JP5224901B2 - Cover and booklet coincidence inspection device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a cover / booklet coincidence inspection apparatus that reads a barcode printed on a cover and a booklet with a barcode reader and compares the codes of the two to compare the cover and the booklet.

  As one form of bookbinding, upper bookbinding is known. In this upper bookbinding, a string binding process is performed on the back side of the booklet, and then binding is performed, and a hard cover is attached by sticking a thick cover, and a hardcover book is bound. In addition, simple upper bookbinding is also performed in which the yarn threading process is omitted.

  FIG. 17 is an exploded perspective view showing an example of performing simple upper bookbinding. In FIG. 17, 50 is a booklet with the back side being bound, 51 is a back ball paper (back thick paperboard), 52 is a cover for simple upper bookbinding, and the front side 52a is filled with titles and symbols, and the back side 52b. The name of the publisher is entered in. Reference numeral 53 denotes a back cover paper (back cardboard), and reference numeral 54 denotes a front cardboard (cover cardboard). The back ball paper 51, the back side and front side cover ball papers 53, 54 use thicker cardboard than the paper of the booklet 50.

  The simple upper bookbinding cover 52 is provided with folds 52 u and 52 v having a width slightly larger than the width of the back ball paper 51. In a state where the simple upper bookbinding cover 52 is spread, the back ball paper 51 is adhered to the central portion 52c formed between the folds 52u and 52v of the simple upper bookbinding cover 52.

  Also, as indicated by arrows x and y, the back cover paper 53 and the front cover paper 54 are attached to the back 52b and the front 52a of the simple bookbinding cover 52, respectively. Then, bookbinding is performed by attaching the front-side facing paper 50 a of the booklet 50 to the inside of the front-side cover paper 54, and the back-side facing paper 50 b to the inside of the back-side paper board 53.

  When creating an upper booklet as described above, the booklet and cover created in separate steps are combined and printed, so a bar code is printed on the booklet and cover so that there is no mistake in the combination. As shown, the barcodes of the booklet 50 and the cover 52 are read by a barcode reader at the time of bookbinding, and the match between the cover and the booklet is confirmed. In this case, if the same barcode is printed on the cover and the booklet, you can be sure of the match, but for example, there may be a mistake in reading only the cover twice. Various end-user code systems are used.

  FIG. 19 shows an example of various code systems, in which all the digits of the cover and booklet codes match (a), the first digit does not match, and the second and subsequent digits match ( b) Various code systems, such as those that match up to the ninth digit, those that do not match only the tenth digit (c), those that do not match the first digit, those that match the second to eighth digits, those that ignore the ninth and tenth digits (d) Is used.

  In this way, various code systems are used to check the match between the cover and the booklet, and it is necessary for the bookbinding machine to handle it. Therefore, a program for determining the match between the cover and the booklet is provided for each end user. Or can be dealt with only in the form that the end user adjusts to several judgment criteria prepared in advance.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and an operator can easily set determination criteria corresponding to various code specifications for confirming a match between a cover and a booklet. An object is to provide a coincidence inspection apparatus.

The coincidence inspection device for the cover and booklet of the invention according to claim 1 is set with a barcode reader for reading a barcode, an operation panel, and a barcode printed on the cover and the booklet read by the barcode reader. A cover and booklet coincidence inspection device comprising a control means for determining the coincidence of a cover and a booklet by comparing based on a judgment standard, wherein the control means is used as a code judgment standard on the operation panel. Displays a judgment criteria input screen characterized by defining the three states of match, mismatch, and no judgment for each digit of the code, and when the match between the cover and booklet is judged, the control means prints on the cover and booklet The barcode is compared for each digit, and if the criterion is a matching digit, it is determined whether it is a match. If the criterion is a mismatched digit, it is determined whether it is a mismatch. Is It is characterized by not judging in the case of an undefined digit.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cover and booklet coincidence inspection apparatus according to the first aspect, wherein the control means includes a cover sample read by the barcode reader; By comparing the code of the booklet sample for each digit, the judgment criteria are automatically set to match or not match.
Furthermore, the coincidence inspection device for the cover and booklet of the invention according to claim 3 is the determination reference input screen displayed on the operation panel in the coincidence inspection device for the cover and booklet described in claim 1 or claim 2. Each time a digit of the code is pressed, the control means sequentially switches the pressed digit into three states of matching, mismatching, and not determining.

  According to the cover and booklet coincidence inspection device of the invention according to claim 1, three states of coincidence, inconsistency, and non-determination can be defined for each digit of the code as a code determination reference. In addition to being able to deal with the code system, not only matches but also mismatches are judged, so that it is possible to prevent mistakes such as reading only the cover page twice.

Further, according to the cover and booklet coincidence inspection apparatus of the invention according to claim 2, by reading the bar code of the cover sample and the booklet sample and comparing the two codes for each digit, Since the state can be set, the user does not need to set matching, mismatching, or ignoring for each digit, and can easily set an error-free determination criterion.
Furthermore, according to the cover and booklet coincidence inspection apparatus of the invention according to claim 3, each time each digit of the code is pressed on the code setting screen of the operation panel, the state is switched to the three states of coincidence, inconsistency, and not determined. The operator can easily set the code criterion.

Hereinafter, embodiments of a cover and booklet coincidence inspection apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the appearance of a bookbinding machine equipped with a cover and booklet coincidence inspection apparatus according to the present invention, wherein 1 is a cover sheet pasting unit for pasting a cover sheet and cardboard, and 2 is a cover sheet having a cardboard attached 2 is a nip portion for bonding the folded cover and booklet, 4 is an operation panel, 5 is a barcode reader, and 6 is an aiming lamp. Reference numerals 1a, 2a, and 3a denote start buttons for the cover sheet pasting portion 1, the folding portion 2, and the nip portion 3, respectively.

  The operation panel 4 is composed of a liquid crystal touch panel, and displays an operation screen of the bookbinding machine and a code criterion input screen. A barcode reader 5 reads a barcode printed on a cover or booklet. The aiming lamp 6 is a lamp for instructing the center position of the cover placed on the cover sticking unit 1.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing details of the cover sticking unit 1, 11 is a sticking table for sticking the cover and cardboard, and 12 is a restriction plate for restricting the lower end of the cardboard to be set. 13 to 24 are guides for setting the cardboard, and protrude from the surface of the sticking table 11 by a length slightly shorter than the thickness of the cardboard. Guides 13 to 16 are guides for placing the front cover paper, guides 17 to 20 are guides for placing the back cover paper, and guides 21 to 24 are guides for placing the back paper. Yes, because the position is changed according to the booklet size, it can be moved in the hole. Reference numeral 25 denotes a sticking roller for sticking the cover and cardboard.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the details of the folding portion 2. In FIG. 3, 31 is a rotatable table, 32 is a fixed plate that can be moved up and down to hold down a cover with cardboard, and 33 and 34 are guides for guiding the cover with cardboard. Rollers 35 and 36 are guide bases, and 37 and 38 are folding bars for folding the edge of the cover. The guide rollers 33 and 34 and the guide bases 35 and 36 are movable left and right, and the bending bars 37 and 38 are movable up and down with respect to the guide bases 35 and 36.

  On the other hand, FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the bookbinding machine. The control unit 7 is a drive mechanism 1b for driving a sticking roller and a guide of the cover sticking unit 1 and a driving mechanism 2b for driving a guide roller of the folding unit 2. In addition to controlling the drive mechanism 3 b that drives each part of the nip 3, information on the operation / setting screen is output to the operation panel 4. The control unit 7 receives the output of the barcode reader 5 and lights the aiming lamp 6 when the cover sheet and the cardboard are pasted.

  Next, an operation in the case where bookbinding is performed by attaching a cover to a booklet bound by this bookbinding machine will be described. In this bookbinding machine, a tack paper (seal) in which an adhesive layer is formed on the back surface and a release paper is attached to the adhesive layer is used as a cover. As shown in FIG. 5, since this cover has a slit (cut) 40 at the center of the release paper on the back side, the release paper can be easily peeled from the center.

FIG. 6 shows an example of the size setting screen displayed on the operation panel 4. The user can input the length (a), width (b), and thickness (c) of the booklet in mm on this screen, and the corner. The chamfer width (d) and the distance (e) from the lower end of the slit position of the cover release paper can also be entered in mm. Also, on this setting screen, the folding shape of the cover, that is, the top / bottom only or the top / bottom / four corners, the ON / OFF setting for reading the barcode attached to the cover and booklet, and optional addition The ON / OFF setting of the automatic cover sheet feeder and the setting of the slit position of the release sheet can also be set by pressing each button.
When the slit position of the release paper is arbitrarily set, the distance from the lower end of the slit position can be input.

  When the “bar code setting” button is pressed on the size setting screen of FIG. 6, the control unit 7 displays the bar code setting screen shown in FIG. 7 on the operation panel 4. On this barcode setting screen, five types of determination criteria can be set separately, and which of the set determination criteria is used can be freely selected by pressing the leftmost frame. It should be noted that by pressing the “return” button at the lower left of this bar code setting screen, the screen can return to the size setting screen of FIG.

  The judgment criteria can be set to match (=), mismatch (≠), or ignore (blank) for each digit. Each time each digit is pressed, “=”, “≠”, Since it is switched to “blank”, the operator can easily set the judgment standard. In FIG. 7, the first line is a criterion for “booklet: B123456_00, cover: C123456_00”, and the second line is a criterion for “booklet: 1234567_00, cover: 1234567_01”.

  Further, when the barcode of the booklet sample and the cover sample is read by the barcode reader 5 while the barcode setting screen of FIG. 7 is displayed on the operation panel, the controller 7 displays the barcode as shown in FIG. The first (booklet sample) barcode reading result is displayed in the “barcode 1” column of the setting screen, and the second (cover sample) barcode reading result is displayed in the “barcode 2” column. Thereafter, when the user presses the “automatic setting” button, the control unit 7 compares the two codes for each digit, and the comparison result is selected in the selected criterion line (first line in the illustrated example). Set. In this way, it is not necessary for the user to set match (=), mismatch (≠), and ignore (blank) for each digit, so that it is possible to easily set an error-free determination criterion.

On the other hand, after inputting the booklet dimensions on the size setting screen of FIG. 6, when the “OK” button is pressed, the control unit 7 calculates the required cardboard and cover dimensions, and the cardboard and cover shown in FIG. Displays a cover confirmation screen that displays the dimensions of. As shown in the figure, this cover confirmation screen shows the front and back cover paper, the length of the back paper, the width and the length of the cover, the width and the distance from the lower end of the slit position of the release paper. Is displayed, the user prepares the front / back cover paper, the back ball, and the cover of the designated dimensions.
By pressing the “size setting” tag in the upper left on this cover confirmation screen, it is possible to return to the size setting screen of FIG.

  When the barcode is set to ON in the size setting screen of FIG. 6, when the user reads the barcode of the booklet and the cover with the barcode reader 5 while the cover confirmation screen of FIG. Part 7 confirms the match between the booklet and the cover. That is, the control unit 7 compares the barcode reading results of the booklet and the cover for each digit, confirms the match between the booklet and the cover based on the determination criterion selected on the barcode setting screen of FIG. “OK” is displayed on the code determination result display section, and “NG” is displayed if they do not match.

  For example, in the determination criterion shown in FIG. 10A, it is determined whether all the digits match, and in the determination criterion shown in FIG. 10B, the first digit does not match, and the second and subsequent digits match. It is determined whether or not. Further, in the determination criterion shown in FIG. 10 (c), it is determined whether or not only the ninth digit matches, and only the tenth digit does not match. In the determination criterion shown in FIG. It is determined whether or not the eighth line matches, and the ninth and tenth lines are ignored. By determining not only the match but also the mismatch, it is possible to deal with an error of reading only the cover sheet twice.

Next, the operation when the cover and cardboard are bonded will be described.
When the user presses the “set change start” button on the cover confirmation screen of FIG. 9, the control unit 7 controls the drive mechanism 1 b of the cover pasting unit 1 to automatically set the positions of the guides 13 to 24 to the calculated positions. Set to.
In this state, the user sets the front cover paper 41, the back cover 42, and the back paper 43 as shown in FIGS. The cover 44 is set so that the front side of the cover 44 faces upward and the center position thereof coincides with the position indicated by the aiming lamp 6 as shown in FIG. Thereafter, when the user presses the start button 1a of the cover sticking unit 1, the control unit 7 lowers the sticking roller 25 of the cover sticking unit 1, stops above the slit position of the release paper, and presses the cover 44. . Thereby, as shown in FIG.12 (c), the user can peel off the near side peeling paper of the back side of the cover 44 easily.

When the user presses the start button 1a after peeling the front side release paper, the control unit 7 lowers the sticking roller 25 again and stops it below the slit position of the release paper to press the cover paper 44. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 12D, the user can easily peel off the back release paper on the back side of the cover 44. After the release paper is peeled off, when the user presses the start button 1a again, the control unit 7 lowers the sticking roller 25 and moves the front side of the cover 44 by the sticking roller 25 as shown in FIG. After being affixed to the cardboard, the affixing roller is raised, and the back side of the cover 44 is affixed to the cardboard by the affixing roller 25 as shown in FIG.
Thus, the front cover ball paper, the back cover ball paper, and the back ball paper can be attached to the front cover.

Next, an operation in the case where the top and bottom of the cover sheet to which the cardboard is attached as described above is folded by the folding unit 2 will be described.
When the user presses the start button 2a of the folding unit 2 after setting the center of the cover to the rotation center of the table 31 of the folding unit 2, the control unit 7 controls the drive mechanism 2b of the folding unit 2, and FIG. As shown in (a), the fixing plate 32 is lowered to fix the cover. Next, the control unit 7 rotates the table 31 and the fixing plate 32 by 90 degrees, and then the guide roller 33, the guide base 35, and the folding bar 37 on the right side, and the guide roller 34, the guide base 36, and the folding bar 38 on the left side. To a predetermined distance. As a result, as shown in FIGS. 13 (b), 14 (a), and 15, the portion of the cover that is guided by the guide rollers 33 and 34 and is not attached with cardboard is positioned at the lower end of the folding bar. .

In this state, the control unit 7 lowers the folding bars 37 and 38, and as shown in FIG. 14 (b), after the two sides of the top and bottom of the cover are bent at right angles, the control unit 7 moves the guide rollers 33 34, the guide bases 35 and 36, and the folding bars 37 and 38 are moved inward, so that the two sides of the top and bottom of the cover are folded and bonded as shown in FIG. Next, the control unit 7 moves the guide rollers 33 and 34, the guide bases 35 and 36, and the folding bars 37 and 38 to the original predetermined positions, and then rotates the table 31 and the fixing plate 32 by 90 degrees. Similarly to the above, by moving the guide roller 33, the guide base 35, and the folding bar 37 to the right side and the guide roller 34, the guide base 36, and the folding bar 38 to the left side by a predetermined distance, FIG. In the same manner, the two sides of the front edge of the cover are folded and bonded in the same manner.
Thereby, the top and bottom of the cover to which the cardboard is attached can be folded and bonded to create a hard cover.

  After creating the hard cover as described above, the hard cover 45 and the wirelessly bound booklet 46 that has been confirmed to match the cover by the barcode reader 5 are combined, and the nip portion is placed with the back side down. 3 is pressed, and the start button 3a of the nip portion 3 is pushed, so that the hard cover 45 and the booklet 46 are separated by a thermoplastic adhesive formed on the back side of the booklet 46 by a press (not shown) with a built-in heater. The dorsal side is glued. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 16, the peel-off release paper 46a of the booklet 46 is peeled off and aligned with the hard cover 45, so that the turn-over of the hard cover 45 and the booklet 46 is bonded by the adhesive formed on the booklet. Then, the upper bound book is created.

In the above embodiment, an example in which the code is 10 digits has been described, but the cover and booklet coincidence inspection device of the present invention can be applied to a code having an arbitrary number of digits.
In the above embodiment, the embodiment in which the cover and booklet coincidence inspection apparatus of the present invention is incorporated in the bookbinding machine has been described. However, the cover and booklet coincidence inspection apparatus can be implemented alone.

It is a figure which shows the external appearance of the bookbinding machine provided with the cover and booklet coincidence inspection apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the detail of a cover sticking part. It is a figure which shows the detail of a folding | turning part. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a bookbinding machine. It is a figure which shows the slit of a release paper. It is an example of the size setting screen displayed on an operation panel. It is an example of the barcode setting screen displayed on the operation panel. It is a figure for demonstrating the automatic setting of the determination reference | standard on a barcode setting screen. It is an example of a cover confirmation screen displayed on the operation panel. It is a figure which shows the example of the code | cord | chord system attached to a cover and a booklet, and a criterion. It is a figure which shows the state which set the cardboard to the sticking table. It is a figure for demonstrating the procedure which bonds a cover and a cardboard. It is a figure for demonstrating the procedure in which the top and bottom of a cover are turned up. It is a figure which shows the effect | action at the time of folding of a cover. It is a figure which shows a state when the top and bottom of a cover is turned up. It is a figure which shows the state which match | combined the hard cover and the wirelessly closed booklet. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the example which performs simple upper bookbinding. It is a figure for demonstrating the coincidence confirmation of the cover and booklet at the time of bookbinding. It is an example of various code systems attached to a cover and a booklet.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cover cover pasting part 2 Folding part 3 Nip part 4 Operation panel 5 Bar code reader 6 Aiming lamp 1a, 2a, 3a Start button

Claims (3)

A bar code reader that reads a bar code, an operation panel, and a cover that is read by the bar code reader and a bar code printed on the book are compared based on the set criteria, and the match between the cover and the book is determined. A cover and booklet coincidence inspection device comprising control means for
The control means displays, on the operation panel, a judgment criterion input screen characterized by defining three states of matching, mismatching, and not judging for each digit of the code as a judgment criterion of the code. When determining whether the booklet matches, the above control means compares the barcode printed on the cover and the booklet for each digit, and if the criterion is a matching digit, determines whether or not they match. A cover and booklet coincidence inspection apparatus characterized in that it is determined whether or not there is a mismatch in the case of a digit, and is not determined in the case of a digit that the determination criterion does not determine. In the cover and booklet coincidence inspection apparatus according to claim 1,
A cover and a booklet, wherein the control means automatically sets a match / non-match state of the judgment criteria by comparing the code of the cover sample and the booklet sample read by the bar code reader for each digit. Matching inspection device. In the cover and booklet coincidence inspection apparatus according to claim 1 or claim 2,
Each time a digit of a code is pressed on the determination criterion input screen displayed on the operation panel, the control means sequentially switches the pressed digit to three states of matching, mismatching, and not judging. Cover and booklet coincidence inspection equipment.

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