JPS60143999A - Operation panel for plotter - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to an operation panel provided in a digital X-Y plotter.

[Prior art]

In recent years, an X-Y plotter that is directly connected to a computer in a responsive manner has been developed, and this plotter is provided with an operation panel on which various operation keys including a numeric keypad are arranged. For this reason, there have been cases where a user accidentally presses a key while operating the plotter and has to restart the operation.

[Object and structure of the invention]

The present invention has been made to solve these conventional problems, and its purpose is to provide a block operation panel that prevents erroneous operation. In order to achieve this purpose, an almost completely opaque cover is provided so that the front surface of the operation section where the keys, indicator lamps, and display are arranged can be closed, and an opening is provided in this cover at the part of the key that requires operation when the cover is closed. Transparent parts are formed in the two display parts and in the display lamp part that covers the display when the display is closed.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in detail using examples.

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a block to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a plan view of an operation panel according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In Fig. 1, 1 is the recording panel, 2 is the sub-spring/L (
, 3 and 4 are side covers, 5 is an operating section provided on the side cover 4, and 6 is housed in the dotted line position within the side cover 4, and when pulled out to the right, the front surface of the operating section 5 is closed. A slide cover 7 is a Y shaft that is supported by an X shaft (not shown) provided in the side cover 3.4 and moves in the X direction;
8 is a Y slider supported by the Y shaft 7 and moves in the Y direction; 9.10 is a pen supported by the Y slider 8 and selectively dropped onto the recording panel 1 in response to a signal.

Set the recording paper on the recording panel 1, and use the signal from the computer to move the Y slider 7) and the Y slider 8 to X and Y.
A desired pattern is created on the recording paper by moving the pen 9 or 10 in this direction and dropping the pen 9 or 10.

In Figure 2, 5m is a knob that is held when pulling out the slide cover 6.This knob 6aK is used to operate the switch when the slide cover 6 is stored on the left side as shown in the figure and the operating section 5 is opened. It will go into local mode and will be able to respond to the connected computer. Furthermore, when the slide cover 6e is pulled out to the right and the front surface of the operating section 5 is closed, the remote mode is set.

Reference numeral 11 is an 8-digit liquid crystal display, which displays numbers by key operation in local mode, and displays scale, pen speed, pen pressure, and pen number in remote mode. 12 is a rear key that can only be operated in remote mode, and the contents are buffered for operation.

The contents of the register are cleared and the pen returns to the home position. 013 is an error reset key, and in the case of a code error or a Tanimune error, one character is skipped by operating this key, and recording continues. 14 is a group of display lamps, a, PWR;
The lamp that lights up when the Fi power is turned on, 0FFSCALE is the lamp that flashes when the pen exceeds the specified range, PR
N+PT is a lamp that blinks when a CALLGIN command is received, turns off when the position is manually entered by ENT15 in local mode, lights up when n = 1 is accepted with PROMPT LIGHT command, HEM is a lamp that lights when remote mode is entered, CALL GIN is CALL
The lamp blinks when a GIN command is received and turns off when a position is input, and the ERROR lamp lights when an error occurs. Note that when the ERROR lamp lights up, the display 11 displays the details of the error.

The above-mentioned parts are necessary in the remote mode when the slide cover 6 is closed, and it is necessary to check the display status of the display 11 and the display lamp group 14 at this time, as well as the clear key 12 and error reset. The keys 13 also need to be operated at this time.

Unfortunately, each of the operation keys described below does not need to be operated in remote mode; rather, operating them will cause malfunctions.

15 is a group of pen movement keys, and when the HOME key is operated and then the ENT key is operated, the pen moves to the home position. If you operate U right hand - and then operate the ENT key, the pen will move to the upper right, and if L left hand -, it will move to the lower left. 016 is a group of operation keys, TEST is the test key, and OFF SET is the pen position. MEMO is the memo key used to set the user's message, pen speed, pressure, etc. PH1 is the pen number key, PSPD is the pen speed key, PPO8 is the pen position key, PPR8 is the pen pressure key , xFix direction key, Y is Y direction key, SCL is scale key, 1P
is the one-page advance key, and CUT is the cut key.

Reference numeral 17 is an ENT key for implementing all set numbers or instructions, and reference numeral 18 is a reset key for erasing processing information up to the previously pressed ENT key.

196-t numeric keypad, r8J, r2J, r4J.

"6" also serves as a position key to move the pen up, down, left, and right. In addition, r5J and rOJ have high speed,
It also serves as a key to determine the low setting.

Each of the above keys is provided with a display section in the upper left corner that lights up when activated.

A group of these moving keys 15. Operation key group 16° ENT key 17. Reset key 18. The numeric keypad 19 is used in the local mode when the slide cover 6 is open, and is not used in the remote mode when the slide cover 6 is closed.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the operating section 5 with its front surface closed by the slide cover 6. The slide cover 6 is formed to be almost entirely opaque, and an opening 6b is formed in the part facing the clear key 12 and the error reset key 13 when it is closed, and a transparent part is formed in the part facing the display 11. 6c is formed, and a transparent portion 6d is also formed in a portion facing display rung #14. Therefore, even when the slide cover is closed, the clear key 12
and the error reset key 13 can be pressed, and the status of each lamp in the display lamp group 14 can be observed.

Furthermore, the opaque margin of the striped cover 6 has inscriptions convenient for use. 20 is an error message in which the error display number corresponds to the content, and 21 is a caution message. The content of the error can be easily known from the number displayed on the display 11 when an error occurs without looking at the comparison table. Also, around the periphery of the display 11, there is a scale (SCALE) displayed in 2-digit numbers, and a pen speed (5
PD), pen pressure (PH1), and Ben number (Na) are indicated.

In this manner, since the operation section 5 is closed by the slide cover 6 during the remote mode, the user will not accidentally press any of the valley keys except for the clear key and the error reset key, thereby eliminating the possibility of erroneous operation.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the plotter operation panel according to the present invention, the operation section is closed by the cover having the opening and the transparent section, c. Keys that need to be operated at the time of closing can be operated, displays that need to be observed can be observed, and keys that do not need to be operated cannot be operated by the cover, so that there is no possibility of erroneous operation.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a plotter to which the present invention is applied, Fig. 2 is a plan view of the operation panel of an embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 3 is a plan view with the slide cover closed. ...Record panel, 3, 4...War side cover, 5
...Operation unit, 6-@-Slide cover, I...Y shaft, 8@...Y slider, 9, 10... Φ pen, 11... Display, 12111+@・Clear key, 13...Error reset key, 14...
Display lamp group, 6b...opening, 6c, 6d...
...Transparent part 0 patent applicant Rika Denki Kogyo Co., Ltd. agent Masaki Yamakawa (and 1 other person)

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a plotter connected to a computer and configured to be able to respond to the computer, a cover is provided so as to be able to close the front surface of an operation section in which keys, indicator lamps, and displays are arranged, and this cover covers almost the entire surface. It is made opaque and has an opening in the part facing the key that requires operation when the cover is closed. An operation panel for a plotter that has a transparent part in a part facing a display device and a transparent part in a part facing an indicator lamp that requires display when the block is closed.