JPH02311982A - System for automatically issuing certificates - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate the necessity of procedure for writing to an application form and to shorten a time for procedure to issue certificates by reading the described information of a driving license by a scanner part in an automatic certificates issuing machine. CONSTITUTION:When the client of the certificates inserts a driving lisence 31 to an automatic certificates issuing machine 11, the described information of the driving lisence 31 are read by a scanner part 30 and read results are recognized as characters by a recognizing means. Recognized character data are sent through a data transmission line 10 to a storage device, and in the storage device, correspondent certificates data are read from a storing means based on the character data and further sent to the data transmission line 10 by a storage device control part. The certificates data are sent from the data transmission 10 to a transmission line control part 54 of the automatic certificates issuing machine 11 and further sent from this part 54 to a printing means. In the printing means, the certificates are printed and outputted based on these data and discharged to the outside of the issuing machine 11. In a money identifying and counting means 49, money put-in by the client is identified and counted and a charge is collected. Thus, time for the procedure is shortened.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a system for automatically issuing copies of resident certificates, family register extracts, family register transcripts, etc. (hereinafter referred to as certificate documents) at city/ward offices and town/village offices. It's a thing, it's chiru.

(Prior technology) Until now, the work of issuing copies of certificates such as resident cards and extracts of family registers at city/ward offices or town/village offices still relied heavily on manual labor, and the automation and mechanization of procedures was not sufficient. . Figure 8 shows an example of the conventional certificate issuance procedure.
This will be explained below with reference to FIG. (Although there are slight differences depending on each prefecture, the following procedures are generally followed.) Requesters requesting copies of proof documents such as resident records should go to the city/ward office or town/village office of their place of residence. At the reception counter, fill in your address, name, required number of sheets, etc. on Application Form 1, affix your seal, and submit it to the reception staff. The staff member will check Application Form 1, and if the required information is correctly filled in,
The certificate document sorting shelf 2 is searched using the entered address or name as a clue. When the relevant certificate is found, it is extracted from the sorting shelf 2. Depending on the government office, the process may be done manually as described above, or the sorting shelf 2 may be controlled semi-automatically (for example, if you enter a name manually, the sorting shelf will move automatically and the document containing the desired certificate will be moved). There is one in which the shelf comes out in front of the staff. Next, the staff member copies the certificate using a copying machine and stamps a certification stamp 4 on the copy paper 3 to indicate that it is an official copy of the certificate. And this copy 3
and hand it over to the client and present the fee. Requester: ・Receive the copy and pay the fee of 5 to the staff member. The clerk issues a receipt 6 to the client and completes one procedure/v.

(Problems that Laoming is trying to solve) However, the above-mentioned conventional certificate issuance procedures had the following problems. In other words, the client has to fill in his/her address, name, etc. on the application form and affix his/her seal, which takes time.

-In addition, the staff at the city/ward office or town/village office must look at the application form, search the certificate document cabinet, extract the relevant document, make a copy using a copy machine, and affix a certification seal.
This too took time.

In addition, the staff member also hands over copies of certificates, collects fees, and issues receipts, which also takes time, and the entire procedure takes a considerable amount of time.

The present invention was made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to automatically read the information written on a driver's license, thereby eliminating the need to fill out an application form and storing the data of the certificate. Automatic issuance of certificates that reduces the time required for certificate issuance procedures by searching the storage device for the corresponding certificate data based on the reading results and printing out a copy of the certificate using a printer based on the search results. The goal is to provide a system.

(Means for solving the problem) The means taken to solve the above problem are: a scanner unit that reads the information written on a driver's license; a recognition unit that recognizes the reading results read by the scanner unit as characters; a transmission line control unit that sends and receives character data recognized by the means; a printing unit that prints out a certificate based on the data sent from the transmission line control unit; and a printing unit that discriminates between inserted coins. An automatic certificate issuing machine equipped with a currency discrimination and counting means for counting and collecting fees, a storage means for storing certificate data, and a storage device control unit for reading the certificate data from the storage means. and a storage device connected to the transmission line control unit of the automatic certificate issuing machine and the storage device, and transmitting the character data received from the transmission line control unit to the storage device and read data received from the storage device. and a system control section that controls the automatic certificate issuing machine, the storage device, and the data transmission path.

(effect) Based on the above configuration, the present invention will be explained in detail.

When a certificate requester inserts his or her driver's license into an automatic certificate issuing machine, the information written on the driver's license is read by a scanner section, and the reading result is recognized as characters by a recognition means. Recognized character data is sent to a storage device through a data transmission path. In the storage device, the storage device control section reads out the corresponding certificate data from the storage means based on the character data, and further sends it to the data transmission path. The certificate data is sent from the data transmission line to the transmission line control section of the automatic certificate issuing machine, and from there further sent to the printing means. The printing means prints out the certificate based on this data and releases it outside the issuing machine.

Further, the currency discrimination and counting means collects fees by discriminating and counting the coins inserted by the client.

(Example) Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

Note that elements common to each drawing are given the same reference numerals.

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, a plurality of automatic certificate issuing machines 11 are connected to a high-speed transmission line (for example, an optical local area network) 10. High speed transmission line 10
An optical fiber is used for this, and an optical disk device 12 and a certificate registration machine 13 are also connected to this.

The certificate registration device 13 includes an image scanner that reads the information contained in a newly created certificate, and a character recognition section that recognizes the read image data as characters.

Next, the automatic certificate invention will be explained in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the automatic certificate issuing machine according to the first embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the structure of the automatic certificate issuing machine according to the first embodiment.

In Figure 2, the operation surface 11 of the automatic certificate issuing machine 1
In a, there is a touch/9-channel display section 15. Insert driver's license 17. A hardening inlet 181, a bill inlet 19, a change outlet 20, and a certificate outlet 2 are provided, respectively. The display section 15 with a touch panel displays guidance for a requester requesting a copy of a certificate, and also allows necessary data to be input by pressing a corresponding location. The driver's license insertion slot 17 is used by the client to insert his or her driver's license and send it to a later-described scanner section in the issuing machine JJ. Coin slot 18 and bill slot 19f'i are used by the client to insert coins or bills as payment for fees. Change exit 2
0 is an exit where change for payment comes out, and a certificate exit 2I is for delivering the certificate created in the issuing machine 11 to the client.

In FIG. 3, a system control section 23 for controlling the automatic certificate issuing system of the first embodiment is provided inside the automatic certificate issuing machine 11. System control unit 2
3 consists of a central processing unit (CPU) 24 and a memory 25. This system control unit 23 has system path 2.
6 is connected. Each control section described below is connected to the system path 26.

The display control section 28 controls the display section (CRT) 15 and the touch panel 16. The display unit 15 displays guidance and messages to the certificate requester. Further, the touch panel 16 is used for the client to input necessary data, as described above.

The scanner control section 29 controls the scanner section 3o. The scanner unit 30 reads information written on a driver's license 31 inserted through the driver's license insertion slot 17 shown in FIG. For example, a small version of the well-known flatbed image scanner is used.

The scanner section 30 is connected to an image buffer 32, and the image buffer 32 is connected to a preprocessing section 33.

The read data read by the scanner section 30 is sent to an image buffer 32 and further sent to a preprocessing section 33. It is assumed that the image buffer 32 has a storage capacity equivalent to the size of a driver's license.

The recognition control unit 34 includes a preprocessing unit 33 . The operations of the feature extraction section 35, identification section 36, and dictionary section 37 are controlled. The preprocessing unit 33 detects ruled lines in the read image data, removes one character, and extracts one character, and the feature extraction unit 35 extracts various character features from the image data. The identification section 36 is the dictionary section 3
7 and select multiple candidate characters.

The magnetic disk control unit 39 controls the magnetic disk device 40, and the magnetic disk device 40 stores programs, word dictionaries, and the like.

The F'DD control unit 4 is a floppy disk device (hereinafter referred to as F'DD).
The FDD 42 records the results of the day's work. This FDD 42 is replaced every day and stored within the government office for a certain period of time.

The high-speed transmission path control section 43 is connected to the high-speed transmission path IO and the image decompression control section 44, and is connected to the system path 26.
It sends the data sent from the high-speed transmission path 10 to the high-speed transmission path 10, and also sends the data sent from the high-speed transmission path 10 to the image expansion control section 44.

The print control section 45 controls the printing/printing 46 and is also connected to the image expansion control section 44 . The print control section 45 sends the data expanded by the image expansion control section 44 to the printer 46 for printing. The printer 46 is, for example, an electrophotographic printer, and the memory 47
This memory 47 stores the data of the certification stamp and the date stamp.

The money control section 48 controls the bill/coin discrimination/counting section 4'9. The banknote/coin discrimination/counting unit 49 discriminates and counts the coins or banknotes inserted from the coin slot 18 or the banknote slot 19 shown in FIG. 2, and checks whether the fee has been officially paid. If necessary, change is discharged to the change outlet 20 shown in FIG.

Next, the structure of the optical disk device will be explained in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the structure of the optical disk device according to the first embodiment.

In FIG. 4, a memory 52 storing a control program is connected to a central processing unit (CPU) sJ that performs main control of the optical disk device 12, and a system path 5
3 is connected. A high-speed transmission path control section 54 and an optical disk control section 55 are connected to the 7-stem path 53 . The high-speed transmission path control unit 54 controls data transmission and reception between the high-speed transmission path 10 and the system path 53. The optical disk control unit 55 also controls a plurality of optical disk drives 56 and a plurality of automatic optical disk exchange devices (hereinafter referred to as autochains) 57, and transfers data read from the optical disk 58 by the optical disk drive 56 to a system path. 53.

The optical disk drive 56 writes and reads data to and from the optical disk 58. Further, the auto chain gloss 57 automatically sets the corresponding optical disc 58 in an accessible position according to instructions from the optical disc controller 55. This allows high-speed access even if the number of optical disks 58 is large.

On the optical disk 58, the data of the certificate is stored as one-character encoded data (character code), and is also stored as image data. Note that the image data is compressed and stored using, for example, a modified modified read (MMR) method.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment according to the present invention is illustrated in FIGS.
This will be explained with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. FIG. 5 is an external view showing a driver's license.

The certificate requester first inserts the driver's license 31 into the driver's license insertion slot 17 according to the guidance on the display section 15 of the automatic certificate issuing machine 1 shown in FIG. The inserted driver's license 3 is sent to a scanner section 30 shown in FIG. 3, and the recorded information is read. The areas read here are A, B, C, D, E, F, etc. shown in FIG.

In addition, in parallel with the reading operation by the scanner section 30, the third
The display control section 28 shown in the figure displays guidance for determining the type of certificate and the required number of certificate documents on the display section J5.

In response to this guidance, the client presses a corresponding location on the touch panel 16. As a result, a resident card, an extract of a family register, or a certified copy of a family register is selected from among the certificate documents, and the required number of certificates is input. This input data is sent to the CPU 24 of the system control unit 23, where the fee is calculated, and the calculation result is sent to the CRT J via the display control unit 28.
5. The client looks at the fee display and inserts the fee through the coin slot 18 or bill slot 19. The input fee is sent to the banknote/coin discrimination/counting section 49,
Here, the amount is checked, and if change is required, the change is released to the change outlet 20.

Read image data such as address, name, date of birth, etc. read by the scanner section 30 is sent to an image reader 32 and further sent to a preprocessing section 33.

The preprocessing section 33 performs ruled line detection, removal, and character segmentation, and then the feature extraction section 35 extracts various features. The characters are then sent to the recognition unit 36, where they are checked against the dictionary unit 37 and a plurality of candidate characters are selected.

Thereafter, a comparison is made with a word dictionary stored in the magnetic disk device 40 to identify the most suitable character.

Here, the read data is recognized as a character code.

The recognized character code is sent to the high-speed transmission line control unit 43 via the system path 26, and from there is further sent to the high-speed transmission line 10.

The character code is passed through the high-speed transmission line 10 to the optical disk device 1.
Sent to 2. In FIG. 4, the high-speed transmission path control section 54
The character code received is sent to the optical disk controller 55 via the system path 53. The optical disk control unit 55 searches for the optical disk 58 storing the corresponding certificate data based on the sent character code.

At this time, the optical disc 58 is exchanged using the autochanger 57 if necessary. When the optical disk 58 storing the corresponding certificate data is detected, the optical disk drive 56 is driven to read the certificate data. The optical disk 58 stores character codes and compressed image data as certificate data, and when reading out, both of these data are read out.

The read data is sent to the high-speed transmission line control unit 54 via the optical disk control unit 55° system path 53, and further sent to the high-speed transmission line 10.

In FIG. 3, the read data is sent from the high-speed transmission line 10 to the high-speed transmission line control section 43 of the automatic certificate issuing machine 11. Among the read data, the character code is sent from here to the print control section 45, and the compressed image data is sent from there to the image expansion control section 44.

In the image decompression control section 44, the compressed image data is decompressed into actual data and sent to the print control section 45.

Both data are sent from the print control unit 45 to the printer 46.
The certificate will be printed based on this information. At this time, the certification stamp data and date stamp data are read out from the memory 47, and these data are also printed.

When printing is completed, the printing paper is discharged to the certificate document outlet 21 shown in FIG. The client takes out the released documents and the procedure ends.

The operations described above are all controlled by the system control section 23 shown in FIG.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7. FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram showing a second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a line control device according to the second embodiment.

A second embodiment of the present invention is one in which the automatic certificate issuance system of the first embodiment is also installed in a remote government office or town/village office, and both systems are connected. This section describes the procedure for requesting proof documents (family register extracts or family register copies) when the person requesting the documents resides far from the place of domicile.

In FIG. 6, the automatic certificate issuance system 61Fi,
This system is installed at the city, ward, or town office near the client's residence (hereinafter referred to as the residence-side system). To explain the structure of this system 6, a plurality of automatic certificate issuing machines 11 are connected to a high-speed transmission line 10, and an optical disk device 12 and a certificate registering machine 13 are also connected. Automatic certificate issuing machine 11. The structures of the optical disk device 12 and the certificate registration device 13 are the same as those of the first embodiment, and therefore their explanations will be omitted.

A line control device 62 is further connected to the high-speed transmission line 10. The line control device 62 is connected to a high-speed line network 64 via a high-speed line 63.

The automatic certificate issuance system 65 is installed at the city, ward, or town office of the client's domicile, which is far away from the client's residence (hereinafter referred to as the domicile side system). The structure of this system 65 is similar to the structure of the residential system 6. The line control device 62 of the domicile side system 65 is connected to a high-speed line network 64 via a high-speed line 63.

Next, the structure of the line control device 62 will be explained in detail with reference to FIG. Since the line control device on the residence side and the line control device on the domicile side have the same structure, only one will be explained.

A central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as C
A memory 67 storing a control program and a system path 68 are connected to the PU 66. The system path 68 includes a high-speed transmission line control section 69. A magnetic disk control section 70 and a line control section 71 are connected. The high-speed transmission line control unit 69 controls data transmission and reception between the system path 68 and the high-speed transmission line 10. Magnetic disk control unit 7
0 controls a magnetic disk device 72, and this magnetic disk device 72 is used as an auxiliary memory for temporary storage to match the data transfer speed between the high-speed transmission line 10 and the high-speed line network 64 shown in FIG. do.

The line control section 71 controls the line connector 73.

The line control unit 71 converts transmission data into the protocol of the high-speed line network 64 in response to a data transmission request from the high-speed transmission line control unit 69, and receives data from the high-speed line network 64 via the high-speed line 63 and the connector 73. The data converted into the protocol is returned to the original data and sent to the high-speed transmission path control unit 69.

Next, the operation of the second embodiment will be explained.

In Figure 6, the client first goes to the city/ward office or town/village office of his/her place of residence, inserts his/her driver's license into the automatic certificate issuing machine (1), and begins the procedure. The payment of fees and the reading of information written on the driver's license are performed, but these operations are performed in the same manner as in the first embodiment, so a description thereof will be omitted.

Data recognized as a character code in the automatic certificate issuance machine 1 in the automatic certificate issuance system 61 on the residence side is sent to the line control device 62 via the high-speed transmission line 10.

In FIG. 7, data sent from the automatic certificate issuing machine 1 via the high-speed transmission line 10 is sent to the high-speed transmission line control unit 6.
9 and the system path 68 to the magnetic disk control unit 70, and from there, it is temporarily stored in the magnetic disk device 72. After being temporarily stored, the data is read out and sent to the line control section 7, where it is converted into the protocol of the high-speed line network 64 and sent to the line connector 73. The data converted into the protocol of the high-speed line network 64 is sent to the line control device 62 in the domicile side system 65 via the high-speed line 63 and high-speed line network 64 shown in FIG.

The operation of the line control device 62 of the domicile side system 65 that receives data from the high-speed line network 64 will be explained again with reference to FIG. Return to original state. Next, it is temporarily stored in the magnetic disk device 72, and the magnetic disk controller 70. The data is sent to the high-speed transmission line 10 via the system path 68 and the high-speed transmission line control section 69, and then sent to the optical disk device 12 of the domicile side system 65 shown in FIG. The optical disk device 12 searches for and reads out the type 1 certification data of the corresponding client. This search and read operation is performed in the same manner as in the first embodiment. The certificate data read from the optical disk device 12 is sent to the line control device 62 of the residence system 6 via a line control device 62 and a high-speed line network 64, and from there, it is sent to the request via the high-speed transmission line 10. The certificate is sent to the automatic certificate issuing machine No. 1 operated by the person. Here, as explained in the first embodiment, the certificate is printed by the printer and the certificate is created.

In this way, in the second embodiment, even if the client lives far away from his/her domicile and wants a family register extract or a certified copy of his/her family register, the procedure can be completed automatically at the registrar's office or the registration office of his/her place of residence. This has the effect of significantly shortening the time it takes to obtain an extract of a family register or a certified copy of a family register.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained in detail above, according to the present invention, the information written on the driver's license is read by the scanner section in the automatic certificate issuing machine, so there is no need to fill out an application form. This will shorten the time.

In addition, since the document data stored in the storage device is searched based on the data read by the scanner section, the staff does not have to manually search the document storage shelves each time, which saves time. be shortened.

Furthermore, since the detected certificate data is automatically printed by the printer and the certificate stamp 8 date stamp is also printed and output at the same time, the staff member can save time in making copies and stamping the certificate stamp.

Furthermore, since the payment of fees is processed by the banknote/coin recognition/counting unit in the automatic certificate issuing machine, there is no need for the clerk to collect the fees, which also saves time.

Taking all of the above into account, the procedural time can be significantly reduced, and the labor burden on the client and staff can also be significantly reduced.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of an automatic certificate issuing machine according to the first embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the structure of the automatic certificate issuing machine, FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the structure of the optical disk device according to the first embodiment, FIG. 5 is an external view showing a driver's license, and FIG. 6 is the present invention. FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a line control device according to the second embodiment, and FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a conventional certificate issuance procedure. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10... High-speed transmission line, 1... Automatic certificate issuing machine, 12... Optical disk device, 23... System control unit, 30... Scanner unit, 31... Driver's license, 3
4... Recognition control unit, 43... High speed transmission line control unit, 4
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Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A scanner unit that reads the information written on a driver's license, a recognition unit that recognizes the reading result read by the scanner unit as characters, and transmits and receives character data recognized by the recognition unit. A transmission line control unit, a printing means for printing out a certificate based on data sent from the transmission line control unit, and a currency discrimination and counting means for discriminating and counting the inserted coins and collecting fees. an automatic certificate issuing machine comprising: a storage device comprising a storage means for storing certificate data; and a storage device control section reading certificate data from the storage means; and the transmission of the automatic certificate issuing machine. a data transmission line connected to the transmission line control unit and the storage device, for sending the character data received from the transmission line control unit to the storage device and for sending read data received from the storage device to the transmission line control unit; What is claimed is: 1. An automatic certificate issuance system comprising: an automatic document issuance machine; and a system control unit that controls the storage device and the data transmission path. 2. A scanner unit that reads information written on a driver's license, a recognition unit that recognizes the reading result read by the scanner unit as characters, and a transmission line control unit that transmits character data recognized by the recognition unit and receives the data; automatic certificate issuance comprising: a printing means for printing out a certificate based on data sent from the transmission line control unit; and a currency discrimination and counting means for discriminating and counting the inserted coins and collecting fees. a storage device comprising: a storage device for storing certificate data; and a storage device control unit for reading certificate data from the storage device; and the transmission line control unit and the storage device of the automatic certificate issuing machine. a data transmission line that is connected to the device and sends the character data received from the transmission line control unit to a storage device and also sends read data received from the storage device to the transmission line control unit; a line control device that controls transmission and reception of the certificate; a high-speed line network that connects the line control device and another line control device installed in a remote location and transfers data between the two; the automatic certificate issuing machine; 1. An automatic certificate issuance system comprising a storage device, a system control section that controls the data transmission path, the line control device, and the high-speed line network.