JPH03160864A - Telematics transmitter/receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] This invention relates to a telematics transmitting/receiving device, and more specifically to a telematics transmitting/receiving device for receiving and receiving telematics data using a mobile phone.

[Conventional technology] An example of a conventional mobile phone is shown in FIGS. 7 and 8.

This mobile phone 51 communicates with a base station through a control channel, establishes a communication channel with the other party, outputs the audio signal sent through the communication channel as audio from the earpiece 16, and When voice is input into the microphone 27, the voice signal is transmitted to the other party through the communication channel.

On the other hand, there are telematics transmitting and receiving devices that transmit and receive telematics data that are a mix of facsimile that transmits image data and teletex that transmits character data, but conventional telematics transmitting and receiving devices are themselves independent terminal devices and cannot be combined with a mobile phone. It is not known what is used.

[Problems to be solved by the invention: If a mobile phone can be used as a telematics terminal,
For example, it is possible to receive messages while sleeping, which is very convenient.

However, adding the function of a telematics terminal to an fJt mobile phone would be an obstacle to making the mobile phone smaller and lighter.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a telematics transmitting/receiving device which is capable of functioning as a telematics terminal in the form of a combination of a mobile phone and a telematics adapter, and which can maintain its small size and light weight by separating the mobile phone. It is about providing.

[Means for Solving the Problems] A telematics transmitting/receiving device 1000 of the present invention includes a mobile phone 1 and a telematics adapter 100 that are separably connected via connectors 27 and 101. and a document reading means 106 for transmitting the screen data to the mobile phone 1, and printing means 108 and 109 for printing based on the telematics data from the mobile phone 1.
The mobile telephone 1 includes a character data input means 23, an editing means 2 for editing the character data from the character data input means 23 and image data from the document reading means 106 of the telematics adapter 100 into telematics data;
A telematics data transmitting means 2 transmits the telematics data through a call channel, and a telematics adapter 1 receives the telematics data through a call channel.
00, the telematics data receiving means 2 is provided.

[Operation] In the telematics transmitting/receiving device of the present invention, the document reading means of the telematics adapter reads the document and sends the image data to the mobile phone.

The mobile phone edits the character data inputted by the character data input means and the image data to create telematics data, and transmits the telematics data through a communication channel. This makes it a telematics transmitter.

Next, when operating as a telematics receiving device,
When the telematics data receiving means of the mobile phone receives the telematics data, it sends the telematics data to the telematics adapter.

The telematics adapter prints on paper using a printing device based on the telematics data.

In this way, it functions as a telematics terminal,
If you remove your mobile phone from the telematics adapter,
It is a small, lightweight, regular mobile phone.

[Example] Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail based on the example shown in the drawings. Note that this invention is not limited to this.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a telematics transmitting/receiving apparatus 1000 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

This telematics transmitting/receiving device 1000 consists of a mobile phone 1 and a telematics adapter 100.
Both are the terminal connector 27 on the mobile phone 1 side and the mobile phone connector 10 on the telematics adapter 100 side.
It is connected by 1.

In the mobile phone 1, components corresponding to those of the conventional mobile phone 51 shown in FIG. 7 are given the same reference numerals. However, since the CPU 2, ROM 4, etc. perform operations according to the present invention, they are not completely the same as the conventional ones. Furthermore, the Tazochisui/Sochi 23, the IC card connector 25, the evening/Sochi switch 26, and the terminal connector 27 are completely new components.

The IC card K connected to the IC card connector 25 is
There are different types of cards depending on their functions (for example, sales management cards and telephone directory cards), and there are also cards with the same function but different data (for example, cards for different customers).

Bus line 1101 of telematics adapter 100:
l;i, CPU102, ROM103, RAM104,
7t ROM 105, reading sensor 1o6, paper feed mechanism 107, thermal head printing mechanism 109 and key switch 1
20 and 121 are connected.

FIG. 2 is an external view of the telematics transmitting/receiving device 1000, and by setting the fJe mobile phone 1 in a part of the telematics adapter 100, the contacts of the end office connector 27 of the IJI' mobile phone 1 and the telematics adapter 100 are connected. The contacts of the mobile phone connector 101 come into contact with each other.

The desk 4+F telephone 101 has a door-shaped central portion, and an IC card K is placed on the door side.

A transparent touch panel is provided so that this stamp-sized IC card K can be seen, and touch switches 26 are formed in areas overlapping the figures, characters, etc. written on the IC card K, respectively.

An LCD 22 is installed on the main body side of the mobile phone, and the LC
A transparent touch panel is provided on the front of the D22, and the LCD
Touch switches 23 are formed in the vicinity of the graphics, characters, etc. displayed on the screen 22, respectively.

The telematics adapter 100 has an insertion slot 11.
0, and in the center of the God University slot 110 there is a guide 111 made of, for example, Teflon. This guide 111
continues to the ejection slot 113 and protrudes slightly.

When an A4 size paper is folded in half lengthwise, it can be pushed into the insertion slot 110 as shown in FIG. However, the guide 111 is sandwiched between the two folds.

Reference numeral 116 denotes a space for storing the thermal paper roll PR, and the paper P pulled out from the paper roll PR is pulled out from the paper slot 117. The paper roll PR has a width of 1/2 of A4 size, and the paper is folded in half.

FIG. 3 schematically shows the inside of the telematics adapter 100, in which there is a reading sensor 106 that reads both sides of a document G folded in two. There is also a paper feed mechanism 107 that transports the original G. Also, instead of original G, paper P
There is a thermal head printing mechanism 109 for printing on both sides of the paper P when the paper P is inserted from the insertion slot 110.

Next, the operation of telematics transmission will be explained with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.

First, the operator folds an A4-sized drawing manuscript G as shown in FIG.
Press 0 to start (S1). This causes the CPU 102 to drive the paper feed mechanism 107 to move the document G to the ejection slot 1.
13 side, and both sides of the document G are read by the reading sensor 106. The read image data is stored in the RAM 104 (S2).

Next, CPU 102 i:i, RAM104
1. : Save the stored image data to RAM 1 of mobile phone 1.
8 and notifies the CPU 2 of this fact.

The CPU 2 displays the image data on the -L half of the LCD 22, and displays the graphics of editing function keys and character keys on the lower half. Further, touch switches 23 are formed in areas corresponding to these figures. The operator edits the telematics data by operating the function keys and character keys of the touch switch 23 (S3).

The telematics data obtained in this way is a mixture of a part of facunmill data F (image data) and a part of teletenox data L (character data), as shown in Section 5 (b), for example. Become something. Of course, it is also possible to send the entire text as facun milli data (image data).

When the telematics editing is completed, as shown in FIG. 2, the telephone directory card K is inserted (S4).

When the telephone directory card K is inserted, the telephone number of the other party is displayed on the LCD 22, so the user selects the telephone number of the desired party (S5) and presses the SND key of the key switch 24 to make a call (S6).

That is, predetermined communication is performed on the control channel, and a communication channel is established with the other party (37 to S11).

When a communication channel is established with the other party, a telematics signal tone is sent (S11), and when a telematics reception ready tone is sent from the other party (S12), the previously edited telematics data is transmitted through the communication channel. becomes (S13).

Next, referring to FIG. 6, the operation of telematics reception will be explained.

In addition, when receiving, the paper P coming out from the paper outlet 117
It is necessary to insert the paper into the divine population 110 or fold the cut paper in half and insert it into the divine population 110.

First, at the beginning of reception, it operates as a normal iJ (mobile phone) (R1 to R5).

When a telematics signal tone is detected when a communication channel is established with the other party (R6), the CPU 2
Preparations are made to receive telematics data, and a telematics reception ready tone is sent (R7).

As a result, telematics data is being sent from the other party, so this is received and stored in RAMI 8 (R
8).

When the reception is finished, the CPU 2 transfers the telematics data stored in the RAMI 8 to the RAM 104 of the telematics adapter 100, and sends a message to that effect to the CPU 102.
Notify.

The CPU 102 analyzes the telematics data stored in the RAM 104 (R9), drives the paper feed mechanism 107 and the thermal head printing mechanism 109, and prints on the paper P.

As a result, a printout as shown in FIG. 5(b) is obtained.

Note that when the CPU 2 attempts to transfer telematics data from the RAM 18 to the telematics adapter 100 and the telematics adapter 100 is not connected, a warning is displayed on the LCD 22.

Upon seeing this, the operator connects the mobile phone 1 to the telematics adapter 100, sets the paper P, and then presses the reception key 121. This starts the telematics data transfer.

The telematics transmitting/receiving device M1000 described above functions as a telematics terminal by combining the mobile phone 1 and the telematics adapter 100. Since the reading sensor 106, paper feeding mechanism 107, etc. are installed on the telematics adapter 100 side, the mobile phone l is small and lightweight, ensuring portability.

Note that the above-mentioned telematics adapter 100 is designed to read and print on both sides by folding A4 size paper in half, so the size is reduced (B5 book size) and the telematics adapter 100 can be carried around. It is also possible.

Automatic reception is also possible if telematics signal tone detection is performed.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the telematics transmitting/receiving device of the present invention, the combination of a mobile phone and a telematics adapter allows it to function as a telematics terminal. On the other hand, if the mobile phone and the telematics adapter are separated, the mobile phone 1 will be small and lightweight, and its portability will not be impaired.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the telematics transmitting and receiving equipment according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is an external view of the same, Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the internal configuration of the telematics adapter, and Fig. 4 is a diagram of the telematics transmitting operation. Flowchart, FIG. 5(a) is an example of a drawing manuscript, FIG. 5(b) is an example of a telematics-edited document, FIG. 6 is a flowchart of telematics reception operation, and FIG. 7 is a conventional mobile phone FIG. 8, which is a block diagram of an example, is an external view of a conventional mobile phone. (Explanation of symbols) 1...Mobile phone 27...Terminal connector 100...Telematics adapter 101...Mobile phone connector 106...Reading sensor 107...Paper feeding mechanism 109...Thermal head Printing mechanism 1000... Telematics transmitting/receiving device P... River paper G... Manuscript. Appearance person

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A document reading device that reads a document and sends image data to a mobile phone, and a printing device that prints based on telematics data from the mobile phone, and is separably connected to the mobile phone. telematics adapter. 2. A character data input means, an editing means for editing the character data from the character data input means and the image data from the document reading means of the telematics adapter according to claim 1 into telematics data, and the telematics data is transmitted through a call channel. 1. A mobile phone comprising: telematics data transmitting means for transmitting telematics data; and telematics data receiving means for receiving telematics data through a communication channel and transmitting the received telematics data to the telematics adapter. 3. A telematics transmitting and receiving device comprising the telematics adapter according to claim 1 and the mobile phone according to claim 2. 4. The telematics adapter according to claim 1, wherein the document reading means comprises a document conveying means for conveying the document folded in half in the direction of the fold, and a reading sensor means for reading the conveyed document from both sides. 3 telematics transmitting and receiving device. 5. The telematics adapter according to claim 1 or claim 3, wherein the printing means comprises a paper transport means for transporting the paper folded in half in the direction of the fold, and a print head for printing on both sides of the paper being transported. telematics transmitting and receiving equipment. 6. Storage means for storing telematics data received when the telematics adapter is not connected;
6. The mobile phone according to claim 2, or the telematics transmitter/receiver according to claim 4, further comprising storage content sending means for sending telematics data from the storage means to the telematics adapter.