JP3743511B2 - Keyboard storage device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND 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 placed and a guide member that supports the keyboard support so as to be retractable.
[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 has a space for placing a keyboard in the first place. Since it does not exist, there has conventionally been 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 can be moved out and with respect to a table, a rack, or the like to which the guide member is attached.
Conventionally, it has been common to provide a space for placing the keyboard and a space to be used as an armrest for supporting the wrist portion of the operator on the keyboard support on which the keyboard is placed.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Therefore, in the above conventional configuration, a certain amount of space is required for placing the keyboard and operating the keyboard, and there is a disadvantage that the keyboard storage device becomes larger as the keyboard support becomes larger.
The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object thereof is to make the keyboard storage device as small as possible.
[0004]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
A keyboard storage device comprising a keyboard support for placing a computer keyboard and a guide member for removably supporting the keyboard support by providing the configuration according to claim 1. An armrest for operating the keyboard is attached to an end portion of the support body in the moving-out / moving direction so that the armrest can be withdrawn / retracted from the main body portion of the keyboard support body, and the guide member is configured to be pulled out. The keyboard support is configured to be able to move in and out in the horizontal direction, and the position of the armrest in a horizontal view is configured to overlap the position of the keyboard, and the armrest is a main body of the keyboard support. The position of the unit when it is retired and stored in the part overlaps the body part in plan view. It is.
Accordingly, not only the main body part of the keyboard support body on which the keyboard is placed can be withdrawn / retracted by the guide member, but also the armrest can be withdrawn / retreated with respect to the main body part of the keyboard support body. By pulling out the support and then pulling out the armrest, it is possible to provide a suitable operating environment for keyboard operation, and by retracting and storing both the armrest and keyboard support, respectively, in plan view The area occupied by the device can be made as small as possible.
As a result, the keyboard storage device can be miniaturized as much as possible.
In addition, as described above, the area occupied by the keyboard storage device in plan view can be reduced as much as possible when the keyboard storage device is attached to a device that is difficult to secure a wide width in the depth direction such as a table for attaching the keyboard storage device. Is particularly effective.
For example, in a photo printing apparatus (see FIG. 4) called a so-called digital minilab 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). With the door open, an operator reaches for the inside of the apparatus housing and performs an exchange 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 wide, the work is such that a heavy object is lifted by an extended arm, and the replacement work or the like becomes a heavy work load. It is particularly effective to provide such a device with a keyboard storage device that can reduce the occupied area in plan view as much as possible.
Furthermore, 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.
In addition, when the armrest is retracted to the main body part side of the keyboard support body, the space occupied by the main body part of the keyboard support body and the armrest is hardly changed from the occupied space of the main body part of the keyboard support body. The keyboard storage device can be further downsized.
[0007]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment in which a keyboard storage device of the present invention is provided in a photo printing apparatus will be described with reference to the drawings.
The photographic printing apparatus DP exemplified in the present embodiment is known as a so-called digital minilab machine, and its external appearance is shown in FIG.
[0008]
[Entire configuration of photo printing device DP]
In the photographic printing apparatus DP, as shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 which is a block configuration diagram, a film scanner unit FS that reads a frame image of a developed photographic film 1 (hereinafter simply referred to as “film 1”). And a PLZT optical shutter type image exposure apparatus EX for exposing the frame image read by the film scanner unit FS to the photographic paper 2, and a development process for developing the photographic paper 2 exposed by the image exposure apparatus EX. The apparatus PU, the photographic paper transport system PT for transporting the photographic paper 2 selectively drawn 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 2 into each order, a conveyor 4 for transporting the photographic paper 2 discharged from the development processing unit PU to the sorter 3, and a controller CO for controlling these parts. It is provided.
The two photographic paper magazines 5 are configured to be loaded in the housing of the photographic printing apparatus DP, and in a state where the double door 61 is opened and operated below the operation table 9 of the photographic printing apparatus DP. The photographic paper magazine 5 is exchanged.
[0009]
[Configuration of film scanner unit FS]
As schematically shown in FIG. 5, the film scanner unit FS passed through the halogen lamp 10, the light control filter 11 for adjusting the color balance of the light emitted from the halogen lamp 10, and the light control filter 11. A mirror tunnel 12 that uniformly mixes light, a transport mechanism 13a, a film mask (not shown), and the like are provided, a film mask unit 13 that positions the film 1 at a predetermined reading position, and a frame image of the film 1 is photoelectrically converted. A CCD line sensor unit 14 for forming an image, 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 the 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, the frame images are sequentially read, and digital image data for each of red, green, and blue 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, the image exposure apparatus EX includes 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 condensing lens 23, and a red, green, and blue color filter arranged in the circumferential direction and rotated by a motor (not shown). An optical fiber bundle 25 that transmits light collected 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 detailed description is omitted for the PLZT print head 26, a large number of PLZT elements arranged in a line, polarizers arranged on both sides of the optical path of the PLZT element, and transmitted light of the PLZT element are printed on the photographic paper 2. A micro lens group for condensing light is provided on the top, and an electrode to which a pulse voltage is applied by the shutter control circuit 27 is formed in each PLZT element.
Although not shown, the shutter control circuit 27 switches between opening and shutting off the shutter by turning on and off the voltage supply for each PLZT element arranged in a large number.
[0012]
[Configuration of controller CO]
A controller CO constituted by a general-purpose small computer is provided with an image processing apparatus IP that generates 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 device 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 types of processing such as image enlargement and reduction, contrast and sharpness processing can be performed, and what kind of image processing is performed from the keyboard 8 connected to the controller CO or a mouse not shown. You can specify what to do. 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 configuration of keyboard 8]
As shown in FIG. 4, the keyboard 8 is stored in a keyboard storage device KS attached to the lower surface of the operation table 9 in which the color correction console 6 is embedded.
The keyboard storage device KS supports the keyboard support body 30 on which the keyboard 8 is placed and the keyboard support body 30 so that the keyboard support body 30 can be withdrawn and retracted horizontally as shown in FIGS. 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 a fixed side member of the three-stage slide rail 31 to the lower surface of the operation table 9, and a keyboard. When 8 is not used, it can be stored on the lower surface side of the operation table 9 as shown in FIG.
[0014]
An armrest 33 for attaching a wrist to the keyboard support 30 when the operator operates the keyboard 8 is attached to the end of the keyboard support 30 in the moving direction (end on the operator side).
The arm 33a is attached to the armrest 33 in a state of extending from the left and right ends to the back side, and a guide plate 30a for guiding the arm 33a is provided on each of the left and right ends on the main body portion of the keyboard support 30. Reference numeral 33 denotes the distance from the main body of the keyboard support 30 by a distance indicated by a width S in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, the armrest 33 is formed in a substantially L-shaped angle, and overlaps with the position of the keyboard support 30 (that is, the position of the keyboard 8) when viewed in the 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 body 30, the upper surface of the armrest 33 is covered with the main body portion of the keyboard support body 30, and the position of the armrest 33 at the time of retraction and storage is the keyboard in plan view. This overlaps with the main body portion of the support 30. As described above, by reducing the size of the keyboard storage device KS in both the horizontal direction and the plan view, the operation table 9 of the photo 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 stored compactly on the lower surface side.
[0015]
When the keyboard 8 is used for image processing instruction input 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 the armrest 33 is pulled out from the keyboard support 30 as shown in FIG.
The keyboard support 30 is positioned by the positioning mechanism built in the slide rail 31 when the keyboard support 30 is pulled out, and the armrest 33 is positioned when the armrest 33 is pulled out by the main body of the keyboard support 30. This is done with a stopper (not shown) on the side.
Further, when the keyboard support 30 is operated to be withdrawn / retracted as described above, the left mounting base 32 and the keyboard support 30 are provided in order to stably hold the cable connecting the keyboard 8 and the controller CO. A resin cable guide 34 is stretched between the lower surface side.
[0016]
[Configuration of photographic paper transport system PT]
The photographic paper transport system PT has a drawing transport unit 40 that pulls and transports the photographic paper 2 from the photographic paper magazine 5 in a single row, an exposure transport unit 41 that transports the exposure position by the image exposure apparatus EX in two rows, and the exposure is completed. The post-exposure transport unit 42 sends the photographic paper 2 to the development processing unit PU.
The drawer transport unit 40 is provided with a cutter 50 that cuts the long photographic paper 2 drawn out from the photographic paper magazine 5 into a predetermined print size, and is provided between the drawer transport unit 40 and the exposure transport unit 41. Is arranged with a sorting device 51 that receives the photographic paper 2 conveyed in a single row from the pull-out conveyance unit 40 and distributes it alternately to the two conveyance columns of the exposure conveyance unit 41.
Although the detailed description is omitted, the development processing unit PU is configured such that processing tanks filled with a plurality of types of processing stations for development processing are arranged in series, and a transport roller that transports the photographic paper 2 across each processing tank 52 etc. are provided.
[0017]
[Overall Operation of Photographic Printing Device DP]
The overall operation of the photographic printing apparatus DP having the above-described 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 frame image of each frame is read by the line sensor unit 14 and A / D converted by the processing circuit 17 and then output to the controller CO. The controller CO generates digital image data for printing as described above. 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, and observes the simulated image displayed on the monitor 7 to appropriately change the color. Correction information and the like are input from the color correction console 6. Further, if necessary, the execution of various image processing is instructed using the keyboard 8 and the mouse. The simulated image is a simulation of a completed print image based on reading information of a frame image on the film 1.
[0018]
The controller CO instructs the start of the drawing and conveyance of the photographic paper 2 from the photographic paper magazine 5 and removes the long photographic paper 2 drawn from the photographic paper magazine 5 based on the input information such as the print size. Carve 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 line by line input from the apparatus IP, and the photographic paper 2 is exposed with a desired exposure amount for each pixel.
The photographic paper 2 that has been subjected to the exposure process is conveyed to the development processing unit PU, and after the development process and the drying process, is discharged onto the conveyor 4 disposed at the top of the casing of the photographic printing apparatus DP. The conveyor 4 conveys the received photographic paper 2 onto a tray 3 a of the sorter 3.
When the sorter 3 receives the photographic paper 2 for one order, the sorter 3 rotates the tray 3 a by one stage, and positions the next tray 3 a 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 embodiment, the case where the keyboard storage device KS is mounted on the photographic printing device DP is illustrated, but it can be mounted instead of a general desk drawer using a so-called personal computer, or a rack It can be used in accordance with various arrangements of computers, such as being mounted as a unit on a storage rack of a mount type 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 it can be withdrawn and retracted. The arm 33 a connected to the armrest 33 is guided by the guide plate for the movement of the armrest 33 Although the structure which carries out sliding contact guidance by 30a is illustrated, each specific guide format can be variously changed.
[0020]
【The invention's effect】
According to the first aspect of the present invention, not only the main body portion of the keyboard support body on which the keyboard is placed can be withdrawn and retracted by the guide member, but also the armrest protrudes from the main body portion of the keyboard support body. Since it is possible to retreat, it is possible to provide a suitable operating environment for keyboard operation by pulling out the keyboard support and then pulling out the armrest, and retreating both the armrest and keyboard support respectively. Thus, the area occupied by the device in plan view can be made as small as possible.
As a result, the keyboard storage device can be miniaturized as much as possible.
Furthermore, 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.
In addition, when the armrest is retracted to the main body part side of the keyboard support body, the space occupied by the main body part of the keyboard support body and the armrest is hardly changed from the occupied space of the main body part of the keyboard support body. The keyboard storage device can be further downsized.
[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 an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the appearance of the photographic printing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a block diagram of the photographic printing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a schematic configuration 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 (1)

A keyboard storage device provided with a keyboard support for placing a keyboard for a computer and a guide member for removably supporting the keyboard support,
An armrest for operating the keyboard is attached to an end portion of the keyboard support in the moving direction of the keyboard so that it can be pulled out and attached to a main body portion of the keyboard support, and can be pulled out .
The guide member is configured to be able to move in and out of the keyboard support body in a horizontal direction,
The position of the armrest in a horizontal view is configured to overlap the position of the keyboard,
The keyboard storage device in which 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 a plan view .

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