JP2005215815A - Paper using system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system for identifying each paper, and for reusing the digitized information by using paper in an electronic pen system for digitizing characters or graphics handwritten on paper by reading dot patterns printed on paper with an electronic pen. <P>SOLUTION: A plurality of dot pattern information printed on paper is stored in a computer system, and unused dot pattern information is assigned when a form is printed, and the dot patterns and form information are linked, and the dot patterns and the form are printed on sheets so that paper can be prepared. As for contents filled in the paper, the task information is digitized by using a conventional technology. The digitized task information and the form information are linked to each other and stored. Furthermore, when the form whose reuse is necessary is printed, unused dot patterns and the task information linked to the form information are extracted, and the form is printed according to a form format. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a system using a technique for digitizing characters and figures handwritten on a paper by reading a dot pattern printed on the paper with an electronic pen.

  Electronic pens have been developed and put into practical use that allow digitized data such as handwritten characters and figures to be imported into a personal computer or word processor. As such an electronic pen technology, for example, there is a technology described in Patent Document 1. In this technique, the trajectory of characters / graphics written on a paper using an electronic pen can be vectorized and stored / transmitted using special paper (hereinafter simply referred to as paper) on which a dot pattern is printed.

  The mechanism will be briefly described with reference to FIG. On the paper 202, a dot pattern 210 is printed every about 0.3 mm grid, and the position is slightly deviated from the grid point. The electronic pen 201 reads the dot pattern 210 with a built-in camera, and based on the deviation, it is possible to accurately specify the absolute coordinate of the position of the pen tip of the electronic pen 201 in the paper space. The paper space is approximately 60 million square kilometers in size, but when you cut out an area of any 6 x 6 dots from this vast paper space, it is mathematically guaranteed that no one overlaps Has been.

  The electronic pen 201 includes a camera 203, an ink cartridge 204, a pen pressure sensor 205, a processor 206, a memory 207, a battery 208, and a wireless transmitter 209. Only when the pen pressure sensor 205 is operating, the camera 203 reads paper dot pattern information, and the processor 206 acquires pen tip position information. That is, the trajectory of characters and figures written on the paper 202 is digitized and acquired. This digital trajectory information is stored in the memory 207, and data is wirelessly transmitted by the wireless transmitter 209 at a certain timing (can be specified). In general, by checking one of the selection boxes 211 printed on the paper 202, the destination of the data (for example, word processing software of a personal computer, FAX, e-mail, etc.) is specified, and by checking the transmission box 212 Data transmission is performed.

  In a system using this technology, paper with a dot pattern printed in advance is prepared, the format of the form is printed on this paper, the operator enters information on this form with a digital pen, and the digital pen trajectory is digitally displayed. The data is transmitted as data, and the locus of the pen is used as digital information.

International Publication No. 01/26033 Pamphlet

  In the above-mentioned conventional system, it is necessary to prepare paper in advance, and it is used for business forms to identify each piece of paper or when digitalized information is printed on paper again and reused. Paper patterns need to be different one by one.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a system that can be applied to business that requires identification of each sheet of paper, and to improve business efficiency by reusing information digitized by using paper. There is a thing.

  In the present invention, when using paper for business that requires identifying each form, a plurality of dot patterns printed on the paper are stored in advance in the computer system, and the form is printed. At the same time, an unused dot pattern is allocated, the dot pattern and form form information are linked, and at the same time, a printing process is performed to create a paper on which the form form is printed.

  In addition, characters and figures are written on the printed paper, and the business information is digitized using a conventional technique. The digitized business information is associated with the form information and stored.

  Further, when printing a form that needs to be reused, the business information associated with the dot pattern and the form form information is taken out and printed according to the form format to perform the work.

  According to the present invention, high-speed dot pattern printing is possible. In addition, it becomes easy to link the dot pattern and the form.

  In addition, the information digitized by using paper can be reused, resulting in an improvement in business efficiency.

  Furthermore, since the digital information is combined and printed, there is little misalignment between the dot pattern and form or business information.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a paper utilization system according to the present invention, which includes an electronic pen 101, a document creation support apparatus 103, a printer apparatus 104, a form 105, a mobile phone 106, and a network 107. The pen 101 is an electronic pen having the same components as the electronic pen 201 described in the related art. The form 105 is equivalent to the form described in the prior art and the form on which the business information is printed. In the present invention, the form 105 is stored in the document creation support apparatus 103 without preparing the paper in advance. The dot pattern to be printed is stored, and the dot pattern is printed at the same time when printing a form or business information. The document creation support device 103 is a system for creating a form 105 and processing handwriting information entered in the form to create and store business information, etc., an input device 118, a display device 119, a communication device 120, a CPU 125, a memory 126, a control device 127, and a storage device 128. The storage device 128 stores programs for realizing a form type receiving unit 111, a form image generating unit 112, a dot pattern assigning unit 113, a printing unit 114, a handwriting data identifying unit 115, and a business information creating unit 116. Is realized by the CPU 125 reading from the storage device 128 and executing it. The storage device 128 also stores a print form database 121, a form information database 122, a dot pattern database 123, and a business information database 124. Data stored in the databases 121 to 124 by the processing units 111 to 116 is also stored in the storage device 128. Addition, search, update, deletion, etc. are performed. The printer device 104 is a device that outputs the electronic document generated by the document creation support device 103 to paper. The mobile phone 106 is a mobile phone for receiving data transmitted from the electronic pen 101 through wireless communication and transmitting it to the network 107. The network 107 is a network composed of a public mobile communication network, a public fixed communication network, the Internet, and the like. If the area to be visited is a certain area such as in a building, the network may be the same or a plurality of LANs such as an intranet, and the mobile phone may be a wireless / wired LAN connection device.

  FIG. 3 illustrates the dot pattern used in the present invention. There is a space such as the entire dot pattern 301, and each form has a dot pattern space corresponding to the form size such as the partial dot patterns 302 to 304. A portion of 301 is allocated.

  FIG. 4 illustrates a form form of a delivery order receipt slip according to an embodiment of the present invention. The form form 401 includes an area for writing information necessary for delivery.

  FIG. 5 illustrates form information, and an area in which the form form 401 is written is defined as a rectangle 510 to a rectangle 521.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining an order receipt slip. The order receipt slip 601 is obtained by combining the partial dot pattern 302 and the form form 401 and printing them.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the order slip after writing. The order slip 701 is obtained by writing information to the order slip 601.

  8 is a diagram showing a database configuration. A form form database configuration 801 is the form form 401 shown in FIG. 4, a form information database configuration 802 is the form information 501 shown in FIG. 5, and a dot pattern database configuration 803 is The partial dot pattern 302 shown in FIG. 3 and the business information database configuration 804 are an example of a database configuration for storing information on the order slip 701 shown in FIG.

  The form form database structure 801 associates the form information ID for identifying the form form 401, the form name that is the name of the form form 401, the form form indicating the design of the form form 401, and the form form with the form information structure 802. And is stored in the form form database 121.

  The form information configuration 802 includes a form information ID for identifying the form information 501 and the like, information indicating the configuration of the writing areas 510 to 521 of the form information 501, and is stored in the form information database 122. The information indicating the configuration of the areas 510 to 521 is an area indicating information for indicating a rectangular area on the form form 401 for one area, letters, numbers, figures that are assumed to be written in the area Such as the area attribute indicating the type of information, and the business information name that is the name for using the information written in the area for business use. These information must be defined for areas 510 to 521. Don't be.

  The dot pattern database configuration 803 includes a dot pattern ID that is information for identifying a dot pattern, dot pattern information indicating a rectangular area in which the partial dot pattern 302 occupies the entire dot pattern 301, and the dot pattern 302 is printed on paper. Are used, and are stored in the dot pattern database 123.

  The business database configuration 804 includes a business information ID for identifying business information, a dot pattern ID of a partial dot pattern printed on a sales order slip in which business information is written, a form form ID of a form in which business information is written, and a sales order slip. It consists of information written in 601 etc. Here, the written business information is the italic character of the order slip 701, such as “044959xxxx” in the telephone number field, “Ozenji Temple in Aso-ku, Kawasaki City”, etc. It consists of an area for storing business information and is stored in the business information database 124.

  Next, the flow of work will be described. The business procedure includes registration of prior information, printing of a form, writing to a form, reprinting, and information reuse.

  First, prior information registration work will be described. The form form configuration 801, form information configuration 802, and dot pattern database configuration 803 are assumed to be stored as advance information when the form form 401, form information 501, and partial dot pattern 302 are generated, respectively.

  Next, a form printing operation will be described. In the printing procedure, first, the operator of the document creation support apparatus 103 gives an instruction to print a form using the input device 118 while looking at the form form 401 or the like output to the display device 119, for example. This instruction is transmitted to the control device 127, and the form image generation unit 112 generates a print image of the form form 401. Next, the dot pattern assignment unit 113 searches the dot pattern database 123 for a partial dot pattern whose use flag is not used, changes the use flag of the searched dot pattern to be in use, and prints the dot pattern and the form form 401. Is transmitted to the printing unit 114. The printing unit 114 combines the received dot pattern and the print image of the form form 401 to generate a print image, and performs printing with the printer device 104. At the same time, the printing unit 114 transmits the printed form form and dot image information to the business information creation unit 116. The business information creation unit 116 newly registers data corresponding to the item indicated by the data name of the business information database configuration 804 stored in the business information database based on the received information. At this time, the data name business information ID of the business information database configuration 804 is newly numbered, the dot pattern ID and the form form ID received from the form image creation unit are stored, and other information remains unregistered. Also, the printed form is like an order slip 601.

  Next, the business of writing on a form will be described. The business person who performs the writing work uses the electronic pen 101 to write the necessary information on the previously printed order slip 601 so that the written image becomes the order slip 701. The written handwriting information is digitized in the electronic pen 101, and the digitized data is transmitted from the mobile phone 106 to the device 103 via the network 107. In the apparatus 103, the received digitized data is transmitted to the form type receiving unit 111, and the dot pattern is searched from the digitized data of the order slip 701 to obtain the dot pattern ID. Next, the handwriting data identification unit 115 searches for records including the dot pattern ID in the business information database 124 from the acquired dot pattern ID, acquires the form form ID of the record, and acquires the form form ID from the acquired form form ID. A record including the form form ID in the form database 121 is retrieved, and a record corresponding to the same form information ID is retrieved from the form information database 121 from the form information ID in the record. Further, the business information creation unit 116 performs processing such as coordinate information and character recognition from the digitized data, and registers as data of the corresponding data name in the business information database configuration 804 according to the information in the form information database configuration 802.

  Next, the reprint job will be described. The order slip 701 generated in the writing job needs to be reprinted with the contents reflecting the job data when it is lost or used in a remote place. The business operator who performs the reprinting business displays a list of business data stored in the business database 124 on the display device 119, and selects data to be used in the business from the list using the input device 118. The image generation unit 112 acquires the selected business information and the form form associated therewith, and creates a form image. The created form image and the dot pattern ID associated with the business information are transmitted to the printing unit 114, and the form image and the dot pattern are combined and printed by the printer device 104. Here, the print image looks like an order slip 701. If this order slip is further written and the same processing as that for writing to the previous term form is performed, the information can be reused when lost or at a remote location.

  Furthermore, information reuse will be described. The image of the form form to be reused looks like a delivery list 901. The delivery list form information is like a delivery list form configuration 1001. By processing this information in the most print job, the job information can be reused for other jobs.

It is a figure which shows the system configuration | structure of one Example of a document preparation assistance system. It is a figure which shows the structure of the electronic pen and paper used with a document preparation assistance system. It is a figure which shows the image of a dot pattern. It is a figure which shows the image of a form form. It is a figure which shows the image of form information. It is a figure which shows the image of the order slip before writing. It is a figure which shows the image of the order slip after writing. It is a figure which shows the structure of the database in a present Example. It is a figure which shows the image of a delivery list. It is a figure which shows the database structure of a delivery list.

Explanation of symbols

101: electronic pen, 105: paper, 103: document creation support device, 104: printer device, 105: form, 106 ... mobile phone, 107: network, 111: form type reception unit, 112: form image generation unit, 113: Dot pattern assignment unit, 114: printing unit, 115: handwriting data identification unit, 116: business information creation unit, 118: input device, 119: display device, 120: communication device, 121: form form database, 122: form information database , 123: dot pattern database, 124: business information database.

Claims (2)

In a system using a paper in which a dot pattern is printed according to a predetermined rule, and a digital pen that reads the dot pattern and digitizes the content written on the paper,
Means for storing information relating to a plurality of the dot patterns;
Means for storing information about the form,
Means for assigning unused dot patterns when printing the form;
Means for storing a correspondence between the form form and the assigned dot pattern;
Means for printing the dot pattern and the form at the same time. In the paper utilization system of Claim 1,
Means for reading business data written on the paper on which the dot pattern and the form are printed, and storing the business data in association with the form;
When printing the business data, based on information related to the form form and the dot pattern stored in association with each other,
A paper usage system, comprising: means for printing the dot pattern, the form, and the business data.

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