JPH08161563A - Recording paper taking-in/out information recording method for tachograph, and tachograph - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To easily find a clue from records on recording paper if information recording to the recording paper is interrupted by recording recording paper taking-in/out information at a recording paper part outside a specific area when a holder is taken in or out to an information recording place. CONSTITUTION: A rotary table 2 as the holder which holds the recording paper 10 for information recording is taken in and out to the information recording place in a main body 1. While the recording paper 10 held on the rotary table 22 at the information recording place is rotated, travel information E on a vehicle is recorded in the specific area 10b on the recording paper 10. At this time, a detecting means 705 detects either of the rotary table 22 being taken in or out, and an interruptive operation means 707 places a taking-in/out information recording means 18c in interruptive operation by a 2nd driving means 703 to record the recording paper taking-in/out information D at the part outside of the specific area 10b of the recording paper 10. Consequently, whether or not the rotary table 22 is taken in or out during the recording of the travel information can be found on the recording paper 10.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for leaving a trace of recording / removal of recording paper on a recording paper in an operation recording recorder for recording running information of a vehicle, and an operation recording recorder implementing the method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An operation recorder mounted on a vehicle such as a truck, a bus, or a taxi brings a recording needle into contact with a circular recording paper which is rotated with the passage of time, and the recording needle is moved to a predetermined area of the recording paper. By moving the recording paper in the radial direction within the range, information such as the traveling speed and traveling distance of the vehicle is recorded on the recording paper location on the locus of the recording needle.

[0003]

With such a recording mode, in the operation recorder, for example, the recording of information is interrupted once and the position of the recording paper is shifted to a position deviated from the current time. When the recording is resumed, the information is recorded on the recording paper portion in the time zone when the vehicle is not operating, as if the vehicle was operating during the time zone, which may lead to the falsification of the recorded information intentionally. Therefore, when the above-described operation of the recording paper is performed, it is possible to leave some traces on the recording paper as a clue that the information on the recording paper may be falsified. desirable.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances.
An object of the present invention is to stop recording information on recording paper,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a recording paper loading / unloading information recording method for an operation recorder and an operation recorder, which can easily find the clue from the recording of the recording paper.

[0005]

The present invention as set forth in claim 1, which achieves the above object, relates to a recording paper loading / unloading information recording method for an operation recorder, which comprises a holding body for holding the recording paper for recording information. When the vehicle travel information is recorded in a predetermined area of the recording paper while rotating the recording paper held by the holder at the information recording location, the information recording location The recording paper loading / unloading information is recorded on the portion of the recording paper outside the predetermined area when at least one of the loading and unloading of the holder is performed.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the recording paper loading / unloading information is recorded by using the running information recording means.

Further, according to the present invention for attaining the above object, as shown in FIG. 1, a holding body 22 for holding the recording paper 10 and an information recording portion inside the holding body 22 are provided. The main body 1 to be taken in and out, and the travel information recording means 18A, 18 provided on the main body 1 for recording the travel information E
B and 18C, and a first driving means 701 provided in the main body 1 for performing a recording operation of the traveling information recording means 18A, 18B and 18C within a predetermined area 10b of the recording paper 10 held by the holding body 22. In an operation recorder provided with, a take-in / out information recording means 18C for recording recording paper take-in / out information D provided in the main body 1, and the take-in / out information recording means 18C provided in the main body 1 and held in the holding body 22. The predetermined area 10b of the recorded recording paper 10
Second driving means 703 for recording operation by an external portion, detection means 705 provided in the main body 1 for detecting at least one of taking in and out of the holding body 22 with respect to the information recording place, and the information by the detecting means 705. An interrupt operation means 707 for interrupting the in / out information recording means 18C by the second drive means 703 is provided when at least one of the insertion / removal of the holding body 22 with respect to the recording position is detected.

Further, according to the present invention as set forth in claim 4, the holding body 22 is provided, and is taken in and out of the main body 1 in a direction parallel to the extending direction of the recording paper 10 held by the holding body 22. The tray 21 and the detecting means 70.
Reference numeral 5 is for detecting at least one of the insertion and removal of the tray portion 21 with respect to the main body 1. further,
The present invention according to claim 5 provides the traveling information recording means 18
A, 18B and 18C also serve as the recording paper loading / unloading information recording means 18C, and at the time of interruption by the interruption operation means 707, the second driving means 703 causes the traveling information recording means 18A, 18B and 18C to act on the holding body. It is assumed that the recording operation is performed in a portion outside the predetermined area 10b of the recording paper 10 held on the sheet 22.

[0009]

According to the recording paper loading / unloading information recording method of the operation recorder of the present invention, the recording paper loading / unloading information is recorded on the recording paper portion outside the predetermined area of the recording paper on which the traveling information of the vehicle is recorded. A trace of the holder holding the recording paper for recording information in and out of the information recording location in the main body remains on the recording paper. Therefore, an easy-to-understand clue to know whether or not the holder has been taken in and out of the information recording portion in the main body while recording the traveling information is easy depending on whether or not the information is recorded in the area other than the predetermined area of the recording paper. Can be obtained. Note that the operation recorder of the present invention has the same effect.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A method of recording recording paper information of an operation recorder according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings together with the operation recorder. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the outer appearance of a tray type operation recorder according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2, 1
Shows the main body, and is provided with a clock 2, various operation buttons 3A, 3B, 3C for setting the time of the clock 2, and a changeover switch 5 for changing the recording pattern in response to the change of crew members. . In this embodiment, the main body 1 has a width of 182 mm and a height of 52 mm.
The depth is 170 mm, which is the same size as a car radio.

Reference numeral 21 denotes a tray portion which can be inserted into and taken out from the inlet / outlet opening 1a of the main body 1, that is, which is attached in a pull-out manner.
A front panel 21E having a size that just closes a is provided. The drawing shows the state where the tray portion 21 is located at the recording paper exchange portion pulled out from the main body 1, and the rotary table 22 (holding the recording paper 10 (at the center of the upper portion of the tray portion 21). (Corresponding to a holding body) is rotatably provided, and a locking projection 22a having a substantially water drop shape is formed at a central portion of the rotary table 22, and a cylindrical rotary shaft 22b is provided on the locking projection 22a. It is further projected. Further, inside the tray portion 21, a timepiece mechanism (not shown) for rotating the rotary table 22 with the passage of time,
A power transmission gear group (not shown) that transmits the power of the timepiece mechanism to the rotary table 22 is housed.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the main part of the recording paper held on the rotary table. The recording paper 10 has a circular shape and has a substantially water-drop shaped central hole 10a engageable with the locking projection 22a. It has in the center. Recording paper 1 outside the center hole 10a
In area 0, a mileage recording area 10c, a crew change recording area 10d, and a travel speed recording area 10e are formed concentrically in order from the center hole 10a, and these mileage recording area 10c and crew change recording area 10d are formed. , And the traveling speed recording area 10e constitute a traveling information recording area 10b (corresponding to a predetermined area). In addition, in the traveling speed recording area 10e, from 0 km / h to 10
A scale 10h is marked in steps of km / h.

FIGS. 4 and 5 are explanatory views showing the structure of the main part inside the main body. FIG. 4 shows a state in which the tray portion 21 is located at the recording paper exchange location, and FIG. 5 shows the tray portion 21. 1 shows a state of being located at an information recording location housed in the main body 1.

The tray portion 21 has two racks 1 arranged inside the main body 1 at intervals in the width direction of the main body 1.
A (only one is shown in FIGS. 4 and 5) and the pinion 21A at the bottom of the tray portion 21 that meshes with the rack 1A.
The circular recording paper 1 on the turntable 22 is guided by
The coil tray (not shown) wound in and out of the main body 1 in the horizontal direction along the paper plane direction of 0 and wound around the pivot 21C of the pinion 21A causes the tray portion 21 to move to the main body 1
It is urged in the direction of moving from inside to outside.

Incidentally, 21B in FIGS. 4 and 5 is a tray portion 21.
The engagement protrusions 1B at the rear end are latch mechanisms that are provided at the rear part of the main body 1 and can be engaged with and disengaged from the engagement protrusions 21B. The latch mechanism 1B is engaged by pushing the tray portion 21 deep into the main body 1. It is configured to engage with the engaging projection 21B, hold the tray portion 21 at the information recording location against the biasing force of the coil spring, and release the engaging projection 21B by pushing the tray portion 21 again. Has been done. In addition, 1H and 21D in FIGS. 4 and 5 indicate stopper members provided on the main body 1 and the tray portion 21, respectively. These stopper members 1H and 21D replace the tray portion 21 with the recording paper as shown in FIG. The tray portion 21 is engaged with the tray portion 21 in a pulled-out state and regulates further pulling-out of the tray portion 21.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 24 indicates a lock provided on the front panel 21E, and the lock 24 is a cylinder 24d.
With a key (not shown) inserted in the key hole 24a of the above, it can be rotated to the lock position 24b and the unlock position 24c shown in the figure, and the key can be inserted into and removed from the key hole 24a only at the lock position 24b. Has been done.

Further, 25 in FIG. 2 is the cylinder 24.
The operator 25 is shown projecting from the peripheral surface of d.
6 shows the front panel 21E from the back side, as shown by the solid line in FIG. 6, at the locking position 24b of the lock 24, the tip projects outward from the right end of the front panel 21E, as shown by the imaginary line in the figure. , The front panel 21E at the unlocked position 24c of the lock 24
It is formed so that it can be hidden inside. Further, reference numeral 26 in FIGS. 2 and 6 denotes a switch for detecting the lock position 24b of the lock 24.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing the structure of the switch 26. The switch 26 is composed of a main body 26A, a retractable button 26B projecting from a lower surface of the main body 26A, and an extension below the button 26B. It comprises a well-known micro switch composed of a flexible spring plate 26C. When the lock 24 is in the closed position 24b, the switch 26 is operated by the operator 25 via the spring plate 26C and the button 26B.
Is pushed into the main body 26A, so that the main body 26A
While the internal electrical contact (not shown) is conducted to output the lock signal, the lock 24 is at the unlock position 24c,
The operator 25 is separated from the spring plate 26C, the button 26B is returned, the electric contact is opened, and the output of the lock signal is stopped.

In FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, 27 is a switch for detecting the information recording location of the tray section 21. Similar to the switch 26, the switch 27 is, as shown in FIG. 7, a main body 27A, a retractable button 27B projecting from the front surface of the main body 27A, and an extendable front of the button 27B. It consists of a well-known micro switch composed of a flexible spring plate 27C. The switch 27 is
The button 27B is pushed into the main body 27A via the spring plate 27C by the rear end of the tray portion 21 while the tray portion 21 is held at the information recording position by the engagement of the latch mechanism 1B and the engagement protrusion 21B. As a result, an electric contact (not shown) inside the main body 27A conducts to output a tray portion accommodation signal, while the tray portion 21 is at the recording paper replacement location, the rear end of the tray portion 21 is separated from the spring plate 27C. The push button 27B is returned to open the electrical contact and stop the output of the tray portion accommodation signal.

In FIGS. 4 and 5, 18A, 18B, 1
Reference numeral 8C indicates a recording needle (corresponding to a traveling information recording unit) that records information such as traveling distance and traveling speed on the recording paper 10. Of these, the recording needle 18A is the traveling distance recording area 1 of the recording paper 10.
Recording needle 18 for distance recording for recording mileage information at 0c
B is for change recording for recording crew change information in the crew change recording area 10d of the recording paper 10, and the recording needle 18C is for speed recording for recording running speed information in the running speed recording area 10e of the recording paper 10. These recording needles 18A, 18B,
As shown generally in FIG. 2, the reference numeral 18C indicates the recording needles 18A, 18B, 18C along the recording paper 10 in the front-back direction of the main body 1.
First to third recording needle moving means 5 for individually moving
The recording needle moving means 58, 59, 60 are provided vertically from the recording needles 18A, 18B, 1
8C is supported at a position on the main body 1 side above the information recording position of the tray portion 21 via a single recording needle raising / lowering means 50 that moves the recording medium 8C toward and away from the recording paper 10.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory view showing an example of the recording needle elevating means and the recording needle moving means portion for moving the recording needle for speed recording in the front-back direction of the main body, which is shown upside down from the actual state. There is. The recording needle elevating means 50 includes a stepping motor 51 and an output shaft 51 of the stepping motor 51.
It comprises a pinion 52 attached to a, an elevating frame 54 on which a rack 53 meshing with the pinion 52 is formed, and a switch 55 for detecting the position of the elevating frame 54.

The elevating frame 54 is moved up and down by the forward and reverse rotations of the stepping motor 51, and the recording needles 18A,
18B and 18C are the traveling distance recording area 10 of the recording paper 10.
c, crew change recording area 10d, traveling speed recording area 10
e, the lower limit points that contact e, and the regions 10c and 10
It moves between the upper limit locations separated upward from d and 10e. Like the switches 26 and 27, the switch 55 includes a main body 55A and a main body 55A as shown in FIG.
It is composed of a well-known micro switch composed of a retractable button 55B protruding from the lower surface of the and a flexible spring plate 55C extending below the button 55B. In the switch 55, the button 55B is pushed into the main body 55A by the elevating frame 54 via the spring plate 55C in a state where the elevating frame 54 is located at the upper limit position, whereby the electrical contacts inside the main body 55A (Fig. (Not shown) conducts to output an elevating frame detection signal, while when the elevating frame 54 descends from the upper limit point and is at the lower limit point, the elevating frame 54 separates from the spring plate 55C and the button 55B returns to the above-mentioned position. The electrical contact is opened, and the output of the lifting frame detection signal is stopped.

The moving means 60 for the recording needle 18C is provided with a guide rod 61, a moving plate 62, a stepping motor 63, an encoder 64 and the like which are arranged in the upper portion of the main body 1. Two guide rods 61 are provided, extend in the front-rear direction of the main body 1 in parallel with each other, and are supported by the lower surface of the elevating frame 54. The moving plate 62 is supported by the two guide rods 61 so as to be movable in the front-rear direction of the main body 1, and a rack 62a is formed on a side portion of the moving plate 62. The rack 62a includes an encoder. The pinion 64a attached to the rotating shaft 64b of 64 is meshed.

The stepping motor 63 is supported on the lower surface of the elevating frame 54, an output gear 63a of the stepping motor 63 is meshed with an intermediate gear 63b, and a shaft 63c of the intermediate gear 63b and the encoder 64.
The rotary shaft 64b is inserted into the elevating frame 54 and projects toward the upper surface of the elevating frame 54, and is connected by a power transmission gear group (not shown). That is, the moving plate 62
Is the intermediate gear 63b, the power transmission gear group, and the pinion 6 of the encoder 64 by the forward / reverse rotation of the stepping motor 63.
The power transmitted through the rack 4a and the rack 62a guides the guide rod 61 to move the main body 1 in the front-rear direction.

The encoder 64 includes a disc-shaped 5-bit gray code plate (not shown) attached to the rotary shaft 64b, and five brushes (not shown) sliding on the gray code plate. The recording needle 18 according to the pattern of the conductive state between the brushes that are in contact with the gray code.
The actual position of C is the tray unit 2 located at the information recording location.
An encoder pulse is output that indicates, at intervals of 5 km / h, how many km / h the scale 10h position of the recording paper 10 on 1 is.

It should be noted that the recording needle 18A for recording the traveling distance, the recording needle 18B for recording the crew change, and the respective recording needles 1
Although not shown in FIG. 8, the moving means 58 and 59 of 8A and 18B are stepping motors supported by the lower surface of the elevating frame 54, and substantially hearts attached to the output shafts of the stepping motors. Type cam and each recording needle 18
A conventionally well-known cam follower that supports A and 18B and reciprocates in the front-back direction of the main body 1 following the cam surface of the cam is used.

The stepping motor 63 uses the traveling sensor 80 mounted on the drive wheels (not shown) of the vehicle to travel pulses having a cycle corresponding to the traveling speed, based on the traveling speed and traveling distance of the vehicle. By the control of a microcomputer 70 for measuring the
Forward rotation and reverse rotation are driven by an amount according to the traveling speed. Also,
The stepping motor for driving the recording needles 18A, 18B is rotationally driven by the control of the microcomputer 70 according to the traveling distance and the switching state of the changeover switch 5.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of the microcomputer, and the microcomputer 70 is basically a C
It comprises a PU 70a, a RAM 70b, and a ROM 70c. The CPU 70a has an input interface 71a.
The traveling sensor 80 and the encoder 64 are connected via the input port 71b, and the changeover switch 5 and the switches 26, 27, 55 are connected via the input port 71b. Further, the CPU 70a has an output interface 7
Stepping motor drivers 72a to 72e respectively corresponding to the recording hands 18A, 18B, 18C, the clock mechanism of the tray portion 21, and the recording hand lifting means 50 via the 1c.
Is connected. The drivers 72a and 72b include
The stepping motors (not shown) for driving the recording needles 18A and 18B are respectively connected, and the stepping motor 63 is connected to the driver 72c.
The clock mechanism is connected to d, and the stepping motor 51 is connected to the driver 72e.

A work area used during the processing operation of the CPU 70a is secured in the RAM 70b. In the ROM 70c, a traveling pulse input interval t from the traveling sensor 80, an encoder pulse from the encoder 64,
The changeover state of the changeover switch 5 and the switches 26, 27,
Based on the open / closed state of 55, a program for various processes performed by the CPU 70a, such as a calculation program for calculating the number of drive steps of the stepping motor 63, the recording needles 18A and 18B, and the stepping motor 51, is stored. ing. Then, the CPU 70a executes the processing operation according to the program, and outputs the result to each of the drivers 72a to 72e as necessary.

Next, according to the program stored in the ROM, the CP
The processing performed by U will be described with reference to the flowcharts in FIGS. When the operation recorder is powered on and the program is started, as shown in FIG. 10, it is detected whether or not the ascending / descending frame detection signal from the switch 55 is input (step S1), and if it is not input. (N in step S1), assuming that the elevating frame 54 is located at the lower limit position, the stepping motor 51 is normally driven by a predetermined number of drive steps for positioning the elevating frame 54 at the upper limit position (step S1). S
3), go to step S5. Further, when the elevation frame detection signal is input (Y in step S1), step S3 is skipped and the process jumps to step S5.

In step S5, it is detected whether or not the tray section accommodation signal from the switch 27 is inputted,
If the tray part accommodation signal is not input (N in step S5), step S5 is repeated until it is input, and if it is input (Y in step S5), the lock signal from the switch 26 is output. It is detected whether or not it is input (step S7). When the lock signal is not input (N in step S7), step S7 is repeated until it is input, and when it is input (Y in step S7), the encoder pulse from the encoder 64 is fetched ( Step S9), the value is the recording needle 18
The origin position of C, that is, the scale 10 of "0 km / h" on the recording paper 10 on the tray portion 21 located at the information recording location.
It is confirmed whether or not it is “00000” indicating the h position (step S11).

The encoder pulse value is "00000"
If not (N in step S11), based on the difference from the encoder pulse value fetched in step S9, the stepping motor 63 for returning the recording needle 18C to the origin position where the encoder pulse value becomes "00000".
Is calculated (step S13), the stepping motor 63 is driven in the normal direction by the number of drive steps (step S15), and the process returns to step S9. If the encoder pulse value is "00000" (Y in step S11), in step S17, the stepping motor 51 is reversely driven by the predetermined number of driving steps in step S3 in order to lower the elevating frame 54 to the lower limit position. To do.

Next, with the recording needle 18C in contact with the recording paper 10, the center hole 1 is moved from the position 10h of "0 km / h" scale 10h.
In order to move the stepping motor 63 back and forth for a predetermined length to the 0a side, the stepping motor 63 is driven in the forward direction by a predetermined number of driving steps (step S19), and then the stepping motor 63 is driven in the reverse direction by the same number of driving steps (step S21). Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 11, the timepiece mechanism is driven to start rotating the rotary table 22 (step S23), and it is detected whether or not there is a travel pulse input from the travel sensor 80 (step S25). ).

When the traveling pulse is input (Y in step S25), the information recording process (step S2) is performed.
Moving to 7), the traveling distance and traveling speed are calculated based on the traveling pulse, and the stepping motor 63 or the like is driven according to the calculation result to move the recording needles 18A and 18C according to the traveling distance and traveling speed, Then, it transfers to step S29. On the other hand, when the traveling pulse is not input (N in step S25), step S27 is skipped, and it is detected in step S29 whether or not the lock signal from the switch 26 is input. If the lock signal is input (Y in step S29), the process returns to step S25, and if not (Y in step S29), the clock mechanism is stopped in step S31, and then the process proceeds to step S3. To return.

As is clear from the above description, in this embodiment, step S2 in the flowchart of FIG.
The steps in the information recording process generally described in 7 correspond to the first driving means 701, and steps S19 and S21 in the flowchart of FIG. 10 correspond to the second driving means 70.
3, the detection means 705 is composed of steps S5 and S7 and the switches 26 and 27, and steps S9 to S17 are interrupt operation means 70.
It is equivalent to 7.

Next, the operation (action) will be described. First, when the power is turned on, the elevating table 54 is raised to the upper limit location by the normal rotation drive of the stepping motor 55, and the recording needles 18A, 18B, 18C are placed on the tray portion 21 at the information recording location as shown in FIG. It is initialized to a position in the main body 1 which is higher than the recording paper 10. In this state, the tray portion 21 is once pulled out to the recording paper exchange location, the recording paper 10 is mounted on the rotary table 22, and then the tray portion 21 is housed in the main body 1 again and moved to the information recording location. 21. The tray 27 accommodation signal is output from the switch 27 by the contact with the spring plate 27C at the rear end, and a key is inserted into the key hole 24a to unlock the lock 24 at the unlocked position 2
When the tray portion 21 is locked by rotating from 4c to the lock position 24b, the switch 26 outputs a lock signal due to the contact of the operator 25 with the spring plate 26A.

Here, the recording needle 18C is moved to a position above the "0 km / h" scale 10h of the recording paper 10 on the rotary table 22 by the normal rotation driving of the stepping motor 63, and further the reverse rotation of the stepping motor 55 is performed. By driving, the scale 10h of "0 km / h" is brought into contact with the scale, and by the forward / reverse driving of the stepping motor 63, the scale 10h of "0 km / h" is contacted with the recording paper 10 and a predetermined distance from the center hole 10a is reached. It is reciprocated for a long time. This allows
As shown in FIG. 3, the tray portion 21 is moved from the recording paper replacement location to the information recording location in the main body 1 on 10 recording papers where information is not originally recorded below the scale of 0 km / h 10h. The tray portion accommodation information D shown is recorded.

Subsequently, when the rotary table 22 starts to rotate and then the travel pulse is input from the travel sensor 80, the recording needle 18C comes into contact with the recording paper 10 by the reverse rotation or the normal rotation drive of the stepping motor 63. The vehicle is moved according to the traveling speed as it is, the traveling speed information E is recorded in the traveling speed recording area 10e as shown in FIG. 3, and similarly, the traveling distance recording area 10c and the crew change recording by the recording needles 18A and 18B. Each information (not shown) of the traveling distance and the crew change is recorded in the area 10d.

Next, as the recording paper 10 is taken out, a key is inserted into the keyhole 24a to rotate the lock 24 from the closed position 24b to the unlocked position 24c, and the operating element 25 is moved to the imaginary line in FIG. The switch 26 moves away from the spring plate 26C.
The output of the lock signal from the table is stopped, the rotation of the rotary table 22 by the timepiece mechanism is stopped, and the elevating frame 54 is raised to the upper limit position by the normal rotation drive of the stepping motor 55, and the recording hands 18A, 18B. , 18C separate from the recording paper 10. When the tray portion 21 is pushed in here, the engagement of the engagement protrusion 21B by the latch member 1D is released, and thereby the pinion 21A starts to rotate due to the elastic force of the coil spring at the bottom of the tray portion 21 and the rack 1A. The tray portion 21 moves toward the recording paper exchange location by meshing with.

When the tray section 21 reaches the recording paper exchange position as shown in FIG. 4, the recording paper 1 is transferred from the rotary table 22.
0 is removed, or a new recording paper 10 is exchanged, the tray portion 21 is moved again from the recording paper exchange location to the information recording location side, and the engagement projection 21B and the latch mechanism 1B engage with each other to change the information recording location. After holding the lock 24 with the key, open the lock position 2
It is rotated from 4c to the closed position 24b, and the key is pulled out from the keyhole 24a. At this time, the recording needles 18A, 18B, 18C are moved to the tray portion 21 side as described above by the output of the switches 26, 27. However, when the new recording paper 10 is not attached to the rotary table 22, the recording needles 18A, 18
The tips of B and 18C are stopped at a position slightly separated from the tray portion 21, and do not contact the tray portion 21.

As a precaution, a means for detecting the presence or absence of the recording paper 10 on the tray portion 21 is provided, the tray portion 21 is held at the information recording location, and then the lock 24 is at the closed position 24.
When the recording paper 10 is not present on the tray portion 21 in the state of being rotated by b, the reverse driving of the stepping motor 55 in step S17 based on the outputs of the switches 26 and 27 is canceled, and the recording needles 18A, 18B and 18C are moved to the tray. You may not make it move to the part 21 side. Further, when the recording needle 18C may interfere with the recording needle 18B during recording of the tray portion accommodation information D, the recording needle 18B is retracted to a position which does not interfere with the recording needle 18C during recording of the tray portion accommodation information D. The logic to be performed may be provided in the program of the microcomputer 70.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the tray unit 2
1 is moved from the recording paper exchange position to the information recording position by the switch 27, and the lock 24 is moved to the unlock position 2
It is detected by the switch 26 that the vehicle is rotated from 4c to the locked position 24b and locked, and after this detection, the recording needle 18C for recording the traveling speed records the traveling speed recording area 10 of the recording paper 10.
The tray portion accommodation information D is recorded on 10 recording papers where no information is originally recorded on the side of the central hole 10a with respect to the 10h scale of "0 km / h" in e. For this reason, the tray portion accommodation information D, which makes it easy to tell at a glance that the tray portion 21 has been moved from the recording paper exchange location to the information recording location in the main body 1, is stored on the 10 recording paper locations where normal travel information is not recorded. Can be recorded on, and therefore recording paper 1
It can be used as a clue to know that the information on 0 may have been tampered with.

In the present embodiment, the tray portion accommodation information D is recorded by the recording needle 18C in conjunction with the open / closed state of the lock 24, but the output state of the tray portion accommodation signal from the switch 27 is simply provided. That is, the tray portion accommodation information D may be recorded by the recording needle 18C in association with the state of whether or not the tray portion 21 is in the information recording position.
Further, in this embodiment, the tray portion 21 on which the recording paper 10 is placed is
When the data is stored in the information recording location in the main body 1, the recording needle 18
Although the tray portion accommodation information D is recorded by C, for example, after the lock 24 is unlocked and before the tray portion 21 is pulled out from the information recording location to the recording paper exchange location outside the main body 1, the tray accommodation information is stored. Similar to the information D, the information indicating that the tray portion 21 is moved from the information recording location inside the main body 1 to the recording paper exchange location outside the main body 1 may be configured to be performed.

Further, in this embodiment, the recording needle 18C for recording the traveling speed is used, and the tray section accommodation information D is recorded on the recording paper 10 by performing an operation different from the normal operation. The moving means 58 and 59 of the recording needle 18A for recording and the recording needle 18B for recording the crew change are connected to the recording needle 18C.
A rack and pinion type is used in the same manner as the moving unit 60 of FIG.
The tray portion accommodation information D may be recorded in the area portion of d where information is not normally recorded. The present invention is also applicable to an operation recorder in which some or all of the recording needles other than the recording needles used for recording the tray portion accommodation information D are omitted.

Further, in the present embodiment, the tray type operation recorder in which the tray portion 21 on which the recording paper 10 is placed is put in and out of the main body 1 has been described as an example, but the present invention accommodates the recording paper. It can also be applied to a cartridge-type operation recorder that puts the cartridge in and out of the main body.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a cartridge type operation recorder according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The cartridge type operation recorder has a recording needle 18 for recording information.
A main body 101 in which A, 18B and 18C are arranged,
From the cartridge insertion / removal opening 107 of the main body 101 to the main body 10
Box-shaped cartridge 111 which is put in and taken out from inside 1
And a recording paper storage portion 112 that is opened and closed by an opening / closing lid 113 on the top of the housing 112 of the cartridge 111.
b is formed, and the recording paper 1 is stored in the recording paper storage portion 112b.
A rotary table 114 holding 0 is rotatably provided.

In the operation recorder of this embodiment, when the cartridge 111 is housed in the main body 101, the recording needles 18A, 18B, 18C in the main body 101 are moved through the window portion 113a of the cartridge 111 by the descending operation of the elevating means 50. Contacting the recording paper 10 inside, and by the operation of the moving means 58, 59, 60, the traveling distance recording area 10c, the crew change recording area 10d, and the traveling speed recording area 10e,
It is configured such that each information of the traveling distance, the crew change, and the traveling speed is recorded. In the cartridge type operation recorder having such a configuration, the state in which the cartridge 111 is housed in the main body 101 is detected by a switch or the like in the main body 101, and the recording needle 1 is detected according to the change of the output signal.
One of the recording needles 8A, 18B, and 18C is driven by a microcomputer (not shown) that operates according to a program similar to that of the microcomputer 70 of the first embodiment to obtain the same operation as that of the first embodiment. You can

In the above-described first and second embodiments, the existing recording needle 18C is used to transfer the tray portion accommodation information D to the recording paper 1
However, for example, a stamping means dedicated to recording the tray portion accommodation information D (or cartridge accommodation information) is provided, and the tray portion 21 and the cartridge 111 are accommodated in the main body 1 or 101. Then, a solenoid is driven by the microcomputer 70, and the imprinting means at the tip of the rod is not normally recorded on the recording paper 10. For example, the recording paper 1 between the center hole 10a and the mileage recording area 10c.
The recording paper 10 outside the zero portion or the traveling speed recording area 10e
It may be configured such that a portion corresponding to the tray portion accommodation information D is imprinted. In this case, the case holding the recording paper on the back side is opened and closed with respect to the main body attached to the instrument panel, and the recording needle of the main body comes into contact with the recording paper to record information with the case closed. The present invention can also be applied to a conventional round type operation recorder.

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As described above, according to the recording paper loading / unloading information recording method of the operation recorder according to the present invention, the holder for holding the recording paper for information recording is loaded / unloaded to / from the information recording location in the main body, and When recording the traveling information of the vehicle in a predetermined area of the recording paper while rotating the recording paper held by the holding body at the information recording location, at least out of taking in and out of the holding body at the information recording location On one hand,
The recording paper loading / unloading information is recorded on the recording paper portion outside the predetermined area.

Further, according to the operation recorder of the present invention, a holding body for holding the recording paper, a main body into which the holding body is put in and taken out from an internal information recording location, and traveling information provided on the main body. An operation recorder provided with a traveling information recording means for recording and a first driving means provided in the main body for performing the recording operation of the traveling information recording means within a predetermined area of the recording paper held by the holder. In the above, in / out information recording means for recording in / out information provided in the main body,
Second drive means provided in the main body, for performing the recording operation of the take-in / out information recording means in a portion outside the predetermined area of the recording paper held by the holding body, and provided in the main body,
Detection means for detecting at least one of the insertion / removal of the holder with respect to the information recording location, and the second drive means for detecting at least one of removal / removal of the holder with respect to the information recording location by the detection means. An interrupt operation for interrupting the take-in / out information recording means is provided.

Therefore, the recording paper loading / unloading information, which is a trace that the holder for holding the recording paper for information recording is taken in / out of the information recording location in the main body, is recorded on the portion outside the predetermined area of the recording paper. The effect of being able to easily find out from the recording of the recording paper a clue to know whether the holding body is taken in or out during recording of the traveling information by the presence or absence of the recording paper in or out of the area outside the predetermined area can be obtained. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a part of the configuration of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the outer appearance of a tray-type operation recorder according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a plan view of a main part of a recording sheet held on the rotary table of FIG.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a main part configuration inside the main body in a state in which the tray part of FIG. 2 is located at a recording paper exchange position.

5 is an explanatory diagram showing a main part configuration inside the main body in a state in which the tray portion of FIG. 2 is located at an information recording location housed in the main body. FIG.

6 is a lock when the front panel of FIG. 2 is viewed from the back side,
It is explanatory drawing which shows the arrangement of an operator and a switch.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of the switch of FIG.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a schematic configuration of a moving unit and an elevating unit regarding a recording needle for recording traveling information.

9 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the microcomputer shown in FIG.

FIG. 10 C according to a program stored in the ROM of the microcomputer
It is a flowchart which shows the content of the process which PU performs.

FIG. 11 C according to a program stored in the ROM of the microcomputer
It is a flowchart which shows the content of the process which PU performs.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing an external appearance of a cartridge type operation recorder according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 101 Main body 10 Recording paper 10b Travel information recording area (predetermined area) 18A, 18B Recording needle (travel information recording means) 18C Recording needle (travel information recording means, take-in / out information recording means) 21 Tray part 22, 114 Rotating table ( Holder) 26, 27 switch (detection means) 70 microcomputer 70a CPU 70b RAM 70c ROM 701 first drive means 703 second drive means 705 detection means 707 interrupt operation means D recording paper loading / unloading information E running information

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A holder for holding a recording sheet for recording information is put in and taken out from an information recording portion in a main body, and the recording sheet held by the holder at the information recording portion is rotated while the recording sheet When recording the traveling information of the vehicle in the predetermined area, at least one of taking out and putting in the holding body to and from the information recording place, recording paper taking-out information is recorded in the recording paper portion outside the predetermined area. The method of recording information in and out of a recording sheet of an operation recorder is characterized by the above. 2. The recording paper loading / unloading information recording method for an operation recorder according to claim 1, wherein the recording paper loading / unloading information is recorded by using the running information recording means. 3. A holding body for holding a recording sheet, a main body into which the holding body is put in and taken out from an internal information recording location, a traveling information recording means for traveling information recording provided in the main body, A driving recorder provided on the main body, for driving the travel information recording means to perform a recording operation within a predetermined area of the recording paper held by the holding body; Take-in / out information recording means for recording paper take-in / out information; second driving means provided in the main body for performing the recording operation of the take-in / out information recording means on a portion outside the predetermined area of the recording paper held by the holding body; Detecting means provided on the main body for detecting at least one of the insertion and removal of the holding body with respect to the information recording location; and the holding of the information recording location by the detecting means. When at least one of the detection of the out, the second
An operation recording device, comprising: an interrupting operation means for causing the drive-in and out information recording means to perform an interrupt operation. 4. The holding unit is provided, and the tray has a tray unit that is taken in and out of the main body in a direction parallel to the extending direction of the recording paper held by the holding unit. The operation recorder according to claim 3, wherein at least one of the withdrawal and the withdrawal of the tray portion with respect to the main body is detected. 5. The traveling information recording means also serves as the recording paper loading / unloading information recording means, and the second driving means holds the traveling information recording means on the holder at the time of interruption by the interruption operation means. The operation recorder according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the recording operation is performed in a portion outside the predetermined area of the recording paper.