JPH0418843A - Terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To widely use a terminal equipment by integrating respective information units of a telephone set, a facsimile equipment, a personal computer, and a word processor and organically integrating respective functions. CONSTITUTION:The terminal equipment is constituted by a terminal unit 1 and a radio telephone connector 2 and the terminal unit 1 is composed by connecting a central processing part 4, a memory 3, an input display part 5, where an input mechanism is provided for a display surface and a picture input part 6 inputting picture information, a picture recording part 7 recording picture information in a paper, an IC card read/write part 8 writing and reading data into an IC card 9, and a radio receiver 11 having a recording and reproducing device 12 and MODEM 10. On the other hand, an interface part 13 connecting the transmission/reception signal of the radio receiver 11 to the telephone line is provided for a radio telephone connector 2. Thus, the terminal equipment is widely used.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a terminal device, and more specifically, for example, a device that integrates information devices such as a cordless telephone, a personal computer, a word processor, and a facsimile with a data storage function into one device. The present invention relates to a terminal device.

[Conventional technology]

In recent years, for example, facsimiles, personal computers (
Information devices such as personal computers (hereinafter referred to as personal computers) and word processors (hereinafter referred to as word processors) are beginning to spread from the business field to households due to lower costs, and personal information devices have also appeared and are being used.

A facsimile machine transmits an image signal obtained by scanning an image input unit and photoelectric conversion over a telephone line via a modem.
The original image signal is reproduced in the image recording section of the facsimile on the receiving side. For this reason, facsimiles can transmit reproduced images faithfully to the original in a short time, making them suitable for transmitting complex figures, texts with kanji, handwritten manuscripts, etc., and the communication content is accurate and accurate.
I can tell you with certainty.

In addition to being used for creating ledgers and documents, personal computers and word processors are also connected to telephone lines as terminals via modems and couplers to form computer networks and send e-mails and databases. Also used for access, etc.

On the other hand, personal devices include so-called electronic notebooks, which are used instead of memos, and cordless phones with an answering machine function, which replaces conventional telephones.

An electronic notebook consists of a pocket-sized notebook body and a memory IC card attached to the body, and a lot of data such as an address book, transportation departure/arrival times and schedules can be stored in the IC card. Recall and use data when necessary.

A cordless telephone consists of a wireless handset and a wireless telephone connection device that is connected to a telephone line. You can make calls from anywhere or while on the move. In addition, the answering machine function, if the caller is absent or unable to answer the call, will answer the call on behalf of the caller, record the message on a tape or IC, etc., and return the call after returning home. , which you can play and listen to when you're doing your handiwork.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, each of the above-mentioned devices is not capable of recording images of facsimiles that can print figures etc. with high quality even when a personal computer, word processor, and facsimile are installed in an office, etc. Because computers and word processors cannot use printers that can print expensive graphics, computers and word processors and fax machines have different communication methods, so data cannot be exchanged between them, so they are installed at the destination. The transmitting device must be selected according to the device connected to the telephone line.

In addition, to access data from a computer or word processor to an electronic organizer's IC card, a serial transfer method is used that connects the electronic organizer itself with a cable. is necessary.

Furthermore, because conventional cordless telephones do not have an internal modem, it is not possible to use these telephones to easily convert computers, word processors, facsimile machines, etc. into cordless types that are not limited by the installation location depending on the telephone line.
As exemplified here, the above do not organically combine and function to complement each other.

Therefore, in this invention, the above-mentioned "personal computer", "word processor", "facsimile", "
The purpose is to organically combine cordless telephones J so that they complement each other, and to achieve deeper and broader usage.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the terminal device is composed of a terminal device and a wireless telephone connection device, and the terminal device has a memory in its central processing section, an input display section having a human power mechanism on the display surface, and an input display section for inputting image information. an image input section that records image information on paper, an IC card read/write section that writes data to and reads data from the IC card, and a wireless receiver that has a recording/playback device and a modem. On the other hand, the wireless telephone connection device is configured to include an interface section that connects the transmitted and received signals of the wireless handset to a telephone line.

[Operation] A terminal device configured in this way can, for example,
When an IC card is set in the C card read/write unit and data is read from the image input unit along with charts, documents, etc., the data is written to the memory by the central processing unit and displayed on the display unit. This data is corrected by the input mechanism on the display section, and after the editing process is completed, it is transferred to paper in the image recording section, and then transferred to the IC card read/write section.
The write section records on the IC card. At this time, when a transmission command is input from the input mechanism, the destination is called by the wireless handset, and a telephone line connecting the destination is connected to the wireless telephone connection device. After this, the data stored in the memory is modulated by the modem according to each communication method, wirelessly transmitted from the wireless handset to the wireless telephone connection device, and then transmitted to the destination via the telephone line by the interface circuit. .

Conversely, when data is sent from the other party,
Contrary to the above, the data sent from the wireless telephone connection device is
It is received by the wireless handset, demodulated by the modem, and temporarily stored in the memory. In response to a command from the input mechanism, the image recording section prints the paper, and the IC card read/write section prints the image to the I/O.
Record to C card.

Furthermore, when the terminal device is not transmitting or receiving the data,
It can also be used as a traditional cordless telephone with a wireless handset, or as an answering machine with a recording and playback device.

〔Example〕

This embodiment will be explained below with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

Terminal device A shown in FIG. 1 consists of a terminal device 1 and a wireless telephone connection device 2. As shown in FIG. An input display section 5 with an input mechanism attached to a display surface, an image input section 6 that reads image information, an image recording section 7 that records image information on paper, and an IC that writes and reads data to and from an IC card 9. The wireless telephone receiver 11 is connected to the card read/write section 8 and to the central processing section 4, and is provided with a recording/reproducing device 12 and a modem 10.

On the other hand, the wireless telephone connection device 2 shown in FIG.
It is connected to, for example, general subscriber telephones, VAN communications with business partners and affiliated companies, personal computer communication networks, etc. via the INE.

The memory 3 is a 120M memory in which the monitor program and communication software for the terminal 1 are written, and a RAM memory used for program work areas, display display, storage of communication transmission and reception data, etc. It is made up of.

The central processing unit 4 to which this memory 3 is connected is, for example, a multi-CPU using a plurality of microprocessors, and in addition to controlling each part of the terminal 1, it is also a processing unit for computer functions such as summer processing and text creation, and word processing functions. A device with sufficient processing capacity is used.

The central processing unit 4 has a liquid crystal touch panel 5 or the like as an input display unit 5, which is provided with an input mechanism such as a pressure-sensitive type using a transparent film or a photoelectric type using infrared rays on the display screen via an interface. It is an excellent man-machine that eliminates the need for a keyboard and can be connected to a display and touch the panel surface while checking data according to the panel display to give instructions to each function of the terminal 1 and input data. In addition to realizing an interface, by using the liquid crystal display panel 5, the terminal device 1 can be made into a laptop type, for example, as shown in FIG. 1, so that it can be made smaller and lighter for practical use.

The image input section 6 has a charging conversion system similar to that of a facsimile machine, and from the viewpoint of cost and miniaturization, a contact type image sensor is used as a part of the sensor, and it converts figures, documents, etc. into electrical signals. Once converted, the signal is A/D converted and converted, for example, by a DI'IA controller, etc.
It is temporarily stored in memory 3.

The image recording section 7 uses a thermal recording method, which is often used in facsimile machines, from the viewpoint of running costs, ease of use, and recording quality on paper, and is connected to the central processing section 4 or D.
? The character code or image data output from the memory 3 by the IA is recorded on paper.

When the IC card read/write unit 8 inserts an IC card 9, which is used as an external memory for a personal handy terminal, for example, an electronic notebook, as shown by the arrow in the figure, the internal memory of the IC card 9 reads: It is directly connected to the data bus inside the terminal device 1, and data can be transferred directly to the terminal device 1 in a short time without the trouble of connecting a cable to the main body of the notebook.

For this reason, data collected and processed by the terminal device 1 can be written to the IC card 9, data inputted in the electronic notebook can be read by the terminal device 1, and the data of the terminal device 1 can be read from the electronic notebook [anytime, anywhere]. ” so that it can be seen,
The terminal device 1 can also be used to backup electronic notebook data, process data, aggregate data, print out data, etc.

In addition, by reading/writing with this IC card read/write section 8, the IC card 9 can be transferred to the terminal device 1, for example.
It can also be used as external memory in place of a floppy disk.

The modem 10 has FS modulation (
frequency 5hift g+odulati
on) and ^? for facsimile communication. I-PS change II
(Amplitude 5 odulation-Ph
(as 5-hift modulation) is used.

The wireless handset 11 has a dialing function and, like a conventional handset, can be used as a normal telephone by directly dialing by the operator of the terminal 1. The radio receiver 11 also includes a recording/reproducing device 12 controlled by the central processing unit 4, such as a tape recorder or an audio storage I/O device.
It is equipped with C memory, etc., and has an answering machine function.

The wireless handset 11 is connected to the wireless telephone connection device 2 by a wireless method such as the MCA (Multi Channel Access) method, which is resistant to interference.
The terminal device 1 can be freely moved within the effective range of wireless communication and the installation location can be selected.

This embodiment is configured as described above, and now, for example, at a place away from the wireless telephone connection device 2 connected to the telephone line LINE, using the personal computer and word processing function of the terminal device 1, from the liquid crystal touch panel 5. Create sentences while inputting information. At this time, input data is also input from the IC card 9 of the IC card read/write unit 8, and graphical data such as charts is input from the image input unit 6, and the data displayed on the display screen is checked. While doing so, editing work is performed on the memory 3, and the data on the memory 3 is output from the image recording section 7 and recorded on paper. Further, this data is directly modulated by the modem 10 from the memory 3 and is sent by facsimile to a specified or unspecified destination via the wireless phone connection device 2.

Therefore, the quality of printing at the destination can be improved compared to sending a printed version by facsimile.

At this time, if the device connected at the destination is a personal computer instead of a facsimile, the central processing unit 4 switches to personal computer communication instead of facsimile communication and sends the message.

In this way, data transmission can be carried out using either facsimile communication or personal computer communication using only this terminal device A, depending on the destination device.

On the other hand, data sent from a destination, whether by facsimile communication or personal computer communication, is discriminated by the central processing unit 4, demodulated by the modem, and then stored in the memory 3. For example, on the liquid crystal panel 5,
Only when an ID indicating that the recipient is the recipient is entered, the recipient is written on the IC card, or printed out on paper from the image recording section, or both.

Furthermore, the wireless handset 11 is used outside the board as a conventional cordless telephone during data communication with a personal computer, word processor, facsimile, etc., and if the operator is absent, the recording/playback device 13 takes over for the operator. respond and record the message.

In this way, terminal device A is optimal when used as a means of communication with the outside, such as a terminal for l5DN (Integrated Service Digital Network), and is capable of handling four or more stages in one unit. In addition, it can be used to collect information such as stock price news, and furthermore, by contracting with local supermarkets, etc., you can receive product delivery services, and by hosting the company, you can collect questionnaires, requests, It exhibits excellent functions such as being able to build various systems such as planning participation programs.

Note that the recording/reproducing device 13 may be provided on the wireless telephone connection 812 side.

〔effect〕

Since this invention is configured as described above, for example, in general home appliance products, it is possible to combine each different item one by one to obtain N+1
=3'' ``1 + 1 = 5J'', for example, ``radio ten cassette recorder radio cassette player'', etc. RT stories that are very closely related in terms of ``communication'''' ・ ``Facsimile'' ・ ``Personal computer'' ・By combining the various information devices of the "word processor" and integrating each function in a natural way for rock fishing, each other's functions can be complemented, allowing for deeper and broader uses.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 and 2 show an embodiment of a terminal device according to the present invention, with FIG. 1 being a perspective view and FIG. 2 being a block diagram thereof. 1...terminal device, 2...wireless telephone connection device, 3...memory, 4...
... central processing section, 5 ... input display section, 6
......i image input section, 7...image recording section, 8...IC card read/write section, 9...
...IC card, 10...modem,
11... Radio receiver, 12... Recording/playback device, 13... Interface section. Figure 1 Figure 2

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) Consisting of a terminal device and a wireless telephone connection device, the terminal device includes a memory in its central processing section, an input display section having an input mechanism on its display surface, and an image input section for inputting image information. , an image recording unit that records image information on paper, and an IC that writes and reads data to and from an IC card.
A card read/write section is connected to a wireless handset having a recording/playback device and a modem, and the wireless telephone connecting device has an interface section for connecting the transmitted and received signals of the wireless handset to a telephone line. A terminal device characterized by: