JPH06230853A - Information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a means capable of horizontally holding the posture of a storage medium driving device stored in a body independently of the inclination angle of a keyboard part in respect to an information processor having a type for unitedly assembing the keyboard part and a display part. CONSTITUTION:When one side on the front side of the keyboard part 2 is freely pivoted to the body 1 through a shaft 6 and the keyboard part 2 is rotated around the shaft 6, the inclination angle of the keyboard part 2 from the body 1 can be changed. Since the inclination angle of the keyboard part 2 can be optionally set up, its using procedure can be improved and the storage medium driving device 4 can hold its horizontal posture, so that the reliability and service life of the processor can be improved.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, and more particularly to information of a type in which a keyboard section and a storage medium drive apparatus using a disk medium such as a hard disk drive or a floppy disk drive are integrally assembled in a main body. The present invention relates to a processing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional examples are shown in FIGS. They are,
A so-called portable computer information processing device (hereinafter referred to as "LTC") represented by a laptop computer or a notebook computer is shown.

In FIGS. 4 and 5, reference numeral 1 is an LTC main body, 2 is a keyboard portion, 3 is a display portion such as a plasma display or liquid crystal display, 4 is a storage medium driving device such as a floppy disk drive or a hard disk drive, and 5 is a A shaft 10 for connecting the display unit 3 and the main body 1 to each other in an openable and closable manner is a leg portion for inclining the main body 1.

Most conventional LTCs are box-shaped products as shown in FIG. 4 in order to take advantage of their portability. Then, with the axis 5 as the central axis, the display unit 3 such as a plasma display or a liquid crystal display and the main body 1 are opened and used as shown in FIG. However, with the shape as shown in FIG. 5, the LTC is not sufficiently easy for the user to use. This is because, as shown in the side view of FIG. 6, the keyboard unit 2 is horizontal or nearly horizontal, and it is difficult for the hand to hit the keyboard unit 2 to reach the back of the keyboard unit 2. Conventionally, in order to eliminate such a problem, as shown in FIG. 7, a leg portion 10 is provided at the rear portion of the main body 1 on the side opposite to the side having the hand, and the main body 1 is pulled up in the C direction shown in FIG. , Leg 1
The above problem was solved by rotating 0 in the direction D shown in FIG. 7 and slightly floating the rear portion of the main body 1. That is, with this configuration, the keyboard portion 2 is tilted toward the user side so that the user's hand can easily reach the back of the keyboard portion 2 and the usability is improved.

[0005]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional structure, the storage medium driving device 4 housed inside the main body 1 also tilts during use as shown in FIG. However, since the tilt of the storage medium driving device 4 during operation is generally only allowed to be about 10 degrees, the tilt of the main body 1 is also limited within this tilt angle, and the tilt of the keyboard portion 2 is also restricted. , The user could not get real ease of use.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the keyboard portion can be freely tilted regardless of the storage medium driving device.
An object of the present invention is to provide an information processing device capable of improving usability.

[0007]

Therefore, in the information processing apparatus of the present invention, one side of the front side of the keyboard unit is rotatably attached to the main body in which the storage medium driving device is housed via the shaft, and the keyboard unit is attached. By rotating around this axis, the inclination angle with respect to the main body can be changed.

[0008]

According to the above structure, the inclination of the keyboard portion can be freely set regardless of the storage medium driving device housed in the main body, and the usability of the information processing device can be significantly improved.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an information processing apparatus. In the figure, 1 is a main body of LTC, 2 is a keyboard portion arranged on the upper surface of the main body 1, 3 is a display portion such as a plasma display or liquid crystal display, 4 is a storage medium drive device such as a floppy disk drive or a hard disk drive, 5
Is an axis for connecting the display unit 3 to the rear part of the main body 1 (opposite side of the user) in an openable and closable manner, and 6 is one end of the keyboard part 2 (front side of the user) opened and closed on the upper surface of the main body 1. A shaft 8 for freely connecting is a leg part rotatably attached to the keyboard part 2 via a shaft 7 to support the rear part of the keyboard part 2 from below. That is, one side of the keyboard portion 2 on the user side is rotatably attached to the upper surface of the main body 1 via the shaft 6, so that the keyboard portion 2 can be rotated about the shaft 6 to be undulated. In this case, if the standing height of the leg portion 8 can be set stepwise, the inclination angle of the keyboard portion 2 can be changed, and the usability of the keyboard portion 2 is further improved.

Next, the method of use will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the keyboard portion 2 is rotated about the shaft 6 in the A direction and tilted. Next, as shown in FIG. 3, the leg portion 8 for supporting the keyboard portion 2 is rotated about the shaft 7 in the B direction by an arbitrary angle, and the keyboard portion 2 is fixed at a desired inclination.

According to the above construction, the storage medium driving device 4 housed in the main body 1 can operate while maintaining a horizontal posture regardless of the inclination of the keyboard portion 2, so that it is not only convenient but also convenient. The life and reliability of the storage medium driving device 4 itself are also improved.

[0013]

As described above, according to the present invention, the inclination of the keyboard portion can be freely set regardless of the storage medium driving device, so that the usability of the information processing device can be greatly improved. Furthermore, since the storage medium driving device can maintain a horizontal posture during operation, the life and reliability of the storage medium driving device itself are improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an information processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a conventional information processing device.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a conventional information processing device in use.

FIG. 6 is a side view of the conventional information processing device in use.

FIG. 7 is a side view of the conventional information processing device being tilted and used.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 main body 2 keyboard part 3 display part 4 storage medium drive device 5, 6, 7 axis 8 leg part

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A keyboard unit, comprising: a main body in which a storage medium driving device is housed, a display unit mounted on the rear side of the main body so as to be openable and closable, and a keyboard unit disposed on the upper surface of the main unit. An information processing device, wherein one side of the front side is rotatably attached to the main body via an axis, and an inclination angle of the keyboard portion with respect to the main body can be changed.