Therefore, the objective of the invention is to expand the function of the so portable indivedual selcalls of pocket bell receiver, and further expand its purposes.
For this reason, in the present invention, by the printing equipment that can carry out installing/dismounting with respect to indivedual selcalls such as pocket bell receivers is provided, the printing equipment that perhaps possesses indivedual selective call functions, can print institute's information data transmitted on hand simply, traditional information that can only show can be utilized then and there and at once with the form of printing.That is, the invention is characterized in that printing equipment of the present invention has: can receive acceptance division from the data of indivedual selcalls that can pass through the radio reception information data; Can print the printing portion of the data that receive by this acceptance division; But have the portable clamshell of taking in acceptance division and printing portion and the indivedual selcalls of installing/dismounting.Because the present invention's printing equipment can be installed in indivedual selcalls and form one on the clamshell, perhaps clamshell is installed on indivedual selcalls and forms one, so, can realize having the pocket bell receiver of printing function.
In addition, also can realize possessing the pocket bell receiver of printing function by indivedual selective call portions and printing portion are accommodated in the portable clamshell.That is printing equipment of the present invention or indivedual selcall also can have: can be by the indivedual selective call portion of radio reception information data; The printing portion of the data that provide by this indivedual selective call portion can be provided; Take in the portable clamshell of indivedual selective call portions and printing portion.
By integrated pocket bell receiver and printing function, because of it can print information data transmitted then and there at once, so can or only the needs part of type information remain as record, or utilize it to pass round for the staff as record.Also can be by printing the purposes that is used for label paper or seals paper and so on having on the print paper of viscosity.Like this, by on Presentation Function, adding printing function, can further enlarge the purposes of portable indivedual selcalls.
Receive the acceptance division of indivedual selcall data, can use the serial line interfaces of preparing as personal computer interface such as RS-232C.In addition, for indivedual selcalls, can also use the sound equipment interface that sends the dialing tone (TONE signal) that is used for dial feature to receive data with the sending part that can be transformed into information data the voice data transmission by radio reception.
When clamshell is provided with the maintaining part that can take in indivedual selcalls, is preferably in the zone relative opening is set with the sound equipment interface of indivedual selcalls.Thus, can make sound not enter the inside of maintaining part, in addition, the sound equipment interface of indivedual selcalls can be used in dial feature.Have again, the sound equipment interface of printing equipment can also be configured in not with maintaining part in the relative position of sound equipment interface of indivedual selcalls, as be configured in side etc. and also can receive enough sound datas.
By taking in the printing paper incorporating section of belt heat-sensitive paper and the thermal printer head that can on the belt heat-sensitive paper, print in setting in the printing portion, can dwindle the space of the accommodation space or the paper-feeding passage of printing paper, and then, do not need running stores such as ink because of it, so, can unify printing portion very compactly.Therefore, can realize portable equally with traditional pocket bell receiver etc., as to have printing function pocket bell receiver.In addition, except heat-sensitive paper, do not need running stores such as ink because of printing equipment of the present invention, so, use very easy as long as suitably supply work can be used with battery and heat-sensitive paper.
By the position configuration paper pushing motor at the inner core that disposes the belt heat-sensitive paper, the space that is provided with that can cut down paper pushing motor.In addition, by using the motor-driven inner core, can also send paper tape.The axle of the belt heat-sensitive paper of being placed in the printing paper incorporating section becomes vertical direction with respect to the surface of clamshell, thereby can the attenuate clamshell.And, by the paper incorporating section in thermal printing head leads heat-sensitive paper the paper-feeding passage of ejection port of clamshell, the surface by making the belt heat-sensitive paper and the surface channeling conduct concurrently of clamshell, can be discharging the belt heat-sensitive paper to the state that is printed face on the surface, so print What easily can come into plain view.
Below with reference to drawing, further specify the present invention.Fig. 1 illustrates and relates to the summary of pocket bell receiver of the present invention with printer 10.This routine printer 10 has the portable clamshell 12 with the maintaining part 11 that can embed pocket bell receiver 1, has taken in printing mechanism 20 in this clamshell 12, has driven with battery 13 and controlling organization 14.The thermal printer head 22 that printing mechanism 20 in this example has belt heat-sensitive paper 21, print on heat-sensitive paper and rotate driving platen 23, printed paper tape can be from outlet 24 outputs of preparing at clamshell 12 front 12a.In addition, outlet 24 is provided with paper cutter 25, can cut off the printed paper tape of output by suitable length simply.Be provided with the sound equipment interface (Mike) 16 that can receive the acoustic signal that pocket bell receiver 1 sends in the inside of maintaining part 11, the side 11a of maintaining part 11 be provided with as can with the serial line interface RS-232C connector 17 of pocket bell receiver 1 swap data.In addition, constitute opening 18, so that when pocket bell receiver 1 receives sound data, sound does not slip into maintaining part 11 and the deterioration data in part with sound equipment interface (loudspeaker) face-off of the pocket bell receiver 1 of the bottom surface 11b of maintaining part 11.Also have, by opening 18 is set, pocket bell receiver 1 being installed in the state on the clamshell 12, can be used for the sound equipment interface of pocket bell receiver 1 as the automatic dialing of traditional purpose etc.The side 12b of clamshell 12 is provided with the operation switch 15 of printer 10, and the angle of clamshell 12 is provided with the LED19 of display driver state.
Because the present invention's printer 10 can use the belt heat-sensitive paper 21 of narrow width to print, so can make the accommodation space of heat-sensitive paper minimum, as thin as a wafer.In addition,, do not have running stores such as ink, can arrange printing mechanism 20 very compactly because can use thermal printer head to print.Therefore, can realize the size of taking in the clamshell 12 of printing mechanism 20, battery 13 and control part 14 is accomplished to be suitable for just can enough take in, carry with pocket etc. the size of degree, can be used in the state of taking in pocket bell receiver 1 on the maintaining part and traditional pocket bell receiver 1 and roughly carry comparably.
Fig. 2 illustrates the summary formation of this routine printer 10 and embed the summary formation of pocket bell receiver 1 on the maintaining part 11 of this routine printer 10.At first, pocket bell receiver 1 has: receive high-frequency signal by antenna 2a, and can detect the RF acceptance division 2b of the data of wireless transmission; The LCD3a and the LCD interface 3b that can show information data of being received etc.; Carry out the CPU4 of the integral body control of pocket bell receiver 1; The ROM5 of the program of preservation CPU4 etc.; And the RAM6 that constitute to preserve the memory of the information data that received etc.And these positions couple together by bus 7.On bus 7 by input/output interface 8 further be connected with can transmitting and receiving data sound equipment coupling apparatus 9a and RS-232C interface 9b.In addition, on input/output interface 8, also be connected with operation switch 9c.This routine pocket bell receiver 1 can utilize RF acceptance division 2b selectively not receive information data by radio transmitting, and it is shown on LCD (LCD) 3a simultaneously and is kept among the RAM6.And then this routine pocket bell receiver 1 also can be exported total data or the selecteed partial data that is kept on the RAM6 by sound equipment coupling apparatus 9a or RS232-C interface 9b.
On the other hand, this routine printer 10 has printing mechanism 20, prints the ROM32 of the CPU31 of the control of machine 10, save routine etc., has the RAM34 that prints with functions such as bufferings, the character generator 34 that produces the Bit data of printing usefulness, and these parts are linked together by bus 35.This routine printer 10 also by the input/output interface on the bus 35 36 connect can transmitting and receiving data sound equipment coupling apparatus 16 and RS-232C interface 17, utilize arbitrary data that can receive of these acoustical couplers 16 or RS-232C interface 17 from pocket bell receiver 1.
What therefore, this routine printer 10 can be via acoustical coupler 16 or RS-232C interface 17 is arbitrary by printing mechanism 20 data that printout receives from pocket bell receiver 1 on heat-sensitive paper 21.The data of utilizing printing mechanism 20 to print both can be generated by character generator 34 according to the data that provided by pocket bell receiver 1, perhaps also can directly supply with the data of printing by pocket bell receiver 1 as Bit data.When supplying with whole bit data of printing usefulness by pocket bell receiver 1, can simplify the formation of printer 10, reduce manufacturing cost by miniaturization.On the other hand,, can form high-quality printing, and improve data transfer rate from pocket bell receiver 1 by the character generator 34 that can produce the high definition font of printing usefulness is set.
Printer 10 in this sample example is by embedding pocket bell receiver 1 on the maintaining part 11 of clamshell 12, can print the information that pocket bell receiver 1 received or the part of its information then and there.Thereby, because of it can integratedly utilize pocket radio call function and printing function, so can realize having the pocket bell receiver with printing function of good Portability, perhaps have portable printer as the function of pocket bell receiver.Certainly, when not needing printer 10, can take off pocket bell receiver 1 from the maintaining part 11 of clamshell 12 and use.
As shown in Figure 1, if pocket bell receiver 1 is embedded maintaining part 11, acoustical coupler (loudspeaker) 9a (not illustrating on Fig. 1) that then is arranged on the pocket bell receiver back side is placed into maintaining part 11.And, because be the signal vibration clamshell of using from this acoustical coupler 9a 12, so can capture enough acoustic signals at acoustical coupler (Mike) 16 places that are arranged on the maintaining part 11 side 11a, can be by the acoustical coupler 9a of pocket bell receiver 1 and acoustical coupler 16 transmitting and receiving data between pocket bell receiver 1 and printer 10 of printer 10.On traditional pocket bell receiver 1, acoustical coupler 9a is provided with the automatic dialing that is used to utilize the telephone number dialing phone of being preserved, can be by the audio signal of acoustical coupler 9a output dialing usefulness.Corresponding with it, on this routine pocket bell receiver 1, can add the audio signal of dialing usefulness, the information data of being preserved on the RAM6 intactly, be transformed into acoustic signal after perhaps editing, and export by acoustical coupler 9a.Therefore, printer 10 can receive the data of sending with acoustical coupler 16, and prints its content with printing mechanism 20.
On this routine pocket bell receiver 1, constitute opening 18, can intactly bring into play the function of audio signal of traditional dialing usefulness of output in the position relative with the acoustical coupler 9a of pocket bell receiver 1.Therefore, be configured in not relative with acoustical coupler 9a position though be used to receive the sound equipment interface 16 of sound data, it also can receive enough acoustic signals, certainly, because do not enter acoustic signal in the maintaining part, can receive sound data clearly.
In addition, this routine pocket bell receiver 1 is provided with can be being kept at the RS-232C interface 9b that information datas such as E-MAIL on the RAM6 send to external mechanical such as personal computer, if so in a single day pocket bell receiver 1 is installed on the maintaining part 11, just can be connected with the RS-232C interface 17 of printer 10.Therefore, also can carry out exchanges data, can replace acoustical coupler to use the RS-232C interface that the data of printing usefulness are offered printer 10 via RS-232C interface 9b and 17.Particularly, if use these RS-232C interface 9b and 17, can be on printer 10 and pocket bell receiver 1 two-way ground transmitting and receiving data.For this reason, printing from pocket bell receiver 1 not only can be sent to printer 10 with data, but also can be the state of expression printer 10, have or not the data of battery 13 etc. to send to pocket bell receiver 1 side and on LCD3a, show.Therefore, can be the LCD3a of pocket bell receiver 1 as the part of the input-output equipment of printer 10 and be used.
Also have, these routine printer 10 clamshells 12 are provided with the maintaining part 11 that can embed pocket bell receiver 1, by on this maintaining part 11, installing and using pocket bell receiver 1, can obtain the strong associative perception of operability excellence easy to carry.In addition, replace embedding pocket bell receiver 1, by in installations such as pocket bell receiver 1 sides, certainly also can realize having can be on pocket bell receiver 1 printer 10 of installing/dismounting clamshell 12, such printer 10 is also contained within the claim scope of the present invention certainly.
Fig. 3 illustrates and integrates printer function and as the pocket bell receiver function of pocket bell receiver, that can be taken in by clamshell 12 or the example of printer 50.Show to Fig. 3 principle the configuration of the inside of this routine printer 50, the LCD3a position that can show the information that is received disposes control part 14 in about central part below on its drawing.Be provided with the space that can take in the battery 13 that drives usefulness above on the drawing of LCD3a, it more disposes printing mechanism 20 in the top.
This routine printing mechanism 20 is the same configuration of printer shown in above-mentioned the 1st example of making peace greatly.On the printing paper incorporating section 28 of clamshell 12 sides, belt heat-sensitive paper 21 has been taken on surface axial and clamshell 12 perpendicularly, can take in heat-sensitive paper 21 in thin space.In addition, the ejection port of being prepared on the surface of the another side of clamshell 12 by this incorporating section 28 24 is extended with printing paper passage 27, on printing paper passage 27, dispose thermal printing head 22 abreast with the surface of clamshell 12, and then, thermal printing head 22 and relatively be configured by stepping motor or direct current machine 26 and the platen 23 of printing regularly driven in synchronism rotation.Therefore, can be in printing paper passage 27 guide the temperature-sensitive paper tape concurrently with the surface of clamshell 12, thereby and print on the temperature-sensitive paper tape that output can be from clamshell 12 see print What outwardly.So the user can confirm print What at a glance, and is very convenient.The ejection port 24 of printing paper passage 27 nearby dispose paper cutter 25, can cut off easily and print the paper tape that is over.
The summary that Fig. 4 illustrates this routine printer 50 constitutes.This routine printer 50 has: the RF acceptance division 2b that can receive the information data of utilizing radio transmitting; The LCD3a and the LCD interface 3b that can show the information data that is received; Can print the printing mechanism 20 of the information data that is received; Character generator 34; Can control the CPU51 of printing function and receiving function; The ROM52 of save routine etc.; The RAM53 that possesses the functions such as buffering of the preservation portion of information data and print data, and these parts are coupled together by bus 54.In addition, on this bus 54, be connected with sound equipment coupling apparatus 56, RS-232C interface 57 and operation switch 15 etc. by input/output interface 55.
This routine printer 50 can be in this wise be accommodated in function and printing mechanism 20 as the RF acceptance division 2b of pocket bell receiver action etc. in the same clamshell 12.For this reason, can with above-mentioned printer 10 on take in pocket bell receiver 1 situation similarly use, it shows on LCD3a in the received information, can also print this information then and there on banded heat-sensitive paper or leave information on the RAM53 in.And then this routine printer 50 can use CPU51, ROM53 or RAM52 etc. jointly at printing mechanism with on as the function of pocket bell receiver, thus the quantity of cutting down these machines and parts.In addition owing to utilize bus 54 to connect receiving function and the printing mechanism 20 of RF acceptance division 2b etc., so can be not input/output interface by acoustical coupler or RS-232C and so on just can offer printing mechanism 20 to the data of printing usefulness.In this example, though be to realize automatic dialing, input/output interface perhaps is set can transmitting and receiving datas such as personal computer not being needed to use such input/output interface for sending the data that receive printing usefulness.Therefore, can cut down input/output interface, put just at this point and can reduce space and cost.In addition, receive, so can use these interfaces aspect automatic dialing or the personal computer use because input/output interface is not exclusively used in the transmission of printing with data.
This routine printer 50 can be cut down components number significantly by function and printing mechanism 20 as the RF acceptance division 2b of pocket bell receiver etc. are accommodated in the same clamshell 12.Therefore, can realize possessing the pocket bell receiver function, small-sized and Portability is good and then the printer 50 that can low price provides.Have again, can carry out the input of literal or symbol etc. by on LCD3a, stacking digitalizer (touch panel), or make switch 15 have functions such as input characters or symbol, can self import the data of printing with printing mechanism 20 by printer 50.Therefore, utilize this routine printer 50, not only can print received information data, can also print various data.For example, use the back side to form the belt heat-sensitive paper that seals usefulness of adhesion coating, can print a part or institute's write record of the information of sending and also paste.
Shown in Figure 5 is to integrate printer function and as the function of pocket bell receiver and be accommodated in the other example of the printer 50 in the clamshell 12.The configuration of the inside of this routine printer 50 is shown to Fig. 5 principle, and the LCD3a that can show the information that receives roughly is positioned at the control part 14 that central authorities and LCD3a overlay configuration have function of having as the pocket bell receiver etc.In the clamshell 12 above LCD3a, a side is provided with the space of taking in the battery 13 that drives usefulness, and other parts dispose printing mechanism 20.
This routine printing mechanism 20, on printing paper incorporating section 28, belt heat-sensitive paper 21 has been taken on the surface of direction of principal axis and clamshell 12 perpendicularly, and (inboard) disposes direct current or the stepping motor 26 that paper feeding is used on the position of core 21a within it.Therefore, inner core 21a drives once motor 26, just rotates belt heat-sensitive paper 21, via printing paper passage 27 by the good heat-sensitive paper of ejection port 24 output prints that is arranged on clamshell 12 sides.On ejection port 24, be provided with manually-operated paper cutter 25, can shear belt heat-sensitive paper 21 by suitable length.
This routine printing mechanism 20 has been taken in heat-sensitive paper 21, thermal printing head 22 and platen 23 on the narrow space of clamshell 12 sides, can not guarantee sufficiently long printing paper passage 27.For this reason, different with above-mentioned example, not to export heat-sensitive paper concurrently with the surface of clamshell.But, by adopting such configuration, can be configured in printing mechanism 20 in the extremely narrow space, and can be the very compactness of printing equipment 50 arrangements with pocket radio call receiving function.
Can with carry the pocket bell receiver and carry the shown printer of these examples with feeling equally, and then, can print the information that is received by the pocket bell receiver then and there.Therefore, the main pocket bell receiver that only has information display function with respect to traditional utilizes the present invention, and the new communication device that has appended printing function can be provided.These devices utilize method varied, for example, can print information that people receives for around the people pass round.At this moment, utilization can select the part of information to print, can underground information in personal information and conveying a message exactly.In addition, can also on the basis of the information that is received, comprise corresponding note and print.And then, for the information that can not show complete length with the pocket bell receiver, also can carry out information reception and registration accurately by printing this information.
In addition, because the printer shown in above-mentioned uses the belt heat-sensitive paper, running stores are battery and printing paper (paper tape carriage), so it uses simple, anyone can both use.
As described above like this, printing equipment of the present invention can be installed and used portable indivedual selcalls such as pocket bell receiver, perhaps, can be provided in and add new communicator on traditional reception information display function with printout informational function as the portable printing equipment of a built-in pocket bell receiver function.Therefore, can print the information that received then and there and pass round or preserve as record, or resemble to seal and paste etc. the paper, can obtain traditional irrealizable multiple use of pocket bell receiver, the device with wide, the wield indivedual selective call functions of purposes is provided.