JPH0550783A - Automatic page turn-over device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain an automatic page turn-over device capable of reducing a processing time attendant on a collating action by a method wherein a page mark collating action is conducted during a page turn-over action. CONSTITUTION:A page mark holding the same information as a page mark provided on a preceding page of a passbook 1 in an open state is also symmetrically provided on a succeeding page across a center hold. A reflection sensor 12 for reading the page marks is mounted movably in a direction parallel to the transport direction of the passbook 1. Without a page turn-over action, the sensor reads a page mark on a preceding page of the passbook 1. With a page turn-over action, the reflection sensor 12 is moved so as to read a page mark appearing when a page to be turned over is lifted by a predetermined amount by a page turn-over roller 7, i.e., a page mark on a next succeeding page across the center hold.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic page breaker incorporated in a passbook issuing device or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIGS. 8 and 9 are explanatory views showing a configuration example of a conventional booklet-shaped medium which can be processed only in one direction. Here, a passbook will be described as an example. Reference numeral 1 is a passbook, and a center hold 2 is used for a front cover, a back cover 1a, and a plurality of inner sheets 1
A b-shaped booklet is formed by binding the sheets b so that they can be opened. Reference numeral 3 denotes a page recognition mark (hereinafter referred to as a page mark) in which information for recognizing each page is recorded.
As shown in FIG. 1, the passbook 1 includes pages from the front cover page to the back cover page in the spread state, and
This information is recorded as a page mark 3 in distinction from page, page 2 ... Then, as shown in FIG. 8, which page is opened for reading by a reflection sensor, which is a reading means described later, one by one from the left end near the front end of each page of the passbook 1 in the opened state. The same position and the same direction are provided even in the open state.

10 to 12 are explanatory views showing the structure and page-breaking operation of a conventional automatic page-breaking device. In the figure, 4
Is a reference when the passbook 1 is conveyed, and the guide plates 5 that form the conveyance path of the passbook 1 are rotated to convey the passbook 1 along the guide plate 4, and 6 are the respective feed rollers. These pressure rollers are provided so as to face the roller 5 and press the passbook 1 against the feed roller 5, and each of them is rotatable in synchronization by a driving means such as a pulse motor (not shown). The passbook 1 is conveyed in a direction orthogonal to the center hold 2.

A page-breaking roller 7 has a proper friction on the circumferential surface, and a part of this circumferential surface is brought into contact with the page 1c of the passbook 1 to be page-changed, and the entire passbook 1 is moved. By rotating the page-breaking roller 7 in the absence state, the page 1c of the passbook 1 to be page-turned is turned over. A pressure contact roller 8 is provided so as to face the page break roller 7, and can be moved by a solenoid or the like (not shown) in a direction of moving away from or approaching the page break roller 7.

Here, the pressing roller 8 is the feed roller 5
It can be rotated in synchronism with the feed roller 5 by being connected to driving means such as, and also functions as a feed roller. Further, the page feed roller 7 is driven by a drive unit such as a pulse motor (not shown) which is independent of the drive unit of the feed roller 5, and the pressure contact roller 8 is moved toward the page feed roller 7 to move the passbook 1. The page 1c to be page-fed is pressed against the page-feed roller 7, and the pressure contact roller 8 and the feed roller 5 are not rotated, and only the page-feed roller 7 is rotated. Page 1 to be paged
c is turned over. The page feed roller 7 can also rotate in synchronization with the feed roller 5 and the like, and functions as a pressure roller for the pressure contact roller 8.

Numerals 9 and 10 are passbook position detecting sensors for managing the position of the passbook 1, which indicate the amount of conveyance of the passbook 1 from the time when the leading or trailing end of the passbook 1 passes. For example, when a pulse motor is used as the driving means of the feed roller 5, it can be calculated from the number of pulses when driving the pulse motor, and the position of the passbook 1 can be managed accordingly. Reference numeral 11 denotes a middle paper detection sensor for detecting that the page 1c of the passbook 1 to be changed from the page 1c to be lifted from the page 1c and subsequent pages to be changed by the page break roller 7. By controlling the amount of rotation of the page break roller 7 from the time when it is detected that the page 1c to be page break of the passbook 1 is lifted, the page 1c to be page break should be changed from the page 1c to the page after page 1c. Can be repelled. Reference numeral 12 is located in a direction away from the page break roller 7 from the passbook position detection sensor 9, and the passbook 1 shown in FIG.
The reflection sensor for reading the page mark 3 and the line information receives the reflection of the scanning light 13 emitted from the reflection sensor 12 by itself to read the page mark 3 and the line information.

The conventional page break operation will be described below.
FIG. 13 is a flow chart showing the flow of a conventional page break operation, and hereinafter, SA indicates the processing steps in the flow chart. Feed roller 5 and pressure roller 6
Is rotated and the passbook 1 is moved along the guide plate 4 from the right side to the left side in the drawing from the reflection sensor 12 side toward the page feed roller 7. 10 to 12 of the passbook 1 so that the predetermined position of the page 1c of the passbook 1 to be changed is in contact with the page feed roller 7.
Then, the left end (end in FIG. 8) of the passbook position detection sensor 1
After 0 is detected, it stops at the position where the previously recognized fixed amount passbook 1 has been conveyed (SA1).

Next, the pressure contact roller 8 is moved toward the page break roller 7, and the page 1c of the passbook 1 to be paged is pressed against the page break roller 7. Then, by rotating the page break roller 7 in the direction of arrow A, the page 1c to be paged is lifted. As shown in FIG. 10, the inside paper detection sensor 11 detects that the page 1c to be page-changed is lifted, and then the page-change roller 7 is further rotated by a predetermined amount in the direction of arrow A, so that the page to be page-changed. 1c is flipped up to the position shown by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. In addition, by monitoring the rotation amount of the page break roller 7,
If the inside paper detecting sensor 11 does not detect the page 1c to be page-changed when the rotation amount exceeds a certain reference, the page c to be page-changed
The page break roller 7
Retry so that the page 1c to be page-changed can be lifted (SA2-SA5).

When it is determined that the page 1c to be page-flip has been flipped from the page 1c to be page-flicked and thereafter by monitoring the amount of rotation of the page-feed roller 7 and the like, the page 1c to be page-flicked is completely flipped. In order to fully open the document, the feed roller 5 or the like is driven to convey the passbook 1 in the direction of the arrow B, and the passbook position detection sensor 10 detects the right end (the front end in FIG. 8) of the passbook 1 and is recognized in advance. It stops at the position where the fixed amount of passbook 1 has been conveyed (the state shown in FIG. 11) (SA6). If it is judged that the page 1c to be changed is completely opened, the passbook 1
In order to read the upper page mark 3 with the reflection sensor 12 and confirm whether or not a predetermined page is opened, the feed roller 5 and the like are driven to convey the passbook 1 in the direction of arrow C,
The position where the page mark 3 and the reflection sensor 12 face each other when the passbook position detection sensor 9 detects the right end (the leading end in FIG. 8) of the passbook 1 and conveys a predetermined amount of passbook 1 (the state shown in FIG. 12). Stop at (SA7).

In this state, the page mark 3 on the passbook 1 is read by the reflection sensor 12, and the control unit (not shown) recognizes the read page mark 3 and the page mark 3 that should appear after a page break which is recognized in advance. Collate and judge (SA
8). As a result of the collation and determination, if they match each other, the line information is read by the passbook 1 further by a predetermined amount in the direction of arrow C to read the line information by the reflection sensor 12 (SA9, SA10). In SA8, if the read page mark 3 does not match the previously recognized page mark 3 that should appear after a page break due to multiple-turning (turning two or more sheets at once), the line information is read. The page pass 1 is moved to the position where the page 1c to be newly page-changed of the passbook 1 and the page-feed roller 7 face each other in order to perform the page-breaking operation in the opposite direction, and until a predetermined page is opened. The operations of SA1 to SA8 (the details such as the carrying direction and carrying amount of the passbook 1 are different) are repeated (SA11).

[0011]

In the conventional booklet-shaped medium and the automatic page breaker corresponding to the booklet-shaped medium as described above, for example, one page is turned over and two pages are opened in the forward direction. In the case of the page operation, the page mark that appears after the page break operation and the previously recognized page mark that should appear after the page break can be verified and determined only after the page break operation is completed. Also, there is a problem that a lot of processing time is required for the determination operation. If two or three sheets are to be turned over, it is necessary to retry turning overturned pages in the opposite direction this time, and it is also necessary to check and determine page marks. In the case of occurrence of, the page-breaking operation and the collating and judging operation have to be repeated until the predetermined page is reached, and there is a problem that a lot of processing time is required.

According to the present invention, a long processing time is required for the page mark collating operation, and a page break operation and a collating operation are added at the time of retrying a page break in the opposite direction in the case of multiple turning.
This is done to solve the problem that more processing time is required. That is, by performing the page mark collating operation during the page break operation, the processing time associated with the collating operation is reduced, and by performing the collating operation during the page break operation, multiple-turning is detected during the page break operation. Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic page-breaking device that can prevent multiple turns and reduce the processing time associated with a page-breaking operation in a retry.

[0013]

In order to achieve this object, according to the present invention, information for recognizing a page is recorded in the vicinity of the edge of the preceding page across the fold of the booklet medium in the spread state. A second mark having the first mark and the same information as the first mark existing on the same double-spread surface on the page behind the fold is symmetrical to the first mark with respect to the fold. A page-breaking roller which is attached to a position and has an axis parallel to the fold line of the booklet-like medium, contacts the page to be page-changed of the booklet-like medium, and rotates to lift the page to be page-changed, Detecting means for detecting that the page after the page to be paged is lifted by a predetermined amount from the page after the page to be paged by the page-breaking roller, and the transport path through which the booklet-shaped medium moves in the direction orthogonal to the fold line And a position on the transport path that does not involve a page break operation From the first position of the booklet-shaped medium facing the first mark to the second page of the booklet-shaped medium at the position where the page-breaking roller and the subsequent page face each other with the fold line in between, Second facing the mark
Reading means for reading the first and second marks which are movable along the moving direction of the booklet-shaped medium up to the position of, and the page to be changed from the output of the detecting means is the page after the page to be changed. When it is recognized that the page has been lifted by a predetermined amount, the reading means reads the information for recognizing the page from the second mark attached to the page after the page to be page-changed, and the page-change operation recognized in advance is accompanied. Means for comparing the information for recognizing the page to be appeared with the read information and determining whether or not the page-breaking operation is performed correctly.

[0014]

According to the present invention having the above-mentioned configuration, the reading means is moved to the second position during the page-breaking operation, and the page to be page-raised is lifted by the page-breaking roller and is not turned over. Is detected by the detecting means at the stage of, and the page break operation is temporarily interrupted at this point, and the page after the page to be changed appears after the page to be changed is lifted by the reading means. Read the second mark. Then, the page that should appear with the page break operation is recognized in advance, and this information is compared with the information obtained by the reading, and if they match, it is determined that the page break operation is being performed accurately, The page-breaking operation is restarted to turn over the pages to be turned over halfway. If they do not match, the page that has been lifted up to the middle should be returned to the original state, and the page break operation as described above is performed again.

[0015]

Embodiments will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 3 are explanatory views showing the configuration and page-breaking operation of the automatic page-breaking device of this embodiment, and FIGS. 4 and 5 show an example of the configuration of a booklet-shaped medium that can be processed in only one direction of this embodiment. In the explanatory diagram, first, the medium used in this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5 by taking a passbook as an example. Reference numeral 1 is a passbook, and a center hold 2 is used for a front cover, a back cover 1a, and a plurality of inner sheets 1
A b-shaped booklet is formed by binding the sheets b so that they can be opened. 3a and 3b are page recognition marks (hereinafter referred to as page marks) on which information for recognizing each page is recorded.
As shown in FIG. 5, the passbook 1 distinguishes each page from the front cover page to the back cover page in the two-page spread state by distinguishing this page from the front page, the second page ...
It is recorded as a and 3b.

Here, as shown in FIG. 4, one page mark 3a is provided in the vicinity of the front end side end of each page of the passbook 1 in the opened state, and one page mark 3a from the left end, with a space 1 provided therebetween, which will be described later. Since the reading is performed by the reflection sensor, which is the reading unit of 3 and 3b, the pages are provided at the same position and in the same direction regardless of which page is opened. Further, the page mark 3b is located at a position symmetrical to the page mark 3a with the center hold 2 interposed therebetween, that is, on the trailing end side of each page of the passbook 1 so that the page mark 3b comes on a scanning line of a reflection sensor which is a reading means described later. Two page marks 3a, which are provided in the same direction as the page mark 3a at the same position in the state where any page is opened, one at a distance l from the left end in the vicinity of the end, Information indicating the same page is recorded in the page mark 3b.

Next, the structure of the automatic page breaker of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. In the figure, 4 is a reference when the passbook 1 is conveyed, and the guide plate 5 forming the conveyance path of the passbook 1 is rotated to guide the guide plate 4.
A plurality of feed rollers, 6 for carrying the passbook 1 along are provided facing the respective feed rollers 5,
The pressure rollers press the passbook 1 against the feed roller 5, and each of them is rotatable in synchronization by a driving means such as a pulse motor (not shown). The passbook 1 is conveyed in a direction orthogonal to the center hold 2. A page break roller 7 has a proper friction on the circumferential surface, and a part of this circumferential surface is brought into contact with the page 1c of the passbook 1 to be paged so that the passbook 1 as a whole does not move. By rotating the page feed roller 3, the page 1c of the passbook 1 to be turned is turned over. A pressure contact roller 8 is provided so as to face the page break roller 7, and can be moved by a solenoid or the like (not shown) in a direction of moving away from or approaching the page break roller 7.

Here, the pressure contact roller 8 is the feed roller 5
It can be rotated in synchronism with the feed roller 5 by being connected to driving means such as, and also functions as a feed roller. The page feed roller 7 is driven by a drive unit such as a pulse motor (not shown) which is independent of the drive unit of the feed roller 5, and the pressure contact roller 8 is moved toward the page feed roller 7 to pass the passbook. By pressing the page 1c to be page-changed 1 against the page-breaking roller 7 and rotating only the page-breaking roller 7 without rotating the pressure contact roller 8 and the feed roller 5, the entire passbook 1 does not move and contacts the page-breaking roller 7. The page 1c to be changed is turned over. The page break roller 7 can also rotate in synchronization with the feed roller 5 and the like by controlling the driving means, and functions as a pressure roller for the pressure contact roller 8.

Numerals 9 and 10 denote passbook position detecting sensors for managing the position of the passbook 1, which indicate the amount of conveyance of the passbook 1 from the time when the leading or trailing end of the passbook 1 passes. By using a pulse motor as the driving means of the feed roller 5, for example, it can be calculated from the number of pulses when driving the pulse motor,
Thereby, the position of the passbook 1 can be managed. Reference numeral 11 denotes an inside paper detecting sensor for detecting that the page 1c of the passbook 1 to be changed from the page 1c to be changed is lifted up in a mountain by the page break roller 7. Detection sensor 1
By controlling the rotation amount of the page break roller 7 from the time when 1 detects that the page 1c to be page break of the passbook 1 has been lifted, the page 1c to be page break is set to You can jump from the page.

Reference numeral 12 is a page mark 3a or 3b of the passbook 1 shown in FIG. 4, and a reflection sensor for reading line information. By receiving the reflection of the scanning light 13 emitted from the reflection sensor 12 by itself, the page mark 3a, 3b and line information are read. The reflection sensor 12 can be moved in a direction parallel to the conveyance direction of the passbook 1 by using a guide shaft 14 as a guide and a drive system (not shown here) including a pulse motor and a belt.
The moving range is located in the direction away from the page-break roller 7 from the passbook position detection sensor 9, and the passbook 1 in which the page-break operation is completed
From the position a at which the line information is read to the position b at which the page mark 3b of the passbook 1 is read over the page break roller 7 while the page break operation is being performed.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the control system of this embodiment. Reference numeral 20 is a main control unit that controls the entire apparatus, and reference numeral 21 is a page break operation control circuit that controls the page break operation.
A page-break roller driving motor 22 drives the page-break roller 7, and a pulse motor is used to facilitate recognition of the rotation amount and the like. Reference numeral 23 is a drive circuit for a page-break roller driving motor that drives the page-break roller driving motor 22. Two
A passbook transport motor 4 drives the feed roller 5 or the like to transport the passbook 1. In order to recognize the transport amount of the passbook 1 from the rotation amount, a pulse motor whose rotation amount is easily recognized is used. Reference numeral 25 is a passbook carrying motor drive circuit for driving the passbook carrying motor 24.

As described above, 12 is a reflection sensor for reading the page mark 3a or 3b on the passbook 1 or the line information, and 27 is a page mark 3a or 3b for detecting the page mark 3a or 3b or the line information via the reflection sensor 12. An information detection circuit 28 is a page mark 3a or 3b detected by the page mark / row information detection circuit 27, or a page mark / row information recognition circuit that recognizes line information, and 29 is a page mark / row information recognition circuit 28. A page mark collating circuit for collating the page mark 3a or 3b. Reference numerals 9 and 10 denote a passbook position detection sensor for managing the position of the passbook 1 as described above, and 31 denotes a passbook position detection circuit that receives the outputs of the passbook position detection sensors 9 and 10 and detects the position of the passbook 1. .. The passbook position detection circuit 31 receives the output of the passbook position detection sensor 9 or 10 and controls the rotation amount of the passbook transport motor 24 from the time when the passage of the leading end or the trailing end of the passbook 1 is detected. The passbook 1 can be transported to a predetermined position.

As described above, reference numeral 11 denotes a middle paper detection sensor for detecting a state in which the middle paper 1b is lifted up in a pile at the time of a page break operation, and 32 receives the output of the middle paper detection sensor 11 and This is a middle paper detection circuit that detects a state in which the paper 1b is turned into a mountain. Reference numeral 33 is a reflection sensor moving motor for moving the reflection sensor 12 along the guide shaft 14,
Reference numeral 34 denotes a reflection sensor moving motor drive circuit for driving the reflection sensor moving motor 33.

The operation of this embodiment will be described below. FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing the flow of the page break operation in this embodiment, and hereinafter, SB shows the processing steps in the flow chart. The feed roller 5 and the pressure roller 6 are rotated, and the passbook 1 is moved along the guide plate 4 from the right side to the left side in the drawing from the reflection sensor 12 side toward the page feed roller 7. After the passbook position detection sensor 10 detects the left end (the end in FIG. 4) of the passbook 1 in FIGS. 1 to 3 so that the predetermined position of the page 1c of the passbook 1 to be brought into contact with the page feed roller 7, It stops at a position where a certain amount of passbook 1 which has been recognized in advance is conveyed (SB1). At the same time, the reflection sensor 12 at the position a as the initial state is moved to the position b facing the page mark 3b of the passbook 1 (SB2).

Next, the pressure contact roller 8 is moved toward the page break roller 7, and the page 1c of the passbook 1 to be paged is pressed against the page break roller 7 to start the page break operation (SB3). Then, by rotating the page break roller 7 in the direction of arrow A, the page 1c to be paged is lifted. Inside paper detection sensor 11
When it is determined that the page 1c to be page-changed is lifted up in a mountain as shown in FIG. 3 (SB4), the page-break roller 7 is stopped to interrupt the page-break operation (SB5). The page mark 3b of the page after the page lifted to be changed by the reflection sensor 12 is read (SB6). SB4
In the above, the rotation amount of the page break roller 7 is monitored, and when the inside paper detection sensor 11 does not detect the page 1c to be changed, when the rotation amount exceeds a certain reference, the page 1c to be changed is lifted. If it is determined that the page 1c has not been changed, the page-changing roller 7 is further rotated, and the page 1c to be changed is retried so as to be lifted (SB7).

The page mark 3b read by the SB6,
The page mark that should appear after the page break, which is recognized in advance, is checked and determined (SB8). If they match, the page break operation is restarted, and the page break roller 7 is rotated in the direction of arrow A by a predetermined amount. By doing so, the page 1c to be changed is flipped up to the position shown by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. 1 (SB9). SB
At 8, if the read page mark 3b does not match the page mark 3 that should be recognized after the page break, which has been recognized in advance, due to multi-turning (turning over two or more sheets at once),
Move the pressure contact roller 8 in the direction away from the page break roller 7,
The pressure contact state between the page break roller 7 and the page 1c of the passbook 1 to be paged is released. As a result, the lifted page returns to the original non-lifted state due to the strength of the user's waist, and the pressure contact roller 8 is moved again toward the page break roller 7 to become the page 1c of the passbook 1 to be changed. The page break roller 7 is brought into a pressure contact state and the page break operation is retried (SB10, SB1).
1).

In the SB 9, by monitoring the amount of rotation of the page break roller 7 and the like, if it is determined that the page 1c to be page break is flipped from the page 1c and subsequent pages to be page break, then the page break to be flipped should be made. In order to completely open the page 1c, the feed roller 5 or the like is driven to convey the passbook 1 in the direction of the arrow B, and after the passbook position detection sensor 10 detects the right end (the leading end in FIG. 4) of the passbook 1. , And stops at a position (state shown in FIG. 2) in which a predetermined amount of the passbook 1 has been conveyed (SB12). At the same time, the reflection sensor 13 is moved from the position b to the position a (SB13). When the passbook 1 is conveyed in the direction of the arrow B by a predetermined amount and it is determined that the page 1c to be page-changed is completely opened, the line sensor is checked by the reflection sensor 1 at the position a. The position where the passbook 1 is driven and conveyed in the direction of the arrow C and the passbook position detection sensor 9 detects the right end (the front end in FIG. 4) of the passbook 1 and then a predetermined amount of the passbook 1 is conveyed ( It stops in the state shown in FIG. 3) (SB14). In this state, the line information on the passbook 1 is confirmed by the reflection sensor 12 (SB1
5).

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention, information for recognizing a page is recorded in the vicinity of the edge of the preceding page across the fold of the booklet medium in the spread state.
Mark, and on the next page across the fold line, place a second mark on the same page with the same information as the first mark on the same double-faced surface, at a position symmetrical to the first mark with respect to the fold line. Attach. The automatic page-breaking device corresponding to the booklet-shaped medium has an axis parallel to the fold line of the booklet-shaped medium, comes into contact with the page to be page-changed of the booklet-shaped medium, and rotates the page to be changed. A page-breaking roller that lifts the page-breaking roller, a detection unit that detects that the page-breaking roller has lifted a predetermined amount of pages after the page-breaking page, and the booklet-shaped medium is orthogonal to the fold line. From the first position that faces the first mark of the booklet-shaped medium at a position on the transport path that does not involve a page break operation, the subsequent page and the page break roller with the fold line in between. And second marks that are movable along the moving direction of the booklet-shaped medium to a second position that is opposite to the second mark of the booklet-shaped medium that is located at a position facing each other and accompanied by a page break operation. And reading means for reading.

Then, when it is recognized from the output of the detecting means that the page to be changed is lifted by a predetermined amount from the page after the page to be changed, the page is added to the page after the page to be changed by the reading means. The information for recognizing the page is read from the second mark, and the information for recognizing the page that should appear in association with the previously recognized page-changing operation is compared with the read information to accurately perform the page-breaking operation. It is decided to determine whether or not there is. Therefore, when the page mark on the medium is read in order to determine whether or not the page break operation is performed correctly, the page mark can be performed during the page break operation without moving the medium. This has the effect of reducing the processing time associated with the collation operation.

Further, since the page to be page-turned is not completely turned over, the page mark is read and collated in the middle of the page-turning operation, so that the multiple-turning, which is a characteristic of the automatic page-breaking operation, is already taken place. This has the effect of significantly reducing the processing time associated with the page-break operation during retries, improving the accuracy of the automatic page-break operation, and reducing the overall processing time. This leads to improvement of sex.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration and page-breaking operation of an automatic page-breaking device according to this embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration and page-breaking operation of the automatic page-breaking device of this embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration and page-breaking operation of the automatic page-breaking device of this embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a booklet-like medium used in this embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a side view of a booklet-like medium used in this embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a control system of the present embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the flow of a page break operation of this embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a booklet-shaped medium used in a conventional automatic page breaker.

FIG. 9 is a side view of a booklet-like medium used in a conventional automatic page breaker.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration and a page break operation of a conventional automatic page break device.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration and a page break operation of a conventional automatic page break device.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration and a page break operation of a conventional automatic page break device.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the flow of a conventional page break operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Passbook 3a, 3b Page mark 7 Page break roller 11 Middle paper detection sensor 12 Reflection sensor

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A first mark, on which information for recognizing the page is recorded, is provided in the vicinity of an end of a page preceding the fold of the booklet-shaped medium in a two-page spread state, and a page behind the fold is sandwiched. A second mark on which the same information as that of the first mark existing on the same double-spread surface is recorded is provided at a position symmetrical to the first mark with respect to the fold, and is parallel to the fold of the booklet-shaped medium. A page break roller that has an axis, contacts the page to be page break of the booklet medium, and lifts the page to be changed by rotation, and the page after the page to be changed by the page break roller. Detection means for detecting that the page to be paged has been lifted by a predetermined amount, the booklet-shaped medium is in a transport path that moves in a direction orthogonal to the fold line, and is in a position on the transport path that does not involve a page-break operation. Facing the first mark on the booklet medium From the position 1 to the second position facing the second mark of the booklet medium at the position where the page break roller and the page break roller face each other across the fold and accompany the page break operation. A reading unit for reading the first and second marks movable along the moving direction, and the page to be changed from the output of the detection unit is lifted by a predetermined amount from the page after the page to be changed. When recognizing, the reading means reads the information for recognizing the page from the second mark provided on the page after the page to be changed, and recognizes the page that should appear in accordance with the previously recognized page changing operation. An automatic page-breaking device comprising means for comparing information with the read information and determining whether or not the page-breaking operation is performed correctly.