JPS61273064A - Pen reader printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain the titled reader and printer capable of reading an optional part of an optional member and printing to an optional part of an optional member by providing a reader section comprising a speed detection means, a read means, an A/D conversion means, a character recognition means and a storage means and a printer section comprising a read means and a print means. CONSTITUTION:In reading a document, the operator depresses at first a read command means 30 to bring an optical read means 21 and a memory control means 26 into an enable state. Then a desired part of a medium on which the desired information to be read by a pen is scanned to read it by the optical read means 21, its read signal is subject to A/D conversion and to extract the characteristic of the read information, a dictionary memory 24 is referenced and converted into a character code by a character recognition means 25 and stored in a memory 27. In printing the information stored in the memory 27, the operator depressed a print command means 40 at first to bring the memory control means 26 into the read enable state. Then the operator pushes a print head 37 onto a recording medium to be printed and scans manually the position to be printed.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] <Technical Field of the Invention> The present invention reads and stores character information, etc. recorded in various documents using an optical reading means, and also reads and stores the stored character information, etc. on any recording medium. This is about a Bentai-pu league printer that was able to print on the area.

More specifically, it is possible to optically read the necessary parts of text from books, materials, etc., convert them into electrical signals, store them, and then manually transfer and record only the necessary parts at the necessary paper positions when necessary. This is about BenLeeda printers.

<Technical background of the invention and its problems> Conventional devices for reading symbols, characters, etc. printed on paper sheets read symbols, characters, etc. in a predetermined format into a predetermined reading section (with restrictions on position, shape, etc.). ),
Furthermore, with conventional printer devices, desired information can only be printed on a predetermined portion of a predetermined recording medium, and for example, recording on the surface of each stock object such as a square lumber or pipe requires special markings. I use a recording device, but the only way is to write it manually,
It was almost impossible to print anywhere on any member.

<Object of the Invention> Therefore, in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, the present invention provides a pen-type reader that can read any part of any member and print on any part of any member.・The purpose is to provide printers.

Specifically, it includes a speed detection means for detecting the manual scanning speed of the reading section, a means for reading characters recorded on a recording medium, and an analog signal read by the reading means into a digital signal. Based on the timing output of the A/D conversion means to be converted and the speed detection means, the features of the characters read from the read signal converted by the A/D conversion means are extracted, and it is determined which characters have been read. The apparatus comprises a character recognition means for recognizing characters, a storage means for storing character information etc. recognized by the character recognition means, and a character information stored in the storage means is linked to manual operation of a pen. a printer section comprising a reading means for reading out the character information read by the reading means; and a printing means for generating a printing pattern corresponding to the character information read by the reading means and printing the generated character pattern on a recording medium in connection with manual scanning; The purpose is to provide a Ben-type reader/printer equipped with the following functions.

<Embodiments of the Invention> The present invention will be described in detail below along with embodiments shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a front view showing the external appearance of a pen reader/printer embodying the present invention.
is provided, and a printed portion P is provided on the end face portion at the left end. Further, on the top surface of the pen body 1, there is a display section 2 for displaying data read by the league section R or data printed by the printing section P, a read key 3 for selecting a read mode, and a read key 3 for selecting a print mode. A power switch 5 for supplying power to the pen body 1 is provided.

Further, the league portion R and the printing portion P are provided with step detection means 6 and 7, respectively, for detecting the manual scanning speed during manual scanning.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the league part R, and shows the light emitting elements 8. A light receiving element 9 and the above-mentioned step detection means 6 are provided.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the printing section P, in which the print head 10 and the step detection means 7 described above are provided.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a specific configuration of the step detecting means 7, and FIG. The step detecting means is made up of an optical sensor 12 that detects and generates a pulse signal. FIG. 2 shows a step detecting means for obtaining a step signal.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the block configuration of the pen reader/printer of the present invention, in which the reading control section is provided with an optical reading means 21 for optically reading information such as characters recorded in advance on the recording medium 20. , the optical reading means 21 also includes an A/D conversion means 22 for A/D converting the output signal of the means 21, and this A/D conversion means 22 also includes a feature extraction means 2.
3 is connected.

This feature extraction means 23 is connected to a character recognition section 25 to which a dictionary memory 24 is connected. Furthermore, this character recognition section 2
5 is connected to a memory 27 via a memory control means 26. - Incidentally, the scanning speed detection means 28 which detects the scanning speed when the pen is manually scanned is the above-mentioned A/D conversion means 22. It is connected to memory control means 26 via feature extraction means 23 and OR gate 29 . Further, the reading mode instruction means 30 is connected to the optical reading means 21 and the memory control means 26.

Furthermore, the output of the character recognition means 25 is connected to a display means 32 via an OR gate 31.

On the other hand, in the print control section, the memory control means 2 is stored in the memory 27.
A reading buffer 33 is provided through the buffer 6, and a character pattern determining means 35 to which a character pattern generating means 34 is connected is connected to this buffer 33. Further, a print buffer 136 is connected to this character pattern determining means 35, and a print drive means 38 to which a print head 37 is connected is further connected to this print buffer 36.

This print head 37 is equipped with, for example, a thermal head and an ink ribbon, and prints onto a recording medium by thermal transfer.

Each of the above means is connected to manual scanning speed detection means 39. Further, the print mode designation means 40 is connected to the memory control means 26.

The above image is a ROM that stores the processing program in advance.
It is controlled by the CPU 42 according to a control program 41. Further, each of these means is configured to be driven by a battery means 43.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of a pen reader/printer embodying the present invention, and the detailed operation of the pen reader/printer of the present invention will be explained below with reference to this flowchart.

FIG. 6(4) is a flowchart showing the read operation. When reading a document, the operator first presses the read instruction means 30 to enable the optical reading means 21 and the memory control means 26.

When this read instruction means 30 is pressed, the CPU 42
First, it is determined whether the memory 27 is full or not, and if it is full, the display means 32 displays this to inform the operator that writing to the memory 27 is impossible.

On the other hand, if the memory is not full, the operator scans the desired part of the medium containing the information to be read with the pen, reads it with the optical reading means 21, and sends the read signal to A.
/D conversion is performed to extract the read information, and then the dictionary memory 24 is referred to, the character recognition means 25 recognizes which character has been read, and the character code is sent to the memory control means 2.
6 and stored in the memory 27.

At this time, the series of operations described above is controlled by a read timing signal generated by the manual speed detection means 28.

On the other hand, FIG. 6 03) is a flowchart showing the printing operation, and if the operator wants to print the information stored in the memory 27 as described above, first the printing instruction means 40
is pressed to put the memory control means 26 into a readable state.

Next, the operator places the print head 37 on the recording medium to be printed and manually scans the position to be printed.

In accordance with this scanning, a scanning pulse is output from the scanning speed detection means 39, and according to this pulse train, the data stored in the memory 27 is sequentially read out to the reading Shiba rough 733. is determined and stored in the print buffer 36.

The information stored in this print buffer 36 is printed on a desired recording medium by a print head 37 via a print drive means 38.

<Effects of the Invention> As described above, according to the present invention, a necessary part of a text from a book or other document is optically read by manual scanning, converted into an electrical signal, and memorized, and the necessary part can be read when necessary. Since transfer recording can be performed by manual scanning on the surface of the recording medium, it is possible to provide a very useful pen-type reader/printer.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a front view showing the main body of the pen reader/printer of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a front view of the reader section of the pen reader/printer, and Fig. 3 is a front view of the printing section of the bare reader/printer. , FIGS. 4(a) and 4(b) are diagrams showing the configuration of the sidewalk detection means of the same pen reader/printer, FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration of the same pen reader/printer, and FIG. It is a flowchart showing the operation of the same pen reader/printer. 1: Pen body, 2: Display section, 3: Read key. 4: Print instruction key, 6 and 7: Step detection means. 21: Optical reading means, 22: A/D conversion means. 23: Feature extraction means, 24: Dictionary memory. 25: Character recognition section, 26: Memory control means. 27: Memo IJ, 28: Scanning speed detection means. 32: Display means, 34: Character pattern generation means. 37: Print head. Agent Patent Attorney Aihiko Fukushi (and 2 others) No. 2゜
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Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A reading section that manually scans characters, symbols, etc. recorded on a recording medium and reads them using optical means; and a first speed detection means that detects the manual scanning speed of the reading section; A/D converting means for converting the read signal from the reading unit into an analog-to-digital format based on a timing signal from the first speed detecting means; a means for extracting features; a character recognition means for determining which character, etc. has been read based on the feature extraction of the means; a storage means for storing character information recognized by the character recognition means; a printing section that prints retained character information by manually scanning a recording medium; a second speed detection means that detects the manual scanning speed during printing; and timing from the second speed detection means. A pen reader/printer comprising: reading means for extracting character information held in the storage means based on a signal and supplying it to a printing section.