JPH045209B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a multi-item information input device, and more specifically, to a multi-item information input device in which a plurality of input item sheets are bound in a book style. .

[Technical Background of the Invention] Taking a kanji input device as an example, in this type of device, an input item sheet with the necessary characters arranged is placed on a tablet, and an input pen is operated to input data using electromagnetic induction. Alternatively, the code of the corresponding character is input using an electrostatic coupling method or the like.
In that case, for things used in press or printing, many characters are used due to their nature.
The number of characters is about 15,000, and if you tried to arrange all of them on one tablet, the device would become extremely large and the operability would be extremely poor.

Therefore, conventionally, as illustrated in FIG. 11, a plurality of input item sheets 1 are bound together in a hook-ring type binder 2, and the necessary sheets 1 are opened by hand. However, this has the following drawbacks. That is, since the plurality of hook rings 2a constituting the binder 2 protrude from the center of the tablet, they often get in the way when operating the input pen 3 and are also an eyesore. In addition, in order to prevent the input item sheet 1 from shifting relative to the tablet, it is necessary to make the binder hole smaller and to form the base of the hook ring 2a vertically. It becomes difficult to do so. Such operational disadvantages can be solved by making the base portions of both ends of the hook ring 2a thicker, as shown in FIG.
This problem can be solved to some extent by making the intermediate curved portion thinner, but on the other hand, it causes difficulties in the workability of the hook ring 2a. On the other hand, in this book-based page identification, as shown in FIG. In addition to disposing target sensors 4a to 4d, each input item sheet 1 is provided with an identification code consisting of (n-1) through holes, that is, a combination of three through holes 5 and one light reflective tape 6. We are trying to do it digitally by attaching it. However, this method has drawbacks such as ambient light, warping of the sheet, etc., causing malfunctions, and incorrect identification if the corresponding sensor is blocked by the operator's shirt sleeve, for example. There is.

[Objective of the Invention] This invention was made in view of the above-mentioned drawbacks of the conventional technology.The purpose of this invention is to provide good overall operability including the operation of opening the input item sheet, reliable operation, and narrow It is an object of the present invention to provide a book-type multi-item information input device equipped with a page identification means having a good space factor that can be arranged in a space.

[Examples] Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, this multi-item information input device has a housing 10 having an operation surface that is sloped so that the front side is lower, and a tablet serving as an input panel is provided on the operation surface. In this case, the tablet consists of a right tablet 11a and a left tablet 11b arranged side by side on the left and right with a gap of a predetermined width in the center. Note that these tablets 11a and 11b are electrically connected to each other via a connector 12 as shown in FIG. 9, and a binder base 27 is disposed between them. An input pen 13 as an input means is arranged at a predetermined position on the top.

A plurality of input item sheets 14 are arranged on the tablets 11a and 11b so that they can be turned over, but in this invention, these input item sheets 14 are stored in a dedicated sheet case 16, and then one The books are bound in a book style using a binder shaft 15. That is, the seat case 16
As illustrated in FIG. 4, a bag 1 made of transparent film is large enough to accommodate the input item sheet 14 and has a sheet insertion opening 16b at the top.
The index sheet 17 is inserted into one side of the bag body 16a, and an ear 16c of the bag body is protruded to be grasped as a handle when turning over the index sheet. A bag portion 16d into which a reinforcing plate 18 for reinforcing the case is inserted is formed on the other side of the bag body 16a, and a pair of shaft collars 19a are provided on the outside of the bag portion 16d. , 19b are connected to each other. Shaft collar holding parts 16e and 16e formed in a bag shape are arranged in series. in this case,
The shaft collar holding portions 16e, 16e are provided at positions that do not overlap with sheet cases of other pages, and their axial lengths are such that when binding to the binder shaft 15, the distance between adjacent shaft collar holding portions is The length is selected so that no gap occurs in the seat case 16, that is, the seat case 16 does not shift in the thrust direction. Note that the sheet insertion port 16 of the bag body 16a
At both inner ends of b are triangular stopper plates 16f that press down on the oblique sides 14a, 14a formed on the shoulders of the input item sheet 14 to prevent them from coming off.
16f is provided (see Figure 5),
Each of the stopper plates 16f has positioning holes 16g and 1 that fit with positioning pins to be described later.
6g are drilled in each. The bag portion 16d and the reinforcing plate 18 also have through holes 16h, 16h, and 18 for hook rings, which are coaxially aligned and attached to hook rings, which will be described later.
a, 18a are bored.

Insert the input item sheet 14 into each of the sheet cases 16 configured as described above, and insert the shaft collar 19 into the shaft collar holding parts 16e, 16e.
After attaching the binder shafts 15 to the shaft collars 19a and 19b of each page, each input item sheet 14 is bound in a book style. In this embodiment, a holder 22 having a fastener 21 for attaching and detaching the binder base 27 is attached to one end of the binder shaft 15, and the other end of the binder shaft 15 is inserted into the bearing hole 20 of the binder base 27, and Ingredients 22
By operating the attachment/detachment fastener 21, the input item sheet 14 is set between the tablets 11a and 11b in a book-like bound state. In addition, as illustrated in FIG. 6, the detachable fastener 21 is a grommet 23 having a cylindrical portion 23a formed with a plurality of slits so as to be expandable in diameter.
and a plunger 24 that forcibly expands the diameter of the cylindrical portion 23a and is fixed in the attachment hole 25 of the binder base 27.

The page identification means is composed of an optical sensor that includes a light emitting element and a light receiving element and uses a light reflective tape or the like as a detection object. In this device, the optical sensor is disposed on the binder base 27 between the tablets 11a and 11b. One of the objects to be detected is provided on the shaft collar 19. That is, as shown in FIG. 4, for example, one of the two shaft collars 19b of the two shaft collars attached to the shaft collar holding parts 16e, 16e of the seat case 16 has two light reflective tapes 26a, 26b are provided at different positions in the axial direction and shifted by approximately 180 degrees. That is, one light reflective tape 26
a is attached at the flange end side position of the shaft collar 19b, for example, in the range of 0 degrees to 180 degrees,
The other light reflective tape 26b is attached over a range of 180 degrees to 360 degrees at the opposite end position. According to this embodiment, the light reflective tapes 26a and 26b are attached to the shaft collar 19b side on the first page, but are attached to the shaft collar 19a side on the second to fourth pages. . In addition, each axis collar 19a, 19b
As shown in FIG. 7, each seat case 16 is inserted into the shaft collar holding portion 16e.
When placed on the right tablet 11a, for example, one light reflective tape 26a is set to be on the upper side and the other light reflective tape 26b is on the lower side.

In this regard, the binder base 27 is provided with eight sensors, namely, four right book sensors 1R, 2R, 3R, and 4R, and four left book sensors 1L, 2L, 3L, and 4L.
FIGS. 8(1) to 8(6) illustrate the relationship between the number of pages turned and the on/off states of these sensors. In addition, in the same figure, white circles indicate non-detection state without light reflective tape;
The black circle indicates the detection state with a light-reflecting tape.

Since the sheet case 16 is made of a flexible transparent film, when the sheet case 16 is turned over, stress will be concentrated on both ends of the sheet case, and there is a risk that those portions will be damaged at an early stage.
To prevent this, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, hook rings 28, 28 are provided at both ends of the binder base 27 to act as guides when the sheet case 16 is turned over. As clearly shown in FIG. 9, the hook ring 28 includes a vertical shaft portion 28a that is slidably and rotatably inserted into the binder base 27, and a hook that is connected above the vertical shaft portion 28a. 28b, and this hook ring 2 is attached to the vertical shaft portion 28a.
A spring 29 is attached that urges 8 downward. On the other hand, the binder base 27 has a first holding hole 30a into which the end thereof is fitted when the hook portion 28b acts as a guide across the binder shaft 15, and a first holding hole 30a into which the hook portion 28b is fitted. A second holding hole 30b is provided into which the end thereof is inserted when removed from the hole 30a, rotated 90 degrees, and placed in the inactive position. Further, according to this embodiment, a pair of through holes 16g, 16g formed in the seat case 16 are fitted at both upper corners of each of the tablets 11a, 11b to position the tablets with respect to the tablets. Positioning pin 32, 3
2 are provided protruding from each other. Therefore, for example, if you keep a single input item sheet 31 that is the same as the input item sheet bound on the binder shaft 15 and write specific marks, data, etc. on it, you can store the input item sheet 31 in the sheet case 16.
The through hole 3 drilled therein as shown in FIG.
By fitting the positioning pins 1a, 31a onto the positioning pins 32, 32, the information can be input by simply placing the positioning pins 1a, 31a over the positioning pins 32, 32 as guides.

In this regard, this multi-item information input device
It has a function that allows even cut sheets that are not bound to the binder shaft 15 to be input. That is, in this embodiment, the right tablet 1
A cut sensor 33 is provided at the top of 1a (see FIGS. 2 and 3). This single sensor 33
is located in a position hidden by the input item sheet 14 bound on the binder shaft 15, as shown in FIG.
As shown in (5), when all the input item sheets 14 are turned over to the left tablet 11b side, a non-detection state occurs, and the first item is displayed on the right tablet 11a.
When a cut sheet 31 as shown in Fig. 0 is placed, it is detected and the detection state is entered as shown in Fig. 6 (6). That is, according to this embodiment, when all of the left book sensors 1L to 4L are in the detection state and the cut sheet sensor 33 is in the detection state,
The state becomes such that the cut sheet can be input. In addition,
Of course, this ticket sensor 33 may be provided on the left tablet 11b side. In addition, although the input item sheets 14 are placed in the sheet case 16 and bound, a shaft collar may be attached directly to the input item sheets and bound using the binder shaft 15.

[Effects] As is clear from the description of the embodiments described above, according to the present invention, a plurality of input item sheets are bound with a binder shaft, and protrusions such as hook rings are eliminated from the facing portion of the page. The operability of the input pen is greatly improved. In addition, page turning is easier than with a hook ring.
Moreover, the problem of misalignment with respect to the tablet hardly occurs. Furthermore, according to the invention, the page identification means does not require its own space occupancy, but is placed in the binder base between the tablets, thus providing a good space factor. In addition, erroneous identification due to ambient light or sheet warping does not occur.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a multi-item information input device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the same device, FIG. 3 is an enlarged plan view showing the right tablet side of the device, and FIG. Figure 4 is a perspective view of a seat case applied to the same device, Figure 5 is a top view showing a part of the insertion port side of the seat case, and Figure 6 is an exploded perspective view of a detachable fastener applied to the same device. Figure 7 is a plan view of a state in which multiple input item sheets are bound on a binder shaft, Figures 8 (1) to (6) are explanatory diagrams showing the operating status of each sensor related to page turning, Figure 9 is a cross-sectional view taken along the - line in Figure 3, Figure 10 is a perspective view showing the state in which a cut sheet is placed on the same device, Figure 11 is a perspective view showing the conventional device, and Figure 12 is the conventional device. A sectional view showing a hooking applied to the device, and FIG. 13 is a schematic sectional view showing a page identification means of a conventional device. In the figure, 10 is a housing, 11 is a tablet,
12 is a connector, 13 is an input pen, 14 is an input item sheet, 15 is a binder shaft, 16 is a sheet case, 17 is an index sheet, 18 is a reinforcing plate, 19 is a shaft collar, 20 is a bearing hole, 21 is a detachable fastener , 22 is a holder, 25 is a mounting hole, 26 is a light reflective tape, 27 is a binder base, 28 is a hook ring, 29 is a spring, 30 is a holding hole, 31 is a cut sheet, 32 is a positioning pin, 3
3 is a single sheet sensor.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A device comprising: a pair of tablets on which a plurality of book-bound input item sheets are placed; and page identification means for identifying the page of the input item sheet that is selectively opened. In this multi-item information input device, an axis collar is attached to one side of the plurality of input item sheets to rotate as the input item sheets are turned over, and each of the input item sheets is rotated along its respective axis. The pages are bound in book style using a binder shaft that is inserted through the collar, and the page identification means includes a light reflector provided in a part of the collar, and a light reflector that is detected under the collar. A multi-item information input device comprising an optical sensor disposed on a binder base between the tablets provided. 2. The multi-item information input device according to claim 1, wherein the light reflectors are arranged at different positions in the axial direction of the shaft collar and are shifted by approximately 180 degrees from each other.