JPH1155374A - Electronic equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic equipment in which a space for mounting a magnetic card can be reduced. SOLUTION: This device (for example, a portable telephone) is provided with a main body 4 and a battery pack 2 connectable with and separatable from the main body 4. In a state that the main body 4 is connected with the battery pack 2, a housing space (c) for housing a magnetic card 1 is formed between faced outer wall faces 4a and 2a among each outer wall faces, and an opening (d) for inserting the magnetic card 1 into the housing space (c) is formed on the side face of the main body 4 and the battery pack 2. The main body 4 is provided with a magnetic card read head 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mounting method capable of mounting a magnetic card compactly, and an electronic apparatus using the mounting method.
For example, regarding mobile phones.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a device using an IC card, an I
As shown in FIG. 9, a typical mounting structure of the C card is an insertion hole b for inserting the IC card 1 into the outer wall of the device 5.
Is provided. The IC card 1 inserted through the insertion hole b is held by a guide mechanism specially provided inside the device 5. In addition, IC card 1
There is provided a dedicated take-out mechanism for take-out. For example, such a configuration is found in a telephone with an IC card that is published in an advertisement of the Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun 1991.6.20.

[0003] This guide mechanism will be described with reference to FIG. The guide mechanism includes the insertion hole b and the IC card 1.
And a guide groove a disposed between the connector 3 and the connector 3 into which the connector 3 is inserted. The IC card 1 inserted from the insertion hole b is reliably guided to the connector 3 by the guide groove a. When electrically connected to the connector 3, the IC card 1 is fixed by the connector 3 and the guide groove a.
The above-mentioned IC card ejection mechanism often has a mechanism for pushing out the IC card 1 by pushing an ejection lever 6 provided near the insertion hole b.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned prior art, a special guide mechanism is required inside the device 5, so that a considerable mounting space is required. In addition, the presence of the take-out mechanism after insertion increases the mounting space. For this reason, in electronic devices such as mobile phones that have a great demand for thinning and miniaturization, the presence of this guide mechanism has hindered miniaturization and the like.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic device having a small mounting space for a magnetic card.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems The present invention has been made to achieve the above object. One embodiment of the present invention is a first member capable of transmitting and receiving data to and from a magnetic card, In an electronic device having a second member connectable to and separable from a member, the first member has an outer wall surface A and an outer wall surface B adjacent to the outer wall surface A, and the second member Has an outer wall surface a facing the outer wall surface A in a connection state with the first member, and an outer wall surface b adjacent to the outer wall surface a,
An opening through which the magnetic card can be inserted is formed in the outer wall surface B of the first member and / or the outer wall surface b of the second member, and the opening is formed between the first member and the second member. At least a part of the magnetic card connected to the opening and inserted from the opening between the outer wall surface A of the first member and the outer wall surface a of the second member in the connected state. Is formed in the storage space, at least a part of the storage space is exposed from the surface of the first member facing the storage space, and data is read from the magnetic card stored in the storage space. And / or a magnetic card read head for writing data to the magnetic card is provided.

Here, one of the first member and the second member has a take-out lever for discharging the magnetic card stored in the storage space from the opening by an external operation. May be provided.

In the above electronic device, at least one of the first member and the second member may include a battery. Alternatively, a display may be included. Further, it may include an input device for performing a predetermined input. The above electronic device may be a mobile phone.

[0009]

The first member, for example, the device body, the second member,
For example, when used, the battery pack is connected to each other and integrated. Then, the magnetic card is inserted through the opening into a storage space formed between the outer wall surface of the device main body and the outer wall surface of the battery pack. When the magnetic card fits in the storage space, data can be read from the magnetic card by the magnetic card reading head exposed in the storage space.

[0010] Even when the first member and the second member are separated from each other, if the magnetic card is arranged along the outer wall surface, data can be read from the magnetic card by the magnetic card reading head. Can also. After that, it is also possible to integrate the first member and the second member.

[0011]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a portable telephone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the mobile phone of this embodiment is mainly composed of a main body (first member) 4 and a battery pack (second member) 2. Body 4
Includes an electric circuit operated by electric power supplied from the battery pack 2, and when the mobile phone is used,
It is configured to be integrated with the battery pack 2.
In the present embodiment, the connection between the main body 4 and the battery pack 2 is made by a groove and a rail fitted to the groove, but the mechanism is not limited to this.

In a state where these are integrated, the main body 4
An outer wall 4a of the main body 4 and an outer wall 2a of the battery pack 2 form a storage space c in which an IC card (or a magnetic card, hereinafter simply referred to as an IC card) 1 can be inserted. (See FIG. 3). A connector (or a magnetic card reading head, hereinafter simply referred to as a connector) 3 for inserting the IC card 1 is arranged at one end of the storage space c on the side of the main body 4. The other end, that is, a part of the side surface of the main body 4 and the battery pack 2 is in an open state, and forms an insertion hole (opening) d into which the IC card 1 is inserted. The storage space c can be easily formed by providing a recess in the outer wall of the main body 4 and / or the battery pack 2. This storage space does not necessarily need to be large enough to store all of the IC card 1. For example, if there is no problem in using the device, the size may be sufficient to accommodate only a part.

The operation of mounting and removing the IC card will be described. Connect the main body 4 and the battery pack 2,
The storage space c is formed. In this state, the IC card 1 is inserted from the insertion hole d into the space c. In this case, the IC card 1 is reliably guided to and connected to the connector 3 by the outer wall of the main body 4 and the battery pack 2. Also,
Even when connected to the connector 3, the wall portion
The C card 1 is supported on both sides and can be sufficiently fixed. Note that the battery pack 2 can be similarly mounted even when it is removed.

On the other hand, to remove the IC card 1, first, the battery pack 2, which is an insertion / extraction component, is removed from the main body 4. In this state, the user can directly touch the IC card 1 because one side of the IC card 1 is exposed. Therefore, IC card 1
Can be easily removed by hand.

As described above, in this embodiment, the outer wall of the removable member constituting the apparatus is mounted on the IC card 1.
It is not necessary to provide a dedicated guide mechanism. Therefore, the mounting space for the IC card can be reduced.

As shown in FIG. 4, if the take-out lever 9 is provided, it is not necessary to remove the battery pack 2 when taking out the IC card 1. Also, operability is improved. This is effective for a device that is inconvenient if the power is turned off when the IC card 1 is removed.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, when the packing 10 is disposed on the outer wall of the main body 4 forming the storage space c and the battery pack 2 is mounted,
If the space c is configured to be able to be sealed, waterproofness can be ensured. This is particularly effective where outdoor use is involved. In this case, since the insertion hole d cannot be provided, the IC card 1 is mounted with the battery pack 2 removed.

In the above embodiment, the battery pack 2 is used as the insertion / extraction component, but the invention is not limited to this. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, the operation panel 7 may be an insertion / extraction component. Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the display panel 8 may be used as an insertion / extraction component.

In the above embodiment, only the IC card has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention is naturally applicable to other members that need to be loaded and unloaded, such as a magnetic card. However, in this case, a reading head or the like is arranged instead of the connector.

In the above embodiment, only the portable telephone has been described. However, the present invention can be applied to all kinds of electronic devices.

[0022]

As described above, according to the present invention, the mounting space for the magnetic card can be reduced and the magnetic card can be mounted compactly. Therefore, the product can be made thinner and smaller. Further, protection and waterproofing of the magnetic card can be achieved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a back view of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention and an IC card (or magnetic card) used for the mobile phone.
FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a mounting method of the first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the mobile phone of the embodiment as viewed from the front side.

FIG. 3 is a side perspective view showing an IC card (or magnetic card) guide mechanism.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an example having a take-out lever.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a main body in the case of a sealed structure.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a packing installation state.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a mobile phone in a case where an operation panel is an insertion / extraction member and a method of mounting an IC card (or a magnetic card) used in the mobile phone.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a mobile phone in the case where a display panel is used as an insertion member, and a method of mounting an IC card (or a magnetic card) used in the mobile phone.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a conventional technique.

FIG. 10 is a side perspective view showing a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... IC card (or magnetic card), 2 ... Battery pack (2nd member), 3 ... Connector (or magnetic card reading head), 4 ... Mobile phone main body (1st member)
6 ... Eject lever, 7 ... Operation panel, 8 ... Display panel, 10 ... Packing, 11 ... Outer wall surface, a ...
Groove, b: insertion hole, c: space, d: insertion hole (opening)

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Osamu Uemura 216 Totsuka-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Inside the Totsuka Plant of Hitachi, Ltd. (72) Noriyuki Kosugi 216 Totsuka-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa (72) Inventor Junichi Nakagawa 4-6 Kanda Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Inside Hitachi, Ltd.

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. An electronic device comprising: a first member capable of exchanging data with a magnetic card; and a second member connectable to and separable from the first member, wherein the first member includes: An outer wall surface A and an outer wall surface B adjacent to the outer wall surface A, wherein the second member has an outer wall surface a facing the outer wall surface A when connected to the first member; An outer wall b adjacent to the outer wall a, and an opening through which the magnetic card can be inserted is formed in the outer wall B of the first member and / or the outer wall b of the second member. In the connection state between the first member and the second member, between the outer wall surface A of the first member and the outer wall surface a of the second member, connected to the opening, And a storage space for storing at least a part of the magnetic card inserted from the opening is formed. At least a portion is exposed in the storage space from the surface of the first member facing the space, and data is read from and / or written to the magnetic card stored in the storage space. An electronic device, comprising: a magnetic card reading head. 2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein one of the first member and the second member includes:
An electronic device, comprising: an ejection lever for ejecting the magnetic card stored in the storage space from the opening by an external operation. 3. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the first member and the second member includes a battery. Electronic devices. 4. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the first member and the second member includes a display. Electronic device. 5. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the first member and the second member includes an input device for performing a predetermined input. An electronic device, comprising: 6. A telephone comprising the electronic device according to claim 1. Description: 7. An electronic device comprising a first member and a second member that are integrated when used and separable when not in use, wherein the electronic device includes the first member and the second member in the integrated state. An electronic device comprising mounting means for holding a third member for exchanging data with the first member and / or the second member between the member and the second member. .