JP2006221277A - Computer device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance the environment in which a desktop computer device is installed and enhance the usability of the computer device. <P>SOLUTION: A casing that forms the computer device 1 comprises an upper casing 2 where interface input/output parts 12-16 are arranged and a lower casing 3 connected to the lower side of the upper casing 2. A step is provided at the connection between the upper casing 2 and the lower casing 3. For example, a main body is positioned with the lower casing 3 dropped into a storage space provided in the upper surface of the lower casing 3, whereby it is possible to arrange the main body in such a state that the step at the connection between the upper casing and the lower casing is placed on the edge of the storage space, with only the upper casing 2 protruding from the upper surface of a desk. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a computer apparatus suitable for being applied to a desktop personal computer apparatus.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, so-called desktop personal computer devices that are installed on a desk or the like are roughly classified into the following four types according to the shape of a casing constituting the computer device.
1. 1. Tower type computer device 2. Slim type computer device 3. Cube type computer device Display-integrated computer device

  Since the tower-type computer apparatus has a wide space, it is possible to connect (incorporate) additional equipment for the personal computer apparatus, and it is possible to enhance the expandability. However, the housing is very large for that purpose, and it is difficult to place it on the desk, so the storage property is poor.

  The slim type computer device is smaller in size than the tower type by suppressing expandability, but the size is relatively large because the height direction and the drive are in the main body.

  A cube type computer device is composed of a housing of a minimum size and lacks expandability. However, since the size is not so large, it is often placed on a desk. However, it takes up space when placed on a desk and requires a space for placing an external display device such as a monitor.

  Since the display-integrated computer device is integrated with the display, it can be installed to a degree that requires a little space compared to the case where only the display is placed, and is saved in space, but the display size can be changed. It is difficult to connect to a character input device or an optical disk reader / writer that is frequently used.

  As described above, the conventional desktop personal computer devices have their merits and demerits in terms of the outer shape, and are not always easy to use when installed on a desk or the like.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-151867 has a proposal for a personal computer device integrated with a desk.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-4720

  In the case of a desk-integrated computer device integrated with a desk described in Patent Document 1, each part constituting the computer device is accommodated in a desk drawer or the like, and there is certainly an extra space other than the desk. unnecessary. However, because it is integrated with the desk, it is basically difficult to remove it from the desk, and it does not take much consideration into expandability and replacement of the computer device itself. There is a problem that is not easy to use.

  The present invention has been made in view of this point, and an object thereof is to improve the installation environment and usability of a desktop computer device.

  The present invention comprises an upper casing in which an interface input / output unit is disposed and a lower casing connected to the lower portion of the upper casing as the casing constituting the computer apparatus, and the upper casing and the lower casing. The connecting portion has a stepped portion.

  By doing so, for example, by placing the main body so that the lower housing is dropped into the storage space provided on the top surface of the desk, the stepped portion of the connection portion between the upper housing and the lower housing It is placed on the edge of the storage space, and only the upper housing can be arranged in a state of protruding from the upper surface of the desk.

  According to the present invention, for example, by placing the main body in such a manner that the lower housing is dropped into the storage space provided on the top surface of the desk, the stepped portion of the connection portion between the upper housing and the lower housing becomes the storage space. It can be placed in a state where only the upper housing protrudes from the upper surface of the desk. Therefore, by adopting a small shape with a minimum of the interface input / output unit as the upper housing, the part that the user sees can be made very small, and the space on the top surface of the desk is reduced. Arrangement that can be used effectively.

  In this case, the interface input / output unit and the power input terminal that are not frequently changed are arranged in the lower housing, so that the connection unit such as a LAN cable or a power cable is not visible from the outside in the housed state. It can be placed and a smart installation where various cables are not conspicuous is possible.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In this example, the present invention is applied to a desktop computer device.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the shape of the personal computer device 1 of this example. In this example, the upper casing 2 and the lower casing 3 are integrally connected as a casing constituting the personal computer device 1 main body. The upper housing 2 has a rectangular box shape and is formed thin. The lower housing 3 is a rectangular box shape having a horizontal cross-sectional area smaller than that of the upper housing 2, and the height is set larger than that of the upper housing 2. Since the horizontal sectional area of the lower housing 3 is smaller than that of the upper housing 2, stepped portions 2 a and 2 b are formed at the joint between the upper housing 2 and the lower housing 3.

  The upper housing 2 is provided with an interface input / output unit that is relatively frequently used. That is, as shown in FIG. 1, a USB (Universal Serial Bus) port 13, a display port 14, a keyboard port 15, and a mouse port 16 are arranged on the side surface of the upper housing 2 as an interface input / output unit. is there. Each of these ports is connected to a plug of a cable connected to the corresponding device. Further, a power switch 11, a disk tray 12, and a card slot 28 are arranged on the front surface of the upper housing 2. The disc tray 12 is a tray on which an optical disc such as a CD or a DVD is mounted. The card slot 28 is a slot into which a PCMCIA standard card or the like is inserted.

  The lower housing 3 is provided with a LAN (Local Area Network) port 17 as an interface input / output unit with a low frequency of changing connections and a power input terminal 19 on the bottom surface. A LAN cable 51 is connected to the LAN port 17, and a power cable 52 is connected to the power input terminal 19. The power cable 52 may be configured to supply commercial AC power to the computer apparatus 1 as a power cable connected to an AC power outlet, but DC power that is transformed and rectified by a so-called AC adapter is supplied. It may be a cable.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the internal configuration of the personal computer device 1 of this example. A chip set 21 is arranged inside the computer apparatus 1, and an arithmetic control unit 22 and a memory 23 are connected to the chip set 21, and a CPU (Central Processing Unit) in the arithmetic control unit 22 is cached. Various processing is performed by performing arithmetic processing using a memory or the like. Also, an AGP slot 26 for connecting a video card or the like with an AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) bus, a PCI slot 27 for connecting various PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) standard boards, and a card slot 28 are provided. Boards and cards connected to the slots 26, 27, and 28 are connected to the chipset 21 side. In addition, the hard disk drive 24 and the optical disk drive 25 are provided, and reading of stored data, writing of data, and the like are performed under control from the arithmetic control unit 22 side. The USB port 13 and other ports 14 to 16 shown in FIG. 1 are also configured to be able to transfer data via the chipset 21.

  Next, an installation example of the personal computer device 1 of this example configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a desk 80 on which the personal computer device 1 of the present example is installed. On the upper surface 81 formed of the top plate of the desk 80, a computer device installation recess 82 is installed in the rear center. The recess 82 is slightly larger in size than the lower housing 3 of the personal computer device 1. However, the depth is larger than the height of the lower housing 3, and a margin for connecting the power cable 52 and the like is secured.

  When installing the personal computer device 1 of this example, as shown in FIG. 3, each device connected to the personal computer device 1 is prepared and connected to the computer device 1. That is, for example, a keyboard 91, a mouse 92, and a display 93 are prepared, and the respective cables are connected to the corresponding ports 15, 16, and 14 of the computer apparatus 1. Note that these cables may be connected after the computer apparatus 1 is installed. Then, the lower housing 3 of the personal computer device 1 is installed so as to be dropped into the concave portion 82 of the upper surface 81 of the desk 80.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the positional relationship with the recess 82 when the personal computer device 1 is installed, with the recess 82 taken as a cross section. A cable through hole 83 is provided at the bottom of the recess 82, and when installed, the power cable 52 and the LAN cable 51, which are cables connected to the lower housing 3 side, are passed through the cable through hole 83. . With the cable passing in this way, the lower housing 3 is housed by dropping into the recess 82, and the stepped portions 2 a and 2 b between the upper housing 2 and the lower housing 3 are connected to the upper surface 81 of the desk 80. Make contact.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a state where the projector is installed on the desk 80 in this way. As shown in FIG. 5, in the housed state, the personal computer device 1 has a thin upper housing in which ports, disk trays, card slots and the like as input / output interface units necessary for using the computer device are arranged. Only the body 2 is visible, and the lower housing 3 is completely hidden. Therefore, unlike the conventional desktop computer apparatus, a large casing is not placed on the desk, and the space on the upper surface of the desk 80 can be used effectively.

  In addition, since the ports and terminals for cables, such as power cables and LAN cables, that are not frequently inserted and removed in normal use are provided on the lower housing 3 side, these cables are stored In a state, it is not visible from the outside at all, and a smart installation that can not see unnecessary cables can be done.

  Note that the internal configuration of the computer apparatus shown in FIG. 2 is merely an example, and the present invention is not limited to this example. For example, the hard disk drive 24 is a drive using a small magnetic disk such as 1.8 inches instead of a drive using a 3.5 inch magnetic disk generally used in this type of computer apparatus. Also good. As the optical disk drive 25, various types such as a read-only one, a writable one, and a high-speed read (write) one can be used according to the intended use.

  As for the shape of the housing, the configuration shown in FIG. 1 and the like is an example, and a step portion is formed between the two housings after the upper housing and the lower housing are joined. Other shapes may be used as long as they are provided and held at the stepped portion at the time of installation.

  In the above-described embodiment, the upper housing and the lower housing are integrally joined, but for example, the upper housing can be moved with respect to the lower housing according to the installation situation. You may enable it to change the installation position of an upper housing | casing.

It is a perspective view which shows the apparatus structural example by one embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the example of an internal structure of the apparatus by one embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which showed the example of the desk in which the apparatus by one embodiment of this invention is installed. It is explanatory drawing which looked at the installation state by one embodiment of this invention from the side. It is explanatory drawing which showed the example of installation of the apparatus by one embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Personal computer apparatus, 2 ... Upper housing | casing, 2a, 2b ... Step part, 3 ... Lower housing | casing, 11 ... Power switch, 12 ... Disc tray, 13 ... USB port, 14 ... Display port, 15 ... Keyboard Port 16 16 Mouse port 17 LAN port 18 Power supply terminal 21 Chipset 22 Control unit 23 Memory 24 Hard disk drive 25 Optical disk drive 26 AGP slot 27 PCI slot, 28 ... card slot, 51 ... LAN cable, 52 ... power cable, 80 ... desk, 81 ... top surface, 82 ... recessed portion for installing computer device, 83 ... cable through hole, 91 ... keyboard, 92 ... mouse, 93 …display

Claims (3)

In a computer device housed in a predetermined housing,
As the case, an upper case in which an interface input / output unit is arranged;
A lower casing connected to the lower portion of the upper casing;
A computer device comprising a step portion at a connection portion between the upper housing and the lower housing. The computer apparatus according to claim 1.
The computer apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the lower casing has a shape that can be stored in a predetermined storage section. The computer apparatus according to claim 1.
A computer apparatus comprising an interface input / output unit and a power input terminal that are less frequently changed in connection in the lower casing.

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