KR200330187Y1 - Mobile communication device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a portable mobile communication device. A portable mobile communication device of the present invention includes a main body; A cover which is hinged to the main body so as to be folded and unfolded; A liquid crystal display device which is installed in the cover so as to be rotatable between a vertical position in the longitudinal direction with respect to the main body and a horizontal position in the transverse direction with respect to the main body; And a driving driver for driving the liquid crystal display device to change the orientation of the screen corresponding to the position of the liquid crystal display device so that the liquid crystal display device can display the screen in the same direction regardless of the vertical position and the horizontal position. According to the present invention, the liquid crystal display device can be rotated to a horizontal position or a vertical position as necessary, so that data such as images and characters having a large ratio in the horizontal direction with respect to the vertical direction can be displayed. In particular, by displaying the screen with a large ratio of the horizontal direction has the effect of providing familiarity and comfort to the user.

Description

Portable Mobile Communication Device {MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE}

The present invention relates to a portable mobile communication device, and more particularly, it is possible to rotate a liquid crystal display device in a horizontal position or a vertical position, if necessary, a portable device capable of displaying a screen having a large ratio in the horizontal direction relative to the vertical direction. A mobile communication device.

Recently, according to the trend of miniaturization of portable mobile communication devices, many folding type portable mobile communication devices have been developed. One example is a folder type mobile phone. The mobile telephone is composed of a main body and a cover hinged to the main body so as to be foldable. In particular, the cover is provided with a liquid crystal display device for displaying various data. Such a folder type portable mobile communication device is configured to be used in a state where the main body and the cover are open, and to be stored in a state where the main body and the cover are folded in half.

On the other hand, in the conventional portable mobile communication device, the liquid crystal display device is configured such that the length in the vertical direction is longer than the length in the horizontal direction. Therefore, there is a disadvantage in that it is inconvenient for a user who is accustomed to a display device having a longer horizontal length than a vertical length such as a television or a computer monitor.

In addition, the liquid crystal display device having a long length in the vertical direction is also unsuitable for displaying image data of a multimedia communication service, which has recently increased. That is, the image data of a multimedia communication service such as a television, a movie, or the like is displayed with a larger aspect ratio than the vertical direction. Therefore, there is a problem in the conventional liquid crystal display device having a long length in the vertical direction, which is unsuitable for displaying image data having a large ratio in the horizontal direction. Of course, although image data can be displayed, there is a problem that the screen becomes very small in this case.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a portable mobile communication device capable of displaying image data having a large ratio in the horizontal direction with respect to the vertical direction.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a portable mobile communication device capable of providing familiarity and comfort to a user by displaying an image, text data, etc. longer in the horizontal direction than in the vertical direction.

1 is an exploded perspective view showing the configuration of a portable mobile communication device according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a side view illustrating a coupling state of FIG. 1;

3 is a front view showing the coupling state of FIG.

Figure 4 is an exploded perspective view showing a modification of the electrical connection means constituting the present invention.

♣ Explanation of symbols for main part of drawing ♣

10: main body 12: drive driver

14: key button 20: cover

22: auxiliary liquid crystal display device 24: axis

26: elastic piece 26a: locking projections

30: liquid crystal display device 32: case

32a: shaft hole 34: liquid crystal panel

40: first position fixing groove 42: second position fixing groove

44: stopper 46: spring

50: flexible cable 52: brush mechanism

52a: Copper Terminal 52b: Connection Terminal

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention and the main body; A cover which is hinged to the main body so as to be folded and unfolded; A liquid crystal display device installed on the cover to rotate in a vertical position with respect to the main body and a horizontal position with respect to the main body; And a driving driver to drive the liquid crystal display device, and to change the orientation of the screen corresponding to the position of the liquid crystal display device so that the liquid crystal display device can display the screen in the same direction regardless of the vertical position and the horizontal position. .

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of a portable mobile communication device according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is an exploded perspective view showing the configuration of a portable mobile communication device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view showing a coupling state of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a front view showing a coupling state of FIG. 1. In describing the portable mobile communication device of the present invention, a mobile phone will be described as an example.

First, as shown in FIG. 1, the portable mobile communication device of the present invention has a main body 10. The main body 10 includes a driver 12, a controller (not shown), and the like, and a plurality of key buttons 14 for inputting a key signal are arranged on the outer surface thereof.

The portable mobile communication device of the present invention has a cover 20 hinged to the main body 10 and a liquid crystal display device 30 rotatably assembled to the cover 20.

As the cover 20 is hinged to the main body 10, the cover 20 is configured to be folded or unfolded from the main body 10, and an auxiliary liquid crystal display device 22 is installed at an outer side thereof. The auxiliary liquid crystal display device 22 is configured to check data even when the cover 20 is folded on the main body 10, and displays contents which need to be checked at any time, such as time. Here, the auxiliary liquid crystal display device 22 is driven by the drive driver 12 built in the main body 10.

And the shaft 24 is formed in the inner surface of the cover 20. The shaft 24 is composed of a pair of elastic pieces 26 having a locking projection 26a, and serves to rotatably support the liquid crystal display device 30.

On the other hand, the liquid crystal display device 30 includes a case 32 and a rectangular liquid crystal panel 34 provided on the front surface of the case 32. The case 32 has a shaft hole 32a into which the shaft 24 of the cover 20 can be fitted. The shaft hole 32 is engaged with the shaft 24 of the cover 20 to assemble the case 32 to the cover 20, and the case 32 is centered on the shaft 24 of the cover 20. To rotate. Here, the shaft hole 32a is configured to be caught by the engaging projection 26a formed in the shaft 24 as shown in FIG. 2 to prevent the shaft 24 from being separated.

The case 32 of this configuration can be rotated about the axis 24 of the cover 20 in the assembled state to the cover 20, so as shown in Figure 3 in the longitudinal direction relative to the main body 10 Rotate to position "A" (hereinafter abbreviated as "vertical position") or to the horizontal position ("B") (hereinafter abbreviated as "horizontal position") relative to the body 10. This is possible.

On the other hand, the case 32 is configured to be fixed in the vertical position ("A") or the horizontal position ("B"), so the present invention is to move the case 32 in the vertical position ("A") or horizontal position ("B" Position fixing means to be fixed at ")".

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the position fixing means includes first and second position fixing grooves 40 and 42 formed at an angle of 90 ° with respect to each other on a concentric circle centered on the shaft hole 32a. , The stopper 44 installed on the cover 20 to be fitted into the first position fixing groove 40 or the second position fixing groove 42, and the stopper 44 to elastically press the stopper 44 to the case 32. It is composed of a spring 46 is installed between the 44 and the cover (20).

Next, referring to the liquid crystal panel 34, the liquid crystal panel 34 displays data such as an image, a character, and the like. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the vertical position (“A”) or the horizontal direction together with the case 32 is illustrated. Rotate to position "B". In particular, the liquid crystal panel 34 has a length in the vertical direction longer than the length in the vertical position ("A"), and in the horizontal position ("B") the length in the horizontal direction compared to the length in the vertical direction ("B") And arranged to be long.

The liquid crystal panel 34 is suitable for displaying data such as a character in the vertical position ("A"), and is suitable for displaying image data such as a television, a movie, etc. in the horizontal position ("B"). In particular, in the vertical position ("A"), it is suitable for using a telephone with many characters, and in the horizontal position ("B"), it is suitable for using the Internet with many images.

On the other hand, the liquid crystal panel 34 of such a configuration is driven by the drive driver 12 embedded in the main body 10, it is connected to the drive driver 12 by electrical connection means.

The electrical connection means is composed of a flexible cable 50 as shown in FIG. 1 or as shown in FIG. 4, a brush mechanism 52, that is, a copper plate terminal installed around the shaft 24 of the cover 20 52a and a connecting terminal 52b provided around the shaft hole 32a of the case 32 so as to be connected to the copper plate terminal 52a. Here, the copper plate terminal 52a is connected to the driving driver 12 of the main body 10, and the connection terminal 52b is of course connected to the liquid crystal panel 34.

On the other hand, the driver 12 for driving the liquid crystal panel 34 is configured to change the direction of the screen according to the position of the liquid crystal panel 34. That is, when the liquid crystal panel 34 is rotated from the vertical position ("A") to the horizontal position ("B") as shown in FIG. 3, the direction of the screen is also changed correspondingly, and the liquid crystal panel 34 is also changed. Is rotated from the horizontal position " B " to the vertical position " A ".

Here, the driving driver 12 is configured to change the direction of the screen by the position sensing means for sensing the position of the liquid crystal panel 34, the position sensing means is the position of the liquid crystal panel 34 as shown in FIG. It consists of a detection switch 60 is installed in the cover 20 to detect the. The sensing switch 60 detects the position of the liquid crystal panel 34 and inputs the sensed signal to the driving driver 12.

Next, look at with reference to Figures 2 and 3 how to use the present invention having such a configuration. First, referring to the case where the portable mobile communication device of the present invention is used only as a telephone, the cover 20 and the liquid crystal display device 30 folded on the main body 10 are unfolded. At this time, the liquid crystal display device 30 is disposed in the vertical position ("A") with respect to the main body 10.

When the cover 20 and the liquid crystal display device 30 are completely extended from the main body 10, the key button 14 of the main body 10 is pressed to enter a telephone number or the letters or the like through the key button 14 is pressed. Enter and send. In this state, the liquid crystal display device 30 in the vertical position ("A") displays the characters to be transmitted or received.

On the other hand, looking at the case of using the portable mobile communication device of the present invention, the cover 20 and the liquid crystal display device 30 folded in the main body 10 is unfolded. At this time, the liquid crystal display device 30 is of course disposed in the vertical position ("A") with respect to the main body 10.

When the cover 20 and the liquid crystal display device 30 are fully extended from the main body 10, the liquid crystal display device 30 is rotated to move the position from the vertical position ("A") to the horizontal position ("B"). Place it. When the rotation is completed, the key button 14 of the main body 10 is pressed to connect to the Internet. In this state, the liquid crystal display device 30 arranged at the horizontal position "B" displays the various image data received in the horizontal direction.

In the above described a preferred embodiment of the present invention by way of example, the scope of the present invention is not limited only to this specific embodiment, it can be appropriately changed within the scope described in the utility model registration claims.

As described above, the portable mobile communication device according to the present invention is configured to rotate the liquid crystal display device to the horizontal position or the vertical position, if necessary, so that data such as images, characters, etc. having a large ratio in the horizontal direction with respect to the vertical direction can be obtained. Can be displayed. In particular, by displaying the screen with a large ratio of the horizontal direction has the effect of providing familiarity and comfort to the user.

Claims (3)

A main body; A cover which is hinged to the main body so as to be folded and unfolded; A liquid crystal display device installed on the cover to rotate in a vertical position with respect to the main body and a horizontal position with respect to the main body; And a driving driver for driving the liquid crystal display device and converting the screen direction corresponding to the position of the liquid crystal display device so that the liquid crystal display device can display the screen in the same direction regardless of the vertical position and the horizontal position. Portable mobile communication device. According to claim 1, further comprising position fixing means for fixing the liquid crystal display device in the vertical position and the horizontal position, The position fixing means includes first and second position fixing grooves formed in the liquid crystal display device to be arranged at an angle of 90 ° with respect to each other on a concentric circle serving as the rotation center of the liquid crystal display device, and the first position fixing groove. And a stopper installed on the cover to be inserted into and coupled to one of the second position fixing grooves, and a spring installed on the cover to elastically press the stopper to the case. The liquid crystal display of claim 1, wherein the length of the vertical direction is longer than the length of the horizontal direction in the vertical position, and the length of the horizontal direction is longer than the length of the vertical direction in the horizontal position. Portable mobile communication device, characterized in that.