JPH08263169A - Portable information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To turn over a display body which contains a liquid crystal panel at pen input time and improve the operability of pen input by providing a visual adjusting mechanism which moves the display body by using a main body as a support system and a top/reverse inverting mechanism which inverts the display body upside down. CONSTITUTION: When the liquid crystal panel 21 is turned upside down, an inversion bracket 34 and the liquid crystal panel 21 and display body 2 which are fixed to the inversion bracket 34 are rotated in one body around the inversion shaft 36 of an inversion torque hinge 35 as a rotary axis center. As for an adjusting torque hinge 32, a main body 1, an adjusting bracket 31, and a mechanism body 3, the adjusting torque hinge 32 and inversion torque hinge 35 are different in rotational axis direction, so the mechanism body 3 which is fixed can be turned over upside down. Thus, the top/reverse inversion torque hinge 35 of the liquid crystal panel 21 is provided at 90 deg. to the torque hinge 32 for visual adjustment of the liquid crystal panel 21, and the position of the liquid crystal panel 21 at pen input time can be made parallel to a keyboard 11, so the operability of the pen input is improved.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable information processing device equipped with a liquid crystal, and more particularly to a portable information processing device that changes the liquid crystal position at the time of keyboard input and pen input.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional portable information processing device, when both a keyboard input and a pen input are possible, the position of the liquid crystal panel at the time of keyboard input is set at the time of pen input as shown in FIG. Since there is no part to support the hand or arm during pen input, there is a problem that the hand or arm becomes tired when inputting for a long time.

[0003]

As described above, the conventional portable information processing device has a problem that the hand or the arm becomes tired and the operability is difficult when the pen input is performed for a long time.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a portable information processing device which improves the operability of pen input by reversing the front and back of the display body which houses the liquid crystal panel when the pen is input.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a portable information processing apparatus of the present invention has a main body accommodating an information processing unit for processing data and an information processing accommodated in this main body. A display body in which a liquid crystal panel for displaying the above-mentioned data to be processed is accommodated, a viewing angle adjusting mechanism for moving the display body with the main body as a support system, and a front / back reversing mechanism for reversing the front and back of the display body. And a mechanism body.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the portable information processing apparatus of the present invention is equipped with the above-mentioned view angle adjusting mechanism and front and back reversing mechanism which are composed of a torque hinge, a shaft and a bracket. .

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, a portable information processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view (A) of a portable information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention and a perspective view (B) when the display body is turned upside down.

FIG. 2 is an internal perspective view of a mechanism body of a portable information processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, a portable information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a main body 1 accommodating an information processing section for processing data and an information processing section accommodated in the main body 1. A mechanism having a display body 2 accommodating a liquid crystal panel 21 for displaying data to be processed, a viewing angle adjusting mechanism for moving the display body with the main body 1 as a support system, and a front and back reversing mechanism for reversing the front and back of the display body 2. It is composed of the body 3.

As shown in FIG. 2, the mechanism 3 is fitted on an adjusting torque hinge 32 for adjusting the viewing angle of the liquid crystal panel 21 fixed to the main body 1 by screwing, and an adjusting shaft 33 of the adjusting torque hinge 32. Adjustment bracket 3 to be fitted
1 and adjustment torque hinge 32 to this adjustment bracket 31
The reversal torque hinge 35 for reversing the front and back of the display body 2 fixed by swaging in 90 degrees, and the display body 2 fitted on the reversing shaft 36 of the reversing torque hinge 35 and fixed by swaging are fixed. Inversion bracket for 3
4 and 4.

Next, the operation of the portable information processing device according to one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

First, the operation at the time of adjusting the viewing angle of the liquid crystal panel 21 of the portable information processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the operation of the liquid crystal panel 21 of the portable information processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention when adjusting the viewing angle is as follows. The reversal torque hinge 35 and the reversal bracket 34 are fastened by caulking and fitting, and the liquid crystal panel 21 and the display body 2 are reversal bracket 34.
Since the adjusting torque hinge 32 and the reversing torque hinge 35 have different rotational axis directions, the adjusting torque hinge 32 and the reversing torque hinge 35 integrally rotate around the axis center of the adjusting shaft 33 in accordance with the rotation angle of the display body 2, and the liquid crystal when the keyboard 11 is input. The operation of the panel 21 is the same as that of the conventional portable information processing device.

At this time, the mechanism 3 to which the adjusting bracket 31 is fixed rotates following the adjusting bracket 31, and the main body 12 to which the adjusting torque hinge 32 is fixed is fixed.

Next, the operation of the liquid crystal panel 21 of the portable information processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention when the front and back surfaces are reversed will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

The operation of the liquid crystal panel 21 of the portable information processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention when the liquid crystal panel 21 is turned upside down, the liquid crystal panel 21 fixed to the turnover bracket 34 and the display 2 are integrated. Then, reverse torque hinge 3
5. The reversing shaft 36 of 5 is rotated about the rotation axis, and the adjustment torque hinge 32, the main body 1, the adjustment bracket 3 are rotated.
1. Since the mechanism body 3 has the adjusting torque hinge 32 and the reversing torque hinge 35 in different rotational axis directions, the mechanism body 3 is in a fixed state and the mechanism body 3 can freely rotate from the front to the back.

Next, the cable opening of the liquid crystal panel 21, the rotation stopper, and the screen display changeover switch will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.

FIG. 3 is a sectional perspective view taken along line A1-A2 of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a sectional perspective view taken along line B1-B2 of FIG.

The adjustment bracket 31 and the mechanism 3 are provided with an opening 39 in a semicylindrical shape around the reversing shaft 36 of the reversing torque hinge 35.

The display body 2 is provided with an opening 24 on either the left or right side of the reversing shaft 36 of the reversing torque hinge 35, and the opening 24, the adjusting bracket 31, and the mechanism 3 are provided.
The cable 12 is laid in the semi-cylindrical opening 39.

At this time, in order to prevent the liquid crystal panel 21 from rotating more than 180 degrees, a U-shaped concave portion 37 is provided on the left or right of either the front side or the back side of the mechanism 3, and the concave portion 37 is formed.
To the right or left of the display body 2 so that
2 is provided.

The concave portion 37 of the mechanism 3 and the convex portion 22 of the display body 2 can be exchanged between the mechanical body 3 and the display body 2, but the position of the convex portion 22 and the wiring opening of the cable 12 are not required. The positions and directions of the parts 39 and 24 need to be changed in conjunction with each other.

Next, the switch for switching the screen display will be described.

A switch 23 is provided on the right side of the display body 2, and a screen display / reverse display switch 38 for inputting the keyboard 11 is provided on the left side of the mechanism body 3 so that the screen display is displayed in accordance with the front / back reversing operation of the liquid crystal panel 21. Make it switch.

The positional relationship of the switches may be interchanged between the left and right sides, the display body 2 side, and the mechanism body 3.

[0028]

As described above, according to the portable information processing apparatus of the present invention, the torque hinge for adjusting the viewing angle of the liquid crystal panel is provided in the direction of 90 degrees, and the torque hinge for reversing the front and back of the liquid crystal panel is provided. Since the position of the liquid crystal panel at the time of input can be parallel to the keyboard, there is an effect that the operability of pen input can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view (A) of a portable information processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention and a perspective view (B) when a display body is turned upside down.

FIG. 2 is an internal perspective view of a mechanism body of a portable information processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional perspective view taken along the line A1-A2 of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a B1-B2 cross section of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body 2 Display body 3 Mechanism body 21 Liquid crystal panel 31 Adjustment bracket 32 Adjustment torque hinge 33 Adjustment shaft 34 Inversion bracket 35 Inversion torque hinge 36 Inversion shaft

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A body containing an information processing unit for processing data, a display body containing a liquid crystal panel for displaying the data processed by the information processing unit housed in the body, and the body. A portable information processing device comprising: a viewing angle adjusting mechanism for moving the display body as a support system; and a mechanism body having a front and back reversing mechanism for reversing the front and back of the display body. 2. The portable information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising the view angle adjusting mechanism and the front / back reversing mechanism which are composed of a torque hinge, a shaft and a bracket.