JPH05242290A - Information recording medium and information input device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the workload on an input person by including first information that can be read by a person, and accordingly, second information that can be read by a machine. CONSTITUTION:The information that can be read by the machine is recorded on a recording medium by including the information with respect to the recording position of the information that can be read by the person, and corresponding information is detected from the information that can be read by the machine based on the information with respect to the recording position. In such a case, a bar code 58 recorded on a bar code area to record a bar code as the information that can be read by the machine includes the position information with respect to the recording position of a character string code as character information, and the codes such as a resolution start code 101, a numeric value code 102, an upper left point coordinate start code 103, an X-coordinate 104, a paragraph code 105, and a Y-coordinate 106, etc., other than a character string code 112.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information recording medium on which human readable information and machine readable information are recorded, and selectively machine readable information from this information recording medium. The present invention relates to an information input device for reading.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The burden of registration change work such as product registration and warehouse management in a POS system increases as the number of processes at one time increases. In order to save labor, a method in which human-readable character information and a machine-readable bar code are written together on an input sheet as an information recording medium, and a human selects the bar code by characters and inputs it to the machine with a bar code reader Is used. Hereinafter, these examples will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 11 is a diagram of a sheet in which a barcode and a character string are written together on one sheet. Here, 1, 2, and 3 are character strings to be read by a person, and 4, 5 and 6 are bar codes (codes to be read by the device) corresponding to the character strings 1, 2 and 3, respectively. Here, in many cases, 1 and 4, 2 and 5, 3 and 6 have exactly the same information (same content).

FIG. 12B shows an example of an information input device for inputting data using the above sheet. here,
The bar code recorded on the sheet 11 shown in (a) is read by the bar code reader 7, converted into an internal code of the computer by the bar code conversion device 8, and then input to the host computer 9. Here, 10 is an input port for receiving data from the bar code conversion device.

[0005]

However, when the above method is used and the number of input sheets reaches a large number, the required bar code is selected from the bar code and the characters written together and read by the reader. Was a heavy burden. Further, in the conventional technique, after searching for a character string, a person must read the bar code there by using a bar code reader.

[0006] The information recording medium and the information input device of the present invention have been made in view of such a problem, and the purpose thereof is to record the information which can significantly reduce the work amount of the input person. It is to provide a medium and an information input device.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the information recording medium of the present invention comprises a first human-readable information and a corresponding second machine-readable information. And the second information includes information about the recording position of the first information.

Further, the information input device of the present invention includes a plurality of human-readable first information and a plurality of machine-readable second information including information on a recording position of the first information. An information recording medium on which is recorded, a first detecting means for detecting a recording position of information arbitrarily selected from the first information, and the first information from the second information. A second detection unit that detects information corresponding to the detection output from the detection unit. further,
The machine-readable information recording medium of the present invention includes information about a recording position of human-readable information.

[0009]

That is, according to the present invention, the information readable by the machine including the information about the recording position of the human readable information is recorded on the recording medium, and the information about the recording position is read by the machine. The corresponding information is detected from the possible information.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 shows an input sheet 5 as an information recording medium.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the configuration of FIG. 6, 51 is a character string area for recording a character string as human readable information, and 52 is a bar for recording a bar code as machine readable information. This is the code area.
1 is a diagram showing one configuration of the barcode 58 recorded in the barcode area 52 of FIG. This configuration will be described below.

The conventional bar code is composed of only the character string code, but in this embodiment, in addition to the character string code 112, position information regarding the recording position of the character string code as character string information and the following will be described. Including code.

As shown in FIG. 1A, a unit of length of a character area, its coordinate position, and a code relating to a character string are included in one information unit. The code sequence of the barcode starts from the resolution start code 101. That is, this code 101 includes a bar code start code. The numerical value 102 is a code representing the resolution. This resolution affects the numerical value of the next coordinate. However, this numerical value 102 can be omitted.

Since the area here is a rectangle, the two coordinates of the rectangle are indicated by X and Y coordinates. Therefore, with the upper left point coordinate start code 103, first, the first coordinate is started.
Then, the X coordinate 104, the delimiter code 105, and the Y coordinate 106 are obtained. Next, there are the lower right point coordinate start code 107 for the second coordinate, its X coordinate 108, delimiter code 109, and Y coordinate 110.

When the coordinates are represented by a circle, the area can be defined by the center coordinates and the radius or diameter of the circle.
As shown in FIG. 1B, a center coordinate start code 121, a center coordinate 122, a delimiter code 123, and a radius or diameter code 124 are used instead of the configuration of (a).

Further, the character string code is specified after the character string area has been specified. Therefore, the character string start code 111 is arranged first, and then the character string code 11
2. Finally, an end code 113 is arranged to distinguish it from the next code.

In FIG. 3, the character string 57 recorded in the character string area 51 of the input sheet 56 and the bar code 58 recorded in the bar code area 52 are the character string position detection as the first detecting means described below. Reading unit 21a of unit 21
Then, the reading section 23a of the bar code reading / converting device 23 as the second detecting means reads them separately.

The reading section 21a can detect the position of a human finger placed inside the character string area 51, and the reading section 23a can read all bar codes inside the bar code area 52.

3 and 4, at the time of reading, a person first points the character string 57 in the area 51 with a finger and presses the switch of the pointing position confirmation signal detection section 20 to display the confirmation signal. The position information is input to the position detection unit 21, and the character string position detection unit 21 sends the position information of the finger. That is, the character string position detection unit 21 sends the detected position information to the route 22 only when receiving the confirmation signal from the designated position confirmation signal detection unit 20.
To the barcode reading / converting unit 23 via the. The barcode reading / converting unit 23 searches the barcode information in the barcode area 52 of the input sheet of FIG. 2 having the same positional information from the positional information sent from the character string position detecting unit 21. put out.

At this time, even if the barcodes are arranged and recorded irrespective of the arrangement of the character strings, the barcode reading / converting unit 2
The device 3 can read a bar code and send out necessary information when necessary. Further, by reading all the barcodes in advance before inputting into the barcode reading / converting unit 23 and storing this in the barcode information storage unit 24, it is possible to save the trouble of reading and converting the barcode every time. ..

Further, since the bar code information storage section 24 can store only the data converted by the input to the bar code reading / converting section 23, the conversion after the second time becomes faster. However, in this case, since it is necessary to ensure that the pre-read bar code is the same as the bar code on the current sheet, it is necessary to read the bar code for confirmation. However, the barcode storage section 24 can be operated without any special provision.

The information output from the bar code reading / converting section 23 is information obtained from the bar code based on the position information input therein, and is not necessarily the same information as the character string. ..

The information sent from the bar code reading / converting section 23 is sent to the information sending section 27 through the route 26. In this information sending unit 27, it is converted into an internal code for the host computer. However, depending on the application of the host computer, conversion to the internal code here is not necessary.

The information sent from the information sending unit 27 is sent to the interface 29 via the path 28, adjusted to the signal level of the interface of the host computer, and sent to the host computer via the path 30.

The recording position information of the character string is limited by the method shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, and all the positions included therein are recognized as the position information of the character string. For example, in FIG. 5, the rectangle surrounding the character string 40 is limited by the end points 41 and 42, and the position information inside this is all the position information of the character string 40. Also, in FIG. 6, the character string 44
This is a method of limiting the circle surrounding the circle with the center 45 and the radius 46. All the positions inside the circle are the position information of the character string 44. The second embodiment of the present invention will be described below.

FIG. 7 shows an example in which a jig is used in which the surface is sent as a signal when a surface such as a tablet is inserted by a special jig. The input sheet 61 is placed on the jig 60, and the target character string 64 in the character string area 68 is set in the jig 60.
The jig 60 sends its position to the bar code reading device 63 by pushing it with the instruction jig 65. Since this position signal also includes a position pointing confirmation signal, when the reading device 63 receives the signal, the reading device 63 searches for a bar code having the same information as the position information, converts it, and sends it out. In this example, since the instruction confirmation is also performed when the jig 60 transmits the position information, the trouble of transmitting the confirmation signal is eliminated and the efficiency of data input is improved.

Further, as compared with the conventional input device using a tablet, the input sheet can be easily added. Conventionally, when an input sheet was added, the information in the input sheet had to be input to a computer or the like in advance, but in the method of the present invention, the information is input to the computer via a barcode even if the sheet is added. There is no need to register in advance because it is required. FIGS. 8A and 8B show a third embodiment of how to provide position information and its confirmation signal. In the figure, areas 70 and 71 are character strings 72 and 73.
It is an area of. All position information in this area is the information that these character strings have.

First, for the character string in the state of FIG.
When a person's finger 74 is put in the area, the position of the finger 74 can be known by image processing such as edge detection. If the confirmation signal is sent as it is, a lot of position information and its confirmation signal will be sent because the character string is also blocked. Therefore, the confirmation signal is transmitted for the first time by bringing the finger 74 into the state of (a) again and repeating the operation of returning to the state of (b). This reduces the number of false confirmation signals.

In the third embodiment, an attempt is made to output a confirmation signal of a designated position by pointing with a finger.
In the fourth embodiment, which will be described below, when a finger is instructed, a confirmation signal is sent to the bar code reading device using a voice signal.

That is, in FIGS. 9 (a) and 9 (b),
When a finger 82 is put in the area 80 of the character string 81 and a voice signal 83 is emitted, the signal is received by the microphone 84 and sent to the bar code reading device 85 as a reading start signal. FIG. 10 is a fifth embodiment showing another configuration example of the input sheet.

The input sheet 90 has a character area 91 and a bar code area 92, and character strings 93 and 9 are provided in the respective areas.
4,95 and barcodes 96,97,98 are recorded. At this time, if the mutual positional relationship between the character strings 93, 94 and 95 and the mutual positional relationship between the barcodes 96, 97 and 98 are the same, the barcode does not have the positional information of the character string, Correspondence between character strings and barcodes can be taken. That is, when the character string 93 is designated by the method already described and its position information is given, the barcode reading device determines that the barcode 9 at the same position (left end) is displayed.
Read 6.

As is apparent from the above description, in the device of the present invention, by pointing the searched character string with a finger or an indicator, the information obtained from the bar code corresponding to the position of the character string is displayed. Output to the host computer. At this time, the barcode and the character string may be at completely different positions on the sheet. That is, since the barcode itself includes the recording position information of the character string, the information possessed by the bar code can be transmitted to the host computer from the position of the character string. In this way, the person is freed from the trouble of reading the bar code corresponding to the character string with the bar code reader.

[0033]

As described above in detail, according to the information recording medium and the information input device of the present invention, the corresponding bar code information can be input to the host computer only by pointing the character string on the input sheet. As a result, it is possible to significantly reduce the work amount of the input person.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a barcode according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of an input sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a camera configuration for reading data on an input sheet.

FIG. 4 is a circuit configuration diagram of an information input device.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a method of limiting the range of a character string.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a method of limiting the range of a character string.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration of a second exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration of a third exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a configuration of a fourth exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a configuration of a fifth exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a configuration of a conventional input sheet.

FIG. 12 is a configuration diagram of an information input device using a conventional input sheet.

[Explanation of symbols]

20 ... Pointed position confirmation signal detecting section, 21 ... Character string position detecting section, 23 ... Bar code reading / converting section, 24 ... Bar code information storing section, 27 ... Information sending section, 29 ... Interface. 31 ... Input sheet, 32 ... Bar code area, 33 ...
Character string area, 104 ... X coordinate, 106 ... Y coordinate, 112
… A string code.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of human-readable firsts.
Information and a plurality of machine-readable second information including the information about the recording position of the first information, and an arbitrary one of the first information. A first detecting means for detecting a recording position of the information, and a second detecting means for detecting information corresponding to a detection output from the first detecting means from the second information. An information input device characterized by the above.