JP3428792B2 - Electronics - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention, for example, mounts a stamp body, which is an object to be processed, on a stamp making apparatus which is a device body, and performs physical processing based on internal data for creating the stamp. It is related to the electronic device.

[0002]

As is well known, there are stamps (including stamps) having different shapes (strictly speaking, stamp faces). Therefore, stamps to be processed (making a stamp image on the stamp face) The creating device needs to perform data processing so as to match this seal surface. If the data processing is performed uniformly, there arises a problem that the size of the printing surface wastes processing and takes time. In some cases, the processing including the input operation is completely wasted, and the series of operations and data processing need to be redone. On the other hand, if the stamp main body to be processed is not attached and the input operation is enabled, similarly, there is a possibility that the user side and the seal stamp creating device are wasteful based on the type of the stamp main body.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic device which can accurately and accurately process an object to be processed attached to the device body.

[0004]

An electronic device according to claim 1 is
In an electronic device that performs different physical processing for each type of processing target object that is detachably mounted in a pocket formed in the device body based on internal data, the processing target object mounted in the pocket Based on the type detection means for detecting the type of, and the detection result of the type detection means,
Object to be processed detected when the type of object to be processed was detected last time
And a machining target discriminating unit for discriminating that a machining target of a different type from the above is mounted .
If it is determined that the different types of workpieces have been attached,
The previously processed object is stored after being input.
And a data erasing means for erasing the previously stored text data.

According to this structure, when the object to be machined different from the previous one is attached, the previous text data is erased. Therefore, the input operation and the data processing are mistakenly performed with the previous text data. There is nothing to do. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the input operation and the data processing from being wasted, and prevent improper processing on the object to be processed.

Further, in the electronic device according to the first aspect, it is preferable that the data erasing means erases the previous text data after the text data for the different types of objects to be processed is input.

According to this configuration, since the previous text data is erased after the text data for the object to be processed different from the previous time is input, even if a different object to be processed is accidentally attached, the text data is not input yet. If you notice it and replace it, you can save the original text data.

Further, in the electronic device according to claim 1 or 2 , the different types of the different types are processed by the processing object discriminating means.
It is preferable to further include a save data restoring unit that sets the text data stored as the previous text data as the current text data when the attachment of the processing target is not determined.

Further, in any of the electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the workpiece is a stamp body, it is preferable that the physical processing is processing for forming a stamp image in the stamp surface of the stamp body .

[0010]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A case in which an electronic apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied to a seal making apparatus for making a seal will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. This seal-making device exposes the seal body, whose seal surface is made of UV-curable resin, to ultraviolet rays using the seal characters (print image including the pattern) printed on the ink ribbon as a mask to expose the desired seal (stamp). The electronic device is for creating, and for maintaining the processing environment in the seal creating apparatus 1. FIG. 1 (a) is a plan view of the stamp making apparatus, FIG.
FIG. 11B is a front view of the stamp making apparatus, and FIG. 11 is a control block diagram of the stamp making apparatus.

As shown in FIG. 1, this stamp making device 1
The outer shell is formed by the device case 2 which is divided into upper and lower parts, and the electronic device part 3 is arranged in the front part and the mechanical device part 4 is arranged in the rear part. A pocket 6 for mounting the stamp body A, which is a seal-making object, on the apparatus body 5 is formed in the center of the machine unit 4, and the pocket 6 is provided with an opening / closing lid 7 with a window. On the left side of the machine unit 4,
A function switch 8 for switching the plate making device 1 to a plate making (printing) operation or an exposure operation and opening the opening / closing lid 7 is provided. At the operating position of this function switch 8,
"Exposure", "Input / platemaking", "OFF" and "OPE"
The operation display of "N" is displayed. Of these, "exposure",
The light emitting element 12 connected to the output interface 305 of the control unit 300 is disposed at the positions of “input / platemaking” and “OPEN”. Further, on the right side of the machine unit 4, an insertion port 9a and an ejection port 9b are formed in the stamp making device 1 for a plate-making sheet B for making a stamp character label described later. Furthermore, in the mechanical device section 4,
The maintenance cover 10 is located outside the pocket 6.
And a ribbon cartridge 1 in which an ink ribbon C is mounted inside the maintenance cover 10.
1 is installed.

The electronic device section 3 has an operation section 21 formed on the upper surface thereof, and has a control section 300, which will be described later, built therein. The operation unit 21 includes an input interface 304 of the control unit 300.
The push button group 22 and the operation dial 23 connected to the display interface, the display drive circuit 24a (not shown) connected to the output interface 305, and the display drive circuit 2
A display device 24 driven by 4a is provided.
The operation dial 23 includes an execution key 31 arranged in a circular shape at the center, a quadrant cursor / conversion key 32 arranged in an annular shape outside thereof, and a character arranged in an annular shape outside thereof. The input key 33 and the input key 33 have a triple structure, and hiragana of Japanese syllabary is printed on the surface of the character input key 33 (not shown). To input a stamp character, first press a predetermined button 22a of the push button group 22 to confirm the character size, and then move the character input key 33 to the triangular mark 25.
Then, the enter key 31 is pressed to input hiragana, and the hiragana input is appropriately converted into kanji by the cursor / conversion key 32. Then, the desired stamp character is displayed on the display unit 2.
Now that you have created it on 4, fix this.

Here, a series of operations for creating a stamp will be briefly described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.
First, the function switch 8 is rotated from the “OFF” position, which is the standby position, to the “OPEN” position to open the opening / closing lid 7, and the stamp body A is set in the pocket 6. With the setting of the stamp main body A, the type of the stamp main body A is detected by the stamp detecting unit 66 connected to the input interface 304 of the control unit 300.

Next, the function switch 8 is rotated to the "input / plate-making" position to shift the function to the plate-making operation, and the push button group 22 and the operation dial 23 are operated to input a stamp character. After entering the stamp characters, insert the plate-making sheet B with the stamp character label into the insertion slot 9a.
Insert into and set.

Next, a predetermined button 22a of the push button group 22 is operated to perform a plate making operation, that is, printing. This printing is performed on the ink ribbon C and the plate-making sheet B at the same time. When the printing is completed, the ink ribbon (printed portion) C is sent forward for exposure, and at the same time, the plate-making sheet B is sent out from the take-out port 9b. Here, if it is confirmed that the stamp characters are correct by the sent plate-making sheet B, then the function switch 8 is rotated to the "exposure" position to shift the function to the exposure operation,
Allow exposure.

When the exposure is completed, the function switch 8 is set to "O".
The opening / closing lid 7 is opened by rotating to the “PEN” position, the stamp body A is taken out from the pocket 6 and washed.
The stamp is completed by this washing. When the stamp is completed, the stamp character label is peeled off from the plate-making sheet B, and the label is attached to the back surface of the stamp.

Next, among the constituent parts of the seal making device 1,
About the site | part relevant to the control part 300 mentioned later, FIG.
This will be described step by step with reference to FIG.

The ribbon cartridge 11 is detachably attached to the apparatus main body 5, and when the ink ribbon C is consumed, it can be replaced together with the case. As shown in FIG. 2, the ribbon cartridge 11 is provided with a take-up reel 13 at one end and a take-up reel 14 at the other end, respectively, and the ink ribbon C is unwound from the take-up reel 14 and is substantially “L”. It is bent into a letter shape and wound up by the winding reel 13. Ink ribbon C bent in this "L" shape
The printing path 64, which will be described later, faces the short side portion of the traveling route of 1, and the exposure section faces the long side portion. In this case, the printing section 64 includes the ink ribbon C and the plate-making sheet B.
And the exposed ink ribbon C on the exposed portion 65 after printing.
Faces.

The ink ribbon C is composed of a transparent ribbon tape and ink applied thereto, and in the embodiment, 6 μm.
m thickness is used. When printing is performed on the ink ribbon C in the printing unit 64, the ink portion is transferred to the plate-making sheet B. As a result, a negative image is formed on the ribbon tape of the ink ribbon C with the ink characters peeled off, and a positive image is formed on the plate-making sheet B with the ink characters attached. Then, the ink ribbon C is sent to the former exposure section so that it can be used as a mask, while the plate-making sheet B is placed outside the apparatus in order to confirm the stamp characters and to attach it to the stamp that has been created. Sent out.

As shown in FIG. 4, the plate-making sheet B is formed by laminating a base sheet Ba and an adhesive sheet Bb, and is formed in a strip shape as a whole. A square cut line Bc is formed on the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet Bb, and the square portion of the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet Bb peeled from the base sheet Ba along the cut line Bc becomes a stamp character label Bd attached to the back surface of the seal. .
The stamp main body A is available in several types having different shapes according to the use as a seal, and the plate making sheet B correspondingly corresponds to the shape of the stamp character label Bd (the shape of the cutting line). ) Are available in different types.

On the other hand, the stamp main body A is, as shown in FIG.
A thin sponge (urethane foam) Ab is attached to the tip of the base material (resin in the embodiment) Aa, and the sponge A
A resin base Ac that is not affected by ultraviolet rays is attached to b, and an ultraviolet curable resin that constitutes the imprint surface Ad is attached to the resin base Ac. By exposing the portion of the ultraviolet curable resin (print surface Ad) of the stamp main body A to ultraviolet light using the ink ribbon C as a mask, the portion of the stamp surface Ad corresponding to the stamp character is cured. Seal body A in this state
Is taken out from the pocket 6 and washed to wash out the water-soluble uncured portion to complete the stamp. Reference numeral Ae in the drawing is a resin cap. Next, FIG.
The printing unit 64 will be described with reference to FIG. Printing unit 64
Is a head drive circuit (not shown) 56a and a motor drive circuit (not shown) 57a connected to the output interface 305 of the controller 300, and the head drive circuit 56.
A print head (thermal head) 56 which is driven by a and prints a stamp character on the ink ribbon C, and a platen roller 57 which is driven by a motor drive circuit 57a and sends the ink ribbon C in response to the printing operation of the print head 56.
And a head temperature sensor 56b (not shown) provided on the head surface of the print head 56. Also,
A feed passage 181 for feeding the plate-making sheet B and a feed passage 182 for feeding the plate-making sheet B are formed in the apparatus case 2 toward the contact portion between the print head 56 and the platen roller 57. . Delivery passage 1
At the upstream end of 81, the above-mentioned insertion port 9a opened to the outside
Is formed, and the take-out port 9b opened to the outside is formed at the downstream end of the delivery passage 182.

The platen roller 57 is a drive roller as described above, and unwinds the ink ribbon C from the unwind reel 14 and grips the plate-making sheet B between the print head 56 and the ink ribbon C and the plate-making roller. The sheet B and the sheet B are overlapped and face the print head 56. Print head 5
A thermal head 6 transfers the ink applied to the ribbon tape of the ink ribbon C to the plate making sheet B by thermal transfer. By this transfer, the portion corresponding to the stamp character is peeled off from the ink ribbon C, and the background of the transparent ribbon tape appears on that portion, while the peeled ink adheres to the plate-making sheet B as the stamp character. The head surface temperature sensor 56b is a temperature sensor such as a thermistor provided in close contact with the head surface of the print head 56 as described above, is connected to the input interface 304 of the control unit 300, and is the surface of the print head 56. Detect and report temperature.

A sensor 183 for detecting the insertion and the feed reference position of the plate-making sheet B faces the feeding path 181, and the plate-making sheet B inserted into the feeding path 181.
Is sent by the platen roller 57 according to the detection result of the sensor 183, and printing is started from the position of the leading end of the stamp character label Bd. A separation claw portion 184 is formed at the tip (upstream end) of the left wall of the delivery passage 182, and the separation claw portion 184 sends the ink ribbon C and the plate-making process sent in a stacked state. The sheet B is separated. Then, the ink ribbon C is sent to the former exposure section, and the plate-making sheet B is sent to the outside of the apparatus through the sending passage 182.

Next, the exposure section 65 will be described with reference to FIG. The exposure unit 65 is provided so as to face the light source drive circuit 191a (not shown) connected to the output interface 305 of the control unit 300 and the stamp face Ad of the stamp main body A set in the pocket 6, and the light source drive circuit 191a.
Ultraviolet light source 191 driven by
Presser plate 58 provided between 91 and stamp surface Ad of stamp body A
It has and. The ultraviolet light source 191 is a self-heating type hot cathode tube called a semi-hot tube, and is supported by a fluorescent tube holder provided on a substrate (not shown). The stamp surface Ad of the stamp main body A, the pressing plate 58, and the ultraviolet light source 191 are disposed in parallel with each other with a gap therebetween, and the ink ribbon C is disposed between the stamp surface Ad and the pressing plate 58. Has been done.

The holding plate 58 is made of a transparent resin or the like,
The ink ribbon C is moved forward and pressed against the printing surface Ad of the stamp body A. That is, at the time of exposure, the ink ribbon C is applied to the printing surface Ad of the stamp body A by the pressing plate 58.
After pressing, the ultraviolet light source 191 is turned on, and exposure is performed using the ink ribbon C as a mask through the pressing plate 58 (see FIG. 5). In addition, the exposure unit 65 includes a control unit 3
00 to the input interface 304, and the exposure unit 6
An ambient temperature sensor 67 (not shown) such as a thermistor that detects and reports the ambient (environmental) temperature of 5 is provided.

The first guide pin 53 and the second guide pin 54 also move in the same direction as the pressing plate 58 moves forward. This movement is performed by the first and second guide pins 53, 5
The tension of the ink ribbon C stretched between the four is relaxed, and the ink ribbon C is pressed against the stamp surface Ad of the stamp main body A in a state in which the tension is reduced, that is, a state in which vertical wrinkles do not occur.

This state will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 2 and 5. A strong tension acts on the ink ribbon C running in FIG. 2 by the take-up reel 13, and as described above, the ink ribbon C is moved. Is a very thin tape and has vertical wrinkles. Therefore, the ink ribbon C as it is, the seal body A
When the ink ribbon C is pressed against the print surface Ad, the ink ribbon C is pressed against the print surface Ad with vertical wrinkles, and the stamp characters are distorted and exposed. On the other hand, when the ink ribbon C is loosened,
Stamp characters from being exposed at a position displaced. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, the first guide pin 53 and the second guide pin 54 are also moved forward with the forward movement of the pressing plate 58 to loosen the tension of the ink ribbon C, and at that time, by the tension pin 55. The tension is applied to the ink ribbon C with a weak force that does not cause vertical wrinkles.

Further, the ink ribbon C in the exposed state of FIG. 5 is bent backward at both ends of the holding plate 58 by the tension pin 55 and the second path pin 52, and the chamfered portions 207 formed at both ends of the holding plate 58 are formed. By the action
The ink ribbon C is prevented from causing unnecessary wrinkles.

As described above, the positive image formed on the plate-making sheet B by printing and the negative image formed on the ink ribbon C are used as a stamp character label and an exposure mask, respectively. That is, the workability of these images is directly reflected on the workability of the finished product as a seal. In particular, when the ink ribbon C used as the exposure mask is distorted, the stamp characters are distorted and exposed. Therefore, in addition to the mechanical structure for the above tension, an electrical function for the heat amount is obtained. Is devised to prevent unnecessary wrinkles from forming on the ink ribbon C.

Next, the seal detecting section 66 which is interlocked with the opening / closing of the opening / closing lid 7 will be described. The stamp detection unit 66 detects that the stamp body A is mounted in the pocket 6 and determines the type of the stamp body A. The stamp body A is available in various shapes such as square stamps, name stamps, business stamps, and address stamps. These stamp bodies A have the same length but the same width. And the thickness is different. In order to set such various stamp main bodies A having different widths and thicknesses at fixed positions in the pocket 6 in the width direction and the thickness direction, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. Bottom of 6
Four long and short bosses 251, 251, 251 and 251 are erected on b, and the boss 251 is attached to the stamp main body A correspondingly.
Is formed with a fitting hole Af (see FIG. 7).

Four bosses 251, 251, 251, 25
1 is arranged in a “T” shape, and correspondingly, for example, in the square mark, two fitting holes Af and Af are provided (see FIG. 7).
(A)), the business seal has four fitting holes Af, Af, A
f and Af (FIG. 7B) are formed. As described above, the number and depth of the fitting holes Af of the stamp main body A are different depending on the type of the stamp main body A.
By combining 51, the centers of the stamp surfaces Ad of various stamp bodies A mounted in the pockets 6 are positioned so that they are always at the same position.

A back surface A opposite to the printing surface Ad of the stamp body A is used.
In g, a plurality of side holes (type detection holes) Ah are formed side by side at an intermediate position in the thickness direction, and in cooperation with the switch array 262 of the seal detection unit 66, which will be described later, the type of the seal body A is classified. Is determined (see FIG. 8). A stamp character label Bd of the plate-making sheet B, which is separated from the ink ribbon C after printing and sent to the outside of the apparatus, is attached to the back surface Ag of the stamp main body A so that the small hole Ah is hidden. ing.

As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the stamp detecting portion 66 is a switch holder (also serving as the wall surface of the pocket 6) arranged so as to face the back surface Ag of the stamp body A.
261 and a switch array 262 composed of six detection switches 263 supported by the switch holder 261. Each detection switch 263 is composed of a switch main body 264 composed of a push switch and the like, and a switch top 265 whose tip faces the inside of the pocket 6. The switch top 265 includes a flat plate portion 266 and a detection protrusion portion 267 extending at a right angle from the flat plate portion 266,
Guided by the guide protrusion 268 formed on the switch holder 261 below the flat plate portion 266, and guided by the guide hole 269 formed on the switch holder 261 by the detection protrusion 267,
Move back and forth.

The switch main body 264 is fixed to the back surface of the substrate 270, and its plunger 271 is attached to the switch top 26.
5 is arranged so as to abut against the flat plate portion 266.
In this case, the plunger 271 biases the switch top 265 toward the pocket 6 side by its spring force, and the bias causes the tip of the detection protrusion 267 to project from the guide hole 269 of the switch holder 261 into the pocket 6. The state in which the detection switch 263 is depressed into the guide hole 269 against the bias corresponds to ON-OFF of the detection switch 263. In this case, when any one of the detection switches 263 in the switch array 262 is turned on, it is detected that the seal body A is attached, and all the detection switches 263 are turned off. Then, it is detected that the seal body A is not attached. Then, each detection switch 263 of the switch array 262 is turned on or off depending on the presence or absence of the small hole Ah of the corresponding stamp main body A. Therefore, the type of the stamp main body A is determined by the ON / OFF pattern of the six detection switches 263.

FIG. 8 shows the relationship between the small holes Ah of the stamp main body A and the six detection switches (detection protrusions) 263. From the relationship between the six detection switches 263 and the presence / absence of the small hole Ah, 2n −1 types of discrimination patterns, that is, 63 types of discrimination patterns are possible. In this case, there is no small hole Ah for the two detection switches 263, 263 at both outer ends of the stamp body A having a narrow width such as a square mark, and these two detection switches 263, 263 are the seals. It projects toward the space on both sides of the main body A. That is, in the seal main body A having a narrow width such as a square mark, an imaginary small hole Ah is formed at the outermost end of the seal main body A.
Is recognized as a discrimination pattern having

Next, the control unit 300 will be described with reference to FIG. The control unit 300 is composed of, for example, a microcomputer, and includes a CPU 301 and a ROM.
302, a RAM 302, an input interface 304, an output interface 305, and a system bus 306 connecting these.

The ROM 302 stores various programs, kana-kanji conversion dictionary data, font data such as characters and symbols, and fixed data such as predetermined seal frame data. RAM 303 is used as a work area,
It is also used to store fixed data related to user input. The data stored in the RAM 303 is backed up even when the power is turned off.

The input interface 304 includes the push button group 22 of the operation unit 21, the operation dial 23,
Head surface temperature sensor 56b of printing unit 64, exposure unit 65
Input signals from the ambient temperature sensor 67, the seal detection unit 66, etc. of the CPU 301 and the R
Performs an interface for importing into AM. The output interface 305 inputs various control signals and various control data from the CPU 301, the ROM 302, or the RAM 303 via the system bus 306, and the above-described light emitting element 12, the display drive circuit 24a of the operation unit 21, the printing unit. 64 head drive circuit 56a, motor drive circuit 57
a, an interface for outputting to the light source drive circuit 191a of the exposure unit 65 and the like.

The CPU 301 is the input interface 30.
RAM based on a processing program in the ROM 302 that is determined according to the input signal from the CPU 4 and the processing content at that time.
Use 303 as a work area, and R when necessary
The fixed data stored in the OM 302 or the RAM 303 is appropriately used for processing.

In the case of this seal making device 1, the CPU 301
Performs the multitasking process described below.

FIG. 12 is a conceptual diagram of the multitask processing of this embodiment, in which a plurality of tasks to be processed are given priority R.
The tasks are activated by classifying them into DY0 to RDYn (n = 7 in the illustrated case), determining the processing order based on their priority order. In the following description, the highest priority RDY
The tasks classified as 0 are assigned to TCB0i (i = 0, 1, 2,
...), the task classified into the lowest priority order RDY7 is TCB7i, and similarly for other priority orders, the tasks classified into the priority order RDYj (j = 0 to 7) are TCBj.
Denote by i. In addition, the fact that the task is classified into the priority order RDYj and becomes the waiting state in the classification is, for example, the task TC.
It is assumed that Bm0 is registered as TCBj0, and that one or more tasks are registered in the priority order RDYj is expressed as “task present” in RDYj.

Further, as shown in the same figure, in this multitasking process, a new event is required due to the occurrence of an event such as an interruption caused by pressing one of the push buttons in the push button group 22 or operating the operation dial 23. An area for registering a task name (such as TCBm0 shown in the figure) indicating the processing content and a communication between each task (Mail1 shown in the figure: hereinafter abbreviated as "mail") is secured. The area is expressed as a mailbox MBX. Furthermore, a task name indicating the currently executed processing content is expressed as TCBr0, and executing and processing this task is expressed as current task execution processing, or abbreviated as RUN processing. For example, selecting TCB00 When booting,
It is expressed that TCB00 is registered as TCBr0 and activated. The registration in this case is shown as TCBr0 ← TCB00 on a hierarchical processing diagram and a flowchart described later. Task TCBm in mailbox MBX
0 and the like have information such as whether or not the task TCBr0 currently being executed can be forcibly interrupted, or which priority order RDYj is to be registered, and in the MBX processing described later,
The task TCBm0 is processed based on these pieces of information.

FIG. 13 is an attempt to show the processing procedure of the embodiment of the present invention using a normal flowchart. As shown in the figure, when the processing is started by turning on the power, etc., first, the respective parts in the stamp making apparatus 1 are initialized (S01), and then the task monitoring / switching (RD) is performed.
Y) After processing (S02), the mailbox (MB
X) Processing is performed (S03). Next, it is checked whether or not any event has occurred (S04), and if it has occurred, the process corresponding to the event that has occurred is performed (S05), and then the current task is executed (RUN). Processing is performed (S06). Then, the RDY processing (S02) to the RUN processing (S06) are repeated.

However, in the actual processing, the RDY processing and MBX processing described above are processed only at regularly determined timings, and the processing corresponding to each event is activated in response to the occurrence of that event. Since it is a process and the RUN process is performed at other timings, it is difficult to accurately represent it in the description of this flowchart, and it is difficult to understand the hierarchical structure of the program. Therefore, in the following description, when describing one continuous process, regardless of the actual multitask operation such as starting another task,
And the use of a flow chart illustrating the task processing as a subroutine, event driven type, that is, explanation of such tasks activated by such an event occurs, the description method shown in FIG. 14 (hereinafter, "hierarchical processing die A grayed <br />").

Here, in the hierarchical processing diagram, the processing branch marked with ⋄ indicates that it is an event-driven task, program or subroutine, and an event such as an interrupt or task activation from another task occurs. Will be executed when The task monitoring / switching (RDY) process of FIG. 14 is interrupted by a real-time monitor or the like at regular intervals, and is activated only at that timing.
Further, the mailbox (MBX) process is also activated by a timing interrupt at a constant interval different from the RDY process.
As described above, the event generation process is performed by the operation dial 2
This is a process of registering the task activated by various events such as the operation of No. 3 in the mailbox MBX. Actually, each event occurs independently of the mailbox MBX.
Although X is accessed and the task name corresponding to the processing of the event is registered, FIG. 14 shows only one of them as a representative.

As shown in Fig. 14, when the processing is started by turning on the power, etc., first, the initial setting of the processing branch In (hereinafter referred to as "initial setting (In)") is performed. Then, a task TCBin of a main task starting process, which will be described later, for determining the flow of the entire process of the seal stamp creating apparatus 1 is registered in the MBX (In1). If there is no timing of MBX processing and there is no event occurrence, then the process proceeds to RUN processing (CT), but here, because nothing has been registered and has not been executed, RDY processing or Waiting for MBX processing start timing.

In this state, at the timing of the RDY processing, the RDY processing (R) is executed, but RDY0 to RDY
The task is not registered in DY7, that is, RD
Since there is no task in Y0 to RDY7 (R1 to R8), the process ends without any processing. On the other hand, at the timing of the MBX processing, the MBX processing (M) is executed and the MB
Since the task TCBin for main task activation processing is registered as TCBm0 in X, the task with (M1) processing is performed in MBX, and the task TCB in MBX is set to R.
Register to DY (M11). That is, for example, if the designated priority of the task TCBin corresponds to RDY4, the task TCBin is registered in the RDY4 as the TCB40.

In this state, when the timing of the RDY processing comes and the RDY processing (R) is executed, for example, RDY processing is performed.
The process with task (R3) is executed in 4. Here, referring to FIG. 15, there is a task in RDYi (R (i-1)).
The processing of will be described. In this process, roughly, there are a case where a new task is started, a case where the task is not started and the interrupt request mail is sent to the currently executing task, and a case where nothing is processed. To do.

First, when there is no currently executing task, that is, when nothing is registered as TCBr0 and no RUN processing is performed, or the currently executing task TC.
If the priority of Br0 is lower than or equal to RDY (i + 1) and the currently executing task can be interrupted, a new task is started. This interruptable case means that the new task can forcibly interrupt the currently executed task, the content of the reply mail to the below-mentioned interrupt request mail can be interrupted, or it is an end mail indicating that it has already ended. There are some cases. When this condition is met, that is,
(No current execution task) + (Current execution task RDY (i + 1)
Below) & ((Forced interruption possible) + (Reply mail to MBX available)
When the condition & ((interruptible mail) + (end mail)) is satisfied (R (i-1) 1), the new task is activated (R (i-1) 11). Here, + represents a logical sum and & represents a logical product.

The priority of the currently executed task is RDY.
If it is (i + 1) or less, and it is unknown whether it can be interrupted because there is no reply mail from the task, or if it is once interrupted when requested once and re-requested depending on the situation, interrupt A suspend request mail requesting the request is sent to the mailbox MBX. That is, (currently executed task RDY (i + 1) or less) & (forced interruption impossible) &
When the condition of ((no reply mail to MBX) + (non-interruptible mail)) is satisfied (R (i-1) 2), the interruption request mail is transmitted (R (i-1) 21). Then, when neither of these conditions is satisfied, that is, when the priority of the currently executed task is RDYi or higher, no task is processed and the task existence (R (i-1)) is terminated in RDYi. .

In the case of the new task activation (R (i-1) 11), before this processing, for example, the task is interrupted to activate another task having a higher priority, or the child task is activated. Then, if there is a task that was suspended while waiting for the processing result of the child task, whether or not the task can be resumed is determined based on the resume information that will be described later. & (Can be restarted) (R (i-
1) The processing of 111) is executed. In this process, the suspended task name is registered as the currently executed task name TCBr0 (R (i-1) 1111), and if there is saved data or the like, they are restored (R (i- 1) 11
12), newly start RUN processing (R (i-1) 1
113). Due to this event occurrence, the new task activation (CT1) processing is activated in the RUN processing (CT) described later.

If there is no suspended task, no suspended task (R (i-1) 112) is processed and the TCB
After r0 ← new task name (R (i-1) 1121), a new RUN process is started (R (i-1) 1122). For example, in the case of the task TCBin of the main task activation process, in the process of the new task activation (R311), TCBr0 ← TCBin (R3 of no interrupted task (R3112)
After 1121), RUN process activation (R31122) is executed. Then, if there is an interrupted task but it cannot be restarted, the new task activation (R (i-1) 11) is terminated without performing any processing, because it waits until it becomes restartable. Since the child task usually has a higher priority than the parent task, this new task activation (R (i
-1) When (11) is processed, the child task is generally finished and can be restarted.

Next, the mailbox (MBX) processing will be described with reference to FIG. In this process, MB
When there is a task in M (M1), task T in MBX
CBm0 is registered in RDYj of the corresponding priority based on the designated priority of the task (M1
1). When the MBX has a mail (M2), if the mail is an interruption request mail (M21), it is registered as the latest request mail (M211) and sent to the currently executed task TCBr0 (M212), and (Reply mail). When it is + (end mail) (M22), it is registered as a reply mail to the latest request mail (M221) and sent to the reply waiting RDY (M222).

Next, the event generation process (E) will be described. Although the above-mentioned initialization (In) is described as another one for convenience of explanation, it is actually a kind of this event generation processing (E). That is, event processing (E)
Performs a process (E1) of registering a task activated by an event from the outside of the device such as operation of the operation dial 23 or a task generated by a program for internal processing in the MBX. Task TCB for main task activation processing
After being registered in this MBX, it is registered in RDY and is executed as a new task in the RUN process (CT) described below.

Next, the current task execution (RUN) processing (CT) will be described with reference to FIG. This processing continuously processes the currently executed task TCBr0 when the above-mentioned other events have not occurred, and the events that occur during this processing include new task activation (CT1) and interruption. When there is a request mail (CT2) and the end of the currently executed task (CT3) and these events do not occur, the currently executed task processing is continued (CT4). When activating a new task (CT1), save the data for the currently executing task (C
T11), if the currently executed task is interrupted (CT12) and the resumption is scheduled to continue (CT13), the resumption information is recorded as the task information (CT131), and the task is rewritten with the original RDY. Re-register to (CT1
32).

When the interruption request mail is present (CT2), it is judged whether or not the state of the currently executing task at that time is interruptible. When the interruption is possible (CT21), the interruption possible mail is transmitted to the MBX. (CT211), no interruption (CT2)
In the case of 2), an uninterruptible mail is sent (CT22).
1). It should be noted that, even when the RDY process (R), the MBX process (M), or the event occurrence process (E) is switched to during the RUN process (CT), the RUN process is temporarily interrupted. However, unlike the switching with other tasks, since this is a basic process of the real-time monitor, description thereof will be omitted. And the current execution task TC
When the processing of Br0 ends (CT3), the end mail is transmitted to the MBX (CT31), and the process waits until the next new task is activated (CT32).

FIG. 17 shows an example of the main task activation process. As shown in the figure, when the main task activation processing task TCBin is activated, first, the task of securing a work area (S11) is registered in the mailbox MBX, and subsequently, the display processing (S12) and the unit (main body of the stamp). ) The task of the judgment error processing (S13) is registered, and then the input error judgment processing (S14), the character input processing (S15), the plate making (stamp) image creation processing (S1).
6), sheet processing (S17), and buzzer processing (S1)
8) and other tasks are registered, and then the printing process (S1
After the task of 9) is registered, the task of the exposure process (S16) is registered. These child tasks are classified and registered in the respective priorities RDYj by the MBX process, and RD
It is activated one after another by Y processing. When these child tasks are activated, grandchild tasks are further registered in the mailbox MBX as required, and are activated by RDY processing.

That is, a plurality of tasks including the initial setting task TCBin are each processed until some processing wait state is reached. The internal processing in the seal stamp creating apparatus 1 proceeds to the next processing by the above-mentioned multitask processing when the processing of other tasks that are waiting factors for processing progresses and the waiting state is released, and as a result, Waits for user input and other operations. Conversely speaking, after the user's operation is performed, the processing of each task including error processing is performed one after another until the next operation is waited.

Therefore, as a result, various operations are performed in parallel and at the same time as a real feeling at the time of operation. That is,
In the process of this seal making device 1, various processes required later can be performed in advance, as compared with the case of waiting for the user's operation one by one and then proceeding to the next process. Human waiting time can be reduced as much as possible, and high speed operation can be achieved. It should be noted that parallel processing such as the above-mentioned multitask processing is realized by using all programs or task processing as described above as interrupt processing and adopting an interrupt control circuit for controlling the priority of the generated interrupt. You can also

The dotted line display in FIG. 17 shows an image of task processing which is apparently concurrently processed in parallel. In addition, the character input processing (S15), the input error determination processing (S14), and the plate-making image creation processing (S16) are simultaneously processed. Specifically, there is a problem in the number of characters input in the text between the input of the first character (characters, symbols, figures, etc.) and the input of the next character (S15). It is determined whether there is any (S14), and an image for plate making is created (S1
6). When a character is input in the middle of these processes (S15), the input error determination process (S14) and the plate-making image creating process (S16) are immediately stopped, and each process is restarted from the beginning. Also during these periods, the display process (S12), the buzzer process (S18), and the sheet process (S17) are performed in parallel when the plate-making sheet B is inserted.

In the case of this stamp making apparatus 1, the electronic equipment of the present invention is implemented by the control unit 300, the light emitting element 12, the operation unit 21, and the seal detecting unit 66, and FIGS.
The characteristic operation will be described below with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 18, this electronic device performs an in-apparatus processing environment preservation process of the seal stamp creating apparatus 1. This process is activated as a child task during execution of the task of the unit determination process (S13) of FIG. 17 described above. In this process, first, the seal detecting unit 66 determines whether or not the seal main body A is set (installed) and the type of the seal main body A, and in the present process, obtains the information (S71). . If the stamp main body A is not set (S71), after the warning process without stamp (S75), it is determined whether the environment setting is designated (S71).
76), if specified, environment setting processing (S7
7) is performed, and if not specified, the information from the seal type determination process (S71) is obtained again. Since this seal type discrimination process (S71) is also an independent task process, if the seal body A is set, removed, or replaced with another seal body A during this process,
This process is restarted from this stamp type determination process (S71).

In the no stamp warning process (S75), "no stamp" is displayed on the display 24 and the light emitting element (LED) 12 at the "OPEN" position of the function switch 8 is displayed.
Flashes quickly, and at the same time, if "buzzer ON" is set in the environment setting process described later, the buzzer sounds. From these warnings, the user (user) can know that the seal body A (workpiece) is not set in the pocket 6, and it is not necessary to perform an unnecessary operation such as an input operation. At the same time, wasteful processing and processing are not performed on the main body of the seal stamp creating apparatus 1.

The environment setting process (S77) is started by pressing a predetermined push button of the push button group 22 during the stampless warning process. That is, the environment setting designation (S76) is YES, and the environment setting process (S7)
7) is started. In this process, first, the selection contents of layer 1 shown in FIG. 19, that is, “buzzer”, “density”,
Either the “demo switch” or the “position”, which is normally the final selection content at the time of the previous setting, is displayed on the display unit 24, and the display content can be sequentially changed by operating the operation dial 23. Has become. The user can confirm the selected content by pressing the execution key 31 of the operation dial 23 when the desired content is displayed.
When the selection contents of the hierarchy 1 are confirmed, the selection contents of the hierarchy 2 of FIG. 19 corresponding to the selection contents are displayed on the display unit 24,
The user can confirm the selection contents in the same manner as the selection of the hierarchy 1. And when these selections are completed,
By pressing the above-mentioned predetermined push button, this process is terminated and the process returns to the seal process determination process (S71). The contents selected at this time are saved until the reset or reset of the main body of the stamp creating apparatus 1 even after the end of the environment setting process (S77).

As shown in the figure, in the "buzzer", "O"
"FF" and "ON" can be selected. By selecting ON / OFF of the buzzer, it is possible to select whether or not to sound the buzzer when each button or key of the push button group 22 or the operation dial 23 is pressed and when a warning is issued. However, it is set so that it does not sound when the dial-shaped key 33 is operated. On the other hand, among the warning buzzers, an important warning buzzer, for example, a warning buzzer when the seal body A is not removed immediately after the exposure is set to sound. It should be noted that these setting contents can be changed by changing the fixed data in the ROM 302 at the time of designing or changing the design of the seal making device 1, and can be set more finely in the environment setting process. Then, the setting contents may be stored in the RAM 303 as the user's unique data.

In "Density", print densities "+3" to "-3" can be selected so that optimum plate making can be performed.
By selecting this density, the main body of the stamp making apparatus 1 can change the printing density by changing the application time of the strobe pulse to the print head 56 of the printing unit 64. In “Position”, when the position from the start of traveling of the plate-making sheet B (when the push button for starting the “plate-making” is deviated to the actual start of plate-making due to some mechanical factor, the distance is set in the program. It is possible to select any one of 15 steps from "front 7" to "back 7" so as to be changed.

Further, when "switch demo" is selected in the hierarchy 1, a demo introducing the seal making device 1 such as "This product is a real" stamp "easily ..." is displayed on the display unit 24. The display starts. As described above, this selection is saved until resetting, so if you turn on the power without stamping, specify the environment setting processing (S77) with the push button after the stampless warning processing (S75), this demo The display starts. In this case, if nothing is operated for a certain period of time after the demo display, the demo display is restarted from the beginning. Note that the demo display may be automatically performed after the stamp-less warning process (S75).

For example, when the stamp making apparatus 1 is not set and the stamp making apparatus 1 is exhibited as a product in a store, the stamp making apparatus 1 itself makes an appeal by the demo display. It is possible to omit the trouble of product description such as. In this demo display state, it is preferable that a series of operations can be tried on the display as if the seal body A is set. In this case, by allowing provisional data to be input, it is possible to eliminate anxiety about the operation of the visitor and increase the possibility of motivating to purchase the seal making device 1 as a product. . On the other hand, since the stamp main body A is not actually set, the stamp main body A is not unnecessarily consumed for product description.

Next, as shown in FIG. 18, when the stamp body A is set (S71), it is determined whether the stamp body A different from the previous one is set, that is, whether the stamp body A is replaced. It is determined (S73). This determination is made between the previous determination and the present determination, the seal type determination process (S7
It is determined by whether or not the information from 1) is obtained again. In this case, even if it is determined that the stamp body A has been replaced, it is determined whether or not the stamp body A is of the same type as before the replacement (S74), and if it is the same type, it is replaced. The stored data restoring process is performed in the same manner as when there is no such data (S78). In this saved data restoration process (S78), various settings to be described later that were set at the previous time, text data input at that time, processed image data, etc. are returned to the same state as the previous time. Then, the in-apparatus processing environment conservation processing is ended (S85).

On the other hand, if the stamp body is of a different type from that before replacement (S74), the result is No, and various settings are changed according to the type of the stamp body A that has been set (S7).
9 ). For example, as shown in FIG. 20, depending on the type of the stamp body A, the size of characters such as input characters and figures, which are elements of the stamp image, and the size of the area where the characters can be allocated and arranged can be changed (see FIG. (See (a) and (c)), and this size is also changed depending on the presence or absence of character allocating processing (processing for allocating and arranging so that the seal looks good) (see (a) and (b) in the same figure). Further, as shown in FIGS. 21 to 22, depending on the type of the stamp main body A,
Among the outer frames prepared in advance in a predetermined form, the available types are changed.

By changing these settings, the data processing for each stamp body A is performed accurately. That is, as compared with the case where the allowable amount of internal data is uniform, apart from the seal body A of the type having the maximum processing amount, the data processing amount for the seal bodies A of other types becomes small, resulting in waste of processing. And the processing can be performed quickly.

When the various setting changes according to the seal type (S79) are completed, the above-described character input processing (S15)
The process waits for the first input process of the text data input process (S80) activated by (S81), and when the first input of the new text data is made thereafter, the old text data is erased (S82) and the new text data is entered. And store (S
83), and ends the in-apparatus processing environment conservation processing (S8).
5).

By deleting the old text data (S82), when a stamp body A of a type different from the previous one is set, it is possible to prevent the input operation and the data processing from being mistakenly performed with the previous text data. Therefore,
Input operations and data processing are not wasted, and improper processing of the stamp main body A can be prevented. Further, since the deletion of the old text data (S82) is performed after the first input of the text data to the stamp body A of a different type from the previous time (S82), a different type of stamp body A is erroneously set. Also, if you notice it before entering the text data and replace it, you can use the original text data.

[0074]

As described above, according to the electronic device of the present invention, when the object to be processed different from the previous one is attached, the previous text data is erased. It is no longer necessary to perform input operations and data processing as text data. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the input operation and the data processing from being wasted, and prevent improper processing on the object to be processed. In addition, in the case of deleting the text data after inputting new text data, the text data of the previous time is deleted after the text data for the processing object different from the previous time is input. Even if you wear
If you notice it before you enter text data and replace it, you can use the original text data.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view of a seal stamp creating apparatus including an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an internal structural diagram of a mechanical device unit of the stamp creating device.

FIG. 3 is a structural diagram of a stamp main body.

FIG. 4 is a structural diagram of a plate-making sheet.

FIG. 5 is a plan view around the exposure device of the mechanical device section.

FIG. 6 is a plan view around the pocket with the opening / closing lid removed.

FIG. 7 is a structural explanatory view showing a mounting state of various stamp main bodies in a pocket.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram for explaining discrimination patterns of various stamp main bodies.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view showing the detection operation of the seal detection unit.

FIG. 10 is a plan view around a pocket and a seal detection unit.

FIG. 11 is a control block diagram of the seal stamp creating device.

FIG. 12 is a conceptual diagram of multitasking processing of the seal stamp creating device.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart in which an attempt is made to show a processing procedure of the seal stamp creating device.

FIG. 14 is a hierarchical processing die showing the main processing of the seal making device.
It is A gram.

15 is a hierarchical processing die A gram showing a task monitoring and switching process of the stamp making device.

16 is a hierarchical processing <br/> die A gram of the current task execution process of the stamp making apparatus.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing an example of main task activation processing of the seal stamp creating apparatus.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the electronic device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing setting contents that can be selected in the environment setting process of the electronic device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing an example of sizes of various setting changes of the electronic device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing an example of an outer frame for changing various settings of the electronic device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 22 is a view similar to FIG. 21.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Seal making device (device body) 6 pockets 12 Light emitting element 21 Operation part 22 push buttons 23 Operation dial 24 display 31 Enter key 32 Cursor / Conversion key 33-character input key 56 print head 57 Platen Roller 64 printing section 65 Exposure unit 66 Seal detection unit (detection means) 67 Ambient temperature sensor 191 UV light source 300 control unit 301 CPU 302 ROM 303 RAM 304 input interface 305 output interface 306 system bus A seal body (object to be processed) B Plate-making sheet C ink ribbon

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Toshino Kameda 2-10-18 Higashi-Kanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Inside King Jim Co., Ltd. (72) Tomoyuki Niimura 2-10-18 Higashi-Kanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo King Jim Co., Ltd. (56) Reference JP-A-6-278349 (JP, A) JP-A-2-202476 (JP, A) JP-A-7-283987 (JP, A) JP-A-6-199005 (JP , A) (58) Fields surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B41K 1/00-1/02 B41L 13/02 B44B 1/00 B41J 3/36 B41J 21/16 B41J 29/00

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. An electronic device, which performs different physical processing for each type on the basis of internal data, on various processing objects that are detachably mounted in a pocket formed in the main body of the device and is mounted in the pocket. Based on the type detection means for detecting the type of the processed object and the detection result of the type detection means, it is detected when the type of the processed object was detected last time.
A workpiece determining means for determining that the workpiece of the workpiece with different type is mounted which, by the processing object determination means, the mounting of the object of the different types
When judged, input to the previously processed object
An electronic device, comprising: a data erasing unit that erases previously stored text data that has been stored . 2. The data erasing means is the different type.
The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the previous text data is erased after the text data for the object to be processed is input. 3. The processing target discriminating means is used to detect the difference.
When it is not determined that the object to be processed of any of the following types is attached , the storage data restoring means that makes the text data stored as the previous text data the current text data is further provided. The electronic device according to claim 1 or 2, which is characterized in that. Wherein said workpiece is a stamp body, wherein the physical processing is processing for forming a stamp image in the stamp surface of the stamp body, according to any one of claims 1 to 3 Electronics.