JPS62119555A - Copying device with card - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To totalize the number of used copy forms of an individual in a department by providing an IC card, an IC card read/write part, a key input part which writes an individual name on the IC card, and a display part. CONSTITUTION:Plural counters are displayed on a display part 25, and the name of a user is inputted for each counter by a key input part 26. The IC card is pushed into an IC card read//write part 27 of a copying device, and the user's counter code number is inputted from the key input part 26. Next, prescribed items are inputted and copying is performed by a copying mechanism part 23. A series of processings are controlled by a control part 21, and the control part 21 updates the counter of the counter code number designated to the IC card read/write part 27. In case that counter contents for each user's name in the IC card are copied on a copy form, data in the card is read by the IC card read/write part 27 and is edited by the control part 21. Results are outputted to a liquid crystal shutter.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (Industrial application field) The present invention relates to a copying apparatus for making copies of original documents.

(Prior Art) FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing an example of a conventional copying apparatus. In FIG. 1, 1 is a control unit that comprehensively controls the copying apparatus, 2 is an optical unit that illuminates the original when making a copy and takes the shading of the image, and 3 is a unit that copies the shaded image by the optical unit 2. A copying mechanism unit that transfers images onto paper; 4 a paper transport unit that automatically feeds and discharges copy paper and originals; 5 a display unit that displays the number of copies, copy paper size, and status of the copying device; and 6 a display unit that specifies the number of copies. 7 is a key human power section for specifying copy paper size, original size, and start or stop of copying, and 7 is a magnetic card reading/writing section for inputting the department code for using the copying machine and counting the number of copies. .

When using the copying machine configured as described above, (1) The user of the copying machine inserts the magnetic card of the department to which he/she belongs into the magnetic card reading/writing section 7.

(2) Place the original on the original placing table in the copying mechanism section 3.

(3) The number of copies, paper size,
Enter the magnification and confirm it on the display unit 5.

(4) Press the copy start key to copy.

(5) The number of sheets used for each department is written on the magnetic card.

Copying is performed using the above steps.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, with the above-mentioned conventional copying apparatus, it is not possible to tally the number of copy sheets used by individuals within a department, and it is not possible to tally the number of copies used by each individual within a department. There is a problem in that data cannot be superimposed and copied onto copy paper each time the original is copied.

The present invention solves these conventional problems, and allows users to aggregate the number of copies used by individuals within a department, and to superimpose individual image data each time a user copies a document. It is an object of the present invention to provide an excellent copying device that can copy images onto copy paper.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an IC card and an
A C card reading/writing section, an image superimposing section, a key power section and a display section for writing personal names on IC cards are provided, and each time a user uses the copying machine, the number of sheets used for each user's personal name can be checked. Addition is performed, and the addition result is read out from an IC card and displayed on copy paper as necessary.

Furthermore, by providing an image data reading section in addition to the above configuration, logo marks, image information, character data, etc. written on the manuscript can be recorded on the IC card, and each time the user uses the copying machine, The arbitrary image data and character data in the IC card are superimposed on the copy of the original and displayed on the copy paper.

(Function) The present invention has the following effects due to the above configuration. In other words, the names of multiple individuals belonging to that department are written on one IC card distributed to each department, and when a copying machine is used, the number of sheets used is added to the counter for the user's individual name, and the number of sheets of copy paper used is calculated. Manage each individual. That is, the number of copy sheets used by a plurality of individuals can be managed with one card. Furthermore, the data on the number of used sheets written on the IC card can be read out and displayed on copy paper through the image superimposing section, and the paper can be used as a management table for the number of used copy sheets for each department.

Next, devices equipped with an image data reading section can write the logo mark, image information, and character information written on the document on the IC card, and when the user uses the copying device, the document can be copied. In addition, the logo mark, image information, and character information written on the card can be displayed on the copy paper through the image superimposing section. In other words, by using a card that normally functions as a copy sheet counter, arbitrary image information can be superimposed on a document and copied as needed.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 21 is a control unit that controls the copying machine;
Reference numeral 2 denotes an optical section that illuminates the original and takes out the shadows of the image when making a copy; 23 refers to a copying mechanism section that transfers the shaded image by the optical section 22 onto copy paper; and 24 automatically transfers the copy paper and the original. 28 is an image superimposition unit that superimposes the individual summary data and image data read from the IC card onto the copy image; 25 is the number of copies, copy paper size, the state of the copying device, and the contents of the IC card. A display section 26 showing, etc.
Reference numeral 27 indicates a key human power unit that specifies the number of copies, copy paper size, original size, start or stop copying, and superimposes IC card data. 27 indicates an IC that reads and writes to an IC card. This is a card reading/writing section. In addition to this, an image data reading section may be provided.

Next, how to use the above embodiment will be explained.

(1,) How to write the names of multiple individuals using a copying machine on an IC card ■ A plurality of counters are displayed on the display section 25, and the name of the user is entered from the key operator section 26 for each counter. input. FIG. 2 shows an example of the display section and key input section. A display section 31 displays a user name registration screen. These are a department code, a numbered counter, and the corresponding user name. Reference numeral 32 denotes a key input section, which is composed of kana character and numeric (or alphabetic characters are also possible) keys.

(2) When the key manual section 32 is pressed under the guidance of the cursor 33 on the display section, the user name assigned to each counter can be input.

■In the example of the display section in Fig. 2, counters up to No. 7 are displayed, but by pressing the next page key on the key manual section 32, the next counters (No. 8 to No. 1.4) are displayed.
) will be displayed and you can enter your name. Furthermore, by pressing the next page key, it is possible to display the subsequent counter and input the name. Thereafter, by repeating the operation, user names can be recorded until the IC card reaches a predetermined capacity. When the previous page key of the key input section 32 is pressed, the previous counter is displayed, and it is also possible to correct the name etc. previously input.

(2) Figure 3 is an example in which the user names and their counters registered in the above procedure are laid out in the memory of the IC card. In the example in Figure 3, there are 6 blocks per block in the IC card.
It consists of 4 bytes, and 512 blocks make up the entire memory. The user name and its counter are written in the data area 41. The confidential area 42 records data that requires secrecy, such as a password. This password is used when performing important operations such as resetting a counter. The verification area 43 records the verification number, keyword, etc. of the copying device, and indicates that the specific copying device and its corresponding IC card form a pair or one group. Even if this IC card is inserted into another device, it is determined that it is not an in-group card based on the verification number recorded in the verification area 43, and it cannot be used. Similarly, even if another IC card is inserted into this copying machine, it cannot be used in the same way, and it can only be used when the corresponding IC card is inserted.

(2) Method for updating the designated user counter in the IC card each time a copy is made ■Insert the IC card into the ICC card reading/writing section 7 of the copying machine.

■Input the user counter code number from the key manual section 26.

- Input the original size, copy paper size, magnification, number of copies, etc. from the key input section 26.

■Place the original in the original storage area of the copying mechanism section 23.

■Press the copy key.

■The optical section 22 removes the shadows on the original, and the copying mechanism section 2
A copy is made by step 3. At this time, copy paper is supplied by the paper transport 9 portion 24. Further, a series of these processes is controlled by the control section 21, which also performs a process of updating the counter of the counter code number designated by ■ in the IC card reading/writing section.

Through such a procedure, the corresponding counter is updated.

(3) Read the counter for each user name from the IC card,
An example of copying to a copying device will be described next.

(2) FIG. 4 shows a copying machine in which a liquid crystal shutter is incorporated into the document table of the copying machine so that the total data of the IC card is copied onto copy paper. 11 is the main body of the copying machine, 12 is the original table, and 13 is the table 1.
2 is a built-in liquid crystal shutter, 14 is a display section, 15 is a key input section, and 16 is a document fixing cover.

■In order to copy the counter contents for each user name in the IC card onto copy paper, the data in the card is read by the ICC card reading/writing unit 7, the data is edited by the control unit 21, and the result is Liquid crystal shear 10 = Output to ivy 13. FIG. 5 shows an example of the output to the liquid crystal shutter 13. Its distinctive feature is that the letters are reversed.

In addition, as in the example shown in FIG. 5, the characters are not reversed and are output as normal images while the original fixing cover 16 is open so that the characters can be easily read, and then the original fixing cover 16 is closed. At the same time, a method such as outputting characters in reverse as shown in FIG. 5 may also be considered.

(2) Next, when the document fixing cover 16 is closed and the keyboard section 15 is operated in accordance with instructions from the display section 14, the tally table shown in the example of FIG. 5 is copied onto a copy sheet in its normal image.

This copying method is the same as the normal original copying method. The liquid crystal shutter 13 fulfills this role in place of the original.

In the example shown in FIG. 5, the liquid crystal shutter 13 is built into a part of the original table 12, but it can also be built into the entire surface of the table. Furthermore, instead of incorporating a liquid crystal shutter into the document placing table, a liquid crystal shutter may be incorporated into the document fixing cover 16 to achieve the same function. In this case, the displayed characters are displayed as normal images, and there is no need for the inverted display shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 shows the main parts of another embodiment of the present invention, in which 71 is a document fixing cover, 72 is a document, 73 is a document placing table, 74 is a liquid crystal shutter built into the document placing table, 75 is a COD scanner, 76 is a light source section, 77
78 is a scanner conveyance unit, 78 is a binarization circuit, 79 is a frame memory, 80 is a compression circuit, 81 is an IC card reading/writing unit, 82 is an IC card, and 83 is an expansion circuit. This is an example of a digital copying apparatus, which has an image data reading section, which is composed of a CCD scanner 75, a binarization circuit 78, a frame memory 79, and the like.

A method for reading logo marks, image information, and character information written on a manuscript and writing them on an IC card will be explained using FIG. 6.

The original 72 placed on the original placing table 73 is read by a CCD scanner 75. At this time, the functions of the light source section 76 and scanner transport section 77 are used. At the same time as the scanner 75 reads, the binarization circuit 78 operates and converts the information read by the CCD to 0.
．． It is converted into a binary value of 1, and the result is stored in the frame memory 79. The storage in the frame memory continues until the entire original 72 is read. Thereafter, the contents of the frame memory are data compressed by the compression circuit 80, and the compressed data is written to the IC card 82 through the IC card reading/writing section 81.

Next, the method of reading data from the IC card on which image information is recorded and copying it onto copy paper is to read the image information recorded on the IC card 82 using the IC card reading/writing section 81, and then using the decompression circuit 83 to read the image information recorded on the IC card 82. Data expansion and compression circuit 80
Restore the original information compressed by . It is output to the liquid crystal shutter 74 and reconstructed as image information.

In this state, using the CCD scanner 75, the original 72 and the image obtained by the liquid crystal shutter 74 are superimposed and read,
The data is stored in a frame memory 79 through a binarization circuit 78. Thereafter, the contents of the frame memory 79 are hard-copied using an image printer or the like, and a superimposed image of the original and the image recorded on the IC card is obtained on copy paper.

Further, the image information recorded on the IC card 82 is read by the IC card reading/writing section 81, the data is expanded by the decompression circuit 83, and the data is restored to the original compressed information by the compression circuit 80. It is stored in the frame memory 79 and reconstructed as image information. Thereafter, it is also possible to make a hard copy of the contents of the frame memory 79 using an image printer or the like, and obtain a superimposed image of the original and the image recorded on the IC card on copy paper.

Note that by providing a character recognition circuit to perform character recognition at the stage of storing the data in the frame memory, it is also possible to code the handwritten characters or printed characters written on the manuscript and write them on the IC card. Read that character code again,
It is also possible to copy the information by superimposing it on another document, or by superimposing text information on other image information.

(Effects of the Invention) As is clear from the above examples, the present invention has the following effects.

(1) By incorporating an IC card, an IC card reading/writing unit, and a copy display function for editing and outputting the contents into the duplicator, the number of copies of paper used for each individual user in the department can be reduced to one sheet. It is possible to aggregate and output the data using cards.

(2) In addition to the above configuration, by adding or adding an image processing unit, logo marks, image information, and text information can be
It has the advantage that it can be easily written on a C card, and that it can be read out and superimposed on a copy original to be copied.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a copying machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the key input section and display section of the same device, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing writing to an IC card by the same device. Figure 4 is a diagram showing the data layout, Figure 4 is a diagram showing the external appearance of the copying machine, Figure 5 is a diagram showing an example of the instrumentation results displayed on the liquid crystal shutter of the same machine, and Figure 6 is a diagram showing the copying machine. A schematic block diagram of a copying apparatus according to another embodiment of the invention. FIG. 7 is a schematic block diagram of a conventional copying apparatus. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11... Copying apparatus main body, 12... Document holder full, 13... Liquid crystal shutter, 14... Display unit, 15...
... Key human power section, 21... Control section, 22... Optical section, 23... Copying mechanism section, 24... Paper transport section, 25
... Display section, 26... Key human power section, 27... I
C card reading/writing section. Patent applicant Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 6

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A means for writing the names of a plurality of individuals using the copying device onto the IC card, the device comprising at least an IC card, an IC card reading/writing section, and a copying device;
means for adding and writing the number of sheets used in a counter for each individual name of the IC card each time a user uses the copying device; and reading the contents of the counter for each individual name of the IC card;
1. A copying device with a card, comprising: means for totaling the total and displaying it by copying, transferring, printing, etc. in a copying section of the copying device. (2) means for writing the names of a plurality of individuals using the copying device onto the IC card, the device being composed of at least an IC card, the IC card reading/writing section, and a copying device;
means for adding and writing the number of sheets used in a counter for each individual name of the IC card each time a user uses the copying device; and reading the contents of the counter for each individual name of the IC card;
means for totaling and displaying the information by copying, transferring, printing, etc. in a copying unit of a copying device, and means for writing a logo mark, image information, and character information on the IC card;
A copying machine with a card, comprising means for reading out the logo mark, image information, and character information and displaying it by copying, transferring, printing, etc. in a copying section of the copying machine.