PERSONAL COMPUTER WITH DISSOCIATED KEYBOARD

    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

    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

    BATTERY OPERATED COMPUTER OPERATION SUSPENSION IN RESPONSE TO ENVIRONMENTAL SENSOR INPUTS

    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)

    PERSONAL COMPUTER
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    发明专利

    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

    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)

    PERSONAL COMPUTER AND DISSOCIATED KEYBOARD

    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

    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.

    PERSONAL COMPUTER WITH DISSOCIATED KEYBOARD

    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

    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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