JPH08275250A - Portable terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To allow the portable terminal equipment to set the operation of an external electronic device directly by providing a signal transmission means in the electronic device and operating the transmission of the signal according to the selected and decided item. CONSTITUTION: Character information such as a music name and a name of a singer played by an external device is displayed by a display device 1, a display storage device 2 and a display controller 3 and any of the character information is selected. Then an information transmitter 8 sends signal information corresponding to the character information or the like displayed on the display device 1 by means of an infrared ray. When a pin is inserted to a rotary hole in an external storage medium input output device 7 and an extract button is depressed, the card pressing member is turned around the pin. Thus, the end of the card pressing member pushes out an external storage medium. Thus, one end of the external storage medium is jumped out from the case while being pressed by the card pushing member and then withdrawn. Furthermore, after the external storage medium is inserted, the external medium cannot easily be extracted without the use of an extract jig.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable terminal suitable for use as an electronic information output device, and in particular, it is possible to easily remotely control an electronic device by providing a signal transmitting / receiving means. The present invention relates to a portable terminal having a configuration in which a storage medium provided outside cannot be easily removed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional electronic information output device, for example, as described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 62-3469, word and sentence information previously recorded as electronic information is selected by a key and displayed and output. It was configured to do. As a storage medium for electronic information, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-2127
An IC card was used as described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 64.

[0003]

In the above prior art, the output is only display, and the user needs to visually recognize this output. Therefore, when trying to operate another electronic device based on the conventional electronic information output device, it is necessary to operate the electronic device in accordance with the display, which requires a troublesome operation and causes a mistake. There was a problem.

Further, since the IC card is removable, it can be easily removed by a third party, and there is a problem that it is easily stolen.

An object of the present invention is to provide a portable terminal which solves the above problems of the prior art.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a means for transmitting a signal to an electronic device is provided, and an operation for transmitting a signal according to an item selected and determined is achieved.

Of the mechanisms for removing the IC card, I
This is achieved by adopting a structure in which the rotary shaft of the member for pushing out the C card is inserted from the outside.

[0008]

The operation based on the above configuration will be described.

According to the present invention, by providing the signal sending means to the electronic device, the operation of the external electronic device can be directly set by the portable terminal. Therefore, operating another electronic device based on the electronic information output device is a selection and determination operation, does not require a troublesome operation, and is not mistaken.

If the rotary shaft is not inserted from the outside, I
Since the C card cannot be removed, it is less likely to be stolen.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A portable terminal according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention. The configuration of this embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG. 1 is a display device for displaying character information and the like. 2 is
A display storage device that stores the contents to be displayed on the display device 1.
A display control device 3 displays the contents of the display storage device 2 on the display device 1. An information storage device 4 stores information such as character information. A key input device 5 is used by a user of the portable terminal embodying the present invention to give an instruction to the portable terminal. 6
Is an information control device that determines the instruction content of the key input device 5 and performs control such as converting the information in the information storage device 4 into display information based on the result of the determination. An external storage medium input / output device 7 sends and receives signals to and from an external card-shaped external storage medium. Reference numeral 8 is an information transmission device for transmitting a signal to a device external to the portable terminal of this embodiment. 9 is
It is an acoustic output device that converts an electric signal representing a sound into a sound and emits the sound into space.

From the display device 1, the display storage device 2 and the display control device 3, character information such as a song name and a singer name of a song played by an external device can be displayed and selected.
The information transmission device 8 is configured to send out signal information corresponding to the character information displayed on the display device 1 by infrared rays. The key input device 5 and a part of the information control device 6 constitute a means for the user to select desired character information or the like from the character information such as the song title and singer name displayed on the display means 1. The external storage medium input / output device 7 transfers information from an external storage medium provided outside to the information control device 6. The acoustic output device 9 selects a low frequency component from the electric signal, electrically amplifies it, and then emits it to the space.

Further, the detailed structure of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is an external view showing the configuration of this embodiment. Reference numeral 10 denotes a case which is the housing of the portable terminal of this embodiment. Reference numeral 11 is an infrared ray transmitted from the information transmission device 8. 1
Reference numeral 2 denotes a music reproducing device for reproducing and playing music, which is configured to receive the infrared rays 11 and perform operations such as a performance operation and a reservation operation. Display device 1 has 320 dots horizontally and 2 dots vertically.
A 40-dot liquid crystal panel is used. 13 is an external storage medium in the form of a card. Reference numeral 14 denotes an external storage medium insertion slot for inserting the external storage medium 13. Reference numeral 15 is a pull-out button that is pushed when pulling out the external storage medium 13.

Further, the detailed structure of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is an external view showing the configuration of the bottom surface of this embodiment. Reference numeral 16 is a rubber cap that closes a hole provided in the case 10.

Further, the detailed structure of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a top view showing a holder for holding the external storage medium 13 in the external storage medium input / output device 7 of this embodiment. 17 is a card pushing member connected to the extraction button 15. 18 is a card holder frame. 19 is
Terminal. Reference numeral 20 is a rotation hole provided in the card pressing member 17.

The operation of the above arrangement will be described below. FIG. 5 shows the removal button 15 of this embodiment with the case 10
It is an outline view showing the state pushed in to. This time,
The state where nothing is inserted in the rotary hole 20 is shown. The card pushing member 17 is pushed by the eject button 15 to move. As for the moving direction, the whole is only moved in the direction in which the extraction button 15 is pressed.

The operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the rotary hole 20 shown in FIG.
It is an outline view showing the state where pin 21 was inserted in. After inserting the pin 21 into the rotary hole and pressing the pull-out button 15, the card pressing member 17 performs a rotary motion about the pin 21. Therefore, the end of the card pushing member 17 pushes out the external storage medium 13. The external storage medium 13 is
The card pushing member 17 pushes it away from the terminal 19, and one end of the card pushes out from the case 10 so that it can be removed.

FIG. 12 shows an extraction jig provided with the pin 21 used in FIG. In FIG. 12, the pin 21 is eccentrically provided on the main body 22 whose outer diameter is approximately matched with the diameter of the hole provided in the case 10. As a result, the pin 21 can be inserted into the rotation hole 20 even when the extraction button 15 is pressed while the pin 21 is not inserted.

The effects of this embodiment will be described by the above-described operation. In this embodiment, after the external storage medium 13 storing the information is inserted, it cannot be easily extracted without using an extraction jig. Usually, by covering the hole provided in the case 10 with the rubber cap 16, it is difficult to pull out further and it is difficult to be stolen.

Next, a portable terminal having a remote control function for electronic equipment according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a second embodiment of the present invention. The configuration of this embodiment will be described below. The same components as those in the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted. The configuration different from that of the first embodiment is that the means for information transmission provided in the first embodiment is not provided.

The configuration of this embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is a configuration diagram showing the configuration of the external storage medium of this embodiment. In this embodiment, the external storage medium is provided with the input / output device 23 which is connected to the external storage medium input / output device 7 of the portable terminal and which exchanges electronic information. An information control device 24 operates to switch the path of electronic information from the input / output device 23. An external information storage device 25 records or outputs electronic information from the information control device 24. A signal forming device 26 generates a signal waveform necessary for controlling the music reproducing device 12 from the electronic information transmitted from the information control device 24. Reference numeral 27 is an infrared generator that converts an electric signal from the signal forming device 26 into infrared light.

Further, the structure of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is an external view showing the configuration of this embodiment. The external storage medium 27 has the structure shown in FIG. 9 and is inserted into the portable terminal of the present invention. The external storage medium 27 is provided with an infrared light emitting window 28 for outputting infrared light. Infrared light 11 emitted from the infrared light emitting window 28
Is input to the music reproducing device 12. Music player 12
Is a configuration in which, for example, a music piece to be played can be selected by the input infrared ray 11. Further, the configuration in which the sound output device 9 can output a sound based on the sound information recorded in the information storage device 4 or the external information storage device 25 is similar to that of the first embodiment.

The operation of the above configuration will be described below. The information recorded in the external information storage device 25 is input to the information control device 6 via the information control device 24, the input / output device 23 and the external storage medium input / output device 7. Information from the information storage device 4 is also input to the information control device 6.
The input information is recorded in the display storage device 2 after being processed by the information control device 6. The display control device 3 displays the information recorded in the display storage device 2 on the display device 1. When the operator operates the key input device 5, an operation signal is input to the information processing device 6, and the information control device 6 performs necessary processing by the operation signal. One of the operations based on the operation signal is that sound information of the information stored in the information storage device 4 or the external information storage device 25 can be input to the sound output device 9 to generate sound. One of the other operations is a signal forming device 26 that outputs a signal giving an instruction for the operation of the music reproducing device 12 via the external storage medium input / output device 7, the input / output device 23, and the information control device 24.
It also gives the action to. The signal forming device 26 converts the given signal into a signal necessary for operating the infrared generating device 27 and applies it to the infrared generating device 27. The infrared generator 27 generates infrared rays in response to the input signal and gives the music reproducing apparatus 12 an instruction operation.

The effect of this embodiment will be described by the above-described operation. According to this embodiment, for example, the music reproducing device 12
By recording a part of the sound to be reproduced by the information storage device 4 or the external information storage device 25 as information, the sound can be heard from the sound output device 9 before giving the reproduction instruction in advance. As a result, it is possible to easily select, for example, an instruction of a music piece to be given to the music reproducing device 12 while listening to the sound.
Further, since the infrared signal can be transmitted based on the selection, there is an effect that the operation of the music reproducing device can be instructed only by the selection operation.

Next, a portable terminal having a remote control function for electronic equipment according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a third embodiment of the portable terminal of the present invention. The configuration of this embodiment will be described below. The same components as those in the second embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted. The configuration different from that of the second embodiment is different in the content of information recorded in the information storage device 4.

Further, the structure of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing the external storage medium of this embodiment. The difference from the second embodiment is that a code demodulating device 30 and an infrared light receiving device 31 are provided.

Further, the structure of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 13 is an external view showing the structure of this embodiment. A difference from the second embodiment is that infrared rays 32 are emitted from the music reproducing device 12 and the infrared rays 32 can enter the infrared ray receiving / emitting window 33 provided in the external storage medium 34.

The operation of the above configuration will be described below. The present embodiment is similar to the second embodiment in that infrared rays can be sent and sound can be output. The difference is that the infrared ray 32 emitted from the music reproducing device 12 is an infrared ray receiving / emitting window 33.
This is the point of incidence on the infrared light receiving device 31. The infrared light receiving device 31 converts the incident infrared light into an electric signal and inputs it to the code demodulating device 31. Code demodulator 3
0 converts the input electric signal into a signal representing information and applies it to the information control device 24. The information control device 24 gives the added information to the information control device 6 via the input / output device 23 and the external storage medium input / output device 7.

The effect of this embodiment will be described by the above-mentioned operation. In this embodiment, in addition to the effects of the second embodiment,
Since infrared light can be received in addition to being sent, by adopting a configuration in which infrared light is sent to the music playback device 12, for example, music playback information, more specifically, setting information such as music playback order and pitch is displayed on the display device. It can be displayed with 1. In addition, by using the information by the infrared rays 32 sent from the music reproducing device 12 as the sound information, other sounds not limited to the information storage device 4 and the external information storage device 25 can be output as the sound output device 9.
There is also an effect that can be output more. It is needless to say that the present invention is a portable terminal and does not specify the form of the infrared rays 32 as sound information, and can transmit any information.
For example, a human voice other than music can be transmitted and output from the portable terminal of this embodiment. In addition, information such as pictures or characters displayed on the display device 1 can also be transmitted.

Next, a portable terminal having a remote control function for electronic equipment according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

The configuration of this embodiment will be described below.
The same components as those in the third embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted. The configuration different from the third embodiment is that the configuration of the external storage medium 35 is different.

This will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 15 is a configuration diagram showing the configuration of the external storage medium 35. In the present embodiment, the sound information generation device 3 that generates all or part of the sound signal from the information representing the sound.
6 is provided inside the external storage medium 35. The sound information generation device 36 is a member generally called a sound source.

The operation of the above configuration will be described below. In the portable terminal of the present embodiment, the operation of outputting sound information, character and picture information is the same as that of the third embodiment, and the operation of transmitting and receiving information by infrared rays is also the same. The difference from the third embodiment is that information representing sound is added from the information control device 6 to the sound information generation device 36 via the external storage medium 7, the input / output device 23, and the information control device 24 to generate a sound signal. The acoustic output device 9 can output an electric signal representing the generated sound signal.

The effect of this embodiment will be described by the above-described operation. In this embodiment, in addition to the effects of the third embodiment,
As the information of the sound, for example, information in a small information form corresponding to a note can be used. Therefore, the amount of information recorded in the information storage device 4 or the external information storage device 25 or the amount of information transmitted by infrared rays can be determined. There is an effect that it can be reduced compared to the third embodiment. Therefore, there is an effect that more information can be recorded, a storage member having a smaller recording capacity can be used, and information can be received in a shorter time.

[0041]

As described above, according to the present invention,
By providing the signal sending means to the electronic device, there is an effect that the operation of the external electronic device can be directly set by the portable terminal. Further, according to the present invention, by performing an operation of transmitting a signal according to the item selected and determined, the selected item on the portable terminal and the operation setting of the external electronic device can be associated with each other, and the electronic information Operating the other electronic device based on the output device has the effect that the operation of selecting and determining is sufficient and no troublesome operation is required. Moreover, there is an effect that no mistake is made. Further, according to the present invention, the contents of various information can be changed by exchanging the external storage medium, and the external storage medium cannot be easily removed except when exchanging, so that it is hard to be stolen. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external view showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an external view showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a top view showing the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a top view showing the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a top view showing the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an external view showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a configuration diagram showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a configuration diagram showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is an external view showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a configuration diagram showing a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a configuration diagram showing a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is an external view showing a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a configuration diagram showing a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a configuration diagram showing a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Display device, 4 ... Information storage device, 5 ... Key input device, 6 ... Information processing device, 7 ... External storage medium input / output device, 9 ... Sound output device, 11 ... Infrared, 12 ... Music reproduction device, 13, 27, 34, 35 ... External storage medium, 20 ... Rotating hole, 27 ... Infrared ray generating device, 31 ... Infrared light receiving device, 36 ... Sound information generating device.

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁶ Identification number Internal reference number FI Technical display location H04B 1/38 H04B 1/38 (72) Inventor Masayuki Inoue 292 Yoshida-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Stock company Hitachi Image Information Systems (72) Inventor Yukio Nakamura 292 Yoshida-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Stock Company Hitachi Image Information Systems (72) Inventor Suzan Matsumoto 292 Yoshida-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Hitachi, Ltd. Multimedia System Development Headquarters (72) Inventor Kenji Ojiji, 292 Yoshida-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Stock Company Hitachi Systems Multimedia System Development Headquarters (72) Inventor Hiroshi Akai Totsuka, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture 292 Yoshida-cho, Tokyo Stock company Hitachi, Ltd. Multimedia system development headquarters

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A portable terminal comprising an output device for outputting various kinds of information and a selecting means for selecting necessary information from the information, the remote terminal transmitting means being a signal transmitting means, and the portable terminal. The electronic device different from the terminal is provided with remote control receiving means for receiving the signal, and deciding means for the user to input a decision intention, and the portable terminal selects or decides to select the electronic device. An extruding member which has a structure in which at least a part of the medium for which various operations are defined and which stores the various information is formed as a separate card, and the card-shaped medium can be inserted and removed, and which rotatably supports the card-shaped medium. The rotary shaft of the push-out member is detachable,
A portable terminal characterized by being provided with a structure in which the card-shaped medium cannot be easily removed after insertion. 2. The electronic device is a device for recording or reproducing both or both of music and video, and a signal for controlling the electronic device is transmitted by the remote control transmitting means. The portable terminal according to claim 1. 3. The portable terminal according to claim 2, further comprising a sound output device that uses sound information to assist the selecting means and outputs the sound information. 4. A portable terminal comprising the output device and the selecting means is structured such that the card-shaped medium can be inserted and removed, and an infrared signal transmitting means is provided on the card-shaped medium, 7. An infrared signal according to the item selected by the selection means is configured to be transmitted, and the operation of the electronic device is determined by the selection or determination by the portable terminal. The portable terminal according to 1. 5. In the portable terminal, an infrared signal transmitting means and an infrared signal receiving means are provided on the card-shaped medium, and the infrared signal can be transmitted or received by selecting or deciding by the portable terminal. The portable terminal according to claim 4, wherein the portable terminal is configured to be capable. 6. The voice information is transmitted as an infrared signal to the card-shaped medium provided with the infrared signal transmitting means and the infrared signal receiving means, and the voice is generated or restored by the portable terminal from the infrared information. The portable terminal according to claim 5, further comprising means for outputting the generated voice. 7. In the portable terminal, a sound source member for generating a sound signal from signal information representing sound is provided on the card-shaped medium, and an output from the sound source member is output as a sound. The portable terminal according to claim 1, wherein the portable terminal is a portable terminal.