Electricity: electrical systems and devices – Housing or mounting assemblies with diverse electrical... – For electronic systems and devices
Reexamination Certificate
1998-02-05
2001-02-13
Picard, Leo P. (Department: 2835)
Electricity: electrical systems and devices
Housing or mounting assemblies with diverse electrical...
For electronic systems and devices
C361S689000, C361S689000, C312S223200, C312S265600, CD14S140400, CD14S140400, CD14S140400
Reexamination Certificate
active
06188569
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, and more specifically to an information processing apparatus having a liquid crystal display device as a display device.
Since the liquid crystal display device is thinner and lighter than a CRT display device, it is mounted in a book type personal computer and a portable type computer such as a portable terminal and it widely spreads. The liquid crystal display device mounted in such a portable type computer has a relatively small screen.
On the other hand, due to recent advances in a manufacturing technique, the liquid crystal display device of a relatively large screen starts to spread. The information processing apparatus also starts a partial adoption of the large-screen liquid crystal display device. In the same manner as the conventional CRT display device, the liquid crystal display device is separated from an apparatus body so that a single liquid crystal display device may be commercialized.
As also disclosed in JP-A-6-250757, the liquid crystal display device is movably disposed on a front surface of a body apparatus through a tilting device.
As described above, when the liquid crystal display device is used separately from the apparatus body, the liquid crystal display device and the apparatus body can be advantageously installed in different places. However, space efficiency is disadvantageously low in a general view of an information processing apparatus system including the display device. Furthermore, when the liquid crystal display device is movably disposed on the body apparatus, although the body apparatus can be stably installed on an installing surface, it is not possible to make full use of characteristics of the liquid crystal display device, that is, thinness.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to provide an information processing apparatus in which a whole information processing apparatus system including a display device is compacted by making full use of thin and light characteristics of a liquid crystal display device, whereby space efficiency is improved and an ease of use is also acquired.
In order to achieve the above object, in accordance with the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus comprising a body casing having a length in a depth direction shorter than a length in a height direction and a length in a transverse direction a disk drive device having a disk insert slot on a front surface, having a disk drive casing whose length in the height direction is shorter than a transverse width and a depth, and having a disk memory reading mechanism in the disk drive casing, and a liquid crystal display having the length in the depth direction shorter than the length in the height direction and the transverse width, wherein the disk insert slot is located on a front surface side of the body casing on a lower portion of the body casing, and the disk drive device is arranged so that the depth direction of the disk drive casing may be directed in the depth direction of the body casing, the liquid crystal display is vertically arranged in the body casing so that the front surface of the liquid crystal display may be located over the disk drive device and on the front surface side of the body casing.
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Hamazaki Satoshi
Hiramatsu Masaaki
Hoshino Takeshi
Kashima Taisuke
Minemoto Takeshi
Antonelli Terry Stout & Kraus LLP
Hitachi , Ltd.
Lea-Edmonds Lisa
Picard Leo P.
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