Product of computer peripheral designed based on ergonomics and fabricating method thereof

• US 20070070040A1
• Filed: 01/13/2006
• Published: 03/29/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AOpen Incorporated
• Original Assignee: AOpen Incorporated
• Inventors: Chen, Chun-Hung, Hsieh, Ming-Feng, Lee, Ming-Chao, Chu, I-Hsuan, Wang, Tai - Kuo
• Application Number:
  US11/331,279
• Publication Number:
  US 20070070040A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/161
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/16 Constructional details or arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/021 Arrangements integrating additional peripherals in a keyboard, e.g. card or barcode reader, optical scanner

Abstract

A product of computer peripheral designed based on ergonomics and fabricating method thereof is to integrate all components of the computer system based on ergonomic analysis and the system housing design of the computer. The integration of the components can be done with screening the portable storage media device and the keyboard in the components required and feasible for integration based on affirmed criterion before integrating as an integral ergonomic component is performed such that the computer system and the product of computer peripheral are operated by the user easily and it is favorable for development of enhancing function of the system housing.

Claims

1. A method for fabricating a product of computer peripheral based on ergonomic design, comprising following steps:

(1) screening all components of an entire computer;

(2) affirming the components if there is a need of ergonomic interface? if it is necessary being close to an area for an user being able to reach conveniently? and if it is capable of reducing a space on a work platform being occupied effectively after different components are integrated? and screening a portable storage media device and a keyboard according to the preceding criterion; and

(3) integrating the portable storage media device and the keyboard as an integral body.

2. The method for fabricating a product of computer peripheral based on ergonomic design as defined in claim 1, wherein a system house is excluded based on the criterion with regard to “

if there is a need of ergonomic interface”

stated in step 2.

3. The method for fabricating a product of computer peripheral based on ergonomic design as defined in claim 1, wherein a monitor and loud speakers are excluded based on the criterion with regard to “

if it is necessary being close to an area for an user being able to reach conveniently?”

stated in step 2.

4. The method for fabricating a product of computer peripheral based on ergonomic design as defined in claim 1, wherein a mouse is excluded based on the criterion with regard to “

if it is capable of reducing a space on a work platform being occupied effectively after different components are integrated?”

stated in step 2.

5. The method for fabricating a product of computer peripheral based on ergonomic design as defined in claim 1, wherein the space on the work platform being occupied stated in step 2 means an area on on the work platform being occupied.

6. The method for fabricating a product of computer peripheral based on ergonomic design as defined in claim 1, wherein the portable storage media device refers to one of compact disk drive, card reader and floppy disk.

7. A product of computer peripheral designed based on ergonomics, being made by means of the method defined in claim 1 and being electrically connected to the system house for performing message transmission, comprising:

a keyboard, providing a base with an opening being joined to an upper cover, which has a plurality of press keys; and

a portable storage media device, being mounted in the base for being inserted with storage media via the opening;

wherein, the portable storage media device and keyboard have a transmission interface for electrically connecting with a system house via a transmission line and a transmission interface connector respectively.

8. The product of computer peripheral designed based on ergonomics as defined in claim 7, wherein a circuit integrated module is associated with interior of the base with the transmission interface of the keyboard and the transmission interface of the portable storage media device electrically connecting with the circuit integrated module via a further transmission line respectively for the circuit integrated module being electrically connected to the system house via a further transmission line and a further transmission interface connector.

9. The product of computer peripheral designed based on ergonomics as defined in claim 8, wherein the circuit integrated module is an IEEE1394 interface concentrator.

10. The product of computer peripheral designed based on ergonomics as defined in claim 9, wherein a circuit board with a converting circuit is joined to the interior of the base and the circuit board connects with the IEEE1394 interface concentrator via a further transmission line such that the transmission interface of the portable storage device is converted to IEEE1394 interface and voltage of the IEEE1394 interface is reduced to a value suitable for the portable storage media device.

11. The product of computer peripheral designed based on ergonomics as defined in claim 10, wherein the keyboard has a circuit board with IEEE1394 interface concentrator.

12. The product of computer peripheral designed based on ergonomics as defined in claim 11, wherein the portable storage device is a notebook type optical drive with IDE transmission interface.