JP2519210B2 - Image processing device - Google Patents

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Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus for reading an image and reproducing and recording the image, and in particular, for the reproducing and recording, first of all, the image is easily carried and easily recorded at a place where a target image exists. The present invention also relates to an image reading apparatus for reading the image, and a portable copying machine provided with a reproduction / recording apparatus in addition to the image reading apparatus.

2. Description of the Related Art One of copying machines of this type is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 55-100538. This has a structure in which the copying machine is manually scanned and driven on the original. However, since the recording paper is a photosensitive paper, it cannot be easily copied to a postcard or plain paper. A conventional copying machine for copying on plain paper or a postcard needs to have an image reading device and an image recording device combined in one set, and it is difficult to achieve a remarkable miniaturization.

A copying machine for copying on plain paper or a postcard needs to be equipped with a combination of components that are difficult to miniaturize, such as an image reading device and an image recording device. It is not necessary to provide the reading device and the image recording device at the same time. That is, the image recording device is not required when reading the image, and the image reading device is not required when recording the image.

Therefore, the inventors of the present invention include a main body unit including a storage unit that stores image information, a cassette-shaped image reading unit and an image recording unit, and select each of the image reading unit and the image recording unit as a main body unit. We have proposed a portable copying machine, which can be installed in a single unit to make the copying machine much smaller (Japanese Patent Publication No. 6-28).
No. 370 bulletin). According to this, the size of the main body unit is such that one of the image reading unit and the image recording unit can be mounted at a time point, and thus the size of the main body unit is extremely small, and the main body unit having the largest shape and weight is small and lightweight. Therefore, it is easy to carry and has great advantages as a portable device.

By the way, in the embodiment of this portable copying apparatus, signals are coupled between each unit of the cassette-shaped image reading unit and image recording unit and the main unit by a connector. When attaching and detaching the cassette-shaped image reading unit and the image recording unit, accompanying the attachment and detachment of the connector requires extra force for attachment and detachment of the connector, and there remains a considerable inconvenience in terms of operability.
Further, since the image reading unit and the image recording unit that are made into a cassette are moved relative to the main body unit,
There, a flat cable directly connected to a connector is provided in the main body in order to ensure the coupling of signals between each unit and the main body unit and to allow relative movement, and the flat cable of the flat cable is absorbed to absorb the movement. Needs bending space. This space makes it difficult to further reduce the size of the main unit. Further, since the flat cable bends and moves, the connector is attached / detached, the signal is transmitted by mechanical contact of the connector, etc., reliability remains a problem in terms of long-term use. It is troublesome to attach and detach the image recording unit.

The first object of the present invention is to enable downsizing of the main body unit and to simplify the attachment / detachment operation of the image reading unit with respect to the main body unit. In addition to this, the attachment / detachment operation of the image recording unit is simplified. A second object is to enable downsizing of the entire copying machine unit having all the functions of reading and image reproduction / recording and to simplify the handling operation.

To achieve the first object, in the first invention of the present application, the image information storage body, that is, the main body, is provided with a cassette receiving space, a cassette guiding means for movably guiding the cassette in the space, and a cassette in the space. An optical / electrical converting means for converting an optical signal indicating image information into an electric signal, an image information storing means, and an image information writing means for writing the image information converted into the electric signal in the storing means. The image reading cassette includes an image reading unit that reads a visible image and obtains image information of an electric signal corresponding thereto, an engaging member that engages with the cassette guiding unit, and the engaging member is the cassette. An electric / optical conversion unit is provided facing the optical / electrical conversion unit in a state of being engaged with the guide unit and converting the image information obtained by the image reading unit into an optical signal.

That is, the image reading cassette is detachably attached to the main body, and the main body is provided with an optical / electrical converting means facing the cassette receiving space, and the image reading cassette is provided with an electric / optical converting means facing the converting means. With the image reading cassette mounted on the main body, the image information of the image reading cassette is converted into an optical signal, transferred to the main body, stored in the storage means of the main body, and the stored image information is read from the main body.

According to the above configuration, image information is transmitted from the image reading cassette to the main body through the cassette storage space (non-contact, non-connection).
Since the data is transferred in, the cable conventionally required for information transfer is omitted. In addition, since it is not necessary to separately set an optical transmission space, the space for information transmission is greatly saved. Further, since it is only necessary to mount the engaging member of the image reading cassette on the guide means of the main body when reading the image, the attaching / detaching operation of the image reading cassette to / from the main body becomes extremely simple.

Scanning the document relative to the image reading head (sub-scanning)
Is a mode in which the main body is provided with driving means for scanning and driving the image reading cassette, a mode in which the image reading cassette is provided with driving means for scanning and driving the image reading cassette in the main body, and a mode in which one of the original and the reading head is scanned on the image reading cassette. Either of a mode in which a driving unit for driving is provided or a mode in which the image reading cassette is manually scanned and driven (in this case, a pulse generator for generating a cassette movement synchronization pulse is required) may be used. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the body comprises drive means.

The image reading cassette requires a constant voltage for energizing each electric element. A mode in which the image reading cassette is provided with a battery and a constant voltage circuit, a mode in which a constant voltage is obtained in the main body and the power is supplied to the image reading cassette by mechanical connection made of a combination of a power supply rail and a brush, or the main power supply voltage of the main body A constant voltage can be obtained in the image reading cassette by any of the modes in which the image reading cassette is supplied with power by a mechanical connection made of a combination of a power supply rail and a brush and the image reading cassette is provided with a constant voltage circuit. Since the constant voltage circuit has a relatively small number of circuit elements and a small occupied space, a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a constant voltage circuit and a brush connected to the image reading cassette, and a main body with a power supply rail. Prepare As a result, the connector and cable for supplying power to the image reading cassette are omitted. Further, not only the transfer of the image information but also the transmission / reception of the control signal is performed by the optical signal between the image reading cassette and the main body, and in order to omit all the connectors and cables, in the preferred embodiment of the present invention,
The main body is provided with electric / optical conversion means facing the cassette storage space, and the image reading cassette is provided with optical / electrical conversion means facing the conversion means so that image information and control signals from the image reading cassette to the main body are sent. An optical signal is transmitted, and a control signal is transmitted from the main body to the image reading head as an optical signal.

When the image information and the control signal are transmitted / received through separate channels (optical transmission lines), the number of channels (the number of converting means) increases, and moreover, interference or interference between channels is likely to occur in the cassette housing space. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the transmitting side converts a parallel signal (a sequence of image information and control signal) into a serial signal for modulation, and the receiving side demodulates the serial signal for parallel conversion. Then, an optical signal is transmitted / received by each one channel (transmission loop) of transmission / reception. The number of conversion elements for converting between light and electricity is reduced.

In the case of portable copying using the image processing apparatus according to the first aspect of the invention, the main body and the image reading cassette are carried to a place where a document is located, where the document image is read and stored in the storage means of the body, and then the body is stored at another place. The main unit printer, or the main unit copying machine that performs image reading and reproduction recording, and the like, carries the image information stored in the storage unit by carrying the main body to a recording device at a predetermined position. Images can be read out from the main body and reproduced and recorded. Therefore, the image recording cassette is not always necessary, and the image processing of collecting the image of the document at the remote place can be easily performed by the above-mentioned image information storage body, that is, the combination of the main body and the image reading cassette.

However, it is preferable to obtain a copy at the place where the original is located so that the quality of the copy can be checked. Also, reproduction and recording can be performed at any place at any time without a separate combination of a stationary printer or a stationary copying machine as a master unit. Preferably, it can be done. Therefore, in the second invention of the present application for achieving the above first and second objects, in addition to the image information storage body, that is, the main body and the image reading cassette of the first invention,
An image recording cassette attachable to the main body is provided: the main body is provided with detection means for detecting whether the image reading cassette or the image recording cassette is attached, and when the former is attached, the image information is stored in the storage means. It is assumed that the image information is read, and when the latter is installed, the image information is read from the storage means and given to the image recording cassette.

In a preferred embodiment of the second aspect of the present invention, power supply between the image recording cassette and the main body and transmission / reception of image information and the like are similar to those between the image reading cassette and the main body. Further, in a preferred embodiment, the main body is provided with a cassette driving means, the main body is placed on an original to scan and drive the image reading cassette during image reading, and the main body is placed on recording paper to scan the image recording cassette during image recording. It is configured to be driven. The mechanism for read scan and print scan is simplified. Moreover, in order that the operator can easily operate the main body on the original or the recording paper, the main body should have the cassette receiving space opened downward, the image reading field of the image reading cassette should face downward, and the image recording cassette The recording head of is also facing downward. In order to be most suitable for such recording, the recording means of the image recording cassette is provided with a thermal transfer head, a visual image transfer film and a feeding means for feeding the film in synchronism with scanning.

Other objects and features of the present invention will become apparent from the following description of embodiments with reference to the drawings.

〔Example〕

FIG. 1 shows an external view of an image processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 shows components of a mounting body, and FIGS. 3a and 3b show an image reading cassette mounted in the apparatus body. The configuration is shown.

4a, 4b and 4c show the structure of the image recording cassette 40 mounted in the main body of the apparatus.

FIG. 5a is a front view of the main body of the apparatus without the image reading cassette mounted, FIG. 5b is a vertical cross-sectional view of the lock mechanism of the main body from the front, and FIG. 5c is the upper structure of the main body of the apparatus. A vertical sectional view of the internal drive mechanism as seen from the front is shown in FIG.
FIG. 1 is a side view showing an unlocked state of the image processing apparatus shown in FIG. 1, and FIGS. 5e and 5f show an image reading cassette set in the apparatus main body to perform sub scanning for reading an original image. The schematic sectional drawing of a state is each shown.

First, the apparatus main body 60 of the image processing apparatus will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 shows the apparatus main body as an image information storage body.
The components of 60 are shown and the appearance of the image reading cassette 20 mounted in the cassette receiving space of the apparatus main body 60 is shown. In this device body 60, the upper structure 1 and the arm 2
Are projections 1c and 1d formed on the rear portion of the upper structure 1,
The projections 2c and 2d formed on the rear portion of the arm 2 are aligned with each other and are rotatably coupled with pins 10 and 11. Also,
The torsion springs 12 and 13 mounted on the pins 10 and 11 are configured to apply a force such that the front portion of the upper structure 1 is lifted up to the front portion of the arm 2.

The claw members 6 and 7 have one end, as shown in FIG. 5b.
6c and 7c are fixed to the upper end of the inner wall of the upper structure 1 by thermal caulking, and the protrusions 6a and 7a project to the outside of the upper structure 1 through the holes 1a and 1b formed in the upper structure 1, respectively. . The claws 6b and 7b formed at these tips are inserted into the holes 2a and 2b formed in the arm 2 by bringing the lower end of the upper structure 1 into contact with the arm 2 and engage with them.

Referring again to FIG. 2, the rail members 3 and 4 are
It is fixed to the inner wall of the upper structure 1 by the double-sided adhesive tail 18. The rail members 3 and 4 are formed with a recess 3b for avoiding the claw members 6 and 7. Reference numeral 3a is a positioning hole that engages with a protrusion (not shown) formed on the inner wall of the upper structure 1. Double-sided adhesive tape for rail members 3 and 4
On the opposite side of the surface to which 18 is attached, a rail-shaped unevenness 3c extending from the front to the rear is formed.

The image reading cassette 20 mounted in the cassette receiving space 60s of the device body 60 includes various optical devices for reading an image, various electrical devices, a transmission device for outputting the read image information as an optical signal, and the like. 5 and is configured as an image reading cassette 20 separate from the main body device 60 of the image processing apparatus. This image reading cassette
20 is inserted from the opening of the upper structure 1 of the device body 60 as shown by the arrow, and is attached to the body device 60. In the cassette case 5 of the image reading cassette 20, a rack 5a is formed in the center of the upper surface thereof, and flanges 5b, 5c are formed on both sides. These flanges 5b and 5c engage with the rails of the rail members 3 and 4 on the apparatus main body side, and the image reading cassette 20
Moves in the front-back direction of the upper structure 1 along this rail. The rack 5a at the center of the upper surface of the cassette case 5
As shown in FIG. 5c, it meshes with the bevel gear 52 of the drive mechanism provided in the upper structure 1, and the image reading cassette 20 is attached to the apparatus main body.
It is used to move relative to 60 (sub scanning).

Also, on both sides of the upper surface of the cassette case 5,
Brushes 5d, 5e of power receiving terminals for receiving drive power for operating the image reading cassette 20 from the apparatus body are provided (second
Figure). The brushes 5d and 5e are adapted to elastically contact the power supply rails 60d and 60e provided on the upper structure 1 of the main body device 60 (FIGS. 5e and 5f).

As shown in FIG. 5a, the cassette receiving space of the upper structure 1
At the inner rear part of 60s, when the image reading unit 20 is attached to the upper structure 1 of the device body 60, light emission is combined with an optical signal for signal transmission between the image reading unit 20 and the attachment body 60. Parts SD1 and RV1 are arranged. The light emitting section SD1 is composed of a light emitting diode SD1a and a collimating lens SD1b, and the light receiving section RV1 is composed of a photodiode RV1a (FIGS. 5e and 5f). The light emitting unit SZ1 is configured such that the light receiving unit RV1 of its own device provided adjacent to the light emitting unit SZ1 of the own device is
It is arranged so as to recede from the end face so as not to receive the optical signal from D1.

Referring to FIG. 2, the image reading cassette 20 is also provided with a protrusion 5f at a position facing the micro switch S1 fixed to the upper structure 1 of the main body device 60. In this example, when the image reading cassette 20 reaches the sub scanning end position, the micro switch S1 of the upper structure 1 is turned on. Further, a small protrusion 1e is formed at the tip of the protrusion 1d formed on the rear portion of the upper structure 1, and the micro switch S2 arranged on the arm 2 faces the protrusion 1e.
In this example, the claw members 6 and 7 are the holes 2a of the arm 2 and
The micro switch S2 is turned on in the state of being engaged with 2b. Furthermore, a micro switch is provided inside the upper structure 1.
There is S3, and the projection 5f is formed on the image reading cassette 20. When the image reading cassette 20 is pushed deep into the upper structure 1 of the main body device 60, the micro switch S3 is switched from off to on by the protrusion 5f.

As shown in FIG. 5c, a drive mechanism including an electric motor M1 and bevel gears 52 and 53 is provided inside the upper structure 1, and the bevel gear 52 is provided with a rack provided above the cassette case 5. 5a is engaged. Therefore, by energizing the electric motor M1, the image reading cassette 60 can be driven so as to move relative to the main body device 60.

Next, referring to FIGS. 3a and 3b, the image reading cassette
Explain 20. On the upper case 21 of the image reading cassette 20, a rack 5a is formed in the center of the upper surface, flanges 5b, 5c are formed on both sides, and a brush 5 for receiving the driving power source 5 is formed.
d and 5e are provided. Inside the lower case 22, a self lens array (SLA) 23, a mirror 24, an illumination light source 25, an image sensor 26, a circuit board 28, etc. are arranged. The illumination light source 25 is configured by arranging a large number of light emitting diodes one-dimensionally. The optical axis is directed to the opening 22a formed in the lower part of the lower case 22.

The image sensor 26 is of the same size and is 51 in this example.
A 2-bit one-dimensional CCD image sensor is used. The light emitted from the illumination light source 25 is reflected by a document (not shown), and the reflected light passes through the mirror 24 and the lens 23 and enters the image sensor 26. The image sensor 26 is connected to the circuit board 28 by a cable 27. At one end of the side of the case (21, 22), a light emitting unit SD2 for transmitting image information to the device body 60 as an optical signal and a light receiving unit RV2 for receiving a control signal from the device body 60 as an optical signal are provided. ing. The light emitting portion SD2 and the light receiving portion RV2 are electrically connected to the circuit board 28 by a cable. The light emitting unit SD2 and the light receiving unit RV2 are arranged at positions where the light receiving unit RV1 and the light emitting unit SD1 of the device main body 60 face the light emitting units SD2 and RV2 when the image reading cassette 20 is attached to the device main body 60. Are positioned so that The light emitting section SD2 is composed of a light emitting diode SD2a and a collimating lens SD2b.
Is composed of a photodiode RV2a. Light emitting unit
SD2 is arranged so as to be retracted from the end face so that the light receiving portion RV2 of the adjacent self cassette does not receive the optical signal from the light emitting portion SD2 of the self cassette (FIGS. 5e and 5f). Therefore, the image reading cassette 20 is attached to the apparatus main body 60, the image reading cassette 20 is placed on the read original, and when the reading instruction is given from the apparatus main body 60, the original is illuminated by the light emitting diode 25. Then, the original is read by the image sensor 26, and the read image information is sent as an optical signal to the apparatus main body 60 via the light emitting section SD2.

Next, the image recording cassette 40 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4a, 4b and 4c. The image recording cassette 40 is configured to be housed in a cassette case 45 having the same shape as the cassette case 5 of the image reading cassette 20 so that the image recording cassette 40 can be attached to the apparatus body 60. As shown in FIG. 4a, the upper case 42 of the image recording unit 40 has a rack 45 at the center of the upper surface.
a is formed, flanges 45b and 45c are formed on both sides, and a protrusion 45f for detecting the sub-scanning end position of the cassette (micro switch S1: FIG. 2 of the apparatus main body 60) is formed on the upper side.
Further, the brush 45 for receiving the drive power of the image recording cassette 40
d, 45e are provided. In the lower case 42, as shown in FIG. 4b, an ink film supply roller 43, a film winding roller 44, a thermal head 46, a guide shaft 49, an electric motor M2, etc. are provided. The film 45 wound around the ink film supply roller 43 is the thermal head 46.
And the film take-up roller 44 through the guide shaft 49.
Has reached.

The shaft of the film winding roller 44 is a driving force transmission mechanism.
It is connected via 47 to the electric motor M2. Therefore,
When the electric motor M2 is energized, the film winding roller 44 rotates and winds the ink film 45. In this example, thermal transfer type ink is applied to the riding surface of the ink film 45. As shown in FIG. 4c, a compression spring 48 is arranged above the thermal head 46,
However, the compression spring 48 receives a downward force. Normally, the thermal head 46 is positioned so that the tip of the thermal head 46 slightly protrudes from the opening 41a provided below the lower case 41.

Therefore, when the image recording cassette 40 is attached to the apparatus main body 60 and the image recording cassette 40 is placed on the recording paper, the thermal head 46 protruding from the opening 41a of the image recording cassette 40 causes the ink film Pressed on the recording paper via 45. Thermal head in that state
When 46 is urged by the recording image information, the urging melts the ink on the ink film facing the heated portion of the thermal head 46, which is transferred to the recording paper, and the image information is recorded on the recording paper. .

At one end of the side portion of the case (41, 42) of the image recording cassette 40, a light emitting section for transmitting a control signal to the apparatus body 60 as an optical signal is provided.
A light receiving unit RV4 for receiving image information from the SD4 and the device main body 60 as an optical signal is provided. The light emitting unit SD4 and the light receiving unit RV4 are electrically connected to a circuit board (not shown) by a cable. This light emitting part SD4 and light receiving part RV4
When the image recording cassette 40 is attached to the device body 60,
The light receiving part RV1 and the light emitting part SD1 of the device body 60, and this light emitting part
The SD4 and the light receiving unit RV4 are positioned so as to face each other. The light emitting section SD4 is composed of a light emitting diode and a collimating lens, and the light receiving section RV4 is composed of a photodiode. The light emitting unit SD4 has a light receiving unit RV4 of the adjacent self cassette and a light emitting unit S of the self cassette.
It is set back from the end face so as not to receive the optical signal from D4. These configurations are similar to the configurations of the light emitting unit SD2 and the light receiving unit RV2 in the image reading cassette 20.

Next, an outline of an operation of sequentially mounting the image reading cassette 20 and the image recording cassette 40 on the apparatus main body 60 to read a document image and record the read image on a recording sheet will be described.

In the device body 60, a torsion spring is usually used.
As shown in Fig. 5d, by the force of 12,13, the upper structure 1
Is tilted with respect to the arm 2. Since the arm 2 has a U shape, from the opening 2e (FIG. 2) at the center thereof,
The image of the document placed below the arm 2 can be seen. Therefore, for the area facing the opening 2e,
Since image reading or image recording is performed, when image reading is performed, the image reading cassette 20 is previously attached to the upper structure 1 of the apparatus main body 60, and the image processing apparatus is set to the original in the state shown in FIG. 5d. Move upward to align the opening 2e with the target document image position. When the upper structure 1 is pushed down from above while the arm 2 is fixed in that state, the upper structure 1 rotates about the pins 10 and 11, contacts the arm 2, and the claw member
6, 7 engage with the holes 2a, 2b of the arm and are locked in that state. This is the state shown in FIG. In this state, the lower surface of the image reading cassette 20, that is, the reading surface is the opening 2e.
Since it faces the reading surface of the document image that has been positioned in advance, the image can be read. When reading an image, main scanning is performed by the image sensor 26 of the image reading cassette 20, and a bevel gear 52 that meshes with the rack 5a at the upper part of the case of the image reading cassette 20 is provided in the upper structure 1 of the apparatus body 60. By driving with a drive mechanism,
The relative movement of the image reading cassette 20 with respect to the apparatus main body 60 is performed, and the sub scanning is performed. As a result, the two-dimensional area is read. The read image information is sent via the light emitting unit SD2 of the image reading cassette 20 and the light receiving unit RV1 of the apparatus body 60.
It is transmitted to the device main body 60 by an optical signal and is temporarily stored in a memory 130, which will be described later, but is not provided in the device main body 60.

To record (print) the stored image information,
First, in the device body 60, the projections 6a and 6b are pushed into the upper structure 1 to disengage the holes 2a, 2b from the claw members 6, 7, and the image reading is performed in the state shown in FIG. 5d. After the cassette 20 is removed from the upper structure 1 of the apparatus body 6, the image recording cassette 40 is attached to the upper structure 1 of the apparatus body 60. Then, while looking at the opening 2e of the arm 2 in the device body 60, the device is moved on an arbitrary recording paper to position it at a position where it should be recorded, and the upper structure 1 of the device body 60 is pushed down again to push the nail. The members 6 and 7 are engaged with the holes 2a and 2b.

In this state, through the opening 2e, the image recording cassette 40
Since the lower surface of the recording paper faces the recording paper, the thermal head 46 contacts the recording paper via the film 45. Therefore, when the thermal head 46 is urged while moving the ink film 45, the ink is transferred onto the recording paper. The main scan for recording an image is performed by the thermal head 46. By driving the bevel gear 52 of the upper structure 1 of the device main body 60 which meshes with the rack 45a on the case upper part of the image recording cassette 40 by the drive mechanism provided in the device main body 60, the image recording cassette 40 with respect to the device main body 60 is driven. Relative movement is performed and sub-scanning is performed. As a result, recording is performed in the two-dimensional area. That is, when recording is performed, the image recording cassette 40 moves relative to the apparatus main body 60, thereby performing sub-scanning.

Referring to FIGS. 5e and 5f, the image reading cassette 20
The relationship of transmission of image information signals and the relationship of supply of drive power between the apparatus main body 60 will be described.

FIGS. 5e and 5f are schematic cross-sectional views of a state where the image reading cassette 20 is attached to the apparatus main body 60 and the sub-scanning for reading the original image is performed. Image information signal transmission between the device body 60 and the image reading cassette 20 is performed by the light emitting unit SD1 and the light receiving unit RV1 provided in the device body 60, and the light emitting unit SD2 and the light receiving unit RV2 provided in the image reading cassette 20. The image reading cassette 20 is performed by the optical transmission line optically coupled.
Power is supplied to the brushes 5d, 5e provided in the image reading cassette 20 in elastic contact with each other and the power supply rails 60d, 60e provided in the upper structural body 1 of the apparatus main body 60. As shown in the figure, in the optical transmission line for transmitting this image information, the light emitting section SD2 is a light emitting diode SD2a, a collimating lens.
It consists of SD2b, and the light receiving and receiving RV1 is the photodiode RV1a.
It consists of As described above, signal transmission between the apparatus main body 60 and the image reading cassette 20 is performed by an optical signal propagating in the space, and power supply to the image reading cassette 20 is performed by the brushes 5d, 5e and the elastic contacting brushes 5d and 5e. Power rail 60d, 6
Performed by 0e.

By the way, referring to FIG. 1, the upper structure 1 of the apparatus main body 60 is provided with a start key switch KP, a red inoperable indicator D1, a green operable indicator D2 and a power switch PS. Also, as the power supply of this image processing device,
AC adapter (AC-DC converter) 64 or battery pack 65
Can be connected to the device main body 60. These are connected to the upper structure 1 by the plugs 64a and 65a. As described above, power is supplied to the image reading cassette 20 and the image recording cassette 40 from the power source supplied to the apparatus main body 60 through the power supply rails of the apparatus main body 60 and the brushes of the respective cassettes in elastic contact.

FIG. 6a shows an electric circuit provided in the device main body 60, that is, the upper structure 1. Referring to Figure 6a, the electrical circuit includes a microprocessor 110. The microprocessor 110 is connected with an oscillator 100 for timing generation, a read-only memory (ROM) 120 that stores control processing program data, a read / write memory 130 for storing image data, and an I / O port 140. I / O port
The switches KP, S1, S2, the driver 150, and the signal processing circuit 160 are connected to 140. The light emitting diodes D1 and D2 for display and the electric motor M1 are connected to the driver 150. The signal processing circuit 160 includes an optical transmission circuit 114 (SD1).
And the light receiving circuit 116 (RV1) is connected. The signal processing circuit 160 performs signal processing for transmission / reception with respect to the optical transmission circuit 114 and the optical reception circuit 116 which perform signal transmission with the image reading cassette 20 or the image recording cassette 40 by an optical signal. That is, the signal processing circuit 160 outputs the signals S _{0 to} S ₇ transmitted from the microprocessor 110 to the transmission port, and the image reading cassette 20 or the image recording cassette 40.
The signals R _{0 to} R ₇ are received at the receiving ports and given to the microprocessor 110 via the I / O port 140. Optical transmitter circuit 114
Is composed of a parallel / serial converter 114a, a modulator 114b, an LED driver 114c and a light emitting diode SD1a. In the optical transmission circuit 114, the parallel data S _{0 to} S ₇ prepared in the signal processing circuit 160 are converted into serial data by the parallel / serial (P / S) converter 114a,
The data string of this serial data is output by the modulator 114b from 30 to
It is added to the LED driver 114c as a waveform modulated at 60 kHz. The light emitting diode SD1a is driven by the LED driver 114c and sends out an optical signal.

The contents of the signals S _{0 to} S ₇ which are prepared at the signal transmission port of the signal processing circuit 160 and transmitted from the apparatus main body 60 to the image reading cassette 20 and the image recording cassette 40 are shown in FIG. 6d. These signals S _{0 to} S ₇ are commonly sent to the image reading cassette 20 and the image recording cassette 40.
Each of the signals S _{0 to} S ₇ is selected and used on the side of the cassette mounted on the 60.

For example, in the image reading cassette 20, the signals that need to be received from the apparatus main body 60 are the connection signal S ₀ and the start / stop signal S ₁ that are signals for returning the identification signal for mounting the image reading cassette.

Further, in the image recording cassette 40, the signals that need to be received from the apparatus main body 60 are, in addition to the connection signal S ₀ and the start / stop signal S ₁ which are signals for returning the identification signal for mounting the image recording cassette, An image information signal S ₂ of an image data signal for recording, a line synchronization signal S ₃ and an element synchronization signal S ₄ of image information.

The optical receiving circuit 116 includes a photodiode RV1a and a demodulator 116.
b, serial / parallel converter 116a.
In the optical receiving circuit 116, the optical signal received by the photodiode RV1a is added to the demodulator 116b, serial data is obtained by the demodulator 116b, and the serial / parallel converter is obtained.
The signal R _{0 to} R _{7 is applied} to the reception port of the signal processing circuit 160 after being converted into parallel data by 116a.

Signal R given to the receiving port of this signal processing circuit 160
The contents of _{0 to} R ₇ are shown in FIGS. 6e and 6f. FIG. 6e shows the signal received by the main body 60 from the image reading cassette 20.
The contents of R _{0 to} R ₇ are shown, and FIG. 6f shows the contents of the signals R _{0 to} R _{7 that} the device body 60 receives from the image recording cassette 40. These are commonly received by the receiving port of the device body 60,
Depending on the type of cassette to be mounted, each of the signals R _{0 to} R ₇ is selected and taken in on the apparatus main body 60 side, and processing is performed by these signals.

The electric circuit of the apparatus main body 60 is provided with a constant voltage circuit CVC1 as a power supply circuit for driving this circuit, and supplies drive power to each of the above circuit elements. The constant voltage circuit CVC1 is supplied with power from the aforementioned AC adapter (AC-DC converter) 64 or battery pack 65, and the power from this AC adapter (AC-DC converter) 64 or battery pack 65 is The power supply rails 60d and 60e for supplying power to the image reading cassette 20 or the image recording cassette 40 are also connected and supplied with power.

The electric circuit of the image reading cassette 20 is shown in FIG. 6b. First
Referring to FIG. 6b, this circuit includes an illumination light source 25, an image sensor 26, a timing control circuit 210, a differential amplifier 220, an analog comparator 230, a driver 240, a signal processing circuit 250, an optical transmission circuit 214 (SD2), an optical transmission circuit. Receiver circuit 216 (RV2) and constant voltage circuit
It is equipped with CVC2. A predetermined timing pulse from the timing control circuit is applied to the image sensor 26. The signal output from the image sensor 26 is amplified by the differential amplifier 220, binarized by the analog comparator 230, and output to the optical transmission circuit 214. For the ON / OFF control of the illumination light source 25 and the reading start control of the image sensor 26, the optical receiving circuit 216 receives the control signals S _{0 to} S ₇ from the apparatus main body 60,
The signal S ₁ of these signals is synchronized with the signal processing circuit 250 to control the main scanning. At this time, the main body 60 of the apparatus controls the motor M1 of the drive mechanism to control the sub-scanning.

The optical receiver circuit 216 includes a photodiode RV2a and a demodulator 216.
b, serial / parallel converter 216a, and latch circuit 316c. In this optical receiving circuit 216, the optical signal received by the photodiode RV2a is added to the demodulator 216b, a serial data string is obtained by this demodulator 216b, and converted into parallel data by the serial / parallel converter 116a.
The data is temporarily held in the latch circuit 216c. Necessary signals S ₀ and S ₁ are taken out from the latch circuit 216c.

The optical transmission circuit 214 includes a parallel / serial converter 214a, a converter 214b, an LED driver 214c, and a light emitting diode SD2a. The signal S ₀ of the first channel of the signal received by the optical receiving circuit 216 is directly given to the optical transmitting circuit 214, and is used as a connection signal for confirming that the image reading cassette 20 is attached to the apparatus main body 60. returned. Thereby, the electric circuit of the apparatus body 60 determines whether or not the signal S ₀ transmitted from the apparatus body 60 returns via the light receiving circuit 216 and the light transmitting circuit 214 of the image reading cassette 20, It is possible to know whether the image reading cassette 20 is attached to the device body 60, and at the same time, the device body
It is possible to check the signal transmission system of the optical transmission path for the image reading cassette 20 mounted on the 60.

The power source for driving the electric circuit of the image reading cassette 20 is supplied from the constant voltage circuit CVC2 provided therein. The power supply to the constant voltage circuit CVC2 is performed by the brushes 5d and 5e provided on the upper part of the case elastically contacting the power supply rails 60d and 60e provided on the upper structure 1 of the apparatus body 60.

The electric circuit of the image recording cassette 40 is shown in FIG. 6c. First
Referring to Figure 6c, this circuit includes timing control circuit
310, driver 320, shift register 330, gate circuit 340, driver 350, thermal head 46, electric motor M2, optical transmission circuit
314 (SD3), optical receiver circuit 316 (RV3) and constant voltage circuit CV
Equipped with C3. Turning on / off of the electric motor M2 is controlled by a signal applied to the driver 320. The shift register 330 functions as a buffer for one line, that is, 512 bits, and simultaneously outputs all 512 bits of data to the gate circuit 340. Although not shown, 512 of thermal head
The individual heating elements are connected in a 32 × 16 matrix, and each group of 32 heating elements is selectively energized in 16 times. In this example, the energizing time per pixel of each heating element is set to 2 msec. Therefore, the gate circuit 340 selects predetermined 32 bits from the 512-bit data output from the shift register 330 and sequentially applies them to the driver 350. The timing control circuit 310 determines which group is activated.

Image recording is started from the device body 60 from the image recording cassette.
The start control signal S ₁ of the second signal of the signals S _{0 to} S ₇ output to 40 is received through the optical receiving circuit 316, and this signal S
_{When 1} is given to the timing control circuit 310, a control signal is sent from the timing control circuit 310 to start the image recording operation. The serial image data signal S ₂ given to the shift register 330 is the read / write memory of the device body 60.
The third optical transmission channel linked from the optical transmission circuit 114 of the main body device 60 and the optical reception circuit 316 of the image recording cassette 40 from the 130 via the I / O port 140 and the signal processing circuit 160.
A shift clock pulse, provided through the second channel S ₂ , is provided from the timing control circuit 310.

The optical transmitting circuit 316 and the optical receiving circuit 316 in the image recording cassette 40 have the same configuration as that of the image reading cassette 20 described above. The optical receiver circuit 316 is a photodiode RV3a, a demodulator 316b, a serial / parallel converter.
316a and a latch circuit 316c. Optical receiver circuit 3
In 16, the optical signal received by the photo die auto RV3a is applied to the demodulator 316b, a serial data string is obtained by the demodulator 316b, converted into parallel data by the serial / parallel converter 316a, and the data is latched by the latch circuit 316c. Temporarily hold. The signals S _{0 to} S ₄ of the necessary channels are taken out from this latch circuit 316c. The optical transmission circuit 314 includes a parallel / serial converter 314a, a modulator 314b, an LED driver 314c, and a light emitting diode SD3a.

In the image recording cassette 40, the optical receiving circuit 316
A predetermined signal S ₀ (a signal of the first channel of the optical transmission channel) among the received signals is inverted by the inverter and is directly applied to the optical transmission circuit 314, and the apparatus main body 60 is connected to the image recording cassette connection signal. Returned as. The electric circuit (microprocessor 110) in the device body 60 detects the signal R ₀ at the reception port of the signal processing circuit 160, and
The signal S ₀ transmitted from the optical receiving circuit of the image recording cassette 40.
Through the 316 and the optical transmission circuit 314, it is possible to determine whether the image recording cassette 40 is attached to the apparatus main body 60 by determining whether the image is reversed and returned.
The electric circuit of the apparatus main body 60 can simultaneously check the signal transmission system of the optical transmission path for the image recording cassette 40.

The power source for driving the electric circuit of the image recording cassette 40 is supplied from the constant voltage circuit CVC3 provided therein. The power supply to the constant voltage circuit CVC3 is performed by the brushes 45d and 45e provided on the upper part of the case elastically contacting the power supply rails 60d and 60e provided on the upper structure 1 of the apparatus body 60.

In Figures 7a, 7b and 7c, the microprocessor 11
A general operation of 0 is shown.

First, refer to FIG. 7A. When the power is turned on, the output port is set to the initial level and the contents of the memory 130 are cleared (step 1: in the following, the word step is omitted). Next, the light emitting diode D1 for displaying the status of the apparatus main body 60 is turned on (inoperable display), and the light emitting diode D2 is set to be off (2). Next, the main unit 60
In order to determine whether the cassette attached to the image reading cassette 20 or the image recording cassette 40, the microprocessor 110 of the apparatus main body 60 uses the transmission port of the signal processing circuit 160 as shown in FIG. 6d. The transmission data S ₀ to Lo
Set to w, send the transmission data to the optical transmission circuit 114, and return the signal R of the first channel from the optical reception circuit 116.
Receive ₀ (Fig. 6e or 6f) at the receiving port. It is determined whether the signal R ₀ from the reception port is low or high, and it is checked whether the cassette mounted in the apparatus body 60 is the image reading cassette 20 (3). When the signal R ₀ returned to the reception port of the device body 60 is low, the mounted cassette is determined to be the image reading cassette 20, and the signal R ₀ returned to the reception port of the device body 60 is If it is High, the mounted cassette is determined to be the image recording cassette 40. As a result, when the signal R ₀ is Low and the image reading cassette 20 is attached to the apparatus main body 60, the process proceeds to step 4, the light emitting diode D2 is turned on (operation enable display), and the light emitting diode D1 is turned off. . Then, wait until the start key switch KP is turned on (5). Next, when the start key switch KP turns on,
The light emitting diode D1 is turned on, the light emitting diode D2 is turned off (6), and the read processing serve routine is executed (7).

The signal R _{0 at the} receiving port is High and the image recording cassette
When it is determined that 40 is attached to the apparatus main body 60 (8), the light emitting diode D2 is turned on (operation enable display) and the light emitting diode D1 is turned off (9). Then wait for the start key switch KP to turn on (10). When the start key switch KP is turned on, the light emitting diode D1 is turned on, the light emitting diode D2 is turned off (11), and the write processing subroutine is executed (12).

Next, the read processing subroutine will be described with reference to FIG. 7b. First, in order to determine whether the image reading cassette 20 is correctly set in the device body 60, the guide position is determined by the micro switch S3 and the micro switch S3 provided in the device body 60.
Check S2. The reading operation is started in a state in which the image reading cassette 20 is pushed into the upper structure 1 of the apparatus main body 60 as far as it goes and the arm 2 is locked in the upper structure 1. Therefore, when the image reading cassette 20 is not pushed to the inner position of the upper structure 1 and the switch S3 does not detect the protrusion 5f (when it is off), reading is not performed and this subroutine is executed. Exit through (13). Also, when the upper structure 1 and the arm 2 are open (state of FIG. 5e),
Since the reading cannot be performed, if the switch S2 does not detect the closing of the arm, the reading is not performed and this subroutine is exited (14).

If the switch S3 is on and the switch S2 is on, the reading is started. First, the value of the start address of the memory is set in the memory pointer, the illumination light source 25 is set to be on, and the scanning drive motor M1 of the apparatus main body 60 is set to be on (15).
Next, the S1 signal is set to High and transmitted from the transmission port, the start signal is transmitted to the signal processing circuit 250, the timing control circuit 210 is instructed to start reading by the control signal from this signal processing circuit 250, and the counter CN is Set 0 (16).

The timing control circuit 210 gives a predetermined reading pulse and transfer lock to the image sensor 26 when a reading start instruction is given. As a result, the image sensor 26
2-bit image data is sequentially output as a serial signal. The binarized image data output from the image reading cassette 20 is sent out as an optical signal to the microprocessor 110 together with the transfer clock, so that the data is read (17) and the memory at the address indicated by the memory pointer is read. , And the pointer is incremented and set to the next address (18). Then, the counter CN is incremented (19), and the same operation is repeated (17 to 20) until the value of the counter CM reaches 512 (20), that is, until the data of 512 pixels is read.

When the counter CM reaches 512, the timing pulse from the oscillator 100 is monitored and waits for the next main scanning start timing (21, 22). At that timing, the timing control circuit 210 is again instructed to start reading, the counter CN is set to 0 (16), and the same operation as described above is repeated (16 to 21). If the switch S1 is turned on during this reading operation (22), since the reading scanning (sub-scanning) end position has been reached, the motor M1 is stopped, the illumination light source 25 is set to off (23), and this subroutine is exited. . Through the above processing, the data of the read image is stored in the memory 130 of the device body 60. This data is the power switch PS
Turns off or does not disappear unless the next reading is performed. Therefore, even if the image reading cassette 20 is pulled out from the apparatus main body 60 after this reading, the read image data is stored in the memory.
Retained on 130.

Next, the write processing subroutine will be described with reference to FIG. 7c. First, the image reading cassette 20 is attached to the apparatus main body 60,
Microswitches S3 and S2 provided on the main body of the device to determine whether the guide position is set correctly.
Check. The recording operation is started when the image recording cassette 40 is pushed into the upper structure 1 of the apparatus body 60 as far as it will go and when the arm 2 is locked to the upper structure 1. Therefore, when the image recording cassette 40 is not pushed to the inner position of the upper structure 1 and the switch S3 does not detect the protrusion 5f (when it is off), recording is not performed and this subroutine is executed. Exit through (24). When the upper structure 1 and the arm 2 are open, the thermal head 46 is away from the recording paper and the recording operation cannot be performed. Therefore, if the switch S2 does not detect the arm closing, the image recording operation is not performed. This write processing subroutine is exited (25).

If the switch S1 is on and the switch S2 is on, the image recording operation is started. First, the value of the head address of the memory is set in the memory pointer, the scanning drive motor M1 of the apparatus main body 60 is turned on, and the film drive motor M2 of the image recording cassette 40 is turned on (26).

Next, the counter CN is set to 0 (27), the content of the memory indicated by the memory pointer is read, and the stored image signal data and the synchronizing pulse for generating the shift pulse of the shift register 330 are transmitted. The image data signal is supplied to the shift register 330 through the optical transmission circuit 114 and the optical reception circuit 316 of the image recording cassette 40. The shift register 330 takes in the applied 1-bit 6 data in synchronization with the shift pulse from the timing control circuit 310. The microprocessor 110 increments the address pointer, sets it to the next address, and increments the counter CN1 (28) to send the next image data, and then the counter CN1 becomes 512.
The above data output operation is repeated (29) until it reaches (29). If this is repeated 512 times, the shift register
One line of data is stored in 330. When the content of the counter CN reaches 512 (29), the microprocessor 110 outputs a recording start signal through the optical transmission circuit 114 (30),
Wait until there is a request for next data (31, 32). The recording start signal from the microprocessor 110 is applied to the timing control circuit 310 of the image recording cassette 40. When the timing control circuit 310 receives the recording start signal, the timing control circuit 310 controls the gate circuit 340 to take out the data held in the shift register 330 by 32 bits and activate the thermal head 46 according to the contents. When the thermal head 46 has been energized for all 512-bit data, the timing control circuit 310 sends a data request signal to the optical transmitter circuit 314 and the optical receiver circuit of the apparatus body 60 to request the next data. To the microprocessor 110 through 116. Thus, the microprocessor 110 clears the counter CN to 0 again when the next data is requested (31) (2
7), the above data output operation and recording operation are repeated (2
7-31). However, while waiting for the request for the next data, switch S
When 1 is turned on (32), since the image recording cassette 40 has reached the recording end position, the motors M1 and M2 are stopped, the recording operation is ended (33), and this subroutine is exited.

As can be seen from the above description, in this example, in image reading and image recording, sub-scanning is automatically performed by an electric motor. Image reading cassette 20 or image recording cassette
Since the 40 cassettes stop at the position where the forward scanning is completed, and the operation ends in that state, the returning operation of these cassettes must be performed manually. Although the automatic return operation is possible by reversing the motor M1, in this example, it is necessary to pull out the image reading cassette 20 and replace it with the image recording cassette 40 after one reading operation is completed. Further, it is easier to replace the cassette 20 when the image recording cassette 40 is projected from the apparatus main body 60 in the state where the sub-scanning is completed.

In the above embodiment, only the memory necessary for copying one image of a predetermined size is provided, so the image reading cassette 20 is replaced with the image recording cassette 40 every time the image reading operation is performed. However, if a larger-capacity memory is provided and a plurality of pieces of image information can be stored at the same time, the number of cassette exchanges can be reduced.

Effect As described above, according to the present invention, since signal transmission between the cassette of the image reading unit and the cassette of the image recording unit and the apparatus main body is not performed by the connector and the cable, the sub-scanning movement of the mounted cassette is prevented. Therefore, the space for bending the cable is not required, and the size of the device is significantly reduced. Further, when attaching or detaching the image reading cassette or the image recording cassette to or from the apparatus main body unit, since the connector is not attached or detached, extra force is not required, and the cassette attaching / detaching operation is simplified. Here, since each unit of the image reading cassette or the image recording cassette, which is a component of the copying machine, and the unit of the apparatus main body are completely separated, it is possible to further reduce the size of the copying machine of this type. Therefore, it is easy to use and the operability is improved.

Between each unit and the main body unit, signal transmission of image information is performed by an optical signal, and power is supplied by another system. For this reason, the image signal is transmitted by the spatial propagation by the optical signal, but in the state where each cassette is set in the unit of the main body of the apparatus, the space between the main body unit and the mounting cassette is very close to each other. Noise is less likely to be mixed into the image signal, and the signal transmission is not due to mechanical contact between the cassette and the main unit, so the reliability of the device is high.

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FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the outer appearance of an image processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing the structure of the apparatus main body of the apparatus shown in FIG. FIGS. 3a and 3b are a perspective view and a vertical sectional view of the image reading cassette mounted on the apparatus body of FIG. 2, respectively. FIGS. 4a, 4b and 4c are an external view of the image recording cassette mounted on the apparatus main body of FIG. 2, a perspective view showing a state in which the upper lid is removed, and an image recording cassette 40, respectively.
FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view seen from the side. FIG. 5a is a front view of the main body of the apparatus in a state where the image reading cassette or the image recording cassette is not attached, and FIG.
2 is a vertical sectional view of the lock mechanism in the main body of the apparatus of FIG. 2 as seen from the front, FIG. 5c is a vertical sectional view of the drive mechanism inside the upper structure 1 as seen from the front, and FIG. 5d is a copy of FIG. It is a side view which shows the state which unlocked the apparatus. 5e and 5f show the image reading cassette 20 in the main body 60 of the apparatus.
FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a state in which the is mounted and reading sub-scanning of an original image is being performed. FIGS. 6a, 6b and 6c show the device body 6 respectively.
3 is a block diagram showing electric circuits of 0, the image reading cassette 20 and the image recording cassette 40. FIG. FIG. 6d is an explanatory view showing the contents of the signals S _{0 to} S ₇ sent from the transmission port of the device body 60 to the image reading cassette 20 and the image recording cassette 40 through the optical transmission circuit, and FIG. 6e is the device body.
An explanatory diagram showing the contents of signals R _{0 to} R ₇ received from the image reading cassette 20 at the receiving port of 60, and FIG. 6f shows a signal from the image recording cassette 40 received at the receiving port of the apparatus body 60.
Is an explanatory diagram showing the contents of R ₀ to R _7. Figures 7a, 7b and 7c are flowcharts outlining the operation of the microprocessor 110 of Figure 6a. 1: Upper structure, 1a, b: Hole 1c, 1d, 1e: Protrusion, 2: Arm 2a: Hole, 2e: Opening 3,4: Rail member (cassette guiding means), 5: Cassette case 5a, 45a: Rack 5b, 5c, 45b, 45c: Flange (engaging member) 5d, 5e, 45d, 45e: Brush (conductor), 6,7: Claw member 10,11: Pin 12,13: Torsion spring, 18: Double-sided adhesive Tape 20: Image reading cassette, 21, 22: Case 23: Selfoc lens array, 24: Mirror 25: Illumination light source 26: Image sensor (image reading means), 40: Image recording cassette 41, 42: Case, 43: Ink film supply roller 44: film take-up roller, 45: film 46: thermal head (recording means), 60: device body (image information storage body) 60d, 60e: power supply rail (conductor), 60s: cassette receiving space 64: AC Adapter (main power supply), 65: Battery pack (main power supply) 110: Microprocessor (image information writing means, image information reading means, detection means) 114: Optical transmission Path (electric / optical conversion means, first electric / optical conversion means) 116: optical receiving circuit (optical / electric conversion means, first optical / electric conversion means) 130: read / write memory (image information storage means) 214: optical transmission Circuit (electric / optical converting means, second electric / optical converting means) 216: Optical receiving circuit, 314: Optical transmitting circuit 316: Optical receiving circuit (second optical / electrical converting means), M1: Electric motor (scan driving means) ) M2: Electric motor, KP: Start key switch S1, S2, S3: Micro switch, SP: Power switch CVC1, CVC2, CVC3: Constant voltage circuit, SD1, SD2, SD3: Light emitting part RV1, RV2, RV3: Light receiving part

Claims (8)

(57) [Claims] 1. A cassette receiving space, a cassette guiding means for movably guiding a cassette in the space, an optical / electrical converting means facing the cassette in the space and converting an optical signal indicating image information into an electric signal. An image information storage body including image information storage means and image information writing means for writing the image information converted into the electrical signal in the storage means; and an image of an electrical signal corresponding to a visible image read An image reading means for obtaining information, an engaging member for engaging the cassette guiding means, and an opposing device for opposing the optical / electrical converting means with the engaging member engaged with the cassette guiding means. An image reading cassette provided with an electric / optical converting means for converting the obtained image information into an optical signal; and image information of the image reading cassette with the image reading cassette mounted on the image information storage body. The electric / optical conversion means and through the optical / electrical conversion unit is transferred to the image-information storage member has a configuration to be stored in the image information storage unit, the image processing apparatus. 2. The image information storage body is a first power source connected to a main power source.
A second set of conductors having a set of conductors, the image reading cassette contacting the first set of conductors when the engagement member is engaged with the cassette guide means of the image information storage body; The image processing apparatus according to claim (1), further comprising a constant voltage circuit connected to the conductor of (1) and feeding electric elements in the image reading cassette. 3. The image processing according to claim 1, wherein one of the image information storage body and the image reading cassette includes a scanning drive means for scanning and driving the cassette engaged with the cassette guide means. apparatus. 4. A conductor according to claim 2, wherein one of the conductors of the first set and the second set is a power supply rail extending in the scanning drive direction, and the other is a brush which makes elastic contact with the power supply rail.
The image processing device according to the item. 5. A cassette receiving space, a cassette guiding means for movably guiding a cassette in the space, and a first optical / electrical conversion facing the cassette in the space and converting an optical signal indicating image information into an electric signal. Means, image information storage means, detection means for detecting which of the image reading cassette and the image recording cassette is in the cassette receiving space, and when the detection means detects the image reading cassette, the electric signal is sent to the image information storage means. Image information writing means for writing the converted image information, image information reading means for reading the image information from the image information storage means when the detecting means detects the image recording cassette, and an optical signal for the read image information. An image information storage body provided with a first electro-optical conversion means facing the space, the image information storage body reading the visible image and obtaining image information of an electric signal corresponding to the visible image. Image reading means, a first engaging member engaging with the cassette guiding means, and the image reading facing the first optical / electrical converting means with the engaging member engaged with the cassette guiding means. Second electric power for converting the image information obtained by the means into an optical signal
An image reading cassette provided with a light converting means; and a second engaging member engaging with the cassette guiding means, facing the first electric / light converting means in a state where the engaging member engages with the cassette guiding means. And an image recording cassette including second optical / electrical converting means for converting an optical signal into an electric signal, and recording means for recording visible information corresponding to image information obtained by the second optical / electrical converting means. The image information storing body is equipped with the image reading cassette, and image information of the image reading cassette
The image information is transferred to the image information storage unit via the electric / optical conversion unit and the first optical / electric conversion unit and stored in the image information storage unit, and the image information is stored in the image information storage unit with the image recording cassette attached. An image processing apparatus configured to read out image information from a storage means and give it to the recording means via a first photoelectric conversion means and a second photoelectric conversion means. 6. The image information storage body is a first power source connected to a main power source.
A second set of conductors having a set of conductors, wherein the image reading cassette contacts the first set of conductors when the first engagement member is engaged with the cassette guide means of the image information storage body; First connected to a set of conductors to power electrical elements within an image reading cassette
A constant voltage circuit, and the image recording cassette includes a third set of conductors that come into contact with the first set of conductors when the second engagement member is engaged with the cassette guide means of the image information storage body, The image processing apparatus according to claim (5), further comprising a second constant voltage circuit that is connected to the three conductors and supplies electric power to the electric element in the image recording cassette. 7. The image processing apparatus according to claim (5), wherein the image information storage body includes a scanning drive means for scanning and driving the cassette engaged with the cassette guide means. 8. The first set and one of the second and third sets of conductors are power supply rails extending in the scanning drive direction, and the other is a brush that makes elastic contact with the power supply rails. The image processing apparatus according to item (6).