Information processing unit and information processing related units
AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.
InventorsHideki Kamimaki, Yukihide Inagaki, Tsuyoshi Nakagawa, Koichi Kimura, Hideaki Gemma, Hitoshi Kawaguchi
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Abstract
A labor of disconnecting many cables is omitted even when carrying a file basestation with an external storage loaded together with a main body. An information processing unit comprises: a main body having a CPU, a keyboard and a display unit; a file basestation with an external storage, such as an FD•D or a CD ROM•D, loaded; and a portreplicator with many connectors loaded. Removal of the main body alone from the portreplicator can omit the labor of disconnecting many cables connected to the portreplicator.
Claims29
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- a display;
- a CPU;
- a memory;
- a first electricity terminal that receives electric power;
- a connector that includes a second electricity terminal sending and receiving electric power, and a signal terminal being capable of sending or receiving a signal to/from an external apparatus being capable of connecting said information processing apparatus;
- and
- a power controller that supplies the power received via at least one of said first and second electricity terminal to at least any one of said display, CPU and memory.
A portable apparatus comprising:
- a display;
- a CPU;
- a memory;
- a first electricity terminal that receives electric power;
- a connector that includes a second electricity terminal being capable of sending and receiving electric power to/from an external apparatus being capable of connecting said portable apparatus and a signal terminal being capable of sending or receiving a signal to/from said external apparatus;
- and
- a power controller that supplies the power received via at least one of said first and second electricity terminal to at least any one of said display, CPU, and memory.
A portable apparatus comprising
- a display;
- a CPU;
- a memory;
- a terminal being capable of receiving electric power from an AC adapter;
- a connector being capable of sending voltage to and receiving voltage from an external apparatus to be connected to the connector thereof, the connector being capable of sending a signal to and receiving a signal from the external apparatus;
- and
- a power controller that supplies the power received via at least one of the terminal and the connector to at least any one of the display, the CPU and the memory.
An information processing apparatus according to clam 21, wherein
- said connector being capable of connecting to an external apparatus,
- if said other external apparatus is connected to said connector, said power controller sets the power received via at least one of said terminal and said connector or charged in said battery to specific voltage, and then supplies said specific voltage power to said other external apparatus via said connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.