JP5493823B2 - Collating device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention provides a sheet processing apparatus that performs various processes such as collation, binding, bookbinding, and folding on a sheet fed from a bundle of sheets stacked on a sheet feeding unit for each predetermined work group. It belongs to the technical field.

Newspaper advertisements that are delivered in bundles by type are stacked on a plurality of paper feeders, stacked one by one from each paper feeder, transported, and used as a bundle of advertisements for each house Advertising collation machines are used in newspaper stores.
In a newspaper store, if a region in charge is divided into a plurality of districts and the number of copies that need to be distributed is managed separately for each district, collation may be performed separately for each district. This is because the advertisements distributed in each district may be different.
For this reason, a collating apparatus is known in which a plurality of districts and the number of copies for each district (number of district copies) are input and stored, and once collation for the number of district copies is completed (for example, patent literature) 1).

  For example, when 300 copies are required for the A district and 200 copies for the B district are required, the user inputs the districts A and B and the 300 and 200 copies to the collating machine and stores them. When the collating apparatus is started, collation in the A district is started, and when the number of copies is counted and reaches 300, the collating machine stops. When the user presses the start button again, collation in the B area is started, and when the number of processing copies reaches 200, the collation machine stops. If necessary, the user removes advertisements that need not be distributed from the sheet feeding unit while the collating machine is stopped at the turn of the district, and loads advertisements to be distributed on the sheet feeding unit.

  In the apparatus of Patent Document 1, the processing order can be input for each district, and the input order is displayed in the “Order” column of the operation panel. When the user touches any one of the order columns, the touched order column is set in an input enabled state. By touching the numeric keypad in this state, the order is input to the order field that is ready for input, and this is displayed. The collation device performs collation processing for each district according to the input order (see description of [0059]).

JP 2007-70087 (paragraphs [0039] to [0041], [0059], [0076], [0078], [0079], FIG. 5)

  However, in the above background art, it is time-consuming because it is necessary to touch the order column once for each work group to make it ready for input and then enter numbers and the like with the numeric keypad. There was a problem that it took time and was troublesome.

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is to realize a sheet processing apparatus having order setting means that does not require labor for inputting numbers with a numeric keypad after touching an order field for order setting.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has the following configurations.
The first configuration of the present invention includes a plurality of sheet feeding units that take out sheets one by one from a bundle of sheets stacked on a sheet feeding table, and sets the sheets taken out from each sheet feeding unit while being stacked on each other. a collating apparatus according to a collation apparatus characterized by comprising the means of the following (a) to (d).
(B) for each of a plurality of working groups collated bundle number is respectively individually configurable to create, collation bundle number to create a storage unit for storing a processing sequence between a plurality of work groups (b) devices start signal Upon receipt, the work is started from any one of the set work groups, and when the collation work of the number of copies set in the work group is completed, the apparatus is once stopped, and then the apparatus start signal is sent. A control unit that causes a process to start collation work of another work group by receiving it again according to the set processing order. (C) Display of each of a plurality of work groups displayed side by side on the display Order setting means for setting a pressing order as a processing order by sequentially pressing predetermined areas included in the area.
(D) Specify this by specifying one of the work groups once ordered regardless of whether all work groups are ordered or only for some work groups, and entering any new order Change the order of the work groups to the new order entered, and if the new order entered overlaps with the order already set for another work group, it will be duplicated among the already set orders. Order change means to avoid duplication by changing part of the order including the specified order

According to a second configuration of the present invention, in the first configuration, when the new order that is input is an earlier order than the order before the change , the order changing unit has already set the other work group. The order of the work groups that were set to the order that overlapped the new order that was entered and the order that was later than the new order that was entered and earlier than the order before the change were moved down. This is a characteristic collating apparatus.

According to a third configuration of the present invention, in the first or second configuration, the order changing unit may perform another operation when the input new order is an order later than the order before the change. The collation apparatus characterized by lowering the order that was set in the group, the order that overlapped with the new order that was input, and the order of the work groups that were set in a later order than the new order that was input It is.

According to a fourth configuration of the present invention, in any one of the first to third configurations, at least one of the work groups whose order has already been set by the order setting unit, a new one by the order changing unit. When the order is changed and the new order does not overlap with the order already set in another work group, the order setting means further sets a predetermined area of each work group whose order is not set after the change. When the buttons are sequentially pressed, the processing order is set in the pressing order except for the new order set by the order changing means.

According to a fifth configuration of the present invention, in any one of the first to fourth configurations, a display in which the order is set and a display in which the order is not set in a predetermined area for each work group of the display device If there is, the order changing means is a collating apparatus in which a work group to be changed is set by pressing the predetermined area of the work group for which the order has already been set.

According to a sixth configuration of the present invention, in the configuration according to any one of the first to fifth configurations, the sequence setting unit displays a sequence display indicating a sequence in a predetermined area each time the sequence setting unit is pressed. The collating apparatus is characterized in that each time it is pressed, the smallest number among the undisplayed numbers is displayed sequentially.

In the first to third configurations of the present invention, the predetermined order of the display areas of the respective work groups is sequentially pressed, so that the pressing order is set as the processing order. By simply touching the area once for each group, the order is set in the touched order.
Therefore, there is an effect that the order setting operation becomes easy and the time required can be shortened.

Further, in the first to third configurations of the present invention, it is possible to avoid duplication of sequence after re it is possible to temporarily fix the set order set on the touch order. If the touch order is wrong, it may be cleared and touched again, but according to the first to third configurations, only the wrong part can be corrected without touching everything again. effective.

In the sixth configuration of the present invention, the numbers displayed in the predetermined area are sequentially displayed from the youngest number among the undisplayed numbers, so that the number displayed by pressing can be predicted for the operator. There is an effect that there is sex.

It is explanatory drawing of the process order of each district being set and displayed in the order which touched the order column in a display screen. The same as FIG. The same as FIG. It is a figure which shows a display screen in case there exists a district with which the order was set, and a district which is not set. It is a figure of the display screen for operation procedure explanation in the case of changing the order of one area to the order earlier than it after setting the order of each area once. This is the same as FIG. This is the same as FIG. This is the same as FIG. It is a figure of the display screen for operation procedure explanation in the case of changing the order of one area to the order later than it after setting the order of each area once. This is the same as FIG. This is the same as FIG. This is the same as FIG. When changing the number of districts in one page of the display screen to the number of other pages, it is a diagram of a display screen for explaining an operation procedure that requires only one page movement. This is the same as FIG. This is the same as FIG. This is the same as FIG. This is the same as FIG. This is the same as FIG. FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a part that performs collation by work group of a collation apparatus that is one of paper processing apparatuses.

  The embodiment for setting the processing order between each work group in the paper processing apparatus of the present invention corresponds to the district number corresponding to each work group displayed on the display screen of the display that performs various displays of the paper processing apparatus. Then touch each window in the order display area, and the order of touching will be the processing order as it is, or after touching, enter the number indicating the order with the numeric keypad, and change the order by pressing the set window It is.

FIG. 1 is a display screen of a display for performing various displays of the sheet processing apparatus. The vertical column in the first column on the left is the column of the district number corresponding to the work group. The second column is a setting display window for the number of copies in each district. The third column is a window for setting and displaying the order in which the processing of each district is performed. The numeric window on the right side of the center is touched with the numeric keypad when setting numbers.
In the first embodiment, numbers are displayed in the order in which the blanks in the order are touched with a finger. That is, 1 is displayed in the first touched field, 2 is displayed in the second touched field, and similarly, a number n is displayed in the nth touched field. This is the order in which the work group indicated by the district number on the left is processed. In FIG. 1, only up to 8 districts are displayed, but 9 to 16 can be performed over a plurality of screens such as the second page and 17 to 24 the third page.

FIG. 2 is an example of a display screen when the order is actually set.
As a result of touching in the order of 4 district → 6 district → 7 district → 2 district → 5 district → 1 district → 8 district → 3 district, numbers are entered in the order column according to the touched order.
When returning to the main screen and pressing start, paper processing is performed in this order. If you want to delete the input order and start over from the beginning, touch “Clear order”. Then, all the numbers entered in the order column are erased, the state returns to the state of FIG. 1, and the order entry is accepted again.

FIG. 3 shows a setting example of the second page.
When the page is moved with the page selection key, the 9th to 16th districts can be set on the second page, the 17th to 24th districts on the third page, and the 25th to 32th districts on the fourth page. it can. For example, order 1 to page 3 on page 1, order 4 or 5 on page 3, order 6 to 8 on page 2, order 9 to 12 on page 1, and so on. You can set the order freely for all districts.

Real施例2 is an example corresponding to the fifth structure of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is an example of a display screen when there is a district where the order is not set in the order column.
In this example, the order column is touched in the order of 4 district → 6 district → 2 district → 7 district.
When returning to the main screen and pressing start in this state, the districts for which the order is set are processed in the setting order, and then the districts for which the order is not set are processed in the descending order of the district numbers. That is, the processing is performed in the order of district numbers 4 → 6 → 2 → 7 → 1 → 3 → 5 → 8.
Even if the number of districts is large and there are multiple pages, the same processing is performed throughout all pages.

Example 3 is an example corresponding to the second configuration and the third configuration of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a display screen in a state where the processing order is once set. The case where the processing order of 5 districts is changed from 5th to 3rd earlier than this from this state will be described.
First, as shown in FIG. Then, if the color of the touch field changes as shown in FIG. 6, touch 3 on the numeric keypad to display 3 as shown in FIG. 7 and touch the set, as shown in FIG. The order of 7 districts that were 3 was 4, the order of 2 districts that were 4 was 5, and the order change was completed.

  In this example, the new order set with the numeric keypad is a smaller number (the order becomes faster) than before the change, and the newly set order is the same as the order already set in another district. Since it overlaps, part of the already set order is moved down to avoid duplication.

Next, the case where the order 5 of 5 districts is changed to the later order 7 will be described.
As in the case of advancement, touch the order column of the five districts (FIG. 9), and if the color changes, touch the numeric keypad 7 (FIG. 10), and when 7 is displayed, touch the set (FIG. 11) and FIG. As shown in FIG. 11, the order of 5 districts is 7, and the order of 8 districts in the order of 7 in FIG. 11 and 3 districts in the order of 8 are changed to 8 and 9, respectively, and 5 is a missing number. The change is complete.

In this example, if the new order set with the numeric keypad is a larger number than before the input, and the newly set order overlaps with a number that has already been set for another district, the duplicate is In order to avoid, the order after the overlapping order is lowered.
As a result, the order before the change becomes a missing number. If there are missing numbers, processing is performed in ascending order of numbers.

Example 4 is an example corresponding to the fourth configuration of the present invention.
If the order is input in the touch order, if the next area to be touched is on another page, the page must be moved to display that area. When complicated settings are made across many districts, the number of times of page movement increases, and the setting work becomes complicated.
Thus, by using the numeric keypad together, it is possible to set the order of the currently displayed page first and then set the next page.

FIG. 13 shows the screen where the order is set in the order of touch by touching the order field of the eight districts on the first page. Before moving to the second page, change the order 6 set for the first district to 11. First, the order 6 is touched.
When the color in order 6 changes as shown in FIG. 14 by touching, 11 is input using the numeric keypad. When the set is touched as shown in FIG. 15, the order of one district is set as shown in FIG. Then, the page selection key is pressed as shown in FIG. 16 to display the second page (FIG. 17). Then, touch the order column in the order you want to process the district. Then, the numbers are set in order from the youngest number among the numbers that are missing in the order column of one page, and then from the youngest number among the numbers from 9 to 16 excluding the number set in one page.

Specifically, the numbers except 11 from 11 after 6 which are missing numbers in one page (FIG. 16) are set.
That is, if it sees in FIG.
It is touched in the order of 6 → 9 → 10 → 12 → 13 → 14 → 15 → 16.

Real施例5 is an example corresponding to the sixth aspect of the invention.
FIG. 19 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a part that performs collation by work group of a collation apparatus that is one of paper processing apparatuses.
From the number setting means 1 and the order setting means 2 to the first memory part 3-1 to the nth memory part 3-n corresponding to each of n work groups, the number of copies information to be collated in each work group, Order information indicating the order in which the joint work is performed between the groups is sent and stored.
The number of copies information and the order information stored in each memory unit are sent to the work group selector 4.

When the start switch is turned on, a start signal is sent to the collation device driver 8, the work group selector 4, and the copy counter 6, respectively.
The work group selector 4 selects a memory unit from which the number information is to be read from each memory unit based on the receiving order information and sends it to the comparator 5. The collation device driver 8 supplies power to the main motor 9, and the collation operation is started. At the same time, upon receiving the start signal, the copy counter 6 starts counting the number of copies in the collated set, and the count value is sent to the comparator 5. The comparator 5 compares the count value with the number of copies information from the work group selector 4, and when the count value reaches the number of copies of the number of copies information, sends a stop signal to the collation device driver 8 to stop the collation operation. Let
As a result, one work group collates a preset number of copies and stops.

When the start switch is turned on again, the work group selector 4 selects the number of copies information from the next memory unit according to the order information and sends it to the comparator 5 again. At the same time, the collating operation is started and the count of the copy counter 6 is also started. When the count reaches the number of copies in the copy number information sent from the work group selector 4, the comparator 5 outputs a stop signal and stops the collating operation. Thereafter, the same operation is repeated every time the start switch is turned on.
Among the functions of the above configuration, the above-described first to fourth embodiments are applied to the order setting and order change of the order setting unit 2.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Copy number setting means 2 Order setting means 3-1 to 3-n 1st memory part-nth memory part 4 Work group selector 5 Comparator 6 Copy counter 7 Start switch 8 Collating device driver 9 Main motor

Claims (6)

A collating apparatus having a plurality of sheet feeding units that take out sheets one by one from a bundle of sheets stacked on a sheet feeding table, and stacking and stacking sheets taken from each sheet feeding unit;
A collating apparatus comprising the following means (a) to (d) .
(B) for each of a plurality of working groups collated bundle number is respectively individually configurable to create, collation bundle number to create a storage unit for storing a processing sequence between a plurality of work groups (b) devices start signal Upon receipt, the work is started from any one of the set work groups, and when the collation work of the number of copies set in the work group is completed, the apparatus is once stopped, and then the apparatus start signal is sent. A control unit that causes a process to start collation work of another work group by receiving it again according to the set processing order. (C) Display of each of a plurality of work groups displayed side by side on the display Order setting means for setting a pressing order as a processing order by sequentially pressing predetermined areas included in the area.
(D) Specify this by specifying one of the work groups once ordered regardless of whether all work groups are ordered or only for some work groups, and entering any new order Change the order of the work groups to the new order entered, and if the new order entered overlaps with the order already set for another work group, it will be duplicated among the already set orders. Order change means to avoid duplication by changing part of the order including the specified order In the case where the input new order is an order earlier than the order before the change, the order changing means duplicates the input new order among the orders already set in other work groups. 2. The collation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the order and the order of the work groups set in the order later than the input new order and earlier than the order before the change are lowered. In the case where the input new order is a slower order than the order before the change, the order changing means overlaps the input new order among the orders already set in other work groups. The collating apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the collating apparatus lowers the order and the order of the work groups set in a later order than the inputted new order. In at least one of the work groups whose order has already been set by the order setting means, the order is changed to a new order by the order change means, and the new order overlaps with the order already set in another work group. If not, when the predetermined area of each work group whose order is not set is sequentially pressed by the order setting unit after the change, the processing order is changed in the pressing order except for the new order set by the order changing unit. The collation apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein is set. When there is a display in which the order is set and a display in which the order is not set in the predetermined area for each work group of the display device, the order changing means presses the predetermined area of the work group in which the order has already been set. it allows the sheet processing apparatus according to item 1 4 any claims 1, characterized in that the working group to make changes is set to be. The order setting means is characterized in that each time the button is pressed, the order display indicating the order in the predetermined area is made up of numbers, and each time the button is pressed, the lowest number among the undisplayed numbers is sequentially displayed. The sheet processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5 .

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