JP6207060B2 - Business card management aids - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an auxiliary tool for managing business cards, and more particularly to an auxiliary tool for managing business cards for organizing and managing business cards as paper media as electronic information.

As a tool for organizing and managing business cards, conventionally, a business card organizer composed of a container portion and a lid portion has been proposed. The container portion is provided with a partition displaying a headword such as an alphabet. The name card is associated with the first letter of the name and the partition headword, and the business card is accommodated in the corresponding area. Has easy access to.
In such a business card organizer, for example, in order to facilitate the insertion and removal of business cards, for example, a finger hole is formed at the bottom of the housing and a narrow groove for card insertion / removal is formed at the bottom of the side plate, There has been proposed one in which a narrow card insertion / removal groove is formed so that a business card handed over from the opponent can be inserted from the top, and one's business card can be taken out from the bottom and handed to the opponent (Patent Document 1). reference).

Information written on business cards, such as addresses and names, is transferred to a notebook, etc., and is taken with you, but in order to eliminate the complexity of transferring to a notebook, you can shoot the business card as it is and store it as image information on your mobile phone. By doing so, a system that makes it possible to refer to it as necessary is also widespread. For example, Apple's iPhone (a registered trademark of Apple Inc., licensed by Apple Inc.), which is a smartphone, reads an image of a paper medium taken with an installed camera, as if it was read by a close-up document scanner There are several application softwares that can be used to create a clear image.
In such software, a technique for recognizing the edge of the paper medium from continuous pixel changes and correcting the trapezoidal edge to a square because the image is taken from an oblique direction has been proposed. Yes.

Utility Model Registration No. 3071198 Japanese Patent No. 4904426

However, in spite of the correction technique described above, when shooting a business card as a paper medium, there was a case where the shot image was blurred due to camera shake or shadows. . For this reason, the contents of the business card cannot be read, and accurate electronic information may not be obtained.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a business card management auxiliary tool that can take a business card in a legible state and easily organize and manage information on the business card.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a business card management assisting tool according to the present invention is a business card management assisting tool comprising a bottomed and uncovered container part for housing a business card, and a cover part covering the container part. A business card locking portion for locking the business card at a predetermined angle with respect to the upper surface on the upper surface of the lid portion , and a position substantially the same as the predetermined angle at a position away from the business card locking portion by a predetermined distance. a camera holding portion for holding the camera with is characterized in that the provided.
In this case, a groove portion having a trapezoidal cross-section is provided in the entire width direction of the upper surface of the lid portion, and a spacer having the same cross-sectional shape is fitted to contact the edge of the business card inserted from one side of the groove portion. forming an abutment for causing said on one side, with fitted spacer lateral length slightly smaller trapezoidal, the business card locking by providing a guide portion which is cut diagonally parts may be one which is characterized that you were formed.

A business card management assisting device according to claim 1 is provided with a bottomless, uncovered business card locking portion for locking a business card at a predetermined angle, and a camera holding portion for holding the camera at an angle substantially the same as the locking angle of the business card. Since it is provided on the upper surface of the lid portion that covers the container portion, it is possible to photograph the business card with the camera fixed at an optimal position by using the lid of the container that accommodates the business card as a stage.
For this reason, when many business cards are continuously photographed, all the business cards can be photographed in the same size. Moreover, since the information described on the business card can be clearly photographed, character recognition from the photographed image information can be accurately performed. As a result, information on a business card as a paper medium can be held as electronic information such as an image or data, and the business card can be easily organized and managed.

The auxiliary device for business card management according to claim 2 is provided with a groove portion having a trapezoidal cross section in the entire width direction of the upper surface of the lid portion, and a business card inserted from one side by fitting a spacer having the same cross sectional shape . Since the abutting portion for abutting the edge is provided, it is possible to prevent the business card from shifting laterally with respect to the shooting position by the camera .

Even business card management aid as claimed in any of claims because they are formed in the lid of the vessel which business card is housed, before storing business cards in the container, can be easily captured.
For this reason, a business card as a paper medium can be held as electronic information such as an image or data, and can be provided in case the business card is lost .

It is a perspective view which shows the business card organizer to which the business card management assistance tool which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention was applied. It is a perspective view which shows the state which opens the cover of the said business card organizer and uses it. It is a top view of the said business card organizer. It is an AA arrow expanded sectional view which shows the state of a business card latching | locking part. It is a perspective view which shows what stored the plane member in the bottom face part of the container part so that a slide was possible as a 1st modification of the said business card management assistance tool. It is a perspective view showing what formed a plane member by expanding the upper surface or side of a container part as the 2nd modification of the above-mentioned business card management auxiliary tool. It is a perspective view which shows the business card case to which the business card management assistance tool which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention was applied. It is a perspective view which shows what comprised the plane member as another aspect of the said business card case by pulling out the container part which accommodates a business card from the outer box which covers it. It is a perspective view which shows what slidably accommodated the planar member in the bottom face part of an outer box as another aspect of the said business card case.

  A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, embodiment is not limited to the following forms, Other aspects can also be implemented if the subject of this invention can be solved.

FIG. 1 shows a business card management aid 1 according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
This business card management aid 1 is applied to the lid of the business card organizer 2 and, as shown in FIG. 2, before the business card 3 is accommodated in the container 4, it is attached to a mobile phone 5 such as a smartphone. It is used to fix the shooting position when shooting with a built-in digital camera.

The business card organizer 2 is composed of a container portion 4 made of a box with a bottom and no lid, and a lid portion covering the container portion 4.
The container part 4 for accommodating the business card 3 is formed of a synthetic resin member, and a partition plate 7 provided with a tag 6 is provided therein. The tag 6 of the partition plate 7 displays a headword such as an alphabet. The name card is associated with the headword of the partition and the business card is stored in the corresponding area. Has easy access to.
In the business card organizer 2 to which this embodiment is applied, in addition to the partition plate 7 on which the headword is displayed on the tag 6, a partition plate 7 a having a tag 6 a that displays “unprocessed” is provided. . By storing business cards that have not been stored in the area partitioned by the partition plate 7a (that is, business cards that have not been photographed), the business cards are separated and stored so that they are not confused.

A cover body to which the business card management aid 1 of the present embodiment is applied is provided so as to cover the container portion 4.
The upper surface of the lid is the planar member 10 in the present invention, and functions as a stage for photographing a business card using the camera function of the mobile phone.
A business card locking portion 20 and a camera holding portion 30 are provided on the upper surface of the lid portion as the planar member 10.

The business card locking part 20 is a groove part for standing and locking the business card 3. This groove is a cut from one side of the upper surface of the lid of the business card organizer 2 toward the other side, and the length of the cut is the camera of the mobile phone 5 when held by the camera holding unit 30. It is determined in the positional relationship between the position and the edge of the business card 3.
That is, the business card 3 is inserted into the groove from one side, and the edge 3a is brought into contact with the back wall 21 on the other side to set the photographing position of the business card 3. In this way, the position of the business card 3 is fixed by bringing the business card 3 into contact with the back wall portion 21 of the groove, and the distance from the camera holding unit 30 and the camera position in the camera holding unit 30 are specified. It becomes possible.

  In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the business card locking portion 20 has a trapezoidal groove in the entire width direction of the upper surface of the lid portion, and a spacer 22 having the same cross-sectional shape is fitted on the other side. The back wall portion 21 is formed by inserting, and as shown in FIG. 4, the business card 3 is locked by fitting a spacer 23 having a cross-sectional trapezoidal shape with a slightly small lateral length as shown in FIG. An inclined groove is formed for the purpose. In this case, the groove portion is 70 ° to 85 ° (from the upper surface of the lid portion so that the business card 3 is inclined at an angle of about 110 ° to 95 ° (preferably 100 °) with respect to the upper surface of the lid portion on the photographing side. It is desirable that the inclined state be cut with an angle a of 80 °.

In order to facilitate the insertion of the business card 3, a guide part 24 cut obliquely is provided on one side of the business card locking part 20.
A camera holding unit 30 for holding the mobile phone 5 is formed at a position away from the business card locking unit 20 by a predetermined distance M. The distance M between the business card locking unit 20 and the camera holding unit 30 is set according to the camera position, the angle of view, the focal length, and the like of the mobile phone 5.

The camera holding unit 30 is a part for holding the mobile phone 5 in an inclined state similar to that of the business card 3, and includes a slant wall portion 31 on which the side surface of the mobile phone 5 on which the camera is provided is leaned, And a bottom surface portion 32 on which the bottom portion of the telephone 5 is placed.
The inclined wall portion 31 is designed to be inclined at an angle b of 70 ° to 85 ° (preferably 80 °) from the upper surface of the lid portion, similarly to the inclined state of the business card locking portion 20.

At a predetermined position of the inclined wall portion 31, a protruding portion 33 for locking the side end portion 5 a of the mobile phone 5 is provided. The protrusion 33 is determined based on the positional relationship of the business card 3 when held by the business card locking unit 20, and is approximately the same size as the screen of the mobile phone 5 without the business card 3 being displaced laterally. It is arranged at such a position as to be photographed.
The bottom surface portion 32 is configured by a plane extending in a direction perpendicular to the inclined wall portion 31, and a sponge is affixed to the top surface in order to enhance stability when the mobile phone 5 is placed.

A method for photographing, organizing and managing the business card 3 using the business card management auxiliary tool 1 having the above-described configuration will be described.
Before storing the obtained business card 3 in the business card organizer 2, first, the business card locking unit 20 on the upper surface of the lid is held. In this case, while being guided by the guide portion 24, the groove is inserted from one side portion toward the other side portion, and the edge 3 a is brought into contact with the back wall portion 21.
Then, the mobile phone 5 is held by the camera holding unit 30. In this case, with the side end 5 a of the mobile phone 5 locked to the protrusion 33, the bottom surface is placed on the mounting portion 32, and the surface on which the camera is provided leans against the inclined wall portion 31.

In this state, the user presses the shutter while confirming the appearance of the business card 3 on the screen of the mobile phone 5. At this time, the sponge is affixed to the bottom surface portion 32 on which the mobile phone 5 is placed, and the friction coefficient is high, so that the mobile phone 5 is prevented from moving when the shutter is pressed. it can.
In addition, the business card 3 is held in contact with the inner wall 21 in the groove, and the mobile phone 5 is locked at the projection 33 of the inclined wall 31, so that the camera is positioned against the subject. It is possible to prevent lateral displacement, and it is possible to prevent the business card 3 from protruding from the screen of the mobile phone 5 and cutting the photograph.

Furthermore, since the slant wall 31 on which the side of the mobile phone 5 is leaned and the inclination angle of the groove portion of the business card locking part 20 are substantially the same, the camera of the mobile phone 5 can be directly opposed to the subject (ie, business card). Thus, almost the same business card as a paper medium can be taken as a photograph.
The business card 3 can be organized and managed by holding this photograph as image information in the address book of the mobile phone 5 and referring to the image information as necessary. Since the information written on the business card 3 is stored in the memory of the mobile phone 5 as image information, it is possible to discard the business card 3 after shooting, and to be prepared in case the important business card 3 is lost. it can.

In addition, since a large amount of information related to the business card 3 can be carried while being held in the memory of the mobile phone 5, it is possible to quickly obtain contact information for dealing with unforeseen situations on the go. It becomes possible to do.
As described above, the business card management assisting tool 1 according to the present embodiment has a business card locking unit 20 that locks the business card 3 at a predetermined angle, and an angle b that is substantially the same as the locking angle a of the business card 3. Since the camera holding unit 30 for holding the mobile phone 5 is provided on the upper surface of the lid of the business card organizer 2, it is possible to take a picture before storing the business card 3 and hold a copy thereof in the mobile phone 5. it can.

When the business card 3 is photographed, the camera can be installed at an optimum position with respect to the subject, and the mobile phone 5 can be photographed. Therefore, it is possible to create a copy substantially identical to the business card as a paper medium. It becomes possible, and based on the image information related to the duplicate, it can be converted into accurate language information by character recognition software.
In the business card management assisting tool 1 according to the present embodiment, the camera holding unit 30 is formed as a part for holding the mobile phone 5, but may be formed in accordance with any device having a camera function.

Moreover, the planar member of this invention may be provided in the bottom part of the container part 4 for accommodating a business card so that a slide is possible like planar member 10 'shown in FIG. On the upper surface of the planar member 10 ′, a business card locking portion 20 ′ and a camera holding portion 30 ′ are provided.
Since the planar member 10 ′ having these functions is pulled out from the bottom surface of the container 4 ′ and photographed, it can be photographed easily before storing the business card in the container.
The structure of such a business card organizer may be, for example, a structure in which a container part (inner box) for housing a business card is housed in an outer box that covers it so that it can be pulled out. The upper case may be rotatably attached to the container portion.

For example, as shown in FIG. 6, a flat surface member 10 ″ having a business card locking portion 20 ″ and a camera holding portion 30 ″ is constructed by expanding the side surface of the container portion 4 ″ for housing the business card. May be.
Alternatively, the planar member may be configured by developing the upper surface portion of the container portion for housing the business card, and the business card locking portion and the camera holding portion may be provided on the back surface portion of the lid.
A stage for taking a business card can be created by unfolding the container part in which the business card is accommodated or opening the lid, so that the business card can be taken easily before being stored in the container.

Next, a business card management aid 100 according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
This business card management auxiliary tool 100 also serves as a portable business card holder, and is formed by rotatably connecting a lower case 101 and an upper case 102.
The lower case 101 is constituted by a container portion 103 formed in a bag shape, and the upper case 102 is rotatably attached to the side surface portion on the open side. A business card is stored in the container portion 103 of the lower case 101, and the upper case 102 is rotated to cover the lower case, so that it can be carried.

The business card management aid 100 according to the present embodiment is used in a state where the upper case 102 is unfolded from the sealed state and is flattened together with the lower case 101.
A groove (120) having a predetermined length is formed on the upper surface portion 104 of the bag-like lower case 101. This groove part (120) is a part which functions as a business card locking part 120 for locking the business card at a predetermined angle a on the upper surface of the planar member.

That is, the business card locking portion 120 is configured by cutting one side surface portion 105 of the lower case 101 from the upper edge portion downward with an angle a of 70 ° to 85 ° (preferably 80 °). And the groove part is extended toward the width direction of the lower case 101, and the contact part 121 for contacting the edge of the business card inserted from one side is formed in the front-end | tip part of the slit.
A camera holding portion 130 is formed on the side surface portion 106 of the upper case 102.
The side surface portion 106 of the upper case 102 is a portion that is overlapped with the side surface portion 105 of the lower case 101 when the case is sealed, but when the case is unfolded, the side surface portions 105 and 106 of both cases. The flat member provided with the business card locking part 120 and the camera holding part 130 is configured.

That is, a camera holding portion 130 for holding the mobile phone is formed at a position on the upper case 102 that is a predetermined distance M away from the groove portion (business card locking portion 120) of the lower case 101. This distance M is determined when the camera mounted on the mobile phone is in the state where the business card held in the groove 120 of the lower case 101 is in contact with the contact part 121 at the edge of the business card. The distance that can be taken is set.
The camera holding unit 130 is a part for holding the mobile phone in an inclined state substantially the same as that of a business card. The camera side (i.e., imaging side) side surface of the mobile phone is leaned against the oblique side 131 and the mobile phone. And a bottom side portion 132 on which the bottom portion is placed.

The oblique side portion 131 is designed to be inclined at an angle b of 70 ° to 85 ° (preferably 80 °) from the upper edge of the side surface portion 106, similarly to the inclined state of the groove portion 120 holding the business card. The bottom portion 132 is edged by a rubber member for preventing slipping when the mobile phone is placed.
A mark 133 indicating the camera position of the mobile phone 5 is provided on the side surface portion 107 on the shooting side of the upper case 102. By aligning the camera position with the mark 133, a business card can be photographed without being displaced. I am doing so.

Also in the business card management auxiliary tool 100 according to the present embodiment, the business card locking unit 120 stands up and locks the business card in an inclined shape, and the mobile phone with the camera holds the camera at an angle substantially the same as the locking angle. Since it is held in the unit 130, it is possible to shoot a business card with the camera fixed at an optimum position with respect to the subject.
As a result, the information on the business card can be clearly photographed, the character information from the photographed image information can be accurately recognized, and the business card as a paper medium is organized and managed as electronic information. It becomes possible to do.

Since the planar member is constituted by a portable business card holder carried around when going out, the business card can be clearly photographed even when going out. When business cards are exchanged on the go, the information of the other party can be organized and managed together with the business cards without having to return to the office, so that the memory immediately after the business card exchange can be recorded without forgetting.
Although the business card management auxiliary tool 100 of the present embodiment is configured to form a planar member (that is, a stage for photographing) by developing the upper surface and the side surface of the container portion (that is, the lower case 101) for storing the business card, In order to be applied to a portable business card holder, for example, it may be configured as shown in FIG.

The business card management auxiliary tool 200 shown in FIG. 8 has an inner box body (container portion 201) for housing a business card slidably housed in an outer box body 202 that covers it. A slit-shaped business card locking portion 220 was formed on the upper surface of the outer box body 202, and a camera holding portion 230 for holding a mobile phone was formed on the side edge of the container portion 201.
The inclination angle a of the business card locking part 220 is designed to be substantially the same as the inclination angle b of the camera holding part 230 for holding the mobile phone. This business card locking part 220 is also cut from the upper surface part at an angle of 70 ° to 85 ° as in the above embodiment, and the edge of the business card inserted from one side is brought into contact with the tip of the slit. The contact part 221 for making it form is formed.

Similarly to the above embodiment, the camera holding unit 230 is configured by an oblique side portion 231 on which the side surface of the mobile phone on which the camera is provided is leaned, and a bottom side portion 232 on which the bottom portion of the mobile phone is placed. .
Since the distance M between the business card locking unit 220 and the camera holding unit 230 is secured by pulling out the container unit 201 from the outer box 202, the size becomes extremely compact. In addition, by sliding the container unit 201 from the outer box 202, it is possible to focus in accordance with the size of the business card, and thus it is possible to perform shooting according to the type of camera.

A planar member 310 may be provided on the outer box 302 that covers the container portion 301 for housing a business card, like the business card management auxiliary tool 300 shown in FIG.
This business card holder is also configured by slidably storing the container portion 301 in the outer box body 302, but the one shown in FIG. 8 is that the flat member 310 is stored in the bottom of the outer box body 302. Is different.
Since the drawer-type planar member 310 is provided at the lower stage of the drawer-type container unit 301, the business card is associated with the gap (name card locking unit 320) formed when the container unit 301 is stored in the outer box body 302. The mobile phone is placed on the camera holding unit 330 provided at the front end of the planar member 310, and photographing is performed.

  In this case, if the business card is designed to be sandwiched in a gap so that the mobile phone is placed vertically, the business card that is locked at an angle of 90 ° with respect to the upper surface of the planar member 310 is placed at a predetermined distance M. At a distant position, the image can be taken with a camera-equipped mobile phone that is similarly held at an angle of 90 °. Since the camera is arranged facing the business card, the business card can be photographed in a legible state.

  The present invention is not limited to business cards, and can be applied to photographing aids in all industrial fields as an instrument for photographing standard-sized cards.

1, 100, 200, 300 ... business card management aid 2 ... business card organizer 3 ... business card 4, 201, 301 ... container 5 ... mobile phone 6 ... tag 7 ... partition plate 10, 310 ... flat members 20, 120, 220, 320 ... business card locking part 21 ... back wall part (contact part)
22, 23 ... Spacer 24 ... Guide part 30, 130, 230, 330 ... Camera holding part 31 ... Slanted wall part 32 ... Bottom face part 33 ... Projection part 101 ... Lower case 102 ... Upper case 103 ... Housing part 104 ... Upper surface part 105 , 106, 107 ... side parts 121, 221 ... contact parts 131, 231 ... oblique side parts 132, 232 ... bottom part 133 ... camera position marks 202, 302 ... outer box body

Claims (2)

A business card management auxiliary tool (1) comprising a bottomed and uncovered container part (4) for housing a business card (3) and a cover part covering the container part (4),
A business card locking part (20) for locking the business card (3) to the upper surface of the lid part (10) at a predetermined angle with respect to the upper surface, and a position away from the business card locking part (20) by a predetermined distance A business card management aid, comprising: a camera holding unit (30) that holds the camera (5) at an angle substantially equal to the predetermined angle. A groove portion having a trapezoidal cross section is provided in the entire width direction of the upper surface of the lid portion, and a spacer (22) having the same cross sectional shape is fitted to contact the edge of a business card inserted from one side of the groove portion. abutment for causing (21) is formed,
The business card locking portion (20) is provided by fitting a spacer (23) having a trapezoidal cross section with a slightly small lateral length on one side and providing a guide portion (24) cut obliquely. Card management aid according to claim 1, characterized that you were formed.

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