Communications: electrical – Condition responsive indicating system – Specific condition
Reexamination Certificate
1999-06-29
2001-11-13
Tong, Nina (Department: 2632)
Communications: electrical
Condition responsive indicating system
Specific condition
C340S540000, C340S568100, C340S384100, C340S384500, C340S286010, C340S010500, C340S010520, C340S870030, C340S572100
Reexamination Certificate
active
06317045
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a voice guide reproducing device equipped with a theft-preventive function, which is lent out to visitors in art galleries, event halls or the like.
DESCRIPTION OF RELATED ART
In event halls, art galleries or the like, reproducing devices as a voice guide are sometimes rented to visitors to give them various kinds of information. To prevent the reproducing device from being taken away unlawfully, the event promoters attach a theft-preventive means to the reproducing devices as a voice guide so that the theft-preventive means is detected by a detection device installed near an exit. When the detection device detects a theft-preventive means, the alarm goes off.
FIG. 5
is a schematic diagram showing an example of a conventional theft-preventive device.
In
FIG. 5
, when a visitor
1
carrying a reproducing device
24
equipped with a magnetic card
23
as a theft-preventive means passes near a detection device
25
, the detection device
25
detects magnetism of the magnetic card
23
, and an alarm device
26
sounds off a warning.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
With a theft-prevention device as mentioned above, a detection device
25
needs to be installed near the exit and a place must be secured for installation of the detection device. A problem with such a detection device is that if the visitor
1
notices that the detection device
25
is installed, the visitor
1
may be offended.
Further, regardless of whether a visitor
1
carrying a reproducing device
24
unwittingly goes to a place where the detection device
25
is to be actuated or the visitor
1
takes out a reproducing device
24
intentionally, the same warning sound is produced. Therefore, when a visitor
1
while holding a reproducing device
24
mistakenly goes near the detection device
25
, the visitor
1
may be offended.
The present invention has been made with the above problems taken into consideration. An object of the present invention is to make a reproducing device operable only when a visitor who borrowed the reproducing device goes through a specified entrance. When the visitor goes out of an exit, the reproducing device is disabled and the reproducing device becomes unusable, thereby preventing the reproducing device from being taken out unlawfully.
Another object of the present invention is to reproduce voice information to guide a visitor who borrowed a reproducing device to a specified entrance if the visitor did not enter through the specified entrance.
Yet another object of the present invention is to reproduce voice information requesting a return of the borrowed reproducing device or make a warning alarm when the visitor who borrowed it comes out of the exit and goes away from the area where the visitor should return the reproducing device so as to prevent the reproducing device from being taken away unlawfully.
To solve the above problems, according to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a reproducing device comprising: a receiving means for receiving an ID code signal; an ID analyzing means for analyzing the received ID code signal; a memory means for storing voice information associated with the ID code signal; a reproducing means for reproducing voice information stored in the memory means; a control means for controlling the receiving means, ID analyzing means, memory means and reproducing means; and an operation means for giving a command to the control means, wherein further comprising an operation enabling means for enabling the operation means to input the command to the control means when the receiving means receives an ID code signal for enabling control based on the command from the operation means.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a reproducing device comprising: a receiving means for receiving an ID code signal; an ID analyzing means for analyzing the received ID code signal; a memory means for storing voice information associated with the ID code signal; a reproducing means for reproducing voice information stored in the memory means; a control means for controlling the receiving means, ID analyzing means, memory means and reproducing means; and an operation means for giving a command to the control means, wherein further comprising an operation disabling means for disabling the operation means from inputting the command to the control means when the receiving means receives an ID code signal for disabling control based on the command from the operation means.
According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a reproducing device comprising: a receiving means for receiving an ID code signal; an ID analyzing means for analyzing the received ID code signal; a memory means for storing voice information associated with the ID code signal; a reproducing means for reproducing voice information stored in the memory means; a control means for controlling the receiving means, ID analyzing means, memory means and reproducing means; and an operation means for giving a command to the control means, wherein when the receiving means first receives an ID code signal for disabling control based on the command from the operation means or when the receiving means receives an ID code signal for disabling control based on the command from the operation means even after the receiving means already received an ID code signal for enabling control based on the command from the operation means although the command from the operation means has not been given to the control means, the control means controls the reproducing means so as to read voice information for leading the visitor to a specified entrance and reproduce the voice information regardless of the use condition of the reproducing device.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a reproducing device comprising: a receiving means for receiving an ID code signal; an ID analyzing means for analyzing the received ID code signal; a memory means for storing voice information associated with the ID code signal; a reproducing means for reproducing voice information stored in the memory means; a control means for controlling the receiving means, ID analyzing means, memory means and reproducing means; and an operation means for giving a command to the control means, wherein when the receiving means first receives an ID code signal for preventing a theft of the reproducing device, the control means controls the reproducing means so as to read voice information for leading the visitor to a specified entrance from the memory means and reproduce the voice information.
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a reproducing device comprising: a receiving means for receiving an ID code signal; an ID analyzing means for analyzing the received ID code signal; a memory means for storing voice information associated with the ID code signal; a reproducing means for reproducing voice information stored in the memory means; a control means for controlling the receiving means, ID analyzing means, memory means and reproducing means; and an operation means for giving a command to the control means, wherein when the receiving means receives an ID code signal for enabling control based on the command from the operation means and then the operation means gives the command to the control means and subsequently the receiving means receives an ID code signal for disabling control based on the command from the operation means, the control means disables control based on the command from the operation means and controls the reproducing means so as to reproduce voice information requesting the visitor to return the reproducing device.
According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a reproducing device comprising: a receiving means for receiving an ID code signal; an ID analyzer for analyzing the received ID code signal; a memory means for storing voice information associated with the ID code signal; a reproducing means for reproducing voice information
Dickstein , Shapiro, Morin & Oshinsky, LLP
Nippon Columbia Co. Ltd.
Tong Nina
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