JP2873580B2 - External recording medium processing device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a portable external recording medium processing device,
Particularly preferably, the present invention relates to a thin portable book, and more particularly to a portable book, which is achieved by using a composite disc in which recording / reproducing means by optical means and recording / reproducing means by magnetic means are integrated. Then, it can be displayed in a modifiable form on a display unit from a different recording medium recorded on one composite disc such as a liquid crystal display device. 2. Description of the Related Art A conventional book is a form in which letters, numbers, symbols, drawings, tables, and the like are printed on paper to form a form, which is sold to users. In order to understand the contents of a book by reading letters, numbers, symbols, etc., there has been no attempt at an electronic book corresponding to such a book. It is composed of paper, and a book is composed of at least several tens of pages, usually hundreds of pages, so the weight of one book is considerably heavy, so for a so-called literary novel or specialized book, 1 k per book
The weight exceeded g. Further, the book has pages bound in succession, and it is impossible at all to take out only an arbitrary page and compare it with a different page, or correct or edit a part of the content. In addition to means for performing these comparisons, corrections, and editing, and a read-only external recording medium for performing such means, it is required to provide a changeable external recording medium on the same object for practical processing and ease of storage. I was "Means to Solve the Problems" The present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and relates to a processing device for a weighing and compact external recording medium, particularly preferably a processing device for a portable external recording medium. is there. The present invention provides a first external recording medium using an optical unit such as a DC-ROM (read-only memory having a compact disk type) in which information obtained by code-converting character signals such as characters, numbers, symbols, and drawings is recorded. A recording / reproducing apparatus for optically reproducing the information on the medium, a flat display unit, an input key for information processing for designating a page to be read from the outside, a memory enabling arbitrary processing, and a microcomputer And In order to further improve the function, an external input terminal for information processing or another second magnetic recording / reproducing storage / reproducing device may be provided. Then, the data recorded on the first and second external recording media is reproduced by the reproducing device, and a microcomputer is used to process characters, numerals, symbols, drawings, tables, and tables for one screen by a processing device for the external recording medium. And the like, and the user can understand the contents of the external recording medium by reading the display screen. [Operation] The present invention uses a recording medium such as a composite disk in which a magnetic memory and an optical memory in which letters, numbers, symbols, and the like of the contents of a book or the like are converted into code signals are integrated. The present invention has a display unit that uses the information of the recording medium as visual detection information. As for the amount of data to be reproduced, only the data for one display screen may be reproduced once, or the data for both screens may be reproduced by one reproduction. Alternatively, the display on one of the display units may be fixed, and the other may be configured and corrected by a touch pen, a light pen, or the like in a form required by the reader.
For this reason, it has a function of storing the instruction information from the external input terminal once in the IC memory in the display device, and displaying the necessary screen by the user by operating the external key when necessary. Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to examples. Embodiment 1 FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of an apparatus for processing an external recording medium according to the present invention. FIG. 1 (A) is a front view showing a state in which a processing device for an external recording medium folded in two is opened, and FIG. 1 (B) is a front view showing a state in which a processing device for an external recording medium which is folded in two is folded. Is shown. In both figures, an external recording medium processing apparatus main body (10) comprises a main body (1) and a lid (1 '). These are display units (2) and (2 '), external input keys (3), and a photoelectric conversion device (5) for an auxiliary power supply attached to a lid (1').
, An external storage playback device (4), an external power input terminal (13), and external input / output terminals (14) and (15). In the case of the present embodiment, a liquid crystal display device is used as the display units (2) and (2 '), and an optical disk is used as the first recording medium for the data file, that is, a CD ROM system for recording data by a difference in reflectance of irradiation light. At the same time, a composite disk is constituted by using a magnetic disk as a second recording medium provided in another part of the disk. The photoelectric conversion device (5) employs an amorphous silicon photoelectric conversion device having a size of 20 mm × 300 mm, and supplies the electric power generated by the photoelectric conversion device (5) to the charge / discharge device (16). In addition, the processing of the external recording medium processing device (10) is performed by charging the insufficient power from the external power supply (6). In addition, the inside of the external recording medium processing device (10)
The functions shown in the figure are provided. This interior function is performed mainly by the microcomputer (20), and the external recording information is transferred to the temporary memory (17) as needed (store), and the information of the arbitrary location designated by the external input key (3) is randomly stored. Are displayed on the display units (2) and (2 '). In the external recording medium processing device (10), the information of the screen is reproduced by operating the external input key (3) and displayed on the display units (2) and (2 '), and the user can read the display. Has the function of displaying information. At this time, the display units (2) and (2 ') display, for example, 30 characters.times.50 lines in vertical writing. The display corresponding to a certain page is performed on the display unit (2 ') of the cover, and the display corresponding to the next page is performed on the display unit (2). The contents of each display are compared. The operation for this can be performed by operating the input key (3), and the next screen may be displayed and read. Thus, the present invention was completed. "Embodiment 2" This embodiment relates to the other storage and reproduction functions shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. FIG. In FIG. 2, a first optical external storage medium 1 (1
1), and a second magnetic storage medium 2 (11 '). Furthermore, corresponding to each, one of the playback device (12),
On the other hand, a recording and reproducing device (12 ') is provided. As schematically shown in FIG. 3, one disk is provided with a ROM and a RAM as an integrated composite disk (30). That is, a first external recording medium (11) (compact disk, read-only) composed of a compact disk, and a magnetic storage unit (1
1 ′) (both writing and reading). Therefore, one of the reproducing devices (12) is a reflection type ROM (read only memory) reproducing device comprising an optical system (13) and a light emitting / receiving system (14). The other is a RAM (write / read random access or random access memory) type storage / reproduction device (12 ') comprising a magnetic head (16) and its drive system (16). For this purpose, although a single magnetic head is shown in the drawings, it is also possible to use two magnetic heads and erase one, and record or reproduce the other. However, the RAM capacity is smaller than the optical type. This magnetic recording part is the recording surface of a compact disk (11)
It may be provided at the center or outer periphery of the side, or may be provided at the center or the entire surface on the back side (the upper side in the drawing). Thus, the process of processing and editing information and the obtained result are stored in a memory (FIG. 2 (17)), and the resulting information is passed through a recording / reproducing device (12 ') to a magnetic external storage medium. Moving to (11 '), the information can be permanently saved in a compact disk information (11) in a 1: 1 correspondence. For this reason, ROM information is mainly used, and some information can be corrected or corrected, and the ROM memory can be used effectively for a long period of time. [Effects] As described above, the present invention has realized a recording medium which is portable and has a lightweight and compact function as an external recording medium having a book function. Also, since the recording data file is lightweight and compact, a large amount of information can be stored and transported. Further, by having a plurality of data files for one reproducing apparatus, the same effect as having many books can be obtained. Further, as shown in the present invention, when using a processing device for a liquid crystal external recording medium in which sensors are arranged in a matrix corresponding to each pixel of the display unit, a user can use a touch pen or a touch pen on an important part of the display screen. By instructing with a light pen or the like, the important part can be stored in a magnetic recording medium, or the display of that part can be highlighted, for example, underlined, inverted characters, a red line can be drawn on the textbook or other paper, It is possible to have the same function as underlining with a fluorescent pen. Therefore, it is not necessary for elementary and junior high school students to carry several heavy books to school, and it is only necessary to carry a plurality of lightweight and compact data files. Further, by incorporating an auxiliary power supply such as a solar cell, it is possible to read a book while carrying it for a long time.

[Brief description of the drawings] FIG. 1 shows a schematic diagram of the device of the present invention. FIG. 2 shows the outline of the system of the apparatus of the present invention. FIG. 3 shows an outline of a part of the functions of the present invention. 1 ... body 1 '... lid 2,2 '...... Display 3 ... External input key 4. External recording medium insertion section 6 Photoelectric conversion device 7 External recording / playback unit 10 ... Processing unit for external recording medium

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] A reproducing apparatus for reproducing the first information recorded on the first external recording medium by optical means, and a second external recording medium provided in a part of the first external recording medium and using a magnetic recording medium A recording / reproducing device for recording / reproducing the second information, a display unit for displaying the first information or the second information, a microcomputer, the reproducing device, the recording / reproducing device, the display unit And a photoelectric conversion device for supplying electric power for driving the microcomputer, wherein the first information or the second information is equivalent to one screen or one screen by the microcomputer. An information processing apparatus for an external recording medium, wherein information is temporarily recorded in a memory and displayed on the display unit.