JP3294327B2 - Electronics - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic device capable of operating in a plurality of modes, and more particularly, to a method for easily setting and changing a mode setting based on data stored in a flexible disk. Electronic devices that can be used.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art OA equipment such as copiers, printers, and facsimile machines, and AV equipment such as VTRs, audio amplifiers, cassette decks, compact discs, and laser discs have various functions to respond to various demands of users. Although there are devices provided, the operation for setting and changing the mode for realizing various functions is extremely complicated, and it is inconvenient for a user who is not accustomed to the operation, and it has been desired to improve this point. For this reason, a method has been developed in which the current use mode is stored in an IC card that can be attached to and detached from the device main body, and the stored content is used to set the mode. Is stored in advance, and a flexible response such as setting a device mode according to the stored content is not performed.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above, and in an electronic device having various functions, a mode setting and a change of an OA device and an AV device can be performed without complicated key operations. It is intended to be able to be realized.

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic apparatus comprising an OA apparatus or an AV apparatus operable in a plurality of modes, the electronic apparatus including a flexible disk drive. Flexible disk unit, a control unit, and a display unit,
The flexible disk stores data relating to modes for realizing various functions of the electronic device in association with file names, and the control unit mounts the flexible disk in the drive, When the disk read switch is turned on, a list of file names written in the flexible disk is displayed, and the electronic device is operated in a mode corresponding to the data content of the file name selected from the file names displayed in the list. On the other hand, when the flexible disk write switch is turned on, the control unit controls to write data on a mode currently used by the electronic device to the flexible disk.

In the second invention of the present application, data relating to the currently used mode written on the flexible disk is read and corrected by an external computer, and the corrected data is stored on the flexible disk to store the mode. It is characterized in that it can be changed.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an electronic device according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a control system of a device to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration explanatory diagram of an operation unit of the device. As shown in FIG. 1, a control unit of the device includes a CPU 1 and an R for storing data relating to various mode contents based on a control signal from the CPU 1.
It has an AM 2, a flexible disk unit 4 connected to the CPU 1 via the interface 3, a mode setting register 5, and the like. Switches A and B and Flexible Disk Unit 4 Constituting Mode Setting Register 5
Are arranged in the electronic device 6 in a positional relationship as shown in FIG. 2, for example.

In the above embodiment, the flexible disk FD is inserted into the drive (recording / reproducing device) 4a of the flexible disk unit 4 and a predetermined switch A (FD) is inserted.
When the data read switch is turned on, the CPU of the device
1 outputs a control signal to the drive 4a to read the data of the flexible disk FD, decodes the read data, and sets the mode of the content stored in the flexible disk FD. The mode setting data set until the flexible disk FD is read is temporarily stored in the RAM 2. In the flexible disk FD, data relating to a plurality of modes is stored (data relating to mode contents is stored in correspondence with file names), and a table of contents of file names is displayed on a small display unit (not shown) when reading is started. May be displayed, and a file name may be selected from among them (a mode of data content corresponding to the selected file name is set), or only data relating to one mode may be stored. Good.

Thus, according to the first embodiment of the present invention,
OA equipment such as copiers, printers and facsimile machines, V
In AV equipment such as TRs, audio amplifiers, cassette decks, compact discs, laser discs, etc., data relating to modes stored in a flexible disc FD is used to realize various functions in order to respond to various demands of users. So, setting the mode,
The change operation becomes extremely easy, and it becomes easy even for a user who is not familiar with the operation of the device.

Next, as a second embodiment of the present invention, when it is desired to return from the mode set by the flexible disk FD to the original mode, for example, a reset switch (not shown) is turned ON, so that the original data stored in the RAM 2 is restored. Reads data about the mode and returns to the original mode. According to this embodiment, after the user of the device temporarily changes the mode using the flexible disk FD, it becomes easy for the next user to perform an operation of returning to the original mode. When the reset switch is turned on again, the device may be configured to return to the initial mode at the time of power-on of the device (the use mode at the time of initialization).

Next, in a third embodiment of the present invention, when a predetermined switch B (flexible disk write switch) is turned on while the flexible disk FD is inserted in the drive 4a of the flexible disk unit, the control unit is in the present state. The data relating to the mode used by the device (the current mode stored in the flexible disk and set in the electronic device, or the current mode set by a key operation by the user) is converted into the format specified in the flexible disk FD. And outputs a control signal to the drive 4a so as to perform a write operation. The data written in the flexible disk FD in this manner can be read by attaching the flexible disk to an external computer capable of reading and writing data in the format format of the flexible disk and operating a designated program.
It can be displayed on the display of the computer. As a result, the user can know the contents of the current use mode of the device in a short time.

The data in the FD for setting the mode of the device can be newly created and corrected by using a computer that can use a program for editing, and can be converted to a predetermined file name and data format. It is possible to create mode setting data based on this. For this reason, it is possible to set and change data in the flexible disk using an external computer without using the used device, and the operation is facilitated. Further, in the third embodiment, the computer reads the data relating to the currently used mode stored in the flexible disk, makes necessary corrections, and saves the changed data to use the flexible mode of the device. Once the settings are made, the mode can be changed. Therefore, even when another user is using the device, the mode setting can be corrected using the computer, so that the number of key operations for actually setting the mode using the flexible disk is reduced. And the required time can be shortened.

[0012] In the created data, the same part as the initialization mode of the device may be omitted. In other words, when creating data using the computer, the control program is set so that the contents of the mode that has not been set are the initialization modes that are set in advance for the device. In this way, only the minimum necessary data is required when creating the mode setting data, so that the data creation time can be reduced and the capacity of the flexible disk can be saved. Note that CP
The program on which U operates depends on the RO not shown
Needless to say, it is stored in M.

[0013]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to realize the mode setting and change of electronic devices, especially OA devices, and AV devices having various functions without complicated key operations. it can.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a control system of an electronic device to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a schematic configuration of an operation unit of the device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 CPU, 2 RAM, 3 interfaces, 4 flexible disk unit, 4a drive, 5 mode setting register, 6 electronic equipment

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] An electronic device comprising an OA device or an AV device capable of operating in a plurality of modes,
The electronic device includes a flexible disk unit including a flexible disk drive, a control unit, and a display unit. The flexible disk includes data on a mode for implementing various functions of the electronic device in a file name. When the flexible disk is mounted in the drive and the flexible disk read switch is turned on, the control unit displays a list of file names written in the flexible disk, While operating the electronic device in a mode corresponding to the data content of the file name selected from the file names displayed in the list, the control unit, when the flexible disk write switch is turned on, the electronic device Data about the mode currently used is Electronic apparatus and controlling to write to. 2. An external computer reads and modifies data relating to a currently used mode written on the flexible disk, and saves the corrected data on the flexible disk to change the mode of the electronic device. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device is configured to perform the following.