KR20040040163A - A portable complex digital assistant - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A complex PDA(Personal Digital Assistant) is provided to plan user's convenience by making an entire size of a terminal comprising a PDA and a portable printer small as miniaturizing the devices installed to the portable printer equipped with the PDA and improving an arranging structure effectively. CONSTITUTION: The PDA(30) inputs the information written by the hand, manages personal information, and exchanges the information with a computer. A printer main body(80) exchanges data by electrically connected to the PDA if the PDA is mounted on the printer main body. A printer module prints the data displayed on the PDA to paper(110) by installing in the printer main body. An MSR(Magnetic Stripe Reader)(92) performs the settlement of a credit card by detecting the user information stored in a magnetic part if the credit card is slid. A smart card reader(94) exchanges the data with a smart card and performs the settlement by the smart card. A barcode reader displays the price of goods on the PDA by detecting a barcode printed to the goods.

Description

Portable complex digital terminal {A portable complex digital assistant}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable printer and a personal digital assistant (hereinafter referred to as a PDA), in particular a magnetic stripe reader (hereinafter referred to as MSR) that performs a credit card payment function and a smart card that performs the functions of a mobile phone. As a PDA is detachably installed in a portable printer equipped with a reader and a barcode reader that recognizes a barcode printed on a product, the size of the portable printer is remarkably reduced, and the functions of the entire terminal are more diversified. The present invention relates to a portable hybrid terminal.

In general, the term terminal used means a device that inputs and outputs data from a centralized information communication network that composes a communication network centered on a large computer. A representative example of the former is a PDA, and the latter is a portable printer.

Here, the PDA can search for various information and store data, but it is inconvenient to output useful information, and the portable printer can be used as a card payment machine with an MSR, but processing and storing its own data. In order to compensate for the mutual defects of the PDA and the portable printer, a technology for enabling the PDA to be installed in the portable printer has emerged.

1 is a front view showing a portable composite terminal according to the prior art.

The portable composite terminal according to the related art is an apparatus for allowing the PDA 20 and the portable printer 10 to be electrically connected to output data displayed on the PDA 20 through the portable printer 10. As shown in the drawing, the printer module (not shown) is formed in the vertical direction and is installed in the upper side, and the portable printer 10 having the mounting portion formed on the lower outer wall thereof is electrically connected to the mounting portion when the portable printer 10 is fitted. PDA 20 for supplying the output data is configured to include.

Looking at the operation of the portable composite terminal according to the prior art configured as described above are as follows.

First, desired information is retrieved through the PDA 20 by the user's operation, and the retrieved data is supplied to the portable printer 10 by the user's selection, and then printed on paper and discharged to the outside.

Here, the portable printer 10 has a model that has the function of the card payment machine is installed MSR according to the model, such a model is inserted into the credit card slides on one side of the case and the magnetic bonded to the credit card Detect and make payment service possible.

However, in the conventional portable composite terminal, as a result of the progress of the technology of the portable printer 10, which is relatively slow compared to the technology of the PDA 20, which is rapidly developing, and the development of the uneven technology, the portable printer 10 As the printer module and the MSR and the like installed in the case of the case is not miniaturized and its structure and arrangement are inefficient, as shown in FIG. Since the case is further extended and the printer module is installed therein, there is a limit in miniaturizing the size of the terminal, which is not easy for the user to carry, and there is a problem in that a device which can perform more functions cannot be installed.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems of the prior art, by miniaturizing the devices installed in the portable printer equipped with the PDA, and effectively improving the arrangement structure, the size of the entire terminal consisting of the PDA and the portable printer It is an object of the present invention to provide a portable composite terminal which can be made smaller and facilitated by a user.

In addition, the MSR, which functions as a credit card payment machine, a barcode reader that detects barcodes printed on a product, and a smart card reader that exchanges data stored on a smart card are installed inside the portable printer, thereby providing a composite terminal, a barcode reader, The purpose of the present invention is to provide a portable composite terminal which can implement the functions of the smart card payment machine, so that a user's convenience is not required because a separate terminal is not required.

1 is a front view showing a portable composite terminal according to the prior art,

2 is a perspective view of a portable composite terminal according to the present invention;

Figure 3 is a side cross-sectional view showing the main part of a portable composite terminal according to the present invention,

Figure 4 is a side cross-sectional view showing another embodiment of a portable composite terminal according to the present invention;

5 is a plan view showing a lower case of a portable composite terminal according to the present invention;

6 is an exploded perspective view showing a print module of a portable composite terminal according to the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols on main parts of the drawings>

30: PDA 50: upper case

51: mounting portion 52: hook

53: connecting hole 54: printed circuit board

60: print module 70: lower case

71: battery compartment 72: battery cover

73: paper storage portion 74: paper cover

74a: support 75: guide

76: discharge hole 80: the printer body

92: MSR 94: Smart Card Reader

100: battery 110: paper

The portable composite terminal according to the present invention for solving the above problems is a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) capable of inputting handwritten information, personal information management, information exchange with a computer; The printer main body is composed of a lower case formed on the upper side and the upper case formed on the upper surface and the mounting portion on which the PDA is mounted are coupled to the lower side of the upper case, the battery housing on one side, the paper housing on the other side, the discharge hole Wow; A printer module disposed on an upper surface of the paper accommodating part to print data received from the PDA on a paper; A portable composite terminal including a guide formed on one side of the printer main body and installed inside the guide to detect information stored in the magnetic part of the credit card.

The upper case has a connection hole is formed on one side of the seating portion is provided with a connection terminal for sharing the information of the printed circuit board and the PDA installed inside the connection hole;

The printer accommodating part includes a storage part convex upward and a guide part on which one side of the storage part extends in a lateral direction so that the paper slides along a lower surface thereof, and the printer module is installed in a space formed above the guide part;

A bar code reader for detecting a bar code and a smart card reader for detecting information of a smart card are further installed in an upper space of the guide unit.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a portable composite terminal according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of a portable composite terminal according to the present invention, Figure 3 is a side cross-sectional view showing the main part of the portable composite terminal according to the present invention.

In the portable composite terminal according to the present invention, a PDA 30 capable of inputting handwritten information, managing personal information, or exchanging information with a computer, and when the PDA 30 is seated, an electrical connection is made to exchange data. A printer main body 80 having a mounting unit 51 formed thereon, and a printer module 60 installed inside the printer main body 80 to print and display data displayed on the PDA 30 on the paper 110. ) And MSR (Magnetic Stripe Reader: 92), which is installed to protrude a portion of the printer body 80 so as to protrude a credit card by detecting user information stored in the magnetic part when the credit card slides. And a smart card reader (Smart Card Reader) 94 installed in the printer main body 80 to exchange data with the smart card and make payment by the smart card. Group is installed on the one side the printer main body 80 is configured when contacting the bar code printed on a product price of the item by detecting them includes a bar code reader (96) to so as to be displayed on the PDA (30).

Here, the printer body 80 has a mounting portion 51 to be electrically connected to the printer module 60 and MSR 92, smart card reader 94, barcode reader 96 when the PDA 30 is seated Formed upper case 50, and coupled to the lower side of the upper case 50, the battery accommodating portion 71 is formed on one side, the paper accommodating portion 73 required to print the data of the PDA 30 on the other side It is configured to include a lower case 70 formed.

The upper case 50 has a pair of hooks 52 protruding upward from both ends of an upper surface thereof, and a mounting portion 51 to which the PDA 30 is engaged is formed, and one side of the mounting portion 51. A connecting hole 53 is formed at an end thereof so that the coupling terminal of the PDA 30 is in contact with each other so that electrical connection can be made.

In addition, a printed circuit board 54 is installed inside the connection hole 53, and the printed circuit board 54 supplies data transmitted from the PDA 30 to the required devices, and the MSR ( 92) and the smart card reader 94, the bar code reader 96 supplies the information to the PDA 30, and forms a control unit for adjusting the printer module 60.

5 is a plan view showing the main part of the lower case of the portable composite terminal according to the present invention.

3 and 5, the lower case 70 has a battery accommodating part 71 formed at one side thereof, and a paper accommodating part 73 formed at the other side thereof, so that the battery cover ( 72 and a paper cover 74 are detachably installed, and a guide 75 is formed at the lower end to allow the credit card to slide in close contact with the lower case 70.

Here, the battery accommodating part 71 is bent inward to form a battery accommodating part by a panel forming a square space, and the paper accommodating part 73 is convex upward to accommodate the roll-shaped paper 110. A storage portion 73a constituting a space and one end of the storage portion 73a may include a guide portion 73b extending toward the discharge hole 76 to discharge the paper 110 along the bottom surface thereof. The printer module 60 and the barcode reader 96 are seated on the upper surface thereof, as shown in FIG.

The paper cover 74 is slidably mounted in a lateral direction of the lower case 70, and an end portion corresponding to the discharge hole 76 is bent upward to form a side surface of the lower case 70. A pair of supports 74a are formed on the inner side, and the discharge roller 65 of the printer module 60 to be described later is rotatably installed so that the paper 110 can be discharged to the outside through the discharge hole 76. When the paper cover 74 slides away from the lower case 70 in the lateral direction, the discharge roller 65 is also removed from the printer module 60 at the same time and discharged between the discharge roller 65 and the printer module 60. Allows paper to be easily removed from the paper compartment.

The guide 75 is formed to form a predetermined space with the lower side of the lower case 70, the MSR 92 is installed inside the user when the user slides the magnetic portion of the credit card along this space MSR (92) ), The user information stored in the magnetic part is detected so that payment by credit card can be made.

Figure 4 is a side cross-sectional view showing another embodiment of a portable composite terminal according to the present invention.

Another embodiment according to the present invention is characterized in that the guide as compared to the embodiment bar, the guide 155 is formed on the lower side of the connecting hole 153, which is the end of the upper case 150, thereby laying down the credit card Inserted into the guide 155 and slides to detect the user information stored in the credit card.

Of course, another embodiment of the present invention also has an MSR 192 is installed inside the guide 155 to detect the information stored in the magnetic portion of the credit card.

6 is an exploded perspective view showing a printer module of a portable composite terminal according to the present invention.

The printer module 60 is formed with a guide portion 62 for guiding the paper 110, and a pair of frames 62b are formed on both sides of the guide portion 62 to be left and right on one side of the lower case. A main body 61 arranged to extend in a direction, a motor 63 installed on one side of the main body 61 to generate a driving force, and disposed to be in close contact with the guide part 62a and being rotated by the motor 63. A plurality of reduction gears 64 formed on one side of the frame 62b so that the discharge roller 65 for conveying the paper 100 and the rotation shaft of the motor 63 and the rotation shaft of the discharge roller 65 are engaged. A gear box comprising a cover 69 and a head part installed on the guide part 62a to print data on the paper 110 to be transported and the paper on which the data is printed are cut and discharged by a user. It is configured.

Here, the main body 61 has grooves 62c having a 'Ｕ' shape at the upper end of the frame 62b so that the discharge roller 65 can be detachably supported, and the guide portion 62a of The upper groove is formed in the left and right in the left direction is mounted to the head portion, and one side of the frame 62b is formed with a plurality of partition walls 68 extending in the lateral direction to cover the cover 69 to form a gearbox.

In addition, the head part is installed on the upper end of the main body 61 so as to be able to flow a certain amount of the head 67 for printing data on the conveyed paper 110, and a support plate disposed on the back of the head 67 to support the head 67a and an elastic protrusion 66a is formed on the rear surface of the support plate 67a to push the support plate 67a forward so that the head 67 can be brought into close contact with the paper. It is formed to include an elastic panel 66 is formed so that the user can easily cut the paper.

The printer module 60 is seated on the upper surface of the paper storage portion 73 as shown in Figure 5, the planar shape is created in a shape in which the left end is bent downward, the space formed at the right end The bar code reader 96 is installed, and the smart card reader 94 is installed above the printer module 60 and the bar code reader 96 so that the paper storage unit 73, the printer module 92, and the bar code reader ( 96), the smart card reader 94 is efficiently disposed in one space, and since the moving path of the paper 110 forms a straight line facing in the lateral direction, the size of the printer main body 80 is reduced.

The smart card reader 94 is a kind of sensor capable of detecting data stored in the smart card. For reference, the smart card reader will be described below.

The smart card is also called an integrated circuit card, and has a very large capacity, a high level of function and safety when compared to a magnetic card, and is composed of a connection terminal, an IC chip, and a plastic card. It can be classified into memory type smart card, microprocessor built-in smart card and interactive smart card.

The memory type smart card is a method in which a security device is included in addition to a memory mainly used in a field that can be treated as a securities such as a public telephone card or a purchase right, and a microprocessor built-in smart card is determined by a built-in microprocessor and a memory. It is a card that can perform advanced functions such as computing, operation, and data protection, and the interactive smart card is a card that enables bidirectional transfer of information by embedding a microprocessor, memory, I / O protocol, and application program.

Looking at the operation of the portable composite terminal according to the present invention configured as described above are as follows.

First, when information is searched through the PDA 30 by user's operation, or output is selected for data displayed on the PDA 30 after data is input by the user, the data transmitted from the PDA 30 is displayed. When the motor 63 of the printer module 60 is driven through the control unit and the motor 63 of the printer module 60 is driven, the paper 110 is supplied by the discharge roller 65 and the data is printed by the head 67. After being discharged to the outside through the discharge hole 76.

In addition, the data sensed by the MSR 92, the smart card reader 94, and the barcode reader 96 are also supplied through the discharge hole 76 after being printed on the paper by the above operation.

Portable composite terminal according to the present invention configured as described above is efficiently disposed so that the paper storage unit and the printer module, the smart card reader, the barcode reader can be installed in the minimum space inside the printer body, MSR is also installed on one side As a result, the size of the printer body is significantly reduced, so that the user can easily carry it, and can perform all functions of a smart card payment machine, a barcode reader, and a credit card payment machine. And, there is an advantage that can easily output the various data.

Claims (5)

A PDA (Personal Digital Assistant: 30) capable of inputting handwritten information, managing personal information, and exchanging information with a computer; The mounting portion 51 on which the PDA 30 is mounted is coupled to the lower side of the upper case 50 and the upper case 50 formed on the upper surface to form a predetermined space, and the battery accommodating portion 71 and the other side of one side are formed. A printer body 80 comprising a lower case 70 having a paper accommodating portion 73 and a discharge hole portion 76 formed thereon; A printer module (60) disposed on an upper surface of the paper housing (73) to print data received from the PDA (30) on the paper (110); A guide 75 is formed at one side of the printer main body 80, and an MSR (Magnetic Stripe Reader: 92) is installed inside the guide 75 to sense information stored in the magnetic part of the credit card. A portable composite terminal; The upper case 50 has a connection hole 53 formed at one side of the seating part 51 so that the information of the printed circuit board 54 and the PDA 30 installed inside the connection hole 53 is shared. A terminal is installed; The paper accommodating part 73 includes a storage part 73a convex upward and a guide part 73b on which one side of the storage part 73a extends in the lateral direction so that the paper 110 slides along the bottom surface thereof. The printer module 60 is installed in a space formed above the guide part 73b; And a smart card reader (Smart Card Reader) 94 configured to further detect information of a smart card and a bar code reader 96 for detecting a bar code in an upper space of the guide unit 73b. The method of claim 1, The paper accommodating portion 73 has an end portion corresponding to the discharge hole 76 bent upward to form a side surface of the lower case 70, and the discharge roller 65 of the printer module 60 is supported therein. A portable composite printer, characterized in that the paper cover (74) formed with a pair of supports (74a) is installed to be opened and closed while sliding in the lateral direction of the lower case (70). The method of claim 1, The guide (75) is formed on one side of the lower case (70), the MSR (92) is installed inside the portable composite terminal, characterized in that the credit card is upright slide. The method of claim 1, The guide 155 is formed at the upper end of the upper case 150, the MSR (192) is installed on the inside of the portable composite terminal characterized in that the credit card is laid down in the horizontal direction to slide. The method of claim 1, The printer module includes a main body 61 having a guide part 62 which is moved while being in close contact with the paper 110, a motor 63 mounted to one side of the main body 61 to generate power, and The discharge roller 65, which is in close contact with the guide part 62 and rotates by the motor 63, generates the movement of the paper 110, and a plurality of gears 64 formed on one side of the main body 61. It is installed and arranged to connect the rotary shaft of the motor 63 and the rotary shaft of the discharge roller (65) is a portable composite terminal, characterized in that it comprises a gear box (68) to be converted and transmitted in a constant rotational speed.