WO2013062224A1

WO2013062224A1 - Terminal having an adjustable area

Info

Publication number: WO2013062224A1
Application number: PCT/KR2012/006805
Authority: WO
Inventors: 송민섭
Original assignee: Song Min Seob
Priority date: 2011-10-26
Filing date: 2012-08-27
Publication date: 2013-05-02

Abstract

The present invention relates to a portable terminal. The terminal includes: main bodies that are capable of overlapping each other in a vertical direction and being expanded in a horizontal direction through at least two slides; and a display disposed on a front surface of each of the main bodies. Each of the main bodies includes a body on which hardware for operating the terminal is mounted, and a first display disposed on a front surface thereof; and an expansion part which vertically overlaps with the body through the sliders and is expanded horizontally, wherein at least the second display is disposed on a front surface of the expansion part.

Description

Terminal with adjustable area

The present invention relates to a portable terminal, and in more detail, at least two bodies each provided with a display reduce and expand the area of the terminal through a slider to carry the terminal as well as to increase visibility of the display. It relates to a terminal capable of adjusting the area to provide convenience of operation.

Recently, display of various sizes is required due to the development of a display, and it is mainly being enlarged for convenience of operation such as visibility or touch.

In addition, the increase in size of the display is being gradually applied due to the ease of reading videos, DMB viewing, electronic books, etc. on a wide screen.

However, the enlargement of the display has a problem that the external exposure area is large and not only may be damaged by an external impact but also is not easy to carry.

For example, in the case of a terminal equipped with an enlarged display, especially a mobile phone (approximately 4 inches or more), it is not easy to carry it in the pocket provided in the garment, and in particular, the display is made of glass, and thus the damage range due to impact It is wide, causing both the hassle and economic burden of having to install a separate protective member.

In addition, since the size of the display is expensive, not only does it cause a major rise in the manufacturing cost of the terminal, but also causes a user's economic burden in case of damage.

Therefore, it is urgent to develop a terminal that can satisfy the convenience of visibility and operability through the expansion of the display as well as the portability according to the volume, and furthermore, the development of a terminal that allows the user to selectively adjust the size of the display is urgently needed. Do.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, an object of the present invention is to allow the at least two or more bodies provided with the display to slide overlap each other through the slider, to select the size of the display at the same time as the area of the terminal It is to provide a terminal capable of adjusting the area can be adjusted.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a terminal that can adjust the area to minimize the area of the terminal to simultaneously satisfy the convenience of portability, the visibility of the display and the convenience of operation through expansion.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a terminal that can reduce the area of the terminal to minimize the damage rate due to external impact, the area can be adjusted to reduce the economic burden on the damage.

Still another object of the present invention is to omit the bezels of the adjacent boundary areas among the bodies provided with the display so that the images displayed on the plurality of bodies can be viewed without disconnection and the bezels are not formed after the bodies are overlapped. The body is to provide a terminal capable of adjusting the area to be protected by the locking step to complement the durability of the terminal.

In the present invention for achieving the above object, in the portable terminal, the terminal, at least two or more of the body is coupled to each other by the upper and lower overlap and the left / right expansion through a slider, the front of each body It includes a display provided in the body, the body is mounted on the hardware for the operation of the terminal, the body having a first display on the front; And an extension part which is overlapped with the main body through the slider and extends up and down and left and right, and has at least a second display on a front surface thereof.

The slider may be provided on upper and lower surfaces of the main body, respectively, and an intaglio rail for inducing movement of the extension part; And an embossed guide provided in the extension part to engage with the rail to limit the movement of the extension part.

The rail is composed of a horizontal area for the slide movement of the expansion portion and a vertical area for the vertical movement of the overlapping extension portion, it is possible to maintain the same plane height of each display when expanding the display desirable.

The slider is a yin-yang stepped expansion structure that is engaged with each other, the rail is a structure in which the inner space is expanded in a step shape, the guide is preferably a rectangular stepped structure corresponding to the shape of the rail. Do.

The slider is preferably configured to further include a stopper for fixing the overlapping and expanded state of the body.

The stopper may include an elastic ball for resilient protrusion of the guide end; And a receiving groove provided at each end of the rail to receive the elastic ball elastically.

The expansion unit may include a first cover member provided with the guide and a second display disposed on a front surface thereof, and a first expansion unit slided to the upper layer of the main body through one side of the main body; And a second cover member provided with the guide, and a third display provided at a front surface thereof, and a second extension part slide-coupled to the upper layer of the first extension part through the other side of the main body.

Arrangement of the hardware for driving the terminal is preferably arranged in any one of the body, or separately disposed in each of the body.

In response to the overlapping and expansion of the terminal through the slider, it is preferable that the screen expressed through each display is expanded or displayed at an enlarged resolution.

The main body may further include a seating groove supporting an extended state of the extension part and fixing heights of the respective displays.

When the body extends the display area of the terminal, bezels on both sides of the main body that are in contact with each other and one side of the first extension part and the second extension part are deleted to prevent disconnection of the screen due to expansion, and It is desirable to provide an integrated screen.

The first expansion unit may include: a first catching jaw protruding from a bottom surface of the first bezel and covering one side of the first display exposed to the outside by contacting the seating groove; And a second catching jaw protruding toward the front surface of the first bezel and surrounding one surface of the third display exposed to the outside.

The second extension part may include a third catching protrusion protruding to a bottom surface of one surface on which a second bezel is formed and covering the other side of the first display exposed to the outside by contacting the seating groove. .

According to the configuration of the present invention, the following effects can be expected.

The present invention has an effect of allowing the at least two main bodies provided with the display to slide overlap each other, thereby selectively adjusting the size of the display simultaneously with the area of the terminal.

The present invention has the effect of minimizing the area of the terminal to simultaneously satisfy the convenience of portability, the visibility of the display and the convenience of operation through expansion.

The present invention can minimize the damage rate due to external impact by reducing the area of the terminal, there is an effect that can reduce the economic burden on damage.

The present invention omits the bezels of adjacent boundary areas among the bodies provided with the display so that the images displayed on the plurality of bodies can be viewed without being cut off, and the bodies without bezels are overlapped after the bodies are overlapped. It can be protected by the effect of supplementing the durability of the terminal.

1 is a perspective view illustrating a terminal capable of adjusting an area according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is an exploded view illustrating a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a perspective view illustrating a second body according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a perspective view showing an example of the operation of the terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 4A shown to explain a connection state of a display;

6 is a detailed view showing a stopper according to an embodiment of the present invention;

7 is an operating state diagram illustrating an operating state of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, and

8 is a plan view showing an operation example of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

100: terminal 110: body

120: main body 121: seating groove

130: expansion unit 131: cable

133: installation hole 140: the first extension

141: first cover member 143: incision groove

145: first jam jaw 147: second jam jaw

150: second extension portion 151: second cover member

153: button portion 160: display

161: first display 163: second display

165: Third Display 167: Third Jam Jaw

170: slider 171: rail

173: first rail 175: second rail

177 guide 181 first guide

183: Second guide 190: Stopper

191: elastic ball 193: elastic member

195 Ball 197 Receiving Home

200: bezel 201: first bezel

203: second bezel

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of an area controllable terminal according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related well-known configuration or function may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In the description of the present invention, terms defined are defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, which may vary according to the intention or custom of a person skilled in the art and the definitions are based on the contents throughout this specification. Will have to be lowered.

1 is a perspective view illustrating a terminal capable of adjusting an area according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in the terminal 100, at least two or more bodies 110 on which the display 160 is mounted are slide-bonded or extended to each other to at least reduce or enlarge the area of the display 160, thereby increasing visibility and improving visibility. It can provide convenience of operation.

The terminal 100 is preferably composed of at least two or more body 110, as shown, the extension portion 130 is provided on at least one side with the main body 120 therebetween, the main body 120 and the extension The unit 130 is preferably configured to overlap or expand each other through the slider 170.

Here, the terminal 100 is preferably a PMP, navigation, tablet PC, mobile phone, etc. In this case, the display 160 is preferably a touch panel using a reduced pressure or a constant voltage.

In addition, the body 110 slides to the main body 120 having the first display 161 and the slider 120 to overlap the main body 120 or to both sides, and the second display 163 to the third. The extended portion 130 is provided with a display 165 is large, in this case, the extension portion 130 is the first display portion 140, the second display 163 is provided, the third display 165 The second extension part 150 is provided, and a detailed description thereof will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

2 is an exploded view illustrating a terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in the drawing, the terminal 100 includes bezels on both sides of the main body 120 which are in contact with each other, and one side of the first and

second extensions

140 and 150, when the display 160 expands its area. 200 is preferably configured for deletion. Here, the bezel is an edge area other than the display.

The deletion of the bezel 200 is to prevent the screen from being disconnected when the

displays

161, 163, and 165 touch each other, that is, by eliminating the gap between the

displays

161, 163, and 165, thereby improving visibility. It is for connection.

The main body 120 is an area including hardware (modules such as a main board, a central processing unit, and a storage device) for driving and controlling the terminal 100. The mounting groove 121 supporting the extension 130 on both sides thereof. ) Is formed.

In this case, the hardware may be disposed only in the main body 120, or may be disposed separately in each of the extension parts 130, which is preferably made through a selective manufacturing method.

In addition, among the configurations of the slider 170 for inducing smooth mutual overlap and expansion of the main body 120 and the extension 130, the rail 171 is included.

Here, the slider 170 is an embossed guide provided in the rail 171 provided in the form of an intaglio on the top / bottom of the main body 120, and the expansion unit 130 corresponding to the rail 171, as shown in FIG. 177 is configured.

As shown in FIG. 1, the rail 171 has a second extension that engages with the first rail 173 and the second guide 181 which induce a slide movement of the first extension 140 engaged with the first guide 179. It is configured to include a second rail 175 for inducing the slide movement of the unit 150.

As illustrated in FIG. 2, the first rail 173 and the second rail 175 are asymmetrical at right angles, and include a horizontal area for sliding movement of the extension 130 and an overlap of the extension 130. It consists of a vertical area for vertical movement, so that when the display 160 is expanded, the planar height of each

display

161, 163, 165 can be kept the same.

At this time, the horizontal area is a length corresponding to the slide moving distance of the expansion unit 130, it is formed shorter than the width of the main body 120, the vertical area is preferably a length corresponding to the overlapped height.

Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 5, the slider 170 is preferably a stepped expansion structure to prevent the extension 130 from being separated from the main body 120.

As shown, the inner space of the rail 171 extends in the form of a step, and the guide 177 which slides in engagement with the rail 171 has a rectangular stepped structure as shown in detail D-1 of FIG. Guide 177 is engaged with each other to prevent the separation of the main body 120 and the expansion portion 130, as well as to provide a smooth slide movement with each other.

Meanwhile, the

displays

163 and 165 provided in the expansion unit 130 are connected through the main body 120 and the cable 131, and control ON / OFF or enlargement and resolution through the control of the main body 120. Adjust

The cable 131 is connected to the main body 120 hardware (for example, a main board) through the installation hole 133 provided in the expansion unit 130 as shown in FIG. 5, and at this time, the installation hole 133 ) Is a conduit penetrating through the guide 177 and the rail 171 through the display 160.

Therefore, the

displays

163 and 165 of the expansion unit 130 are connected to the cable 131 of the main body 120 to control the

displays

163 and 165 of the expansion unit 130 as well as to turn on / off the screen. Recognition and control between the devices and devices and smooth data transmission.

As shown in FIG. 4, the extension part 130 includes a first extension part 140 and a second extension part 150 coupled to both sides of the main body through the slider 170.

The first extension part 140 is slide-coupled through one side of the main body 120, and the first cover member 141 provided with the first guide 179 is provided on the upper and lower surfaces, the second display (front) 163 is installed.

The first extension part 140 is overlapped with the upper / lower portion of the main body 120 through the slider 170 or extended to one side, and overlaps with the main body 120 up / down, the main body 120. In this case, the second display 163 is preferably in an inactive state (off state).

In addition, the first expansion unit 140 further includes an incision groove 143 for preventing interference with the second guide 181 provided in the second expansion unit 150 when the terminal 100 overlaps each other. It is composed.

At this time, the first cover member 141 is provided with a first guide 179, to cover the overlapping state of the first extension portion 140 with the main body 120 to prevent the deterioration of aesthetics of the product, which is It may be integrated with the first expansion unit 140, or may exist in a separate form.

As shown in FIG. 7, the incision groove 143 overlaps the terminal 100 to reduce the area of the display 160 at least, and thus, the first cover member 141 provided in the first extension part 140 is formed. Since the second rail 175 is surrounded by a predetermined amount, the second rail 175 is exposed to the outside to induce smooth movement of the second extension 150.

Meanwhile, as illustrated in FIG. 3, the first extension part 140 supports a first catching jaw 145 that abuts on the seating groove 121 in an overlapping state, and a second support part that supports the end of the second extension part 150. It is configured to include a locking step (147).

The first catching jaw 145 protrudes to the bottom surface of the first bezel 201 and contacts the seating recess 121 to limit the movement of the first extension part 140 together with the stopper 190 of FIG. 6. Of course, in particular, to cover the one surface of the first display 161 exposed to the outside by the deleted bezel 200 to prevent damage to the first display 161.

The second catching jaw 147 protrudes toward the front surface of the first bezel 201, and supports the end of the second extension part 150, and is exposed to the outside due to the deletion of the bezel 200. By covering one surface of the) to prevent damage to the third display (165).

The second extension part 150 is slide-coupled through the other side of the main body 120, and the second cover member 151 provided with the second guide 181 is provided on the upper and lower surfaces thereof, and the third display ( 165 is installed.

In addition, the second extension part 150 is formed to protrude to the bottom surface on which the second bezel 203 is provided, and is in contact with the seating groove 121 to cover the other side of the first display 161 exposed to the outside. It is preferable to include a jaw (167).

The second extension part 150 overlaps the upper part of the first extension part 140 through the slider 170 or extends to the other side of the main body 120, and when overlapped, the second extension part 150 of the main body 120 is overlapped. One display 161 is in an inactive state (off state).

The second cover member 151 is provided with a second guide 181, and covers the coupling and overlapping state with the first expansion unit 140 or the main body 120 to exist as an element to prevent aesthetic deterioration of the product. , It may be present in a unitary or separated form with the second extension 150.

In addition, when the second expansion unit 150 overlaps the terminal 100, the third display 165 is exposed to the front, and at this time, a physical or touch button unit 153 for convenience of operation is provided. It may be further provided, which is a conventional configuration and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Meanwhile, the terminal 100 may further include a stopper 190 as shown in FIG. 6 to elastically fix an overlapping or extended state of the main body 120 and the expansion unit 130, which is D of FIG. 5. The explanation is based on -2.

As shown in FIG. 6, the stopper 190 includes an elastic ball 191 provided in the guide 177 and an intaglio receiving groove 197 provided in the rail 173 corresponding thereto.

The elastic ball 191 is configured to combine the elastic member 193 and the ball 195, for the elastic movement of the ball 195, in this case, the elastic member 193 is preferably a coil spring.

The accommodating groove 197 is an intaglio groove provided in the second rail 173, and is preferably a groove of a curved surface corresponding to a semicircle or a ball, and the accommodating groove 197 is formed at both ends of the rail 173, respectively. desirable.

In addition, the stopper 190 is preferably formed in each of the regions overlapped with the extended region of the slider 170 as shown, which is a pair formed vertically up / down as shown, or not shown It may be formed horizontally.

On the other hand, the stopper 190 is preferably installed on each of the first rail 173 and the second rail 175, the first guide 181 and the second guide 183 of the slider 170, at least one It is highly desirable to be installed above.

The terminal 100 of the present invention can be enlarged or reduced in size by an operation as shown in FIG. 7, which will be described with reference to FIG. 7, with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6.

7 is an operational state diagram illustrating the operation of the terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 7A, the terminal 100 is a portable state, as shown in FIG. 7A, and shows a minimum area state. In this case, the first expansion unit 140 and the

displays

161 and 163 of the main body 120 overlap each other. Therefore, the screen is in an inactive state (off state), and the third display 165 of the second expansion unit 150 exposed to the outside maintains an active state (on state).

When it is necessary to enlarge at least the area of the display 160 according to the needs of the user, the second extension part 150 and the first extension part 140 may be disposed on the main body 120 as shown in FIGS. 7B and 7C. After the slide is moved to the side, the expansion unit 130 is moved vertically to be supported by the seating groove 121, the area of the display 160 is expanded as shown in Figure 7d.

On the other hand, when the storage and carrying of the terminal 100 is finished, in the reverse order of expansion, at least the area of the display 160 can be reduced to provide portability.

Therefore, when the terminal 100 is folded and unfolded, both have a form as a perfect portable terminal. In particular, when the terminal 100 is unfolded, each

display

161, 163, 165 of the terminal is accurately engaged to form an extended display 160. Can be used as)

In addition, the terminal 100 of the present invention can reduce the economic burden compared to the damage of the existing large-sized display even if the damage is reduced, and the damage rate due to external impact, as well as the convenience of the portable through the reduction of the area when carrying. .

Meanwhile, as shown in the drawing, the expansion unit 130 may be selectively expanded when expanding to both sides of the main body 120, which will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 and 6 with reference to FIGS. .

8 is a plan view showing a state of use of the terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the terminal 100 of the present invention is capable of selectively expanding by the user, and using only one of each of the

expansion units

140 and 150 in accordance with the user's needs in the first reduced area, or by expanding both sides. The area of the display 160 can be selectively expanded.

In addition, the selective expansion of the display 160 may be displayed in an enlarged state of a photo, a game, a document, etc. expressed through the display 160, or a wide area may be displayed by enlarging the resolution.

That is, as shown in FIGS. 8A to 8B, the left side is a state before expansion (overlapping), and each of the first and

second displays

161 and 163 of the main body 120 and the first expansion unit 140 is not used. In addition, only the third display 165 of the second extension part 150 exposed to the front surface is activated.

Thereafter, if the display 160 of the terminal is extended as shown on the right side according to the needs of the user, the overlapping displays 160 mesh with each other flatly, and each

display

161, 163, 165 is activated, thereby implementing one display 160. do.

In addition, the small screen expressed in the initial overlap state through expansion of the display 160 is enlarged and outputted while maintaining the resolution as shown in FIG. 8A, or the display 160 is changed by changing the user interface (UI) and the resolution as shown in 8B. You can also set to enlarge the output.

That is, as illustrated in FIG. 8A, the UI displayed on the terminal before expansion (third display 165) may be enlarged and displayed, or the resolution may be enlarged and displayed as shown in FIG. 8B to display more pixels.

Although the present invention has been described in more detail with reference to the examples, the present invention is not necessarily limited to these embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical idea of the present invention but to describe the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not stabilized by these embodiments. The protection scope of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the equivalent scope should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

In a portable terminal,

The terminal,

At least two or more include a body coupled to each other to enable the upper and lower overlap and the left and right expansion through a slider, and a display provided on the front of each body,

The body,

A main body having hardware for operating the terminal and having a first display on a front surface thereof; And

And an extension part overlapping with the main body through the slider and extending up and down and left and right, and having at least a second display on a front surface thereof.
The method of claim 1,

The slider is,

Intaglio rails respectively provided on the upper and lower surfaces of the main body to induce movement of the extension part; And

And an embossed guide provided in the extension part to engage with the rail to limit the movement of the extension part.
The method of claim 2,

The rail is

An area consisting of a horizontal area for the slide movement of the expansion portion and a vertical area for the vertical movement of the overlapping extension portion, it is possible to maintain the same planar height of each display when expanding the display Adjustable terminal.
The method of claim 2,

The slider is,

As a stepped expansion structure of yin and yang interlocking with each other,

The rail is a structure in which the inner space is expanded in the form of stairs,

The guide is a terminal capable of adjusting the area, characterized in that the stepped rectangular structure corresponding to the shape of the rail.
The method of claim 2,

The slider is,

The stopper for fixing the overlapping and expanded state of the body; Terminals capable of adjusting the area, characterized in that it further comprises.
The method of claim 5,

The stopper is,

An elastic ball for elastic protrusion of the guide end; And

It is provided at each end of the rail, the terminal is adjustable in size, characterized in that it comprises a; receiving groove that is elastically seated.
The method of claim 2,

The expansion unit,

A first cover member provided with the guide and a second display provided on a front surface thereof, and a first extension part slide-coupled to an upper layer of the main body through one side of the main body; And

And a second cover member provided with the guide, and a third display provided at a front surface thereof, and a second extension part slide-coupled to an upper layer of the first extension part through the other side of the main body. Adjustable terminal.
The method of claim 1,

Arrangement of the hardware for driving the terminal is arranged in any one of the body, or the terminal capable of adjusting the area, characterized in that arranged separately in each body.
The method of claim 1,

In response to the overlapping and expansion of the terminal through the slider, the terminal is capable of adjusting the area, characterized in that the screen displayed through the display is expanded or displayed enlarged display.
The method of claim 7, wherein

The main body,

And a seating groove for supporting an expansion state of the expansion unit and fixing heights of the displays.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 10,

The body,

When the display area of the terminal is expanded, bezels on both sides of the main body, which are in contact with each other, and one side of the first extension part and the second extension part are deleted, thereby preventing disconnection of the screen due to expansion, and expanding the integrated unitary screen. A terminal capable of adjusting the area, characterized in that providing.
The method of claim 11,

The first extension unit,

A first catching jaw protruding from a bottom surface of the first bezel and covering one side of the first display exposed to the outside by contacting the seating groove; And

And a second catching jaw protruding toward the front surface of the first bezel and surrounding one surface of the third display exposed to the outside.
The method of claim 11,

The second expansion unit,

And a third catching protrusion protruding to a bottom surface of one surface on which a second bezel is formed and covering the other side of the first display exposed to the outside by contacting the seating groove. .