JP2000165778A - Device for freely supporting monitor device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a monitor supporting device for sufficiently satisfying the various and diversified relation between a monitor device and a person. SOLUTION: A first arm 14 is mounted on one edge of a second arm 18 at almost a center of gravity position 16 so as to be freely rotatable in a vertical direction with almost the center of gravity position 16 as a center. A counter weight 20 is mounted on the other edge of a second arm 18. The second arm 18 is mounted on a vertical supporting member 24 at almost a center of gravity position 22 so as to be freely rotatable in a vertical direction with almost the center of gravity position 22 as a center in the same way as the first arm 14.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a support member for a monitor device, and more particularly, to a monitor device, such as a liquid crystal monitor, which can be adjusted relatively freely in a vertical direction and a horizontal direction with a relatively large cover area. The present invention relates to a support member for a monitor device capable of performing the above-mentioned operations.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, large and heavy CRT type monitor devices such as televisions and computers have been used for televisions and computers for a long time because of their reliability and visibility. However, with the remarkable progress of liquid crystal and other related technologies in recent years,
Monitor devices that are thin, lightweight, and bright and easy to see have appeared, and are rapidly spreading as an alternative to conventional monitor devices.

A conventional large monitor device of, for example, a heavy cathode ray tube system is mainly installed at a predetermined position as a stationary monitor, and the angle adjustment range of the monitor device is not so large. Therefore, in order for the user to change the direction of the monitor device for the sake of convenience, labor such as lifting and changing the direction of the monitor device, which is quite heavy, is required, which is not so simple. Therefore, it is often the case that the user is forced to move to a place where such a monitor device can be seen each time.For example, if the user cannot move due to illness or cannot secure a suitable installation place, the user is not allowed to use the monitor. Sometimes I had to give up what I was doing.

[0004] If a monitor device of a liquid crystal system, for example, having the feature of being thin and light, is used, the monitor device can be easily moved, and such a problem can be solved to some extent. However, the restriction on the new storage location by the monitor device alone is still large. Therefore, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, the monitor device 1 is held so as to be able to expand and contract in the horizontal direction using two horizontal link members 3 and 5, and the link member 5 is supported by the vertical support member 7. A configuration was proposed. According to this support method, the vertical support member 7 is fixed to a desk or the like by using the fixing clamp 9 or the like, so that the vertical support member 7 is centered within a range where the two horizontal link members 3 and 5 extend. About 360 °
The horizontal range is covered as a visible range, and the monitor device 1 is freely attached to the horizontal link member 3 as shown by reference numeral 11 in FIG. You can also.

[0005] According to the support system, the monitor device can be viewed in a certain range in each of the horizontal and vertical directions, and there is no restriction on the place where the monitor device is placed. However, in the above system, the monitor device 1 is cantilevered by, for example, two horizontal link members 3 and 5, so that the visible range in the vertical direction is limited to the vertical rotation range of the monitor device 1. In addition, since the total weight of the monitor device and each link member is added to the vertical support member 7, the vertical support member 7 has to be fixed inevitably, so that the mobility or mobility of the entire device is sacrificed. Become.

In recent years, in particular, as the size and generalization of the computer body have been increasing, including the thinning, lightening and high performance of the monitor device, the computer has been widely and widely used, regardless of whether it is preferred or not. The number of people who have some form of contact with other monitor devices has increased, and in that sense the way computers interact with human life has become diversified and multifaceted. In order to sufficiently satisfy such diversification and versatility, it is not necessary to “go to the computer” as in the case of the conventional heavy cathode ray tube type monitor, but to use FIG. Although the "computer comes to human" needs to be made as in the support schemes of FIGS. 5 and 6, the apparatus of FIGS. There is no satisfactory.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a monitor supporting device capable of sufficiently satisfying a diversified and multifaceted relationship between a monitor device such as a television or a computer and a person.

[0008]

According to the present invention, there is provided a flexible support device for a monitor device, wherein a monitor device for displaying an image is freely attached to one end and a counter weight is attached to the other end. An arm and a second arm attached at one end substantially at the center of gravity of the first arm, attached at the other end to a counterweight, and attached to the vertical support member at substantially the position of the center of gravity. The second arm (18) is rotatable in a vertical direction about a center of gravity (22), and is rotatable in a horizontal direction with a vertical support member. An apparatus for universally supporting a monitor device is provided. The “center of gravity position” described here is ± 1
It is assumed that there is no problem even if the position shifts around 0%.

The monitor device can be connected to a home medical institution or a computer. Also, the motor can be remotely controlled by a controller, and the vertical support member supporting the second arm can be combined with a movable support. The support is a stand provided with a moving means, for example, a caster or the like, and the driving force of the motor can be transmitted to the vertical support member via intermeshing gear components such as a spiral gear. Each of the first and second arms has a telescopic member or other telescoping member incorporated therein so as to be movable back and forth, and further has a length that can be fixed at any position. It can also be adjustable.

On the other hand, the counterweight attached to the second arm is a motor built-in counterweight incorporating a motor, and the driving force of this motor built-in counterweight is directly connected to the motor or connected via an appropriate transmission mechanism. By transmitting to the vertical supporting member via the shaft, and eventually acting as a reaction force on the support supporting the vertical supporting member,
The second arm may be rotatable about its center of gravity in the horizontal direction with the vertical support member. At that time, the rotation direction and the speed of the motor can be freely controlled by the controller.

[0011] The monitor device is connected to a related medical institution for home medical care or a computer main body, and further includes a camera, a microphone, a speaker, and the like, which are also connected to the related medical institution. can do. The driving force of the motor of the built-in motor counterweight transmitted through the flexible shaft is eventually deflected to the vertical support member through the intermeshing gear, the vertical support member, and the bracket for fixing the flexible shaft to the vertical support member. It may be configured to transmit as force.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 shows a universal support device 100 of a monitor device according to the present invention. The universal support device 100 has a first arm 14 made of a rigid material and having a monitor device 10 for image display attached to one end and a counterweight 12 attached to the other end. The monitoring device 10 is connected to the first arm 14 using a universal joint such as a universal joint.
9 so that it can freely rotate up, down, left, and right, as in the case of the conventional device shown in FIG. .

The first arm 14 is substantially at its center of gravity 16
And is attached to one end of the second arm 18 so as to be freely rotatable about the position of the center of gravity 16 in a vertical direction by a bearing device or the like. At the other end of the second arm 18, a monitor device 10, a counter weight 12, and a counter weight 20 for the total weight including the first arm 14 itself are attached. The second arm 18 is attached to the vertical support member 24 at substantially the center of gravity 22 thereof, and is rotatable about the center of gravity 22 in the vertical direction by a bearing device or the like, like the first arm 14. Is done.

The vertical support member 24 has a lower portion, for example, as shown in FIG.
Stand member 3 having a plurality of legs 28 with attached
By setting it to 0, the mobility and mobility of the entire apparatus can be significantly improved. On the other hand, the first arm 14 is connected to the second arm 18 near the center of gravity 16.
The monitor device 10 can be adjusted back and forth by such a sliding movement by sliding it back and forth as indicated by arrow A and fixing it at an arbitrary position with the mounting position at the center. .

FIG. 2 illustrates a situation in which the universal support device 100 of FIG. 1 is used as a home medical bed monitor. In this case, the monitor device 10 is electrically connected to the relay center of the medical institution concerned via an analog or digital telephone line, cable equipment, or the like, and the monitor device has a care recipient or a care worker separately. In this case, the care technician will be positioned at the most visible position. However, the first arm 14 supporting the monitor device 10 and the second arm 18 supporting the first arm 14 are separately vertical. Because of the directional rotational freedom, the present invention allows such positioning to be performed over a fairly wide vertical range. Needless to say, the first
The positioning range can be further widened by making the arm 14 movable forward and backward by sliding.

In the embodiment shown in FIG.
Is mounted on a box-shaped mounting base 34 that is integrated with or can be integrated with the bed body 32 instead of a stand member with casters. When used for home medical care, the monitor device is a monitor device 110 including a camera 36, a microphone 38, and a speaker 40 as shown in FIG. It is desirable that the direction of 36 can be freely adjusted by remote control.
In addition, the counterweights 12 and 20 may be configured to be filled with, for example, drinking water, so as to be prepared in case of a care recipient.

FIG. 4 shows a device for freely supporting a monitor in the embodiment of FIG.
2 is a plan view illustrating a typical use situation in a case where the communication device 2 is telecommunicated and can be viewed in a plurality of places under the same conditions. Thus, in a situation where one computer main body 42 arranged on one desk 44 is used, the same user needs to use the other desk 46 having a different arrangement, for example, and the same monitor is used even at the position of the desk 46. When the user wants to see the device 10, he or she can achieve the purpose only by rotating the monitor device 10 to the best point of each desk every time he goes to each desk as shown in the figure. In this case, it is needless to say that the required number of keyboards and mice can be connected to the computer main body and arranged on each desk as shown.

FIG. 5 shows an embodiment in which the counterweight 20 attached to the second arm 18 is a motor built-in weight 120 integrated with a motor for rotating the monitor device 10 and the first arm 14. Is shown. The driving force of the motor built-in weight 120 is taken out via the flexible shaft 48 directly connected to the motor or connected via a transmission mechanism, and the driving force from the flexible shaft 48 is transmitted to the support 30 as a reaction force. Thus, the vertical support member 24 can be eventually rotated in the horizontal direction. The transmission of the driving force from the flexible shaft 48 is typically performed as follows.

That is, the flexible shaft 48 is previously integrated with the vertical support member 24 using a bracket 50 or the like, and a gear 54 such as a spiral gear is fixed to the distal end 52 of the flexible shaft 48. On the other hand, a gear 56 meshing with the gear 54 is fixed to a position of the support 30 corresponding to the gear 54. This allows
When the motor built-in weight 120 is driven, the driving force is transmitted through the flexible shaft 48 and the gear 54 to the gear 5 of the support.
6 is transmitted. At this time, the reaction force generated in the flexible shaft 48 is transmitted to the vertical support member 24 via the bracket 50, and eventually, the vertical support member 24 rotates around the center axis thereof with the flexible shaft 48 in the horizontal direction. become.

In this embodiment and other embodiments described below, the motor built-in weight 120 is configured to control the rotation direction and the rotation speed thereof by the controller 58, so that the horizontal position of the monitor device can be changed.
This can be performed automatically in a state where the vertical position fluctuation is minimized. When such a horizontal position change is performed by, for example, pressing the monitor device 10 by hand, the vertical position of the monitor device may be slightly changed, but such a change should not particularly occur in home care. There are many.

A bracket 50 for integrating the flexible shaft 48 and the vertical support member 24 has one end fixed to the vertical support member 24 and the other end connected to a support member such as a bearing block. The flexible shaft 48 is rotatably passed through and held. Thereby, the reaction force generated in the flexible shaft 48 is transmitted to the vertical support member 24 via the bearing block, and eventually acts on the support member 130 as a reaction force.

FIG. 6 shows the motor built-in weight 120 described above.
5 shows an embodiment in which the supporting member 30 of the embodiment of FIG. 5 is integrated with a mobile desk 60 with casters, instead of a stand with casters. This embodiment has the same configuration as the embodiment of FIG. 5 except that the monitor device is connected to a computer main body 62 housed under the mobile desk 60. Also in this embodiment, the first arm 14
Since both the second arm 18 and the second arm 18 have a large vertical rotational freedom and are rotatable about the vertical support member 24, the monitor device 110 has the same high rotational freedom as the embodiment of FIG. Thus, it can be arranged at a desired position. In addition, the mobile desk 60 secures the same mobility and mobility as the stand of the embodiment of FIG.

In the embodiment of FIG. 7, the universal supporting device of the present invention uses the driving force of the motor built-in weight 120 to control the driving force of the supporting member 13.
It is configured to directly transmit the gear 56 fixed to 0 without passing through the flexible shaft. For this reason, the second arm 118 corresponding to the second arm 18 of each embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 5 and the like does not have a vertical rotational degree of freedom substantially at the position of the center of gravity 22. 1 and 5
As compared with the embodiments described above, in each of the embodiments, it is possible to reduce the required space at the rear due to the protrusion of the motor portion which is large.

While the present invention has been described with reference to illustrative embodiments, it will be understood that various modifications can be made within the present invention. For example, in the representative embodiment of the present invention as shown in FIG. 1, the second arm 18 may be omitted as shown in FIG. 10, and vice versa.
As shown in FIG. 7, an embodiment in which a third arm 200 having a counterweight 220 at the end between the first arm 14 and the second arm 18 may be further added.

[0025]

According to the apparatus for freely supporting a monitor device according to the present invention, the user of the monitor device does not suffer from the disadvantages caused by such restrictions on the arrangement of the monitor device.
It is possible to provide a monitor support device that can provide a comfortable use environment of the monitor device and sufficiently satisfy the diversified and multifaceted relationship between the monitor device and a person. Conventionally, a monitor device as a medium for providing information, which is an object of improvement of the present invention, has never been provided in a state having such a high degree of freedom in arrangement. Thus, it is also clear that the awareness of the information on the part of the care provider, especially in the field of home healthcare, is improved to a level that cannot be achieved with conventional products.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a freely supporting device of a monitor device according to the present invention.
It is a perspective view of an Example.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of another embodiment illustrating a situation in which the freely supporting device of the monitor device according to the present invention is used for home care.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a monitor device having a configuration including a camera, a microphone, and a speaker.

FIG. 4 is a plan view illustrating a situation where the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 1 or 2 of the present invention is shared by one computer and different places.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of an embodiment in which the freely supporting device of the monitor device according to the present invention is a motor-driven type.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the embodiment when the embodiment of FIG. 5 is used in combination with a computer.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of another embodiment of a motor-driven monitor support device according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a conventional universal link-type universal supporting device of a monitor device.

FIG. 9 is a plan view of the conventional device of FIG.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of an embodiment having no second arm.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of an embodiment in which a third arm is further provided between the first and second arms.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 10 monitoring device 12 counter weight 14 first arm 16, 22 center of gravity position 18 second arm 20, 200 counter weight 24 vertical support member 26 caster 28 leg 30, 130 support body 32 far end 36 camera 38 microphone 40 speaker 42, 62 Computer main body 48 Flexible shaft 50 Bracket 54, 56 Gear 58 Controller 60 Mobile desk 100, 110 Flexible support device for monitor device 120 Motor built-in counterweight 200 Third arm

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. An apparatus for freely supporting a monitor device (100).
A first arm (14) having a monitor device (10) for image display freely attached to one end and a counterweight (12) attached to the other end; and one end substantially corresponding to the first arm. A second arm (18) attached to the center of gravity position (16), a counterweight (20) attached to the other end, and attached to the vertical support member (24) at a substantially center of gravity position (22); Arm (14) is vertically rotatable about a center of gravity position (16), and a second arm (18) is rotatable vertically about a center of gravity position (22) and vertically. A universal support device for a monitor device, which is rotatable in a horizontal direction together with a support member (24). 2. A counterweight attached to the second arm (18) is a motor built-in counterweight (120) containing a motor, and the driving force of the motor built-in counterweight (120) is a flexible shaft directly connected to the motor. (48) vertical support member (24)
The universal support of a monitor device according to claim 1, wherein the second arm (18) is rotated about its center of gravity (22) in a horizontal direction with the vertical support member (24). 3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the monitor device is electrically connected to the home medical institution. 4. The device according to claim 1, wherein the monitor device is electrically connected to the computer main body. 5. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the support for the vertical support member is mobile on casters. 6. The device according to claim 1, wherein the first arm and / or the second arm are adjustable in length and can be fixed at any position. 7. A monitor (10) comprising a camera (35) and a microphone (3) electrically connected to related medical institutions.
8) The device according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a speaker (40). 8. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first arm (14) is mounted to the vertical support member (24) at a position of its center of gravity (16). 9. A built-in motor counterweight (120).
3. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the rotation direction and speed of said motor are controllable by a controller (58). 10. Gears (54, 56) meshing with each other, the motor driving force of a motor built-in counterweight (120) transmitted through a flexible shaft (48),
The flexible shaft (48) is supported by the vertical support member (2).
3. The device according to claim 2, which acts as a reaction force on the support (30) through a bracket (50) which is fixed to the device (4).