JPH0764672A - Constituting method for assembled-type work station and assembled-type work station device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To use each work station as if it is of a desk-top type, and in addition, to realize comfortable working environment. CONSTITUTION:One set of the work station 10 is constituted by mounting work station constituent elements except a display device 11 and a keyboard/mouse 12 on a board 13, and packaging the same board 13 on one of the packaging slots 21-1 to 21-4 of a case body 20, and simultaneously, connecting the same board 13 and the display device 11 and the keyboard/mouse 12 by a transmission line 14. An assembled-type work station is realized by providing the work stations of such configuration in plural number.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of constructing a collective work station suitable for constructing a plurality of work stations and a collective work station apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, there are two methods of constructing a workstation, a desktop type and an X terminal type.
The desktop type is a method in which all the components of the workstation are prepared on a desk, as shown in FIG.

On the other hand, the X terminal type is a so-called server / client type, and as shown in FIG. 4B, an X terminal type is used as a client (client computer).
This is a method of connecting to a server (server computer) 42 using the terminal 41.

[0004]

In the above-mentioned conventional work station construction method, for example, in the case of a desktop type, the space on the desk is taken, the noise of the fan for cooling, and the power off are noted. There was a problem such as need (network environment).

On the other hand, in the case of the X terminal type, since information is exchanged between the server and the X terminal in accordance with the X protocol, a response is displayed when displaying a large amount of image information. There was a problem that was slow. In addition, when the number of clients increases, the load on the server increases and the response speed decreases.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to construct a workstation structure excluding a device such as a display device and a keyboard which directly interfaces with a user in an environment where a plurality of workstations are used. The element consists of at least one board,
By mounting at least one board for a plurality of workstations in the same housing and connecting the board and the display device or keyboard for each workstation with a transmission line, each workstation is as warm as possible. A collective workstation that can be used as if it is a desktop type, and can be installed a display device and keyboard that do not require cooling by a fan etc. far from the housing to create a comfortable work environment. An object of the present invention is to provide a configuration method and a collective workstation device.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is directed to a display device and an input device (keyboard / keyboard / keyboard / keyboard / keyboard / keyboard / keyboard / keypad
Except for the mouse, etc.), the workstation components are configured with at least one board, and the board and the display device and the input device are connected by a transmission line used for information transmission between them to form a set of Configure a workstation and set up multiple workstations,
Each of the boards in the plurality of sets of workstations is mounted in the same housing.

Further, according to the present invention, a common first power source is supplied to each of the boards mounted in the housing, and
It is also characterized in that a second power source other than the first power source is independently supplied to each of the display devices and the input device.

Further, according to the present invention, there is provided a power supply bus forming the first power supply path, a LAN connection bus forming a LAN transmission path, and a standard bus capable of accessing an input / output device. A plane is provided in the above housing, and by mounting each board in the plurality of sets of workstations in this housing, each board is connected to the power bus on the backplane and It is also characterized in that the workstation is connected to the LAN connection bus and the standard bus on the backplane. Here, the bus formed on the backplane is a power bus, L
Any one of the AN connection bus and the standard bus may be used.

[0010]

In the above construction, among the constituent elements of the workstation, the constituent elements of the workstation except the display device, keyboard / mouse, etc. which are directly used by the user are:
For example, it is composed of one board (may be a plurality of boards). By connecting the board, the display device, and the keyboard / mouse with a transmission line for information transmission, a set of workstations with separated functional elements is constructed. In addition, multiple sets of this workstation are prepared, and only the boards in each workstation are mounted in the same housing.

A power bus, a LAN connection bus, and a standard bus are formed on the backplane in the housing, and the boards of the respective workstations are mounted on the housing so that the boards are on the backplane. Besides being connected to a power bus, each workstation is connected to a LAN connection bus on the backplane and a standard bus.

As described above, by simply mounting the boards of the respective workstations in the housing, the respective workstations are connected to the LAN connection bus and a LAN transmission line for communication between the respective workstations is immediately realized. It

Similarly, as a result of mounting each board to connect each workstation to a standard bus, each workstation is connected to the standard bus by an input / output device (for example, a hard disk that each workstation has on its board). It is possible to share and use an extended hard disk device different from the device.

Further, as a result of mounting the boards, the boards are connected to the power supply bus, and as a result, the first power is commonly supplied to the boards via the power supply bus. on the other hand,
A second power source independent of the first power source is supplied to the display device, keyboard / mouse, etc. of each workstation. Therefore, it is possible to arbitrarily turn on / off only the power supply (second power supply) of the display device and the keyboard / mouse that directly interface with the user according to the convenience of the user.

Further, it is possible to install a display device and a keyboard / mouse which basically do not need cooling at a long distance (for example, a place apart from a dozen meters) from a casing which needs cooling by a fan or the like. Therefore, a comfortable working environment without noise can be provided to the user.

Further, since each workstation can be used independently as if it is a desktop type, there is a problem that the response is slow like the X terminal type even when displaying a large amount of image information. Absent.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is an external view showing the overall construction of a collective work station apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a set of workstations 10 is mainly a display device 1 that serves as a direct interface with a user.
1 and a keyboard / mouse 12 and, for example, a single board 13 on which other workstation components are mounted.

The board 13 of the workstation 10 is
It is separated from the display device 11 and the keyboard / mouse 12, and is used by being mounted in any one of, for example, four mounting slots 21-1 to 21-4 provided in the housing 20 in advance. Therefore, in the example of FIG.
Can be implemented, and a collective workstation device having a maximum of four workstations can be realized.

Housing 20 (internal mounting slots 21-1 to 24
-4) mounted on the board 13 and the display device 11 and the keyboard / mouse 12 installed outside the housing 20.
A transmission line 14 is used for information transmission between the two. Inexpensive transmission technology (for example, optical communication) via this transmission line 14
To transmit information (for example, a video signal to and from the display device 11 and a serial data signal to and from the keyboard / mouse 12) to transmit the information to the board 13 (the housing 20 in which the board is mounted) and the display device 11. The distance between the keyboard / mouse 12 and the keyboard / mouse 12 can be increased to about a dozen meters.

In the case 20, a power supply device 30 for supplying power to each board 13 mounted in the case 20,
Input / output device 4 that can be shared and used by each workstation 10 having each board 13 mounted in the same housing 20.
0 is mounted detachably. The power supply device 30 is, for example, an uninterruptible power supply device, and the input / output device 40 is, for example, an extended hard disk device (extended HDD).

A cooling fan (not shown) for cooling the boards 13, the power supply device 30, etc. mounted in the housing 20 is mounted in the housing 20. FIG. 2 shows a board 13 in FIG. 1 and a housing 2 in which the board 13 is mounted.
The schematic structure of the backplane 22 in 0 is shown.

First, the backplane 22 includes the power bus 2
21 are provided. The power supply bus 221 is configured by mounting the power supply device 30 shown in FIG.
It is connected to the power supply device 30 and forms a power supply path from the power supply device 30.

The backplane 22 is also provided with a LAN connection bus 222. This LAN connection bus 22
2 is connected to each work station 10 by mounting each board 13 of each work station 10 shown in FIG. 1 in a housing 20 to form a LAN transmission line between the work stations. .

The backplane 22 further includes the standard bus 2
23 is connected. The standard bus 223 is, for example, a SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) bus, and is connected to the input / output device 40 by mounting the input / output device 40 shown in FIG. By mounting the boards 13 of the workstations 10 shown in FIG. 1 in the housing 20, the boards 13 are connected to the workstations 10. By this connection, each workstation 10 can share the input / output device 40.

The board 13 is equipped with workstation components other than the display device 11 and the keyboard / mouse 12, that is, well-known components such as a CPU 131, a main memory 132 and a hard disk device (HDD) 133. On the rear edge side of the board 13, three types of buses 221 to 223 on the backplane 22 when mounted in the mounting slots 21-i (i is one of 1 to 4) of the housing 20.
Connector parts 134 to 136 for connection with (a connector part (not shown) provided in (1)) are formed. A connector portion 137 for connecting to the transmission line 14 is provided on the front edge side of the board 13.

In the above configuration, the board 1 of the workstation 10 is installed in any mounting slot 21-i of the housing 20.
3 is mounted, the board 13 is connected to the connector section 1
The backplane 22 in the housing 20 via 34 to 136.
It is connected to the three types of buses 221 to 223 arranged above.

As a result, the power supply bus 221 is attached to the board 13 of the workstation 10 mounted in the housing 20.
A common power supply can be supplied from the power supply device 30 via the. Further, the workstation 10 having the board 13 mounted in the mounting slot 21-i of the housing 20 is
Communication can be performed with the workstation 10 having the board 13 mounted in another mounting slot of the housing 20 by using the N connection bus 222 as a LAN transmission path. Similarly, the workstation 10 having the board 13 mounted in the mounting slot 21-i of the housing 20 has the input / output device 4 mounted in the housing 20 and connected to the standard bus 223.
A workstation 1 having a board 13 in which 0 (for example, an extended HDD) is mounted in another mounting slot of the housing 20.
It can be shared with 0.

The features of each board 13 in this embodiment are as follows.
As described above, the power supply bus 22 is mounted on the housing 20.
1, the LAN connection bus 222 and the standard bus 223, the power supply bus 221, the LAN connection bus 22
2 and the standard bus 223 are independent points. Further, the power supply system is independent of the case 20 side, the display device 11 (of each workstation 10) and the keyboard / mouse 12 arranged at a long distance from the case 20.

FIG. 3 shows a block configuration of the collective workstation device described above. As is apparent from FIG. 3, the collective work station apparatus according to the present embodiment has a configuration in which a plurality of work stations 10 are connected to a LAN connection bus 222 and a standard bus 223. It is similar to a known system with multiple workstations.

Differences from the conventional system of the collective type workstation device in this embodiment are as follows.
First, in this embodiment, as is clear from the above description,
Each workstation 10 is configured by being separated into a display device 11 and a keyboard / mouse 12 and a board 13, the board 13 is mounted in a housing 20, and the display device 11 and the keyboard / mouse 12 are connected via a transmission line 14. Is installed in a place far from the housing 20. Here, the housing 20 requires a cooling fan or the like, but the display device 11 and the keyboard / mouse 12 basically do not require a cooling fan or the like. This display device 11 and keyboard /
Since the mouse 12 can be placed at a place apart from the housing 20 by about a dozen or more meters, the user can watch the keyboard / mouse while looking at the display device 11 in a comfortable environment without being affected by noise such as a cooling fan. Twelve operations and the like can be performed.

Next, each board 13 mounted in the housing 20 is connected to the power supply bus 221, and common power is supplied from the power supply device 30 via the bus 221. On the other hand, the display device 11 and the keyboard / mouse 12, which are connected to the board 13 via the transmission line 14, are provided in, for example, the housing of the display device 11, and the power supply device 3
Power is supplied by another power supply device 50 that can be turned on / off independently from 0. For this reason, the user can appropriately turn on / off the power supplies of the display device 11 and the keyboard / mouse 12 according to his / her own convenience without being aware of the network environment.

Although all the boards 13 of each workstation 10 are mounted in the housing 20, each board 13 has an independent structure except for the power supply bus 221, the LAN connection bus 222, and the standard bus 223. , Can be used alone as if it were a desktop type.

Next, by simply mounting the board 13 on the housing 20, the workstation 10 having the board 13 is mounted.
However, the effect of being connected to the LAN connection bus 222 and the standard bus 223 is as described above.

Further, in the present embodiment, when the housing 20 has an empty mounting slot 21-i, if necessary,
The workstation 10 can be easily added. In the above embodiment, the number of boards 13 that can be mounted on the housing 20 is four at maximum, but the number is not limited to this.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the workstation constituent elements except the display device 11 and the keyboard / mouse 12 are mounted on one board 13 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, 2 It may be mounted separately on a single board.

Further, the present invention is not limited to the collective type workstation device, but can be similarly applied to a processing device having the same configuration as the workstation, for example, a system including a plurality of personal computers (collective type personal computer device). Is.

[0037]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention,
The workstation components except the display device and the input device (keyboard / mouse, etc.) used for user input operation are configured by at least one board, and information between the board and the display device and the input device is provided between them. One set of workstations is configured by connecting with a transmission line provided for transmission, a plurality of sets of this workstation are provided, and each board in the plurality of sets of workstations is mounted in the same housing. Therefore, each workstation can be used as if it were a desktop type, and the display device and input device (keyboard / mouse, etc.) directly used by the user can be removed from the chassis that requires cooling by a cooling fan or the like. Can be used at a long distance, so the user is not affected by the noise of the cooling fan It is possible to work with a suitable environment.

Further, according to the present invention, a common first power source is supplied to each of the boards mounted in the housing, and a second power source different from the first power source is also displayed. Since the configuration is such that the device and the input device are supplied independently, the user can appropriately turn on / off the power of the display device and the input device according to his / her own convenience without being aware of the network environment.

Further, according to the present invention, a backplane in which a LAN connection bus forming a LAN transmission line and a standard bus capable of accessing an input / output device are formed is provided in the above housing, and the housing is provided. By mounting the boards in the above-mentioned plurality of sets of workstations on the backplane, the plurality of sets of workstations are connected to the LAN connection bus and the standard bus on the backplane. A LAN transmission line for communication between the workstations can be realized only by mounting it in the housing, and each workstation can share the input / output device connected to the standard bus.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view showing the overall configuration of a collective work station apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a board 13 and a backplane 22 in a housing 20 to which the board 13 is mounted in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a block configuration diagram of a collective type workstation device in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a method of configuring a conventional workstation.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Workstation, 11 ... Display device, 12 ... Keyboard / mouse (input device), 13 ... Board, 14 ...
Transmission line, 20 ... Housing, 21-1 to 21-4 ... Mounting slot,
22 ... Backplane, 30, 50 ... Power supply, 40 ...
Input / output devices, 134 to 137 ... Connector section, 221 ... Power supply bus, 222 ... LAN connection bus, 223 ... Standard bus.

Continuation of the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁶ Identification number Office reference number FI technical display location G06F 13/00 354 Z 7368-5B 15/16 S 7429-5L

Claims (13)

[Claims] 1. A workstation component except a display device and an input device used for a user input operation is composed of at least one board, and information between the board and the display device and the input device is provided therebetween. One set of workstations is configured by connecting with a transmission line used for transmission, a plurality of workstations are provided, and the boards in the plurality of workstations are mounted in the same housing. A method of configuring a collective workstation characterized by the above. 2. A common first power source is supplied to each of the boards mounted in the housing, and a second power source different from the first power source is supplied to each of the display device and the input device. The method for constructing a collective workstation according to claim 1, wherein the collective workstations are independently supplied. 3. A backplane in which a power supply bus forming the supply path of the first power supply is formed is provided in the housing, and the boards in the plurality of workstations are mounted in the housing. 3. The method according to claim 2, wherein each board is connected to the power supply bus on the backplane. 4. A plurality of backplanes in which a LAN connection bus forming a LAN transmission path is formed are provided in the housing, and the boards in the plurality of sets of workstations are mounted in the housing, whereby a plurality of the plurality of workstations are mounted. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein a set of workstations are respectively connected to the LAN connection buses on the backplane. 5. A backplane in which a standard bus capable of accessing an input / output device is formed is provided in the housing, and the boards in the plurality of workstations are mounted in the housing. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of sets of workstations are connected to the standard bus on the backplane. 6. A power supply bus forming a supply path of the first power supply,
A backplane having a LAN connection bus forming a LAN transmission line and a standard bus capable of accessing an input / output device is provided in the housing, and the boards in the plurality of workstations are provided in the housing. By being mounted, each board is connected to the power bus on the backplane, and the plurality of sets of workstations are connected to the LAN connection bus and the standard bus on the backplane. The method for constructing a collective workstation according to claim 2, characterized in that. 7. A display device and an input device provided for user input operation, at least one board on which the display device and a workstation component excluding the input device are mounted, and the board and the display device. And N sets of work stations, each of which is composed of a transmission line used for information transmission between the input devices, and a case in which each of the boards in the N sets of work stations is mounted. Characteristic collective type workstation device. 8. A common first power source is supplied to each of the boards mounted in the housing, and a second power source different from the first power source is supplied to each of the display device and the input device. 8. The collective workstation device according to claim 7, wherein the collective workstation device is independently supplied to the workstation. 9. A backplane provided in the housing, wherein the boards in the plurality of sets of workstations are mounted in the housing to connect the boards. 9. The collective work station apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising a backplane to which a power supply bus forming a power supply path of is connected. 10. A backplane provided in the housing, wherein the boards in the plurality of workstations are mounted in the housing to connect the plurality of workstations. 9. The collective workstation device according to claim 7, further comprising a backplane having a LAN connection bus formed therein. 11. A backplane provided in the housing, wherein the boards in the plurality of workstations are mounted in the housing to connect the plurality of workstations. 9. The collective workstation device according to claim 7 or 8, further comprising a backplane having a LAN connection bus forming a LAN transmission line between the workstations. 12. A backplane provided in the housing, wherein the plurality of sets of workstations are connected by mounting the boards in the plurality of sets of workstations in the housing. The system further comprises a backplane on which a standard bus is formed, and an input / output device mounted on the housing to be connected to the standard bus on the backplane, wherein the plurality of sets of workstations are the standard. 9. The collective workstation device according to claim 7, wherein the input / output device is shared and used via a bus. 13. A backplane provided in the housing, wherein the boards in the plurality of sets of workstations are mounted in the housing to connect the boards. A power supply bus forming a power supply path, a LAN connection bus connecting the plurality of sets of workstations to form a LAN transmission line between the workstations, and a standard bus connecting the plurality of sets of workstations. And a I / O device that is mounted on the housing, is connected to the standard bus on the backplane, and is shared by the plurality of workstations. The collective workstation device according to claim 8.