DE102005009723A1 - Laptop computer with integrated fax-capable scanner, has scanner at back of display and pivotable with lid via hinges, with operating pad provided at front of lid - Google Patents

Abstract

After removing the cover at the back of the display (300), a flat scanner (440) is placed directly on the display. The scanner and display are pivotable via hinges on which the lid (200) is also mounted. An operating pad is provided at the front of the lid and is covered by a sliding cover. The operating pad includes a key-pad display, a copy menu button, a scanner menu button, a selection button, an on-off button, and a switching contact. The software for the operating pad is stored in an EPROM on the motherboard.

Description

The The present invention relates to a laptop of any size Displays in which a scanner device is installed in such a way that any documents either without booted or not existing operating system directly faxed on an external printer copied, or scanned after booting the operating system, can be saved and edited. The present invention is therefore also suitable, for example when the operating system is booted up. To scan book pages or magazine pages for the time being and then to to save.

in the Scope of the invention, any standard scanner device with mechanical or static scanning application whose thickness compared to the thickness of the body of the laptop is small.

in the Under the invention, it is assumed that the laptop has a Device, e.g. in the form of a modem, for forwarding information.

The Scanner device according to the invention in such a way in the relevant Laptop inserted, that its thickness is built in only by the already mentioned thickness of the Scanner device is increased.

to There are currently laptops of various sizes and designs known. All known laptops have the disadvantage that they are not are able to submit documents in the form of text, image and / or Movie templates exist without the aid of peripherals either fax directly or save as files.

When peripheral is that this requires a scanner device. This is a general one Disadvantage of the prior art.

• 1. Die Scannereinrichtung, unabhängig von ihrer Wirkungsweise (mechanische oder statische Abtastung) soll in das, von dem Deckel des Laptops nach außen verschließbares Laptopgehäuse eingebaut sein, ohne nach außen über das Gehäuse des Laptops vorzustehen
• 2. einzelne Dokumente, Heft oder Buchseiten sollen bei hochgefahrenem oder nicht hochgefahrenem, bzw. nicht vorhandenem Betriebssystem des Laptops gefaxt und mit einem angeschlossenen Drucker über eine Standard-Drucker-Schnittstelle kopiert werden können,
• 3. einzelne Dokumente sollen bei hochgefahrenem Betriebssystem des Laptops in die Scannereinrichtung eingelegt werden, bearbeitet, gespeichert und/oder gefaxt werden können,
• 4. auf dem Motherboard des betreffenden Laptops, auf dem alle wesentlichen elektronischen Bauteile angebracht sind, ist ein Speicher in Form eines Eproms vorzusehen, in dem die Software für die verschiedenen Fax-Funktionen speicherbar ist und
• 5. der Deckel des Laptops, die Scannereinrichtung und das Display des Laptops sollen gemeinsam oder einzeln in jeder Schrägstellung bezüglich der Tastatur des Laptops fixierbar sein, wobei je nach Anwendung folgende, lösbare und formschlüssige Verbindungen möglich sein sollen: 5.1 ein Komplettverschluss des Laptops, einschließlich Boden und Deckel, 5.2 ein Verschluss zwischen dem Deckel des Laptops und der Scanner-Einrichtung und 5.3 ein Verschluss zwischen Scanner und der Tastatur des Laptops.

To overcome the disadvantage of the prior art, the present invention therefore has the object to provide a laptop with integrated, faxable scanner device, which should meet the following conditions:

• 1. The scanner device, regardless of its mode of operation (mechanical or static scanning) should be installed in the, from the lid of the laptop to the outside lockable laptop case, without protruding outward over the housing of the laptop
• 2. individual documents, booklet or book pages should be faxed with the system up or not booted up, or nonexistent operating system of the laptop and copied to a connected printer via a standard printer interface,
• 3. individual documents should be inserted into the scanner device when the laptop is powered up, edited, stored and / or faxed,
• 4. on the motherboard of the laptop in question, on which all the essential electronic components are mounted, a memory in the form of an EPROM is provided, in which the software for the various fax functions is storable and
• 5. the lid of the laptop, the scanner device and the display of the laptop should be fixable together or individually in any inclination with respect to the keyboard of the laptop, depending on the application following, releasable and positive connections should be possible: 5.1 a complete closure of the laptop, including Bottom and lid, 5.2 a closure between the lid of the laptop and the scanner setup and 5.3 a lock between the scanner and the keyboard of the laptop.

These Task is solved by creating a laptop with an integrated, fax-capable scanner device according to the description, the drawings and the claims.

The The present invention will be explained with reference to drawings. It shows:

1 a schematic plan view of the closed, inventive laptop,

2 a schematic side view 1 according to the representation 1 in the embodiment with hinges at the top, in the functional position with the lid of the laptop raised, the scanner being connected to the lid and the display by means of a closure element not shown,

3 a schematic side view 1 according to the representation 1 in the functional position, in which only the lid is pivoted upwards about an upper hinge and the scanner with the display resting on the bottom,

4 a schematic side view 1 according to the representation 1 in the functional position, in which the lid of the laptop and the scanner display combination separated from each other, at a certain angle above the keyboard of the Lap tops, are arranged and

5 a schematic block diagram of a conventional motherboard, in which the elements of the invention are shown.

In the laptop case 100 Initially, all the usual mechanical, electronic elements and connections are arranged. On the sides are a floppy disk slot 103 , an optical drive (CD / DVD) 104 and further, not shown connections attached.

Inside the laptop case are, as usual a hard disk, a modem, eg in the form of an Intel 537 EA chipset V.92 and all the necessary electronic components arranged.

It is an essential feature of the invention that a scanner 400 directly to the back of the display 300 of the laptop or after removing the back panel of the display 300 placed directly on the display device and connected accordingly with this.

The suitable for it Scanners of the prior art, regardless of their mode of action, namely mechanical or pointwise, or static scanning, are with respect to their Thickness very small. So, the total thickness of the combination scanner display be kept very small, because on the one hand the rear cover the display device can be removed and the other the scanner display combination with a cooling device, e.g. a ventilation device, provided in the form of one or more columns, a fan and / or a heat sink can be.

The otherwise usual Cover of the display, according to the state the technique at the same time makes the cover of the laptop can namely be easily removed using the invention.

The inventive combination of the scanner 400 with the display 300 is at the back end of the laptop by means of a hinge 105 about its hinge longitudinal axis 106 pivotally mounted.

Above the glass plate 401 of the scanner 400 is the lid 200 arranged the laptop, the rear end also about the hinge longitudinal axis 106 , regardless of the scanner display combination, is pivotable, being in the fully folded state of the lid 200 , the scanner display combination and the laptop case 100 form a unit without gaps.

According to the invention is also on the front of the lid 200 a control panel 500 appropriate, that in 1 is shown and which can be closed by means of a sliding cover, not shown.

The control panel 500 has a keypad display 202 , a dial pad 201 , a copy menu button 203 , a fax menu key 204 , a scanner menu button 205 and a lid on-off button 206 on.

The usability of the control panel 500 special software is developed which is stored in an EPROM memory.

With the help of the control panel 500 It is possible to fax a sheet or book pages without booting up the operating system or not. This is done according to 3 the lid 200 in the direction of the first arrow 40 raised, the sheet to be faxed, or the book pages on the glass plate 401 placed the scanner and then the lid 200 in the direction of the second arrow 41 lowered.

Subsequently, after pushing away the mentioned sliding cover, the lid on-off button 506 pressed. The keypad display 202 lights up and displays information.

If you want to make a copy of the inserted sheet or book pages, press the copy menu key 203 made a copy on an external printer. The end of the printing process is indicated on the keypad display 202 displayed.

If, on the other hand, the inserted sheet or the pages of the book are faxed, the recipient is dialed using the keypad 201 and then the fax menu key 204 pressed. The end of transmission or transmission errors are indicated on the keypad display 202 When the fax or printing operation is completed, the lid on-off button will be displayed 506 and the keypad display goes off.

The keypad display 202 is also turned off by closing the mentioned sliding cover or by means of a time-shutdown device. After booting up the operating system can use the keyboard 101 the laptop, all the fax, scan and copy operations described above are carried out using software developed for this purpose. In addition, the documents placed on the glass plate of the scanner can be stored and processed further.

How out 4 Obviously, the lid 200 with the control panel 500 and the combination of scanner housing 402 and the display 300 independently of each other about the hinge axis 106 pivotable.

Therefore, not shown disconnections are in the hinge 105 intended. On the hinge parts, at the separation points on the one hand with the lid 200 and on the other hand with the combination of scanner display are connected, a cable bus is led, which with the motherboard to be described 600 is functionally connected. Such measures are known to the person skilled in the art. In the in 2 shown functional position is the combination of scanner 400 and display 300 by means of one or more, not drawn closure elements fixed to the lid 200 connected.

In the in 3 shown functional position is the combination of scanner 400 and display 300 by means of one or more, not drawn closure elements fixed to the surface of the laptop housing 100 connected.

The mentioned Shutter elements can as Flaps, e.g. made of plastic or as Velcro closures be.

In the already mentioned, fully folded functional position. that is, when the laptop is closed one or more further, not shown closure elements are provided, which covers the Decket 200 stuck to the laptop case 100 connect.

In 5 are the functional connections of the motherboard 600 arranged elements shown.

On the motherboard following common elements are attached: A processor 601 , a chipset 602 , an AGP.4x interface 603 ("Advanced Graphic Port"), a RAM, a southbridge 605 "(Control unit-for peripherals"), multiple USB ports 606 ("2.0;1.1"), a sound unit 607 , a PCI bus 608 eg for Intel PRO / Wireless network connection, a PCMCIA Cardbus, a commercially available IDE hard disk 609 , an EPROM memory 610 , a modem 611 , an optical drive (CD-DVD device) and a floppy disk drive.

The control panel 500 is with the modem 611 , the EPROM memory 610 and the corresponding, mentioned elements of the motherboard over the mentioned cable bus functionally connected.

At the control panel 500 a switching contact is provided which is operated by the not shown sliding cover of the control panel when closing the same.

Within the scope of the invention it is also possible to use the scanner 400 directly on the back cover of the display 300 set up and firmly connect with this.

When faxing or copying using the control panel 500 if the operating system is not booted up or not, the software described above resets the EPROM memory 610 is stored, the scanner 400 accordingly in operation.

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Laptop Case

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keyboard

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Floppy slot

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CD-ROM cartridge

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hinge

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Hinge axis

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cover

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keypad

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Keypad Display

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Copy menu button

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Fax Menu button

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Scanner menu key

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processor

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chipset

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AGP 4x interface (Advanced Graphic Port)

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R.A.M. (DDR memory)

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Southbridge (Starting unit for Periphery ICH4-M)

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USB ports (2.0; 1.1)

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Sound unit

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PCI bus (for Intel PRO / wireless network connection and cardbus)

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IDE hard disk drives (2 ATA 100/66 DIE channels)

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EPROM memory

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modem

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Claims (2)

Laptop with integrated, fax-capable scanner device provided with the electronic and mechanical elements, connections and a modem present in common laptops, characterized by the following features: 1.1 on the back of the display ( 300 ) of the laptop is after removing the cover of the display ( 300 ) a flat scanner ( 400 ) mounted directly on the display device and firmly connected to this, wherein the scanner ( 400 ) is provided with a mechanical or static scanning device, 1.1 the scanner ( 400 ), together with the display ( 300 ) are about the hinge longitudinal axis ( 106 ) hinged by means of hinges at the rear end of the laptop housing ( 100 ), on which also the lid ( 200 ) to the hinge longitudinal axis ( 106 ) is pivotally mounted 1.2 on the front portion of the lid ( 200 ) of the laptop is a control panel ( 500 ), which is coverable by means of a sliding cover, 2.1 on the control panel ( 500 ) are a keypad display ( 202 ), a copy menu key ( 203 ), a fax menu key ( 204 ), a scanner menu button ( 205 ), a keypad ( 201 ), an on-off button ( 206 ) and a switching contact attached by means of the sliding cover of the control panel ( 500 1.3) on the motherboard, an EPROM memory is provided, on which one, the operability of the control panel ( 500 required software can be stored, 1.4 at the hinge parts, which at the separation points on the one hand with the lid ( 200 ) and the other with the combination of scanner ( 400 ) Display ( 300 ), a cable bus is routed which is connected to the mechanical and electronic components of the motherboard and to the control panel ( 500 ) is functionally connected and 1.4.1 the control panel ( 500 ) is connected to the modem ( 611 ) and the EPROM memory ( 610 ) via the cable bus via the Southbridge ( 605 ) functionally connected. Laptop according to claim 1, characterized in that the scanner ( 400 ) directly on the back cover of the display ( 300 ) is attached and firmly connected to this.