JP2001312360A - Wireless keyboard device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To cancel inconvenience when a wireless keyboard device is installed away from a PC. SOLUTION: An FDD 7 or optical disk device 8 such as CD-ROM is incorporated and integrated in a wireless keyboard device 3. The wireless keyboard device 3 and a PC 1 perform radio communication via a wireless USB-HAB. Even when the PC 1 is installed away from the wireless keyboard device 3, the FDD 7 or optical disk device 8 can be operated at hand of a keyboard operator, it is not necessary to reciprocate with the PC 1 and operability and efficiency can be improved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wireless keyboard device, and more particularly to a wireless keyboard device which eliminates inconvenience when a computer main body and a wireless keyboard device are separated from each other.

[0002]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A wireless keyboard device that wirelessly communicates with a personal computer (hereinafter, referred to as a PC) improves the desk environment because a connection cable in a wired keyboard device is omitted and improves the PC environment. There is an advantage that the installation place is not limited.

However, when a wireless keyboard device is set away from the display and the PC, such as when giving a presentation using a large-screen display, the built-in or external connection type of the PC is connected. Each time a medium is loaded or exchanged in an external storage device such as an FDD or a CD-ROM drive, the user has to go to the place of the PC away from the wireless keyboard device, which is inconvenient.

[0004] Therefore, there arises a technical problem to be solved in order to solve the inconvenience described above, and an object of the present invention is to solve the above problem.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention proposes to achieve the above object. In a wireless keyboard device for performing two-way wireless communication with a computer, the wireless keyboard device includes an FDD or a CD-RO.
A wireless keyboard device which incorporates an external storage device such as M, a controller for the external storage device and peripheral devices, and is configured to wirelessly perform data communication between the computer main body and the keyboard device and the external storage device. To provide.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, 1 is a PC, 2 is a display, 3 is a wireless keyboard device, and PC
A wireless USB-HUB 5 connected to the USB connector 1 of the PC 1 by a USB cable 4 and a wireless USB-HUB incorporated in the wireless keyboard device 3 provide a system configuration in which the PC 1 and the wireless keyboard device 3 perform two-way wireless communication. .

The wireless keyboard device 3 has a keyboard unit 6 such as character keys and function keys arranged on the upper surface, similarly to a normal keyboard device. Inside the wireless keyboard device 3, an FDD 7 and a CD-ROM or DV
An optical disk drive 8 such as a D-ROM is mounted, and an FDD 7 and a front panel of the optical disk drive 8 are exposed on the front surface. Two USB connectors 9 on the right side
And a peripheral device such as a USB connection type MO disk drive, a scanner, or a printer can be connected.

As shown in FIG. 2, a keyboard 6, a mouse 11, an FDD 7 and an optical disk drive 8 are connected to a wireless USB-HUB 10 inside the wireless keyboard device 3, and a USB connector on the side of the wireless keyboard device 3. 9, optional devices such as a scanner 12 are connected. Note that the mouse 11 may be connected via the USB connector 9.

[0009] The wireless USB-HUB 10 is a USB
A host controller 14 for controlling data communication between the HUB 13 and a device connected to the USB-HUB 13
, A control unit 15 operating as a pseudo host computer simulating the PC 1, and a TX / RX (transmission / reception unit) 16 for performing bidirectional wireless communication with a wireless USB-HUB 5 connected to a USB connector of the PC 1.

The control unit 15 firstly transmits the configuration information of the devices connected to the USB-HUB 13 to the host controller 1.
4, the data is transmitted to the wireless USB-HUB 5 of the PC 1 by the TX / RX 16, and the PC 1 acquires the configuration information of the USB device connected to the wireless USB-HUB 10 of the wireless keyboard device 3. Thus, the PC 1 uses the plug and play manager of the OS to load the driver of the recognized device into the memory, and executes data communication and application operation between the PC 1 and the connected devices 3, 7, 8, 11, and 12. It is possible.

As described above, the wireless keyboard device 3
Is configured to integrate a keyboard unit and peripheral devices such as an optical disk drive and perform wireless communication with a PC.
Even when C is installed, the operator of the keyboard can load or exchange media such as an FDD or a CD-ROM or operate a scanner or the like at hand. In addition, PC
It goes without saying that the format of the connection interface between the peripheral device and the peripheral device is not limited to USB.

Further, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications are possible within the technical scope of the present invention, and it goes without saying that the present invention extends to those modifications. is there.

[0013]

As described above, according to the present invention, the P
FDD or CD- built in or connected to C
An external storage device such as a ROM drive is built in the wireless keyboard device, and other peripheral devices are configured to be connected to the wireless keyboard device. Therefore, even when the wireless keyboard device is set at a position away from the PC, When loading media into an FDD or CD-ROM drive, or operating a scanner, there is no need to go back and forth between the wireless keyboard device and the PC, and all operations can be performed at the location of the wireless keyboard device. Will be resolved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a computer system using a wireless keyboard device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the wireless keyboard device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Personal computer 2 Display 3 Wireless keyboard device 5 Wireless USB-HUB 6 Keyboard part 7 FDD 8 Optical disk drive 9 USB connector 10 Wireless USB-HUB 11 Mouse

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A wireless keyboard device for performing two-way wireless communication with a computer, wherein the wireless keyboard device includes an external storage device such as an FDD or a CD-ROM.
A wireless keyboard device having a built-in controller for an external storage device and a peripheral device, and configured to wirelessly perform data communication between a computer main body, a keyboard device, and an external storage device. 2. A connector for wired connection between a controller in the wireless keyboard device and other peripheral devices, and wirelessly performs data communication between the computer main body, the keyboard device, an external storage device, and other peripheral devices. The wireless keyboard device according to claim 1, wherein the wireless keyboard device is configured as follows.