JPH05250067A - Input device stand for personal computer or the like - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To install the thin keyboard of a personal computer or the like with a certain height and adjustable inclination on the desk, to install a space for putting on a hand on the operator side of the keyboard, and to operate a track ball at this place. CONSTITUTION:A main body 1 is provided with a recessed face 5 for loading a keyboard 3 of the personal computer. In this recessed face 5, a loading board 7 is installed to be vertically moved by screws 6. With the front side of the recessed face 5 as a hand loading stand 9, this loading board 7 is provided with a track ball 10 and on the back side of the main body 1, a supporting stand 13 is pivotally attached to be vertically moved by a screw 15.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an input device for inputting to a central processing unit such as a personal computer, particularly a personal computer in which an input means such as a keyboard and a display for displaying the input are integrated. ,
The present invention relates to an input device stand such as a personal computer that can be placed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an input device such as a keyboard for inputting to a central processing unit usually called a computer, especially a personal computer having a keyboard integrated, is usually placed directly on a desk and operated. Therefore, there is no mounting table on which the keyboard or the personal computer is placed and placed on the desk.

[0003]

In general, the input device including such a personal computer is used, and the input from the input device such as a keyboard is generally performed with both hands.
While inputting from one hand, it is possible to leave the other hand floating in the air so that when there is an input key to be performed with that hand, the key operation can be performed immediately with that hand. If you keep your hands in the air like this, your hands will get tired.

Therefore, while inputting with one hand, it is desirable to rest the other hand on an input device such as a keyboard, but in recent years, in a personal computer called a notebook type which is convenient to carry. Because of its miniaturization,
The keyboard is so small that there's no place to rest.

Further, since the thickness of an input device such as a keyboard is minimized due to its thinness, the height of the keyboard and the like becomes too low when placed on a desk, which makes it difficult to operate. There is also.

Further, an input device such as a keyboard is easier to operate when the front is higher. However, in order to reduce the size or maintain the tilt angle of the display with respect to the input device such as the keyboard, The input device such as the keyboard is not tilted.

The present invention solves the problems of an input device such as a keyboard of a personal computer which is called a notebook type in recent years, and the height of the keyboard is appropriate even when the thickness of the keyboard is thin. As described above, it is a first object of the present invention to provide an input device such as a personal computer that can be installed on a desk and is provided with a place for resting hands when there is no place for resting hands on the keyboard surface.

Further, a trackball (pointing device) is installed at a place where this hand can be rested, and even a model without a trackball can perform input by operating the trackball and facilitate the operation. Is the second purpose.

[0009]

The present invention relates to means for an input device stand such as a personal computer in order to achieve the above-mentioned object, and the means comprises a placing surface on which an input device such as a keyboard can be placed. The front surface side of the mounting surface is a substantially vertical support surface of the input device, and the front surface side of the support surface is a hand mounting table on which a hand or the like for operating the input device can be mounted.

Further, as means for achieving the second object, a trackball is installed on the manual mounting table in addition to the above means.

[0011]

In the first means of the input device such as the personal computer of the present invention, since the input device such as the keyboard is mounted on the mounting surface of the input device base, only the height of the mounting surface is used for inputting the keyboard or the like. Since the surface is high and the front surface side of the placing surface is substantially vertical, the input surface and the hand placing table are in a position close to each other, and the hand can be rested on this.

Since the trackball is installed on the hand rest on which the hand is rested, the trackball can be operated and input.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings, taking a mounting table for mounting a personal computer called a notebook type as an example.
On the main body 1 of this mounting table, the front surface is formed into a substantially right angle,
A padding member 4 having a cushioning property such as a sponge is attached, and a concave surface 5 on which the keyboard 3 can be placed is formed with the display 2 opened.

A mounting plate 7 to which a screw 6 screwed into the main body 1 is attached is provided on the recessed surface 5.
By rotating the knob 8 of the screw 6, the mounting plate 7 is moved up and down.

The front side of the recessed surface 5 is a surface higher than the mounting plate 7, and this surface serves as a hand mounting table 9 on which the unused hands can be rested while the keyboard 3 is being operated. A trackball (pointing device) 10 is installed on the table 9, and the output from the operation of the trackball 10 passes through the main body 1 through a cable 12 having a connector 11 at its tip. Connector 1
By connecting 1 to the keyboard 3, data is input to the keyboard 3 of the personal computer.

A support base 13 is pivotally attached to the rear surface of the main body 1, and a screw 15 which can be rotated by a knob 14 is screwed to an end surface of the support base 13 so that the knob 14 can be rotated. Since the screw 15 expands and contracts with respect to the support base 13, the distance between the knob 14 and the support base 13 is increased or decreased. When the support base 13 is bent to the lower side of the main body 1, depending on the degree of rotation of the screw 15, the main body can be rotated. It is possible to adjust the degree of inclination of the back of the desk 1 with respect to the desk.

In this way, the keyboard 3 is placed on the placing plate 7 of the main body 1 with the display 2 of the personal computer opened, and the knob 8 is rotated to move the placing plate 7
Since the height of the keyboard 3 and the height of the hand placement table 9 can be made uniform by moving up and down, it is possible to rest the hand operating the keyboard 3 on it.

During the input, the trackball 10
When an input from is required, the trackball 10 is operated by the hand that is located in the hand rest 9 and is rotated, so that the output based on the rotation is connected to the keyboard 3. With the connector 11 and the cable 12, the keyboard 3 can be input, and this can be displayed on the display 2.

This trackball 10 has a keyboard 3
Since it is provided on the hand-placing table 9 provided on the front side of the keyboard, it is not necessary to reach the front side by the side of the keyboard 3 or through the keyboard 3 and the operation can be performed easily. Is.

Further, since the main body 1 is inclined by the support plate 13 pivotally attached to the back surface thereof and the screws 15 so that the front surface side is downward, the mounting plate 7 installed on this, and further the personal computer. Since the keyboard 3 is also tilted in the same manner, the keyboard 3 has an inclined surface with the other side raised, and the input from the keyboard 3 becomes easy. In the above embodiment, the example in which the personal computer is mounted on the mounting table has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a configuration in which a word processor or the like is mounted may be used.

[0021]

As described above, according to the present invention, even an extremely thin keyboard such as a notebook type personal computer is installed with a certain height on the desk, and the keyboard is set to a high inclination on the other side. Since it is possible, the input operation from now on becomes easy to perform.

Further, on the front side of this keyboard, since a hand rest for resting the hand during keyboard operation is formed,
Since it is possible to rest it by putting a hand on it and the trackball is installed on this hand-placing table, not only input from now on but also its operation is easy.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing an example of implementation of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the above.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Main Body 2 Display 3 Keyboard 5 Recessed Surface 7 Mounting Plate 9 Hand Mounting Platform 10 Trackball (Pointing Device) 13 Support Platform

Front page continuation (51) Int.Cl. ⁵ Identification number Office reference number FI technical display location G06F 15/02 301 K 9194-5L

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A mounting surface on which an input device such as a keyboard can be mounted, and the front side of the mounting surface is used as a substantially vertical support surface of the input device, and the input device is operated on the front side of the support surface. An input device stand for a personal computer or the like, which is a hand stand on which a hand or the like can be placed. 2. The input device stand for a personal computer or the like according to claim 1, wherein a trackball is installed on the hand stand.