JPH08123761A - Method for converting and outputting information and portable information converter - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To inexpensively and simply convert information into a code and to display the code by displaying an information converted output on a back display face of a portable information converter. CONSTITUTION: The portable information converter has a ten-key input part 11 and a liquid crystal display part on the surface and a rear display face on the rear, information is inputted by the input part 11 and an information converted output is displayed on the display face 2. Namely, the information to be converted into a code (e.g. a secandary code) is inputted by the key operation of the input part 11, so that the information covered output is displayed on the display face 2. A transmitting method of using copying paper as a medium and a transmitting method of using a built-in decoder for transmitting data from a copying machine to a remote site through a communication line can be adopted as transmitting methods for output from the display face 2.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to information conversion output of various data for reporting sales information and the like (for example, reporting sales information of retail stores in various regions to the headquarters sales management center). is there.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For the transmission of this kind of sales information, etc., the sales information etc. is detected by reading the bar code information from the bar code paper attached to the product at the time of sale at a retail store,
It is sent to the computer of the headquarters sales management center as the information conversion output through the telephone line.

[0003]

The above-mentioned known technique has a problem that the facility cost is high, and a retail store with a small sales amount and a retail store with a low unit price of the product cannot be economically put into practical use. In addition, information transmission by code conversion, for example, in transmitting information by a two-dimensional code such as a three-dimensional bar code and a U-shaped code, is printed on paper using a computer and printer for printing the code conversion output, By sending the image data of the code directly from those computers to the computer of the management center through the telephone line, the equipment cost becomes high and the minimum basic knowledge of computer operation becomes a necessary condition, and the code information of the two-dimensional code can be obtained. There is a problem that transmission cannot be widely applied. Further, there is a problem that the communication cost becomes high when the image data is sent through a telephone line or the like. Therefore, the present invention, when outputting and displaying code information by code conversion including a two-dimensional code, easily outputs and displays the code information conversion output on a paper surface at low cost, and uses a printer for printing the code information conversion output. An object of the present invention is to reduce the display cost of code information conversion output by eliminating the need for expensive equipment such as.

[0004]

According to the first invention of the present application, a ten-key input unit 11 is used by using a portable information conversion device having a ten-key input unit 11 and a liquid crystal display unit 12 on the front surface and a back display surface to be a back surface. Information is input, and the information conversion output is displayed on the rear display surface 2 of the portable information conversion device. The second invention of the present application is to produce a copy paper in which the backside display surface of the portable information conversion device that outputs and displays the information conversion output according to the first invention of the present application is copied and displayed on a paper surface, and the information conversion output is copied and displayed. The information conversion output is transmitted using a copy paper, which is a copy of the conversion output, as a medium. According to the third invention of the present application, a back surface display surface 2 is formed on the back surface of a portable arithmetic display device having a numeric keypad input portion 11 and a liquid crystal display portion 12 on the front surface, and the back surface display surface 2 is provided with the liquid crystal display portion 12 of the liquid crystal display portion 12. Provided is a portable information conversion device which outputs and displays a calculation result of a portable calculation display device corresponding to an input numerical value and a calculation condition formula.

[0005]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIGS. 6 and 7 show a known portable calculation display device (calculator). FIG. 6 shows a solar power type calculator 10A, and FIG. 7 shows a battery built-in calculator 10B. Both of them are equipped with a ten-key input section 11 and a liquid crystal display section 12 exposed on the surface, and have an IC chip for controlling a microcomputer and other elements for storage and calculation as an electric computer. The solar power type calculator 10A shown in FIG.
It is a thin sheet, and the solar cell 13 for power supply is exposed on the surface. The calculator 10B with a built-in battery shown in FIG. 7 has a built-in battery and is therefore thick, and the key 11A of the ten-key input unit 11 is projected from the surface of the case. The back side is flat and is not equipped with any parts. In addition,
On the surface of the calculator, in addition to the keys 11A of the ten-key input unit 11, there are a power switch key, a light emitting diode for displaying the battery voltage of the power source, a light emitting diode for displaying while the calculator is operating, etc. (not shown).

1 to 3, a portable information conversion apparatus embodying the third invention of the present application displays alphanumeric characters, Chinese characters, symbols, figures, etc. by liquid crystal display on the back surface of the known calculator described above. The rear display surface 2 is formed. The liquid crystal display unit 12 is used for displaying calculation instructions for a calculator, that is, input numerical values and calculation conditional expressions.
Is used for displaying calculation instructions for the calculator displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 12, that is, output of the calculation result by the calculator for the input numerical value and the calculation condition formula.

Next, an information conversion output method according to the first invention of the present application will be described. By inputting the information to be code-converted (for example, converted into a two-dimensional code) into the portable information conversion device based on the key operation of the ten-key input unit 11, the information conversion output is displayed on the rear display surface 2. As the method of transmitting the information conversion output of the rear display surface 2, in addition to the method of transmitting a copy paper according to the second invention described later, the information can be transmitted from a copying machine to a remote place through a communication line by a built-in decoder. It is also possible to detect the output display on the rear display surface 2 with a camera and transmit the detection signal to a remote place via a communication line with a decoder. The rear display surface 2 may be replaced with a liquid crystal structure for display by a magnetic pattern by a magnetic element, display by a fluorescent pattern by a fluorescent element, or the like. In these cases, a magnetic sensor and an ultraviolet (infrared) camera are applied instead of the camera.

Next, a method of transmitting the information conversion output according to the second invention of the present application will be described. Using the portable information conversion device 1 described above, the output display on the rear display surface 2 is referred to as information conversion output A. The back side display surface 2 of the portable type information conversion apparatus 1 that has output and displayed the information conversion output A is placed on the copying surface C of the known copying machine B, and the information conversion output A displayed on the back side display surface 2 is displayed on the copying machine. The copy is displayed on the copy sheet P (see FIG. 4).

The information conversion output A output and displayed by the portable information conversion device 1 is copied and displayed on the copy paper P on the copy surface C of the copying machine. Thus, the information conversion output is recorded on the copy paper P. The copy paper P on which the information conversion output A is recorded is transferred to a remote management center or the like by mail, facsimile transmission, or the like. At the management center or the like, the information conversion output A of the sales information or the like is sent to the management center by reading the information conversion output A of the copy paper P with a decoder or the like from the copy paper P on which the information conversion output A is recorded and inputting it to the computer. Transmitted. The data receiving side does not need to print the data on paper. That is, the image processing may be performed directly in the memory.

FIG. 5 shows an example of the information conversion output recorded on the copy paper P, in which the two-dimensional code A1 of the code information and the content (kanji, symbols, etc.) A2 of the code information are written together. The display of the contents (Kanji, symbols, etc.) A2 may be omitted. The known solar calculator 10 shown in FIG.
In A, when the front surface faces the copy surface C of the copying machine, the back surface becomes the outer surface and the solar cell 13 becomes the inner surface, so that the solar cell 13 has no incident light rays. Therefore, the power of the calculator is lost, the calculator does not function, and the display on the liquid crystal display unit 12 disappears.

FIG. 7 shows a calculator 10B having a built-in battery.
The key 11A of the ten-key input unit 11 is projected from the surface of the case, so that when the surface is opposed to the copying surface of the copying machine, there is a gap between the liquid crystal display unit 12 and the copying surface of the copying machine (Fig. 8). As a result, the distinction between the individual marks of the information conversion output recorded on the paper surface and the adjacent mark becomes unclear, and the information conversion output recorded on the paper surface becomes inaccurate. In the portable information conversion device of the present invention, the back surface 2 is formed on the back surface, so that the information conversion output A is accurately recorded on the copy paper P without the above-mentioned problems.

FIGS. 9 and 10 show the case where the second invention of the present application is implemented as a learning tester, and a reply key 21 is added to the surface of the portable information conversion device 20 (CP code conversion key 22 if desired). Is further added), regarding the back surface,
There are three places, a display 2B and a third display 2C. An example of using the portable information conversion device 20 will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10. 1. Select a problem by specifying the address of the recording element by operating the ten keys 11. 2. Display questions or problems on the liquid crystal display 12. Operate the answer key 21 4. Enter the answer using the numeric keypad 11. 5. The first display 2 of the rear display surface 2 on the rear display surface 2 of the rear surface
A displays an answer (calculation result) Second display 2B displays correct answer example and correctness Third display 2C displays score Note that the back surface 2 is displayed as the first display 2A, the second display 2B, and the third display. The test result can be left by leaving 2C as the copy paper surface by the copying means. Furthermore, by applying the first invention and converting the data into a two-dimensional code and recording the data, the data on the copy paper surface is input as a test record into a large computer for learning management, and the learning management of the students in a study cram school etc. Can be easy.

FIG. 11 shows a second embodiment of the third invention of the present application, in which a copying means 3 for the rear display surface 2 is additionally provided. The structure is such that the line sensor 30 is moved in the direction. It is needless to say that various known portable small-sized copiers may be applied so that the rear display surface 2 faces the copy surface of the copier. FIG. 12 shows an example of using the portable information conversion device 1 as an ID card for identification lighting,
By providing the detection pocket d in the door D at the entrance and exit and inserting the portable information conversion device 1 in the detection pocket d, it is possible to determine whether the information conversion output of the rear display surface 2 of the portable information conversion device 1 is correct or not. The structure is to open.

[0014]

According to the first invention of the present application, by displaying the information conversion output on the back display surface of the portable information conversion device, the information can be easily code-converted and displayed at low cost. In the second invention of the present application, the information conversion output is accurately recorded on the paper surface by using the copying means by the back surface display surface formed on the back surface of the portable information conversion device. Therefore, there is an effect that expensive equipment such as a special printer and data transmission equipment is not required, the cost of transmitting the information conversion output is reduced by the calculator and the copying means, and the use of the code conversion is facilitated. According to the third aspect of the present invention, the liquid crystal display unit 12 on the front surface of the portable information conversion device displays numerical values input by the ten-key input unit 11, calculation conditional expressions, and the like, and the rear display surface 2 on the back surface of the calculator displays the liquid crystal display unit. Since the calculation results of the calculator for the input numerical values and calculation condition formulas designated by 12 are output and displayed, the calculation condition formula and condition selection display by the operation of the numeric keypad are displayed on the front side of the calculator and the calculation results and the like are displayed on the back side. Thus, it can be used for learning and games. When used for implementing the first invention of the present application, the back surface display surface 2 may have the same display as the liquid crystal display portion 12 on the front surface.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional view of a portable information conversion device showing a case where the third invention of the present application is applied to a known solar calculator.

FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a portable information conversion device in which the third invention of the present application is applied to a known calculator with a built-in battery.

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the portable information conversion device showing the third invention of the present application.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram for explaining the production of a copy paper P in which the information conversion output A is copied and displayed according to the second invention of the present application.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of information conversion output recorded on copy paper.

FIG. 6 is a front view of a known solar-type portable calculation display device (solar calculator).

FIG. 7 is a plan view of a known calculator with a built-in battery.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the output display of a known calculator with a built-in battery is made to face the copying surface of the copying machine.

FIG. 9 is a front view of a portable information conversion device showing an embodiment of the third invention of the present application, showing a case where it is implemented as a learning test device.

FIG. 10 is a rear view of the portable information conversion device.

FIG. 11 is a schematic view showing the outline of a portable information conversion device provided with a copying means.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing a mode of use of the portable information conversion device as an ID card.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Portable Information Converter 2 Back Display 11 Numeric Keypad 12 Liquid Crystal Display A Information Conversion Output C Copying

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A portable information conversion device having a ten-key input section 11 and a liquid crystal display section 12 on the front surface and a back display surface to be the back side is used to input information with the ten-key input section 11, and the portable information An information conversion output method, characterized in that the information conversion output is displayed on the rear display surface 2 of the conversion device. 2. A portable information conversion device having a ten-key input section 11 and a liquid crystal display section 12 on the front surface and a back display surface to be the back side is used to input information with the ten-key input section 11, and the portable information Copying paper that displays the information conversion output on the rear display surface 2 of the conversion device and displays the information conversion output on the back surface of the portable information conversion device that is copied and displayed on the paper surface The information conversion output method is characterized in that the information conversion output is transmitted by using a copy paper on which the information conversion output is copied and displayed as a medium. 3. A back surface of a portable information conversion device for producing a copy paper in which the information conversion output output and displayed on the back display surface of the portable information conversion device is copied and displayed on a paper surface and the information conversion output is copied and displayed. With the display surface facing the copy surface of the copying machine, the information conversion output displayed on the back side of the display surface is copied and displayed on the copy paper of the copying machine, and a copy paper is displayed with the information conversion output displayed as a copy. The information conversion and output method according to claim 2, which is characterized in that. 4. A ten-key input section 11 and a liquid crystal display section 12
The back side display surface 2 is formed on the back side of the portable arithmetic display device equipped with the above, and the liquid crystal display section 12 displays numerical values input by the ten-key input section 11, calculation condition formulas, etc. The portable information conversion device is characterized in that the calculation result of the portable calculation display device for the input numerical value and calculation condition formula designated by the liquid crystal display unit 12 is output and displayed. 5. An answer value or correct answer corresponding to an input numerical value, a quiz, a calculation conditional expression or the like designated by the liquid crystal display section 12 for each of the plurality of display sections, the rear display surface 2 being composed of a plurality of display sections. 5. The display of different values, accumulated points, etc. is provided, and is useful as a learning device, a game device, or the like.
The portable information conversion device described in. 6. A ten-key input section 11 and a liquid crystal display section 12
In a portable arithmetic display device equipped with a front surface, a back display surface 2 is formed on the back surface of the liquid crystal display unit 12
Displays numerical values input by the ten-key input unit 11, calculation condition formulas, etc., and outputs and displays the calculation result of the portable calculation display device corresponding to the input numerical values and calculation condition formulas indicated by the liquid crystal display unit 12 on the back display surface 2. 5. A portable information converting apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising: a copying device integrated with the display device for the rear display surface 2 to create a copy paper on which the output of the information conversion output is copied and displayed. .