JPH07223770A - Position displaying device for many similar articles - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a position displaying device for many similar articles, by which many arranged similar articles can be easily discriminated. CONSTITUTION:A data retrieving means 33 retrieves from a storing means 38, a positional data for constituting a data pair with a password to be given from an input means 27a. The retrieved positional data is displayed on a display means 27b by a display control means 34. A positional data specifying means 31 specifies the order of arrangement of the positional data according to the data to be given from the input means 21a. A password setting means 32 sets passwords on similar articles according to the data to be given to the input means 27a and stores them into the storing means 28.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a multi-analog position display device for displaying the position of a specific analog desired in a device in which a large number of analogs are arranged in a predetermined direction.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A storage device constructed by arranging a number of drawers, lockers, and other storage bodies (hereinafter referred to as "similar objects") is provided with locking means for closing and locking the door of similar objects. There is a configuration in which a password assigned to each similar object in advance is input to the input unit of the storage device to unlock the specific object requested from the similar objects.

[0003]

In such a storage device, the user needs to remember the position of the similar object in addition to the password, which is troublesome. In addition, since many analogs are arranged and confusing, it was easy to misidentify the analog used by oneself. In view of the above circumstances, the present invention provides a device in which a large number of analogs are arranged, displays the position of the analogs requested by the user, and enables a large number of analogs to be visually recognized quickly and accurately. An object of the present invention is to provide a position display device of an analog. Further, another object of the present invention is to allow the arrangement order of the data displaying the position of the similar object to be arbitrarily changed, if desired.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The position display device for a large number of similar objects of the present invention includes a display means for displaying the existence position of a specific similar object in a main unit having a large number of similar objects arranged in a predetermined direction. , A storage means for storing a data pair consisting of position data corresponding to each of the similar objects and a password corresponding to each of the similar objects at an address corresponding to each of the similar objects, and inputting the arrangement order of the position data. The position data designating means designated according to the data given from the means and the password corresponding to the similar object are set according to the data given from the input means and stored in the storing means, and the same password is stored in the storing means more than once. A password setting means for prohibiting the operation and a password and data pair are constructed based on the password given from the input means. A data retrieval means for retrieving location data from the storage means, is characterized by having a display control means for displaying on the display means the position data obtained by the retrieval means.

Further, the position display device for a large number of similar objects of the present invention is characterized in that the similar object comprises a storage body capable of opening and closing an internal storage space with respect to the outside.

Furthermore, the position display device for a large number of similar objects according to the present invention is provided with a lock means for locking or unlocking the similar objects in the closed state for each of the similar objects, and the data retrieved by the data retrieval means. It is characterized in that a lock control means for unlocking only the lock means of a similar object corresponding to the pair is provided.

[0007]

The position data specifying means specifies the arrangement order of the position data according to the data given from the input means.
The password setting means sets a password corresponding to the similar item in accordance with the data given from the input means and stores it in the storage means, and prohibits the storage means from storing two or more same passwords. The data search means searches the storage means for position data forming a data pair with the password based on the password given from the input means. The display control means causes the display means to display the position data obtained by the search means. Therefore, by inputting the password from the input means, the position data corresponding to the analog is displayed on the display means.
The arrangement order of the position data is arbitrarily specified. A password is arbitrarily set for the similar object. Further, it is prohibited to assign the same password more than once.

Locking means for locking or unlocking the analog in the closed state is provided for each of the analogs, and only the lock for the analog corresponding to the data pair retrieved by the data retrieval means is unlocked. When the lock control means is provided, by inputting the password to the input means, the position data corresponding to the analog is displayed on the display, and the lock of the analog is unlocked.

[0009]

EXAMPLES Next, the present invention is applied to printing paper (paper) discharged from an image forming apparatus (paper supply source) such as a printer or a copying machine.
An embodiment in which the invention is applied to a sorter for classifying and storing will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of the sorter, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the sorter.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, the paper introduced from the paper discharge port 11 of the paper supply source 10 to the introduction port 21 of the sorter 20 is conveyed to the conveyance path L by the conveyance section 22 composed of well-known conveyance rollers. The bottles 25 (25a to 25i) that can be opened and shielded are stored along the storage shelves 24 by well-known distributing means (not shown) built in the vertical transport unit 23. It will be distributed to. In this embodiment, the bin 25
Are provided such that they can be moved in a direction of pulling out to the front side (drawing direction F1) and a direction of pushing in the back side (pushing direction F2).

The distributing means selects a conveying path for a sheet, which is conveyed while being sandwiched between a conveying roller and a driven roller, by the action of a deflecting claw arranged corresponding to each storage rack. It is distributed to the bins of a desired storage shelf by deflecting the light. Such distribution means
Since it is well known, detailed description will be omitted.

Reference numeral 26 is a non-sort tray provided at the top for accumulating sheets that are not stored in the storage rack 24. Reference numeral 27 denotes an operation panel for giving desired control information to the sorter 20, which is provided with an input means 27a such as a keypad and a display means 27b such as an LED display.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a position display device for multiple analogs of the present invention. In FIG. 3, storage means 28
Is for storing a password, position data, etc., which will be described later. For example, a battery-backed RAM
Etc. Locking means 29 (29a-
29i) locks or unlocks the bottle 25 (25a to 25i) shown in FIG. 2 in the closed state in accordance with a command from the control means 30. Although not shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the locking means 29 is configured by a mechanism that locks or unlocks the bin 25 with respect to the storage shelf 24 by a driving means such as a solenoid.

As shown in FIG. 3, the control means 30 is provided with a position data designating means 31 and a password setting means 32 for carrying out control operations such as setting position data and a password corresponding to each of the bins 25 described later. ing. Further, the data search means 3 for searching the data pair consisting of the position data and the password stored in the storage means 28.
3, a display control means 34 for controlling display of data on the display means 27b, and a lock control means 35 for controlling the lock means 29. The control means 30 is configured by appropriately combining a so-called CPU (central processing unit), a memory that stores a control program, an interface device, and the like, but details and illustrations thereof are omitted. To do.

Next, the bin numbers, position data, and passwords will be described with reference to Tables 1 and 2 showing a part of the stored contents of the storage means 28. In Tables 1 and 2, the bin number BN is not stored, but is assigned corresponding to the array position of the bins 25a to 25i, and the uppermost row is B.
1 and the bottom is B9. The address AD is assigned to each of the bins 25a to 25i.

[Table 1]

[Table 2]

The address AD indicates an address in the storage means 25. For simplification of description, address addresses are "0001" to "0009" and "001".
Although it is set to 1 "to" 0019 ", it may actually be an address of a desired storage area.

The position data ID is the display means 27 described above.
It is data for displaying the position of the bin 25, which is displayed in b. For example, it is composed of the numbers “01” to “09”, and the bin 2
5 is arranged in the order of increasing numbers from the top to the bottom, that is, in ascending order (Table 1), or in the order of decreasing numbers from the top to the bottom, that is, in descending order (Table 2). Are specified in order. In this embodiment, the position data ID
It is assumed that the storage areas set in ascending order (Table 1) and the storage areas set in descending order (Table 2) are set and stored in the storage unit 28 in advance. The designation of the two storage areas described above, that is, the designation of the arrangement order of the position data IDs can be arbitrarily performed by the designation operation of the position data IDs described later.

By displaying the position data ID corresponding to the bin 25 on the display means 27b of the operation unit 27,
A user who recognizes the arrangement order of the position data ID can easily identify the position of the bin 25. In addition,
The arrangement order of the position data IDs may be arbitrarily selected, for example, according to the specifications of the device such as the order in which the sheets are loaded into the bins 25a to 25i, or the operation feeling of the user. Further, it is preferable to display the same display as the position data ID set for each bin 25 on each bin 25 or in the vicinity thereof, because it is possible to easily associate the position data ID with the bin 25.

The password PW can be arbitrarily set by a person who specializes in the movable bin 25 corresponding to each bin 25. As will be described later, by inputting the password PW set in the bin 25 from the input unit 27a of the operation unit 27, the position data ID corresponding to the bin 25 is displayed on the display unit 27b and the bin 25 is also displayed. The corresponding locking means 29 is designed to be released.

As shown in Tables 1 and 2, an initial value (default value) is set as the password PW, but the password PW can be arbitrarily updated as described later. Further, if the same password PW exists more than once, the position data ID is displayed and the lock is released more than once, and the bin 25 cannot be specified, which is not preferable. Therefore, as will be described later, duplicate password setting is prohibited. A data pair including the position data ID and the password PW is stored in the address AD corresponding to the bin 25.

Next, the operation of specifying the position data ID by the position data specifying means 31 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, the user selects the arrangement order of the position data IDs from the ascending order or the descending order and inputs predetermined data designating the ascending order or the descending order from the input means 27a (step S).
1).

The position data designating means 31 shown in FIG. 3 determines whether the input array order designates ascending order or descending order (step S2).

If the above data specifies the ascending order, it is set to use the storage area (Table 1) in which the position data IDs are arranged in the ascending order (step S3). On the other hand, if the data specifies the descending order, the storage area (Table 2) in which the position data IDs are arranged in the descending order is specified (step S).
4).

Then, the fact that the position data ID designating operation has been completed is displayed, for example, on the display means 27b (step S5). In the subsequent operations, the storage areas in the arrangement order of the designated position data IDs are used.

The data designating the arrangement order of the position data may be input from another input means (not shown) such as a dip switch in addition to the input means 27a.

Next, the password setting operation by the password setting means 32 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In this embodiment, as shown in Tables 1 and 2,
An initial value password PW0 (hereinafter, also referred to as an old password) is stored in advance in the storage area of the password PW in the storage unit 28. As the password PW0 having the initial value, for example, a password that makes it easy to identify the position of each bin 25 by, for example, making 4-digit data in which the 2-digit position data ID of the bin 25 is repeatedly arranged, is used. It is desirable to store it. That is, position data ID
Is "01", the initial password PW0 is "01".
It should be 01 ".

First, the user uses the input means 27a to input the old password PW0 ("0303") set in the bin 25 in which the password PW1 (hereinafter referred to as "new password") should be set, for example, the bin 25c of the bin number B3. Input (step S10).

As a result, the password setting means 32 of the control means 30 shown in FIG. 3 has the old password PW shown in Table 1.
0 (“0303”) indicates which address AD of the storage means 28
Position data ID (“0
3 ") is displayed on the display means 27a (step S1).
1). Therefore, the user can visually confirm the position data ID and confirm the bin 25.

Next, the user inputs the password to be newly set, that is, the password PW1 ("5555") to be updated, from the input means 28a (step S12). The password setting means 32 checks whether or not the same new password PW1 (“5555”) that has been input is already stored in the storage area of the password PW of the storage means 28 (step S13).

If the same password PW has already been stored, the fact that the setting operation is prohibited is displayed on the display means 27b, and the process returns to step 10 (step S14).

If the same one is not stored, the password PW1 ("5555") is stored in the storage means 28 (step S15).

When the storage is completed, the display means 27 to that effect is displayed.
It is displayed on the screen b and the process ends (step S16).

As shown in Table 1, bin 2 of bin number B3
Only the password for 5c is "0303" to "5555"
Has been updated and set. By performing such a password setting operation for all the bins 25, the password PW of all the bins 25 can be updated.

When the updated password is to be further updated, a new password may be decided and the same operation as described above may be performed.

Next, the normal operation (operation when receiving paper from a specific bin 25) will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In addition, the locking means 2 of the bottle 25 is previously prepared.
9 is in a locked state.

First, the user inputs the password PW of the bin 25 from the input means 27a (step S2).
0).

The data retrieving means 33 shown in FIG. 3 checks whether or not the inputted password PW is stored in the storage means 28 (step S21).

If the result in step 21 is affirmative (yes), the data retrieval means 33 retrieves (reads out) the position data ID forming a data pair with the password PW from the storage area and gives it to the display control means 34, and at the same time, the data pair. Is given to the lock control means 35. The display control means 34 displays the given position data ID on the display means 27b (step S22). The user can visually recognize the displayed position data ID and specify the bin 25 capable of receiving the paper.

When the lock control means 34 inputs the control information indicating that the data pair has been searched, the lock control means 34 unlocks only the lock means 29 of the bin 25 of the bin number BN corresponding to the searched position data ID. (Step S2
3). The user can open the unlocked bin 25 and take out the sheet.

If the answer in step S21 is negative (none), it is displayed that the entered password is incorrect and the process returns to step S20 (step S24).

In the above embodiment, the position data ID
Although the case where the arrangement order of is specified in ascending order (Table 1) has been described, the same applies to the case where the arrangement order of the position data ID is specified in descending order (Table 2). That is, in Table 2, the position data ID is assigned to the bin 25c of the bin number B3.
(“07”) is set, and the initial value password PW0 set in this bin 25c is “0707”. When this is updated and set to "5555" as described above, the initial password PW0 may be input and the same operation may be executed.

Further, although the case where the password is updated and used has been described in the present embodiment, the preset password PW0 of the initial value may be used as it is without being updated.

As described above, according to the above-described embodiment, by inputting the password PW set to each of the bins (similar items) 25 arranged in large numbers, the position data ID corresponding to the bin 25 is displayed. So many bins 2
The position of the bin 25 can be easily identified from among 5 and is not erroneously recognized. Therefore, unlike the prior art, the user does not need to store the position of the bin 25 corresponding to the set password PW.

Further, the arrangement order of the position data IDs for the bin 25 can be selected from a plurality of arrangement order types according to the specifications of the apparatus, the operation feeling of the user, or the like.

Further, since it is prohibited to set the same password PW twice, the password PW can be set safely.

In the present embodiment, the bottles, which are a large number of storage bodies provided in the sorter, have been described as an example of a large number of arranged similar bodies. However, the similar bodies in the present invention are limited to such storage bodies. However, it is effective in displaying the position of a desired analog in various devices having a large number of arranged analogs, and is widely applicable in such a device.

Further, in this embodiment, each bin (similar) is provided with the locking means 29, and the locking means 29 is provided.
Although the lock control means 34 for locking and unlocking the same is provided, it is not necessary to lock the individual similar items, and only by displaying the position data ID corresponding to the similar items by entering the password PW. In this case, the lock means 29 and the lock control means 34 can be omitted.

In this embodiment, both the position data ID and the password PW are shown as numbers, but the input means 27a is used.
It is sufficient that the data can be input and displayed by the display means 27b and can be displayed by the user and can be identified by the user. For example, any one of numbers, letters, and other symbols, or any combination thereof,
Either one or both of the position data ID and the password PW can be displayed.

In this embodiment, the position data ID is 2
Although the digits are used and the password PW is used to be 4 digits, the display means 27 is used.
Any number of digits can be displayed with b. Also, the display mode is
As described above, one position data ID may be alternatively displayed at the same position on the display unit 27b, or a section corresponding to the arrangement position of similar objects may be provided and displayed in the corresponding section.

In this embodiment, the bins (similar) are arranged in one line in the vertical direction. However, the multi-analog position display device of the present invention can be applied even when the array of analogs is different from that of the present embodiment. For example, the present invention can be applied to an arrangement in the horizontal direction, an arrangement of two or more rows in the vertical direction or the horizontal direction, or an arrangement in the depth direction. Therefore, the arrangement order of the position data IDs is not limited to two kinds of ascending order and descending order, and various arrangement orders can be set according to the arrangement of similar products.

In this embodiment, the position display data ID
Although the two storage areas are set in advance according to the arrangement order (ascending order and descending order) and one of the storage areas is designated, the following configuration may be adopted. That is, the data string of the position data ID in the ascending order and the data string of the position data ID in the descending order are stored in parallel in one storage area, and are searched by the data searching means 33. A data string of either one of the position data IDs may be designated and used.

[0052]

As described above, according to the position display apparatus for a large number of similar objects of the present invention, by inputting the password set for each of a large number of arranged similar objects,
Since the position data corresponding to the similar object is displayed, unlike the conventional method, it is possible to easily identify the position of the similar object to be obtained from a large number of similar objects without misidentification and set a password. It is not necessary to memorize the location of the created similar object together with the password. Therefore, by displaying the position of the similar object requested by the user, the similar object can be visually recognized quickly and accurately. Further, since the arrangement order of the position data set to the similar object can be selected from a plurality of types, the optimum arrangement order can be set according to the specifications of the device and the operation feeling. Further, since the same password is prohibited from being set twice, the password PW can be set safely.

The similar object is composed of a container capable of opening and closing the internal storage space with respect to the outside, and a lock means for locking or unlocking the similar product in the closed state is provided for each of the similar products, and input. When the lock control means for unlocking only the lock means of the similar object specified by the password given to the means is provided, the position data corresponding to the similar object is displayed by inputting the password, and You can unlock similar objects. Therefore, it is suitable when it is applied to a storage device such as a sorter, a locker, and a cabinet that includes a large number of storage bodies and has a mechanism for locking each storage body in a closed state.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view showing an embodiment in which a position display device for many similar objects of the present invention is applied to a sorter.

FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a control system in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a setting operation of position data.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a password setting operation.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a normal operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 25 (25a to 25i) Bin (similar) 27a Input means 27b Display means 28 Storage means 29 (29a to 29i) Locking means 30 Control means 31 Position data designating means 32 Password setting means 33 Data search means 34 Display control means 35 Lock Control means

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A main body device having a large number of similar objects arranged in a predetermined direction, display means for displaying the existence position of a specific similar object, position data corresponding to each of the similar objects, and the similar object. Storage means for storing a data pair consisting of a password corresponding to each of the above at addresses corresponding to each of the similar objects, and position data designation for specifying the arrangement order of the position data according to the data given from the input means. And a password corresponding to the similar item according to the data given from the input means and stored in the storage means, and a password setting for prohibiting the storage of two or more identical passwords in the storage means. Means, and the position forming a data pair with the password based on the password given from the input means. Data display means for searching the storage means for data, and display control means for displaying the position data obtained by the search means on the display means. . 2. The position display apparatus for a multiplicity of similar objects according to claim 1, wherein the similar object comprises a storage body capable of opening and closing an internal storage space with respect to the outside. 3. Locking means for locking or unlocking a similar object in a closed state is provided for each of the similar objects, and only the locking means of the similar object corresponding to the data pair retrieved by the data retrieval means is provided. 3. A position display device for a plurality of similar objects according to claim 2, further comprising lock control means for unlocking.