JP2011244410A - Arm for neck-hanging and fixing portable terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem that it is hard to effectively utilize an advanced terminal since most of advanced terminals such as mobile phones in recent years are assumed to be used during walking (such as a map of a GPS function, pedometer, health measuring function, speed meter) and when using these functions during walking, a state of taking the terminal in hand or an action for taking it out especially troubles a user, fatigue of the arm or losing attention by gazing at a screen may induce danger, or inside a train, tossing of the train may be dangerous when switching the hand taking the terminal.SOLUTION: An advanced mobile phone or digital personal assistant can be maintained/displayed at an arbitrary field position all the time through a joint and an arm, thereby effectively utilizing the advanced terminal with irreducibly minimum action and attention during walking. By releasing hands/arms, for reduction of fatigue and maintenance of attention, a margin may be generated in terminal operation in all the scenes such as during walking/jogging or use in the room and even under the situation where feet of a user are especially unstable such as inside a train, a degree of freedom of arms is increased, thereby easily ensuring safety and also easily effectively utilizing the original functions of the terminal.

Description

  The present invention mainly relates to browsing assistance and protection for mobile phones and portable information terminals.

Conventionally, cellular phones and information terminals, in particular, have been operated relying solely on hand support. In order to prevent the terminal device from being damaged due to dropping or the like, the terminal main body is protected by covering it with a cover (for example, refer to Patent Document 1), or a strap is attached to the terminal main body. In addition, it was intended to prevent falling (see, for example, Patent Document 2).
Registered Utility Model No. 3072782 Patent Publication 2008-295748 Hereinafter, other patent documents similar to the above-mentioned documents. Patent publication 2009-72523, patent publication 2009-90068

These have the following drawbacks.
Conventionally, when a mobile phone or a portable information terminal (hereinafter referred to as a terminal) is used, it is troublesome such as taking out from a terminal storage place, for example, a pocket or a bag, or removing a dedicated cover one by one. In the case of long-time browsing, for example, when the user always wants to browse the information, the muscular fatigue on the arm was unexpectedly difficult.

  In particular, the recent enhancement of terminal functions is often used on the premise of walking. For example, GPS function maps, pedometers / health measurement functions, speedometers, etc. always maintain and display browsing status, or In applications where immediate viewing is preferable, the troublesome operation of putting in and out the terminal while walking, the accumulation of fatigue in the arm when browsing with the arm always bent, the distraction of consciousness due to terminal operation and screen gaze are It interferes with normal walking and invites danger. In addition, when browsing in a train, etc., when the vehicle is shaken, such as the movement of the terminal that comes from the fatigue of the arm, in addition to the inconvenience when one arm is blocked by a suspended leather or handrail There was a particular danger in the unprotected gap.

  The present invention is intended to solve such a conventional problem, and by adding an auxiliary function to the information terminal, it is easy to effectively use the original function / information of the terminal and secures the degree of physical freedom. This is intended to contribute to reducing fatigue of the arms and maintaining and improving attention.

  And in order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention fixes the body from the cover for fixing and protecting the terminal through the rotary joint, from several arms for supporting and extending further through the rotary joint. By connecting to the stabilizer plate and providing the neck hook frame from the stabilizer plate, the terminal fixed by hanging around the neck of the user's body can be kept in a stable and arbitrary visual field position.

  As in the past, when operating a high-performance mobile phone or portable information terminal, both hands are freed by not relying solely on hand support, and various behavioral situations (walking / jogging, transportation, indoors) Etc.), there is a margin in using the terminal, and the effect of increasing the degree of freedom of operation is produced.

  For example, in high-function mobile phones, the GPS function map, pedometer / health measurement function, etc. can be maintained and displayed through the joint and arm at all times while operating the map. The terminal can be used effectively with movement and attention. In addition, even when the terminal is used in situations where the feet are unstable such as in a train, the degree of freedom of the arm is increased, so that it is easy to ensure safety and the functions inherent to the terminal can be easily utilized. The release of hands and arms contributes to reducing fatigue and sustaining attention effectively in every day of use of the device. Further, when these terminals are not used, they can be stored in the chest in a compact and one-touch manner through the joints and arms, so that the troublesome operation of inserting / removing the terminals and the possibility of damage due to dropping are greatly reduced.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  In the figure, a terminal fixing cover release button (3) is provided for matching and separating the terminal fixing cover A (1) and the terminal fixing cover B (2) formed to fix the terminal, By the movement of the male part of the rotary joint unit (4) fixed to 1) and the female part of (4) fixed to the telescopic support arm (6) extended from the support arm (5), (1) to (4) integrated to protect and fix the terminal can be arbitrarily rotated around (4) so that the terminal is easy to see. Similarly, the male part of the rotary joint unit (7) joined to (5) has the fixed stabilizer (9) and the female part of (7) fixed thereto as an axis, and (1) to (7) can be arbitrarily rotated integrally so that the terminal is easy to see. Further, (1) to (7) can be fixed and stored with the part of (5) sandwiched between the arm fixing claws (8) with (7) as an axis. Neck hook frame (10) via (9) can be stored compactly as shown in [Fig. 8] by providing several storage joints (11) and storage joints (12) for storage. Easy to bend. The tip of (10) is provided with a non-slip return (13) or the like so as not to slip from the body or to enhance the wearing feeling.

  When wearing these portable terminal neck-fixing arms, you can browse the terminal while keeping the arm angle at a user-friendly angle as shown in [Fig. 1] or [Fig. 3] [Fig. When the terminal information is not browsed, as shown in [FIG. 2] or [FIG. 7], it can be fixed and stored so as not to disturb the user.

  The shapes and matching methods for fixing and protecting the terminals of (1) to (3) are examples.

  (5) There is also a measure to alleviate the impact on the terminal due to vertical movement during walking or jogging by applying a spring effect in the frame of (6).

  In the effect of the support / extension frame from the rotary joints of (4) to (7), the same flexible structure / shape can be substituted.

  The rotary joints of (4), (7), (11), and (12) are examples that satisfy the definition of a joint that meets each required effect, and the rotary joint shape and joint method are not limited.

  The neck hook frame of (10) includes a flexible material such as a string or a soft material, and a shape / material that can be replaced by the present invention, in addition to a hard material. Presence or absence changes.

  Also, in order to extend the terminal usage time, if a battery is incorporated in (9) and wiring is provided in (1) to (7), a charging function can be provided.

  The claim "providing an arm for fixing and supporting an electronic terminal and a neck for fixing the electronic terminal" fixes and supports even a small terminal in general, for example, a relatively large terminal. If the arm is provided on the arm for setting and a neck hook for fixing the body is provided, the weight of the terminal at the time of browsing can be eased and comfortable operation can be performed. Depending on the weight, shape, etc. of the terminals used, the structure corresponds appropriately to the claims, and the best embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 8 is an example of a small portable terminal. As described above, according to the present embodiment, bothersomeness and physical fatigue can be eliminated, and the mobile phone and the terminal and the information thereof can be comfortably used.

  The terminal in the claims is not specified as an electronic terminal.

  Top perspective view when viewing the terminal when the portable terminal neck hanging fixing arm (hereinafter referred to as fixing arm) is mounted   Top perspective view when the terminal is not viewed when the fixing arm is mounted   Front view when viewing the terminal with the fixing arm attached   Rear view when viewing the terminal with the fixing arm attached   Left side view when viewing the terminal with the fixing arm attached   Right side view when viewing the terminal with the fixing arm attached   Top view when viewing the terminal with the fixing arm attached   Bottom view when browsing the terminal with the fixing arm attached   Left side view when the terminal is not viewed when the fixing arm is installed   Left side view when the fixing arm is not installed (stored)

1 Terminal fixing cover A
2 Terminal fixing cover B
3 Terminal fixing cover release button 4 Rotating joint unit 5 Support arm 6 Telescopic support arm 7 Rotating joint unit 8 Storing arm fixing claw 9 Fixing stabilization plate 10 Neck hook frame 11 Storing rotation joint 12 Storing rotation joint 13 Slip Stop back

Claims (1)

  An arm for fixing and supporting the terminal and a neck hook for fixing to the body are provided.

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