JP2782420B2 - Remote controller for electrical equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to the use of electric equipment by a magnetic card system and the use of electric equipment at the time of paying for various electric equipment such as television, video, audio and radio in hospitals, hotels and other facilities. The present invention relates to a remote controller for an electric device that performs a settlement process and controls the electric device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, electric devices such as televisions and videos installed and used in hospitals, hotels, and other various facilities are often provided with a timer and paid for, and are often provided by a coin system or a magnetic card. A usage unit charge setting processing device of the system is frequently used. In a conventional coin-type device, a coin is inserted directly into a timer and a power supply of an electric device is energized for a certain period of time.In a magnetic card-type device, a certain frequency is written and recorded on a magnetic card in advance, and the patient himself / herself is recorded. Have the card purchased at a card vending machine, etc.
When the magnetic card is inserted into the timer and the power switch (contact relay) inside the timer is turned on and the power switch of the electric device is turned on, whether or not there is current consumption is detected by the current detection circuit inside the timer. Is detected by the microcomputer, arithmetic processing is performed according to the use time, and frequency subtraction is performed at a set predetermined subtraction rate.

[0003]

In the conventional system, as shown in FIG. 8, when a power supply opening / closing switch inside a timer b is turned on by a reader / writer a of a coin or a magnetic card, an output outlet d is provided via a relay c. The power source itself is opened and closed by a contact at the timer b.
The user or the patient, such as a patient, may get up from the bed, or rise up or approach in an unreasonable posture to insert a coin or card into the electrical device, for example, the television, because the device is mounted on the side of the device or built into the electrical device. In many cases, it is necessary to perform operations on the earphones, which places a heavy burden on the patient, etc.In addition, in order to avoid inconveniencing patients in the room with audio equipment such as TV, listen to earphones with cables. If the method of applying is used, there is a disadvantage that the ear becomes sore and painful when used for a long time. The present invention is intended to eliminate these conventional disadvantages, regardless of the type of electrical equipment, the handling operation for a fee-based use is simple, the handling can be done without physical burden, and the timer can be shared. It is an object of the present invention to provide an inexpensive remote controller for an electric device having a simple configuration, which can contribute to downsizing of the electric device and expand the use of the electric device.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a remote control for an electric device which is connected to an electric device to be used by a connection cable and which remotely controls the electric device using a magnetic card in which the available frequency is recorded in advance. A controller, comprising: a remote control unit provided with a power ON / OFF unit, a channel change unit, a volume control unit, and a sound generation unit of the electric device; and a magnetic card insertion / ejection port for inserting / ejecting the magnetic card. And, while reading the frequency of the magnetic card inserted from the magnetic card insertion and ejection port, a magnetic card reader / writer unit for rewriting the frequency of the magnetic card, the presence or absence of the magnetic card, and the inserted Microcomputer means capable of confirming the presence or absence of the frequency of the magnetic card and being disposed in the magnetic card reader / writer section A display unit for displaying the remaining number of the magnetic card, the connection cable is connected, the remote control unit and the display unit are mounted on an upper surface, and the magnetic card reader / writer unit and the microcomputer unit are electrically connected. And a control board connected to the
The power ON-OFF unit, the channel changing unit, the volume adjusting unit, and the sound generating unit of the remote control unit, and the display unit are located on a top surface of a remote controller of the electric device, and the connection cable is connected to the electric device. The control board is arranged in the remote controller of the electric device so as to exit from the rear surface of the remote controller of the device, and the magnetic card is inserted so that the magnetic card insertion / ejection slot is located on the front surface of the remote controller of the electric device. A card reader / writer unit is arranged below the control board in the remote controller of the electric device, and the microcomputer means determines that the valid magnetic card has been inserted from the magnetic card insertion / ejection slot, and determines that the electric card has been inserted. Activating the device, said magnetic card reader The frequency of the magnetic card read by the iter unit is calculated in units of time, and when the electric device is activated, the operation time is calculated and the frequency of the magnetic card is settled. When it is determined that the magnetic card has run out, the electric device is controlled to be inoperable, and when the inserted magnetic card is ejected, the frequency of the magnetic card is rewritten and ejected by the magnetic card reader / writer unit. And

[0005]

When a magnetic card in which, for example, a frequency of 1000 is written in advance is inserted from a magnetic card insertion / ejection slot, the frequency of the magnetic card is read by a magnetic card reader / writer.
When the power of the electric device is turned on by the power on / off means of the remote control unit, the microcomputer means calculates a frequency corresponding to the use time of the electric device and displays the remaining frequency of the magnetic card on the display unit. Further, the channel of the electric device can be changed and the volume can be adjusted by the channel changing unit and the volume adjusting unit of the remote control unit. further,
Since the voice generating means is provided in the remote control unit, the electrical equipment can be handled without any physical burden by the earphone without causing any trouble or trouble. When the card is ejected, the frequency of the magnetic card is rewritten and the inserted magnetic card is automatically ejected.
The power of the electric device is turned off, and the energization of the electric device is stopped.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The remote controller of the electric device is connected to the electric device 7 to be used, for example, a television, a video, an audio, a radio, a refrigerator, a cooler, etc. (in this embodiment, a television) by the connection cable 1 and the available frequency is recorded in advance. The remote control of the electric device 7 is performed using the magnetic card C. Control unit 10 in the remote controller
Has a magnetic card reader / writer unit 11, a microcomputer unit 9, a remote control unit 4, a display unit 12, and the like.

The magnetic card reader / writer 11 has a magnetic card slot 8 for inserting and ejecting the magnetic card C.
And reads the frequency recorded on the magnetic card C inserted through the magnetic card insertion / ejection opening 8 and rewrites the frequency. The microcomputer means 9 can check the presence or absence of the frequency of the inserted magnetic card C, and calculates the frequency of the magnetic card C read by the magnetic card reader / writer unit 11 in units of time. The remote control unit 4 is a power ON-OF of the electric device 7.
F means 5, volume control means _{5 1,} channel change means _{5 2}
And has a sound generating means 6 consisting of the speaker, by a cable or optical signal by the connection cable 1, the power ON-OFF means 5, with the volume adjustment means 5 ₁ and a channel changing means 5 ₂ electrical equipment 7 Operation And a voice can be output from the voice generating means 6. The display unit 12 displays the remaining frequency of the magnetic card C reduced according to the usage time.

The control board 3 has an I / O device connected to an input / output device.
A memory for storing an O port and a command and data for receiving input data from an input device, such as a RAM,
Using an IC chip such as a ROM, and a microcomputer comprising a CPU for performing arithmetic logic operations taking out instructions from the memory, through the interface circuit 3 _1, the control unit 10
It is connected to the interface circuit 10 ₂ (FIG. 5). The control board 3 is connected to the electric device 7 by a connection cable 1 having a connection section 2.
Supplies the drive power from the electrical equipment 7 from
The drive power source may be a battery built-in type. FIG.
And FIG. 3, on the control board 3 is mounted and a remote control unit 4 and the display unit 12, the power ON-OFF means 5 of the remote control unit 4, the channel changing means 5 _2, volume control means 5 ₁ and voice generating means 6,
The control board 3 is arranged in the remote controller so that the display unit 12 is located on the upper surface of the remote controller and the connection cable 1 is protruded from the rear side of the remote controller. Also, a microcomputer means 9 is provided in the magnetic card reader / writer section 11 and the magnetic card reader / writer section 11 is positioned below the control board 3 in the remote controller so that the magnetic card insertion / ejection slot 8 is located on the front side of the remote controller. Has been placed.

[0009] Control board 10 ₁ of the controller 10, I / O ports, memory, performs arithmetic and logic fetches instructions from memory the microcomputer is used for an IC chip such as a CPU between memory and the output device via the interface circuit 10 ₂ performs transmission signal and conveyed to the electrical device 7, it is linked to a leader writer control circuit ₁₁₁ of the magnetic card reader writer unit 11 and a display unit 12.

When the microcomputer means 9 determines that a valid magnetic card C (remaining number 0 or more) has been inserted into the magnetic card reader / writer section 11, it makes the electric device 7 operable and the control section 10 controls the electric device 7 to operate. the control board 7 ₁ of the apparatus 7 side always in a state of monitoring, timer calculates the usage time of the electrical device 7 sends a signal when operated electrical equipment 7, the settlement processing for subtracting a frequency of the magnetic card C Do. For example,
As shown in FIG. 6, the magnetic card reader / writer 11
When the magnetic card C is inserted into, by performing such processing sequential flowchart after insertion confirmation of the magnetic card C, the signal transmitted to the electrical device 7 side, the control board 7 of the electric device 7 side ₁
And processing according to usage time (frequency subtraction)
I do. That is, the frequency of the magnetic card C is expressed in time units (hour,
Calculate in minutes or seconds) and subtract. On the other hand, when the magnetic card C is not inserted or when the residual number of the magnetic card C is zero.
In such a case, the control is performed so that the electric device 7 is not turned on. Magnetic card C, pressing the switch of the card ejection means 5 _3, automatically discharged from the card insertion and ejection outlet 8, the power of the electric device 7 is cut.

It is preferable that the unit time can be set arbitrarily by inserting a system condition setting magnetic card (not shown) into the magnetic card reader / writer 11 and reading it. As the system setting conditions, in the case of the prepaid system, the subtraction process is performed, and when the remaining number is exhausted, it can not be used, or in the case of the postpaid system, the addition method is used, and the reading magnetic card reader separately provided You can choose to read the frequency used and make a payment. To set the batch memory or the temporary memory in the prepayment method, the frequency of the magnetic card C is read and stored, and the frequency of the magnetic card C is rewritten to “0” frequency and the magnetic card C is ejected, or the magnetic card C is ejected. It is possible to select a method in which the magnetic card C is discharged while rewriting the remaining number when the magnetic card C is discharged while the C is still taken in the electric device 7. The batch memory setting is the next new magnetic card C
Is read, so that multiple data can be stored.

The magnetic card reader / writer 11
Can be replaced with an IC card or a memory card, thereby replacing the magnetic card C with an IC card or a memory card. The magnetic card reader / writer unit 11 preferably has a function of printing and recording on the magnetic card C. Further, the sound generating means 6 is provided with an earphone jack 14 as necessary, and the sound of the electric device 7 is transmitted to the sound generating means 6.
Alternatively, a mechanism for switching between output from the earphone and output from the earphone jack 14 may be employed.

[0013]

According to the present invention, it is possible to handle electric equipment without paying a physical burden, and to operate the electric equipment without paying a physical burden. It can be handled without coming, and a common use timer can be used. Further, the electric equipment can be made compact, and it can be used safely and the use of the card in electric equipment can be expanded.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the example of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the example of FIG.

FIG. 4 is an electric circuit diagram of a control unit in the example of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a feed face circuit diagram of the example of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a control flowchart of the example of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a front view of the use state of the example of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a system description of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

C Magnetic card 1 Connection cable 2 Connection part 3 Control board 4 Remote control part 5 Power ON-OFF means 5 ₁ Volume adjustment means 5 ₂ Channel change means 6 Voice utterance means 7 Electric equipment 8 Card insertion / ejection port 9 Microcomputer means 10 Control unit 11 Magnetic card reader / writer section 12 Display section

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A remote controller for an electric device, which is connected to an electric device to be used by a connection cable and remotely controls the electric device using a magnetic card in which the available frequency is recorded in advance, the electric device comprising: A remote control unit provided with a power ON-OFF unit, a channel changing unit, a volume adjusting unit, and a sound generating unit; and a magnetic card insertion / ejection opening for inserting and ejecting the magnetic card. A magnetic card reader / writer unit for reading the frequency of the magnetic card inserted from the device and rewriting the frequency of the magnetic card, and confirming the presence / absence of the insertion of the magnetic card and the presence / absence of the frequency of the inserted magnetic card A microcomputer means disposed in the magnetic card reader / writer section; A display unit for displaying a number, a control board connected to the connection cable, mounted with the remote control unit and the display unit on an upper surface, and electrically connected to the magnetic card reader / writer unit and the microcomputer unit Wherein the power ON-OFF means of the remote control unit, the channel changing means, the volume adjusting means and the sound generating means, and the display unit are located on an upper surface of a remote controller of the electric device and the connection is established. The control board is arranged in the remote controller of the electric device so that the cable exits from the rear surface of the remote controller of the electric device, and the magnetic card insertion / ejection port is located on the front surface of the remote controller of the electric device. The magnetic card reader / writer section The microcomputer means is disposed below the control board in a remote controller of the electronic device, and when the microcomputer means determines that the valid magnetic card is inserted from the magnetic card insertion / ejection port, the microcomputer device sets the electric device in an operable state. Calculating the frequency of the magnetic card read by the magnetic card reader / writer unit in units of time, and when the electric device is operated, calculates the operation time and performs a process of adjusting the frequency of the magnetic card; When it is determined that the frequency of the magnetic card has run out,
Controlling the electric device to be inoperable, and ejecting the inserted magnetic card by rewriting the frequency of the magnetic card by the magnetic card reader / writer unit and ejecting the magnetic card; .