JPH0415811A - Work station device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable an operator to freely arrange various units constituting a personal work station (PWS) about him by providing a main body device which transmits a signal by radio communication to a radio transmitter-receiver. CONSTITUTION:Transmitter-receivers which transmit and receive signals to and from peripheral units by radio waves are provided in the main body of the PWS, and peripheral units are provided with transmitter-receivers which transmit and receive signals to and from the main body by radio waves, and signals are transmitted among units by radio waves. For example, four radio transmitter-receivers different in frequency are provided in the main body 6 of the PWS consisting of 5 units, and peripheral units 2 to 5 are provided with radio transmitter-receivers 2a to 5a respectively. In this case, each of radio transmitter-receivers 2a to 5a in peripheral units 2 to 5 transmits and receives signals to and from one of radio transmitter-receivers in the main body 6. Thus, the space about the operator is effectively used.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Purpose of the invention] (Industrial application field) The present invention relates to a workstation device.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, a personal workstation (hereinafter referred to as PWS) is composed of various units, including a main body, a keyboard/mouse, a display device, a disk device, a printer device, etc. These units are divided into the main unit and peripheral units (other than the main unit), and connections between the main unit and various units are made using signal cables, which are thick, hard, and have limited length. The unit cannot be placed freely in the space around you, the connection between the unit and the signal cable is large, and the space required to pull out the cable is large.
Even if the unit itself became smaller, the actual space required did not become much smaller.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) By eliminating signal cables, various units constituting a PWS can be freely placed around one's body.

[Structure of the invention]

(Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention provides a keyboard/mouse device that outputs device operation and control commands, a first wireless transceiver built in the keyboard/mouse device, and a device operation and control state. a second wireless transceiver built into this display device, a disk device that records the operation and control process of the device, and a third wireless transceiver built into this disk device. , a printer device that prints out the operation and control status of the device; a fourth wireless transceiver built into the printer device; and a fourth wireless transmitter/receiver connected to the device and communicating wirelessly with the first to fourth wireless transmitters/receivers. This workstation device includes a main body device that transmits signals.

(Function) A transmitter/receiver for wirelessly transmitting and receiving signals with the peripheral unit is provided in the main body of the PWS, a transmitter/receiver is installed in the peripheral unit for wirelessly transmitting and receiving signals with the main body, and signal transmission between the units is performed wirelessly. .

(Example) Next, an example of the present invention will be described. Figure 1: Keyboard/mouse device 2 for outputting operation and control commands for equipment 1
, a wireless transmitter/receiver 2a built in the keyboard/mouse device 2, a display device 3 that displays the operation and control status of the device 1, a wireless transmitter/receiver 3a built in the display device 3, and an operation of the device 1. and a disk device 4 for recording the control process, a wireless transmitter/receiver 4a built in the disk device 4, a printer device 5 for printing the operation and control status of the device 1, and a wireless device built in the printer device 5. A main unit 6 is connected to a transceiver 5a and a device 11, and performs wireless communication with the radio transceivers 2a to 5a and transmits signals 11.

That is, the PWS unit 1 is shown as consisting of five units, and there are four radio transceivers of different frequencies in the main body, and each peripheral unit has one radio transceiver. The wireless transmitter/receiver in the peripheral unit can transmit signals with any one of the wireless transmitters/receivers in the main unit, making it possible to effectively utilize the space around you, making it ideal for personal applications that will rapidly increase in the future. has an extremely large effect in terms of space saving.

Note that the present invention is applicable not only to computers but also to all devices requiring signal transmission.

〔Effect of the invention〕

Wireless signal transmission eliminates signal cables.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a workstation device showing one embodiment of the present invention. 2...Keyboard/mouse device, 28-5a...Wireless transceiver, 3...Display device, 4...Disk device, 5
...Printer device. 1st Sentence Agent Patent Attorney Norio Oko

Claims (1)

[Claims] A keyboard/mouse device that outputs device operation and control commands, and a first built-in keyboard/mouse device.
a wireless transceiver, a display device that displays the operating and control status of the device, a second wireless transceiver built into the display device, and a disk device that records the process of operating and controlling the device; A third wireless transceiver built into this disk device, a printer device that prints the operation and control status of the device, a fourth wireless transceiver built into this printer device, and a fourth wireless transceiver connected to the device. A workstation device comprising a main body device that performs wireless communication with the first to fourth wireless transceivers and transmits signals.