JP4770332B2 - Card application form for electronic pens - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an immediate issuance type card application form using an electronic pen.

  In recent years, pen-type input devices called “electronic pens” and “digital pens” have appeared (hereinafter referred to as “electronic pens” in this specification). The developed “Anoto pen” is known. Anotopen is used in a pair with dedicated paper (hereinafter referred to as “dedicated paper”) on which a predetermined dot pattern is printed. In addition to the normal ink-type pen tip, the Anoto pen is equipped with a small camera for reading the dot pattern on the dedicated paper and a data communication unit. When a user writes characters on the special paper with an anotopen or checks an image that is designed on the special paper, the small camera detects the dot pattern on the special paper as the pen moves, and the user Entry information (also referred to as “stroke data”) such as written characters and images is acquired. This entry information is transmitted from the Anotopen by the data communication unit to a terminal device such as a nearby personal computer or mobile phone. A system using this anotopen can be used as an input device instead of a keyboard, and is very easy to use for a user who has resistance to using the personal computer or the keyboard described above (for example, Patent Document 1).

  By the way, when creating a member card or a point card, the user enters necessary items such as name and address in the card application form at the store. For this reason, the card issuing company saves time and effort to perform punch input in order to save the information entered in the card application form as digital data. Therefore, it is convenient if a procedure for card creation is performed using the electronic pen as described above and the user can quickly receive the official card.

JP 2004-127197 A

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and is a dedicated paper in which an application form and a card are integrated. By creating and using a card application form having ID information, a user can It is an object of the present invention to provide an application processing system capable of receiving a formal card promptly after filling in a card application form.

One aspect of the present invention is an electronic pen card application form that is filled in by an electronic pen that includes an ink pen unit and a reading unit that optically reads a dot pattern, and a different dot pattern is printed on each card application form. And an application information section in which information necessary for application is entered and a card section that becomes a card that can be peeled off from the card application form, and the dot pattern is a card identification that identifies the card Card identification information corresponding to a dot pattern printed on the card application form is printed on each of the application information part and the card part that are associated with information and constitute the card application form .

  The electronic pen card application forms configured as described above are printed with different dot patterns. In addition, the card application form is a combination of an application information section corresponding to an application form that a user fills in to create a card and a card section corresponding to an official card issued by a card issuing company. . Therefore, each application information part and each card part includes ID information that can be identified by a dot pattern. That is, since the ID information can be specified from the entry information entered in the card application form, even when a plurality of pieces of entry information are processed, it is possible to process them without confusion with each other. Furthermore, since the card portion of the card application form can be peeled off, the card can be immediately removed and handed over to the user upon completion of processing of the entry information.

  As described above, according to the present invention, when a user fills in a card application form for creating a card with an electronic pen, the server of the card issuing company acquires the entry information from the electronic pen as digital data. can do. Therefore, it is possible to save the conventional trouble of converting the contents entered in the card application form into digital data by punch input or the like. When the processing based on the entry information is completed, the staff of the card issuing company can remove the card from the card portion of the card application form and hand the card to the user on the spot. Therefore, the user can acquire a formal card on the spot on the day when the user fills in the card application form. Further, the staff of the card issuing company can return the card application form itself to the user as a copy because the server or the like has already acquired information for filling in the card application form. Therefore, the paper issue application form does not remain at the card issuing company, and thus leakage of personal information can be prevented.

Further, the dot pattern is associated with card identification information for identifying the card, and each of the application information part and the card part constituting the card application form has dots printed on the card application form. Card identification information corresponding to the pattern is printed. According to this, the ID information that can be identified based on the dot pattern printed on the card application form is information that identifies a card created by removing the card part that is a part of the card application form. is there. Corresponding card identification information is printed on the application information section and the card section constituting the card application form. Even if the dot pattern printed on the card application form is different, the user cannot visually recognize it. Therefore, by printing the card identification information in this way, even if the card application form and the card are separated, the user can easily make the card application form and the card based on the printed card identification information. Can be linked.

In one aspect of the electronic pen card application form, the card unit includes a check unit in which a check mark for specifying the card identification information is written using the electronic pen. According to this, the check part is included in the card part of the card application form, and is provided in a form linked to the card identification information that can be identified based on the dot pattern printed on the card application form. Therefore, in various processing operations using other electronic pen forms, if you fill in the check mark of the card held by each user with the electronic pen and then fill in the other electronic pen form The card identification information can be given to the information entered in the other electronic pen form. Therefore, when performing various processing tasks using other electronic pen forms, by using the card of the present invention, it is possible to appropriately process a plurality of pieces of entry information based on the card identification information. Is possible.

  In another aspect of the electronic pen card application form, the card unit further includes an action information part in which information about an action of using the card is written using the electronic pen. Here, the act of using the card is, for example, an act of reserving a dental clinic when the card is a reservation card for a dental clinic. The card part of the card application form is removed and handed to the user as a card. Since each card has a different dot pattern printed thereon, the entry information entered on the card includes ID information. That is, the server or the like can acquire the entry information entered in the action information section as digital data, and can specify the card identification information based on the position coordinates on the dot pattern included in the entry information. Thus, the server or the like can easily store and manage information entered in the card action information section based on the card identification information.

  In still another aspect of the electronic pen card application form, the card unit further includes a signature unit in which a signature of the user who uses the card is written using the electronic pen. According to this, a user signs a signature part using an electronic pen. Therefore, the server or the like can acquire information entered in the signature part as entry information. Specifically, the server or the like can acquire, store and manage the image data of the signature entered in the signature section. In this way, by storing and managing the image data of the signature and matching the signature entered by the user in another form with the image data of the signature that is stored and managed, the server or the like It is possible to easily confirm the identity of the user. Therefore, unauthorized use of the card can be prevented.

  A special paper that integrates the application form and the card. By creating and using a card application form with ID information, the user can complete the card application form quickly and then use the official card. Can receive.

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, an outline of an electronic pen used as an input device in the system of the present embodiment will be described.

[Electronic pen]
FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing how the electronic pen is used, and FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing the structure of the electronic pen. As shown in FIG. 1, the electronic pen 10 is used in combination with a dedicated paper 20 on which a dot pattern is printed. The electronic pen 10 includes a pen tip portion 17 similar to a normal ink pen, and a user writes characters on the dedicated paper 20 in the same manner as a normal ink pen.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the electronic pen 10 includes a processor 11, a memory 12, a data communication unit 13, a battery 14, an LED 15, a camera 16, and a pressure sensor 18 therein. The electronic pen 10 includes an ink cartridge (not shown) as a component similar to a normal ink pen.

  The electronic pen 10 does not convert the locus of the ink drawn on the dedicated paper 20 by the pen tip unit 17, but converts the locus coordinates of the movement of the electronic pen 10 on the dedicated paper 20 into data. While the LED 15 illuminates the vicinity of the pen tip 17 on the dedicated paper 20, the camera 16 reads the dot pattern printed on the dedicated paper 20 and converts it into data. That is, the electronic pen 10 can acquire a stroke generated when the user moves the electronic pen 10 on the dedicated paper 20 as image data or vector data.

  The pressure sensor 18 detects the pressure applied to the pen tip portion 17 when the user writes characters on the dedicated paper with the electronic pen 10, that is, the writing pressure, and supplies the detected pressure to the processor 11. The processor 11 switches the LED 15 and the camera 16 on and off based on the writing pressure data given from the pressure sensor 18. That is, when the user writes characters or the like on the dedicated paper 20 with the electronic pen 10, writing pressure is applied to the pen tip portion 17. Therefore, when the writing pressure exceeding the predetermined value is detected, it is determined that the user has started the description, and the LED 15 and the camera 16 are operated.

The camera 16 reads the dot pattern on the dedicated paper 20 and supplies the pattern data to the processor 11. The processor 11 calculates X and Y coordinates on the dedicated paper 20 from the supplied dot pattern.

The processor 11 acquires writing pressure array data and X 1 , Y coordinate data and stores them in the memory 12 in association with a time stamp (time information) while the user is described. Therefore, data corresponding to the description content of the user is stored in the memory 12 in time series. The capacity of the memory 12 can be about 1 Mbyte, for example.

  All the acquired data is held in the memory 12 until a transmission instruction is given by the user. When the user issues a transmission instruction, the data communication unit 13 transmits the data in the memory 12 to the terminal device 25 within a predetermined distance from the electronic pen 10. Basically, once a transmission instruction is given, the electronic pen 10 transmits all the data stored in the memory 12 to the terminal device 25, so that the memory 12 is cleared. Therefore, when it is desired to transmit the same information to the terminal device 25 again after transmission, the user needs to write the description on the dedicated paper 20 again. In this case, the user only has to trace characters written on the dedicated paper 20 with an ink pen.

  The electronic pen 10 itself does not include a function button such as a transmission button, and a transmission instruction and other instructions are performed by a user checking the dedicated box provided at a predetermined position on the dedicated paper 20 with the electronic pen 10. Executed. A transmission instruction is associated with the position coordinates of the dedicated box in advance. When the processor 11 receives the position coordinates of the dedicated box, the processor 11 supplies data in the memory 12 to the data communication unit 13 and transmits the data to the terminal device 25. To do. The electronic pen 10 can indicate completion of data transmission by vibration of the electronic pen.

  The battery 14 is for supplying power to each element in the electronic pen 10, and the electronic pen 10 itself can be turned on / off by a cap (not shown) of the electronic pen, for example.

  As described above, the electronic pen 10 has a function of acquiring coordinate data and writing pressure data corresponding to characters and the like described on the dedicated paper 20 by the user and transmitting them to the nearby terminal device 25. Since the pen tip portion 17 is a normal ink pen, the content described on the dedicated paper 20 remains as an original original. That is, at the same time as describing the original paper, its contents can be digitized in the form of coordinate data in real time.

  According to the standard function of the electronic pen 10, data obtained by the electronic pen 10 is in principle in the form of coordinate data or vector data, and is not text data. However, as a standard function, the electronic pen 10 has a function of converting text into alphanumeric characters by describing it in a dedicated area provided on the dedicated paper 20.

  Also, the electronic pen 10 can hold property information (pen information and pen owner information) regarding the pen itself and its owner, and can be referred to from an application. As the pen information, a battery level, a pen ID, a pen manufacturer number, a pen software version, a subscription provider ID, and the like can be held. The pen owner information can hold nationality, language, time zone, email address, free memory capacity, name, address, fax / phone number, mobile phone number, and the like.

  In the data communication unit 13 in the above example, the electronic pen 10 is connected to the terminal device 25 by various methods such as Bluetooth (registered trademark) wireless transmission, wired transmission using a USB cable, and data transmission by contact with a terminal. It is conceivable to perform data transmission.

Next, a method for acquiring X and Y coordinate data of the contents described by the user with the electronic pen will be described. As described above, a predetermined dot pattern is printed on the dedicated paper 20. The camera 16 of the electronic pen 10 does not read the locus of ink described on the dedicated paper 20 by the user, but reads the dot pattern on the dedicated paper 20. Actually, as shown in FIG. 1, the illumination area by the LED 15 and the shooting area of the camera 16 (located in the illumination area) are deviated from the position where the pen tip portion 17 contacts the dedicated paper 20.

  The dot pattern is printed with a special ink containing carbon, and the camera 16 can recognize only the pattern with the special ink. Even if ruled lines or frames are printed on dedicated paper with inks other than dedicated ink (not including carbon), the electronic pen does not recognize them. Therefore, when creating forms such as various application forms using dedicated paper, input frames, ruled lines, cautions, etc. are printed with ink other than dedicated ink.

  In the dot pattern, as illustrated in FIG. 3, the position of each dot is associated with data. In the example of FIG. 3, the 2-bit information of 0 to 3 is displayed by shifting the dot position vertically and horizontally from the reference position (intersection of vertical and horizontal lines) of the grid. The position coordinates on the dedicated paper are determined by the combination of information expressed in this way. As illustrated in FIG. 4A, 36 dots are arranged in a grid within a range of 2 mm in length and width, and the data array (FIG. 4B) indicated by these dots is displayed on the dedicated paper. Are associated with the position coordinates. Therefore, when the camera 16 of the electronic pen 10 captures a dot pattern as shown in FIG. 4A, the processor 11 changes the data array shown in FIG. 4B based on the dot pattern data input from the camera 16. The position coordinates on the dedicated paper (that is, where the dot pattern is located on the dedicated paper) corresponding to the acquired position are calculated in real time. The minimum unit for recognizing the dot pattern is 2 mm × 2 mm, and the camera 16 takes about 100 shots per second.

  Next, the dedicated paper will be described. An example of the structure of the dedicated paper is shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the dedicated paper 20 has a dot pattern 32 printed on a mount 30 and a design 34 such as a ruled line printed thereon. The mount 30 is usually paper, and the dot pattern 32 is printed with dedicated ink containing carbon as described above. Further, the design 34 is printed with normal ink or the like. The dot pattern and the design may be printed at the same time, or one of them may be printed first.

  An example of the design 34 is shown in FIG. FIG. 6 shows an example of a certain application form 36 in which a plurality of entry fields 38 and a transmission box 39 are printed. Although it is not clearly shown in FIG. 6 and will be described in detail later, a dot pattern is actually printed on the entire surface of the application form 36, and an entry box 38 and a transmission box 39 are formed on the entire surface using ordinary ink. It is printed. The user can enter the necessary items in each entry field 38 of the application form 36 using the electronic pen 10 in the same manner as a conventional application form without being aware of the dot pattern.

  The area on the dedicated paper 20 can be roughly divided into two types. One is an entry area, in which the content described by the electronic pen 10 is handled as information as it is. In the example of FIG. 6, a plurality of entry fields 38 correspond to this. The other is a functional element, and when the corresponding area is checked with the electronic pen 10, actions, instructions, etc. defined in advance for the area are executed. The transmission box 39 in the example of FIG. 6 corresponds to this.

  The transmission box 39 is used when giving an instruction to transmit data stored in the electronic pen 10 to the nearby terminal device 25 as described above. When the user checks the transmission box 39 with the electronic pen 10, the electronic pen 10 reads the dot pattern in the transmission box. The pattern is associated with a transmission instruction, and the processor 11 in the electronic pen 10 issues a command to transmit data stored in the memory 12 to the data communication unit 13.

  The assignment of dot patterns is usually performed for each application (paper type). In other words, the dot patterns in a certain application form do not overlap in one sheet, but the same dot pattern is printed on the same application form. Therefore, when the user inputs necessary items with the electronic pen 10, it can be specified from the coordinate data on the application form which item of the application form the input item is for.

  As described above, by printing a predetermined design on the dedicated paper on which the dot pattern is printed, various application forms using the dedicated paper can be created. If the user uses the electronic pen 10 and fills in necessary items in a normal manner, the electronic data is automatically acquired.

  In the above example, the dot pattern is printed on the dedicated paper with carbon-containing ink. However, the dot pattern can be printed on ordinary paper using a printer and carbon-containing ink. Furthermore, the design on the dedicated paper can also be formed by a printer instead of printing. When dot patterns are formed on paper by a printer, different dot patterns can be formed on each sheet. Therefore, it is possible to identify and distinguish each of these sheets by the difference in the formed dot patterns.

  In the present specification, the term “printing” has a concept including not only normal printing but also printing by a printer.

  Next, transmission processing of data acquired by the electronic pen will be described with reference to FIG. The data acquired by the electronic pen 10 is mainly data of items input by the user, but usually does not include information on where the service server that is the transmission destination of the data is. Instead, information specifying the application or service related to the dedicated paper is included in the dot pattern on the dedicated paper, and the information is acquired from the dedicated paper during the user's input operation. Therefore, the terminal device 25 that has received the entry information from the electronic pen 10 first makes an inquiry to the inquiry server 26 to which service server 27 the data input to the dedicated paper should be transmitted. The inquiry server 26 has information on a corresponding service server for each dedicated paper, and in response to an inquiry from the terminal device 25, information (such as a URL) of the service server 27 that performs a service related to the dedicated paper. Reply to the terminal device 25. Then, the terminal device 25 transmits the entry information acquired from the electronic pen to the service server 27. Here, the entry information may include not only the stroke data but also the above-described time information and property information.

  In the above example, the terminal device 25, the inquiry server 26, and the service server 27 are separately configured. However, some or all of them may be configured as one device. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that a server described later also serves as the inquiry server 26 and the service server 27.

[Application processing system]
Next, the application processing system in this embodiment will be described. FIG. 7 shows a schematic configuration of the application processing system 100. The application processing system 100 shown in FIG. 7 is a dedicated paper in which an application form and a card are integrated, and a card application form 3 having ID information is created and used so that the user can apply to the card application form. After entry, the official card can be issued promptly. In the present invention, various cards such as a predetermined member card, point card, reservation card, etc. can be applied. In this embodiment, the user is assumed to be a member of a card issued by a card issuing company, and the user is also referred to as “member”.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the application processing system 100 is configured by connecting the terminal device 25 and the server 5 through the network 2. Here, one suitable example of the network 2 is the Internet.

  The terminal device 25 is a terminal that receives the entry information entered in the card application form 3 from the electronic pen 10 and transmits it to the server 5. Specifically, the terminal device 25 is a PC (Personal Computer), a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), a mobile phone, or the like that can exchange data via the network 2.

  The server 5 creates the card application form 3 by printing a dot pattern on a paper medium in which the application form and the card are integrated. Further, the server 5 performs member registration based on the entry information received from the electronic pen 10 via the terminal device 25. The server 5 is connected to a pattern database (hereinafter referred to as “DB”) 6 and a member DB 7.

  First, referring to FIG. 8A, an outline of a method for creating the card application form 3 in this system will be described. FIG. 8A shows an example of the card application form 3 before entry. As shown in FIG. 8A, the card application form 3 includes an application information part 60 for filling in information necessary for card application and a card part 61 which is a card itself to be given to a member. Here, the card portion 61 surrounded by a broken line can be removed from the card application form 3 or peeled off.

  A member ID is printed on each of the application information part 60 and the card part 61 constituting the card application form 3. Here, the member ID is information for identifying a card application form 3, in other words, a card to be removed from the card application form 3. In the present embodiment, since one card is issued to each member, information for identifying the card is referred to as “member ID”.

  Specifically, when the server 5 obtains the request for creating the card application form 3, the server 5 prints the application information section 60, the card section 61, and the dot pattern on the entire predetermined paper medium, so that the card application form 3 is displayed. Print on demand output. At this time, the server 5 prints a different dot pattern on each paper medium so that the card application form 3 to be created has ID information. In other words, the card application form 3 is created by assigning and outputting different dot pattern addresses to each paper medium.

  In the present embodiment, the application information unit 60, the card unit 61, and the dot pattern are simultaneously printed on a predetermined paper medium. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the predetermined paper is preliminarily printed. The application information unit 60 and the card unit 61 may be printed on a medium, and a dot pattern may be printed thereon.

  The server 5 stores the position coordinates of the dot pattern printed on the card application form 3 and the member ID in association with each other in the pattern DB 6. Here, the server 5 may store the position coordinate and the member ID in association with each other before printing the dot pattern on the predetermined paper medium, or may print the dot pattern on the predetermined paper medium. Later, the position coordinates of the dot pattern and the member ID may be stored in association with each other.

  As described above, since different dot patterns are printed on the card application form 3, the server 5 refers to the pattern DB 6 based on the position coordinates included in the entry information acquired from the electronic pen 10. Thus, it is possible to specify the member ID corresponding to the card application form 3 that has been easily filled in. Further, the server 5 can link the entry information entered in the card application form 3 and the card removed from the card application form 3 based on the member ID.

  When the server 5 creates the card application form 3, the member ID corresponding to the dot pattern printed on the card application form 3 is changed to the application information part 60 and the card part as shown in FIG. 61 is printed. At this time, if the position coordinates and member ID of the dot pattern are stored in the pattern DB 6 in advance, the server 5 specifies the member ID corresponding to the printed dot pattern by referring to the pattern DB 6 and sets the member ID. Printing is performed on each of the application information part 60 and the card part 61. On the other hand, if the position coordinates and the member ID of the dot pattern are not stored in the pattern DB 6 in advance, the server 5 issues a member ID when creating the card application 3 and each of the application information unit 60 and the card unit 61. And the issued member ID and the position coordinates of the dot pattern printed on the card application form 3 are stored in the pattern DB 6 in association with each other.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 8 and FIG. 9, an outline of a method in which information entered in the card application form 3 is processed in this system will be described. FIG. 8B is an example of the card application form 3 after entry. FIG. 9 shows an example of a card removed from the card application form 3.

  In order to create a card, the member first enters necessary information on the card application form 3 as shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the card application form includes an application information part 60 and a card part 61. Further, the application information section 60 includes a name item 50 in which a member's name is entered, an address item 51 in which an address is entered, a telephone number item 52 in which a telephone number is entered, and a transmission box (hereinafter also referred to as “transmission item”). .) 39. The transmission item 39 is a trigger for the electronic pen 10 to transmit the entry information to the server 5 and is the same as described above, and therefore the description is omitted for convenience.

  Specifically, the member fills in the name item 50, the address item 51 and the telephone number item 52 of the application information unit 60 using the electronic pen 10. At this time, the electronic pen 10 acquires stroke data corresponding to the contents entered in the application information section 60 of the card application form 3 and temporarily stores it in the memory 12 in the electronic pen 10. The stroke data is transmitted to the terminal device 25 at the timing when the check mark is entered. The terminal device 25 receives the stroke data from the electronic pen 10 and transmits it to the server 5 through the network 2. In this way, the server 5 acquires the stroke data as entry information indicating information entered by the user in the application information section 60 of the card application form 3.

  And the server 5 specifies member ID corresponding to the card application 3 which the member filled in by referring pattern DB6 based on the position coordinate on the dot pattern contained in entry information. Note that the pattern DB 6 stores, for each member ID, the items included in the card application form 3 and the position coordinates on the dot pattern in which the items are set in association with each other. Therefore, the server 5 refers to the pattern DB 6 and extracts item entry information entered in each item from the entry information. Further, the server 5 specifies the name, address, and telephone number entered by the member by OCR (Optical Character Reader) or the like based on each item entry information. That is, the server 5 specifies application information necessary for card application such as name, address, and telephone number. Then, the server 5 performs member registration by storing the specified application information in the member DB 7 using the specified member ID as a key. When the membership registration is completed, the staff of the card issuing company removes the card as shown in FIG. 9 from the card section 61 of the card application form 3 and gives it to the member. The card given to the member at this time is not a temporary card but an official card because the member registration has already been completed. In this way, by using the card application form 3 in which the application form and the card are integrated, the member can quickly obtain the official card after completing the card application form 3. The member can use the card acquired immediately by signing the signature item 55 of the card application form 3 with a normal pen. At this time, since the signature item 55 is filled with a normal pen instead of the electronic pen 10, the dot pattern may not be printed on the signature item 55.

  In the present embodiment, the member registration is completed by storing the application information specified from the entry information in the member DB 7, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the predetermined information is determined based on the application information. The member registration may be completed only when there is no problem in the process.

  In this embodiment, when member registration is completed, the member acquires a card removed from the card application form 3. At this time, the member may acquire the card application form 3 as a copy together with the card. This is because the server 5 stores and manages all the information entered in the card application form 3 in the member DB 7 based on the entry information acquired from the electronic pen 10. Thus, by returning the card application form 3 itself to the member as a refusal and not leaving it to the card issuing company, leakage of personal information can be prevented.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the card unit 61 constituting the card application form 3 has a check item 53. Details of the check item 53 will be described later.

[Card application form]
Next, the card application form 3 will be described. As shown in FIG. 8A, the card application form 3 is a card having an application information section 60 having a name item 50, an address item 51, a telephone item 52 and a transmission item 39, a check item 53 and a signature item 55. Part 51.

In the system of this embodiment, the card application form 3 as shown in FIG. 8A is created as a dedicated paper as described above. That is, as illustrated in FIG. 5, different dot patterns 32 are printed on the mount 30, and a design such as a predetermined ruled line is further printed. As described above, the dot pattern 32 is printed with ink containing carbon so that the electronic pen 10 can recognize it. On the other hand, the design 34 such as ruled lines is printed with normal (not including carbon) ink, and thus the electronic pen 10 does not recognize it.

  In this way, each card application form 3 is printed with a different dot pattern 32, and each card application form 3 is composed of a plurality of items. Therefore, the server 5 can easily specify the member ID and the application information from the entry information based on the pattern DB 6 in which the member ID, each item, and the position coordinates on the dot pattern 32 are associated with each other. .

Also, conventionally, plastic cards and PET cards used as membership cards and point cards are printed with identification information such as dot patterns and bar codes on a card produced in a separate process, and this is an electronic pen printed with the dot pattern. It was manufactured by sticking to the application form while matching. However, according to the present embodiment , the card application form 3 is created by printing a dot pattern having identification information for each card part 51 on the card application form 3 in which the card part 51 to be a card is partially processed by removing Therefore, there is a merit that the matching processing as in the prior art becomes unnecessary.

[Check item]
Next, the check item 53 will be described. As shown in FIG. 8, the check item 53 is included in the card section 61 of the card application form 3 and is provided so as to link to the member ID corresponding to the dot pattern printed on the card application form 3. Yes. Therefore, in various processing operations using other electronic pen forms, a check mark is entered in the check item 53 of the card held by each member as shown in FIG. 9, and then the other electronic pen forms are entered. By performing the above, a member ID can be given to information entered in the other electronic pen form.

  Specifically, the server 5 refers to the pattern DB 6 based on the position coordinates included in the information entered in the other electronic pen form, and identifies the member ID. That is, the entry information includes the contents entered in the other electronic pen form and the contents entered in the check item 53 of the card shown in FIG. The member ID can be specified by referring to the pattern DB 6 based on the position coordinates.

  For example, when the card is a reservation card for a dental clinic, the dental clinic staff fills in a check item 53 of the reservation card acquired from the member (patient) and then reserves the electronic pen form for reservation designation. Enter the date and time. In this case, the server 5 can specify the reservation person based on the member ID included in the entry information. Therefore, the server 5 can recognize and store / manage which member made the next reservation based on the entry information.

  According to this, by entering a check mark in the check item 53, ID information for identifying the member can be given to the entry information for the other electronic pen form. Therefore, when performing various processing tasks using other electronic pen forms, the card shown in FIG. 9 is used to appropriately process multiple entry information based on the member ID without confusion. It becomes possible to do.

  In this embodiment, other electronic pen forms are used when performing various processing operations. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and information necessary for the processing operations is stored in a predetermined manner. It is good also as inputting into a terminal.

[server]
Next, the server 5 will be described in detail. FIG. 10 shows an internal configuration of the server 5 in the application processing system 100 in particular. As illustrated, the server 5 includes an application processing program 101, an application form creation function 102, an entry information acquisition function 103, a member ID identification function 104, an item entry information extraction function 105, an application information identification function 106, and a member DB storage function 107. It is composed of

  Each function is realized by the CPU included in the server 5 executing a program prepared in advance.

  In this embodiment, it is assumed that the member ID and the dot pattern position coordinates are stored in the pattern DB 6 in advance.

  The application processing program 101 is a program for creating a card application form 3 on which different dot patterns are printed one by one. The application processing program 101 is a program for identifying application information based on information entered in the card application form 3 and performing membership registration.

  The application form creation function 102 has a dot pattern extraction function, a dot pattern printing function, and a member ID printing function. The dot pattern extraction function is a function for extracting a dot pattern not yet printed on another card application form 3 from the pattern DB 6 when a card application form creation request is acquired. Here, the pattern DB 6 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 11 is a diagram schematically showing the data structure of the pattern DB 6. As shown in the figure, the pattern DB 6 includes a member ID, an item ID, an item name, and coordinate data. The member ID is information for identifying each card application form 3, that is, a card removed from each card application form 3. The item ID is information for identifying each item constituting the card application form 3. Specifically, item IDs “K01” and “K02” are assigned to the name item 50 and the address item 51 on the card application form 3 shown in FIG. The item name is the name of the item indicated by the item ID. The coordinate data is information indicating the position coordinates on the dot pattern of each item. As described above, the pattern DB 6 stores the name of each item and the position coordinates on the dot pattern of each item on the card application form 3 using the member ID and the item ID as keys.

  The dot pattern printing function of the application form creation function 102 is to print a dot application pattern 3 as shown in FIG. 8A by printing the dot pattern extracted from the pattern DB 6 by the dot pattern extraction function onto a predetermined paper medium. It is a function to create. The member ID printing function is a function for printing the member ID corresponding to the dot pattern extracted by the dot pattern extraction function on each of the application information section 60 and the card section 61 of the card application form 3.

  The entry information acquisition function 103 is a function for acquiring entry information entered in the card application form 3 by the member using the electronic pen 10 by executing the application processing program 101.

  The member ID specifying function 104 is a function that refers to the pattern DB 6 based on the position coordinates included in the entry information acquired by the entry information acquisition function 103 and specifies the member ID of the card application form 3 entered by the member.

  The item entry information extraction function 105 is a function for extracting item entry information entered in each item from the entry information acquired by the entry information acquisition function 103 based on the pattern DB 6.

  The application information specifying function 106 is a function for specifying application information necessary for an application by OCR or the like based on the item entry information extracted by the item entry information extraction function 105. Specifically, the application information specifying function 106 specifies the name of the member by OCR or the like based on the item entry information entered in the name item 50. The application information specifying function 106 specifies the member's address by OCR or the like based on the item entry information entered in the address item 51. The application information specifying function 106 specifies the member's telephone number by OCR or the like based on the item entry information entered in the telephone number item 52. In the present embodiment, the name, address, telephone number, etc. of the member specified in this way are used as application information necessary for application.

  The member DB storage function 107 is a function for performing membership registration by storing the application information specified by the application information specifying function 106 in the member DB 7 using the member ID specified by the member ID specifying function 104 as a key. Here, the member DB 7 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 12 is a diagram schematically showing the data structure of the member DB 7. Member DB7 is comprised from member ID, a full name, an address, and a telephone number like illustration. As described above, the member DB 7 stores the member name, address, and telephone number specified by the application information specifying function 106 as application information using the member ID specified by the member ID specifying function 104 as a key. Note that the member DB storage function 107 may perform predetermined processing based on the application information specified by the application information specifying function 106 and perform member registration only when there is no problem in the processing.

[Application process]
Next, application processing executed by the application processing system 100 will be described. FIG. 13 is a flowchart of the application process.

  First, when the server 5 obtains a card application form creation request, the server 5 extracts a dot pattern that has not yet been printed on the other card application form 3 and a member ID corresponding to the dot pattern from the pattern DB 6, and a predetermined paper medium The card application form 3 is created by printing on (Step S1).

  On the other hand, when the member wants to create a card, the member fills in the card application form 3 created by the server 5 using the electronic pen 10. At this time, the electronic pen 10 acquires stroke data corresponding to the contents entered in the card application form 3 and temporarily stores it in the memory 12 in the electronic pen 10, and then a check mark is entered in the transmission item 39. The stroke data is transmitted to the terminal device 25 at the same timing. The terminal device 25 receives the stroke data from the electronic pen 10 and transmits it to the server 5 through the network 2. In this way, the server 5 acquires the stroke data as entry information indicating information entered by the member in the card application form 3 (step S2).

  And the server 5 specifies member ID based on the position coordinate of the stroke data contained in entry information with reference to pattern DB6 (step S3). Further, the server 5 refers to the pattern DB 6 to extract item entry information entered in each item from the entry information (step S4). Further, the server 5 specifies application information necessary for card application based on the item entry information (step S5). Then, the server 5 performs member registration by storing the specified application information in the member DB 7 using the member ID specified in step S3 as a key (step S6). This completes the application process.

  When the application process is completed and the membership registration is confirmed, the staff of the card issuing company removes the card from the card application form 3 filled out by the member and gives it to the member on the spot. That is, the member can acquire a formal card within the day when the card application form 3 is filled in. When the membership registration is confirmed, the staff of the card issuing company returns the card application form 3 itself filled in by the member to the member. According to this, since the card application form 3 which is a paper medium does not remain in the card issuing company, leakage of personal information can be prevented.

Thus, according to this embodiment , it is possible to provide an application form with a card immediate issue type data input function by using a part of the card application form 3 as a card that can be punched or peeled off. According to this, since different dot patterns are printed on each card application form 3, it becomes possible to perform immediate registration based on information entered by the member using the electronic pen 10. That is, since the server 5 acquires the entry information as digital data from the electronic pen 10, it is not necessary to convert the information entered on the paper medium into digital data as in the conventional case. Therefore, the trouble of converting to digital data can be omitted, and labor costs can be saved. Furthermore, the card can be issued immediately at the store. The card issuing company can store and manage the application form and the card in a set state.

Further, according to the present embodiment , the application information entered in the card application form 3 and the card removed from the card application form 3 and passed to the member can be linked based on the member ID. Specifically, when the electronic pen 10 is filled in with the electronic pen 10, by simultaneously checking the card check item 53, the member ID is given to the information entered in the other electronic pen form. be able to. In other words, since different dot patterns are printed on each card, ID information based on the position coordinates on the dot pattern is given to the entry information for other electronic pen forms by entering a check mark on the card. can do. In addition, using the member ID as a key, it is also possible to perform predetermined processing by combining information entered in other electronic pen forms and application information stored in the member DB 7.

  In this embodiment, the dot pattern is printed on the entire card application form 3 in principle. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the dot pattern is printed only on each item. It is good to be.

[First modification]
In the above embodiment, the member signs the signature item 55 with a normal pen after acquiring the card. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the member signs with the electronic pen 10 before acquiring the card. The item 55 may be signed. In this case, the member signs the signature item 55 of the card unit 61 together with the entry in the application information unit 60. Therefore, the server 5 can acquire the signature information entered in the signature item 55 as the entry information. Specifically, the server 5 can acquire, store and manage the image data of the signature entered in the signature item 55. As described above, the server 5 can easily store and manage the image data of the signature by matching the signature entered in another form by the member with the image data of the signature stored and managed. It becomes possible to confirm the identity of the member. Therefore, unauthorized use of the card can be prevented. It also proves that the person has applied and has the effect of preventing impersonation.

  When a signature is entered in the signature item 55 using the electronic pen 10, a dot pattern needs to be printed on the signature item 55.

[Second modification]
In the above embodiment, the card acquired by the user has only the check item 53 and the signature item 55. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and as shown in FIG. The card portion of the card application form 3 may include a check item 53, a signature item 55, and a reservation item 70. According to this, the server 5 uses the electronic pen 10 to fill in the reservation item 70 of the card 80 as shown in FIG. It can be carried out.

  Specifically, reservation processing based on information entered in the reservation item 70 of the card 80 shown in FIG. 14B will be described. In the second modification, the card 80 is a reservation card for a dental clinic, and is removed from the card application form 3 as shown in FIG. 14A as in the above embodiment. Also, when making a reservation, the staff of the dental clinic enters the date and time of the next reservation on the card 80.

  As shown in FIG. 14B, the card 80 has a check item 53, a signature item 55, a reserved item 70, and a transmission item 39. Here, since the check item 53, the signature item 55, and the transmission item 39 are the same as those in the above-described embodiment, the description thereof is omitted. The reservation item 70 includes a date and a time as shown in the figure.

  When a member makes a reservation at the dental clinic, the member gives the card 80 held by the member to the staff at the dental clinic. Then, the staff of the dental clinic uses the electronic pen 10 to enter the date and time of the next reservation in the reservation item 70 of the card 80 as shown in FIG. At this time, the electronic pen 10 acquires the stroke data corresponding to the contents entered in the card 80, temporarily stores it in the memory 12 in the electronic pen 10, and then the timing when the check mark is entered in the transmission item 39 Then, the stroke data is transmitted to the terminal device 25. The terminal device 25 receives the stroke data from the electronic pen 10 and transmits it to the server 5 through the network 2. In this way, the server 5 acquires the stroke data as entry information indicating information entered by the staff on the reservation item 70 of the card 80.

  And the server 5 specifies member ID by referring pattern DB6 based on the position coordinate on the dot pattern contained in entry information. Further, the server 5 specifies the date and time of the next reservation by OCR or the like based on the entry information. That is, reservation information such as the date and time of the next reservation is specified. Furthermore, the server 5 specifies the date and time when the entry was made on the card 80 as the reservation date and time when the reservation was made, based on the time information included in the entry information. Then, the server 5 stores the specified reservation date and reservation information in the reservation DB as shown in FIG. 15 using the specified member ID as a key. FIG. 15 is a diagram schematically showing the data structure of the reservation DB. By storing the reservation date and time and the date and time of the next reservation with the member ID as a key in the reservation DB as shown in the figure, the server 5 can easily manage the reservation status of the member.

As described above, according to the present embodiment , since different dot patterns are printed on the card 80 one by one, the entry information entered on the card 80 includes ID information. Therefore, the server 5 can easily obtain the reservation information as electronic data by filling in the date and time of the next reservation on the card 80 using the electronic pen 10 without the staff being particularly conscious, It can be stored and managed in association with the ID. Further, since the entry information includes the date and time when the stroke data was entered as the time information, the server 5 can specify the reservation date and time when the reservation was made based on the time information. Therefore, the server 5 can also store and manage the reservation date and time in the reservation DB.

  In the second modification, the reservation information is specified and managed based on the information entered on the card 80. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and various information can be specified and managed as long as it relates to the act of using the card 80. That is, the information entered on the card 80 and the processing based on the entered information can be arbitrarily set.

  With this application processing system, it is possible to provide an immediate card application form in which the application form and the card are integrated, and the user can quickly receive the card after completing the card application form. It becomes.

It is a figure which shows the usage pattern of an electronic pen typically. It is a functional block diagram which shows the structure of an electronic pen. It is a figure explaining the expression method of the information by the dot pattern printed on the exclusive paper. It is an example of a dot pattern and the information corresponding to it. The structure of a form composed of dedicated paper is shown. An example of an electronic pen form is shown. It is a figure which shows schematic structure of an application processing system. It is an example of a card application form. It is an example of the card removed from the card application form. It is a functional block diagram of the server contained in an application processing system. It is a figure which shows typically the data structure of pattern DB. It is a figure which shows typically the data structure of member DB. It is a flowchart of an application process. It is an example of the card application form and card in a 2nd modification. It is a figure which shows typically the data structure of reservation DB in a 2nd modification.

Explanation of symbols

2 ... Network 3 ... Card application form 5 ... Server 6 ... Pattern DB
7… Member DB
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Electronic pen 11 ... Processor 12 ... Memory 13 ... Data communication unit 14 ... Battery 25 ... Terminal device 26 ... Inquiry server 27 ... Service server 100 ... Application processing system

Claims (4)

An electronic pen card application form filled in by an electronic pen comprising an ink pen unit and a reading unit for optically reading a dot pattern,
Each card application has a different dot pattern printed on it,
Application information section where information necessary for application is filled in,
It consists of a card part that becomes a card that can be peeled off from the card application form ,
The dot pattern is associated with card identification information for identifying the card,
The card application for an electronic pen, wherein card application information corresponding to a dot pattern printed on the card application form is printed on each of the application information part and the card part constituting the card application form book. 2. The electronic pen card application form according to claim 1 , wherein the card unit includes a check unit in which a check mark for specifying the card identification information is written using the electronic pen. The card unit, using said electronic pen, electronic pen card application form according to claim 1 or 2 information about the act of using the card, further comprising the act information unit to be filled . The said card | curd part further has a signature part by which the signature by the user who uses the said card | curd is filled in using the said electronic pen, The Claim 1 thru | or 3 characterized by the above-mentioned. Card application form for electronic pens.

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