JP2006025532A - Charger for cellular phone - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To control and turn on and off charging power supplied to a charging connector in a charger with a charger body having one charging connector exposed among a plurality of the charging connectors and connected to a cellular phone when the charger body is provided with the plurality of charging connectors. <P>SOLUTION: The charger for the cellular phone is provided with the charger body having the plurality of charging connectors connected to the phone, and a cover rotatably attached to the charger body and formed with an opening for exposing one of the plurality of connectors in response to a rotation stopping location. Alternatively, the charger for the cellular phone is provided with the charger body having the charging connector connected to the cellular phone, and a control means for controlling and turning on and off charging power supplied to the charging connector. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for charging a mobile phone.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a technique for charging a mobile phone, there is known a technique in which a mobile phone is mounted on a power supply stand to be charged by being supplied with power from the stand.
However, when the charger main body includes a plurality of charging connectors, there is not provided one that exposes one of the plurality of charging connectors.

  In addition, a charger including a charger main body including a charging connector to which a mobile phone is connected is not provided for on / off control of a charging power source provided to the charging connector.

In addition, there exists a thing of patent document 1 as what is considered to be related to this invention.
JP 2000-092728 A

A first object of the present invention is to provide a technique for exposing one of a plurality of charging connectors when the charger main body includes a plurality of charging connectors.
A second problem of the present invention is to provide a technique for on / off control of a charging power source provided to a charging connector in a charger including a charger main body including a charging connector to which a mobile phone is connected. It is in.

  The present invention has been made to solve the first problem, and is a charger for a mobile phone, comprising a charger main body including a plurality of charging connectors to which the mobile phone is connected, and the charger. And a cover that is rotatably attached to the main body and has an opening that exposes one of the plurality of connectors according to a rotation stop position.

According to the present invention, when the charger body includes a plurality of charging connectors, one of the plurality of charging connectors can be exposed.
The present invention has been made to solve the second problem, and is a charger for a mobile phone, comprising a charger main body provided with a charging connector to which the mobile phone is connected, and the charging And a control means for performing on / off control of a charging power source to be supplied to the connector.

  According to the present invention, in a charger including a charger main body including a charging connector to which a mobile phone is connected, it is possible to perform on / off control of a charging power source provided to the charging connector.

  In this charger, for example, the control means performs the control based on a predetermined command supplied from an external information processing terminal. This shows an example of the control of the control means.

According to the present invention, when the charger body includes a plurality of charging connectors, one of the plurality of charging connectors can be exposed. Further, in a charger including a charger main body including a charging connector to which a telephone is connected, it is possible to perform on / off control of a charging power source provided to the charging connector.

(First embodiment)
A charger according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view for explaining the appearance of a charger according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a charger according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a perspective view for explaining the charger main body of the charger according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the charger 10 of the present embodiment includes a charger main body 20 including a plurality of charging connectors 21 a, 21 b, and 21 c to which a mobile phone (not shown) is connected, and this charging A cover 30 is provided that is rotatably attached to the container body 20 and has an opening 31 that exposes one of the plurality of charging connectors 21a, 21b, and 21c according to the rotation stop position.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the charger main body 20 includes a USB cable 22, a circuit board 23, a lower plate 24, and an upper plate 25 as main components other than the plurality of charging connectors 21 a, 21 b, and 21 c. It has.

  The charging connector 21a (the same applies to 21b and 21c) is attached to a connector (not shown) provided in the mobile phone and supplies charging power. Since the shape of the connector is different for each mobile phone, a number of charging connectors (here, three of 21a, 21b, and 21c are illustrated) corresponding to the shape of the connector provided in the mobile phone are provided. Note that the number of charging connectors may be two, four or more, and an appropriate number.

For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the charging connectors 21 a, 21 b, and 21 c are connected to the vicinity of the outer periphery of the circuit board 23 at substantially equal intervals.
A USB cable 22 is connected to the circuit board 23. The USB cable 22 has a plug for connecting to the USB port at the end thereof, and the plug is connected to a USB port of an information processing terminal such as a personal computer, so that the charger 10 (circuit board 23) is powered. Supply. Various information processing terminals having a USB port are conceivable. Here, an information processing terminal (not shown) installed in a restaurant or the like is assumed.

  The power supplied from the USB cable 22 is stabilized via the circuit board 23 (and may be further controlled as described later) and supplied to the charging connectors 21a, 21b, and 21c.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the lower plate 24 includes a wall portion 26 that rises along the peripheral edge thereof, and the upper plate 25 and the upper plate 25 are overlapped with the wall portion 26 to overlap the lower plate 24 and the upper plate 24. An accommodation space for the circuit board 23 is formed between the plates 25. The circuit board 23 is disposed in the accommodation space with the tips of the charging connectors 21a, 21b, and 21c exposed to the outside. In order to arrange the circuit board in this way, the charger body 20 adopts the following configuration.

That is, as shown in FIG. 2, these charging connectors are arranged at positions corresponding to the arrangement intervals of the three charging connectors 21 a, 21 b, and 21 c on the wall portion 26 that rises along the periphery of the lower plate 24. Notched portions 26a, 26b and 26c to be fitted are provided, and further, a notched portion 26d to which the USB cable 22 is fitted is provided at a position corresponding to the arrangement position of the USB cable 22.

  Three charging connectors 21a, 21b, 21c and a USB cable 22 are fitted into the notches 26a, 26b, 26c, 26d, respectively, and a cylindrical portion 27 having a screw hole provided in the center of the lower plate 24 is used as a circuit. It is inserted into a through hole formed in the center of the substrate 23.

  And as shown in FIG. 3, the upper plate 25 is piled up on the lower plate 24 in this state, and both are integrated. For example, by providing members that engage with each other when the lower plate 24 and the upper plate 25 are overlapped with each other (in FIG. 3, engagement members 24a and 25a provided around the respective plates are illustrated), the two are integrated. Alternatively, the two are integrated by bonding with an adhesive. Alternatively, both are integrated by screwing.

  On the surface of the upper plate 25, names corresponding to the respective charging connectors 21a, 21b, and 21c (or a mobile phone connected thereto or the system thereof) are arranged at intervals of the three charging connectors 21a, 21b, and 21c. It is written in the corresponding position. For example, in FIG. 3, “PDC” is described as the name corresponding to the charging connector 21a, “Foma” is described as the name corresponding to the charging connector 21b, and “Cdma” is described as the name corresponding to the charging connector 21c. Has been.

Next, the cover 30 will be described.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the cover 30 is rotatably attached to the charger main body 20 and exposes one of the plurality of charging connectors 21 a, 21 b, 21 c according to the rotation stop position. An opening 31 is formed. Further, the cover 30 is made to visually recognize one of a plurality of names (“PDC”, “Foma”, “Cdma” are illustrated in FIG. 3) written on the upper plate surface according to the rotation stop position. A window 32 is provided. A name (“PDC” is illustrated in FIG. 1) corresponding to the charging connector (illustrated in FIG. 1 is illustrated) from the opening 31 of the cover 30 is visible from the cover window 32. The relationship between the name corresponding to each of the charging connectors 21a, 21b, and 21c and the cover window 32 is set.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a through hole 33 into which a screw is inserted is formed at the center of the cover 30, and the through hole 33 is inserted into a screw hole formed at the center of the charger body 20 from below. The cover 30 is rotatably attached to the charger main body 20 by being inserted into the through hole 33 and screwed to the screwing member 40 inserted from the opposite side. A stepped portion is provided around the through hole 33 on the side where the screwing member 40 is inserted, and the head of the screwing member 40 is inserted into the stepped portion to The surface of the cover 30 is substantially flush (see FIG. 1).

Next, a method of using the charger 10 having the above configuration will be described.
Hereinafter, the flow until the customer who visits the store uses the charger 10 to charge the mobile phone will be described.

  First, the customer confirms whether or not the name corresponding to the mobile phone to be charged is visually recognized from the window 32 of the cover 30. If it is not visually recognized, the cover 30 is rotated until the corresponding name can be visually recognized.

Each name so that the name (“PDC” is illustrated in FIG. 1) corresponding to the charging connector exposed from the opening 31 of the cover 30 (illustrated as “PDC” in FIG. 1) is visible from the window 32 of the cover. The relationship between the names corresponding to the charging connectors 21a, 21b, and 21c and the cover window 32 is set. Accordingly, the fact that the name corresponding to the mobile phone to be charged can be visually recognized from the window 32 of the cover 30 means that the charging connector (21a, 21b, or 21c) corresponding to this name is exposed from the opening 31. Means that

  The customer attaches a connector (not shown) included in the mobile phone to be charged to the charging connector (any one of 21a, 21b, and 21c) exposed from the opening 31. As a result, power is supplied to the attached mobile phone to be charged.

As described above, according to the charger 10 of the present embodiment, only the charging connector (21a, 21b, or 21c) corresponding to the mobile phone to be charged is exposed from the opening 31, and the others The charging connector is covered with the cover 30 and is not exposed. Therefore, the customer can perform charging without mistakenly selecting a charging connector (any one of 21a, 21b, and 21c) corresponding to the mobile phone to be charged.
(Second embodiment)
A charger according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  In the present embodiment, the power from the USB cable 22 is to be controlled. For this purpose, power supply control means (for example, circuit board 23) for on / off control of the power supply from the USB cable 22 is provided between the USB cable 22 and the charging connectors 21a, 21b, and 21c.

  For example, if the power supply from the USB cable 22 is controlled to be turned off, the power supply from the USB cable 22 is cut off. Therefore, a connector (not shown) included in the mobile phone to be charged is connected to the charging connector (21a, The battery is not charged even if it is attached to any one of 21b and 21c.

  On the other hand, if the power from the USB cable 22 is controlled to be on, the power from the USB cable 22 is supplied to the charging connectors 21a, 21b, and 21c. ) Is attached to the charging connector (any one of 21a, 21b, and 21c), the battery is charged in the same manner as in the first embodiment.

As described above, various services can be provided by performing on / off control of the power supply from the USB cable 22 as illustrated below.
For example, when combined with an ordering system (such as an ordering system that inputs order products etc. to a terminal carried by the store clerk, manages the order products and charges for each customer, and performs settlement) at restaurants, etc. It may be possible to charge only the customer who has placed an order by turning on the power from the USB cable 22. Alternatively, it is conceivable that charging can be performed for a certain period of time by setting the price and the charging time in stages, and controlling the power supply from the USB cable 22 to be on for the time corresponding to the order price.

Alternatively, a selection screen for allowing the customer to select whether or not to charge is displayed, and when the customer selects to charge (for example, presses a charging button), the power from the USB cable 22 is controlled to be turned on. By doing so, it can be considered that charging is possible. This is, for example, a screen for inquiring whether the mobile phone e-mail address can be read from the mobile phone to be charged, and for the customer to select an answer (yes, no) to the inquiry When the selection screen is displayed and the customer selects “Yes” (for example, presses the “Yes” button), the power from the USB cable 22 can be controlled to be turned on to enable charging. Conceivable. This means that for customers who agree to have their email address read, they can send advertising emails and other guidance emails to that email address, so that they can be charged as a price. It is. In addition, as a technique for reading the mail address from the mobile phone attached to the charging connector (any one of 21a, 21b, and 21c), for example, a technique described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-007464 is used. This makes it possible to read the e-mail address from a mobile phone attached to the charging connector (any one of 21a, 21b, and 21c).

  Next, the configuration of the power control means (for example, the circuit board 23) for controlling on / off of the power from the USB cable 22 as described above will be described. Hereinafter, the example which provided this power supply control means on the circuit board 23 of the charger 10 of the said embodiment is demonstrated.

  The configuration of the charger 10 of the present embodiment is substantially the same as that described in the above embodiment, but the configuration of the circuit board 23 is different. Since other configurations are the same, the same reference numerals are used for explanation. FIG. 4 is a diagram for mainly explaining functions on the circuit board 23 of the charger 10 of the present embodiment. For reference, a circuit diagram of the charger 10 is shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the charger main body 20 of the present embodiment has a plurality of charging connectors 21 a, 21 b, 21 c to which a mobile phone (not shown) is connected on the circuit board 23, other than the USB cable 22. The main configuration includes a USB controller 23a, a microcomputer (control unit) 23b, a microcomputer (storage unit) 23c, a charging voltage control circuit 23d, and an LED 23e.

  The charging connectors 21a, 21b, and 21c include connection terminals (three types) having a shape corresponding to the mobile phone. Power is supplied to the mobile phone and control signals are transmitted and received. There may be only a power supply.

The USB connector + cable 22 is connected to a personal computer and transmits and receives power. It is also connected to a personal computer to send and receive data.
The USB controller 23a controls data communication for rewriting the program code of the microcomputer (storage unit) 23d. As a result, there is a limit on the charging time of the mobile phone.

  The microcomputer (control unit) 23b specifies the model of the mobile phone and transmits / receives a control signal corresponding to each model. As a result, the key on the cellular phone is operated to automatically send an e-mail or connect to a specified URL.

The microcomputer (storage unit) 23c stores and stores the program code. In addition, the e-mail address to be transmitted, the connection URL, and the ID number unique to this apparatus are stored.
The charging voltage control circuit 23d is a circuit for stably supplying power to the mobile phone.

The LED 23e functions as a display lamp for confirming an operation state or an error.
Next, a method of using the charger 10 having the above configuration will be described with reference to FIG.

Hereinafter, the flow until the customer who visits the store uses the charger 10 to charge the mobile phone will be described.
First, the customer confirms whether or not the name corresponding to the mobile phone to be charged is visually recognized from the window 32 of the cover 30. If it is not visually recognized, the cover 30 is rotated until the corresponding name can be visually recognized.

  Each name so that the name (“PDC” is illustrated in FIG. 1) corresponding to the charging connector exposed from the opening 31 of the cover 30 (illustrated as “PDC” in FIG. 1) is visible from the window 32 of the cover. The relationship between the names corresponding to the charging connectors 21a, 21b, and 21c and the cover window 32 is set. Accordingly, the fact that the name corresponding to the mobile phone to be charged can be visually recognized from the window 32 of the cover 30 means that the charging connector (21a, 21b, or 21c) corresponding to this name is exposed from the opening 31. Means that

  The customer attaches a connector (not shown) included in the cellular phone to be charged to the charging connector (21a, 21b, or 21c) exposed from the opening 31 (S100). At this stage, since the charger 10 is controlled to be off, unlike the above-described embodiment, the attached mobile phone is not yet charged.

  For example, when a start button (for example, a charge start button) is pressed from the monitor (assuming a touch panel) of the information processing terminal to which the charger 10 is connected via the USB cable 22 (S101), the information processing terminal Upon detection, a predetermined program is started (S102), and the following processing is executed.

  First, the information processing terminal displays a user consent screen for user information acquisition (S103). For example, a screen is displayed asking whether the customer can read the e-mail address of the mobile phone from the mobile phone to be charged. In response to the inquiry, the information processing terminal transmits a predetermined command to the USB controller (USB driver) 23a of the charger 10 (S105: Yes). ).

  When receiving the predetermined command (S106), the USB controller 23a of the charger turns on the power from the USB cable 22 (S107). As a result, power is supplied to the mobile phone mounted in S100 and charging is started (S108). At the same time, the charger 10 (microcomputer (control unit) 23b) reads the e-mail address of the mobile phone from the mobile phone that started the charging based on the consent of the customer (S109).

  In the case where there is a limit on the charging time, the information processing terminal transmits a predetermined command to the USB controller (USB driver) 23a of the charger 10 after the preset time has elapsed (S110), and at the same time, a charging end message Is displayed (S116).

  When the USB controller 23a of the charger receives a predetermined command (S111), it turns off the power from the USB cable 22 (S112). Thereby, the charging of the mobile phone mounted in S100 is completed (S113). The charger 10 (microcomputer (control unit 23b) delivers a point-not-ready email prepared in advance to the email address read in S109 (S114). It is also possible to send the information to the information processing terminal and manage it there.

The delivered e-mail is received by the customer's mobile phone that has been charged and viewed by the customer (S115).
When there is no input indicating consent from the customer in response to the inquiry in S103 (S104: No), the information processing terminal displays a message indicating that charging is not possible (S117).

As described above, according to the charger 10 of the present embodiment, only the charging connector (21a, 21b, or 21c) corresponding to the mobile phone to be charged is exposed from the opening 31, and the others The charging connector is covered with the cover 30 and is not exposed. Therefore, the customer can perform charging without mistakenly selecting a charging connector (any one of 21a, 21b, and 21c) corresponding to the mobile phone to be charged. Furthermore, in the present embodiment, it is assumed that the e-mail address is read from the mobile phone attached to the charging connector (any one of 21a, 21b, and 21c). Only the charging connector (any one of 21a, 21b, 21c) corresponding to the connector provided in the mobile phone is exposed from the opening 31, and the other charging connectors are covered with the cover 30 and are not exposed. Contributes to obtaining an e-mail address more reliably.

  The present invention can be implemented in various other forms without departing from the spirit or main features thereof. For this reason, said embodiment is only a mere illustration in all points. The present invention is not construed as being limited by these descriptions.

  According to the present invention, when the charger body includes a plurality of charging connectors, one of the plurality of charging connectors can be exposed. Further, in a charger including a charger main body including a charging connector to which a telephone is connected, it is possible to perform on / off control of a charging power source provided to the charging connector.

It is a perspective view for demonstrating the external appearance of the charger which is one Embodiment of this invention. It is a disassembled perspective view of the charger which is one Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view for demonstrating the charger main body of the charger which is one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating mainly the function on the circuit board of the charger which is 2nd embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement of the charger of 2nd embodiment of this invention. It is a circuit diagram of the charger of 2nd embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

10 Charger 20 Charger body 30 Cover

Claims (3)

A charger body comprising a plurality of charging connectors to which a mobile phone is connected;
A cover that is rotatably attached to the charger main body and has an opening that exposes one of the plurality of connectors according to a rotation stop position;
A mobile phone charger comprising: A charger body provided with a charging connector to which a mobile phone is connected;
Control means for controlling on / off of a charging power source to be supplied to the charging connector;
A mobile phone charger comprising:   The mobile phone charger according to claim 2, wherein the control means performs the control based on a predetermined command supplied from an external information processing terminal.

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