device, in order to represent the meaning of a plurality of operation buttons provided side by side on the recorder, to write the names of various setting items or names related to attending and leaving, on the drum surface, By rotating the drum with a motor, only necessary item names can be visually recognized from the display window.

[0004]

However, in the former setting / registering apparatus, it is necessary to input an address using a numeric keypad to specify an item to be registered, so that the operation is very troublesome. However, since the numeric keypad for inputting the address must be provided separately from the operation buttons for going to and from work, there has been a problem that the structure is complicated and the manufacturing cost is increased.

On the other hand, the latter setting registration device does not need to input an address unlike the former setting registration device, but cannot overlook the list of various item names written on the drum surface. Therefore, if the user does not fully understand the structure and operation content by reading the instruction manual sufficiently, it is not possible to recognize all the setting items that can be registered, and as a result, the setting without finding the item to be set The use operation was very troublesome because of the inconvenience of giving up and having to ask a dealer or the like to teach them the details of the operation.

Further, the latter setting and registration device uses the sensor device for grasping the rotation state of the drum and the manufacturing cost expended on the display window for visually recognizing the item names displayed on the peripheral surface of the drum. There is a problem that it is expensive compared to the registration device.In addition, as an improved product for the purpose of reducing the manufacturing cost of the latter setting registration device, opening the upper case of the time A configuration has been developed in which a top surface appears so that the name of a required setting item can be visually recognized from directly above, and the drum is manually rotated by a user. There are new problems in that the upper case must be released each and every time, and the cost of manufacturing and assembling the upper case is high.

Therefore, the technical problem of the present invention is that the designation of the setting item to be registered can be realized only by directly pressing the operation button for clocking in and out of the recorder, and the names of various setting items are listed based on the list. It is possible to reduce the manufacturing cost of the entire time clock without using a drum, as well as to be able to look around.

[0008]

Means taken by the present invention to solve the above-mentioned technical problems are as follows. (1) A plurality of operation buttons related to attendance and departure time are provided in a row in front of the card slot, and one of these operation buttons is turned on to designate the attendance item to be input. When a time card is inserted into the card slot, a time recorder configured to print the input time of the designated attendance item on the time card, and the time recorder can be inserted into the card slot of the time recorder, and the names of various setting items or The name of a plurality of realization values related to the same setting item is constituted by a setting card in which the names of a plurality of realization values are arranged in a horizontal line so as to correspond to the operation buttons arranged in a horizontal line, and the time clock includes the card Card determining means for determining the type of card to be inserted into the insertion slot, and the card determining means has determined that the setting card has been inserted; In this case, the card carrying means for carrying the setting card until the name written in the horizontal line comes to a position immediately above the card insertion slot, and when the carrying of the setting card by the card carrying means is performed, By switching the meaning of each operation button arranged in the horizontal line so as to correspond to each of the names written in the horizontal line on the setting card, the realized value of the corresponding item can be registered using these operation buttons. Registration means for various setting items configured as described above.

(2) The names of the setting items or realization values described in a horizontal line on the setting card are described in a plurality of rows in the vertical direction, and the time clock is formed in a plurality of rows on the time clock. Designation means that can designate any one of the horizontal row names is provided, and the card transport means also provided on the time clock is used to set the specified horizontal row name so that it is located just above the card insertion slot. A transport control function for transporting cards must be provided.

(3) A card discriminating means provided in the time recorder has a card discriminating function for discriminating between a time card and a setting card based on a depth of a notch formed in a lower edge of the inserted card, and a position of the notch. To provide a front / back discrimination function for discriminating between front and back of a card.

[0011]

The above means operates as follows. The above (1)
According to the means described in the above, since the names of various setting items of the internal clock and the parameters are listed on the setting card, the items to be set without the operator (user) looking at the manual or the like are set. Can be grasped instantaneously, and the operation buttons that are normally used for attendance or leaving work are switched to the internal clock and operation buttons for registering parameters as they are by using the setting card In addition, it is possible to directly specify a setting item to be registered or directly input a realization value thereof.

According to the means described in the above (2), the names of the setting items are written in one setting card in a horizontal row and in a plurality of rows in the vertical direction, so that A large number of items can be set by writing a large number of item names on the setting card, and a large number of item names can be viewed and confirmed based on a list, and a plurality of items can be set by the designation means. When one of the item names in the horizontal row is specified, the setting card is automatically transported so that the horizontal row of item names specified by the card transport means is located immediately above the card insertion slot. Therefore, it is possible to easily and accurately register the actual value of the setting item to be registered.

According to the means described in the above (3), simply by inserting the card into the insertion slot, it is possible to automatically and accurately determine whether the card is a time card or a setting card depending on the depth of the notch. , The setting card itself can function as a key (key switch) for the conventional mode switching, and at the same time, the front and back of the card can be determined based on the position of the notch. And the setting card can be used properly. As described above, the technical problems described above can be solved by the above means, and the problems of the conventional technology can be solved.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the above-described data setting / registering apparatus for a time clock according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of a time clock in which a data setting registration device according to the present invention is implemented. A card insertion slot 2 (card pocket) is opened on the upper surface of the time clock indicated by reference numeral 1 as a whole. In front of the card insertion slot 2, an operation button BT including an attendance button 3, an outside button 4, a return button 5, an exit button 6, an overtime button 7, and a free button 8 whose use is not specified. Are arranged side by side in a row, and at normal times, these operation buttons BT exhibit the function as described, and the operation buttons selected for the time card (not shown) inserted into the insertion slot 2 It is configured to record attendance data corresponding to BT items.
Reference numeral 9 denotes a display provided on the front of the time clock 1.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram for explaining the electrical configuration of the time clock 1 described above. A bus 21 connected to a CPU 20 constituting the center of a control unit is provided with a ROM 21 storing a system program and various settings. A RAM 22 for storing data, an internal clock 23 for transmitting a reference clock signal, and an interface circuit 24 connected to the operation circuit BT comprising the various buttons 3 to 8 described above for the interface circuit 24; The display lamp BR of each of the buttons 3 to 8 and the display 9 described above.
And a card transport device 25 for transporting the time card or setting card T (see FIGS. 3 and 4) inserted into the insertion slot 2 according to the program in the ROM 21, and printing the attendance data on the inserted time card. Printing device 26
And a notch (not shown) formed at the lower edge of the inserted time card, and a notch Ts formed at the lower edge of the setting card T, and the time is determined by the depth and the left and right positions. Card and setting card T, and
First and second notch detection sensors 27 and 28 capable of discriminating the front and back are connected to a sound generating device 29 which emits various messages.
The operation is controlled in accordance with the system program stored in 1.

FIGS. 3 and 4 are a front view and a rear view, respectively, of the setting card T configured to be freely inserted into the card insertion slot 2 described above, and a setting field 10 for minute adjustment is written on the front surface Ta. Further, on the back surface Tb, a setting column 11 for clock setting, a setting column 12 for closing date and empty stage feed, a setting column 13 for day of week printing and printing stage switching, and a two-color printing and column moving The setting columns 14 are described in a plurality of rows in the vertical direction, and each of these setting columns 10 to 14 has a total of six divisions in a horizontal row so as to correspond to the six operation buttons 3 to 8 respectively. , And the names of various setting items or the names of a plurality of realized values related to the setting items are shown in each section.

That is, the setting column 10 for minute adjustment shown in FIG.
Include the third to fifth sections 10b, 10c,
The name of the setting item of “minute adjustment” is described in the section 10 a straddling 10 d, and the third, fourth, and fifth sections 10 a
In b, 10c, and 10d, names of "minute +", "minute-", and "0 second" for realizing minute adjustment are described.
In the sixth section 10e, the name of "end" is written, and the setting card T is inserted into the insertion slot 2 with the setting card T turned upside down as shown in FIG. When the card T is pulled in until the setting column 10 comes to a position immediately above the card insertion slot 2, the third to sixth operation buttons described above, that is, the return button 5, the leave button 6, the overtime button 7, and the free button The meaning of button 8 is
The setting is automatically switched according to the above-described program so as to correspond to each of the items described in the respective sections 10a to 10e of the corresponding minute adjustment setting column 10, and the minute adjustment of the internal clock 23 is performed using the buttons 5 to 8. It is a mechanism that can do.

The setting column 1 for clock setting shown in FIG.
1 includes the first and second divisions 11b and 11c from the beginning.
The name of the setting item of "clock setting" is described in the section 11a straddling the clock, and the names of the setting items of the clock "year / month / day" and "hour / minute" are written in the first and second sections 11b and 11c. In addition, the name of "send" for sending the date and time is described in the section 11d straddling the fourth and fifth sections 11e and 11f, and the fourth and fifth sections 11e,
11f has "+" and "-" marks for executing clock adjustment, and the sixth section 11g has a "register" name and a card feed arrow "↓". I have.

The first to fourth divisions 12a from the beginning are also shown in the setting column 12 for the closing date and the empty stage feed shown in FIG.
The names of the setting items of “closing date” are written across 12b, 12c, and 12d, and in each of these sections 12a to 12d, the actual values of “31 days”, “25 days”, and “20”
In addition to the names of “day” and “other”, the fifth section 12e describes the name of a setting item of “blank step feed” meaning a step not printed (not used) on the time card. , The sixth section 12f is provided with a vertical arrow "矢 印 ↓" for card feeding.

Further, the first to fourth divisions 1 from the beginning are set in the setting column 13 for day of week printing and printing stage switching shown in FIG.
The name of the setting item of “day of the week printing” is described across 3a, 13b, 13c, and 13d, and these categories 13a
To 13d, the actual values "0: date", "1: English", "2: kanji", and "3: none" are described, and the printing column is set in the fifth section 13e. The name of the setting item of “printing stage switching” meaning the time of switching to the next day's stage is described, and further, an arrow “↑ ↓” for card feeding is described in the sixth section 13f.

In the setting column 14 for two-color printing and column movement also shown in FIG.
The names of the setting items of “two-color printing” are written across “a” and “14b”, and the respective sections 14a and 14b indicate “red printing” meaning the time to switch to red printing, and the time to return to black printing. And the name of "black printing" which means
In the fourth section 14c, the setting items of "field transfer" and the names of "retirement printing" indicating the scheduled time for automatically moving the print field of the time card to leaving, are written, and the fifth and sixth fields are described. Th section 14d. 14e are marked with "+" and "-" to change the time, and the sixth section 14f is marked with "Registration" and a card feed arrow "@". .

FIG. 5 shows that the setting card T is inserted into the card insertion slot 2 with the back side Tb facing the front, and the setting column 11 for clock setting at the top is located just above the card insertion slot 2. This is a description of a state in which the clock is set by stopping together, and the present date is normally displayed on the display 9 in a state where a time card can be inserted. When the setting card T is inserted into the card insertion slot 2, it is automatically pulled into the state shown in the figure by the card transport device 25 and stopped. Then, since the lamp BR of the date button 3 (actually the work button) blinks and the date is displayed on the display 9, it can be seen that the mode has been switched to the date input mode. At the same time, each operation button 3
Since the meaning of ８8 is switched to each name in the setting column 11, the date, hour and minute are set using the switched date / month button 3, hour / minute button 4, feed + button 6, -It becomes possible by operating the button 7 and the registration button 8 sequentially. After the registration button 8 is pressed, the meaning of the button 8 is further switched to “↓”. When the ↓ button 8 is pressed in this state, the setting card T is transported to the state shown in FIG. When the ↓ button 8 is kept pressed for more than 2 seconds, the setting card T is ejected to the card insertion slot 2.

FIG. 6 shows that the setting card T is changed to the second row of the closing date and the empty row setting field 12 by operating the ↓ button 8.
FIG. 4 shows a state in which the setting of the closing date and the setting of the empty stage are performed by stopping at the position immediately above the card insertion slot 2, and these settings are the same as in the case of FIG. The respective buttons 3 to 7 are switched for setting of the closing date and the empty row, and the set closing date and the empty row are displayed on the display 9 and input. The setting data is registered in the RAM 22. Each time the other button 6 and the empty-stage feed button 7 are pressed once, the set value of the closing date and the empty-stage position change by one. When the ↓ ↑ button 8 is pressed in this state, the setting card T is transported to the state shown in FIG.
When the button 8 is pressed for more than two seconds, the setting card T is ejected to the card insertion slot 2. However, if the setting card T is conveyed by the button 8 in the reverse direction of FIG. 8 → FIG. 7 → FIG. 6, if the ↓ ↑ button 8 is pressed in this state, the setting card T Is transported to return to the state shown in FIG.

FIGS. 7 and 8 further show that the setting column 13 for printing the day of the week and the printing stage and the setting column 14 for printing two colors and moving the column are positioned immediately above the card insertion slot 2 sequentially. The meaning of each of the operation buttons 3 to 8 is set in each of the setting columns 1
In addition to switching to the names described in 3 and 14, the buttons 3 to 8 are appropriately operated to change the type of day of the week printing and the switching time of the printing stage, and the switching time of the two-color printing and the switching time of the column movement, respectively. This shows the state of setting, and the time set by each of these buttons 3 to 8 constitutes a mechanism displayed on the display 9 each time. When the ↑ button 8 is operated in the state of FIG. 8, the setting card T is
Is returned to the state shown in FIG.
Is pressed for more than 2 seconds, this setting card T
Is discharged to the card insertion slot 2.

Each of the setting fields 10 to 14 for registration indicated on the setting card T is an example of the embodiment. Other than this, for example, a time signal sounding time, an overtime start time, or Allows registration of setting parameters for various time clocks, such as melody sounding times.

Since the time clock data setting / registering apparatus according to the present invention has the above-described configuration, by inserting the setting card T into the card insertion slot 2 of the time clock 1, it is possible to use the time clock for attending or leaving work. The operation buttons 3 to 8 used for setting the internal clock 23 as they are,
In addition, it can be used as an operation button for registering various parameters, and each operation button 3 to 8 is checked while collating with the name of the setting item described in each of the setting columns 10 to 14 of the card or the name of the realized value. By operating
By directly specifying a setting item to be registered or directly inputting a realization value of the setting item, various setting data can be reliably registered in the RAM 22 of the time clock 1.

[0027]

As described above, according to the time clock data setting / registering apparatus of the present invention, in the setting operation of the internal clock and the parameters, the item to be registered can be specified by simply pressing the operation button directly. Also, since a list of various setting items can be surely grasped only by looking at the setting card, the setting operation is extremely simplified as compared with the conventional device which inputs an address or uses a drum. In addition to this, the advantage that the manufacturing cost can be reduced can be exhibited, and the setting card itself functions as a mode switching key switch for switching the operation mode of the time card. ) Is not necessary, and the operation buttons for attendance can be used as they are as the operation buttons for setting registration. Has the advantage of inexpensive production cost structure of the recorder is simplified.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of a time clock implementing a data setting registration device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an electrical configuration of the time clock shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing an example of a setting card used in the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a rear view showing an example of the setting card.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing a state in which a setting column for setting a clock of a setting card is set immediately above a card insertion slot.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing a state in which a setting date for a setting card and a setting column for empty-stage feeding are set immediately above a card insertion slot.

FIG. 7 is a front view showing a state in which a setting field for setting the day of the week and a print step switching of the setting card is set immediately above the card insertion slot.

FIG. 8 is a front view showing a state in which a setting column for two-color printing and column movement of the setting card is set immediately above the card insertion slot.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Time recorder 2 Card insertion slot 3-8 Operation buttons arranged side by side 25 Card transport device 27, 28 Notch detection sensor T Setting card Ts Notch 10-14 Setting column in which names of setting items or realized values are written

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A plurality of operation buttons related to attendance and departure time items are arranged in a row in front of a card insertion slot, and after turning on one of these operation buttons to designate an attendance item to be input, A time clock configured to print the input time of the designated attendance item on the time card when the time card is inserted into the card insertion slot,
In addition to being freely insertable into the card slot of this time clock, the names of various setting items or the names of a plurality of realization values relating to these setting items are written in a horizontal line so as to correspond to the operation buttons arranged in the horizontal line. The time clock includes a card determination unit for determining a type of a card to be inserted into the card insertion slot, and the card determination unit determines the insertion of the setting card. In this case, the card carrying means for carrying the setting card until the name written in the horizontal line comes to a position immediately above the card insertion slot, and when the carrying of the setting card by the card carrying means is performed, The meaning of each operation button arranged in the horizontal line is switched so as to correspond to each name written in the horizontal line on the setting card. Time clock data setting registration apparatus being characterized in that allowed and a registration means for various setting items configured so that it can register the realization of the corresponding items using create button. 2. The name of a setting item or a realization value written in a horizontal row on a setting card is written in a plurality of rows in a vertical direction, and the time clock is formed in a plurality of rows in a time clock. A designation means for designating any one of the names of one row is provided, and the card transport means also provided in the time clock has a card for setting such that the name of the designated horizontal row is located immediately above the card insertion slot. 2. A data recording / registering device for a time recorder according to claim 1, further comprising a transport control function for transporting the data. 3. A card discriminating means provided in a time clock, a card discriminating function for discriminating between a time card and a setting card by a depth of a notch formed in a lower edge of an inserted card, and a card discriminating function by a position of the notch. 2. The data setting / registering apparatus for a time recorder according to claim 1, further comprising a front / back discrimination function for discriminating the front and back of the card.