JP2002208997A - Portable telephone - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable telephone where a display is enlarged to increase the information amount which is displayed at once, for reduced size and weight of it. SOLUTION: A portable telephone body is provided with a display panel 5 for displaying drawable data. The display panel 5 with a larger front area may be provided. The display panel 5 of larger front area is drawn out as required to increase the information amount displayed at once.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable telephone, and more particularly to a portable telephone for transmitting and receiving characters and image data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, portable telephones have been transmitting and receiving not only voice but also character image data such as electronic mail and web information on the Internet. The use of such character image data is increasing more and more, and the amount of information transmitted and received at one time is also increasing. A user of the character image data will display the character image data on the display unit of the mobile phone and view it.

[0003]

However, since the size of the portable telephone is reduced in size and weight, the display section of the portable telephone is small, and the information amount of character image data which can be displayed on the display section at one time is considerably small. Has become. For this reason, for example, when reading a long sentence or the like, the user scrolls the screen many times to check, and there is a problem that the operation becomes complicated. On the other hand, if an attempt is made to increase the number of characters to be displayed on the display unit of the same size, the characters become small and very difficult to see. In addition, if a large-sized display unit is provided, there is a problem that the size of the mobile phone increases. The present invention has been proposed in view of the above problems, and provides a mobile phone capable of increasing the amount of information that can be displayed at a time by enlarging the display unit without impairing the size and weight of the mobile phone. The purpose is to do.

[0004]

A portable telephone according to the present invention for achieving the above object is provided inside a portable telephone main body.
A display panel for displaying data is provided so as to be able to be pulled out. According to this mobile phone, it is possible to provide a display panel with a large front area, and by using such a large display panel as needed, it is possible to increase the amount of information that can be displayed at one time. Can be.

In the portable telephone, when the display panel is stored in the portable telephone main body, a predetermined setting of the display panel which is visually recognized from a display opening provided in a case of the portable telephone main body is provided. It is preferable to perform display using a predetermined area. In this case, display can be performed using the display panel both when the display panel is stored in the mobile phone main body and when the display panel is pulled out from the mobile phone main body. Therefore, it is not necessary to provide a display unit separately from the display panel.

[0006]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of a portable telephone according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a partially cut-away side view, and FIG. 3 is a schematic sectional view showing an internal structure. FIG. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the mobile phone 1 includes a plurality of operation keys 3, a liquid crystal display 4, a speaker 7, and a microphone 8 on a front surface of a case 2 forming a main body thereof, and an antenna 6 on an upper portion of the case 2. A telecommunications circuit section 9 is provided inside the case 2. Also, on the back side of case 2, case 2
Back cover 10 for replacing battery B stored inside
Are detachably attached to the case 2. Further, a panel opening 11 is provided on one side surface of the case 2, and the display panel 5
Is retractably stored.

[0007] A pair of slide tracks 21 for holding the upper and lower ends of the display panel 5 are provided at the upper and lower ends of the case 2. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, both ends of the slide track 21 on the side of the panel opening 11 are bent inward by a certain amount in the opposite direction, and are opened by the thickness of the display panel 5. are doing. Display panel 5
Is composed of a flat slider 51 and a liquid crystal display 52 attached to the slider 51. A stopper 51a protruding in the thickness direction is provided on one side of the slider 51, and a stopper 51a is provided on the other side. Handles 51b (see FIG. 3) are provided. The display panel 5 is slidably held by a slide track 21 in the case 2.
The front area of the display panel 5 is substantially equal to the front area of the case 2 excluding the housing portion of the battery 9.

A body-side connector 12 for outputting a signal for displaying data on the liquid crystal display 52 is attached to a central portion of the side surface of the case 2 opposite to the panel opening 11. A slide connector 14 to which a signal for displaying data on the liquid crystal display 52 is input is attached to the center of the side surface of the slider 51 on the stopper 51a side. The main body side connector 12 and the slide side connector 14 are connected by a flexible wiring 13. The flexible wiring 13 can expand and contract in accordance with the movement of the slider 51.

A body-side switch 15 for switching whether or not the display panel 5 is in an operating state is attached to the lower end of the side surface of the case 2 opposite to the panel opening 11. A slider-side changeover switch 16 that operates in pairs with the body-side changeover switch 15 is attached to the lower end of the side surface of the slider 51 on the stopper 51a side. When the main body side switch 15 and the slider side switch 16 are in contact with each other, the liquid crystal display 4 is used without operating the display panel 5. On the other hand, the main body side switch 15
When the switch 16 is separated from the slider switch 16, the display panel 5 is operated and used.

Next, the operation when using the mobile phone 1 configured as described above will be described. When the display panel 5 is housed in the case 2, that is, FIG.
As shown in the figure, when the main body side switch 15 and the slider side switch 16 are in contact with each other, the display panel 5 is not operated and the liquid crystal display 4 is used. When the display panel 5 is pulled out of the case 2, the main body side switch 15 and the slider side switch 16 are separated from each other as shown in FIG. 5B, and the display panel 5 slides along the slide track 21. However, as shown in FIG. 5 (c), the stopper 51a and the end 21a of the slide track 21 come into contact with each other to prevent the stopper 51a from being pulled out. Thus, the main body side changeover switch 15
When the slider and the slider-side switch 16 are separated from each other, the display panel 5 is switched to operate. At this time, the liquid crystal display 4 may be used for continuous display together with the display panel 5, or may be used independently for display of the display panel 5, for example, for normal display of the current time and date. Is also good. As described above, the amount of information that can be displayed at one time can be increased by pulling out the display panel 5 from the case 2 and using it as necessary. Further, since the size of the characters to be displayed can be increased without reducing the amount of information that can be displayed at one time, for example, the elderly can easily read and the demand can be increased.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing another embodiment, and shows a state in which the display panel 5 is pulled out. In this embodiment, the liquid crystal display 4 used in the first embodiment is used. This is an example configured without using. Hereinafter, the configuration of the mobile phone will be described with reference to the drawings, but the description of the same parts as those in the above-described embodiment will be omitted. As shown in FIG. 6, the case 2 is provided with a display opening 17 having a size corresponding to the liquid crystal display 4.
Is stored in the case 2 so that a part of the display panel 5 can be visually recognized through the display opening 17. In the mobile phone 1 configured as described above,
When the display panel 5 is housed in the case 2, display is performed using the area A on the display panel 5 that can be visually recognized from the display opening 17. On the other hand, when the display panel 5 is pulled out of the case 2, switching is performed so that display is performed using the entire area on the display panel 5. in this way,
Since the display panel 5 is provided both when the display panel 5 is stored and when the display panel 5 is pulled out, it is not necessary to provide a liquid crystal display separately from the display panel 5, and the structure can be simplified accordingly.

[0012]

As described above, according to the portable telephone of the first aspect, a display panel having a large front surface area can be provided, so that the display panel can be pulled out and used as needed. The amount of information that can be displayed at one time can be increased while reducing the size and weight of the mobile phone. In addition, the size of characters to be displayed can be increased without reducing the amount of information that can be displayed at one time, so that, for example, the elderly can easily read and the demand can be increased.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the display can be performed using the display panel both when the display panel is stored in the mobile phone main body and when the display panel is pulled out from the mobile phone main body. Therefore, it is not necessary to provide a display unit separately from the display panel, and the structure can be simplified accordingly.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of a mobile phone according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway side view of the mobile phone.

FIG. 3 is a schematic sectional view showing an internal structure of the mobile phone.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the mobile phone.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged sectional view of a main part of the mobile phone.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing another embodiment of the mobile phone according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cellular phone 2 Case 3 Operation key 4 Liquid crystal display 5 Display panel 51 Slider 52 Liquid crystal display 11 Panel opening 17 Display opening

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A mobile phone, wherein a display panel for displaying data is provided inside the main body of the mobile phone so as to be able to be pulled out. 2. When the display panel is stored in the mobile phone main body, a predetermined area of the display panel which is visually recognized from a display opening provided in a case of the mobile phone main body is used. Claim 1.
A mobile phone according to claim 1.