JP2003244287A - Portable terminal with bar code reader and communication system and method using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable terminal with a bar code reader for easily executing telephone connection for speech or automatic facsimile transmission or mail transmission and a communication system using the portable terminal. <P>SOLUTION: A portable terminal 1 with a bar code reader for reading a bar code sheet is connectable to a telephone communication network 2, and furthermore to the Internet. A bar code communication service providing server 3 is connected to a telephone communication network 2, and furthermore to the Internet, and provided with the database of a preliminarily applied and registered bar code communication and speech service for receiving bar code information to provide a bar code communication/speech service. A speech destination telephone 4, a communication destination fax 5, a communication destination portable terminal 6, and a communication destination personal computer 7 are all connected to the telephone communication network 2. The portable terminal 1 with the bar code reader reads the bar code of the bar code sheet, and execute dial-up connection to the telephone number destination or automatic facsimile transmission or electronic mail transmission. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable terminal with a bar code reader for easily connecting a call and transmitting an automatic fax, and a communication system and method using the same.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a telephone call or fax transmission is performed, a user operates a dial or push button of a terminal to make a telephone call or communication. In addition, when sending an e-mail, the user inputs the e-mail to a personal computer or a mobile phone with an e-mail function to perform the sending operation.

In order to make the above-mentioned telephone number input easy and reliable, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 3-220845 discloses a barcode telephone number input method which enables the telephone number input by a barcode.

[0004]

However, in the input operation from the dial or push button, there is a problem that an elderly person makes a mistake in dialing or makes a mistake in pushing the push button when making a call. Further, since the deaf person cannot make a telephone call, he / she cannot make an emergency telephone call (for example, an ambulance or a call to a hospital). Furthermore, the same was true for deaf people who were not able to speak Japanese. In addition, for the elderly, even if they would like to use e-mail, it was difficult to perform input operation and transmission operation to the terminal device for sending mail.

In the conventional bar code telephone number input method, the telephone number is simply input using the bar code.

In view of this, the present invention uses a portable terminal with a bar code reader that enables elderly people, deaf people, etc. to reliably and easily make a telephone connection for a call, automatic fax transmission, or mail transmission to a desired party, and the same. An object is to provide a communication system and method.

[0007]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is a portable terminal with a bar code reader, which is a bar code reader for reading a bar code and bar code information read by the bar code reader. To determine the communication method, if the communication method is a telephone, recognize the telephone number, connect to the recognized telephone number by dial-up connection, and if the communication method is fax or email, send an email. Means for recognizing an address or fax number, means for recognizing user information from the barcode information read by the barcode reader, means for recognizing a message from the barcode information read by the barcode reader, Means for sending a recognized message by mail or fax.

Further, it is connected to the above portable terminal with a bar code reader via a network to perform bar code communication.
A portable terminal with a barcode reader, which includes a barcode communication service providing server having a call service database; and means for recognizing an electronic mail address of the barcode communication service providing server from barcode information read by the barcode reader. And means for recognizing the information code to be sent by mail from the bar code information read by the bar code reader, and means for sending the recognized information code by mail, and the bar code communication service providing server receives A means for identifying an electronic mail address or a fax number from the information code, a means for extracting user information corresponding to the user ID of the received information code from the database, and a message corresponding to the message ID of the received information code. From the database Means that, and having a means for mailing or faxing the extracted message.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a communication system using a portable terminal with a bar code reader according to the present invention. A mobile terminal 1 with a bar code reader for reading a bar code sheet for a user is a mobile phone (PHS (Personal Handyphone S
ystem)), mobile information terminal with wireless communication function (PD
A (Personal Digital Assistant) or the like, which can be connected to the telephone communication network 2 and further can be connected to the Internet via the telephone communication network 2. The mobile terminal 1 with a barcode reader has a fax transmission function and an e-mail transmission function.

Bar code communication service providing server 3
Are connected to the telephone communication network 2 and further connected to the Internet via the telephone communication network 2. The bar code communication service providing server 3 includes a database of bar code communication / call services pre-registered / registered, receives bar code information from the mobile terminal 1 with a bar code reader, and provides bar code communication / call services. To do.

Call destination telephone 4 connected by the call service and communication destination FA connected by the automatic fax transmission service
Both X5 are connected to the telephone communication network 2. Further, the communication destination FAX 5 has an e-mail transmission / reception function, can display the received e-mail on its display screen, and can further print it out.

The communication destination mobile terminal 6 and the communication destination personal computer 7 which send an electronic mail by the mail transmission service are connected to the telephone communication network 2, and further can be connected to the Internet via the telephone communication network 2 and via the mail server. Receive email.

In the present invention, a two-dimensional bar code having a large amount of information in the bar code and having information in the two-dimensional direction (horizontal direction and vertical direction) is used for the purpose of high speed reading. Two-dimensional barcodes are roughly classified into stack type and matrix type. The stack type is a barcode in which one-dimensional barcodes are vertically stacked and displayed vertically and horizontally. The matrix type is a barcode in which information is displayed in a vertical and horizontal mosaic pattern with alternating black and white cells. Generally, a two-dimensional bar code has an enormous data capacity (around 2000 bytes for one symbol) compared to a one-dimensional bar code, enables high-density printing, and has a data error detection function and a correction function. it can.

FIG. 2 shows an example of a matrix type two-dimensional bar code. The matrix type two-dimensional bar code represents the display area with a black and white cell pattern, and decodes by reading the angle and size of this cell pattern. Since the data is converted into binary (0, 1) and displayed as a pattern, no special data conversion table or reference table is required on the scanner (bar code reader) side, and decoding is simple.

The matrix type two-dimensional bar code is C
It is read by a CD area sensor type scanner. At the time of reading, the scanner captures it in the horizontal and vertical planes, and each 2D barcode has a function to recognize the angle.
It is possible to read from all 360 ° directions.

FIG. 3 shows a description example of a barcode sheet using a two-dimensional barcode. This barcode sheet is
After applying / registering for the barcode communication / call service, it will be sent from the management center to each user. In the leftmost bar code, character information about the message, the transmission form, the detailed information of the transmission destination, the name of the transmission destination, etc. is recorded correspondingly, and can be read by the mobile terminal with the barcode reader. For example, if you scan the top bar code, the transmission form is fax, the recipient is a convenience store Wakakusa store, and the fax number is 0999-8.
8-8888, and the transmitted message is "I want to shop today, so please get an order."

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing the processing of the portable terminal with a bar code reader according to the present invention. The user is
The barcode is read using the mobile terminal with the barcode reader (S1), and the mobile terminal determines the communication method from the read information (S2). If the communication method is telephone, the telephone number is recognized from the bar code (S3).
Then, dial-up connection is made to that telephone number (S
4).

If the read communication method is a fax or an electronic mail, it is determined whether it is transmission via a server or direct transmission from a portable terminal (S5). Since a two-dimensional bar code has a huge data capacity of around 2000 bytes for one symbol, if it is a simple message, all the information necessary for communication is recorded in a bar code and faxed to a mobile terminal with a bar code reader. If a transmission or e-mail transmission function is provided, it is possible to perform fax transmission or e-mail transmission directly from a mobile terminal with a barcode reader without going through a server. If you need long messages or complex processing, fax or e-mail them through the server. The destination of the electronic mail may be a personal computer, a mobile phone, a fax, or the like.

In case of transmission via the server, the electronic mail address of the bar code communication service providing server is recognized from the read bar code information (S6), and the information code to be sent by mail is recognized from the read bar code information. (S7), the recognized information code is sent by mail (S8).

If it is direct transmission from the portable terminal, the communication method is further determined (S9). If the communication method is electronic mail, the electronic mail address is recognized (S10), the user information is recognized from the read bar code information (S11),
Further, the message is recognized from the read bar code information (S12), and the recognized message is sent by mail (S13). If the communication method is fax, the fax number is recognized (S14), the user information is recognized from the read bar code information (S15), the message is recognized from the read bar code information (S16), and the recognized message is detected. Is faxed (S17).

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the processing of the bar code communication service providing server which constitutes the communication system using the portable terminal with the bar code reader of the present invention. The barcode communication service providing server receives the information code from the mobile terminal with the barcode reader (S2
1) Determine the communication method from the received information code (S
22). If the communication method is electronic mail, the electronic mail address is identified from the received information code (S23),
The user information corresponding to the user ID of the received information code is extracted from the database (S24), the message corresponding to the message ID of the received information code is extracted from the database (S25), and the extracted message is sent by mail. Yes (S26). If the communication method is fax, the fax number is identified from the received information code (S27), the user information corresponding to the user ID of the received information code is extracted from the database (S28), and the received information code The message corresponding to the message ID is extracted from the database (S29), and the extracted message is faxed (S30).

In the present invention, the simple operation procedure using the sheet shown in FIG. 3 solves the problem that the elderly mistakenly dials or pushes the wrong push button. Has variations.

For example, in order to enable a deaf person to make an emergency communication, the following message or partner is assumed. If you don't need an emergency, you can send a fax or send an email yourself.

[0025]   (1) Message: "Please give me an ambulance."                       9-12-604 Wakakusa-cho, Minato-ku, Tokyo Taro Yamada           Form: Email           Details: waka@99.biglobe.ne.jp           Opponent: Wakakusa Emergency Hospital   (2) Message: "I had a seizure. Please visit me immediately."                       9-12-604 Wakakusa-cho, Minato-ku, Tokyo Taro Yamada           Form: Email           Details: nichi@kin9.biglobe.ne.jp           Opponent: Nichiden Emergency Hospital

Further, such a case can be applied to a foreigner who cannot speak Japanese. For example, a bar code sheet is provided as a life dial sheet for foreigners who stay in Japan for a short period of time (for example, when a global company invites a leader from overseas for in-house training for several months). This is registered with the telephone numbers of various services provided by the telephone company and the telephone numbers of foreigners' counters provided by public institutions, and the form is only telephone.

[0027]

Next, application / registration of bar code communication / call service will be described. The bar code communication / call service accesses the bar code communication service providing server from a personal computer connected to the network (Internet) and registers it in the database.

FIG. 6 shows a registration screen of the bar code communication / call service. This registration is usually done by the user (elderly,
Deaf people, etc.) family members.

FIG. 7 shows a use start screen of the bar code communication / call service. Enter the registered user ID and password.

FIG. 8 shows a message "Create a new barcode sheet" after the use of the barcode communication / call service is started.
Alternatively, a display screen for selecting one of "update the created barcode sheet" is shown.

FIG. 9 shows a display screen when "Create a new barcode sheet" is selected.

FIG. 10 shows a message input screen.
You can enter any message, or you can select a sample and enter the message.

FIG. 11 shows a display screen of a message selected from the samples.

FIG. 12 shows a screen for inputting the selected message, selecting a fax as the sending means, and entering the fax number and destination name.

FIG. 13 shows the display screen when "Update the created barcode sheet" is selected on the display screen of FIG.

FIG. 14 shows a screen displaying registered user information for updating.

FIG. 15 shows a screen displaying a list of registered messages, transmission modes, detailed information of destinations, names of destinations, etc. for updating. When updating,
Click the square on the left side of the corresponding column and click "Update"
Click. To delete, click the box at the left end of the corresponding column and click “Delete”.

[0039]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Elderly people can make phone calls with the correct phone number, deaf people who can not use the call service can make (emergency) communication by automatic fax transmission, and foreigners who can not speak Japanese can automatically fax. (Urgent) communication can be carried out. In addition, an elderly person who is unfamiliar with the operation of the electronic device can easily perform communication by e-mail.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a communication system using a mobile terminal with a barcode reader according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a matrix-type two-dimensional barcode.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a description example of a barcode sheet using a two-dimensional barcode.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a process of the mobile terminal with a barcode reader according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a process of a barcode communication service providing server that constitutes the communication system of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a registration screen of a barcode communication / call service.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a use start screen of a barcode communication / call service.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a selection display screen after the start of using the bar code communication / call service.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a display screen when “Create a new barcode sheet” is selected.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a message input screen.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a display screen of a message selected from the samples.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an input screen in which a selected message is input and a fax is selected as a transmission unit.

[Fig. 13] "Update the created barcode sheet"
It is a figure which shows a display screen at the time of selecting.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a screen displaying registered user information for updating.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a screen displaying a list of information such as registered messages.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Mobile terminal with barcode reader 2 telephone network 3 Bar code communication service providing server 4 Call destination phone 5 Communication destination FAX 6 Communication destination mobile terminal 7 Destination PC

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A mobile terminal with a bar code reader, comprising: a bar code reader for reading a bar code; a means for determining a communication method from bar code information read by the bar code reader; In this case, a means for recognizing a telephone number, a means for dial-up connection to the recognized telephone number, a means for recognizing an email address or a fax number when the communication method is fax or email, and a means for reading with the barcode reader And a means for recognizing the user information from the barcode information, a means for recognizing the message from the barcode information read by the barcode reader, and a means for sending the recognized message by mail or fax. A mobile terminal with a unique barcode reader. 2. The portable terminal with a barcode reader according to claim 1, wherein the barcode is a two-dimensional barcode. 3. A bar code communication service providing server, which is connected to the bar code reader equipped mobile terminal via a network and has a bar code communication / call service database. The mobile terminal with a code reader includes a bar code reader for reading a bar code, a means for recognizing the electronic mail address of the bar code communication service providing server from the bar code information read by the bar code reader, and a bar code reader for the bar code reader. The barcode communication service providing server has means for recognizing the information code to be sent by mail from the read bar code information and means for sending the recognized information code by mail. Or identify the fax number A unit for extracting user information corresponding to the user ID of the received information code from the database; a unit for extracting a message corresponding to the message ID of the received information code from the database; A communication system using a mobile terminal with a bar code reader, characterized in that it has means for sending an email or a fax. 4. The communication system using a portable terminal with a barcode reader according to claim 3, wherein the barcode is a two-dimensional barcode. 5. A system comprising a mobile terminal with a bar code reader and a bar code communication service providing server which is connected to the mobile terminal with a bar code reader via a network and has a database of bar code communication / call services. A communication method, wherein the mobile terminal with a barcode reader recognizes the electronic mail address of the barcode communication service providing server from the barcode information read by the barcode reader, and the barcode read by the barcode reader From the information, the information code to be sent by mail is recognized, the recognized information code is sent by mail, the barcode communication service providing server identifies the electronic mail address or fax number from the received information code, and the received information code Corresponding to the user ID of A mobile terminal with a bar code reader, characterized in that user information is extracted from the database, a message corresponding to the message ID of the received information code is extracted from the database, and the extracted message is sent by mail or fax. The communication method used. 6. The communication method using a mobile terminal with a barcode reader according to claim 5, wherein a two-dimensional barcode is used as the barcode.