JP3220020U - Barcode marker irradiator - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a barcode marker irradiator capable of irradiating a sharp red barcode marker having a high illuminance to one barcode.
A barcode marker irradiator that is mounted on a telephone so that illumination light can be irradiated to a front barcode from a flash light emitting portion of a camera-equipped mobile phone has a lens module that is fixed to the telephone or the telephone cover. The lens module 10 includes a holder member 11 arranged in order from the telephone side, a diaphragm member 12 having a small hole for narrowing illumination light, a red filter 13 for converting the illumination light to red light, and a cylindrical lens holder 15. And a convex lens 16 attached to the tip of the lens holder 15.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a bar code marker irradiator mounted on a mobile phone, and more particularly to a bar code marker irradiator that can illuminate a bar code with a bright bar code marker when the bar code is photographed with a camera of the mobile phone.

  Dedicated portable barcode readers for reading barcodes are in practical use, but this type of portable barcode reader is heavy and unusable, and is very expensive. There is. This bar code reader has a function of reading a one-dimensional bar code via a laser beam and a function of reading a two-dimensional bar code by a camera.

  When reading a one-dimensional barcode, red laser light for reading functions as a barcode marker. When reading a two-dimensional barcode, a barcode marker made of red illumination light is emitted from the illumination light output unit to indicate the two-dimensional barcode. The above bar code reader has a display screen, and the operator can input necessary data on the display screen while checking the bar code via the bar code marker.

On the other hand, recent smartphones have a camera that can read a barcode, and an application that enables the camera to read the barcode is also commercially available.
Therefore, it is conceivable to utilize the bar code marker reading function of the smartphone instead of the dedicated bar code reading device.

  However, since smartphones have a flash device, but are not configured to irradiate barcode markers, when reading barcodes with smartphones, the barcode is viewed from the camera while viewing the barcode displayed on the screen. Shoot the barcode while keeping it at the center of the bar.

  Here, although it is a prior art not directly related to the present invention, Patent Document 1 discloses a lens module including a conversion lens attached to a mobile phone, and a conversion for illuminating a subject when photographing using the lens module. A lens module is disclosed in which a lens illumination unit (LED lamp) is provided and the conversion lens illumination unit is operated instantaneously in synchronism with the operation of the flash device during photographing.

JP2013-257518A

When utilizing the barcode reading function of the smartphone, since there is no barcode marker that indicates the barcode to be read, it is necessary to take a picture while viewing the barcode displayed on the display screen. Therefore, there is a problem that the display screen cannot be used for related necessary data input.

Also, since there is no barcode marker, when shooting a barcode in a dark environment,
There are also problems such as difficulty in viewing barcodes on the display screen, and difficulty in identifying which barcode to be imaged when there are a plurality of barcodes.

An object of the present invention is to provide a barcode marker irradiator that is attached to the telephone so that illumination light can be emitted from a flash light emitting unit to a front barcode when the barcode is read by a camera-equipped cellular phone. .

The barcode marker irradiator according to claim 1 is a barcode marker irradiator attached to the telephone so as to be able to irradiate a front barcode with illumination light from a flash light emitting portion of a camera-equipped mobile phone, Having a lens module fixed to the phone cover;
The lens module includes a holder member arranged in order from the telephone side, an aperture member having a small hole for limiting the flash light, a red filter for converting the flash light into red light, a cylindrical lens holder, and the lens A convex lens mounted on the tip of the holder is provided.

 According to the above configuration, when a barcode is photographed by the camera of the camera-equipped mobile phone, the barcode marker irradiator can irradiate the front barcode with illumination light. Thus, it is possible to illuminate and indicate the barcode to be photographed. Therefore, it is not necessary to display a barcode on the display screen of the telephone, and the display screen can be used as a necessary data input screen.

 In this barcode marker irradiator, after the illumination light is focused by a diaphragm member, it is condensed by a convex lens having a focal length of 15 mm, for example, and red light is emitted by a red filter. The code can be irradiated, and the barcode to be photographed can be easily confirmed.

  The barcode marker irradiator according to claim 2 is characterized in that, in the device according to claim 1, the lens module has a washer member mounted between the aperture member and the red filter. According to this configuration, the washer member can press the outer periphery of the red filter to ensure flatness.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the barcode marker irradiator has a fixing means for fixing the lens module to a telephone or a telephone cover.
According to the above configuration, the lens module can be fixed to the telephone or the telephone cover by the fixing means.

The barcode marker irradiator according to claim 4 is characterized in that, in the invention of claim 3, the fixing means has a clip that is detachable to the lens module and is detachable to a telephone or a telephone cover. .
According to said structure, a lens module can be easily attached or detached with a telephone or a telephone cover by a clip.

  The barcode marker irradiator according to claim 5 is the device according to claim 3, wherein the fixing means is an attachment to which the lens module can be attached and detached, and is fixed to a telephone or a telephone cover with a double-sided tape piece, an adhesive, or an adhesive. It is characterized by having an attachment. According to said structure, an attachment can be fixed to a telephone or a telephone cover with a double-sided tape piece or an adhesive or an adhesive agent.

The barcode marker irradiator according to claim 6 is the device according to claim 3, wherein the fixing means is fixed to the permanent magnet attached to the holder member and the phone cover with a screw, a double-sided tape piece, an adhesive or an adhesive. And a magnetic plate.
According to said structure, a lens module can be easily attached or detached to a telephone cover by making the said permanent magnet adsorb | suck to the board piece made from a magnetic body.

  The barcode marker irradiator according to claim 7 is the device according to claim 3, wherein the fixing means includes a permanent magnet attached to the holder member, a magnetic plate piece fixed to a telephone or a telephone cover, It has a double-sided tape piece or an adhesive or an adhesive for fixing the plate piece to the telephone or the telephone cover.

  According to said structure, a lens module can be easily fixed to a telephone or a telephone cover so that attachment or detachment is possible by adsorb | sucking a permanent magnet to the board piece made from a magnetic body. In addition, the plate piece can be easily fixed to the telephone or the telephone cover with a double-sided tape piece, an adhesive, or an adhesive.

The barcode marker irradiator according to claim 8 is characterized in that, in the device according to claim 7, a magnetic guard sheet is mounted on the telephone or telephone cover side of the plate piece.
According to said structure, the magnetic field which comes out of a permanent magnet can be interrupted | blocked with a magnetic guard sheet | seat, and it can prevent having a bad influence on a telephone.

The barcode marker irradiator according to claim 9 is characterized in that, in the invention of claim 3, the fixing means includes a double-sided tape piece, an adhesive, or an adhesive for fixing the holder member to a telephone or a telephone cover. .
According to said structure, a holder member can be fixed to a telephone or a telephone cover via a double-sided tape piece or an adhesive or an adhesive agent.

  According to the present invention, the various effects as described above can be obtained.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a mobile phone according to a first embodiment of the present invention, a bar code marker irradiator attached to the mobile phone, a bar code, and a bar code marker. It is a perspective view of the lens module of the barcode marker irradiator. It is a disassembled perspective view of the said barcode marker irradiator and a clip. It is sectional drawing of the lens module of FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 3 according to the second embodiment. FIG. 6 is a view corresponding to FIG. 3 according to a third embodiment. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a lens module according to Embodiment 3. FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 3 according to a fourth embodiment. It is a perspective view of the telephone set cover attached to the telephone set which concerns on Example 5, and the barcode marker irradiation device attached to this telephone set cover.

  Hereinafter, various modes for carrying out the present invention will be described based on examples.

  As shown in FIG. 1, this barcode marker irradiator 1 is attached to the telephone 1 so that the illumination light 3 can be irradiated to the front barcode 5 from the flash light emitting portion of the camera-equipped mobile phone 2. The size of the red circular barcode marker 4 is about 2 cm to 3 cm, and the size of the barcode marker 4 increases as the distance between the telephone 2 and the barcode 5 increases.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the lens module 10 of the barcode marker irradiator 1 includes a holder member 11 arranged in order from the telephone 2 side, and a small aperture 12 a having a diameter of about 2 mm for narrowing the illumination light 3. A member 12, a washer member 13, a filter member 14 that changes the illumination light 3 to red light, a cylindrical lens holder 15, and a convex lens 16 (for example, a focal length of 15 mm) attached to the tip of the lens holder 15. I have. The washer member 13 is not essential and can be omitted.

  The holder member 11 is a metal annular body, and has a large diameter portion 11a and a small diameter portion 11b. A cylindrical hole 11c is formed in the large diameter portion 11a, a male screw portion 11s is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the small diameter portion 11b, and a through hole 11d is formed inside the small diameter portion 11b. The holder member 11 is detachably fixed to the clip 6 by screwing the male screw portion 11 s into the screw hole 6 s of the annular portion 6 a of the clip 6 as the fixing means F. In the following description, “base end” means an end on the side of the telephone 2, and “tip” means an end on the side opposite to the telephone 2.

A cylindrical hole 15 a is formed in the lens holder 15, and a receiving hole 15 b having a diameter larger than that of the cylindrical hole 15 a is formed in the base end portion of the lens holder 15. A filter member 14, a washer member 13, and a diaphragm member 12 are mounted in a stacked manner in the accommodation hole 15 b, and a convex lens 16 is mounted at the tip of the lens holder 15.

  In this way, a predetermined portion on the base end side of the lens holder 15 on which various parts are mounted is inserted and mounted in the cylindrical hole 11c of the holder member 11, and the lens holder 15 and the holder member 11 are fixed by an adhesive. However, the lens holder 15 and the holder member 11 may be connected by screw connection. It is desirable that the outer peripheral portion of the convex lens 16 is bonded to the lens holder 15 with an adhesive 16a.

  The lens module 10 is fixed to the telephone 2 by a clip 6 which is fixing means F. The clip 6 fixes the lens module 10 to the telephone 2 so as to be detachable. The clip 6 includes an annular portion 6a for mounting the lens module 10, a forearm 6b extending laterally from the annular portion 6a, and a rear arm 6c that is rotatably connected to the forearm 6b via a pin. A rear arm 6c having a pressing portion 6d on the back side of the annular portion 6a, and a spring (not shown) for urging the rear arm 6c with respect to the forearm 6b in a direction in which the pressing portion 6d approaches the annular portion 6a.

Next, the operation and effect of the barcode marker irradiator 1 will be described.
A predetermined application that allows the camera 2a to read a barcode is downloaded to the mobile phone 2, and when the barcode 2 is read by the camera 2a in the barcode reading mode, the camera 2a is set to the barcode 5 For example, when a finger is touched on the display screen (not shown), the illumination light 3 is irradiated toward the barcode 5 from the flash light emitting portion (not shown), and the barcode 5 is a circular red barcode. The marker 4 is irradiated. When the barcode 5 is illuminated by the barcode marker 4 and the switch of the camera 2a is turned on to photograph the barcode 5, the illumination light 3 is turned off simultaneously with the end of the photographing. The barcode 5 is not limited to a one-dimensional barcode, and a two-dimensional barcode can be photographed in the same manner.

  Thus, since the barcode 5 can be photographed in a state where the barcode barcode 4 to be photographed is irradiated with the red circular barcode marker 4, the operator can read the barcode 5 displayed on the display screen. Since it is possible to shoot without looking, it is possible to shoot the barcode 5 with the related data input screen displayed on the display screen.

When the camera 2a is used to photograph an object other than the barcode 5, if the barcode marker irradiator 1 together with the clip 6 is detached from the telephone 2, the flash device can function as a normal flash device.

  Since the illumination light 3 is focused by the diaphragm member 12 and condensed by the convex lens 16 having a focal length of 15 mm, for example, the illuminance of the illumination light 3 can be increased and the bright barcode marker 4 can be irradiated. Therefore, the bar code 5 can be photographed even in a dark environment. The size of the circular barcode marker 4 can be adjusted by appropriately adjusting the distance from the convex lens 16 to the barcode 5.

  Therefore, even when a plurality of barcodes 5 are arranged, a desired one barcode 5 can be photographed while being illuminated brightly by the barcode marker 4. Since the barcode marker 4 indicates the barcode 5 to be imaged, it is not always necessary to irradiate the entire barcode 5 with the barcode marker 4.

Since the lens module 10 includes the washer member 13 that is mounted between the aperture member 12 and the red filter 14, the outer periphery of the red filter 14 can be pressed by the washer member 13 to ensure the flatness. .
Further, since the barcode marker irradiator 1 is fixed to the clip 6, the barcode marker irradiator 1 can be easily attached to and detached from the telephone 2 via the clip 6.

  In the above embodiment, the bar code marker irradiator 1 is fixed to the telephone 2 with the clip 6 (fixing means). However, the bar code marker irradiator 1 can be directly fixed to the telephone cover instead of being directly fixed to the telephone 2.

Since the lens module 10 of the second embodiment is the same as the lens module 10 of the first embodiment, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.
As shown in FIG. 5, in the barcode marker irradiator 1A, the lens module 10 includes a holder member 11, a diaphragm member 12, a washer member 13, a filter member 14, and the like, as in the first embodiment. It has a lens holder 15 and a convex lens 16.
This barcode marker irradiator 1A is an attachment 20 that is a fixing means F for detachably fixing the lens module 10 to the telephone 2 or the telephone cover, and is attached to the telephone 2 or the telephone cover with a double-sided tape piece, an adhesive, or an adhesive. The attachment 20 is fixed.

  The attachment 20 includes an annular portion 20a having a screw hole 20b into which the holder member 11 is screwed, and a short arm piece 20c extending integrally from the annular portion 20a. The annular portion 20a of the attachment 20 is fixed to the telephone 2 or the telephone cover with a double-sided tape piece, an adhesive, or an adhesive. Since this attachment 20 is employed, the barcode marker irradiator 1A can be easily fixed to the telephone 2 or the telephone cover. If the lens module 10 is detached from the attachment 20, the flash device can be used as a normal flash device.

Since the lens module 10 of the third embodiment is the same as the lens module 10 of the first embodiment, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.
As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, in this barcode marker irradiator 1B, the lens module 10B includes a holder member 11B, a diaphragm member 12, a washer member 13, and a filter member 14 as in the first embodiment. And the lens holder 15 and the convex lens 16, and the strong annular permanent magnet 30 disposed closest to the holder member 11 </ b> B. A housing hole 11e is formed in the small diameter portion 11b of the holder member 111B, and the permanent magnet 30 is mounted in the housing hole 11e.

  The fixing means F for detachably fixing the lens module 10B to the telephone 2 or the telephone cover includes a permanent magnet 30 attached to the holder member 11B, a thin plate 31 made of a magnetic material fixed to the telephone 2 or the telephone cover, A magnetic guard sheet 32 that blocks a magnetic field emitted from the permanent magnet 30, a double-sided tape piece 33 that fixes the plate piece 31 and the magnetic guard sheet 32 to the telephone 2 or the telephone cover, or an adhesive or an adhesive.

  According to said structure, the lens module 10B can be easily attached or detached to the telephone set 2 or a telephone cover by making the permanent magnet 30 adsorb | suck to the thin board piece 31 made from a magnetic body. Further, the plate piece 31 can also be easily fixed to the telephone 2 or the telephone cover by the double-sided tape piece 33 or an adhesive or adhesive.

Since the lens module 10 of the fourth embodiment is the same as the lens module 10 of the first embodiment, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.
As shown in FIG. 8, in this barcode marker irradiator 1C, the lens module 10 includes a holder member 11, a diaphragm member 12, a washer member 13, a filter member 14, and a lens, as in the first embodiment. It has a holder 15 and a convex lens 16.

  The fixing means F that fixes the lens module 10 to the telephone 2 or the telephone cover includes a double-sided tape piece 40 that fixes the holder member 11 to the telephone 2 or the telephone cover, or an adhesive or an adhesive. According to this configuration, the holder member 11 can be easily fixed to the telephone 2 or the telephone cover via the double-sided tape piece 40 or the adhesive or adhesive.

Since the lens module 10B of the fifth embodiment is the same as the lens module 10B of the third embodiment, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.
As shown in FIG. 9, in this barcode marker irradiator 1D, the lens module 10B includes a holder member 11, a diaphragm member 12, a washer member 13, a filter member 14, and a lens, as in the first embodiment. It has a holder 15 and a convex lens 16.

  The fixing means F for detachably fixing the lens module 10B to the telephone cover 50 includes a permanent magnet (similar to the permanent magnet 30 in FIG. 6) attached to the holder member 11, and a plurality of small-diameter screws 52 or And a magnetic plate piece 51 fixed with a double-sided tape piece or an adhesive or adhesive. According to this configuration, the lens module 10 </ b> B can be easily attached to and detached from the telephone cover 50 by attracting the permanent magnet to the magnetic plate 51.

Next, the example which changes the said Example is demonstrated.
The telephone cover 50 is an example, and the present invention can be applied to telephone covers having various structures and shapes.
In addition, those skilled in the art can implement the present invention with various modifications added without departing from the spirit of the present invention, and the present invention includes such modifications.

1, 1A to 1D Barcode marker irradiator 2 Mobile phone 6 Clip 10, 10B Lens module 11, 11B Holder member 12 Aperture member 13 Washer member 14 Red filter 15 Lens holder 16 Convex lens 20 Attachment 30 Permanent magnet 31, 51 Plate piece 32 Magnetic guard sheet

Claims (9)

A barcode marker irradiator that is attached to the telephone so that illumination light can be irradiated to a front barcode from a flash light emitting portion of a camera-equipped mobile phone,
A lens module fixed to the telephone or the telephone cover;
The lens module includes a holder member arranged in order from the telephone side, an aperture member having a small hole for limiting the flash light, a red filter for converting the flash light into red light, a cylindrical lens holder, and the lens A barcode marker irradiator comprising a convex lens attached to the tip of a holder.   The barcode marker irradiator according to claim 1, wherein the lens module includes a washer member mounted between the aperture member and the red filter.   The barcode marker irradiator according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a fixing means for fixing the lens module to a telephone or a telephone cover.   The barcode marker irradiator according to claim 3, wherein the fixing means includes a clip that is detachably attached to the lens module and is attachable to and detachable from a telephone or a telephone cover.   The barcode according to claim 3, wherein the fixing means includes an attachment that is detachable from the lens module and is fixed to a telephone or a telephone cover with a double-sided tape piece, an adhesive, or an adhesive. Marker irradiator.   4. The fixing means includes a permanent magnet attached to the holder member, and a magnetic plate piece fixed to the telephone cover with a screw, a double-sided tape piece, an adhesive, or an adhesive. The barcode marker irradiator described in 1. The fixing means includes a permanent magnet attached to the holder member, a magnetic plate piece fixed to the telephone or the telephone cover, and a double-sided tape piece, an adhesive, or an adhesive for fixing the plate piece to the telephone or the telephone cover. The barcode marker irradiator according to claim 3, further comprising an agent.   The bar code marker irradiator according to claim 7, wherein a magnetic guard sheet is attached to the telephone or telephone cover side of the plate piece.   The barcode marker irradiator according to claim 3, wherein the fixing means includes a double-sided tape piece, an adhesive, or an adhesive that fixes the holder member to a telephone or a telephone cover.