JPH02111588A - Device for forming booklet containing photograph - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent forgery and interpolation and to easily correspond to the use of an MRP by a method wherein OCR characters are printed on a released predetermined part of a booklet, exposure, thermal development, and printing means are controlled, and the feed of the booklet and a thermal- developing photosensitive material is controlled. CONSTITUTION:A booklet 170 is fed into a printer 160 by rollers 163 and 164 in the state that it is subjected to thermal transfer. Then, the open-state booklet 170A is fed between a printing head 161 and a roller 162, and a printing is conducted on a predetermined position of the booklet 170A with a printing head pin within the printing head 161. Thereafter, the booklet 170A is fed in the direction reverse to that in the feed into the printer 160 to be pulled from the printer 160 in the state as it is subjected to thermal transfer. Then, rollers 163 and 164 feed the booklet 170A to a laminator 180 while holding the both sides of the booklet 170A across a binding part. Then, the booklet 170B laminated at a necessary part is fed out to a booklet receiving magazine 172.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Purpose of the Invention; (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a photo booklet creation device used for passports, bank passbooks, etc., and particularly relates to a photo booklet creation device used for passports, bank passbooks, etc. The present invention relates to a photo booklet creation device that has pages on which composite images of images are recorded and can be read by any type of OCR.

(Prior Art) In a photo booklet such as a passport, a photo for identifying the holder is attached to a page within the booklet. A transparent sheet is glued on top of this photo so as to cover it, and an embossed seal is placed over the photo and the transparent sheet to prevent tampering. In addition, information such as name, nationality, date of birth, gender, date of issue, and number is written in this passport.

When creating such a passport, conventionally there is a process of type-printing bibliographic information such as name, nationality, gender, etc.
The process of pasting a photo and the process of covering the pasted photo with a transparent sheet were required, making it time-consuming to create a passport and making it difficult to create a passport easily and with good functionality. Therefore, there was a problem in that it was not possible to streamline the passport issuance process. Also,
Conventionally, when applying for a passport, it was necessary to attach a photo to the application form in addition to the photo used to attach the passport, and there was a problem in that several photos had to be prepared.

With the advent of the era of mass transportation of international passengers, MRP is being developed to speed up immigration procedures in each country and alleviate congestion during immigration procedures at international airports, etc.
(Machine Reader Pull Passport) was proposed to be introduced.
Although it is experimental, it has already been adopted in some countries. This MRP is a passport created according to a unified standard and whose text information can be read by a machine. Therefore, this MRP has been adopted, and the passport data such as character information written on the MRP is read optically or electronically by a certain reading device, thereby streamlining immigration procedures at various international airports etc. This will help alleviate congestion during immigration procedures.

However, when MRP is adopted, when creating a passport, in addition to the above-mentioned type printing process, photo pasting process, transparent sheet adhering process, etc., characters that are newly processed to make the passport data readable optically or electronically are added. Since a process such as printing is required, it becomes even more time-consuming to create, and a new problem arises in that it impedes the rationalization of passport issuance operations.

Here, examples of MRP will be explained with reference to FIGS. 4 to 6. That is, in MRP, a character image 1a such as a name, a person image lb, a graphic image 1c provided as necessary, and an optically readable OCR character image 1d are combined and thermally transferred to form an image receiving layer. A transparent sheet 2 provided on one surface, a support sheet 3 installed on the side of the transparent sheet 2 facing the image receiving N1, and a support sheet 3 provided in a layered manner on the surface of the support sheet 3 on the side of the transparent sheet 2. 3 and a contact R layer 4 to which the transparent sheet 2 is adhered. The transparent sheet 2 and the support sheet 3 are
These sheets 2.3 are bound into the booklet 5 at positions where they are overlapped. In addition to sheet 2.3, the booklet 5 also includes a record sheet 7 on which immigration stamps, pizza stamps, etc. are stamped.
is bound.

The image receiving layer 1 includes a character image 1a, a human image 1b, and a graphic image 1.
c and OCR character images! A composite image such as d is transferred, and the image-receiving layer 1 to which this composite image is transferred and the transparent sheet 2 on which this image-receiving layer 1 is layered are supported via an adhesive layer 4 as shown in FIG. Since it is bonded to the sheet 3, the final result is transparent sheet 2: image receiving layer 1. The adhesive layer 4 and the instruction sheet 3 are integrated in a layered manner, and a composite sheet having a four-layer structure is constructed as a front cover within the booklet 5. The support sheet 3 is used as the front cover of the booklet 5, as shown in FIG. It is made up of a composite support made by laminating one or both sides of paper. Examples of plastics include polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polycarbonate, acetyl cellulose, cellulose ester, polyvinyl acetal, polystyrene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, nylon, polyethylene, and the like.

In addition, these plastics contain white pigments, such as Ti.
A material in which O2 or znO is dispersed may be used, and a material containing other color pigments or dyes may also be used.

As shown in FIG. 6(^), the transparent sheet 2 is bound into the booklet 5 so that the page is located next to the support sheet 3, which is the front cover. This transparent sheet 2 has a thickness of 50 mm.
A transparent plastic sheet with a thickness of ~350 μm is used, and is formed to be approximately the same size as the support sheet 3 or slightly smaller. This transparent sheet 2 is constructed by appropriately selecting from the various materials listed as the plastics constituting the support sheet 3.

As shown in FIG. 5, the image-receiving layer 1 is provided on the surface of the transparent sheet 2 on the support sheet 3 side to a thickness of about 10μ. On this image-receiving layer 1, a character image 1a such as a name, a person image ib, a graphic image 1c provided as necessary, and an optically readable OCR character image 1d are transferred and recorded. Each of the images 1a to 1d is first printed on the image receiving layer 1 by a computer. After synthesizing (laying out) the images in consideration of the arrangement of d, this synthesized image is displayed on a printing CRT, and a heat-sensitive member is exposed to light using, for example, a three-color sequential exposure method, and then the exposed photosensitive member is thermally developed. This is done by simultaneously transferring the image onto the image receiving layer 1. Also, the image receiving layer! is composed of a substance capable of blocking the dye released by heat development from the heat-developable photosensitive material of the photosensitive member, and includes, for example, a dye fixing agent such as a dye mordant. A useful dye fixing agent can be selected and used depending on the physical properties of the dye to be released, components other than dyes contained in the heat-developable photosensitive material, transfer conditions, etc. For example, a high molecular weight polymer mordant is used. . The heat-developable photosensitive material used in this example uses a method in which a mobile dye is released image-wise by heat development, and the mobile dye is transferred to a dye-fixing element having a mordant using a solvent such as water. A method in which the dye is transferred to the dye fixing element using a boiling point organic solvent, a method in which the dye is transferred to the dye fixing element using a wood-philic heat solvent built into the dye fixing element, and a method in which the mobile dye is heat diffusible or sublimable and transfers to the dye fixing element. It is a transfer-type heat-developable color photosensitive material, such as one that transfers to a dye-receiving element.

The adhesive layer 4 is provided on the back side of the support sheet 3, that is, the surface on the side of the transparent sheet 2, and is bonded so that the surface of the image-receiving layer 1 of the transparent sheet 2 and the back surface of the support sheet 3 are brought into close contact. This adhesive layer 4 is an image 1axl thermally transferred to the image receiving layer 1.
An adhesive is selected and used that does not damage the sheets 2 and 3 and that generates few air bubbles between the sheets 2 and 3 when they are brought into close contact with each other. Adhesive layer 4
A release paper 6 is pasted on top of the . The column pattern paper 6 is formed slightly larger than the support sheet 3 so that the peripheral edge protrudes from the peripheral edge of the support sheet 3 so that the peripheral edge can be easily pinched when the release paper 6 is peeled off. Note that this release paper 6 is formed larger than the support sheet 3, so if the periphery of the release paper 6 protrudes from the booklet 5 and it becomes difficult to handle it, this AT pattern paper 6 can be The support sheet 3 is formed to be the same or smaller than the support sheet 3 without being smaller than the layer 4.

The image-receiving layer and the support sheet are bonded to each other by an adhesive layer applied in advance to one side of the support sheet. The adhesive layer may be applied on one side of the support sheet or on the image-receiving layer after the composite image is transferred to the image-receiving layer. Double-sided tape or the like may also be used.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) Since the above-mentioned photo booklet (MRP) has characters printed on a transparent sheet, there is a problem that the characters may be read by OCR or become unreadable depending on the device. be. This is because OCR standards vary from country to country, and the optical wavelengths used differ.

This invention was made to solve the above problems, and can be easily and efficiently produced while preventing forgery and falsification, thereby streamlining the issuance work, and moreover, it allows for the adoption of MRP. It is an object of the present invention to provide a photo booklet creation device that can easily handle the situation.

Structure of the Invention; (Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention relates to a photographic booklet producing device, and the above-mentioned object of the present invention is to provide an exposure means for scanning and exposing images, characters, etc. on a heat-developable photosensitive material; a water application means for applying water to the exposed heat-developable photosensitive material; a heat-developable transfer means for superimposing and thermally developing and transferring the booklet conveyed from the storage section and the heat-developable photosensitive material from the water application means; a means for peeling off the heat-developable photosensitive material from the heat-developable photosensitive material and a booklet to which the heat-developable photosensitive material has been transferred; a printing means for printing OCR characters on a predetermined portion of the peeled-off booklet; This is achieved by providing a control means for controlling the heat development means and the printing means, and for controlling the conveyance of the booklet and the heat-developable photosensitive material.

(Function) According to the photo booklet creation device of the present invention, it is possible to read the application manuscript and expose it to a photo, and since OCR characters are printed using ink containing a carbon component using a separate printer, it is compatible with OCR of various standards. It is also possible to create a booklet that can be read by people. As a result, when creating a photo booklet, it is no longer necessary to paste portrait photos (face photos) or type-print characters such as names, and the image transfer device automatically creates photo booklets. This makes it possible to easily and efficiently create a photo booklet. Furthermore, when applying for a passport, etc., it is possible to eliminate the need for a photo to be attached to the passport, etc.

Since a composite image such as a character image and a person image is transferred to the image receiving layer by a transfer method, dry processing can be performed without using photographic processing chemicals. Therefore, the developing device can be simplified compared to those that use chemicals,
In addition, since it is a dry process and there is no deterioration of chemicals etc.
It will also be possible to handle small quantity processing during off-season. Moreover, even when joining the support sheet to the image-receiving layer side of the transparent sheet, the transparent sheet and the support sheet are already bound in the booklet at the position where they overlap, so they can be easily joined. It becomes like this.

This makes it possible to create a photo booklet such as a passport more easily and efficiently.

(Embodiments) Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the internal configuration of the photographic booklet production device of the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows the laser exposure unit 1 of the device.
20, and FIG. 2 shows its appearance.

In the photo booklet producing apparatus 100 of the present invention, a roll-shaped photothermographic material 102 is housed in a magazine lot loaded into the machine base. The heat-developable photosensitive material i4102 is pulled out from its outer periphery and cut into a predetermined length by the cutter 103, and then transferred to the exposure section 110. Water application part +30. Heat development transfer department! 40 and then to the peeling films 150 via conveyance means such as rollers.

The exposure section 110 is a digital laser exposure unit 12
0, the photothermographic material 1 is transferred from the frame memory 107.
The image is exposed to 02. FIG. 2 shows an example of the structure of the laser exposure unit 120, which is provided with semiconductor laser elements 12In, 121G, and 121B for exposing the photothermographic material +02 with II, G, and eight colors, respectively, and the emitted laser The light passes through collimator lenses 1221, 122G, 122B and cylindrical lenses 123n, 123G, 123B, respectively, and then mirrors!
24 and dichroic mirrors 124G and 124[1 is reflected by a mirror 125 and input to a polygon mirror 126 for line scanning by rotation. The reflected light from the polygon mirror 126 is 10
The heat-developable photosensitive material +02 is digitally exposed by line scanning through a lens 127 having functions of zero-plane blur correction and color correction, and further through a cylindrical lens 12B.

Image synthesis involves reading the data of a person's image read by the input scanner 105 in correspondence with the identification code from the barcode reader 106, and storing the data input by the word processor in correspondence with the identification code from the barcode league 106. The character information data is read out, and the thus read data is matched and matched based on the barcode identification code and is sent to a frame memory for human images, a frame memory for characters, and a human image via the host computer 200. The data is processed by a lookup table and a matrix circuit for performing gradation correction for characters, a lookup table for performing gradation correction for characters, and a synthesis thinning circuit, and the data is stored in the frame memory 107, and each image is configured to synthesize.

The water application section 130 is a photothermographic material exposed by a large diameter roller 131 into a tank 132 filled with water as an image forming solvent! Guide to 02, heat-developable photosensitive material? 4
Water is applied to 102. This water acts as a diffusion aid in the next thermal development transfer process. In the case of the meltable diffusion aid method, urea, crystal water, microcapsules, etc., which become water-like when heated, are imaged. Since it is applied in advance as a diffusion aid during the production of the layers, it is not necessary to apply it during the layering process. The heat-developable photosensitive material +02 coated with water is sent to the heat-develop and transfer section.

A booklet 170 as an image-receiving material is fed from one side into the heat development transfer section 140 in an open state from a booklet magazine 171 via a conveyance means such as a roller, and the heat development photosensitive material 10
2 and the opened booklet 17G are placed one on top of the other and passed between a pair of rows 91411142 heated by a heater, and the image recorded on the photothermographic material 102 is thermally developed, and the booklet! The heat-developable photosensitive material 102 is sent from the heat-developable transfer section 14G to the peeling section 150 in a superposed state with the booklet 17G. Peeling part! Reference numeral 50 separates the heat-developable photosensitive material 102 and the booklet 170 through a pair of belts 151 and 152 wound around a plurality of rollers, and transfers the developed photothermographic material 102 to the waste photosensitive material storage box 151. It is designed to be sent.

On the other hand, the heat-transferred booklet 170^ is the heat-developable photosensitive material 10
After being separated into the printer 160 and rollers 164 and 163 through a drying section (not shown), the printer! After the OCR characters sent from the frame memory 107 are printed with carbon ink via the print head 161 and roller 162 of 60.

The booklet receiver is sent to the magazine controller 72 through the laminator 18G, and the booklet 170B can be taken out from the magazine 172. The drying section dries the transfer surface of the booklet 170^ with warm air generated by a heater and a fan.

The printer 160 includes a print head 1 that constitutes a printing machine.
il and a roller 162 facing this print head 161
is provided, and when the booklet 170^ enters between the roller 182 and the print head 1B1, the print head 151
After printing with the print head 161 on the 0 booklet 170^ which is capable of printing OCR characters with a radbin, the rollers 163 and 164 are reversed in the opposite direction to the direction when feeding into the printer 160. From there, the booklet 170^ is held and drawn in in the state at the time of thermal transfer, that is, in the open state, and the booklet 170^ is sent to the laminator 180 with both sides of the binding portion thereof being sandwiched. The laminated booklet 170B is sent to the magazine 172 and accumulated.

At the top of the booklet creation device 100, there is an input scanner 1 for reading the application form +04 with a photo pasted and names etc. filled in.
05, and a barcode reader +06 for reading barcoded information such as application@104 number. The input scanner 105 is connected to a host computer 200 installed at a center etc.
Input scanner! The data read in 05 is stored in the frame memory 107, read by the barcode reader 106, sent to the host computer 200, converted into a character code 201, and then sent to the frame memory 107.

Next, its operation will be explained.

First, a plurality of application forms 104 are read in order with an input scanner 105, and the read data is stored in the frame memory 107 together with the character code 201. In other words, in this pre-process, a face photo is pasted and necessary personal information is filled in. An application reception process for accepting the passport application @1o4,
The process of attaching a barcode label to the received application form +04 for identification and the application form! 04
It consists of the process of manually inputting personal information into a textual information floppy disk, etc. The application receiving process and the barcode label pasting process are performed manually, while the zero-character information input process is performed by an operator using a word processor equipped with a display Cr1T, a barcode reader, and a keyboard. Please note that the barcode is displayed on a barcode reader before entering character information.
The personal information written on the application form 104 is entered into the host computer 200 by keyboard input in correspondence with the read barcode identification code read in o6.
The character code 201 is input as encoded character information through the frame memory! 07.

Photothermographic material 102 pulled out from magazine 101
is cut into a predetermined length by the cutter 103 and then exposed to the exposure section 1.
10, images, characters, etc. from the frame memory 107 are exposed by the laser exposure unit 120, and then water is applied by the water application section 130, and then the images and characters are exposed to light by the laser exposure unit 120.
0, and is overlapped with the booklet 170 in the open state at the thermal development transfer section 140.

The thermal development transfer section 140 thermally develops the image recorded on the photothermographic material 102 and thermally transfers it to the booklet 17G.

Heat-developable photosensitive material 10 heat-developed in the heat-developable transfer section 140
2 remains in the overlapped state with the booklet 170 in the open state.
l! 11 parts sent to 15G, qII 111 parts +
After being separated from the booklet 170^ at step 50, the booklet 170^ which is discarded in the waste photosensitive material storage box 151 is sent to the drying section, where it is dried and then printed with OCn characters by the printer 16G, after which it is sent to the laminator. After 180 pages, the volume of booklet is magazine! Sent to 72.

Here, the booklet is sent to the printer 160 by rollers 163 and 164! 70 is fed in the state at the time of thermal transfer, that is, in the open state, and as a result of this feeding, the print head 161
The opened booklet 17G8 is inserted between the roller 1fi2 and the character 1 head 161, and a Rad pin is used to print at a predetermined position on the booklet 170^ (for example, the character image 1d of 1Ic11 in FIG. 4). After printing on the booklet +708, the rollers 163 and 164 are reversed in the opposite direction to the direction when feeding the booklet 160 to the printer 160, and the booklet 170^ is drawn from the printer l[io in the state at the time of thermal transfer, that is, in the open state, and the rollers 163 and 164 sandwich both sides of the binding portion of the booklet 170 and send it to the laminator 180, resulting in a booklet 1700 with the necessary parts laminated.
However, the number of booklets is sent to the magazine 172. This eliminates the need for special printing using a separate device.
Moreover, the work efficiency is improved because the second work on the booklet after processing is unnecessary.

Effects of the invention: As explained above, according to the present invention, it is possible to automatically create a booklet with photographs, images and characters can be exposed by laser exposure, and OCR characters can be printed by a printer. , it has the advantage of being compatible with OCR of any standard. Furthermore, on one side of the transparent sheet,
A multilayer structure in which a composite image is interposed between a transparent sheet and a support sheet by combining and transferring character images such as names and human images, and bonding the image-receiving layer to which this composite image has been transferred to a support sheet. sheets can be formed into a booklet. This eliminates the manual labor of pasting portrait photographs (face photographs) and type-printing character images such as names, and allows the device to easily and efficiently create booklets with photographs. . moreover,
Since a person's image is combined with a character image and recorded, it is possible to eliminate the need for a photo to be pasted on a passport or the like, which was previously required. In addition, even when joining a support sheet to the image-receiving layer side of the transferred transparent sheet, the transparent sheet and support sheet are already bound in the booklet at the position where they will be overlapped, so positioning for overlapping, etc. By including the OCR character image in the composite image, which makes it possible to easily join these images without the need for the OCR character image, it is possible to easily comply with the adoption of MIIP.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of this invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a laser exposure unit of this invention, FIG. 3 is an external view showing an example of this invention, and FIG. 4 is an external view of MnP. , 5th
The figure is a cross-sectional view showing the creation procedure and layer structure of MrlP.
The figure is a perspective view showing the lamination process. 100... Photograph booklet creation device, 102... Photothermographic material, 105... Filled cassette, 107...
Frame memory, 11G... exposure section, 120... laser exposure unit, 13G... water application section, 140...
・Thermal development transfer section, 150... Engineering IJ neck section, 160...
・Printer, 170.170^, 170B...Booklet,
...Laminator.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An exposure means that scans and exposes images, characters, etc. on a heat-developable photosensitive material, a water application means that applies water to the exposed heat-developable photosensitive material, and a booklet conveyed from the storage section and from the water application means. a heat-developable transfer means for superimposing and heat-developably transfers the heat-developable photosensitive material; a means for peeling off the heat-developable photosensitive material and the heat-developable photosensitive material to store the heat-developable photosensitive material; a printing means for printing OCR characters on a predetermined portion of a booklet; and a control means for controlling the exposure means, the heat development means, and the printing means, and controlling the conveyance of the booklet and the heat-developable photosensitive material. A photo booklet creation device characterized by: