KR100631021B1 - Slide type mobile communication terminal of multi direction sliding - Google Patents

Abstract

A multi-way slide phone is provided to enable a slide body to be slid in up/down directions or right/left directions, thereby providing a display of a length direction or a width direction to users and enabling the users to conveniently use the phone by keeping a predetermined inclination when sliding movement is ended. A lower part of a fixing block(400) is combined with an upper part of a main body(100). A flange unit(410) is installed in an upper part of the fixing block(400). A slider(300) is combined with a lower part of a slide body(200) and has a guide member of a length direction(310) formed in up/down directions and a guide member of a width direction(320) formed in right and left directions. A multi-way slide phone is slid in the up and down directions or the right and left directions according as the flange unit(410) comes in selective contact with the guide member of the length direction(310) or the guide member of the width direction(320).

Description

Multi-Directional Slide Phone {Slide Type Mobile Communication Terminal of Multi Direction Sliding}

1 shows a conventional slide phone,

  (a) is a rear view, (b) is a side view.

2 is an exploded perspective view of a multi-directional slide phone according to the present invention.

3 is a side view of the multi-directional slide phone according to the present invention,

  (a) is a longitudinal side view,

  (b) is a horizontal side view.

4 is an operational state diagram of the multi-directional slide phone according to the present invention,

  (a) is for vertical sliding,

  (b) shows the case of sliding to the left and right, respectively.

5 is an embodiment of a slider of a multi-directional slide phone according to the present invention.

6 is a cross-sectional view of the slider shown in FIG.

  (a) is a cross sectional view taken along line X1-X1,

  (b) is sectional drawing about the Y-Y line.

7 is another embodiment of a slider according to the present invention;

  (a) is a slider capable of four-way sliding,

  (b) shows a slider capable of sliding in two directions;

  (c) shows the sliders capable of three-way sliding, respectively.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along line X2-X2 of FIG. 7A.

9 is another embodiment of a slider according to the present invention;

  (a) is a top view, (b) is sectional drawing about the X3-X3 line of FIG. 9A.

10 is a view showing the various operation modes according to the sliding state of the multi-directional slide phone according to the present invention,

  (a) shows a call mode, (b) shows a game mode, (c) shows an MP3 (music watching) mode, and (d) shows a movie watching mode.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

100 ... Main Body 110 ... Joystick

200 ... slide body 210 ... display means

220 ... sensor 300 ... slider

310 ... Longitudinal guide element 311, 321 ... Channel

320 ... horizontal guide member 315, 325 ... stopper

400 ... fixed block 410 ... flange part

420 ... elastic member

The present invention relates to a slide phone, and more particularly to a slide phone that can slide in the vertical and horizontal directions.

The function of the communication terminal is not limited to a call, but the function of the communication terminal is being expanded to the Internet, listening to music, watching a video, playing a game, and the like. In addition, in order to increase the portability of the communication terminal, the size of the terminal is gradually miniaturized.

As such, a folding mobile communication terminal is becoming popular to reduce the size of the terminal while increasing the size of the LCD screen, and a slide type communication terminal is also commercially available to satisfy various consumer needs.

In general, the slide type communication terminal includes a main part, a slide part, and a slide module which functions to open or close by being relatively slid by overlapping each other.

The slide module includes a guide fixed to one side of the main part or the slide part and a slider for reciprocating sliding along the guide, the slider being fastened to an opposite side of the one side to which the guide is fixed.

For example, when the guide is provided on the rear side of the slide part, the slider is coupled to one side of the front side of the main part in contact with the slide part.

1 shows a conventional slide type communication terminal.

As shown in FIG. 1, the conventional slide type communication terminal includes a slide part 20 having a display screen (not shown) on the front side and a main part 10 having the battery pack 11 coupled to the back side in parallel with each other. It is stacked and opened or closed by reciprocating slide motion. A guide slit 21 is formed on a rear surface of the slide part 20 and a guide (not shown) is provided to guide sliding therein. A slider for reciprocating sliding along the guide is provided with the slide part 20. Slid together.

However, such a conventional slide type communication terminal has a problem in that it does not provide a horizontal display for efficient performance of watching a video or playing a game.

In addition, the conventional slide type communication terminal has a problem in that it is inconvenient to use compared to the folding type communication terminal in that the slide is made on a plane.

Therefore, a type of opening and closing method different from the existing slide type has been required.

The present invention is to solve the conventional problems as described above, can implement the sliding in the vertical direction and the left and right, and to provide a slide phone that can effectively provide a horizontal display through the implementation of the multi-directional sliding The purpose.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide a slide phone to form a certain slope when the sliding is completed.

Furthermore, an object of the present invention is to implement a variety of modes, such as call, game, video viewing, music listening, it is an object of the present invention to provide a slide phone having an effective operation means for this.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention, in the slide phone having a main body and a slide body that slides on the main body, the lower side is coupled to the upper surface of the main body, the upper side is provided with a flange portion Fixed block; And a slider coupled to a lower surface of the slide body and having a vertical guide member formed in a vertical direction and a horizontal guide member formed in a left and right direction. It includes, and the flange portion accommodated in the slider provides a multi-directional slide phone characterized in that the slide in the vertical direction or left or right by selectively contacting the longitudinal guide member or the transverse guide member.

Preferably, the longitudinal guide member and the transverse guide member form a gentle downward curve so that the slider and the slide body fixed thereto slide in a curved manner to form a constant slope with respect to the main body when the slide is completed. .

In this case, the flange portion is formed in a rectangular shape, the longitudinal guide member and the horizontal guide member is preferably made of a channel in contact with the flange portion accommodated therein.

In addition, the flange portion may be provided with a compressible elastic member on the upper side when the slide in contact with the channel.

Preferably, the longitudinal guide member and the transverse guide member may include a stopper for limiting the transfer of the slider when the main body is completely closed or the slide is completed.

In the slider, the longitudinal guide member and the horizontal guide member slide in two directions in an L shape, slide in three directions in a T shape, or slide in four directions in a cross shape. .

Preferably, the slider is made of a plate, the longitudinal guide member and the horizontal guide member may be made of a channel-shaped guide groove formed in the plate.

Also, preferably, the main body may include a joystick on an upper surface thereof, and a direction operation for inputting various characters for communication or performing a game function may be performed by the joystick.

In addition, the multi-directional slide phone according to the present invention can provide a display in the horizontal or vertical direction according to the slide direction of the slide body.

In this case, the main body and the slide body is provided with a sensor for detecting the slide direction when the slide in the vertical or horizontal direction is completed, the horizontal or vertical display is preferably implemented by the detection of the sensor.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view of the multi-directional slide phone according to the present invention, Figures 3a and 3b is a side view of the multi-directional slide phone according to the invention, Figures 4a and 4b is an operating state diagram of the multi-directional slide phone according to the present invention. . In addition, Figure 5 is an embodiment of a slider of a multi-directional slide phone according to the present invention, Figures 6a and 6b is a cross-sectional view of the slider shown in Figure 5, Figures 7a to 7c is another embodiment of a slider according to the present invention 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along line X2-X2 of FIG. 7A, and FIGS. 9A and 9B are yet another embodiment of the slider according to the present invention. On the other hand, Figures 10a to 10d shows various operation modes according to the slide state of the multi-directional slide phone according to the present invention.

As shown in Figure 2, the multi-directional slide phone 1 according to the present invention, the lower side is coupled to the upper surface of the main body 100 and the fixing block 400 is provided with a flange portion 410 on the upper side, the slide It comprises a slider 300 coupled to the lower surface of the body 200 and having a vertical guide member 310 formed in the vertical direction and a horizontal guide member 320 formed in the left and right directions, the vertical guide member 310 is slid vertically in contact with the flange portion 410 accommodated in the slider 300 or the horizontal guide member 320 is slid left and right in contact with the flange portion 410 The slider 300 and the slide body 200 fixed thereto are selectively slid up, down, left, or right.

Sliding is made by the relative movement of the main body 100 and the slide body 200 and the relative position can be changed in consideration of the following specification and claims, the mounting of display means such as LCD in the following specification and claims Regardless of whether the body is mounted up or down, and whether the main parts are mounted, the fixed block 400 is mounted on the main body 100 and the slider 300 is mounted on the slide body 200. Let's do it. That is, when the fixing block 400 is mounted on the body (200 of FIG. 2) positioned on the upper side unlike that shown in FIG. 2, the body indicated by 200 of FIG. 2 will be the main body.

Various components for communication are mounted on the main body 100 and the slide body 200. For example, the main body 100 may be equipped with a microphone, a battery, a vibration motor, an antenna, and the like, and the slide body 200 may be equipped with display means such as a speaker and an LCD.

A flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) is connected between the main body 100 and the slide body 200 to transmit and receive power and data. Through holes 130 and 230 are formed in the main body 100 and the slide body 200 to mount the FPCB as shown in FIG. 2.

As shown in FIG. 2, in order to implement a sliding operation of the main body 100 and the slide body 200, a lower side thereof is coupled to an upper surface of the main body 100, and a flange portion is formed on an upper side thereof. 410 is provided with a fixed block 400, a slider coupled to the lower surface of the slide body 200, the vertical guide member 310 formed in the vertical direction and the horizontal guide member 320 formed in the left and right directions 300.

The fixed block 400 may be integrally formed with the main body 100, and the slider 300 may also be integrally formed with the slide body 200, but the fixed block 400 and the slider 300 may be integrated. ) Is preferably fabricated independently for ease of assembly and fabrication, and then assembled to the main body 100 and the slide body 200.

At this time, the fixed block 400 and the slider 300 is assembled first, the fixed block 400 is coupled to the main body 100 by a known fastening means such as a screw (S), The slider 300 is also coupled to the slide body 200 by a known fastening means such as a screw (S).

On the other hand, the recessed upper surface 120 of the main body 100 may be mounted with a variety of key buttons (B) and joystick 110 for input or selection, the side buttons 140 for volume control, etc. ) Can be installed. In addition, although not shown in the drawings, a camera for photographing may be installed on one side of the main body 100 or the slide body 200.

3 and 4, the longitudinal guide member 310 and the horizontal guide member 320 is the slide 300 and the slide body 200 fixed thereto slides in a curved manner. When it is completed, it is preferable to form a gentle curved shape downward to make a constant inclination with respect to the main body 100.

That is, as shown in FIGS. 3A and 4A, the longitudinal guide member 310 is guided along the curved surface by the flange portion 410 of FIG. 2 to be slid to form a constant angle with the main body 100. As shown in FIG. 4B, the horizontal guide member 320 is guided along the curved surface by the flange portion 410 to be slid to form a predetermined angle with the main body 100. At this time, the longitudinal guide member 310 and the horizontal guide member 320 is seated on the recessed upper surface 120 of the main body (100).

As such, when the sliding is completed, the angle formed by the main body 100 and the slide body 200 is determined according to the radius of curvature of the longitudinal guide member 310 and the horizontal guide member 320. That is, when the radius of curvature is small, the inclination angle is relatively larger than when the radius of curvature is large. This angle of inclination will vary depending on the design specifications.

As such, when the slide is completed, the main body 100 and the slide body 200 have a predetermined inclination, and thus, unlike the conventional slide phone, there is an advantage in that the slide phone 1 can be provided in accordance with the user's convenience.

Although FIG. 3A illustrates a case in which the sliding is made upwards, when the longitudinal guide member 310 moves in the opposite direction, the sliding is made downward. In the case of FIG. 3B, the sliding of the opposite side to the illustrated direction may be performed.

In addition, as shown in Figure 5, the longitudinal guide member 310 and the transverse guide member 320 is preferably connected to each other so as to receive and contact the flange portion 410 selectively. That is, the slider 300 is configured to slide in the vertical direction and the left and right directions by the flange portion 410 at the point where the vertical guide member 310 and the horizontal guide member 320 cross each other.

On the other hand, the flange portion 410 may have any surface shape, such as circular, but preferably has a rectangular surface shape so as to limit the movement of the slider 300 when the sliding is completed, as shown in FIG. . At this time, the longitudinal guide member 310 and the horizontal guide member 320 is made of a channel (311, 321) in contact with the flange portion 410 accommodated therein, as shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 6, the flange portion 410 is accommodated in the channels 311 and 321 to be in contact with the longitudinal guide member 310 or the horizontal guide member 320, whereby the slider 300 is provided. Slide up or down or left and right.

On the other hand, the flange portion 410 may be formed to have almost the same cross-sectional area as the channel (311, 321) to be in contact with the entire surface of the channel (311, 321), the longitudinal guide member 310 and the horizontal guide When the member 320 is formed to form a curved surface, it is preferable to have an elastic member 420 on the upper surface as shown in FIG.

Since the elastic member 420 is mounted in a compressible state in the channels 311 and 321, the elastic member 420 may function to easily slide the slider 300 in the curved guide members 310 and 320.

Preferably, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the longitudinal guide member 310 and the transverse guide member 320 are in a state in which the main body 100 is completely closed (a flange portion has a central portion of the guide member). Stoppers 315 and 325 for limiting the transfer of the slider 300 when the slide is completed) or when the slide is completed (when the flanges are positioned at both ends of the guide member).

That is, as shown in Figure 5 and 6b, by forming the stopper (315, 325) at the center and both ends of the guide member (310, 320) and the elastic member 420 (flange in case the elastic member is not provided) and By contacting, the slider 300 and the slide body 200 fixed thereto can maintain a constant position.

At this time, the elastic member 420 is compressed when the flange portion 410 passes through the stoppers (315,325) to perform the function of enabling the transfer of the slider (300).

In particular, as shown in FIG. 5, the stoppers 315 and 325 of the center portion determine the initial position of the flange portion 410 (the main body is completely closed), and through this positioning, the flange portion 400. ) Is selectively accommodated in the vertical guide member 310 and the horizontal guide member 320 in accordance with the slide direction applied from the user to implement the sliding operation in the vertical or horizontal direction.

As shown in FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, the stoppers 315 and 325 may be set to be positioned at the center of the elastic member 420. In this case, the stoppers 315 and 325 may be accommodated at the center of the elastic member 420. Grooves 421 are formed.

Meanwhile, as shown in FIGS. 5, 7, and 9, the slider 300 has grooves 317 and 327 open at one side thereof so that the flange 410 may be inserted. The flange 410 is inserted through the grooves 317 and 327 and mounted on the main body 100 and the slide body 200 while the slider 300 and the fixed block 400 are coupled to each other.

As shown in FIG. 7A, the slider 300 may be configured such that the vertical guide member 310 and the horizontal guide member 320 slide in four directions in a cross shape, and FIG. 7B. As shown in, the longitudinal guide member 310 and the horizontal guide member 320 may be formed in an L-shape to slide in two directions. In addition, as shown in Figure 7c, the longitudinal guide member 310 and the horizontal guide member 320 may be formed in a T-shape to slide in three directions.

In order to implement such a sliding operation, the guide members 310 and 320 may be configured by connecting two members having a channel-shaped cross section in a cross shape, as shown in FIG. 2, but the slider 300. To ensure the rigidity of the slider 300 may be made of a plate as shown in FIG. At this time, the longitudinal guide member 310 and the horizontal guide member 320 is made of a channel guide groove 312 formed in the plate, as shown in Figure 9b. As such, the slider 300 formed of a plate may be formed to implement sliding in various directions as shown in FIG. 7.

The number of such slide directions may be determined differently according to the number of modes to be implemented. For example, if the user wants to implement four modes for communication, gaming, watching video (or taking pictures), and listening to music, the four modes may be slid in four directions.

That is, as illustrated in FIGS. 10A to 10D, four different modes may be set for calling, playing games, listening to music, watching a video (or taking a picture), and the like.

At this time, the display means 210 such as an LCD may be set to provide a horizontal or vertical display according to the slide direction of the slide body 200. For example, it may be set to implement a vertical display in a communication or music listening mode, and a horizontal display in a video viewing (or photographing) or a game mode. At this time, the upper part of the main body 100 has the advantage that it is possible to set various key buttons (B) most suitable for each mode.

In addition, the screen configuration of the display means 210 can be configured to suit each mode. That is, different screens may be configured according to each mode, as shown as an example in FIGS. 10A to 10D.

In the present invention, the sliding direction is described as being different according to each mode to implement the display in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction. However, as long as sliding in the horizontal and vertical two directions is implemented as shown in FIG. It may be configured to be made by selection. For example, in the case of sliding in the left direction to perform a video viewing and game mode, and a horizontal display is performed, the user can select a video viewing, taking a picture, or selecting a game mode. The screen may be configured to be set according to the mode by selecting the mode.

In order to distinguish between these modes, as shown in FIG. 10, the main body 100 and the slide body 200 complete the respective slides of the sensor 220 that detects the slide direction when the slide is completed in the vertical direction. It may be provided at a position, the horizontal or vertical display can be set to be implemented by the detection of the sensor 220 as known.

As the sensor 220, a known contact or non-contact sensor may be used, and as an example, a Hall sensor may be used. When the Hall sensor is used as described above, the magnetic body may be mounted on the slide body 200, and the sensing means for detecting the magnetic force by the magnetic body may be mounted on the main body 100.

As described above, the present invention can implement sliding in up, down, left and right directions, and implements a display in a horizontal or vertical direction according to the slide direction, so that an appropriate display for each mode can be set.

Meanwhile, in order to allow a user to efficiently play a game in a game mode, as shown in FIGS. 10A and 10B, the main body 100 may include a joystick 110 on an upper surface thereof and the joystick 110. It may be provided with a four-way direction key 111 to perform a function similar to the function of. The joystick 110 may be used as an input key for inputting numbers or letters in a call mode as illustrated in FIG. 10A. For input of numbers or characters, an input mode such as English / Korean / special characters / numbers can be selected by using the key button B on the left side of the joystick 110 of FIG. Characters displayed at 210 may be entered.

The above-described key button (B) and the joystick 110 is preferably provided on the edge side of the upper surface of the main body 100 so as not to interfere with the slide body 200, according to the pressing of the joystick 110 The joystick 110 may be configured to be received below the main body 100 or protrude outward to avoid interference with the slide body 200. In the case of selectively protruding as described above, the height of the joystick 110 may be large enough to allow the user to conveniently operate the joystick 110.

If the joystick 110 is applied to the slide phone of the present invention, the user can conveniently enter letters / numbers, and in particular, if the joystick 110 is used in a game, the user will be able to enjoy a more realistic game. .

According to the present invention as described above, it is possible to implement the sliding in the vertical direction and the left and right directions, it is possible to obtain the effect of providing a display in the horizontal and vertical direction through the implementation of the multi-directional sliding.

In addition, when the sliding is completed by a certain inclination can be obtained by the user can use conveniently.

Furthermore, it is possible to obtain an effect that efficient implementation of various modes, such as a call, a game, a video, a music, and the like, can be achieved through efficient operation means such as a joystick.

While the invention has been shown and described with respect to specific embodiments thereof, those skilled in the art can variously modify the invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the claims below. And that it can be changed. Nevertheless, it will be clearly understood that all such modifications and variations are included within the scope of the present invention.

Particularly, in the following claims, the fixed body 400 is mounted on the main body 100 regardless of whether the display means such as an LCD is mounted, the upper and lower positions of the body, and whether the main parts are mounted. Again, it will be clear that the portion on which the 300 is mounted is the slide body 200.

Claims (13)

A slide phone having a main body and a slide body that slides on the main body, A fixed block having a lower side coupled to an upper surface of the main body and having a flange portion at an upper side thereof; And A slider coupled to a lower surface of the slide body and having a vertical guide member formed in a vertical direction and a horizontal guide member formed in a left and right direction; Including; And the flange portion accommodated in the slider slides vertically or horizontally by selectively contacting the longitudinal guide member or the horizontal guide member. The method of claim 1, The longitudinal guide member and the horizontal guide member are characterized in that the slider and the slide body fixed thereto are curved to form a gentle curved shape downward so as to form a constant slope with respect to the main body when the slide is completed. Multi-directional slide phone. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The flange portion has a rectangular shape, The longitudinal guide member and the transverse guide member is a multi-directional slide phone, characterized in that consisting of a channel in contact with the flange portion received therein. The method of claim 3, And the flange portion has an elastic member that is compressible when the flange portion slides in contact with the channel. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The longitudinal guide member and the horizontal guide member is a multi-directional slide phone characterized in that it comprises a stopper for limiting the transfer of the slider when the main body is completely closed or the slide is completed. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The slider is a multi-directional slide phone, characterized in that the longitudinal guide member and the horizontal guide member slides in two directions to form an L-shape. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The slider is a multi-directional slide phone, characterized in that the longitudinal guide member and the horizontal guide member slides in three directions to form a T-shape. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The slider is a multi-directional slide phone, characterized in that the longitudinal guide member and the horizontal guide member slides in four directions to form a cross shape (十). The method according to claim 1 or 2, The slider is made of a plate, The longitudinal guide member and the horizontal guide member is a multi-directional slide phone, characterized in that consisting of a guide groove of the channel shape formed in the plate. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The main body is a multi-directional slide phone, characterized in that it has a joystick on the upper surface. The method of claim 10, Directional manipulation for inputting various characters for communication or performing game functions is performed by the joystick. The method according to claim 1 or 2, Multi-directional slide phone, characterized in that to provide a horizontal or vertical display according to the slide direction of the slide body. The method of claim 12, The main body and the slide body is provided with a sensor for detecting the slide direction when the slide in the vertical or horizontal direction completed, The horizontal or vertical display is a multi-directional slide phone, characterized in that implemented by the detection of the sensor.

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