KR20060099855A - Handheld terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a portable terminal in which a keypad and a main body provided with a screen are formed in a bar shape, wherein a camera is installed on the rear of the main body, a screen part separately configured on a front surface on which the screen is mounted, and the screen part is accommodated. A bar shape including a screen receiving part formed on the main body, a hinge means for coupling and supporting the screen part to be rotatable in the screen receiving part so as to be opened and closed, and a PCB connecting the screen part to the main board; Provided is a flip portable terminal.

Handheld terminal, mobile phone, cellphone, camera, bar, flip,

Description

Portable terminal {omitted}

1 is a front view of a portable terminal of the present invention

Figure 2 is a plan view after the rotation operation of the screen unit of the portable terminal of the present invention

Figure 3 is a rear view after the rotation operation of the screen unit of the portable terminal of the present invention

Figure 4 is a front view according to a modified embodiment of the hinge and the screen receiving portion of the portable terminal of the present invention

4-1 is a plan view after the rotation operation of the screen unit according to the hinge and the screen receiving unit modified embodiment of the portable terminal of the present invention

5 is a front view according to a modified embodiment of the screen unit and the screen receiving unit of the portable terminal of the present invention;

Figure 5-1 is a right side view according to a modified embodiment of the screen unit and the screen receiving unit of the portable terminal of the present invention

6 is a front view according to a modified embodiment of the hinge and the screen receiving portion of the portable terminal of the present invention;

Figure 6-1 is a front view according to a modified embodiment of the hinge and the screen receiving portion of the portable terminal of the present invention

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

10: body 30: hinge

15: camera 21: screen receiving unit

16: flash 22: screen portion

17: shooting button 22-1: screen

18: opening and closing button 23: stopper

                             24: protrusion

                             25: protruding stopper

                             26: protruding stopper groove

The present invention relates to a bar-type and flip-type portable terminal, and in detail, the screen unit provided on the front of the terminal can be opened and rotated so that the user can easily photograph the subject in all directions while checking the image of the subject directly on the screen unit. It relates to a bar-type, flip-type portable terminal that can be.

A portable terminal is a personal information terminal that a user carries and uses, such as a mobile phone and a PDA. Recently, as the user's desire for multimedia has increased, a number of portable terminals equipped with digital cameras capable of capturing video, pictures, etc. have been released to process various image information captured by digital cameras.

In particular, when shooting in the 'self-camera' mode, there is a demand for a preview function that can check the focus and zoom status in real time, and the bar-type and flip-type cameras are mounted on the opposite side of the conventional screen. In the portable terminal, the necessity of the screen is increasing on the same surface on which the camera is mounted.

Therefore, in the conventional bar-type and flip-type portable terminals having such a configuration, when the user wants to photograph the subject, the user can shoot while checking the image to be shot on the screen after pointing the camera toward the subject. When shooting a subject located in or when shooting in the 'self-camera' mode, the user was not able to check the image to be shot on the screen had a disadvantage.

In addition, a bar-type and flip-type portable terminal using a rotating camera module structure has been released, but as the camera module develops in megapixel units and an optical zoom structure, there is a problem that the size is limited to the rotating camera module structure due to its volume. .

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, in the portable terminal having a keypad and a screen body is provided in the form of a bar, the camera is installed on the rear of the portable terminal, the screen receiving portion formed on the front screen Independently connected parts are connected by hinges, and the screen receiving part and the screen part are slid about one X axis orthogonal to each other, so that the screen part can be opened and closed by the screen receiving part. It is an object of the present invention to provide a bar-type and flip-type portable terminal which can be easily photographed while checking and adjusting a focus or a zoom state in real time while watching an image to be photographed.

In order to achieve the object described above, the present invention provides a portable terminal having a main body having a keypad and a screen installed in a bar shape, wherein the camera 15 and the screen are mounted on the rear surface of the main body 10. The screen unit 22 that is separately configured on the front surface, the screen receiving unit 21 formed on the main body 10 so that the screen unit 22 can be accommodated, and the screen unit 22 receives the screen. A slide-type portable terminal including a coupling means (30) for supporting the coupling to be rotated and opened and closed in the unit (21), and a PCB (not shown) for connecting the screen unit 22 and the main board (not shown). to provide.

The PCB may be a flexible PCB.

Also. Adjacent parts of the camera 20 may be equipped with built-in components such as a flash 16 for facilitating shooting even at night or in a dark place.

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

In the following description, however, well-known functions or configurations will be omitted in order not to disturb the gist of the present invention.

In addition, the embodiments of the present invention may be modified in various forms, and the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited by the embodiments described below. These examples are provided to more fully explain the present invention to those skilled in the art. Accordingly, the shape of elements in the drawings and the like should be viewed as being exaggerated to emphasize a more clear description.

1 is a front view of a portable terminal of the present invention, Figure 2 is a plan view after the rotation operation of the screen portion of the portable terminal of the present invention, Figure 3 shows a rear view after the rotation operation of the screen portion of the portable terminal of the present invention.

First, the mounting structure of the camera 15 will be described.

As shown in FIG. 3, in the portable terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention, the camera 15 is mounted on the rear surface of the main body 10 of the portable terminal.

In particular, although the camera 15 is illustrated as being mounted on the upper back of the main body 10 in this embodiment, the surface on which the camera 15 is mounted is not limited by this embodiment.

In addition, in the adjacent portion of the camera 15, a built-in component such as a flash 16 for capturing the camera 15 even at night or in a dark place may be built in the camera 15, or adjacent to the camera 15. I can attach it.

In the mounting structure of the camera 15 as described above, the subject positioned in front of the user using the photographing button 17 without opening the screen unit 22 is in focus, exposure or zoom state of the image to be photographed on the screen. You can shoot while checking your back in real time.

The mounting structure of the screen unit 22 on the cover 20 is as follows.

In particular, in the present embodiment, the main body 10 is shown in a bar shape, but the main body is not limited to the present embodiment. Therefore, if the portable terminal is formed integrally with the keypad and the screen body is installed, it will be applicable in various forms such as bar type, flip type.

As shown in Figures 2 and 3, in the portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, the screen unit 22 is configured separately from the main body 10.

Therefore, the screen unit 22 is formed on the main body 10 so that the screen unit 22 can be accommodated, and the size of the screen unit 22 can be adjusted according to the size of the space of the screen receiving unit 21. It is possible.

However, the height and width of the screen accommodating part 21 are limited by the speaker and the function keys formed on the width and the front of the main body 10.

Therefore, it is preferable to increase the width of the main body 10 in order to form a wider space of the screen accommodating part 21. To increase the height of the screen part 22, a speaker and a function key are minimized. It would be desirable to.

In addition, the screen unit 22 is provided with a coupling means so that the screen is accommodated in the receiving portion 21.

The coupling means has both ends mounted on one side of the screen receiving portion 21 so as to be rotatable, and serves as a central support shaft, and is formed to extend with one side of the screen portion 22.

In addition, the hinge 30 in the present invention is limited to a specific form because the one side of the screen portion 22 and one side of the screen receiving portion 21 is intended to be coupled so as to rotate rotation by the hinge 30 4, 6, and 6-1, the function can be secured in various forms as long as it satisfies the above purpose.

Since the hinge 30 for rotating and sliding the screen unit 22 is a known technique applied to a conventional foldable portable terminal, a digital camera, a digital camcorder, and the like, a detailed description of the configuration is omitted in the present invention.

Inside the hinge 30 is configured to include a PCB (not shown) connecting the screen unit 22 and the main substrate (not shown).

In addition, since the PCB is configured as a flexible PCB (not shown), it may be desirable to prevent a problem from occurring even in the rotational movement of the screen unit 22.

In addition, in the embodiment of the present invention, the hinge 30, which is the coupling means, is mounted on the left side of the screen accommodating part 21 and the screen part is shown to be opened to the left, but the combination of the main body 10 and the screen part 22 As long as there is no problem in rotation and there is no inconvenience in use, the hinge unit 30 may be mounted on the right side of the screen receiving unit 21 so that the screen unit may be opened to the right.

The screen unit 22 according to the present invention has a main function of displaying the image information acquired through the camera 15 in the same or differently through image processing.

Therefore, it may be preferable to include a controller (not shown) for controlling displaying of the image information on the screen unit 22, and the controller is operated in conjunction with the camera 15 and the key button.

For example, a preview function and an image for rotating and opening the screen unit 22 and displaying the image information viewed through the camera 15 in real time in the shooting mode. A function for processing the processed image image information and the like may be implemented through the controller.

In addition, when the zoom button is pressed or the shooting button 17 is pressed halfway in the preview state, the focus, exposure, zoom state, etc. of the same image as the image to be captured are displayed on the screen. It is possible to easily set the shooting conditions of the person or object.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the shooting button 17 is configured separately, but may be used by adding a shooting function to an existing key button without a separate configuration.

In particular, as shown in FIG. 5, in the case of the 'self-camera' function, the image information acquired through the camera 15 is directly real-time captured by the screen unit 22 such as a focus, exposure, or zoom state. It is possible to check the image, which can take a picture of superior quality compared to the 'self-camera' which is only to check the portion to be photographed through a mirror that is conventionally combined with the camera, and the time required for shooting can be greatly reduced. It is.

In the case of the function of displaying the image processed image, the photographer may display the processed image, for example, an image to which various image processing such as rotation / symmetry movement, enlargement / reduction, black and white photography, reverse image, brightness / contrast, etc. are applied. You can shoot while watching.

In order to reduce power consumption, the control unit (not shown) is interlocked with the power control unit (not shown) so that the image information is not displayed on the screen unit 40. It is more preferable to display.

Therefore, the present invention may further include a power control unit (not shown) for supplying or cutting off power to the screen unit 22, and the power control unit (not shown) may be interlocked with the rotational movement of the screen unit as necessary. It is preferable to turn on and off the screen unit 22 so that the power can be turned on and off.

A stopper 23 is formed on one side of the screen unit 22 to correspond to the stopper 23 so that the screen unit 22 may be more stably fixed in the screen receiving unit 21 or to prevent any movement. It is desirable to form a protrusion 24 on one side of the screen receiving portion 21 which is a position so that the end of the protrusion 24 is inserted into the stopper 23 to be fixed.

Therefore, when the screen part 22 is closed to the screen receiving part 21 and the projection part 24 reaches and is inserted into the stopper 23, it is stably fixed and supported.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the stopper 23 and the protrusion part 24 are shown as being formed in a hemispherical shape, but the purpose of the stopper 23 and the protrusion part 24 is that the screen part 22 is the screen receiving part 21. In order to be more stably supported, the present invention is not limited to a specific form, and as long as it satisfies the above purpose, the function can be secured in various forms such as a triangle, a square, a hanging jaw type, a concave type, and the like.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 4-1, the screen receiving unit 21 has a structure in which a right side is formed to allow the screen unit 22 to be more stably received in the screen receiving unit 21. It will be possible.

As illustrated in FIGS. 5 and 5-1, a projection stopper 25 extending downward is formed at the right end of the screen portion 22, and the screen receiving portion is a position corresponding to the projection stopper 25. A protrusion stopper groove 26 is formed at the right end of the protrusion 21 to insert the protrusion stopper 25 so that the screen part 22 is closed to the screen receiving part 21 while the protrusion stopper 25 is closed on the protrusion stopper groove. When engaged with (26) it will be possible to carry out deformation that is stably fixed and supported.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5-1, an opening / closing button 18 is formed on the right side of the main body 10, and an automatic opening / closing function is added to the hinge 30 to interlock with the opening / closing button 18. When pushing or pressing the opening / closing button up or down, it may be possible to perform a modification to open and close the screen unit 22 by the automatic opening and closing function of the hinge 30,

In addition, by adding a semi-automatic opening and closing function to the hinge 30, the screen unit 22 by the semi-automatic opening and closing function of the hinge 30 when pushing or pressing the opening and closing button 18 up and down by interlocking with the opening and closing button 18. It will also be possible to implement a variant to open and close.

Since the automatic opening and closing function and the semi-automatic opening and closing function are well-known technologies applied to a conventional folding portable terminal, detailed description of the configuration thereof is omitted in the present invention.

In addition, in the embodiment of the present invention, the opening and closing button 18 is shown as being mounted on the right side of the main body 10, but there is no problem in the coupling and rotation of the main body 10 and the screen portion 22 and there is no inconvenience in use The opening and closing button 18 may be mounted on the left side of the main body 10.

Hereinafter, an operation according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

When the user wants to photograph a subject located in a direction different from that viewed by the camera 15, the user points the camera 15 toward the subject and then focuses, exposes, or zooms the image to be photographed. You can take a picture while checking and adjusting the screen 22-1 directly in real time.

In addition, when the 'self-camera' mode is used, the camera 15 is directed to the user, and the screen unit 22 is rotated to the left to be opened, and then the real-time focus, exposure, or zoom state of the image to be photographed is directly displayed. You can take a picture while checking the adjustment while watching the screen 22-1.

As described above, the present invention allows a user to easily take a picture while viewing an image to be photographed on a screen, and to improve a grip feeling and have a beautiful appearance when taking a picture or a video.

It is to be understood that the invention is not to be limited to the specific forms referred to in the foregoing description, but rather includes all modifications, equivalents and substitutions that fall within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. It must be understood.

According to the present invention, the screen unit 22 that is separately configured in the main body 10 as described above is coupled to the screen receiving unit 21 by a hinge 30 so as to be opened and closed to rotate, so that any subject located in any direction Can easily take a picture while checking the image to be shot on the screen 22-1 and check whether it is in focus or zoom status in real time. The grip is improved to provide a bar-type, flip-type portable terminal to maximize the ease of use and have a beautiful appearance.

Claims (15)

In a typical portable terminal in which a keypad and a main body provided with a screen are formed in a bar shape, On the main body 10 to accommodate the camera 15 is installed on the back of the main body 10, the screen portion 22 formed separately from the front surface on which the screen is mounted, and the screen portion 22 The formed screen receiving unit 21, a coupling unit 30 for allowing the screen unit 22 to be coupled to and supported by the screen receiving unit 21, and a PCB for connecting the screen unit 22 to the main substrate. Portable terminal, characterized in that configured. The method of claim 1 The built-in component such as a flash 16 for capturing the camera 15 even at night or in a dark place adjacent to the camera 15 may be built in the camera 15 or the adjacent part of the camera 15. Portable terminal, characterized in that the mounting. The method of claim 1 The size of the screen unit 22 configured to be rotatable and open / closed by the screen receiving unit 21 is adjusted according to the size of the space of the screen receiving unit 21, and the width of the space of the screen receiving unit 21. Portable terminal, characterized in that configured to minimize the speaker and key buttons, etc. in order to increase the width of the main body 10 or increase the height of the screen receiving portion 21 to form a wide. The method of claim 1 A portable terminal, characterized in that the screen unit (22) is configured to hinge (30) a coupling means for supporting the coupling so as to be opened and closed rotationally sliding in the screen receiving unit (21). The method of claim 1 The coupling means hinge 30 is connected to one side of the screen unit 22 and one side of the screen receiving unit 21 so that the screen unit 22 is slidably opened and closed by the screen receiving unit 21. A portable terminal, characterized in that for supporting. The method of claim 4 A portable portable device, characterized in that the flexible unit is mounted so that the screen unit 22 and the main board are connected to the inside of the hinge 30 so that a problem does not occur even when the screen unit 22 is rotated. terminal. The method of claim 4 When the screen unit 20 continues to rotate in one direction, a portable terminal for forming a rotation limiting portion in the hinge 30 to prevent the PCB from being twisted and broken to limit the rotation of a predetermined angle or more. . The method of claim 1 The hinge 30, which is the coupling means, is mounted on the left side of the screen accommodating part 21 so that the screen part is opened to the left side or mounted on the right side of the screen accommodating part 21 so that the screen part is opened to the right. Handheld terminal. The method of claim 1 A portable terminal, characterized in that the shooting button 17 is configured separately or used by adding a shooting function to an existing key button. If the image information is not displayed on the screen portion 40 to reduce power consumption, and the screen portion 22 is rotated to open, the rotational movement of the screen portion 22 and the power are interlocked so that the corresponding image information is displayed. Portable terminal, characterized in that possible. The method of claim 1 A portable terminal, characterized in that the screen unit 22 forms a stopper 23 on one side of the screen unit 22 so as to be more stably fixed in the screen receiving unit 21 or to prevent any movement. The method of claim 11 Protruding portion 24 is formed on one side of the screen receiving portion 21 which is a position corresponding to the stopper 23 so that the end of the protruding portion 24 is inserted into the stopper 23 to be stably fixed. Portable terminal. The method of claim 1 A portable terminal, characterized in that the screen receiving portion 21 has a structure in which the right side is formed so that the screen portion 22 is more stably received in the screen receiving portion 21. The method of claim 13 The protrusion stopper 25 is formed at the right end of the screen portion 22 and extends downward, and the protrusion stopper 25 is formed at the right end of the screen accommodating portion 21, which is a position corresponding to the protrusion stopper 25. The protrusion stopper groove 26 is formed to be inserted so that the screen part 22 is closed to the screen receiving part 21 and the protrusion stopper 25 is stably fixed and supported when engaged with the protrusion stopper groove 26. Portable terminal. The method of claim 13 The opening and closing button 18 is formed on the left or right side of the main body 10, and an automatic opening and closing function is added to the hinge 30 to interlock with the opening and closing button 18 to push the opening and closing button up or down. The display unit 22 is opened or closed by the automatic opening / closing function of the hinge 30 or the semi-automatic opening / closing function is added to the hinge 30 to interlock with the opening / closing button 18 to push the opening / closing button 18 up or down. Or press the screen unit 22 by the semi-automatic opening and closing function of the hinge (30).

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