JPH0545994B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a business card information processing system using business cards as information media.

[Background of the invention] In today's society, business cards have become an important means of communication, and businessmen often have a large number of business cards and have trouble organizing them. There are various ways to organize your business cards, such as writing the date on the business card on the day you received it, or storing it in a business card file in alphabetical order or by company, but when you have a large number of business cards, It is difficult to search easily. Furthermore, when receiving business cards from a large number of visitors, such as at various exhibition venues, organizing, sorting, and creating a list of business cards is all manual work, requiring a great deal of labor. Furthermore, when making a telephone call, the user must search for a desired business card from among many business cards and then dial while looking at the business card, which takes time and increases the possibility of entering the wrong telephone number.

[Purpose of the invention]

This invention was made in view of the above circumstances,
By directly reading the information attached to the business card and processing this information, it is possible to create a list, search for a person's name, etc., and also generate a dialing signal based on the telephone number information among the above information. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a business card information processing system that does the following.

[Key points of the invention]

The present invention comprises a reading means for reading information such as telephone number information contained in a business card, a storage means for storing information on the business card read by the reading means, and a control means for controlling input/output of information to and from the storage means. , a visual display means for visually displaying the information outputted from the storage means under the control of the control means, and a dial signal according to the telephone number information read from the storage means under the control of the control means. This is a business card information processing system consisting of a telephone calling means for making a call.

[Embodiments of the invention]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 11 shown in FIG. 1 is a business card, and the back of this business card 11 has a bar code 1 as shown in FIG.
11 is printed. As shown in Figure 3, the information in this barcode 111 includes "name", "company name",
It represents "affiliation,""address," and "telephone number," and is a coded representation of the relevant information on the front of the business card. FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of an information processing system that uses business cards with such barcodes printed on them, in which the barcode 111 of the business card 11 is read by a barcode reader 12 equipped with five parallel reading sections, The read information is input into the input buffer 131 of the computer 13 in the form of a binary code. The computer 13 writes the input information into the memory 14 in the format shown in FIG. If information has already been written in the memory 14, the information is compared with the input information, rearranged, for example, in alphabetical order of names, and then written.
Reference numeral 15 denotes a keyboard, and by operating the keyboard 15, business card information stored in the memory 14 can be called up and displayed on the CRT 16 or printed on the printer 17. You can also perform various operations, such as inputting a company name to print out a list of business card information for that company's employees, or inputting a name to display phone numbers. on the other hand,
Reference numeral 18 denotes a telephone calling device, and when the telephone number information input from the barcode reader 12 or the information stored in the memory 14 is set in the output buffer 132 of the computer 13 in response to an instruction from the keyboard 15, This is a device that converts that code into a pulse train and sends it out over a telephone line. Therefore, you can make a call by simply setting a business card or pressing a specific key, without having to dial a telephone number.

FIG. 6 is an external view of a device in which such an information processing system is integrated, and a liquid crystal device 16' is provided in place of the CRT 16.

Therefore, when making a call, the user only needs to pick up the receiver 31 and insert the business card into the barcode reader 12, and if the user inserts the business card while leaving the receiver, the information will be recorded in the internal memory.

7 to 9 show other embodiments,
Business card 21 with magnetic stripe 211 on the back
This is an information processing system using The format of the magnetic stripe 211 is as shown in FIG.
Although it is basically the same as a barcode, it has an additional information area 212 that can be written later. In FIG. 9, 22 is a magnetic card reading/writing device (hereinafter abbreviated as magnetic R/W device), which sends the information read from the business card 21 to the input buffer 231 of the computer 23, and also outputs the information from the computer 23 to the output buffer 231 of the computer 23. The information set in 232 is added to the additional information area 2 of the business card 21.
Write to 12. memory 14, keyboard 15,
Since the CRT 16, printer 17, and telephone transmitter 18 are the same as those shown in FIG. 4, their explanations will be omitted.

To write to the business card 21, write data is input from the keyboard 15, and when a write instruction key is operated, the data is set in the output buffer 232, and the magnetic R/W device 22 writes data to the magnetic stripe 211 of the business card 21. The information is written to the additional information area 212 inside. Therefore, the date on which the business card was received, comments, etc. can be recorded on the business card and taken out at a later date.

In the above embodiment, a barcode reader and a magnetic card reader are used as reading devices, but the present invention is not limited to these, and may be an optical character recognition device, a magnetic ink reading device, or the like. Furthermore, a business card stocker may be provided so that a large number of business cards can be read continuously at one time.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, information attached to a business card can be processed simply by inserting the business card into a reading device, so that the following effects can be achieved.

a. You can search for necessary business card information from a large amount of business card information.

b. Able to create directory and customer list.

c By using a printer, you can print addresses for direct mail, etc.

d You can make automatic calls.

e Desired information can be recorded on business cards.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 shows the front side of a business card, FIG. 2 shows the back side of a business card with a barcode, and FIG. 3 shows the data format of the barcode. , Figure 4 is a diagram showing the system configuration, Figure 5 is a diagram showing the memory storage format, Figure 6 is a diagram showing the external appearance of the device in which the system is integrated, and Figure 7 is the back side of a business card with a magnetic stripe. 8 is a diagram showing a data format of a magnetic stripe, and FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a system configuration using a magnetic card. 11, 21... Business card, 12... Barcode reader, 13, 23... Computer, 14... Memory, 15... Keyboard, 16... CRT, 1
6'...Liquid crystal display device, 17...Printer, 18
...Telephone transmitting device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A reading means for reading barcode information of at least the name and telephone number written on a business card; a storage means for storing a plurality of names and telephone number information read by the reading means on the business card in a predetermined order; a control means for controlling the output of the plurality of names and telephone number information stored in the storage means; and a visual display for visually displaying the name and telephone number information output from the storage means based on control by the control means. a display means; an output buffer means for selectively reading out and storing any one of the plurality of telephone number information stored in the storage means based on control by the control means; and a telephone number stored in the output buffer means. An information processing system using a business card, comprising a telephone calling means that sends a dial signal according to number information.