JPH036724A - Information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain an information equipment which can be easily handled by the general user by incorporating an operating part into an information processor to set the setting conditions of equipments. CONSTITUTION:When an input is received from a keyboard 32, a CPU 31 has an input via a hardware function setting keyboard 36 so as to carry out a changing process request equivalent to a conventional dip switch. Then the CPU 31 stores temporarily the present set state of the hardware function in a memory 33 and also displays it at an LCD display part 34. A key input process is carried out and the contents stored temporarily in the memory 33 are changed and displayed at the part 34 in response to the dip switch which undergone the change of the ON/OFF states as long as an input is received for the ON/OFF change of the conventional dip switch. Thus a mechanism having a small operating frequency is incorporated so that an information processor can be easily handled with no technical knowledge required.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an information processing device in which an operating section provided outside the device is simplified as much as possible.

[Prior Art] In commonly used information processing devices, the setting state or operating state of the device is manually switched in advance using a mechanical switch (deep switch) before the power is turned on. In addition, the internal memory capacity of the device and the baud rate for communication functions are determined by inserting software to change the settings from outside the device, such as a floppy disk, and running the software to change the operating state of the device. The settings were changed by changing the settings to 1 and then activating the reset mechanism again.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] Although the frequency of changing the hardware function settings is extremely low in such a conventional mechanism, since a mechanical dip switch is provided, space is required and the space is wasted. The large amount of space is an extremely large obstacle in making the entire device smaller and thinner, and it is mechanically impossible to add more switch elements when the number of function settings increases.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide an information device that can be easily handled by general users, and to provide a personal computer that can be held in one hand, and whose operation mechanism is user-friendly. It is said that

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention provides an information processing device including an operation section that can set device setting conditions in advance, wherein the operation section that can set the device setting conditions is located inside the information processing device. The information processing apparatus is housed in the information processing apparatus, and the operation section is configured to be controlled via a central processing unit within the information processing apparatus.

[Embodiment] Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described, but this embodiment is merely a specific example of the present invention, and in particular, is only one example of the combination of keys and buttons. Fig. 1 is a block diagram explaining the overall flow of the present invention. 1 is a keyboard, 2 is a keyboard/BIO5 section, and while pressing the control key and graph key of the keyboard 1 at the same time, press the power switch of the power supply. When turned on, BIO5
- Switches to the back bank of ROM, 32KByte 1, and enters a routine for changing device settings. This soft routine is described in FIG. From 2 in Figure 1, the color signal (V
G, VR, VB), gradation signal (G21.,,GOO),
The mono signal (MONO) is converted from a color signal to a gradation signal by step 3, and converted from a serial signal to a parallel signal by step 4.
7, it is second latched and goes to the buffer memory control circuit 12 of the liquid crystal display section 16. At this time, the video capture timing generation circuit 5 and the timing adjustment circuit 6 are operated.

Write address counter 8 for buffer memory 13
It is controlled by a read address counter 9, a memory access basic timing generation circuit 11, and an address switching circuit 10. The liquid crystal display section 16 is divided into an upper half of 200 lines and a lower half of 200 lines, which are driven by an LCD control signal generation circuit 14 and a pseudo gradation generation circuit 15.

Next, FIG. 2 is a flowchart of software for changing the device setting state. As explained in 1 of FIG. 1, when there is an input from the keyboard, the central processing unit 31 sends an input 22 from the hardware function setting board to perform the process as a change processing request 21 corresponding to a conventional dip switch. Then, the current setting state of the hardware function is temporarily stored in the memory, and at the same time, the 23° key manual processing 24 is performed to display it on the LCD display. If the man power is 25,
The content temporarily stored in the memory and the LCD display are changed 26 in response to the dip switch that is turned on or off, and the process returns to the key manual processing 24.

If the setting is completed manually 27, the process is output to the hardware function setting board according to the contents temporarily stored in the memory and the process is completed in 2 days. Further, if the input is for canceling the setting 29, the process ends without performing anything. In this way, the setting change device according to the present invention changes the internal routine using software, as an example, so there is no need to operate the reset switch again after changing the settings and restart the device from the initial state, which was done in the past. If you follow the instructions on the screen, the software will automatically configure the settings, exit the routine, and return to the device's original routine.

As explained above, the function changes corresponding to the conventional dip switch are display, floppy disk, R5232C,
In addition to changes to previously used functions such as memory settings,
The following features have been added:

(1) Power supply by LCD display unit FF A mechanical switch is provided close to the rotation axis of the LCD unit, and outputs to the IO boat to determine whether or not to turn off the power when the LCD unit is closed. This is power OFF
It is also held at F. (2) Determine whether or not the built-in drive IC card/RAM disk/ROM disk should be handled as a drive by outputting it to 10 ports.

This is retained even when the power is turned off, and the next (3, startup specification)
give priority to

(3) Boot specification 3-1 If there is no system on another drive, boot from the ROM disk (default) 3-2 Boot from the ROM disk and start with the standard disk operating system 3-3 ROM
Boot from the disk and start integrated software such as document creation, table creation, database, etc. Figure 3 is a block diagram of the system according to the present invention, 31 is a central processing unit (CPU), 32 is a keyboard,
33 is a video ram, 34 is a liquid crystal display (LCD), 3
5 is a deep switch control unit, 36 is a hardware function setting board, and 37 is a system bus, and 32 to 36 are connected to the central processing via the instruction bus, data bus, and data bus line of the system bus 37. It is connected to the device 31 and operates as a personal computer.

[Effects of the Invention] The present invention is particularly effective for portable electronic devices by incorporating a mechanism that is not frequently operated on the outside of the device, and at the same time, it is easier to use even without specialized knowledge. It has great significance as an information device, and will make a great contribution to making it more general-purpose in the future.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall structure of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a system according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a system according to the present invention. ]: Keyboard 2: Keyboard BIO8 3: Color signal → gradation signal conversion circuit 4 Digital → Parallel 13: Buffer memory 16: Liquid crystal display (LCD) 31: Central processing unit 32: Keyboard 33: Video RAM 34: Liquid crystal display 35: Deep switch control device 36: Hardware function setting boat 37: System bus and above

Claims (1)

[Claims] In an information processing device including an operation unit that can set device setting conditions in advance, the operation unit that can set the device setting conditions is housed inside the information processing device,
An information processing device characterized in that the operation unit is configured to be controlled via a central processing unit within the information processing device.