JP2945277B2 - Method and apparatus for attaching label to copy medium - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for attaching a label to a copy medium, and more particularly, to a method for handling data written on a copy medium (hereinafter referred to as a medium) such as a floppy disk on which data or a program is written. TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for matching and affixing labeled labels.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, to match a label with a medium, a label is pasted immediately after data is written on the medium, or as shown in FIG. The label was attached. That is, as shown in FIG. 11, a medium on which data has been written in another process is set in a drive, the written data is checked, and a label suitable for the selected data is pasted.

[0003]

As described above, when a label is attached immediately after writing data on a medium, matching between the medium and the label can be performed relatively easily. In order to match the label with the medium on which the data was written, it is necessary to read the contents of the medium and check the contents, resulting in poor work efficiency and easy automation of label matching and label pasting. I couldn't.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and a first object of the present invention is to directly mark a mark on a medium immediately after writing data on the medium. Thereby, the medium before and after writing can be identified, and even if the medium randomly flows, matching with the label can be easily taken ,
Furthermore, the misalignment between the media and the label using the above mark
Is to provide a method and an apparatus for attaching a label to a copy medium, which can easily detect the label.

A second object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus capable of automatically and efficiently affixing a label corresponding to the contents written on a medium to the medium.

[0006]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the principle of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a print head for giving a write completion mark to a medium on which data / programs are written, and 2 denotes a drive for writing data / programs on the medium. Further, 3 is a stocker for storing the written medium, 4 is a means for supplying a label attached to the mount,
Reference numeral 5 denotes a label sticking unit, 6 denotes a stocker for storing a label-attached medium, 7 denotes a transport unit, 8 denotes a control unit, S1 denotes a first identification unit for identifying a mark provided on the medium, and S2 identifies a label. The second identification means S3 is a label displacement detection means.

In order to solve the above problem, according to the first aspect of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, when data / program or the like is written on a medium, a write completion mark is marked on the medium itself, and a label is written on the medium. When affixing a label, the above mark is read to identify the written medium, and a label corresponding to the written content of the medium is affixed, and the displacement of the label affixing position is detected using the write completion mark marked on the medium. It was done.

[0008] The invention of claim 2 of the present invention is the originating <br/> light of claim 1, to have information that indicates the contents written to the media to write completion mark marked on the medium, the label on the medium When affixing, the writing completion mark is read, the contents written on the medium read from the writing completion mark are collated with the label mount or the label identification mark displayed on the label, and the medium and the label are matched. It is like that.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, an apparatus for attaching a label to a medium stores a plurality of media on which data / programs and the like are written and a write completion mark is marked. A first stocker, first identification means for identifying a write completion mark marked on the medium, means for supplying a label affixed to a backing sheet and printed with characters, symbols, and the like indicating contents written on the medium; Second identifying means for identifying the label attached to the label mount, label attaching means for attaching the label to the medium, label displacement detecting means for detecting the positional displacement of the label attached to the medium,
A second stocker for storing the labeled medium;
The medium supplied from the stocker of the first identification means, the label affixing means, and a transport means for sequentially transporting the medium to the second stocker, and a control means for controlling each of the above means, the control means, The identification results of the first and second identification means are collated, and based on the collation results, a label corresponding to the contents written on the medium is affixed to the label affixing means.

[0010]

In FIG. 1, when data / programs or the like are written on a medium by the drive 2, a print completion mark indicating contents to be written or the like is marked on the surface of the medium by the print bed 1. The medium is transferred to a label matching / label attaching process and stored in the stocker 3.

In the label matching / label affixing step, the medium stored in the stocker 3 is transported by transporting means 7 to a position below the first identifying means S1, where the writing completion mark is identified and transported to the control means 8. Is done.
On the other hand, the label supplied from the label supply unit 4 is identified by the second identification unit S2. The control means 8 determines the result of the medium identification by the first identification means S1 and the second identification means S2
Are compared, and when the two are matched, the label is attached in the label attaching section 5.

Then, the label-attached medium is conveyed under the label position deviation detecting means S3, and the deviation of the label-attachment position is checked using the write completion mark or the like on the medium, and the label is attached at an appropriate position. The stored medium is stored in the stocker 6. According to the first aspect of the present invention, as described above, when writing data / program or the like on a medium, a write completion mark is marked on the medium itself, and when attaching a label to the medium, the mark is read and written. with identifying the already medium, since in order to detect a deviation of the label sticking position by using the write completion mark marked on the medium, the medium has been written treatment in a separate process, it is possible to affix the appropriate label , And label affixing position
Can be easily checked.

[0013] In the invention of claim 2 of the present invention, wherein
The invention according to Item 1, wherein the write completion mark on the medium has information indicating the content of writing on the medium, and when the label is attached to the medium, the write completion mark is read, and the medium read from the write completion mark is read. Since the contents written on the label and the label identification mark displayed on the label mount or label are collated, the contents written on the medium can be surely matched with the label. Can be prevented from being affixed to the device.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a device for attaching a label to a medium is provided with a first device for storing a plurality of media.
A stocker, first identification means for identifying a write completion mark imprinted on the medium, means for supplying a label,
A second identification unit for identifying a label, a label affixing unit for affixing the label to the medium, a label misalignment detecting unit for detecting a misregistration of the label, a second stocker for storing the label affixed medium, A transport unit for sequentially transporting the media supplied from the first stocker, and a control unit for controlling each of the above units. The control unit compares the identification results of the first and second identification units, Based on the collation result, the label sticking means is made to stick a label corresponding to the written content of the medium, so that the data /
An appropriate label can be automatically and efficiently attached to a medium on which a program or the like is written.

[0015]

FIG. 2 is a view showing an embodiment of an apparatus for marking a mark on a written medium, in which FD is a medium, 11 is a drive for writing data / programs and the like on the medium, and 12 is a laser. A laser head 12 directly engraves a mark on a medium by laser light. As shown in the figure, the mark can also be engraved by directly jetting ink onto the medium using an ink head instead of a laser head. When a laser head is used, as shown in FIG.
cm and an ink head, the distance between the medium and the head is set to about 10 cm.

Reference numeral 13 denotes a print controller for controlling printing of a mark to be imprinted on a medium, and reference numeral 14 denotes a control device.
In the figure, marking of a mark on the medium FD is performed as follows. First, the medium FD is set in the drive 11, and data or a program is written. When the writing of the data or the program is completed and the medium is ejected from the drive 11, the control device 14 outputs to the print controller 13 a print command of a mark corresponding to the contents written to the medium.

The print controller 13 engraves a mark on the medium by the laser head or the ink head 12 based on a command from the control device 14. In the above description, the mark is engraved after writing on the medium. However, the mark can be engraved before writing on the medium. In short, the mark is formed when data / program writing on the medium can be confirmed. You only have to engrave.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a mark imprinted on a medium. As shown in FIG.
A display mark indicating that writing has been completed, a numeral corresponding to the content written to the medium shown in FIG.
As shown in (1), a bar code or the like corresponding to the content written on the medium is engraved. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the entire configuration of the label matching / pasting apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 21 denotes a stocker that supplies a written medium on which data / programs and the like have been written and a mark has been engraved in the previous process. The supply of the medium from the stocker 21 uses, for example, a robot hand, or
Various well-known mechanisms can be used, such as pushing out the media one by one using a lever or the like from the lower part of the stocker.

Reference numeral 22 denotes an identification camera for reading a mark directly imprinted on a written medium; 23a and 23b rollers for supplying a label mount on which a label is attached; and 24, a label sensor for detecting the contents of the label attached on the label mount. It is. Reference numeral 25 denotes a label sticking shift detection sensor that detects a label sticking shift, 26 denotes a stocker that stores a medium with a label applied thereto, 27 denotes a conveyor that conveys the medium, and storage of the medium on the conveyor in the stocker 27 is performed by: For example, various known mechanisms such as a robot hand can be used.

Reference numerals 28 and 28 'denote rollers for driving the conveyor, and 31 denotes a control device. The control device 31 controls the matching operation between the medium and the label and the label attaching operation. 2
Reference numeral 9 denotes a label sticking unit, and the label sticking unit sticks a label on a label mount to a medium. Although not shown in the figure, a medium in which a label is not affixed at an appropriate position in the vicinity of the label affixation detection sensor 25 or the stocker 26, or a label in which a written mark is not affixed is affixed. A discharge unit for discharging an NG medium such as a medium that cannot be used may be provided.

FIG. 5 is a view showing an example of a mechanism for automatically applying a label in the label applying section 29 of FIG. As shown in the figure, the label L to be affixed to the medium is affixed on the label mount 290, and when the direction of the label mount changes with the roller 291, the label L peels off from the mount. On the other hand, when the position of the conveyed medium is detected by a sensor (not shown) or the like and the medium comes to a predetermined position,
The attaching roller 292 descends, and attaches the peeled label L to a predetermined position on the medium. Various known mechanisms can be used as the above-described mechanism. When scrolling the label mount as described later, it is necessary to provide a mechanism that prevents the label from peeling off the mount during scrolling.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a system configuration of the label matching / sticking apparatus. In FIG. 6, reference numeral 31 denotes a control device, 32 denotes a medium stocker unit, and the medium stocker unit is provided from the stocker 21 to the conveyor 27. The supply of the medium and the discharge of the label-attached medium to the stocker 26 are controlled. Reference numeral 33 denotes a medium feeding unit that controls the conveyor 27 that conveys the medium. The medium feeding unit controls the conveyor 27 to sequentially feed the medium supplied from the stocker 21, the identification camera 22, the label sticking mechanism 29, and the label sticking and rubbing. The sheet is conveyed to the stocker 26 via the detection sensor 25.

Reference numeral 22 denotes the identification camera described above, and reference numeral 34 denotes an identification section for identifying a mark marked on a medium from an image received by the identification camera 22. Reference numeral 35 denotes a label controller. The label controller 35 includes a label scrolling section 35a, a label attaching section 35b, and a displacement detecting section 35c.
It is composed of

The label scroll section 35a drives the rollers 23a and 23b based on the output of the label sensor 24 to scroll the label mount to a label position corresponding to the content of the conveyed medium. The label pasting section 35b controls the above-mentioned label pasting mechanism 29 to paste a label matching the content of the medium. The displacement detection unit 35c determines whether or not the label is attached to an appropriate position on the medium based on the output of the label attachment displacement detection sensor 25, and if the label is not attached to the appropriate position, for example, An alarm or the like is output to stop the apparatus, or a medium to which a label is not affixed at an appropriate position is discharged as NG to a discharge unit (not shown).

Reference numeral 37 denotes an operation unit.
Thus, start / stop of the device can be controlled. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the label mount in the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 7, a label is attached to the label mount, and the label contents are shown next to the label and on the back side of the mount, for example. A display mark such as a bar code is attached.

The label sensor 24 reads the display mark shown in the figure, and in the control device 31, confirms the content of the label from the display mark and affixes a label corresponding to the medium. Labels are affixed on the label mount in the order in which the media are copied, and the labels are affixed in order to the media for which writing has been confirmed by the identification camera 22.

If a mark such as a bar code indicating the contents of the medium is imprinted on the medium, the control unit 31
Collates the display mark with the mark of the medium detected by the identification camera 22 to match the contents of the medium with the label. When the medium is transported in the order of copying, the label can be matched with the label by attaching the label on the label mount to the written medium in the order of the label, but the medium is transported from the previous process. In some cases, the order of the media may change.

For this reason, as described above, a mark indicating the content of writing is imprinted on the medium, and the mark read by the identification camera 22 is compared with the mark on the label mount to more reliably match the medium with the label. Can take. If the mark read by the identification camera 22 and the mark on the label mount do not match, as described above, the label mount is scrolled to the label position corresponding to the mark engraved on the medium by the label scroll section 25a, and Make sure that the label is attached to the media. Thereby, even if the order of the media is random, it is possible to reliably match the label with the media.

Further, as described above, the display mark is also provided on the back surface of the label mount so that the label sensor 2
4 can be set freely. In addition, the position of the display mark is not limited to the above example, and may be located at one position on the front surface or the back surface of the label mount as needed, or may be directly written on the label.
Further, characters on the label may be read to identify the label.

FIGS. 8 and 9 are diagrams for explaining a method for detecting a label sticking deviation in the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 8, when a bar code indicating the contents is engraved on the medium at the time of writing on the medium, for example, a hole is provided in a corresponding position of the label as shown in FIG. Then, when the label is affixed to the medium, it is determined whether or not the label is affixed at an appropriate position based on whether or not a barcode can be read through the hole.

Further, by detecting the label sticking deviation as described above, the bar code of the medium is read again when the label sticking deviation is detected, so that the medium and the label can be more reliably matched. Also, instead of providing a hole in the label, as shown in FIG. 9A, the start bit and the end bit of the bar code are engraved on the medium, and the data portion of the bar code is printed on the label. As shown in FIG. 2B, when a label is attached to a medium, even if the bar code data is completed by the bits on the medium and the data on the label, it is possible to detect the displacement of the label. it can.

With this configuration, the bar code of the label is read again at the time of detecting the label sticking deviation, so that the contents of the label can be surely confirmed. In the above example, only the start bit and the end bit are marked on the medium, but the entire barcode including the data portion may be marked on the medium. In this way, the contents of the medium can be confirmed by the identification camera 22, and the contents of the medium can be matched with the label.

Further, as shown in FIG. 9 (c), two marks are engraved on the medium, and two holes are formed in the corresponding positions of the label, thereby similarly forming the label. It is possible to detect sticking displacement. That is, when a label is attached to a medium, if it is detected whether or not a mark on the medium is visible through a hole in the label, as shown in FIG. is there.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the operation of the label matching / pasting apparatus of the present embodiment. The operation of the above embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In the following description, a case will be described in which a mark such as a barcode indicating the written content is engraved on the medium. However, the mark indicating the content is not attached on the medium, and the medium is simply written. In the case where only the mark indicating is added, “matching with label” in the following description is a check as to whether or not the writing has been performed on the medium.

First, a medium on which a mark is engraved and which has been written is supplied to the stocker 21 shown in FIG. 4 (step S1 in FIG. 11). The medium supplied to the stocker 21 is supplied onto the conveyor 27 by the medium take-out mechanism, and is supplied to the conveyor 2.
7 transports the medium to below the identification camera 22. The identification camera 22 receives the display mark imprinted on the medium, and the identification unit 34 identifies the display mark and sends it to the control device 31 (step S2).

When the mark of the medium is identified, the medium is conveyed to the label attaching section 29 by the conveyor 27 (step S3). The label sensor 24 reads the label display mark on the label mount, and the content of the read display mark is sent to the control device 31. The control device 31 controls the display mark of the label read by the label sensor 24 and the identification unit 3.
4. Check the mark on the medium identified in step 4 (step S
4) If the matching is obtained, a label sticking instruction is given to the label controller 35, and the label sticking section 35b controls the above-described label sticking mechanism to stick the label on the medium (step S5).

If the label cannot be matched with the medium, the label controller 35 is instructed to that effect. Label scroller 35 of label controller 35
a scrolls the label mount (step S8), determines whether or not the label mount has been scrolled to the end (step S9).
Matching between the scrolled label and the display mark on the medium is performed (step S4).

When the above processing is performed and a label matching the medium is detected, the process proceeds to step S5, and the label is attached to the medium as described above. When the mount is scrolled to the end without finding the corresponding label, an alarm is output and the operation is stopped (step S10).
When the label is affixed to the medium, the medium is transported by the conveyor 27 to below the label affixing detection sensor 25, and it is detected whether or not the label is affixed at an appropriate position (step S6).

If the label position is proper, it is determined in step S7 whether or not to end the process. If not, the process returns to step S1 and repeats the above process. If the position of the label is inappropriate, step S10
To stop the device by alarm and end. In addition,
In the case where a discharge unit for discharging an NG medium is provided, a medium with an inappropriate label position can be discharged to the discharge unit to continue the operation.

[0040]

As described above, the following effects can be obtained in the present invention. (1) When writing data / programs on a medium, a write completion mark is marked on the medium itself, and when attaching a label to the medium, the mark is read to identify the written medium. An appropriate label can be attached to the medium on which the writing process has been performed.

Further, since it is not necessary to read out and check the contents of the medium when attaching the label, the working efficiency can be greatly improved as compared with the conventional one. (2) It is possible to easily check the displacement of the label attaching position by detecting the displacement of the label attaching position by using the write completion mark marked on the medium. In particular, by using a barcode or the like as a write completion mark,
When the displacement of the label attaching position is detected, the contents of the medium can be confirmed again, so that the attaching operation can be performed more reliably. (3) By adding information indicating the contents written to the medium to the write completion mark that is marked on the medium, the contents written on the medium can be surely matched with the label, and an improper label can be attached to the medium. Can be prevented. (4) a device for applying a label to a medium, comprising: a first stocker for storing a plurality of media; first identification means for identifying a write completion mark imprinted on the medium; means for supplying a label; , A label sticking means for sticking a label on a medium, a label displacement detecting means for detecting a displacement of a label, a second stocker for storing a label-attached medium, and a first stocker. A transport unit for sequentially transporting the media supplied from the stocker, and a control unit for controlling each of the units. The control unit compares the identification results of the first and second identification units. In addition, an appropriate label can be automatically and efficiently attached to a medium on which data / programs and the like have been written in a separate process, which can greatly contribute to labor saving and efficiency improvement of this kind of work.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a principle diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an embodiment of an apparatus for marking a written medium.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a mark marked on a medium.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a label matching / pasting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a mechanism for automatically performing label sticking.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a system configuration of a label matching / pasting apparatus according to an embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a label mount in the present embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a method for detecting a label sticking shift in the present embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a method for detecting a label sticking displacement in the present embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the present embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Drive 2 Print head 3, 6 Stocker 4 Label supply means 5 Label sticking part 7 Conveying means 8 Control means S1, S2 identification means S3 Label displacement detection means 11 Drive 12 Laser head 13 Print controller 14 Control device 21, 26 Stocker 22 Identification cameras 23a, 23b, Roller 24 Label sensor 25 Label sticking deviation detecting sensor 27 Conveyor 28, 28 'Roller for driving conveyor 29 Label sticking unit 31 Controller 32 Media stocker unit 33 Media feeding unit 34 Identification unit 35 Label controller 35a Label scrolling section 35b Label sticking section 35c Misalignment detecting section 36 Operation section 290 Label mount 291 Roller 292 Sticking roller FD Medium L Label

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] When writing data / programs on a medium, a write completion mark is marked on the medium itself, and when attaching a label to the medium, the mark is read to identify the written medium, and the written contents of the medium are written. Attach the corresponding label and write the mark on the medium.
Labeling method for a copy medium, wherein the displacement of the labeling position is detected using a mark. 2. A writing completion mark on a medium is provided with information indicating the content of writing on the medium. When a label is affixed to the medium, the writing completion mark is read, and the medium is read from the writing completion mark. 2. The method of attaching a label to a copy medium according to claim 1, wherein the written content of the label is compared with a label mount or a label identification mark displayed on the label to match the medium with the label. 3. A first medium for storing a plurality of media on which data / programs and the like are written and on which a write completion mark is marked.
A stocker, a first identification means for identifying a write completion mark stamped on a medium, a means for supplying a label affixed to a mount and having characters, symbols, and the like indicating contents written on the medium printed thereon, a label mount Second identifying means for identifying the label attached to the medium; label attaching means for attaching the label to the medium; label displacement detecting means for detecting the positional displacement of the label attached to the medium; A second stocker to be stored; a transporting means for sequentially transporting the medium supplied from the first stocker to a first identification means, a label attaching means, and a second stocker; and a control means for controlling each of the above means The control means collates the identification results of the first and second identification means, and, based on the collation results, assigns a label corresponding to the contents written on the medium to the label attaching means. Labeling device to a copy medium characterized in that attached.