JP2000099204A - Information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To attain improvement in portability by freely attaching/detaching an editing device with which input editing is made possible by incorporating a control board, an internal battery, an external storage device or the like, to/from a main body device provided with a keyboard, a track ball or the like. SOLUTION: An editing device 2 is constituted so that a control board, an internal battery, an external storage device or the like are incorporated, further, a tablet 5 is provided on the front face of a liquid crystal display device 4 and input editing is made possible from the upper part of that tablet 5 by a pen 6. Then, such the editing device 2 is freely attached/detached through a hinge mechanism 12 to a main body device 1 such as a keyboard 3 as an input device, a track ball 7 to be used at the input editing time and a CD-ROM drive to be used for installing application software. Thus, concerning the editing device 2, one part of upper hinge case 13 and lower hinge case 14 of the main body device 1 can be separated while remaining a section formed through the hinge mechanism 12 and improvement in portability can be attained.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing device such as a portable information terminal device or a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a "PC"). In particular, an input / edit device can be separated from a main device to improve portability. The present invention relates to an information processing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The miniaturization of portable information terminal devices and PCs has been pursued to enhance portability. As shown in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 4-58724, an information processing apparatus in consideration of general portability is being reduced in size.

However, these are portable devices which are entirely portable, including an input device such as a keyboard, an external storage device, a main unit including a control device, and a liquid crystal display device provided via a hinge mechanism. However, it is not completely portable from the viewpoint of development.

[0004]

In the conventional information processing apparatus such as a personal digital assistant or a personal computer, the main unit and the entire liquid crystal display are carried as described above. Includes the problem of poor sex.

[0005] It is an object of the present invention to incorporate a control board, an internal battery, an external storage device, and the like from a main unit having an input device such as a keyboard, an external storage device, and the like, and to input and edit the information with a pen, tablet, and a liquid crystal display device. An object of the present invention is to reduce the size and improve portability by enabling the editing device to be separated.

[0006]

The object is to provide a control board,
Achieved by incorporating an internal battery, external storage device, etc., and making the editing device that allows input editing with a pen, tablet, and liquid crystal display device detachable to the main unit equipped with a keyboard, trackball, floppy disk drive, etc. Is done.

That is, it goes without saying that input editing can be performed by a general keyboard with good operability in ordinary input editing. However, a control board, an internal battery, an external storage device, and the like are built in, and a pen and a tablet are built. And an editing device capable of inputting and editing with a liquid crystal display device is detachably mounted on a main body portion having a keyboard, a trackball, a floppy disk drive and the like. Therefore, when carrying the editing device, the editing device can be separated and carried. It works so that portability can be greatly improved. In addition, since the information input and edited by the separate editing device is configured to be stored in an external storage device such as a floppy disk drive after being attached to the main unit, the information can be edited efficiently.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a use state diagram of an information processing device such as a portable information terminal device or a PC according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numeral 1 denotes the entire main unit, and reference numeral 2 denotes an editing device detachably attached to the main unit.
Reference numeral 3 denotes a keyboard which is an input device provided in the main unit. Input information from the keyboard 3 is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 4 of the editing device 2. A tablet 5 is provided on the front surface of the liquid crystal display device 4, and the tablet 5 is
It is configured so that input editing can be performed from above. Reference numeral 7 denotes a track ball used for input editing, and reference numeral 8 denotes a CD-ROM used for installing application software.
A drive 9 is a main unit external storage device such as a floppy disk drive for recording input / edited information,
0 is a case on the main body for storing each of the above-described devices,
11 is a lower case of the main body.

Further, a hinge mechanism 12 is provided at the rear of the main body device 1 so that the editing device 2 can be opened and closed when mounted. The hinge mechanism 12 is configured to be able to open and close up to 180 degrees in order to enable pen input on the tablet 5.

Reference numeral 13 denotes an upper hinge case, and 14 denotes a lower hinge case. A connection board 15 is provided between the two cases as shown in the mounting structure of FIG. Hinge mechanism 1 by well-known method
2 is connected to the flexible cable 17.

On the other hand, a hinge-side connector 19 for connection to a control board 18 for controlling the entire apparatus is provided on the opposite side, and is connected to the control board-side connector 20.
A lock mechanism 21 is provided on the upper hinge case 13, and is biased by a lock spring 22 to fix the editing device 2. Also, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the guide pin 23 formed on both sides of the hinge case is detachable by positioning and fitting with a guide hole 25 provided in the lower case 24 of the editing apparatus 2.

The lower case 24 of the editing device 2 is provided with a control board 18 for controlling the entire device.
Are a card connector 27 for inserting a compact flash card 26 for storing information edited by the editing device 2, and a PC card connector 29 for inserting a PC card 28.
In addition to the above, when the printer connection connector 30, the communication modular jack 31 and the editing device 2 are used alone,
An adapter jack 33 for connecting the C adapter 32 is provided. Reference numeral 34 denotes an internal battery for driving the editing apparatus 2 and for backing up data. The AC adapter 32 is configured so that it can be connected to the main device when the main device 1 and the editing device 2 are connected.

FIG. 6 shows a block diagram of this configuration. 35 is a CPU for controlling the entire apparatus, 36 is a RAM for storing partially edited information, 37 is a ROM for storing programs, and 38 is a drive for driving the liquid crystal display device 4. A liquid crystal controller, 39 is a display memory, 40 is a keyboard controller for controlling an input device, 41 is a communication controller, and 42 is a printer controller.

In the above description, the connection between the main body device 1 and the editing device 2 has been described in terms of the electrical connection method using the hinge-side connector 19 and the control board-side connector 20. It goes without saying that the same effect can be obtained by using a light emitting element and a light receiving element for optical communication.

According to the present invention, the editing device 2 which can be edited with the pen 6 and the tablet 5 is connected to the upper case 13 and the lower case 14 of the main unit 1 according to the present invention.
Can be separated while leaving a part formed via the hinge mechanism 12, and the editing apparatus 2 excellent in portability can be provided with a simple configuration.

[0018]

According to the present invention, the pen 6, tablet 5
The editing device 2 which can be edited by the user is connected to the hinge upper case 13 and a part of the hinge lower case 14 of the main body device 1 by the hinge mechanism 12.
The editing device 2 has a simple structure and is highly portable due to its simple structure.
Can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exemplary perspective view showing a use state of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a detailed sectional view of a main part in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a separated state of the main body device and the editing device in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a use state of the editing device.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view showing details of a main part of the editing device.

FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram of an information processing apparatus according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Main body device, 2 ... Editing device, 3 ... Keyboard, 4 ... Liquid crystal display device, 5 ... Tablet, 6 ... Pen, 9 ... Main body external storage device, 12 ... Hinge mechanism, 13 ... Hinge upper case,
14: Lower hinge case, 18: Control board, 26: Compact flash card, 28: PC card, 34: Internal battery.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A keyboard, an external storage device, and the like, which are input devices, are arranged in a main device, and a control board for controlling the entire device, an internal battery, and an external storage device such as a compact flash card or a PC card are built in the main device. , An information processing device configured to be capable of opening and closing via a hinge mechanism at the rear of the main unit so that the editing device can be input-edited by a pen, a tablet, and a liquid crystal display device. An information processing apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. 2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the editing device is mechanically and electrically detachably attached to an upper hinge case and a lower hinge case via a hinge mechanism. 3. An information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the whole including the main unit is controlled by a control board of the editing apparatus. 4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the electrical connection between the main unit and the editing apparatus is performed by an optical communication system including a light emitting element and a light receiving element.