JP2003309636A - Portable electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable electronic device which can be carried by mounting the device at an arm and which is simply mounted at an ear to hear a sound without carrying a device body by hand, or mounting the body on the arm when the voice is listened to at a talking time or the like. <P>SOLUTION: The portable electronic device comprises a device body 1 which is equipped with a telephone function as a sound generating function, and a mounting member 2 mounted at the body 1 and is equipped also with an ear hanging function and an arm mounting function. In this device, the body 1 and the member 2 are mounted turnably at a turnable coupling shaft. Accordingly, since the member 2 has both the ear hanging function and the arm mounting function, the body 1 can be mounted on the arm and carried by mounting the member 2 on the arm. At the time of talking by the telephone function of the body 1, the member 2 is removed from the arm together with the body 1, and the removed member 2 is hung from the ear, and thereby the body 1 can be simply mounted at the ear to talk without carrying the body 1 on hand or without mounting the body 1 on the arm. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wrist-worn portable electronic device which is worn on an arm and carried.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, mobile phones have become smaller and more multifunctional, and can be easily stored in a pocket of clothes or a handbag for easy carrying.
However, in such a mobile phone, it is necessary to take out from a pocket or a handbag when making a call, and thus there is a disadvantage that a call cannot be made immediately. Therefore, conventionally, an arm-mounted type mobile phone that can be mounted on an arm and carried is being studied. As this wrist-worn mobile phone, there is one in which a band is attached to a device main body equipped with a telephone function, and the device main body is mounted on the arm with the band so as to be carried.

[0003]

However, in such a wrist-worn type mobile phone, since it can be worn by carrying it on the arm, it is possible to make a call promptly when an incoming call is received, but when the call is received, the wrist-worn mobile phone can be carried out. Since the arm must be fixed in a state where the attached device main body is brought close to the user's mouth or ear, there is an inconvenience that the arm attached to the device main body cannot be freely moved during a call. In addition, such a mobile phone is configured so that the band can be easily removed from the arm, the device body is detached from the arm during a call and held in the hand, and in this state, the call is made close to the user's mouth or ear. However, in such a structure, there is a disadvantage in that the user has to hold the device body in his hand during a call.

An object of the present invention is that it can be worn on an arm and carried, and when listening to a sound such as during a call, it can be easily put on the ear without holding the device body in a hand or wearing the arm. It is to be able to listen to sounds such as voices by wearing them.

[0005]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention comprises the following components. In addition, the reference numerals of the drawings attached to the respective elements described in the section of each embodiment described later are attached to the respective constituent elements together with the parentheses. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 7, the invention according to claim 1 has a device body (1) equipped with a sound generating function, and has an ear hooking function and an arm mounting function which are attached to the device body. A portable electronic device comprising a mounting member (2). According to this invention, since the mounting member to which the device body is attached has both the ear hooking function and the arm mounting function, it is possible to mount the device body on the arm and carry it by mounting the mounting member on the arm. Also, when listening to the sound by the sound generation function of the device body, remove the mounting member from the arm together with the device body, and hang the removed mounting member on the ear without holding the device body in hand or wearing it on the arm. In addition, you can easily listen to the sound by wearing it in your ear.

[0006] According to a second aspect of the present invention, as shown in Figs. 1 to 7, the device body (1) and the mounting member (2) are connected by a rotary connecting portion (rotary connecting shaft 7). The portable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the portable electronic device is rotatably attached. According to the present invention, the mounting member and the device body are relatively rotated by the rotation connecting portion in a direction in which the device body approaches and closes each other and a direction in which the device body separates from each other and opens, so that when the device body is worn on the ear, When the device body is rotated and opened relative to the mounting member, the device body does not get in the way and the mounting member can be easily hung on the ear. When it is rotated in the closing direction, the main body of the device can be brought into close contact with the ear, and thus the sound can be heard well.

The invention according to claim 3 is, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 7, provided with a band member (3) which is detachably attached to the arm, and the band member has the band member (3) of the device body (1). A fitting recess (10) is provided, a part of which is removably fitted, and a side surface of the mounting member (2) is in close contact with a side surface of the band member so as to be separable. Alternatively, it is the portable electronic device described in 2. According to the present invention, the band member and the mounting member are respectively mounted on the arms, and in this state, the device body and the mounting member are brought close to the band member, and a part of the device body is fitted into the fitting recess of the band member. Together with
When the side surface of the mounting member is brought into close contact with the side surface of the band member, the same shape as that of the wristwatch can be obtained, and thus, like the wristwatch, the device body can be mounted on the arm and carried well.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 5 (a) and 5 (b), the band member (3) and the mounting member (2) are provided on one side, and the other side is provided. The portable electronic device according to claim 3, further comprising a lock member (12) that is releasably engaged with the lock member to lock the band member and the mounting member. According to the present invention, the band member and the mounting member mounted on the arm can be reliably locked by the lock member, so that the device body does not fall off from the arm when being carried, and the device body is securely held. It can be fixed to and carried.

[0009]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment in which the portable electronic device of the present invention is applied to a mobile phone will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 is a perspective view of the mobile phone of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the device body and the mounting member are separated from the band member in the mobile phone of FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, this mobile phone is of a wristwatch type, and has a device body 1 having a telephone function and a clock function as a sound generating function, a mounting member 2 to which the device body 1 is attached, and an arm. And a band member 3 which is attached to the device main body 1 and the mounting member 2 so as to be connectable to and detachable from each other.

As shown in FIG. 2, the device body 1 has a substantially circular shape when viewed from the front (upper side in the same figure), and the outer peripheral portion is slightly outwardly oriented near the 1 o'clock side and the 5 o'clock side. It is formed in a protruding shape. A circular display window 4 is provided at the center of the front surface of the device body 1. Also,
Inside the main body 1 of the device, various electronic parts necessary for the telephone function and the clock function, for example, various parts such as a display element, a speaker, a microphone, a communication part, a circuit board, etc. are housed. The main body 1 is provided with various key buttons (both not shown) necessary for the telephone function and the clock function.

In this case, the display element is a liquid crystal display element or an E element.
It is of a flat type such as an L element (electroluminescence element), is configured to electro-optically display various information such as an incoming message and time, and corresponds to the inside of the display window 4 of the device body 1. It is arranged. The speaker generates a sound such as an incoming melody or a received voice, and is arranged corresponding to the sound emitting section 5 provided at the center of the back surface of the device body 1 as shown in FIG. The microphone converts a sound such as a voice into an electric signal and outputs the electric signal. As shown in FIG. 3, the sound receiving unit 6 provided on the projecting portion near the 1 o'clock side on the front surface of the device body 1.
It is arranged corresponding to. The key button may be provided on the periphery of the front of the device body 1, but it is desirable to provide a transparent touch panel on the surface of the display window 4 and to provide it on this touch panel.

The mounting member 2 has both an arm mounting function for mounting on the arm as shown in FIG. 6 and an ear mounting function for mounting on the ear as shown in FIG. 7, and as shown in FIG. The device body 1 is rotatably attached by a pair of rotation connecting shafts 7. In this case, the mounting member 2 is formed into a substantially C-shape that is detachably mounted on the arm and the ear with a synthetic resin that is elastically deformable to some extent, and its width is formed to be about half the width of a normal watch band. ing. That is,
Both ends of the lower portion of the mounting member 2 are separated from each other at a predetermined interval, and the separated both end portions are spread against the elastic force, so that the mounting member 2 is detachably mounted on the arm as shown in FIG. Since it is formed in a substantially C-shape, it can be worn on the ear as shown in FIG.

A mounting recess 8 to which the device body 1 is mounted is formed in the middle portion of the mounting member 2. The mounting recess 8 is formed in a substantially semicircular recess shape in which approximately half of the outer peripheral portion of the device body 1 from the 12 o'clock side to the 3 o'clock side to the 6 o'clock side is arranged. As shown in FIG. 3, the rotary connection shafts 7 are provided so as to project toward the device body 1 at the opposite surfaces, that is, at the positions near the 12:00 side and the 6:00 side. As shown in FIG. 4, these rotary connecting shafts 7 have their respective end portions facing each other, and bearing holes provided in the protruding portions of the device body 1 near the 1 o'clock side and the 5 o'clock side, respectively. A predetermined holding force, that is, a direction in which the device body 1 is rotatably inserted with a frictional force that does not allow the device body 1 to freely rotate due to its own weight, whereby the device body 1 and the mounting member 2 are close to each other in a closing direction. And are attached so as to be rotatable in a direction of opening apart from each other.

On the other hand, the band member 3 is detachably attached to the arm as shown in FIG. 6, and is made of synthetic resin which is elastically deformable to a certain extent so that the band member 3 has a substantially ring shape as shown in FIG. It is formed such that its lower portion is separated, and both separated ends are detachably connected by a connecting fitting 11. In this case, the band member 3
Has a width that is approximately half the width of a normal watch band. In addition, the upper portion of the band member 3 is formed thick with a thickness substantially the same as that of the device main body 1 so that it is hardly elastically deformed, and the inner peripheral surface of the thick upper portion has the device main body 1 The fitting recess 10 is formed so that approximately half of the outer peripheral portion extending from the 12 o'clock side to the 9 o'clock side to the 6 o'clock side can be removably fitted. Further, the thickness of the lower portion of the band member 3 is sufficiently thinner than that of the upper portion so that the band member 3 can be easily elastically deformed and worn on the arm. As shown in FIG. 2, the two separated ends of the lower part of the band member 3 are detachably connected.

Further, the band member 3 and the mounting member 2 are connected to each other at the upper portions on both front and rear sides of the band member 3, that is, at the upper portions of the side surfaces located near the 12 o'clock side and the 6 o'clock side. A pair of locking members 12 are provided for locking. As shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B, the lock member 12 includes an operation button portion 13, a lock claw 14, and
And a spring member 15. The operation button portion 13 is movably arranged in the operation concave portion 16 of the band member 3 in the protruding / retracting direction (vertical direction in the drawing) via the spring member 15, and in this state, the operation concave portion 16 is operated by the spring force of the spring member 15. It is biased in the direction of being pushed out from the inside (downward in the figure). As shown in FIGS. 5 (a) and 5 (b), the lock claw 14 is integrally provided in the operation button portion 13 and is provided in the guide hole 17 continuous with the operation recess 16 of the band member 3 in the operation button portion. It is arranged so as to be movable in the same direction as the protruding / retracting direction of 13 (vertical direction in the figure).

In this case, as shown in FIGS. 5 (a) and 5 (b), the lock claw 14 is bent at a right angle in the guide hole 17, and the tip portion of the lock claw 14 is inserted from the guide hole 17 into the mounting member 2. It projects toward the side surface, and the hook portion 18 is provided at the projecting portion. The hook portion 18 is removably inserted into an engaging recess 19 provided on a side surface of the mounting member 2 and engages with an engaging protrusion 20 provided in the engaging recess 19 in a disengageable manner. Is configured. In this case, in the hook portion 18, a portion located on the back side (right side in the figure) of the engagement recess 19 of the mounting member 2 is formed on the inclined surface, and the engagement projection 20 of the engagement recess 19 is A portion located on the band member 3 side is formed as an inclined surface parallel to the inclined surface of the hook portion 18. The guide hole 17 provided in the band member 3 is provided in the side surface of the mounting member 2 when the side surfaces of the band member 3 and the mounting member 2 are in close contact with each other, as shown in FIG. It is configured to be continuous corresponding to the engaging recessed portion 19.

In such a lock member 12, with the band member 3 and the mounting member 2 mounted on the arm, the device body 1
1 and the mounting member 2 toward the band member 3, and
As shown in FIG. 5, when approximately half of the outer peripheral portion of the device body 1 on the 9 o'clock side is fitted in the fitting recess 10 of the band member 3 and the mounting member 2 is brought into close contact with the band member 3, FIG. As shown in FIG.
9 and the hook portion 18 overcomes the engaging projection 20 against the spring force of the spring member 15 and then the spring member 15
The engaging member 20 is engaged with the engaging protrusion 20 by the spring force of, and thus the band member 3 and the mounting member 2 are locked. Further, in the lock member 12, when the operation button portion 13 is pressed against the spring force of the spring member 15, as shown in FIG. 5B, the lock claw 14 is pressed in the guide hole 17 in the pressing direction. The hook portion 18 moves in the same direction (upward in the same figure) and disengages from the engagement protrusion 20 in the engagement recess 19 of the mounting member 2, and thereby the band member 3 and The lock with the mounting member 2 is released.

Next, the operation of such a wrist watch type mobile telephone will be described. When carrying this mobile phone, the band member 3 is first attached to the arm as shown in FIG. At this time, the separated both ends of the lower part of the band member 3 are spread and mounted on the arm, and the separated both ends in this state are connected by the connecting fitting 11. As a result, the band member 3 is attached to the arm. In this state, the mounting member 2 to which the device body 1 is mounted is mounted on the arm. At this time, since the mounting member 2 is formed in a substantially C shape and both ends of the lower part thereof are separated by a predetermined interval, the separated both end portions are spread out against the elastic force, as shown in FIG. Thus, the mounting member 2 can be mounted on the arm.

In this state, the device body 1 and the mounting member 2 are moved toward the band member 3, and almost half of the outer peripheral portion of the device body 1 located on the 9 o'clock side is fitted into the band member 3.
The side surface of the mounting member 2 is brought into close contact with the side surface of the band member 3 while being fitted to 0. Then, since the width of each of the mounting member 2 and the band member 3 is almost half the width of the normal watch band, when the mounting member 2 and the band member 3 are in close contact with each other, the width becomes almost the same as that of the normal watch band. Since it has the same form as a normal wristwatch, the mobile phone can be carried like a wristwatch. At this time, FIG.
As shown in (a), since the guide hole 17 of the band member 3 and the engaging recess 19 of the mounting member 2 correspond to each other, the band member 3 and the mounting member 2 can be automatically locked by the lock member 12. You can

That is, the lock claw 14 of the lock member 12
Projecting from the guide hole 17 of the band member 3, the projecting hook portion 18 is inserted into the engaging concave portion 19 of the mounting member 2, and the inclined surface of the hook portion 18 and the inclined surface of the engaging protrusion 20 are separated from each other. Since they abut each other, the hook portion 18 and the engaging protrusion 2
0 relatively slides along each inclined surface. As a result, the hook portion 18 overcomes the engaging member 20 against the spring force of the spring member 15. Then, the hook member 18 is engaged with the engagement protrusion 20 by the restoring force of the spring member 15, and the band member 3 and the mounting member 2 are automatically locked by this. Therefore, the mounting member 2 can be securely attached to the arm by the band member 3, and like the wristwatch, the device body 1 can be reliably fixed to the arm and carried well. In this state, by operating the key button and setting the time mode, the information such as the time displayed on the display element can be seen through the display window 4.

When making a call with this mobile phone, first, as shown in FIG. 6, the mounting member 2 is detached from the band member 3. At this time, as shown in FIG. 5B, the pair of lock members 12 provided on the band member 3 are provided.
Each operation button portion 13 is pressed against the spring force of the spring member 15. Then, the lock claw 14 is pushed by the operation button portion 13 and the inside of the guide hole 17 is moved to the device body 1 side (upper side in the figure).
Since the hook portion 18 is disengaged from the engagement protrusion 20 of the engagement recess 19, the lock between the band member 3 and the mounting member 2 by the lock member 12 is released. In this state, when the device body 1 and the mounting member 2 are moved in the direction away from the band member 3, the device body 1 and the mounting member 2 are separated from the band member 3 as shown in FIG. Thus, the mounting member 2 can be removed from the arm together with the device body 1.

Thus, the device body 1 and the mounting member 2
When the device body 1 is removed from the arm, the device body 1 is orthogonal to the mounting member 2 with almost half of the outer peripheral portion of the device body 1 located on the 3 o'clock side being disposed in the mounting recess 8 of the mounting member 2. In this state, that is, in a state where the device body 1 is opened at approximately 90 ° with respect to the mounting member 2, the mounting member 2 can be hung on the ear without the device body 1 being in the way. 1 can be worn on the ear. At this time, since the device body 1 is orthogonal to the mounting member 2,
The device body 1 is worn in a state of being orthogonal to the ears. Therefore, by rotating the device body 1 with respect to the mounting member 2 in the closing direction about the rotation connecting shaft 7,
As shown in FIG. 7, the back surface of the device body 1 can be brought into close contact with the ear. Accordingly, the sound emitting unit 5 provided on the back surface of the device body 1 can be made to correspond to the ear canal, so that the voice of the other party can be heard well.

As described above, according to this mobile phone, since the mounting member 2 to which the device body 1 is mounted has both the ear-hooking function and the arm mounting function, the device can be mounted on the arm by mounting the mounting member 2 on the arm. By attaching the main body 1 to the arm and carrying it, and by mounting the mounting member 2 on the ear,
It is possible to easily attach the device body 1 to the ear and talk without holding the device body 1 in the hand or the arm. In this case, since the mounting member 2 and the device body 1 are rotatably attached by the rotation connecting shaft 7, when the device body 1 is worn on the ear, the device body 1 is relatively moved with respect to the mounting member 2. By rotating and opening, the device body 1 does not get in the way, and the mounting member 2 can be easily hooked on the ear, and the device body 1 can be rotated relatively to the mounting member 2 in the closing direction. The device body 1 can be brought into close contact with the ear, which allows good communication.

Further, in this mobile phone, the band member 3 which is detachably attached to the arm is provided with the fitting concave portion 10 into which approximately half of the outer peripheral portion of the device body 1 is detachably fitted, and the band member 3 Since the side surface of the mounting member 2 is in close contact with the side surface, approximately half of the outer peripheral portion of the device body 1 is fitted into the fitting recess 10 of the band member 3 with the band member 3 and the mounting member 2 mounted on the arm. When the side surfaces of the mounting member 2 and the side surface of the band member 3 are brought into close contact with each other, the shape becomes the same as that of a wristwatch, and thus, like the wristwatch, the device body 1 can be mounted on an arm and carried well. Particularly, the band member 3 and the mounting member 2 mounted on the arm are locked by the locking member 1
Since the device body 1 can be reliably locked by the device 2, the device body 1 can be securely fixed to the arm and carried without being dropped from the arm during carrying.

In the above embodiment, the case where the band member 3 is provided with the lock member 12 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the mounting member 2 may be provided with the lock member 12.
In this case, the mounting member 2 is provided with the operating recess 16 and the guide hole 17, and the band member 3 is provided with the engaging recess 19 and the engaging projection 20, and the spring member 15 is provided in the operating recess 16 of the mounting member 2. The operation button portion 13 is arranged, the lock claw 14 is arranged in the guide hole 17 continuous with the operation concave portion 16, and the hook portion 18 of the lock claw 14 can be inserted into and removed from the engagement concave portion 19 of the band member 3. It may be configured such that it is inserted into and is engaged with the engaging projection 20 of the engaging concave portion 19 in a disengageable manner. Even with such a structure, the same operational effect as that of the above-described embodiment can be obtained.

In the above embodiment, the case where the speaker and the microphone are provided in the device body 1 has been described, but the microphone does not necessarily have to be provided in the device body 1 and may be provided in the band member 3. In this case, each of the device body 1 and the band member 3 is provided with a transmission / reception unit of the short-range wireless standard, the voice data captured by the microphone is transmitted to the device body 1, and the transmitted voice data is transmitted to the device body. It may be configured to send from the other party to the call partner. According to this structure, the device body 1 can be made compact, and the speaker and the microphone can be sufficiently separated for a call, so that the microphone picks up the sound from the speaker, which is so-called howling. Can be prevented.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the telephone function and the clock function are applied to the portable telephone having the device main body 1 as the sound generating function is described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the speaker, the microphone, the storage element, and the like. Portable electronic devices such as portable recording / playback devices and portable audio devices that are equipped with other sound generation functions such as recording / playback functions with the electronic components of It can be widely applied to equipment.

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention, the device main body having the sound generating function is provided, and the mounting member which is mounted on the device main body and has both the ear hooking function and the arm mounting function. Therefore, by attaching the mounting member to the arm, the device body can be attached to the arm and carried, and when listening to the sound by the sound generation function of the device body, the mounting member is removed from the arm together with the device body. By mounting the mounting member on the ear, it is possible to easily mount it on the ear and listen to the sound without holding the device body in the hand or the arm. In this case, the mounting member and the device body are attached by the pivotal connection portion so as to be rotatable in a direction in which they approach and close each other and a direction in which they open and separate from each other. When the main body is rotated and opened relative to the mounting member, the device main body does not get in the way and the mounting member can be easily hung on the ear. When it is rotated in the closing direction, the main body of the device can be brought into close contact with the ear, and thus the sound can be heard well.

Further, the band member detachably attached to the arm is provided with a fitting recess into which a part of the main body of the apparatus is removably fitted, and the side surface of the band member has the side surface of the mounting member. By attaching the band member and the mounting member to the arm respectively by bringing them into close contact with each other, the device body and the mounting member are brought close to the band member, and a part of the device body is fitted into the fitting recess of the band member. In addition, when the side surface of the mounting member is brought into close contact with the side surface of the band member, the shape becomes the same as that of a wristwatch, and thus, like the wristwatch, the device body can be mounted on the arm and carried well. In this case, in particular, the lock member is provided on one of the band member and the mounting member, and the lock member locks the band member and the mounting member by releasably engaging with the other member. The band member mounted on the arm and the mounting member can be securely locked, so that the device body does not fall off from the arm during carrying, and the device body can be securely fixed to the arm for carrying. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment in which a mobile electronic device of the present invention is applied to a mobile phone.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the device body and the mounting member are separated from the band member in the mobile phone of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which the device body and the mounting member of FIG. 2 are removed from the arm and the device body is rotated in a closing direction with respect to the mounting member.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view in which a main part is cut along a line AA of FIG.

5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG.

6 is a perspective view showing a state in which the mobile phone of FIG. 1 is attached to an arm.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a state where the device body and the mounting member of FIG. 6 are detached from the arm and mounted on the ear.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 device body 2 mounting members 3 band members 4 display window 5 Sound emitting part 6 sound receiving section 7 Rotating connecting shaft 8 Mounting recess 9 Bearing hole 10 Fitting recess 11 Connecting bracket 12 Lock member

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A portable electronic device comprising: a device main body equipped with a sound generation function; and a mounting member mounted on the device main body and having both an ear hooking function and an arm mounting function. 2. The portable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the device body and the mounting member are rotatably attached by a rotation connecting portion. 3. A band member detachably attached to an arm, wherein the band member is provided with a fitting recess into which a part of the device main body is removably fitted, and a side surface of the band member. The portable electronic device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a side surface of the mounting member is in close contact with and away from the mounting member. 4. A lock member, which is provided on one of the band member and the mounting member and locks the band member and the mounting member by releasably engaging with the other member. The portable electronic device according to claim 3.