JPH0727195Y2 - Paper alignment device for writing system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a sheet alignment device in a brush drawing device.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, in a writing brush drawing device, a mark serving as a reference for aligning the paper is provided on the drawing surface or the outer frame of the writing brush drawing device, and the center of the paper is set on the reference drawing face mark. It used a method of aligning the edges of the paper with the marks on the outer frame.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) Therefore, when drawing on a sheet smaller than the outer frame of the writing brush drawing apparatus, the mark of the outer frame of the reference writing brush drawing apparatus and the edge of the sheet cannot be directly aligned, The character string cannot be drawn at the desired position on the paper surface and the balance of the drawn character string with respect to the drawing surface becomes unbalanced, or the drawn character overlaps the water drawing part of the paper that is preprinted on the paper surface,
When drawing the postal code of postcards and envelopes, the postal code entry frame may stick out and be drawn, and the paper may be wasted.
In addition, when drawing on thick paper where the mark on the drawing surface that is the reference becomes invisible, and a paper holding jig for pressing the floating of the paper that most affects the quality of the drawn characters. When installed on top, there was a problem that the mark on the drawing surface could not be confirmed and the paper could not be installed.

(Means for Solving the Problem) In order to solve the problem, the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, is a writing brush f, a writing brush holding portion e for holding the writing brush, and the writing brush on the drawing surface of the paper. A drive means d for moving the holding part e in the front / rear / left / right and height directions, a character data storage means j for storing drive data for drawing a character, and an input for inputting a character or a control code for starting / stopping a drawing, etc. Means a, character storage means g for storing the character or character string selected by the input means a, character or character string stored in the character storage means g or stored in the character storage means g by the control code Control for reading the drive data corresponding to the above from the character data storage means j by the drawing information reading means h, and driving or stopping the drive means d by the drive data corresponding to the read character data. In the brush drawing device comprising the means c, when the paper is installed in the brush drawing device so that a character or a character string can always be drawn accurately at a desired position on the paper surface, the brush holding part e is a reference within the drawing range. Paper position alignment instructing means b for inputting a control code for moving to the point P ₁ , and coordinate data in front, rear, left, right, and height directions for moving the writing brush holding part e by operating the paper alignment instructing means b. The paper position adjustment instruction data storage means i for storing the above is provided, and the reference point P ₁ is provided in advance on the paper surface of the paper so that the characters or character strings can always be accurately drawn at a desired position on the paper surface. By operating the instruction means b, the brush holding part e is moved to the reference point P ₁ within the drawing range, and the tip of the writing brush f held by the brush holding part e and the predetermined reference point P _{1 of the} paper are set. I'll match It is obtained by the. The issue of horizontal / vertical degree of paper was solved by a method using an optical sensor or a mechanical mechanism.

(Example I) An example of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a control block configuration of the present embodiment I. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a control block configuration of the second embodiment. FIG. 4 is a predetermined reference point position diagram on the paper side.
FIG. 5 shows how to align the paper positions in this embodiment.

f is a writing brush.

Reference numeral e is a brush holding portion that holds a writing brush.

Reference numeral a is a numeric keypad for inputting a character code corresponding to a character to be drawn by the input means, and a control key for operating and stopping the drawing device.

Reference numeral 16 denotes a paper position adjusting key, which is composed of a key group for moving the brush holding portion e to the reference point P ₁ within the drawing range in order to set the paper on the brush drawing device, and is for each paper size to be drawn.

Reference numeral j is a data ROM in which drive data for driving the drive means d by the character data storage means to draw a desired character is stored.

Reference numeral i denotes a sheet alignment instruction data storage means, which is a data ROM for storing coordinate data in the front-rear, left-right, and height directions for moving the brush holding portion e by the sheet alignment key 16. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, the paper is set so that the reference point P ₁ on the paper side is aligned with the extension line of the brush f of the writing brush system. Therefore, when a character or a character string is drawn on the paper. In order to make it easier for the writing brush f and the paper reference point P ₁ to match by selecting the coordinate position in the XY direction on the drawing surface that can draw on the paper surface in a well-balanced manner, the brush drawing device is normally stopped. The XYZ data added in the height direction, which is slightly lower than the height of, is stored for each paper size to be drawn.
P ₂ is provided to obtain the horizontality of the paper at the reference point P ₂ .

In this embodiment, ROM is used for the storage means i and the character data storage means j, but a floppy disk or a memory card may be used.

Reference numeral I is an input port for fetching a signal corresponding to a character code or a control code input from the input means a or the paper alignment key 16.

A central processing unit CPU 2 controls the entire system.

A program ROM 3 stores a program for controlling the writing brush drawing apparatus.

Reference numeral 4 is a character storage means g for temporarily storing the character code string input from the input port, and is used during the arithmetic processing of the CPU 2.
RAM.

An output port 5 outputs a drive pulse train processed by the CPU 2 as required to the drive means d.

d is a pulse motor X drive circuit 6 and a pulse motor Y drive for instructing the pulse motor X9 and the pulse motor Y10 of signals corresponding to the positions in the front-rear and left-right directions based on the drive pulse train instructed by the drive means through the output port. A circuit 7, a pulse motor Z drive circuit 8 for instructing a pulse motor Z11 with a signal corresponding to the vertical direction, and a drive unit X12, a drive unit Y13, and a drive unit connected to the output shafts of the respective pulse motors 9, 10, 11. Z1
Composed of 4.

K ₁ is the light source (1) and the reference point P ₁ is indicated by a point, K ₂ is the light source (2) and the reference point P ₂ is indicated by a point, and light source (1) K ₁ and light source (2) K ₂ are indicated by It operates according to the operations of the drive device X12 and the drive device Y13. The display is displayed by the paper position alignment instruction means b.

P ₁ and P _{2 in} FIG. 4 are reference points provided on the side of the paper, and are reference points for matching the tip direction of the writing brush f when installing the paper in the writing device as shown in FIG. is there.

c is a control means for storing the character or character string input by the input means a in the character storage means g, or the character data corresponding to the character or character string stored in the character storage means g by the control code. Is read from the character data storage means i by the drawing information reading means h, and the driving means d is driven or stopped by the driving data corresponding to the read character data to input port 1, CPU 2, program ROM 3, RAM 4 , Output port 5
Composed of.

h is a drawing information reading means, which is input by the input means a
The drive data corresponding to the character code string stored in step 1 is read from the character data storage means j. CPU2, program RO
It is composed of M3 and RAM4.

Reference numeral b is a paper position instructing means for inputting a control code for moving the brush holding portion e to the reference point P ₁ within the drawing range. Paper alignment key 16, input port 1, CPU2,
It consists of program ROM3 and RAM4.

When the postcard address is temporarily written by the writing brush drawing apparatus having the above-described configuration, the operation is performed as follows.

First, as shown in FIG. 4, the upper red frame on the front side of the postcard is set as the reference point at the lower left position P ₁ of the leftmost postal code entry frame.

When the paper alignment key 16 for installing the postcard table on the brush writing device is pressed, the CPU 2 reads the drive data for aligning the paper on the front side of the postcard from the paper alignment instruction data storage means i, and the read data. Based on the above, it is converted into a drive pulse train in the front-rear, left-right, and height directions, and output to the pulse motor X drive circuit 6, the pulse motor Y drive circuit 7, and the pulse motor Z drive circuit 8 via the output port 5. As a result, pulse motor X9, pulse motor Y10, pulse motor Z11
Drive, drive device X12, drive device Y13, drive device Z14
As a result, the writing brush holding portion e and the writing brush f move to the point P ₁ that serves as a reference in the drawing range in order to align the sheets. After that, a postcard is installed in the brush drawing device. Then, as shown in FIG. 5, the optical axis of the light source (1) K ₁ is set to P at the lower left position of the leftmost zip code entry frame in FIG. 4 which is predetermined in the direction of the tip of the writing brush f. Match ₁ point. Align the optical axis of the light source (2) K ₂ with P _{2 in the} same way as aligning with P ₁ point, and then align so that P ₁ point does not shift. After that, the character code corresponding to the character to be drawn is input by the input means a. The input character code is temporarily stored in the RAM 4 via the input port 1 and the CPU 2. Repeat this to finish inputting the character string you want to draw. Then, when the start key on the input device a is pressed, the CPU2 reads the drive data string corresponding to the character code stored in RAM4, converts it to the drive pulse train in the front, back, left, right, and height directions and outputs the pulse through the output port 5. It outputs to the motor X drive circuit 6, the pulse motor Y drive circuit 7, and the pulse motor Z drive circuit 8. As a result, the pulse motor X9, the pulse motor Y10, and the pulse motor Z11 are driven to drive the drive device X1.
2. The driving device Y13 and the driving device Z14 move the writing brush holding part e and the writing brush f to draw a writing brush image.

Further, after the drawing is completed, when the postcard is exchanged and a new postcard is drawn, when the paper is set in the brush drawing device using the paper alignment key 16 as described above, the paper can be accurately positioned at a desired position on the paper surface. Since it is possible to draw in a well-balanced manner, it is possible to prevent mistakes due to misalignment of paper and to save paper waste.

If you want to draw on other size paper, press the paper alignment key 16 of the desired paper to
Reads the drive data for performing the paper alignment corresponding to the desired paper from the paper alignment position data storage means i, and the drive means d sets the writing brush f to the reference point P ₁ as a reference in the drawing range. Moving. Then, the paper may be installed so that the reference points P ₁ and P ₂ previously determined for each paper coincide with each other on the extension line of the moved writing brush f in the tip direction.

By installing the paper in this way, the reference point on the paper side is changed for each paper, so it is possible to use a corner of the paper or a fixed position printed in advance on the paper surface as the reference point. Eliminates the need to set reference points on the paper.

(Embodiment 2) As shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of LEDs are arranged in the X direction and the Y direction below the paper surface of the writing brush drawing device as the means for setting the horizontal / vertical degree of the paper to move to the reference point P ₁ . After that, you can set the paper by observing the horizontal / vertical degree by the array of LEDs.

(Embodiment 3) If a reference point P ₁ can be set by using a drafter mechanism as a method for mechanically setting the horizontal / vertical degree of the paper, the paper can be set horizontally / vertically.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, according to the present invention, since the paper f aligning key 16 is used to move the writing brush f to set the paper on the drawing surface of the writing apparatus, a mark for setting the paper is provided. Since there is a horizontal / vertical degree setting means for the paper without hiding by obstacles, the method of installing the paper is simple, and the paper surface can be drawn accurately at a desired position on the paper surface and in good balance on the paper surface. There is no waste of paper such as drawing characters overlapping the water drawing part of preprinted paper and drawing the postal code of the postcard or envelope by sticking out the postal code entry frame. .

[Brief description of drawings]

1 ... Device configuration diagram of the present invention, FIG. 2 ... Control block diagram of Embodiment 1 of the present invention, FIG. 3 ... Control block diagram of Embodiment 2 of the present invention, FIG. 4 ... Postcard FIG. 5 is a diagram showing reference points of FIG. 5 ... Sheet alignment diagram of this embodiment.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A holding unit for holding a writing brush by means of a driving unit by operating the input unit to read out predetermined character data from a storage unit for storing character data. In a brush drawing device that drives in the height direction to draw a desired character on a sheet set on the sheet drawing surface, a storage unit that stores instruction data for aligning the sheet on the sheet drawing surface. A sheet position instructing means for selectively operating any one of a plurality of sheets of different sizes and a means for displaying the position of the sheet. Display means for electronically displaying at least two predetermined points or one point and a line on the drawing surface of the paper, and operating in response to a selective operation of the paper aligning means to put the display means into an operating state. With Control means for reading out data relating to the selected paper from the storage means and operating the driving means to position the writing brush operating section at one of the two points of the display means. Brush writing device