JP2855653B2 - Slip issuing device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] "Industrial application field" The present invention reads out an image written in an input form such as an application form or an order form, edits the image, and outputs it on a form to issue a form. More particularly, the present invention relates to a slip issuing apparatus capable of preventing a double slip from being incorrectly issued.

"Conventional technology" For example, in department stores (department stores), when a customer requests delivery of goods, a delivery slip is created. The delivery slip is (a) a work slip used at a delivery center for picking up and packing products, (b) a slip used as a tag attached to a product to be shipped, and (c) a delivery center and each household. A work slip used at a small delivery site (depot) to be linked, and (d) a plurality of related slips such as a slip used to obtain a certification seal for confirming that the product has been delivered to the customer. It consists of a form slip. When a department store receives a request for delivery of a product, the department store creates a delivery slip in a plurality of forms based on one set of processing data such as the name of the product, the destination, and the client.

Delivery slips are often designed so that relatively small customers, such as individual customers, can directly enter specific information such as the destination. In other words, the department store must prepare a booklet in which the related form slips are overlaid, and use carbon paper or pressure sensitive paper as the slip sheet to fill out the top slip with the specified items Is simultaneously creating slips for multiple related forms.

However, for relatively large customers, that is, customers who have more than 10 delivery points, it is usual for department stores to directly create and process slips based on purchase applications for products submitted by customers. is there.

A slip issuing device is also active as a device for quickly processing requests for delivery of gifts by a relatively large number of customers, such as during the middle of the year or during the year-end period.

FIG. 7 shows the appearance of a slip issuing device proposed earlier by the present applicant (Japanese Patent Application No. 56-118471). The slip issuing device 11 is composed of two device parts which are separated in outer shape. In the apparatus portion located on the right side in the figure, a data input unit 13 having a platen 12
And a data storage unit 14 for storing the input data.
And a data editing unit for editing stored data
15 and a control unit 16 for performing various controls. Also, the device part located on the left side in the figure has an operation unit 17 and an output control unit for controlling data output.
And a laser printer unit 19 for printing data using a laser beam.

FIG. 8 shows a form of a delivery slip used in this conventionally proposed slip issuing apparatus. In this device, (a) to (d) described above as an example.
Form 21 corresponding to one page is composed of four partial forms 22-1, 22-2, 22-3, and 22-4 in correspondence with the four types of slips. It corresponds to the cut line to be separated in the future. Each part form 22−
1, 22-2, 22-3, and 22-4 have a “Send to” column 24-
Columns 1 to 24-4 and columns 25-1 to 25-4 of "client" are arranged. The operator of the voucher issuing apparatus sends the form 21 to be used to the platen shown in FIG.
It is set to 12, read by the data input unit 13, and stored in the data storage unit 14.

On the other hand, FIG. 9 shows an example of a gift purchase application. As shown in this figure, the gift purchase application form 27 includes the fields 28-1 and 28-2,
.., And a column 29 for describing “client” is arranged. The completed gift purchase application form 27 is also set on the platen 12 shown in FIG.
The data is stored in the data storage unit 14.

When the two types of image information are stored in this manner, the slip issuing device extracts necessary image information from the gift purchase application form 27, and outputs the four partial forms 22-1, 22-2,
It is allocated to locations corresponding to 22-3 and 22-4 and printed out as a slip.

FIG. 10 shows an example of the slip printed out in this way. In this example, the image information of the “client” described in the column 29 shown in FIG. 9 corresponds to the “client” in each of the partial forms 22-1, 22-2, 22-3, and 22-4. Transcribed in columns 25-1 to 25-4. Further, in the output slip 31, the image information of the "delivery destination" described in the column 28-1 shown in FIG.
24-1 to 24-4. That is, the slip 31 shown in FIG. 10 is in a state before the separation of a series of individual slips created for the destination "Ichiro Kono".

As described above, the conventionally proposed slip issuing apparatus enables high-speed processing of slips using a laser printer.However, the issued slip for one page is separated along the boundary line 23, and the individual slips are separated from each other. I needed to. For this reason, there is a problem that it is difficult to obtain compatibility with a conventional slip issuing system in which a slip of a related form is superimposed on a booklet in which the slips are sequentially removed.

Therefore, a slip issuing apparatus that prepares a booklet in which related form slips are overlapped or a roll-shaped slip sheet in which this booklet is continuous, prints it with an impact type printer, and issues the slip is put into practical use. Has been done. Such a slip issuing apparatus has a configuration in which an office computer or a personal computer is used, and a reading device and a dot printer are connected to the office computer or the personal computer. The computer uses a program for reading a slip, editing image information, and printing control for printing the edited image information on a slip sheet.

"Problems to be solved by the invention" By the way, in the spot where a slip such as a department store is issued,
At the time when the delivery requests are concentrated, thousands of input forms such as an application form as shown in FIG. 9 or more than this are brought in per day. At the peak of such voucher issuance, the amount of work becomes enormous,
There are many tasks that multiple people take over. Under such a situation, an error may occur such that an input form that has once been subjected to slip processing is processed again by a substitute. Such mistakes are eventually corrected by checking after the creation of the slip, but the double processing of the slip causes a problem that the processing time by the slip issuing device is prolonged and the work efficiency is reduced. Unnecessary duplicated slips are discarded, but slip sheets spelled out in booklet form are output from the laser printer described in FIG. ) Is much more expensive. For this reason, there is a risk that a large amount of slips may be duplicated if the discovery of double processing of slips is delayed, resulting in a large economic loss.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a slip issuing apparatus capable of preventing unnecessary double issuing of slips.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In the present invention, as shown in principle in FIG. 1, a reading means 41 for reading image information on an input form serving as a slip,
An image information storage means for storing the image information read by the reading means 41, and image information corresponding to an input form number written as a unique number for each of the input forms read out from the image information storage means 42 for recognition Input form number recognizing means 43 such as a character recognizing device, input form number storing means 44 for sequentially storing the input form numbers recognized by the input form number recognizing means 43 for each input form, and reading means 41. Slip double reading presence / absence determining means 45 for determining whether or not the input form number of the input form is a number previously stored in the input form number storage means 44 at the stage of reading the image information of the input form, A double issuing permission / inhibition inquiring means (not shown) for asking whether or not double issuing of a slip is possible when the slip double reading presence / absence determining means determines that the number coincides with a number stored in the past; Double issuing control means for instructing the double issuance of a voucher when the double issuance is permitted in response to the inquiry of the double issuance availability inquiry means, and otherwise prohibiting the double issuance of the voucher (Not shown) are provided in the slip issuing device.

That is, in the present invention, when the input form is read, the input form number described therein is recognized, and the results are sequentially stored in the input form number storage means 44, and the reading means 41 reads the image information of the input form. Each time is read, the slip double reading presence / absence determining means 45 determines whether or not the input form number is a number previously stored in the input form number storing means 44. When the slip double reading presence / absence determining means determines that the number matches the number stored in the past, it asks whether double issuance of the slip is possible or not. You will be instructed to issue it. In other cases, duplicate issuance of slips is prohibited.

"Example" Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to examples.

(Outline of Apparatus) FIG. 2 shows an appearance of a slip issuing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. This slip issuing device is controlled by a control unit.
A reading device 52 having a front surface 51 is provided. Reader
A high-speed dot printer 53 is disposed on the left side in the drawing of FIG. A bar code reader 54 is connected to the control unit 51.

The stacked application forms (input forms) 55 are set on the supply tray 56 of the reading device 52 by a predetermined amount that can be processed at one time. Then, by operating the operation unit 57 provided on the upper part of the control unit 51, the barcode reader 54 reads the barcode described on the slip paper portion where printing of the high-speed dot printer 53 is started according to the instruction. This reading is achieved by opening the lid 58 on the high-speed dot printer 53, bringing the bar code reader to the place of the set slip paper, and scanning.

When you are ready to read in this way,
The control unit 51 issues an instruction to start work for issuing a slip. Based on this, the application slips set on the supply tray 56 pass one sheet at a time under the sheet document reading section 59 of the reading device 52 and are discharged onto the surface of the platen cover 61. At this time, the application form 55 is temporarily stopped with its rear end sandwiched by the sheet-shaped document reading section 59, and is checked for compatibility by the control section 51. For example, when the application form 55 cannot be read, such as when the application form 55 is set upside down, the application form 55 remains in a stopped state, and a necessary warning display is displayed on the liquid crystal display 62 of the operation unit 57. Etc. are performed. If it is determined that there is compatibility, the stamp arranged in the sheet-shaped document reading section 59 is pressed by the application form 55, and the application form 55 is completely discharged onto the platen cover 61. .
In this state, the control unit 51 edits the image information and transfers the result to the high-speed dot printer 53 to print the slip. The print result is output from the rear portion of the high-speed dot printer 53 in the state of the rolled slip sheet 64 as it is.

It should be noted that this slip issuing device can also handle documents that are difficult to pass through the sheet document reading unit 59 one by one from the supply tray 56, such as a damaged application form. When such an original is set on a platen glass (not shown) under the platen cover 61, the operation unit 57 is operated to switch the original reading from the image sensor fixed type to the image sensor movable type. Good.

FIG. 3 shows a schematic configuration of the reading apparatus.
Inside the apparatus main body of the reading device 52, a rail 64 and a one-dimensional image sensor 65 arranged reciprocally along the rail 64 are provided.
Is arranged. The one-dimensional image sensor 65 stops at a reading position 66 below the sheet-shaped original reading section 59 as shown by a solid line in the figure in a state where the original is read using the sheet-shaped original reading section 59. ing. In this state, the application form 55 set on the supply tray 56 is conveyed one by one by the conveying rolls 67 in the sheet-shaped document reading section 59, and the image information is read by the one-dimensional image sensor 65 in this state. A stamp (not shown) is attached in the vicinity of the document conveying roll 68 so that an application form that has been successfully read can be stamped.

On the other hand, the platen cover 61 and the platen glass 69 below it
When reading is performed with the document held in between, the one-dimensional image sensor 65 reciprocates within a predetermined range below the platen glass 69 as shown by a broken line in FIG. Is performed.

FIG. 4 shows an outline of the circuit configuration of the slip issuing device described above. The slip issuing device has a CPU (central processing unit) 71 mounted thereon, and is connected to the following units directly via a bus 72 or via an interface circuit (not shown).

(I) External storage device 73: It is composed of a hard disk and a circuit for driving the hard disk. The hard disk stores a program for controlling this slip issuing device. In a predetermined area of the hard disk, an application number (input form number) as a unique number described in an application form described later is sequentially stored, and necessary information such as predetermined image information is stored. Data is also stored.

(Ii) RAM 74: a working memory, which stores programs in the hard disk when the power of the slip issuing device is turned on.

(Iii) Reading device 52: The reading device 52 includes the one-dimensional image sensor 65 shown in FIG. 3, and converts the read image signal into a digital signal.

(Iv) Image memory 75: A memory for storing image information.

(V) High-speed dot printer 53: In this embodiment, a wire dot printer capable of high-speed printing is used so that processing of a slip is performed without delay.

(Vi) Operation section 57: This operation section includes various input keys and a liquid crystal display 62.
And are arranged. Input keys include a start key for starting work, a stop key for stopping, a numeric keypad for inputting numbers, a function key for selecting various functions, and a density key for setting a reading density. Etc. are prepared. The liquid crystal display 62 can output a sentence mixed with Chinese characters or kana over several lines.

(Vii) Barcode reader 54: The barcode reader 54 has already been described. The bar code reader may be omitted, and the number printed on the slip sheet 64 may be directly read with the naked eye, and the numerical value may be input from the numeric keypad.

(Structure of Application Form) FIG. 5 shows the structure of an application form used in this embodiment.

The application form 55 is, for example, a B4 size sheet, and a requester entry field 81 is provided on the upper left side of the form. The address, name, and telephone number of the client, such as gifts, are entered in the client entry column 81 by handwriting or the like. Below the client entry column 81, destination entry columns 82-1 and 82-2 at predetermined intervals, for example, 7
The columns are arranged. In the figure, two of the destination entry fields 82-1 and 82-2 are shown. Delivery address entry field
.., 82-2, 82-2,..., The address of the destination, the name and number of the product to be delivered, and the charge and quantity are similarly written by hand and the like.

An application number column 83 is arranged on the upper right side of the requester entry column 81, and a start mark entry column 84 and an end mark entry column 85 are adjacently arranged below the application number column 83. Further, on the right side of each of the destination entry fields 82-1, 82-2,..., The same mark entry field 86, cancellation mark entry field 87, and page end mark entry field 88 are arranged. Further, a cross-shaped alignment mark 89-1 is printed in the upper right corner of the application form 55, and each destination entry field 82- in the right end portion of the application form 55 is printed.
The same alignment marks 89-2, 89-3,... Are printed at positions corresponding to the boundaries of 1, 82-2,.

Here, a predetermined number of digits are printed as an application number in the application number column 83, and these are unique numerical values that are different for each application form 55. In the mark entry columns after the start mark entry column 84, a mark is entered in a corresponding column with a pencil or the like. When a mark is entered in the start mark entry column 84 as shown in the drawing, it indicates that this is the first page in the application form 55 of the same client. When a mark is added to the end mark entry column 85, it is indicated that this is the last page in the application form 55 of the same client. Therefore, if there is only one application form 55 of the same client, the start mark entry field 84
And the end mark entry field 85 will be marked.

When the mark 86 is entered in the mark entry field,
This indicates that the name and quantity of the product to be entered in the destination entry column 82 are the same as the column immediately before the mark is entered. As a result, it is possible to omit the entry of the product and the fee in the destination entry column 82. In this case, the slip issuing device performs the transcription process of the image information in the item and the price column in the column immediately before the mark.

If the mark is entered in the cancellation mark entry field 87,
The contents of the delivery destination entry field 82 on the left side are canceled, and the delivery of the product to this delivery destination is not performed. This takes into account that a predetermined portion of the application form 55 may be copied and used for the next gift. When the mark is written in the page end mark entry column 88, all the contents of the destination address entry column 82 thereafter on this page are canceled.

(Prevention of Double Issuance of Slip) FIG. 6 shows an outline of operations from reading of an application slip to printing of a slip sheet in the slip issuing apparatus having such a system configuration.

The reading device shown in FIG. 2 by the operator of the slip issuing device
When a predetermined number of application slips 55 are set in 52 and the start key of the operation unit 57 is pressed (step in FIG. 6), only one application slip 55 set in the supply tray 56 is read in the sheet document reading unit 59.
Application form 55 with one-dimensional image sensor 65
An entire reading is performed (step). The image information obtained as a result is stored in the image memory 75, and the application number column 83 is cut out based on the alignment marks 89-1... And the application number is read (step). The interpreted application number is stored in the RAM 74, and the past application number stored in the external storage device 73 is read and searched. As a result, if the same number as the application number of the application form 55 currently read exists as a number read in the past (step; Y), the liquid crystal display 62
Is displayed asking whether double issue is possible (step).
When it is necessary to read the application form 55 again, such as when re-issuing the form because the created form is damaged or the like, the operator operates the operation unit 57 and instructs the issuance (step ; Y). On the other hand, if the operator sets the same application form 55 again in the reading device 52 due to some mistake, an instruction is issued to prohibit the issuance of the form (N). In this case, the application form 55 that has been stopped with the rear end thereof sandwiched in the sheet-shaped original reading section 59 is discharged without performing the form issuing process (step). Then, if the next application form 55 is set on the supply tray 56 (step; Y), the processing from this step is started.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the same application number does not exist in the step, or if the double issue is instructed in the step, the image information stored in the image memory 75 is transferred to the image information in the predetermined area. This is performed, and slip image information suitable for the form of each slip (individual slip) is created. In addition, the application form 55, which has been stopped with the rear end thereof sandwiched in the sheet-shaped original reading section 59, is discharged in parallel (step). The created slip image information is sequentially transmitted to the high-speed dot printer 53,
The individual slip is printed. 1 equivalent to one application form 55
Alternatively, when the creation of a plurality of individual slips is completed, the application number of the currently processed application slip 55 is stored in the external storage device 73, and the process proceeds to the step to perform the next slip issuing process.

As described above, in the present embodiment, if the read application number is not duplicated in the past, there is no step for asking whether or not a voucher can be issued. Only when the reading is performed, the processing is interrupted and the instruction of the operator is requested.

In the embodiment, an example is shown in which a display asking whether or not double issuance is performed is performed on the liquid crystal display 62. In addition to this, a warning of double issuance may be issued by voice or a buzzer. Further, in the embodiment, the application number is printed in advance on the application form 55, and the character is recognized by the device and collated with the past application number. However, a barcode is printed on the application form 55, and May be read using a barcode reader arranged in the reading device when reading the image information, and may be compared with a past application number.

According to this embodiment, since the application number is stored in the external storage device and the search is performed, there is an advantage that a considerable number of application numbers can be checked in accordance with the slip processing.

[Effect of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, the input form number for which processing has been completed is stored in the input form number storage means. Not only is it possible to prevent economic or manpower loss associated with multiple issuance in advance, but also the progress of the voucher issuance process can be determined by examining the data stored in this storage means. It is possible to efficiently operate a slip issuing system in a situation where the slip issuing device is used in combination. In addition, in the case of the present invention, since the slip double reading presence / absence determining means is provided with a double issue permission / inhibition inquiring means for asking whether double slips can be issued when the slip is determined to match the number stored in the past. In the case where the created slip needs to be reissued due to damage, etc., it is possible to cause the slip to be reissued by instructing the double issue of the slip, and the damage etc. The procedure can be performed more quickly than when issuing a slip from the beginning.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a principle diagram showing a basic configuration of the present invention, and FIGS.
FIG. 6 is a view for explaining one embodiment of the present invention, in which FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a slip issuing apparatus,
FIG. 3 is a side view showing a schematic configuration of the reading device, FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an outline of a circuit configuration of the slip issuing device, FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a part of an application form, and FIG. Is a flow chart showing the outline of the work from reading the application form to printing the form paper, FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the form issuing device proposed earlier by the present applicant, and FIG. FIG. 9 is a plan view showing an example of a gift purchase application form, and FIG. 10 is an example of a printed out form. It is the represented top view. 41 reading means 42 image information storing means 43 input form number recognizing means 44 input form number storing means 45 form double reading presence / absence determining means 52 reading device 53 ... dot printer, 65 ... one-dimensional image sensor, 71 ... CPU, 73 ... external storage device, 74 ... RAM, 75 ... image memory, 83 ... application number column.

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Hideki Minami 1275 Iwatsuki, Iwatsuki City, Saitama Prefecture Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. Iwatsuki Office (56) References JP-A-59-128666 (JP, A) JP-A-63 −24380 (JP, A)

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] A reading means for reading image information on an input form serving as a form of a slip; an image information storing means for storing image information read by the reading means; and a number unique to each of the input forms. Input form number recognizing means for reading and recognizing image information corresponding to the entered input form number from the image information storing means; and sequentially storing the input form numbers recognized by the input form number recognizing means for each input form. Input form number storage means, and whether or not the input form number of the input form is a number previously stored in the input form number storage means when the reading means reads the image information of the input form. Means for determining whether or not a document has been double-read, and a means for determining whether or not the form has been read when the means for determining whether or not the form has been read coincides with a number stored in the past. And the double issue inquiring unit to ask whether or not to issue, to instruct the double issue of the voucher when the variable a double issue to the inquiry of this double issue inquiring unit,
In other cases, the slip issuance control means for prohibiting double issuance of the slip is provided.