JPH0335344A - Electronic equipment system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To clearly grasp a specific function soft wave that is presently in use by using a display means set near a window part. CONSTITUTION:An electronic equipment system contains an IC card 9 and an equipment main body 1 which selects and uses one of plural functions stored in the inserted card 9. The function displays 10 - 14 are added on at least one of both sides of the card 9 to show those stored functions. The main body 1 includes a window part 3 to confirm visually the displays 10 - 14 prepared on the card 9 from outside when the card 9 is inserted. Furthermore the display means 4 - 8 are set near the part 3 and in accordance with the positions of selected displays 10 - 14 respectively that can be recognized through the part 3 to show the selected one of functions 10 - 14. Thus it is possible to surely recognize he function that is presently working regardless of the type of the inserted card 9.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention (Industrial Field of Application) The present invention is an electronic system organizer, for example, in which the functions in the IC card can be activated by inserting an IC card in which several functions are stored into the main body of the device. The present invention relates to an improvement in an electronic device system that can be used, and particularly to one in which a display method for indicating the function or mode being used is improved.

(Prior Art) Some electronic devices allow the functions stored in the IC card to be used on the device body by inserting an IC card that stores multiple functions into the device body. be.

For example, an electronic notebook uses an IC card that stores kanji conversion software in order to have a word processing function.

When a kanji conversion card like the one mentioned above is inserted into the main body of the electronic system organizer, the mode symbol pre-installed on the main body of the device will be displayed on the liquid crystal display screen, indicating that the kanji conversion function is being used. It is configured as follows.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, depending on the IC card, a fairly large number of functions or modes are stored. For example, in the kanji conversion card mentioned above, the bunsetsu conversion function,
Multiple functions are often stored, such as an idiom conversion function. Furthermore, many types of IC cards are used in electronic notebooks.

However, in conventional electronic notebooks, usage indications are not made according to each of the above-mentioned functions in the IC card. That is, it was not possible to recognize on the display screen which function in the IC card is currently being operated.

An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic equipment system equipped with a display method that allows you to reliably visually confirm which function is currently being operated, regardless of which IC card is inserted. There is a particular thing.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The electronic device system of the present invention includes an IC card, and a device body into which the IC card is inserted and which selects and uses any of a plurality of functions stored in the IC card. The electronic device system has a plurality of function displays indicating a plurality of stored functions on at least one side of the IC card, and when the IC card is inserted into the main body of the device, the IC card is A window is formed to allow the above function display to be viewed from the outside, and a selected function is indicated near the window in correspondence to the positions of a plurality of function displays that are visible from the window. Display means are provided, whereby the above object is achieved.

(Example) The present invention will be described below with reference to an example. In this example,
This invention is applied to an electronic notebook. Second
The figure schematically shows a part of the main body 1 of the electronic notebook according to the present embodiment. The device main body l is provided with a liquid crystal display section 2. A window section 3 is provided near the product display section 2. This window section 3 is provided to enable the functional display on the IC card, which will be described later, to be viewed from the outside. It is formed by closing it with a transparent member such as transparent resin.

Symbol marks ( ) 4 to 8 are provided on the liquid crystal display section 2 near the window section 3 . Any one of these symbol marks 4 to 8 is configured to change its state to (ma) under the control of the main body of the device driven by functional software stored in the IC card. Hereinafter, changing any of the symbol marks 4 to 8 from the ( ) state to the (ma) state will be referred to as "lighting up."

Referring to FIG. 3, a plurality of function displays 10-14 are printed on one side of IC card 9.

This IC card 9 is a kanji conversion card, and the function display l
As O to 14, "bunsetsu", "idioms", "onkun", "symbols", and "codes" are printed. That is, this IC
In the card 9, five types of functional programs, such as a phrase conversion function and an idiom conversion function, are written in the built-in ROM.

Further, a processing procedure for controlling the lighting of symbol marks 4 to 8 is also written in the ROM.

When using such an electronic organizer, the IC card 9 is inserted into the main body l of the device in the direction of arrow A in FIG.

The inserted state is schematically shown in FIG. As described above, since the window 3 is formed at a position where the function display can be read through the window, the function display 10 to 14 printed on the IC card 9 will appear in the window 3.

Among the multiple functions stored in the IC card,
When any of the functions l, for example, the bunsetsu conversion function, is used, the symbol mark 4 corresponding to the position of the function display "bunsetsu" lo is lit. That is, as mentioned above, when each function software stored in the IC card 9 is used, a function display 10-14 indicating the function in use among symbol marks 4 to 8 is displayed. A processing procedure is written in which the symbol mark at the corresponding position lights up.

Therefore, when the IC card 9 is inserted into the main body of the device and the functions in the IC card 9 are used, it is possible to easily determine through the window 3 which function is currently being operated.

Furthermore, in the structure of this embodiment, symbol marks 4 to 8 are
It is not fixed because it is just a mark and does not indicate a specific name for each function. That is,
Even when other types of IC cards are inserted and used, it is possible to similarly indicate the currently selected function.

In addition, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the liquid crystal display section 2 is used as the display means.
Although symbol marks 4 to 8 are provided, the display means may be provided separately from the liquid crystal display section 2. That is,
As long as display means corresponding to the positions of a plurality of function displays are provided in the vicinity of the window portion 3, the structure of the display means itself is arbitrary.

Furthermore, the present invention is applicable not only to electronic notebooks but also to general electronic equipment systems that use IC cards for external storage.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, in the present invention, when an IC card is inserted, the selected functional software among the plurality of functional software in the IC card is displayed on the display means disposed near the window. This makes it possible to easily and clearly understand which functional software is being used.

Moreover, the function display provided on the surface of the IC card is used, and the display means on the device itself does not use a unique name for the function display. It is not fixed to something that corresponds to Therefore, when various IC cards are inserted, the selected function can be displayed in any case.

4. No. Kasuga Figure 1 is a partial plan view schematically showing the state in which an IC card is inserted into the device main body in an embodiment of the present invention, and Figure 2 is a partial plan view schematically showing the device main body. 3 are partial plan views for explaining an example of an IC card.

l...Device body, 2...Display section, 3...Window section, 4
~8... Symbol mark, 9... IC card, lO
~14...Function display.

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Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. An electronic device system comprising an IC card and a device body into which the IC card is inserted and which selects and uses any of a plurality of functions stored in the IC card, comprising: A plurality of function displays indicating a plurality of stored functions are provided on at least one side of the IC card, and the function display on the IC card can be visually recognized from the outside when the IC card is inserted into the main body of the device. An electronic device that is provided with a window for displaying a selected function, and display means for indicating a selected function is provided in the vicinity of the window, corresponding to the positions of a plurality of function displays that are visible from the window. system.