JPH10290309A - Image forming device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming device capable of staple-binding originals at a proper position automatically while recognizing the staple position of an original. SOLUTION: A storage device stores a staple size pattern being data that binds a prescribed position of a prescribed original with a staple 5 of a prescribed size and a scanner original 1 placed on a contact glass plate 2 and the staple position is recognized to bind a prescribed position based on the original read data by the scanner. The position of the staple is automatically detected and staple processing at the same position as the staple on the original 1 is attained. The processing mode is entered by an operation section 3. Then the staple processing is conducted at the same position as the staple position of the original 1 automatically without designating the staple position.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus configured as a copying machine or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an image forming apparatus is generally constructed and used as a copying machine or the like. An output device having a finish processing function called a finisher is connected to such an image forming apparatus, and an apparatus that performs processing up to the finish in a consistent manner has become common. As well as the finisher, a binding device is attached to a sorter, and a sorter stapler capable of stapling at an arbitrary position has been widely used in general. As described above, the most typical finishing processing function is staple binding.

For example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. Hei.
In the "Image Forming Apparatus with a Finishing Apparatus" of Japanese Patent Publication No. 6, the finishing means is operated when the setting direction of the original document matches the finishing direction.

Further, in the "copying machine with staple" disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. 3-98006 in Conventional Example 2, the staple means can be moved to any position in the XY directions. Further, the "sheet post-processing apparatus" of JP-A-1-117173 of the conventional example 3 has the same mechanism as that of the conventional example 2.

[0005]

However, in each of the above-described prior art apparatuses, a stapling position that is unintended to the operator, such as a stapling position that is too far from the edge and goes into the back, may be difficult to use. .

In order to prevent such a situation, the stapling can be performed at an appropriate position by inputting coordinates of the stapling position data and stapling the stapling according to the coordinates. However, it is troublesome and troublesome to specify the staple position. Further, in the worst case, the operation of removing the staples from the finished transfer paper once and re-stapling the staples at an appropriate position occurs, which causes a problem that it takes time.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and inherits a staple position of an original document.
An object of the present invention is to provide an image forming apparatus capable of automatically stapling an appropriate position.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, an image forming apparatus according to the present invention comprises a scanner for scanning a document placed on a contact glass, and a predetermined document stapled by a staple of a predetermined size. And a staple position recognizing means for recognizing a staple position for binding a predetermined position in a staple recognizing mode from data read by a scanner. The staple position recognizing means automatically detects the staple position and enables stapling at the same position as the staple position of the document.

Further, the above-mentioned image forming apparatus has an announcement means, and when the announcement means recognizes the staple position, announces the fact, and the staple position is compared with the staple size pattern stored in the storage device. If there is no matching position data, it is determined that the state has deviated. In this case, it is preferable to announce that fact by an announcement means and to enable registration of new position data.

The image forming apparatus further has a position data registration mode for registering staple position data, and the scanner can automatically register staple position data in this position data registration mode. It is good to

It is preferable to select a staple having the same size as that of the staples recognized from the data read by the above-described scanner to perform stapling.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, an embodiment of an image forming apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG.
4 to 4 show an embodiment of the image forming apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 1 shows a state in which a document is placed on a contact glass of a scanner section of an image forming apparatus according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, the staple portion is shown as a partially enlarged view. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a document, 2 denotes a contact glass, 3 denotes an operation unit on which a display unit is also mounted, and 5 denotes a staple. It should be noted that a sorter stapler capable of stapling at an arbitrary position (not shown) is connected to the image forming apparatus.

FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of the image forming apparatus of the present invention. In FIG. 2, the control unit of the printer 28
It comprises a PU 21, a ROM 22, a RAM 23, an image processing unit 24, and an interface unit 25. The CPU 21, ROM 22, RAM 23, image processing unit 24, and interface unit 25 of these components are interconnected.

Reference numeral 21 denotes a CPU for executing a predetermined control operation based on a stored program; 22, a ROM for storing various control processes; a staple size pattern, etc .; RAM for temporarily recording results and data, 24
Denotes an image processing unit that processes various images.

The interface unit 25 is formed of, for example, a gate array and the like, and is configured to set a printer 28 for transferring image data to a sheet and outputting the image data, a scanner 26 for reading an image, a staple recognition mode and a staple registration mode. And an operation unit 27 for inputting other staple size data and the like, a sorter stapler 29 for performing staple binding processing, and the like.

The operation unit 27 displays an indication when the staple position is recognized or when the recognized staple 5 is not in the stored staple size pattern and is judged to have deviated. Part is mounted. And the interface unit 25 is a CPU
An interface with the CPU 21 is provided, and the CPU 21 controls a printer, a scanner, a sorter stapler and the like.

In the control system configured as described above,
When each mode is set, the original on the contact glass 2 is read by the scanner 26, and the image data is transmitted to the image processing unit 24. The image processing unit 24 compares the image data with the staple size pattern stored in the ROM 22, recognizes the position of the staple 5 and
Remember. Alternatively, it is registered as a new staple size pattern, and thereafter, a finishing processing operation is performed in accordance with the normal copying operation and the staple position information.

FIG. 3 shows an example of a staple recognition method according to the present invention. FIG. 3A is a diagram illustrating an example of a procedure in the staple recognition mode, and FIG. 3B is a diagram illustrating an example of a procedure in the staple registration mode.

In FIG. 3, in a state where the staple recognition mode or the staple registration mode is set, when the staple 5 exists within the range of the hatched staple size pattern in FIG. FIG.
(B) black pixels (image level 2) are continuous, and continuous white pixels (image level 1) exist outside the staple 5.

The boundary point of the staple 5 according to the above procedure forms a staple size shape or a figure approximate thereto. In the staple staple recognition mode, the staple 5 is recognized by using these features, and the staple size information stored in the ROM 22 and the staple size pattern point stored in the ROM 22 are stored. Length and width). By this collation, if there is a suitable pattern form, the staples 5 attached to the stapler to be stapled are selected from the information, and staples equal to the staple state of the document can be made.

In the staple registration mode, the size data of the staple 5 is input and registered by the operation unit 27, and the reading range of the original is indicated by □ and the stapled document is read by the scanner 26. Thus, any staple 5 can be added to the staple size pattern.

By applying such a method, the present invention can be applied to an apparatus that automatically removes staples from a document or staples a document again.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a staple size pattern. In FIG. 4, reference numerals (a), (b), (c), and (d) in the figure are examples in which a part of various types of stapled sheets is enlarged.
Further, (e), (f), and (g) are obtained by arbitrarily rotating the figure of (a), so that recognition is possible even in such a state. Note that these various staple size patterns are stored in the ROM 22.

According to the above-described embodiment, the staple recognition mode for recognizing and storing the staple position from the document read data by the scanner is provided, so that the staple position of the document can be automatically determined without specifying the staple position. Staple processing can be performed at the same position.

Further, when the position of the staple is recognized from the data read by the scanner by the scanner, an announcement to that effect is made, so that the intention of the operator and the result can be easily compared.

Further, when the staple 5 recognized from the data read by the scanner is not in the staple size pattern stored in the memory, and it is determined that the staple 5 has deviated, an announcement to that effect is made. Thus, the intention of the worker and the result can be easily compared, and the staple 5 can be registered by arbitrary input. As a result, the operation can be continuously executed without stopping the operation.

Alternatively, by providing a staple registration mode in which a staple 5 can be registered by reading a document by a scanner, any staple 5 can be easily added to the staple size pattern even if the staple size pattern is not stored in the stored staple size pattern. Can be.

Since a staple of the same size as the staple 5 recognized from the data read by the scanner is selected and automatically stapled at the same position,
Staple processing can be performed efficiently without wasting time.

[0030]

As is clear from the above description, claim 1
The image forming apparatus has a staple recognition mode for recognizing and storing staple positions from data read by a document by a scanner, so that the staple position is automatically set to the same position as the staple position of the document without specifying the staple position. Can be stapled.

That is, even when there is an original which has been stapled as in the past and when the original is copied and staple-stitched, the staple stitching which is not intended for the operator and which is difficult to use is effective. Can be prevented.

Further, the user can easily set the staple position without noticing the key by inputting the position to be stapled, thereby improving the working efficiency.

In the image forming apparatus according to the present invention, when the position of the staple is recognized from the data read by the scanner, the effect is announced, so that the intention of the operator can be easily compared with the result. be able to.

In the image forming apparatus according to the third aspect, the staples recognized from the data read by the scanner are not included in the stored staple size pattern.
When it is determined that the state deviates, the fact is announced, so that the intention of the worker and the result can be easily compared. Furthermore, since the staples are registered by arbitrary input, the operation can be continuously executed without stopping the operation.

In the image forming apparatus according to the fourth aspect, the staple registration mode is provided in which the staples can be registered by reading the original by the scanner, so that any staples can be easily registered even if the staple size pattern is not stored. Can be added to the staple size pattern.

In the image forming apparatus according to the fifth aspect, staples having the same size as the staples recognized from the data read by the scanner are selected and automatically stapled at the same position. The stapling process can be efficiently performed in a short time.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating an overall configuration example of an embodiment of an image forming apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of an image forming apparatus according to the embodiment.

FIGS. 3A and 3B show an example of a staple staple recognition method, in which FIG. 3A shows an example of a staple staple recognition mode, and FIG. 3B shows an example of a staple staple registration mode. FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a staple size pattern.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Document 2 Contact glass 3 Operation part 5 Staple needle 21 CPU 22 ROM 23 RAM 24 Image processing part 25 Interface part 26 Scanner 27 Operation part 28 Printer 29 Sorter stapler

Claims (5)

[Claims] A scanner that scans a document placed on a contact glass; a storage device that stores a staple size pattern of data for binding a predetermined document to a predetermined position with a staple of a predetermined size; Staple staple position recognizing means for recognizing a staple staple position for binding a predetermined position in the staple staple recognition mode from the document read data, wherein the staple staple position recognizing means automatically detects the staple staple position, An image forming apparatus wherein stapling processing is enabled at the same position as a staple position. 2. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said image forming apparatus further comprises an announcement unit, and when the announcement unit recognizes the staple position, announces the fact. apparatus. 3. When there is no position data that matches the staple position with the staple size pattern stored in the storage device, it is determined that the staple position has deviated, and in that case, the announcement means announces that fact. 3. The image forming apparatus according to claim 2, wherein new position data can be registered. 4. The image forming apparatus further includes a position data registration mode for registering position data of a staple, and in the position data registration mode, the position data of the staple position is automatically stored by the scanner. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein registration is possible. 5. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a staple having the same size as that of a staple detected from the data read by the scanner is selected and stapled.