JPH0540536A - Electronic computer - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] Automatically set the mode that operates during use. [Composition] A mode switch 7 interlocking with the opening and closing of the flat display is provided.
It is configured to specify the operation mode. When not specified by the mode switch 7, the invalid switch 8
So that it can be canceled.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic computer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the configuration of a conventional laptop computer, in which 1 is an electronic computer,
Reference numeral 2 is a flat display, 3 is an input device, and 4 is a power switch.

When the electronic computer 1 is not used, the flat display 2 can be tilted over the input device 3 and stored in the form shown in FIG. When the user uses the computer 1, as shown in FIG. 7, a flat display is raised,
Turn on the power with the power switch 4. When the use is finished, the power is turned off by the power switch 4 and the flat display 2 is tilted as shown in FIG. The reason why the flat display 2 is tilted during storage as shown in FIG. 8 is to reduce the space and prevent foreign matter from falling into the input device. Further, when designating an operation mode such as whether or not the display on the display can be performed and whether or not the motor of the disk can be rotated, the input device 3 is operated to input a command.

[0004]

Since the conventional device is constructed as described above, the flat display must be opened and closed and the power switch must be turned on and off each time it is used. There was a problem that occurred.
Further, when the operation mode is designated, it is necessary to further operate the input device.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is to obtain an electronic computer capable of automatically and arbitrarily designating a plurality of operation modes including turning on and off of a power source. To aim.

[0006]

An electronic computer according to the present invention comprises a flat display opening / closing mechanism having a function of a switch for designating an operation mode, and has the following elements. (A) Main body for performing information processing such as key input and calculation,
(B) A display unit that is openably and closably mounted so as to cover at least a part of the main body, and displays information. (C) One or more mode switches that are turned on and off by opening and closing the display unit. (D) The above A memory that stores the operation mode corresponding to each ON / OFF of each mode switch, and (e) when the display unit is opened / closed, the operation mode corresponding to ON / OFF of the mode switch is retrieved from the memory and the operation mode is set. Control unit, (f) One or more invalidation switches provided corresponding to the mode switch and invalidating ON / OFF of the mode switch regardless of opening / closing of the display unit.

[0007]

According to the present invention, the mode switch is provided corresponding to the operation mode, and the opening / closing of the flat display is converted into the operation for designating the operation mode. Also,
Since the invalid switch is provided corresponding to the mode switch, if it is not desired to link each operation mode to the on / off of the mode switch, the corresponding invalid switch may be turned off.

[0008]

【Example】

Example 1. FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention, and 8 is an invalid switch. FIG. 2 shows the details of the bearing unit, 5 is a rotary shaft, 6 is a lever, and 7 is a mode switch.

In FIG. 2, when the flat display 2 is raised, the lever 6 connected to the rotary shaft of the flat display 2 is pushing the mode switch 7, the power is turned on, and the electronic computer 1 is It can be used.
When the flat display 2 is tilted, the rotary shaft 5 rotates, the lever 6 separates from the mode switch 7, and the power is cut off.

Embodiment 2. The mode switch 7 can be used to specify another operation mode which has been conventionally specified by the input device, instead of being a switch for turning on / off the power.

FIGS. 3 and 4 are views showing a case where there are a plurality of mode switches 7 and a plurality of invalid switches 8, respectively. FIG. 5 shows a controller 10 and a memory 1 for controlling these switches.
3 is a block diagram of 3, where 10 is a switch information input circuit,
Reference numeral 11 is an operation mode controller, 12 is a sequence circuit, and 13 is a memory for storing the operation mode corresponding to each mode switch. FIG. 6 is a circuit example of the switch information input circuit 10, where 14 is a decoder which receives an address / command from the operation mode controller 11,
Reference numeral 15 is a selector for selecting the switches 7 and 8 based on the output of the decoder and transmitting the state as data.

Here, the operation modes are, for example, power OFF, power ON, output to printer, printer output stopped, output to display, color display, monochrome display, power save mode, normal mode disk read / write, disk motor Rotate, do not rotate, etc. In this way, the mode of each pair can be automatically changed by opening / closing the display unit. Further, if the invalidation switch 8 is turned off, this transition of the corresponding mode switch 7 can be prohibited.

As described above, in this embodiment, the memory for storing the operation mode, the mode switch that operates in conjunction with the display section corresponding to the memory, and the operation mode designated by the mode switch are stored in the memory. A computer has been described which is provided with a control circuit for setting the take-out operation mode.

[0014]

As described above, according to the present invention, the operation mode can be automatically and arbitrarily specified at the same time when the display unit is raised, and the operation of the computer can be facilitated.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a bearing portion.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a block diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a circuit example of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a conventional electronic computer.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a storage state.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Electronic Computer 2 Flat Panel Display 3 Input Device 4 Power Switch 5 Rotating Axis 6 Lever 7 Mode Switch 8 Invalid Switch 9 Controller 13 Memory

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An electronic computer having the following elements: (a) a main body for performing information processing such as key input and calculation; and (b) a display capable of opening and closing so as to cover at least a part of the main body and displaying information. (C) one or more mode switches that are turned on and off by opening and closing the display, (d) a memory that stores operation modes corresponding to the on and off of each of the above mode switches, and (e) A control unit that fetches the corresponding operation mode from the memory by turning the mode switch on and off when the display unit is opened and closed, and sets the operation mode. (F) The mode switch is turned on and off. One or more disable switches that disable the display regardless of whether the display is open or closed.