JPH106616A - Stamper - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make stamping work apporovable by limiting it to an approved specified operator by providing a personal identification signal inputting key for approving printing a clock function and printed contents in a stamper used as the accepting seal of a document. SOLUTION: A stamper which is carried by the conductor of a train for inspecting tickets is composed of an upper lid 2 and a pedestal 3, and a transparent part 4 for confirming the printing position of a printing matter 5 and a clock 8 for counting the present date and time are provided in the upper lid 2. In the transparent part 4, a rotary print head 6 is installed by being held by a slide mechanism 7. Besides, a pressure sensor 9 is installed at a position opposite to the transparent part 4 in the pedestal 3, and an ID card slot 12 into which an input key 10 for inputting a personal identification signal and an ID card in which data on the pattern of a stamp to be printed are stored are inserted is installed. The use is approved when a correct personal identification number is input by the input key 10.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable stamper for printing character information and / or a design on a printing object, and more particularly to a stamper for checking tickets.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a stamper is used for a ticket inspection of a train ticket in a vehicle, or as a stamp for receiving documents in a company. The function and shape of the stamper have been devised according to its use. The ticket inspection stamper in the vehicle asks the passenger to present a ticket at each passenger seat while the conductor moves in the vehicle, and prints the ticket in vermilion to indicate that the ticket has been inspected. Since the conductor must stamp without a suitable stamp base, the stamper also has a stamp base part facing the print head,
It has a V-shaped shape so that the distance between the print head and the stamp table facing each other can be easily changed with one hand. The V-shaped acute-angle intersection portion serves as a rotation axis, and has a shape in which the distance between the print head formed at both ends of the V-shape and the stamp base portion is changed. The ticket inspection stamper is used in addition to a normal ticket inspection, as well as a special ticket that permits an advanced vehicle such as a seat reservation ticket, an express ticket, or a JR line green ticket to be boarded. Inspection of each ticket is performed mainly for the purpose of preventing unauthorized riding and for grasping the use situation of the reserved seat.

[0003]

In the case where a stamper is used for the above-mentioned ticket inspection, it cannot be said that the purpose of preventing improper riding and grasping the use situation of the designated seats have not been sufficiently achieved. As an example where unauthorized riding has not been prevented, we will take up an example of illegal use of a green coupon valid for the section of your company where you work from the former station near your home. It is assumed that two types of routes A and B run side by side in a section exceeding the section of the former A and the second.
As a method of illegal riding, first, a green vehicle is boarded on the section A from the instep A on the route A. This rider has a regular ticket for the section beyond the section from Party A to Party B. When a ticket is received in a car on the route A, the green coupon is stamped with a date stamp by a stamper. During the day when the green coupon is used, the one-way route to the destination get-off station is valid, so if the conductor finds an unstamped green coupon, the dated ticket is used to determine the validity period. Need to stamp. The passenger must return and abandon the green coupon at the destination station, which is the stop station, but the passenger can get off with the commuter pass and hold the coupon. Actually, it is possible to use this green coupon for riding on the instep from home when you return home. When the passenger who returns home with the green vehicle using the route A encounters the ticket inspection of the conductor on the way, the stamp is pushed when the green vehicle on the route B is boarded in the previous section. And make a false explanation. In this case, a green coupon ticket that is valid only in one way can be illegally used for round trip. The reason that this unauthorized use cannot be prevented is that the stamper can print only date information. In the current stamper carried by the conductor, for example, the stamp cannot be changed while changing information such as the time or the name of the route on which the passenger is riding at any time. As a stamper with a function to automatically update the date, Shachihata's Tezet Auto Time Stamper has been developed. However, the date update function is incomplete, and it takes time and effort to confirm and correct the date. Further, in the auto time stamper, date information other than the date and time needs to be manually changed, and the other parts are fixed patterns. There is also a problem that the current stamper cannot grasp the usage status of reserved seats.

[0004]

The stamper of the present invention comprises:
In addition to printing character information and / or patterns on the surface of the object, a rewritable storage unit for holding the information of the print contents, a display and clock function for displaying the print contents, and permitting the print contents to be printed. Or a communication function in addition thereto.

[0005]

According to the stamper of the present invention, a print pattern is created in accordance with the information of the print content held in the storage section and printed on the surface of the object. Since an electronic component can be used for the storage unit and the design creation function, a stamp operation with abundant information can be performed by inexpensive means. By providing a password input key, it is possible to permit the stamp work only for a specific worker who is permitted. With the clock function, the date and time can be automatically updated. By providing the new communication function, it is possible to grasp the status such as the usage status of the designated seat at the same time as the stamp work.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a stamper carried by a train conductor when carrying out an in-vehicle ticket inspection. The stamper (1) includes an upper lid (2) and a pedestal (3).
The upper lid has a transparent portion (4). This transparent portion is provided for confirming the printing position of the printing object (5). The transparent portion is provided with a rotary print head (6) held by a slide mechanism (7). The upper cover is provided with a clock (8) for counting the current date and time. The pedestal is provided with a pressure sensor (9) at a position facing the transparent portion. It also has an input key (10) for inputting a password. I that stores information on the design of the stamp to be printed
ID card slot (1) for inserting D card (11)
2) is provided as shown. The structure is such that the presence or absence of the print target can be confirmed by the optical print detection unit (13).

First, the operation of the optical print detection unit will be described. In the detection section, an infrared light emitting element is embedded in a pedestal portion, and a light receiving element is embedded in an upper lid portion in a facing direction. When the light receiving element detects the light emitted from the infrared light emitting element, it recognizes that there is no object, and when the light detection is not performed, it recognizes that there is an object obstructing light, that is, an object to be printed. . The method of recognizing the printing target is not limited to the optical method, but may be another method. For example, when the printing target is a magnetic card, a Gauss meter for detecting a weak magnetism generated by the card may be provided. In some cases, the system uses reflection and absorption characteristics of sound waves and radio waves.

[0008] Information stored in the ID card includes:
Stamp designs. When the constituent elements of the stamp symbol are classified, they are roughly classified into fixed symbols such as stamp outer frames, symbols unique to trains or conductors or unique identification numbers, status information such as time, and peripheral information. Since the individual is recognized by the unique symbol, the permission to stamp the unique symbol is limited to a case where an appropriate password is input with the input key. The status information is always stamped with the latest time information by using the output of a built-in clock. If the GPS (Global Positioning System) is built in, the status information about the current position can be recognized by a signal from an artificial satellite, so that the stamp is stamped. The position of the designated seat in the train can be grasped by emitting a unique weak radio wave from each designated seat and detecting the radio wave with the stamper of the present invention.

A mechanism for actually stamping on paper will be described. The rotary print head includes a plurality of small nozzles. The printing liquid is ejected from the nozzle according to the stamp pattern stored in the ID card. The print head is moved by the slide mechanism. The rotary print head has a mechanism that rotates when the stamping operation is not performed and stores the ink ejection surface in the apparatus. Then, when printing, the surface which rotates again and ejects ink is exposed on the lower surface of the upper lid. In multi-color printing, for example, in the case of three-color printing, nozzles of three colors, red, blue and green, are arranged on the cylindrical side surface of the print head at a distance of 90 ° from the axis.

A second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. This stamper has a columnar outer shape, the outer size is 30 mm in diameter,
The height is about 70 mm. It is an example of a stamper for stamping a document for approval when purchasing an article. The stamper (1) has a clock (8) and a print head (1).
4), a Z-axis transfer mechanism with pressure sensor (15), and an XY movement mechanism (16). The print head has a CCD
The camera is provided with an image pattern identification device, and monitors the image to be printed in a correct direction in a frame to be printed.
Further, the image pattern identification device has a function of identifying an information pattern such as a barcode. The Z-axis moving mechanism includes a pressure sensor, so that the print head can be pressed against a print target with a correct contact pressure. The print head is an ink-jet type head, and has a spacer around a part of the ink ejection portion of the head so that the head does not contact the print target. Since the thickness of the spacer is about 0.5 mm, if the print head is pressed too strongly against the object, the head comes into contact with the object and bleeds.

In the stamper shown in FIG. 2, the work of stamping the approval stamp is performed by the print button switch (17). The content to be stamped is stored in a detachable print content storage unit (18). This storage unit stores a round pattern and a department name as fixed patterns, and the name and recognition number of an approver as personal information. The print content storage unit includes a print content display (19), and displays a pattern to be actually stamped on a liquid crystal display. The detachable print content storage unit and the stamper main body are connected by a connector (20). The detachable print content storage unit is usually stored and managed in a dedicated storage space. When actually stamping, use the connector after connecting with the connector and inputting the password with the input key (10). It has a security function so that it cannot be stamped unless an accurate password is entered. The print contents also include the time information of the clock (8). The stamper also has a function of storing the stamped content and the stamping time in the print content storage unit, so that the approval record can be easily confirmed.

FIG. 3 shows an embodiment corresponding to claim 2 of the present invention. The present embodiment is an example of a stamper used for a ticket inspection inside a train. By using the stamper of the present invention, the use status of the designated seat can be easily and reliably confirmed. In FIG. 3, the print content storage section (18), clock (8), print head (14), print content display (19) and input key (10) of the stamper (1) have been described with reference to FIG. 1 or FIG. It is the same as Slide plate (21)
Prevents the opposing surface of the stamper from being unnecessarily soiled by the ink ejection type print head. The specific usage is described. The slide plate is located on the left side in the figure during the period when stamping is not performed. As a result, the opposing surface of the print head is recessed, and the print head is not contacted. The slide plate moves to the right position in the drawing as an underlay only when the print target is placed at an appropriate position.

The stamper shown in FIG. 3 has a communication function (22). This communication function is, for example, a radio transceiver. In a vehicle employing a designated seat, a weak radio signal for identifying the seat is transmitted for each seat. This signal includes, for example, information such as the seat of “No. 10 car 22A”. The seat information is received by the communication function, and the content is displayed on a part of the print content display. The conductor who performs the in-vehicle ticket check performs the ticket check after confirming that the seat indicated by the display corresponds to the actual seat. The following describes how to actually check the ticket. A description will be given of a state of a ticket inspection in a case where a customer is sitting on a seat of “No. 10 car 22A” and a seat of “No. 10 car 22B” is vacant. By standing in front of the seat of "No. 10 22A", the conductor confirms that "No. 10 22A" is displayed on the display by the communication function. And "1
The confirmation stamp is stamped on the ticket and the reserved seat ticket of the customer sitting on the seat of "No. 0 car 22A" by the stamper. The conductor carried out the work of pressing the confirmation mark with this stamper, but the information of “the ticket was inspected at the No. 10 car 22A” was transmitted to the receiver in the vehicle by the communication function of the stamper, and the receiver The information is further transmitted to the reserved seat ticket sales management department, so that the reserved seat ticket sales that are efficient and suitable for the actual situation are performed. If the conductor does not perform the sealing work in front of the vacant “No. 10 car 22B” seat, the vacant seat information is sent to the reserved seat ticket sales management department in the same manner as described above. Actually, the passage is so narrow that it may not be able to stand in front of each seat. In this case, for example, group information such as “car 10 No. 22A → B → C” is displayed near the seat. The conductor checks the tickets sequentially from A in accordance with the display. Here, when the seat B is empty, the stamping operation is performed with the slide plate moved to the left side in the figure. Thus, it can be transmitted that the seat of B is vacant.

FIG. 4 shows a third embodiment of the stamper according to the present invention. The print head (14 ') is enlarged and schematically illustrates its operation. It depicts a print head for imprinting ever-changing time information. Innumerable small holes are formed on the printing surface of the rubber material, and the mechanism is such that ink seeps from the back surface to the front surface. Each part of "A" to "O" can create two states, a state where the part is in contact with the print target and is stamped, and a state where it is separated and not stamped. A mechanism for adjusting the height of the retractable protruding part (23) is an electromagnetic linear transfer mechanism as a mechanism for creating the two states. FIG. 4 illustrates that the time can be displayed by the storable projection component.

[0015]

According to the stamper of the present invention, the contents of the stamp can be electronically managed. In the case where business operations are managed using documents prepared on paper such as paper, the use of a stamper for approval and confirmation enables efficient and reliable operations. In particular, the stamper of the present invention electronically manages the contents of the seal, so that the print contents can be easily changed. With this,
If one stamper of the present invention is provided, it is possible to perform stamping that matches the stamper from various viewpoints. For example, if the person A concurrently serves as the “HR manager”, “sales manager” and the manager of the club “Soccer team”, depending on the scope of the job authority, for example, “Human manager As the instep ",
For example, it must be used to approve and confirm "as the soccer team manager". The stamper of the present invention combines information managed electronically,
"Human Resources Manager: Instep" or "Soccer Team Manager:
It is possible to generate a pattern such as "Instep" in a timely manner. Further, the stamper of the present invention can record and manage the number of actual results approved by the electronic management.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a second embodiment corresponding to claim 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an embodiment corresponding to claim 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged view of a print head according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 is a stamper, 2 is an upper lid, 3 is a pedestal, 4 is a transparent portion, 5 is a printing object, 6 is a rotary print head, 7 is a slide mechanism, 8 is a clock, 9 is a pressure sensor, 10 is an input key, 11 is an ID card, 12 is an ID card slot, 1
3 is an optical print detector, 14 and 14 'are print heads, 1
5 is a Z-axis moving mechanism with a pressure sensor, 16 is an XY moving mechanism, 17 is a print button switch, 18 is a print content storage unit, 19 is a print content display display, 20 is a connector, 21 is a slide plate, and 22 is a communication. The function 23 is a storable projection part.

[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] August 25, 1996

[Procedure amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Drawing

[Correction target item name] Fig. 5

[Correction method] Deleted

Claims (2)

[Claims] A stamper for printing character information and / or a pattern on a surface of an object; a rewritable storage unit for holding the information of the print contents; a display and a clock function for displaying the print contents; A stamper having a password input key for permitting printing. 2. The stamper according to claim 1, further comprising a communication function.