KR100572105B1 - Mobile communication terminal which equips cover for horizontal rotation - Google Patents

Abstract

A slide type mobile communication terminal having a horizontal rotating cover according to the present invention includes a main body having a keypad for inputting a signal and a microphone for inputting an audio signal; A cover having an earpiece for outputting an audio signal and a display device for outputting an image signal; A slide member coupled to a rear surface of the cover to vertically move the cover in a longitudinal direction, and connects the main body and the slide member, and is capable of horizontally rotating around a rotation axis formed vertically in front of the main body A module unit having; And a control unit for switching an output direction of the display device screen according to the horizontal rotation of the cover. Through such a configuration, the cover is elongated in the horizontal direction by rotating the cover to switch to a wide screen. The user can enjoy the screen and improve the user's convenience by providing a function key in the wide keypad area formed by the rotation of the cover which is moved upward, and provide stereo sound by providing speakers on both left and right sides of the rotated cover. It can work.

Handset, slide, slider, widescreen, display, rotate

Description

Mobile communication terminal with horizontal rotation cover {mobile communication terminal which equips cover for horizontal rotation}

1A to 1C are perspective views illustrating each step of horizontally rotating a cover of a slide-type mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

2 is an exploded perspective view of a slide type mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

3A to 3C are perspective views illustrating each step of rotating the module unit of the slide-type mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

4A and 4B are exploded perspective views illustrating a coupling relationship to a module unit of a slide type mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

5 is a perspective view showing a case in which the cover of the slide-type mobile communication terminal according to the present invention includes two speakers.

<Description of Symbols for Main Parts of Drawings>

100: cover 110: earpiece (speaker)

120: display device 200: main body

210: keypad 220: microphone

230: function key 300: module

310: slide member 320: slide member connection portion

324 detent part 326 contact groove

330: body connection 334: module connection

340: leaf spring 342: through groove

344: seating protrusion 350: rotation module

352: rotating part 354: fixing part

According to the present invention, a slide formed in a longitudinal direction on a cover of a slide type mobile communication terminal is fixed by being rotated by 90 degrees, and a slide configured to display an image in a horizontal direction by a controller including a sensor for detecting the rotation. Type mobile communication terminal.

Due to the rapid development of the information and telecommunications industry, mobile communication terminals such as mobile phones and PDAs are not just functions for talking on the phone with other parties, but also for viewing photos and videos, cameras and camcorders, or electronic organizers and electronic dictionaries. It is being expanded in various ways.

In particular, according to the rapid development of mobile technology, there is an environment in which a multimedia service such as a movie or a music video can be provided at any time and any place through a mobile communication terminal, so that users can use these various services without inconvenience. The mechanical configuration of a mobile communication terminal is also recognized as an important issue.

The conventional slide-type mobile communication terminal has an advantage that the display device is provided on the cover and the display screen can be viewed immediately regardless of whether the terminal is opened or closed. It is configured to be in call mode when moving and in standby mode when moving downward.

However, the display device of the conventional slide-type mobile communication terminal is formed to be coupled to the cover in the longitudinal direction, the problem that the left and right spaces of the screen is not seen when viewing a picture or video longer than the length of the horizontal length? When the entire screen is displayed, the top and bottom screens are treated as margins, and the screen is much smaller than the size of the original display device, and when the top and bottom margins are not displayed, the screen is severely distorted and displayed. there was.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, the display device formed in the longitudinal direction on the cover of the slide-type mobile communication terminal is rotated by 90 degrees is fixed, the image by the control unit including a sensor for detecting the rotation It can be displayed in the horizontal direction, and has a rotating module such as a click hinge, a free stop hinge or a combination of leaf spring and detent, and the speaker in a position symmetrical with the speaker dual earpiece provided at the upper end of the cover An object of the present invention is to provide a slide-type mobile communication terminal configured to enjoy stereo sound.

The slide-type mobile communication terminal having a horizontal rotating cover according to the present invention for achieving the above object comprises a main body having a keypad for signal input and a microphone for inputting a sound signal; A cover having an earpiece for outputting an audio signal and a display device for outputting an image signal; And a slide member coupled to a rear surface of the cover to vertically move the cover in a longitudinal direction, connecting the main body and the slide member, and capable of horizontally rotating around a rotation axis vertically formed in front of the main body. A module unit having; And a controller for switching the output direction of the display device screen according to the horizontal rotation of the cover.

In addition, the module unit is coupled to the main body connecting portion is fixed to the main body, the slide member connecting portion is coupled to the slide member provided so that the cover is movable up and down in the longitudinal direction, the main body connecting portion and the slide member connecting portion coupled And a rotating module provided to have a mutually horizontally rotatable structure, wherein the rotating module is opened at a predetermined angle and opened at a time by 90 degrees or -90 degrees at a time, the hinge of which is opened or maintained It is characterized by consisting of a free stop hinge that can freely adjust the rotation angle according to the rotational force acting in.

In addition, the module unit according to another embodiment is coupled to the main body is fixed, the main body connecting portion including a module connecting portion protruding downward from the center; A slide member connection part provided to cover the cover in a longitudinal direction; It includes a through groove formed by penetrating the center portion, is formed in a plate shape bent convex downwards, the leaf spring is attached to one side or both sides of the corner portion is attached to the main body connecting portion, and the partial area of the leaf spring is contacted and seated And a rotating module including a detent part formed on the slide member connection part to be detachable, wherein the detent part includes a contact groove formed so that a part of the surface contacting the leaf spring has a concave groove shape. The leaf spring may include a seating protrusion formed in a convex protrusion shape so that a part of a surface contacting the detent part may be seated and detached from a contact groove formed in the detent part. .

In addition, the cover is provided with a speaker on both sides of the upper end and the lower end of the cover, the main body is characterized in that it further comprises a function key on the top of the keypad provided in the main body.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail an embodiment of a slide type mobile communication terminal having a horizontal rotating cover according to the present invention.

1 is a perspective view showing each step of the horizontal rotation of the cover of the slide-type mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

The step of moving the cover 100 of the slide-type mobile communication terminal according to the present invention is shown in Figure 1a, the cover 100 is completely moved upward to maintain a horizontal with the main body 200 is coupled to the bottom The step of rotating to the left or right in the state is shown in Figure 1b, the cover 100 is rotated 90 degrees horizontally to maintain a fixed state and the cover 100 by a control unit (not shown) for detecting this state In FIG. 1C, a step in which the output direction of the display device 120 provided at the second side is switched is illustrated.

The slide-type mobile communication terminal includes an earpiece 110 for outputting a voice signal at the upper end portion of the slide-type mobile communication terminal and outputs a video signal at the front-end portion similarly to the conventional slide type mobile communication terminal. The main body 200 is provided with a cover 100, a microphone 220 for inputting a sound signal at a lower end of the front surface, and a keypad 210 for signal input at an upper end of the microphone 220. Since it is a distinctive feature that is distinguished from the conventional that the rotation module is not shown in addition to the conventional will be described later in other drawings.

In addition, when the cover is rotated horizontally, a control unit (not shown) including a sensor for detecting the rotation is known, and the horizontal length is longer than the vertical length to display a picture or video, etc. to fit the screen size Means to be configured.

2 is an exploded perspective view of a slide type mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

As shown, the slide-type mobile communication terminal according to the present invention, the module unit 300 including the slide member 310 and the slide member connecting portion 320 between the lower surface of the cover 100 and the front of the main body 200 is It is a structure that is coupled, in detail, the slide member 310 is coupled to the lower surface of the cover 100 via the slide member connecting portion 320, the slide member connecting portion 320 is provided in the main body 200 It is connected to a module (not shown) to enable rotation is configured to rotate together with the module unit 300 in accordance with the horizontal rotation of the cover 100.

3 is a perspective view showing each step of rotating the module unit of the slide-type mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 shows a bottom surface of the module 300 shown in FIG. 2, and sets the downward direction of the illustrated figure in the direction in which the cover 100 is located and the upward direction in the direction in which the main body 200 is located. As shown in FIG. 2, the remaining components of the module 300 are shown, and the entire components of the module 300 including the remaining components are directly coupled to the main body 200. A main body connection part 330, a module (not shown) coupled to the main body connection part 330 to enable horizontal rotation, a slide member connection part 320 coupled to the module, and the slide member connection part 320. It is connected to include a slide member 310 fixedly coupled to the cover 100.

3A shows the module 300 when the cover 100 of the slide-type mobile communication terminal according to the present invention is in a closed state, that is, in a standby mode, and FIG. 3B shows a slide member according to the upward movement of the cover 100. The module part 300 is shown when the step 310 is moved upward, and FIG. 3C illustrates a case where the slide member 310 is rotated 90 degrees in the horizontal direction according to the horizontal rotation of the cover 100. The module unit 300 is shown. At this time, the main body connecting portion 330 is a fixed portion coupled to the main body even if the slide member 310 and the slide member connecting portion 320 is referred to as an independent portion that does not rotate accordingly according to the bar, the body housing itself It may mean a member, or may mean a member separately attached to the body housing.

Figure 4 is an exploded perspective view showing a coupling relationship for the module unit of the slide-type mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

4A illustrates a case in which a rotating module 350 such as a hinge is used. In this case, the module 300 includes a fixing part 354 coupled to a lower side of the main body connecting part 330 and a sliding member connecting part 320. The rotating module 350 including the rotating unit 352 coupled to the upper side is coupled and configured, and the rotating module 350 is opened at a time up to a predetermined angle by 90 degrees or -90 degrees at a time. It includes all possible means, such as a click hinge to maintain the, or a free-stop hinge, the rotation angle is freely adjusted according to the externally applied rotational force, and is not particularly limited to any one type of hinge.

4B illustrates a case in which the rotary module 350 in which the leaf spring 340 and the detent part 324 are combined is used. In this case, the main body connection part 330 is coupled to the slide member connection part 320. Further provided with a module connection portion 334 protruding downward from the center. The plate spring 340 in which the through grooves 342 are formed in the center is formed in a downwardly convex plate shape and is attached to one or both surfaces of the lower surface of the main body connecting portion 330 to have elasticity in the vertical direction. In addition, the slide member connecting portion 320 includes a detent portion 324 is formed so that the surface that the leaf spring 340 is in contact with the slide member connecting portion 320 is rotated by a predetermined angle to be mounted and detached.

The seating protrusion 344 formed by protruding the portion where the leaf spring 340 is in contact with the detent portion 324 and the contact groove 326 formed in the groove shape concave to the detent portion 324 are the above. The leaf spring 340 and the detent portion 324 is a portion formed to more securely and securely seating and detachment.

Here, the hinge-type rotary module 350 or the leaf spring 340, the detent portion 324 combination type rotary module 350 is to include a variety of means in addition to the above embodiment, the specific as described above Note that it is not limited to the examples.

5 is a perspective view showing a case in which the cover of the slide-type mobile communication terminal according to the present invention includes two speakers.

When the cover 100 is rotated and mounted in the horizontal direction, the output direction of the display apparatus 120 is switched by a controller (not shown) including a sensor for detecting rotation of the display apparatus 120 to provide a multimedia service on a wide screen. When the speaker 110 is provided at both left and right sides of the display device 120, the left side and the right side of the display apparatus 120 can enjoy a movie or music in stereo.

In addition, since the cover 100 is configured to be moved upwards and rotated in a horizontal direction, a wide keypad 210 area can be secured in a state as shown in the drawing, and a function key 230 that can be usefully used by a user is provided. It is also possible to mount more.

As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated in detail using the preferable embodiment, the scope of the present invention is not limited to a specific embodiment and should be interpreted by the attached claim. In addition, those skilled in the art should understand that many modifications and variations are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention.

The slide-type mobile communication terminal having a horizontal rotating cover according to the present invention has a structure in which a module unit having a horizontally rotatable structure is coupled to a cover and a main body, and rotates the cover to a wide screen in a horizontal direction. The user can enjoy the screen displayed for a long time, and the function keys are provided in the wide keypad area formed according to the rotation of the cover which is moved upward to improve user convenience, and the speaker is provided on both sides of the rotated cover. There is an effect that can provide sound.

Claims (9)

delete delete delete delete A main body 200 having a keypad 210 for inputting signals such as letters and numbers and a microphone 220 for inputting a sound signal; A cover 100 including an earpiece 110 for outputting an audio signal and a display device 120 for outputting an image signal; The cover member is coupled to the back of the cover 100, the slide member 310 is coupled to the back of the main body 200 so that the vertical movement in the longitudinal direction, the module is formed to protrude downward from the center A main body connection part 330 including a connection part 334, a slide member connection part 320 for connecting the slide member 310 to the main body connection part 330, and a through groove 342 formed by penetrating a central part thereof. The plate spring 340 is formed in a convex downward curved plate shape and the one side or both sides of the edge is attached to the main body connecting portion 330, and a partial area of the leaf spring 340 is in contact with each other to allow mounting and detachment. A module part 300 including a rotation module 350 including a detent part 324 formed in the slide member connection part 320 to be used; A control unit which switches an output direction of the display apparatus 120 according to a horizontal rotation of the cover 100; Slide type mobile communication terminal having a horizontal rotation cover, characterized in that comprising a. The method of claim 5, wherein The detent portion 324, A slide type mobile communication terminal having a horizontal rotating cover, characterized in that it comprises a contact groove 326 formed to have a concave groove shape a part of the surface in contact with the leaf spring (340). The method of claim 6, The leaf spring 340, Part of the surface in contact with the detent portion 324 includes a seating projection 344 is formed in a convex protrusion shape to be seated and detached in the contact groove 326 formed in the detent portion 324 A slide type mobile communication terminal having a horizontal rotating cover. The method according to any one of claims 5 to 7, The cover 100, Slider type mobile communication terminal having a horizontal rotation cover, characterized in that the speaker 110 is provided on both sides of the upper end and the lower end of the cover (100). The method according to any one of claims 5 to 7, The main body 200, Slider type mobile communication terminal having a horizontal rotation cover, characterized in that it further comprises a function key 230 on top of the keypad (210) provided in the main body (200).

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