JPH01300389A - Optical character reader printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To print consecutive numbers in units of documents by providing a memory to store respective different consecutive numbers for respective types of documents, a means to identify the type of a document from read data, and another means to select the consecutive numbers corresponding to the identified document from the memory and output-control the selected consecutive numbers. CONSTITUTION:In a memory 3, the start numbers of the respective consecutive numbers, which are set for the respective types of the documents, are stored. A document identifying part 2 identifies the type of the document based on the read data from a document reading part 1. A control part 4 retrieves the consecutive numbers corresponding to the document identified at the document identifying part 2 from the memory 3, outputs the retrieved consecutive numbers to a print part 5 as print data, counts up the selected consecutive numbers, and stores the counted up consecutive numbers into their original positions on the memory 3. Thus, when the types of documents are the same, the consecutive numbers can be continued.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an optical character reading and printing device, and more particularly to an optical character reading and printing device that identifies a plurality of types of forms and prints out predetermined numbers.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, in optical character reading and printing devices, when reading a mixture of multiple types of forms, the serial number printed on the form is not for each type of form, but for the total number of the entire form. It had become.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The above-mentioned conventional optical character reading/printing device prints the total serial number of the read forms, and therefore has the disadvantage that it is not possible to print serial numbers for each type of form.

That is, as shown in Figure 2, the serial numbers printed on form B+ and form C1 are the total numbers from form AI (1st) and (42+m+1), respectively, and are consecutive for each type of form. It was not possible to print the serial number.

Furthermore, since the starting number of the serial number is uniquely determined between documents, there is an inconvenience that a different starting number cannot be set for each document.

[Purpose of the invention]

The purpose of the present invention is to improve the disadvantages of the conventional example, and in particular, to assign a different serial number to each type of different types of forms that are mixed and manually input, and to sort the forms by this. The object of the present invention is to provide an optical character reading/printing device that enables quick and accurate organization.

[Means to solve the problem]

The present invention includes a form reading unit that sequentially reads a plurality of different types of forms in a mixed state, a form identification unit that identifies the type of form based on the output data from this form reading unit, and this form identification unit. A memory that stores different serial numbers for each type of identified form, and a control unit that selects a serial number for the identified form from the memory and controls the output of the serial number for each type as necessary. The structure is as follows. This aims to achieve the above-mentioned purpose.

[Embodiments of the invention]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG.

The embodiment shown in FIG. 1 includes a form reading unit l that sequentially reads a plurality of different types of forms in a mixed state, and a form identification unit that identifies the type of form based on the output data from this form reading unit l. 2, a memory 3 for storing a different serial number for each type of form identified by the form identification section 2, and a memory 3 for storing a different serial number for each type of form identified by the form identification section 2; The control unit 4 controls the output of the serial number to the printing unit 5.

To explain this in more detail, the memory 3 stores a starting number of a serial number set for each type of form.

The form identification unit 2 identifies the type of form based on the read data from the form reading unit 1. The control unit 4 includes the form identification unit 2
Searches the memory 3 for the serial number corresponding to the form identified in and outputs it to the printing section 5 as print data,
The selected serial number is counted up, and the serial number after counting up is stored in the original position on the memory 3.

This allows serial numbers to be continued if the types of documents are the same.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, according to the present invention, there is provided a memory that stores a different serial number for each type of form, a means for identifying the type of form from read data, and a serial number corresponding to the identified form. Because it has a means for selecting and outputting from memory, it is possible to print a serial number for each identified form even when reading multiple types of forms together, which is an unprecedented and excellent feature. An optical character reading and printing device can be provided.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing serial numbers of forms in a conventional example. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Form reading section, 2... Form identification section, 3... Memory, 4... Control section, 5.
...Printing section. Patent applicant: Japan Electric Co., Ltd. Agent Patent attorney: Isamu Takahashi Figure 1 Figure 2

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) a form reading unit that sequentially reads a plurality of different types of forms in a mixed state; a form identification unit that identifies the type of form based on output data from the form reading unit;
A memory that stores a different serial number for each type of form identified by this form identification section, and a serial number for the identified form is selected from the memory, and the serial number is output for each type as necessary. What is claimed is: 1. An optical character reading and printing device comprising: