JPH07114445B2 - Small reader / printer device - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a small reader / printer device.

[Technical background of the invention and its problems]

As a reader / printer device having both a reading function and a printer function, conventionally, a platen and a moving base that moves the side of the platen in the platen length direction are provided, and this moving base is provided with a reader unit. Although there is a printer provided with a printer unit, since this reader / printer device uses a platen, the entire device is considerably large and unsuitable for carrying, and the object to be read and the object to be printed are There is a problem that it is not possible to read recorded information from a thick material such as a book or print it on a notebook because it is limited to a material that can be wound around a platen.

Therefore, a small reader that can solve the above problems
Although it is desired to develop a printer device, it is not necessary to satisfy only that. This is because it must be highly functional and easy to use as well as easy to use.

Further, the conventional small reader / printer device has only a simple transfer function such that the printer unit performs the printing operation after the reading operation by the reader unit. , It is unknown whether or not it was correctly read.

[Object of the Invention]

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object thereof is to read information from a reading object having a thickness such as a book as well as to a notebook or any other printing object. It is a small reader / printer device that can print the read information freely, is highly portable, and has excellent functionality and operability, and can confirm the read image. To provide a device.

[Outline of Invention]

The small reader / printer device according to the present invention is provided with a reader unit for reading the record information of the read object and a printer unit for printing the print information on the printer object in a case of a size that can be held by hand, and the reader unit reads the information. In a small reader / printer device in which a control unit for reading information as print information is provided to the printer unit, a monitor unit capable of monitoring information read by the reader unit read by the control unit is provided. It has a feature.

Example of Invention

An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

First, as a basic example of a small reader / printer device to which this embodiment is applied, a mechanical portion including an external appearance will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 7, and thereafter, an electric circuit for driving and controlling the mechanical portion. The control unit composed of the above will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 8 to 13.

That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the small reader / printer apparatus according to this embodiment has an external shape of, for example, a small dictionary which can be held in one hand, and its structure is as follows.

2 and 3, 10 is a pair of upper and lower cases 11
The outer frame body is a combination of a and 11b.
At 0, a planar rectangular opening 12 that opens to the upper and lower surfaces is formed. The outer frame 10 has a length of about 17 to 20 cm and a width of about 8 to
It has a size of 10 cm and a thickness of about 3 cm and can be held by one hand, and the opening 12 has a size (a length of about 10 cm and a width of about 5 cm) in which a reader / printer apparatus main body to be described later can be folded and stored.

The outer frame 10 is placed on an object to be read at the time of reading and is placed on the object to be printed at the time of printing to guide the lateral movement of the reader / printer main body. The surface is formed with a finger-holding concave portion 14 so that the outer frame body 10 placed on the object to be read or printed can be pressed by hand so as not to move. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 15 is a power switch provided on the upper surface of the outer frame 10.

On the other hand, 20 is a reader / printer main body, and in the main body 20, a reader unit having a reading width of about 4 cm for reading the record information of the reading target and a printer having a printing width of about 4 cm for printing on the printing target. And a section are provided. When the reader / printer device main body 20 is not in use, the reader / printer device main body 20 is laid down as shown by the solid line in FIG. 2 so that its upper surface is substantially flush with the upper surface of the outer frame body 10. When the reader / printer device is used, the device main body 20 is stored in the opening 12 of the device and is vertically raised with respect to the outer frame body 10 as shown by a chain line in FIG. In the opened state, the opening 12 is manually moved laterally in the longitudinal direction.

Explaining the configuration of the reader / printer device main body 20,
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 21 denotes a vertically long rectangular tubular outer case whose upper and lower ends are open. The outer case 21 is of a size that can be grasped by one hand, and the lower portion of the outer case 21 is supported in the opening 12 of the outer frame 10 so as to be laterally movable and foldable and rotatable. That is, the outer case 21 is provided with a pair of moving members (not shown) movably provided along both sides of the outer frame body 10 along the length direction of the opening 12 so that the lower both sides of the outer case 21 are connected to each other. It is supported via a support shaft, and when it is laterally moved together with the moving member, it is undulated and rotated about the support shaft as a fulcrum. Reference numeral 17 denotes notches provided on both side surfaces of the opening 12 of the outer frame 10 along the opening length direction, and the support shaft is connected to the moving member through the notches. Further, a pinion gear (not shown), which meshes with a rack 16 provided on one side in the outer frame 10 and rotates as the apparatus body 20 moves laterally, is rotatably supported on one of the support shafts. Has been done. This pinion gear is for obtaining a timing pulse that matches the moving speed of the device body that is manually moved laterally.
For example, a pinion gear is provided with a large number of small holes at equal intervals along its circumferential direction, and a light source element and a photoelectric conversion element are arranged by sandwiching this pinion gear, and the small hole is made into a light source element and a photoelectric conversion element by rotation of the pinion gear. The light from the light source element is received by the photoelectric conversion element each time it comes to the element. This timing pulse is sent to the control unit 40 provided in the outer frame 10.

Further, at the lower end of the outer case 21, a linear illumination element (light emitting diode or slit light) 22 that irradiates linear illumination light toward the reading surface a of the object to be read 22 on the front surface side and the rear surface side thereof. An image sensor (for example, a line image sensor having 256 bits per line) 23 for reading the recorded information on the reading surface a is attached over substantially the entire width of the outer case 21. The illuminating element 22 and the image sensor 23 constitute a reader unit for reading the recorded information of the reading object, and the illuminating element 22 is tilted so as to irradiate the illuminating light toward the lower central portion of the apparatus main body 20. The image sensor 23 is provided so as to be inclined so that its light receiving surface faces the illumination light irradiation position on the reading surface a.

Next, the printer section provided in the apparatus main body 20 will be described. This printer section is for contacting an ink tape with a print target and printing it on the print target by a print head. It is provided in a rectangular tubular inner case 24 whose lower surface is vertically movably inserted into the case 21 and whose lower surface is open. The structure of the printer section will be described. The printer section is of a thermal transfer type, and the thermal head 25 is provided vertically at the center of the lower end of the inner case 24 along the width direction thereof. It should be noted that the thermal head 25 is provided with a thin film heating element on the lower surface of which a heating portion is formed at a pitch of, for example, 5 lines per 1 mm. Further, 26 is a thermal transfer type ink tape, and this ink tape 26 is fed from a tape reel 27 loaded at approximately the middle height of the inner case 24, passes under the thermal head 25, and is located at the upper end side in the inner case 24. The tape take-up reel 28 provided on the. In addition, 29 and 29 are tape guide plates provided on both sides of the thermal head 25, and 30 and 30 are tape guide rollers. Further, 31 is a partition plate that partitions the inner case 24 into a tape reel loading chamber and a tape winding chamber, and the partition plate 31 is provided with a slit 32 through which the ink tape 26 is passed.

The tape take-up reel 28 is rotationally driven by a tape take-up mechanism (not shown) provided in the inner case 24, and the tape take-up reel 28 is detachably connected to the tape take-up mechanism. Has been done. When the ink tape 26 is used up, the ink tape 26 is replaced by pulling out the inner case 24 above the outer case 21 and removing the side plate of the inner case 24. Further, 33 is a printer power supply battery for supplying drive power to the thermal head 25 and the tape winding mechanism, and the battery 33 is stored in the upper end of the inner case 24. The battery 33 is replaced by removing the cap 34 fitted on the upper end of the inner case 24.

Further, the inner case 24 accommodating the printer section is lowered to a state in which the thermal head 25 comes into contact with the print surface of the print object via the ink tape 26 by manually pushing down the cap 34 at the upper end of the inner case at the time of printing. When the reading is performed, the push-up spring (not shown) provided in the outer case 21 prevents the light traveling from the illumination element 22 toward the image sensor 23 at a height (FIG. 1). (State shown in)). Reference numeral 35 is a push lever for raising the inner case 24 to the state at the time of reading, and when the push lever 35 is pressed, the lock of the inner case 24 that is locked at the time of printing is released, and the inner case 24 is released. 24 is raised to the state at the time of reading by the push-up spring. In the outer case 21, the control unit 40 provided in the outer frame body 10 is switched to the reading mode when the inner case 24 is moved up and down and the inner case 24 is lifted to the reading state. A mode switch (not shown) for switching the control unit 40 to the print mode when the inner case 24 is lowered to the printing state is provided.

On the other hand, the control unit 40, which will be described in detail later, stores read information read by the reader unit and outputs this information to the printer unit at the time of printing. 20 is connected by a stretchable spirally wound cord (not shown) in which a plurality of lead wires are bundled, and this cord is divided into each lead wire in the apparatus main body 20 to form the reader section. The illumination element 22 and the image sensor 23 are connected to the thermal head 25 and the tape winding mechanism that constitute the printer section, the mode changeover switch, and the timing pulse generating section. The control unit 40 also has a memory designation key K, which will be described later, and the key operation portion is the second key.
As shown in the figure, it is provided on the case surface by penetrating the case 11a.

Next, a method of using the small reader / printer device having the above configuration will be described.

This reader / printer device is carried in a state in which the reader / printer device main body 20 is collapsed and stored in the opening 12 of the outer frame 10 as shown by the solid line in FIG.
The inner case (24) accommodating the printer section is stored in the opening (12) in a lowered state in a printing state.

When the reader / printer device is used, first, the reader / printer device main body 20 is raised as shown by the chain line in FIG. 2 and the power switch 15 is turned on.

Then, when reading the record information of the read object, the push lever 35 is pushed to raise the inner case 24, which is in the lowered state to the printing state, to the reading state.
When the inner case 24 is raised in this manner, the control section 40 is set to the reading mode by the mode changeover switch, and the reader section and the timing pulse generating section are activated.
After the reader / printer device is set in the reading mode in this way, the outer frame body 10 of the reader / printer device is placed on the reading object (book, newspaper, other printed matter, etc.) A as shown in FIG. It is placed so that the desired portion on which the information X to be read is recorded enters the opening 12, and the front end side of the outer frame body 10 is pressed with the left hand so as not to move, and the reader / printer main body 20 Hold it with your right hand and move it laterally toward the rear edge of the outer frame 10. In this case, the device main body 20 is moved by hand, but the device main body 20 moves the inside of the opening 12 of the outer frame body 10 into the outer frame body.
Since it moves while being guided by 10, the device body 20 can be linearly moved laterally without causing meandering as long as the outer frame body 10 is held so as not to move. This is also the same at the time of printing described later.

When the apparatus main body 20 is laterally moved in this way, the movement of the apparatus main body 20 causes the reader unit provided at the lower end portion of the outer case 21 to scan the object A to be read and read by the image sensor 23. The obtained information is sent to the control unit 40. Further, when the device body 20 is moved, the device body 20 is moved from the timing pulse generator with the rotation of the pinion gear meshing with the rack 16 on the outer frame body 10 side with the movement of the device body 20. A timing pulse corresponding to the speed is sent to the control unit 40, and the control unit 40 stores the read information from the reader unit in accordance with the input of this timing pulse.

FIG. 5 shows a state in which the apparatus main body 20 is moved to its movement limit, that is, to the end of the opening 13 of the outer frame body 10. Thus, by moving the apparatus main body 20 to the movement limit, one reading is performed. The operation ends. After this, the device body 20
Is returned to the initial position, that is, to the starting end of the opening 13 of the outer frame body 10. In addition, at the time of return movement of this device main body 20,
The reader section and the timing pulse generating section are designed so that their operations are stopped, so that the reading operation is not performed when the apparatus main body 20 is returned.

Next, when printing out the information read from the object to be read, the cap 34 at the upper end of the inner case 24 of the apparatus main body 20 is pressed to print (the thermal head 25 prints the object to be printed via the ink tape 26). (Contacting the print surface of)). When the inner case 24 is lowered in this manner, the control section is operated by the mode changeover switch.
40 enters the print mode, and the printer section and the timing pulse generating section are activated. After the reader / printer device is set to the printer mode in this way, the outer frame body 10 of the reader / printer device is read on the print object (notebook, recording paper, etc.) B as shown in FIG. The desired portion on which the information X is to be printed is placed so as to enter the opening 12, and the front end side of the outer frame body 10 is pressed with the left hand so as not to move.
It suffices to hold 20 with the right hand and move it laterally toward the rear end of the outer frame 10. When the apparatus main body 20 is moved laterally in this way, the printer unit moves to the apparatus main body 20 and the printer unit B While scanning upwards, a timing pulse according to the moving speed of the device body 20 is sent to the control unit 40. When this timing pulse is input to the control unit, the control unit 40 outputs stored information to the printer unit in accordance with this timing pulse, drives the thermal head 25, and causes the tape winding mechanism to perform the printing operation of the thermal head 25. Drive in synchronization.

Therefore, when the apparatus body 20 is moved laterally, the read information stored in the control unit 40 is printed on the print target B accordingly, and the apparatus body 20 is moved to the movement limit shown in FIG. If moved, all the information X read from the read object A can be printed on the print object B as it is.

When the reading range of the reading object A is large and the recorded information cannot be read at one time, or when there are a plurality of reading points, the reading of the recording information from the reading object A and the printing object B are performed. Printing may be repeated alternately to read and print all information.

Thus, this small reader / printer device reads the recorded information X of the desired portion of the read object A and prints this read information X on the desired portion of the print object B. According to this, only the necessary information can be read from the read object A and printed on the print object B.

There are a wide variety of possible uses for this small reader / printer device. Typical examples are: (a) Copying necessary information from newspapers, magazines, etc. into a notebook etc. to create a scrapbook. To do.

(B) When drawing the same figure in several places in an illustration or the like, draw only one figure and transfer this figure to another place.

(C) Copy marks, etc. from the catalog, etc. onto a private property to create a decorative pattern.

And other uses are possible.

In other words, this small reader / printer device has an outer frame body 10.
The reader / printer main body 20 is raised to the upright position, and the main body 20 is laterally moved by hand in this state to read information from the reading target and print the reading information on the printing target. In this reader / printer device, the reader unit that reads the record information of the read object in the device body 20 and the printer that prints on the print object by the print head 25 by bringing the ink tape 26 into contact with the print object And a control unit 40 for reading information read by the reader unit.
Since this information is stored in the printer and is output to the printer unit at the time of printing, it is of course possible to read the information from a thick reading target object such as a book, a notebook, or any other arbitrary information. The read information can be freely printed on the print target. Moreover, in this reader / printer device, since the lower part of the device body 20 is supported in the opening 12 of the outer frame body 10 so as to be laterally movable and rotatably swung, the device main body 20 is supported outside during reading and printing. If the device body 20 is laterally moved while pressing the frame body 10 so as not to move it by hand, the device body can be linearly moved without being meandered while being guided by the outer frame body 10. Accurate reading and printing can be performed, and if the device body 20 is stored in the opening 12 of the outer frame body 10 in a collapsed state, the device body 20 will not project onto the outer frame body 10 and can be carried. Is also convenient.

In the above embodiment, the control unit 40 that stores the read information read by the reader unit and outputs this information to the printer unit at the time of printing is provided in the outer frame body 10. It may be provided within 20.

Next, details of the control unit 40 will be described. FIG. 1 shows an outline of the control unit 40. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 401 denotes a microcomputer (hereinafter simply referred to as CPU) that controls the entire apparatus. First, at the time of reading by the reader unit, the drive circuit 40 that receives a control signal from the CPU 401
2 generates various drive signals and clocks required to drive the lighting element 22 and the image sensor 23. As a result, the illumination light is emitted from the illumination element 22 onto the reading object A, and the reflected light from the reading object A is received by the image sensor 23, whereby an electric signal of a level corresponding to the brightness is obtained. Be changed. This image sensor 23
The electric signal from the comparator 404 is transmitted via the amplifier 403.
And is converted into binary image data. The image data from the comparator 404 is stored in the image memory 405 via the CPU 401. The timing of storing this image data is controlled by the position detection signal from the position detector 406 which detects the reading position based on the timing pulse at the time of reading from the photoelectric conversion element.

On the other hand, at the time of printing by the printer section, image data is read from the image memory 405 to the print drive circuit 407 via the CPU 401. Then, this print drive circuit 407
The image data can be printed on the print target B by driving the thermal head 25 in accordance with the image data.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a general linear CCD image sensor 230 used as the image sensor 23. That is, the photodiode array 231 converts the energy of the received light into an electric signal. The signal charge obtained by this photodiode array 231 is a pair of upper and lower storage electrodes 232, 233.
Is temporarily stored in. The signals stored in the storage electrodes 232 and 233 are collectively transferred to a pair of upper and lower Cs for each column through a pair of upper and lower transfer gates 234 and 235 by a clock φ _T.
Transfer to the CD analog shift registers 236 and 237. This CCD
The analog shift registers 236, 237 serially output the signal charges written in parallel by shifting them with clocks φ ₁ , φ ₂ .

In this case, a pair of upper and lower CCD shift registers 236 and 237 are associated with odd-numbered bits and even-numbered bits, respectively, and the above-mentioned signal charges are alternately output from each register.
238 will be taken out. The signal charge taken out by the output gate 238 is transferred to the preamplifier 239 and converted into a voltage. In this case, the preamplifier 239 has a clock φ.
Output signal OS as an analog video signal is set to 1 by _R
The signal charge is reset each time a bit is output.

FIGS. 9A to 9F are timing charts showing driving states of the linear CCD image monsa 230 as described above. The noise signal (CS) shown in (e) is necessary for removing the clock component superimposed on the output signal (OS) shown in (f). This noise signal is
As shown in FIG. 8, a linear CCD image sensor 230 'similar to the one described above is separately provided for one column, and a read signal is not given thereto, so that only the clock component is given.

FIG. 10 shows a specific example of a peripheral circuit including the linear CCD image sensor 230 as described above. In this case, the drive circuit 40
2 is a detailed illustration of CCD driver 402a
The clocks φ _T ′, φ ₁ ′, φ ₂ ′, φ _R ′ required to generate the clocks φ _T , φ ₁ , φ ₂ , φ _R by supplying the original clock from 402 b to the timing circuit 402 c The clocks φ _T ′, φ ₁ ′, φ ₂ ′ and φ _R ′ are generated and MO
The respective clocks φ _T , φ ₁ , φ ₂ , φ _R supplied to the S driver 402d and raised to the MOS level are generated. The timing circuit 402c outputs a clock (CK) at the same cycle as the clock φ _R and at a timing after the clock φ _R and positioned at the center of the analog video signal sequence.
And generate a load pulse (LD) that is output once for every eight outputs of this clock (CK),
Further, after the load pulse (LD), a strobe pulse (STB) output for a certain period is generated.

Then, the analog video signal (OS) and the noise signal (CS) from the linear CCD image sensor 230 driven as described above by the clocks φ _T , φ ₁ , φ ₂ , φ _R are the first signals of the amplifying device 403. After being amplified to each column by the second operational amplifiers 403a and 403b, they are differentially mixed with each other in the third operational amplifier 403c. As a result, the amplification device 403 can obtain an output from which unnecessary clock components superimposed on the analog video signal have been removed.

The output of the amplifier 403 is sliced into a binary level by the comparator unit 400a of the comparator 404, and then the serial clock converter 404b outputs the clock (CK) and load pulse (LD).
Is converted into 8-bit parallel data D _{1 to} D ₈ and sent to the CPU 401 in FIG. In this case, the strobe pulse STB is the parallel data D _{1 to} D for the CPU 401.
_Eight is provided to signal that all eight bits are complete. Then, the CPU 401 sets the first clock φ _T when the position pulse arrives from the position detector 406, and the parallel data D _{1 to} D ₈ of a predetermined number of bits when the strobe pulse (STB) arrives. After being read from, it will be transferred to the image memory 405 for storage. In this case, if the linear CD image sensor 230 is a 256-bit string, the above reading will be repeated 32 times.

FIG. 11 shows a specific example of the peripheral circuit included in the printer section. That is, the parallel data D _{1 to} D ₈ read from the image memory 405 via the CPU 401 are based on the clock (CK1) and the load pulse (LD1) from the timing circuit 407c in the parallel-serial conversion unit 407a of the print drive circuit 407. Then, it is converted into serial data and sent to the shift register unit 407b. The shift register unit 407b outputs serial data to the gate circuit groups G ₁ , G ₂ ... G _n in response to the clock (CK2) from the timing circuit 407c. This gate circuit group G
_{When the} above strobe pulse (STB) arrives, ₁ , ₁ , G _2, ... G _n selectively supply current to the corresponding heating elements H ₁ , H _2, ... H _n of the thermal head 30. This allows the thermal head
30 is driven according to the data to be printed,
The print data can be thermally transferred to the print target B.

Next, the main part of the present invention will be described.

That is, as shown in FIG. 1, a monitor unit 409 such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) is provided to the CPU 401 via a display driver 408.
By combining the above, the image data stored in the image memory 405 can be monitored before being printed out to the printer section.

The monitor unit 409 may be of a reduced display type provided on the upper case 11a as shown in FIG.

FIG. 12 shows a specific example of the display driver 408 and the monitor unit 409. That is, the serial image data read from the image memory 405 via the CPU 401 is transferred to the timing circuit 4
Shift register 4 by shift clock φ _S from 08a
Sequentially stored in 08b. At the time when one row of image data is stored in the shift register 408b, the data is latched by the Y driver 408c by the latch clock φ _L from the timing circuit 408a and converted into, for example, a liquid crystal drive voltage level. It is supplied as a Y-side drive signal to the monitor 409 which is a liquid crystal display panel. On the other hand, X driver 408d
Supplies an X side drive signal for sequentially scanning the X side row by row to the monitor 409 composed of the liquid crystal display panel in synchronization with the shift clock φ _L from the timing circuit 408a. In this case, when the number of dots displayed on the monitor 409 is smaller than that on the image memory 405 side, the image data may be appropriately thinned out, for example, every other bit and input to the shift register 408b, and the X side responds accordingly. It should be done every other line.

13 (a) and 13 (b), the image memory 406 is provided with a plurality of image memories each having a storage capacity capable of recording the amount of image data obtained by one reading operation by the reader section. The flowchart at the time of reading and printing in the case is shown. That is, the image data that has been read is displayed on the monitor unit 409 when one read operation is completed at the time of reading, and the image data to be printed next is printed from the corresponding image memory section when one print operation is completed at the time of printing. Read and monitor unit 409
The display is as shown in. This means that what is currently displayed will be printed out next,
When the printing is completed, the display content will be updated.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the small reader / printer apparatus of the present invention, not only the sequential transfer function but also the monitor unit can monitor whether or not the image data is accurately read, and thus the accurate reading is possible. It is possible to prevent inadvertent printout of image data that has not been created, which can contribute to improvement in functionality and operability.

Further, when the image data for a plurality of times is stored, it is convenient to select the content to be printed out by sequentially displaying the content.

Needless to say, the present invention is not limited to the above-described and illustrated embodiments, and various modifications and applications are possible without departing from the gist of the present invention.

For example, it can be applied to a small reader / printer device whose external view is shown in FIG. In other words, this small reader / printer device holds the main body of the device by hand and makes one end of it touch the object to be read, and in this state, press it with the tip of the print paper led out from the other end of the main body of the device. By moving the whole device to trace the reading part of the reading object,
The information recorded on the object to be read is read by the reader section (R) at one end of the apparatus main body, and this read information is pulled out from the inside of the apparatus main body along with the movement of the entire apparatus by pressing the tip end by hand. The printer (P) at the other end of the apparatus main body is made to print on a print sheet.

That is, the reader unit and the printer unit are not limited to being disposed in substantially the same portion as in the above-described basic example, and both are separately disposed such as one end portion and the other end portion. The present invention can be applied to a small reader / printer device.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a control unit showing an embodiment of a small reader / printer device according to the present invention, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are external views and longitudinal side views of a mechanism unit showing a basic example device of the embodiment. FIGS. 4 to 7 are state-of-use diagrams at the time of reading and printing of the device of the same basic example, FIG. 8 is a configuration diagram showing a concrete example of the image sensor of FIG. 1, and FIG. 9 is FIG. 10 is a timing chart showing the driving state of the image sensor, FIG. 10 is a configuration diagram showing a specific example of the peripheral circuit of the image sensor of FIG. 8, and FIG. 11 is a configuration diagram showing a specific example of the print drive circuit of FIG. , FIG. 12 and FIG. 13 are block diagrams showing a concrete example of the main part of FIG. 1 and a flow chart for explaining the operation,
FIG. 14 is an external view showing a small reader / printer device according to another embodiment. 40 …… control unit, 401 …… CPU, 402 …… drive circuit, 22 ……
Illumination element, 23 ... Image sensor, A ... Object to be read, B ... Print object, 403 ... Amplifying device, 404 ...
Comparator, 405 ... image memory, 406 ... position detector, 407 ... print drive circuit, 25 ... thermal head, 408 ... display driver, 409 ... monitor section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A reader unit for reading record information of an object to be read, a printer unit for printing print information on an object to be printed, and information read by the reader unit in an equipment case, and the stored contents are stored in the printer. In addition to providing a control unit for reading out as print information, the device case has an opening through which the device case can be moved so that the reader unit and the printer unit can read and print. It is characterized in that it is provided with a frame to be performed, and further that a monitor capable of monitoring the information read by the reader read by the controller is provided in the frame so that it can be monitored in a reading state or a printing state. Small reader / printer device.