JP2003131808A - Structure of mouse equipped with bar code scanning device and its utilization - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device with a structure capable of making input of data in a personal computer easier and more efficient by utilizing convenience of efficiently calculating a total amount of purchase for all accounts, such as for retail goods of which price is indicated visually and also by a bar code to be scanned by a machine. SOLUTION: The system is explained referring to the figures. As an example, entry of shopping at a retail store to a household account book is explained with figures. When shopping is done and payment is made, a receipt 12 with an amount paid written in a conventional manner and in a bar code is issued by a register A. The receipt 12 is captures to spread sheet software of a personal computer B by a bar code reader integrated into a mouse 1 as a data. This completes inputting to the personal computer. That is, entry to a household account book completes by the above processing. Calculation hereafter is performed automatically by the spread sheet software in a conventional manner.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is to make the input to a personal computer simpler and more efficient. For example, in the retail industry, there is a bar code display that the machine can read together with a numerical display that can be visually recognized to display the price of goods. This is for confirming the item details and calculating the total price of the purchased goods efficiently. The present invention is an invention of a device for utilizing all of this convenience in accounting.

[0002]

BACKGROUND ART Due to the spread of personal computers, a lot of application software is being supplied to the market. Generally, all software uses a keyboard for data input. Among them, if spreadsheet software is small There are many household account book compatible products to large-scale ones that are the core of the company's accounting business, but most of the data input methods rely on the keyboard, and it takes some skill to operate them. The present situation is that not everyone can use it immediately.

[0003]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a method for inputting data from a personal computer, for example, when using an application such as the spreadsheet software described above, which enables simple and reliable input without using a keyboard.

Generally, there are certain rules for inputting data to an application of a personal computer, for example, spreadsheet software. This software is a combination of items and numbers, and if it is a spreadsheet on the same sheet, input is not possible. Can be limited to certain rules. It is also possible to import barcode data that follows certain rules, for example, 1
The data is that you bought a tool for 2000 yen in cash at Marumaru Tool Store on 12th of October. In other words, if the input is in accordance with a certain rule, it is not necessary to use the keyboard to input it on the computer.

According to the present invention, the input work is converted into a bar code signal according to the rule of the previous term by the bar code writer according to claim 4 provided by the seller, and the printed data is transferred to the mouse without relying on the keyboard. It is used by a bar code reader provided to read data from a personal computer.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

The invention described in claim 1 is to provide a mouse having a function of a bar code reader by incorporating a bar code reader for reading a bar code in the body of a general mouse. It is a mouse with a characteristic barcode reader.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the mouse is provided with the slip travel guide 10 for the reader for reading the data printed as the bar code.

Bar codes are often printed on paper and stored as data, but when the paper is thin, it is difficult for the bar code to be straight due to the nature of the paper. In the present invention, a slip is run on the running guide 10, which causes the paper to be linearly forced so that the paper easily runs on the reader 11 at a constant speed. From this fact, the running guide groove 10 is provided for correcting the paper on which the bar code is printed to improve the reading condition.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the bar code reader 11 is built in the mouse.

With the widespread use of Windows, which is an operation system for personal computers, mice have become indispensable for personal computers, and it means that a mouse is required to use a personal computer. A bar code reader is incorporated so that the bar code storage medium 13 can be read together with the function of a mouse.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the data read into the personal computer by the bar code reader is used as data of application software in the personal computer, for example, spreadsheet software.

The invention according to claim 5 is a bill, a receipt,
By converting part or all of the contents of the report into a part of the slip as a bar code signal and writing it on the slip, the accounting software of the personal computer can be used more easily.

There is a machine-readable bar code display along with a visually recognizable price display for displaying the price of goods in the retail industry, which is for efficiently calculating the total purchase price. It is a method of using a bar code to use for all of the accounts.

A part or all of the contents such as a bill, a receipt, and an inventory control from a bar code writer which is the exit of the above-mentioned purpose bar code such as a register for printing a receipt, a printer for printing a receipt, etc. It is to convert into a bar code signal and write.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. 7 as an example of attaching a household account book. After shopping and paying at the retail store, a receipt with a barcode printed with the receipt amount will be issued from Register A. Receipt 12 is mouse 1
The bar code reader built into the computer imports the data into the spreadsheet software of PC B as data, and the bookkeeping of the household account book is completed. Subsequent calculation work will be automatically calculated by spreadsheet software.

In the case of carrying out the present invention as described above, the work of bookkeeping is completed by simply reading the bar code without using the keyboard, that is, the keyboard input is performed by reading the bar code. The calculation process is automatically performed by the application as before, so you can save time without using a keyboard. Such an effect is not limited to the use of household accounts, but if the scale is small, cash flow to large scale will have a large economic effect on the entire financial management of the company and its labor.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a general mouse.

FIG. 2 is a top view of a general mouse.

FIG. 3 is a top development view of a general mouse.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the mouse of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a development view of the upper surface of the mouse of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view of the reading slip traveling portion in the mouse of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an application example of the entire invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 mouse body 2 signal cable 3 Right-click button 4 Left click button 5 mouse balls 6 X-axis encoder 7 Y-axis encoder 8 Right-click button 9 Left click button 10 slip guide groove 11 Bar code reader Voucher with 12 barcodes printed 13 Bar code part A Bar code printing machine B PC body C slip traveling direction

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A structure of a mouse with a bar code reading device, characterized in that a bar code reader for reading a bar code is incorporated inside the mouse body. 2. A structure of a mouse with a bar code reading device, characterized in that a travel guide groove for a slip for reading a bar code is provided in the mouse body. 3. A structure of a mouse with a bar code reading device, wherein a bar code reading device is provided in the vicinity of the running guide groove of the slip according to claim 2. 4. A method of using a bar code, characterized in that the result read by a bar code reader equipped in a personal computer is used as input data for application software in the personal computer. 5. The data for use in claim 4, characterized in that all or part of the content is converted into a bar code symbol on a bill, receipt, document, etc. and printed on a part of the slip. How to use barcodes.