JPH0540544A - Information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To effectively utilize a surface on a desk by eliminating a keyboard for moving a display part and a display area which are installed fixedly on the desk. CONSTITUTION:An input part 103 constituted of a transparent touch panel is installed on the upper part of the display part 102 such as a liquid crystal or a CRT, etc., as being stuck on it, and by touching the display screen of this display part 102 by a finger, etc., various data or a functional instruction, etc., can be inputted. These display part 102 and input part 103 can be moved on the surface of the desk to X- and Y-axis directions by being driven by a moving part 104. This moving part 104 is provided with, at least, one motor for moving the display part 102 and the input part 103 to the directions of an X-axis and a Y-axis respectively, and moves the display part 102 (input part 103) on the surface of the desk in accordance with the instruction of a control part 101.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing device such as a computer incorporated in a desk or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is an information processing device such as a word processor in which a display or the like is incorporated in a desk surface.
The display of such an apparatus can display characters and the like, and its display surface is formed by a touch panel or the like. By touching the display surface with a finger or the like, various data and various instructions are input. be able to. Furthermore, a desk-type information processing device has been developed in which a display surface capable of displaying and inputting data can be moved in parallel to an arbitrary position on the desk top. In such an information processing device, the current position of a display unit (including an input unit; hereinafter simply referred to as a display unit) and a movable desk area of the display unit are displayed in a predetermined area on the desk. Can be displayed on the screen, and the position to which the display unit is moved can be input using a keyboard or the like provided at a predetermined position. Thus, conventionally, various key portions and display areas for moving the display surface are fixedly provided at predetermined positions on the desk top surface.

[0003]

Therefore, in the above-mentioned conventional example, the display area for displaying the area on the desk where the display section can move and the keyboard for instructing the moving position of the display section are used when they are not used. Also occupies a certain area at a predetermined position on the desk surface. For this reason,
When working on an original desk, such as when it is used as a desk, the effective area of the desk top is reduced, and the space efficiency of the desk top is reduced.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional example, and provides an information processing apparatus which can effectively use the upper surface of a desk without a keyboard and a display area for moving a display unit fixedly provided on the desk. The purpose is to provide.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the information processing apparatus of the present invention has the following configuration.
That is, an information processing device capable of moving a display unit on a desk surface, and an instruction unit for instructing the start of the destination designation processing of the display unit, and a data input screen on the display unit by the instruction by the instruction unit Display means for displaying and moving means for moving the display section to a desk position corresponding to the position information based on the position information input from the data input screen.

[0006]

In the above structure, when the start of the destination designation processing of the display unit is instructed, the data input screen is displayed on the display unit. Then, based on the position information input from the data input screen, the display unit operates so as to move to the desk position corresponding to the position information.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the schematic arrangement of an information processing apparatus of this embodiment, for example, a personal computer built in a desk.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 101 denotes a control unit, which is, for example, a CPU 111 such as a microprocessor, a ROM 11 which stores control programs for the CPU 111 and various data.
2 and RAM 1 used as a work for the CPU 111
13 and the like are provided to control the entire apparatus. This RA
In M113, the current position data (X1, which stores the current position of the display unit 102 (input unit 103) as xy coordinate values.
Y1), movement destination data (X2, Y2) that stores the movement destination position of the display unit 102 (input unit 103), and region data (movable region) in which the display unit 102 can move on the desk surface are stored. Has been done.

Reference numeral 102 denotes a display unit such as a liquid crystal display or a CRT, and an input unit 103 composed of a transparent touch panel is attached to the upper portion of the display unit 102 in a laminated state. By touching with a finger or the like, various data and function instructions can be input. The display unit 102 and the input unit 103 are the moving unit 10
By driving No. 4, it is possible to move on the desk top surface in the x and y axis directions. The moving unit 104 includes a display unit 102 and an input unit 103 in the x-axis direction and the y-axis direction.
The display unit 102 (input unit 103) is moved on the desk surface in accordance with an instruction from the control unit 101. A video RAM (VRAM) 105 stores display data to be displayed on the display unit 102 in a bitmap format.

Reference numeral 106 designates a switch provided on the side surface of the desk as shown in FIG.
By pressing, an input screen as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the display unit 102.

FIG. 2A is a perspective view showing the appearance of a desk type personal computer which is an embodiment of the present invention.
(B) is a sectional view of the desk surface.

The main body 201 is a unit forming the surface of a desk and also forming the main body housing of a personal computer. Inside the main body 201, various devices that constitute a personal computer, such as a main board, a power supply, a floppy disk device and a hard disk device, are built in. Here, the display unit 102 is
For example, it has a structure in which a transparent touch panel is laminated on a flat panel display, and the upper part of this panel is arranged at the bottom of the transparent resin layer 203 constituting the desk top surface. Here, the touch panel is of the electrostatic capacitance type, and can detect that a finger or the like touches the resin layer forming the desk top surface.

The movable area and the current position of the display unit 102 (specified by the position of the left front corner portion 202 of the display unit 102) are the left front corner of the desk surface as shown in FIG. 2 (A). It is shown by two-dimensional xy coordinates that are the origin. In FIG. 2B, reference numeral 203 denotes a transparent resin layer that constitutes the desk top surface, and a portion where the display unit 102 and the input unit 103 are integrally formed in the desk top surface is in a direction orthogonal to the arrow and the drawing. You can move.

Now, when the operator presses the switch 106, a screen as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the display unit 102. In this manner, a window is opened in a part of the display screen (flat panel display screen) of the display unit 102, and as indicated by 301, the current position of the display unit 102 (input unit 103) is displayed in xy coordinates. .. At the bottom of this current position display 301, as indicated by 302,
The movable area of the display unit 102 obtained from this current position is displayed using xy coordinates.

In this state, in order to input the movement destination position of the display unit 102, the numbers from "0" to "9" displayed on the ten-key pad and the decimal point "." And the input [ente
This can be performed by touching the portion where the [r] key 305 and the clear [clear] key 306 are displayed with a finger. In addition, the display unit 303 for confirming the input numerical value has a cursor 30 for prompting input of a movement destination position.
7 is displayed blinking. Now, for example, x of the destination position
When the input of coordinate values is requested, touching “3”, “2”, “.”, “5” and the input key [enter] 305 on this display surface (touch panel) in this order, the x-axis direction It is possible to input the x-coordinate value of the movement destination position "32.5 cm".

In this way, when the x-coordinate value of the movement destination is input, the cursor 307 moves to the screen for inputting the coordinate value of the y-coordinate. After that, by the same operation as when the x coordinate value is input, the y of the destination to which the display unit 102 is to be moved is moved.
You can enter coordinate values. In this way, when the destination is specified, the display unit 102 starts to move, and when the desired movement ends, the key portion 30 displayed as the end of movement is displayed.
By touching 4, the window display shown in FIG. 3 can be closed.

FIG. 4 shows the moving unit 1 of the display unit 102 (input unit 103) in the personal computer of this embodiment.
It is a figure for demonstrating the movement by 04.

As shown in FIG. 4, the display unit 102 (input unit 103) is fixed to the tip of an arm 402 which expands and contracts in the y-axis direction, and this arm 402 is connected to a linear slider 403 to be connected in the x-axis direction. Can be translated. In this way, when the movement position is instructed on the screen shown in FIG. 3 by the combination of the expansion and contraction of the arm 402 and the parallel movement of the linear slider 403, the display unit 102 (input unit 103) moves on the desk top surface, You can move to the designated position.

Next, the movement operation of the display unit 102 (input unit 103) in the personal computer according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
The control program for executing this processing is the ROM 11
It is stored in 2.

This process is started by an interrupt process generated by pressing the switch 106 on the side of the desk. First, in step S1, the contents of the VRAM 105 currently displayed on the display unit 102 are saved in the work area of the RAM 113. Then, in step S2, a window area as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed. This window data is stored in the ROM 11
It is fixedly stored in No. 2, and when the switch 106 is pressed, its contents are read and expanded in the VRAM 105. Next, in step S3, it is determined whether the movement end key 304 in FIG. 3 has been touched. When this key 304 is touched, the process proceeds to step S4 and R
The contents of the VRAM 105 saved in the AM 113 are read out, transferred to the VRAM 105, and returned to the display screen when the switch 106 is pressed. Then go to step S5,
The return instruction is executed, and the interrupt processing ends.

On the other hand, in step S3, the movement end key 304
When is not touched, the process proceeds to step S6, and the RAM
The current position data 121 (X1,
Read Y1). Next, in step S7, the movable area of the display unit 102 is calculated based on the current position data 121, and in step S8, the current position and the movable area are displayed as indicated by 301 and 302 in FIG. ..

In step S9, the user waits for the destination position data to be moved on the display unit 102 to be input, and when the input key 305 is pressed to input the destination position data, the destination is a movable area. To determine if it is inside. If the destination position is not within the movable area, the process returns to step S9 and waits for the input of the next destination data again. On the other hand, in step S10, when the designated movement destination is within the movable area, the process proceeds to step S11,
The moving unit 104 is driven to display the display unit 102 (input unit 10
Move 3) to the destination entered in step S9,
Return to step S3.

In the above-described embodiment, when the moving area is designated, the coordinate position is designated, but the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, FIG.
As shown in FIG.
The current position 601 of 02 is displayed and the movable area is set to 6
02 is displayed. In this state, the move destination of the display unit 102 may be designated by touching the panel move key 603 and then touching the movable area 602.

This allows the operator to intuitively recognize the movable area, which has the effect of lessening the mistaken designation of a point outside the movable area as the destination position. Further, there is an effect that the destination position can be designated intuitively based on the display.

The present invention may be applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices or an apparatus composed of a single device. Further, it goes without saying that the present invention can be applied to the case where it is achieved by supplying a program for implementing the present invention to a system or an apparatus.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, by designating the destination of the display unit from the display unit so that the display unit can be moved, the space efficiency on the desk can be remarkably improved. effective.

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to effectively use the upper surface of the desk by eliminating the keyboard and the display area for moving the display unit fixedly provided on the desk.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a desk type personal computer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an appearance and a cross section of a desk-type personal computer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display example in which an input unit for position specification is displayed on the display unit of the desk-top personal computer according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining movement of a display unit in the desk-type personal computer according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a destination designation process in the desk-top personal computer according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example on a personal computer according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 101 Control Unit 102 Display Unit 103 Input Unit 104 Moving Unit 105 Video RAM (VRAM) 106 Switch 111 CPU 112 ROM 113 RAM 121 Current Position Data 122 Moving Destination Data 123 Movable Area 304 Moving End Key 305 Input Key 307 Cursor 402 Arm 403 Linear slider

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An information processing device capable of moving a display unit on a desk surface, comprising: an instruction unit for instructing the start of a destination designation process of the display unit, and data for the display unit according to an instruction from the instruction unit. Information processing, comprising: a display unit that displays an input screen; and a moving unit that moves the display unit to a desk position corresponding to the position information based on the position information input from the data input screen. apparatus. 2. The touch panel is provided on the upper surface of the display unit, and desired data can be input by touching the touch panel corresponding to the data input screen. The information processing device described in 1.