JP2006153920A - Image forming apparatus and unauthorized coy prevention system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus which prevents a book from being wrongfully copied without permission and allows user's personal information and book information to be entered in an application form for copying and to be outputted. <P>SOLUTION: Copy permission information and book information are recorded in a RFID tag 10 stuck to a book 1, and user's personal information is recorded in a user ID card 30 issued from a library or the like, by a bar code. A RFID reader/writer 101 and a bar code reader 110 are mounted on an image forming apparatus. When a user copies the book 1, the copy permission information and book information in the RFID tag 10 are read by the image forming apparatus 100, and copy processing is performed in the case where copy is permitted, and an application form for copying is printed in the case where copying is not permitted. When the application form for copying is printed, book information and personal information read from the user ID card 30 are entered and printed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus such as a copying machine, and an unauthorized copy prevention system, and in particular, an image forming apparatus and an unauthorized The present invention relates to a copy protection system.

  Recently, RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), which is a non-contact IC tag, is affixed to individual articles (for example, publications such as books), and information unique to each article is recorded on the RFID tag. A technology for managing the usage status of goods has been developed.

As a prior art using this RFID tag, an invention related to an automated system such as a library or an information library is disclosed (for example, see Patent Document 1).
The prior art of this patent document 1 is a technique for affixing an RFID tag to a stored item for identification, and omitting a lending / returning operation, a storage management / operation, and an unauthorized take-out monitoring operation.
JP 2003-216744 A

  By the way, publications such as books in the library include publications such as books whose free copy is not permitted by copyright law, and such publications are usually printed on the copy application form by the user. It is necessary to fill in the necessary information such as name, page to be copied, date and time of use, user name, etc., and submit it to library staff for permission to copy. In this case, depending on the library, copying may be performed by staff or by the user himself. However, if the user himself / herself made the copy, it was possible to make a copy without the permission of the library, which was a problem.

  Further, in the conventional technique of Patent Document 1, although unauthorized take-out can be monitored using an RFID tag, there is no means for restricting copy restrictions according to the Copyright Act. Whether or not the provisions of the law are adhered to can only be monitored visually by a copy clerk of a library, an information library, etc., which is very troublesome.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve such problems, and its purpose is to prevent unauthorized copying of publications without permission in a library or the like, and when issuing a copy application form. An object of the present invention is to provide an image forming apparatus and an unauthorized copy prevention system capable of outputting a user's personal information and book information in a pre-filled state.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and the invention according to claim 1 includes an RFID reader / writer for reading information in an RFID tag attached to a publication, An image forming apparatus for printing a copy image, wherein the RFID reader / writer reads the book information and copy permission information of the publication recorded in advance on the RFID tag, and the RFID tag reading unit. Based on the copy permission information read in step (2), a copy permission determination unit that determines whether or not to permit copying of the publication, and a copy permission determination unit that reads from the RFID tag when the copy permission determination unit determines that copying is not permitted. A copy application form printing means for printing a copy application form filled with book information. That is an image forming apparatus.
Thereby, it is possible to prevent the publication from being illegally copied without permission in a library or the like, and it is possible to output a copy application form with the book information filled therein.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the image forming apparatus according to the first aspect, when the copy permission determination means determines that the copy is permitted, the publication is not printed without printing a copy application form. Means for printing a copy image.
As a result, it is possible to make a normal copy of a publication for which copy permission has been given by a library or the like.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the publication includes an RFID reader / writer that reads information in an RFID tag attached to a publication, and a barcode reader that reads a barcode of a user ID card. An image forming apparatus for printing a copy image of the RFID tag reading means for reading book information and copy permission information of the publication recorded in advance on the RFID tag by the RFID reader / writer, and the barcode reader To permit copying of the publication based on the user ID card reading means for reading the personal information of the user recorded in advance on the user ID card and the copy permission information read by the RFID tag reading means. A copy permission judging means for judging whether or not copying is permitted by the copy permission judging means. A copy application form printing unit for printing a copy application form in which personal information of the user read from the user ID card and book information read from the RFID tag are entered. An image forming apparatus.
As a result, it is possible to prevent unauthorized copying of publications in a library or the like without permission, and to output a copy application form with book information and personal information entered.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the image forming apparatus according to the third aspect, when the user ID card is not presented and information on the user ID card cannot be read, the copy application form is displayed. Includes a means for entering and printing only book information.
Thus, even when the user ID card is not presented, only the book information can be entered and printed on the copy application form.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image forming apparatus including an RFID reader / writer for reading book information and copy permission information in an RFID tag attached to a publication and printing a copy image of the publication. A copy permission write reader / writer which is placed at a user copy application reception location and rewrites the copy permission information of the RFID tag from non-permission to permission, and when the publication is returned to a predetermined position in the RFID An unauthorized copy prevention system comprising a copy permission cancellation reader / writer that rewrites copy permission information from permission to permission, and is recorded in the RFID tag in advance by the RFID reader / writer in the image forming apparatus. RFID tag reading means for reading the book information and copy permission information of the published publication, and the RFID tag reader Based on the copy permission information read in step (2), a copy permission determination unit that determines whether or not to permit copying of the publication, and a copy permission determination unit that reads from the RFID tag when the copy permission determination unit determines that copying is not permitted. And a copy application form printing means for printing a copy application form in which the book information is entered.
As a result, for publications that are not permitted to be copied, the library or the like that has accepted the copy application can temporarily grant the copy permission and allow the user to copy it. For this reason, it is possible to prevent unauthorized copying of publications without permission. In addition, a copy application form can be output with the book information entered.

The invention described in claim 6 includes an RFID reader / writer for reading book information and copy permission information in an RFID tag attached to a publication, and a barcode reader for reading a barcode of a user ID card. And an image forming apparatus that prints a copy image of the publication, a copy permission write reader / writer that is disposed at a copy application reception location of the user and rewrites the copy permission information of the RFID tag from non-permission to permission, and the publication An unauthorized copy prevention system comprising a copy permission cancellation reader / writer that rewrites copy permission information in the RFID from permission to permission when an object is returned to a predetermined position. Book information and copy permission information of the publication recorded in advance on the RFID tag by the RFID reader / writer The RFID tag reading means for reading the user ID, the user ID card reading means for reading the personal information of the user recorded in advance on the user ID card by the barcode reader, and the copy permission information read by the RFID tag reading means The copy permission determination means for determining whether or not to permit the copying of the publication, and the copy permission determination means that the copy permission determination means determines that the copy is not permitted. An unauthorized copy prevention system comprising copy application form printing means for printing a copy application form in which personal information and book information read from the RFID tag are entered.
As a result, for publications that are not permitted to be copied, the library or the like that has accepted the copy application can temporarily grant the copy permission and allow the user to copy it. For this reason, it is possible to prevent unauthorized copying of publications without permission. Furthermore, a copy application form can be output with book information and personal information entered.

  In the image forming apparatus of the present invention, the book information recorded on the RFID tag attached to the publication and the copy permission information are read. If copying is not permitted, a copy application form pre-filled with the book information is provided. Since printing is performed, it is possible to prevent unauthorized copying of publications without permission in a library or the like, and it is possible to output a copy application form with book information filled in.

  In the image forming apparatus of the present invention, the book information and the copy permission information recorded on the RFID tag attached to the publication are read, and when it is determined that the copy is permitted, the normal copy process is performed. As a result, it is possible to make a normal copy of a publication for which a copy permission has been given by a library or the like.

  In the image forming apparatus of the present invention, the book information and the copy permission information recorded on the RFID tag attached to the publication are read, and the personal information of the user recorded on the user ID card is read. If it is determined that copying is not permitted, a copy application form in which the book information and the user's personal information are entered in advance will be printed. Can be prevented, and a copy application form can be output with book information and personal information entered.

  In the image forming apparatus of the present invention, when the user ID card is not presented and the information on the user ID card cannot be read, only the book information is entered and printed on the copy application form. Thus, even when the user ID card is not presented, only the book information can be entered and printed on the copy application form.

  Further, in the unauthorized copy prevention system of the present invention, the image forming apparatus prints a copy application form in which book information is entered when copying of a publication is not permitted, and a copy permission form arranged at a reception desk in a library or the like. The embedded reader / writer rewrites the RFID tag copy permission information from non-permitted to permitted according to the user's copy application, and the copy permission revoked reader / writer placed on the bookshelf etc. The copy permission information has been rewritten from permission to disapproval, so for publications that are not permitted to be copied, the library, etc. that accepts the copy application will temporarily give the copy permission to the user. be able to. For this reason, it is possible to prevent unauthorized copying of publications without permission. In addition, a copy application form can be output with the book information entered.

  In the unauthorized copy prevention system of the present invention, the image forming apparatus prints a copy application form on which book information and personal information of the user are entered when copying a publication is not permitted, and accepts it at a library or the like. The arranged copy permission writing reader / writer rewrites the RFID tag copy permission information from non-permission to permission according to the user's copy application, and the copy permission revocation reader / writer arranged on the bookshelf returns the publication. Since the RFID tag copy permission information was rewritten from permitted to not permitted, the library, etc. that accepted the copy application temporarily granted copy permission for publications that were not permitted to be copied. Can be copied by the user. For this reason, it is possible to prevent unauthorized copying of publications without permission. Furthermore, a copy application form can be output with book information and personal information entered.

Next, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of an image forming apparatus according to the present invention, and shows portions directly related to the present invention. In FIG. 1, an RFID reader / writer (RFID tag reading means) 101 reads information recorded on an RFID tag 10 attached to a book (publication) 1 with an electromagnetic wave via an antenna 101a. The RFID tag 10 stores book information (book name, author, etc.) and copy permission information (information about validity / invalidity of copyright) of the book 1.

  The RFID scanning unit 102 scans (reads) the RFID tag 10 attached to the book 1 via the RFID reader / writer 101 and reads book information, copy permission information, and the like. The copy permission determination unit 103 determines whether copying of the book 1 is permitted from the copy permission information of the RFID tag 10 read by the RFID scanning unit 102.

  A copy application form print processing unit (copy application form printing unit) 104 generates a copy application form for a book that is not permitted to be copied by the copy permission determination unit 103, and performs printout processing by the print processing unit 105.

  In this case, confirmation information as to whether or not to print the copy application form is displayed on the display unit 106a in the input / output unit 106, and the user selects whether or not to print the copy application form. An example of the display screen will be described later.

  Further, the copy application form print processing unit 104, when printing a copy application form, presents a user ID card (library card) 30 issued by the library or the like to the user. The barcode printed on the card 30 (personal information of the user or identification information recorded on the user) is read by a barcode reader (user ID card reading means) 110. The “copy application form” generated by the copy application form print processing unit 104 is printed by the print processing unit 105.

  The print processing unit 105 prints the “copy application form” generated by the copy application form print processing unit 104 and prints an image obtained by reading the page of the book 1 with the scanner 102a (normal copy process). .

  As described above, in the image forming apparatus 100 of the present invention, copy permission information and information such as the book name are recorded on the RFID tag 10 attached to the book 1, and the image forming apparatus 100 has an RFID reader. / A writer 101 and a barcode reader 110 are installed.

  When the book user copies the book 1, the book information and the copy permission information of the RFID tag 10 attached to the book 1 are read by the image forming apparatus 100, and if the copy is permitted, a normal copy process is performed. If copying is not permitted, a copy application form is printed. Further, the personal information is read from the user ID card 30 of the user, and personal information and book information are preliminarily entered and printed on a copy application form.

  This can prevent unauthorized copying of publications without permission in a library or the like. Furthermore, since the personal information and book information of the user are entered on the copy application form, it is convenient for the user.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of an RFID tag attached to a publication. An antenna 11 and an IC chip 12 are embedded in the RFID tag 10, and data is exchanged with the RFID reader / writer 101 of the image forming apparatus using electromagnetic waves as a medium.

  Further, in the IC chip 12, a power supply rectification unit 13, a transmission / reception unit 14, a CPU 15, and a storage unit 20 are provided. The power rectifier 13 rectifies electromagnetic waves received by the antenna 11 and supplies power for driving the IC chip 12. The transmission / reception unit 14 is a processing unit that transmits / receives data using electromagnetic waves to / from the RFID reader / writer 101. The CPU 15 controls the entire IC chip 12.

  The storage unit 20 also has RFID tag attribute information (information such as the RFID tag manufacturer, serial number, and model), book information (book name, etc.) 22, copy permission information (copyright validity information, etc.). 23 is recorded.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a user ID card used in the image forming apparatus of the present invention. The user ID card 30 is, for example, a card issued to a user at a university central library, and a user ID card that is required to be presented to identify the user when lending a book. (Library card). On the user ID card 30, personal information (name, address, etc.) of the user is printed with a barcode 31. The information recorded on the barcode 31 does not have to be the user's personal information itself. For example, the user identification number is recorded, and the user identification number and the personal information are associated with each other in a database or the like. It may be registered and the database may be referred to as necessary.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the flow of operations in the image forming apparatus of the present invention, and shows the flow of processing when the present invention is applied to a copying machine installed in a library. Note that the RFID tag 10 attached to the book 1 stores book information (book information such as a book name) and copy permission information (information on whether copy permission by copyright is necessary). In addition, personal information (or user identification information) of the user is printed on the user ID card 30 issued by the library with a barcode 31. The copying machine is equipped with an RFID reader / writer 101 that reads the RFID tag 10 and a barcode reader 110 that reads the barcode 31 printed on the user ID card 30.

Referring to FIG. 4, when the book 1 is first placed on the RFID scanning unit 102 of the copying machine, the information (book information and copy permission information) recorded on the RFID tag 10 is scanned by the RFID reader / writer 101. (Step S1).
Next, based on the book information read from the RFID tag 10 and the copy permission information, it is determined whether or not the book is permitted to be copied (or is a permitted publication) (step S2). If copying is permitted, normal printing processing is performed (step S9).

  If it is determined in step S2 that the book is a copy-inhibited book, the mode is switched to the “copy application form printout mode”. "Do you want to print a copy application form?" Is displayed on the display unit 106a (step S3). A display example is shown in FIG. In this example, the display unit 106a is configured by a touch panel, and “YES” is selected when the copy application form is printed, and “NO” is selected when the copy application form is not printed.

  If the user selects “NO: Do not print copy application form”, the process proceeds to step S8 and the process is terminated. If the user selects “YES: print copy application form”, the process proceeds to step S4.

  In step S4, it is determined whether the user ID card 30 is set in the barcode reader 110 of the copying machine. When the user ID card 30 is not set in the barcode reader 110, a message such as "When you set the user ID card, personal information will be printed on the copy application form" will be displayed. Displayed on the unit 106a.

  When the user ID card 30 is set, the barcode printed on the user ID card 30 is read by the barcode reader 110 (step S5), and the personal information of the user read from the barcode and the RFID tag 10 are read. The information such as the title of the book recorded in is entered on the copy application form and printed (step S7).

  If the user ID card 30 is not set in the barcode reader 110, the book name and the like are printed on the copy application form without entering personal information (step S6). FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a print example of a copy application form, in which personal information (name, address, etc.) read from the user ID card 30 and a book name read from the RFID tag 10 are printed. .

  According to the processing procedure in the image forming apparatus described above, normal copying is performed for books that are permitted to be copied, and a copy application form is issued to the user for books that require copying permission. In addition, when printing the copy application form, the book information read from the RFID tag 10 and the personal information read from the user ID card 30 are printed in a pre-filled state. Fill in the necessary information in the information on the pages to be copied in the book and any unfilled parts.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a flow from the submission of the copy application form to the copy of the book and the return of the book to the bookshelf.
Referring to FIG. 5, the user fills in the necessary items in the unfilled portion of the application form, and submits book 1 and a copy application form to the library staff at the reception counter (step S11). The staff accepts the copy application and writes “copy permission information” to the RFID tag 10 of the book 1 by the copy permission writing reader / writer 201 (step S12). The copy permission write reader / writer 201 may be a simple device that writes fixed data to a predetermined address of the RFID tag 10.

When the above processing is completed, the user can copy a book in the image forming apparatus 100 (step S13).
In addition, after copying the book 1, in order to prohibit copying again, it is necessary to rewrite the copy permission information of the RFID tag 10 from “permitted” to “not permitted”. For this reason, the copy permission cancellation / reader / writer 202 is installed in the bookshelf 203, and when the book 1 is returned to the bookshelf 203, the copy permission information of the RFID tag 10 is rewritten to copy disapproval (step S14).

  Note that a copy permission cancellation reader / writer 202 is installed at the place where the copying machine is installed, and the copy permission information of the RFID tag 10 is stored when leaving the copy permission space within a certain range from the copying machine. A method such as rewriting from “permitted” to “not permitted” can also be used.

  As a result, for the book 1 that is not permitted to be copied, the library or the like that accepted the user's copy application can be temporarily granted a copy permission, so that the book 1 is illegally copied without permission. Can be prevented. Furthermore, the copy application form can be output in a state in which book information and personal information are entered, which is highly convenient for the user.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the image forming apparatus 100 described above has a computer system therein. A series of processes related to the above-described process is stored in a computer-readable recording medium in the form of a program, and the above-described process is performed by the computer reading and executing this program.

  In other words, each processing in the image forming apparatus 100 is realized by a central processing unit such as a CPU reading the above program into a main storage device such as a ROM or a RAM and executing information processing and arithmetic processing. Is.

  Here, the computer-readable recording medium means a magnetic disk, a magneto-optical disk, a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, a semiconductor memory, or the like. Alternatively, the computer program may be distributed to the computer via a communication line, and the computer that has received the distribution may execute the program.

  While the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the image forming apparatus of the present invention is not limited to the illustrated examples described above, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Of course.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can prevent publications from being illegally copied without permission in a library or the like, and can output the personal information and book information of the user in advance when issuing a copy application form. Therefore, the present invention is useful for an image forming apparatus, an unauthorized copy prevention system, and the like.

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of an image forming apparatus of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the RFID tag affixed on a publication. It is a figure which shows the example of a user ID card. 3 is a flowchart showing a flow of operations in the image forming apparatus of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the flow from presentation of a copy application form to copy of a book and return to a bookshelf of a book. It is a figure which shows the example of the printing confirmation screen of a copy application paper. It is a figure which shows the example of printing of a copy application paper.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Book 10 RFID tag 30 User ID card 31 Bar code 100 Image forming apparatus 101a Antenna 101 RFID reader / writer 102 RFID scanning part 102a Scanner 103 Copy permission judgment part 104 Copy application form print processing part 105 Print processing part 106 Input / output part 106a Display unit 110 Bar code reader 201 Copy permission writing reader / writer 202 Copy permission canceling reader / writer

Claims (6)

An image forming apparatus comprising an RFID reader / writer for reading information in an RFID tag attached to a publication, and printing a copy image of the publication,
RFID tag reading means for reading book information and copy permission information of the publication recorded in advance on the RFID tag by the RFID reader / writer;
Based on the copy permission information read by the RFID tag reading means, copy permission determining means for determining whether to permit copying of the publication,
An image forming apparatus, comprising: a copy application form printing unit that prints a copy application form in which book information read from the RFID tag is entered when the copy permission determination unit determines that copying is not permitted. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a unit that prints a copy image of the publication without printing a copy application form when the copy permission determination unit determines that the copy is permitted. apparatus. An image forming apparatus that includes an RFID reader / writer that reads information in an RFID tag attached to a publication and a barcode reader that reads a barcode of a user ID card and prints a copy image of the publication. And
RFID tag reading means for reading book information and copy permission information of the publication recorded in advance on the RFID tag by the RFID reader / writer;
User ID card reading means for reading personal information of the user recorded in advance on the user ID card by the barcode reader;
Based on the copy permission information read by the RFID tag reading means, copy permission determining means for determining whether to permit copying of the publication,
A copy for printing a copy application form in which personal information of a user read from the user ID card and book information read from the RFID tag are entered when the copy permission determination means determines that copying is not permitted. An image forming apparatus comprising: an application form printing unit. 4. When the user ID card is not presented and the information on the user ID card cannot be read, the copy application form includes means for entering and printing only book information. The image forming apparatus described in 1. An RFID reader / writer that reads book information and copy permission information in an RFID tag attached to a publication, and an image forming apparatus that prints a copy image of the publication, and a copy application reception place of a user. A copy permission writer / writer that rewrites the copy permission information of the RFID tag from non-permission to permission, and rewrites the copy permission information in the RFID from permission to non-permission when the publication is returned to a predetermined position. An unauthorized copy prevention system composed of a copy permission cancellation reader / writer,
In the image forming apparatus,
RFID tag reading means for reading book information and copy permission information of the publication recorded in advance on the RFID tag by the RFID reader / writer;
Based on the copy permission information read by the RFID tag reading means, copy permission determining means for determining whether to permit copying of the publication,
An unauthorized copy prevention system comprising: a copy application form printing unit that prints a copy application form in which book information read from the RFID tag is entered when it is determined that copying is not permitted by the copy permission determination unit. . An image having an RFID reader / writer for reading book information and copy permission information in an RFID tag attached to a publication and a barcode reader for reading a barcode of a user ID card and printing a copy image of the publication A copy authoring / reader / writer that is placed at a place where a copy application is received by a user and that rewrites the copy permission information of the RFID tag from non-permission to permission; and when the publication is returned to a predetermined position. An unauthorized copy prevention system comprising a copy permission cancellation reader / writer that rewrites the copy permission information in the RFID from permission to permission,
In the image forming apparatus,
RFID tag reading means for reading book information and copy permission information of the publication recorded in advance on the RFID tag by the RFID reader / writer;
User ID card reading means for reading personal information of the user recorded in advance on the user ID card by the barcode reader;
Based on the copy permission information read by the RFID tag reading means, copy permission determining means for determining whether to permit copying of the publication,
A copy for printing a copy application form in which personal information of a user read from the user ID card and book information read from the RFID tag are entered when the copy permission determination means determines that copying is not permitted. An unauthorized copy prevention system comprising: an application form printing means.

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