JPH0247677A - Copying machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily take fingerprints without staining finger tips with stamp ink by providing a window part for positioning the finger tips on a position which is irradiated with light for exposing an image. CONSTITUTION:An original platen glass 1 is set on the upper part of a copying machine main body and the window part 4 by which the tip of a forefinger F can be positioned on the original platen glass 1 is formed on the position which is irradiated with the light for exposing the image on an external cover 2. The internal constitution is the same as an ordinary electrophotographic copying machine and a copying action is started, for example, with a finger tip detection signal from a detection means for detecting that the finger tip is set on the window part 4. Thus, the fingerprints can be easily taken on a sheet just by making the finger tip F abut on the window part 4.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a copying machine, and more particularly to a copying machine for copying a fingerprint of a fingertip, preferably in association with a card or the like.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Generally, in order to collect fingerprints, an ink pad is attached to the fingertip and transferred onto a sheet, but this stains the fingertip. Therefore,
It would be convenient if there was a device that could easily copy fingerprints onto a sheet. Furthermore, when a traffic violation occurs, necessary information is transcribed from the violator's driver's license, but this takes time and there is a risk that transcription errors may occur. Therefore, it would be convenient if the driver's license could be easily copied, and at the same time, it would be convenient if the driver's fingerprints could also be copied on the same sheet.

Moreover, this type of application is thought to be extremely wide-ranging, such as when a credit card or the like is associated with a specific person and fingerprints are collected at the same time.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a copying machine that can easily copy fingerprints and cards, either alone or at the same time.

Means and Function for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, the copying machine according to the present invention has the following features:
A window portion in which a fingertip can be positioned or a card or the like can be positioned is provided at a light irradiation position for image exposure. In this case, fingerprints can be easily collected on the sheet by simply placing the fingertip on the window, and the same is true for cards, so transcription errors will not occur. In particular, it is convenient to provide a window for fingertips and a window for cards, since fingerprints and specific cards can be associated and copied on one sheet.

Further, in the copying machine according to the present invention, a detection means is provided for detecting that a fingertip is placed on the fingertip window, and the copying operation is started in response to a fingertip detection signal from the detection means. .

Further, in the copying machine according to the present invention, a window portion in which a fingertip can be positioned or a window portion in which a card or the like can be positioned is formed in the document cover which can be freely opened and closed on the document table glass. With this, not only fingerprints or cards can be easily copied, but also normal copying processing using sheets as originals is also possible.

[First Embodiment, Figures 1 and 2] The copying machine shown in the first embodiment can copy a driver's license and fingerprints at the same time, and can be used outdoors using a car battery as a power source. It is something.

A manuscript table glass (1) is installed at the top of the copying machine body.
The exterior cover (2) has a driver's license (R) and an index finger (
Windows (3) and (4) are formed through which the tip of the document F) can be positioned on the document table glass (1).

The internal structure is similar to that of a normal electrophotographic copying machine, with a photosensitive drum (10) rotating in the direction of the arrow (8) as the center, an electrostatic charger (11), and a magnetic brush developing system. container (12), transfer charger (1
3), a blade-type residual toner cleaning device (14), and a residual charge eraser book 15) are installed. In addition, the configuration of these image forming elements,
The operation is well known and detailed explanation thereof will be omitted.

The image exposure optical system (20) is installed directly under the document table glass (1) so that it can move and return in the direction of arrow (b), and includes an exposure lamp (21), a first mirror (22), Second
Mirror (23), third mirror (24), imaging lens (
25) and a fourth mirror (26). The exposure lamp (21) and the first mirror (22) are connected to the photoreceptor drum (
The second and third mirrors (23) and (24) move at the same speed (V) as the circumferential speed (V) of the second and third mirrors (23) and (24).
) move at a speed of This movement causes the window portion (3
), (4) and the driver's license (R) and the fingerprint of the fingertip (F) are exposed from the fourth mirror (26) onto the surface of the photoreceptor drum (10).

On the other hand, the copy sheet is located at the bottom of the copy machine with an arrow (C).
) are housed in a paper feed tray (30) that is removably installed in the direction, and are fed out one by one as the paper feed roller (31) rotates. ) is completely conveyed to the transfer section in synchronization with the above image, and the toner image developed by the developing device (12) is transferred. After the transfer, the sheet is sent from the guide plate (34) to the pressure fixing device (35), where the toner image is fixed by pressure, and then sent to the discharge port (36) by the discharge roller (36).
7).

A print switch (40) is installed on the main body of the copying machine, and a copying operation can be started by turning on this switch (40). Further, the main body power plug (41) is for connection to the battery of an automobile, and the entire copying machine is driven using the battery as a power source. The reason why the fixing device (35) uses pressure fixing instead of heat fixing is to minimize power consumption and facilitate battery drive.

According to the above-described copying machine, a fingerprint and a driver's license can be simultaneously copied at the standby position of a police car. Note that if fingerprints or driver's licenses are to be copied individually, the other unused window portions (3) or (4) may be covered with blank paper.

By the way, this embodiment is used as a machine exclusively for traffic violations. Therefore, the copy sheet is marked (Sl) in the lower middle row of Figure 7.
A special sheet shown in is used. This sheet (Sl) is pre-marked as "Traffic Violation Report", has prescribed items (a) such as violation date and time, and a writing column (b), and also includes a driver's license (R) and fingerprint (Fa). Blank space for copying (A),
(B) is provided. These blanks (A) and (B)
By using the copying machine of this embodiment, a driver's license (R) and a fingerprint (Fa) are copied [see the copied sheet (52) in the middle row of FIG. 7]. This sheet (52)
The necessary information will be entered in the writing column (b), and a traffic violation report (S3) will be created.

[Second embodiment, Figure 3, Figure 4a, Figure 4b] This second embodiment
In the embodiment, a window (51) for positioning the fingertip (F) is provided on a swingable mounting table (50), and the movement of this mounting table (50) is detected by a switch (55) to generate a copy start signal. This is what I did.

That is, the mounting table (50) is attached so as to be able to swing vertically about the pin (53), and is normally pushed upward by the actuator (56) of the switch (55) installed directly below. (See figure 4a). When the fingertip (F) is placed on the window (51) and brought into close contact with the document table glass (1), the placing table (50) is pushed down and the switch (55) is turned on (see Figure 4b). The copying operation is started, and the fingerprint and the driver's license placed on the window (3) similar to the first embodiment are copied at the same time. In addition, the mounting table (
The groove (52) formed in the outer cover (50) and the groove (5) formed in the upper surface of the exterior cover (2) are for guiding fingers, respectively.

The internal configuration of the copying machine is the same as that shown in FIG. 2 above. In addition, as a means for detecting that the fingertip (F) is placed on the original table glass (1) and outputting a copying operation start signal, there is no other method than the combination of the placing table (50) and the switch (55). You can think of various things.

In particular, fix the mounting table (50) and place the fingertip (F) near it.
Capacitance type sensors may be provided to detect.

The mounting table (50) may be of a sliding type, or the document table glass (1) may be partially slidable, and these slides may be detected by appropriate switches.

In addition, in this embodiment, the driver's license is first placed on the window (3), and then the fingertip is placed on the window (4) to make a copy. It is also possible to provide a means for detecting a driver's license and to start copying by the operation of the detector, or to start copying when both the driver's license and the fingertip are detected.

[Third Embodiment, Figures 5 to 8] In this third embodiment, a driver's license (R) and a fingertip (F) are placed on a document cover (60) that is installed on a document table glass (1) so that it can be opened and closed. It has window parts (63) and (64) that can be positioned. The manuscript cover (60) is on one side of the back (
61) as a fulcrum and is supported by a hinge metal fitting, and a handle (62) is provided protruding from the front side.

The internal configuration of the copying machine is the same as that shown in FIG. 2, and a print switch (40) is also installed.

In the above configuration, the driver's license (R) is attached to the window (63
), position the fingertips (F) on the window (64), place them on the document table glass (1), and turn on the switch (40) to make copies (see Figure 5). . By the way, when cracking down on traffic violations of this type, it is customary to issue one sheet to the violator on which necessary information is filled in, and to keep one sheet as a copy. Therefore, this copying machine uses the traffic violation report (53) (see Figure 7), which has been copied as described above and filled in the necessary information, as a manuscript, makes one more copy, and sends it to the violator. Issue.

In this case, as shown in Figure 6, open the manuscript cover (6o), place the traffic report (S3) on the manuscript table glass (1), close the manuscript cover (60), and then Then, make a copy.

By the way, the sheet issued to the violator is marked with the symbol (
As shown in S5), it is preferable that the title is clearly labeled "Traffic Violation Notification". Therefore, “Traffic Violation Notice”
A copying sheet (s4) marked with is prepared separately, and the copying of the traffic report (S3) is performed on this sheet (S4). In this case, area (d) shown with diagonal lines in Figure 8
corresponds to the part marked as “Traffic Violation Notice” on the sheet (separate) and does not need to be imaged. In order not to be copied in this non-imaging area (d), the traffic violation report (S
When using 3) as an original, either place a transparent mask plate coated with white reflective paint only in the non-imaging area (d) on the original platen glass (1), or place a non-imaging area on the original platen glass (1). A white reflective paint may be applied in advance to a portion corresponding to the image forming area (d) to prevent an image from being formed in the non-image forming area (d). Also, if the sheets (51) and (54) have different background colors, they will not get confused.

On the other hand, in order to use the sheets (51) and (54) separately, the paper feed section should be set to two stages and the sheets (51) and (54) should be used separately.
4) could be considered to selectively feed paper, but this would increase the size of the copying machine body and make the selection operation cumbersome.

Therefore, in this copying machine, considering that sheets can be regularly copied in the order of (51) and (54), sheets), (51), and (54) are stacked alternately as shown in Figure 9. A packaged product was prepared, and this was loaded into the paper feed tray (30). When this sheet bundle is used for copying, a sheet (sl) is first fed, and a sheet (S2) on which a driver's license (R) and a fingerprint (Fa) are copied is obtained. Thereafter, a traffic notification report (s3) is created by filling in the necessary information. next,
This sheet (s3) is copied as a manuscript. At this time,
(54) is fed, and a traffic violation notice (S5) is obtained.

Thereafter, the above copying operation is repeated for each traffic violation, and the complexity of selecting and copying sheets (51) and (54) one by one is eliminated.

[Other Embodiments] Note that the copying machine according to the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and can be variously modified within the scope of the gist thereof.

In particular, in order to increase the resolution when copying the fingerprint (Fa), control may be performed to partially increase the copying magnification only when exposing the fingerprint (Fa) portion.

In addition, it can be used not only for traffic violation enforcement, but also for
It can be widely used for credit cards or other identification documents. In some cases, a window may be provided that allows the seal to be positioned, so that the seal and the identification card can be simultaneously copied onto one sheet.

Effects of the Invention As is clear from the above explanation, according to the present invention, since a window for fingertip positioning is provided at the light irradiation position for image exposure, the fingertip can be easily positioned without staining the fingertip with ink pad as in the conventional case. fingerprints can be taken.

Furthermore, by providing a window portion in which cards can be positioned, not only cards but also fingerprints can be copied onto a single sheet, which is extremely convenient, and transfer errors will not occur.

Furthermore, by starting the copying operation in response to a detection signal from the fingertip detection means, it is possible to save the effort of operating a print switch, thereby improving usability.

By providing a window for positioning the fingertip and/or cards on the document cover, it can also be used as a normal copying machine, and in particular, it is necessary to create two copies of reports and notices as mentioned above. Ideal for certain applications.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a copying machine as a first embodiment, and FIG. 2 is an internal configuration diagram thereof. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the main parts of a copying machine as a second embodiment, and FIGS. 4a and 4b are sectional views for explaining the operation of the fingertip rest. FIG. 5 and subsequent figures show the third embodiment, FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 are respectively perspective views of the copying machine, FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of the use of the copying machine, and FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of the non-imaging area. FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a copying sheet bundle. (1)...Original table glass, (3)...Window for positioning cards, (4)...Window for fingertip positioning, (10
)...Photosensitive drum, (20)...Optical system, (30
)...Paper feed tray, (50)...Fingertip rest, (5
1)...Fingertip positioning window, (55)...Fingertip detection (copy start) switch, (60)...Document cover, (63)...Card positioning window, (R)・
...Driver's license, (F)...fingertip, (Fa)...fingerprint. Figure 2 Figure 4b

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. In a copying machine that forms an electrostatic latent image by guiding reflected light from a document placed at a light irradiation position onto a photoreceptor, and forms this image on a sheet, the light irradiation A copying machine characterized by having a window section that allows the user to position a fingertip. 2. The copying apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a detecting means for detecting that the fingertip is set in a window portion in which the fingertip can be positioned, and the copying operation is started in response to a fingertip detection signal from the detecting means. Copy machine. 3. In a copying machine that forms an electrostatic latent image by guiding reflected light from a document placed at a light irradiation position onto a photoreceptor and forms this image on a sheet, positioning cards at the light irradiation position. A copying machine characterized by being provided with a window section. 4. In a copying machine that irradiates a document placed on a document table glass with light, guides the reflected light onto a photoreceptor to form an electrostatic latent image, and forms this image on a sheet, the document table glass A copying machine characterized in that a document cover that can be opened and closed is provided with a window that allows the user to position a fingertip. 5. In a copying machine that irradiates a document placed on a document table glass with light, guides the reflected light onto a photoreceptor to form an electrostatic latent image, and forms this image on a sheet, the document table glass A copying machine characterized in that a document cover that can be opened and closed is provided with a window that allows cards to be positioned.