JPH04111196A - Medium issuing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To realize the medium issuing device issuing plural kinds of mediums such as various kinds of certificates by performing issue while printing prescribed information to the free position of the medium to be issued. CONSTITUTION:When the input of issue condition and the selection input of a basic pattern is performed by a issue condition input part 12, by the control of a control part 28, the selected and inputted basic pattern is read out by a storage part 20 to be displayed on a display part 22 as the printing image of a commutation ticket to be issued along with a variable pattern based on the inputted issue condition. When the original paper of the commutation ticket is supplied, the variable pattern and the basic pattern are printed on the surface of the commutation ticket from the variable pattern information transmitted from the control part 28 and the basic pattern information. In a magnetic recording part 26, the variable pattern information transmitted from the control part 28 and the basic pattern information is recorded on the back of the commutation ticket. Thus, the issue procedure of the commutation ticket is terminated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a media issuing device for issuing media such as various certificates such as commuter passes.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, as a medium issuing device for issuing media, for example, as a commuter pass issuing device for issuing commuter passes,
As disclosed in Publication No. 19865, by inputting predetermined purchase information (segment of use, period of use, purchaser's name, age, etc.), the input predetermined purchase information and commuter pass information are displayed. The name of the issuing station is printed on the front side of the commuter pass to be issued, and information corresponding to the printed predetermined purchase information is magnetically recorded on the back side of the commuter pass to be issued.

By the way, the predetermined purchase information and information about the name of the issuing station that are printed on the surface of the commuter pass to be issued as mentioned above are as follows:
Each of these was configured to be printed in a predetermined area of the commuter pass that was determined in advance.

(Invention or Problem to be Solved Section 8) As mentioned above, conventionally, the purchase information entered by the purchaser and the issuing station name of the commuter pass, etc., or the general information of the commuter pass to be issued, It was configured to be printed in the area of That is, the types of commuter passes issued by conventional commuter pass issuing devices are limited to one format.

However, if the conventional commuter pass issuing device is limited to only one type of commuter pass that can be issued, the commuter pass that is not a regular commuter pass purchased by the purchaser, e.g. There was a problem in that it was not possible to issue preferential commuter passes. For this reason, conventionally, when issuing a complimentary commuter pass, the face of the complimentary commuter pass to be issued is printed using a device separate from the conventional commuter pass issuing device. The issuance procedure had to be carried out by magnetically recording the back of the complimentary commuter pass to be issued using a device.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a media issuing device that can issue multiple types of media such as various certificates.

[Configuration of the Invention (Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, the medium issuing device of the present invention records information and has a predetermined shape when issuing a medium to be issued. an accepting means for accepting necessary predetermined information; a setting means for setting the predetermined information accepted by the accepting means so as to correspond to an arbitrary position on the medium; and a setting means for setting the predetermined information accepted by the accepting means so as to correspond to an arbitrary position on the medium and recording/issuing means for recording the predetermined information set as follows in a corresponding position on the medium and issuing the medium.

Further, in the medium issuing device of the present invention, there is provided a receiving means for receiving predetermined information necessary for issuing a medium having a predetermined shape and recorded with information, and a receiving means for receiving the predetermined information received by the receiving means. A setting means for setting to correspond to an arbitrary position on a medium, a storage means for storing a plurality of image information, and a method for extracting arbitrary image information from among the plurality of image information stored in the storage means. It is comprised of a recording issuing means for recording the extracted image information and the predetermined information set by the setting means so as to correspond to an arbitrary position on the medium on the medium and issuing the medium. .

(Operation) The present invention enables setting to record the predetermined information necessary for issuing the medium to be issued at any position on the medium to be issued by the above-described means. This makes it possible to print and issue documents at any location on the page.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an example of a commuter pass issuing device as a medium issuing device of the present invention.

That is, the commuter pass issuing device includes an issuance condition input section 12, a print position setting section 14, a basic pattern reading section 16, a basic pattern setting section 18, a storage section 20, a display section 22, and a printing section 24.
, magnetic recording section 26, control section 28, and information communication line 3
It consists of 0, etc.

The issuance conditions manual section 12 is for inputting issuance conditions when issuing a commuter pass, such as all station names, destination station names, transit stations, use start date, and use period.

The print position setting section 14 determines the printing position on the commuter pass of the various issuance conditions to be printed when the printing section 24 prints the various issuance conditions input in the issuance condition input section 12 on the commuter pass. This is what you set.

The basic pattern reading unit 16 is a means for reading image information to be used as a basic button of a commuter pass as information in units of pixels, and is configured as an image scanner.

The basic pattern setting section 18 is for inputting a basic pattern to be used as a basic pattern of a commuter pass as character information, and configures and sets the basic pattern by combining enlargement, reduction, rotation, compression, etc. of characters etc. It looks like this.

The storage unit 20 stores various issuance conditions input by the issuance condition input unit 12, print positions of the various issuance conditions set by the print position setting unit 14, image information read by the basic pattern reading unit 16, and basic pattern setting unit. The basic pattern set in step 18, the basic pattern of conventional commuter passes, and the printing positions of various issuance conditions are stored.

The display section 22 displays various issuance conditions input by the issuance condition input section 12, displays various issuance conditions set by the print position setting section 14 at the stamp j position, and reads the basic pattern reading section]6. The basic pattern set by the basic pattern setting section 18, the basic pattern of commuter passes used in the past, and various issuance conditions can be displayed.

The printing unit 24 prints the various issuance conditions specified by the issuance conditions human resource unit 2, the basic pattern of the commuter pass stored in the storage unit 2o, the issue number of the commuter pass to be issued, etc., of the commuter pass to be issued. It is printed on the first surface (hereinafter referred to as the front surface).

The magnetic recording unit 26 magnetically records various issuing conditions, basic patterns, ticket issuing numbers, etc. printed by the printing unit 24 on the second surface (hereinafter referred to as the back surface) of the commuter pass to be issued.

The control unit 28 includes means for calculating the fee for the commuter pass to be issued, determining the issuing number, etc. based on the issuance conditions input by the issuance condition input unit 12.

The control unit 28 also controls the printing position of the issuance conditions set by the printing position setting unit 14 and the basic pattern reading unit 16.
Alternatively, based on the basic pattern read or set by the basic pattern setting section 18, the printing section 24 and the magnetic recording section 26 are driven to print all station names, arrival station name, transit station, and usage information on the surface of the commuter pass to be issued. It is equipped with means for printing and magnetically recording the start date, usage period, ticket number, issuing company name, issuing station name, etc. Further, the control unit 28 includes means for controlling the storage unit 2o and the display unit 22 to store and display predetermined information.

The information communication line 30 is used to communicate information between each of the above components.

The basic pattern of the commuter pass mentioned above is the information that is printed in common on all commuter passes. ", and "sai" displayed to the right of the column where age is displayed.

Next, a method of operating the commuter pass issuing device of the present invention will be explained.

In the commuter pass issuing device of the present invention, there are roughly three types of operation methods.

Now, to explain the first operation method, this is the issuance condition that is configured by manually inputting the issuance condition using the issuance condition manual section 12 and setting the print position of the input issuance condition using the print position setting section 14. A commuter pass is issued by combining a predetermined printing pattern (hereinafter referred to as a variable pattern) with the basic pattern read by the basic pattern reading section 16.

Next, the second operation method will be explained. This is a method for issuing a commuter pass by combining the variable pattern described above and the basic pattern set by the basic pattern setting section 18.

Furthermore, the third operation method is a method similar to the conventional one, in which issuance conditions are input through the issuance condition input section 12, and the commuter pass is printed in accordance with a predetermined format. is issued.

The operating method for issuing a commuter pass using the first operating method will be described below.

First, the print position setting of various issuance conditions on the commuter pass is manually performed by the issuance condition manual section 2, or the print position setting section 14 is used to display the printing image on the display section 22.
This is done by

In this embodiment, the printing position is set as shown in FIG. That is, in FIG. 2, the printed layer 32
The period of use of the commuter pass, the printed layer 34 shows the departure station name, the printed layer 36 shows the transit station, the printed layer 38 shows the arrival station name, and the printed layer 40 shows whether it is a commuter pass or a student discount pass. The valid month of the commuter pass, the print layer 42 shows the applicant's name, age and gender, the print layer 44 shows the ticket number 1, issue date and fee,
The printing layer 46 is set to print the issuing station name.

In this case, each printing layer 32, 34, 36° 38 40.4
2 44.46 can be changed as long as the characters printed in each printing field are visible, so it is possible to change the size appropriately, and it is also possible to make sure that each printing layer does not overlap. If so, you can set them to any position you want.

Also, the basic pattern of the commuter pass or the basic butter second reading section]6
can be roughly read. The read basic pattern can be displayed on the display unit 22, and the printed image 7 of the basic pattern on the commuter pass can be confirmed.

In this embodiment, a basic pattern 48 as shown in FIG. 3 is used. That is, the basic pattern 48 shown in FIG. 3 may be created using a word processor, for example, or may be handwritten image information. However, the portions marked with letters of this basic pattern 48 correspond to the respective printing layers 32, 34, 36. 3B, 40, 42.4 set by the printing position setting section 14.
It is set so as not to overlap with 4°46.

This basic pattern 48 is then read by the basic pattern reading section 16 which is constituted by an image scanner. The read basic pattern 48 is controlled by the control unit 28.
It is written in the storage unit 20. At this time, basic pattern 48
A plurality of basic patterns can be stored in the storage unit 20 by assigning identification numbers (for example, a, b, c, . . . ) to the patterns and storing them in the storage unit 20. and,
If a basic pattern is selected using the identification number each time a commuter pass is issued, commuter passes with a plurality of basic patterns can be easily issued.

After making the above settings, if you want to meet the conditions for issuing a commuter pass as described in the commuter pass purchase application form as shown in Figure 4, for example, as shown in Figure 4, please follow the procedures for issuing a commuter pass. The person operates the issuance condition input section 12 to input the issuance conditions. In this case, as shown in Figure 4, the commuter pass purchase application form includes the purchaser's name, age, gender, address, address and name of work, section of use, transit station, start date of use, and period of use. This information is input from the issuance condition input section 12.

This issuance condition input section 12 allows input of the above issuance conditions,
When a selection input of a basic pattern is made, for example, as shown in FIG. Together with the pattern, it is displayed on the display unit 22 as a printed image of the commuter pass to be issued.

After this, when the commuter pass issuance procedure person manually starts the issuance of the commuter pass, the issuance conditions input unit 12 inputs,
Information on the variable pattern whose print position has been set by the print position setting section 14 and information on the basic pattern read out from the storage section 20 are transmitted to the printing section 24 and the magnetic recording section 26. In addition, when the ticket conveyance section and ticket storage section (not shown) are operated in conjunction with the transmission of this information, the printing section 24 and the magnetic It is supplied to the recording section 26. When the base paper of the commuter pass is supplied, the printing unit 24 uses the variable pattern information and the basic pattern information transmitted by the control unit 28 to make the variable pattern and the basic pattern visible on the surface of the base paper of the commuter pass. printed on. Further, in the magnetic recording section 26, the variable pattern information and the basic pattern information transmitted by the control section 28 are magnetically recorded on the back side of the base paper of the commuter pass.

In this way, based on the issuance conditions written on the commuter pass purchase application form and the variable pattern and basic pattern stored in the storage unit 20, the commuter pass issuance procedure as shown in FIG. 5 is completed. be done.

As described above, according to the commuter pass issuing device of the present invention,
This is because each print column, which is the printing area of the variable pattern, can be set at any position on the commuter pass, and the layout of the commuter pass can be set by combining this variable pattern with multiple types of basic patterns. , it is possible to easily issue multiple types of commuter passes.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to a commuter pass issuing device, but can also be applied to a tour ticket issuing device as shown in FIG. 6, for example.

In this issuing device, print fields 50, 52, 5456 58 60 are printed with variable patterns such as departure station and destination station.
．． 62, and other "from stations"
It is also possible to set the characters ``valid to the station'' and the route map 64 to be written in the tb section as basic information, read them out at the time of issuance, and print them on the ticket.

Also, when issuing tickets as part of an event, commemoration, or special project, it is also possible to issue multiple types of tickets by arbitrarily combining the variable pattern and the basic pattern.

Further, the above-mentioned commuter pass issuing device is one embodiment of a media issuing device, and media that can be issued by the media issuing device of the present invention include commuter passes, excursion tickets, event tickets, commemorative tickets, special offer tickets, and complimentary tickets. It may also be a medium issued at the request of the applicant, such as certificates such as certificates and stock certificates.

It goes without saying that various other modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the invention.

[Effects of the Invention] As detailed above, according to the present invention, it is possible to print prescribed information at any position on the medium to be issued and issue it, so it is possible to print multiple media without various documents. It is possible to provide a media issuing device that can issue different types of media.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a media issuing device using a commuter pass issuing device as an example; FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a print area of a variable pattern of a commuter pass;
Figure 3 is a diagram showing the printing area of the basic pattern of a commuter pass, Figure 4 is a diagram showing an example of a commuter pass purchase application form, and Figure 5 is a diagram showing an example of a commuter pass issued by a commuter pass issuing device. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a tour ticket issued by a medium issuing device as another embodiment of the present invention. 12... Issuance condition input section, 14... Print position setting section, 16... Basic pattern reading section, 18... Basic pattern setting section, 20... Storage section, 22... Display section, 2
4. Printing section, 26... Magnetic recording section, 28... Control section, 30... Information communication line, 32, 34, 36, 384
0.42, 44.46...Print column, 48...Basic pattern. Applicant's agent Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue 1st r! & *2t! 1

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A receiving means for receiving predetermined information necessary for issuing a medium on which information is recorded and having a predetermined shape, and the predetermined information received by the receiving means is arranged to correspond to any position on the medium. a setting means for setting, and a record issuing means for recording the predetermined information, which is set by the setting means so as to correspond to an arbitrary position on the medium, in a corresponding position on the medium and issuing the medium. A media publishing device characterized by: (2) receiving means for receiving predetermined information necessary for issuing a medium on which information is recorded and having a predetermined shape; and a means for receiving predetermined information received by the receiving means so as to correspond to an arbitrary position on the medium. a setting means for setting; a storage means for storing a plurality of image information; a storage means for extracting arbitrary image information from among the plurality of image information stored in the storage means; 1. A medium issuing device comprising: a recording issuing means for recording the predetermined information set so as to correspond to an arbitrary position on the medium on the medium and issuing the medium.