JPH10243812A - Portable display - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the usability as a whole by providing a display contained in a portable case with a case body and a cover connected to the case with a hinge to open or close the case body and a thin display such as a liquid crystal display at the inside of the cover. SOLUTION: A bag on the market such as an attache case for instance is used as a case 1. This case is constituted so that a cover 3 formed to have a thin and flatter box than a case body opened at the upper face and formed flat to make a box is connected to the case body with a hinge 4 to open and close it. A set stand is fitted to the rear side of the body 11 of a TV monitor on the market using a liquid crystal display as the display 10. And a speaker 14 is built-in at both right and left sides of the body 11 and control buttons are arranged on the upper part. This display 10 is fixed to the inside of the cover 3 through a support member composed of a fitting part fixed to the side plate of the cover 3 and the rising part extended therefrom.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable display device housed in a portable case, and more particularly to a technology for improving usability by using a case lid as a support mechanism of the display device. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Since information transmission using video is a far more effective means than information transmission using character information, it has recently been widely used in various fields. For example, an event is often displayed using a video monitor, and in presentation, target video information is often displayed on a display of a portable personal computer.

[0003]

In the meantime, a portable personal computer has an advantage that it can be freely carried to a place where it is needed, but has the following disadvantages.
This is a problem that, for example, the image quality and the sound quality are inferior to a video using a commercially available video tape, and the moving image is extremely inferior. Of course, if an ultra-high-speed personal computer is used, such a problem can be solved to some extent, but a problem arises in that the necessary functions are extremely expensive.

On the other hand, video decks, video monitors (television monitors), etc., which are hardware necessary for displaying ordinary video images, are generally separate and heavy, and are not suitable for portable use. There are many.

Therefore, it has been considered that a lightweight and thin monitor such as a liquid crystal display may be used as a monitor, and the monitor may be carried in a commercially available bag together with a video deck or video tape. However, simply storing those devices in a bag proved to be extremely inconvenient.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and improves the overall usability by using a portable case lid as a support mechanism for a display device, and is lightweight and lightweight. It is an object of the present invention to provide a portable display device which can be provided at a normal low cost without any extra cost even for video means having good image quality and sound quality.

[0007]

According to the present invention, there is provided a portable display device housed in a portable case, comprising: a case body; hingedly connected to the case body; And a lid that opens and closes, and a thin display device such as a liquid crystal display is provided on the inner surface side of the lid. The display device may be configured to be attached to the lid via a support member that supports the display device, and that the display device is hinged to the support member. It is also preferable to adopt a configuration in which the opening angle of the lid can be arbitrarily adjusted. Further, it is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the opening angle of the lid can be adjusted by the weight balance between the lid and the display device. It is also preferable to dispose devices such as a video deck necessary for operating the display device on the case body side. Further, the case may be a bag structure.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the entire configuration of the portable display device according to the present embodiment, FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view showing a state where a lid is opened, FIG. 3 is a side view showing a mounting structure of the display device, FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the liquid crystal display as viewed from the back, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a support member. As can be understood from these drawings, the portable display device according to the present embodiment is housed in a portable case 1 and includes a case main body 2.
And the case body 2 is hinged to the case body 2
And a lid 3 that opens and closes, and a thin display device 10 such as a liquid crystal display is provided on the inner surface side of the lid 3.

Next, the details will be described. For the case 1, a so-called commercially available bag such as an attache case is used. That is, the portion of the case body 2 is formed in a flat box shape having an open upper surface,
Similarly to the case main body 2, it has a flat box shape with an open inner surface side, but a thinner and more flat box shape than the case main body 2 is used.

The lid 3 is connected to the case body 2 by a hinge 4 such as a hinge so that the lid 3 can be opened and closed. Further, an opening adjustment metal fitting 5 for adjusting the opening / closing angle of the lid 3 is provided. Furthermore, the case main body 2 includes a handle 6 for carrying, and a stopper 7 for fixing the lid 3 to the case main body 2.

The display device 10 is a commercially available television monitor using a liquid crystal display. As shown in FIG. 4, the display device 10 has a set stand 12 provided on the back side of the main body 11. The set stand 12 is attached to the back of the main body 11 via a hinge 13. Speakers 14, 14 are built in on both left and right sides of the main body 11, and an antenna terminal, a video input terminal, an audio input terminal, a headphone terminal, a DC input terminal, a video inversion switch, and the like are arranged on a rear portion. Various operation buttons 15 such as a channel selection button and a volume adjustment button are arranged on an upper portion of the main body 11.

As shown in FIG. 3, the display device 10 includes:
It is attached to the inside of the lid 3 via a support member 20. As shown in FIG. 5, the support member 20 is connected to the hinge 4 of the lid 3.
It has a mounting portion 21 having a U-shaped cross section, which is mounted and fixed to the side plate 3a on the side with screws B, and a rising portion 22 extending upward from the mounting portion 21. In the illustrated example, the fixing portion 21 and the rising portion 22 are formed integrally by bending a metal plate, and have sufficient strength to support the display device 10. A screw hole 23 is provided in the rising portion 22, and the rising portion 2 is
The set stand 12 is screwed and attached to 2. Thereby, the main body 11 rotates around the hinge 13 and the angle can be adjusted.

The shape of the support member 20 is elaborate, and the opening angle of the lid 3 can be adjusted by adjusting the weight of the lid 3 and the display device 10. That is, since the case 1 is a commercially available case, the strength of the resistance when the hinge 4 is turned is usually set in consideration of the weight of the lid 3 itself. The angle can be adjusted.

However, in the present embodiment, the display device 10
Is attached to the inner surface side of the lid 3, the substantial weight of the lid 3 increases. In consideration of this point, as shown in FIG. 3, the lid 3 is designed so that the center of gravity of the total weight of the display device 10 and the lid 3 is located exactly at the hinge 4 with the lid 3 standing upright. ing.

On the other hand, a display device 10
The equipment necessary to operate the is stored and arranged in a well-balanced manner. These devices are different depending on the use of the display device 10, but here, as shown in FIG.
8 mm VCR (video deck) 30, remote controller 31, 8 mm video cassette storage unit 32, AC
An outlet 33, a VTR AC adapter 34, a monitor AC adapter 35, an AC cord storage 36, and the like are arranged. 37 is a wiring.

Although not clearly shown in FIG. 1, these devices are organized by providing compartments or independent storage sections made of a lightweight, impact-resistant material such as hard foamed styrene. It is laid out in a format.

In the configuration display device having such a configuration, the bag is used for the case 1, so that it is very convenient to carry. In use, when the cover 3 is opened as shown in FIG. 1, the display device 10 is in a standing state suitable for a use mode. At this time, since the weight of the lid 3 and the display device 10 is balanced, the lid 3 does not fall down by its own weight. Therefore, the usability is very good.

When it is desired to adjust the angle of the screen of the display device 10 in the front-rear direction, the opening angle of the lid 3 may be adjusted, or the main unit 1 of the display device 10 may be kept in the upright state.
1 may be adjusted to an arbitrary angle by the hinge 13.

In the above-described embodiment, an example in which a commercially available bag is used for the case 1 has been described. However, a dedicated bag may be produced and used. In such a case, it can be said that it is desirable from the viewpoint of reducing the size and weight of the display device 10 to make the display device 10 fit inside the lid 3 and to make the lid 3 as thin as possible. The case 1 may have a shoulder.

The support member 20 is not limited to a metal plate, but may be made of resin or other lightweight material. Further, the display device 10 is not limited to a liquid crystal display, but may be a plasma display or another similar thin display, and is not limited to the above embodiment.

[0021]

As described above, according to the present invention, there is provided a portable display device housed in a portable case,
A case body and a cover hingedly connected to the case body to open and close the case body, and a thin display device such as a liquid crystal display is provided on the inner surface side of the cover. The overall usability can be improved by using the display device as a support mechanism of the display device.

The display device is attached to the lid via a support member, and the display device is hinged to the support member, so that the angle of the screen of the display device in the front-rear direction can be adjusted. The opening angle or the hinge between the display device and the support member can be used freely.

Also, by adjusting the opening angle of the lid by adjusting the weight of the lid and the display device, the lid can be prevented from falling even if an existing case such as a commercially available bag is used as it is. Can be held.

Further, by disposing devices such as a video deck necessary for operating the display device on the case main body side, the case main body side can be used as an original storage space. Even in the case of a video means such as a VTR which is lightweight and has good image quality and sound quality, it can be provided at ordinary low cost without any special cost. Furthermore, by making the case itself a bag structure, it is convenient to carry,
In addition, the appearance can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side view of a main part showing the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a main body of the display device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a support member showing the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Case 2 Case main body 3 Lid 3a Side plate 4 Hinge 5 Opening adjustment bracket 6 Handle 7 Stopper 10 Display device 11 Main unit 12 Set stand 13 Hinge 14 Speaker 15 Operation button 20 Supporting member 21 Mounting part 22 Standing part 23 Screw hole 30 VCR 31 Remote controller 32 Video cassette storage 33 AC outlet 34 VTR AC adapter 35 Monitor AC adapter 36 AC cord storage 37 Wiring

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A portable display device housed in a portable case, the case comprising: a case body;
A portable display device comprising: a lid that is hingedly connected to the case main body to open and close the case main body; and a thin display device such as a liquid crystal display is provided on an inner surface side of the lid. 2. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the display device is attached to the lid via a support member that supports the display device, and is hinged to the support member. Portable display device. 3. The portable display device according to claim 1, wherein an opening angle of the lid can be arbitrarily adjusted. 4. The portable display device according to claim 1, wherein the opening angle of the lid can be adjusted by adjusting the weight of the lid and the display device. 5. The portable display device according to claim 1, wherein devices such as a video deck necessary for operating the display device are arranged on the case body side. 6. The portable display device according to claim 1, wherein the case has a bag structure.