JPS63173031A - Printer for aperture card - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To record retrieving information in a punch/memo part during the carrying of an aperture card from a storing part to an output part by providing the titled machine with a reading means for reading out the retrieving information recorded in the peripheral edge of an image part on a microfilm and a recording means for punching or printing out the read information in the punch/ memo part of the aperture card. CONSTITUTION:The aperture card 30A delivered from a carrying line is sent to a reading part by carrying rolls 103 and the retrieving information recorded on the microfilm 33 is optically e.g. read out by the reading means 120. The read-out retrieving information such as a bar code is sent to the recording means 130, converted into character information to be visually read out and also converted into punch data for punching the information. The aperture card 30A is carried to a recording part and the character information 311 is printed out and punched 312 by the punch/memo part 31 of the aperture card 30A by the recording means 130. Consequently, the retrieving information is recorded in the punch/memo part 31 of the aperture card 30A as the character information 311 and punches 312.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Technical Field of the Invention) The present invention relates to an aperture card printing machine that records search information of an aperture card whose window portion is loaded with microfilm.

(Technical background of the invention and its problems) An aperture card is a rectangular piece of paper loaded with a sheet of microfilm containing image information such as drawings. It is widely used because it is convenient for recording and managing information.

FIG. 8 shows the appearance of a conventional general aperture cart 30, in which necessary information is printed or punched in a perforation/memo section 31 on the left side. A rectangular window 32 is provided on the right side of the aperture card 30, and a separately photographed or duplicated microfilm 33 is loaded into this window 32 via a tape 34. Images 35 such as drawings and characters are recorded. In this way, with the conventional aperture card 30, the contents of the images recorded on the microfilm 33 (for example, design drawings, specification sheets, parts list, etc.) cannot be seen clearly unless they are enlarged.
The aperture card 30 is loaded into the reader to display the image on the microfilm 33, and the perforation/memo section 31
This was confirmed by reading and displaying the perforation data such as the drawing number and drawing classification code drilled into the machine, or by visually checking the printed characters.

FIG. 9 shows an example of a conventional aperture cart creation and duplication system, in which search information of 4σ images such as design drawings is converted into a list 41 and a list of search codes.
An operator or the like punches a search code while looking at this list 41 to create a punch card 42. After that, the operator etc. loads the raw aperture card 44 into the punched card duplicator 43 and uses the information perforated in the punched card 42 as a search code to send the raw virtual card 44 to the punched card duplicator 43.
The aperture card 45 thus created is loaded into a printing machine 46, and necessary information is printed on the perforation/memo section 31 to create a final aperture card 47. In parallel with the flow of the above search information, the image 40 is displayed on the roll film 4.
8 is photographed by a microfilm photographing means, and the photographed roll film 48 is loaded onto an aperture card 47 to which a search code is attached by a mounter 49, thereby creating an aperture card 30 as shown in FIG.

- In the conventional aperture card creation system as described above, the search code is punched manually while looking at a drawing or screen, and the image 35 on the microfilm 33 and the search code are made to correspond to each other in a separate medium. Unless someone who is knowledgeable about the contents of the image 35 performs perforation or printing, perforation or printing errors are likely to occur because the perforation is performed while looking at the drawing or roll film image reader screen, and a device that combines a reader and a perforation machine Since there is no image, the hole must be drilled while looking at the image and the information printed on the aperture card 32.

Furthermore, since the perforated card and the roll film 48 are separate media, it is necessary to load the card while confirming that the image and the perforated card match correctly. When the punched cards 42 are loaded into the punched card duplicator 43 and the search information is automatically printed, if the order does not match completely, a punching error will occur, and the image 35 on the microfilm 33 will be printed out incorrectly. There was a drawback that there was a mismatch between the content of the search and the search information.

Therefore, it would be desirable to have a device that has a complete one-to-one correspondence between the microfilm image loaded on the aperture card and its search information, and that prints or perforates the search information on the perforation/memo section of the aperture card. was.

(Object of the invention) This invention was made under the above circumstances,
The object of this invention is to insert a microfilm into the perforation/memo section of an aperture card loaded with a microfilm containing search information corresponding to the image on the peripheral edge of the microfilm image.
An object of the present invention is to provide an aperture card printing machine capable of recording character information corresponding to the above-mentioned search information.

(Summary of the Invention) The present invention relates to a printing machine for aperture cards, which includes a transport mechanism that receives aperture cards in a receiving section and conveys them one by one to an output section, and an image of a microfilm loaded in the window of the aperture cart. a reading means for reading search information recorded on the periphery of the aperture card; and a recording means for perforating or printing the search information read by the reading means on the perforation/memo portion of the aperture card; The search information is recorded in the perforation/memo section during transportation from the section to the output section.

(Embodiment of the invention) Fig. 1 shows an aperture card printing machine 100 of the invention.
Aperture cards 30A of the present invention, which will be described later, are arranged and received in the receiving part +01, and the received aperture cards 3
08 are taken out one by one by the delivery roller 102 and delivered in the direction of the conveyance path. The conveyance path is formed by a plurality of conveyance rollers 103, and a feed roller 105 is provided at the end of the conveyance path for sequentially stacking cards from the bottom layer of the card output section 104.
02. The conveyance roller 103 and the delivery roller 105 are driven and controlled by a conveyance control section 110.

In addition, an aperture card 30A is placed in the middle of the conveyance path.
reading means 12 for optically or magnetically reading the search information recorded on the microfilm loaded in the
0 is provided, and a recording means 1 for printing or perforating the search information read by the reading means 120 as character information on the perforation/memo part of the aperture card 30A'.
30 are provided. The aperture card 30B has the search information recorded in the perforation/memo section by the recording means 130.
It is conveyed to the output section 104 and accumulated.

On the other hand, FIG. 2 shows the aperture card 3 used in this invention.
0A is shown corresponding to FIG. 8, and in the aperture card 30A of the present invention, a search code 1O is recorded on the periphery of the image 35 of the microfilm 33. FIG. 3 shows the details of the window 32, and search information (barcode) -io corresponding to the image 35 is recorded at the periphery of the image 35 (at the bottom in this example). in this way,
Since the image 35 and the corresponding search code 10 are recorded on the same microfilm 33, there is no need to manage the search information on separate media, and they can always be used in an integrated manner. When viewing the image 35 with the aperture card 30A loaded in the reader, the search information recorded at the bottom of the image 35 can also be viewed (mechanically read). In addition, even a general Avirture Card Duplicator without a punch function can simultaneously duplicate images and search codes.

In this invention, an aperture card 3 as shown in FIG.
0A is received in the receiving portion 101 of the printing machine 100 and a print start switch (not shown) is operated, the conveyance control section 110 is driven, and the aperture cards 30A are fed out one by one onto the conveyance path by the feeding roller 102. . Aperture card 30 fed out onto the conveyance path
A is sent to the reading section by the conveyance roller 103, and after stopping or while being conveyed, the retrieval information IO recorded on the microfilm 33 is read by the reading means 120, for example, optically. The search information such as the read barcode is sent to the recording means 130, where it is converted into visually readable character information and also into drilling data for drilling. At the same time, the aperture card 30A is conveyed to the recording section, and the recording means 130 punches/memo section 31 of the aperture card 30A.
Then, as shown in FIG. 4, character information 311 is printed and holes 312 are punched. This allows microfilm 3
Since the characters and perforation data corresponding to the search information 10 recorded in 3 are recorded in the perforation/memo section 31 of the aperture card 30A as character information 311 and hole 312, the small search information 10 can be read without being seen with the naked eye. , it becomes possible to quickly read the printed large character information 311. The aperture card 30B with the search information recorded in this way is further conveyed via the conveyance roller 103,
The output roller 105 collects the output part 104 .

Here, a method for recording the search code 1O on the periphery of the image 35 on the microfilm 33 will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6.

FIG. 5 shows a general microfilm photographing device, in which a photographing camera 1 having an imaging lens 2 is placed on a document table 7 by moving up and down along a vertical support 3. At the same time, the original document 6 is put into the fields of view 4A and 4B,
The document 6 is focused and photographed at an appropriate magnification, and each frame of the original 6 is made into microfilm. In this case, the illuminators 5A and 5B on both sides supported by the control box 8 are directed toward the document 6, so that the document 6 is irradiated with an optimal amount of light. FIG. 4 shows the mechanism for photographing search information, and shows the frame image 2 of the roll microfilm 20.
Optical fibers 11 are bundled and arranged around the peripheral edge of the optical fiber 1, and search information is optically photographed via the optical fibers 11. One end of the optical fiber 11 with respect to the microfilm 20 is connected to a large number of optical fibers 11 as shown in FIG.
1 are lined up and arranged in a rectangular shape, and the outside is bundled and fixed with a rectangular frame 112. Therefore, within the range of the frame 112 of the optical fiber 11, the microfilm 20 can be exposed to optical information and search information can be recorded. Incidentally, the process is not limited to the roll microfilm 20 as described above, but the same process can be performed using an aba-dual cart camera processor to which a raw film has been pasted in advance.

The other end of the optical fiber 11 is connected to a search information generation section 12, and the search information generation section 12 is connected to a display device 14 using a keyboard 13.
Converts human-generated information into search information while looking at images,
The electrical information converted by the search information generating section 12 is converted into optical information and transmitted through the optical fiber 11. Therefore, by inputting the search information of the document 6 being photographed using the keyboard 13 at the same time as or in parallel with the photographing of the frame image 21 of the microfilm 20, the search information generated by the search information generating section 12 can be inputted using the keyboard 13. It can be converted into light and exposed to the peripheral portion of the frame image 21 via the optical fiber pipe 11 to record it.

By cutting the microfilm 20 on which images and corresponding search information have been captured into a predetermined frame size, and loading the microfilm of the frame size into the window of the aperture card using a mounter, It is possible to create an aperture card in which the search information 10 is recorded on the periphery of the frame image 35 as shown in FIG.

(Modification of the invention) The search information can be recorded in characters, barcodes, dots, etc. When recording without using light, recording may be performed in a format that can utilize MICR, OCR, or the like. In this case, it is necessary to provide a reading means suitable for the form. Further, the recording position of the search information does not have to be at the bottom of the microfilm image, but may be at the periphery.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, according to the aperture card printing machine of the present invention, it is possible to read the search information recorded on microfilm and record it as text information or perforation, thereby reducing the cost of the system and printing paper. The memory capacity of the unit can be increased, and it can also be used in an automatic drilling system.

Furthermore, since the search information is recorded in the same frame corresponding to the image, there is no possibility of mistakes in managing the search information or using the image.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a mechanical configuration diagram schematically showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram of an aperture cart used in the present invention,
3 is a diagram showing the details of the window portion, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an aperture card with search information recorded in the perforated/memo portion according to the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a microfilm photographing device that can be used in the present invention. A diagram showing an example, FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a photographing mechanism for search information, FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an end structure of an optical fiber used in the present invention, FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a conventional aperture card, FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining a conventional aperture cart creation system. 1...Camera, 2...Lens, 6...Document, 8.
...Control box, lO...Search information, 11...Optical fiber, 12...Search information generation unit, 13...Keyboard, 14...Display device, 20...Microfilm, 21... ...Frame image, 30.3OA, 30B...
・Aperture card, 32...Window part, 33...Microfilm, 100...Printing machine for aperture card, lot...Receiving part, 104...Output part, 11
0...Transportation control unit, 120...Reading means, 130.
...Recording means. /′. 0 $ / Figure 2 District 3rd Ditch 4th 7 Figure 73″ 6 Figure Δθ Abar Handyu 1 Card $ 9 Figure Procedure Amendment March 6, 1985 l, Case Indication 1988 Patent Application No. 4071 2. Title of the invention: Printing machine for aperture cards 3. Relationship with the person making the amendment. Patent applicant (520) Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. 5. Column 6, Contents of the amendment (1) In the first line of page 3 of the specification, the phrase ``The contents of'' is amended to read ``The contents of the optical reader.'' (2) Same, page 3, lines 2 to 4, “In the league.
・・・・・・At the same time as displaying, delete ". (3) Insert "or printing" after "perforation" in the 5th line of page 3. (4) Similarly, in the 6th line of page 3, the phrase ``perforation data of'' is corrected to ``the image search information of is obtained by a perforation reader or the naked eye in addition to the image.'' (5) Delete "by displaying or..." in the 6th and 7th lines of page 3. (6) “And reproduction” in the same page, page 3, lines 8 and 9.
Delete. (7) In the 9th line of page 4, the phrase ``cords are punched manually'' is corrected to ``even if a code list is created.'' (8) In the 12th line of page 4, the phrase "perforation or printing" is corrected to read "mounting." (9) In the same article, from page 4, line 12 to page 5, line 7, it says, ``There was a drawback that the image league of the drawing or roll film was misaligned.'' [ This method has the disadvantage that it is easy to make a mistake in that the corresponding image is not correctly mounted on the perforated and printed card. In addition, when distributing aperture cards with the same content to multiple parties, duplicate the aperture cart. The conventional method is to first mechanically perforate or print the raw card for reproduction, and then photograph the film image area of the reproduction cart. It is made by 3i. In this case, the perforation and printing and the duplication of the film are separate processes, which has the disadvantage that the process is complicated and may cause mismatch between the search information and the image. ” he corrected. (10) Insert "was done" after "loading" in the 6th line of page 6. Procedural amendment (method) April 14, 1985 1, Indication of the case 1986 Patent Application No. 4071, Title of invention Aperture card printing machine 3, Person making the amendment Relationship to the case Patent applicant (520) Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. 4, Agent 5, Date of amendment order: March 4, 1986

Claims (1)

[Claims] a conveyance mechanism that receives aperture cards in a receiving section and conveys them one by one to an output section; and a reading means that reads search information recorded on the periphery of an image area of a microfilm loaded in a window of the aperture card. , the search information read by this reading means is perforated/performed in the aperture card.
It is characterized by comprising a recording means for perforating or printing on the memo section, and recording the search information on the perforation/memo section while the aperture card is being conveyed from the receiving section to the output section. Printing machine for aperture cards.