JP7108955B2 - Note - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a notebook that allows a user to easily and effectively write relevant matters across multiple pages.

In general, a notebook is a piece of stationery consisting of multiple sheets of paper bound together with metal fittings or glue. It is also called a notebook or notepad. In a broad sense, it can be said that a notebook and a diary are also types of notebooks.

A notebook is usually used in a bundled state, and a memo pad, letter paper, report paper, etc., which are cut off one by one for use, are not called notebooks. It is often used to write down and store interrelated items together for one fixed purpose. For example, they are study notebooks and experiment notebooks (Patent Document 1).

JP-A-2001-121848

Since conventional notebooks are bundled together, when writing related matters over a plurality of pages, it is troublesome to turn over and return the pages when referring to each other. Moreover, when it is desired to save the contents written in a used notebook as digital data, each page must be scanned or photographed, which is extremely time-consuming.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a notebook in which related items can be written easily and effectively over a plurality of pages, and which has a good overview and excellent portability.

In order to solve the above problems, a notebook according to one aspect of the present invention divides one side of a rectangular sheet of paper into four equal parts and divides the other side into two equal parts or four equal parts. The paper is folded into 8 or 16, and each of the front and back areas of the rectangular paper divided equally by the creases has regularity arranged vertically or horizontally to help write letters etc. in order. The notebook is a page on which a pattern is printed, and each page is printed with an identifier capable of specifying the position of the page in the entire rectangular paper.

Also, in one embodiment, the identifier is a combination of alphabets, numbers and colors.

Further, in one embodiment, the identifier is an icon printed in one corner of each page, the icon has a high density portion, and the position of the page with respect to the entire rectangular sheet of paper corresponds to the It is characterized in that it is expressed as the position of the high-density portion with respect to the entire icon.

According to the notebook according to the present invention, related matters can be easily and effectively written over a plurality of pages. In addition, the notebook according to the present invention has good browsability and is excellent in portability.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a notebook 1 according to Example 1 of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a developed view of the notebook 1 according to Example 1 of the present invention, showing 8 pages printed on the front side. FIG. 3 is a developed view of the notebook 1 according to Example 1 of the present invention, showing 8 pages printed on the back side. FIG. 4 is a developed view of notebook 2 according to Example 2 of the present invention, showing 16 pages printed on the front side. FIG. 5 is a development view of notebook 2 according to Example 2 of the present invention, showing 16 pages printed on the back side. FIG. 6 is a developed view of the notebook 3 according to Example 3 of the present invention, showing 8 pages printed on the front side. FIG. 7 is a developed view of notebook 3 according to Example 3 of the present invention, showing 8 pages printed on the back side. FIG. 8 is a developed view of a notebook 4 according to Example 4 of the present invention, showing 16 pages printed on the front side. FIG. 9 is a developed view of a notebook 4 according to Example 4 of the present invention, showing 16 pages printed on the back side. FIG. 10 is a developed view of notebook 5 according to Example 5 of the present invention, showing 8 pages printed on the front side. FIG. 11 is a developed view of notebook 5 according to Example 5 of the present invention, showing 8 pages printed on the back side. FIG. 12 is a representation of the landscape icon used on the portrait page of the two-sided 16-page notebook shown in FIGS. FIG. 13 is a representation of the portrait icon used on the portrait page of the double-sided 32-page notebook shown in FIGS. FIG. 14 is a representation of the portrait icon used on the two-sided 16-page landscape page shown in FIGS. 10 and 11; FIG. 15 is a diagram representing a landscape icon used in a landscape page notebook with 16 pages on one side. FIG. 16 is a diagram representing a horizontally long icon used in a notebook with eight vertical pages on one side, and is a diagram representing an icon distinguished by a thick black border on the back side. FIG. 17 is a diagram representing a horizontally long icon used in a notebook with eight vertical pages on one side, and is a diagram representing an icon distinguished by a black dot centered on the back side. FIG. 18 is a diagram representing a horizontally long icon used in a notebook with eight pages on one side and vertically long pages, and is a diagram representing an icon whose page position can be identified by an identification symbol.

An embodiment of a notebook according to the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that although the drawings are in black and white, color coding is important in some embodiments. In that case, add a description of the color coding each time. In addition, in the example of the following notebook, the size is A2 in the fully unfolded state, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, in a fully unfolded state, the size may be A1, B2, or B3. Further, in the following embodiments, the ruled lines are written horizontally, but they may be written in various patterns such as grid lines, vertical writing, and characters such as dots at regular intervals.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a notebook 1 according to Example 1 of the present invention. This notebook 1 is made by folding A2-size high-quality paper into eight. 2 and 3 are developed views of the notebook 1 shown in FIG.

In the developed views of FIGS. 2 and 3, dotted lines indicate mountain folds, and broken lines indicate valley folds. These dotted and dashed lines are not printed on the actual product. 2 and 3 is folded in eight, the dotted line d1 in FIG. That is, A2 size high-quality paper is folded along the longitudinal direction. Next, fold the paper folded in two into four bellows so that the paper is folded in eight as a whole. That is, the dotted lines d2, d3, and d4 are mountain folds, and the dashed lines b1, b2, and b3 are valley folds.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, this notebook, in its unfolded state, has eight areas (herein referred to as "pages") separated by folds. 16 pages on both sides. Ruled lines are printed on each page, and an identification symbol (identifier) is printed on the upper left. That is, A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4 from the left of the front upper row, B-1, B-2, B-3, B-4 from the left of the front lower row, C from the left of the back upper row -1, C-2, C-3, C-4, and the identification symbols D-1, D-2, D-3, D-4 are printed from the left on the lower back side.

It is sold as a product in a state where page A-1 (page A-4 on the opposite side) is displayed as shown in FIG. 1 (a state folded into eight). By opening them appropriately from there, for example, pages A-2 and A-3, or pages A-1, A-2 and A-3 can be opened.

The folding lines of mountain folds and valley folds as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 correspond to the folding method in the initial state, and in use, any folding method may be used at any time. Fold it freely and use it so that the necessary pages are on the front. However, if you change the folding method, you may not know which page of the whole is written (which page is the table). However, as described above, if an identification symbol is printed for each page, by referring to this identification symbol, it is possible to write while always being aware of the position of the current page.

There are times when it is desirable to save the contents written in the notebook after use for later confirmation. In such a case, the notes themselves may be stored, but handling them as digital data is much more convenient.

In a conventional notebook, each page is scanned or photographed and saved. In this case, even if the two-page spread state is photographed, the photographing is repeated 8 times for the 16th page and 16 times for the 32nd page. This is very time consuming and troublesome. In the notebook 1 of the present invention, an application program for smartphones is used to do this in a single effort. This application program will be described below.

Many smartphones in recent years are equipped with cameras with resolutions exceeding 20 million pixels. Images captured by such a camera show sharp details even when enlarged. Therefore, when the notebook 1 is completely opened to the A2 size and the entire image is captured, even fine writing can be clearly seen by enlarging the image.

After starting the application program, the user releases the shutter when the camera of the smartphone captures the entire A2 size. The application program then analyzes the captured image to detect the position of each page. For example, the areas indicated by dotted lines and dashed lines as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 are specified. Since these dotted lines and dashed lines are not printed on the actual product, a band-shaped blank area (folding line position) is specified. Each page is an area surrounded by blank areas. Alternatively, it is possible to detect the identification symbols printed on each page, determine the layout of the pages from the distribution of the identification symbols, and specify the position of each page.

Then, the A2 size image is divided into 8 equal parts and stored as 8 data (files). At that time, character recognition of identification symbols is performed in advance to determine which file corresponds to which page. Then, for example, when the file is saved on January 1, 2019, if it is a file of page A-1, it is saved with a different file name such as 20190101A1.jpg. Therefore, only by opening up to the A2 size and photographing the entire front and back sides, it is possible to save the written contents of 16 pages as a file for each page.

In summary, this application program divides one side of a rectangular sheet of paper into quarters and the other side into halves or quarters, folds the rectangular sheet of paper into 8 or 16 folds, and folds the paper into 8 or 16 folds. A notebook in which each of the front and back areas of a rectangular sheet of paper divided equally by is a page printed with a regular pattern arranged vertically or horizontally to help write letters etc. in order. A page shooting separation application program installed and used in a smartphone for a notebook in which each page is printed with an identifier that can identify the position of the page in the entire rectangular paper, the smartphone an image acquisition means for acquiring an image obtained by photographing the entire rectangular sheet of paper as a whole image, an image analysis separation means for analyzing the whole image and separating it into images of each page and acquiring each as a separate image, and a separation image. It is a page shooting separation application program for functioning as a separation image saving means that saves with a name distinguishing each other.

Separation images saved by this application program are displayed by selecting one of the following orders, for example. One is to display in order of lines. In the case of FIG. 2, pages A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4, B-1, B-2, and B-3 are displayed. Page, B-4, . . . , D-1, D-2, D-3, and D-4 are displayed in this order. The other is to display in column order. In the case of FIG. 2, page A-1, page B-1, page C-1, page D-1, page A-2, page B-2, page C- Page 2, page D-2, . . . , page C-4, page D-4 are displayed in this order.

Alternatively, by swiping vertically and horizontally, the page to be displayed can be continuously changed vertically and horizontally, and by swiping diagonally, the pages can be displayed in diagonal order.

Also, as a storage destination, an online storage may be specified in addition to the local storage of the smartphone. For example, cooperation with cloud services (EverNote, OneNote, GoogleDrive) and the like may be performed.

4 and 5 are developed views of a notebook 2 according to Example 2 of the present invention, and are in a front-to-back relationship with each other. Again, dotted lines indicate mountain folds and dashed lines indicate valley folds. These dotted lines and dashed lines are not printed on the actual product. In the notebook 1 of Example 1, the A2-size high-quality paper was folded into 8, but in the notebook 2 of Example 2, it was further folded in half to make a total of 16 folds. It should be noted that A1 fine paper may be used instead of A2 fine paper. In that case, the size of one page is the same as the notebook 1 of the first embodiment.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the notebook, when unfolded, has 16 pages separated by folds. 32 pages on both sides. Ruled lines are printed on each page, and an identification symbol is printed on the upper left. That is, as shown in FIG. 4, A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4 from the left of the top row on the front side, and B-1, B-2, B-3 from the left of the second row on the front side. , B-4, C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4 from the left of the third row on the front side, D-1, D-2, D-3, D-4 from the left of the bottom row on the front side An identification mark is printed. As shown in FIG. 5, completely the same identification symbols are printed on the back side as well.

Figures 4 and 5 appear identical on the black and white drawings, except that the dotted and dashed lines have been interchanged. However, in reality, the identification symbols on the front side are printed in blue, and the identification symbols on the back side are printed in red. That is, the user can distinguish between the front and back by the color of the identification symbol.

6 and 7 are developed views of a notebook 3 according to Example 3 of the present invention, and are in a relationship of front and back. Again, dotted lines indicate mountain folds and dashed lines indicate valley folds. These dotted lines and dashed lines are not printed on the actual product. The notebook 3 of Example 3 is almost the same as Example 1, but differs in that an icon is printed on the upper left of each page instead of an identification symbol. Except for the icons, the third embodiment is the same as the first embodiment.

That is, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, this notebook has eight pages separated by folds in an unfolded state. 16 pages on both sides. Ruled lines are printed on each page, and an icon is printed on the upper left. Figures 6 and 7 appear identical on the drawing except that the dotted and dashed lines have been interchanged. However, the icons on the front side are actually printed in blue, and the icons on the back side are printed in red. That is, the user can distinguish between the front and back by the color of the icon.

In the icon used in the third embodiment of the present invention, the position of each page in the developed view (whole A2-size high-quality paper) is represented by the high-density portion included in the icon. That is, the position of the relevant page with respect to the entire developed view corresponds to the position of the high-density portion with respect to the entire icon. For example, the page on which the identification symbol A-1 is printed in Example 1 is positioned at the upper left of the entire developed view. Accordingly, the light blue (light gray in the drawing) rectangular icon printed on the upper left of the page on which the identification symbol A-1 is printed has a dark blue (dark gray in the drawing) part at the upper left. .

Specifically, in accordance with the layout of each page with respect to the development view as a whole, the rectangular icon is divided vertically into two equal parts and horizontally into four equal parts, and the whole is divided into eight equal parts. Accordingly, one section is designated as a high-density portion (dark blue). As a result, for example, even if the page on which the identification symbol A-1 is printed is folded so that only the page can be seen, it can be understood that the page is positioned at the upper left corner of the entirety.

Therefore, regardless of which page is facing upward according to the position of this high-density portion, it is possible to know which of the 16 pages this page is from the position and color of the high-density portion in the icon.

8 and 9 are developed views of a notebook 4 according to Example 4 of the present invention, and are in a relationship of front and back. Again, dotted lines indicate mountain folds and dashed lines indicate valley folds. These dotted lines and dashed lines are not printed on the actual product. The notebook 4 of Example 4 is almost the same as that of Example 2, but differs in that an icon is printed at the upper left of each page instead of an identification symbol. Except for the icons, the fourth embodiment is the same as the second embodiment.

That is, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, this notebook, in its unfolded state, has 16 pages separated by folds. 32 pages on both sides. Ruled lines are printed on each page, and an icon is printed on the upper left. Figures 8 and 9 appear identical on the drawing except that the dotted and dashed lines have been interchanged. However, the icons on the front side are actually printed in blue, and the icons on the back side are printed in red. That is, the user can distinguish between the front and back by the color of the icon.

As in the third embodiment, the icon used in the fourth embodiment of the present invention expresses the position of each page in the developed view (whole A2-size high-quality paper) by the high-density portion included in the icon. That is, the position of the relevant page with respect to the entire developed view corresponds to the position of the high-density portion with respect to the entire icon. In detail, corresponding to the arrangement of each page with respect to the entire developed view, the rectangular icon is divided vertically into four equal parts and horizontally into four equal parts, and the whole is divided into 16 equal parts. Accordingly, one section is designated as a high-density portion (dark blue). Therefore, regardless of which page is facing upward, it is possible to know which of the 32 pages this page is from the position and color of the high-density portion of the icon.

10 and 11 are developed views of a notebook 4 according to Example 5 of the present invention, and are in a relationship of front and back. Again, dotted lines indicate mountain folds and dashed lines indicate valley folds. These dotted lines and dashed lines are not printed on the actual product. Notebook 3 of Example 5 is almost the same as Example 3, but differs in that each page is horizontally long. Icons are printed in the upper left with each page oriented horizontally. Example 5 is the same as Example 3 except for the orientation of each page.

That is, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, this notebook, when unfolded, has eight pages separated by folds. 16 pages on both sides. A ruled line is printed on each page, and a vertically long icon is printed on the upper left. Figures 10 and 11 appear identical on the drawing except that the dotted and dashed lines have been interchanged. However, the icons on the front side are actually printed in blue, and the icons on the back side are printed in red. That is, the user can distinguish between the front and back by the color of the icon.

Again, with the icon used in the fifth embodiment of the present invention, the position of each page in the developed view is represented by the high-density portion included in the icon. That is, the position of the relevant page with respect to the entire developed view corresponds to the position of the high-density portion with respect to the entire icon. Depending on the position of the high-density portion, even if any page is facing upward, it is possible to know which of the 16 pages this page is from the position and color of the high-density portion in the icon.

This Example 6 shows some examples of icons used printed in the upper left corner of the page. Here, an icon diagram showing only icons collectively is used. 12, 13 and 14 are shown as icon diagrams corresponding to the third, fourth and fifth embodiments in order to explain how to draw this icon diagram.

FIG. 12 depicts a landscape icon used on the portrait page of the two-sided 16-page notebook shown in FIGS. Here, the upper half is a blue icon printed on the front side, collectively showing the icons in FIG. Also, the lower half is a red icon printed on the back side, collectively showing the icons in FIG.

Similarly, FIG. 13 represents the portrait icon used on the portrait page of the double-sided 32-page notebook shown in FIGS. Here, the left half is a blue icon printed on the front side, collectively showing the icons in FIG. Also, the right half is a red icon printed on the back side, collectively showing the icons in FIG.

In addition, FIG. 14 represents the portrait icons used on the two-sided 16-page landscape page shown in FIGS. Here, the left half is a blue icon printed on the front side, collectively showing the icons in FIG. Also, the right half is a red icon printed on the back side, collectively showing the icons in FIG.

Next, examples other than the above examples will be shown. FIG. 15 represents a landscape icon used on a landscape page. The top half is a blue icon, showing the surface. Also, the lower half is a red icon indicating the back side. These icons are used in a notebook with 16 pages on one side and a landscape page.

FIG. 16 shows a horizontally long icon used in a vertically long page notebook with eight pages on one side. Here, the upper half is a blue icon printed on the front side, which is the same as the upper half showing the front side in FIG. On the other hand, the lower half showing the back side has a khaki icon with a thick black border. By making it easier to understand not only the color but also the shape, even people with color blindness can easily distinguish between the front and back.

FIG. 17 also expresses a horizontally long icon used in a vertically long page notebook with 8 pages on one side. Here, the upper half is a blue icon printed on the front side, which is the same as the upper half showing the front side in FIG. On the other hand, the bottom half showing the back side is a khaki icon with a black dot in the center. Here too, by making the shape as well as the color recognizable, even people with colorblindness can easily distinguish between the front and back.

FIG. 18 also expresses horizontally long icons used in a vertically long notebook with eight pages on one side. Here, the upper half is a blue icon printed on the front side, which is the same as the upper half showing the front side in FIG. 12, but has the same identification symbols as in FIG. On the other hand, the lower half showing the back side is a khaki icon, and the same identification symbol as in FIG. 3 is shown. In this case, the position of the page can be identified even in the high-density portion of the icon, but the position of the page can also be confirmed with the identification symbol, making it easier to understand.

As described above, according to the notebook according to the present invention, related matters can be easily and effectively written over a plurality of pages. In addition, the notebook according to the present invention has good browsability and is excellent in portability.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Notes b1, b2, b3 Dashed lines indicating valley folds d1, d2, d3, d4 Dotted lines indicating mountain folds

Claims (3)

One side of a rectangular sheet of paper is divided into 4 equal parts, the other side is divided into 2 equal parts or 4 equal parts, the rectangular paper is folded into 8 or 16, and the rectangles divided into equal parts by the creases Each of the front and back areas of the paper is a page printed with a regular pattern arranged vertically or horizontally to help write characters etc.
Each page is printed with an identifier that can identify the position of the page on the entire rectangular sheet of paper. 2. The notebook of claim 1, wherein the identifier consists of a combination of letters, numbers and colors. The identifier is an icon printed in one corner of each page, the icon has a high density portion, and the position of the page with respect to the entire rectangular paper corresponds to the high density portion with respect to the entire icon. 2. A note according to claim 1, characterized in that it is expressed as a position of .

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