JPH0628372A - Personal information exchanging device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Structure] RAM 5 for storing personal information, optical communication unit 12 or wireless communication unit 13 for transmitting and receiving personal information, and RAM
An electronic business card exchange 1 having a communication connector 14 for outputting the personal information stored in 5. [Effect] Since personal information printed on a normal business card can be transmitted to the other party by a simple operation in a state where the personal information is mutually digitized, there is no need to perform exchange using a business card such as paper as a medium, and it is easy. Moreover, it becomes possible to make personal information into a database by a computer device.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a personal information exchanging device that electronically exchanges business cards.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In business or the like, business cards are often exchanged when coming into contact with a person who first meets them. This business card is a personal name,
This is a printout of personal information such as the name of the company or organization to which the company belongs, the department to which it belongs, the post, the address of the company, etc., a telephone number, or a fax number. And at the first meeting, etc.,
By exchanging these business cards with each other, the individual information will be transmitted to the other party.

The exchanged business cards as described above serve as a valuable source of personal information in business and the like, and therefore are usually sorted and stored according to the affiliated company or the order of names. Also,
Recently, the personal information of this business card is often input to a computer device and made into a database. When the database is created by the computer device as described above, the search and the classification are facilitated, and the personal information can be used more effectively.

[0004]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, a salesperson or the like needs to frequently exchange business cards for transactions.
In addition, a person who has a position such as an executive has a lot of contact with the outside, and a large amount of business cards are exchanged especially at business card exchange meetings.

Therefore, in the conventional method of exchanging business cards, it is not only necessary to constantly create and carry a large number of business cards of one's own in order to hand them to the other party, but also the trouble of managing the business cards received from the other party becomes troublesome. However, it is not easy to secure storage space. Also, storing and managing this business card in a database with a computer makes it easy to store and manage, but the work of entering printed personal information is
Extremely troublesome operation is required. In addition, the use of such a large number of business cards consumes resources such as paper and plastic, and therefore has many problems from the viewpoint of resource protection.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and personal information is digitized in advance, and the information is transmitted between the owner and the other party by means of communication means, so that the conventional paper can be used. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a personal information exchanging device that can eliminate the need for exchanging business cards due to the above.

[0007]

A personal information exchanging apparatus of the present invention stores personal information storing means for storing a plurality of personal information including at least name and affiliation and specific personal information stored in the personal information storing means. Personal information transmitting means for transmitting by contact, personal information receiving means for receiving personal information transmitted by non-contact and storing it in the personal information storing means, and outputting any personal information stored by the personal information storing means The personal information output means is provided to achieve the above object.

[0008]

The personal information storage means stores the personal information of the user himself / herself as the specific personal information. This personal information includes at least information indicating a name and its affiliation, and is generally a name, a name of a company or an organization to which it belongs, a department to which it belongs, a job title, and an address, a telephone number and a fax of the company to which it belongs. Data such as numbers are included.

In the case of exchanging personal information using the personal information exchanging device having the above-mentioned structure, first, the personal information transmitting means of one personal information exchanging device transmits the specific personal information in a contactless manner. The personal information receiving means of the other personal information exchanging device receives this and stores it in the personal information storage means. At the same time as or subsequently to this, the personal information transmitting means of the other personal information exchanging device transmits the specific personal information, and the personal information receiving means of one personal information exchanging device receives this. It is stored in the personal information storage means. Therefore, for example, by simply bringing both personal information exchanging devices close to each other and performing a simple operation for exchanging personal information, the personal information of both is stored in the personal information storing means of the other personal information exchanging device. With this, it is possible to replace the business card exchange.

The personal information stored in the personal information storage means as described above can be transmitted to an external computer or the like by the personal information output means, and can be easily made into a database. The transmission of personal information by the personal information output means can be performed by non-contact communication by wireless or optical communication, or by a wire system using a communication cable.

As a result, according to the personal information exchanging apparatus of the present invention, the personal information can be mutually transmitted between the user and the other party by the communication means in a computerized state in advance. There is no need to replace the medium as a medium.

[0012]

EXAMPLES The present invention will be described below with reference to examples. 1 to 5 show an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the electronic business card exchange, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of use of the electronic business card exchange, FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the electronic business card exchange, and FIG. 4 shows details of the reception processing in FIG. FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the details of the transmission process in FIG.

In this embodiment, an electronic business card exchange will be described, which is used in place of exchanging a business card made of paper or the like between a user and a partner, and exchanging personal information. As shown in FIG. 2, the electronic business card exchange 1 is composed of an IC (integrated circuit) card having substantially the same size as a business card. Inside the IC card, as shown in FIG. 1, a CPU (central processing unit) 2 is provided. This C
The PU 2 is connected to the ROM 4 and the RAM via the gate array 3.
5 is connected. The ROM 4 is a read-only semiconductor memory device that stores an application program for realizing the communication function. In addition, RAM5,
It is a readable and writable semiconductor memory device that stores personal information, and the stored contents are protected by a backup battery 6. This personal information is the same as the content printed on a normal business card.
It is configured to include data such as numbers.

An LCD 10 is connected to the CPU 2 through an LCD driver 9 together with an input key 7 and a buzzer 8. The LCD 10 is a liquid crystal display device for displaying personal information stored in the RAM 5 in accordance with a program executed by the CPU 2, and displaying an execution result and a message prompting an operation. The input key 7 is an input device for operating a communication function to exchange personal information, or for inputting an instruction for calling personal information from the RAM 5 and displaying it on the LCD 10, and the buzzer 8 is used for exchanging personal information. It is a sound generation device for notifying the user of the completion.

Further, the CPU 2 has an I / O (input / input)
An optical communication unit 12, a wireless communication unit 13, and a communication connector 14 are connected via an output interface 11. The I / O interface 11 is a serial communication interface for digital signals. The optical communication unit 12 and the wireless communication unit 13 are communication devices for transmitting and receiving this serial signal to and from another electronic business card exchange. The optical communication unit 12 uses the optical signal as a carrier wave and the wireless communication unit 13 Uses microwaves as carrier waves. Although the present embodiment describes a configuration in which the optical communication unit 12 and the wireless communication unit 13 are used together, it is also possible to adopt a configuration in which at least one of them is used. The communication connector 14 is a connector for transmitting / receiving a serial signal to / from another external computer device via a communication cable.

The operation of the electronic business card exchange having the above configuration will be described.

In the case of using the electronic business card exchange 1 of this embodiment, the communication connector 1 is preliminarily provided from an external computer device.
The personal information of the user himself is transferred via the communication cable connected to the RAM 4 and stored in the RAM 5. When exchanging personal information between a user and another person, as shown in FIG. 2, the electronic business card exchanges 1 held by both of them are brought close to each other, and the exchange key of the input keys 7 is operated. Then,
The communication function of each electronic business card exchange 1 operates, and the personal information of the users themselves is stored in the RAM 5 of the other party by the optical communication of the optical communication unit 12 or the wireless communication of the wireless communication unit 13. The personal information of the other person stored in the RAM 5 in this way is stored in the communication connector 14 after returning to the office, for example.
It can be transferred to an external computer device via a communication cable connected to and stored in a database.

The communication functions of the electronic business card exchange 1 are shown in FIGS.
A more detailed description will be given based on the flowchart of FIG.

When the electronic business card exchange 1 is activated, FIG.
After displaying the personal information of the user himself / herself on the LCD 10 in step (hereinafter referred to as “S”) 1 shown in (1), the process stands by until the exchange key of the input key 7 is pressed (S2). Therefore, the other party can know the name, affiliation, etc. of the person on the spot by looking at this display, as with a normal business card.

When the exchange key is pressed, the communication function starts operating, and the transmission / reception flags are set respectively (S).
3) It is determined whether the reception flag is set (S4). Since the reception flag is set here, the reception process is executed (S5).

In the receiving process, as shown in FIG. 4, first, the electronic business card exchange 1 of the other party is requested to transmit personal information (S21), and the personal information data transmitted by this request is optically transmitted. The light is received by the light receiving unit or the antenna in the unit 12 or the wireless communication unit 13 (S22). Then, the received personal information data is temporarily transferred to the temporary buffer in the same optical communication unit 12 or wireless communication unit 13 and stored (S23). Next, the other party's electronic business card exchange 1 is requested to retransmit the personal information (S24), and the data of the personal information transmitted by this request is received again in the communication buffer (S25). It should be noted that if the other party has not transmitted personal information indefinitely, this reception processing is appropriately exited.

When the personal information of the other party is received twice by the receiving process in this way, as shown in FIG. 3, it is checked whether the data in the communication buffer and the data in the temporary buffer match (S6). ). 2 depending on the reception process
Since the data of the personal information received once is the same, these data match unless there is a communication error. Therefore, if these data do not match, the process returns to S4 and the receiving process of S5 is repeated until the reception is successful. Further, if these data match, it means that the reception is successful, so the data of the personal information stored in the temporary buffer in the optical communication unit 12 or the wireless communication unit 13 is transferred to the RAM 5 and stored therein. (S7). Notifying that the reception is completed to the other party's electronic business card exchange 1 (S8), the reception flag is reset (S9), and it is checked whether both the transmission and reception flags are reset (S10).

In S10, if both the transmission and reception flags are reset, the operation of the communication function ends. However, since the transmission flag is still set here, the process returns to S4. Also, this S
In the process of 4, since it is determined that the reception flag is not set, it is further checked whether or not the transmission flag is set (S11). Then, if it is determined that the transmission flag is set, the transmission process is executed.

As shown in FIG. 5, the transmission process first requests the other party's electronic business card exchange 1 to receive the personal information (S31), and the request is received until the other party becomes receivable by this request. Is repeated (S32). And
When the other party becomes ready to receive, the personal information data of the user himself stored in the RAM 5 in advance is transmitted (S
33), and waits for the reception completion notification from the other party (S34). However, this data transmission process is performed twice according to the request from the other party as described above. It should be noted that if the other party does not enter the receivable state indefinitely or does not notify the completion of reception, the transmission processing is appropriately exited.

When the transmission process is completed in this way, the transmission flag is reset (S13), as shown in FIG.
It is checked whether the transmission / reception flag is reset by the process of S10. Since the transmission / reception flag is reset here, the operation of the communication function ends.

In the above flow chart, when the communication function starts operating, the receiving process is prioritized uniformly by the process of S4. However, in reality, S21
Also, by adding the processing when the transmission request of S24 is issued or the processing of when the reception request of S31 is issued, both electronic business card exchanges 1 do not stand by for reception and fall into a deadlock state. I have to.

As described above, according to the electronic business card exchange 1 of the present embodiment, the personal information printed on a normal business card can be transmitted to the other party by a simple operation in a computerized state. It becomes unnecessary to exchange a business card such as paper as a medium, and the personal information can be easily stored in a database by a computer.

[0028]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the personal information exchanging device of the present invention, it is not only necessary to prepare a large number of business cards and carry them around, but also personal information can be easily transferred to a computer device. Since it can be stored in a database, it becomes easy to store and manage personal information. Moreover, it is possible to suppress the consumption of paper, plastic, and the like, which are materials for business cards, and thus contribute to resource protection.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic business card exchange according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a usage example of the electronic business card exchange according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation of the electronic business card exchange according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing details of the receiving process shown in FIG. 3 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing details of the transmission process shown in FIG. 3 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Electronic Business Card Exchange 2 CPU 5 RAM 12 Optical Communication Unit 13 Wireless Communication Unit 14 Communication Connector

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A personal information storage means for storing a plurality of personal information including at least a name and an affiliation, a personal information transmission means for transmitting specific personal information stored by the personal information storage means in a non-contact manner, and a non-contact manner. A personal information receiving means for receiving the transmitted personal information and storing the personal information in the personal information storage means, and a personal information output means for outputting any personal information stored in the personal information storage means. Personal information exchange device.