KR101212132B1 - Protecting case for mobile electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A portable electronic device shield case is provided to improve the availability of the screen of a portable electronic device. CONSTITUTION: A portable electronic device shield case comprises a case body(110), a case cover(120), and a connector(130). The case body is formed in a shape corresponding to the case body and can mount a portable electronic device. The case cover is formed to be folded and to cover the front of the electronic device. The case body can be mounted while a part of the portable electronic device is opened. The case cover is formed to cover a part of the portable electronic device.

Description

Protective case for Mobile electronic device

The present invention relates to a protective case for a portable electronic device, and more particularly, to a protective case for a portable electronic device having a display unit interoperable with the portable electronic device in a protective case to improve screen utilization and user convenience of the portable electronic device.

A portable electronic device refers to an electronic device that is made compact and lightweight so that it can be used on the move. Such a portable electronic device may include various kinds of electronic devices such as a PDA (personal digital assistant), a tablet PC, an MP3 player, and a smart phone, and each of the portable electronic devices may be manufactured in various forms according to their use, .

On the other hand, such a portable electronic device has an advantage that it can be easily carried by gripping with a hand or inserted into a pocket or the like, but it is disadvantageous that the whole or a part of the portable electronic device falls down due to carelessness or unexpected unexpected situation Have. Therefore, in order to prevent this, a protective case of a portable electronic device has been manufactured and used.

The protective case of the portable electronic device may be formed in the form of a pouch or protective skin that surrounds the outer surface of the portable electronic device, and is mounted on the portable electronic device to prevent an impact applied to the portable electronic device from the outside. Relax To this end, the protective case may be made of various materials, such as soft or hard, and may be formed in various shapes depending on the shape and size of each portable electronic device so as to be closely attached to the outside of the portable electronic device. Specifically, Korean Utility Model Registration No. 20-0452677 discloses a portable terminal case which can protect a portable communication terminal and which can be easily detached from the portable communication terminal.

The background art described above is technical information possessed by the inventors for the derivation of the present invention or acquired during the derivation process of the present invention, and is not necessarily a publicly known technique disclosed to the general public before the application of the present invention.

Republic of Korea Utility Model Registration No. 20-0452677, 2011.3.14, Drawing 1

An object of the present invention is to provide a portable electronic device protective case with improved screen utilization and user convenience of the portable electronic device.

The present invention relates to a portable electronic device, A case cover connected to the case body and formed to cover the mobile electronic device mounted on the case body; And a case display unit formed on one surface of the case cover and configured to perform data communication with the portable electronic device to display an image transmitted from the portable electronic device. The case display unit includes the portable electronic device and data. Provided with a communication module that can perform communication, and provides a portable electronic device protection case for transmitting and receiving data using the short-range wireless communication with the portable electronic device.

The short range wireless communication may include one or more of RFID, Near Field Communication (NFC), Bluetooth, Zigbee, and Wi-Fi.

The case cover may be foldably coupled to the case body.

The portable electronic device may have a display unit.

The same or different screen may be displayed on the display unit and the case display unit of the electronic device.

The display unit of the electronic device and the case display unit may be interlocked to display one screen.

The case display unit includes a liquid crystal display device, a plasma display apparatus, a field emission display device, a vacuum fluorescent display device, and an organic light emitting device. light emitting devices, inorganic light emitting devices, and electrophoretic devices.

The case body may include a rear portion to which the portable electronic device is closely coupled; And a side portion bent from the rear portion to fix the portable electronic device.

The case display unit may be formed on a surface of the case cover facing the front part of the portable electronic device when the case cover covers the portable electronic device.

When the case cover covers the portable electronic device, the case display unit may be formed on an opposite surface of the case cover to face the front surface of the portable electronic device.

The case body may be mounted to open a portion of the portable electronic device, and the case cover may be formed to cover a portion of the portable electronic device to be opened.

The portable electronic device may be a portable mobile communication terminal having a display unit, and part of the portable electronic device may be a display unit.

According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain an effect of improving the screen utilization and user convenience of the portable electronic device.

1 is a perspective view illustrating a protective case for a portable electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a perspective view illustrating a state in which the portable electronic device protective case and the portable electronic device of FIG. 1 are combined;
3 is a perspective view illustrating a protective case for a portable electronic device according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The following detailed description of the invention refers to the accompanying drawings that show, by way of illustration, specific embodiments in which the invention may be practiced. These embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the invention. It should be understood that the various embodiments of the present invention are different, but need not be mutually exclusive. For example, certain shapes, structures, and characteristics described herein may be implemented with changes from one embodiment to another without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. In addition, it is to be understood that the location or arrangement of individual components within each embodiment may be changed without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Therefore, the following detailed description is not to be taken in a limiting sense, and the scope of the present invention should be construed as encompassing the scope of the appended claims and all equivalents thereof. In the drawings, like reference numbers designate the same or similar components throughout the several views.

Hereinafter, various embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily implement the present invention.

1 is a perspective view illustrating a portable electronic device protection case according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating a combination of the portable electronic device protection case and the portable electronic device of FIG. 1.

The term 'portable electronic device' in this specification refers to a mobile electronic device that can be used while being moved by using a solar battery, a battery, or an auxiliary battery, and is made compact so that it can be easily carried. Such a portable electronic device may include, for example, a mobile terminal such as a PDA, a tablet PC, a smart phone or a mobile phone, an MP3 player, a portable game machine, a notebook, and the like. That is, "mobile electronic device" is meant to include a mobile mobile communication terminal having a display unit, "mobile mobile communication terminal" includes a mobile phone such as a smartphone.

In addition, the 'front' of the 'mobile electronic device' refers to a portion, that is, a front portion where an operation button or a display screen is installed, which is installed for the user to operate the mobile electronic device. For example, a smartphone corresponding to the display unit The touch screen installation site of the back.

Referring to FIG. 1, a portable electronic device protection case 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a case body 110, a case cover 120, and a connection unit 130. In this case, the case body 110 may be formed in a shape corresponding to the shape of the portable electronic device (see 300 in FIG. 2) to mount the portable electronic device (see 300 in FIG. 2), and the case cover 120 may include a case. It is formed to be collapsible with the main body 110 to cover and protect the front part of the portable electronic device (see 300 of FIG. 2) mounted on the case main body 110, or to open it to facilitate use. The case body 110 may be formed to be mounted in a state where a portion of the portable electronic device is opened, and the case cover 120 may be formed to cover a portion of the portable electronic device that is opened. For example, the portable electronic device may be a portable mobile communication terminal having a display unit, and part of the portable electronic device may be a display unit.

1 and 2, each component of the portable electronic device protection case 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail.

The case body 110 may be formed in a shape corresponding to the shape of the portable electronic device 300 as described above. For example, the case body 110 may be formed in a bar shape as shown in FIG. 2. In this case, the portable electronic device 300 may include an electronic device display 311, an operation button 312, and a receiver 313 on the front part 310, and operate in conjunction with the rear part (not shown). A camera (not shown) may be mounted. In addition, a microphone (not shown), a connector (not shown), a speaker (not shown), and the like may be formed on the side portion 320 of the portable electronic device 300. At this time, the electronic device display unit 311 may include a touch screen, and may function as an operation unit for operating the portable electronic device 300. The shape of the bar-shaped portable electronic device 300 is merely an example, and the shape of the portable electronic device 300 and the case body 110 is not limited to this, have.

The case body 110 is in close contact with the rear of the portable electronic device 300 to support the portable electronic device 300 and to open the camera hole 111a at a position overlapping with a camera (not shown) of the portable electronic device 300. The portable electronic device 300 may be easily mounted, including side portions 112a, 112b, and 112c formed by being bent from the formed rear part 111 and the rear part 111 to fix the portable electronic device 300. The side parts 112a, 112b and 112c may be appropriately formed at various different points in consideration of ease of manufacture and mounting state of the portable electronic device 300. The end of the side portion 112a may extend in a state inclined toward the portable electronic device to be mounted, and may prevent the portable electronic device 300 to be mounted from being separated.

The user can recognize the display screen of the electronic device display unit 311 of the portable electronic device 300 or touch the display screen of the electronic device display unit 311 of the portable electronic device 300 because the case body 110 is in close contact with only a part of the rear surface portion and the side surface portion of the portable electronic device 300. [ So that the portable electronic device 300 can be easily operated.

One side of each of the rear part 111 and the side part 112 of the case body 110 is formed with openings 113 of various shapes. Opening 113 is formed in a variety of circular, rectangular or other unstructured shape, the charging port of the portable electronic device 300 mounted on the case body 110, jack for data communication, or other operation switch to the outside Expose

The case cover 120 is formed to have a width at least equal to that of the case body 110 to cover the front portion of the portable electronic device 300. The case cover 120 is foldably connected to the case body 110 by a connection part 130 and tightly contacts with the portable electronic device 300 to completely close the front face of the portable electronic device 300 when folded. Therefore, the portable electronic device 300 can be effectively protected with the case cover 120 closed. The connecting portion 130 and the case cover 120 may be integrally formed and joined to the case body 110. A separate connecting portion 130 may be joined to the case cover 120 and the case body 110, Or may be formed so as to connect each other.

The case cover 120 and the case body 110 may include hard or soft inner materials such as natural and synthetic rubber such as plastic or metal and inner and outer surfaces may be closed with natural or artificial leather or fabric , And polyurethane, and can be smoothly formed.

Here, the portable electronic device protective case 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that the case cover 120 is provided with a case display unit 121. In particular, in the present exemplary embodiment, when the case cover 120 is folded to cover the front portion of the portable electronic device 300, the front cover 310 of the portable electronic device 300 is disposed on the case cover 120. The case display unit 121 is formed on a surface facing the side.

Hereinafter, this will be described in detail.

In detail, with the advent of portable electronic devices such as smart phones, tasks that can be performed using portable electronic devices are rapidly increasing. That is, in addition to making phone calls or sending and receiving messages, various tasks such as watching videos, searching the Internet, checking e-mails, and executing various applications are performed using a portable electronic device. By the way, the size of the portable electronic device itself is limited to the size of the user can carry, and therefore, the size of the electronic display unit 311 is limited to a certain degree (most recently up to about 5 inches) or less. Therefore, even though the portable electronic device supports the multi-tasking function, there is a problem that it is not easy to actually perform the multi-tasking because it is limited by the size of the electronic display unit 311. Existed. For example, when checking an e-mail while watching a video, conventionally, it is not easy to divide a limited electronic device display 311 and display two work windows on the electronic device display 311 at the same time. Even if two work windows are displayed at the same time, there has been a problem that it is not easy for the user to identify them.

In addition, as the capacity of data that can be processed by the portable electronic device increases and the data communication speed that can exchange data using the portable electronic device increases, the size and resolution of a video that can be viewed through the portable electronic device also increases dramatically. Is increasing. However, in watching such a large-capacity, high-resolution video, the size of the portable electronic device itself is limited to a size that can be carried by the user, so that there is a limit to watching a large-capacity, high-resolution video on a small screen. Was present.

In order to solve such a problem, the portable electronic device protective case 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided with a case display unit 121 that operates in conjunction with the portable electronic device 300 in the case cover 120. In this case, the dual (or more) monitor function may be implemented.

To this end, the case display unit 121 may be provided with a communication module (not shown) capable of performing data communication in conjunction with the portable electronic device 300. 2 illustrates that the case display unit 121 and the portable electronic device 300 of the portable electronic device protection case 100 are connected by using short-range wireless communication. Short-range wireless communication refers to a communication for exchanging information between various information processing devices in close proximity by using radio waves as a transmission medium of information. Up to now, short-range communication has been wired communication connected as a communication line between communication devices. However, due to the advantages of wireless, such as mobility, ease of installation and expansion, wireless is replacing the place of wired communication even in the near distance, even today.

Here, the present invention is a communication module (not shown) of the portable electronic device protection case 100 and the communication between the mobile electronic device 300 is RFID, NFC (Near Field Communication), Bluetooth (bluetooth), Zigbee (Zigbee), Wi-Fi It may be performed by short-range wireless communication such as (Wi-Fi). In the present specification, detailed description of each of the above-mentioned short range wireless communication will be omitted.

As described above, data communication between the communication module (not shown) of the portable electronic device protection case 100 and the portable electronic device 300 is performed using various short range wireless communication, thereby real-time data transmitted from the portable electronic device 300. By receiving from the portable electronic device protection case 100 is to be displayed on the case display unit 121.

Here, the same screen may be displayed on the electronic device display 311 and the case display unit 121.

Alternatively, different operations may be performed on the electronic device display 311 and the case display unit 121 to display different screens. For example, a video playback application is executed on the electronic device display 311 to play a video, and at the same time, an email transmission / reception application is executed on the case display 121 to check or write an email.

Alternatively, two display units of the electronic device display unit 311 and the case display unit 121 may be integrated and used as one display unit. That is, the left part of the specific screen is displayed on the case display unit 121, and the right part is displayed on the electronic device display unit 311 so that the case display unit 121 and the electronic device display unit 311 are integrated. It can also make a big screen.

In this case, the case display unit 121 may include various flat panel display devices capable of realizing an image, and the flat panel display device may include a liquid crystal display device and a plasma display apparatus. ), Field emission display device, vacuum fluorescent display device, organic light emitting device, organic light emitting device, electrophoretic device And the like.

This will be described in more detail as follows.

In general, flat panel display apparatuses can be broadly classified into a light emitting type and a light receiving type. The light emitting type includes a flat cathode ray tube, a plasma display panel, an electroluminescent device, a light emitting diode, and the like. As a light receiving type, a liquid crystal display is mentioned. Among them, the electroluminescent device has attracted attention as a next-generation display device because of its advantages of having a wide viewing angle, excellent contrast, and fast response speed. The electroluminescent device is classified into an inorganic electroluminescent device and an organic electroluminescent device according to a material forming the light emitting layer.

Among them, the organic electroluminescent device is a self-luminous display that electrically emits fluorescent organic compounds to emit light, and can be driven at a low voltage, is easy to thin, and has a wide viewing angle and a fast response speed. It is attracting attention as the next generation display that can solve the problem pointed out. The organic EL device includes a light emitting layer made of an organic material between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode. In the organic electroluminescent device, as the anode and cathode voltages are applied to these electrodes, holes injected from the anode are moved to the light emitting layer via the hole transport layer, and electrons are transferred from the cathode electrode to the light emitting layer via the electron transport layer. The electrons and holes recombine in the emission layer to generate excitons. As the excitons change from the excited state to the ground state, the fluorescent molecules in the light emitting layer emit light to form an image. In the case of a full color organic electroluminescent device, a full color is realized by providing a pixel emitting three colors of red (R), green (G), and blue (B).

As such, various flat panel display devices capable of realizing an image on the case display unit 121 are applied to implement a display device on the portable electronic device protection case 100 without a large increase in thickness. The effect of implementing the function will be obtained.

3 is a perspective view illustrating a protective case for a portable electronic device according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the portable electronic device protection case 200 according to another embodiment of the present invention includes a case body 210, a case cover 220, and a connection unit 230. In this case, the case body 210 may be formed in a shape corresponding to the shape of the portable electronic device (see 300 of FIG. 2) to mount the portable electronic device (see 300 of FIG. 2), and the case cover 220 may include a case. It is formed to be foldable with the main body 210 to protect the front portion of the portable electronic device (see 300 in FIG. 2) mounted on the case main body 210, or can be easily opened by using it.

Here, the portable electronic device protective case 200 according to another embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that the case cover 220 includes a case display unit 221. In particular, the present embodiment is compared with the above-described embodiment, when the case cover 220 is folded and the case cover 220 covers the front part of the portable electronic device (see 300 in FIG. 2), in the case cover 220 The case display unit 221 is formed on an opposite surface of the portable electronic device (see 300 of FIG. 2) facing the front surface (see 310 of FIG. 2), that is, an outer surface of the case cover 220. do.

In this case, even when the case cover 220 is not opened, the case display unit 221 may be used to view an image displayed on the portable electronic device 300, thereby significantly improving the usability of the portable electronic device 300 while moving. The effect can be obtained. The description of the side parts 212a and 212b is the same as the side parts 112a and 112b described in the embodiment of the present invention.

In the present specification, the present invention has been described with reference to limited embodiments, but various embodiments are possible within the scope of the present invention. In addition, although not described, equivalent means will also be referred to as incorporated in the present invention. Therefore, the true scope of the present invention will be defined by the claims below.

100, 200: Mobile electronic device protective case
110, 210: case body
120, 220: case cover
121, 221: case display unit
130, 230: connection

Claims (12)

A case body on which the portable electronic device is mounted;
A case cover connected to the case body and formed to cover the mobile electronic device mounted on the case body; And
A case display unit formed on one surface of the case cover and performing data communication with the portable electronic device to display an image transmitted from the portable electronic device;
The case display unit includes a communication module for performing data communication with the portable electronic device, the portable electronic device protective case for transmitting and receiving data using the short-range wireless communication with the portable electronic device. The method of claim 1,
The short range wireless communication may include at least one of RFID, Near Field Communication (NFC), Bluetooth, Zigbee, and Wi-Fi. The method of claim 1,
The case cover is a portable electronic device protective case that is foldably coupled to the case body. The method of claim 1,
The portable electronic device is a portable electronic device protective case having a display. The method of claim 4, wherein
Portable electronic device protective case that the same or different screen is displayed on the display unit and the case display unit of the electronic device. The method of claim 4, wherein
And a display unit of the electronic device and the case display unit interlock with each other to display a single screen. The method of claim 1,
The case display unit includes a liquid crystal display device, a plasma display apparatus, a field emission display device, a vacuum fluorescent display device, and an organic light emitting device. A portable electronic device protective case comprising at least one of an emitting device, an inorganic light emitting device, and an electrophoretic device. The method of claim 1,
The case body,
A back portion to which the portable electronic device is closely coupled; And
A portable electronic device protective case comprising a side portion bent from the rear portion to secure the portable electronic device. The method of claim 1,
The case display unit,
And a case cover covering the portable electronic device, wherein the case cover is formed on a surface of the case cover facing the front portion of the portable electronic device. The method of claim 1,
The case display unit,
And a case cover covering the portable electronic device, wherein the case cover is formed on an opposite side of the surface of the case cover facing the front surface of the portable electronic device. 11. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 10,
The case body is mounted with a portion of the portable electronic device open, the case cover is a portable electronic device protective case formed to cover a portion of the opening of the portable electronic device. The method of claim 11,
The portable electronic device is a portable mobile communication terminal having a display unit, and a portion of the portable electronic device that is open is a display unit portable electronic device protection case.

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