JPH05165546A - Display part fitting structure for information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily observe the screen of a display part even by the other person and to improve operability by horizontally turning the display part at an information processor using this display part as a lid body. CONSTITUTION:When using a word processor, a display part 2 housed in a main body part 1 is turned in a certain direction to be raised at 90 deg. axially around a lateral supporting pipe 6. At such a time, the rear edge part of the bottom of the display part 2 is abutted to the upper face part of the main body part 1, and the display part 2 is held so as to stably stand up by itself. In such a state, a normal document processing is executed. Further, when it is desired to observe the display part 2 to the adjacent person in the state of turning the main body part 1 to the front, for example, the side edge part of the display part 2 is pressed or pulled to the operator side. As a result, the display part 2 can be turned in a side plane direction. On the other hand, when the word processor is not used, as the lid body, the display part 2 can be housed in a recessed part 6 of the main body part 1 by turning the display part 2 around the pipe axis of the lateral supporting pipe 6.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a display unit mounting structure for an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer and a word processor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 6, an information processing apparatus such as a so-called personal computer and word processor has a keyboard 51 as an input section, a main body section 52 having a power supply unit and a circuit board, a display section 53, and a display section 53. have.

Among such information processing devices, a miniaturized portable device operates the main body 52 in order to ensure a good working state by arbitrarily setting the inclination angle of the display 53. In order to use the display portion 53 as a lid of the main body portion 52 when not performing, the display portion 53 is provided with a convex engaging portion (not shown) and the main body portion 52 is provided with a concave engaging portion. By pivotally attaching the engaging portion and the concave engaging portion, the display portion 53 is rotatable with respect to the main body portion 52.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional information processing apparatus, the display section 53 is rotatable only with respect to the main body section 52. Therefore, for example, when the user wants to show the display unit 53 to another person, the main body unit 5 can
The display unit 53 must be rotated together with the display unit 2, which causes a problem of poor operability when rotating in the horizontal direction.

As a premise of such a problem, a number of recent information processing apparatuses equipped with a liquid crystal display panel are on the market, and in this information processing apparatus with a liquid crystal display panel, in particular, a liquid crystal display panel. The characters on the display screen cannot be recognized unless they are faced to the front. Therefore, in such an information processing apparatus with a liquid crystal display panel, improvement in operability is required especially in a rotating operation in the horizontal direction.

The present invention has been made in view of the above conventional problems, and an object thereof is to easily rotate a display unit in a horizontal direction in an information processing apparatus in which the display unit is used as a lid. It is to provide a display unit mounting structure of an information processing apparatus to be obtained.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, an information processing apparatus according to the present invention has a lateral support member that crosses a recess formed in the upper portion of the main body of the information processing apparatus, and that has a member shaft. While being rotatably supported on the inner wall side surface of the concave portion side of the main body portion, a vertical member rising from the lateral support member is formed, and the display portion is externally fitted to the vertical member to rotate around the vertical member. It is characterized in that it is provided so as to be rotatable.

[0008]

According to the above construction, the vertical member rising from the horizontal support member is formed, and the display portion of the information processing device is externally fitted to the vertical member and rotatably provided around the vertical member. Therefore, the display unit can be rotated in the horizontal direction around the vertical member, and the operability in the rotating operation can be improved. When the information processing device is not used, a lateral support member that crosses the recess formed on the upper side of the main body of the information processing device is rotatably rotatable around the member axis, and the inner wall side surface of the main body part on the recess side. The display unit can be housed in the recess of the main body by rotating the display unit around the member axis of the lateral support member.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The following will describe one embodiment of the present invention with reference to FIGS.

As shown in FIG. 2, for example, a word processor as an information processing apparatus of this embodiment is configured to be portable, and has a main body 1, a keyboard 3 as an input unit, and a display unit 2 including a liquid crystal display panel. I have it.

The keyboard 3 is adapted to be connected to the main body 1 by a flexible cord 4. The keyboard 3 is provided with a lid (not shown), and it is portable by covering the lid 3 and separating the flexible cord 4 from the main body 1.

The main body 1 is formed into a substantially rectangular parallelepiped, and has a power supply device and a circuit board inside. As shown in FIG. 3, a concave portion 5 is formed in the central portion of the upper portion of the main body portion 1 so as to correspond to the size of the display portion 2, and the display portion 2 is formed when the word processor is not used. Can be accommodated as a lid.

On the rear side of the recess 5 of the main body 1, a horizontal support tube 6 is provided as a horizontal support member that crosses the recess 5 left and right. As shown in FIG. 1, this lateral support tube 6 is formed in a tubular shape, and through both inner wall side surfaces 7 and 7 through insertion holes 8 and 8 provided in both inner wall side surfaces 7 and 7 on the concave portion 5 side of the main body 1. 7 is inserted so as to be rotatable around a tube axis as a member axis.

A vertical pipe 9 that rises upward is provided at the center of the horizontal support pipe 6, and the vertical pipe 9 and the horizontal support pipe 6 are joined so that their hollow portions communicate with each other. ing. A control cord 16 such as a signal line or a power line connecting the main body 1 and the display unit 2 is arranged through the hollow portions of the horizontal support pipe 6 and the vertical pipe 9.
The vertical pipe 9 is formed in the center of the horizontal support pipe 6, but the vertical pipe 9 is not necessarily limited to this, and may be formed, for example, on the end side of the horizontal support pipe 6. ..

As shown in FIG. 4, the vertical tube 9 has a large-diameter portion 9a formed at the upper end with a radius larger than the radius of the vertical tube 9, which will be described later in the display section 2. Cylindrical part 17
The display portion 2 is locked to the upper end of the vertical tube 9 so as not to be pulled out from the vertical tube 9.

Fixed parts 10 are provided on both ends of the lateral support tube 6. The fixing portion 10 includes a locking portion 11 formed in a hemispherical shape, a pin 12 joined to a lower portion of the locking portion 11, a spring 13 provided around the pin 12, and a lower end of the pin 12. It is composed of a washer 14 provided in the, and when the display unit 2 faces the front,
The display unit 2 is regulated so as not to easily rotate around the vertical tube 9. That is, the fixed portion 10
By urging the locking portions 11 and 11 upwards at 13, the receiving portion 1 provided with the locking portions 11 and 11 on the display unit 2
5 and 15 are inserted to lightly lock the display unit 2.

On the other hand, the display unit 2 is formed of a rectangular parallelepiped casing and has a cylindrical portion 17 extending inward from the center of the bottom surface 2a. The cylindrical portion 17 is formed to have a diameter that fits over the vertical tube 9 so that the display unit 2 can rotate around the vertical tube 9. The display unit 2 can be rotated about the vertical tube 9 by 180 degrees clockwise and 180 degrees counterclockwise. For example, the main body 1 of the word processor can be rotated. Display 2 for people on the back
The display screen of can be shown. However, this rotation is designed to be restricted to 180 degrees clockwise and 180 degrees counterclockwise by a rotation stop member (not shown), and prevents the control cord 16 from being twisted and damaged. It is like this.

The rotation operation of the word processor having the above structure will be described.

First, when using the word processor of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the display unit 2 housed in the main body 1 is rotated about the horizontal support tube 6 in the direction of rising 90 degrees. At this time, the rear side of the bottom surface 2a of the display section 2 contacts the upper surface section of the main body section 1 to hold the display section 2 in a stable and self-supporting manner. Then, in this state, normal document processing is performed. Further, at this time, the locking portions 11, 11 of the fixing portions 10, 10 provided on both end sides of the horizontal support tube 6 are the receiving members 15, 15 provided on the display portion 2.
The display portion 2 is inserted into the optical axis and is lightly locked, so that the display portion 2 does not easily rotate around the vertical tube 9.

On the other hand, for example, when it is desired to show the display unit 2 to a neighbor with the main body unit 1 facing forward, the side end of the display unit 2 is pressed or pulled toward you. As a result, as shown in FIG. 5, the display unit 2 is horizontally rotated around the vertical tube 9, and the display unit 2 can be directed to the left side surface direction, for example.

Also, these lateral support tubes 6 in the display unit 2
When rotating around the vertical tube 9, since the cylindrical portion 17 of the display unit 2 is locked by the large-diameter portion 9a provided on the vertical tube 9, the display unit 2 is pulled out from the vertical tube 9. do not do.

As described above, the display mounting structure of the word processor according to the present embodiment has the vertical tube 9 rising from the horizontal support tube 6.
Is formed, and the display unit 2 of the word processor displays the vertical tube 9
Since it is fitted around the vertical tube 9 and is rotatable around the vertical tube 9, the display unit 2 is horizontally rotated around the vertical tube 9.
For example, it can be rotated with one hand, and as a result, operability in the rotation operation can be improved. When the word processor is not used, the main body 1 of the word processor
Since the lateral support tube 6 that crosses the recess 5 formed on the upper side of the is supported by the inner wall side surface 7 of the main body 1 on the recess 5 side so as to be rotatable about the tube axis, By rotating the lateral support tube 6 around the tube axis, the display section 2 can be housed in the recess 5 of the main body section 1 as a lid.

Further, since the horizontal support pipe 6 and the vertical pipe 9 are formed in a tubular shape, the control cord 16 can be passed through the inside of the horizontal support pipe 6 and the vertical pipe 9. For this reason, the control code 16 is not visible and the aesthetics of the word processor can be improved.

Further, by rotating the display section 2 in this way, the place where the main body section 1 is installed is not limited to the front of the operator. Therefore, for example, when there is no space for installing the main body unit 1 in front of the operator on the desk, the main body unit 1 is installed beside the desk and the display unit 2 is installed.
It can be said that the keyboard 3 can be operated in front of the operator by rotating the keyboard 3 at an angle that is easy to see.

In this embodiment, the keyboard 3
Is configured separately from the main body 1, but the structure is not necessarily limited to this. For example, the keyboard 3 may be included in the main body 1.

[0026]

As described above, in the display unit mounting structure of the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, the horizontal support member that traverses the recess formed on the upper side of the main body of the information processing apparatus is rotated around the member axis. A vertical member that rises from the horizontal support member is formed while being supported and provided on the inner wall side surface of the main body portion on the concave side, and the display unit is externally fitted to the vertical member and rotated around the vertical member. This is a configuration that is possible.

Thus, the display section can be horizontally rotated around the vertical member, and the operability in the rotation operation can be improved. Further, when the information processing device is not used, the display unit can be housed in the recess of the main body by rotating the display unit around the tube axis of the lateral support member.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front sectional view showing a display unit mounting structure of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a display unit mounting structure of the information processing apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a left side view showing a display unit mounting structure of the information processing apparatus.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of an essential part showing a situation in the vicinity of a vertical pipe in the display unit mounting structure of the information processing apparatus.

FIG. 5 is a left side view showing a state where the display unit of the information processing apparatus is rotated 90 degrees in the horizontal direction.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a display unit mounting structure of an information processing apparatus, showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body part 2 Display part 5 Recessed part 6 Horizontal support pipe (horizontal support member) 7 Inner wall side surface 8 Insertion hole 9 Vertical pipe (vertical support member) 9a Large diameter part 10 Fixing part 15 Receiving plate 16 Control code 17 Cylindrical part

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A lateral support member that traverses a recess formed in an upper portion of a main body of an information processing apparatus is provided rotatably around a member axis while being supported by a side surface of an inner wall of the main body at the recess. A display unit mounting of an information processing apparatus, characterized in that a vertical member rising from the horizontal support member is formed, and the display unit is externally fitted to the vertical member and rotatably provided around the vertical member. Construction.