JPS6149689B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a multi-item information input device for inputting multi-item information to an information processing device through key operations.

BACKGROUND ART Conventional multi-item information input devices include those in which sheets are roughly divided and filled with items and bound into a notebook shape, and those in which the sheets are wound in a roll or around a rotating drum.

In the former method, holes are bored in the sheet of each page in a grid pattern, and light emitting elements protrude from each hole, and items are written in the vicinity of the holes. Then, input was made by placing a light pen on the light emitting element corresponding to the desired item.

On the other hand, in the latter method, a sheet with items written on it is wound into a roll, a glass plate with an electrode plate printed on it is placed on the flat part between two shafts, and the sheet is moved by a motor. When the area where the necessary items are written is located on the flat surface, the electrode plate corresponding to the desired item is pressed with a finger to input the information. Further, when winding sheets around a rotating drum, each end of a plurality of sheets with items written thereon is fixed onto the rotating drum at predetermined angular intervals using a stopper, and the sheets are wound up.

Therefore, in the former method, the user has to manually turn over the sheets in order to select the sheet on which the desired item is written. The latter method does not have this trouble, but as the number of entries increases and the total length of the sheet becomes longer, it takes more time to select the part with the desired entry and position it between the two axes. Not only is the roll itself cumbersome to replace, but the rotary drum type uses a stopper to attach the end of each sheet to the rotating drum, so it takes time to remove the stopper. In short, it is not easy to replace the seat, and
The stopper protruding from the surface of the rotating drum creates unevenness on the surface of the winding sheet, and since this unevenness changes depending on the quality of the sheet and the period of use, etc., the other end of the specified sheet must be placed in a specified position. There is a drawback that accurate positioning is not possible.

The present invention has been made to eliminate these drawbacks, and it is possible to easily and quickly select any one sheet out of a plurality of sheets, wind it up and store it in the sheet storage section, and also to store the sheet in the sheet storage section. It is an object of the present invention to provide a multi-item information input device that can be easily exchanged.

The present invention will be specifically explained below with reference to illustrated embodiments.

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a multi-item input device according to the present invention. That is, this device is broadly divided into a sheet storage section 1, a sheet selection means 2, and an input operation section 3.
It consists of. The seat storage section 1 can be roughly divided into:
A shaft 10 that transmits and outputs rotational force in forward and reverse directions, and a winding member to which the rotational force from this shaft 10 is applied;
It consists of seat mounting members, etc. Therefore, the seat storage section 1 is detachable via the shaft 10, and the shaft 10 is connected to a drive means (hereinafter referred to as a stepping motor) 20 within the seat selection means 2.
A slit disk 21 having a plurality of slits in the circumferential direction is attached to an extension of the shaft 10, and a light emitting element 22 and a light receiving element 23 are arranged facing each other on both sides of the slit disk 21. Further, a belt 24 for holding most of the sheets 4'' taken out from inside the seat storage section 1 is connected to the shaft 10 via gears and pulleys as appropriate.

Regarding the winding member, FIGS. 2 and 3
As shown in the figure, two winding frames 11 and 12 are fixed to a shaft 10 at a predetermined interval, and one winding frame 11 has a plurality of holes 11a (second engagement holes) in the circumferential direction. grooves 12a parallel to the shaft 10 are formed in the circumference of the other winding frame 12 so as to face the holes 11a. A holder 13 is loosely fitted on the outside of the winding frame 12 and presses the winding frame 11 in the direction of the winding frame 11 by receiving the force of the coil spring 14. The holder 13 has an inner surface that is perpendicular to the groove 12a of the winding frame 12. One groove 13a is formed. Next, the seat mounting member has a rod-shaped body slightly longer than the width of the seat 4, and has a stopper portion 4a at one end thereof.
(first engaging portion), and one end side (terminal end portion) of the sheet 4 is attached to this rod-shaped body by appropriate means. The sheet attachment member to which the sheet 4 is attached is detachably inserted between the winding frames 11 and 12 forming a part of the winding member. To store the sheet in the sheet storage section 1, specifically, the holder 13 is pressed against the opposite side of the winding frame 12 against the coil spring 14, and in this state, the first rod-shaped body that is the sheet mounting member is pressed. Insert one end of the stopper part 4a, which is the engaging part, into the hole 11a, which is the second engaging part, of the winding frame 11, and pass the other end through the groove 13a of the holder 13, into the groove 12a of the winding frame 12 (the second engaging part). section). After performing this insertion operation for all the sheets 4, when the holder 13 is released, the holder 13 is pressed against the winding frame 12 by the coil spring 14, so that the sheet 4 is held by the winding frames 11 and 12 from now on. Ru. In other words, when storing the sheet, the first engaging portion of the sheet attaching member and the second engaging portion of the winding member removably engage in a complementary manner to lock the sheet 4. Therefore, the sheet 4 is detachably attached to the winding member.

The sheet 4 attached to the winding frames 11 and 12 in this way is wound in one direction, and as shown in FIG.
It is held so that a part thereof is exposed by an endless belt 17 which is stretched over d. However, roller 16a
16a to 16c are directly provided on the side plate 15, but only 16d is attached to a rotating lever 18 connected to a roller 16a.
Further, a spring 19 for applying tension to the belt 17 is attached to the roller 16a. Note that the main body 5 has a detection function for detecting that the sheet storage section 1 is glued to the main body 5 and further determining what classification item is written on the sheet 4 in the sheet storage section 1. A device 6 is provided.

Next, the sheet selection means 2 selects 20 to 24 in FIG.
In addition to the components shown in FIG. 2, a separating plate 25 for separating and taking out an arbitrary sheet 4' from among the sheets 4 drawn out from the sheet storage section 1, as shown in FIG. A guide plate 26 is provided for guiding and holding the separated and taken out sheet 4' below the input operation section 3.

Next, the input operation section 3 is constructed as shown in FIG. In FIG. 4, two adjacent sides 31a and 31b of a rectangular frame 31 have light emitting elements 3
2 and 32' are arranged at equal intervals with their light emitting surfaces facing inward, and the remaining two sides 31c and 31d
In this case, the light receiving elements 33, 33' are placed on the light emitting elements 32, 3 on 31a, 31b with their light receiving surfaces facing inward.
2'. Frame body 31
A lattice plate 34 having a pitch equal to the arrangement interval of the light emitting elements and the light receiving elements is provided inside. This lattice plate 34 is provided with notches 35 at its square portions, and these notches 35
The opposing sides 31a, 31b of the frame 31 are
and between the light emitting element and the light receiving element arranged at 31c and 31d, that is, between 32 and 33, and between 32' and 32'.
An optical path is formed between 33' and 33'. Then, the input key 3 is placed on each square portion 36 formed by the grid plate 34.
7 is provided. The input key 37 is made of a transparent material and has a thickness thinner than the height of the grid plate 34, but its sides are pasted or coated with a non-transparent material so that it cannot be seen through. This input key 37 is connected to the grid plate 3 as shown in FIG.
The upper surface of the lattice plate 34 is engaged with the receiving spring 38 attached to the lattice plate 34 so as not to come off, and the upper surface of the lattice plate 34 is normally aligned with the upper surface of the lattice plate 34 as shown in the figure so as not to interrupt the optical path. When this happens, it retracts against the receiving spring 38 and blocks the optical path.

On the other hand, a transparent glass plate 39 is arranged below the grid plate 34 and also serves as a reflection plate for the light passing through the optical path. Below this glass plate 39, the guide plate 26 is disposed.
The seat 4' guided above is positioned.

Next, the operation of this device will be explained. First, when the seat storage section 1 is attached to the main body 5, the detection device 6 operates to detect that the seat storage section 1 is attached, and also to determine what category the sheet 4 in the seat storage section 1 is classified into. Determine whether the information has been entered.

As a result, the stepping motor 20 as a driving means is activated, and the winding frames 11 and 12 that hold the sheet mounting member around which the sheet 4 is wound are moved in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 2a, that is, in the winding direction of the sheet 4. The sheet 4 is wound up by rotating in the opposite direction. Then, the position where the leading edge of the sheet 4', which serves as a reference, passes through point B in FIG. , the stepping motor 20 stops at this position. At this time, the tip of the other sheet 4'' is connected to the separating plate 2.
5 and is located just before point C in Figure 2 a. In this way, the tip of only the reference sheet 4' is located between point B and the separation plate 25. In this state, when the stepping motor 20 is then rotated and unwound in the direction of arrow A' in FIG. It is guided below the input operation section 3 by a plate 26 . The other sheet 4'' is also guided on the belt 24. This situation is shown in FIG. 2b.

Next time you try to select another sheet,
For example, a sheet selection pushbutton on the input operation section 3 is pressed. This operation activates the stepping motor 20,
Rotate the winding frames 11 and 12 in the direction of arrow A to remove the sheet 4.
After (4′, 4″) is wound onto the reel frames 11 and 12,
The position of the reference sheet 4' is similarly detected,
From this position, the rotation of the stepping motor 20 further advances by the number of steps corresponding to the seat to be selected. Then, by rotating the stepping motor 20 in the direction of arrow A', the selected sheet is separated and guided onto the guide plate 26 in the same manner as described above. In this case, when attaching the sheet 4 to the winding frames 11 and 12, the external storage device stores in advance the number of the sheet and the item written on it, counting from the sheet 4' as a reference. I'll keep it. That is, the items written on each sheet 4 are classified and registered in advance for each sheet storage unit, and when a sheet is selected according to the registered contents, only that sheet is separated and taken out. so that

As above, any sheet can be input to the input operation section 3.
When the user is guided to the lower part of the sheet, the user presses the input key 37 corresponding to an arbitrary item written on the sheet. As a result, the pressed input key 37 blocks the optical path corresponding to the input key 37 among the optical paths between the light emitting elements 32, 32' and the light receiving elements 33, 33'. Since the output of the light receiving elements 33, 33' decreases, the position of the input key 37 can be determined. Based on this determination result, information on the item corresponding to that input key 37 is input to the information processing device.

As described above in one embodiment, in the present invention, one end side of a plurality of flexible sheets on which items are written are each attached to a sheet mounting member, inserted into a winding member, and stored in a sheet storage section. By rotating this wound sheet in the same direction as the winding direction, it is led out from the other end, and any one of the sheets is separated and guided to the input operation section. Sheets can be selected easily and quickly. In other words, the desired sheet can be selected simply by rotating the wound sheet in the opposite direction to the winding direction to set it in the desired position, and then rotating it in the same direction as the winding direction. There is no hassle as would be the case if the sheet is bound in a roll, and even if there are a large number of items to be filled out, it does not take much time to select the sheet, allowing selection to be made instantly. .

Furthermore, since the sheet mounting member, which is a rod-shaped body with a sheet attached, is inserted into the winding member, the sheet can be replaced quickly and extremely easily. This has the advantage that the surface of the wound sheet will not be uneven and the end of the designated sheet can be accurately positioned.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a multi-item information input device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIGS.
4c is a front view, side view, and sectional view showing the internal structure of the seat storage section; FIGS. 4a and 4b are a plan view and sectional perspective view of the input operation section; FIGS. FIG. 3 is a plan view and a sectional view showing an enlarged portion of the device. 1... Seat storage section, 2... Seat selection means,
3... Input operation section, 4... Sheet, 4a... Stopper part (first engagement part) of a rod-shaped body that is a sheet mounting member, 11, 12... Winding frame (winding member), 11
a...hole, 12a...groove (second engaging part), 20
...Driving means, 37...Input key.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A plurality of sheets rotatably supported and on which multiple items of information are written; A winding member for winding up the sheets; A forward or reverse direction for winding or unwinding the sheets; a driving means for applying a rotational force in a direction to the winding member; an input operation unit capable of outputting a signal corresponding to the information; and an input operation unit for rotating the winding member in the opposite direction to In a multi-item information input device comprising sheet selection means for selecting a desired sheet from sheets and arranging the selected sheet at a position corresponding to the input operation section: one end side of the sheet A multi-item information input device comprising a sheet attachment member to which sides are fixed, and the sheet attachment member is detachably attached to the winding member.