JP2001196759A - Tilting mechanism of plane type display - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the conventional defects, such as inferior operability where operation is performed while a device main body is held, when a plane type display is tilted, and necessity of a useless installation space which is not related to its function. SOLUTION: An electronic apparatus is provided with a device body 1, and a planar display 3 which is linked with the device main body via a tilting mechanism 2 so as to freely tilt in the front and the rear directions. In the electronic apparatus, the upper part of the device body and an upper part of the planar display are linked with each other via the tilting mechanism, so as to freely tilt in the front and the rear directions, and the lower part of the plane type display is made an operation point.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement of an electronic apparatus in which a flat display is supported to be tiltable with respect to an apparatus main body. The present invention relates to a tilt mechanism of a flat panel display, which solves the conventional drawbacks, such as the disadvantages of the above and the necessity of a wasteful installation space unrelated to the function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Various types of electronic devices such as input devices such as personal computers and word processors often use a flat display such as a liquid crystal display, and a device having a liquid crystal display usually adjusts the viewing angle. Is mounted. FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of an example of a conventional electronic device. The tilt mechanism 22 includes an apparatus main body (stand portion).
21 and the flat display 23,
When adjusting the tilt angle, it is necessary to perform an operation of holding an appropriate end (upper end) of the flat display 23 and moving it back and forth. At this time, if the operation force for tilting is strong, there is a possibility that the apparatus main body 21 may be tilted. Therefore, it is necessary to tilt the flat display 23 with one hand while holding the apparatus main body 1 with one hand. There was a disadvantage that the operability was poor. To increase the installation stability and improve the operability, it is effective to increase the installation area of the bottom 21a of the apparatus main body. However, a wasteful installation space irrelevant to the function of the device is required, and the occupied space is required. Is increased. Further, in a conventional electronic device having a flat display, the tilt mechanism is always located between the flat display and the apparatus main body, so that components do not hit each other within a range where the flat display tilts. In addition, it is necessary to provide a relief shape between the components, which has been a major design limitation. In addition, since the flat display 23 needs to be composed of the display unit exterior body 24 and the display unit 25, the number of parts such as the display unit exterior body 24, the stand cover, the hinge cover, and the like are increased, and the cost is increased. there were.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has poor operability such as operating the apparatus main body while holding down the apparatus body when tilting the flat display, and is not related to functions. It is an object of the present invention to provide a tilt mechanism for a flat-panel display, which solves the conventional drawback of requiring no useless installation space.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems,
According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic apparatus comprising: a device main body; and a flat display connected to the device main body via a tilt mechanism so as to be tiltable in the front-rear direction. The upper portion of the flat display is tiltably connected in the front-rear direction via the tilt mechanism,
The lower portion of the flat display is used as an operation point. According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus main body, a display exterior body having a recess on the front surface, which is disposed at an upper portion of the apparatus main body, and a tilt mechanism provided at a central portion in the height direction of the recess of the display exterior body. And a display unit supported at the center in the height direction so as to be tiltable in the front-rear direction. According to a third aspect of the present invention, an upper portion of the display body is disposed in an upper part of the device body, and a display exterior member having a concave portion on the front surface thereof, and a tilt mechanism provided in an upper portion of the recess portion of the display outer portion allows the upper part to be moved in the front-rear direction. And a display unit supported so as to be tiltable freely, wherein an operation point is provided at a lower portion of the display unit, and a handhold portion is provided at the operation point. According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, an elastic member is provided to project rearward from a lower portion of the display unit, and a guide rail which slides while being constantly pressed against the elastic member is provided in a recess of the display unit exterior body. Characterized by being arranged along.

[0005]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings. FIG. 1 is a side view showing a configuration of an electronic device having a tilt mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention. This electronic device is mounted on a flat display 3 via a tilt mechanism 2 with respect to an upper portion of an apparatus main body 1. Is tilted in the front-rear direction. The device main body 1 is equipped with, for example, various components necessary for the operation of the device, such as an electric component, a drive, and the like, and the device main body 1 and the flat display 3 are connected by a harness (not shown) or the like. The flat display 3 is, for example, a liquid crystal display, and a display unit exterior body 5 directly connected to the tilt mechanism 2.
And an LCD display unit 6 fixed to the front face of the display unit exterior body 5. In this embodiment, the tilt mechanism is fixed to the display unit exterior body 5 and pivotally supported on the upper portion of the apparatus main body 1. However, the structure may be reversed. Further, the tilt mechanism 2 arranged on the upper part of the display unit exterior body 5 may be attached to the lower side of the upper part of the apparatus main body 1. In short, the characteristic structure of the present invention is that the tilt mechanism 2 is located above the display unit exterior body 5,
The position touched by the hand when performing the tilt operation, that is, the operation point OP is located near the bottom surface 1a of the apparatus main body 1. With this configuration, the operation point O
It is possible to prevent the flat display 3 from falling down together with the apparatus main body 1 by breaking the balance when pulling P forward or backward by hand. However, when the tilt mechanism is disposed between the flat display and the apparatus main body in this way, it is necessary to provide a relief shape between the components so that the components do not hit each other within a range where the flat display tilts. This was a major design constraint.

The other embodiment shown in FIG. 2 solves such a problem. That is, the electronic apparatus of this embodiment includes an apparatus main body 1, a display exterior body 5 that is disposed continuously above the apparatus main body 1 and has a recess 10 on the front surface, and a recess 10 of the display exterior body 5. And a display unit 6 whose center in the height direction is supported by the tilt mechanism 2 provided at the center in the height direction so as to be tiltable in the front-rear direction.
In this embodiment, the display unit exterior body 5 and the display unit 6 that constitute the flat display are configured separately, and the display unit exterior body 5 is integrated with the upper part of the apparatus main body. Furthermore, since the center in the height direction is supported by the tilt mechanism 2 in a state where the display unit 6 is housed in the recess 10 on the front surface of the display unit exterior body 5, the tilt mechanism 2 is connected to the flat display and the apparatus body. It is possible to solve the above-mentioned problem that occurs when the device is disposed between the devices. As a result, the design range such as the integration of the display unit exterior body 5 and the apparatus main body (stand unit) 1 is widened and the cost is reduced. Also, in this embodiment, the operation points OP (OP1, O
P2) is provided at the upper and lower positions of the display unit 6 and tilted by pressing the display unit exterior body and each operation point OP (OP1, OP2) with a finger so that the operation can be easily performed with one hand. Even if the installation area of the bottom surface is reduced, there is no problem that the apparatus body falls down. Further, in this embodiment, since a part of the apparatus main body 1 is also used as the display unit exterior body, it is not necessary to adopt a structure in which a special display unit exterior body is assembled with the display unit. The number of parts can be reduced. Further, for example, since the tilt mechanism is hidden in the recess, the hinge cover and the like can be omitted, and the cost can be reduced. Furthermore, unlike the case of FIGS. 1 and 5, there is no need to provide a particularly large area plate-like portion (stand portion) at the bottom of the apparatus main body, so that a stand cover is not required, and the cost of parts can be further reduced. This is a case where the tilt mechanism 2 is located at the center in the height direction of the display unit 6 as in the electronic device shown in FIG.
Is disadvantageous in that the distance between the tilt fulcrum and the operation point OP becomes short, so that it is necessary to increase the operation force when tilting. In addition, since the operation points are provided at the upper and lower positions, the operation method for tilting is not clear and the operability is poor.

FIG. 3 shows an embodiment in which such a problem is solved. The tilt mechanism 2 of this embodiment is disposed above the inside of the recess 10 of the display unit exterior body 5, and the display unit 6. It is connected to the top. Also,
An operation point OP is provided below, and is formed as a hand-held portion 15 so as to easily catch a hand for tilting forward and backward. According to this embodiment, the tilting mechanism is disposed above the inside of the recess of the display unit exterior body, so that the operation point O
The distance between P and the tilt fulcrum is increased, and tilting can be performed with a smaller operating force. In addition, hand-shaped part 1
By providing 5, both forward and backward operations can be performed at only one operation point OP, so that operability is improved. In the embodiment of FIG. 3, the spring property (reaction force) of the tilt mechanism increases by increasing the distance between the operation point OP and the tilt fulcrum, and the display unit 6 fluctuates and shakes due to an external force. There is a drawback that the visibility and the operability are reduced. FIG. 4 solves the disadvantages of the embodiment of FIG. 3. An elastic member 20 such as a leaf spring is protruded rearward from the lower part of the display unit 6 according to the embodiment of FIG. A guide rail 21 on which the elastic member 20 slides while being constantly pressed against the inner bottom surface of the recess 6 of the body 5 is arranged along the tilt track. A guide rail 21 in which the distal end of the elastic member 20 protruding from the display unit 6 is provided on the side of the recess 6
Since the display unit 6 is tilted about the tilt mechanism 2 while sliding on the display unit, a stable tilting operation is always possible, and the display unit 6 does not swing or vibrate due to an external force. At rest. For this reason, the screen is stabilized without shaking, and good visibility can be maintained. The mechanism for preventing the swing can be applied to the conventional example shown in FIG. 5 and the type shown in FIG. In this case, an elastic member may be protruded in the vicinity of the operation point on the opposite side of the tilt mechanism, and a guide rail may be provided on the apparatus main body side along the movement locus of the elastic member.

[0008]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the flat display is tilted, poor operability such as operation while holding down the main body of the apparatus and useless installation space irrelevant to the function are required. Can be solved. First, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the upper portion of the apparatus main body and the upper portion of the flat display are tiltably connected in the front-rear direction via the tilt mechanism, and the lower portion of the flat display is used as an operation point. Increased stability during operation. According to the second aspect of the present invention, the display unit exterior body having a recess on the front surface is integrated with the upper part of the apparatus main body, and the tilt mechanism provided at the center in the height direction of the recess of the display unit exterior body allows the display unit to be mounted. Since the central portion in the height direction is supported to be freely tiltable in the front-rear direction, the design width, such as integration of the display exterior body and the apparatus main body (stand portion), is widened, leading to cost reduction. Since the operation points are provided at the upper and lower positions of the display unit, it can be easily operated with one hand, and there is no problem that the apparatus body falls down even if the installation area on the bottom surface of the apparatus body is reduced. The number of parts can also be reduced. According to the third aspect of the present invention, the upper part of the display unit is tiltably supported in the front-rear direction by a tilt mechanism provided in the upper part of the recess of the display unit exterior body, and the operation point is provided in the lower part of the display unit. Since the handle portion is provided, the distance between the operation point and the tilt fulcrum becomes long, and the tilt can be performed with a smaller operation force. In addition, operability is improved because the front and rear operations can be performed at only one operation point by providing the hand-held shape portion. According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the elastic member protrudes from the display unit, and the guide rail that slides while always being pressed against the elastic member is arranged along the tilt track in the recess of the display unit exterior body. The tilt operation becomes possible, the display unit 6 does not swing or vibrate due to an external force, and can stand still at an arbitrary tilt angle. For this reason, the screen can be stabilized without shaking, and good visibility can be maintained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an electronic apparatus including a tilt mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of an electronic apparatus including a tilt mechanism according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of an electronic apparatus including a tilt mechanism according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of an electronic apparatus including a tilt mechanism according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of an electronic device including a conventional tilt mechanism.

[Explanation of symbols]

Reference Signs List 1 device main body, 2 tilt mechanism, 3 flat display, 5 display exterior body, 6 LCD display unit, OP operation point, 10 recess, 15 hand-shaped part, 20 elastic member, 21 guide rail.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An electronic apparatus comprising: an apparatus main body; and a flat display that is connected to the apparatus main body via a tilt mechanism so as to be tiltable in a front-rear direction. A tilt mechanism for a flat display, wherein an upper portion of the display is freely tiltable in the front-rear direction via the tilt mechanism, and a lower portion of the flat display is used as an operation point. 2. An apparatus main body, a display exterior body disposed on an upper part of the apparatus main body and having a recess on a front surface, and a height provided by a tilt mechanism provided at a center of the display exterior body in a height direction in the recess. A display unit having a central portion in a direction supported by a tiltable front and rear direction. 3. An apparatus main body, a display exterior body disposed on an upper portion of the apparatus main body and having a recess on a front surface, and a tilt mechanism provided at an upper portion in the recess of the display exterior body tilts the upper part in the front-rear direction. And a display unit freely supported, wherein an operation point is provided at a lower portion of the display unit, and the operation point is provided with a handhold. 4. An elastic member is provided to project rearward from a lower portion of the display unit, and a guide rail which slides while being constantly pressed against the elastic member is provided along a tilt track in a recess of the display unit exterior body. The tilt mechanism for a flat display according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the tilt mechanism is arranged in a tilted manner.