KR20080093940A - Method for recording printing information - Google Patents

Abstract

A method of recording printing information is provided to record printing information in print paper by using an RFID(Radio Frequency Identification) chip attached to the print paper and confirm and inspect the printing information easily after printing. A method of recording printing information includes a step of providing printing information to be recorded in an RF(Radio Frequency) chip(165) attached to print paper and contents to be printed on the print paper to a printer(100), a step of recording the printing information in the RF chip before or after the printer prints the contents, and a step that the printer inspects the printing information recorded in the RF chip.

Description

Method for Recording Printing Information

1 is a simplified diagram of a printing apparatus equipped with a function of recording print information on an RFID chip provided on a printing sheet.

2 is a simplified diagram of a printing sheet equipped with an RFID chip.

3 is a simple flowchart of a process of recording print information with an RFID chip provided on a printing sheet according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

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100: printing apparatus 105: control unit

110: RFID control unit 115: screen output unit

120: key input unit 125: communication unit

130: RFID transceiver 135: Print

140: memory unit 145: power supply unit

150: information processing device 155: print agent

160: Application 165: RFID Chip

The present invention provides a printing device with printing information to be recorded on an RF chip provided on a printing paper and a printing target content to be printed on the printing paper, and before or after printing the printing target content by the printing apparatus. It relates to a print information recording method comprising the step of recording the print information with the RF chip provided on the printing paper.

RFID technology contains information on the entire process of production, distribution, storage, and consumption of a product on a tag, which acts as a transponder in the form of a chip attached to the product, and RFID readers Is a technology that reads the information through an antenna and integrates the information with an information processing system through at least one network.

According to the RFID system known to date, the RFID system basically transmits a specific signal in response to an external signal (= in response to an external signal) including RFID information (for example, product information on a product with an RFID tag) in chip form. An RFID chip (for example, an RFID tag) serving as a generic name of a wireless transceiver to be returned, an antenna for performing wireless transmission and reception with the RFID tag (= transponder), and an RFID included in the RFID tag (= transponder) An RFID reading system comprising an RFID reader for receiving and reading information, at least one network for providing the RFID information received and read from the RFID tag to at least one information processing system, and from the RFID reader Based on the provided RFID information, at least one information processing (e.g. logistics such as goods receipt and / or goods issue) And an RFID processing system composed of an information processing system for performing management).

In addition, such an RFID system may only read as an active RFID system (for example, read / write as a powered RFID chip) and a passive RFID system (for example, as a non-powered RFID chip depending on whether power is supplied to an RFID chip. Can be classified into low frequency RFID systems (e.g., using a low frequency band of 30KHz to 500KHz) and high frequency RFID systems (e.g., using a high frequency band of 950 MHz to 950MHz or 2.4GHz to 2.5 GHz) according to the radio frequency band. Chip sizes range from tiny micro RFID chips within 1mm to 1cm RFID chips with batteries.

On the other hand, even today, where high performance computing technology and various digital contents have been developed, paper is still used as a recording medium for information, which is safer than a digital document which is open through a network, and the information is not only permanently preserved. This is because the responsibility and authority for information can be clearly set.

However, despite the above advantages, the method of recording and preserving information on paper is inconvenient compared to digital documents, for example, because the information retrieval process is not automated, and various additional services using the information are provided in combination with computing technology. It does not contain the problem.

Therefore, if the retrieval of the information recorded on paper is automated, and if the information recorded on the paper can be combined with the computing technology as described above, it is safer than the digital document, the permanent preservation is possible, and the responsibility and authority are clearly defined. You can combine the advantages of a paper document with the advantages of a digital document.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a printing device with print information to be recorded on an RF chip provided on a printing paper and a print target content to be printed on the printing paper, and the printing target in the printing device. It provides a print information recording method comprising the step of recording the print information with the RF chip provided on the printing paper before or after printing the content.

The printing information recording method according to the present invention comprises the steps of providing the printing device with the print information to be recorded on the RF chip provided on the printing paper and the printing target content to be printed on the printing paper, and the printing target content in the printing apparatus. It characterized in that it comprises the step of recording the print information with the RF chip provided on the printing paper before or after the printing process.

In addition, the printing apparatus further comprises the step of verifying the printing information recorded on the RF chip provided on the printing paper.

According to the present invention, the print information may include receipt information, lottery information, point information, information for searching for and extracting a specific document stored in a box or a document storage box, information to be printed on a printing paper, And one or more pieces of information for providing an associated additional service-an additional service including at least one of a coupon providing service, a ticket providing service, and a gift certificate providing service.

According to the present invention, the printing apparatus may include at least one of a printer, a fax, a payment terminal, an unmanned information terminal, and a kiosk.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings and description will be described in detail the operating principle of the preferred embodiment of the present invention. However, the drawings and the following description shown below are for the preferred method among various methods for effectively explaining the features of the present invention, the present invention is not limited only to the drawings and description below. In addition, in the following description of the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. Terms to be described later are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, which may vary according to intentions or customs of users or operators. Therefore, the definition should be based on the contents throughout the present title.

1 is a simple diagram of a printing apparatus 100 equipped with a function of recording printing information on an RFID chip 165 provided on printing paper.

Referring to FIG. 1, the printing apparatus 100 basically includes a control unit 105, a screen output unit 115, a key input unit 120, a communication unit 125, a printing unit 135, a memory unit 140, and / Alternatively, a power supply unit 145 for supplying power to the printing device 100 and a printing tray for supplying printing paper are provided, and the printing information is provided on the RFID chip 165 provided in the printing paper as the present invention suggests. In order to record the RFID control unit 110 and the RFID transceiver 130 is additionally provided.

The controller 105 is a generic term for a process of powering up and booting the printing apparatus 100 and / or an operating system and a print control program loaded after being booted and controlling the overall operation of the printing apparatus 100. It features a management box. That is, all functions and / or jobs performed by the printing apparatus 100 are performed through the control unit 105, which is the at least one function performing unit (eg, provided in the printing apparatus 100). And at least one printing function and / or print job in conjunction with a screen output unit, a key input unit, a communication unit, and / or a printing unit).

Referring to FIG. 1 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the control unit 105 stores RFID print information provided from the information processing apparatus 150 to record print information with an RFID chip 165 provided on a printing sheet. An RFID controller 105 is provided to control a process of recording the RFID chip 165 included in the printing paper in the printing process through the transceiver 130.

The RFID control unit 110 provided in the control unit 105 is at least one or more information provided from the information processing device 150 to the printing device 100 through the communication unit 125 in accordance with the technical spirit of the present invention and / Or a function of processing the print information to be recorded on the RFID chip 165 included in the printing paper from the data into a form that can be extracted and / or recorded on the RFID chip 165, and the printing paper through the RFID transceiver 130. A function of authenticating the print information recording validity for recording the print information with the RFID chip 165 provided in the RFID chip and transmitting the print information to the RFID chip 165 provided on the printing paper through the RFID transceiver unit 130. After printing the recorded information from the RFID chip 165 through the RFID transceiver 130 to verify the printing function and the print information recorded by the RFID chip 165 provided on the printing paper, the print information is extracted. Before recording 25) compares the print information extracted and / or processed with the print information extracted from the RFID chip 165 as described above, and determines the comparison result as a verification result for the print information record. It is done.

The screen output unit 115 may include print function and / or print job information generated from at least one or more key data generated by the key input unit 120, or various information extracted and / or generated during a print control process of the controller 100. And receives a signal and the like and outputs it to a screen (for example, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display)) provided in the printing apparatus 100.

The key input unit 120 includes at least one or more function keys for generating key data for manipulating the functions and / or jobs of the printing apparatus 100, and when the user of the printing apparatus presses a predetermined key. It generates a corresponding key data (Key Data) and characterized in that it is provided to the controller 100.

The communication unit 125 may include at least one wired cable and / or infrared ray communication, RF (Radio), including a Line PrinTer (LPT), a Recommended Standard-232C (RS-232C), a Universal Serial Bus (USB), and the like. And at least one short-range wireless communication means including frequency communication, Bluetooth, and the like, to communicate with the information processing device 150.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, at least one or more print contents, information on the print contents, and the like are provided from the information processing apparatus 150 to the printing apparatus 100 through the communication unit 125. Information and / or messages generated from the printing apparatus 100 are provided to the information processing apparatus 150 through the communication unit 125.

In general, the information processing system connected to the communication unit 125 includes at least one application having a function of generating print content to be printed by the printing apparatus 100 and requesting to print the print content through the printing apparatus 100. The program 160 is provided, and on the operating system provided in the information processing system, the print content generated by the application program 160 is printed at the request of the application program 160. A print agent (eg, a print driver) 155 is provided to provide and print to 100.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the print agent 155 provided on the operating system of the information processing system extracts at least one or more print information included in the print content generated by the application program 160 or And / or generate at least one print information from print content generated by the application program 160 and / or receive print information on print content generated by the application program 160 from a user. It is additionally provided.

The printing unit 135 prints the print content transmitted to the printing apparatus through the communication unit 125 on the printing paper supplied from the printing tray. In the printing method, the black carbon powder is heated by pressure and / or pressure. A laserjet method of adsorbing and printing on paper, a thermal transfer method of transferring and printing an ink on a thermal ribbon through a heating element, an inkjet method of printing by spraying fine ink powder, and impacting a dot matrix on a ribbon And dot matrix printing methods for printing.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the printing unit 135 prints the print content on the printing paper according to a known printing method provided in the printing apparatus 100. However, in the process of printing the print content on the printing paper by the printing unit 135 as described above, the RFID transceiver 130 provided in the printing apparatus 100 is provided on the printing paper through a radio frequency signal. The print information is recorded by the RFID chip 165.

The RFID transceiver 130 is characterized by performing a role of an RFID reader and / or an antenna in a known RFID system, and printing in accordance with a print information recording validity authentication command of the RFID controller 110 provided in the controller 100. A function of determining whether an RFID chip 165 capable of recording printing information is provided on a printing sheet on which printing is started through the unit 135, and printing information of the RFID controller 110; The RFID chip 165 provided on the printing paper through the radio frequency signal before the printing operation of the printing unit 135 finishes printing information extracted and / or processed by the RFID control unit 110 from the communication unit 125 according to the recording command. And the RFID control by extracting from the RFID chip 165 through a radio frequency signal before the printing operation of the printing unit 135 is terminated according to the printing information extraction command of the RFID controller 110. Providing (110) characterized by carrying out the features of the Print information verification operation performed on the RFID controller.

Referring to Figure 1, the RFID transceiver 130 and the printing unit 135 is provided with a radio wave shield, which is the same function as the RFID transceiver 130 performs a radio frequency signal to the printing unit 135 This applies only to the printing paper currently being printed, and to prevent the printing paper from being stored in the printing tray.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the radio wave blocking film may be solved by applying a conductive material to the RFID transceiver 130 and the printing unit 135 or covering a net film using the conductive material.

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the radio wave blocking film may be solved by applying a conductive material to a printing tray or covering a net film using the conductive material.

2 is a simplified diagram of a print sheet provided with an RFID chip 165.

According to the present invention, the RFID chip 165 provided on the printing paper provides both information and / or data reading and writing functions, and the RFID chip 165 providing the reading and writing functions as described above includes a battery. Or it must be powered from the outside.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the RFID chip 165 provided on the printing paper as described above is a very small RFID chip 165 that can be embedded in the printing paper, and the power supply to the RFID chip 165 is provided. Since it is not possible to include a battery for the present invention, the printing apparatus 100 supplies power to the RFID chip 165 provided on the printing paper.

According to the present invention, in the method of supplying power to the RFID chip 165 to record printing information with the RFID chip 165 provided on the printing paper as described above, capacitive coupling and / or electromagnetic induction ( There is a method of wirelessly supplying power without an electrical contact point through inductive coupling, etc., and a method of supplying power using a roller for moving printing paper in the printing apparatus 100 as an electrical contact point. The method of wirelessly supplying power without the above is omitted since it corresponds to a known technique in a contactless IC card and / or an RFID card.

However, referring to FIG. 2 according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, a method of supplying power to the RFID chip 165 provided on the printing paper by using an electrical contact point may include an RFID chip 165 provided on the printing paper. It is possible to implement through the method of printing a conductive material on the printing paper from the power supply terminal of.

Referring to (a) of FIG. 2, a power supply line connected to a power supply terminal (eg, a DC + 5V terminal and a GND terminal) of the RFID chip 165 is positioned on a printing sheet in contact with a roller of the printing apparatus 100. The conductive material was printed on the front and rear surfaces of the printing paper and the printing paper in contact with the roller provided in the printing apparatus 100.

Referring to (b) of FIG. 2, a power supply line connected to a power supply terminal (eg, a DC + 5V terminal and a GND terminal) of the RFID chip 165 is positioned on a printing sheet in contact with a roller of the printing apparatus 100. The conductive material was printed at two positions in contact with the two rollers provided in the printing apparatus 100 on the front or rear side of the printing paper.

In the case of using a printing paper printed with a conductive material as described above, the printing material is printed on the printing paper in a process in which the printing paper is extracted from the printing tray provided in the printing apparatus 100 and provided to the printing unit 135. Is in contact with the roller provided in the printing apparatus 100, and in this process, power is supplied to the RFID chip 165 provided in the printing paper.

According to an aspect extending from the present invention, in the process of recording the print information on the RFID chip 165 provided in the printing device 100 by the RFID transceiver 130 provided in the printing device 100, Without using a radio frequency signal according to a preferred embodiment, in addition to the power supply line as shown in Figure 2, and prints the input and output lines connected to the RFID chip 165, and prints the print information to the RFID chip 165 through the input and output lines It is also possible. However, even in this case, the process of verifying the validity of the print information recorded on the RFID chip 165 uses a radio frequency signal.

3 is a simple flowchart of a process of recording print information with an RFID chip 165 provided on a printing sheet according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the process of recording the print information with the RFID chip 165 provided on the printing paper through the printing apparatus 100, the RFID chip provided on the printing paper from the information processing device 150 ( The print information to be recorded on the 165 is extracted and / or generated and provided to the printing apparatus 100, and the RFID control unit 110 and / or the RFID transmitting and receiving unit 130 included in the printing apparatus 100 are described above. As described above, the printing information provided from the information processing apparatus 150 is initiated by activating a function of recording the print information provided by the RFID chip 165 provided on the printing paper through a radio frequency signal (300).

For example, a function of extracting and / or generating print information to be recorded on the RFID chip 165 included in the printing paper from the information processing apparatus 150 and providing the print information to the printing apparatus 100, and the printing apparatus 100. The RFID control unit 110 and / or RFID transceiver 130 provided in the recording the print information provided from the information processing device 150 as described above through the radio frequency signal to the RFID chip 165 provided on the printing paper If at least one of the functions is not activated, the process of recording the print information on the RFID chip 165 provided on the printing paper is not performed.

Therefore, the printing information to be recorded on the RFID chip 165 included in the printing sheet from the information processing apparatus 150 is extracted and / or generated and provided to the printing apparatus 100, and the printing apparatus 100 is provided with the printing apparatus 100. A function of the RFID control unit 110 and / or the RFID transceiver 130 to record the print information provided from the information processing apparatus 150 to the RFID chip 165 provided on the printing paper through a radio frequency signal as described above. After this is activated, at least one or more application programs 160 included in the information processing device 150 provide print content generated by the application program 160 to a print agent 155 provided on an operating system. And instructing the print content to be printed through the printing apparatus 100 (305), the print agent 155 extracts print information to be recorded on the RFID chip 165 provided on the print paper from the print content and / or Or generate 310.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, when print information is included in print content provided from the application program 160, the print agent 155 extracts print information included in the print content.

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when print information provided from the application program 160 does not include print information, the print agent 155 automatically generates print information from the print content. For example, when the print content is a document file and the title and the document creator can be identified in the document file, print information is generated based on the document title and the document creator.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, when the print content provided from the application program 160 does not include print information, and the print agent 155 cannot automatically generate print information from the print content, the print agent 155 receives print information from a user.

When print information corresponding to the print content is extracted and / or generated through the above process, the print agent 155 extracts and / or generates the print content provided from the application program 160 and the print content. By providing the printed information to the printing apparatus 100 through at least one communication means, the memory unit 140 provided in the printing apparatus 100 until the printing apparatus 100 starts a print job. (315).

When the print content and the print information provided from the information processing apparatus 150 are stored in the memory unit 140 through the communication unit 125 provided in the printing apparatus 100, the RFID control unit 110 stores the print stored in the memory. The extracted information is processed and processed into a form that can be recorded on the RFID chip 165 provided on the printing paper (320).

For example, the print information provided from the information processing device 150 to the printing device 100 is composed of letters, which are formatted to include letters, symbols, and / or numbers according to the memory characteristics of the RFID chip 165. It is processed with (Format).

In general, a method of starting printing of print content by the printing apparatus 100 includes a method of starting a print job while the print content is provided from the information processing apparatus 150, and providing the print content from the information processing apparatus 150. There is a method for starting a print job after completion, etc. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the RFID chip 165 provided on the printing paper before the print job for the print content is started from the printing apparatus 100. Recordable print information is processed.

If the printing apparatus 100 starts a print job for the print content provided from the information processing apparatus 150 and stored in the memory unit 140 (325), the RFID control unit 105 provided in the printing apparatus 100 ) Authenticates the print information recording validity of the RFID chip 165 provided on the printing paper through the RFID transceiver 130 (330).

According to the present invention, the print information recording validity authentication includes a physical print information recording validity authentication for authenticating whether at least one RFID chip 165 is provided on a print sheet on which the print content provided from the information processing apparatus 100 is printed; And logical print information recording validity authentication for authenticating whether the print content provided from the information processing apparatus 150 is provided with a write attribute capable of recording print information on the RFID chip 165 provided in the printing paper on which the print content is printed. .

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the RFID chip 165 provided on the printing paper is provided with a specific identification code, the RFID transceiver 130 is supplied to the printing unit 134 for printing the print content. Attempts to receive and read the recognition code with respect to the print paper simultaneously authenticate the physical and / or logical print information record validity.

If the print information recording validity is not authenticated (335), the RFID control unit 105 provided in the printing apparatus forcibly stops the print job for the print content through the printing apparatus control unit 105, and the printing apparatus 100 After outputting the error to the screen output unit 115 provided in the (340), and transmits the error to the information processing apparatus 150 through the communication unit 125 and outputs, and requests to approve whether to reprint the print content from the user (345).

If the user of the information processing apparatus does not approve the reprint of the print content (350), the print job for the print content is immediately terminated.

On the other hand, if the user of the information processing apparatus approves the reprinting of the print content (355), the printing unit 153 included in the printing apparatus 100 reprints the forcibly stopped print content (360).

On the other hand, if the print information recording validity is verified 365, the RFID control unit 110 provided in the printing apparatus 100 may perform the writing function of the RFID chip 165 provided in the printing paper through the RFID transceiver 130. The print information is recorded in the memory of the RFID chip 165 (370).

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the process of recording the print information with the RFID chip 165 provided on the printing paper is printed by the printing unit 135 through the radio wave blocking film provided in the printing apparatus 100 It is limited to the RFID chip 165 provided on the printing paper.

When the print information is recorded to the RFID chip 165 provided on the printing paper on which the print content is printed as described above, the RFID transceiver 130 receives the print information from the RFID chip 165 through a radio frequency signal, The print information extracted as described above is provided to the RFID controller 110 (375).

When the print information is received from the RFID chip 165 included in the printing paper on which the print content is printed from the RFID transceiver 130 and provided to the RFID controller 110, the RFID controller 110 may be an RFID transceiver 130. Compare print information recorded by the RFID chip 165 with the print information received by the RFID chip 165 through the RFID transceiver 130 and compare the result with the RFID chip provided on the printing paper. In operation 380, the result of the validation on the printing information recorded in operation 165 is determined.

If the validity of the printing information recorded on the RFID chip 165 is not verified (385), the RFID controller 110 provided in the printing apparatus 100 may be an RFID chip provided on the printing paper through the RFID transceiver 130. The print information is recorded at 165, and the process of verifying the result is repeated.

On the other hand, if the validity of the printing information recorded on the RFID chip 165 is verified (390), the RFID controller 110 provided in the printing apparatus 100 is provided with the RFID chip 165 through the printing apparatus 100. A job of printing the print content on a print sheet is performed and completed (395).

Through the above process, the print information corresponding to the print content printed on the print paper is recorded in the RFID chip 165 provided on the print paper, and the print information may be linked with the information processing system through a known RFID system. Can be.

According to the present invention, there is provided a printing paper having an RFID chip capable of recording information through a radio frequency signal, a printing apparatus having a function of recording printing information on the RFID chip provided on the printing paper, and printing with the printing apparatus. Printing predetermined printing information (for example, information such as printing responsibilities, authority, purpose, contents, etc.) through an information processing apparatus having a function of generating and providing printing information to be recorded on an RFID chip provided on paper. It can be included in the paper, there is an advantage that can easily check and authenticate the print information through the print information contained in the printing paper after printing.

Claims (4)

Providing printing information to be recorded on an RF chip provided on printing paper and content to be printed on the printing paper to a printing apparatus; And And recording the print information with the RF chip provided on the printing paper before or after printing the content to be printed in the printing apparatus. The method of claim 1, And printing the recording device verifying the printing information recorded on the RF chip provided on the printing paper. The method of claim 1, wherein the print information, Receipt information, lottery information, point information, information for searching and extracting specific documents stored in the inbox or document storage box, additional service related to the printable contents printed on the printing paper-coupon provision service, ticket provision And at least one information for providing a supplementary service comprising at least one service and a gift certificate providing service. The method of claim 1, wherein the printing apparatus, A printing information recording method comprising at least one printer, a fax, a payment terminal, an unmanned information terminal, and a kiosk.

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