JPS6013485B2 - Multi-item input device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention is a multifunction device that allows inputting various data by changing the definition of each switch in an input switch group by arbitrarily replacing a recording medium in which the names of various items of data to be input are displayed in items. This is related to item input equipment.

This multi-item input device allows the operator to efficiently input various types of data into the processing device without having to worry about coding or other complicated operations. For example, a roll paper type subtitle 2 displaying the definition of each switch was placed under a switch board 1 in which a large number of touch switches for data input were arranged in a matrix.

The ends of this subtitle 2 are wound up by two rollers 3 and 4. Therefore, when changing the definition of each switch, that is, when changing a page, the rollers 3 and 4 are rolled up by a motor or the like.
It rotated and pulled out different pages. Therefore, to perform random page changes, it not only takes a long time but also requires frequent switching of the rotation of the motor, which has the disadvantage of complicating motor control. The present invention has been made in view of these points, and provides a multi-item input device that can perform random page changes on the fly and automatically select a recording medium from the input device. It is.

The present invention will be described below according to embodiments shown in the drawings. Second
The figure is a sectional view schematically showing the input device of the present invention.
Reference numeral 1 denotes a switch board in which a large number of touch switches are arranged in a matrix on a transparent plate made of glass or the like provided on the top surface of the input device main body.

22 is an item body in which definition items are written corresponding to a switch whose size is divided into two areas of the switch board 21;
A large number of item bodies 21 are stacked and stacked in two groups under the switch board 21.

The switches of the switch board 21 are defined by the two items 22 and 22 located at the top of the item groups 22A and 22B. As specifically shown in FIG. 3, the item body 22 has a page code 23 printed on one end, and a mark 24 printed half black on the end for driving a driving roller to be described later. is provided.

As shown by arrows A and B, the page selection itself at this time moves the top item 22 of the item group 22A to the top of the item group 22B, and By moving the lowest item 22 to the bottom of the item group 22A and sequentially moving it from the item group 22A to the top of the item group 228 (from the item group 22B to the bottom of the item group 22A), You can move pages.

Furthermore, the item is moved in the opposite direction to the moving direction to quickly switch to a desired page. In addition,
In FIG. 3, 25A is an optical detection means consisting of a light emitting element and a light receiving element that detects a page from the page code of an item in the item group 22A, and 25B detects a page from the page code of an item in the item group 22B. It is an optical detection means.

Further, although not shown, optical detection means is provided corresponding to the mark 24 to detect it and control the drive roller. Next, the page selection mechanism of the above-mentioned item body 22 will be explained.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the page selection mechanism, in which drive rollers 31A, 31B are attached to both ends of the bag 30, and a shaft 3
Idlers 33A and 33B are attached to both ends of the drive roller and idler 31 on the corresponding side, respectively.
A and 33A, 31B and 33B are interconnected by connecting villages 34A and 34B.

Four sets of rope bodies consisting of four rollers like this are A, B, C,
D is arranged on the upper and lower surfaces of the item groups 22A and 22B, respectively. In addition, the four sets of assemblies A, B, and C
, D are connected on one side by a belt as shown in FIG. That is, the shaft 30A of the driving roller of the silk body A and the core 30C of the driving roller of the coarse body C are connected by the belt 35, and the shaft 30B of the driving roller of the assembly B and the shaft 30D of the driving roller of the assembly D are connected. are connected by a belt 36.

Although not shown, power is applied to the shafts 30C and 30D from a drive source such as a motor. This belt 35
and 36 are provided with tension rollers 37 and 38, which extend the length of belts 35 and 36 between shafts 30A and 30C and shaft 3.
It is provided longer than the distance between 0B and 30D to prevent these belts 35 and 36 from sagging.

The lengths of the front belts 35 and 36 are adjusted to allow the assemblies A to D to move up and down to some extent. 4th again
In the figure, the upper bulk bodies A and B are urged upward from below by springs 39A to 39D, and the lower assemblies C and D are urged downward from above by springs 40A to 400. There is.

Next, FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the operation of the page selection mechanism, and FIG. 6 will be explained below. In the figure, 22A
and 22B are the item groups shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and assembly A shown in FIG. 4 is located on the upper surface of this item group 22A, and assembly D is located on the lower surface. . Assembly B is located on the top surface of the other item group 22B, and assembly C is located on the bottom surface. Stoppers 41A and 4 are driven up and down by a solenoid or the like in correspondence with the connecting punches of the upper strings A and B.
1B is provided and the assemblies A and B are urged upward by a spring.
is held in place.

Further, similar stoppers 41C and 41D are provided corresponding to the connecting punches of the lower coarse bodies C and D to hold the silk bodies C and D urged downward by a spring in a predetermined position. Also, 4
2 is a cartridge that accommodates the item groups 22A and 22B, and 43 is an optical detection means for detecting the black printed mark 24 of the item provided between the item groups 22A and 22B.

In FIG. 6, the item 22 located on the top surface of the item group 22A is moved to the top surface position of the item group 22B (the item 22 on the bottom surface of the item group 22B is moved to the bottom surface position of the item group 22A). ), and item group 22
Stoppers 41A and 41D corresponding to assemblies A and D on the A side
are located close to the driving roller on the left side of the center of each connected village, and the stoppers 41B and 41C corresponding to silk bodies B and C on the item body group 22B side are located on the right side of the center of each connected village. located in close proximity to the drive roller.
Therefore, in assemblies A and D, the right idler side is slightly separated from the item body by the bias of the respective springs, and the drive roller on the right side presses the item body downward, and the other assemblies B and C are The idler on the left side is slightly separated from the item body, and the drive roller on the right side is in a state of pressing the item body downward.

In this state, the drive rollers of assemblies A and C are first driven. Then, the item 22 on the uppermost surface of the item group 22A is moved to the upper surface side of the item 22B by the drive roller of assembly A, and the item 22 on the lowermost surface of the item group 22B is moved to the silk body C.
The item body group 22A is moved to the lowermost side of the item body group 22A by the driving roller. During this movement, the optical detection means 43 which detects the mark 24 on the item body initially detects a white portion, and is therefore instructed to drive the drive roller continuously.

When the top item of the item group 22A is sent exactly halfway to the item group 22B, the optical detection means 43 detects the black part of the mark 24 of the item, and the detection of this black mark At this point, the operation of the drive rollers of net bodies A and C is stopped.

Following the stopping of the rollers A and C, the drive rollers B and D are now started.

Therefore, the item sent from the item group 22A to the top of the item group 22B is further moved by the drive roller of the coarse body B, and the item sent from the item group 22A to the bottom of the item group 22A is moved further by the drive roller of the coarse body B.
The items sent from B are further moved by the drive rollers of assembly D, and then the items are sent to the top of the item group 22B and to the bottom of the item group 22A.

Then, the optical detection means 43 detects the mark 24 of the item body.
When no black portion is detected, the operation of the drive rollers of assemblies B and D is stopped. As the item moves, a page is detected from the page code of the item, and if the specified page is not found, the driving rollers of the assemblies B and D stop, and then the driving rollers of the absolute A and C are stopped. The drive roller continues to perform the above operations to select a page, and when the desired page appears, the operation of the drive roller ends.

Next, FIG. 7 shows the case where items are sent in the opposite direction to that shown in FIG. 6, that is, the top item of the item group 22B is transferred to the top of the item group 22A. This is a case where the bottom item of item group 22A is sent to the bottom of item group 22B.

This first rotates the driving rollers of the silk bodies B and D in the opposite direction to the above, and when the optical detection means 43 detects the white part of the mark 24 on the item body, drives the silk bodies A and C and assembles the silk bodies A and C. Stop driving B and D.

The point is to perform the operation opposite to that shown in FIG. Therefore, this device recognizes the page of the item body that currently defines each input switch of the switch board from the page code, and when changing the next page, the specified page is compared with the current page and the page is moved to the right or It detects which direction of left feed is faster and drives the drive roller in the faster feed direction to cause a desired page to appear at a defined position on the switch board.

In the above example, the size of the item body is set to the size of the switch board divided into two, and two groups of item bodies are arranged below the switch board, but the item body is different from the switch board. It is also possible to place the items of one group under the switchboard while keeping the same size, and place the other group in a different position that does not correspond to the switchboard, or even divide the items into two or more parts of the switchboard. It can also be divided into multiple areas.

As described above, the present invention defines each switch of a switch board using a recording medium in which the names of various items to be input are recorded, and by replacing the recording medium, the switch definitions can be changed and multiple items can be input. In particular, the multi-item input device is capable of dividing a large number of items, which are the recording medium, into two groups in a stacked state, and at least one of the groups is divided into two groups in which the item located at the top is The input switch of the switch board is arranged at a definable position, and a feeding mechanism is provided to sequentially circulate and transfer the items between the two groups to select the page of the items. By switching the direction of circular transfer and selecting a page, random pages can be changed in a short time, and the page of items can also be changed automatically using an input device.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a conventional multi-item input device, FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the multi-item input device of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a group of items related to the device of the present invention. Figures 4 and 5
Figure 6 is a diagram showing the item feeding mechanism according to the device of the present invention.
7 and 7 are diagrams showing the operating state of the device of the present invention. 21: Switch board, 22: Item body, 22A and 22
8: Item group, 23: Item page code, 24: Mark for controlling the item feeding mechanism, 25: Optical detection means, 31A and 31B: Drive roller, 33A and 33B:
Idler, 30 and 32: Shaft, A to D: Assembly, 39A
~39D and 40A~40D: spring, 41A~410:
Stopper, 42: Cartridge, 43: Optical detection means. Figure 'Figure 2 Figure J Figure A Figure S Figure 6 Figure F

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a multi-item input device in which each switch on a switch board is defined by a recording medium in which the names of various items to be input are recorded, and multiple items can be input by changing the definition of the switch by replacing the recording medium. ,
A large number of items in which the names of the various items are written and which serve as recording media for defining input switches are divided into two stacked groups, and at least one of the groups is
The item located at the top is arranged so as to be the definition position where the input switch of the switch board can be defined, and a feeding mechanism is provided to sequentially circulate and transfer the item between the two groups. A multi-item input device that allows selections to be made.