JPH0594064A - Document reader - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To count the total number of pieces of documents and to assort them into specified number of pieces. CONSTITUTION:Only one piece of document D is carried inside by a document carrying means 1, and this document D is detected and counted at a number of documents counting means 3. This counted value is displayed at a display part 20 and fed to an assorting completion judging means 5. The number of documents set at an assorting number setting means 4 is also fed to this assorting completion judging means 5. Then, when the the number of documents counted at the documents counting means 3 and the set number of documents at the assorting number setting means 4 is matched, the operation of the document carrying means 1 is stopped and with this the carrying of the document D is stopped. With this device, the counting work and the assorting work of the documents and their copies which were conventionally carried out manually are carried out automatically and the handling is saved.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document reading apparatus with an ADF, which is suitable for application to a facsimile machine, a copying machine and the like.

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION ADF (Automatic Document Feeder,
Some have an automatic document feeder. This ADF
In the attached document reading device, for example, by placing a plurality of documents on the document table, the documents are automatically conveyed one by one to the document reading unit and read, which saves time and effort and is convenient. is there.

[0003]

By the way, for example, when distributing a plurality of originals to a large number of departments, it is usual to copy the originals by a copying machine for the number of departments and sort them. However, in a conventional copying machine, even if an ADF is attached, this ADF simply conveys the original,
The documents after copying are often sorted manually.

Therefore, when the number of originals is large and the number of copies is large, it is necessary to perform sorting work for a long time.

Therefore, the present invention solves the above-mentioned problems, and proposes an original reading device capable of counting the number of originals and sorting a preset number.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in the first aspect of the invention, the document feeding means for feeding the fed originals one by one and the number of the originals fed by the document feeding means are counted. It is characterized in that it is provided with a means for counting the number of originals.

Further, in the second aspect of the invention, a document feeding means for feeding the fed documents one by one, and a document number counting means for counting the number of documents fed by the document feeding means,
Equipped with a sorting completion determination unit that determines whether the number of transported originals matches the preset number of sorted documents, and when the number of transported originals matches the number of sorted sheets, document transport is stopped. It is characterized by doing so.

[0008]

In FIG. 1, one original D is conveyed inside by the original conveying means 1, and the original D is counted by the original number counting means 3
Is detected and counted. This count value is displayed on the display unit 20 (FIG. 2) and is also supplied to the sorting completion judging means 5. The sorting completion determination means 5 is also supplied with the number of documents set by the sorting number setting means 4.

When the number of originals counted by the original number counting means 3 and the number of originals set by the sorting number setting means 4 match, the operation of the original conveying means 1 is stopped, whereby the original D The transportation is stopped.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, an embodiment of the document reading apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows functional blocks of a document reading apparatus according to the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a document conveying means, for example, a plurality of documents D placed on a document table 2
It is conveyed inside the device one by one.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a document number counting means, which counts the number of fed documents by detecting the transported documents with an appropriate sensor.
The number of sheets counted here can be displayed on a display or the like. Reference numeral 4 denotes a sorting number setting means, which presets the number of sheets to be sorted among a plurality of documents. This number of sorted sheets can also be displayed on a display or the like.

Reference numeral 5 is a sorting completion judging means, which judges whether or not the number of conveyed originals matches the number of sorted sheets, and when they coincide with each other, the operation of the original conveying means 1 is stopped. Reference numeral 6 denotes a reading unit that reads the conveyed document D.

In addition to the process of reading the document D, this document reading device can count the number of documents D placed on the document table 2 without reading them, and sort a predetermined number of documents. You can also In this case, the transport speed of the document transport unit 1 can be made higher than that at the time of reading the document.

FIG. 2 shows a configuration in which the above-mentioned document reading apparatus is applied to a facsimile apparatus. 1 in the figure
Reference numeral 1 is a CP that manages transmission / reception control and document reading
U and 12 are ROMs in which various control programs such as transmission / reception programs are stored, and 13 is a RAM in which image information to be transmitted is stored.

The image information read by the image reading unit 14 is stored in the RAM 13 through the interface 15 or is directly supplied to a modem and a network control circuit (NCU) 16 functioning as a transmitting / receiving means. In addition, the image information input from the communication line is
The data is stored in the RAM 13 via 16 or is directly supplied to the recording unit 18 functioning as a printer via the interface 17 to record its contents.

The telephone number of the transmission destination is displayed by being supplied to the display unit 20 via the interface 19. The display unit 20 also displays the number of conveyed documents, the number of sorted sheets, and the like.

A plurality of keys (not shown) are provided in the operation unit 21 provided in this facsimile apparatus, and when these keys are operated, the contents thereof are taken into the CPU 11 via the interface 22. This operation unit 2
The number of sorted documents is input from 1. Reference numeral 23 denotes a document transport unit that transports the document D inside the facsimile apparatus in a predetermined procedure.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart for explaining the procedure for counting the number of documents. In the counting process procedure 30, when the document D is placed on the document table 2, the document counting counter is first initialized (step 31), and then the document D is set to "1".
The sheets are conveyed inside one by one (step 32).

At this time, the document D is detected and the counter is incremented by "1" (step 3).
3). Next, the total value of the counting counter is displayed (step 34), and then the document D is discharged to the outside of the facsimile machine (step 35).

Next, it is judged whether or not the document D remains on the document table 2 (step 36). If the document D remains, the process returns to step 32 and only one document D is conveyed inside. The same processing as described above is repeated.

If it is determined in step 36 that no document remains, document transport is stopped and the counting process 30 is performed.
Ends.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart for explaining the procedure in the case of sorting 50 documents D from a plurality of documents D, for example 100 documents. In the sorting process 40, 50 sheets are first set as the sorting number (step 41). Next, when the document D is placed on the document table 2, the counting counter is initialized (step 42), and then the document D
Only one sheet is conveyed inside (step 43).

At this time, the document D is detected and the counter is incremented by "1" (step 44).
Then, the count value of the counter is displayed (step 4
5) Then, the document D is discharged to the outside of the apparatus (step 46).

Next, it is judged whether or not this total value matches the number of sorted sheets set in step 41, that is, 50 sheets (step 47). If they match, this sorting process 4 is performed.
0 ends.

If they do not match, it is then judged whether or not the document D remains on the document table 2 (step 48). If they remain, the process returns to step 43 and the document D is conveyed inside one sheet, and the above-mentioned steps are carried out. The same process as is repeated.

If it is determined in step 48 that no document D remains, document transportation is stopped and the sorting process 40 ends.

As the sorting process, for example, 100 sheets of originals may be sorted into 10 sets of 10 sheets, and in this case, for example, 10 or more discharge trays and their moving parts are appropriately provided. It is also possible to use a different document discharge section.

[0029]

As described above, the first aspect of the present invention is capable of counting the number of originals placed on the original table, and the second aspect of the present invention enables an appropriate number of originals to be sorted from a plurality of originals. It is the one.

Therefore, according to the first and second aspects of the present invention, it is possible to automatically carry out the counting of the number of manuscripts, which is conventionally done manually, and the sorting process performed when the same manuscript is distributed to a plurality of departments. There is an effect that it can be done and the labor can be saved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a document reading apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a facsimile apparatus to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a procedure for counting the number of documents.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a document sorting process.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 original conveying means 2 original table 3 original number counting means 4 sorting number setting means 5 sorting completion judging means 6 reading means 11 CPU 12 ROM 13 RAM 14 image reading section 16 modem and CPU 20 display section 21 operation section 23 original feeding section

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A document reading apparatus comprising: a document feeding unit that feeds fed documents one by one; and a document number counting unit that counts the number of documents fed by the document feeding unit. 2. An original conveying means for conveying the supplied originals one by one, an original number counting means for counting the number of originals conveyed by the original conveying means, and a preset number of the conveyed originals. A sorting completion judging means for judging whether or not the number of sorted originals matches, and when the number of transported originals matches the number of sorted sheets, the transportation of the originals is stopped. Characteristic document reading device.