JP3137387U - Non-contact reader / writer - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a non-contact reader / writer in which an installation direction can be easily changed so that a user can easily wander a recording medium such as an IC tag.
A non-contact reader / writer that reads data from a recording medium and writes data to the recording medium in a non-contact manner, wherein the front surface of the reader / writer body 1 is inclined when the reader / writer body 1 is installed. And a mounting portion for mounting the wall surface is provided on the back surface of the reader / writer main body 1.
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Description

  The present invention is an IC (Integrated Circuit) tag that is installed in many places (for example, inside and outside stores, inside a campaign venue, inside a station, etc.) and is composed of RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) etc. The present invention relates to the technical field of a non-contact reader / writer that reads or writes information recorded on a recording medium such as a portable device mounted with an IC card or IC chip in a non-contact manner.

  In recent years, with the widespread use of mobile phones, information providing systems for distributing information on products and services by e-mail have become widespread. In particular, recently, various ideas have been made to select and distribute information that the user is particularly interested in from information on products and services. As an information providing system of this type, for example, an information manager distributes an IC tag to a user in advance and reads an ID (IDentifier) recorded on the IC tag behind an advertising medium such as a product or service poster. A terminal equipped with a non-contact reader / writer is installed outdoors, in a store, etc., and a user can trick a IC tag that he or she owns into a poster of a product or service that he is interested in. The detailed information of the advertisement that the ID of the IC tag is read by the contact reader / writer and notified to the poster, and the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the information providing server that provides the detailed information are received from the terminal by the user. There are systems that are provided to mobile phones through email.

By the way, as for the said non-contact reader / writer, as disclosed by patent document 1 and patent document 2, each housing | casing is each formed in the box-shaped rectangular parallelepiped.
JP-A-11-98062 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-238103

  However, the conventional non-contact reader / writers disclosed in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 each have a case that is uniformly formed in a box-shaped rectangular parallelepiped, so the installation direction changes depending on the installation location. I can't let you.

  In other words, when a conventional non-contact reader / writer is installed on a table, it is easy for a user to recognize a wrinkle for wrinkling a recording medium such as an IC tag according to the height of the installation table, and to make it easier to wrinkle. Since the installation direction cannot be changed, the user cannot recognize the presence of the non-contact reader / writer or causes a malfunction such as a reading error.

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a non-contact reader / writer in which the installation direction can be easily changed in order to make it easier for a user to pick up a recording medium such as an IC tag. And

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the invention described in claim 1 is a non-contact reader / writer that reads data from a recording medium and writes data to the recording medium in a non-contact manner. In the installed state, the front surface of the reader / writer body is formed to be inclined, and a mounting portion for wall surface attachment is provided on the back surface of the reader / writer body.

  The invention described in claim 2 is the non-contact reader / writer according to claim 1, wherein the reader / writer main body includes a box-shaped housing, and a front plate attached to the housing by an attachment member. The front plate can be attached to and detached from the housing by the mounting member.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the non-contact reader / writer according to the first or second aspect, a light-transmitting portion is provided on the front plate, and a surface light-emitting panel is disposed in contact with the light-transmitting portion. The surface light emitting panel is configured to be detachable from the housing together with the front plate, while a pattern is drawn on the back surface, and the pattern is read when reading and writing the data while holding the recording medium. It is characterized by being displayed so as to emit light.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the non-contact reader / writer according to any one of the first to third aspects, the housing has a recess for drawing out a power cable on the installation surface side. It is characterized by that.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the front surface of the reader / writer main body is formed to be inclined, and the mounting surface for mounting the wall surface is provided on the rear surface of the reader / writer main body. By changing the installation direction of the reader / writer main body so that the user can easily recognize the wrinkle for wrinkling the medium and easily wrinkle it, the angle of the wrinkle with respect to the installation surface can be changed. As a result, the user can surely and easily recognize the presence of the reader / writer main body, and can prevent problems such as reading errors.

  According to the invention described in claim 2, the reader / writer main body includes a housing formed in a box shape and a front plate attached to the housing by an attachment member, and the front plate is enclosed by the attachment member. Because the front panel has a color pattern due to being detachable from the body, when changing the color pattern, remove the mounting member and replace the front panel with a front panel of another color pattern. Thus, the front plate can be changed to one having a different color pattern.

  According to the invention described in claim 3, when the surface emitting panel is configured to be detachable from the housing together with the front plate, the front plate and At the same time, the surface light emitting panel can be removed, and the direction of the pattern of the surface light emitting panel can be changed to a normal direction and attached.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the recessed portion for drawing the power cable is formed on the installation surface side of the housing, so that the power cable can be connected even when the vertical installation direction of the reader / writer body is reversed. By pulling out through the recess, the routed portion of the power cable is not exposed around the reader / writer main body, and the power cable can be prevented from interfering with the recording medium.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  In the embodiment described below, the present invention is applied to a non-contact reader / writer for reading or writing information recorded on a mobile phone equipped with, for example, an IC chip as a recording medium. This is an embodiment of the case.

  1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of a non-contact reader / writer according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a side view of FIG. 1, FIG. 4 is a rear view of FIG. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the back side of the decorative panel of FIG. 1.

  1 to 4 show a state in which the reader / writer main body is installed on a table. In FIGS. 1 to 4, the right side is assumed to be the upper side and the left side is assumed to be the lower side. Further, the power cable is shown only in FIG. 2 and omitted in other drawings.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the reader / writer main body 1 as a whole has a width of 58 mm, a length of 108 mm, and a height of 45 mm. Further, the reader / writer main body 1 has a housing 2 formed in a box shape. The housing 2 forms side surfaces as shown in FIG. 3, 3, a back plate 4 constituting a cover plate of the housing 2, a locking plate 5 fixed to the right (upper) end of the back plate 4 by a fixing member 7 a, and a left side of the back plate 4 A locking plate 6 fixed by a fixing member 7b is provided at the (lower) end.

  Here, the side plates 3, 3 extend at the same height from the back plate 4 constituting the lid plate of the housing 2 to the back side (downward), whereby the side plates 3, 3 and the back plate 4. Thus, a recess 8 is formed on the back side of the housing 2. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the back plate 4 is formed with an opening 4a as a wall mounting portion at the center, and the opening 4a uses a hooking means such as a hook previously attached to the wall. Used when hanging on the wall.

  A decorative panel 9 as a front plate is attached to the upper opening of the housing 2, and the upper opening is covered with the decorative panel 9. The decorative panel 9 is formed by bending the right (upper) end, and is curved at the left (lower) end. The decorative panel 9 has a right (upper) end attached to the locking plate 5 with an attaching screw 10a as an attaching member, and a left (lower) end attached to the engaging plate 6 with an attaching screw 10b as an attaching member.

  The decorative panel 9 can be removed from the housing 2 by removing these mounting screws 10a and 10b. That is, the decorative panel 9 is configured to be detachable from the housing 2 by the mounting screws 10a and 10b. Further, since the upper side of the side plate 3 of the housing 2 is inclined, the decorative panel 9 is inclined and attached when attached to the housing 2. Thereby, the front surface of the reader / writer main body 1 is formed to be inclined.

  Further, the decorative panel 9 is made of a light-transmitting material as shown in FIG. 5 and is provided with a printing portion 9a such as a color pattern or pattern in the printing range on the back surface thereof. A portion to be joined becomes a non-printing range and becomes a light-transmitting portion 9b having a light-transmitting property.

  The translucent portion 9b of the decorative panel 9 is disposed in contact with a surface light emitting panel 11 serving as a crease for a user to crawl a mobile phone on which an IC chip is mounted. The surface light emitting panel 11 is configured to be detachable from the housing 2 together with the decorative panel 9. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, for example, a groove 11 a of a cellular phone is engraved on the back surface. .

  On the other hand, a control board 12 on which a CPU, RAM, ROM, etc. are mounted is installed in the housing 2 as shown in FIG. 2, and a plurality of LEDs (Light -Emitting Diode) or the like is attached, and reflectors 14a and 14b are arranged above it. An antenna 15 having a length of 55 mm, for example, is installed on the back side of the surface light emitting panel 11 in the housing 2.

  The control board 12 is connected to one end of a power cable 16, and the other end of the power cable 16 extends to the outside of the reader / writer body 1 through a communication hole 4 b formed in the back plate 4.

  Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 6, when the mobile phone 20 on which the IC chip is mounted is placed so as to approach the reader / writer main body 1 placed on the table within a predetermined distance (about 10 cm), the presence of the mobile phone 20 exists. Is detected via the antenna 15, and the recorded information recorded is read (or information is written).

  Then, the plurality of light emitters 13 are turned on, and the light is incident on the side surface of the surface light emitting panel 11 while changing the optical axis by the reflecting plates 14a and 14b, and the surface light emitting panel 11 is surface-emitted to read information. The user is informed that something has been written or written. Here, on the back surface of the surface light emitting panel 11, as described above, for example, the groove 11a of the design of the mobile phone is engraved, and when the light emitter 13 is turned on, the design is displayed as if it is emitting light. The

  By the way, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, an opening 4a is formed in the back plate 4, and using this opening 4a, a hooking means such as a hook (not shown) attached to the wall surface W shown in FIG. Hang. In this case, when the reader / writer main body 1 with the lower side being low is attached to the wall surface W as shown in FIG. 1, it becomes difficult for the user to hold the mobile phone 20 against the surface emitting panel 11. For this reason, in the present embodiment, the user can easily put the mobile phone 20 on the surface emitting panel 11 by changing the vertical installation direction of the reader / writer body 1 to lower the upper side of the reader / writer body 1. .

  Further, when the vertical installation direction of the reader / writer main body 1 is changed in this way, the design groove 11a of the cellular phone is also turned upside down, which deteriorates the appearance. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the mounting screws 10 a and 10 b are removed, and the decorative panel 9 and the surface light emitting panel 11 are removed from the housing 2. Then, after the surface light emitting panel 11 is turned upside down and the pattern groove 11a of the mobile phone is turned upside down, the decorative panel 9 and the surface light emitting panel 11 are attached to the housing 2 with the mounting screws 10a and 10b. FIG. 7 shows a state in which the reader / writer main body 1 is attached to the wall surface W in this way.

  On the other hand, when the reader / writer main body 1 is installed on a table, if the lower side remains low as shown in FIG. 1, the user can easily hold the mobile phone 20 against the surface light emitting panel 11, and the user can The presence of the contact reader / writer can be recognized reliably and easily.

  Thus, according to the present embodiment, the front surface of the reader / writer main body 1 is formed to be inclined, and the opening 4a as the mounting portion for wall surface attachment is provided on the back plate 4 of the reader / writer main body 1. Or, when installed on the wall surface W, by changing the installation direction of the reader / writer main body 1 so that the user can easily recognize and hesitate the surface light emitting panel 11 as a scissors for rubbing the mobile phone 20, The angle of the surface light emitting panel 11 with respect to the installation surface can be changed. As a result, the user can reliably and easily recognize the presence of the reader / writer main body 1 and can prevent problems such as reading errors.

  In addition, according to the present embodiment, the reader / writer main body 1 includes a casing 2 formed in a box shape and a decorative panel 9 attached to the casing 2 with the mounting screws 10a and 10b. 9 can be attached to and detached from the housing 2 with the mounting screws 10a and 10b, so that the decorative panel 9 has a colored pattern. When changing the colored pattern, the mounting screws 10a and 10b are removed to make up By replacing the panel 9 with a decorative panel of another color pattern and mounting it, the decorative panel 9 can be changed to one having a different color pattern.

  Furthermore, according to the present embodiment, the surface light emitting panel 11 is configured to be detachable from the housing 2 together with the decorative panel 9, so that the reader / writer main body 1 is installed on the wall surface W as described above. When the installation direction is reversed, the surface light emitting panel 11 can be removed together with the decorative panel 9, and the design of the surface light emitting panel 11 can be changed to a normal direction and attached.

  And according to this embodiment, even if the upper and lower installation directions of the reader / writer main body 1 are reversed by forming the recess 8 for drawing out the power cable 16 on the installation surface side of the housing 2, By pulling out the cable 16 through the recess 8, the routing portion of the power cable 16 is not exposed around the reader / writer main body 1, and the power cable 16 becomes an obstacle when the mobile phone 20 is placed on the surface emitting panel 11. Can be avoided.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, A various change is possible. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the example using the mobile phone 20 on which the IC chip is mounted as the recording medium has been described. Is applicable.

  In the above embodiment, the opening 4a is formed on the back plate 4 as a mounting portion for wall mounting. On the contrary, a hook as a mounting portion is mounted on the back plate 4 and the hook is hung on the wall W. A member to be stopped may be provided in advance.

  Furthermore, in the said embodiment, although the decorative panel 9 was detachably attached with respect to the housing | casing 2 with the mounting screws 10a and 10b, if it is a member which attaches the decorative panel 9 not only to this, other members will be used. Also good.

It is a perspective view showing one embodiment of a non-contact reader / writer according to the present invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of FIG. It is a side view of FIG. It is a rear view of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the back side of the decorative panel of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the use condition of the non-contact reader / writer of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the state which installed the non-contact reader / writer of FIG. 1 in the wall surface.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Reader / writer main body 2 Case 3 Side plate 4 Back plate 8 Concave part 9 Cosmetic panel (front plate)
10a, 10b Mounting screw (mounting member)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Surface light emission panel 12 Control board 13 Light emitter 15 Antenna 16 Power cable 20 Cellular phone

Claims (4)

A non-contact reader / writer that performs non-contact reading of data from a recording medium and writing of data to the recording medium,
A non-contact reader / writer characterized in that the reader / writer main body is formed with an inclined front surface in the installed state of the reader / writer main body, and a wall surface mounting portion is provided on the rear surface of the reader / writer main body. The contactless reader / writer according to claim 1.
The reader / writer main body includes a box-shaped housing and a front plate attached to the housing by an attachment member, and the front plate can be attached to and detached from the housing by the attachment member. A non-contact reader / writer characterized by that. The contactless reader / writer according to claim 1 or 2,
A translucent portion is provided on the front plate, and a surface light emitting panel is disposed in contact with the translucent portion, and the surface light emitting panel is configured to be detachable from the housing together with the front plate, A non-contact reader / writer characterized in that a pattern is drawn on the back surface, and the pattern is displayed so as to emit light when the data is read and written through the recording medium. In the non-contact reader / writer according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The non-contact reader / writer is characterized in that the housing has a recessed portion for drawing out a power cable on the installation surface side.

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