JPS60163176A - Bar code recorder for telephone number - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To record a bar code corresponding to a telephone number on a card easily and surely by converting a number signal to a bar code signal and recording this bar code signal on the card such as a name card or the like with a prescribed color. CONSTITUTION:When a card 7 is inserted from an inserting part 1D, a microswitch 9 is turned on, and a nip roll 8 is rotated to send the card 7 into a device body. When the front end of the card 7 turns on a microswitch 10, a take- up drum 15 starts winding up an ink film 13, and simultaneously, a thermal head 11 presses the ink film 13 onto the card 7 moving inward, and the bar code corresponding to an inputted number is recorded on the card 7 with a prescribed color, for example, red. When recording is terminated completely, winding-up of the film 31 is terminated, and rotation of the roll 8 is stopped temporarily, and the head 11 is raised, and the roll 8 is reversed to eject the card 7 to the outside of the device body.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Technical Field of the Invention The present invention provides a method for dialing a telephone using a card such as a business card on which an individual, organization, etc. to be called via a telephone line is written. The present invention relates to a telephone number barcode recording device that can simply and reliably record a barcode corresponding to a number and also ensure that the barcode can be read.

Prior art and its problems For example, if you look at the digits of a telephone number written on a business card and try to call the other party, the following inconveniences may occur. That is, the telephone numbers written on business cards are generally small and difficult to read. Also, the destination of the call is a group.

If the business is a corporation, multiple telephone numbers, such as a representative number and a direct number, may be written side by side on the business card.

In such a case, first, the user may read the telephone number incorrectly and dial the telephone, resulting in an incorrect call. Second, even if you read the phone number correctly, you may forget which part of the phone number you dialed when you look back at the digits on your business card while dialing the phone, or you may forget which part of the phone number you dialed, or if you are making multiple phone calls. When numbers are written side by side on a business card, the user may end up looking at a phone number on a line other than the line containing the desired phone number and lose track of the next number to dial.

This may result in you having to call back,
Sometimes you end up calling the wrong number.

Therefore, in order to solve the above problems, the following method has been proposed.The first method is to encode the telephone number and record the code on a card such as a business card by an appropriate means. In this method, the code recorded on this card is read by a suitable reader to generate an electrical signal, and this electrical signal is sent to a telephone line to call the other party. However, this method has the disadvantage that the telephone itself must be modified and construction work is required. Moreover, the equipment for carrying out this method becomes expensive.

The second method is to drive the rotary or push-button dial of the telephone from outside the telephone based on the electrical signal generated in the first method described above, without sending it to the telephone line. It is. however,
Although this method does not require modification of the telephone itself, it does require a dial drive mechanism to be attached to the telephone from the outside, and the mechanism is complicated.

The third method is to connect a device that stores a telephone number in a memory such as a semiconductor memory to a telephone, and when calling a party whose telephone number is stored in the memory,
This method involves pressing the button on the device that corresponds to the phone number. However, in this method,
The disadvantage of this method is that it requires replacing or modifying the telephone, requires construction work, and is expensive to install.Furthermore, this method has the disadvantage that the number of telephone numbers that can be stored increases, and the number of telephone numbers on the device increases. The drawbacks are that it is difficult to find the button, the device is expensive, and a lot of space is required to install the device.

Purpose of the Invention The purpose of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and to provide a system for dialing a telephone using a card such as a business card on which the person, organization, etc. to be called via a telephone line is written. To provide a telephone number bar code recording device capable of simply and reliably recording an 8-code corresponding to a quasi-number on a card and also reliably reading it.

Structure of the Invention The present invention includes an input means for inputting a telephone number, a conversion means for converting a numeric signal from the input means into a barcode signal, and a barcode signal from the conversion means [therefore, the barcode signal inputted to the input means]. and recording means for recording a barcode corresponding to the telephone number in the cart in a predetermined color.

Embodiment of the Invention FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the outline of an example of a telephone number notification system to which the present invention is applied. A display section IB connected to the front end of the base section IA in Fig. 1, a key human power section IC provided below this display section IB, and a business card provided between the display section 1B and the key human power section IC. It has an insertion part l opening.

The display part IB is for displaying the numbers of a telephone number, and has a plurality of number electrodes arranged horizontally that can display 10 numbers from ■ to O ('Q, crystal display element (
(LCD) and its drive circuit. LCD
The size of the numbers displayed is, for example, 15mm x 15
It is possible to make it as large as mm. The key personnel department IC is
It has ten number keys 2 each displaying ten numbers from 1 to O, and a clear key 3.

The insertion section 10 has a horizontally long slit-shaped hole 4 having a width slightly larger than the width of a business card, and guides 5 provided on both sides of the hole 4. Therefore, the business card can be inserted into the hole 4 only in a vertically long state while resting on the guide 5.

The barcode recording device according to the present invention is configured as follows. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, each numeric key 2 is connected to an eight-code generator 8A which generates a bar code signal corresponding to each digit when pressed.

A thermal transfer machine 6B is provided in the main body 1 for recording a barcode corresponding to a telephone number on a business card inserted into the main body 1 from the insertion part ID. A barcode corresponding to a telephone number is recorded on a business card by the thermal transfer machine 8B in the following manner. That is, by sequentially pressing the number keys 2 corresponding to the telephone number written on the business card on the key operator IC, a barcode signal corresponding to the telephone number from the barcode generator 6A is read by the controller 6C. The controller 6G displays the numbers of the corresponding telephone number on the LCD J2 of the display section 1'B based on the read barcode signal, and also drives the thermal transfer machine 6B to record the read barcode on the business card. let

FIG. 3 shows a thermal transfer machine 6B. As shown in Figure 3,
Two sets of prothesizers 8 are arranged inside the main body 1 so as to grasp the business card 7 inserted into the main body 1 through the hole 4 of the insertion part ID. Each set of nip rollers 8 is provided parallel to each other and horizontally.

In addition, each nip roller 8 is powered by a suitable motor (not shown).
It has a drive roller 8a coupled to the drive roller 8a, and a driven roller 8b brought into pressure contact with the drive roller 8a by suitable elastic means (not shown). Furthermore, each set of nip rollers 8
The contact portion of the two rollers in the hole 4 of the insertion portion 10
The height of each set of nip rollers 8 is determined so that the height is the same as .

As shown in FIG. 3, two microswitches 9 are installed close to both sides of the two-glue nip roller 8 so as to detect the front end of the business card 7 inserted into the main body 1 through the hole 4 of the insertion section ID. and 10 are provided. The motor that drives the drive roller 8a and the two microswitches 9 and 10 are controlled by the controller 6C described above.

When the business card 7 is inserted into the main body 1 through the hole 4 of the insertion section ID, one of the microswitches 9 is turned on, and the two drive rollers 8a of the two nip rollers 8 rotate in the directions shown by the arrows in FIG. do. Therefore, the business card 7 inserted into the main body 1 through the hole 4 is pinched by one of the nip rollers 8 closer to the insertion section 10, and further fed into the main body 1 by the rotation of this one nip roller 8. The front end of the business card 7 thus fed into the main body I is sandwiched between the other two sample rollers 8, and further fed into the main body I to turn on the other microswitch IO. As a result, the driving of the two drive rollers 8a of the two nip rollers 8 is also stopped, and feeding of the business card 7 is stopped. In addition,
Guides (not shown) are provided between the two sets of nip rollers 8 to guide both sides of the business card 7 so that the business card 7 fed therebetween travels straight.

As shown in FIG. 3, between two sets of nip rollers 8, a thermal radar 11 for thermally transferring the barcode to the business card 7 is placed close to the top surface of the business card 7 sandwiched between these rollers 8. will be established. Similarly, a platen 12 is provided so as to be in contact with the lower surface of one business card and to be located directly below the thermal head 11. 13 is an ink film having a predetermined color, for example red, as a fixing agent;
The rewinding drum 14 provided in the main body 1 is also rewound, and the business card 7 is passed between the thermal head 11 and the upper surface of the business card 7 and wound around the rewinding drum 15. Reference numeral 16 denotes guide rollers provided on both sides of the thermal head 11, which
The ink film 13 rewound from the ink film 13 is stably run 17 between the thermal pad 11 and the upper surface of the business card 7a, and wound onto the winding drum 15. The thermal head 11 is moved up and down by a driving means (not shown) and presses the ink film 13 onto the top surface of the business card 7 when recording a barcode on the top surface of the business card 7 .

The thermal transfer machine 6B is configured as described above, or furthermore,
As shown in FIG. 3, an optical reader 17 is placed close to the top surface of the business card 7 between one nip roller 8 and the guide roller 16 that is closer to the nip roller 8. In addition, in the feeding direction of the business card 7, the optical reader 1 is positioned on the same line as the thermal radar 11.
Place 7.

The optical reader 17 has a light emitter and a light receiver, and illuminates the barcode recorded on the business card 7 with light from the light emitter, and the light receiver detects the reflected light from the business card 7 to read the business card. Detect the 8-code on the 7. In addition, in the optical reader 17, for example, by emitting blue light from a light emitter, only the blue light that hits the red barcode recorded on the business card 7 is absorbed. For example, one business card 7
Even if there is a printed part (usually black) such as a name on the barcode, only the barcode concerned can be reliably detected. This also applies, for example, when white light is used as the emitter and a blue filter is used as the receiver.

As shown in FIG. 1, reference numeral 18 is a changeover switch provided in the key human power section IC, which is used to "record" the operation of the controller described above.
and "Display". The controller 6C receives ON signals from the two microswitches 9 and 1O, and the optical reader 1.
7 and the barcode detection signal from winding drum 1.
5, a lowering means A that raises and lowers the thermal head 11, a motor that drives the drive roller 8a of the nip roller 8, and an LCD of the display section IB.

With the above configuration, a barcode corresponding to a telephone number is recorded on the business card 7 as follows, and the business card 7
The barcode recorded on the barcode is read and the corresponding telephone number digits are displayed on the display section IB. That is, first,
Set the changeover switch 18 to the "Record J" side, and use the 10 numeric keys 2 on the key operator IC to enter the telephone number (numbers) written on the business card 7.This allows the barcode generator 6A to A barcode signal corresponding to the telephone number is input to the controller 6C, and the entered telephone number is displayed on the LCD of the display section IB by the controller 6G. presses the clear key 3 to erase the numbers displayed on the LCD by the controller 6C and re-enters the telephone number.
Then, insert the business card 7 into the main body l with the printed part, such as the name, facing up. As a result, the front end of the business card 7 turns on one of the microswitches 9, the two nip rollers 8 rotate, and the business card 7 is fed into the main body l. When the front end of the business card 7 turns on the other micro switch 10, the winding drum! 5 starts winding up the ink film 13, and at the same time, the thermal head 11 presses the ink film 13 onto the business card 7 that is being fed and is moving, and colors the barcode corresponding to the telephone number entered as described above in a predetermined color, for example, red. Record it on your business card 7L. When this recording is completed, the winding of the ink film 13 by the winding drum 15 is completed, the rotation of the two nip rollers 8 is temporarily stopped, and the thermal head 11 is raised. Next, the two nip rollers 8 rotate in reverse, and the business card 7 is fed into the main body l.
Return it to the outside of the main unit 1. In this way, a barcode corresponding to the telephone number can be easily recorded on the business card 7.

On the other hand, set the selector switch 18 to the "r display" side, insert the business card 7 on which the barcode has been recorded as described above, with the part printed with the name facing up, through the hole 4 in the insertion part ID of the main body l. Insert into l. Thereby, the business card 7 is fed into the main body 1 in the same manner as described above. During this feeding, a portion of the business card 7 on which a red barcode is recorded, for example, passes directly under the optical reader 17, and the barcode is detected by the optical reader 17, which emits, for example, blue light. . As a result, the numbers of the telephone number corresponding to the detected barcode are displayed on the LCD of the display unit IB,
Furthermore, at the end of the detection, the business card 7 is returned to the outside of the main body 1 by reversing the second roller 8. in this way,
Even if there is another printed part such as a name on the barcode recorded part on the business card 7 or in the vicinity thereof, the barcode will be reliably printed without being overwritten by these other printed parts. can be read, and the digits of the telephone number corresponding to the barcode can be displayed on the LCD of the display section IB, which has display digits of an appropriate size. The display section IB is located directly in front of the telephone set on the stand section IA, and the telephone number displayed there is very easy to read. Therefore, if a barcode corresponding to the telephone number is recorded on a business card as described above, a person who wants to make a call can insert the business card with the barcode recorded into the hole 4 of the insertion portion III of the main body l. By inserting the barcode and displaying the numbers of a telephone number of an appropriate size corresponding to the barcode on the display section 1B, it is possible to dial the telephone extremely reliably while looking at the numbers.

Note that the thermal head 11. Instead of the ink film 13, it is also possible to use a recording means that utilizes mechanical pressure, such as an impact type head or a normal pressure type ink film. In short, in the present invention, the recording means may be anything that can record a barcode on the cart.

As described in detail, according to the present invention, a barcode having a predetermined coloring corresponding to a telephone number can be easily and reliably recorded on a card such as a business card. Therefore, the phone number corresponding to the barcode can be retrieved from a card with such a barcode recorded, regardless of the presence of other printed parts.
It can be read and reported very reliably and can contribute to dialing the telephone.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of an example of a telephone number communication system to which the present invention is applied, Fig. 2 is a block diagram of an eight-code recording device according to the present invention, and Fig. 3 is a diagram of the same recording device. It is a configuration diagram showing my thermal transfer system. ■...Main body, IA...Base part, 1B...Display part, 1G...Key power part. ■D...Insertion part, 2...Numeric key, 3...Clear key, 4...Hole, 5...Guide, 6A...Barcode generator, 6B...Thermal transfer machine , 6C...Controller, 7...Business card, 8...Nip roller, 8a...Drive roller, 8b...Followed roller, 8, 1O...Micro switch, 11...Thermal head, 12... Platen, 13... Ink film, 14... Rewinding drum, 16... Guide roller, 17... Optical reader. 18... Selector switch. Patent applicant Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. Figure 1 Figure 3 Figure 11

Claims (1)

[Claims] Input means for inputting a telephone number; conversion means for converting a numeric signal from the input means into a barcode signal; and a barcode signal input to the input means from the conversion means. 1. A barcode recording device for a telephone number, comprising a recording means for recording a barcode corresponding to a telephone number on a card in a predetermined color.