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公开(公告)号:MY113286A
公开(公告)日:2002-01-31
申请号:MYPI19912249
申请日:1991-12-05
Applicant: IBM
Inventor: RICHARD FRANCIS POLLITT
IPC: G06F1/00
Abstract: THIS INVENTION RELATES TO A PERSONAL COMPUTER(10) WITH A FOLDING KEYBOARD AND, MORE PARTICULARLY, TO A PERSONAL COMPUTER CONTAINED WITHIN A COMPACT ENCLOSURE WHEN STORED IN A NON-USE POSITION. THE PERSONAL COMPUTER HAS A CLAMSHELL ENCLOSURE(11) HAVING FIRST AND SECOND HOUSINGS(12,14) JOINED FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT ONE RELATIVE TO THE OTHER ABOUT AN ELONGATE HOUSING AXIS AND BETWEEN A FOLDED POSITION AND A USE POSITION. COMPUTER OPERATING COMPONENTS ARE MOUNTED IN THE ENCLOSURE. A KEYBOARD ASSEMBLY(90) IS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE ENCLOSURE AND THE COMPUTER OPERATING COMPONENTS AND HAS FIRST AND SECOND KEYBOARD PORTIONS(91,92) EACH BEARING MANUALLY ENGAGEABLE ELEMENTS FOR ENTERING CHARACTERS AND COMMANDS. THE PORTIONS ARE COUPLED TOGETHER FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT ONE RELATIVE TO THE OTHER ABOUT A KEYBOARD AXIS PERPENDICULAR TO THE HOUSING AXIS AND COUPLED WITH THE ENCLOSURE FOR SLIDING MOVEMENT RELATIVE BETWEEN A FOLDED, STORED POSITION INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE HOUSINGS AND AN OPENED, USE POSITION PARTIALLY DISPLACED FROM AND OVERLYING A SIDE EDGE OF THE ENCLOSURE. THE KEYBOARD ASSEMBLY HAS, WHEN FOLDED ABOUT THE KEYBOARD AXIS, DIMENSIONS RECEIVED WHOLLY WITHIN THE OUTLINE CONFIGURATION OF THE ENCLOSURE. FIGURE 3
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公开(公告)号:MY107793A
公开(公告)日:1996-06-15
申请号:MYPI19912418
申请日:1991-12-30
Applicant: IBM
Inventor: RICHARD FRANCIS POLLITT , SHAUN ASTARABADI , FRANCIS JAMES CANOVA JR , NEIL ALAN KATZ , C WILLIAM FRANK , LEOPOLDO LINO SUAREZ
Abstract: A COMPUTER (10) HAS TWO PROCESSORS. A MAIN PROCESSOR (12) OPERATES UNDER THE CONTROL OF AN OPERATING SYSTEM AND PROVIDES OVERALL CONTROL OF THE COMPUTER FOR EXECUTING APPLICATION PROGRAMS. THE MAIN PROCESSOR ALSO ASSISTS IN POWER MANAGEMENT BY EXECUTING CERTAIN INTERRUPTS AND CONTROLLING A POWER CONTROL REGISTER (108) TO TURN POWER ON AND OFF TO VARIOUS DEVICES. A POWER MANAGEMENT PROCESSOR (30) MONITORS AMBIENT TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY, AND BATTERY CONDITIONS, AND GENERATES INTERRUPTS AS A RESULT OF PREDETERMINED CHANGES. SUCH PROCESSOR ALSO CONTROLS CHARGING OF THE BATTERY (11). LOGIC MEANS ARE RESPONSIVE TO PREDETERMINED CONDITIONS TO ALSO GENERATE INTERRUPTS. (FIG. 1)
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公开(公告)号:MY108643A
公开(公告)日:1996-10-31
申请号:MYPI19912409
申请日:1991-12-27
Applicant: IBM
Abstract: A BATTERY OPERATED PORTABLE PERSONAL COMPUTER INCLUDES AMBIENT TEMPERATURE (46) AND HUMIDITY (48) SENSORS, AS WELL AS TWO LCD`S (52) TO PROVIDE VISUAL INDICATION THAT THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURES OR HUMIDITY IS OUT RANGE. IF THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE DROPS BELLOW 3 DEGREES C, OR IF IT RISES ABOVE 52 DEGREES C, TEN COMPUTER ENTERS A LOW POWER SUSPEND MODE WHEREIN THE COMPUTER IS INOPERABLE, BUT, UPON SWITCHING FROM THE SUSPEND MODE TO THE RESUME (OPERATING) MODE, THE APPLICATION PROGRAM THAT WAS RUNNING AT THE TIME OF THE SUSPENSION IS RESUMED AT THE SAME POINT THAT THE SUSPENSION OCCURRED. THE LCD TEMPERATURE INDICATOR IS ACTIVATED WHEN THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE DROPS BELOW 3 DEGREES C, OR RISES ABOVE 46 DEGREES C. THUS, FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES, THE TEMPERATURE INDICATOR IS ACTIVATED 6DEGREES BEFORE THE COMPUTER IS PLACED IN THE SUSPEND MODE. THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE IS PERIODICALLY MONITORED WHILE IN THE SUSPEND MODE AND, IF THE TEMPERATURE RISES ABOVE 6 DEGREES C, OR DROPS BELOW 44 DEGREES C, THE COMPUTER SWITCHES FROM SUSPEND TO RESUME. THUS, HYSTERESIS IS PROVIDED TO PREVENT THE COMPUTER FROM OSCILLATING BETWEEN SUSPEND AND RESUME MODES. IF THE HUMIDITY RISES ABOVE 96% RELATIVE HUMIDITY, THE COMPUTER ENTERS THE SUSPEND MODE AND THE LCD HUMIDITY INDICATOR IS ACTIVATED. THE AMBIENT HUMIDITY IS PERIODICALLY MONITORED IN THE SUSPEND MODE AND, IF IT DROPS BELOW 87% RELATIVE HUMIDITY, THE COMPUTER SWITCHES FROM SUSPEND TO RESUME MODE. (FIG.1)
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公开(公告)号:MY108542A
公开(公告)日:1996-10-31
申请号:MYPI19891493
申请日:1989-10-27
Applicant: IBM
Inventor: HIDEO NOMURA , MYRON FULENWIDER DAVIS , RANDALL WILLIAM MARTIN , RICHARD FRANCIS POLLITT , ERNEST WITTNER , WATARU YOSHIKAWA
Abstract: THE INVENTION RELATES TO A PORTABLE PERSONAL COMPUTER REQUIRING A MINIMUM SPACE ON A DESK, WHEN THE PERSONAL COMPUTER IS OPERATED BY AN OPERATOR. THE PERSONAL COMPUTER HAS FRONT, BACK SIDE, LEFT SIDE, RIGHT SIDE, TOP AND BOTTOM SURFACES. A DEPTH OR DISTANCE BETWEEN THE FRONT SURFACE AND THE BACK SIDE SURFACE IS SMALLER THAN A HORIZONTAL WIDTH AND A VERTICAL HEIGHT OF THE FRONT AND BACK SIDE SURFACES, SO THAT AN AREA OF THE BOTTOM SURFACE IS SMALLER THAN AN AREA OF EACH OF THE FRONT SURFACE AND THE BACK SIDE SURFACE. THE BOTTOM SURFACE IS PLACED ON A DESK IN THE USE OF THE PERSONAL COMPUTER. A FLAT TYPE DISPLAY DEVICE, A FLOPPY DISK DRIVE UNIT AND A KEYBOARD ARE RETRACTABLY MOUNTED IN THE PERSONAL COMPUTER. (FIG.4)
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公开(公告)号:ZA919341B
公开(公告)日:1992-08-26
申请号:ZA919341
申请日:1991-11-26
Applicant: IBM
Inventor: POLLITT RICHARD FRANCIS , RICHARD FRANCIS POLLITT
Abstract: This invention relates to a personal computer with a folding keyboard and, more particularly, to a personal computer contained within a compact enclosure when stored in a non-use position. The personal computer has a clamshell enclosure having first and second housings joined for pivotal movement one relative to the other about an elongate housing axis and between a folded position and a use position. Computer operating components are mounted in the enclosure. A keyboard assembly is operatively associated with the enclosure and the computer operating components and has first and second keyboard portions each bearing manually engageable elements for entering characters and commands. The portions are coupled together for pivotal movement one relative to the other about a keyboard axis perperdicular to the housing axis and coupled with the enclosure for sliding movement relative between a folded, stored position interposed between the housings and an opened, use position partially displaced from and overlying a side edge of the enclosure The keyboard assembly has, when folded about the keyboard axis, dimensions received wholly within the outline configuration of the enclosure.
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公开(公告)号:MY113093A
公开(公告)日:2001-11-30
申请号:MYPI19953443
申请日:1991-12-05
Applicant: IBM
Inventor: RICHARD FRANCIS POLLITT
IPC: H05K7/16
Abstract: THIS INVENTION RELATES TO A PERSONAL COMPUTER(10) WITH A FOLDING KEYBOARD AND, MORE PARTICULARLY, TO A PERSONAL COMPUTER CONTAINED WITHIN A COMPACT, ENCLOSURE WHEN STORED IN A NON-USE POSITION. THE PERSONAL COMPUTER HAS A CLAMSHELL ENCLOSURE(LL) HAVING FIRST AND SECOND HOUSINGS(12,14) JOINED FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT ONE RELATIVE TO THE OTHER ABOUT AN ELONGATE HOUSING AXIS AND BETWEEN A FOLDED POSITION AND A USE POSITION. COMPUTER OPERATING COMPONENTS ARE MOUNTED IN THE ENCLOSURE. A KEYBOARD ASSEMBLY(90) IS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE ENCLOSURE AND THE COMPUTER ,OPERATING COMPONENTS AND HAS FIRST AND SECOND KEYBOARD PORTIONS(91,92) EACH BEARING MANUALLY ENGAGEABLE ELEMENTS FOR ENTERING CHARACTERS AND COMMANDS. THE PORTIONS ARE COUPLED TOGETHER FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT ONE RELATIVE TO THE OTHER ABOUT A KEYBOARD AXIS PERPENDICULAR TO THE HOUSING AXIS AND COUPLED WITH THE ENCLOSURE FOR SLIDING MOVEMENT RELATIVE BETWEEN A FOLDED, STORED POSITION INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE HOUSINGS AND AN OPENED, USE POSITION PARTIALLY DISPLACED FROM AND OVERLYING A SIDE EDGE OF THE ENCLOSURE. "THE KEYBOARD ASSEMBLY HAS, WHEN FOLDED ABOUT THE KEYBOARD. AXIS DIMENSIONS RECEIVED WHOLLY WITHIN THE OUTLINE CONFIGURATION OF THE ENCLOSURE.(FIG 3)
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公开(公告)号:ZA9109341B
公开(公告)日:1992-08-26
申请号:ZA9109341
申请日:1991-11-26
Applicant: IBM
Inventor: POLLITT RICHARD FRANCIS , RICHARD FRANCIS POLLITT
CPC classification number: G06F1/1622 , B41J5/105 , G06F1/1624 , G06F1/1664 , H01H2223/05
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