JPS6215631A - Information player - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain the application of character information and picture information regardless of the time and the place, by reading the information out of a loaded memory card for each page and displaying the read-out information. CONSTITUTION:A memory card 4 is inserted to a card inserting port formed at the right side face of an information player main body 1 up to the position shown by a broken line. For instance, the information on the ticket guide is given to the card 4 from an automatic vending machine. Then the card 4 is set into the player 1 and a power supply key 3j is pushed for display of a menu on the display part 2. A cursor is shifted to a desired item in the menu by means of cursor keys 3a-3d and an operation key 3g is pushed. Thus the character information on the 1st page of the desired item is displayed on the part 2. Then, the operation keys 3f and 3g are pushed for display of the character information on another page of the desired item on the part 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information player, and more particularly to a portable information player that reads and displays information stored in a memory card page by page.

2. Description of the Related Art Memory cartridges that store software programs such as games have been on the market.

After this memory cartridge is purchased, it is installed in a personal computer or the like, and the game program stored in the memory cartridge is executed.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention The conventional memory cartridges mentioned above mainly store software programs such as games, and textual information such as tourist information, dictionaries, ticket guides, etc.

There is nothing that stores image information (data). parable,
Even if there is a device that stores the text information 2 image information, the memory cartridge is used by being attached to a desktop personal computer, so it is not possible to carry the personal computer all the time, and the above text information 9 image information cannot be stored. The problem was that its use was limited by time and location.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an information player that solves the above-mentioned problems by reading and displaying information stored in an attached memory card page by page.

Means for Solving the Problems In the present invention, a memory card stores at least one of character information and image information in units of pages. The information player equipped with the above-mentioned memory card reads text information or image information of an arbitrary page from the memory card and displays it on the display section.

In the present invention, an information player that uses a credit card-sized memory card displays text information and image information stored in the memory card page by page.

Moreover, the information player is miniaturized and can be carried and used.

Embodiment FIG. 1(A) shows a plan view of an embodiment of an information player according to the present invention. In the figure, the information player main body 1 is, for example, 1. Horizontal number 1. It is about the size of a dozen shields. A display section 2 and an operation key section 3 are provided on one side of the information player main body 1. The display section 2 is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display or a plasma display, and displays a dot matrix of, for example, 240 dots horizontally by 128 dots vertically.

When displaying kanji, 16 dots vertically x 16 dots horizontally
Characters are displayed on the display section 2 in 8 rows x 15 columns; when displaying only alphanumeric characters and kana characters, 7 dots vertically x 5 dots horizontally represent one character; Vertical 16
Characters in rows x 39 columns horizontally are displayed. The operation key part 3 is provided with cursor keys 3a to 3d, operation keys 3e to 31, and a power supply 3j.

A card insertion window (not shown) is provided on the right side of the information player main body 1 in the figure, and the memory card 4 shown in FIG. 1(B) is inserted and mounted thereto up to the position shown by the broken line. The memory card 4 is composed of a memory integrated circuit 5 and a resin card board 6 that supports the memory integrated circuit 5, and has the size of a credit card. The terminals 5a of the memory integrated circuit 5 are arranged in a line along one side of the memory card 4. The memory integrated circuit 5 is a mask ROM.

EPROM (Erasable ROM), EEPROM (Electric Erasable Programmable ROM)
etc., and at least one of text information and image information is stored in units of pages, with one page of information being displayed at one time on the display unit 2.

The above text information 2 image information is tourist information and dictionary.

Official bundles, maps, ticket guides, stock and patent data services, etc. The mask ROM memory card is a map,
Those that store permanent information such as dictionaries are sold, and the EEPROM memory card 4 is used as an input terminal such as an information vending machine to receive the latest paid information such as ticket guide data service. be done. The memory integrated circuit 5 has a first format in which only character information 1 image information is stored, and a second format in which a program and character information 0 image information are stored.

FIG. 2 shows a block system diagram of an embodiment of the information player according to the present invention. Memory card 4 is information player body 1
When installed, the terminal 5a is connected to a connector (not shown) in the main body 1 of the information player A7, and the memory integrated circuit 5 is connected to the CPU 10 shown in the second figure. When the memory integrated circuit 5 is installed, the CPU 10 determines whether the memory integrated circuit 5 is in the first format or the second format based on a program stored in the ROM 11. In the first format, the program in the ROM 11 functions as is, and in the second format, the program in the memory integrated circuit 5 functions.

CPtJlo reads out one screen worth of character information or image information from the memory integrated circuit 5 and stores it in the RAM 12 by the program that starts its function. Usually, after the memory card 4 is inserted, character information for menu display is stored in the RAM 13 from the memory integrated circuit 5. RAM12 is 1
It is used as a work area for storing character information or image information for a screen, as well as various pointers, counters, etc. If the information stored in the RAM 12 is character information, the address generation circuit 13 controlled by CPLIIO
generates a character code read address. Based on this character code read address, character codes corresponding to rows and columns of the display screen are sequentially read from the RAM 12 and supplied to the character generator 14, where a dot display signal for displaying characters is generated. This dot display signal is supplied to the display drive circuit 15, and the display! ! The A first circuit 15 drives the display section 2 in response to the dot display signal, thereby displaying characters on the display section 2.

Furthermore, if the information stored in the RAM 12 is image information, C
The address generation circuit 13 generates a pixel data read address under the control of the PU 10. Based on this pixel data read address, pixel data for each line of the display screen is sequentially read out from the RAM 12 in units of a predetermined number of bits, and is supplied as a dot display signal to the display drive circuit 15, so that an image is displayed on the display section 2.

For example, if the EEPROM memory card 4 receives ticket guide information (text information) from an information vending machine, when the memory card 4 is inserted into the information player 1 and the power key 3j is pressed, the display section A menu will be displayed on 2. When the cursor is moved to a desired item in the menu using the cursor keys 3a to 3d and the operation key 3Q is pressed, the text information on the first page of the desired item (movie, concert, museum, etc.) is displayed on the display section 2. be done. Thereafter, by pressing the operation keys 3f' and 3g, the character information of the desired item on another page is displayed on the display section 2. If you want to know information about another item, press the operation key 31 to display the menu, select the other desired item in the same way as above, and display the text information for that item page by page. Display on 2.

In this way, a credit card-sized memory card stores text information (9) and image information (page by page), and the main body of the information player to which this memory card is attached stores the above text information (1).
Image information is displayed on the display unit 2 page by page. Also,
Since the information player main body 1 is miniaturized and has a size suitable for carrying, it is possible to utilize the above text information 2 image information without being restricted by time or place.
The number of units is small and anyone can easily operate it.

Effects of the Invention As described above, the information player of the present invention displays page-by-page text information and image information stored in a memory card, and is miniaturized to a size suitable for carrying.
Text information 2 image information time.

It has features such as being able to be used without being restricted by location and being easy to operate.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of an embodiment of an information player and a memory card according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the information player according to the present invention. 1... Information player body, 2... Display section, 3...
Some operation keys, 4...Memory card, 5...Memory integrated circuit, 10...CPU.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A memory card in which at least one of text information and image information is stored page by page is installed, and the text information or image information of any page is read out from the installed memory card and displayed on the display unit. Portable information player.