JP2000232391A - Portable telephone provided with reader of character, design or the like - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable terminal for storage management of personal data which reads data such as characters and designs described on an optional information source medium, inputs mass data and also communicates them to an optional other device with a portable telephone as a communication medium. SOLUTION: This portable telephone is provided with a reading means 1, a controlling means 2 for the reading means, a processing means 3 for processing a signal read by the means 1, a storing means 4 for data processed by the means 3 and input-output data for the portable telephone, etc., an input switching means 5 selecting the inputting means for data and a storage place storing the above means, reads user identification information, retrieval information, etc., preliminarily described on optional information source media such as a food menu and a system notebook with the reading means by using characters, designs, etc., in addition to an inputting means such as a conventional keys and inputs the read information to the portable telephone.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to data input to a cellular phone, in addition to conventional input means such as key operation input and pen touch input, as well as characters or designs on any information source medium such as a food menu or a system notebook. The present invention relates to a mobile phone provided with new input means for reading and inputting information described by using reading means.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, data input of numbers, characters, and the like in a portable telephone has been performed by key operation or pen touch. On the other hand, in the case of portable character or design reading devices, the business is to connect the design reading device to a mobile phone with a cable, and to access data with another device such as an arbitrary server or database using the mobile phone as a communication medium. Although there is a device for reading, there is no symbol reading device that can access data with other devices such as an arbitrary server and a database by integrating with a mobile phone.

[0003]

The data input in the portable telephone has been performed by operating an intermittent operation by a key operation or a pen touch a plurality of times.
When the input data has a large capacity, the number of operations related to input is increased to its accuracy. On the other hand, in a reading device such as a character or a design, a user identification information, search information, etc. are described in advance in an arbitrary information source medium such as a product list using a design such as a barcode, and the written information is read by the reading device. There has been a business device that reads and inputs the read information via a cable connected to a mobile phone, and uses the mobile phone as a communication medium to perform data access with another device such as an arbitrary server or database. However, this system has not been used personally because the symbol reading device is large and unsuitable for carrying, and the price is expensive.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a portable telephone equipped with a reading device for reading characters or designs according to the present invention is provided with a conventional portable telephone and a reading device for reading characters or designs. Control means for the reading means, processing means for processing signals read by the reading means, storage means for storing data processed by the processing means and input / output data of a mobile phone, and data input means. An input switching means for selecting and a storage place for storing each of the means are provided, and in addition to input means such as a conventional key operation input, a food menu,
New input means for inputting the read information by reading the user identification information, search information, etc., which are written in advance in any information source medium such as a system notebook using characters or patterns, is provided. It is characterized by that.

[0005]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a mobile phone equipped with a reading device for reading characters or designs according to the present invention (hereinafter referred to as a mobile phone with a reading device). In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes reading means for reading characters or symbols, and reference numeral 2 denotes control means for setting the reading means 1 to an operating state. Reference numeral 3 denotes a processing unit for processing a signal read by the reading unit 1. Reference numeral 4 denotes data processed by the processing unit 3, data input from a number key of a mobile phone with a reading device, and reception by the mobile phone with a reading device. Storage means for storing data to be processed. Further, reference numeral 5 denotes an input switching means for selecting an input means of data to be input to the mobile phone with a reading device.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a light-emitting portion of the reading means 1 for emitting light, for example, a semiconductor laser. Reference numeral 7 denotes a light-receiving portion for receiving reflected light of a laser beam emitted by the semiconductor laser 6, for example, a photodiode. Reference numeral 8 denotes an operation key of the control unit 2, and reference numeral 9 denotes an output signal of the photodiode 7 that irradiates a laser beam to a character or a pattern, such as a bar code, of the processing unit 3 and receives the reflected light, that is, a bar ( The A / D converter converts a weak analog signal to a digital signal in a space (white) portion and a weak analog signal in a space (white) portion. Further, a CPU 10 processes the digital signal converted by the AD converter 9 and uses the bar code pattern as data.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a RAM of the storage means 4 for storing data processed by the CPU 10, and reference numeral 12 denotes a mode key for selecting an input means of the data input switching means 5. Reference numeral 13 denotes a function key for setting functions and the like, and reference numeral 14 denotes a dial key for inputting numbers, characters, and the like. Reference numeral 15 denotes a control unit of the mobile phone device. Reference numeral 16 denotes a time division multiple access system (TDMA), for example, a control unit of a divided two-way communication (TDD) that performs transmission and reception at the same frequency.
-TDD controller.

Reference numeral 17 denotes a modulation / demodulation unit for modulating data into transmission / reception data and demodulating received data, and reference numeral 18 denotes a radio transmission / reception unit. Reference numeral 19 denotes a display unit such as a liquid crystal panel for displaying transmission / reception data, a calling number, an operation method of the mobile phone with a reading device, and the like, and reference numeral 20 denotes a microphone. Reference numeral 21 denotes a speaker, and reference numeral 22 denotes an audio AD converter for converting analog audio signals of the microphone 20 and the speaker 21 into digital signals. Reference numeral 23 denotes a communication data switching unit for selecting one of a telephone call and data communication, and reference numeral 24 denotes a bar code, for example, a character or a pattern indicating information to be input to the mobile phone with a reading device.

FIG. 2 shows a food menu with a search function (hereinafter referred to as a food menu with a search function) provided with a search function for an information source medium used in an operation system of a mobile phone with a reading device, such as a cheeseburger. It is a figure which shows the cheeseburger set which set french fries and milk. In the figure, user identification information (hereinafter referred to as ID) of another device such as a server or a database in which the food item name, price and energy amount data for each nutrient included in the set are stored. For example, a bar code 24 on which information or the like is displayed is displayed.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of an operation method of the mobile phone with a reading device according to the present invention, for example, a method used for self-management of a meal of a user. In the figure, reference numeral 25 is a mobile phone with a reading device, and 26 is transmission data to be transmitted from the mobile phone with a reading device 25 of the present invention to another device such as an arbitrary server or database, for example, the ID of a user and the like. For example, a database address. Reference numeral 27 denotes reply data, for example, data stored at the address of the accessed database, and reference numeral 28 denotes server-specific communication means of another device such as an arbitrary server. 29 is another device such as the above-mentioned arbitrary server, for example, a server;
0 is a database for storing various data.

The reply data 27 is stored in the database 3
0, data stored in the address transmitted from the mobile phone 25 with a reading device,
That is, for example, the amount of energy for each nutrient contained in the cheeseburger set, which is described in advance using the barcode 24 in the food menu with a search function in FIG. Determine intake and manage your diet.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the portable telephone 25 with a reading device according to the present invention. (S1) in FIG.
(S22) is a step number. The operation of the mobile phone with reader 25 will be described with reference to this flowchart.
First, the power supply key of the mobile phone 25 with a reading device is depressed for a certain period of time, for example, one second or more, and the power is turned on to put the mobile phone 25 with a reading device in a standby state (S1). In this state, the communication data switching unit 23 normally selects the telephone call from the telephone call or the data communication, and
The key input (S2) is selected for the input switching means 5 of 5.

When talking with the mobile phone 25 with a reading device, the mode key 12 is pressed a plurality of times to select the dial key 14 (S4), and the dial key 14 is pressed a plurality of times (S1).
3) Then, a calling number is selected, another communication means is called, and a call is made. When setting the function of the mobile phone 25 with a reading device, the user presses the mode key 12 multiple times to select the function key 13 (S4), and presses the function key 13 multiple times to select the function to be set. Dial key 1
By making full use of 4 and inputting characters, numerals and the like (S12), various functions such as registration of telephone numbers are set.

Next, the operation when the bar code input is selected (S2) will be described. When the operation key 8 of the control means 2 is continuously pressed, the reading means 1 is activated while being pressed. As a result, the light emitting section of the reading means 1, for example, the semiconductor laser 6, emits a laser beam. When the laser beam is applied to a character or a pattern, for example, by tracing a bar code 24 (S5), the photodiode 7 receives the reflected light, and the bar (black) portion is weak and the space (white) portion is a strong analog signal. Is output (S6).

The analog signal output from the photodiode 7 is input to the AD converter 9 of the processing means 3 and converted into a digital signal (S7). The digital signal converted by the AD converter 9 is input to the CPU 10. By performing the processing (S8), the pattern of the barcode 24 read by the reading means 1 is various data, for example, the ID of the user, the calling number of the server dedicated communication means 28, the search information of the database 30, that is, the address, etc. Is converted to

The calling number among the above data processed by the processing means 3 activates the dialer of the control section 15 for controlling the mobile phone 25 with a reading device (S9) and calls the server dedicated communication means 28. Then, the server dedicated communication unit 28 and the mobile phone 25 with the reading device are set to the communication state (S15). Next, the ID of the user is set as the transmission data 26, and the mobile phone 25 with the reading device transmits the data through the dedicated server communication means 28 (S
16) Input to the server 29 (S17), and the server 2
9 determines whether the input ID is valid or not, and if so, reads the personal data of the user from the database 30 and sends it as reply data 27 to the mobile phone 25 with a reading device and sends it to the mobile phone 25 with a reading device. At the same time, the mobile phone 25 with the reading device and the database 30 can be accessed. Based on the search information transmitted from the mobile phone 25 with the reading device, the database 30 storing various data is searched, and the corresponding information is searched. Is read out (S18) and transmitted as reply data 27 to the mobile phone 25 with a reading device via the server dedicated communication means 28 (S19).

The mobile phone 25 with the reading device receives the reply data 27 transmitted from the server dedicated communication means 28 (S
20) Then, the received data is demodulated into digital data by the modulation / demodulation unit 17 (S21), and the demodulated data, ie, various data stored in the database 30, is a food with a search function, which is the information source medium. In the menu FIG. 2, for example, the bar code 24 described on the cheeseburger set is read by the reading unit 1 (S5, S5).
6), the read analog signal is processed by the processing means 3 (S8) and used as search information, and the energy amount by nutrient contained in the food item corresponding to the search information is returned to the RAM 11 of the storage means 4 as the return data 27; The data is written and stored (S22) and displayed on the liquid crystal panel of the display unit 19.

Data such as the amount of energy and the amount of exercise that the user ingests in a day can be stored in an arbitrary information source medium, for example, a system notebook and an operation manual of the portable telephone 25 with a reading device, using the bar code 24. The bar code 24 is read by the reading means 1 (S5, S6), and stored in the database 30 as personal data of the user through the steps (S7) to (S17) (S18). You can also. The stored data is read out using the mobile phone 25 with a reading device, and the data stored in the storage unit 4 is stored in the storage unit 4 through (S19) to (S21).
M11 is written and stored (S22), and the display unit 1
9 can be displayed (SS11).

In the mobile phone 25 with a reading device, the operation is stopped by pressing the power key once (S1) to end the data communication or the telephone conversation. Further, in order to stop using the mobile phone 25 with a reading device, all operations are stopped by pressing the power key for a predetermined time, for example, 1 second or more (S1).

As described above, the description of the embodiment of the present invention is as follows.
Although the mobile terminal of the self-management system for the user who engages in the diet therapy such as lifestyle-related diseases has been described as a mobile terminal, the mobile terminal 25 is not used only for the system and is similar to a conventional mobile phone. There are various usages such as data input in function setting. For example, in the conventional mobile phone application field, the miniaturization and multifunctionalization of the mobile phone are promoted, so that the operation keys are downsized,
The operation method became complicated, and it became difficult for middle-aged and elderly people to read the manual of the mobile phone, understand the operation, and operate with the downsized operation keys.

As a means for solving this problem, in view of the fact that various function settings of the mobile phone are made by operating the dial key several times, conventionally, the dial keys of the mobile phone which set each function are set. The operation order can be displayed by a symbol, for example, a bar code 24 on an arbitrary information source medium, for example, an operation manual of the mobile phone 25 with a reading device, and read by the reading means 1 to automatically set the function. This makes operation such as function setting of the mobile phone easy and reliable.

As described above, the reading means 1 such as a character or a pattern provided on the portable telephone 25 with a reading device described above is a detachable pen-type reading device, and the portable telephone 2 with a reading device is used.
5 is provided with a storage portion for storing the pen-type reading device, so that when using the mobile phone 25 with a reading device, the pen-type reading means can be taken out of the storage portion and used without holding the mobile phone by hand. Becomes possible.

[0023]

As described above, according to the present invention, in addition to conventional input means such as key operation input and pen touch input in data input of a mobile phone, the present invention is applied to an information source medium such as a food menu with a search function and a system notebook in advance. Input of data to be input to mobile phones, PHS, communication means using a communication satellite communication network, etc., by providing new input means for reading and inputting information written using characters or patterns by reading means. The operation can be easily and reliably performed.

[0024]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile phone with a reading device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a food menu with a search function used in the operation system of the mobile phone with a reading device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an operation method of the mobile phone with a reading device according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the mobile phone with a reading device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 is a reading means 2 is a control means 3 is a processing means 4 is a storage means 5 is an input switching means 6 is a semiconductor laser 7 is a photodiode 8 is an operation key 9 is an AD conversion unit 10 is a CPU 11 is a RAM 12 is a mode key 13 is Function keys 14 are dial keys 15 are control units 16 are TDMA-TDD controllers 17 are modulation / demodulation units 18 are wireless transmission / reception units 19 are display units 20 are microphones 21 are speakers 22 are audio AD conversion units 23 are communication data switching units 24 are communication data switching units 24 Bar code 25 is a mobile phone with a reading device 26 is transmission data 27 is return data 28 is server-specific communication means 29 is server 30 is a database

Claims (3)

[Claims] In a conventional mobile phone, a character or symbol reading means, a control means for the reading means, a processing means for processing a signal read by the reading means, and a processing means for processing the signal read by the reading means. Storage means for storing data and input / output data of a mobile phone; input switching means for selecting data input means; and a storage location for storing each of the above means. And a new input means for inputting the read information by reading the user identification information, search information, and the like, which are described in advance by using characters, patterns, or the like in an arbitrary information source medium such as a system notebook, etc. A mobile phone provided with a reading device for reading characters or patterns provided. 2. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the mobile phone is a PHS. 3. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein said mobile phone is a mobile phone using a communication satellite communication network line.