JPH1027412A - Information processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize low power consumption by a method of operating only a CD-ROM drive by independently starting up the CD-ROM drive without starting up an OS and an AP of a main body of the information process by selecting a CD switch. SOLUTION: A CD control part 6 is equipped with selecting buttons for a reproduction starting instruction, a reproduction ending instruction or a search instruction of plural pieces of music, etc., for the purpose of controlling a notification of the instruction of a pressed selecting button to the CD-ROM drive 5. A CD-ROM or a music CD is reproduced in common by the CD-ROM drive part 5. Under the connecting state of the CD switch 2, only the music CD is reproduced in accordance with an instruction notified from the CD control part 6 started up independently of a main body control part 4.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, and more particularly to a CD-R incorporated in a portable information processing apparatus.
The present invention relates to an information processing device that independently controls an OM drive.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional information processing apparatus has a built-in CD-R.
Even when playing a music CD in the OM drive, it is necessary to start up the main unit and start up an operating system (hereinafter referred to as OS) and an application program (hereinafter referred to as AP) for controlling the CD-ROM drive. was there.

[0003]

In the conventional information processing apparatus described above, the CD-R is required unless the OS and the AP of the main unit are started.
The disadvantage that the OM drive does not work, the disadvantage that it takes time to start playback of the music CD because the OS and the AP are started, and that the power consumption of the battery because the power supply of the main unit and the CD-ROM drive are linked It has the disadvantage of being large.

[0004] It is an object of the present invention to provide a music CD by providing a switch for operating only a CD-ROM drive.
When only the CD-ROM drive is to be played, the CD-ROM drive is started independently without starting the OS and the AP of the main body, thereby shortening the playback start time of the music CD and operating only the CD-ROM drive. An object of the present invention is to provide an information processing device that realizes low power consumption.

[0005]

An information processing apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention controls a CD switch for starting a CD-ROM drive, a main body switch for starting the entire information processing apparatus, and controls the CD-ROM drive. A main body control unit having an operating system and an application program to execute, and a CD for music stored in the CD-ROM drive.
And a CD-ROM drive unit for playing back a CD-ROM or a music CD under the control of the main unit control unit or the CD control unit. I have.

[0006] An information processing apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention comprises a first information processing apparatus.
In the invention, the CD switch is the CD-ROM
It is configured by activating the drive unit and the CD control unit.

Further, in the information processing apparatus according to a third aspect, in the second aspect, the CD switch may be arranged so that the CD-RO
The power consumption is reduced by supplying power only to the M drive unit and the CD control unit.

Further, in the information processing apparatus according to a fourth invention, in the first, second or third invention, the CD switch and the main body switch are arranged such that when one of the switches is in a connected state, the other switch is in a non-connected state. It is constituted by becoming.

Further, in the information processing apparatus according to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the CD control section is provided with a select button for a reproduction start instruction, a reproduction end instruction, or a search instruction for a plurality of songs. ing.

[0010]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, a power supply unit 1, a CD switch 2, a main body switch 3, a main body control unit 4, a CD-ROM drive unit 5, a CD control unit 6 It is composed of

The CD switch 2 and the main body switch 3 are seesaw type switches, and when one of the switches is connected, the other switch is not connected.

The power supply unit 1 includes a CD-ROM drive unit 5 and a CD control unit 6 when the CD switch 2 is connected.
To the main body control unit 4, the CD-ROM drive unit 5, and the CD control unit 6 when the main body switch 3 is in the connected state.

When the power is supplied, the main body control unit 4
Starts an AP that controls the rising CD-ROM drive unit 5 and the CD control unit 6.

The CD control section 6 has select buttons such as a reproduction start instruction, a reproduction end instruction, and a search instruction for a plurality of music pieces.
Control to notify the OM drive unit 5 is performed.

The CD-ROM drive unit 5 has a CD-RO
M or a music CD is also played. When the CD switch 2 is in the connected state, it is started independently of the main body control unit 4 and C
According to the instruction notified from the D control unit 6, only the music CD is reproduced. Further, when the main body switch 3 is in the connection state, the main body control section 4 and the CD control section 6 reproduce a CD-ROM or a music CD in accordance with an instruction.

[0018]

As described above, according to the present invention, when a music CD is reproduced by the built-in CD-ROM drive, the OS and the AP of the main body of the information processing apparatus are switched by selecting the CD switch. Since the CD-ROM drive can be started independently without starting, the time until the start of the reproduction of the music CD can be shortened, and only the CD-ROM drive is operated, which has an effect of realizing low power consumption. doing.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Power supply part 2 CD switch 3 Main body switch 4 Main body control part 5 CD-ROM drive part 6 CD control part

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A portable information processing device having a built-in CD-ROM drive and powered by a battery, comprising: a CD switch for activating the CD-ROM drive;
A main body switch for activating the entire information processing apparatus; a main body control unit including an operating system and an application program for controlling the CD-ROM drive; and an operation instruction for a music CD to the CD-ROM drive. An information processing apparatus comprising: a CD control unit; and a CD-ROM drive unit that reproduces a CD-ROM or a music CD under the control of the main unit control unit or the CD control unit. 2. The method according to claim 2, wherein the CD switch is a CD-ROM.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the drive unit and the CD control unit are activated. 3. The CD switch, wherein the CD-ROM is
3. The power consumption is reduced by supplying power only to the drive unit and the CD control unit.
An information processing apparatus according to claim 1. 4. The switch according to claim 1, wherein one of the CD switch and the body switch is in a connected state when the other switch is in a connected state.
Or the information processing apparatus according to 3. 5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the CD control unit includes a select button for a reproduction start instruction, a reproduction end instruction, a search instruction for a plurality of songs, and the like.