JPH0540918U - Electronics - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] (Correction) [Purpose] In electronic equipment, the area of the use surface of the coordinate reading device is increased without impairing portability, and position resolution and operability are improved. A storage unit for a coordinate reading device is provided on an upper surface or inside a housing of an electronic device, and the coordinate reading device can be taken out from the storage unit when used.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to an electronic device equipped with a computer such as a personal computer or a word processor and equipped with a coordinate reading device.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 The coordinate reading device is a drawing plate type device mainly used for inputting graphic data, and a so-called digitizer or tablet is known. An electronic device equipped with a coordinate reading device has a housing (22) provided with a keyboard (20) and a coordinate reading device (21) on an upper surface as shown in FIG. 5, and a hinge (23) on the housing (22). ) And a lid body (25) having an LCD display (24) connected to be tiltable.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 In the above conventional device, the keyboard (20) and the coordinate reading device (21) are provided on the upper surface of the housing (22). Therefore, in order to improve the position resolution and operability of the coordinate reading device (21), the coordinate reading device should be The reading device (21) needs to have a large area, which in turn causes the main body to become large and impairs portability.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 This invention proposes, in the electronic device as described above, to accommodate a coordinate reading device in the upper surface of the housing or inside the housing, and to provide a means for moving the coordinate reading device or a means for detaching the coordinate reading device as necessary. Is.

[0005]

【Example】

 FIG. 1 shows an overall perspective view of a portable personal computer (1) which is one of the embodiments using the present invention. This portable personal computer (1) is a tablet (5) having a housing (2) and a keyboard (3) connected to the housing (2) and a tablet (5) which is a coordinate reading device connected to the housing (2). ) And a housing (2) with a LCD display (7) tiltably connected via a hinge (6) to a lid (8).

FIG. 2 shows a state in which the keyboard portion (4) is opened. The keyboard part (4) is attached to the housing (2) by a hinge (9) provided on the housing (2) so as to be openable and closable with respect to the housing (2). The tablet (5) is attached to the housing (2) by a hinge (10) provided on the front surface of the housing (2) so as to be openable and closable with respect to the housing (2).

The tablet has a structure in which two membranes are attached to each other and a fine switch group showing X and Y coordinates is provided between them. Information from the tablet (5) is transmitted to the housing (2) through the hinge (10). Information from the keyboard (3) is transmitted to the housing (2) through the hinge (9).

A tablet storage unit (11) is provided on the upper surface of the housing (2), and the tablet (5) is stored in the tablet storage unit (11) when not in use. When using, open the keyboard part (4), take out the tablet (5) and fix it, and close the keyboard part (3) again. Keyboard input is possible even when using a tablet.

In the above embodiment, the keyboard part (4) and the tablet (5) are attached to the housing (2) by a hinge (9) and a hinge (10) so as to be openable and closable. However, as another embodiment, the tablet (5) may be pulled out from the inside of the housing, and this embodiment will be described below.

That is, as shown in FIG. 3, this portable personal computer (12) is tilted via a hinge (15) to a housing (14) having a keyboard (13) provided on the upper surface and a housing (14). It is composed of a lid body (17) having an LCD display (16) connected in a tiltable manner. A handle (19) for pulling out the tablet (18) is provided on the right side surface of the housing (14).

In FIG. 4, the handle (19) is pulled, and the tablet (18) is pulled out to input. At this time, the information input from the tablet (18) is sent to the inside of the main body via a flexure (not shown). There is a groove (not shown) inside the housing, and the tablet (18) can be attached to and detached from the housing (14) by a roller (not shown) provided on the lower surface of the tablet moving back and forth along the groove. It has a structure of.

Although the above-mentioned two embodiments have been described using the tablet, it is also possible to use a device called a digitizer or a touch panel which is a coordinate reading device, and the structure thereof is not limited to the structure called the membrane type. A structure such as a formula, a magnetostrictive system, or a pressure sensitive system may be used.

[0013]

[Effect of the device]

 Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects.

By storing the coordinate reading device in the storage portion when not in use, it is possible to increase the area of the use surface of the target reading device without impairing portability, and improve position resolution and operability. Becomes

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a portable personal computer according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an overall perspective view showing a state in which a keyboard unit is opened in the portable personal computer according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an overall perspective view of a portable personal computer according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an overall perspective view showing an input enabled state of a coordinate reading device in a portable personal computer according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an overall perspective view of a conventional portable personal computer.

[Explanation of symbols]

 (2) (14) Enclosure (3) (13) Keyboard (4) Keyboard (5) (18) Tablet (8) (17) Lid

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. An electronic device comprising a computer main body having a keyboard and a coordinate reading device, and a display tiltably connected to the main body, wherein the coordinate reading device is housed on the upper surface of the housing, and the coordinate reading device is provided. An electronic device comprising means for moving the device to a use position. 2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the coordinate reading device is housed inside the housing instead of the top surface of the housing. 3. The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising means for detachably attaching the coordinate reading device, instead of the means for moving the coordinate reading device.