JPS5949631B2 - Ticket printing and issuing device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a pattern recording apparatus that prints or records by combining one pattern with another pattern.

The present invention relates to a device that prints a variable pattern in addition to a fixed pattern, such as a device for issuing various tickets, various certificates, and securities, a microfilm retrieval device capable of copying,
It can be applied to a wide range of fields such as electron beam lithography equipment and laser printers used in the semiconductor industry.

Hereinafter, as an example of the field of application, a ticket printing and issuing device that automatically prints and issues tickets such as regular tickets or commuter passes in transportation facilities will be described as an example.

Recently, in transportation facilities such as railways, the printing and issuance of train tickets, such as commuter passes, has been mechanized.
A commuter pass printing and issuing device has been put into practical use that can automatically perform all commuter pass printing and issuing operations that were previously done manually by station staff.

FIG. 1 shows an example of a commuter pass printed and issued by this device.

That is, the ticket paper 11 contains the company name 12a, all station names 12b, destination station name 12c, transit station name 12d, issuing station name 12e,
Invariant characters 12f such as year, month, day, and lord, valid start date 12g, valid end date 12h, fare 1211, commuter pass type information 12j, issue date 12 and issue number 1
21 is printed.

On the other hand, in the printing sector, the development of printing methods and associated printing paper is progressing rapidly, and the method of printing on photosensitive paper using cathode ray tubes is almost being established, and commuter pass printing and issuing devices using this printing method are being developed. It has been considered and is being put into practical use.

Therefore, the following two types of commuter pass printing and issuing apparatus using the above printing method are conceivable.

One is to read all the character patterns printed on the ticket paper 11 of the commuter pass shown in FIG. Printing on the ticket paper is carried out by exposing photosensitive paper (which uses photosensitive paper) to light.

However, with this device, it is necessary to store all the character patterns expected to be printed on the ticket in the character pattern memory in 32 x 32 bits per character, and the number of character patterns is 1000 to 2000. Character pattern memory such as large-capacity disks, wires, and ICs are required, making it very expensive.

The second is that the contents printed on the ticket paper 11 of the commuter pass shown in Figure 1 include fixed items such as company name 12a, all station names 12b, and destination station name 12c, as well as valid start date 12g1 valid end date. As shown in FIG. 2, multiple input cards 13 record character patterns of fixed items with different combinations of departure and arrival depending on the sales situation. Prepare.

Then, in accordance with the customer's application, the input card 13 is selected manually or mechanically by an operator, and the character pattern is read by the optical reading device 14.

On the other hand, variable items are input from the operation unit 15, the character pattern thereof is read out from the character pattern memory 16, this is combined with the character pattern of the fixed item in the combining unit 17, and the cathode ray tube is Printing is performed on the ticket paper by scanning the bright spot 18 and exposing the ticket paper to light.

According to this device, the character pattern memory 16 only needs to store numbers and seal positions, and can be made inexpensive and of small capacity.

However, this device requires an optical reader 14 for the input card 13, which has difficulty in reading stability and adjustment, and is also expensive like the first device. .

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a pattern recording device that can reduce the size of a pattern memory, has good stability, is relatively easy to adjust, and is inexpensive.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 3 shows the printing section of the commuter pass printing and issuing device according to the present invention.

That is, 21 is a ticket hopper, and this ticket hopper 21 stores a large number of photosensitive tickets (photoreceptors) 22 in a stack with the photosensitive surface facing down, and this ticket deck 22 is connected to a pressing plate. It is pressed downward at 23.

Also, below the ticket dex 9 is a cathode paper tube (drawing device).
24 is provided, and this cathode ray tube 24 is provided with a fiber group 25 which is provided on the face surface and transmits the light from the entire surface by dividing it into dots.The front surface of the fiber group 25 is located at the lowest part of the ticket deck 22. is facing.

Furthermore, a pair of reversible rollers 27 are provided at the lower side of the fiber group 25 of the cathode ray tube 24 and the ticket hopper 21 to sandwich an input card (original) 26 and carry it into or out of the printing section.

In this case, the input card 26 has a negative film 28 at one end as shown in FIG.
9b, destination station name 29c, transit station name 29d, issuing station name 29e
, "year", "month", "day", "dono", etc., constant characters 29f
) character pattern is recorded in white (transparent part), contrary to the black and white state shown in the figure.

Further, a code section 30 is provided on the other end side of the input card 26, and this code section 30 includes information for encoding corresponding to the character pattern of the fixed item (not shown), and fare information for each type of discount. and a line station order code for issuance record, etc., are recorded, for example, in binary code and optically readable.

A plurality of such input cards 26 are prepared for different arrival and departure dates depending on the sales status of commuter passes, and are normally stored in a card rack (not shown).

Accordingly, the input card 26 is selected and taken out from the card rack by the staff in response to the customer's application, and is inserted between the pair of reversible rollers 27, so that the input card 26 is held between the pair of reversible rollers 27 and is then held in the printing section. is carried in, and comes into contact with the stopper 31 and stops.

In this case, a negative film 28 at one end (front end) side is interposed between the cathode ray tube 24 and the ticket deck 22.

The printing section is provided with an optical reading device 32 that reads the information in the code section 30 on the input card 26 that has been carried in.

The optical reading device 32 includes a light source 33 that irradiates light onto the code section 30, a light receiving element 34 that receives reflected light from the code section 30, and a lens 35 that focuses the reflected light onto the light receiving element 34. configured.

Further, between the ticket hopper 21 and the reversible roller 27, a picker knife 36 is located on one side of the ticket hopper 21.
The picker knife 36 is driven toward the ticket hopper 21 by the rotation of the cam 370.
By being driven to the side, one ticket 22 at the bottom of the ticket deck 22 is led out to the other side of the ticket hopper 21.

Further, on the other side of the ticket paper hopper 21, a pair of carry-in rollers 39 are provided which sandwich the drawn-out ticket paper 22 and transport it to the fixing section 38. A pair of unloading rollers 40 for unloading 22 is provided.

Note that the picker knife 36 driven toward the ticket hopper 21 side
is returned by the force of a spring 41.

FIG. 5 is an overall block diagram of the commuter pass printing and issuing apparatus.

That is, reference numeral 42 denotes an operation section, through which the operator inputs variable items such as the start date, end date, type information, issue date, and issue number of the commuter pass, as well as a print issue start command.

These variable items and print issue start commands are supplied to the control unit 43, which includes information for encoding read by the optical reader 32, fare information for each type of discount, and issue record information. The line station order code for the line is further supplied.

Then, the control unit 43 supplies encoding information to the encoding unit 44 and supplies a line section station order code for issuance recording to the issuance recording device 45.

Further, the control unit 43 selects one of the fare information for each type of discount based on the type information, which is one of the variable items inputted from the operation unit 42, and converts the variable items including this fare information into a character pattern. The data is supplied to memory 46.

This character pattern memory 46 stores a predetermined character pattern and successively displays the character pattern of the supplied variable item, and the successively produced character pattern is supplied to the cathode ray tube 24.

In this case, the cathode ray tube 24 is controlled by the control unit 42 to perform full bright spot scanning or bright spot scanning according to the character pattern.

Further, the control unit 43 controls the reversible roller 27 and the cam 37.
And the carry-in and carry-out rollers 39 and 40 are controlled.

Next, the operation of the above-described configuration will be explained at °C.

First, an attendant selects an input card 26 from a card rack in response to a customer's application, and inserts this input card 26 between a pair of reversible rollers 27.

Thereafter, the clerk operates the operation unit 42, inputs variable items such as the start date, end date, type information, issue date, and issue number of the commuter pass, and finally inputs a print issue start command.

The variable items and the printing issue start command are supplied to the control unit 43, and when the printing issue start command is supplied, the control unit 43 drives the pair of reversible rollers 27 in normal rotation.

Therefore, the input card 26 is connected to the pair of reversible rollers 2.
The negative film 28 at one end of the input card 26 is interposed between the cathode ray tube 24 and the ticket deck 22, and the input card 26 is inserted into the printing section and stopped when it comes into contact with the stopper 31. Cord section 30 on the other end of the card 26
can be read by the optical reading device 32.

Thereafter, the cathode ray tube 24 is controlled by the control unit 43 to scan the entire surface of the bright spot, and as a result, the light from the entire face of the cathode ray tube 43 illuminates one ticket 22 located at the bottom of the ticket deck 22. is irradiated through the negative film 28 of the input card 26.

In this case, character patterns of fixed items of the commuter pass, such as the company name 29a1, the departure station name 29b, and the destination station name 29C, are recorded on the negative film 28 in a transparent portion.

Therefore, the entire surface of the cathode ray tube 24 is scanned for bright spots, and the light from the entire surface of the face is transmitted to the ticket paper 22 via the negative film 2B.
When exposed to light, the ticket paper 22 becomes exposed to the character pattern of the fixed item with the negative film 28.

At the same time as the cathode ray tube 24 scans the entire bright spot, the optical reading device 32 reads the encoding information in the code section 30 on the input card 26, the fare information for each type of discount, and the line station order code for issuing records. The information and code are supplied to the control unit 43.

This control section 43 selects one piece of fare information for each type of discount based on type information, which is one of the variable items supplied to the control section 43 in advance.

Next, the pair of reversible rollers 27 are driven in reverse by the control section 43, whereby the input card 26 is carried out from the printing section.

Further, the variable item including the selected fare information is supplied from the control unit 43 to the character pattern memory 46, and the character pattern is read out from the character pattern memory 46. supplied to

Then, the cathode ray tube 24 is now controlled by the control section 43 to perform bright spot scanning according to the character pattern of the variable item.

As the cathode ray tube 24 performs bright spot scanning according to the character pattern of the variable item, the ticket paper 22 exposed with the character pattern of the fixed item is further exposed with the character pattern of the variable item.

That is, the ticket paper 22 located at the bottom of the ticket paper deck 22
is exposed by the character patterns of fixed items and variable items.

After the above, the cam 37 is rotationally driven by the control unit 43,
As a result, the picker knife 36 is driven toward the ticket hopper 21 , and one sheet of ticket 22 on which the character patterns of the fixed items and variable items have been exposed is led out to the other side of the ticket hopper 21 .

Further, each pair of carry-in rollers 39 and carry-out rollers 40 are rotationally driven by the control unit 43, and by rotationally driving the carry-in rollers 39, the ticket paper 22 is carried into the fixing unit 38, where it is fixed, and then carried out. The ticket paper 22 is carried out from the fixing section 38 by rotating the roller 40 .

Through the above operations, a commuter pass as shown in FIG. 1 can be printed and issued.

As described above, the control section 43 is supplied with the encoding information read by the optical reader 32 from the code section 30 of the input card 26 and the line section station order code for issuance record.

The control unit 43 supplies the line station order code for issuance recording to the issuance recorder 45.
5 records the line section/station order code and records the printing/issuance status of the commuter pass.

The control unit 43 also supplies encoding information to the encoding unit 44.
44 magnetically records encoding information on the back side of the ticket paper 22 so that the commuter pass can be used, for example, in an automatic ticket gate.

Therefore, according to such a device, the input card 26
By recording the character pattern of the fixed item on the upper negative film 28 through the perforations, interposing this negative film 28 between the cathode ray tube 24 and the ticket paper 22, and causing the cathode ray tube 24 to scan the entire bright spot, Since the ticket paper 22 is directly exposed to light by the character pattern of the fixed item on the input card 26, there is no need to read the character pattern of the fixed item on the input card 26, and an optical reading device is not required.

Furthermore, since the character patterns of the variable items are stored in the character pattern memory 46 separately for fixed items and variable items, the character pattern memory 46 only needs to have a small capacity.
As a result of the above, stability is good, adjustment is easy, and the cost is low.

In the above embodiment, it is necessary to scan the cathode ray tube twice in order to expose the ticket paper to the character patterns of the fixed items and the character patterns of the variable items.

On the other hand, another embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7 in which the ticket paper is simultaneously exposed to character patterns of fixed items and variable items in one scan of the cathode ray tube.

That is, FIG. 6 shows the negative film 28 used for the input card, and in this case, the character pattern of the fixed item of the commuter pass is recorded in white (transparent part), contrary to the black and white state shown in the figure. A predetermined range 47 corresponding to the predetermined range in which the character pattern of the variable item is projected on the face surface of the cathode ray tube is formed in white (light-transmitting part).

This negative film 28 is interposed between the cathode ray tube and the ticket, and the cathode ray tube is scanned once. In this case, the face surface 48 of the cathode ray tube is shown in FIG. Thus, in a predetermined range 49 where the character pattern of the variable item is projected, bright spot scanning is performed in accordance with the character pattern, and in other parts, bright spot scanning is performed over the entire surface.

That is, when the cathode ray tube is scanned once under such control, the character pattern of the variable item is projected within the predetermined range 49 of the face surface 48, and the light is projected onto the predetermined range 47, which is the transparent portion of the negative film 28. The ticket paper is irradiated through the rays, thereby exposing the ticket paper to the character pattern of the variable item.

Further, in the above scanning, the predetermined range 4 of the face surface 48
In cases other than 9, the entire bright spot is scanned, but the negative film 28 irradiates the ticket paper with only the portion corresponding to the character pattern of the fixed item, so that the ticket paper is exposed to the character information of the fixed item. As described above, the ticket paper can be simultaneously exposed to character patterns of fixed items and variable items by one scan of the cathode ray tube.

In addition, in the above embodiment, the case is described in which the application is applied to a ticket printing and issuing device that prints and issues tickets such as ordinary tickets or commuter passes, but the invention is not limited to this, and is representative for various securities of financial institutions, etc. Issuing devices for various certificates such as seal impression certificates at government offices, printing devices for office computers, management devices and search copying devices for drawings and documents, documents and letters containing drawings, etc. It is widely applied in devices that print or record by superimposing a variable pattern on a fixed pattern, such as document creation devices, microfilm search copy devices, writing devices using electron beams or laser beams in the semiconductor industry, laser printers, etc. be able to.

Furthermore, the input card, printing section, photosensitive ticket paper, etc. in the above embodiments are not limited to those in the above embodiments.
For example, the input card may be a microfilm or microfiche, the printing section may be one using a laser beam, and the ticket paper may be photographic paper or a photoreceptor such as a photoreceptor drum. Of course, the structure can be modified in various ways.

As detailed above, according to the present invention, the pattern memory can be downsized, the drawing pattern can be easily adjusted,
Moreover, a pattern recording device with good stability and low cost can be provided.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an example of a commuter pass issued by a commuter pass printing and issuing device, FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing an example of a commuter pass printing and issuing device using a printing method using a cathode ray tube, and FIGS. FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a printing section, FIG. 4 is a front view of a document, and FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration. 6 and 7 are diagrams for explaining other embodiments of the present invention, in which FIG. 6 is a front view of a document, and FIG. 7 is a front view of the face of the drawing device. 22...Photoreceptor, 24...Drawing device,
26...Manuscript, 42...Operation unit, 46
...Pattern memory.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 A document including a transparent portion having a first pattern, an operation section for inputting items to be superimposed on the first pattern of the document, and a second operation section corresponding to the items input from this operation section. a pattern memory storing pattern information; a drawing device that scans a transparent portion of the document according to the second pattern read from the pattern memory; and the drawing device. a photoreceptor that faces with the document in between and forms an overlapping pattern of the second pattern and the first pattern by bright spot scanning of the drawing device; What is claimed is: 1. A pattern recording apparatus comprising: an insertion means for inserting a document; and a locking means for locking the document inserted by the insertion means in a predetermined position.