JPH02118767A - Information writing control device, information reproducing control device and information presenting system composed of devices - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To rapidly and easily get necessary and latest information by providing a control part to control the storing operation of the receiving information of a storing part, respond to a writing command signal and control a writing operation for the information medium of a writing part. CONSTITUTION:When respective types of information from an information center 21 are received by a transmitting control part 19, a CPU 15 of a control part 14 stores latest information to a memory 16 and makes an operating part 3 execute the switch displaying. Next, when an IC card is inserted into a card inserting port and the selection operation of information is executed by the information category switch of the operating part 3, a writing command signal is outputted by the operation, and the storing information corresponding to the selection operation in the memory 16 is transferred to the buffer in the CPU 15. Thus, an information desiring person can easily get the necessary and latest information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of the Invention) The present invention relates to a system for providing various types of information.

(Prior Art and its Problems) Current means of providing information include newspapers, magazines, and other printed publications.

However, in the case of such printed publications, in addition to information that is necessary from the standpoint of the purchaser, unnecessary information is usually included.

Therefore, purchasers end up paying expensive subscription fees even for unnecessary information, and since they are printed publications, there is a limit to how quickly they can provide the latest information.

(Object of the Invention) The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible to manually obtain necessary and up-to-date information quickly and easily.

(Structure and Effects of the Invention) In order to achieve such an object, the present invention has the following features:
The information writing control device of 1) includes an operating section that outputs a write command signal when operated, a receiving section for receiving information (received information) provided from the outside, and storing the received information from the receiving section. a storage section that writes the received information stored in the storage section onto an information medium; a writing section that controls the storage operation of the received information of the storage section and responds to the write command signal; and a control section that controls a writing operation of the writing section to the information medium.

The information reproduction control device according to claim (2) includes: a reading section that reads information written on the information medium according to claim (1); an information reproducing section that reproduces the information read by the reading section; and a control section that controls the reading operation of the section and the information reproducing operation of the information reproducing section.

The information providing system according to claim (3) is based on the above-mentioned claim (1).
The information writing control device according to claim (2), the information reproduction control device according to claim (2), and an information center that provides information to a receiving section of the information writing control device.

According to the structure of the invention of claim (1), the information received by the receiving section is stored in the storage section, and the information stored in the storage section is written in response to a write command signal from the operation section. The information is written to the information medium via the section.

According to the structure of the invention of claim (2), the information on the information medium read by the reading section is reproduced by the information reproducing section under the control of the control section.

According to the structure of the invention of claim (3), the information sent from the information center to the information writing control device is written on the information medium by the information writing control device, and is reproduced by the information reproduction control device. be able to.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the information writing control device can write information from the information center onto the information medium, and the information reproduction control device can read and reproduce the information written on the information medium. With the information provision system comprised of both of these devices and an information center, information seekers can now easily obtain the latest information they need.

(Description of Embodiments) Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of the information writing control device.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral l indicates an exterior body, and the front surface of the exterior body l serves as a customer service surface 2. On the customer service surface 2, there is an operation section 3 which is composed of a touch panel and is used to select the information to be written, an IC card insertion slot 4 into which an IC card for writing information is inserted, and banknotes used to pay the writing fee. An insertion slot 5, a prepaid card insertion slot 6 used for paying the writing fee, a coin insertion lower used for paying the writing fee, and a change outlet 8 are provided.

Inside the card insertion slot 4, there is a card writer lO as a part for writing information to an IC card as an information medium. A coin processing machine 12 is provided inside the prepaid card insertion slot 6, and a card reader 13 is provided inside the prepaid card insertion slot 6.

FIG. 2 is a block circuit diagram showing the overall configuration of the information writing device, 14 is a control section, and the control section 14 is a CPU 15.
and a memory 16 as an information storage unit. The control unit 14 is connected to the operation unit 3, the banknote processing machine II, the coin processing machine 12, and the card reader 13 via the first ink face 17, and the card writer is connected to the control unit 14 via the second ink face 18. 10 are connected.

Further, a transmission control section 19 as an information signal receiving section is connected to the control section 14, and this transmission control section 19 is connected to an external information center 21 via a line 20.

The operation of the information writing control device will be explained with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

First, when various information from the information center 21 is received by the transmission control unit 19 which is a receiving unit, the CPU 15 of the control unit 14
stores the latest information in the memory 16 (Sri,
Make the operation unit 3 display a switch as shown in Fig. 4 (S
2). This display includes, for example, various information genre selection switches 50, cancellation switches 51, and selection end switches 5.
This is a display of the second switch group.

Next, the IC card is inserted into the card insertion slot 4 (S3
), when an information selection operation is performed using the information genre switch 50 of the operation unit 3, a write command signal is output (S4) and the memory! The storage information corresponding to the selection operation in CPU 15 is transferred to the buffer in CPU 15 (S5).

In this way, the stored information is transferred to the buffer for each selection operation, but when the selection operation is completed and the selection end switch 52 is pressed (SO), the CPU
Step 5 causes the charge to be displayed (S7). The displayed amount of this fee becomes higher as the number of information selection operations increases.
As shown in the figure, this is done at the bottom of the operating section 3. When the information requester confirms the displayed amount and makes a payment using various types of banknotes, coins, and prepaid cards (S8), the CPU
15 writes the transfer information in the buffer to the IC card inserted into the card insertion slot 4 (S9), and after writing, the IC card is ejected (S10). and,
When the IC card is removed (S11), the process returns to Sl.

Next, the configuration of the information reproduction control device will be explained with reference to FIG.

30 is an exterior body, and the front surface of the exterior body 30 is a customer service surface 31. A CRT display 32 as an information reproducing section is provided on almost the entire upper part of the customer service surface 31, and a card insertion slot 33 for inserting an IC card with information written therein and a card insertion slot 33 for performing information reproducing operations is provided at the bottom thereof. Numeric keypad 3
An operating section 34 consisting of a 4a1 page forwarding button 34b is arranged in parallel, and an information print paper ejection port 35 and a print command button 36 are provided at the bottom thereof.

Inside the card insertion slot 33, there is a card reader 38 as an information reading unit for the IC card, and an operation unit 34.
An operating mechanism section 39 is provided inside the printer, and a printer 40 as an information reproducing section is provided inside the print paper ejection port 35.

FIG. 6 is a block circuit diagram showing the overall configuration of the information reproduction control device, where 41 is a control section, and the control section 41 includes a CPU 42 and a memory 4 constituted by a microcomputer.
3, the above CRT display 32 and operation section 34 are connected to this control section 41 via a first interface 44, the above printer 40 is connected via a second interface 45, and further, The card reader 38 is connected via the third ink face 46 .

The operation of the information reproduction control device will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

When an IC card with information written thereon is inserted by a person requesting information (St), the card reader reads the information (S2) and displays the read information on the CRT display 32.
(S3).

The information requester operates the operation unit 34 to receive the information (S4).
, view by specifying the page or turning the page. If the user desires to print the displayed content, the user presses the print command button 36 (S5), and the printer prints the content (S6).

Then, when the IC card is removed (S7)
, the display is stopped (S8) and the process returns to SL.

Although the information playback control device of the above embodiment has a configuration including both the CRT display 32 and the printer 40 as the information playback section, it may also be configured to include only one of them.

The information provision system of the present invention includes an information center, an information writing control device connected to the information center, and an information reproduction control device. Then, for example, the system is configured such that an information center is provided within an information service company, an information writing control device is placed at a station, etc., and an information reproduction control device is provided corresponding to each seat in the train. . With this configuration, a person desiring information can write information using the information writing control device at the station and view the information using the information reproducing control device on the train. Alternatively, the information writing control device may be provided on the book floor, and the person requesting the information may own the information reproduction control device.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 to 7 relate to the present invention; FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of the information writing control device, FIG. 2 is a block circuit diagram thereof, FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation, and FIG. 4 5 is an external perspective view of the information reproduction control device, FIG. 6 is a block circuit diagram thereof, and FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the operation thereof. 3... Operation section, 10... Card writer (writing section), 14.41... Control section, 16... Memory (storage section), ... Transmission control section (receiving section), - Information Center, ... CRT display (information reproducing section), card league (reading section), ... printer (information reproducing section).

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) An operating section that outputs a write command signal when operated; a receiving section for information (received information) provided from the outside; a storage section that stores the received information from the receiving section; and the memory. a writing section for writing the received information stored in the storage section onto an information medium; An information write control device comprising: a control section that controls a write operation on a medium. (2) A reading section that reads information written on the information medium according to claim (1), an information reproducing section that reproduces the information read by the reading section, a reading operation of the reading section, and the information reproduction. 1. An information reproduction control device comprising: a control section for controlling an information reproduction operation of the section; (3) Information provision comprising the information writing control device according to claim (1), the information playback control device according to claim (2), and an information center that provides information to the receiving section of the information writing control device. system.