JPS63163621A - Input/output terminal equipment for computer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To plot a figure with a sensation as if a person is plotting a figure drawing table, and to improve working efficiency, by integrating an input device and an output device of drawing table shape. CONSTITUTION:A plotter sits down on a plotting chair 3, and faces with a graphic and character display board 1. For example, when a straight line is drawn, the plotter touches a point on the graphic and character display board 1 by using a position reading pen 2, and furthermore, touches on another point on the graphic and character display board 1. By the above operation, the positions of two points designated by the position reading pen 2 on the graphic and character display board 1 are detected in the inside of the titled terminal equipment, and based on the position information, the straight line between two points on the graphic and character display board 1 can be displayed. In such a way, the display of a complicated graphic and character can be plot- processed with a minimum procedure, and a result is converted to a computer signal, and it is transmitted from the graphic and character display board 1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a human output terminal device for a computer, and particularly to a human output terminal device for a computer suitable for creating graphics.

[Prior Art] In recent years, graphics processing by computers has become popular, and various terminal devices and the like for human output have been used.

Conventionally, in this type of computer human output terminal HB, the human power section and the output section were separate devices.

In this case, human power is required by combining a flat device and a pen that accurately determines the position on the flat surface, and moving the pen along the drawing placed on the flat surface. I was doing it. In addition, some move a housing that holds a transferable sphere inside it on a flat plate,
It detected its position and distance traveled and drew a shape.

On the other hand, as for the output device that indicates the drawing status, most systems use a case-shaped CRT located away from the place where human input is performed.

[Problems to be solved] In the conventional human output terminal device for computers described above, there was a physical distance between the one-man power device and the output device, and the display was displayed on a housing-like CRT. It was a far cry from the feeling of drawing. In this case, in addition to the physical distance, the fact that the drawings were displayed on a CRT on the casing was far from the feeling of drawing on a drafting table. For this reason, there was a problem that work efficiency could not be improved unless the person drawing the drawings was accustomed to it.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a human output terminal device for a computer that can draw diagrams in exactly the same way as a human would do on a drafting table, and can improve work efficiency. shall be.

[Means for Solving Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the computer user output terminal device of the present invention includes a flat display section that displays figures and characters on the display surface, and a display section that displays figures and characters on the display surface. The configuration includes a position reading means for detecting position information.

[Example] Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in detail based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a computer user output terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, l is a graphic/character display board shaped like a drafting table. Reference numeral 2 denotes a position reading pen, which is electrically connected to the graphic/character display board 1, so that its position information can be detected by the graphic/character display board 1. 3 is a drawing chair. Further, the graphic/character display board 1 and the position reading pen 2 are connected to a computer (not shown).

When drawing using the human output terminal device for computers having the above configuration, a drawing person sits on the drawing chair 3 and faces the figure/character display board l. For example, when drawing a straight line,
Using the position reading pen 2, touch one point on the graphic/character display board 1, and then touch another location on the graphic/character display board 1. Through this operation, the positions of the two points specified by the position reading pen 2 are detected inside the terminal device, and
Based on the position information, a straight line is displayed between two points on the graphic/character display board 1.

This straight line input/output process is just an example.
By using exactly the same process, complex figures and characters can be displayed in the shortest possible way.

The drawing results are converted into computer signals and sent from the graphic/character display board I to a computer (not shown). Also, graphics and characters can be displayed using signals from this computer.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, the present invention integrates a human power device suitable for drawing figures and a drafting table-shaped output device in a human output terminal device for a computer, so that a human can draw a drawing on a drawing table. This has the effect of increasing work efficiency by allowing you to draw in exactly the same way as you would when drawing.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a human output terminal device for a computer according to an embodiment of the present invention. l: Graphic/character display board 2: Position reading pen

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An input/output terminal device for a computer, comprising: a flat display section that displays figures and characters on a display surface; and a position reading means that detects position information at a designated position on the display surface.