JP2004030255A - Keyboard housing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To downsize a key board housing apparatus as much as possible while securing an armrest. <P>SOLUTION: In the keyboard housing apparatus provided with a keyboard support 30 for mounting a keyboard 8 for a computer and a guiding member GE supporting the keyboard support 30 in the state of being movable in and out, at an end in the direction of moving in and out of the keyboard support 30, the armrest 33 in the case of operating the keyboard 8 is fitted in the state of being movable in and out from a main body part of the keyboard support 30. Thus, the armrest 33 is positioned at a suitable position to provide suitable operation environment for operation of the keyboard 8, and an area occupied by the device with a plane view is minimized by pull-back-operating and housing the armrest 33 and the keyboard support 30. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a keyboard storage device provided with a keyboard support on which a keyboard for a computer is mounted, and a guide member for supporting the keyboard support so that the keyboard support can move in and out.
[0002]
[Prior art]
A keyboard for operating various computers such as a personal computer occupies a relatively large space when placed on a desk for performing various operations, or a space for placing a keyboard in the first place. Because of the absence of such a device, there has been conventionally provided an apparatus configuration in which a keyboard support on which a keyboard is placed is supported by a guide member so that the keyboard support can be moved out of a table or a rack on which the guide member is mounted.
Conventionally, a keyboard support on which a keyboard is mounted generally has a space for mounting the keyboard and a space for use as an armrest for supporting an operator's wrist.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Therefore, in the above-described conventional configuration, a relatively large space is required for mounting the keyboard and operating the keyboard, and there is a disadvantage that the keyboard storage device becomes large with an increase in the size of the keyboard support.
The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and has as its object to reduce the size of a keyboard storage device as much as possible.
[0004]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
A keyboard storage device comprising a keyboard support for mounting a keyboard for a computer and a guide member for supporting the keyboard support so as to be able to move out and on by providing the configuration according to claim 1. An armrest for operating the keyboard is attached to an end of the support in the egress / retreat movement direction so as to be able to move back and forth with respect to the main body of the keyboard support.
Therefore, not only the main body portion of the keyboard support on which the keyboard is placed can be extended and retracted by the guide member, but also the armrest can be extended and retracted with respect to the main body portion of the keyboard support. By pulling out the support and further pulling out the armrest, it is possible to provide an operation environment suitable for keyboard operation, and by retreating and storing both the armrest and the keyboard support, respectively, in plan view. Thus, the area occupied by the device can be reduced as much as possible.
As a result, the keyboard storage device can be made as small as possible.
In addition, as described above, the occupation area of the keyboard storage device in plan view can be reduced as much as possible when mounting the keyboard storage device on a device that is difficult to secure a wide width in the depth direction such as a table for mounting the keyboard storage device. It is especially effective for For example, in a photographic printing apparatus (refer to FIG. 4) which is a so-called digital mini-lab machine, a maintenance door (indicated by reference numeral "61" in FIG. 4) is provided below an operation table (indicated by reference numeral "9" in FIG. 4). When the door is opened, an operator reaches into the apparatus housing to perform a replacement operation of a heavy object such as a photographic paper magazine. In this case, if the width of the operation table in the depth direction is large, it becomes an operation of lifting a heavy object with the arm fully extended, and the replacement operation or the like becomes an extremely heavy work load. It is particularly effective to provide such a device with a keyboard storage device capable of minimizing the occupied area in plan view.
[0005]
In addition, with the configuration according to the second aspect, the guide member is configured to be able to move back and forth in the horizontal direction of the keyboard support, and the presence position of the armrest in a horizontal direction is the presence position of the keyboard. It is configured to overlap with.
That is, by arranging the width occupied by the armrest in the vertical direction so as to overlap the existing width of the keyboard, the keyboard storage device can be further reduced in size.
[0006]
In addition, with the configuration according to the third aspect, the armrest is configured such that a position where the armrest is retracted and stored in the main body of the keyboard support overlaps the main body in plan view. .
Therefore, in a state where the armrest is retracted toward the main body of the keyboard support, the space occupied by the main body of the keyboard support and the armrest is substantially the same as the space occupied only by the main body of the keyboard support. The keyboard storage device can be further miniaturized.
[0007]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment in which a keyboard storage device of the present invention is provided in a photographic printing device will be described with reference to the drawings.
The photo print device DP exemplified in the present embodiment is known as a so-called digital mini-lab machine, and its appearance is shown in FIG.
[0008]
[Overall configuration of photo print device DP]
As shown in FIG. 4 and a block diagram of FIG. 5, the photographic printing apparatus DP has a film scanner unit FS that reads a frame image of the developed photographic film 1 (hereinafter simply referred to as “film 1”). And a PLZT optical shutter type image exposure apparatus EX for exposing the photographic paper 2 with a frame image read by the film scanner unit FS, and a development processing for developing the photographic paper 2 exposed by the image exposure apparatus EX The apparatus PU, a photographic paper transport system PT for transporting the photographic paper 2 selectively pulled out from one of the two photographic paper magazines 5 to the development processing apparatus PU, and the photographic paper developed by the development processing apparatus PU A sorter 3 for classifying the photographic papers 2 by order, a conveyor 4 for transporting the photographic paper 2 discharged from the developing unit PU to the sorter 3, and a controller CO for controlling these components. It is provided.
The two photographic paper magazines 5 are configured to be loaded in the housing of the photographic printing device DP, and in a state where the double-opening door 61 located below the operation table 9 of the photographic printing device DP is opened and operated, The photographic paper magazine 5 is replaced.
[0009]
[Configuration of Film Scanner FS]
As shown schematically in FIG. 5, the film scanner unit FS passes through the halogen lamp 10, a light control filter 11 for adjusting the color balance of light emitted from the halogen lamp 10, and the light control filter 11. A mirror tunnel 12 for uniformly mixing light, a film mask unit 13 provided with a transport mechanism 13a and a film mask (not shown) for positioning the film 1 at a predetermined reading position, and photoelectrically converting a frame image of the film 1 A lens 15 for forming an image of the film 1 on the CCD line sensor unit 14, a mirror 16 for bending the optical path by 90 degrees, and an output of the CCD line sensor unit 14. A processing circuit 17 for processing a signal is provided.
In the film scanner unit FS, when the film 1 is set in the film mask unit 13, the transport of the film 1 is started by the transport mechanism 13a, and the frame images are sequentially read, and the digital image data of each of red, green, and blue is read. Is output to the controller CO.
[0010]
[Configuration of Image Exposure Apparatus EX]
The image exposure apparatus EX employs a PLZT optical shutter system. As shown in FIG. 6, a light source 20, an infrared absorption filter 21 that cuts an infrared component from light emitted from the light source, and an infrared absorption filter 21 A dimming filter 22 that adjusts the passing light to a desired color balance, a condenser lens 23, and a rotary filter 24 that is arranged in a circumferential direction with red, green, and blue color filters and that is driven to rotate by a motor (not shown). , An optical fiber bundle 25 for transmitting light condensed by the condenser lens 23, a PLZT print head 26 connected to the tip of the optical fiber bundle 25, and a shutter control circuit 27.
[0011]
Although not described in detail, the PLZT print head 26 includes a large number of PLZT elements arranged in a line, polarizers disposed on both sides of the optical path of the PLZT element, and the transmitted light of the PLZT element on the photographic paper 2. A microlens group for condensing light is provided above, and an electrode to which a pulse voltage is applied by the shutter control circuit 27 is formed in each of the PLZT elements.
Although not shown, the shutter control circuit 27 switches on and off the shutter by turning on and off the voltage supply for each of the PLZT elements arranged in large numbers.
[0012]
[Configuration of controller CO]
The controller CO constituted by a general-purpose small computer is provided with an image processing device IP for generating digital image data for printing to be sent to the shutter control circuit 27 as a circuit board dedicated to image processing.
The image processing apparatus IP performs predetermined image processing on the image data of the frame image of the film 1 input from the film scanner unit FS, changes the image data, and generates the digital image data for printing. As this image processing, various kinds of processing such as enlargement and reduction of an image, processing of contrast and sharpness can be performed, and what kind of image processing can be performed from the keyboard 8 connected to the controller CO or a mouse not shown. Can be specified. The digital image data for printing is generated as, for example, 8-bit data as exposure time data for each color of each pixel.
[0013]
[Arrangement of Keyboard 8]
As shown in FIG. 4, the keyboard 8 is housed in a keyboard housing device KS attached to the lower surface of an operation table 9 in which a color correction console 6 is embedded and installed.
The keyboard storage device KS supports the keyboard support 30 on which the keyboard 8 is placed, and the keyboard support 30 so as to be able to retreat in the horizontal direction, as shown in FIGS. The keyboard includes a pair of left and right slide rails 31 as guide members GE to be mounted, and a pair of left and right mounting bases 32 for mounting the fixed side members of the three-stage slide rail 31 to the lower surface of the operation table 9. When not using, the operation table 9 can be stored on the lower side of the operation table 9 as shown in FIG.
[0014]
An armrest 33 to which a wrist is applied when the operator operates the keyboard 8 is attached to an end (an end on the operator side) of the keyboard support 30 in the moving direction.
An arm 33a is attached to the armrest 33 so as to extend from both left and right ends to the rear side, and a guide plate 30a for guiding the arm 33a is provided on each of the left and right ends of the main body of the keyboard support 30. Reference numeral 33 is capable of moving back and forth with respect to the main body of the keyboard support 30 by a distance indicated by a width S in FIG.
The armrest 33 is formed in a substantially L-angle shape as shown in FIG. 3, overlaps with the existing position of the keyboard support 30 (that is, the existing position of the keyboard 8) in a horizontal direction, and as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. When the armrest 33 is retracted and stored in the main body portion of the keyboard support 30, the upper surface of the armrest 33 covers the main body portion of the keyboard support 30. It will overlap with the main body of the support 30. As described above, by reducing the size of the keyboard storage device KS in both the horizontal direction and the planar view, the operation table 9 of the photographic printing device DP is limited to a small work area from the viewpoint of reducing the installation area. The computer keyboard 8 (full keyboard) can be compactly stored on the lower surface side.
[0015]
When the keyboard 8 is used for inputting an instruction for image processing or the like from the state of being stored on the lower surface side of the operation table 9 as shown in FIG. 1, first, as shown in FIG. Is pulled out from under the operation table 9, and further, as shown in FIG. 3, the armrest 33 is pulled out from the keyboard support 30.
Note that the positioning of the keyboard support 30 when the keyboard support 30 is pulled out is performed by a positioning mechanism built in the slide rail 31, and the positioning of the armrest 33 when the armrest 33 is pulled out is performed by the main body of the keyboard support 30. This is performed by a stopper (not shown) provided on the side.
When the keyboard support 30 is moved in and out as described above, the cable connecting the keyboard 8 and the controller CO is stably held in order to stably hold the left mounting base 32 and the keyboard support 30. A resin-made cable guide 34 is stretched between the lower surface side.
[0016]
[Configuration of photographic paper transport system PT]
The photographic paper transport system PT includes a drawer transporter 40 that pulls out and transports the photographic paper 2 from the photographic paper magazine 5 in a single row, an exposure transporter 41 that transports the exposure position of the image exposure apparatus EX in two rows, and exposure is completed. And a post-exposure transport unit 42 for sending the photographic paper 2 to the development processing unit PU.
The drawer transport section 40 is provided with a cutter 50 for cutting the long photographic paper 2 drawn out of the photographic paper magazine 5 into a predetermined print size. Is arranged with a sorting device 51 that receives the photographic paper 2 conveyed in a single line from the pull-out conveying unit 40 and alternately sorts the photographic paper 2 into two conveying lines of the exposure conveying unit 41.
Although the detailed description of the developing device PU is omitted, processing tanks filled with a plurality of types of processing stations for the developing process are arranged in series, and transport rollers for transporting the photographic paper 2 over each processing tank are provided. 52 and the like are provided.
[0017]
[Overall operation of photo print device DP]
The overall operation of the photographic printing apparatus DP having the above configuration under the control of the controller CO will be schematically described. When the film 1 is inserted into the film mask unit 13 of the film scanner unit FS, the CCD is moved in parallel with the transport movement of the film 1. The line image of each frame is read by the line sensor unit 14, A / D converted by the processing circuit 17, and output to the controller CO. The controller CO generates digital image data for printing as described above. And outputs it to the shutter control circuit 27. In parallel with this processing, the operator inputs information such as the print size and the number of prints from the keyboard 8 provided in the controller CO, observes the simulated image displayed on the monitor 7, and appropriately adjusts the color. Correction information and the like are input from the color correction console 6. Further, if necessary, execution of various image processing is instructed by using the keyboard 8 and the mouse. Note that the simulated image is obtained by simulating a completed print image based on read information of a frame image on the film 1.
[0018]
The controller CO instructs the start of the drawing and transport of the photographic paper 2 from the photographic paper magazine 5 and, based on the input information such as the print size, transfers the long photographic paper 2 drawn from the photographic paper magazine 5. Cut to the indicated size.
When the photographic paper 2 cut to a predetermined print size is conveyed to the exposure position via the sorting device 51, the shutter control circuit 27 performs image processing in conjunction with the conveyance movement of the photographic paper 2 at the exposure position. Each PLZT element of the PLZT print head 26 is operated based on the digital image data for printing one line at a time inputted from the device IP, and the photographic paper 2 is exposed at a desired exposure amount for each pixel.
The photographic paper 2 that has been subjected to the exposure processing is conveyed to the development processing unit PU, and after the development processing and the drying processing, is discharged onto the conveyor 4 arranged at the upper part of the housing of the photographic printing apparatus DP. The conveyor 4 conveys the received photographic paper 2 onto the tray 3a of the sorter 3.
When the sorter 3 receives the photographic paper 2 for one order, the sorter 3 rotates the receiving tray 3a by one stage, and positions the next receiving tray 3a at the position for receiving the photographic paper from the conveyor 4.
[0019]
[Another embodiment]
Hereinafter, other embodiments of the present invention will be listed.
(1) In the above-described embodiment, the case where the keyboard storage device KS is mounted on the photo print device DP is illustrated. However, the keyboard storage device KS may be mounted instead of a general desk drawer using a so-called personal computer, or a rack. It can be used in various arrangements of computers, such as being mounted as a unit on a storage rack of a mounted computer system.
(2) In the above-described embodiment, the slide rail 31 is exemplified as the guide member GE that supports the keyboard support 30 so that the keyboard support 30 can be moved in and out, and the arm 33a connected to the armrest 33 is connected to the guide plate for the movement of the armrest 33. Although the configuration for guiding the sliding contact is illustrated at 30a, each specific guide format can be variously changed.
[0020]
【The invention's effect】
According to the configuration of the first aspect, not only the main body of the keyboard support on which the keyboard is placed can be extended and retracted by the guide member, but also the armrest projects out of the main body of the keyboard support. Since it is possible to retreat, pull out the keyboard support and pull out the armrest to provide a suitable operating environment for keyboard operation, and to retreat both the armrest and the keyboard support respectively By storing the apparatus, the area occupied by the apparatus in plan view can be reduced as much as possible.
As a result, the keyboard storage device can be made as small as possible.
[0021]
Further, according to the configuration of the second aspect, by arranging the width occupied in the vertical direction by the armrest so as to overlap the existing width of the keyboard, the keyboard storage device can be further downsized.
According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the armrest is retracted toward the keyboard support body, the space occupied by the keyboard support body and the armrest is reduced by the keyboard support body portion. Only the occupied space can be made almost the same, and the keyboard storage device can be further reduced in size.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a keyboard storage device during storage according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the keyboard storage device during withdrawal according to the embodiment of the present invention; FIG. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the keyboard storage device when the drawer is completed according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 is an external perspective view of the photo print device according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a block diagram of the photo print device according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of an image exposure apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 Keyboard 30 Keyboard support 33 Armrest GE Guide member

Claims (3)

A keyboard storage device provided with a keyboard support on which a computer keyboard is mounted, and a guide member for supporting the keyboard support so that the keyboard support can move in and out,
A keyboard storage device, wherein an armrest for operating the keyboard is attached to an end of the keyboard support in a retreating direction so as to be able to retreat from a main body portion of the keyboard support. The guide member is configured to be able to move in and out of the keyboard support in a horizontal direction,
The keyboard storage device according to claim 1, wherein an existing position of the armrest in a horizontal view overlaps an existing position of the keyboard. 3. The keyboard storage device according to claim 2, wherein the armrest is configured such that a position where the armrest is retracted and stored in the main body portion of the keyboard support overlaps with the main body portion in plan view. 4.

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