JPH0553697A - Information processor - Google Patents

Information processor

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JPH0553697A
JPH0553697A JP3217754A JP21775491A JPH0553697A JP H0553697 A JPH0553697 A JP H0553697A JP 3217754 A JP3217754 A JP 3217754A JP 21775491 A JP21775491 A JP 21775491A JP H0553697 A JPH0553697 A JP H0553697A
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power supply
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Kenichi Hisamatsu
健一 久松
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Toshiba Corp
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Abstract

PURPOSE:To transfer data from the remote place to the information processor by supplying the driving power from an auxiliary power supply to a modem part and a power supply control part at the turning off the power supply. CONSTITUTION:When a power supply 6 is turned off, the power supply OFF data indicating that the power supply 6 on a personal computer 1 is turned off is sent from a microcomputer system 5 to a remote personal computer 3, it is stored in a memory in the remote personal computer 3 for data communication from the remote personal computer 3 to the personal computer 1. On the other hand, a modem 4 and a power supply control circuit 8 in the personal computer 1 are driven by an auxiliary power supply 9, being in a waiting state capable of corresponding to the data transfer from the remote personal computer 3. The power supply command turning off the power supply 6 is transmitted from the remote personal computer 3 to the personal computer 1, inputted to the power supply control circuit 8 through the modem 4, turning on the power supply 6 based on a power supply command. Then, data is transferred from the remote personal computer 3 and the data processing is executed in the microcomputer system 5.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】Detailed Description of the Invention

【0001】[0001]

【産業上の利用分野】本発明は、遠隔地から駆動電源を
オン・オフし、遠隔地間で公衆回線などを通じてデータ
通信を行なう情報処理機器に関する。
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing device for turning on / off a driving power source from a remote place and performing data communication between remote places through a public line or the like.

【0002】[0002]

【従来の技術】近年、パソコンやワープロなどの情報処
理機器を用いた事務所と事務所間、自宅と事務所間など
のデータ通信、いわゆるパソコン通信が普及している。
2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, data communication between offices using information processing devices such as personal computers and word processors, between homes, so-called personal computer communication has become widespread.

【0003】ところで、遠隔地から公衆回線などを通じ
てパソコンにデータ送信を行なう場合、受信側のパソコ
ンは常に送信されてくるデータを受信できる状態になっ
ていることが必要であり、パソコンの電源を常に投入状
態としている。
By the way, when data is transmitted from a remote place to a personal computer through a public line or the like, it is necessary that the receiving personal computer is always ready to receive the transmitted data. It is in the closed state.

【0004】あるいは、データを送信する人データを受
信する人に電話などで連絡し、受信側パソコンの電源を
投入してもらい、受信可能状態としていた。
Alternatively, the person who transmits the data contacts the person who receives the data by telephone or the like, and the power of the receiving personal computer is turned on, so that the data can be received.

【0005】[0005]

【発明が解決しようとする課題】しかしながら、現在普
及しているパソコンの主流は駆動電源が電池であるタイ
プであり、この電池駆動形パソコンは使用時間に限度が
ある。したがって、電源を常時投入状態にしておくと、
電池の寿命がなくなりパソコンは使用不可能状態になっ
てしまうという問題があった。
However, the mainstream of personal computers currently in widespread use is the type in which the driving power source is a battery, and this battery-powered personal computer has a limited use time. Therefore, if the power is always on,
There was a problem that the battery was exhausted and the PC became unusable.

【0006】また、AC駆動形パソコンの場合には、夜
間には周囲の人が不在となり、火災などの発生の虞れが
あり保安上問題となっていた。
Further, in the case of an AC drive type personal computer, the surrounding people are absent at night, which may cause a fire or the like, which is a security problem.

【0007】本発明は、上記事情に鑑みてなされたもの
で、遠隔地からパソコンなどの情報処理機器の駆動電源
をオン・オフし、公衆回線などを通じて遠隔地からのデ
ータ通信を可能とする情報処理機器を提供することを目
的とする。
The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and is information for enabling data communication from a remote place by turning on / off a driving power source of an information processing device such as a personal computer from a remote place through a public line. The purpose is to provide a processing device.

【0008】[0008]

【課題を解決するための手段】本発明は、上記目的を達
成するために、駆動電力を供給する電源と、公衆回線な
どに接続するモデム部と、このモデム部を介して入力さ
れる遠隔機器からのコマンドにより上記電源をオン・オ
フする電源制御部と、上記電源のオフ時に上記モデム部
と上記電源制御部に駆動電力を供給する補助電源とを具
備したことを特徴とする。
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a power source for supplying driving power, a modem section connected to a public line or the like, and a remote device input through the modem section. A power supply control unit for turning on / off the power supply in response to a command from the power supply unit, and an auxiliary power supply for supplying drive power to the modem unit and the power supply control unit when the power supply is turned off.

【0009】[0009]

【作用】本発明は上記のように構成したので、電源オフ
時に補助電源からモデム部と電源制御部に駆動電力を供
給することにより、情報処理機器の電源が遮断されてい
る状態にあっても遠隔地の機器によって情報処理機器の
電源がオン・オフ制御され、遠隔地から情報処理機器の
電源状態に左右されずに遠隔地から情報処理機器にデー
タを送信することができる。
Since the present invention is configured as described above, even when the power supply of the information processing equipment is cut off by supplying driving power from the auxiliary power supply to the modem section and the power supply control section when the power is off. The power of the information processing device is controlled to be turned on / off by the device at the remote place, and the data can be transmitted from the remote place to the information processing device regardless of the power state of the information processing device.

【0010】[0010]

【実施例】以下、図面を参照して本発明の実施例を説明
する。
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

【0011】図1は、本発明の一実施例の構成を示すブ
ロック図である。
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

【0012】1 は通信路、例えば公衆回線2 を介して遠
隔地の機器、例えばパソコン3 とデータ通信を行なう情
報処理機器、例えばパソコンで、遠隔パソコン3 から公
衆回線2 を通して送信されてくるデータはモデム4 で受
信され、パソコン1 が認識できるデータに変換される。
モデム4 で受信されたデータは、マイクロコンピュー
タ、メモリ、およびその他の周辺回路から構成されるマ
イクロコンピュータシステム(以下、マイコンシステム
と称す。)5 に転送され、マイコンシステム5 において
データ処理が実行される。逆に、パソコン1 から遠隔パ
ソコン3 にデータの送信を行なう場合には、マイコンシ
ステム5 からモデム4および公衆回線2 を介してデータ
が遠隔パソコン3 に送信される。
Reference numeral 1 denotes an information processing device, such as a personal computer, for performing data communication with a remote device, for example, a personal computer 3 via a communication line, for example, the public line 2, and data transmitted from the remote personal computer 3 through the public line 2 is It is received by modem 4 and converted into data that PC 1 can recognize.
The data received by the modem 4 is transferred to a microcomputer system (hereinafter, referred to as a microcomputer system) 5 including a microcomputer, a memory, and other peripheral circuits, and data processing is executed in the microcomputer system 5. .. On the contrary, when data is transmitted from the personal computer 1 to the remote personal computer 3, the data is transmitted from the microcomputer system 5 to the remote personal computer 3 via the modem 4 and the public line 2.

【0013】また、6 はコンセント7 を介して交流電力
を入力とする電源で、パソコン1 が動作するための駆動
電力を供給するとともに駆動電力の供給をコマンドによ
ってオン・オフ制御される。8 は遠隔パソコン3 から送
信されるデータのうち、モデム4 から電源6 をオン・オ
フ制御するコマンドが入力される電源制御回路で、入力
されたコマンドに基づいて電源6 をオン・オフ制御す
る。さらに、9 は電源6がオフ時にモデム4 と電源制御
回路8 に駆動電力を供給する補助電源で、充放電可能な
Ni−Cdなどの2次電池で構成される。したがって、
電源6がオン時には、電源6 は補助電源9 を充電すると
ともにモデム4 と電源制御回路8 に駆動電力を供給し、
同時にマイコンシステム5 にも駆動電力を供給する。ま
た、電源6がオフ時には、モデム4 と電源制御回路8 に
は補助電源9 から駆動電力が供給されるが、マイコンシ
ステム5 には駆動電力は供給されない。
Reference numeral 6 is a power supply which receives AC power through an outlet 7 and supplies drive power for operating the personal computer 1 and ON / OFF control of drive power supply by a command. A power control circuit 8 receives a command for turning on / off the power 6 from the modem 4 among the data transmitted from the remote personal computer 3, and controls the power 6 on / off based on the input command. Further, 9 is an auxiliary power supply that supplies driving power to the modem 4 and the power supply control circuit 8 when the power supply 6 is off, and is composed of a rechargeable secondary battery such as Ni-Cd. Therefore,
When the power supply 6 is on, the power supply 6 charges the auxiliary power supply 9 and also supplies drive power to the modem 4 and the power supply control circuit 8.
At the same time, drive power is supplied to the microcomputer system 5. Further, when the power supply 6 is off, the drive power is supplied from the auxiliary power supply 9 to the modem 4 and the power supply control circuit 8, but the drive power is not supplied to the microcomputer system 5.

【0014】次に、上記構成の本発明の一実施例の作用
について説明する。
Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention having the above structure will be described.

【0015】まず、電源6 がオンしているときに、遠隔
パソコン3 から公衆回線2 を通じてデータが送信されて
くると、送信されてきたデータはモデム4 でパソコン1
が認識できるデータに変換されてからマイコンシステム
5 に入力され、マイコンシステム5 においてデータ処理
が行なわれる。
First, when data is transmitted from the remote personal computer 3 through the public line 2 while the power source 6 is on, the transmitted data is transmitted to the personal computer 1 by the modem 4.
After being converted to data that can be recognized by the microcomputer system
Input to 5 and data processing is performed in the microcomputer system 5.

【0016】次に、電源6 がオフされると、パソコン1
の電源6がオフになっていることを示す電源オフデータ
がマイコンシステム5 から遠隔パソコン3 に送信され、
遠隔パソコン3 からパソコン1 へのデータ通信のために
遠隔パソコン3 内の図示しないメモリに記憶される。一
方、パソコン1 は補助電源9 によってモデム4 と電源制
御回路8 が駆動されており、遠隔パソコン3 からのデー
タ送信に対して対応できる待機状態となっている。
Next, when the power supply 6 is turned off, the personal computer 1
Power-off data indicating that the power supply 6 is turned off is sent from the microcomputer system 5 to the remote computer 3,
It is stored in a memory (not shown) in the remote personal computer 3 for data communication from the remote personal computer 3 to the personal computer 1. On the other hand, the personal computer 1 is in a standby state in which the modem 4 and the power control circuit 8 are driven by the auxiliary power source 9 and the data transmission from the remote personal computer 3 can be coped with.

【0017】この状態で遠隔パソコン3 からパソコン1
にデータを送信するときには、最初に電源6 をオンする
ための電源オンコマンドが遠隔パソコン3 からパソコン
1 に送信され、モデム4 を介して電源制御回路8 に入力
される。電源制御回路8 は電源オンコマンドに基づいて
電源6 をオンする。電源6 がオン状態になると、遠隔パ
ソコン3 からデータが送信され、上記と同様にマイコン
システム5 においてデータ処理が実行される。マイコン
システム5 におけるデータ処理が完了すると、マイコン
システム5 から遠隔パソコン3 にデータ処理完了コマン
ドが送信され、このデータ処理完了コマンドに応答して
遠隔パソコン3 からパソコン1 に電源オフコマンドが送
信される。電源オフコマンドはモデム4 を介して電源制
御回路8に入力され、電源制御回路8 は電源オフコマン
ドに基づいて電源6 をオフする。電源6 がオフになる
と、パソコン1 は遠隔パソコン3 からのデータ送信に対
する待機状態となる。
In this state, the remote personal computer 3 to the personal computer 1
When sending data to the PC, the power-on command to turn on the power 6 first is sent from the remote PC 3 to the PC.
1 is input to the power supply control circuit 8 via the modem 4. The power supply control circuit 8 turns on the power supply 6 based on the power-on command. When the power supply 6 is turned on, data is transmitted from the remote personal computer 3 and data processing is executed in the microcomputer system 5 as described above. When the data processing in the microcomputer system 5 is completed, the microcomputer system 5 sends a data processing completion command to the remote personal computer 3, and in response to this data processing completion command, the remote personal computer 3 sends a power off command to the personal computer 1. The power off command is input to the power control circuit 8 via the modem 4, and the power control circuit 8 turns off the power 6 based on the power off command. When the power supply 6 is turned off, the personal computer 1 is in a standby state for data transmission from the remote personal computer 3.

【0018】なお、上記実施例では情報処理機器1 ある
いは遠隔機器3をパソコンとしたが、これに限ることは
なく、ワープロなどのようにデータ通信機能を有する機
器であればよい。
Although the information processing device 1 or the remote device 3 is a personal computer in the above embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this, and any device having a data communication function such as a word processor may be used.

【0019】また、上記実施例では電源6 をAC電源と
したが、これに限ることはなく、補助電源9 のような充
放電可能な2次電池としてもよく、その場合には補助電
源9より大容量の2次電池を適用すればよい。
In the above embodiment, the power source 6 is an AC power source, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a chargeable / dischargeable secondary battery such as an auxiliary power source 9 may be used. A large capacity secondary battery may be applied.

【0020】また、本発明は上記実施例に限定されるも
のではなく、本発明の要旨を逸脱しない範囲で種々変形
可能であることは勿論である。
Further, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and it goes without saying that various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

【0021】[0021]

【発明の効果】以上詳述したように、本発明の情報処理
機器によれば、電源オフ時に補助電源たよってモデム部
と電源制御部を駆動することにより、情報処理機器の電
源が遮断されている状態にあっても遠隔地の機器によっ
て情報処理機器の電源をオン・オフ制御することがで
き、遠隔地から情報処理機器の電源状態に左右されずに
遠隔地から情報処理機器にデータを送信することが可能
となる。
As described in detail above, according to the information processing apparatus of the present invention, when the power is turned off, the auxiliary power source drives the modem section and the power control section to shut off the power of the information processing apparatus. The power of the information processing equipment can be controlled to be turned on / off by the equipment in the remote place even if the remote equipment is present, and the data is transmitted from the remote location to the information processing equipment regardless of the power state of the information processing equipment. It becomes possible to do.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief description of drawings]

【図1】本発明の一実施例の構成を示すブロック図であ
る。 1 …パソコン(情報処理機器) 2 …公衆回線 3 …遠隔パソコン(遠隔機器) 4 …モデム(モデム部) 6 …電源 8 …電源制御回路(電源制御部) 9 …補助電源
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. 1… PC (information processing equipment) 2… Public line 3… Remote PC (remote equipment) 4… Modem (modem part) 6… Power supply 8… Power control circuit (power control part) 9… Auxiliary power supply

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【手続補正書】[Procedure amendment]

【提出日】平成3年8月29日[Submission date] August 29, 1991

【手続補正1】[Procedure Amendment 1]

【補正対象書類名】明細書[Document name to be amended] Statement

【補正対象項目名】図面の簡単な説明[Name of item to be corrected] Brief explanation of the drawing

【補正方法】追加[Correction method] Added

【補正内容】[Correction content]

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief description of drawings]

【図1】本発明の一実施例の構成を示すブロック図であ
る。
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

【符号の説明】 1 …パソコン(情報処理機器) 2 …公衆回線 3 …遠隔パソコン(遠隔機器) 4 …モデム(モデム部) 6 …電源 8 …電源制御回路(電源制御部) 9 …補助電源 [Explanation of symbols]  1… PC (information processing equipment) 2… Public line 3… Remote PC (remote equipment) 4… Modem (modem part) 6… Power supply 8… Power control circuit (power control part) 9… Auxiliary power supply

Claims (1)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] 【請求項1】 駆動電力を供給する電源と、公衆回線な
どに接続するモデム部と、このモデム部を介して入力さ
れる遠隔機器からのコマンドにより上記電源をオン・オ
フする電源制御部と、上記電源のオフ時に上記モデム部
と上記電源制御部に駆動電力を供給する補助電源とを具
備したことを特徴とする情報処理機器。
1. A power source for supplying driving power, a modem section connected to a public line, etc., and a power source control section for turning on / off the power source according to a command from a remote device input through the modem section. An information processing apparatus comprising: the modem unit and an auxiliary power supply for supplying driving power to the power supply control unit when the power supply is turned off.
JP3217754A 1991-08-29 1991-08-29 Information processor Pending JPH0553697A (en)

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Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US7908517B2 (en) 1992-01-08 2011-03-15 Hitachi, Ltd. Information processing apparatus with resume function and information processing system

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US7908517B2 (en) 1992-01-08 2011-03-15 Hitachi, Ltd. Information processing apparatus with resume function and information processing system

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