JPH05216830A - Notebook type computer device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To optionally change the relative positions of a display part and a keyboard and improve the usability by enabling the keyboard to be detached from between a couple of cabinets which are coupled in a two-foldable opening/ closing state. CONSTITUTION:A right and a left lock piece are operated to put in their free positions and then the 1st cabinet 1 can be opened leaving the 2nd cabinet 2. When the opening operation is stopped at an optional angle position halfway in the opening of the 1st cabinet, a tilt damper holds the cabinet at the angle position. Then the front side of the cabinet 3 is lifted and drawn forward and then the cabinet 3 is separated from the 2nd cabinet 2. Thus, the keyboard 3 is detached, the cabinets 1 and 2 are stood holding the display part 4 opposite an operator, and then the keyboard 3 can be arranged at an optional position in front of them. The separation interval between the keyboard 3 and display part 4 is properly adjustable as the operator desires.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a notebook computer device that can be folded and folded in two.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional notebook computer device,
There is a pair of cabinets that can be folded in two, and a keyboard is attached to the inner surface of the lower cabinet.
The display units are integrally embedded in the inner surface of the upper cabinet.

[0003]

As described above, in the conventional notebook computer device, the upper cabinet is merely attached to the lower cabinet equipped with the keyboard instead of the lid, and the upper cabinet is slanted when used. It is used in the open state. In other words, since the relative position between the display unit and the keyboard is always constant, it is considered that some people find it difficult to use, considering that there is a wide variety of differences in the physique between operators.

In the case where the display unit of the above-mentioned notebook computer also serves as an input unit capable of handwriting input, the input unit is provided on the inner surface of the upper cabinet, so that the device is pressed by handwriting force. Input may not be possible because the whole is tilted. In this case, it is pointed out that the input operation is extremely troublesome and inconvenient because it is necessary to support the entire device with one hand and perform handwriting input with the other hand.

The present invention was devised to solve such a problem, and improves the usability by allowing the relative positions of the display unit and the keyboard to be changed arbitrarily according to the preference of the operator. With the goal.

[0006]

In order to achieve such an object, the present invention has the following constitution.

The notebook type computer device of the present invention includes two pairs of cabinets which are folded and opened and folded, a display portion provided in one cabinet, and a pair of cabinets which are held between the pair of cabinets. The cabinet has a keyboard that is detachable when the cabinet is open, and the cabinet is provided with hook means for switching the cabinet between an openable state and a non-openable state.

The above-mentioned display section may also be provided on the outer surface of one of the cabinets so as to also serve as an input section capable of handwriting input.

[0009]

When the cabinet is opened, the keyboard can be removed, so that the keyboard can be placed at any position apart from the pair of cabinets. for that reason,
It is easy to use for operators of any build.

Further, when the display unit is also provided as an input unit capable of handwriting input and provided on the outer surface of one cabinet, the input unit can be simply laid down on the table even if the pair of cabinets are closed. Is located on the upper surface of the cabinet, so that it is not necessary to support the entire device with one hand when writing by hand, unlike the conventional case.

[0011]

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

1 to 6 show an embodiment of the present invention. The illustrated notebook type computer device includes two pairs of cabinets 1 and 2 which are joined so as to be able to be folded and folded in two.
And a keyboard 3 which is sandwiched and held between the pair of cabinets 1 and 2 and which is detachable when the pair of cabinets 1 and 2 is opened.

On the outer surface of the first cabinet 1, a display unit 4 which is also used for handwriting input is integrally provided. The display unit 4 also displays, for example, characters, numbers, figures, etc. for the above-mentioned purpose, and is a well-known LCD composed of a liquid crystal device.
It consists of a transparent switch panel attached as a handwriting input section on the panel. This transparent switch panel is made up of a plurality of switches that are transparent so as not to disturb the display of the LCD panel, and the operator directly touches the switches with a finger or the like, so that the position corresponding to the switch is immediately displayed. , Or LC at an appropriate position
Required information is displayed on the D panel as handwritten input information.

Inside the second cabinet 2, although not shown, a floppy disk driver, key input information from the keyboard 3 in response to an operation input of the keyboard 3, or an operation of a transparent switch panel of the display unit 4 is responded to. A control circuit for executing a sentence creating function of displaying handwritten input information from the display unit 4 on the display unit 4 is stored. A floppy disk insertion / extraction opening 5 for a floppy disk driver is provided on the side surface of the second cabinet 2, and the display unit 4 on the first cabinet 1 side and the control circuit on the second cabinet 2 side are for realizing the above functions. Are connected via a flexible cable 6 for transmitting and receiving the electric signal. Also, keyboard 3
Is mechanically separated from the second cabinet 2, so that the transmission and reception of the signal between the keyboard 3 and the control circuit inside the second cabinet 2 are performed by wireless communication.

The above-mentioned two cabinets 1 and 2 are connected so as to be able to be folded and folded in two via hinges 7 and 7 with two tilt dampers. In this hinge 7 with tilt dampers, the two cabinets 1 and 2 can be freely connected. It becomes possible to maintain the open / close angle posture. Here, the tilt damper is as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, the fixed friction plate 7 is mounted on the rotary shaft 7a of the hinge 7, and is fixed by the extension force of the disc springs 7b and 7c.
By utilizing the frictional resistance generated between d and the rotary friction plate 7e, the postures of the cabinets 1 and 2 can be maintained.

Tongues 3a, 3b are provided at both longitudinal ends of the upper surface of the keyboard 3, and trapezoidal recesses 3c, 3d are provided at both longitudinal ends of the lower surface of the keyboard 3, respectively. The inner surface of the second cabinet 2 is provided with holes 2a and 2b with which the tongues 3a and 3b are engaged, and trapezoidal protrusions 2c and 2d into which the recesses 3c and 3d are fitted. There is. The holes 2e, 2e,
2f is opened and the recess 3 of the keyboard 3
Through holes 3 that penetrate vertically at the positions where c and 3d exist
e, 3f are provided.

The left and right sides of the first cabinet 1 are slidable between a locked position where the cabinets 1 and 2 cannot be opened and a free position where the cabinets 1 and 2 can be opened, and a through hole for the keyboard 3. Hooking pieces 8 which are hooked in a state of being inserted into the holes 2e and 2f of the second cabinet 2 penetrating 3e and 3f are attached. The retaining pieces 8 and 8 are tensionally urged to the lock position (the rightward position shown in FIG. 5) by the compression force of the coil springs 9 and 9, but the operating notch 8a formed on the side surface thereof is operated. As a result, the coil springs 9 and 9 can be extended and slid to the free position (the left position in FIG. 5).

The above-mentioned hooking pieces 8, 8, the through holes 3e, 3f of the keyboard 3, and the holes 2e, 2 of the second cabinet 2.
f and an example of the hook means described in the claims. Next, an example of handling during use will be described. When the left and right hooking pieces 8, 8 are operated to the free position, the first cabinet 1 can be opened so as to be separated from the second cabinet 2. Then, if the operation of opening the first cabinet 1 at an arbitrary angular position on the way is stopped, the tilt damper holds the angular position. After this, if the front side of the keyboard 3 is lifted, that is the only keyboard 3
Concave portions 3c and 3d are convex portions 2c and 2 of the second cabinet 2.
Since it will be removed from d, continue to keyboard 3
If you pull out to the front side, this time the tongue piece 3 of the keyboard 3
The holes a and 3b come out of the holes 2a and 2b of the second cabinet 2. As a result, the keyboard 3 is moved to the second cabinet 2
Will be separated from.

By removing the keyboard 3 in this way, for example, as shown in FIG. 1, the cabinets 1 and 2 are erected so that the display unit 4 faces the operator side, and the keyboard 3 is placed at an arbitrary position before this. You can Therefore, the distance between the keyboard 3 and the display unit 4 can be adjusted appropriately according to the preference of the operator.

By the way, in the case of handwriting input from the display unit 4, the above-described operation is not necessary at all, and as shown in FIG. 2, the display unit 4 is turned up with both cabinets 1 and 2 kept closed. If you place it on the table with one hand, you can input with only one hand, you do not need to support with one hand as in the past.

In the above embodiment, the display unit 4 is described as a handwriting input unit. However, the present invention can be applied even if the display unit 4 does not also serve as a handwriting input unit.

[0022]

As described above, according to the present invention, the notebook computer device is constructed so that the keyboard can be detached from between the pair of cabinets which are openably and closably coupled to each other. The relative position with respect to the display section provided in the first cabinet can be arbitrarily adjusted to the perspective. Therefore, not only can the input operation be improved in accordance with the physique of each operator and the preference of each operator, which not only improves the usability but also contributes greatly to the improvement of the input efficiency.

When the display unit of the notebook computer is also provided as an input unit for handwriting input and provided on the outer surface of one cabinet, the entire apparatus is laid on a table even if the pair of cabinets are closed. Since the input unit is located on the upper surface of the cabinet only by itself, it is not necessary to support the entire apparatus with one hand when writing by hand, which facilitates handwriting input operation.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a usage state of an embodiment of a notebook computer according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a usage state of the apparatus of FIG. 1 when inputting by handwriting.

3 is an exploded perspective view of the apparatus of FIG.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of further details of the apparatus of FIG.

5 is a cross-sectional view showing hook means of the device of FIG.

6 is a partially enlarged top view of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 First Cabinet 2 Second Cabinet 2e, 2f Hole in Second Cabinet 3 Keyboards 3e, 3f Through Hole in Keyboard 4 Display 7 Hinge with Tilt Damper 8 Hook

Front page continuation (51) Int.Cl. ⁵ Identification code Office reference number FI technical display location G06F 15/02 301 E 9194-5L

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A pair of cabinets, which are folded in two so as to be openable and closable, a display portion provided in one cabinet, and a cabinet which is sandwiched between a pair of cabinets and is detachable when the pair of cabinets is opened. A notebook computer device, comprising: a keyboard that can be opened; and a hook means that switches the keyboard between an openable state and a non-openable state in the cabinet. 2. A notebook computer device, wherein the display unit according to claim 1 also serves as an input unit capable of inputting by handwriting and is provided on an outer surface of one cabinet.