JPH04107591A - Information display board and its system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily offer information to may people by composing the above system of a display part provided between a recording paper supply means and a recording paper take-up means, a control means which receives sent information data, and a printing means which prints the received information data on recording paper. CONSTITUTION:When the information data is received by a controller 7 through a transmission cable 12, the data is held temporarily in a data holding part 8 and also transmitted to a control part 9. Then the display data of the information data is sent to a printing head 13 through a printing head driver 10 to drive the printing head, thereby starting printing the data on the recording paper 3. Simultaneously, the control data of the information data is sent to a recording paper driving moor 14 through a recording paper driving driver 11 and the recording paper 3 is moved in synchronism with the printing of a printer 4. Thus, the information which is received from a remote place can be printed on the recording paper 3 and also displayed in an opening part 6. Consequently, many people can be offered the information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to an information display board and its system. More specifically, the present invention provides an information display board that can print and display information from a remote location on recording paper, and an information display board that can transmit information to a remote location and print and display it. It's about systems.

(Conventional technology and its issues) Traditionally, in order to provide various information to a large number of people,
Display boards such as blackboards and whiteboards have been used, and predetermined information has been provided by handwriting with chalk or pen on these boards.

Additionally, information is simply written on paper or the like by hand, and the information is displayed by pasting it on a board.

However, when writing information by hand on display boards such as blackboards and whiteboards, there is a drawback that it requires a lot of effort when the amount of information is large.
Since the typefaces are handwritten, there is a limit to how aesthetically pleasing the typefaces can be, and especially when using a brush, etc., there is a problem in that the typefaces must be reliant on experts.

On the other hand, when printing predetermined information on paper, etc. and pasting it up, a printing process is required, so if, for example, different information is supplied on each sheet, the printing cost is high. It has the disadvantage of becoming.

Furthermore, in all of these cases, there is an important problem in that it is virtually impossible to quickly provide information from a remote location to a large number of people.

At the same time, we can quickly provide a wide variety of information to remote locations,
As devices for acquiring information from remote locations, for example, facsimile machines, electronic printers such as teletypes, and the like have been developed.

However, the reality is that even with these devices, it is impossible to provide information to a large number of people.

In other words, these devices are intended for sending and receiving information between remote locations, and although facsimile machines and electronic printers have the function of printing information, they do not have the ability to display it to a large number of people. It has no function.

On the other hand, CRTs, liquid crystal displays, and the like have been known as display devices, but these display devices do not have the function of providing information to remote locations.

This invention was made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a new information display board that eliminates the drawbacks of conventional information displays and is capable of printing and displaying information from a remote location on recording paper. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an information display board system that allows information to be input, edited, and sent to a remote location for printing and display.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention solves the above problems by providing a pair of opposing recording paper supply means and a recording paper winding means, and a recording paper winding means provided between the supply means and the winding means. To provide an information display board characterized by comprising a display section, a control means for receiving transmitted information data, and a printing means for printing the received information data on recording paper.

The present invention also provides an information display board system comprising the above-described information display board, an input device for inputting information data, and a transmitting device for transmitting the information data.

(Function) The information display board of the present invention includes a pair of opposed recording paper supply means and recording paper winding means, a display section provided between these supply means and the winding means, and a display section that displays transmitted information. By providing a control means for receiving data and a printing means for printing the received information data on recording paper, the received information can be printed on recording paper and displayed.

Furthermore, by combining the above-mentioned information display board, an input device for inputting information data, and a transmitting device for transmitting information data, it is possible to transmit information to a remote location and print it on the information display board.・Can be displayed.

(Embodiments) Hereinafter, embodiments will be shown along with the drawings, and the information display board and its system of the present invention will be explained in more detail.

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing an example of an information display board of the present invention.

The information display board illustrated in FIG. 1 has a pair of supply rolls (
1) and a take-up roll (2) are provided vertically facing each other, and a printing device (4) for printing received information on recording paper (3) is provided near the supply roll (1). are doing. Recording paper (3) is supplied with a supply roll (1) and a take-up roll (
The rotation 2) moves in the direction of the arrow (A) shown in the figure.

This movement of the recording paper (3) is carried out by the printing unit, as will be described later.
(4) is synchronized when printing. A cover (5) between the supply roll (1) and the take-up roll (2)
) is also provided with an opening (6) for display so that the printed recording paper (3) can be viewed.

On the other hand, in the vicinity of the printing device (4), the rotation of the supply roll (1) and the take-up roll (2), that is, the movement of the recording paper (3) in the direction of the arrow (A), and the movement of the printing device (4). A control device (7) is provided to control the operation. This control device (
7) is shown in the block diagram of FIG. 2.

As shown in FIG. 2, the control device (7) includes a data holding section (8), a control section (9), and a print head driver (1).
0) and a recording paper drive driver (11).

The data holding unit (8) receives information data consisting of display data and control data transmitted via a transmission cable (12) such as a telephone line or an optical cable, and prints the data by the printing device (4) shown in FIG. The information data is temporarily stored until printing on the recording paper (3) is completed. Control part (9)
Among the information data transmitted from the data holding section (8), the display data is transmitted to the print head driver (10), and the control data is transmitted to the recording paper drive driver (11). The print head driver (lO) is for driving the print head (13) of the printing device (4), and the recording paper drive driver (11) is for driving the recording paper (3) during printing by the printing device (4). ) in the direction of arrow (A) shown in Figure 1.
14).

The control device (7) having the above configuration operates, for example, as follows.

As shown in FIG. 2, when information data is received by the control device (7) via the transmission cable (12), the data is stored in the data storage section (8) and the data is stored in the control section (9). ) The display data of the information data is then transmitted to the print head ( ) via the print head driver (10).
13) to drive it and start printing on the recording paper (3). At the same time, the control data of the information data is transmitted to the recording paper drive motor (14) via the recording paper drive driver (11), and the recording paper (3) is moved in synchronization with printing by the printing device (4). let In this way, information received from a remote location can be printed on the recording paper (3) and, after printing has been completed, displayed in the opening (6) shown in FIG. This eliminates the need for the traditional effort of displaying information, and allows information to be instantly printed and displayed from a remote location. Real-time information can be simply and easily provided by print display. Further, the display format can be arbitrary, such as characters, diagrams, or a combination thereof, and can be displayed in an appropriate format that is easy to see.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating the appearance of the information display boat of the present invention.

In this example, the display board body is disposed on a support stand (15) via legs (16). By doing so, it becomes possible to arrange it at any location. Of course, other than this example, the display board main body can also be fixed to a wall of a building or the like, or it can be buried. There are no particular restrictions on its format.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information display board system of the present invention using the above-mentioned information display board.

As shown in FIG. 4, the system of the present invention includes an input device (17), a transmitter (18), and an information display board (19).

When transmitting information to a remote location and printing/displaying it, predetermined information is input into the input device (17), and the information data is sent to the information display board (1) via the transmitting device (18).
9) Send to. The information entered using the input device (17) is
The information is printed and displayed on this information display board (19) as described above. In this way, real-time information can be provided even to remote locations, and information can be sequentially transmitted to various areas and printed and displayed on the information display board (19). From the transmitting device (18) to the information display board (1
The information data can be transmitted to 9) via any cable such as a telephone line or an optical cable.

The input device (17) includes, for example, a computer system equipped with character fonts, communication programs, control programs for controlling these, and various programs for editing characters, sentences, diagrams, etc. It is also possible to provide one.

Of course, this invention is not limited to the above examples, but includes details such as the size, shape, configuration and structure of the information display board, the configuration and structure of the input device and the transmission device, and the types of information and transmission cables. Needless to say, various embodiments are possible.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above in detail, the present invention provides an information display board that can quickly print and display information from a remote location. It is possible to exchange a wide variety of information between remote locations, and to print and display the information in any format that is easy to view. Providing information to a large number of people becomes significantly easier.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing an example of an information display board of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a control device for the information display board illustrated in FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating the appearance of the information display board of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the information display board system of the present invention. 1... Supply port 2... Take-up roll 3... Recording paper 4... Printing device 5... Cover integrated 6... Opening 7... Control unit! 8...Data holding unit 9...Control unit 10...Print head driver 11...Record paper drive driver 2...Transmission cable 3...Print head 4...Record paper drive motor 5... ... Support stand 6 ... Legs 7 ... Input device 8 ... Transmission device 9 ... Information display board Fig. 1

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) A pair of opposing recording paper supply means and recording paper winding means, a display section provided between these supply means and the winding means, and a control means for receiving transmitted information data;
An information display board comprising: printing means for printing received information data on recording paper. (2) a print head driver that drives the print head;
A recording paper drive driver that drives the recording paper during printing, a data storage unit that temporarily stores information data consisting of transmitted display data and control data, and a print head driver and a recording paper drive that respectively store the display data and control data. The information display board according to claim 1, further comprising a control means comprising a control section for transmitting information to the driver. (3) An information display board system comprising the information display board according to claim (1), an input device for inputting information data, and a transmitting device for transmitting the information data.