KR20150029418A

KR20150029418A - Watch Phone

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Publication number: KR20150029418A
Application number: KR20130108597A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 김재경; 김근하; 조성민
Original assignee: 플라텔코퍼레이션(주); 아로 주식회사; 김근하; 김재경; 인탑스 주식회사
Priority date: 2013-09-10
Filing date: 2013-09-10
Publication date: 2015-03-18

Abstract

The present invention relates to a watch phone which is put on the wrist, detects the contact of fingers through a display part, and can operate communication and application. More particularly, it includes a main housing which has a pair of bands put on the wrist in the front and back sides, and receives a communication module for mobile communication, a display part which is combined with the upper side of the main housing, is electrically connected to the communication module, and displays the driving operation condition according to the communication module, a camera receiving part which is formed in one side of the main housing, and a camera part which receives the camera receiving part, and is slid in the camera receiving part to protrude to the outside by pressing one side exposed to the outside. A user selectively operate the angle of the camera while the watch pone is put on the wrist, thereby enlarging a photography range and also photographing an object with various angles, improving the function of the camera, and improving the use convenience of the camera.

Description

Watch Phone {Watch Phone}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a watch phone which is worn on a wrist and detects contact of a finger through a display unit to enable communication and application operations. More particularly, And a camera unit which is slid inside the camera accommodating unit and emerges to the outside by pressing one side exposed to the outside.

In general, smartphone terminals are multimedia integrated devices, which are indispensable to modern people, and are performing complex and diverse functions.

In the past, cellular phones were mainly used for wireless communication functions such as voice and message transmission and reception. Recently, as the smartphone has developed, the wireless communication function is merely a part of simple functions, Application, TV, navigation, SNS, and the like.

Therefore, in order to conveniently use various functions of the smartphone, the display portion of the smart phone is enlarged, the size is enlarged, and the user is able to use the smart phone more conveniently by the fast developing technology such as internet speed, voice, In the market, smart phone handsets with diverse functions are being released rapidly due to intense competition among companies.

However, as the size of the smartphone terminal increases, it becomes inconvenient to carry the mobile phone when it is worn with a simple attire such as walking, exercise, etc., because the display is enlarged in order to implement various functions of the smart phone, .

Further, when the smartphone terminal is carried in a bag or the like, there is an inconvenience that the smartphone terminal is taken out and used for receiving, making an outgoing call or using a message function, and the user is unable to listen to the vibration or ringing of the smartphone terminal There is a problem in that an incoming call and a message are not received.

In order to solve such a problem, a technique has been developed to be mountable on the body. Such a conventional technology has been disclosed in Patent Document 10-2009-0046306 'band-type portable terminal' The terminal includes a terminal body having a mobile communication module and a display unit, and a band connected to both ends of the terminal body to be worn on the wrist, Type portable terminal, that is, a watch phone, which has an advantage of stably connecting a card or other parts that are not frequently replaced by including a card detachable portion.

However, in the conventional watch phone, a camera for photographing a subject is provided at one side of the display unit to photograph and transmit only a face of a user when image communication is implemented, And only a limited function of capturing the user himself is performed.

This is a problem in that the angle of the camera can not be changed at various angles in the conventional technology, so that it is limited to fully utilize the camera function.

The present invention has a camera on the front side of the watch phone body and selectively displays the camera as a sliding part outside the main body according to the intention of the user so that various angle angles of the camera can be realized, It is intended to provide a watch phone which provides a higher convenience in use than a camera incorporated in a watch phone.

A wristwatch according to the present invention includes a body housing having a pair of bands on its front and rear sides so as to be worn on the wrist and accommodating therein a communication module capable of mobile communication, A display unit that is electrically connected to the communication module and displays a driving operation state of the communication module when the communication module is driven; a camera accommodating unit formed in one side of the main housing and accommodated in the camera accommodating unit, And a camera unit that slides in the camera accommodating unit and externally appears as the one side exposed to the outside is pressed.

The camera unit according to the present invention includes a first camera body for accommodating therein a push driving unit for interrupting advancement of the camera unit in association with a striker formed in the camera accommodating unit, a camera module for photographing a subject, And a second camera body accommodating therein a flash for selectively providing light and connected to the first camera body by a connecting shaft portion and rotating about the connecting shaft portion to adjust an angle angle of the camera module do.

In addition, the connecting shaft portion according to the present invention may include a fixing flange which is fixed to the inside of the second body at one end thereof and a guide portion which is extended from the fixing flange at an interval in the opposite direction to the other, And a second tooth corresponding to the first tooth is formed in a tubular shape at one end thereof and is fitted in the guide portion of the shaft member so that the length direction of the guide is And a first spring fitted to the guide portion of the shaft member and positioned at the other end of the rotary interrupting bushing to provide an elastic force such that the rotary interrupting bushing is positioned at a designated position have.

In addition, the push driving unit according to the present invention may include a hexagonal body having a space formed therein, a rear section opened to form an opening, a first guide groove formed on an upper surface thereof, and a receiving tube A sliding member accommodated in the space of the body and linearly reciprocating along the inside of the body and having a catch portion for catching the striker while coming in and out through the opening portion of the body at a rear end; A second spring disposed in front of the sliding member and providing a repulsive force to the sliding member; a second spring formed in a shape of a cross section so that one end is rotatably fixed to the sliding member, A sliding member which is coupled to the first guide groove and which selectively moves along the first guide groove, Member.

In addition, a pair of guide pieces may be formed on the upper surface of the first camera body according to the present invention so as to move along the guide grooves formed on the upper surface of the camera accommodating portion and to intermittently move the camera portion over a predetermined distance.

The watch phone according to the present invention has the following effects.

The user can selectively operate the angle angle of the camera in a state of being worn on the wrist of the user, so that the photographing range can be enlarged and the subject can be photographed from various angles, thereby improving the functionality of the camera. And the convenience is improved.

1 is an exemplary view showing a watch phone according to the present invention.
2 is an exemplary view showing a state in which a camera portion of a watch phone according to the present invention has appeared.
3 is an exemplary view showing an angle operation state of the camera unit according to the present invention.
4 is an exploded perspective view showing a camera part structure of a watch phone according to the present invention.
5 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a camera unit of a watch phone according to the present invention.
6 is an exemplary diagram showing a configuration of a push drive unit according to the configuration of the present invention.
7 is an exemplary view showing an operating state of a push driving unit according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Prior to this, terms and words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed as limited to ordinary or dictionary terms, and the inventor should appropriately interpret the concepts of the terms appropriately The present invention should be construed in accordance with the meaning and concept consistent with the technical idea of the present invention.

Therefore, the embodiments described in the present specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are merely the most preferred embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the technical ideas of the present invention are described. Therefore, at the time of the present application, It should be understood that variations can be made.

FIG. 1 is an exemplary view showing a watch phone according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an exemplary view showing a camera part of a watch phone according to the present invention, FIG. 3 is a view showing an angle operation state of the camera part according to the present invention FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view showing a camera part of a watch phone according to the present invention, FIG. 5 is a sectional view illustrating a camera part of a watch phone according to the present invention, FIG. FIG. 7 is an exemplary view showing an operating state of the push driving unit according to the present invention. FIG.

The construction of the watch phone according to the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings.

First, referring to FIGS. 1 to 3, a main housing 10 has a space formed therein, and an upper surface thereof is opened.

Each of the front and rear sides of the main body housing 10 is provided with an engagement portion to which a band 11 is fastened. The striker is provided with a pair of bands 11, And accommodates the communication module 20 capable of mobile communication in the internal space.

The display unit 30 is coupled to the upper surface of the main body housing 10 so that the display unit 30 is electrically connected to the communication module 20, And displays the driving operation state so that the user can recognize it.

The camera housing part 40 is formed in one side of the main housing 10. The camera housing part 40 accommodates the camera part 50 so that one side is exposed to the outside, The camera unit 50 is slid along the camera accommodating unit 40 in the camera accommodating unit 40 as a result of pressing one side of the exposed camera unit 50, Appear outside.

4 and 5, the camera unit 50 is divided into a first camera body 51 and a second camera body 52. The first camera body 51 is divided into a first camera body 51, And a push driver 70 interlocking with the striker 41 formed in the camera accommodating portion 40 and interrupting advancement of the camera portion 50 is accommodated therein.

The second camera body 52 houses therein a camera module 53 for photographing a subject and a flash 54 for selectively providing light according to the brightness of the focus.

3 and 5, the first camera body 51 and the second camera body 52 are connected to each other by a connecting shaft portion 60, and the connecting shaft portion 60 is axially 2 The camera body 52 is rotated to adjust the angle of the camera module 53.

4 and 5, the connection shaft portion 60 includes a shaft member 61, a rotation interlocking bushing 62, a first spring 63, The shaft member 61 has a tubular shape and at one end thereof a fixing flange 64 fixed to the inside of the second camera body 52. The fixing flange 64 and the counter- And the first teeth 66 are formed along the outer circumferential surface forming the boundary with the guide portion 65. The first teeth 66 are formed on the outer circumferential surface of the guide portion 65,

The guide portion 65 is formed to have a diameter smaller than the diameter of the shaft member 61 and the first tooth 66 is formed at a starting point at which the guide portion 65 is extended from the shaft member 61 .

The rotary intermittent bushing 62 is formed in a tubular shape at one end thereof with a second tooth 67 corresponding to the first tooth 66 and is inserted into a guide portion 65 of the shaft member 61, And flows along the longitudinal direction of the guide portion (65).

The diameter of the rotary interrupting bushing 62 should be the same as the diameter of the shaft member 61 and the first tooth 66 of the shaft member 61 and the second tooth 67 of the rotary interrupting bushing 62 The rotation of the second camera body 52 is interrupted.

The first spring 63 is fitted to the guide portion 65 of the shaft member 61 and is positioned at the other end of the rotation interlocking bushing 62. When the rotation interlocking bushing 62 is positioned at a designated position Thereby providing an elastic force.

Accordingly, when the user adjusts the angle of the camera, the second camera body 52 is held by a finger, the second camera body 52 is rotated about the connecting shaft portion 60, The angle of the module 53 is adjusted.

At this time, the shaft member 61 is fixed to one end of the second camera body 52 by the fixing flange 64 to the second camera body 52 so that the second camera body 52 rotates The shaft member 61 fixed to the second camera body 52 also tries to rotate and the first teeth 66 of the shaft member 61 engaged with each other as the shaft member 61 tries to rotate The second interlocking bushing 62 and the second teeth 67 are shifted along the tooth slopes of each other so that the rotation interlocking bushing 62 including the second teeth 67 moves in a direction in which the first spring 63 is positioned So that the rotation intermittent bushing 62 is not rotated and the second camera body 52 is rotated.

When the rotation of the second camera body 52 is completed, the rotation intermittent bushing 62 is advanced again by the elasticity of the first spring 63, so that the first tooth 66 and the second tooth 67 are engaged with each other along the toothed surfaces to keep the second camera body 52 in a rotated state, and the rotation is interrupted.

The camera unit 50 of the present invention according to the above-described structure is constructed such that one side of the camera unit 50 of the main body housing 10 is exposed in the camera accommodating unit 40, The camera unit 50 slides in the camera accommodating unit 40 and exits to the outside.

At this time, the pushing driver 70 maintains the state in which the camera unit 50 is slid and emerged and embedded.

6 and 7, the push driving unit 70 includes a body 71, a sliding member 74, a second spring 76, The body 71 is formed in a hexahedron having a space therein and coupled to the first camera body 51. The camera body 51 includes a body 71, 50 is opened, and the rear surface of the body 71 is opened on the upper surface of the body 71,

Shaped first guide groove 72 is formed.

A receiving tube 73 for receiving the connecting shaft portion 60 is formed on the front side of the body 71 in a direction in which the camera unit 50 advances, One end of the shaft member 61 having the guide portion 65 of the shaft portion 60 and the rotation interrupting bushing 62 and the spring 63 are disposed inside.

A sliding member 74 is accommodated in the space of the body 71, and the sliding member 74 linearly reciprocates along the inside of the body 71.

A catch portion 75 for catching the striker 41 is formed at a rear end of the sliding member 74 in a direction opposite to the direction in which the camera portion 50 advances.

At this time, the catch portion 75 is extended in such a manner that a pair of catches are self-elastic at the rear end of the sliding member 74 in the shape of a pincer facing each other, and as the sliding member 74 moves backward, 71 are exposed to the outside, and at the same time, the catches are widened by the elasticity of the catches, so that the catch portion (75) places the striker (41).

Therefore, when the catch part 75 places the striker 41, the push driving part 70 does not interfere with the sliding movement of the camera part 50, The portion 50 can slide and appear outside.

As the sliding member 74 moves forward, the opening 71 of the body 71 enters the interior of the body 71. At this time, the outer surfaces of the catches contact the outer wall of the body 71, So that the striker 41 is caught and fixed so that the camera unit 50 is not slid.

A second spring (76) is disposed in front of the sliding member (74) in the body (71) to provide a repulsive force to the sliding member (74).

When the catching portion 75 of the sliding member 74 places the striker 41 on the camera unit 50, a part of the camera unit 50 is moved to the camera And protrudes outward from the accommodating portion 40.

An upper surface of the sliding member 74 is provided with an intermittent member 77. The intermittent member 77 has one end protruding downward to form an axis and the other end protruding upwardly, ┛ 'form.

At this time, one end of the intermittent member 77 protruded downward is rotatably fixed to the sliding member 74, and the sliding member 74 does not interfere with the rotation of the one end of the intermittent member 77 It is preferable to form the receiving portion.

The other end of the intermittent member 77 protruded upward is coupled to the first guide groove 72 formed on the upper surface of the body 71 and selectively moves along the first guide groove 72, And the advance of the member 74 is interrupted.

Therefore, the linear reciprocating movement of the sliding member 74 is interrupted by the intermittent member 77, and the one side of the camera unit 50 emerging from the camera accommodating unit 40 can be moved by the user The camera unit 50 enters the camera accommodating unit 40 along the camera accommodating unit 40.

The catch part 75 of the push driving part 70 located at the innermost end of the camera part 50 is wrapped around the striker 41 formed in the camera accommodating part 40, The sliding member 74 pushes one end of the sliding member 74 while being caught by the catch portion 75 so that the sliding member 74 enters the body 71 of the push driving portion 70.

As the sliding member 74 enters the body 71, the other end of the intermittent member 77 is positioned at the end point of the first guide groove 72 along the first guide groove 72, And the other end of the intermittent member 77 is fixed to the V groove of the first guide groove 72 by the repulsive force provided by the second spring 76 so that the sliding member 74 are interrupted.

As the sliding member 74 is interrupted, the camera unit 50 is held in the camera accommodating unit 40.

When the user pushes (pushes) one end of the camera unit 50 again, the sliding member 74 is further pushed by the striker 41 and the other end of the intermittent member 77 is moved to the first V 'groove of the guide groove 72.

As the other end of the intermittent member 77 moves away from the V groove of the first guide groove 72, the sliding member 74 is moved backward by the repulsive force provided by the second spring 76, A part of the camera unit 50 comes out to the outside along the camera accommodating unit 40 and the sliding member 74 moves toward the rear of the body, The catch portion 75 formed at the rear end of the camera portion 74 places the striker 41 so that the linear movement of the camera portion 50 is free.

A pair of guide pieces 55 are formed on the upper surface of the first camera body 51 so as to move along the pair of second guide grooves formed on the upper surface of the camera accommodating part 40, ) Is not moved beyond the specified distance.

The camera module 53 and the flash 54 accommodated in the second camera body 52 are electrically connected to the communication module 20 in the main housing 10, A second through hole is formed between a pair of guide grooves 55 formed in the first camera body 51 and a second through hole is formed between a pair of guide pieces 55 of the first camera body 51, A third through hole is also formed in the receiving tube 73 of the push driving part 70 coupled to the body 51.

At this time, the first through holes and the second through holes are preferably formed as long holes having a predetermined length so as not to be interfered with appearance of the camera unit.

A cable or a flexible PCB connected to the camera module 53 and the flash 54 housed in the second camera body 52 passes through the shaft member 61 of the connecting shaft portion 60, Through the third through hole formed in the receiving tube 73 of the camera body 70 through the second through hole of the first camera body 51 and the first through hole formed on the upper surface of the camera receiving portion 40, And is electrically connected to the communication module 20 provided in the housing 10.

While the present invention has been described with reference to exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. Accordingly, the true scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical idea of the appended claims.

10: body housing 11: band
20: Communication module 30:
40: camera housing part 41: striker
50: camera part 51: first camera body
52: second camera body 53: camera module
54: flash 55: guide piece
60: connecting shaft portion 61: shaft member
62: rotating intermittent bushing 63: first spring
64: Fixing flange 65: Guide portion
66: 1st tooth 67: 2nd tooth
70: push drive unit 71: body
72: first guide groove 73: receiving tube
74: sliding member 75: catch part
76: second spring 77: intermittent member

Claims

A main body housing having a pair of bands on its front and rear sides so as to be worn on the wrist and accommodating therein a communication module capable of mobile communication;
A display unit coupled to an upper surface of the main housing and electrically connected to the communication module, the display unit displaying a driving operation state of the communication module when the communication module is driven;
A camera receiving portion formed at one side of the main body housing from the inside; And
And a camera portion accommodated in the camera accommodating portion and sliding outside the camera accommodating portion when the one side exposed to the outside is pressed.

The method according to claim 1,
The camera unit
A first camera body for accommodating therein a push driving part interlocking with advancement of the camera part in association with a striker formed in the camera accommodating part;
A camera module for photographing a subject and a flash for selectively providing light according to the brightness of the subject are accommodated therein and connected to the first camera body by a connecting shaft portion and rotated about the connecting shaft portion, And a second camera body for adjusting an angle angle.

The method of claim 2,
The connection shaft portion
A first flange formed at one end of the second body and a guide portion extending in a direction opposite to the first flange; and a second flange extending along the outer circumferential surface of the first flange, A shaft member for supporting the shaft member;
A rotary interlocking bushing which forms a second tooth corresponding to the first tooth at one end thereof in a tubular form and is fitted in a guide portion of the shaft member and flows along a longitudinal direction of the guide;
And a first spring fitted to the guide portion of the shaft member and positioned at the other end of the rotary interrupting bushing to provide an elastic force such that the rotary interrupting bushing is positioned at a specified position.

The method according to claim 2 or 3,
The push-
A body having a cavity formed therein and a rear section opened to form an opening section, a hexahedron having a first guide groove formed on an upper surface thereof, and a storage tube accommodating the connection shaft section formed on a front side thereof;
A sliding member accommodated in the space of the body and linearly reciprocating along the inside of the body and having a catch portion for catching the striker while coming in and out through the opening of the body;
A second spring disposed in front of the sliding member in the body to provide a repulsive force to the sliding member;
Wherein the sliding member has one end rotatably fixed to the sliding member and the other end is coupled to the first guide groove of the body so as to selectively move along the first guide groove, And an intermittent member for interrupting advancement of the sliding member.

The method of claim 2,
On the upper surface of the first camera body
Wherein the pair of guide pieces are formed so as to move along the second guide groove formed on the upper surface of the camera accommodating portion and intermittently move so that the camera does not move over a specified distance.