JPH02284286A - Discrimination medium issuing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the labor of a clerk and the power consumption by providing a power control part which is controlled by a remote control signal and turns on/off a power source part. CONSTITUTION:When a keyboard of a terminal computer 90 is operated to set a remote on bit to a flip flop circuit 142 of a remote control circuit 140, the output of the flip flop circuit 142 goes to the high level, and the output of a driver 143 goes to the low level, and a current based on a voltage Vcc flows to a light emitting diode of a photocoupler 146 through an interface 103, and the collector potential of a photo transistor goes to the low level, and a close circuit passing a relay driving power source 145, a relay 144, a driver 147, and the photo transistor is formed and contacts S1 and S2 are turned on, and an AC voltage is applied to a power source part 8. Thus, the clerk can turn on/off a tag issuing device without going to the place of this device, and the unnecessary power consumption is eliminated.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to an identification medium issuing device, and more particularly, the present invention relates to an identification medium issuing device, and more particularly, the present invention relates to an identification medium issuing device, which is attached to a portable object such as airline baggage, and is used to identify an individual owner. The present invention relates to an identification medium issuing device that issues identification media such as shipping tags.

(Prior Art) For example, a tag used for airline baggage consists of a verification piece that is attached to the airline baggage and a passenger slip that is held by the owner of the airline baggage. When handing over to the owner, the staff member visually confirms the identification information such as the destination nine flight numbers and the tag number printed on both the verification piece and the passenger slip.

A conventional example of a tag issuing device that issues such tags is shown in the first example.
This will be explained with reference to FIG.

A tag issuing device 200 shown in the figure is placed at a baggage counter, and connected via a communication line 201 to a terminal computer 203 also placed at the baggage counter.

This terminal computer 203 includes a keyboard, a computer main body, and a display (not shown), and is connected to a host computer via a communication circuit (not shown).

The operator of the terminal computer 203 operates the terminal computer 203 according to the customer's request, sends necessary operation signals to the tag issuing device 200, and issues tags.

However, the power supply unit in the conventional device 200 having the above configuration is configured completely independently of the terminal computer 203, and the connection plug 204 is connected to a commercial power source, and the power switch provided in this device 200 is turned on and off by an attendant. It is supposed to be done.

For this reason, it is extremely troublesome to go to each tag issuing device 200 and turn on the power, especially when counter operations are busy, and the tag issuing device 200 wastes power when counter operations are slow. there were.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an identification medium issuing device that can reduce the labor of an attendant and save power when issuing an identification medium. This is the purpose.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention provides an identification medium issuing device that performs identification medium issuing processing with an identification medium issuing processing means controlled by a remote control means. and a power supply control section that is controlled by a remote control signal from the remote control means and turns on and off the power supply section.

(for production) The operation of the apparatus having the above configuration will be explained below.

When a remote control signal from the remote control means is sent to the power supply control section of this device, the power supply control section turns on and off the power supply section of this device. This causes the device to start or stop working.

(Example) The present invention will be explained in detail below.

1 to 3 show a tag issuing device 1 for baggage, which is an example of an identification medium issuing device according to the present embodiment.

This tag issuing device 1 has a housing IA having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape and an open front side, and a door 2 is attached to the front of the housing IA so as to be openable and closable.

In the lower part of the inside of the housing IA, there is paper (identification medium paper) for a tag P as an identification medium (to be described later).

A storage box 3 is arranged as a storage means for accommodating continuous forms with perforations as boundaries at predetermined intervals.

Further, although not shown in FIG. 1, a power supply section 8 that outputs a DC voltage is arranged on the back side of the storage box 3.

Further, in the lower frame of the housing IA, a ticket issuing counter 4 for counting the number of issued tags P is disposed on the right side when viewed from the front, and on the left side, a ticket issuing counter 4 for counting the number of issued tags P is placed.
A power switch 5 for turning off is arranged.

On the other hand, above the storage box 3, a printing unit 6 as an issuance processing means, the details of which will be described later, is attached via a slider rail 9 so as to be retractable from the housing IA.

A discharge lower for discharging the tag P is provided at the top of the printing unit 6.

Further, on the back side of the printing unit 6, there is shown the image shown in FIG.

Although not shown in FIG. 2, a control circuit unit is arranged.

The door 2 is attached to the casing IA by a hinge, and by changing the mounting position of the hinge, it can be attached to either the left or right side frame of the casing IA, so that it can be opened and closed in either the left or right direction. ing.

On the front of the printing unit 6, as shown in an enlarged view in FIG.

An operation key part 10a for sending command signals such as paper ejection, local, reset, etc., and a display part 10b consisting of a group of lamps indicating jam, ribbon cut, paper cut, online, operation picture, power supply, and other abnormalities. An operating section 10 consisting of the following is provided.

Also, directly below this operation section 10 is a sheet of paper P. An insertion port 11 for insertion is provided. Width regulation guides 12a and 12b for regulating the width of the paper Po are provided on both sides of the insertion slot 11.
is provided.

Next, the internal structure of the printing unit 6 will be explained with reference to FIG.

Inside this printing unit 6, paper P is stored. , a conveying means 50 for conveying the tag P, and a sheet P conveyed by the conveying means 50. and each paper P cut by the cutting means 60. The tag number on your mobile phone as described below.

Printing means 70 for printing identification information such as purpose, place name, flight number, etc.
is built-in.

The conveyance means 50 is a conveyance guide plate 18a that forms a conveyance path from the insertion opening 11 to the discharge lower.

18b, 19a, 19b, 20a, 20b.

21, a first sensor 13 consisting of a light emitting element 13a and a light receiving element 13b forming an optical path that intersects the transport path between the transport guide plates 18a and 18b, and the transport guide plates 18a and 18.
b and the conveyance guide plate 19a.

A pair of first conveyance rollers 14a, 14b provided at the boundary with the conveyance guide plate 19b, and a pair of second conveyance rollers 15a provided at the boundary between the conveyance guide plates 20a, 20b and the conveyance guide plate 21.

15b, and a pair of discharge rollers 37a and 37b provided near the discharge lower.

The first conveyance rollers 14a, 14b are connected to a roller motor 22 fixedly arranged inside the printing unit 6 via a timing belt (not shown).

Further, although not shown, a timing pulley with a built-in one-way clutch is attached to the shafts of the first conveyance rollers 14a and 14b, and this timing pulley is used to convey the paper P. When rotating in the conveyance direction, the first conveyance roller 14 idles.
a and 14b are designed not to rotate.

On the other hand, when the timing pulley reverses, the one-way clutch engages with the shafts of the first conveyance rollers 14a, 14b, and the first conveyance roller 14a.

14b is rotatably driven.

Further, although not shown, power transmission between the first conveyance rollers 14a, 14b and the second conveyance rollers 15a, 15b is performed via a chain.

The chain wheels attached to the shafts of the first transport rollers 14a and 14b are equipped with spring clutches (not shown), and when the stopper of the spring clutch is released and the wheels are rotated in the paper transport direction, the first transport is stopped. The rollers 14a and 14b are rotatable, and the wheels idle when the stopper is applied.

The stopper is operated by a solenoid.

The conveyance guide plates 19a, 19b and the conveyance guide! 20
A and 20b form a gap into which a cutter 16, which will be described later, enters.

Among the conveyance guide plates 19a, 19b, 20a, 20b,
Each of the conveyance guide plates 19a and 20a is rotatably supported at one end, and the conveyance guide plates 19a and 20a support the paper P. It is designed to rotate according to the deflection of the paper Po during cutting.

The transport guide plate 19a is provided with a locking mechanism (not shown), and the transport guide plate 19a is provided with a locking mechanism (not shown).
When it is necessary to open 9a, the locking mechanism is released. Therefore, when paper Po is cut, paper P. Only the conveyance guide plate 20a rotates in accordance with the deflection of the conveyance guide plate 20a.

Further, the conveyance guide plate 19a is urged in the opening direction by a spring (not shown), and the conveyance guide plate 20a is urged in the closing direction by a spring (not shown).

The carry-out rollers 37a and 37b are connected to a discharge roller motor 38 by a chain, and are driven by the discharge roller motor 38.

Further, a second sensor 39 including a light emitting element 39a and a light receiving element 39b is provided near the discharge rollers 37a and 37b.

Further, although not shown, the discharge rollers 37a and 37b have a built-in one-way clutch so that the discharge rollers 37a and 37b can freely rotate in the direction in which the tag P is discharged. Furthermore, a pair of discharge rollers 37a
, 37b, so that the tag P in the middle of printing smoothly enters between the discharge rollers 37a and 37b.

Here, the first. Second conveyance roller 14a.

Considering the positional relationship between the plantain rollers 14b, 15a, 15b, the plantain roller 26, and the discharge rollers 37a, 37b,
First conveyance rollers 14a, 14b and second conveyance roller 1
5a and 15b is set to a value smaller than the length of two tags P in the transverse direction.

Moreover, between the second conveyance rollers 15a, 15b and the platen roller 26, and between the platen roller 26 and the carry-out roller 37,
The distance between a, 37b, and a is 1 in the short direction of the tag P, respectively.
The value is set to be smaller than the length of the sheet.

Furthermore, the cutting sensor 17 is disposed at a distance from the position of the cutter 16 that is greater than the length of one tag P in the transverse direction and smaller than the length of two tags P.

With this configuration, the paper P.

At the final stage after being cut one after another, a piece of paper P corresponding to one tag P is placed in front of the cutter 16. will remain.

And the last paper P. is conveyed to the thermal head 27 side, and the cutting sensor 17 detects the paper P. When it is detected that there is no conveyance roller 1, the first and second conveyance rollers 1 are moved under the control of the CPU 102.
4a, 14b, 15a.

15b is reversed, and the last sheet P. is returned to the insertion slot 11.

The cutting means 60 is connected to the conveyance guide plates 19a and 19b.
a plate-shaped cutter 16 with a V-shaped cutting edge facing the gap between the two; a cutter drive unit 61 that drives the cutter 16;
Paper P to be cut by the cutter 16. A cutting sensor 1 consisting of a light emitting element 17a1 and a light receiving element 17b detecting the position of
7.

The cutter drive unit 61 includes a slide guide (not shown) that linearly guides the cutter 16 toward the conveyance path, a tension spring 23 that urges the cutter 16 away from the conveyance path, and this tension spring. 23 and a cutter motor 24 having an eccentric cam 25 attached to the drive shaft, and by starting the cutter motor 24 with the eccentric cam 25 engaged with the cutter 16, the cutter 16 is linearly displaced from the position shown in FIG. 3 to a position penetrating the conveyance path.

The printing means 70 includes a platen roller 26 and a thermal head 27 in which heating elements are arranged in a straight line in a plate shape, and a platen roller 26 which is placed facing the conveyance path in a press-bonded state. It has a thermal transfer ribbon 28 that passes therethrough.

The thermal transfer ribbon 28 is in the form of a tape, and a supply reel 29a on which the thermal transfer ribbon 28 before use is wound is arranged before the thermal head 27, and a supply reel 29a on which the thermal transfer ribbon 28 after use is wound on the downstream side of the thermal head 27. A take-up reel 29b is arranged.

Although not shown, a timing pulley and a chain wheel are attached to the shaft of the platen roller 26, and a timing pulley and a pulley attached to a platen motor (pulse motor) 33 disposed near the roller motor 22 are attached to the shaft of the platen roller 26. A timing belt (not shown) is stretched.

Further, a chain (not shown) is stretched between the chain wheel attached to the platen roller 26 and the chain wheel attached to the shaft of the take-up reel 29b.

Furthermore, a friction plate (not shown) is pressed into contact with the take-up reel 29b.

That is, the platen roller 26 and the take-up reel 29b are
It is driven by the same platen motor 33, and is configured to wind up the transfer ribbon 28 by the amount fed by the platen roller 26 on a take-up reel 29b.

A ribbon sensor 34 consisting of a light emitting element 34a and a light receiving element 34b is arranged between the supply reel 29a and the thermal head 27, and the ribbon sensor 34 detects the presence or absence of the thermal transfer ribbon 28.

Further, a ribbon cutting sensor 36 consisting of a light emitting element 36a and a light receiving element 36b is arranged between the thermal head 27 and the take-up reel 29b.
6 detects the cutting state of the thermal transfer ribbon 28.

In FIG. 3, 30 is a peeling roller that separates the tag P from the thermal transfer ribbon 28, and 31 and 32 are guide rollers for the thermal transfer ribbon 28.

Here, the paper P. and the shape of the tag P will be explained with reference to FIGS. 4(a) and 4(b).

Paper P. The individual unprinted tags P forming the fourth
As shown in Figure (b), the upper paper P 1 +
It has a lower paper P2, and both end joints of the upper paper P l + lower paper P2 are strongly adhered by an adhesive 80, and further inside the adhesive 80 there is a glue 81 that functions as a mounting part to be attached to baggage as a portable object. is painted.

Then, the above-mentioned tag P is perforated at the border of each ticket piece to carry a continuous form, and as shown in FIG. Storage box 3
It is designed to be accommodated in

Moreover, the paper P. Each tag P forming the rectangular shape,
That is, when the dimension in the transversal direction is L1+ and the dimension in the transverse direction is L2, the structure is formed so that the relationship Ll<L2 is satisfied, and the material is conveyed along the transverse direction.

Next, the overall configuration of a tag processing system including the tag issuing device 1 will be explained with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6.

This tag processing system includes a ticket issuing/check-in counter 121 and a baggage dedicated counter 122.

The ticket issuing/check-in counter 121 includes the tag issuing device 1 and a terminal computer main body 90a.

A terminal computer 9o as a remote control means having a keyboard 90b and a display section 90c is arranged.

The ticket issuing/check-in counter 121 is further provided with a boarding pass issuing machine 93 that issues boarding passes, and a ticket issuing machine 94 that issues tickets and boarding passes.

In addition, the baggage tag issuing device 1. A terminal computer 90 similar to that described above and a ticket reader 91 for reading the identification information of the tag P are arranged.

Both of the tag issuing devices 1 are arranged slightly apart from the terminal computer 90, and are connected by connecting cables 95a and 95b, respectively.

Each terminal computer 90 has lines 92a and 92, respectively.
It is connected to a host computer 95 via b.

Next, the control system of the tag issuing device 1 and the terminal computer will be explained with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8.

This tag issuing device 1 includes a program memory 101 that stores a program for controlling the entire device, and a CPU 10 that controls the entire device based on the program.
The control means 100 is provided with a control means 100 consisting of 2.

The CPU 102 includes the operation section 10. An interface 103 for transmitting information between the ticket issuing counter 4 and the terminal computer 9o is connected to each.

Further, the terminal computer 9o is provided with a remote control circuit 140 that generates a remote control signal for controlling the power supply of the tag issuing device 1, as shown in FIG.

Furthermore, an interface 103 of the tag issuing device 1;
A power supply control section 141 is provided between the power supply section 8 and the power supply section 8 .

The front 1EEcPU 102 includes a first sensor 13. of the transport means 5o. Roller collector 22. A discharge roller motor 38 and a second sensor 39 are connected to each other.

Further, a cutter motor 27 and a cutting sensor 17 of the cutting means 6o are connected to the CPU 102.

Furthermore, the CPU 102 includes a storage means 1, which will be described in detail later.
10 is connected to the platen motor 33 . of the printing means 70 . A head control section 27a that controls the thermal head 27, a ribbon sensor 34, and a ribbon cutting sensor 36 are connected.

The storage means 110 stores information on various character fonts, and stores information on various character fonts in a character font memory 111. A custom character memory 112 for registering custom characters, a reception buffer 113 for storing received information. It is equipped with a ticket face print data buffer 114 for editing the face of the tag P.

As shown in FIG. 8, the remote control circuit 140 includes a flip-flop circuit 142 operated by a remote signal, a clock pulse CP, and a reset signal sent from the CPU of the terminal computer 90, and an output side of this flip-flop circuit 142. A driver 143 connected to
It is provided with a terminal vcc for outputting a predetermined voltage (for example, 12 (V)), and the output signal of the driver 143 is sent to the power supply control unit 141 via the interface 103 as a remote control signal.

The power supply section 8 is equipped with two AC input terminals, ACI and AC2, and a ground terminal FG on the input side, and has distances of +5 m and +24 m.
It is designed to output four output voltages: , +12m, and -12m.

8a is a connection plug for connecting this power supply unit 8 to a commercial power source.

The power supply control unit 141 controls the ACI and AC of the power supply unit 8.
The relay 144 has contacts 81 and 82 connected to the two AC input terminals of No. 2, and the relay 144 has three input terminals each connected to three lead wires from the connection plug 8a. A relay drive power supply 145 that outputs a voltage for driving the driver 143, a photocoupler 146 that operates based on a remote control signal from the driver 143 to control energization of the relay 144, and an output signal of the photocoupler 146 that outputs a voltage to drive the relay 144. 144, and a driver 147 for transmitting data to 144.

The photocoupler 146 includes an emission diode that performs an emission operation based on a remote control signal, and a phototransistor that is turned on by light from the emission diode and closes the circuit to the relay 144.

FIG. 9 shows the host computer 91. From the terminal computer 90 to the CPU 1 via the interface 103
This shows the content of the identification information for the tag P sent to 02.

The identification information includes a kanji code 121 indicating the final destination;
The three-letter letter code 122 indicates the final destination. The carrier code and flight number indicating the first section 123, the carrier code and flight number indicating the second section 124, the third section
Carrier code and flight number indicating section 125, 3-letter code indicating first connecting point 126, 3-letter code indicating second connecting point 127, stand number 128 indicating the tag number. Reversal presence/absence 129 indicating whether or not to reverse printing in a specific area
, class 130 for shading printing in a specific area
．． It includes information such as 131 character fonts such as Gothic typeface and Mincho typeface, and 132 number of sections. This identification information is stored in the character font memory 111.

FIGS. 10(b) to 10(d) show the format of the face of the tag P corresponding to the identification information.

FIG. 10(b) shows the case where the identification information is printed on the tag P in black and white reversed, Gothic type (shown in bold), Mincho type, and shaded.

FIG. 4(C) shows a case where the same identification information as FIG. 4(b) is printed, but the difference is that there is no shading.

Further, FIG. 10(d) shows a case where black and white inversion is further eliminated than in the case of FIG. 6(c).

FIG. 10(a) shows the color arrangement of the wide, multicolored thermal transfer ribbon 28.

This thermal transfer ribbon 28 has a configuration in which three colors, black, blue, and red, are arranged along the feeding direction (the transversal direction of the tag P) in the manner shown in FIG. It becomes.

Incidentally, a part of the tag P is used as a passenger slip, and the other part is used as a verification piece.

Next, the operation of the tag issuing device 1 having the above configuration will be explained.
The on/off control of the power supply unit 8 will be mainly explained. When issuing a tag P, when starting the power supply section 8 of the tag issuing device 1 to make the device 1 operational, the keyboard 90b of the terminal computer 60 is operated, and the remote control circuit 142 of the remote control circuit 140 is activated. Set the on bit. Then, the output of the flip-flop circuit 142 becomes high, the output of the driver 143 becomes low, a current based on the light emitting diode voltage vco flows, and light is irradiated from the light emitting diode to the phototransistor. As a result, the collector potential of the phototransistor becomes low level, and the relay drive power supply 145. relay 1
44. A closed circuit is formed through the driver 147 and the phototransistor, and the contacts S, S2 are turned on.

As a result, an AC voltage is supplied to the power supply section 8, and the output voltage of the power supply section 8 is +5 (V) and +24 ('/).

DC voltages of +12 (V) and -12 ('/) are output and energize the components of the tag issuing device 1, respectively.

By such an operation, the staff member at the terminal computer 60 can put the tag issuing device 1 into an operable state without having to go to the tag issuing device 1.

On the other hand, when the power supply unit 8 is to be turned off, the staff resets the remote-on bit of the flip-flop circuit 142.

Then, the photocoupler 146 is turned off, and the collector potential of the phototransistor becomes high level.
Current no longer flows to relay 144, contacts SL and S2 are turned off, and AC input voltage to power supply section 8 is cut off.

As a result, the DC output voltage of the power supply unit 8 is also not output (and the tag issuing device 1 stops operating).

By having the clerk perform this operation of stopping the operation of the tag issuing device 1 during off-peak hours, unnecessary power consumption is eliminated.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above (
Various modifications are possible within the scope of the gist.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention described in detail above, the above configuration makes it possible to remotely control the power-on and disconnection operations of the tag issuing device itself, reducing labor and eliminating wasteful power consumption. It is possible to provide a tag issuing device that can.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the device according to the embodiment of the present invention with the lid open;
The figure is an explanatory view showing both the lid open state and the enlarged state of the operating section of the device, FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of the printing unit of the device, and FIG. 4(a) is a perspective view of the paper used in the device. 4(b) is an explanatory diagram of a tag (unprinted) issued by the device, FIG. 5 is a layout diagram of a tag processing system including the device, and FIG. 6 is a tag processing system including the device. 7 is a block diagram showing the control system of the device, FIG. 8 is a circuit diagram of the power supply section and power control section of the device, and FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents of identification information in the device. , Figure 10 (a
) is an abbreviated plan view of the thermal transfer ribbon, and FIGS. 10(b) to (
d) is a plan view of a tag, and FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing an outline of a conventional device. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Tag issuing device, 8... Power supply part, 141... Power supply control part. 0a Po (O)

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] An identification medium issuing device that performs an identification medium issuing process using an identification medium issuing means controlled by a remote control means, comprising: a power supply section that supplies necessary power to the identification medium issuing means; controlled by a remote control signal from a remote control means;
An identification medium issuing device comprising: a power control unit that turns on and off the power supply unit.