JP3451864B2 - Reader - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention is related to the reading device, such as an internal configuration in an automatic contract machine that automatically issues a contract card accepts a recording medium written like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Taking an automatic contract machine as an example, this automatic contract machine automatically accepts an ID card such as a license or health insurance card and an application form when the customer sets them in place. If it is confirmed that the contract is valid based on the read customer's examination contents, the contract is concluded and the contract card requested by the customer is issued. In this way, the contract card requested by the customer is automatically issued in an unattended manner, so the operation is completed with customer confidence, and the labor of the window work of the staff can be reduced.
It also enhances serviceability to customers.

In this case, when the ID card and application form are set in a fixed position, the customer is confused by the difference in writing.
However, there is a problem that the operation time becomes long due to the delay. Also in writing
When set to a fixed position, as shown in FIG. 17, in writing presser lid 172 to allow the document 171 that has been set in place is or floated from the set position, 180 ° rotation as a fulcrum at one end so as not to move Reading is performed by the scanner device 173 while the entire upper surface of the 171 is pressed and held.

However, since the pressing cover has to press and hold all documents of different sizes, the pressing cover and the automatic contract machine are large in size to press and hold the largest document, With the increase in size, there is a problem that the processing speed becomes slow and the cost becomes high.

[0005]

The object of the invention is to solve] is therefore an object of the present invention is, interest
Eliminates delay operations due to confusion during user handling operations
Reduce operation time and improve serviceability to users.
In addition to the above, an object of the present invention is to provide a reading apparatus that is downsized by providing a pressing unit that expands and contracts all recording media having different sizes to a size capable of being pressed and held.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, there is provided a reading table on which a recording medium is placed and set at a reading position, pressing means for pressing the upper surface of the recording medium set on the reading table, and the reading table. Reading means for reading the record information of the recording medium pressed and held by the pressing means above;
Type input means for inputting the type of recording medium
The storage medium according to the type of the storage medium input by the force means.
And a display guide means for displaying and guiding the reading set position of .

As a form of the invention, the pressing means is a pressing device.
It is possible to provide a variable adjustment means for variably adjusting the holding size according to the size of the recording medium.

As a form of the invention, the variable adjusting means is
It can be composed of a pressing body that constitutes the pressing means, the slide pressing plate which slides allowed along than pressing圧本body pressing surface direction.

[0009]

According to the present invention, the user can read the recording medium.
When set on the mounting table, the recording medium is set by the type input means.
Enter the type of
The guide setting means displays the read set position of the recording medium.
I will guide you. Based on this guide, when the user sets the recording medium on the reading table, the pressing means presses and holds the recording medium, and the reading means reads the recorded information of the pressed and held recording medium.

Further, the pressing means is provided with a variable adjusting means.
Case, the variable adjusting means for variably adjusting the magnitude corresponding to the magnitude of the size of the corresponding pressing means recording medium.

Further , the pressing means is provided with a slide pressing plate.
At this time, when the pressing means is variably adjusted , the slide pressing plate is allowed to slide along the pressing surface direction from the pressing body to variably adjust the size of the pressing means.

[0012]

As a result, the user can display the display guide means.
You can set the certificate at the reading position while looking at the guide,
It can be handled smoothly from the beginning, and the handling operation of the user
Shorter operation time due to elimination of delay operation due to confusion during production
And the serviceability to customers is improved.

Furthermore , since the size of the pressing means pressed and held can be variably adjusted, the pressing means may be made small for a relatively small recording medium, whereas the pressing means may be used for a large recording medium. Since it is sufficient to increase the size of the recording medium, it is possible to press and hold the recording medium corresponding to all recording media having different sizes. Therefore, even if the pressing means is miniaturized, all the recording media can be stably held, so that the pressing means and the automatic contract machine can be miniaturized.
Based on this miniaturization, it is possible to improve the processing speed and reduce the cost.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an automatic contract machine 11 that automatically issues a customer's contract card. This automatic contract machine 11 has an imaging window 12, a card issuing slot 13, and an input operation surface 14 on the front of the upper part.
A press holder 15, an application / contract issue port 16,
It is provided with a customer service table 17 and a writing tray 18.

FIG. 2 shows the internal structure of the automatic contract machine 11.
This automatic contract machine 11 has a built-in television camera 21 at an internal position corresponding to the image capturing window 12 on the front side to allow the image capturing of the customer,
The contract card created by incorporating the card issuing machine 22 in the internal position corresponding to the card issuing slot 13 on the front side is issued.

Further, the input operation surface 14 formed at the center of the front surface has an inclination angle suitable for a customer's input operation and a visual recognition angle, and is widely provided in a horizontally long rectangle, and is displayed / displayed on the input operation surface 14. Allows input / reading. At the internal position of the input operation surface 14, a display 23 also serving as a touch input and a scanner 24 are built in, and the display 23 guides the touch input operation, the document setting operation and the operation contents,
The scanner 24 reads the identification data 25 such as a license / health insurance card set on the input operation surface 14 or the description data of a form 26 such as an application form / contract form. At the time of this reading, the ID card 25 set on the input operation surface 14
The form 26 is read while being pressed and held by the pressing holder 15 from above.

Further, on the lower side of the input operation surface 14, the form collection passage 2 for pulling the read form 26 downward and collecting it.
7 is formed, and the lower inner end portion of the form collection passage 27 is connected to a collection box 28 formed on the lower surface of the customer table 17 to allow the form 26 to be collected.

Further, inside the application / contract issue port 16, a printer 30 equipped with a form storage unit is connected via a form discharge passage 29, the contract contents are printed by this printer 30, and the customer's contract is printed. Issue contracts and contracts from the form storage unit when operating contracts.

Further, the customer table 17 has a flat plate shape suitable for a writing surface and is projected substantially horizontally from the front surface of the apparatus main body.
Further, a collection box 28 of the same shape is provided along the lower surface of the table 17, and the collection box 28 can be independently opened and closed so that the staff 26 can easily take out the form 26 collected here.

Further, the recovery box 28 is provided in the vicinity of a position immediately below the input operation surface 14 so that the input operation surface 14 and the recovery box 2 are provided.
8 is set to be short, the length of the form collection passage 27 connecting between these can be shortened, and the collection processing time from the input operation surface 14 to the collection box 28 can be shortened, or the collection box 28 can be shortened. It is possible to shorten the return processing time from the input to the input operation surface 14.

FIG. 3 shows an example of display guidance when setting the identification card 25 on the input operation surface 14. This is a case where the driver's license or health insurance card is used for identification and is set on the screen. A character guide display 31 for guiding the set position and the confirmation operation, and a set position designation guide display 32 for designating the placement position are displayed.

Thus, the customer can set the certificate at the reading position while looking at the display guidance on the input operation surface 14, and can input and use the certificate on the same screen to smoothly handle the operation while receiving the operation guidance. Therefore, the delay operation due to confusion during the handling operation by the customer is eliminated, the operation time is shortened, and the serviceability to the customer is improved.

FIG. 4 shows an example of display guidance when rereading a certificate. A character guide display 41 for guiding the reset position and reset operation on the screen, and a set position designation guide for designating the placement position. The display 42 is displayed and guided. Also,
Along with this display guidance, a voice guidance is output to confirm the certificate setting operation.

FIG. 5 shows an example of the contract 26a, and various contract contents 51 ... Are described in the contract 26a. It is determined that the contract 26a is approved and the approval point 52 of the name and address is described. ing. Further, in the upper left corner of the contract 26a, a set direction designation arrow 53 for designating the direction and front and back when setting at a fixed position is clearly printed and displayed, and the set direction designation arrow 53 should be provided. This facilitates the setting operation of the contract 26a on the input operation surface 14. Further, not only the contract 26a but also the application form is provided with a set direction designation arrow to facilitate the setting operation. Further, not only the display of the arrow 53 but also the corner of the paper is cut out. You can also specify the set direction and front and back.

FIG. 6 shows a set state of identification cards and forms of different sizes. In the case of an identification card 25 such as a driver's license 25a or health insurance card 25b, the set position is the lower left corner of the operation surface 14. Is set on the basis of, and in the case of the form 26 such as the application form 26b or the contract 26a, the lower edge is slightly inserted into the form collection passage 27, and the left end is set as the reference to set in a vertically long state. Press holder 1 in this state
The reading operation is performed by pressing and holding 5 from above.

At this time, on the right side of the set position, the input operation surface 14 is exposed with a constant width, and the exposed input operation surface 14 can be used to display operation guidance such as guiding the set position. .

For example, as shown in FIG. 7, at the time of initial setting of a form, a set position designation guide display 71 on the left side of the input operation surface 14, and a graphic guide display 72 that fluidly shows the set operation of the form by an animation, Insertion set direction display 73
The application cancel key 74 and the character guide display 75 for guiding the form setting operation are displayed on the right side. In this way, the left side of the input operation surface 14 can be used as the read / display screen and the right side can be effectively used as the input / display screen.

8 and 9 show the pressing operation state of the pressing holder 15. The pressing holder 15 stands by at a side position adjacent to the input operation surface 14, and the standby position and the left and right of the input operation surface 14 are left and right. The space is movably supported by a horizontal maintaining mechanism 81.

In this horizontal maintaining mechanism 81, a lower end portion of a connecting arm 84 is rotatably attached to a holder fulcrum shaft 83 fixed on a substrate 82, and an upper end portion of the arm 84 is pivotally supported by a pivot shaft 85 of a pressing holder 15. And the holder holder fulcrum shaft 83 is used as a rotation fulcrum to manually move the pressing holder 15 to the left or the right in a semicircular locus, whereby the pressing holder 1
5 moves left and right while maintaining a substantially horizontal state.

10 and 11 show a slide mechanism 101 for variably adjusting the pressing area of the pressing holder 15. The sliding mechanism 101 allows a holder main body 102 forming an outer frame of the pressing holder 15 and a retractable inside thereof. And a built-in slide pressing plate 103.

The holder body 102 has an inverted concave cross section,
Pressing surfaces 102a and 102b are formed on both sides of the lower surface of the holder body 102 so as to be pressed flatly, and the document set by the pressing surfaces 102a and 102b on both sides is pressed and held from above. Also, the pressing surfaces 102a, 1 on both sides of these
Each slide rail 104 ... Is formed in the internal space of 02b, and a slide pressing plate 103 supported by these slide rails 104 ...

A slide motor M is arranged at the center of the lower surface, and the pinion 105 connected to the main shaft of this motor M is used.
Is engaged with the rack 106 of the slide pressing plate 103 to transmit power, and the slide pressing plate 103 advances and retreats along the pressing surface direction as the slide motor M drives forward and backward, and slides to a variably adjusted set position. .

The slide pressing plate 103 has an inverted concave cross-section and is integrally stored in the holder main body 102 in a standby state. The surface 103a is formed, and this pressing surface 103a and the pressing surface 102 of the holder main body 102 already described.
The document is pressed and held by a and 102b. Usually, the relatively small holder body 102 presses and holds a document of substantially the same size or a document of a smaller size.

On the other hand, when a large document is pressed and held, as shown in FIG. 12, the slide pressing plate 103 is slid and projected from the inside of the holder main body 102 to increase the pressing holding area to be pressed. The large document 107 is reliably pressed and held by the pressed and held area.

Further, this slide projection amount has a variable adjustment function of sliding and projecting it to a position corresponding to the size of the document 107, and by this variable adjustment, a pressing operation suitable for various documents of different sizes can be obtained. be able to. Also,
When the slide pressing plate 103 slides out, the pressing surface 103a at the lower end is lightly contacted with the upper surface of the document 107 along the pressing surface and slides.
Since 08 is slid while being stretched, it is possible to hold the document 107 under pressure with improved reading performance. In this way, the size of the pressing holder 15 can be variably adjusted according to the size of the document, so that it is possible to press and hold corresponding to all of the used documents of different sizes.

FIG. 13 shows a laminated structure of the input operation surface 14. The touch panel 131 on the upper surface layer, the scanner 24 on the intermediate layer containing the movable image sensor 132, and the TFT display (color liquid crystal screen) 133 on the lower surface layer. And a three-layer structure. Of these, the touch panel 131 detects a position touch-input using an ultrasonic signal,
As shown in FIG. 14, the image sensor 132 has the entire width of the input operation surface 14 and scans and allows the entire area of the input operation surface 14 to be read.
At 33, the operation contents are sequentially displayed.

FIG. 15 shows a block diagram of the control circuit of the automatic contract machine 11. The CPU 151 controls each circuit device according to a program stored in the ROM 152, and the control data is readablely stored in the RAM 153. The form detection sensor S detects and confirms the form conveyance state of the form conveyance path inside the apparatus.

The passage conveyance processing unit 154 drives the form collection passage 27 and the form discharge passage 29 by turning on / off the drive motor, shutter, form holding roller, stopper, flapper, etc. of the form conveyance system, and the form collection passage 27. Then, the form 26 is taken in / returned to the collection box 28, and in the form discharge passage 29, the application form and the contract form are released.

The communication processing unit 155 is communicatively connected to a clerk terminal 156 for remotely monitoring the usage status of the automatic contract machine 11, and the clerk terminal 156 connected by communication is automatically contracted by the customer at the automatic contract machine 11. When the information is received, a staff member remotely monitors the information and facilitates unattended automatic contract operation by the customer from a remote location.

By the way, the CPU 151 uses the input operation surface 14
When the usage document to be set above is selected and input, the pressing holding area of the pressing holder 15 is determined in accordance with this, and the slide protrusion amount of the slide pressing plate 103 is made to correspond to the size of the set usage document. Decide and slide.

The processing operation of the pressing holder 15 of the automatic contract machine 11 thus configured will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Now, when the customer uses the automatic contract machine 11, the input operation surface 14 guides the user to select a usage document for certifying the customer himself, and the type of certificate used by the customer is touch-input on the input operation surface 14. When selected and designated (steps n1 to n2), the input operation surface 14 guides the setting position of the certificate, and when the customer sets the certificate at a fixed position on the input operation surface 14 according to this display guide, the pressing is continued. The holder 15 is moved and the upper surface of the set certificate is pressed and held by the pressing holder 15 (steps n3 to n4).

At this time, if the certificate is small, the size of the pressing holder 15 can be sufficient to press the pressing holder 1.
5 is not variably adjusted, and the certificate is pressed and held in the regular size. On the other hand, if the certificate is large, the entire certificate cannot be pressed and held with the size of the pressing holder 15. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 12, the slide pressing plate 103 is slid and projected from the inside of the holder main body 102. , Slide out to a position according to the size of the certificate. As a result, a large certificate is surely pressed and held by the pressing operation of both the holder body 102 and the slide pressing plate 103 (step n5).

Thus, regardless of the size of the certificate, all the certificates can be stably pressed and held. After the pressing and holding, the pressing and holding certificate is immediately sent to the scanner 24.
Then, the certification contents are read and processed (step n6).

As described above, since the size of the pressing holder can be variably adjusted, it is sufficient to use the pressing holder in a regular size for a relatively small document, and the slide pressing for a large document. Since the plate can be slid and projected to increase the size of the pressing holder as a whole, the pressing holder can be pressed and held in correspondence with all the different-sized documents. Therefore, even if the pressing holder is downsized, all the documents can be stably held, so that the pressing holder and the automatic contract machine can be downsized, and based on this downsizing, the arrangement space can be reduced and the processing operation can be speeded up. Moreover, since a large-scale pressing mechanism is not required, cost reduction can be achieved.

In the correspondence between the present invention and the configuration of the above-mentioned one embodiment, the reading device and the reading means of the present invention correspond to the scanner 24 of the automatic contract machine 11 of the embodiment,
Similarly, the recording medium is license 25a or health insurance card 2
Identification card 25 like 5b, contract 26a and application 2
6b such as the form 26 and these documents 107, the pressing means corresponds to the pressing holder 15, the variable adjusting means corresponds to the slide mechanism 101 and the CPU 151, the pressing body corresponds to the holder body 102, The type input means corresponds to the touch panel 131 of the input operation surface 14, and the display guidance means corresponds to the display 23 and the TFT display 133 of the input operation surface 14 which also serve as touch input.
The present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of an automatic contract machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an internal configuration diagram of the automatic contract machine of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a guide display diagram showing operation guide of a rear side setting position of a driver's license of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a guidance display diagram showing operation guidance of the back surface setting position of the health insurance card of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic explanatory view showing an example of a contract of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a guide display diagram showing a set state of various documents on the input operation surface of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a guide display diagram showing operation guide of an initial setting position of a form according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory view showing a pressing operation state of the pressing holder of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of essential parts showing a pressing operation state of the pressing holder of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a plan view of the pressing holder according to the present invention during a pressing operation.

FIG. 11 is a bottom view showing the slide mechanism of the pressing holder of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a side view showing a pressing operation state of the slide pressing plate of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view of an essential part showing the laminated structure of the input operation surface of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a perspective view of essential parts showing a scanning state of the scanner on the input operation surface of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a control circuit block diagram of the automatic contract machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the processing operation of the pressing holder of the automatic contract machine of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a perspective view showing a pressing structure of a conventional document pressing mechanism.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 ... Automatic contract machine 14 ... Input operation surface 15 ... Press holder 23 ... Display with dual touch input 24 ... Scanner 25 ... Identification card 26 ... form 32 ... Set position designation guide display 42 ... Set position designation guide display 53 ... Set direction designation arrow 25a ... License 25b ... Health insurance card 26a ... Contract 26b ... Application form 71 ... Set position designation guide display 81 ... Horizontal maintenance mechanism 101 ... Slide mechanism 102 ... Holder body 103 ... slide pressing plate 107 ... Written 131 ... Touch panel 132 ... Image sensor 133 ... TFT display 151 ... CPU

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ Identification code FI H04N 1/107 (56) References Fukuikaihei 2-35130 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G06K 7/00 G06K 7/01 G06T 1/00 H04N 1/00 H04N 1/10 H04N 1/107

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A reading table on which a recording medium is placed and set at a reading position, pressing means for pressing the upper surface of the recording medium set on the reading table, and pressing and holding by the pressing means on the reading table. A reading means for reading the record information of the recording medium, a type input means for inputting the type of the recording medium, and a type of the storage medium input by the type input means.
Display guidance for displaying and setting the reading set position of the storage medium
And a reading device having means . 2. The pressing means has a size for pressing and holding.
Variable adjusting means for variably adjusted according to the size of the serial recording medium
The reading device according to claim 1, further comprising: Wherein said variable adjusting means includes a pressing body constituting the pressing means, the reading device according to claim 2, further comprising a slide pressing plate which slides allowed along the pressing surface direction than the main pressure.