JPH11278167A - Car-mounting image display unit - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a monitor part from colliding with other components, an operating part from being hidden from sight clue to the form of a dashboard for installing a unit body. SOLUTION: In this display unit, a guide groove 16 is installed at both sides of a monitor section 11 along the longitudinal direction, while a guide block 17 is rotatably installed in a tip part of a slide member 14 installed in the unit body 12, and the guide block 17 is shiftably fitted therein along the guide groove 16. With this constitution, a position of the monitor section 11 is adjustable in both vertical and longitudinal directions, whereby it is adapable to various formed dashboards.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an on-vehicle image display device having a monitor such as a television or a navigation device attached to a hole formed in a dashboard in a vehicle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 8 shows an example of this type of conventional image display device for a vehicle. A monitor 1 having a liquid crystal display is provided with a slide member pushed out by a driving means 3 provided on a main body 2 of the device. 4 is rotatably connected by a shaft 5 to the distal end. A friction clutch composed of a plurality of disc springs is inserted into a rotating portion of the slide member 4 and the monitor 1. The device main body 2 is housed and fixed in a hole formed in the dashboard. Therefore, when not in use, the monitor unit 1 is rotated into the same direction as the slide member 4 and then pushed into the apparatus main body 2. In use, the driving means 3 is connected to the apparatus main body 2.
After being pushed out, the user can turn the display surface 1a to the front side by rotating the display surface 1a to an angle desired by the user, hold the position by the friction clutch, and watch an image on a television or the like. Such an in-vehicle image display device is disclosed in, for example,
No. 3638.

[0003]

However, in such an in-vehicle image display device, the external dimensions for mounting it in a dashboard are defined by standards, but the dimensions of other parts of the dashboard are limited. 9A, when there is an obstacle such as a protrusion 6a on the dashboard 6, as shown in FIG. 9A, the monitor unit 1 collides with the obstacle and stands the display unit 1a at an appropriate angle. Cannot be raised, and as shown in FIG.
If there is, for example, an air outlet of an air conditioner behind the started monitor unit 1, there is a problem that the operation unit 7 cannot be operated. An object of the present invention is to solve such a conventional problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide an in-vehicle image display device capable of appropriately adjusting the position and orientation of a monitor regardless of the shape of a dashboard. And

[0004]

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, a guide groove is provided on both side surfaces of a monitor section along a longitudinal direction thereof, and a guide member is provided at a distal end portion of a slide member provided on a main body of the apparatus. A guide piece is provided rotatably, and this guide piece is fitted movably along a guide groove.
As a result, the position of the rotation fulcrum of the monitor unit can be adjusted. If there is an obstacle or operation unit above the monitor unit, lower the monitor unit downward, and place the obstacle or operation unit below the monitor unit. If there is, raise the monitor part upwards,
Obstacles and operation units can be avoided.

[0005]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The invention according to a first aspect of the present invention is directed to an apparatus main body fixed in a dashboard in a vehicle, and a slide member provided in the apparatus main body having two side portions at a tip end thereof. In a vehicle-mounted image display device having a monitor unit rotatably supported, while forming a guide groove along the longitudinal direction on both sides of the monitor unit,
An in-vehicle image display device, characterized in that a guide piece rotatably attached to a tip portion of the slide member is movably fitted along the guide groove, and a monitor is arranged along the guide groove. By moving the guide piece in the vertical direction, it is possible to adjust the position in the vertical direction, and further, by rotating the guide piece around the center, the angle in the vertical and vertical directions can be adjusted.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the on-vehicle image display apparatus according to the first aspect, further comprising means for holding a rotating position of the guide piece with respect to the distal end of the slide member. Has the effect that it can be held at any angular position in the front-back direction.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image display apparatus for a vehicle according to the first or second aspect, further comprising positioning means for holding a position of a guide piece fitted into the guide groove. It has the effect that it can be held at any position in the vertical direction.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the image display apparatus for a vehicle according to the third aspect, wherein the positioning means is an elastic member provided in the guide groove and abutting on the guide piece. This has the effect that the positioning means can be constituted by the.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the positioning means comprises: a plurality of positioning holes formed in the guide groove;
4. The on-vehicle image display device according to claim 3, which is an elastic member provided on the guide piece, and has an effect that the positioning means can be configured with a simple configuration.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the image display apparatus according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, wherein the slide member is connected to driving means provided in the apparatus main body. The monitor unit can be automatically pushed forward from the inside of the apparatus main body by the driving means, or can be stored in the apparatus main body.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an on-vehicle image display device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a monitor 11 having a liquid crystal display is provided with a shaft 1 at a tip end of a slide member 14 slidably engaged with a guide rail 13 provided inside a side wall of the apparatus main body 12.
5 so as to be rotatable. Guide grooves 16 are formed on both side surfaces of the monitor section 11 along the longitudinal direction, and guide pieces 17 are movably engaged with the guide grooves 16.

In this embodiment, the monitor section 11 is manually pulled out of the apparatus main body 12 or stored therein. However, driving means such as an air damper and a motor are provided in the apparatus main body 12. The monitor 11 may be automatically operated by connecting the slide member 14 to the driving means. In that case, switches and sensors for starting and stopping the driving means are required.

FIG. 2A is a partial cross-sectional front view of a mounting portion between the monitor unit 11 and the slide member 14 in the present embodiment, and FIG. 2B is a partial cross-sectional plan view thereof. As shown in FIG. 2, the guide groove 16 is formed by a guide rail 18 formed in a square C-shape in cross section.
7 is formed in an oval shape by cutting the symmetrical peripheral surface of the disk in a plane. The guide piece 17 is fixed to the slide member 14 by a shaft 15 via a friction clutch 19 composed of a plurality of disc springs, and can be held at an arbitrary rotation position by the friction clutch 19. Further, a locking hole 18a is formed at a predetermined position on the guide rail 18, and a leaf spring 20 is fixed in the vicinity of the locking hole 18a. Looking into 17 Therefore, the guide piece 17 is
The pressing force of 0 causes the position to be maintained.
Escapes from the locking hole 18a, and the guide piece 17
6 can be moved.

FIG. 3 is a view similar to FIG. In FIG. 3, the leaf spring 21 is fixed to the guide piece 17 and the leaf spring 2 is fixed.
One of the chevron-shaped tips is configured to selectively engage with a plurality of locking holes 18 a of the guide rail 18. Therefore, the monitor 11 can be held at an arbitrary position by moving the monitor 11 and engaging the leaf spring 21 with the engagement hole 18a at an arbitrary position.

FIG. 4 similarly shows a mechanism for positioning the guide piece 17. A hole 22 having a smaller diameter than the locking hole 18a of the guide rail 18 is formed in the center of the guide piece 17, and a steel ball 23 and a coil spring 24 are inserted into the hole 22. As a result, the steel ball 23 is configured to selectively engage with the plurality of locking holes 18a of the guide rail 18. Therefore, the monitor 11 can be held at any position by moving the monitor 11 and locking the steel ball 23 in the lock hole 18a at an arbitrary position. In addition, such a positioning mechanism can be configured using, for example, a friction plate.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. In FIG. 1, the monitor unit 11 is
When the monitor unit 11 is pushed into the apparatus main body 12 in a state in which the monitor unit 11 is parallel and horizontal, the monitor unit 11 is stored in the apparatus main body 12 together with the slide member 14, and after the slide member 14 stops moving, only the monitor unit 11 is moved. The guide piece 17 is pushed into the apparatus main body 12 by moving in the guide groove 16. When the monitor section 11 is pushed into the apparatus main body 12, a lock device (not shown) is operated to fix the monitor section 11 to the apparatus main body 12.

When the monitor 11 is used, a lock device (not shown) is removed and the monitor 11 is moved to the main body 12.
When the slide member 14 is pulled out, the monitor portion 11 is pulled out together with the slide member 14, and after the movement of the slide member 14 is stopped, only the monitor portion 11 is moved inside the device body 12 by the guide member 17 moving in the guide groove 16. Drawn from. Then, as shown in the figure, the monitor unit 11 is rotated up and down and back and forth about the shaft 15 so that the display surface 11 a
Adjust so that the angle is easy to see.

FIGS. 5 to 7 show various operations of the monitor section 11 in the present embodiment. In FIG. 5, first, the monitor 11 is pulled out of the apparatus main body 12 to the foremost position (b) from the storage state (a) where the monitor section 11 is stored in the apparatus main body 12 with only the head left, and then the monitor section 11 is removed. By turning it upward, the display surface 11a is turned to the front side (c), and the monitor unit 11 is further lowered to the lowest position (d). Reference numeral 26 denotes a flexible harness that electrically connects the monitor unit 11 and the apparatus main body 12.

In FIG. 6, first, from the storage state (a), the monitor unit 11 is pulled out from the apparatus main body 12 to the forefront position (b), and then the monitor unit 11 is rotated upward to bring the display surface 11a to the front side. (C), and monitor unit 1
1 is lowered to the intermediate position (d). If the position of the monitor 11 is still high in this state, the monitor 11
To the lowermost position (e).

In FIG. 7, first, from the storage state (a), the monitor section 11 is pulled out from the apparatus main body 12 to the forefront position (b), and then the monitor section 11 is rotated upward to bring the display surface 11a to the front side. (C), and lower the monitor 11 to the lowermost position (d). After watching a television image or the like in this state, the monitor unit 11 is set horizontally so as to be parallel to the apparatus main body 12 (e), and the monitor unit 11 is stored in the apparatus main body 12 (f). In this state, the display unit 11 is stored with the display surface 11a of the monitor unit 11 facing upward, which is opposite to that shown in FIG. Therefore, the next time the monitor unit 11 is pulled out from the apparatus main body 12, the display surface 11a faces upward,
The monitor section 11 can be turned downward from the state (b) to the state (d).

[0021]

As described above, according to the present invention, guide grooves are provided on both side surfaces of the monitor along the longitudinal direction thereof.
A guide piece is provided rotatably at the tip of a slide member provided in the apparatus body, and the guide piece is movably fitted along the guide groove. It can be adjusted and adapted to variously shaped dashboards.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an on-vehicle image display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2A is a partial cross-sectional front view showing an attachment structure between a monitor unit and a slide member according to the embodiment; FIG. 2B is a partial cross-sectional plan view showing an attachment structure between the monitor unit and the slide member according to the embodiment;

FIG. 3 (a) is a partial cross-sectional front view showing another mounting structure of a monitor unit and a slide member in the embodiment; and (b) a partial cross-section showing another mounting structure of a monitor unit and a slide member in the embodiment. Plan view

FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional front view showing another mounting structure of the monitor unit and the slide member in the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing the operation of the monitor unit in the embodiment in order.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram sequentially showing another operation of the monitor unit in the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing another operation of the monitor unit in the embodiment in order.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a conventional in-vehicle image display device.

9 (a) and 9 (b) are schematic diagrams showing problems of a conventional in-vehicle image display device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Monitor part 12 Main body 13 Guide rail 14 Slide member 15 Axis 16 Guide groove 17 Guide piece 18 Guide rail 19 Friction clutch 20, 21 Leaf spring 22 Hole 23 Steel ball 24 Coil spring 25 Screw 26 Flexible harness

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An in-vehicle vehicle comprising: an apparatus main body fixed in a dashboard in a vehicle; and a monitor section rotatably supported on both sides at a tip end of a slide member provided in the apparatus main body. In the image display device for use, a guide groove is formed on both sides of the monitor section along the longitudinal direction thereof, and a guide piece rotatably attached to a tip end of the slide member is moved along the guide groove. An in-vehicle image display device, which is fitted as possible. 2. The on-vehicle image display device according to claim 1, further comprising means for holding a rotation position of the guide piece with respect to a tip end of the slide member. 3. The on-vehicle image display device according to claim 1, further comprising positioning means for holding a position of a guide piece fitted into the guide groove. 4. The on-vehicle image display device according to claim 3, wherein the positioning means is an elastic member provided in the guide groove and abutting on the guide piece. 5. The on-vehicle image display device according to claim 3, wherein the positioning means is a plurality of positioning holes formed in the guide groove and an elastic member provided in the guide piece. 6. The on-vehicle image display device according to claim 1, wherein the slide member is connected to a driving unit provided in the device main body.