KR100210459B1 - Bar code transformation device - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a simple barcode when the tag information is applied to the image input unit, the position beam and the position beam drive, and the barcode information obtained by the barcode reading unit or the key board input by the CPU. In this configuration, the existing tag information can be barcoded by reading the tag information of the bar coded tab paper and printing data in a frame corresponding to a predetermined item of the existing tab based on the read information. Allows you to create printed tabular paper.

The configuration of the present invention is the position beam 9, the position beam drive and the barcode reading unit 14, the key board 16, the image input unit 19, the reading information memory 20, the CPU ( 10) the bus 11, the ROM 12, the RAM 13, the x-coordinate detection circuit 17, the y-coordinate detection circuit 18, the CPU 10 for converting the read coordinate information into a barcode, and the bus (1), ROM (12), and RAM (13).

Description

Barcode Conversion Device

1 is a block diagram for providing an explanation of an example of a word processor for printer attachment to which the present invention is applied.

2 is a main flowchart for providing an explanation of an example of a word processor for printer attachment to which the present invention is applied.

3 is a flowchart of the subroutine S1 used to explain an example of a word processor for printer attachment to which the present invention is applied.

4 is a flowchart diagram of a subroutine S2 provided in the description of an example of a word processor for printer attachment to which the present invention is applied.

5 is a flowchart of the subroutine S3 for providing an explanation of an example of a word processor for printer attachment to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the subroutine S4 used to explain the example of the word processor for printer attachment to which the present invention is applied.

7 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the example of the word processor for printer attachment to which the present invention is applied.

8 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the example of the word processor for printer attachment to which the present invention is applied.

9 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the example of the word processor for printer attachment to which the present invention is applied.

10 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the example of the word processor for printer attachment to which the present invention is applied.

11 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the example of the word processor for printer attachment to which the present invention is applied.

12 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the example of the word processor for printer attachment to which the present invention is applied.

13 is an explanatory diagram for explaining another use example of the word processor for printer attachment to which the present invention is applied.

14 is an explanatory diagram for explaining another example of use of the word processor for printer attachment to which the present invention is applied.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

1: Table paper 1a: Table

2: Rubber roller 3: Motor in y direction

4: x direction motor 5,7: pulley

6: belt 8: head and ribbon

9: position beam 10: CPU

11: bus 12: ROM

13: RAM 14: position beam drive and barcode reading unit

15: drive circuit 16: key board

17: x coordinate detection circuit 18: y coordinate detection circuit

19: Image input unit 20: Reading information memory

21: image output memory 22: LCD drive circuit

23: LCD display

The present invention relates to an apparatus for converting bar code information, which is suitable for use in, for example, a printer, a word processor for a printer.

Conventional printers are widely used as devices for displaying data such as word processors and personal computers on paper.

The general use of the printer is largely classified into the case of printing the data created on the display on a so-called printer paper which is in a blank state, and setting the paper on which the ruled line is already printed on the printer, and writing the data on the display within the ruled line. Each item may be printed by moving the carriage of the printer to a keyboard or the like so as to enter the item well.

There is no problem in the former because it only prints, but in the latter case, that is, since data created on the display is printed in the ruled line of the sheet of paper, the alignment is difficult, and the label itself cannot be displayed on the display.

As a solution to this, there is a method in which margin setting of printing positions is performed for each item.

The simplest method is to create a gage on the display or read the gage using an image reader, store the gage data on a floppy disk or memory card, and read the gage data when using it. The data is displayed in the ruled line of the displayed tick marks, and the tick marks on the display are printed together with the data.

By the way, there is an unreasonable point that it is very troublesome for the user to set the margin of the printing position for each item.

When the schedule data is stored in a floppy disk, a memory card, or the like, an unnecessary thing called a recording medium is interposed for the user who wants to print the data on the schedule printed on the original paper.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of this point, and it is an object of the present invention to propose a bar code converting apparatus of time information that can solve the above-mentioned problems.

The barcode information converting apparatus of the tag information according to the present invention uses, for example, reading means 9, 14, 16, 19, 20, 10, 11, 12, 13 for reading the ticket information, as shown in FIGS. , 17, 18) and bar code converting means 10 for converting the read-out information read by the reading means 9, 14, 16, 19, 20, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18 into barcodes. 11, 12, 13).

According to the present invention, the ticket information is read by reading means 9, 14, 16, 19, 20, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18 for reading the ticket information. Since the bar code is converted into a bar code by the bar code converting means (10, 11, 12, 13), for example, when it is applied to a word processor for printer attachment, the bar coded tag sheet information is read in a simple configuration. Based on the existing tabular information, it is possible to create a printed tabular paper by coding existing tabular information which enables printing of data in a frame corresponding to a predetermined item of the existing tabular code.

EXAMPLE

Hereinafter, with reference to FIG. 1, the example which applies the barcode conversion apparatus of the tag information of this invention to the word processor for printer attachment for example is demonstrated in detail.

In this FIG. 1, 1 is a sheet of paper on which the table 1a is printed, and the sheet of paper 1 is guided by the rubber roller 2.

This rubber roller 2 is driven by the y-direction motor 3.

5 and 7 are pulleys, respectively, and the belt 6 is wound as shown in this figure.

The pulley 5 is connected to the x-direction motor 4, and the driving power of this x-direction motor 4 is transmitted to the pulley 5. As shown in FIG.

When the pulley 5 rotates, its driving power is transmitted to the pulley 7 by the belt 6 and rotates in the same direction as the pulley 7.

Thus, the head, the ribbon 8 and the position beam 9 which are integrally mounted to the belt 6 are moved in the horizontal direction.

The position beam 9 has a light emitting portion and a light receiving portion, and is driven by the position beam driving portion and the barcode reading portion 14.

This position beam 9 is responsible for three functions.

One is a function that emits light from the light emitting part to cause the light to enter the report paper 1, and the user can check the printing start position by the incident light. It is a function of detecting whether there is a ruled line by the reflected light from 1) and obtaining the tabular information. One will be described later in detail from the barcode printed on the tabular paper 1 by the reflected light from the tabular paper 1. This function reads ruled line information.

10 is a CPU having a coordinate / coordinate converting section 10a and a coordinate / barcode converting section 10b. The CPU 10 is a bus (consisting of an address, data, and control bus) 11 for each circuit and the like. Connected.

12 is a ROM in which a program is stored, 13 is a RAM for work, 15 is a drive circuit for driving the y-direction motor 3 and the x-direction motor 4, and 16 is a key board.

17 is an x-coordinate detection circuit. For example, when the x-direction motor 4 is for encoder attachment, the x-coordinate is detected by the coefficient of the pulse. When the x-direction motor 4 is a stepping motor, the x-coordinate is counted by counting the driving pulse. Detect.

18 is a y-coordinate detection circuit. For example, if the y-direction motor 3 is for encoder attachment, the y-coordinate is detected by the coefficient of the pulse. Detect.

19 is an image input unit such as an image scanner, for example, and as shown in FIG. 9, information of the schedule 1a of the schedule sheet 1 is read.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a reading information memory, which uses the information of the schedule 1a read by the image input unit 19, the schedule information created on the LCD display 23 using the key board 16, or the position beam 9 described later. The information of the table 1a of the sheet of paper 1 read by the position beam drive and barcode reading unit 14 is stored.

21 is an image output memory, and the image information stored therein is supplied to the LCD display 23 via the bus 11 and the LCD driving circuit 22, and displayed on the display surface.

Next, the above-described operation of the printer attachment word processor will be described. However, description of the operation as a word processor will be omitted, and only the operation specific to this embodiment will be described.

As the operation peculiar to the present example, roughly classified, the following operation can be given.

That is, the existing tabular paper 1 such as commercially available is obtained by using the position beam 9 to obtain the ticket information, by generating key information by the input of the key board 16, and an image input unit such as an image scanner. The operation of reading the ticket information of the ticket paper 1 as an image by (19), the encoding of the ticket information obtained in this way with a barcode or the like and printing at a predetermined position on the ticket paper 1, and the encoding of the barcode etc. It is an operation of reading the ticket information of the ticket paper 1 on which the printed ticket information is printed and printing the data within the ruled line based on the ticket information.

In this example, the image input unit 19 is described as an image scanner, but a floppy disk driver may be used for compatibility with more various types of devices, or a memory card reading device or an electronic still camera may be used.

And, Figure 2 below the operation described above 6 is a flowchart diagram and FIG. 7 It will be described in detail with reference to the explanatory drawing of FIG.

First, the main flowchart of FIG. 2 will be described.

When power is supplied to the word processor for a printer shown in FIG. 1, the display of the functions capable of performing the above-described operation together with various functions of the word processor is performed on the LCD display 23. FIG.

In step 100, it is determined whether or not the schedule input mode is selected on this screen. YES The process returns to step 500, NO The process returns to step 110. This selection is made by the user by manipulating the key board 16.

In step 500, the subroutine S4 is executed, and then ends.

In step 110, it is determined whether or not the account creation mode is selected on the screen described above. YES The process returns to step 120, NO If so, the process returns to step 100 again.

In step 120, the selection screen is repeatedly displayed on the LCD display 23, and it is determined whether or not the selection key board is selected. YES The process proceeds to the back step 200, NO The process returns to step 130.

In step 200, the subroutine S1 is executed, and then the process proceeds to step 150.

In step 130, it is determined whether or not the image is input. YES The process returns to step 300; NO The process returns to step 140.

In step 300, the subroutine S2 is executed, and then the process proceeds to step 150.

In step 140, it is determined whether or not to read directly. YES The process returns to step 400, NO If so, the process proceeds to step 120 again.

Here, each of the above-described subroutines S1 before the description of step 150 and below S3) will be described.

First, the subroutine S1 will be described with reference to FIG.

First, in step 210, a schedule based on key board input is displayed.

The flow then advances to step 220.

In other words, once the user inputs the key board 16 in accordance with the function as a word processor, the user creates an account on the LCD display 23. The time data is stored in the image output memory 21, and the time data are read out from the image output memory 21, which is passed through the bus 11 and the LCD driving circuit 22 to the LCD display 23. It is supplied to and displayed on the display surface as an image.

In step 220, it is determined whether or not it is a counting mode. YES The process returns to step 240, NO The process returns to step 230.

In step 230, another process is performed.

In step 240, the state of the memory is scanned and stored in the reading information memory 20. And it passes this subroutine S1.

That is, the report data written in the image output memory 21 is scanned.

Next, the subroutine S2 will be described with reference to FIG.

In step 310 of this subroutine S2, for example, as shown in FIG. 9, the table 1a of the sheet of paper 1 is read by an image input unit 19 such as an image scanner. It is stored in the reading information memory 20 and written in the image output memory 21. Therefore, on the display surface of the LCD display 23, the schedule 1a is displayed as an image as shown in FIG. The subroutine S2 is then passed through.

Next, the subroutine S3 will be described with reference to FIG.

In this subroutine S3, as shown in FIG. 9, the information of the account 1a of the existing account paper 1 such as commercially available is set in the printer, the position beam 9, the position beam drive and the barcode reading unit ( The reading operation is performed by 14).

First, in step 410, the paper size is set. For example, the user designates the size of the paper by the input of the key board 16 (either A4 or B5).

In step 415, the count sheet paper setting operation is performed. The flow then advances to step 420.

That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the sheet of paper 1 shown in FIG. 9 is set in the printer, and for example, the y-direction motor 3 is operated by operating the y-direction key not shown in the key board 16. FIG. Drive by the drive circuit 15 to rotate the rubber roller 2, and operate the x direction key of the key board 16 (not shown) to drive the x direction motor 4 by the drive circuit 15 By rotating the pulley 5 to move the position beam 9.

Then, the spot position of the position beam 9 on the tab paper 1 overlaps the left ruled line c of the tab 1 a shown in FIG.

Then, the x direction key is operated to drive the x direction motor 4 by the drive circuit 15 to rotate the pulley 5 so that the position beam 9 overlaps the right end point d of the grid 1a.

In step 420, it is judged whether or not it is horizontal. YES The process returns to step 425, NO If so, the flow advances to step 415 again.

That is, when the spot of the position beam does not overlap the right end point d of the gage 1a, for example, a message or the like indicating that the gage paper 1 is not set horizontally on the LCD display 23 is displayed.

In step 425, the horizontal direction is read from left to right for one row. The flow then advances to step 430.

That is, the position beam is moved by driving the driving circuit 15 to move the position beam so that the spot of the position beam 9 overlaps the viewpoint C shown in FIG. 9, and automatically or manually from this viewpoint C. The position beam 9 is moved to the right direction.

In the manual case, the upper and lower cursor keys (not shown) of the key board 16 become the y direction keys, and the left and right cursor keys (not shown) of the key board 16 become the x direction keys. The operation of the key causes the rubber roller 2 and the position beam 9 to be driven.

Thus, from the position beam 9, if there is a ruled line, a low level 0 signal is supplied to the position beam drive and barcode reading unit 14, and if there is no ruled line, a high level 1 signal is driven to the position beam drive. And a barcode reading unit 14.

Ruled line information from the position beam driving and barcode reading unit 14 is supplied to the reading information memory 20 via the bus 11 and written in the reading information memory 20.

In parallel with this scanning operation, the x-coordinate detection circuit 17 obtains x-coordinate data by counting pulses from the x-direction motor 4 and stores this in the work RAM 13, for example.

In step 430, it is determined whether it is x dots or not, YES The process proceeds to the back step 435, NO The process returns to step 425.

That is, it is determined whether or not the predetermined number of dots in the x direction has been reached.

In step 435, 1 is added to the y-coordinate and corrected. The flow then advances to step 440. This y-coordinate data is stored in the work RAM 13, for example. That is, the y-direction motor 13 is driven by the drive circuit 15 to rotate the rubber roller 2 by one step (for example, one dot).

In parallel with this, the y-coordinate detection circuit 18 counts pulses from the y-direction motor 3 to obtain y-coordinate data, which is stored in the work RAM 13.

In step 440, the horizontal direction is read from the right by one row to the left. The flow then advances to step 445.

That is, the position beam is moved by driving the driving circuit 15 in the x direction motor so that the spot of the position beam 9 overlaps the end point d shown in FIG. By moving the position beam 9 to the left direction.

Thus, from the position beam 9, when there is a ruled line, a low level 0 signal is supplied to the position beam drive and barcode reading unit 14, and when there is no ruled line, a high level 1 signal is driven to the position beam drive. And a barcode reading unit 14.

Ruled line information from the position beam driving and barcode reading unit 14 is supplied to the reading information memory 20 via the bus 11 and written in the reading information memory 20.

In parallel with this scanning operation, the x-coordinate detection circuit 17 obtains the x-coordinate data by the coefficient of the pulse from the x-direction motor 4 and stores it in the work RAM 13, for example.

In step 445, it is determined whether it is x dots or not, YES The process proceeds to the back step 450, NO If so, the flow advances to step 425 again.

That is, it is determined whether or not the predetermined number of dots in the x direction has been reached.

In step 450, 1 is added to the y-coordinate and corrected. The flow then advances to step 455. This y-coordinate data is stored in the work RAM 13, for example.

That is, the y-direction motor 3 is driven by the drive circuit 15 to rotate the rubber roller 2 by one step (for example, one dot).

In parallel with this operation, the y-coordinate detection circuit 18 obtains y-coordinate data by the coefficient of the pulse from the y-direction motor 3, and stores it in the work RAM 13, for example.

In step 455, it is determined whether the number of prescribed dots matches the numerical value of the y-coordinate data, YES If it passes through this subroutine (S3), NO If so, the flow advances to step 425 again.

That is, it is determined whether or not the number of dots in the longitudinal direction is equal to the value of the y coordinate.

As shown in FIG. 11, the ruled line of the mark 1a of the tick sheet 1 is scanned in the direction of i by dot h by the position beam 9 to obtain ruled line information as shown in FIG.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 1, the read data of the coordinates is converted into coordinate information by the coordinate / coordinate conversion unit 10a, which is one of the CPU 10 functions.

And such a subroutine (S1 After passing through S3), the flow proceeds to step 150 of the flowchart as the main routine shown in FIG.

In this example, each of the above-described subroutines (S1) The ruled line information obtained in S3) is converted into a bar code, and the bar code information is printed on, for example, the upper part of the table.

In this way, the barcode printed on the tabular paper 1 is read by the position beam 9, the position beam drive and the barcode reading unit 14 of the printer, and the read barcode information is converted into original ruled line information. For example, the image is displayed on the LCD display 23 as an image of the schedule, and data is inserted into the key board 16 in a frame formed by the ruled line of the schedule, and then exactly within the frame of the schedule 1a set in the printer. Input data can be printed on the display surface.

In FIG. 10, the information sheet 1a shows a sheet of paper 1 printed with a bar code. In this manner, when the ruled line information of the schedule 1a is printed in the barcode display area e as a barcode bc, the information is read by a word processor for printer attachment, and the cumbersome margin setting is performed. The data is not printed out of the frame for each item.

As shown in FIG. 10, the bar code bc is correctly read and the data is printed in the frame of each item of the table 1a so that the data is printed accurately. After positioning the position of the position beam 9 to c, for example, by pressing the return key (not shown) from the key board 16, the position beam 9 is automatically moved (head and ribbon ( 8) is integrated), and as shown in FIG. 10, it may be checked whether or not there is a line from the start point (c) to the end point (d).

In the case of performing the manual operation, after aligning the spot of the position beam 9 at the time point c in the same manner as described above, the x-direction key is operated to move the position beam 9 to the end point d so that the line continuously. You may make it detect whether it exists or not.

However, as described above, when the ruled line information in the x-direction and the y-direction is bar coded and printed, the information other than the ruled line is included, so that the information amount of the barcode bc is large as shown in FIG. You lose.

Therefore, in the present example, the ruled information is compressed to be bar coded instead of just the ruled information.

That is, the area | region 1a is divided | segmented, it is made into the barcode for every divided area | region, and as this auxiliary means, the information of each ruled line is obtained for every divided area | region in the x direction and a y direction.

This will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 2.

In step 150, the tabular data is compressed and written in the memory. The process then proceeds to step 160.

Step 160 selects two values of the outer frame of the system and a large number of occurrences of the x and y coordinates. The flow then advances to step 170.

This will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 7A, the tabular paper 1 on which the tabular sheet 1a is printed is shown, and the presence or absence of a line in the x direction and the presence of a line in the y direction of the tabular sheet 1a of the tabular sheet 1 are shown. Represents a prefix.

First, as shown in step 160, only the ruled line information in the longitudinal direction of the schedule 1a is read out, as shown at the top of the schedule 1a.

As shown in FIG. 10, for example, the ruled line information extracted for the outer frame of the grid 1a (the ruled lines at the left and right edges of the grid 1a) and the number of occurrences of the number of times of the x coordinate is retrieved. Is made thicker than the other symbols in the ruled line information.

On the other hand, as shown on the left side of the schedule 1a as shown in step 160, only ruled line information in the lateral direction of the schedule 1a is taken out.

As shown in FIG. 10, for example, the ruled line information extracted for the outer frame of the grid 1a (the ruled line between the left and right edges of the grid 1a) and the many positions of the number of occurrences of the y-coordinate is shown. Is made thicker than the other symbols in the ruled line information.

These information are stored in the work RAM 13, for example.

In addition, by this processing, this table 1a is divided into regions Z1 to Z9 by a thick line symbol as shown in FIG. 7B.

In step 170, the x-coordinate data is converted into a bar code and printed with a pre-symbol at a predetermined position. The flow then advances to step 180.

In step 180, the y-coordinate data is converted into a barcode, and printed with a pre-mark at a predetermined position. And exit.

The process of converting this coordinate data into a barcode is performed by the coordinate / barcode converting section 10b which is one of the functions of the CPU 10.

That is, compressed information is obtained with respect to the line symbol obtained in step 160, that is, the x-coordinate data.

This compression method is performed as follows.

For example, in the area Z1 (where the x direction is the second thick line from the first thick line on the coordinate of the coordinate 1a), as shown in Fig. 7a, the line symbol representing the x coordinate is four lines and the y coordinate. There are four lines.

First, in the top line symbol representing the y-coordinate (the smallest value in this area), the ruled lines exist in the x-direction as tightly.

Therefore, it is set to 14 with respect to a ruled line on the x coordinate in the y coordinate indicated by the uppermost line symbol. 1 in 14 is the position of the topmost symbol (y coordinate), the leftmost symbol (x coordinate), and 4 is the ruled line up to the 4th line symbol including the 1st symbol representing this 1. Indicates that there is.

Similarly in this area Z1, in the second line symbol from the top representing the y coordinate (the second value is small in this area), the ruled line is the rightmost line symbol from the leftmost line symbol in the x direction. It is drawn to (in this area | region Z1).

Therefore, it is set to 14 regarding the ruled line on the x-coordinate in the y-coordinate represented by the second line symbol.

Similarly, in the third line symbol representing the y coordinate (the third is the smallest value in this area), the ruled line is the rightmost line symbol from the second line symbol from the left in the x direction (this area (Z1). Is drawn to).

Therefore, the ruled line on the x-coordinate in the y-coordinate represented by the fourth line symbol is 24.

That is, as ruled line information of the x-axis of this area Z1, it becomes 14, 14, 14, 24.

The y-axis of this area Z1 is as follows.

First, in the rightmost line symbol representing the x-coordinate (the lowest value in this region Z1), the fourth line (lowest in this region) from the top line symbol representing the y-coordinate. Ruled lines are drawn to the symbol.

Therefore, it is set to 14 with respect to the ruled line on the y coordinate in the x coordinate indicated by the leftmost line symbol.

Next, in the second line symbol from the left indicating the x coordinate (the second value is small in this area), the fourth from the top line symbol representing the y coordinate (the lowest in this area) The ruled line is drawn up to the line signal of.

Therefore, it is set to 14 with respect to the ruled line on the y coordinate in the x coordinate indicated by the second line symbol from the left.

Next, in the third line symbol from the left indicating the x coordinate (the third value is small in this area), the fourth from the top line symbol representing the y coordinate (the lowest in this area). Ruled lines are drawn up to the symbol of.

Therefore, the ruled line on the y-coordinate in the x-coordinate represented by the third line symbol above is 34.

Next, the fourth line symbol from the left indicating the x coordinate (the end point in this area and the largest value) is the fourth from the top line symbol representing the y coordinate (the most in this area). Ruled lines are not drawn at all up to the symbol of the bottom).

Therefore, the ruled line on the y-coordinate in the x-coordinate represented by the fourth line symbol from the left side is, for example, a value indicating that no ruled line such as 0, 11 or 44 is drawn.

That is, the ruled line information on the y-axis of this area Z1 is 14, 14, 34, 00, or 11 or 44.

In this manner, in this example, numerical values are obtained for the ruled line information on the x and y axes from the regions Z2 to Z9 in the same manner.

The numerical values for each of these areas are converted into barcode information.

As for the bar code, a bar code of a format known in the ITF (Interleaved Format), so-called 2 of 5, or CODE 39 is used.

In this way, the information including the ruled line information in the x-axis direction, the ruled line information in the y-axis direction, and the bar coded information of the ruled line information are printed as shown in FIG.

That is, as shown in FIG. 8, the line symbol as the x-coordinate data is printed in the x-coordinate data printing area e1 on the upper side of the grid 1a of the sheet of paper 1, and the line symbol as the y-coordinate data is shown as an example. For example, it compresses by 70 percent (also by the relationship between the longitudinal and transverse relationships of the hierarchy). Printed on the y-coordinate data printing area e2 at the top of the grid 1a of the tabular paper 1, the bar code as ruled line information on the x-axis is printed on the x-axis barcode printing area at the top of the grid 1a on the tabular paper 1. (e3), the bar code as the ruled line information on the y-axis is printed in the y-axis bar code printing area e4 on the upper part of the tab 1a of the tab paper 1.

In this way, the schedule 1a of the schedule sheet 1 on which the barcode and the coordinate data are printed is used as shown in the flowchart of FIG.

Hereinafter, the subroutine S4 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

This subroutine S4 is a routine for accurately printing the data input from the key board 16 to the timetable 1a of the printed timesheet 1 on the barcode and coordinate data, in the frames for each item.

In step 510, the set operation of the tabular paper 1 is performed. The flow then advances to step 515.

That is, as shown in FIG. 8, the tab paper 1 is set in the printer, and in the case of manual operation, the y direction motor 3 is operated by driving the y direction key, not shown, of the key board 16, for example. (15) rotates the rubber roller (2), and operates the x direction key of the key board 16 (not shown) to drive the x direction motor (4) by the drive circuit 15 to pulley Rotate (15) to move the position beam (9).

Then, the spot position of the position beam 9 on the tab paper 1 overlaps the reference point a on the left side of the tab 1 a shown in FIG.

Then, the x direction key is operated to drive the x direction motor 4 by the drive circuit 15 to rotate the pulley 5 so that the position beam 9 overlaps the reference point b on the left side.

In step 515, it is determined whether or not it is horizontal. If YES, the flow advances to step 520, and if NO, the flow advances to step 510 again.

That is, when the spot of the position beam does not overlap the left reference point b of the counting sheet 1, for example, a message indicating that the counting sheet 1 is not set horizontally on the LCD display 23, or the like. Is displayed.

On the other hand, in the case of automatic operation, after returning the spot of the position beam 9 to the left reference point a of the count sheet 1 in the same manner as described above, for example, the return key of the key board 16 (not shown) is omitted. Press the back.

Thus, the x-direction motor 4 is driven via the driving circuit 15 under the control of the CPU 10, and the position beam 9 together with the head and the ribbon 8 in the state shown in FIG. Move to the right.

At the same time, an electrical signal indicating light reception information by the position beam 9 is supplied to the position beam driving and barcode reading unit 14, and the coordinate data from the x-coordinate detection circuit 17 is transmitted to the CPU 10. The number of dots in the lateral direction is thereby exceeded by a prescribed value, and the judgment is made as to whether or not the reference point b is detected.

In the case of detection, the CPU 10 judges that it is horizontal, as shown in step 515. In case of no detection, the CPU 10 determines that it is not horizontal. For example, in this case, the LCD display 23 Display error messages, etc.

In step 520, the barcode is read. The flow then advances to step 525.

That is, the y-direction data is driven through the driving circuit 15 so that the spot of the position beam 9 is located on the leftmost side of the x-coordinate data printing area e1 below the predetermined dot from the position of the reference point a. Then, the x-direction motor 4 is driven through the driving circuit 15 to move the position beam 9 to the right.

In this way, the preliminary symbol printed in the x-coordinate data printing area e1 is read by the position beam driving and barcode reading unit 14.

Next, after the position of the position beam 9 reaches the rightmost side of the x-coordinate data printing area e1, the motor Y in the y direction is driven through the driving circuit 15 to drive the position sheet 1. The spot of the position beam 9 is located at the rightmost end of the y-coordinate data printing area e2 below the predetermined dot.

Then, the x-direction motor 4 is driven through the driving circuit 15, so that the position beam 9 is moved to the left, and the pre-symbol printed in the y-coordinate data printing area e2 is moved to the position beam. It is read by the drive and barcode reading unit 14.

Next, after the position of the position beam 9 reaches the leftmost side of the y-coordinate data printing area e2, the y-direction motor 3 is driven through the drive circuit 15 to drive the position sheet 1 of the sheet of paper. The spot of the position beam 9 is located at the leftmost end of the x-axis barcode printing area e3 below the predetermined dot.

Then, the x-direction motor 4 is driven through the driving circuit 15 so that the position beam 9 is moved in the right direction, and the x-axis barcode printed in the x-axis barcode printing area e3 is positioned. It is read by the beam driving and barcode reading section 14.

Next, after the position of the position beam 9 reaches the rightmost side of the x-axis bar code printing area e3, the y-direction motor 3 is driven through the driving circuit 15 so that the position sheet 1 The spot of the position beam 9 is located at the rightmost end of the y-axis barcode printing area e4 below the predetermined dot.

After that, the x-direction motor 4 is driven through the driving circuit 15 to move the position beam 9 to the left, and the y-axis barcode printed in the y-axis barcode printing area e4 is moved along with the position beam. It is read by the drive and barcode reading unit 14.

In step 525, the bar code is converted into coordinates. The flow then advances to step 530.

That is, the bar code read by the position beam driving and bar code reading unit 14 is converted into coordinate information by the coordinate / bar code converting unit 10b, which is one of the CPU 10 functions.

At this time, the entire pre-symbol printed in the y-coordinate data print area e2 is extended to the original information length, for example.

In step 530, data as an image of the schedule 1a is obtained by a bar code of coordinate information of x and y and a pre-symbol of coordinate data of x and y, and the data of the schedule 1a is stored in the image output memory. Fill in (21). The flow then advances to step 535.

In step 535, data of the display memory is output. The flow then advances to step 540.

That is, the reading of the reading data written in the image output memory 21, the reading reading data is supplied to the LCD display 23 via the bus 11 and the LCD driving circuit 22, and the writing on the display surface. It is displayed as the image of (1a).

In step 540, the input from the key board 16 is accepted. The flow then advances to step 545.

In other words, the user can input the desired data using the key board 16 in the frame for each item formed by the ruled line of the grid 1a shown on the LCD display 23. As a result, data input by the user is written to the predetermined position of the image output memory 21.

Step 545 displays the keyboard input character. The flow then advances to step 550.

That is, the characters that the user inputs by the key board 16 are displayed in the frame for each item formed by the ruled line of the grid 1a displayed on the LCD display 23.

In addition, when one item is input to the key board 16 and the return key is pressed, the cursor may be moved within the frame that is the input position of the next item.

The staff 550 determines whether or not printing, YES The process returns to step 555, NO If so, the process proceeds to step 540 again.

Here, the spot of the position beam 9 is positioned at the time c of the left angle of the tabular paper 1a as shown in FIG. 8 by the user's manipulation of the x and y direction keys or automatic.

In addition, the x-direction motor 4 may be driven through the drive circuit 15 repeatedly so as to confirm and align whether or not it is horizontal as described above.

Also, whether or not printing is performed on the LCD display 23 at the time when the user inputs data in a frame corresponding to all items or when the user presses a key indicating the end (not shown). In this case, when the user presses an execution key (not shown), for example, the spot of the position beam 9 is positioned at the start point c of the left angle of the grid 1a as described above. Thereafter, only the data input by the user from the image output memory 21 by the key board 16 is directly or once the data of the image output memory 21 is stored in the printing memory (not shown) of the printer. Only the data inputted in 16) is supplied, and exactly predetermined data is printed in the frame for each item formed by the ruled line of the schedule 1a of the schedule sheet 1 as shown in FIG.

As described above, in the present example, the existing mark is read as data using the position beam of the printer, or the mark generated by the image input unit 19 or the mark generated by the key board input is coded and printed on the mark. For example, if there is only such a tabular form, the code can be displayed on the display unit by simply reading the code and inputting data by the key board. Then, the data can be accurately printed in the tabular frame. By completing data with or without preserving data, is it possible to provide not only costly merit, but also a wide range of usage methods for general companies.

In addition, not only the barcode but also the system is divided into regions, and the barcode is printed together with the data of the x and y coordinates, so that the amount of information can be minimized.

In addition, various usage examples are shown in FIGS. 12-14.

In FIG. 12, for example, the bar coat bc is printed in the bar code display area e under the tabular paper 1. FIG. 3 is another example of this example, for example, the title shown on the left side. The so-called stock data method is shown in which data is printed on the bar code display area (e) on the left as a bar code (bc), respectively.

Also in FIG. 13 and FIG. 14, such data may not be recorded on relatively expensive media such as a floppy disk. Therefore, the merit of cost increases and can be widely applied to various information by the same method. have.

In addition, this invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, Of course, other various structures are acquired within the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention.

According to the present invention described above, since the ticket information is read by the ticket information reading means, and the read ticket information is converted into a bar code by the barcode converting means. Read a piece of tabular paper that has been printed with bar code, and then print the data in a frame corresponding to a predetermined item of an existing tag based on the read information. There is a benefit such as to write.

Claims (1)

And bar code converting means for reading the ticket information, and bar code converting means for converting the ticket information read by the reading means into a bar code.