KR20070024067A - Portable phone having a clock - Google Patents

Abstract

A mobile terminal with an independently driven clock is provided to improve an added value of a mobile terminal by allowing a user to arbitrarily attach or detach various types and designs of watches to the mobile terminal. A battery pack(22) is combined with a terminal body and supplies power thereto. A clock(30) is detachably combined on an outer surface of the terminal body to display time, and independently operated by its own power regardless of charged power of the battery pack(22). A receiving part is provided on the front surface of the terminal, in which the clock is partially detachably received. A clock separating part is provided at the terminal body in order to selectively separate the clock.

Description

Mobile phone with a standalone clock {Portable phone having a clock}

1 is a perspective view of a folder in an open state in a mobile terminal according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a front perspective view of the folder unit in a closed state in the mobile terminal shown in FIG. 1;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the analog clock is separated from the mobile terminal of Figure 2,

4 is an enlarged perspective view of the analog clock shown in FIG. 3;

5 is a rear view of the analog clock shown in FIG. 4;

6 is a perspective view of a digital watch mounted state in a mobile terminal according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

* Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings

10: terminal body 12: main body

18: folder 22: battery pack

19a: internal liquid crystal 19b: external liquid crystal

25: receiver 30: analog clock

45: clock separator 50: digital clock

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal having a clock driven independently, and more particularly, by displaying the time while driving independently regardless of the charging power of the battery pack mounted on the mobile terminal, without having to operate the mobile terminal separately The present invention relates to a mobile terminal having an independently driven clock that can easily and easily check time anytime, anywhere.

In recent years, mobile terminals that are frequently used anytime, anywhere, regardless of gender, age and age are classified into flip type, clamshell type, and slider type mobile terminals. In recent years, mobile terminals are equipped with a camera, video recording function, internet search function, and music listening function.

In addition to these functions, the mobile terminal can receive additional services such as weather information and traffic information in real time. In particular, since the mobile terminal has a time display function regardless of the manufacturer and model, users carrying the mobile terminal can check the time anytime and anywhere through the clock displayed on the mobile terminal. Therefore, most users do not wear a watch or the like separately.

However, for example, in the case of a user having a folder-type mobile terminal, if an internal liquid crystal exists only inside the folder, the user must open the folder and check the time through the internal liquid crystal, which is inconvenient or cumbersome. If there is an external liquid crystal, the time can be checked through the external liquid crystal without opening the folder, but if necessary, operate the side button of the mobile terminal to display the time with the external liquid crystal. This must be cumbersome, because it must be done. In particular, when checking the time by operating the side button or check the time by opening the folder, it shows a disadvantage that the battery is exhausted.

In addition, the conventional mobile terminal has a problem that can cause inconvenience of the user because the time can not be displayed when the charging power of the battery pack coupled to the mobile terminal is exhausted.

An object of the present invention, by independently displaying the time while driving independently of the charging power of the battery pack mounted on the mobile terminal having an independently driven clock that can easily and easily check the time anytime, anywhere without operating the mobile terminal separately It is to provide a mobile terminal.

Another object of the present invention is to have a watch that is independently driven to improve the added value of the mobile terminal because the aesthetic factor can be increased because the user can detach the watch having a variety of types and designs arbitrarily to change the appearance design It is to provide a mobile terminal.

The object of the present invention is a battery pack coupled to the terminal body and the terminal body to supply power and detachably coupled to the outer surface of the terminal body to display the time, regardless of the charging power of the battery pack itself It is achieved by a mobile terminal having an independently driven clock including a clock driven independently by a power source.

Here, the front of the terminal body is provided with a receiving portion that is accommodated to be detachably attached to the watch.

The terminal body may be further provided with a clock separator for selectively separating the clock housed in the receiving portion.

The clock separating unit, a button provided on the terminal body; A push unit positioned at a rear of the accommodation unit to push the watch accommodated in the accommodation unit; And a seesaw lever interconnecting the button and the push unit such that the push unit pushes the clock when the button is pressed.

The seesaw lever is provided with a seesaw shaft forming an axis of the seesaw lever.

The clock may be at least one of an analog clock and a digital clock.

It is convenient for the watch to be further provided with an alarm function.

Hereinafter, each embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, and the same reference numerals will be given to the same components in the description of the embodiments.

1 is a perspective view of a folder in an open state in a mobile terminal according to a first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in this figure, the mobile terminal 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention is largely coupled to the terminal body 10 and the terminal body 10, the battery pack 22 for supplying power Have The mobile terminal 1 shown in FIG. 1 indicates a so-called foldable cellular phone.

The terminal body 10 includes a main body portion 12 having a predetermined printed circuit board (PCB), a folder portion 18 for opening and closing the front surface of the main body portion 12, a main body portion 12 and a folder portion. It is provided between 18 and has the hinge 21 which rotates the folder part 18 with respect to the main-body part 12. As shown in FIG. Both sides of the hinge 21 are provided with two-way stereo speakers 23. An antenna 24 is provided above the speaker 23.

The inner surface of the main body 12 is provided with a plurality of input buttons (13). In the lower part of the input buttons 13, a transmitting unit 14 for transmitting a user's voice to the other party or recording a voice message is formed, and in the upper part thereof, a menu search button 15 is formed. A plurality of side buttons 17 are provided on the side of the main body 12. Unlike the input buttons 13 for inputting a phone number, the side buttons 17 serve to adjust the reception volume or to adjust the key tone.

The inner surface of the folder unit 18 is provided with a large screen internal liquid crystal 19a in which a character or a screen is formed, including a phone number, a state of charge of the battery, a vibration state, an alarm state display, and the like. The internal liquid crystal 19a is adopted as a so-called LCD. The receiver 20 for receiving the voice from the other party is formed on the upper portion of the internal liquid crystal 19a.

The battery pack 22 is detachably coupled to the rear surface of the main body 12. The battery pack 22 is generally adopted as a rechargeable type, and depending on the type thereof, a lead-acid battery, a nickel cadmium (Ni-Cd) battery, a nickel hydride (Ni-Mh) battery, and a lithium ion rechargeable battery (Lithium-) ion, lithium polymer, or the like may be used.

FIG. 2 is a front perspective view of a closed folder portion in the mobile terminal shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an analog clock separated from the mobile terminal of FIG. 2, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the analog clock shown in FIG. 3. 5 is an enlarged perspective view, and FIG. 5 is a rear view of the analog clock shown in FIG. 4.

2 and 3, an external liquid crystal 19b is provided on the outer surface of the folder portion 18. The external liquid crystal 19b displays simple information such as text reception status, time, telephone reception status, and the like. In the upper region of the external liquid crystal 19b, the analog clock 30 according to the first embodiment of the present invention is detachably provided.

Referring to FIGS. 4 and 5, the analog clock 30 has its own battery (not shown) and a body 31 in which various gear parts related to driving are embedded, and the front of the body 31. It is provided on the front plate 32 is formed relatively large compared to the diameter of the body 31, and has a transparent window 33 is installed on the front of the front plate (32).

In order to replace the battery provided in the body 31, it is preferable that the body 31 and the front plate 32 are relatively separated. If this is inconvenient, it would be effective to further provide a battery exchange door (not shown) on either side of the body 31.

The hour hand 34, the minute hand 35, and the second hand 36 are rotatably mounted on the front plate 32, respectively. An alarm display bar 37 is provided between the hour hand 34, the minute hand 35, and the second hand 36. As shown in FIG. 5, the alarm display bar 37 operates when the alarm function on / off button 41 is moved to the on position. The alarm display bar 37 can be adjusted to a desired time through the alarm adjusting unit 42. Of course, the time may be adjusted by the time adjusting unit 43 located around the alarm adjusting unit 42, and the minute may be adjusted by the minute adjusting unit 44.

Again, referring to FIG. 3, the front part of the folder part 18 is provided with the accommodating part 25 in which the analog clock 30 is detachably accommodated. As described above, since the analog clock 30 includes the body 31 and the front plate 32, the accommodation part 25 is recessed to a corresponding size. If the analog clock 30 has a rectangular block shape, the receiving part 25 should also have a square groove so as to correspond thereto.

The receiving portion 25 has a size substantially the same as the appearance of the analog clock 30. Therefore, the body 31 of the analog watch 30 is accommodated in the accommodating part 25 without a separate mounting part (not shown). In order to prevent the analog clock 30 from being easily pulled out, a simple hook catching part (not shown) may be further formed between the receiving part 25 and the analog clock 30. Since these matters are general, description and description are omitted.

However, when the analog clock 30 is pushed tightly into the receiving portion 25 and the analog clock 30 is to be separated, it may not be easily removed. To this end, in the present embodiment, the clock separating unit 45 is further provided as a means for easily separating the analog clock 30 from the front of the folder unit 18.

The clock separating unit 45 forwards the button 46 provided to protrude on the outer surface of the folder unit 18 and the analog clock 30 accommodated in the receiving unit 25 at the rear of the receiving unit 25. A pusher 47 for pushing out and a seesaw lever 48 for interconnecting the button 46 and the pusher 47 so that the pusher 47 pushes the clock when the button 46 is pressed; do. The seesaw lever 48 is provided with a seesaw shaft 49 forming an axis of the seesaw lever 48. Accordingly, when the button 46 is pressed in the direction of arrow "A" in FIG. 3, the pusher 47 is pressed in the direction of arrow "B" while the seesaw lever 48 moves on the seesaw with the seesaw shaft 49 as the axis. do. Therefore, the analog clock 30 housed in the accommodating part 25 can be easily separated by the push part 47.

As described above, the mobile terminal 1 having the above configuration is provided with an analog clock 30 driven independently by its own battery, so that the exhaustion of the charging power of the battery pack 22 coupled to the mobile terminal 1 is exhausted. You can easily check the time anytime, anywhere, with or without it. In other words, there is no need to open the folder 18 or operate the side button 17.

In addition, after adjusting the desired position of the alarm display bar 37 through the alarm adjusting unit 42, the alarm function on-off button 41 is moved to the ON position, the analog clock 30 operates itself. Since the alarm at the corresponding time, the battery pack 22 of the mobile terminal 1 can be set to the alarm at a desired time regardless of whether the power supply is exhausted or convenient for use.

In addition, since the analog clock 30 can be easily separated using the clock separator 45, a clock (not shown) having a different type and design can be accommodated in the accommodation unit 25. Then, you can feel as if you have purchased a new mobile terminal (not shown), so the aesthetic value can be increased. Therefore, the added value of the manufacturer can be improved.

On the other hand, Figure 6 is a perspective view of a digital clock is mounted in the mobile terminal according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

In the case of the above-described embodiment, the analog clock 30 is detachably attached to the folder portion 18. However, as shown in FIG. 6, the digital watch 50 may be mounted. Of course, in order to mount the digital clock 50 should be equipped with a receiving portion 25, which is to follow the same as described above. The digital clock 50 is also equipped with an alarm function.

Thus, according to the present invention, regardless of the charging power of the battery pack 22 mounted on the mobile terminal 1 by displaying the time while driving independently, easy and convenient time anytime and anywhere without operating the mobile terminal 1 separately can confirm. In addition, the user can arbitrarily attach and detach a watch having various types and designs to change the appearance design, thereby increasing the aesthetic factor and improving the added value of the mobile terminal 1.

Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the drawings, the present invention is not limited thereto.

In the above-described embodiment, although the folding type mobile terminal is illustrated, the idea of the present invention can be applied to the flip type or the slider type mobile terminal.

As described above, according to the present invention, by independently displaying the time while driving independently regardless of the charging power of the battery pack mounted on the mobile terminal, it is possible to easily and easily check the time anytime, anywhere without operating the mobile terminal separately. .

In addition, the user can arbitrarily attach and detach watches having various types and designs for changing the appearance design, thereby increasing the aesthetic factor and improving the added value of the mobile terminal.

Claims (7)

Terminal body; A battery pack coupled to the terminal body to supply power; And A clock that is detachably coupled to an outer surface of the terminal body to display a time, independently of the charging power of the battery pack, independently driven by its own power source; Mobile terminal having an independently driven clock comprising a. The method of claim 1, A mobile terminal having an independently driven clock, characterized in that the front surface of the terminal body is provided with a receiving portion accommodated so that the clock is partially detachable. The method of claim 2, The terminal body is a mobile terminal having a clock driven independently, characterized in that further provided with a clock separator for selectively separating the clock housed in the receiving portion. The method of claim 3, The clock separator, A button provided on the terminal body; A push unit positioned at a rear of the accommodation unit to push the watch accommodated in the accommodation unit; And A seesaw lever interconnecting the button and the push unit such that the push unit pushes the clock when the button is pressed; Mobile terminal having an independently driven clock comprising a. The method of claim 4, wherein And a seesaw shaft formed on the seesaw lever to form an axis of the seesaw lever. The method of claim 1, And wherein the clock is at least one of an analog clock and a digital clock. The method of claim 6, The clock has a mobile terminal having an independently driven clock, characterized in that the alarm function is further formed.

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