JP2002165157A - Liquid crystal television - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a novel crystal television, which can be used in the same manner as a conventional crystal television, which being capable of displaying multiply by a second crystal display unit when a display of various information is needed. SOLUTION: In the crystal liquid television, provided with a liquid crystal display unit 2 at the front surface of a body 1, rotating boards 4, provided with second liquid crystal display units 3, are coupled to side edge portions of the body 1 via a hinge unit 5, and the rotation boards 4 are configured to be rotatable from a position, where they are closely joined to the rear surface of the body 1 to a position where the second display units 3 are directed in substantially the same direction as the liquid crystal display unit 2 of the body 1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a liquid crystal television having a liquid crystal display on its surface.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional liquid crystal televisions have only one liquid crystal display section, and a liquid crystal display screen having a size of about 15 inches is mainly used in terms of cost. However, with the development of the information society, a multi-display unit capable of displaying a large amount of information by adding various information and a function as an output terminal of the Internet due to an increase in various reception channels has been required.

[0003]

Therefore, the present invention can be used in the same form as a conventional liquid crystal television, but when it is necessary to display various information, the second liquid crystal display unit uses a multi-display. It is a main object of the present invention to provide a novel liquid crystal television capable of displaying.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention takes the following technical measures. That is, in the liquid crystal television according to the present invention, in the liquid crystal television provided with the liquid crystal display section 2 on the front surface of the main body 1, the rotating plate 4 provided with the second liquid crystal display section 3 is provided at the side edge of the main body 1. The rotation plate 4 is rotatable from a position in close contact with the back surface of the main body 1 to a position in which the second liquid crystal display unit 3 is oriented substantially in the same direction as the liquid crystal display unit 2 of the main body 1. The structure was formed.

Rotating plate 4 having second liquid crystal display unit 3
May be attached to only one side edge of the main body 1, but is preferably provided at left and right edges. When the rotating plates 4 are attached to the left and right, as shown in FIG. And the left and right second liquid crystal display units 3 and 3 preferably cooperate to display a panoramic image.

According to the present invention, in a liquid crystal television having a liquid crystal display section 2 on the front surface of a main body 1, a second liquid crystal display section 3 'is provided.
The liquid crystal display units 2 and 3 'are detachably attached to the side edges of the main body 1 in such a manner that the liquid crystal display units 2 and 3' face in substantially the same direction. In this case as well, the plate member 4 'provided with the second liquid crystal display section 3' may be attached to only one side edge of the main body 1, but is preferably provided at the left and right edges.
Further, the plate member 4 'is formed so as to be completely separated from the main body 1 and can be detachably connected via a connecting means 6 such as a dovetail groove formed in an edge portion of the main body 1 as shown in FIG. Is good. As a result, the plate member 4 'can be detached from the main body 1 and packed compactly during storage and transport.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The configuration of the present invention will be described below based on an embodiment shown in the drawings. 1 and 2 show a first embodiment of the present invention.
Reference numeral 1 denotes a main body of a liquid crystal television, and a liquid crystal display 2 is formed on the front surface thereof. Rotating plates 4 having a second liquid crystal display unit 3 are connected to left and right side edges of the main body 1 via hinges 5. The rotating plate 4 is formed so as to be able to rotate from a position in close contact with the rear surface of the main body 1 to a position in which the second liquid crystal display section 3 is oriented in substantially the same direction as the liquid crystal display section 2 of the main body 1.

Accordingly, in this liquid crystal television, a television picture is displayed by the liquid crystal display unit 2 in a state where the rotating plates 4 and 4 are folded on the back of the main body 1 as shown in FIG. In addition to being able to display, by rotating the rotating plates 4 and 4 to the front side as shown in FIG.
While watching the television, the stock market condition, the weather forecast and other various information are individually displayed on the second liquid crystal display units 3 and 3, or the liquid crystal display unit 2 and the second liquid crystal display units 3 and 3 of the main body are combined into one sheet. It can be used as a large-sized liquid crystal display for television and Internet display.

In the above embodiment, the second liquid crystal display unit 3
When the rotary plate 3 is not used, the rotary plates 4 and 4 are folded on the back of the main body, so that the liquid crystal television can be held in a compact form almost the same as the conventional liquid crystal television.

When the second liquid crystal display units 3 and 3 are used, as shown in FIG. 1, the rotating plates 4 and 4 are slightly inclined to the front side with respect to the liquid crystal display unit 2 of the main body. It is preferable that the liquid crystal display section 2 of the main body and the left and right second liquid crystal display sections 3 and 3 cooperate to display a panoramic image.
This case can be easily achieved, for example, by cutting the end surface of the rotating plate 4 or the main body 1 adjacent to the hinge 4 by a required angle α.

FIG. 3 shows another embodiment of the present invention. In a liquid crystal television having a liquid crystal display 2 on the front surface of a main body 1, a plate member 4 'having a second liquid crystal display 3' is provided. ,
4 ′, each liquid crystal display unit 2,
3 'is detachably attached in a posture facing substantially the same direction. The plate member 4 ′ can be completely separated from the main body 1, and is detachably connected to the main body 1 via connection means 6 such as a dovetail groove formed on an edge of the main body 1. Therefore, when storing and transporting, the plate members 4 ′ and 4 ′ can be compactly packed by removing them from the main body 1. Also, as in the previous embodiment, the plate members 4 ', 4' are attached to the main body 1 as shown in FIG. 3 so that the stock market condition, weather forecast and other information can be displayed on the second liquid crystal display units 3 ', 3' while watching the television. Or the liquid crystal display unit 2 and the second liquid crystal display units 3 ', 3' of the main unit can be used as a single large liquid crystal display unit for television or Internet display. is there. When using the second liquid crystal display units 3 'and 3', it is needless to say that the main body 1 and the second liquid crystal display units 3 'and 3' are electrically connected by a predetermined cable.

Although the embodiments which are considered to be representative of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not necessarily limited to the structures of these embodiments. For example, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, the connecting means between the main body 1 and the plate member 4 'is performed by a dovetail groove, but may be performed by other means, for example, a means such as a connecting fitting. In addition, the present invention can be implemented by appropriately modifying it within the scope having the constituent features, achieving the object of the present invention, and achieving the following effects.

[0013]

As described in detail above, according to the liquid crystal television of the present invention, the stock market condition, the weather forecast and other various information are individually displayed on the second liquid crystal display while watching the television, or the liquid crystal display of the main body is displayed. There is an effect that the unit and the second liquid crystal display unit can be used as a single large liquid crystal display unit for displaying television or large-capacity Internet information.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a first embodiment of a liquid crystal television according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exemplary perspective view showing a state in which a rotating plate of the liquid crystal television is folded;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a second embodiment of the liquid crystal television according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body 2 Liquid crystal display part of a main body 3 2nd liquid crystal display part 3 '2nd liquid crystal display part 4 Rotating plate 4' plate member 5 Hinge

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A liquid crystal television having a liquid crystal display (2) on a front surface of a main body (1), wherein a rotating plate (4) having a second liquid crystal display (3) is provided on a side of the main body (1). The rotating plate (4) is connected to the edge portion via a hinge (5), and the second liquid crystal display section (3) is connected to the liquid crystal display section ( A liquid crystal television that is formed so that it can rotate to a position facing the same direction as 2). 2. A rotating plate provided with the second liquid crystal display section (3).
2. The liquid crystal television according to claim 1, wherein (4) is provided on left and right edges of the main body (1). 3. A liquid crystal television having a liquid crystal display section (2) on the front surface of a main body (1), wherein a plate member (4 ′) having a second liquid crystal display section (3 ′) is provided on the main body (1). Each liquid crystal display (2), (3 ') on the side edge
The LCD TV is detachably mounted in a position facing the same direction.