JPH09219084A - Data storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically display display contents by providing a case surface of a data storage medium with a medium provided with at least a character display function, a function revising the displayed character data and the function revising the stored character data. SOLUTION: A floppy disk medium 1 is provided with a disk reading/writing window 2 for reading/writing the data on an incorporated magnetic disk. An IC card 3 is mounted to be stuck to the surface of the medium 1. A battery 4 in addition to a storage circuit and a display control circuit are incorporated in the card 3, and the power is supplied to an LCD display device 5 in addition to the relevant circuits. Further, an input terminal 6 is fitted in the card 3, and data for a label are received. The data for the label transmitted from a controller are displayed on the display device 5 of the card 3 of the medium 1. Thus, the data for the label are confirmed always in the state that the medium 1 is drawn out from a floppy disk driving device.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data storage medium such as a floppy disc, a cassette magnetic tape, a CD-ROM used in a computer, a data processing terminal device, etc., and more particularly to a label of the data storage medium. The present invention relates to a data storage medium suitable for automatically displaying written file names, program revisions, etc., or automatically updating display contents.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the prior art, a file name or program revision is printed on a label by a printer or the like and manually attached to a data storage medium.

Further, when the program revision is updated later, it is necessary to replace the label or manually correct the print character of the label.

[0004]

In the above-mentioned prior art, generally, labor was required to attach the label. Further, the program revision revision of the label when the program is changed by downloading it online from the host computer is dealt with by separately attaching the label or correcting the letter. Therefore, the label replacement work is forgotten, a management mismatch occurs due to a delay in correction, and an accident occurs and wasteful work for checking the contents of the data storage medium occurs.

Further, depending on the technical level of the operator, a service person is dispatched to the site to correct the label.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a data storage medium capable of automatically displaying and automatically correcting a label by automating these human-related parts.

[0007]

In a data storage medium of the present invention, a medium having at least a character display function, a storage function for the displayed character data, and a storage function for changing the stored character data is a data storage medium. It is characterized in that it is provided on the surface of the medium case.

As a medium having at least the character display function, the function of storing the displayed character data, and the function of changing the stored character data, for example, an IC card (with a display unit) can be considered.

Further, instead of the IC card, by using a sheet that can be written / erased by heating (a sheet that can be written in a certain temperature range and can be erased at a certain temperature or more), characters can be automatically displayed. , May be rewritten.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a plan view of the floppy disk medium, and FIG. 2 is a side view of the floppy disk medium.

As shown in FIG. 1, a floppy disk medium 1 has a disk read / write window 2 for reading and writing data on a built-in magnetic disk 7 (shown by dotted lines in FIGS. 1 and 2). have.

In this embodiment, the IC card 3 is mounted in close contact with the surface of the tropical disc medium 1. The IC card 3 includes a memory circuit, a display control circuit,
A battery 4 is built in and supplies power to the LCD display 5 in addition to the circuit. Further, the IC card 3 is provided with an input terminal 6 and receives label data.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an outline of the floppy disk drive device and the control device. As shown in FIG. 3, the floppy disk drive device 9 is configured to include at least an interface unit 91 and a data processing circuit 92, and the floppy disk medium 1 having the structure shown in FIG. 1 is inserted therein. In addition, the data processing circuit 9
2 is provided with a connection cable 93 having a terminal connected to the input terminal 6 of the tropical disk medium 1 for supplying label data to the IC card 3.

The control device 8 shown in FIG. 3 sends a program or data, and further label data to the tropical disk drive device 9. Here, the program or data, and the label data include data distributed online from a host computer (not shown). The tropical disk drive device 9 receives the program or data transmitted from the control device 8 to the magnetic disk 7, further the label data via the interface section 91, and the program or data received via the data processing circuit 92. Further, the label data is recorded on the magnetic disk 7
Write to. Also, the floppy disk drive 9
Writes label data in the IC card 3 via the connection cable 93 and the input terminal 6 of the IC card 3.

By the above operation, the label data transmitted from the control device 8 is displayed on the LCD display 5 of the IC card 3 of the tropical disc medium 1 having the configuration shown in FIG. Therefore, the label data can be checked at any time in the state where the tropical disk medium 1 is extracted from the tropical disk drive device 9.

As described above, according to the above embodiment, since the program name and revision name are automatically registered in the IC card, it is not necessary to attach a label to the data storage medium. Further, even when updating the program and data, it is not necessary to relabel or rewrite the label.

In the above embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the case where the floppy disk medium in which the IC card 3 is closely attached and the drive device shown in FIG. 3 is used has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The present invention is not limited to this. For example, instead of the IC card 3, it is possible to use a sheet that can be written / erased by heating to display the label data. Here, write by heating /
The erasable paper is a paper that develops color when heated within a certain temperature range and is erasable when heated to a temperature above the temperature range. Such a sheet is developed as, for example, an erasable and reusable paper at System Intelligence Products (Headquarters: Tokyo) and ETIP in Germany (see Nihon Keizai Shimbun, August 22, 1991 edition). ). Therefore, this can be realized by pasting a writable / erasable paper on the tropical disc medium 1 by heating and providing the thermal disc drive device 9 shown in FIG. 3 with a thermal printer.

Further, in the above embodiment, the battery 4 is used as the power source of the IC card 3, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a solar cell may be used instead of the battery 4.

Further, needless to say, the floppy disk drive device 9 shown in FIG. 3 may be of a type built in the personal computer body or an external type of the personal computer body.

Further, in the above embodiment, the description has been given by taking the tropical disk medium 1 and the drive unit 9 thereof as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this.
For example, the present invention can be applied to a data storage medium such as a cassette magnetic tape or a CD-ROM and a drive device for them.

[0022]

According to the present invention, it is possible to automatically display a file name, a program revision, etc., which are conventionally written on a label of a data storage medium, or to automatically update the display content. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a tropical disk medium.

FIG. 2 is a side view of a tropical disc medium.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a tropical disk drive device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1: floppy disk medium, 2: disk read / write window, 3: IC card, 4: battery, 5: LCD display, 6: input terminal, 7: magnetic disk, 8: controller, 9: flow Pitical disk drive device, 91: interface unit, 92: data processing circuit, 93: connection cable.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Yukinobu Minami No. 1 Ikegami, Haruoka Town, Owariasahi City, Aichi Prefecture Hitachi Systems Office Systems Division

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A data comprising a medium having at least a character display function, a function of storing displayed character data and a function of changing stored character data, provided on a case surface of a data storage medium. Storage medium.