JP2006033103A - Mobile wireless terminal housing body - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mobile wireless terminal housing body whereby functions other than communication functions can be used because it is possible to operate a mobile wireless terminal through a visual confirmation window and an operation window even when a radio wave is shut off and the communication is disabled. <P>SOLUTION: The mobile wireless terminal housing body is characterized in that a main body of the housing body is formed with an electromagnetic wave shut-off shield raw material, the visual confirmation window through which a display means of the contained mobile wireless terminal can externally be visually recognized and the operation window through which an entry means of the mobile wireless terminal can externally be operated are provided to at least part of the main body of the housing body, the visual confirmation window and the operation window are also formed with the electromagnetic wave shut-off shield raw material, and even when the radio wave is shut off and the communication is disabled, the mobile wireless terminal can be operated through the visual confirmation window and the operation window. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a portable wireless terminal container that houses a portable wireless terminal that communicates with a base station using radio waves.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a portable wireless terminal container that houses a portable wireless terminal such as a cellular phone that communicates with a base station using radio waves and blocks communication is used. This portable wireless terminal container is used for the purpose of preventing the influence of radio waves emitted from the portable wireless terminal on medical equipment and the generation of noise due to ringtones at public facilities.

As an example of the portable wireless terminal container, there is, for example, a bag in which a cloth (electromagnetic wave shielding shield material) containing a conductive material is formed in a bag shape, and an opening that can be opened and closed. By storing the mobile phone in the bag body and closing the opening completely, the radio wave from the base station is blocked and the radio wave from the mobile phone does not leak to the outside, and the mobile phone is turned on Even so, communication is not possible.
In addition, since this prior art is not related to literature public knowledge, there is no prior art literature information to be described.

  However, the conventional portable wireless terminal container is formed of an electromagnetic wave shielding shield material that does not transmit light, and cannot be operated from the outside because the display part of the portable part line terminal cannot be visually observed. The function was not usable.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and even when radio waves are blocked and communication is impossible, the portable wireless terminal can be operated through the viewing window and the operation window. An object of the present invention is to provide a portable wireless terminal container that can use functions other than communication.

  The portable wireless terminal container according to claim 1, wherein the container body is formed of an electromagnetic shielding shield material, and a viewing window capable of visually observing the display means of the portable wireless terminal housed in at least a part of the container body. And an operation window capable of operating the input means of the portable wireless terminal from the outside, the viewing window and the operation window are also formed of an electromagnetic wave shielding shield material, and even when radio waves are blocked and communication is impossible, The portable wireless terminal can be operated through the viewing window and the operation window.

  The portable wireless terminal container according to claim 2 is characterized in that the operation window is formed of a flexible electromagnetic shielding shield material.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a portable wireless terminal container including a camera window that is formed of an electromagnetic shielding shield material and transmits light that can be captured by a camera provided in the portable wireless terminal.

  According to the first aspect of the invention, even if the radio wave is blocked and communication is impossible, the portable wireless terminal can be operated through the viewing window and the operation window, so functions other than communication are used. be able to.

  According to the invention of claim 2, since the operation window is formed of the flexible electromagnetic shielding shield material, the operation of the input means of the portable wireless terminal is easy.

  According to the invention of claim 3, since the camera window that transmits the light that can be imaged by the camera provided in the portable wireless terminal is provided, even if the radio wave is cut off and communication is impossible, it is satisfactory. Shooting is possible.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings. The portable wireless terminal container in the embodiment of the present invention accommodates a portable wireless terminal such as a mobile phone or PDA (Personal Digital Assistants) having a function of communicating with a base station using radio waves, and blocks radio waves. .

  FIG. 1 is a front perspective view showing a first embodiment of a portable wireless terminal container according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view from the back side of the portable wireless terminal housing. FIG. 3 is an explanatory cross-sectional view of the portable wireless terminal container.

  In the figure, a portable wireless terminal container 1 houses a portable wireless terminal such as a mobile phone 5 having a function of communicating with a base station using radio waves and blocks radio waves. The portable wireless terminal container 1 includes a container body 10, a collar 11 provided on the container body 10, a viewing window 12, an operation window 13, and a camera window 14. The container body 10 can completely accommodate the mobile phone 5 and has an opening that can be opened by the flange 11 at the top. In addition, the collar part 11 closes an opening part so that the inside of the container main body 10 may interrupt | block an electromagnetic wave. The container body 10 is made of an electromagnetic wave shielding shield material such as an ITO film (indium oxide film) or a PET film (polyethylene terephthalate film). In addition, it is not limited by the hardness of the container body 10 or the light transmission, but the attenuation effect of the electromagnetic wave is about 40 dB to about 80 dB at the radio frequency of about 30 MHz to about 30 GHz of the portable radio terminal, and the cellular phone 5 As long as the radio wave transmitted from the outside does not leak outside.

  The viewing window 12 provided in the upper front portion of the housing body 10 is a window through which the display unit 31 that is a display unit of the mobile phone 5 housed in the housing body 10 can be seen from the outside. As shown in FIG. 3, the visual recognition window 12 is formed by attaching an electromagnetic wave shielding shield material so as to close a hole formed in the container body 10 from the back surface. The electromagnetic wave shielding shield material used for the viewing window 12 is, for example, a material such as an ITO film (indium oxide film) or a PET film (polyethylene terephthalate film). The material of the viewing window 12 is not limited by the hardness, and the electromagnetic wave attenuation effect is about 40 dB to about 80 dB at a radio frequency of about 30 MHz to about 30 GHz which is a mobile radio terminal, and is transmitted from the mobile phone 5. Any radio wave that does not leak outside can be used. The material of the viewing window 12 is light transmissive so that the display unit 31 of the mobile phone 5 housed in the container body 10 can be seen from the outside. Specifically, the total light transmittance is about 60% or more. It is.

  The operation window 13 provided in the lower front portion of the container body 10 is a window that can operate the keys 32 that are input means of the mobile phone 5 housed in the container body 10 from the outside. As shown in FIG. 3, the operation window 13 is formed by attaching an electromagnetic wave shielding shield material so as to close the hole formed in the container body 10 from the back surface. The electromagnetic shielding shield material used for the operation window 13 is, for example, a material such as an ITO film (indium oxide film) or a PET film (polyethylene terephthalate film). The material of the operation window 13 is not limited by the light transmissivity, and the electromagnetic wave attenuation effect is about 40 dB to about 80 dB at a radio frequency of about 30 MHz to about 30 GHz which is a mobile radio terminal, and is transmitted from the mobile phone 5. Any radio wave that does not leak outside can be used. The material of the operation window 13 is flexible so that the key 32 of the mobile phone 5 housed in the container body 10 can be operated from the outside. However, considering that the operation is performed while visually recognizing the information printed on the key 32, it is preferable that the light has a slight light transmittance.

  The camera window 14 provided at the center of the back surface of the container body 10 shown in FIG. 2 is a window that transmits light that can be imaged by the camera 33 of the mobile phone 5 housed in the container body 10. As shown in FIG. 3, the camera window 14 is formed by attaching an electromagnetic wave shielding shield material so as to close a hole formed in the housing body 10 from the back surface. The electromagnetic shielding shield material used for the camera window 14 is, for example, a material such as an ITO film (indium oxide film) or a PET film (polyethylene terephthalate film). The material of the camera window 14 is not limited by the hardness, and the electromagnetic wave attenuation effect is about 40 dB to about 80 dB at about 30 MHz to about 30 GHz which is the radio frequency of the portable wireless terminal, and is transmitted from the cellular phone 5. Any radio wave that does not leak outside can be used. The material of the camera window 14 is light transmissive to transmit light that can be imaged by the camera 33 of the mobile phone 5 housed in the container body 10, and specifically has a total light transmittance of about 60%. That's it. In the case of a model having a camera flash 34 like the mobile phone 5 of the present embodiment, it is necessary to have a light transmission property that can sufficiently irradiate the light of the flash 34 to the outside. In addition, in a model in which a mirror is provided around the camera 33 as an aid for photographing the operator of the mobile phone 5, the optical transparency is such that the operator's face is reflected in the mirror and visible from the outside. is required.

  In addition, since the portable wireless terminal container 1 of the present embodiment is based on the assumption that the mobile phone 5 having the camera 33 is accommodated, the portable wireless terminal container 1 includes the camera window 14 in addition to the viewing window 12 and the operation window 13. The camera window 14 is not necessarily provided. Further, the positions of the viewing window 12, the operation window 13, and the camera window 14 are merely examples, and are arbitrarily set depending on the type, structure, function, and the like of the portable wireless terminal to be stored.

  In addition, the portable wireless terminal container 1 of the present embodiment is provided with a viewing window 12, an operation window 13, and a camera window 14 that can be clearly identified in appearance. However, if the container body 10 itself has light transmittance equivalent to that of the viewing window 12 and the camera window 14, the container body 10 functions as a viewing window and a camera window as a whole. It may be a configuration. In addition, if the container body 10 itself has the same flexibility as the operation window 13 and can be operated, the container body 10 functions as an operation window as a whole. It may be a simple configuration.

  As described above, the portable wireless terminal housing 1 is formed of an electromagnetic wave shielding shield material in which the housing body 10 blocks radio waves, and the viewing window 12, the operation window 13, and the camera window 14 are also formed of an electromagnetic wave shielding shield material. Therefore, the radio wave of the stored mobile phone 5 does not leak out and the radio wave of the base station does not reach the mobile phone 5. For this reason, inconvenience to surrounding people by inadvertent ringtones at museums, libraries, museums, music halls (concert venues), cultural facilities, youth learning facilities, local government civic centers, health and welfare facilities, convention centers, etc. Inadvertent ringing can be prevented only by storing the mobile phone 5 in the mobile wireless terminal housing 1 at a place where there is a possibility of influence. In addition, since the portable wireless terminal container 1 blocks radio waves from the mobile phone 5, it is possible to prevent malfunctions of devices that are easily affected by electromagnetic waves such as medical devices and pacemakers in hospitals.

  In addition to the call function, the recent mobile phone 5 is provided with a plurality of functions that can be used without reading a received mail or playing a game and communicating with the base station. According to the portable wireless terminal container 1 of the present embodiment, the cellular phone is connected via the viewing window 12 and the operation window 13 while preventing the occurrence of inadvertent ringing when radio waves are blocked and communication is impossible. Since the operation 5 is possible, functions other than communication can be used. Further, since the operation window 13 is made of a flexible electromagnetic shielding shield material, the operation of the key 32 of the mobile phone 5 is easy.

  In addition to such effects, the portable wireless terminal container 1 includes a camera window 14 that transmits light that can be imaged by the camera 33 of the mobile phone 5, so that radio waves are blocked and communication is impossible. However, good shooting is possible.

  FIG. 4 is a front perspective view showing a second embodiment of the portable wireless terminal container according to the present invention.

In the figure, the portable wireless terminal container 2 is a PDA (Personal) having a function of communicating with a base station using radio waves.
Digital Assistants) 6 and portable wireless terminals such as notebook computers are housed to block radio waves. The portable wireless terminal container 2 includes a container body 20, a collar 21 provided on the container body 20, a viewing window 22, and an operation window 23. The container body 20 can completely accommodate the PDA 6 and has an opening that can be opened by the flange 21 at the top. In addition, the collar part 21 closes an opening part so that the inside of the container main body 20 may interrupt | block an electromagnetic wave. The material of the container body 20 is the same as that of the portable wireless terminal container 1 of the first embodiment. In addition, the magnitude | size of the container main body 20 is decided suitably by the magnitude | size of PDA and notebook PC to accommodate, and a magnitude | size is not limited.

  The viewing window 22 provided in the upper front portion of the container body 20 is a window through which the display unit 41 that is a display unit of the PDA 6 housed in the container body 20 can be viewed from the outside. The visual recognition window 22 is formed by sticking an electromagnetic wave shielding shield material so as to close the hole drilled in the housing body 20 from the back surface, similarly to the portable wireless terminal housing 1 of the first embodiment. The electromagnetic wave shielding shield material used for the viewing window 22 is the same as that of the portable wireless terminal housing 1 of the first embodiment.

  The operation window 23 provided in the lower front portion of the container body 20 is a window capable of operating the touch panel unit 42 serving as input means of the PDA 6 housed in the container body 20 from the outside. The operation window 23 is formed by sticking an electromagnetic wave shielding shield material so as to close the hole drilled in the housing body 20 from the back surface, like the portable wireless terminal housing 1 of the first embodiment. The electromagnetic shielding shield material used for the operation window 23 is, for example, a material such as an ITO film (indium oxide film) or a PET film (polyethylene terephthalate film). The material of the operation window 23 is not limited by the light transmissivity, and the electromagnetic wave attenuation effect is about 40 dB to about 80 dB at about 30 MHz to about 30 GHz which is the radio frequency of the portable wireless terminal, and is transmitted from the PDA 6. Any radio wave may be used as long as it does not leak outside. The material of the operation window 23 can operate the touch panel portion 42 of the PDA 6 housed in the container body 20 from the outside. However, in consideration of operating while visually recognizing information printed on the touch panel unit 42, it is preferable that the material has light transparency even if slightly.

  Note that the positions of the viewing window 22 and the operation window 23 are merely examples, and are arbitrarily set depending on the type, structure, function, and the like of the portable wireless terminal to be stored.

  In addition, the portable wireless terminal container 2 of the present embodiment is provided with a viewing window 22 and an operation window 23 that can be clearly identified in appearance. However, if the container body 20 itself has the same light transmittance as the viewing window 22, the container body 20 functions as a viewing window as a whole, and such a configuration may be used. . Further, if the container body 20 itself has the same flexibility as the operation window 23 and can be operated, the container body 20 functions as an operation window as a whole. It may be a simple configuration.

  As described above, the portable wireless terminal container 2 is an original function of the PDA 6 and the notebook computer via the viewing window 22 and the operation window 23 even when the radio wave is blocked and communication is impossible. Functions other than communication such as a document input function, a schedule management function, and an address book management function can be used.

  Since the portable wireless terminal can be operated through the viewing window and the operation window while blocking radio waves, the present invention emits electromagnetic waves other than portable wireless terminals such as mobile phones that communicate with base stations using radio waves. The present invention can also be applied to electronic devices.

It is a perspective view from the front direction which shows the 1st Example of the portable radio | wireless terminal container which concerns on this invention. It is a perspective view from the back direction of the portable wireless terminal container. It is sectional explanatory drawing of the portable radio | wireless terminal container. It is a perspective view from the front direction which shows the 2nd Example of the portable radio | wireless terminal container which concerns on this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1, 2... Portable wireless terminal housing 5, mobile phone 6, PDA
10... Main body 11... Collar 12... Viewing window 13... Operation window 14. ..Viewing window 23 ... Operation window

Claims (3)

In a portable wireless terminal container that houses a portable wireless terminal that communicates with a base station using radio waves,
The container body is made of electromagnetic shielding shield material,
At least part of the container body includes a viewing window through which the display means of the portable wireless terminal housed can be viewed from the outside, and an operation window through which the input means of the portable wireless terminal can be operated from the outside,
The viewing window and the operation window are also formed of an electromagnetic shielding shield material, and even when the radio wave is blocked and communication is impossible, the portable wireless terminal can be operated through the viewing window and the operation window. A portable wireless terminal container.   The portable radio terminal container according to claim 1, wherein the operation window is formed of the flexible electromagnetic shielding shield material.   The portable wireless terminal container according to claim 1, further comprising a camera window that is formed of the electromagnetic wave shielding shield material and transmits light that can be captured by a camera provided in the portable wireless terminal.

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