JPS6150331B2 - - 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 by key operations, and particularly relates to a multi-item information input device for inputting multi-item information into an information processing device by key operations, and in particular, a multi-item information input device for inputting multiple page sheets with input information into a roll. The present invention relates to a multi-item information input device which is rotated in forward and reverse directions to select and switch desired page sheets.

As a conventional device of this type, there is a multi-item information input device disclosed in ``Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 159126/1983,'' published on December 15, 1974. This is composed of a page sheet storage section, a page sheet switching mechanism section, and a keyboard section for input operations. The page sheet storage section has a roll-shaped page sheet member in which a plurality of flexible page sheets with function indications of input keys are fixed at regular intervals on the circumference of the rotation axis, and this is replaced with the main body of the device. It has a structure in which it is housed in a detachable manner as much as possible. Then, when the operator presses a desired page selection key on the keyboard section, the stepping motor of the page sheet switching mechanism section is activated, and the rotating shaft connected thereto is rotated at a predetermined angle in the opposite direction to the page sheet winding direction. After the desired page sheet is rotated and the other end surface of the desired page sheet is positioned at the page sheet output port to be in the set state, the rotating shaft is then rotated in the page sheet winding direction to input the desired page sheet into the keyboard unit. A function display is automatically displayed on the bottom surface of the key to provide a function display for the input key. In this state, when the operator looks at the function display and presses a desired input key, the key signal from the input key is transmitted along with the page sheet identification signal from the page selection key and the page sheet member identification signal generated when the page sheet storage section is accommodated. It is encoded and input to the information processing device as input information.

By the way, in this conventional device, in consideration of the replaceability of page sheet members, the entire page sheet storage section is constructed into a cartridge that can be attached and removed from the main body of the device. In reality, it includes four rotating shafts for spanning the endless belt that holds the page sheet in the winding direction, and a side plate that forms the storage casing, which is heavy and large, so it must be replaced. This was troublesome and required a large amount of storage space.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to form only a plurality of page sheets into a cartridge so that it can be freely attached to and removed from the winding shaft, and to ensure that the page sheets of the page sheet members formed into the cartridge can be reliably identified. It is.

An object of the present invention is to provide information items formed by fixing a plurality of flexible page sheets of the same shape with input information attached to one side of a flexible base sheet with one end thereof spaced apart from each other by a certain distance. The base sheet has a plurality of different page sheet members, and the base sheet is provided with a page sheet identification means consisting of a plurality of holes that transmit light on a protruding side portion that protrudes outward from the side of the page sheet. Each hole is arranged in a row so as to correspond to the page sheet, and the page sheet member is rotated in a winding direction and a reverse winding direction using an electric motor as a drive source, and is detachably attached to the device body. A winding shaft for attaching to the winding shaft, an endless belt for holding the page sheet wound around the winding shaft in the wound state, and a plurality of pairs of light-emitting elements and light-emitting elements arranged near the winding shaft. The main body of the apparatus further includes a keyboard having at least an input key group consisting of a plurality of switches and a page selection key group, and a desired one of the plurality of page sheet members is selected from the plurality of page sheet members. The base sheet is supplied from outside the apparatus main body and is wound around the winding shaft by rotation of the winding shaft so that the protruding side portion of the base sheet is inserted between the light emitting element and the light receiving element of the optical sensor; When the winding shaft rotates in the winding direction and the reverse winding direction in accordance with the switch operation of the page selection key group, the page sheet member in the wound state is unwound from the winding shaft and returned to the selected position. Only the set desired page sheet is derived to correspond to the input key group of the keyboard section, and a function display is given to the switch of the input key group, and page sheets other than the desired page sheet are derived under the keyboard section. This can be achieved by a multi-item information input device characterized in that the optical sensor reads the identification means and generates an identification signal for the desired page sheet when the page is selected.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a multi-item information input device according to the present invention, in which the main body of the device has a plurality of input devices arranged in a lattice on a metal base 1 on which a keyboard section and a page sheet switching mechanism section, which will be described later, are mounted. It consists of a housing structure in which a metal lid 3 in which a rectangular through hole 2 is formed can be covered, and a page sheet exchange port 4 communicating with the inside of the housing is provided on the front side. Also, each rectangular through hole 2
A thin push button switch 5 is provided below the key top, which is switched by the vertical movement of the key top. It is divided into a group of input keys (49 in the figure) for inputting data.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view schematically showing the inside of the apparatus shown in FIG. 1. As shown in the figure, the base 1 on which the lid 3 is covered has a substantially U-shaped cross section, and between the opposing side walls 6 (only one side wall is shown in the figure) is a keyboard section 7 on which a push button switch 5 is mounted. Behind the keyboard section 7, a page sheet switching mechanism section 9 is disposed between support walls 8 (only one support wall is shown in the figure) that is directly installed on the bottom plate of the base 1.

The keyboard part 7 has switch parts 5 of push button switches 5 on both sides of the U-shaped hardware 71 at both ends.
A printed board 73 on which circuit components such as a keyboard encoder (not shown) are mounted is attached to the printed board 72 on which 1 is mounted. Further, in front of the printed board 72 is a switch guide plate 74 for guiding the key top 52 to the switch part 51.
Behind the printed board 73 is a page sheet guide plate 7 for guiding a page sheet member 14, which will be described later.
5 is installed. Further, the keyboard section 7 has a space between the switch guide plate 74 and the lid 3 for introducing the page sheet, that is, a page sheet guide path 76.
It is installed with

On the other hand, the page sheet switching mechanism section 9 has an engagement groove 9 on its circumferential surface for winding the page sheet member 14.
8, a drive shaft 92 connected to a stepping motor (not shown) for rotating the winding shaft 91, and an endless belt 93 for holding the page sheet member 14 in the winding direction of the winding shaft 91. axis 91,9
It has shafts 94, 95, 96 for spanning 2,
The respective shafts 91, 92, 94, 95, 96 are connected to the support wall 8.
It consists of a structure that is rotatably attached between the two. Also, axis 9
6 is rotatable about a shaft 97 in order to keep the tension of the belt 93 constant. Further, a guide plate 10 is installed in an inclined manner parallel to the guide plate 75 on the base below the keyboard section 7, and a space between the winding shaft 91 and the guide plate 74 is used for guiding the selected page sheet. Guide plates 11, 12 forming a passage are provided. Further, the space between the guide plates 10 and 75 forms a page sheet member guiding passage 13 which communicates with the exchange port 4 at the front and the winding shaft 91 at the rear.

In addition, in FIG. 2, the page sheet member 14 is connected to the exchange port 4.
The figure shows a state where it has been introduced into the passage 13.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the page sheet member 14 according to the present invention, which is formed from a plurality of page sheets 140 of the same shape made of a flexible material such as polyester film and an opaque base sheet 141. There is. On the surface of the page sheet 140, information items (not shown) giving function indications for each pushbutton switch 5 of the input key group B are provided by printing or other means. On the other hand, the base sheet 141 is somewhat thicker than the page sheet 140, and has an engaging pin 142 made of a metal material at the beginning end thereof, and also protrudes outward from the side of the page sheet 140. On one side of the protruding side, there are provided a page sheet member identification hole 143 and a page sheet detection hole 144, which is a page sheet identification means, arranged in a row. Then, each page sheet 140 has a fourth
As shown in the figure, one end surface thereof is fixed to a base sheet 141 at a constant interval. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the state in which the page sheet member 14 is wound around the base sheet 141 in a drum shape, and the other end of each page sheet 140 is exposed for a certain length in the winding direction. . At this time, each page sheet 14
The exposed length of the other end of 0 is the end page sheet 140''
However, except for the end page sheet 140'', which is covered by the first page sheet 140', the exposed length of the other end is b.
It has become a method. In method b, the winding diameter of the base sheet 141 is set so that b>a, preferably b=2a, compared to method a.

Note that a plurality of page sheet members 14 are prepared in advance with different information items for each page sheet 140, and each page sheet member has an identification hole 1.
The number of holes or the hole positions are different for each of the holes 43. Further, the number of page sheet detection holes 144 is formed corresponding to the number of page sheets 140 that is equal to the number of page sheets 140 attached.

6 is a perspective view showing a state in which the page sheet member 14 is attached to the page sheet switching mechanism section 9, and FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a state in which the page sheet member 14 is attached to the winding shaft 91 of the page sheet switching mechanism section 9. FIG.

As shown in the figure, a crescent-shaped engagement groove 98 is provided on the circumferential surface of the winding shaft 91 (partially omitted in the figure), and the engagement pin 142 of the page sheet member 14 is engaged with the engagement groove 98. By matching, a winding operation is performed. In addition, each axis 92, 94 (partially omitted in the figure) 95 (not shown), 96 (not shown in the figure)
is provided with a pulley 99 for spanning the belt 93, and a stepping motor 1 is provided at the end of the drive shaft 92.
A gear 102 connected to a gear 101 of 00 is provided. Further, the shaft 96 is pulled outward by a spring 104 suspended between fixing pins 103, as shown in FIG. On the other hand, a sheet detecting section 15 is provided at the end of the winding shaft 91 and arranged in parallel thereto, and a light emitting element 152 attached to a support stand 151 and a light receiving element 154 attached to a support stand 153 are opposed to each other by a fixing pin. It has a structure in which the ends are connected at 155. Then, the light emitting element 15 whose optical axis coincides with
2 and the light receiving element 154 form an optical sensor, and when the base sheet 141 is rolled up, the support stands 151 and 15
The identification hole 143 and the detection hole 144 in the protruding side portion of the base sheet 141 inserted between the base sheets 141 and 3 are separately detected.

Next, the page selection operation of the above-mentioned Honda item information input device will be explained with reference to FIGS. 8 to 15. In this figure, the same reference numerals as those mentioned above represent the same contents.

First, regarding the winding operation of the page sheet member 14, first insert the desired page sheet member 14 into the guide passage 13 from the exchange port 4 as shown in FIG. It is brought into contact with the winding shaft 91 and set in a state in which winding is possible as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7.

Next, when the predetermined push button switch 5 of the page selection key group A corresponding to the selected page sheet 140 is pressed and switched, the stepping motor 100 is automatically driven as shown in FIG. 8, and the gear 101 is rotated in the direction of the arrow c. Then, the drive shaft 92 is rotated by a predetermined angle in the direction of arrow d via the gear 102. Also, the drive shaft 92
When the belt 93 rotates, the belt 93 rotates in the directions of arrows e and f, and the winding shaft 91 rotates by a predetermined angle in the direction of the arrow g. Furthermore, as the winding shaft 91 rotates, the page sheet member shown in FIG. 6 is rotated around the winding shaft 91 as shown in FIG. It is wound up. When the rotation of the winding shaft 91 by a predetermined angle in the g direction is completed, the desired page sheet 140 is set in a state where only the other end thereof is latched to the guide plate 11, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 12.

Subsequently, from this state, the stepping motor 10 is automatically activated.
0 is driven to rotate in the opposite direction, as shown in FIG.
1. The drive shaft 92, belt 93, and winding shaft 91 rotate in the direction opposite to that of FIG. 8 as indicated by arrows h, i, j, k, and l. When the winding shaft 91 rotates in one direction that is opposite to the winding direction (g direction) of the page sheet member 14, the desired page sheet 140 is drawn out in the direction of the arrow n, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 13. When the rotation of the winding shaft 91 by a predetermined angle in one direction is completed, the desired page sheet 1 is rotated as shown in FIG.
40 covers each push button switch 5 of the input key group B and is led out to a guide passage 76 on a guide plate 75 to give a function display to each push button switch, and the other page sheet 140 is accommodated in the guide passage 13. The page selection operation is completed.

When the other push button switch 5 of the page selection key group A is pressed from the state shown in FIG. 10, the winding shaft 91 automatically rotates by a predetermined angle as shown in FIG. After winding up the desired page sheet 140 (the state shown in FIG. 11), the specified current desired page sheet 140 is set to the states shown in FIGS. 8 and 12. After that, the winding shaft 91 is moved to the ninth
When the desired page sheet 140 is reversely rotated as shown in FIG. 13 and rotation by a predetermined angle is completed, the page of the desired page sheet 140 is selected as shown in FIG. 10.

Next, the page sheet member 1 is wound around the winding shaft 91.
The exchange operation of No. 4 will be explained.

When replacing the page sheet member 14 in the state shown in FIG. 10, first the push button switch 5 dedicated to page sheet member replacement in the page selection key group A is switched. Then, similar to the above, the winding shaft 91
is automatically rotated by a predetermined angle as shown in FIG. 8, passes through the winding state (the state shown in FIG. 11), and then is set to the state shown in FIG. 14. Figure 14 is the first page sheet 1 of the volume.
The other end of 40' passes through the guide plate 11 and is located in the guide passage 13, and the end of the roll page sheet 14
0″ other end is locked to the shaft 94,
As explained in FIG. 5, in this page sheet member 14, the first page sheet 140' is
This is obtained because one page sheet is removed between the end page sheet 140'' and the end page sheet 140''.
From the state shown in FIG. 14, the winding shaft 91 is driven to rotate in the reverse direction as shown in FIG. 13 and returns to the winding operation state shown in FIG. In this state, one end of the page sheet member 14 can be led out from the exchange port 4 and removed by the operator.

Next, electrical control of the Honda item information input device will be schematically explained.

First, the control drive of the stepping motor 100 is as follows.
This is performed by a motor control circuit (not shown) mounted on the printed board 73. That is,
When the push button switch 5 of the page selection key group A is switched, the motor control circuit responds to a preset positive pulse (to move the winding shaft 91 in the winding direction G).
(pulse for rotating the winding shaft 9) and a negative pulse (pulse for rotating the winding shaft 9
1 in the reverse winding direction l) is continuously applied to the stepping motor 100. Accompanying this, the stepping motor 100 rotates in the forward and reverse directions by the number of steps to select a page or discharge a page sheet member.

On the other hand, multi-item information is output to an external device by a keyboard encoder circuit mounted on the printed board 73. That is, when the page sheet member 14 is rolled up, the protruding side portion of the base sheet 141 is introduced between the support stands 151 and 153 of the sheet detection section 15, but at this time, one set of the light emitting element 152 and the light receiving element 154 The identification hole 143 is detected, thereby generating a predetermined page sheet member identification signal. In addition, the other set of light emitting elements 152 and light receiving elements 154 detect the detection hole 144 within the range in which the winding shaft 91 rotates by a predetermined angle when the push button switch of the page selection key group A is pressed, thereby identifying a predetermined page sheet. A signal is generated. The page sheet member identification signal and page sheet identification signal are input to the keyboard encoder circuit together with the input key signal generated when the push button switch of input key group B is pressed, and the corresponding code registered in the memory in the encoder circuit is thereby inputted. The configuration is such that the specified code signal is output to an external device.

The multi-item information input device according to the present invention described above has a structure in which a plurality of page sheets are attached to a base sheet to form a plurality of page sheet members, and a desired page sheet member is attached to and detached from a winding shaft. Since the sheet member is light and small, it can be easily replaced, improving handling, and requires less storage space.

Moreover, in the present invention, each page sheet member itself is provided with a page sheet identification means and this is read by an optical sensor, so there is no need to use a separate part of the detection rotary disk fixed to the winding shaft, and the structure is simple. Moreover, it can be miniaturized, and the protruding side portion of the base sheet provided with the page sheet identification means is automatically set at a predetermined position relative to the optical sensor when the page sheet member is wound up, and this is directly detected by the optical sensor. Enables more reliable page sheet identification,
Its practical effects are remarkable.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a multi-item information input device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of FIG. 1, and FIGS. 3 to 5 are for explaining the page sheet member according to the present invention. , FIGS. 6 and 7 are perspective views for explaining the attached state of the page sheet member according to the present invention, and FIGS. 8 to 15 are for explaining the operation of the multi-item information input device according to the present invention. This is a diagram for Explanation of symbols, 4...Page sheet member exchange port, 5
...Push button switch, 7. Keyboard section, 9. Page sheet switching mechanism section, 13.. Guide path, 14.. Page sheet member, 15.. Sheet detection section, 91.. Winding shaft, 92.. Drive shaft, 98.. Engagement groove. , 100...Stepping motor, 140...Page sheet, 141...Base sheet, 142...Engagement pin, 143...Page sheet identification hole, 144...Page sheet detection hole, 1
52... Light emitting element, 154... Light receiving element.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. An information item formed by fixing a plurality of flexible page sheets of the same shape with input information attached to one side of a flexible base sheet with one end thereof spaced apart from each other by a certain distance. The base sheet has a plurality of page sheet members having different values, and the base sheet has a page sheet identification means comprising a plurality of holes through which light passes through a protruding side portion that protrudes outward from the side of the page sheet. The holes are arranged in a row so as to correspond to the page sheets, and the page sheet members are installed in the main body of the device and rotated in the winding direction and the reverse winding direction using an electric motor as a drive source. A winding shaft for freely mounting, an endless belt for holding the hedge sheet member wound around the winding shaft in the wound state, and a plurality of pairs of light emitting elements and light receiving elements arranged near the winding shaft. The main body of the apparatus further includes a keyboard having at least an input key group consisting of a plurality of switches and a page selection key group, and a desired one of the plurality of page sheet members is selected from the plurality of page sheet members. The base sheet is supplied from outside the apparatus main body and is wound around the winding shaft by rotation of the winding shaft so that the protruding side portion of the base sheet is inserted between the light emitting element and the light receiving element of the optical sensor; When the winding shaft rotates in the winding direction and the reverse winding direction in accordance with the switch operation of the page selection key group, the page sheet member in the wound state is unwound from the winding shaft and returned to the selected position. Only the set desired page sheet is derived to correspond to the input key group of the keyboard section, and a function display is given to the switch of the input key group, and page sheets other than the desired page sheet are derived under the keyboard section. 2. A multi-item information input device, wherein the optical sensor reads the identification means and generates an identification signal for the desired page sheet when the page is selected.