JP2004030096A - Portable electric apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable electric apparatus in which the mounting position of an input pen can be changed in accordance with type of usage. <P>SOLUTION: A personal computer A has a personal computer body 1; a keyboard 2; a book type cover 3; a pen 5; and a first and a second pen holder. The keyboard 2 and the second pen holder 4 are removably formed. Thus, the first pen holder 35 is used by keeping the keyboard 2 and the second pen holder 4 in a removed state, closing the first front cover section 31 and the second front cover section 32 of the book type cover 3 through a connecting section 33 and engaging the hook 38 of a band 35 with the hook 39 of the first cover section 31. Thus, the use form is easily changed to a state suitable for a portable form. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a portable electronic device including a device main body having a display screen provided on an upper surface portion, and externally covering the device main body with a book-shaped cover.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, the development of portable electronic devices has been remarkable, and pen-input electronic notebooks and the like have been widely used. It is not unusual for an electronic organizer to have a word processing function, a spreadsheet function, an Internet connection function, and a mail communication function.
[0003]
A personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a personal computer) used as such a portable electronic device includes, for example, a pen-inputtable device main body having a display screen for displaying information on an upper surface portion, and a keyboard. Further, there is a device provided with a book-type cover that protects the device body and the keyboard by sandwiching the keyboard from the outside.
[0004]
As such a conventional technique, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 6-119080 discloses a main body including a display screen and a screen switching key, and a lid provided with a number of keys such as numerals. A structure in which an input pen is attached to a connection portion with a lid is disclosed.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the conventional device, the mounting position of the input pen is always provided at the connection portion between the main body and the lid, and even when the mounting position of the input pen is obstructive when using the electronic device. However, it was impossible to change the mounting position of the input pen. Therefore, if the input pen is located at an inconvenient location in use, the user has to consider it and use it.
[0006]
SUMMARY An advantage of some aspects of the invention is to provide a portable electronic device capable of changing a mounting position of an input pen according to a usage pattern.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, a portable electronic device of the present invention displays information, a device main body having a display screen capable of pen input, and is formed separately from the device main body, and the device main body is A keyboard having keys for inputting information to the keyboard, a first cover part and a second cover part connected to be openable and closable via a connecting part, and the inner surface of the first cover part has A cover part to which a device main body is attached and the keyboard is attached to the inner surface part of the second cover part; a first pen holder provided on the cover part and capable of holding the pen in a detachable manner; And a second pen holder formed detachably with respect to the unit and capable of holding the pen.
[0008]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. This embodiment is applied to a personal computer as an example, and will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a view showing a state in which a book-type cover is opened in a personal computer A according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1A is a plan view, and FIG. 1B is a side view.
[0009]
2A and 2B are diagrams showing a state in which a book-type cover is opened in a state in which a keyboard 2 and a pen holder 4 to be described later are removed from the personal computer A. FIG. 2A is a plan view, and FIG. FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the shape of the second pen holder 4 that can be removed.
[0010]
FIG. 4 is a view for explaining another embodiment of the shape of the second pen holder 4. 5A and 5B are views showing a state in which the book-type cover 3 is closed with the keyboard 2 and the pen holder 4 removed from the personal computer A, FIG. 5A is a plan view, and FIG. 5B is a side view. .
[0011]
A personal computer A shown in FIG. 1 includes a personal computer main body 1, a keyboard 2, a book-type cover 3 provided with a first pen holder 36, a second pen holder 4, and a pen 5.
[0012]
The personal computer body 1 is formed of a thin rectangular parallelepiped box. Inside the personal computer body 1, a circuit board (not shown) on which electronic components and circuit patterns constituting an electronic circuit necessary for the personal computer are mounted, and a display screen described later are formed. A liquid crystal display, a slotter for loading a PC card, a loading section for loading a memory card, and the like.
[0013]
A display screen 11 for displaying information is provided on the upper surface of the personal computer 1. The display screen 11 has a rectangular shape occupying a large area on the upper surface of the personal computer body 1, and is constituted by the liquid crystal display described above.
[0014]
A cursor key 12 and a plurality of operation buttons 13 are provided on one side of the upper surface of the personal computer body 1. Although not shown, a memory card entrance and a PC card entrance are provided on the other side, and a power switch is provided on the rear side.
[0015]
The keyboard 2 is a rectangular parallelepiped box having the same size as the main body 1 of the personal computer, and has a large number of keys 21 arranged on the upper surface thereof in a grid pattern. These keys 21 are used to input information by a key operation.
[0016]
Although not shown, a contact for emitting an electric signal is provided for each key 21 in the keyboard 2 for each key 21. The keyboard 2 is connected to a circuit board of the personal computer 1 by a signal line 22.
[0017]
The book-type cover 3 opens and closes a first cover 31 that covers the personal computer 1, a second cover 32 that covers the keyboard 2, and the first cover 31 and the second cover 32. And a connecting portion 33 to be connected.
[0018]
The first cover portion 31 and the second cover portion 32 are hard members having rectangular shapes slightly larger than the respective sizes of the personal computer body 1 and the keyboard 2. The connecting portion 33 is an elongated and soft material that connects the entire one long edge of the first cover portion 31 and the entire long edge of the second cover portion 32. In the present embodiment, the first cover portion 31, the second cover portion 32, and the connecting portion 33 are integrally formed of one piece of leather, and the cover portions 31, 32 are hardened with a core material inside.
[0019]
The personal computer body 1 is provided on the inner surface of the first cover part 31. In the present embodiment, although not shown, velvet fasteners are attached to the inner surface of the first cover 31 and the lower surface of the personal computer 1, respectively.
[0020]
Then, the personal computer body 1 is placed on the inner surface of the first cover part 31, and the velvet fastener on the lower surface part of the personal computer body 1 overlaps with the velvet fastener on the inner surface part of the first cover part 31, and both are fixed. I have. Thus, when the first cover 31 is opened, the personal computer 1 fixed to the first cover 31 is moved together with the first cover 31 so that the upper surface of the personal computer 1 having the display screen 11 has the upper surface. It will be located upward.
[0021]
The keyboard 2 is attached to the inner surface of the second cover part 32. In the present embodiment, an engagement bag portion 34 as shown in FIG. 2 is provided on the surface of the second cover portion 32. The side of the engagement bag portion 34 facing the connecting portion 33 is open. An engagement piece 23 as shown in FIG. 1B is provided on the lower surface of the keyboard 2.
[0022]
The keyboard 2 is placed on the inner surface of the second cover part 32, and the engagement piece 23 is inserted and engaged with the engagement bag part 34 so as to be removable. Thus, when the second cover 32 is opened, the keyboard 2 engaged with the second cover 32 is moved together with the second cover 32 so that the upper surface of the keyboard 2 provided with the keys 21 faces upward. Will be located at
[0023]
In addition, by removing the engagement piece 23 from the engagement bag portion 34, the personal computer A is in a state where the keyboard 2 is removed from the book-type cover 3 as shown in FIG.
[0024]
A band 35 and a first pen holder 36 are provided from the outer surface of the first cover 31 to the side opposite to the connecting portion 33. The band 35 holds the first cover part 31 and the second cover part 32 with the book-type cover 3 closed.
[0025]
The band 35 is made of leather and extends from the outer surface of the first cover 31 of the book-shaped cover 3 to the front edge of the first cover 31 (the side edge opposite to the side edge connected to the connection portion 33). ) And the leading edge of the second cover part 32 (the side edge opposite to the side edge connected to the connecting part 33) has a length reaching the outer surface of the second cover part 32. are doing.
[0026]
The band 35 is disposed at the center in the length direction of the connecting portion 33 of the book-shaped cover 3, and one end thereof is abutted on the outer surface of the first cover 31 and is attached by the attaching pin 37. A hook 38 is attached to the other end, and the hook 38 is engaged with the hook 39 by pressing against the hook 39 provided on the outer surface of the second cover part 32. I have.
[0027]
The first pen holder 36 is made of leather, is provided in a shape capable of inserting and removing the information input pen 5, and inserts the inserted pen 5 into the side edge portion of the first cover part 31 and the second cover. It is held so as to be arranged along the length direction of the connecting portion 33 between the side edge portion of the portion 32.
[0028]
Between the first cover part 31 and the second cover part 32, a second pen holder 4 is attached to the inner surface of the connecting part 33. The second pen holder 4 is formed of resin and is provided from the upper end to the lower end of the book-type cover 3.
[0029]
As shown in FIG. 3, the second pen holder 4 has convex portions 41 and 42 having predetermined heights formed at upper and lower ends thereof, and a plurality of central portions for holding the pen 5 at a central portion. Are formed so as to protrude.
[0030]
The projections 41 and 42 of the second pen holder 4 are, as shown in FIG. 1, composed of the personal computer body 1, the keyboard 2, and the second pen holder 4. When the second cover portion 32 is closed via the connecting portion 33, the collision between the lower end portion of the personal computer 1 and the upper end portion of the keyboard 2 is reduced, and the signal line 22 is further protected. It is a pad.
[0031]
The second pen holder 4 has a hook-shaped hooking portion 44 formed on the lower surface thereof. At a position corresponding to the hook portion 44 on the inner surface of the connecting portion 33, a pocket 45 through which the hook portion 44 can be inserted and removed is formed. By inserting the hook portion 44 into the pocket 45, the second pen holder 4 can be attached and fixed to the book-type cover 3.
[0032]
Further, by removing the hooking portion 44 from the pocket 45, the personal computer A is in a state where the second pen holder 4 is removed from the book-type cover 3 as shown in FIG.
[0033]
As another embodiment of the second pen holder 4, the second pen holder 4 shown in FIG. 4 is provided on its lower surface with an adhesive member 54a that can be repeatedly attached and detached, such as a velcro tape.
[0034]
Correspondingly, at the corresponding position on the inner surface of the connecting portion 33, instead of the pocket 45, an adhesive member 54b such as a magic tape (not shown) that can be repeatedly attached and detached is formed.
[0035]
Then, by attaching the adhesive member 54a of the second pen holder to the adhesive member 54b of the connecting portion 33, the second pen holder 4 can be fixed to the book-type cover 3.
[0036]
Further, by removing the adhesive member 54a of the second pen holder from the adhesive member 54b of the connecting portion 33, the personal computer A is in a state where the second pen holder 4 is removed from the book-type cover 3 as shown in FIG. Become.
[0037]
As described above, in the present embodiment, the personal computer A is formed so that the keyboard 2 and the second pen holder 4 can be removed. Therefore, by removing the keyboard 2 and the second pen holder 4, a light state suitable for carrying as shown in FIG. 2 is obtained. At this time, the pen 5 is held by the first pen holder 36.
[0038]
Then, after the state shown in FIG. 2 is reached, the first cover 31 and the second cover 32 of the book-type cover 3 are closed via the connecting portion 33, and as shown in FIG. By using the first pen holder 35 in a state in which the hook 38 is engaged with the hook 39 of the first cover 31, it is possible to easily change the use form to a state suitable for carrying.
[0039]
When the personal computer A configured as described above is used as a stationary type, as shown in FIG. 1, the personal computer A is in a state where the keyboard 2 and the second pen holder 4 are attached and the personal computer A is not used because the keyboard 2 is used. The pen 5 is stored in the second pen holder 4. As a result, the pen 5 is held without any hindrance to the keying operation on the keyboard 2.
[0040]
Also, when carrying the personal computer A, the keyboard 2 and the second pen holder 4 are removed to be in a lightly-mounted state shown in FIG. 2, and then the first cover 31 and the second cover of the book-type cover 3 are placed. 32 is closed via the connecting portion 33, and the hook 38 of the band 35 is engaged with the hook 39 of the first cover 31 to bring it into the state shown in FIG. 5, and the pen 5 is inserted into the first pen holder 36. By doing so, the user can carry only a minimum of devices.
[0041]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, the mounting position of the input pen can be changed according to the usage pattern.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a plan view and a side view showing the external appearance of a personal computer 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIGS. 2A and 2B are a plan view and a perspective view showing an appearance of the personal computer 1 in a use mode with a keyboard removed. FIGS.
FIG. 3 is a view for explaining the shape of a second pen holder 4;
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a modification of the shape of the second pen holder 4.
FIGS. 5A and 5B are a plan view and a perspective view showing an external appearance of the personal computer 1 in a usage form with a keyboard removed, in a folded state.
[Explanation of symbols]
A PC 1 PC main body 2 Keyboard 3 Book-type cover 4 Second pen holder 5 Pen 11 Display screen 12 Cursor keys 13 Operation buttons 21 Many keys 22 Signal line 31 First cover 32 Second cover 33 Connecting part 34 Engaging bag portion 35 Band 36 First pen holder 37 Mounting pins 38, 39 Hooks 41, 42 Convex portion 43 Holding piece 44 Hook portion 45 Pockets 54a, 54b Adhesive member

Claims (4)

A device body that displays information and has a display screen that allows pen input,
A keyboard formed separately from the device main body and provided with keys for inputting information to the device main body;
A first cover part and a second cover part that are openably and closably connected via a connection part, and the device body is attached to an inner surface of the first cover part; A cover part having the keyboard attached to an inner surface part,
A first pen holder provided on the cover portion and capable of holding the pen in a detachable manner;
A second pen holder formed detachably with respect to the cover portion and capable of holding the pen;
A portable electronic device comprising: 2. The portable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the second pen holder is detachably attached to a position between the device main body and the keyboard attached to the cover unit. 3. The second pen holder has a hook portion,
The cover has a pocket at a position between the device body and the keyboard to be attached,
2. The portable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the hook portion provided on the second pen holder is detachably attached to the book-type cover by inserting the hook portion into the pocket portion. The second pen holder has a first adhesive member attached thereto,
The cover portion has a second adhesive member attached at a position between the device body and the keyboard to be attached,
2. The portable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein a second adhesive member provided on the second pen holder is detachably attached to the second adhesive member of the cover portion.

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