KR200429006Y1 - Folder type mobile communication terminal having the function of length type display - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal having a structure capable of converting both a display vertically and horizontally as a folder type mobile communication terminal, wherein the main body including a control unit and one end of the main body are hinged to rotate. A three-stage structure consisting of a cover that can be opened and closed, and a display that can be rotated about an axis of the cover, wherein the display is horizontally rotated by 90 degrees when the cover is open. By applying the advantages of the wide screen of the horizontal display to the clamshell mobile communication terminal, it is possible to conveniently use the multimedia functions of the mobile communication terminal such as TV function, camera function, camcorder function, word function and internet surfing function. have.

Mobile terminal, clamshell, body, cover, display, horizontal

Description

Folder type mobile communication terminal having the function of length type display}

1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of a clamshell mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

2 and 3 are front and side cross-sectional views showing the configuration and operation of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

Figures 4a and 4b is a front view showing a perspective view and an embodiment showing an exploded view of the rotary drive member constituting the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

10: Headquarters

20: Cover part

30: display unit 31: display

40: Hinge member

50: rotary drive member 51: shaft coupling portion 52: rotary shaft 53: washer 54: fixing bolt

100: housing part (main body part)

200: housing part (cover part)

The present invention relates to a clamshell mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, a main body portion including a control unit, a cover portion capable of rotating opening and closing by hinged one end of the main body portion, and a display rotatable about an axis of the center of the cover portion. It is a three-stage structure consisting of a part, characterized in that the display part can be freely rotated 90 degrees when the cover part is open, and relates to a foldable mobile communication terminal in which the display is converted into a horizontal type.

 Recently, the concept of a general mobile terminal (abbreviated as a terminal) has become much more than a wireless communication telephone. With the development of electronic technology, the terminal has become a multimedia machine with various functions, and can use various functions such as TV function, camera function, camcorder function, word function and internet surfing function anytime and anywhere.

Accordingly, the form of the terminal gradually changed. Initially, it changed from a bar type to a flip type. Recently, a folder type and a sliding type have been used.

However, as the functions of the terminal have developed, the vertical display having a length longer than the width of the display becomes narrower when using multimedia functions such as a TV function, a camera function, a camcorder function, a word function, and an internet surfing function. It has a limitation that causes inconvenience to the user.

In addition, although the conventional horizontal display terminal is good to use the various functions of the terminal, there is an inconvenience in performing the function as a wireless communication phone which is a function of the terminal. Since the handset must be close to each user's mouth and ear when using the wireless communication telephone function, there is a problem of causing the trouble of having to reposition the display vertically.

Therefore, the present invention has been proposed to solve the above problems, and the present invention provides a horizontal display to secure a wide field of view when using the multimedia function of the terminal, thereby reducing the disadvantages of the conventional vertical display having a narrow view. It is an object of the present invention to provide a folding terminal equipped with a horizontal conversion display that can overcome and improve the function of the terminal.

In addition, the present invention, in performing a function as a wireless communication phone, which is a function of a terminal, the handset must be close to each user's mouth and ear, so that the display is not converted by overcoming the disadvantage of converting the horizontal display into a vertical display. In order to improve the convenience of performing the wireless communication telephone function without providing, the handset unit and the display are separated from each other so that the handset unit maintains a constant distance regardless of whether the display is converted horizontally or vertically. It is aimed.

In addition, the present invention uses a horizontal conversion display method that secures a wide field of view to improve the convenience in using the multimedia function of the terminal to a user who prefers a folder type terminal. It is an object of the present invention to provide a folding terminal equipped with a display.

The invented for achieving the abovementioned objects is also possible to open and close the rotation axis of the body portion, the one end of the body to a control unit in the center and rotatable in the cover portion, the central side of the cover portion with an earpiece connected and displayed with a display It provides a foldable terminal including a rotatable drive member for rotatably connecting the cover portion and the rotatable display portion.

The main body portion is provided with a hinge member having a structure that allows the rotation opening and closing by hinged to the cover portion to the housing portion of the upper outer side.

When the display unit rotates the display unit 90 degrees with respect to the main body portion, the control unit to control the image information displayed on the display of the display unit 90 degrees by software, and to detect the rotation of the display unit to signal to the control unit of the terminal It is preferable that the sensor unit for transmitting the cover unit be provided.

Hereinafter, with reference to Figures 2 and 3 will be described a foldable terminal having a horizontal display implementation function according to the present invention. 2 and 3 are a front view and a cross-sectional side view of the terminal showing a configuration and a wide screen implementation operation of a terminal having a wide screen implementation according to the present invention, respectively.

As shown in Figures 2 and 3, the foldable terminal having a horizontal conversion display function according to the present invention, the main unit including an input button and a control unit and a talker for converting the input signal of the input button into a circuit signal ( 10) and a cover part 20 having a housing part 200 which is connected to the hinge member 40 of the housing part 100 of the main body part 10 and has a hydration part to enable rotation opening and closing from the main body part 10. ) and the core is rotated through the driving member 50 is rotatably connected to the side of the cover portion 20, a display 30 having a display 31 for displaying image information.

The hinge member 40 supports the cover portion 20 to the body portion 10 by connecting the housing portion 100 of the body portion 10 and the housing portion 200 of the cover portion 20 to each other. In addition, at the same time, the cover portion 20 enables rotation opening and closing from the main body portion 10.

A description with reference to FIGS. 4A and 4B is as follows.

Figure 4a is a perspective view showing an exploded view of the rotary drive member 50 constituting the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention, the rotary drive member 50 serves to support the display unit 30 to the cover 20 At the same time, the display unit 30 can be rotated at the same time. As shown in FIG. 4A, the rotation driving member 50 preferably includes an axial coupling part 51, a rotation shaft 52, a washer 53, and a fixing bolt 54.

The rotary drive member 50 is connected to the center of the display unit 30 is fixed to the center of the cover portion 20 by a fixing bolt 54, the display unit 30 of the rotary drive member 50 Rotation is possible about the rotation shaft 52.

Figure 4b is a front view showing an embodiment of a rotary drive member 50 constituting a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention, as shown in Figure 4b the rotary drive member 50 covers the display unit 30 Supported by the part 20, it is also possible to rotate around the rotation axis 52 of the rotary drive member (50). In this case, the display unit 30 may be rotated along the dotted circle shown in FIG. 4B, and the rotation angle may be rotated by 90 degrees, 180 degrees, 270 degrees, and 360 degrees, and the cover unit 20 may be rotated. It is desirable to have a structure that does not interfere with the rotation path of the display unit 30.

In addition, the main body 10, the cover 20 and the display unit 30 is preferably to be electrically connected to each other to achieve a signal transmission, FPCB (Flexible Printed Circuit Board) is generally used Lose.

Referring to Figures 2 and 3 the operation of the folder-type terminal of the horizontal display implementation function of the present invention configured as described above are as follows.

In general, the user carries the cover unit 20 in a state of being closed with respect to the main body unit 10 when carrying the normal terminal. In this state, if the user wants to use the function of the terminal, as shown in Fig. 2, the cover part can be rotated so as to be open with respect to the main body, so that the function of the terminal can be used. As shown in FIG. 3, a communication phone function can be used, and a multimedia function such as a TV function, a camera function, a camcorder function, a word function, and an internet surfing function can be implemented. By rotating the 30 by 90 degrees from the cover portion 20, the multimedia function of the terminal can be used with a wide screen.

If the user needs to convert the function to the wireless communication telephone while using the multimedia function of the terminal as shown in FIG. 3, the display unit 30 must be vertically converted as shown in FIG. 2. It is possible to use the function of the wireless communication telephone through the function key of the input button in the state shown in FIG. This is because the maximum distance of the handset is kept constant regardless of whether the display unit 30 is rotated.

In the state as shown in FIG. 2, when the display unit 30 is rotated 90 degrees as shown in FIG. 3, the image information displayed on the display unit 30 is transferred to the software control function of the controller of the main unit 10. By a 90 degree wide screen.

In the state shown in FIG. 3, when the display unit 30 is rotated 90 degrees vertically as shown in FIG. 2, the display unit 30 rotates vertically and terminates the function of providing a wide screen. do.

The present invention, which is constructed and operated as described above, is usually used as a terminal as a wireless communication telephone function, while using a multimedia function of a terminal such as a TV function, a camera function, a camcorder function, a word function, and an internet surfing function. By rotating the 30 to implement a wide screen, to overcome the disadvantages of the conventional vertical long vertical display, it is to improve the display functionality of the terminal.

The embodiments described above are not limited to the above embodiments, and those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention.

As described above, the present invention compensates for the shortcomings of a terminal having a vertical display, and converts the multimedia functions of the terminal such as a TV function, a camera function, a camcorder function, a word function, and an internet surfing function into a horizontal display when using a wide display. Implementing the screen has the effect of increasing the utilization of the multimedia function of the terminal.

In addition, the present invention provides a horizontal display-type foldable terminal to a user who prefers a foldable terminal, and thus has an effect of continuing and increasing the user's preference.

Claims (5)

In the folder-type mobile communication terminal for providing a wide screen by converting the display horizontally, A main body including a control unit A cover part having a hydration part and installed to be rotatable open and close along a hinge member of the main body part; A display unit having a display and installed to be rotatable about an axis of the cover unit; And a rotating driving member rotatably coupling the display unit to the cover unit. The method of claim 1, The main body part includes a hinge member having an upper outer housing part to be connected to the housing part of the cover part so that the cover part is supported by the main body part, and at the same time, the cover part has a structure capable of rotating opening and closing from the main body part. Folder type mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 1, The controller of the main body unit controls the image information displayed on the display of the display unit to be converted by 90 degrees in software when the display unit rotates 90 degrees with respect to the main body unit, to implement a wide screen Communication terminal. The method of claim 1, The rotary drive member is a foldable mobile communication terminal, characterized in that for supporting the display unit to the cover portion and at the same time the display unit can be rotated about the rotation axis of the rotary drive member. The method of claim 1, The cover part has an arc shape of a circle of a rotation path of the display part, in order to have a structure that does not interfere with the rotation path of the display part when the display part rotates about a rotation axis of the rotation driving member. Folder type mobile communication terminal, characterized in that.

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