JPH05216563A - Work station - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To effectively use the energy reduction effect and a device by automatically saving data and turning off a power source in the case where no operations is carried out over a certain time. CONSTITUTION:A monitor means 6, a data saving means 7, a function terminating means 8, and a power source turning-off means 9 are provided besides a keyboard device 1, a storage part 2, an external storage device 3, a power switch 4, and a processing control part 5. The signal of the keyboard device 1 is sent to the processing control part 5 as well as the monitor means 6. This means 6 monitors the signal from the keyboard device 1; and if the signal is not sent for the certain time, the means 6 starts the data saving means 7. The data saving means 7 reads out data stored in the storage part 2 and transfers it to write it in the external storage device 3. At the time of the end of all of data write, the function terminating means 8 terminates the processing functions operated till then, and the power source turning-off means 9 turns off the power source of a work station to terminate the operation.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a work station, and more particularly to a work station having a function of automatically performing a termination process and turning off a power source when a key operation is not performed for a long time.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a workstation is often used intermittently by a large number of people sharing it in an office or the like. As shown in FIG. 2, a conventional workstation includes a keyboard device 1, a storage unit 2 including a volatile memory for temporarily storing data being processed, and an external storage device 3 for saving and storing data. And a power switch 4a that is manually operated and a processing control unit 5a.

When terminating the processing during operation, first, the data stored in the storage unit 2 is transferred to and stored in the external storage device 3 by an operation from the keyboard device 1. afterwards,
The used processing function is terminated by operating the keyboard device 1, and the power switch 4a is manually operated to turn off the power of the device.

[0004]

In the above-mentioned conventional workstation, since the user saves data and turns off the power directly by a manual operation, if the previous user forgets to turn off the power switch. Even if there is no person to use, the power is still on, and if the user leaves the seat without performing termination processing in the middle of the process, for confirmation when other people use it There is a drawback that it is a waste of time and labor to find the user.

An object of the present invention is to have a function of automatically saving data and turning off the power when no operation is performed for a certain period of time, which has an energy saving effect and saves unnecessary labor, and is shared by a large number of people. Is to provide an easy workstation.

[0006]

A workstation of the present invention comprises a keyboard device, a processing control unit, a storage unit for storing data being processed, an external storage device for saving and storing data, and a power supply. In a workstation having a switch, monitoring means for monitoring a time interval of key operation of the keyboard device, and data during processing when the key operation is not performed for a predetermined time from the storage unit. It comprises a data saving means for saving to an external storage device, a function terminating means for terminating the function in operation after the data saving is finished, and a power-off means for cutting off the power supply after the completion processing of the function.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the workstation of this embodiment has a monitoring device in addition to the keyboard device 1, the storage unit 2, the external storage device 3, the power switch 4, and the processing control unit 5 of the above-mentioned conventional apparatus. 6 and data saving means 7
And a function end means 8 and a power supply off means 9.

The monitoring means 6 is a part for measuring the signal interval from the keyboard device 1, and activates the data saving means 7 when no signal is continuously received from the keyboard device 1 over a predetermined fixed time.

When activated, the data save means 7 transfers the data in the process of processing stored in the storage unit 2 to the external storage device 3 via the process control unit 5 and stores the data in the external storage device 3. When the transfer is completed, the function ends. The means 8 is activated.

The function terminating means 8 instructs the processing control section 5 to terminate the processing which has been operating until then, and when the termination processing is completed, activates the power-off means 9. The power-off means 9 operates the power switch 4 to turn off the power of the apparatus.

Next, the operation of this workstation will be described step by step. When an operation is added to the keyboard device 1, the signal is sent to the monitoring means 6 together with the processing control unit 5. When the monitoring means 6 receives a signal from the keyboard device 1, it monitors the time until the next signal is received. If the signal has not been sent for a certain period of time, a control signal is sent to the data saving means. Start 7. The data save means 7 reads the data stored in the storage unit 2 and transfers the data to the external storage device 3, and the transferred data is DIS.
Write to K (FD). When all the writing of the data stored in the storage unit 2 is completed, the control is transferred from the data saving means 7 to the function ending means 8, and the function ending means 8 ends the workstation function which has been operating until then. The power-off means 9 turns off the power of the workstation to complete the operation.

In this way, when the person in use is away from the front of the workstation for a long time, the data being processed is automatically saved in the external storage device and the power of the workstation is turned off. ..

Although the above description has been made with respect to a workstation, it is clear that a word processor and a personal computer in a similar usage environment can obtain the same effects by the same configuration. Is included.

[0016]

As described above, according to the workstation of the present invention, it is possible to prevent the data from being lost during the processing and to effectively utilize the workstation, and save unnecessary power consumption when not in use. You can get the effect that you can.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a configuration of a conventional workstation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Keyboard Device 2 Storage Unit 3 External Storage Device 4, 4a Power Switch 5, 5a Processing Control Unit 6 Monitoring Means 7 Data Saving Means 8 Function Ending Means 9 Power Off Means

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A workstation comprising a keyboard device, a processing control unit, a storage unit for storing data being processed, an external storage device for saving and storing data, and a power switch, wherein the keyboard device is provided. Monitoring means for monitoring the time interval of the key operation, and data saving means for saving the data being processed from the storage unit to the external storage device when the key operation has not been performed for more than a predetermined time, A workstation comprising: a function terminating means for terminating the function being operated after the end of data saving, and a power-off means for cutting off the power supply after the completion of the function termination processing.