JPH096505A - Input device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To reduce the size of an input device to be stored in a processor body while being suspended by utilizing leg bodies and to easily execute suspending work. CONSTITUTION: Leg bodies 16R, 16L to be opened in the direction of width W1 are arranged on both right and left end parts of a device body 10 and the device body 10 can be suspended on the front of the processor body 1 by engaging the engaging parts of both the leg parts 16R, 16L with projection parts 18R, 18L arranged on both the right and left sides of the front face part 4 of the body 1. Since a distance between both the leg bodies 16R, 16L can be extended at the time of opening them by utilizing the lateral width W1 of the body 10 at its maximum even when the width W1 is short, the size of the input device can be reduced. Since the positional relation between the leg bodies 16R, 16L and the projection parts 18R, 18L of the processor body 1 can easily be recognized, suspending work can easily be executed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an input device of an information processing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Information processing devices such as personal computers and word processors are equipped with a keyboard device as an input device. In addition, in the keyboard device configured separately from the processing device main body, in consideration of operability, the device upper surface portion, which is the key arrangement portion, has a structure inclined toward the front side. A leg is provided on the rear side of the keyboard device body so that the keyboard device itself can be installed by inclining to the front side.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing the rear structure of such a conventional keyboard device. Legs 31R, 31 are provided on the left and right sides near the rear edge 30B of the keyboard device body 30.
L is provided. The legs 31R and 31L are provided so as to be rotatable in the front-rear direction of the keyboard device body 30, and when not used, as shown in FIG.
It can be housed in a housing groove 32 formed in the lower surface portion 30U of the apparatus body 30. Then, by raising each leg 31R, 31L stored in the storage groove 32 with a finger, as shown in FIG. 11B and FIG. 10, each leg 31R, 31L can be held in an open state. It has become.

Hooking grooves 33 are formed on both the left and right sides of the legs 31R and 31L. Then, in the keyboard device, with both legs 31R and 31L raised, by hooking both hooking grooves 33 on the support members 35 projecting on both sides of the front surface 34a of the processing device main body 34, as shown in FIG. As shown, the processor body 34
It is configured so that it can be hung in front of and stored.

Some input devices of information processing devices include a handwriting input section for inputting characters and the like by handwriting operation. In this type of input device, a storage groove for storing a touch pen for input is provided near the handwriting input unit.

[0006]

However, in the conventional keyboard device, since the legs 31R and 31L for tilting the keyboard device are structured to open in the front-rear direction of the device, the processing device is not provided. In order to hook both legs 31R and 31L on the support members 35 protruding from the left and right of the main body 34, the width of the keyboard device main body 30 needs to be larger than that of the processing device main body 34, and the keyboard device can be miniaturized. There was a problem that I could not do it.

A storage groove 3 for storing wide legs 31R and 31L is formed on the lower surface of the keyboard device body 30.
2 is formed, a large protrusion is formed inside the keyboard device main body 30, and the internal space of the device is reduced.

Further, the hooking groove 33 is formed on both legs 31.
Since it is formed in the thickness direction of R and 31L, the amount of catching with the support member 35 of the keyboard device body 30 is small, and the keyboard device suspended and stored in the processing device body 34 may fall off due to shaking.

Further, since the both legs 31R, 31L are provided at positions that are completely invisible from the front, when the keyboard device is suspended and stored in the processing device main body 34, the left and right legs 31R, 31L are hooked into the groove. There is a drawback in that the positional relationship between 33 and the left and right support members 35 of the keyboard device body 30 is difficult to understand.

An input device capable of storing a handwriting input pen in the device has a structure in which the pen is fixed and held in the storage groove so that the pen does not fall off. There was a problem that it took time to remove it.

A first object of the present invention is to reduce the size of the input device in which the input device can be hung and stored in the main body of the processing device by utilizing the legs provided on both sides of the device. It is to facilitate hanging and storing work. A second object of the present invention is to make it easy to remove a pen in an input device that can store the pen in the device.

[0012]

In order to solve the first problem, the invention according to claim 1 is, for example, an input device such as a keyboard device which is formed separately from a processing device body such as a slip issuing system. The left and right ends of the device are provided with legs that open in the left and right width directions of the device, and with both legs open, the engaging parts such as grooves formed in both legs are provided on the front surface of the processing device main body. It is characterized in that it can be hung in front of the processing apparatus main body by engaging with engaging portions such as protrusions formed on both left and right sides of the portion.

In order to solve the second problem, the invention according to claim 2 is, for example, in an input device in which a groove for accommodating a pen such as a touch pen is formed in an upper surface portion of the device. Is characterized in that one end side portion in the longitudinal direction is formed deeper than the other portion and a step portion is provided in the groove.

[0014]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the both legs are configured to open in the left and right width directions of the device, even if the device has a small width, the width can be utilized to the maximum extent. ,
It is possible to increase the distance between both legs when the legs are opened.

Therefore, with the legs provided at the left and right ends of the apparatus opened, the engaging portions of both legs are engaged with the engaging portions on the left and right sides of the front surface of the processing apparatus main body to input data. In a device in which the device can be suspended and stored in front of the main body of the processing device, the width of the device can be made smaller than that of the conventional device, and the size of the device can be reduced.

Further, since both legs can be seen from the front side when the both legs are opened, the engaging portions of the both legs are engaged with the engaging portions on the left and right sides of the front surface of the processing apparatus body as described above. When they are combined, the positional relationship between the left and right leg engaging portions and the left and right engaging portions of the processing apparatus main body can be easily understood. Therefore, the operation of suspending the input device on the main body of the processing device can be easily performed.

Further, since the distance between both legs can be made large, the stability of the device can be improved when the legs are used, that is, when the input device is tilted.

According to the second aspect of the invention, the longitudinal end portion of the groove for accommodating the pen is formed deeper than the other portion to provide the stepped portion in the groove. By pushing down the pen at one end side in the longitudinal direction, the other end side of the pen is lifted up with the stepped portion of the groove as a fulcrum, so that the pen can be easily removed.

[0019]

Embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an external view of a voucher issuing system as an example of an electronic information processing system including an input device according to the present invention. Also, in FIG.
A top view of an input device according to the invention is shown.

The slip issuing system shown in FIG.
It includes a processing device main body 1 having a front surface, a keyboard device 2 as an input device, and a printing device 3. The keyboard device 2 and the printing device 3 are connected to the system main body 1 via connection cables 5 and 6, respectively. A mouse 7 is connected to the keyboard device 2.

The keyboard device 2 is provided with a key input unit 8 and a handwriting input unit 9 on the upper surface of a keyboard device body 10. In consideration of the operability of the keys, the keyboard device body 10 has a structure in which the upper surface portion is inclined toward the front side. The width W1 of the keyboard device body 10 is formed to have the same size as the width W2 of the front surface portion of the processing device body 1. This width W2 is the maximum width of the processing apparatus main body 1.

The key input unit 8 is, as shown in FIG. 2, a group of keys ("0" to "0") for inputting numerical values and four arithmetic operation commands.
"9", "+", "-", "x", "÷", "=",
And the like, and a key group (“function 1”, “function 2”,
"Delete", "Insert", "←", "→", "↑",
(↓), etc.).

The ten-key unit 10 is the keyboard device body 1
It is arranged almost at the center of the upper surface portion of 0. The function key portion 11 surrounds the numeric keypad portion 12 so as to surround the left side edge 10L and the rear edge 10 of the upper surface of the apparatus body 10.
It is arranged along B.

The handwriting input section 9 is the keyboard device body 1
An input panel (touch plate) 13 for recognizing handwritten characters is embedded at a position on the right front side of the upper surface of 0, that is, a position on the right side of the numeric keypad 12. This input panel 13
Is a device for detecting the coordinates on the panel surface designated by the touch pen 14 and inputting them to the handwritten character recognition unit in the processing apparatus body 1. When the tip of the touch pen 14 is applied to the panel surface to write characters. By doing so, the character pattern is input to the handwritten character recognition unit as coordinate data. The character pattern input by the input panel 13 is pattern-recognized by the handwritten character recognition unit, so that various characters such as kanji, hiragana, katakana, and alphabet can be input. A storage section 21 for storing the touch pen 14 is provided at the right side of the handwriting input section 9 of the keyboard device body 10.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the lower structure of the keyboard device 2. The left and right ends of the keyboard device body 10 are located near the rear edge 10B, and the legs 16R and 1R are provided.
6L are provided. Each leg 16R, 16L is configured to be openable and closable in the lateral width direction of the keyboard device body 10 as indicated by an arrow A in the figure.
By opening L, the keyboard device body 10 can be tilted and installed. Each leg 16R, 16L is
As shown in FIGS. 4B and 5B, in the opened state, the legs are slightly projected from the left and right ends of the keyboard device body 10. And both legs 16R, 16L
The distance between the opposing surfaces in the open state is set to be slightly larger than the width W2 of the front surface portion 4 of the processing apparatus main body 1.

Grooves 17R and 17L for accommodating the legs 16R and 16L are formed at the left and right ends of the lower surface of the keyboard device body 10, respectively. The two legs 16R and 16L are completely housed in the grooves 17R and 17L in the closed state as shown in FIGS. 4A and 5A, and do not protrude from the lower surface of the keyboard device body 10. It has become.

Further, U which engages with the projections 18R and 18L formed on both the left and right sides of the display unit 4 of the processing apparatus main body 1 on the mutually facing surface portions of the legs 16R and 16L when the legs are opened.
V-shaped hooking grooves 19R, 19L (FIG. 4 (b), FIG.
(See (b)) is formed.

The keyboard device is composed of two legs 1.
With the 6R and 16L opened, as shown in FIG. 6, by hooking the hooking grooves 19R and 19L of the two legs 16R and 16L to the left and right protrusions 18R and 18L of the processing apparatus main body 1, as shown in FIG. The keyboard device 2 can be hung and stored on the front surface of the processing device body 1. At this time, the width of the keyboard device 2 with both legs 16R and 16L open is determined by the protrusion 18 of the processing device body 1.
The width is slightly larger than the width including R and 18L, and if the processing apparatus main body 1 has an installation space, the keyboard apparatus 2 can be hung and stored as described above.

As described above, the keyboard device 2 of this embodiment
Since both legs 16R and 16L open in the left and right width directions of the keyboard device main body 10, the width of the keyboard device main body 10 is used to the maximum extent so that the distance between the both legs 16R and 16L when the legs are opened is increased. The distance can be increased. Then, as in the present embodiment, both legs 16R, 16L
The keyboard device 2 having the same width as that of the processing device body 1 can be hung and stored in front of the processing device body 1 by projecting from the left and right ends of the device when the legs are opened.

Further, since both legs 16R, 16L project from both left and right ends of the device, both legs 16R, 16L
When the 16 L hooking groove 33 is hooked on the projections 35 on the left and right sides of the front surface of the processing apparatus body 1, the left and right legs 16
The positional relationship between the R and 16L hooking grooves 33 and the left and right protrusions 35 of the processing apparatus body 1 can be easily understood. Therefore, the work of suspending the keyboard device 2 on the processing device body 1 can be easily performed.

Since the distance between the legs 16R and 16L can be increased, the stability of the keyboard device 2 can be improved when the keyboard device 2 is tilted. Moreover, since the positions of the legs 16R and 16L can be easily visually recognized, the legs 16 of the keyboard device 2 can be placed even on a complicated desk.
It is possible to avoid damage to documents and the like due to R and 16L.

Further, the processing apparatus main body 1 of the present embodiment has the leg portion 20 which is largely protruded toward the front side.
Since the interval between the legs 6R and 16L when the legs are opened is sufficiently larger than the width of the leg portion 20 of the processing device body 1, when the keyboard device 2 is brought close to the processing device body 1, the processing is performed under the keyboard device body 10. It can be used in a state in which the legs 20 of the apparatus main body 1 are made to sneak in. Therefore, even when the keyboard device 2 is not suspended and housed in the processing device body 1 as described above, the installation space can be reduced.

Further, since the grooves 17R and 17L for accommodating the two legs 16R and 16L are formed at both ends of the bottom of the keyboard device body 10, the keyboard device body 10 will be described.
The keyboard device 20 can effectively utilize the internal space of
This is advantageous when an additional function is added to. For example, in the case of the present embodiment, since the handwriting input function is added, the input panel 13 and its printed circuit board are provided.

FIG. 8 shows the structure of the pen storage portion 21 of the keyboard device 2. FIG. 8A is a partial perspective view showing the structure of the pen storage portion 21, and a storage groove 15 which is the shape of the touch pen 14 is formed on the upper surface of the keyboard device body 10 along the right side edge 10R. ing. The touch pen 14 is housed in the housing groove 15 with the pen tip portion 14a side arranged on the front edge 10F side.

As shown in FIG. 8B, a pair of gripping pieces 22 for elastically gripping the outer peripheral portion of the touch pen 14 from the left and right are provided in the storage groove 15.
It can be stored in the storage groove 15 with good stability by preventing the falling off and rattling. Both gripping pieces 22 are provided at positions where they can grip a position slightly closer to the pen tip portion 14a than the center of gravity position G of the touch pen 14.

The storage groove 15 has a rear end portion 15b.
Is formed deeper than the other portion 15a, so that the stepped portion 2 is formed at a position closer to the rear end in the longitudinal direction of the storage groove 15.
3 are provided.

FIG. 9 shows the touch pen 1 in the pen storage section 21.
4A and 4B are process diagrams when attaching and detaching the touch pen 14, as shown in FIG.
The touch pen 14 is gripped by both gripping pieces 22 as shown in FIG. 2B by being inserted into the storage groove 15 so as to be pushed between the gripping pieces 22 in the state facing the 0F side. In this state, it is stably held in the storage groove 15.

Further, as shown in FIG. 9C, the storage groove 1
By pushing down the head 14b side of the touch pen 14 stored in the touch pen 14, the touch pen 14 is moved to the step portion 2
It rotates about 3 as a fulcrum, and the pen tip 14a side is lifted. As a result, the touch pen 14 is disengaged from both gripping pieces 22.

That is, in this case, the stepped portion 2 of the storage groove 15
3 is a fulcrum, the head 14b of the touch pen 14 is a force point, and the grip position of the touch pen 14 by the grip piece 22 is an action point. The structure is such that it can be easily removed from both gripping pieces 22.

As described above, by allowing the touch pen 14 to be easily detached from the gripping piece 22 according to the lever principle, the pen gripping force of the gripping portion 22 can be made stronger than before and the touch pen 14 can be prevented from falling off. .

When the touch pen 14 is disengaged from the gripping pieces 22, the spacing between the gripping pieces 22 becomes narrower than the outer diameter of the touch pen 14 due to the spring property, so that the touch pen 14 is supported by the gripping pieces 22 and the pen tip ends. 14a is lifted. The grip piece 22 is the touch pen 1.
Since the position of the center of gravity 4 of the touch panel 4 is also located on the side of the pen tip 14a, the touch pen 14 is stably held with the pen tip 14a side raised. Therefore, the touch pen 14
Can be easily taken out.

Although the input device of the present invention is applied to the keyboard device of the slip issuing system in the above embodiment, it can be effectively applied to the input device of other electronic information systems such as personal computers and word processors. Needless to say.

The position of the handwriting input unit 9 is not limited to the right side position on the upper surface of the apparatus, and may be the left side position. In that case, it is desirable that the pen storage portion 21 be provided near the left side edge 10L of the keyboard device body 10.

[0044]

As described above, according to the invention described in claim 1, since the legs provided at both ends of the device are configured to open in the left and right width directions of the device, the device having a small lateral width. Even so, it is possible to maximize the distance and to increase the distance between both legs when the legs are opened. Therefore, the size of the device can be reduced.

When engaging the engaging portions of both legs with the engaging portions on the left and right sides of the front portion of the processing apparatus main body, the engaging portions of the left and right legs and the left and right engaging portions of the processing apparatus main body are combined. Since it is easy to understand the positional relationship, the work of suspending the input device on the processing device main body can be easily performed.

According to the second aspect of the invention, the step portion is provided in the groove by forming the longitudinal one end side portion of the groove for accommodating the pen deeper than the other portion. By pushing down the pen at one end side portion in the longitudinal direction, the other end side of the pen is lifted with the stepped portion of the groove as a fulcrum, so that the pen can be easily removed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a voucher issuing system as an example of an electronic information processing apparatus including an input device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an embodiment of an input device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a lower structure of the above input device.

FIG. 4 is a partial perspective view showing the structure and operation of the right leg portion of the above input device.

FIG. 5 is a partial perspective view showing the structure and operation of the left leg portion of the input device.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing an operation when the input device is suspended and stored in the processing device main body.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a state in which the above input device is suspended and stored in the processing device main body.

FIG. 8 is a partial perspective view and a cross-sectional view showing the structure of the pen storage section of the input device.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a process of attaching / detaching a pen to / from the pen storage unit of the input device.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a rear structure of a conventional input device.

FIG. 11 is a partial perspective view showing the structure and operation of a leg portion of a conventional input device.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing a state in which a conventional input device is hung and stored in a processing device main body.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Device Main Body 2 Keyboard Device (Input Device) 4 Front Part 8 Key Input Part 9 Handwriting Input Part 10R Right Edge 14 Touch Pen 15 Groove 15a Longitudinal One Side Part 15b Other Part 16L Leg 16R Leg 18L Projection (engagement Part) 18R projection part (engagement part) 19L hook groove (engagement part) 19R hook groove (engagement part) 23 step part

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An input device configured separately from the main body of the processing device, wherein the left and right ends of the device are provided with legs that open in the left and right width directions of the device. By engaging the engaging portions formed on the body with the engaging portions formed on the left and right sides of the front surface of the processing apparatus main body, the processing apparatus can be suspended in front of the processing apparatus main body. Input device to do. 2. An input device in which a groove for accommodating a pen is formed in an upper surface of the device, wherein one end side portion in the longitudinal direction of the groove is formed deeper than the other portion to form a step portion in the groove. An input device characterized by being provided.