JPH10285290A - Information storing and reproducing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To transmit information for residents of a nursing home, a hospital, a company dormitory, a school dormitory, etc., regardless of time and place by way of a public telephone line by a telephone, facsimile, a personal computer, etc., to enable the residents to obtain the information at any time, to store, to reproduce many kinds of the information by a device and to obtain various kinds of the information. SOLUTION: Only the information including a registration number is accepted and stored in an information storage part 13. The information inputted with the public telephone lines 3, 4 is included in the information. At least a card reader 12 is provided with its operating part and when the registration number is inputted in the device, storage information corresponding to the number is reproduced and outputted if any. Voice information, character information, facsimile information, still picture information, moving picture information, etc., are included in the information stored in the information storage part 13 and storage and reproduction are controlled by a control part NO.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to
The present invention relates to an information storage / reproduction device capable of transmitting a message at an arbitrary time, and particularly to an information storage / reproduction device capable of inputting for storage and storage / reproduction only by a person who knows a registration number and corresponding to various types of information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, information storage / reproduction devices are intended for education, entertainment, etc. for individuals, and are included in the main equipment of a business information exchange network within a company or between companies. Although there are various types of information, the type of information stored in the device is generally a single type. On the other hand, communications with the outside in hospitals, nursing homes, other welfare-related facilities, or company or school dormitories rely exclusively on mail and telephone.

[0003]

The visit of a visitor is particularly pleasant and long-awaited for an elderly person or an inpatient who cannot go out freely in a nursing home or a hospital. However, there are many relatives and friends who are busy and cannot go to visit. In particular, it is extremely difficult to get a good timing when you are most pleased, such as when there are restrictions on visiting hours, and it is usually difficult to make a phone call from relatives or friends unless you call the elderly or the patient. Many.

An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem and provide a telephone, a public telephone line, and the like to residents of nursing homes, hospital patients, residents of companies and school dormitories, and the like.
Information can be sent at any time and place by facsimile, personal computer, etc., and the residents of those facilities can obtain the information 24 hours a day. In addition, various types of information can be used to improve communication between both parties. To provide an information storage / reproduction device capable of transmitting information.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, an information storage / reproduction apparatus of the present invention stores information input at an arbitrary time in an information storage unit (13), and stores the information stored in the information storage unit (13). 13) An information storage / reproducing apparatus for reproducing and outputting information selected from information stored in 13) at an arbitrary time, the input unit having at least an interface connected to a public telephone line (3, 4); Information storage unit (13)
The information input to the server includes information input via the public telephone line (3, 4), receives only information including a registration number registered in advance, stores the information in the information storage unit (13), and stores the information in the information storage unit (13). When a number is entered, the information storage unit (1
If there is storage information corresponding to the registration number input in 3), the storage of the information is reproduced and output.

In order to specifically solve the above-mentioned problem, an information storage / reproducing apparatus of the present invention includes at least a card reader (12) in an operation section, and based on a result of reading by the card reader (12). , Information storage unit (1
The system is configured so that specific information is selected from the information input in 3), and the storage is reproduced and output.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, specifically, an information storage / reproduction device of the present invention comprises an information storage section (13).
Are stored in a plurality of types, and a control unit (10) capable of controlling storage and reproduction corresponding to each of the various types of information is provided. The various types of information stored in the information storage unit (13) include audio information, encoded character information, facsimile information, still image information,
It is configured to be at least two or more types of information in the moving image information.

[0008]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described.
This will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a system diagram showing a configuration of a system using an information storage / reproduction device (hereinafter, referred to as a device) according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the apparatus of the present invention is basically installed in a receiving side such as a hospital, a nursing home, a student dormitory, an employee dormitory, and the like.
A push button (numeric keypad) 11 and a card reader 12 as an operation unit, a storage unit 13, an image monitor 14 and a speaker 15 as a real-time reproduction unit,
It is composed of a printer 16 and a tape recorder 17 as a reproduction / recording unit using peripheral devices.

The input of the apparatus is transmitted to a telephone set, a facsimile apparatus (hereinafter referred to as a facsimile) 1 and a personal computer 2 via a public telephone line (general telephone line 3 and digital line 4) by an interface circuit (not shown). Connected. Note that the telephone can include a telephone with a character information transmission function, a videophone, and the like. Further, the personal computer 2 may include word processing communication or the like.

When transmitting from a normal telephone / FAX, only voice / text is transmitted. At the time the sender accesses, an announcement from the device flows, and according to the announcement, the sender presses a personal identification number (hereinafter referred to as an ID number) of the other party registered in the device in advance with a push button of the telephone, and thereafter, , Or a free word by a pager character transmission method with a push button, or a message or the like with a facsimile, and inputs it to the device.

When transmitting from a personal computer or the like, images (still images, moving images), voices, and characters that have been previously taken into the personal computer are transmitted. In this way, the input to the device is, in principle, all performed on a general telephone line or digital line of a public telephone communication network, and is not controlled in the middle, and is directly accessed by the sender to obtain the ID number of the receiver. Then send a message.

The device which has received the message has an ID
The message is stored in the storage unit 13 composed of a hard disk or the like for each individual according to the number and is retained. At this time, the device
The received contents of video, text, and FAX are displayed on the video monitor 14, and audio is reproduced by the speaker 15. All of these series of operations are controlled by the control unit 10.

In order to use a visitor or a visitor to the facility where the apparatus is installed when the patient or the resident cannot meet the patient or the resident for some reason, the storage in the storage unit 13 is stored in a public telephone line. In addition to this, it may be possible to directly input and store the data in the device as shown in the configuration diagram of FIG. In FIG. 2, the microphone 18 and the memo reader 1
Reference numeral 9 denotes a direct input unit for directly storing a message in the storage unit 13. Note that the memo reading unit 19
It may have a function similar to that of the transmitting section of X. The input button is also used as a push button (numeric keypad) 11 for inputting an ID number or encoded character information for an input operation. You may.

In reproducing information in the apparatus, in places such as the nursing homes and hospitals where there are many people who are not good at machine operation, a card in which a personal ID number has been input is passed in advance, and the card is read from the apparatus. By simply inserting the message into the slot (the card slot of the card reader 12), the message delivered to the ID number can be automatically reproduced. Also, the message can be reproduced by operating the push button 11 having a numeric keypad.

When there is an input from the operation unit, the control unit 10 transmits the operation result of the push button 11 or the reading result of the card reader 12 to an ID number registered in the storage unit 13 in advance. Then, if the received information is stored in the storage location corresponding to the ID number, the information is read out and reproduced on the video monitor 14 or the speaker 15.

There is an external output terminal (not shown),
If a peripheral device such as a printer 16 or a tape recorder 17 is connected to the terminal, a message can be printed by the printer 16 or recorded on a tape or a recording tape by the tape recorder 17 and taken out of the apparatus. The printed materials and tapes can be replayed at any time, such as in hospitals or nursing homes, in private rooms or in lounges, away from the device.

The case of a hospital or a nursing home has been described above. However, the same usage can be effectively performed even if it is installed in a dormitory such as a school or a company. Also, at hotels and wedding halls, it can be used to convey messages to users and congratulatory calls in a timely manner, which can be used to improve services. In addition, it can be used for special services to regular customers such as membership clubs, karaoke boxes, and game centers.

[0018]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, at least an interface for connecting to a public telephone line is provided, and information input to the information storage unit includes information input via the public telephone line, Accepts only the information including the registration number registered in advance and stores it in the information storage unit. When a person who wants to obtain the information inputs the registration number, if there is stored information corresponding to the registration number, the storage of that information is reproduced. Since it is possible, there is an effect that a resident of a retirement home, a patient in a hospital, a resident of a company or a school dormitory can receive a message sent to him / her at any time at any time.

Further, by providing at least the card reader in the operation section, even a person who is particularly vulnerable to mechanical operation such as an elderly person can receive a message very easily by a simple operation of inserting a card into the card reader. There is an effect that can be. In addition, the information stored in the information storage unit includes various types of information such as voice information, character information, facsimile information, still image information, and moving image information, and a control unit capable of controlling storage and reproduction of the information is provided. By
As a message received by the receiver, the sound of the sender's voice can be heard, the message includes a character display, the message can be received by FAX, a still image such as the sender's face, a moving image can be seen, and the like. There are advantages.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration example of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration example of another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Telephone / facsimile device 2 Personal computer 3 General telephone line 4 Digital line 10 Control part 11 Push button 12 Card reader 13 Storage part 14 Image monitor 15 Speaker 16 Printer 17 Tape recorder 18 Microphone 19 Memo reader

Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁶ Identification code FI H04N 5/765 H04N 5/91 L

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An information storage / reproduction device that stores information input at an arbitrary time in an information storage unit, and reproduces and outputs information selected from the information stored in the information storage unit at an arbitrary time. In the input unit, at least an interface connected to a public telephone line is provided, the information input to the information storage unit includes information input via the public telephone line, and only information including a registration number registered in advance is included. Receiving and storing the information in the information storage unit, and when there is storage information corresponding to the registration number input to the information storage unit when the registration number is input, the storage of the information is reproduced and output. Information storage and playback device. 2. An operation unit comprising at least a card reader, selecting specific information from information input to an information storage unit based on a result of reading by the card reader, and reproducing the storage. 2. The information storage / reproduction device according to claim 1, wherein the information storage / reproduction device can output the information. 3. The information storage unit includes a plurality of types of information, and a control unit capable of controlling storage and reproduction corresponding to each of the plurality of types of information. An information storage / reproduction device according to claim 1 or claim 2. 4. Various types of information stored in the information storage unit are at least two or more types of information among voice information, encoded character information, facsimile information, still image information, and moving image information. The information storage / reproduction device according to claim 3, wherein: