JP2000031654A - Information terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate handling in working mode by coupling a tilting display screen body with an information terminal body and making the display screen movable inward along the information terminal body through a sliding rail and a slidable engaging arm. SOLUTION: Hinges 5 are provided on the opposite sides at the rear end of an information terminal body 1 and a shaft 6, having base end part disposed at the outer end part of arms 7 fixed to the hinge 5 on the opposite sides thereof is engaged slidingly with slide rails 8 arranged on the opposite sides of a display screen body 2. The shaft 6 or the sliding rail 8 is provided with a slide sensor 9 for detecting the coupling position or the sliding amount of the display screen body 2, based on the rotational amount of the shaft 6. The display screen body 2 can be used on desk by opening it to stand at the rear end of the information terminal body 1. Moreover, it can be drawn out to expose a display screen 4 by a required amount by pulling the information terminal body 1 rearward, thereby sliding the shaft 6 on the slide rail 8.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information terminal device capable of performing an input or editing operation by pulling out a display screen main body according to a use environment or purpose.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A display screen main body having a display screen is rotatably connected to a rear portion of an information processing apparatus main body, and the display screen main body is raised on the information processing apparatus main body so that the display screen is directed toward the user. An information terminal device in which a display screen main body is opened on an information processing device so as to open the display screen upward or the display screen faces upward is described in, for example, JP-A-6-230852 and JP-A-9-292934. I have.

[0003]

However, when the information processing apparatus is carried around and used, the display screen body is entirely opened and used. Since the display screen body must be opened and closed as a whole, there is a problem that operability is inferior when a quick display is desired, and that a large space for expanding the display screen body is required.

One object of the present invention is to provide an information terminal device that can be used by visually exposing a display screen in a form that is difficult to be seen by others in accordance with a use environment and purpose.

Another object of the present invention is to facilitate handling in such a usage form.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an information terminal device in which a display screen main body having a display screen is rotatably connected to an information terminal device main body, wherein the information terminal device main body and the display screen main body are connected. In the connecting means, a hinge provided at an end of one main body, a slide rail provided on both sides of the other main body, one end is attached to the hinge, and the other end is slidable on the slide rail. An engaged arm is provided, and the display screen main body is movable along the information terminal device main body with the display screen inside.

[0007] A slide sensor for detecting a sliding amount is provided in the connecting means, and a display frame automatic adjusting means for automatically adjusting a display frame displayed on a display screen based on the sliding amount detected by the slide sensor is provided. It is characterized by.

Further, a slide sensor for detecting a sliding amount is provided in the connecting means, and a zoom function for reducing and enlarging a display image displayed on a display screen based on the sliding amount detected by the slide sensor is provided. And

The present invention also relates to an information terminal device in which a display screen main body having a display screen is rotatably connected to an information terminal device main body, wherein the connecting means for connecting the information terminal device main body and the display screen main body includes: A hinge provided at an end of one body, a sliding rail provided on both sides of the other body, and an arm having one end attached to the hinge and the other end slidably engaged with the sliding rail. And a slide sensor that detects the sliding amount, enables the display screen body to move along the information terminal device body with the display screen inside, starts the application according to the sliding amount detection, and responds to the sliding amount. Screen display control is performed.

[0010] Further, an exclusive operation panel for an application is provided on the back surface of the information terminal device main body.

[0011] Further, an operation panel is provided on the back of the information terminal device main body, and a means for setting display characters to be vertically inverted and to change the display position based on input from the operation panel is provided.

[0012] A display area input means for setting a display area amount is provided.

[0013] The present invention is characterized in that a means for setting a display size in accordance with the input display area amount is provided.

Further, an auxiliary operation panel is provided on the back surface of the information terminal device main body, and display area setting means for setting a display area to be shifted to a lower end side area of the display screen based on an input from the auxiliary operation panel is provided. It is characterized by having.

[0015]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 10 are diagrams showing various states of an information terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an information terminal device in a used state in which the display screen main body is erected at the rear end of the information terminal device main body and the display screen is opened so as to face the front side, FIG. 2 is a side view thereof, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the information terminal device in a used state in which the display screen body is tilted horizontally so as to be continuous with the rear end of the information terminal device body and opened so that the display screen faces upward, FIG.
FIG. 5 shows the display screen body on the surface (top surface) of the information terminal device body.
FIG. 6 is a side view of the information terminal device in a housed state in which the display screen is closed so as to lie down on the display screen, and FIG. 6 is a side view of the information terminal device. FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the information terminal device in a housed state in which the display screen is pushed upward (inward) so as to be horizontal.
FIG. 9 is a side view of the information terminal, and FIG. 9 is an information terminal in a used state in which the display screen is pulled out from the storage state in which the display screen body is pushed in a horizontal state with the display screen facing upward on the back side of the information terminal apparatus body. FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the apparatus, and FIG. 10 is a side view thereof.

1 to 10, reference numeral 1 denotes an information terminal device main body, and 2 denotes a display screen main body. Reference numeral 3 denotes an input device provided to be exposed on the surface (upper surface) of the information terminal device main body 1 for inputting character information, function instructions, and the like. Reference numeral 4 denotes a display screen provided on the inner surface of the display screen main body 2 for displaying input information and various kinds of retained information. The display screen 4 is preferably configured as a pen-input composite type in which a transparent pressure-sensitive input switch plate is superposed on the surface thereof.

A hinge 5 is provided on both sides of the rear end of the information terminal device main body 1, and a shaft 6 provided at the outer end of arms 7 on both sides whose base end is attached to the hinge 5 is attached to the display screen main body 2.
The display screen main body 2 is pivotally and slidably connected to the rear end of the information terminal device main body 1 by slidably engaging with slide rails 8 provided on both sides of the display terminal. The shaft 6 or the slide rail 8 is provided with a slide sensor 9 for detecting a connection position or a sliding amount of the display screen main body 2. The slide sensor 9 uses a rotary encoder that detects the amount of sliding based on the amount of rotation of the shaft 6 caused by sliding or a linear encoder that is attached to the sliding rail 8 and that responds to the sliding position of the shaft 6. be able to.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the information terminal device having such a configuration is used by opening the display screen main body 2 so as to stand on the rear end of the information terminal device main body 1 and placing it on a desk. be able to. This state of use is created by placing the information terminal device main body 1 on a desk such that the input device 3 faces upward, and opening the display screen main body 2 so that the display screen 4 faces the near side and stands at an easy-to-view angle. Can be.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, for example, in order to perform a pen input operation, the display screen main body 2 is turned 180 degrees so that the display screen 4 is arranged horizontally upward and rearward of the information terminal device main body 1. Can be opened and used.

Then, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the display screen main body 2 can be brought into a closed storage state in which the display screen main body 2 is tilted horizontally on the surface of the information terminal device main body 1 so that the display screen 4 is turned down. .

Also, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the display screen main body 2 is pushed into the back side of the information terminal apparatus main body 1 so that the display screen 4 is directed upward (inward) to be horizontal. It can be. The storage state is such that after the display screen main body 2 is pushed from the opened state as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 so that the display screen main body 2 is positioned lower than the information terminal apparatus main body 1, By pushing the front end of the display screen main body 2 along the back side and into the back side, the shaft 6 slides along the slide rail 8 and the display screen main body 2 is moved to the back side of the information terminal device main body 1. It can be created by moving to the side. Conversely, after lifting the information terminal device main body 1 to a position higher than the display screen main body 2, the display screen main body 2
It can also be produced by extruding on the surface side.

As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the display screen main body 1 is placed on the back side of the information terminal device main body 1 with the display screen 4 facing upward. By pulling in the backward direction, the shaft 6 slides on the slide rail 8 so that the display screen 4 can be used in a usage form in which the display screen 4 is exposed to a required amount.
Conversely, this usage pattern can be created by moving the information terminal device main body 1 by pulling the information terminal device main body 1 toward the user.

In this mode of use, the information terminal device main body 1 has the input device 3 facing upward, the display screen main body 2 pulled out from the back side of the information terminal device main body 1 and the display screen 4 protruded. Therefore, it is convenient to use the input device 3 when the number of operations is large. At this time, the display screen 4 has a small exposure (visible display) area, so that a screen display having a size corresponding to the size of the visible display area is required.

In this screen display control, for example, the amount of pull-out (sliding) of the display screen main body 2 is detected by the slide sensor 9 and, if necessary, the menu screen or the information editing processing display area is moved by the sliding amount (display screen 4). Automatic display control method for displaying on the display screen 4 in a size corresponding to the size of the visible display area, a manual display control method for setting the display area in a size in accordance with an instruction from the input device 3, and an image range to be viewed. Can be realized by a scroll display control method of moving to a visible display area by scrolling. Such display control is realized by a display frame adjustment program described later.

As a matter of course, by further pulling out the display screen main body 2 from this state, it is possible to expose and display the entire display screen 4 as shown in FIGS. It is.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIGS. This embodiment is an information terminal device suitable for use by turning the display screen main body horizontally on the surface of the information terminal device main body and turning the display screen face down from the closed storage state so that the display screen is turned down.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of an information terminal device in which the display screen main body is turned over on the surface of the information terminal device main body in a horizontal state, and the display screen is turned upside down in a closed storage state so as to face down and the front and rear portions are reversed. FIG. 12 is a side view of FIG.
Is the information on the usage state where the display screen body is pulled out from the storage state where the display screen body is folded over on the surface of the information terminal device body, turned over and the front and rear parts are turned upside down. FIG. 14 is a perspective view of the terminal device, and FIG.

At the rear end portion of the back surface of the information terminal device main body 1, a dedicated auxiliary input panel 10 for an arbitrary application is installed as a part of the input device 3, and operation buttons 11 are provided.
Is provided.

In the storage state in which the back of the information terminal device main body 1 is turned up, as shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, the display screen main body 2 is slid and pulled out to the near side so that the maximum amount of the display screen is obtained. 4 is exposed, and by operating the operation button 11, various information is displayed in the visible display area of the exposed display screen 4.

The display screen 4 at this time has a lower end side area exposed. Therefore, the control device performs display control processing in which a display area is set in the lower end area.

The use state shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 and FIG.
In the use state shown in FIG. 3 and FIG.
When the observer is located on the opposite side, it is necessary to invert the display image in the vertical direction (invert) and to invert the display start position in the horizontal direction. This reverse display control is realized by executing a process of inverting a character pattern and a process of changing a position in accordance with an instruction from the input device 3 or the operation button 11.

A specific example of an application suitable for use in such a state is, for example, information having relatively high confidentiality such as an address book, a schedule, a memo pad, a promise list, etc. handled as personal information management. Is an application that handles

FIGS. 15 and 16 are enlarged side views showing a connection portion between the information processing apparatus main body 1 and the display screen main body 2. FIG.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a main body board incorporated in the information terminal device main body 1, and 13 denotes a connecting portion for connecting the main body substrate 12 and the flexible cable 14, and the flexible cable 14 is connected to the display screen main body via the inside of the arm 7. 2 is connected to the connection section 15 of the display screen 4. Further, in this embodiment, since the display screen main body 4 is configured to slide to change the relative position, the flexible cable 14 needs a function of adjusting the length. A telescopic part 16 for adjusting the length of the flexible cable 14 is formed inside the display screen main body 2, and coil springs 17 are arranged at both ends of the telescopic part 16, and one of them is located near the telescopic part 16. By fixing the other part to the fixing part 18 and the main body side fixing part 19, the expansion and contraction part 16 of the flexible cable 14 is smoothly expanded and contracted in accordance with the movement of the display screen main body 2.

Next, the internal functional units constituting the information terminal device of the present invention will be described. FIG. 17 is a functional block diagram, and FIGS. 18 and 19 are control processing flowcharts.

In FIG. 17, 1 is an information processing apparatus main body,
2 is a display screen main body, 3 is an input device such as a keyboard, 4 is a display screen, 9 is a slide sensor for detecting a sliding amount of the display screen main body 2, and 10 is a device for activating an arbitrary application such as personal management information. Is a dedicated auxiliary input panel.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a storage device for storing various kinds of information. Inside the storage device, a work area 21, a data area 22, and a display frame automatic for sliding the display device body 2 to be used in the optimum display area. An adjustment program unit 23, an application automatic start display program unit 24, a display frame manual adjustment program unit 25, and an application manual start display program unit 26 are provided. 27 is a CPU for controlling each of the above-described block elements.

The CPU 27 inputs from the slide sensor 9 instructions input from the input device 3 and the auxiliary input panel 10 and detection data of the sliding direction and the sliding amount of the display screen main body 2. Then, the CPU 27 starts the programs of the display frame automatic adjustment program unit 23, the application automatic start display program unit 24, the display frame manual adjustment program unit 25, and the application manual start display program unit 26 according to the instruction and the detection data.

The program stored in the display frame automatic adjustment program section 23 is a program for optimizing the size of the menu screen or the application screen based on the sliding amount detection data from the slide sensor 9. The program stored in the application automatic start display program section 24 is a program that automatically starts a preset application. Display frame manual adjustment program section 25
Is a program for optimizing the size of the menu screen or the application screen based on the instructions from the input device 3 and the auxiliary input panel 10.
The program stored in the application manual activation display program unit 26 is a program that activates a preset application according to an instruction from the input device 3 or the auxiliary input panel 10.

Next, the CPU associated with the sliding of the display screen body 2
The control processing procedure of 27 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

When the power is turned on in the start process 101, the program stored in the storage device 20 is loaded into the work area 21 and activated. After that, when the operation 102 of sliding out the display screen main body 2 is executed,
Processing 10 for detecting sliding amount by slide sensor 9
Perform Step 3. In the process 104, an arrow prompting the user to further pull out the display screen main body 2 is displayed on the display screen 4 in a blinking manner.

Then, when the operation 105 for further pulling out the display screen main body 2 is performed, a sliding amount detecting process 106 for acquiring the sliding amount from the slide sensor 9 is performed.
At 07, it is determined by the program of the display frame automatic adjustment program unit 23 whether the sliding amount of the display screen main body 2 is sufficient. If it is insufficient, the process returns to the process 104, and if it is enough, the process proceeds to the process. In processing 108, the size of the menu screen or the like is adjusted and displayed by the program of the display frame automatic adjustment program unit 23.

Here, the method has been described in which the screen of the optimum display size is displayed by the program of the display frame automatic adjustment program unit 23 when it is detected that the display screen main body 2 has slid a certain amount. By providing an enlargement / reduction zoom function for an arbitrary slide amount, it is possible to perform drawing corresponding to the slide amount.

Then, the application is started to start the editing work process 109.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart of a control process executed by the CPU 27 in order to start an arbitrary application set in advance just by pulling out the display screen main body 2 and to perform editing such as immediate input.

When the power is turned on in the start process 201, the program stored in the storage device 20 is loaded into the work area 21 and activated. After that, when the operation 202 of sliding out the display screen main body 2 is executed,
Processing 20 for detecting sliding amount by slide sensor 9
Perform Step 3. When detecting that the display screen main body 2 has been slid and pulled out to the predetermined amount, the application in the data 22 set in advance by the program of the application automatic start display program unit 24 is loaded into the work area 21 and activated. 204 is performed. continue,
According to the program of the display frame automatic adjustment program unit 23, a process 205 of adjusting and displaying the size of the display frame of the application according to the sliding amount is performed.

Then, the processing 206 of the editing work using the auxiliary input panel 10 is started.

The control processing procedures described above are automatically started and executed according to the sliding amount of the display screen main body 2. These control processing procedures are executed by the input device 3 and the auxiliary input panel 10. It can also be executed based on an instruction input from.

For example, the display control method in the use mode shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 or the use mode shown in FIGS.
In the case of performing according to the input from 0, the programs of the display frame manual adjustment program unit 25 and the application manual start display program unit 26 are started in accordance with the input from the input device 3 or the auxiliary operation panel 10, and the display screen 4 is displayed. By selecting one of the preset image display areas such as 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, 1/1 from the input device 3 or the auxiliary operation panel 10, the selected size is displayed. (Visible display area) to display the range that can be displayed, or to display in the reduced zoom so that it can be displayed in the selected size, or to display the image range that you want to see by moving to the visible display area by scrolling, Also,
Start the specified application.

As described above, the information terminal device that can be used in various forms can, of course, effectively use the entire display screen when used on a desk, but, for example, slides the display screen body 2 when carrying the information terminal device. The display screen 4 can be conveniently used by being moved to expose an appropriate amount of the display screen 4.

By operating the operation button 11 of the dedicated auxiliary operation panel 10 provided on the back of the information terminal device main body 1, it is possible to easily perform operations such as searching and browsing on the minimum necessary display screen 4. Can be.

In the embodiment described above, the hinge is provided on the rear end of the information terminal device main body, and the sliding rail is provided on the display screen main body. However, the hinge is provided on the lower end portion of the display screen main body. It is also possible to implement the present invention in a form in which the sliding rail is provided on the information terminal device main body.

[0053]

According to the present invention, it is possible to use the display screen body by sliding the display screen body on the information terminal apparatus body in a state where the display screen body is hard to be seen by others.

Further, the display can be easily controlled by a display control according to the visible region and a dedicated auxiliary operation panel.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an information terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention, showing a use state in which a display screen main body is erected at a rear end of an information terminal device main body and a display screen is opened so as to face a front side. .

FIG. 2 is a side view of the information terminal device shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the information terminal device shown in FIG. 1, showing a use state in which the display screen main body is tilted horizontally so as to be continuous with the rear end of the information terminal device main body and opened so that the display screen faces upward; It is.

4 is a side view of the information terminal device shown in FIG.

5 is a perspective view of the information terminal device shown in FIG. 1 showing a storage state in which the display screen main body is folded horizontally on a surface (upper surface) of the information terminal device main body and the display screen is closed so as to face down;

6 is a side view of the information terminal device shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the information terminal device shown in FIG. 1 showing a storage state in which the display screen body is pushed upward (inward) to the rear surface (lower surface) side of the information terminal device body so as to be in a horizontal state. It is a perspective view.

8 is a side view of the information terminal device shown in FIG.

FIG. 9 shows a use state in which the display screen is pulled out rearward from a storage state in which the display screen body is pushed into a horizontal state with the display screen facing upward on the back side of the information terminal device main body. It is a perspective view of an information terminal device.

FIG. 10 is a side view of the information terminal device shown in FIG.

FIG. 11 shows an information terminal device according to the present invention in which the display screen main body is turned over on the surface of the information terminal device main body in a horizontal state, and the display screen is turned upside down in a closed storage state so that the display screen is prone; It is a perspective view of other embodiments.

FIG. 12 is a side view of the information terminal device shown in FIG.

FIG. 13 is a view showing a state in which the display screen main body is folded over on the surface of the information terminal device main body and the display screen is closed and turned upside down, and the display screen main body is pulled out from the storage state in which the front and rear portions are reversed. FIG. 12 is a perspective view of the information terminal device shown in FIG. 11 showing a state.

14 is a side view of the information terminal device shown in FIG.

FIG. 15 is an enlarged side view showing a connection portion between the information processing device main body and the display screen main body in the information terminal device of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is an enlarged side view showing an expanded and contracted state of a connection portion between the information processing device main body and the display screen main body in the information terminal device of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a functional block diagram of the inside of the information terminal device of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a display screen control flowchart in the information terminal device of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is an application startup control flowchart in the information processing apparatus of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Information terminal device main body 2 Display screen main body 3 Input device 4 Display screen 5 Hinge 7 Arm 8 Sliding rail 9 Slide sensor

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. An information terminal device in which a display screen main body having a display screen is rotatably connected to an information terminal device main body, wherein a connecting means for connecting the information terminal device main body and the display screen main body has one of the main bodies. A hinge provided at an end, a sliding rail provided on both sides of the other body, and an arm having one end attached to the hinge and the other end slidably engaged with the sliding rail; An information terminal device wherein a screen main body is movable along an information terminal device main body with a display screen inside. 2. A connecting device comprising: a slide sensor for detecting a sliding amount; and a display frame automatic adjusting unit for automatically adjusting a display frame displayed on a display screen based on the sliding amount detected by the slide sensor. The information terminal device according to claim 1, wherein: 3. A connecting device comprising a slide sensor for detecting a sliding amount, and a zoom function for reducing and enlarging a display image displayed on a display screen based on the sliding amount detected by the slide sensor. The information terminal device according to claim 1, wherein 4. An information terminal device in which a display screen main body having a display screen is rotatably connected to an information terminal device main body, wherein a connecting means for connecting the information terminal device main body and the display screen main body includes one of the main bodies. A hinge provided at an end, a sliding rail provided on both sides of the other main body, an arm having one end attached to the hinge and the other end slidably engaged with the sliding rail, Provide a slide sensor to detect
The display screen body can be moved with the display screen inside along the information terminal device body, the application is started in response to the detection of the sliding amount, and the screen display control is performed according to the sliding amount. Information terminal device. 5. The information terminal device according to claim 1, wherein a dedicated operation panel for an application is provided on a back surface of the information terminal device main body. 6. The information terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising an operation panel provided on a rear surface of the information terminal device main body, and means for setting display characters to be vertically inverted and a display position to be changed based on an input of the operation panel. Or the information terminal device according to 4. 7. The information terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising display area input means for setting a display area amount. 8. The information terminal device according to claim 7, further comprising means for setting a display size according to the input display area amount. 9. An auxiliary operation panel is provided on a back surface of the information terminal device main body, and display area setting means for setting a display area to be shifted to a lower end side area of a display screen based on an input from the auxiliary operation panel is provided. 5. The information terminal device according to claim 1, wherein: