JPH04326394A - Information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the work efficiency for a user of the processor by constituting it so that a control part stores a display screen at the time when a power source is cut off, and the stored display screen is displayed on a display part, when the power source is turned on at the next time. CONSTITUTION:The processor is provided with a display part 5 which can turn between a vertically long position and a horizontally long position, and a control part for controlling a display screen displayed on this display part 5 so as to become vertically long or horizontally long. Also, this processor is constituted so that the control part stores the display screen at the time when a power source is turned on, and the stored display screen is displayed on the display part 3, when the power source is turned on at the next time. Accordingly, in the case the display part 5 is fixed and used in an arranged state of one of the vertically long position or the horizontally long position, it can be set automatically to the display screen at the time when it is used before. In such a way, it is unnecessary for a user of the processor to execute a troublesome setting-up operation of the display screen, and also, the work efficiency of the user can be improved.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus for use in, for example, word processors and computers.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, information processing devices used in word processors, computers, etc.
e-Ray Tube), a main control device that controls image information such as characters and figures displayed on this display device, and a KEY board that allows the user of the device to input image information. ing. The display device has a rectangular display section, and this display section is fixed to either a vertically long screen or a horizontally long screen and is provided within the display device.

0003

However, in the above-mentioned conventional information processing apparatus, since the display section of the display device made of a CRT is fixedly provided on a vertically or horizontally long display screen, it has the following problems. ing.

In other words, in the case of an information processing device in which the display section of the display device is fixed to a horizontally long screen, it is possible to output a large number of characters in the horizontal direction, so it is possible to create a document in the horizontal A4 size document format. When doing so, the entire A4 size document can be output on one screen, making it possible to increase the efficiency of document creation.

[0005] However, there are various document formats such as A4 size and B4 size, and
There are two types of each of the above sizes: horizontal and vertical. Therefore, for example, when creating a document in A4 size document format that is placed vertically, it is not possible to output the entire A4 size document on one screen because the number of digits in the vertical direction of the display section is small. This will reduce the efficiency of creation.

[0006]In recent years, therefore, an information processing device has been proposed in which the display section of the display device can be rotated between a vertical position and a horizontal position. This solves the problem that the user of the device has to operate the KEY board to set the display screen to portrait or landscape depending on the horizontal layout, forcing the user to perform a cumbersome operation to set the display image. have.

[0007]

Means for Solving the Problems The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 of the present invention takes the following measures to solve the above problems.

That is, the information processing apparatus includes a display section that can be rotated between a vertical position and a horizontal position, and a control section that controls the display screen displayed on the display section to be vertically or horizontally long. The control section stores the display screen when the power is turned off, and displays the stored display screen on the display section when the power is turned on next time.

Furthermore, in order to solve the above problem, the information processing apparatus according to claim 2 takes the following measures in the information processing apparatus according to claim 1.

[0010] That is, the information processing apparatus includes a display unit that can be rotated between a vertical position and a horizontal position, and a control unit that controls the display screen displayed on the display unit to be vertically or horizontally long. The vertical and horizontal rotational positions of the display section are detected by the vertical and horizontal detection means, and a corresponding vertically long or horizontally long display screen is displayed on the display section under the control of the control section.

[0011]

According to the structure of claim 1, the control section stores the vertically long or horizontally long display screen when the power is turned off, and when the power is turned on next time, the previous display stored in the control section is stored. Since the screen is displayed on the display,
Normally, when the device is used with the vertical or horizontal rotational position of the display portion fixed, the display screen that was previously used can be automatically set.

Further, according to the second aspect of the present invention, the vertical/horizontal detecting means for detecting the vertical or horizontal rotational position of the display section is provided, and the display screen corresponding to the detection by the vertical/horizontal detecting means is controlled by the control section. Since the information is displayed on the display section under control, it is possible to automatically set the display screen according to the vertically or horizontally arranged state of the display section.

[0013]

[Example] An embodiment of the present invention FIGS. 1 to 11
The explanation based on this is as follows.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment includes a mounting table 1 whose bottom surface contacts, for example, a desk or the like to stabilize the information processing apparatus, and A display unit 3 as a display part supported rotatably in the A1-A2 direction on the front side of the support housing 2 facing the operator, and the display unit 3 It has a support member 4 which is rotatably supported by a support casing 2, and a KEY board 5 through which image information such as characters and figures is inputted by an operator's operation.

A floppy disk device 7 is provided at one corner of the front side of the mounting table 1, and as shown in FIG. By doing so, image information is recorded/reproduced in units of floppy disks 6. The side surface of the floppy disk device 7 opposite to the side end surface is formed as a curved surface portion 1a.
When the display unit 3, which will be described later, is rotated, interference between the display unit 3 and the mounting table 1 is prevented.

As shown in FIG. 4, the support housing 2 includes a CPU (Central Processing U).
nit) 10 and an RO that stores programs such as a display screen setting routine for setting a vertical or horizontal display screen.
M (Read Only Memory) 11a and
RAM (Rand
om Access Memory) 11b and KE
A KEY controller 12 connected to the Y board 5, a printer controller 14 connected to the printer 13,
A control section consisting of a communication unit 15 that enables communication with other information processing devices, etc., and a display controller 16 connected to the display unit 3 is provided, and like the floppy disk device 7 described above, a control section is provided. , a hard disk device 8 that can record/reproduce image information via a controller 8a, and a power supply unit 9 that supplies power to the above-mentioned control section, hard disk device 8, and the like.

The display unit 3 includes a rectangular liquid crystal display panel 3a. This liquid crystal display panel 3a is provided with a first panel frame 3b surrounding the outer periphery and a second panel frame 3c covering the rear surface. 3c has one corner removed to prevent interference between the display unit 3 and the mounting table 1 when the display unit 3 is rotated. The display unit 3 can be arranged in a vertical position and a horizontal position (double-dashed line in FIG. 2) by rotating in the A1-A2 direction.

Further, in the information processing apparatus according to this embodiment, a display state storage area is formed in the RAM 11b constituting the control section, and an initial setting routine is stored in the ROM 11a. The above-mentioned display state storage area is designed to store information about the vertical or horizontal display screen when the power is turned off, and the initial setting routine is configured to store information about the display screen stored in the above-mentioned display state storage area when the power is turned on. Information is read through the CPU 10, and then the vertically long screen or horizontally long screen of the display unit 3 is set in the display controller 16 through the CPU 10 according to this information.

In the above configuration, the image display process by the information processing apparatus according to this embodiment will be explained below based on the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, when the device is powered on (S1)
, CP from the initial setting routine stored in the ROM 11a.
Information on the display screen stored in the display state storage area of the RAM 11b is read via U10 (S2).

[0021] Next, it is determined from the information on the display screen whether the display state is a vertically long screen or a horizontally long screen (S3).
). Then, when the portrait screen is determined, the portrait screen of the display unit 3 is set in the display controller 16 via the CPU 10 (S4), and the portrait screen shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 3a. The display screen will appear. On the other hand, when the horizontally long screen is determined, the horizontally long screen of the display unit 3 is set in the display controller 16 via the CPU 10 (S5), and the horizontally long screen shown in FIG. 7 is displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 3a. The display screen will appear.

[0022] After that, the user of the device
By operating the selection key, the document mode screen shown in FIG. 8, the image mode screen shown in FIG. 9, etc. are displayed when the vertical screen shown in FIG. 6 is displayed, and the image mode screen shown in FIG. 10 is displayed when the horizontal screen shown in FIG. The document mode screen shown in FIG. 11, the image mode screen shown in FIG. 11, etc. are displayed.

As described above, the information processing apparatus of this embodiment has an initial setting routine stored in the control section that controls image information such as characters and figures input from the KEY board 5 and displays it on the display unit 3. A ROM 11a is provided, and a RAM 11b is provided with a display state storage area. As a result, when the display unit 3 is used fixed in either the vertical or horizontal position, the information on the vertical or horizontal display screen when the power is turned off is stored in the RAM 1.
The display state storage area 1b is memorized, and the next time you turn on the power and use the device, the initial setting routine in ROM 11a will automatically set the display screen to the one used previously. ing.

The display screen can be changed from portrait to landscape or from landscape to portrait by operating the KEY board 5 or by triggering a mechanical switch in the display unit 3, and the CPU 10 sends the display controller 16 to change the display screen. The display controller 16 controls the display unit 3 thereafter according to the change instruction, and also controls the RAM 11b.
The current vertically long or horizontally long display screen of the display unit 3 is stored in the display state storage area through the CPU 10.

Another embodiment of the invention of claim 2 will be described below with reference to FIGS. 12 and 13.

As shown in FIG. 12, the information processing apparatus according to this embodiment includes a sensor 20 at one corner of the lower end of the display unit 3 as a length/width detection means for detecting the vertically or horizontally long arrangement of the display unit 3. It is provided. This sensor 20 is equipped with a push-type microswitch,
It is designed to detect that the side receiving heavy pressure is the bottom. Further, the detection signal from the sensor 20 is input to the input terminal of the CPU 10 (see FIG. 4) via an interface circuit (not shown), and the CPU 10 controls the ROM 11 according to the input detection signal.
The vertical and horizontal display setting routine of a is executed. Note that the other configurations of the information processing apparatus of this embodiment are the same as those of the above-mentioned embodiments (see FIGS. 1 to 4).
The explanation will be omitted.

In the above configuration, the image display process by the information processing apparatus according to this embodiment will be explained below based on the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, when the device is powered on (S11
), the sensor 20 detects whether the display unit 3 is arranged vertically or horizontally (S12). Next, a detection signal of the arrangement state of the display unit 3 is input from the sensor 20 to the input terminal of the CPU 10 via the interface circuit (S13). Then, the CPU 10, which has received the above detection signal, stores the ROM 11 in response to this detection signal.
The vertical and horizontal display setting routine of a is executed (S14). Thereby, a vertically long or horizontally long display screen is displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 3a of the display unit 3 according to the vertically long or horizontally long arrangement state of the display unit 3 (S15).

As described above, in the information processing apparatus of this embodiment, the sensor 20 is provided at one corner of the lower end of the display unit 3 to detect whether the display unit 3 is arranged vertically or horizontally. As a result, the display screen displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 3a of the display unit 3 is
The display unit 3 is automatically set to be vertically long or horizontally long according to the arrangement state of the display unit 3 based on a detection signal from the display unit 3.

In this embodiment, the detection signal detected by the sensor 20 is input to the input terminal of the CPU 10, so that the display screen of the display unit 3 is set as an initial setting when the device is powered on. However, by inputting the detection signal from the sensor 20 from the interrupt input terminal of the CPU 10, the user can change the layout of the display unit 3 from portrait to landscape or from landscape to portrait while using the device. Even in this case, it is possible to set the display screen according to the arrangement state of the display unit 3.

[0031]

As described above, the information processing apparatus according to claim 1 of the present invention includes a display unit that can be rotated between a vertical position and a horizontal position, and a display screen displayed on this display unit. An information processing device comprising: a control unit that controls portrait or landscape orientation; the control unit stores a display screen when the power is turned on, and when the power is turned on next time, the stored display screen is The configuration is such that the following information is displayed on the display section.

[0032] As a result, when the display unit is used fixed in either the vertical or horizontal position, the display screen can be automatically set to the one used previously, so the device The user does not have to perform troublesome display screen setting operations, and the user's work efficiency is improved.

The information processing device according to claim 2 also includes a display unit that can be rotated between a vertical position and a horizontal position, and a control unit that controls a display screen displayed on the display unit to be vertically or horizontally. An information processing device comprising: a vertical and horizontal rotational position of the display section is detected by a vertical and horizontal detection means;
The configuration is such that a corresponding vertically long or horizontally long display screen is displayed on the display section under the control of the control section.

[0034] This makes it possible to automatically set the display screen depending on the vertical or horizontal arrangement of the display section, and furthermore, provides an efficient information processing device that enables automatic setting of the vertical and horizontal display screens. This has the effect of being able to provide the following.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing an information processing device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a mounting table, a support case, and a display unit that constitute the information processing apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing the mounting table, the support case, and the display unit.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a control unit that constitutes the information processing device.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an image display process by the information processing device.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a vertically long selection display screen displayed on the display unit.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a horizontally long selection display screen displayed on the display unit.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a vertically long document mode screen displayed on the display unit.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a vertically long image mode screen displayed on the display unit.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a horizontally long document mode screen displayed on the display unit.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing a horizontally long image mode screen displayed on the display unit.

FIG. 12 is a front view showing a display unit equipped with a sensor according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing an image display process by an information processing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

3 Display unit (display section) 10 CPU 11a ROM 11b RAM 12 KEY controller 14 Printer controller 15 Communication unit 16 Display controller

Claims (2)

[Claims] Claim 1: An information processing device comprising: a display section that is rotatable between a vertical position and a horizontal position; and a control section that controls a display screen displayed on the display section to be vertically or horizontally long. Information processing characterized in that the control unit stores the display screen when the power is turned off, and displays the stored display screen on the display unit when the power is turned on next time. Device. 2. An information processing device comprising: a display section that is rotatable between a vertical position and a horizontal position; and a control section that controls a display screen displayed on the display section to be vertically or horizontally long. , the vertical and horizontal rotational position of the display unit is detected by the vertical/horizontal detection means, and a corresponding vertically or horizontally long display screen is displayed on the display unit under the control of the control unit. Characteristic information processing device.