TWI709901B - Display device - Google Patents

Abstract

A display device coupled to a first electronic device and a second electronic device, includes a housing, a display panel, a USB hub coupled to the electronic devices, a camera module coupled to the USB hub, a KVM switch, and a sliding door moveably disposed between a first position to a second position of the camera module. The camera module includes a camera lens and a first terminal. The KVM switch is coupled to the USB hub for selectively switching coupling of the first electronic device or the second electronic device to the camera module. The sliding door has a second terminal. When the sliding door is at the first position, the first terminal is in contact with the second terminal, and the first electronic device is coupled to the camera module through the KVM switch.

Description

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The present invention relates to a display, especially a display including a multi-computer switch.

As technology advances, many consumers want to make full use of the space on their desks, so widescreen displays have become mainstream. The wide-screen display can provide users with a more perfect movie watching experience in entertainment, provide users with more windows open at the same time to improve work efficiency, and can display more detailed pictures and more content.

Wide-screen displays on the market can usually connect two electronic devices at the same time, such as mobile phones, desktop computers, and notebook computers, etc., and display the screens of the two electronic devices simultaneously in a dual screen mode. Nowadays, a camera lens is also configured on many displays for login, video, live broadcast and other purposes. When two electronic devices need to use the camera lens on the monitor, the user must switch the camera lens to the specified device from the on screen display menu (on screen display), or use the hot key to switch from the multi-computer switcher The camera lens is switched to the specified device. However, in the actual operation of this switching method, users often lose their direction during the switching process, and do not know which device the camera lens is currently switched to. Therefore, a simple, fast and intuitive switching method is needed to switch. Connected device.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a display, which is coupled to a first electronic device and a second electronic device, and includes a housing, a display panel, and a universal serial bus hub coupled to the electronic devices A camera module is coupled to the universal serial bus hub for receiving an image, and transmitting the image to one of the electronic devices via the universal serial bus hub, a multi-computer switch, and A sliding door is movably arranged at a first position to a second position of the camera module. The camera module includes a camera lens and a first terminal, and the KVM switch is coupled to the universal serial bus hub for selectively switching the first electronic device or the second electronic device to be coupled to In the camera module, the sliding door has a second terminal. When the sliding door is placed in the first position, the first terminal contacts the second terminal, and the first electronic device is coupled to the computer switch via the The camera module.

Another embodiment of the present invention provides a display, which is coupled to a first electronic device and a second electronic device, including a housing, a display panel, a universal serial bus hub coupled to the electronic devices, and a camera module Coupled to the universal serial bus hub for receiving an image and transmitting the image to one of the electronic devices via the universal serial bus hub, and a sliding door, which is movably disposed on the camera module A first position to a second position, wherein the camera module includes a camera lens and a first terminal, the sliding door has a second terminal, the multi-computer switch is coupled to the universal serial bus hub, and To switch the first electronic device or the second electronic device to be coupled to the camera module, the universal serial bus hub includes a multi-computer switch for selectively the first electronic device or the second electronic device The device is switched to be coupled to the camera module. When the sliding door is placed in the first position, the first terminal contacts the second terminal, and the first electronic device is coupled to the camera module through the KVM switch.

100, 200: display

102: shell

104: display panel

106: Universal Serial Bus Hub

108: Multi-computer switcher

110: camera module

112: Sliding Door

114: camera lens

116: Scaler

118: High-definition multimedia interface

120: display port

122: Slide

124: first terminal

126: second terminal

150, 160: electronic devices

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a display according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 to 5 are schematic diagrams of the camera module and the sliding door in the embodiment.

6 to 8 are schematic diagrams of the camera module and the sliding door in another embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a display according to another embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a display 100 according to an embodiment of the invention. The display 100 includes a housing 102, a display panel 104, a universal serial bus hub (USB hub) 106, a multi-computer switch (KVM) 108, a camera module 110, a sliding door 112, a scaler 116, and high image quality Multimedia interface (HDMI) 118 and display port (DisplayPort) 120.

The display panel 104 is installed on the housing 102. The universal serial bus hub 106 is installed in the housing 102 for coupling to electronic devices, such as mobile phones, tablets, desktop computers, or notebook computers. In FIG. 1, the display 100 is coupled to the electronic device 150 and the electronic device 160. The camera module 110 is disposed on the housing 102 and has a camera lens 114. The camera module 110 is coupled to the universal serial bus hub 106 for receiving images and transmitting the images to the electronic device 150 or the electronic device 160 via the universal serial bus hub 106. In an embodiment, the KVM switch 108 can be built in the universal serial bus hub 106 to selectively switch the electronic device 150 to be coupled to the camera module 110, or selectively switch the electronic device 160 To be coupled to the camera module 110. The camera module 110 has a sliding rail 122, and the sliding door 112 is movably disposed on the sliding rail 122. The high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) 118 and the display port (DisplayPort) 120 are used for coupling to the electronic devices 150 and 160 and transmitting image signals to the display 100. The scaler 116 is used to adjust the image signal from the electronic devices 150 and 160 to present an appropriate image ratio on the display panel 104.

2 to 5 are schematic diagrams of the camera module 110 and the sliding door 112 in the embodiment. The camera module 110 includes a first terminal 124 at the left end, and the sliding door 112 includes a second terminal 126 at the left end, and has two openings. As shown in Figures 1 and 2, when the sliding door 112 slides along the slide rail 122 to the left end of the camera module 110, the camera lens 114 can take pictures through the opening on the right side, and the first terminal 124 will contact the second terminal 126. Through the potential of the first terminal 124 or its change, the camera module 110 can send a logic signal to the KVM switch 108 to switch the connection device, and the electronic device 160 may establish a coupling with the camera module 110 via the KVM switch 108. When the sliding door 112 slides along the sliding rail 122 to the right end of the camera module 110, the camera lens 114 can take pictures through the left opening, and the first terminal 124 will be displaced from the second terminal 126. By the potential of the first terminal 124 or its change, the camera module 110 can send another logic signal to the KVM switch 108 to switch the connected device, and the KVM switch 108 can cut off the coupling with the electronic device 160 at this time , The electronic device 150 can be coupled with the camera module 110 via the KVM switch 108. The sliding door 112 can slide between the left end and the right end to cover the camera lens 114. Logic signals can be general-purpose input/output (GPIO), integrated circuit bus (Inter-Integrated Circuit, I ² C), universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART) Or any other logic signal that can be used to trigger the KVM switch 108. The electronic devices 150 and 160 can be any devices that can be coupled to the universal serial bus hub 106 such as a desktop computer, a notebook computer, a tablet computer, or a mobile phone.

6 to 8 are schematic diagrams of the camera module 110 and the sliding door 112 in another embodiment. The difference from the embodiment shown in Fig. 2 is that in the embodiment shown in Figs. 6 to 8, the sliding door 112 has no holes. As shown in FIG. 6, when the sliding door is placed at the left end of the camera module 110, the camera lens 114 is not shielded by the sliding door 112, and the first terminal 124 contacts the second terminal 126. By the potential of the first terminal 124 or its change, the camera module 110 sends a logic signal to the KVM switch 108 to switch the connected device. At this time, the KVM switch 108 cuts off the coupling with the electronic device 150, and the electronic device 160 A coupling is established with the camera module 110 via the KVM switch 108. As shown in FIG. 7, when the sliding door 112 slides to the right end of the camera module 110, the camera lens 114 is not shielded by the sliding door 112, and the first terminal 124 is displaced from the second terminal 126. Through the potential of the first terminal 124 or its change, the camera module 110 sends another logic signal to the KVM switch 108 to switch the connection device, and the electronic device 150 is coupled with the camera module 110 through the KVM switch 108. In addition, the sliding door 112 can be slid between the left end and the right end as shown in FIG. 8 to cover the camera lens 114. The logic signal can be GPIO, I ² C, UART or any other logic signal that can be used to trigger the KVM switch 108. The electronic devices 150 and 160 can be any devices that can be coupled to the universal serial bus hub 106 such as a desktop computer, a notebook computer, a tablet computer, or a mobile phone.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the first terminal 124 may be located at the right end of the camera module 110, and the second terminal 126 of the sliding door 112 may also be located at the right end. In this way, when the sliding door is placed at the right end of the camera module 110, the first terminal 124 can contact the second terminal 126, and the switching coupling is performed in the same manner as the aforementioned operation.

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a display 200 according to another embodiment of the invention. The difference from the embodiment in Figure 1 is that the KVM switch 108 included in the display 200 can be arranged outside and coupled to the universal serial bus hub 106, and the camera module 110 is coupled to the universal serial bus hub 106 And the KVM switch 108 is used to receive the image and transmit the image to the electronic device 150 or the electronic device 160 via the KVM switch 108. Other configurations and operation modes are similar to those of the display 100, and will not be repeated here.

In summary, the display provided by the embodiment of the present invention uses the adjustment of the sliding door position to switch the camera lens to the designated electronic device, which enables the display to not only connect to multiple electronic devices at the same time, but also to receive the image signal of the electronic device and display it on the display panel A suitable picture can be switched in a simple, fast and intuitive way to enable the electronic device to establish a connection with the camera module to operate the camera module, which increases the practicality and convenience of use.

The foregoing descriptions are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and all equivalent changes and modifications made in accordance with the scope of the patent application of the present invention shall fall within the scope of the present invention.

100: display

102: shell

104: display panel

106: Universal Serial Bus Hub

108: Multi-computer switcher

110: camera module

112: Sliding Door

114: camera lens

116: Scaler

118: High-definition multimedia interface

120: display port

122: Slide

150, 160: electronic devices

Claims (11)

A display, coupled to a first electronic device and a second electronic device, includes: a housing; a display panel mounted on the housing; and a universal serial bus hub (USB hub) mounted in the housing , For coupling to the electronic devices; a scaler (scaler), coupled to the universal serial bus hub, for adjusting the image signal from the electronic devices to present a proper aspect ratio on the display panel; A camera module arranged on the casing and coupled to the universal serial bus hub for receiving an image and transmitting the image to one of the electronic devices through the universal serial bus hub, The camera module includes a camera lens and a first terminal; a multi-computer switch (KVM), coupled to the universal serial bus hub, for switching the first electronic device or the second electronic device coupled to the A camera module; and a sliding door, which is movably arranged at a first position to a second position of the camera module and has a second terminal; wherein, when the sliding door is placed in the first position, The first terminal contacts the second terminal, the first electronic device is coupled to the camera module via the KVM switch; and when the sliding door covers the camera lens, the sliding door is placed in the first position and Between the second position. A display, coupled to a first electronic device and a second electronic device, includes: a housing; a display panel mounted on the housing; and a universal serial bus hub (USB hub) mounted in the housing , For coupling to the electronic devices, wherein the universal serial bus hub includes a KVM switch (KVM); a scaler, coupled to the universal serial bus hub, for adjusting the electronic devices Device The incoming picture signal is used to present a suitable picture ratio on the display panel; a camera module is arranged on the housing and coupled to the universal serial bus hub for receiving an image and passing the image through the The universal serial bus hub is transmitted to one of the electronic devices. The camera module includes a camera lens and a first terminal; and a sliding door, which is movably arranged at a first position of the camera module to A second position with a second terminal; wherein the KVM switch is used to switch the first electronic device or the second electronic device to be coupled to the camera module; when the sliding door is placed in the first position When the first terminal contacts the second terminal, the first electronic device is coupled to the camera module through the KVM switch; and when the sliding door covers the camera lens, the sliding door is placed in the first Between the position and the second position. A display, coupled to a first electronic device and a second electronic device, includes: a housing; a display panel mounted on the housing; and a universal serial bus hub (USB hub) mounted in the housing , For coupling to the electronic devices; a scaler (scaler), coupled to the universal serial bus hub, for adjusting the image signal from the electronic devices to present a proper aspect ratio on the display panel; A camera module arranged on the casing and coupled to the universal serial bus hub for receiving an image and transmitting the image to one of the electronic devices through the universal serial bus hub, The camera module includes a camera lens and a first terminal; a multi-computer switch (KVM), coupled to the universal serial bus hub, for switching the first electronic device or the second electronic device coupled to the A camera module; and a sliding door, movably arranged at a first position to a second position of the camera module, and has A second terminal; wherein, when the sliding door is placed in the first position, the first terminal contacts the second terminal, and the first electronic device is coupled to the camera module through the multi-computer switch; and the The camera module has a sliding rail, and the sliding door is arranged on the sliding rail. A display, coupled to a first electronic device and a second electronic device, includes: a housing; a display panel mounted on the housing; and a universal serial bus hub (USB hub) mounted in the housing , For coupling to the electronic devices, wherein the universal serial bus hub includes a KVM switch (KVM); a scaler, coupled to the universal serial bus hub, for adjusting the electronic devices The image signal from the device is used to present a suitable aspect ratio on the display panel; a camera module is arranged on the casing and coupled to the universal serial bus hub for receiving an image and passing the image through The universal serial bus hub is transmitted to one of the electronic devices. The camera module includes a camera lens and a first terminal; and a sliding door movably arranged at a first position of the camera module To a second position, and has a second terminal; wherein the KVM switch is used to switch the first electronic device or the second electronic device to be coupled to the camera module; when the sliding door is placed in the first Position, the first terminal contacts the second terminal, the first electronic device is coupled to the camera module via the KVM switch; and the camera module has a sliding rail, and the sliding door is disposed on the sliding rail on. A display, which is coupled to a first electronic device and a second electronic device, includes: a housing; a display panel mounted on the housing; A universal serial bus hub (USB hub) installed in the casing for coupling to the electronic devices; a scaler (scaler) coupled to the universal serial bus hub for adjusting the electronic devices The incoming picture signal is used to present a suitable picture ratio on the display panel; a camera module is arranged on the housing and coupled to the universal serial bus hub for receiving an image and passing the image through the The universal serial bus hub is transmitted to one of the electronic devices. The camera module includes a camera lens and a first terminal; a multi-computer switch (KVM) coupled to the universal serial bus hub for Switch the first electronic device or the second electronic device to be coupled to the camera module; and a sliding door, movably disposed at a first position to a second position of the camera module, and has a second position Terminal; wherein, when the sliding door is placed in the first position, the first terminal contacts the second terminal, the first electronic device is coupled to the camera module through the multi-computer switch; and the sliding door has A plurality of openings, when the sliding door is placed in the first position, the camera module takes pictures through one of the plurality of openings, and when the sliding door is placed in the second position, the camera module passes through the The other of the plurality of openings is taken. A display, coupled to a first electronic device and a second electronic device, includes: a housing; a display panel mounted on the housing; and a universal serial bus hub (USB hub) mounted in the housing , For coupling to the electronic devices, wherein the universal serial bus hub includes a KVM switch (KVM); a scaler, coupled to the universal serial bus hub, for adjusting the electronic devices The image signal from the device is displayed on the display panel with an appropriate aspect ratio; a camera module is arranged on the housing and is coupled to the universal serial bus hub for connection Receive an image, and send the image to one of the electronic devices via the universal serial bus hub. The camera module includes a camera lens and a first terminal; and a sliding door, which is movably arranged on The camera module has a first position to a second position and has a second terminal; wherein, the KVM switch is used to switch the first electronic device or the second electronic device to be coupled to the camera module; When the sliding door is placed in the first position, the first terminal contacts the second terminal, the first electronic device is coupled to the camera module via the KVM switch; and the sliding door has a plurality of openings , When the sliding door is placed in the first position, the camera module takes pictures through one of the plurality of openings, and when the sliding door is placed in the second position, the camera module passes through the plurality of openings One of the other cameras. The display according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein when the sliding door is placed in the second position, and the first terminal is misaligned with the second terminal, the second electronic device passes through the KVM switch Coupled to the camera module. The display according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the first position and the second position are arranged along a straight line. The display according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the sliding door has no opening. The display according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the scaler includes a high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) for coupling to one of the electronic devices. The display according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the scaler includes a display port (DisplayPort) for coupling to one of the electronic devices.

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