KR200323309Y1 - Hand held phone terminal having transparent flip - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mobile phone terminal having a keypad-type transparent flip, the upper body portion 20 and the lower flip portion 40 of the transparent material formed so that the liquid crystal display 22 is exposed on the front hinge hinge 30 A mobile phone terminal (10) of a folding type, which is coupled so as to be rotatable, comprising: a jog dial (23) formed at a lower side of a liquid crystal display to generate a movement and selection signal for information displayed on the liquid crystal display; A battery 24 formed to be detachable from the rear of the upper main body and supplying power to the mobile phone; An opening portion 41 formed in a predetermined size at a position corresponding to the jog dial in the folding state of the mobile phone toward the hinge coupling portion of the lower flip portion; A keypad 42 positioned below the opening and composed of numeric keys and function keys made of a transparent material for sensing a user's selection of pressing; A sun ting film 43 formed in the shape of a display symbol of each numeric key and a function key of the keypad to which a transparent surface of one side is attached to an outer surface of each of the keys, so that a user can recognize the reflective surface of the other key; And a signal transmission line 45 installed in the lower flip part to transmit a selection signal for each key of the keypad to the upper main body part.

Description

Mobile phone terminal with keypad-type transparent flip {HAND HELD PHONE TERMINAL HAVING TRANSPARENT FLIP}

The present invention relates to a mobile phone terminal having a keypad-type transparent flip, and more particularly, in the upper body portion of a general personal mobile phone terminal, the liquid crystal screen is positioned to be exposed to the outside, and the lower flip portion covering the front surface of the upper body portion. It consists of a transparent slip type flip, so that the liquid crystal display of the upper body part is exposed to the outside through the transparent lower flip part in the closed state of the lower folder part, and in the open state, the mobile phone function can be used through a keypad formed on the inner surface of the lower flip part. The present invention relates to a mobile phone terminal having a keypad-type transparent flip that allows a terminal to have a function similar to that of a dual window liquid crystal screen with only a single liquid crystal screen and to have a simple and individual appearance.

Nowadays, mobile phones, which are quickly becoming one of the indispensable necessities for modern people, are divided into flip type terminals and clamshell terminals in their external configuration.

A folding terminal having a hinge on the upper side of the cover and a keypad is installed on the inner side of the cover, and a liquid crystal display is installed on the inside of the cover, and the user wants to make a call or check information through the terminal. The force is applied to open the cover and use the information on the LCD screen.

However, such a folding type terminal has a small size on the outer side of the cover in order to overcome the inconvenience that the user can see the LCD screen only when the cover is opened, compared to the flip type terminal which can immediately check the display information of the LCD screen. A dual folder for installing an auxiliary LCD screen has appeared.

In this case, the auxiliary LCD screen displays simple information such as radio wave reception sensitivity, date, time, battery remaining amount, caller ID number, and the like so that the user can check basic information about the terminal or call without opening the cover. It gives great convenience to use.

However, since the auxiliary LCD screen is installed on the cover of the upper side, many parts are additionally added to the cover, which not only increases the burden of many additional costs, but also makes the cover of the upper side thick and heavy. There is a problem that the operation is received due to the weight due to the weight is easily broken in the hinge hinge.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, the object of the mobile phone terminal is disposed in the front to expose the LCD screen to the outside to the outside and is connected to be rotatable through the upper body portion and the hinge coupling portion The lower flip part that selectively covers the front of the upper main body part is composed of a slip type transparent flip, and inside the transparent flip, each button is coated to be recognized transparently from the outside in a closed state. It is to provide a mobile phone terminal having a keypad-type transparent flip that the LCD screen is exposed to the outside through the transparent flip in the closed state without the auxiliary LCD screen.

In addition, a transparent flip even when the lower flip part is closed by positioning the jog dial below the upper main body part of the mobile phone terminal so that various menu movement and selection signals are exposed to the front and forming a predetermined opening at the corresponding lower flip part position. The present invention provides a mobile phone terminal having a keypad-type transparent flip that enables a terminal function to be manipulated using a jog dial while viewing a liquid crystal screen.

1 is a plan view showing a flip open state of a mobile phone terminal having a transparent flip of the keypad type to which the present invention is applied.

Figure 2 is a side view showing a flip open state of the mobile phone terminal having a transparent flip of the keypad type to which the present invention is applied.

Figure 3 is a plan view showing a flip-closed state of a mobile phone terminal having a transparent flip of the keypad type to which the present invention is applied.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

10: terminal 20: upper main body

21: speaker 22: LCD screen

23: jog dial 24: battery

30: hinge coupling portion 40: lower flip portion

41: opening 42: keypad

43: film film 44: microphone

45: signal transmission line 46: edge cap

Mobile phone terminal having a keypad-type transparent flip according to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object is the upper body portion 20 and the lower flip portion 40 of the transparent material formed so that the LCD screen 22 is exposed to the front In the mobile phone terminal 10 of the folding type coupled to the hinge coupling portion 30 so as to be rotatable, it is formed in a predetermined form on the lower side of the LCD screen to generate a movement and selection signal for the information displayed on the LCD screen. Jog dial 23 for making; A battery 24 formed to be detachable from a rear surface of the upper main body to supply a mobile phone power; An opening portion 41 formed in a predetermined size at a position corresponding to the jog dial in the state of folding the mobile phone toward the hinge coupling portion of the lower flip portion; A keypad 42 positioned below the opening and configured of a numeric key and a function key made of a transparent material for detecting a user's pressing selection; Sunt film 43 is formed in the shape of the display symbol of each numeric key and the function key of the keypad is attached to the transparent surface of one side to provide a transparent field of view on the outer surface of each of the keys so that the user can recognize through the reflective surface of the other side ; And a signal transmission line 45 installed in the lower flip part to transmit a selection signal for each key of the keypad to the upper body part.

Preferably, the lower flip portion 40 is connected to each key of the keypad 42, the hollow frame cap to receive the signal transmission line 45 extending to the upper main body portion 20 ( 46) further comprises.

More preferably, the sunt film 43 is a reflective surface of a polyester material formed on one side of the reflective surface and the other side of the transparent surface.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Hereinafter, the present invention has a lower flip portion coupled to the upper body portion of the personal mobile phone terminal through the hinge coupling portion so that the liquid crystal screen is exposed to the outside and covers the front portion of the upper body portion. In the closed state of the flip part, the liquid crystal screen of the upper body part is exposed to the outside through the transparent lower flip part, and in the open state, it is possible to use the mobile phone function through the keypad formed on the inner surface of the lower flip part. Although a mobile phone terminal having a keypad-type transparent flip which has a function similar to that of a liquid crystal display and can have a simple and individual appearance will be described as a preferred embodiment, the technical idea of the present invention is not limited to this and is not limited thereto. Deformed It is subject to both the embodiment. FIG.

1 is a plan view showing a flip open state of a mobile phone terminal having a keypad-type transparent flip applied to the present invention, Figure 2 is a side view showing a flip open state of a mobile phone terminal having a keypad-type transparent flip applied to the present invention, 3 is a plan view illustrating a flip-closed state of a mobile phone terminal having a keypad-type transparent flip to which the present invention is applied.

The mobile phone terminal having a keypad-type transparent flip to which the present invention is applied has a liquid crystal display 22 and a jog dial 23 at the front and a battery for supplying power to the rear in forming a foldable terminal 10. The upper body portion 20 to which the 24 is detachably attached and the keypad 42 made of a transparent material are connected to each other through a hinge coupling portion 30 to the lower side of the upper body portion 20 to be rotatable. It is composed of a built-in lower flip portion (40).

At this time, the terminal 10 is described below as an example of a general foldable mobile phone terminal in which the upper body portion 20 and the lower flip portion 40 is hinged by the hinge coupling portion 30, but is shown in the drawings However, the principle of the present invention is not limited thereto, and is applicable to other mobile terminals such as PDA and IMT 2000 as well.

Referring to Figures 1 to 3 in more detail with respect to a mobile phone terminal having a keypad-type transparent flip in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention,

The upper main body 20 includes a speaker 21, a liquid crystal display 22, a jog dial 23, and a battery 24. The battery 24 is connected to a controller and an internal substrate not shown in the drawing. By using the power supply, it is possible to perform functions of a typical mobile phone terminal such as a call connection function, a screen display function, a data transmission and reception function, and a ring generation function.

The speaker 21 is located in front of the upper body portion 20, the upper side, and emits a call tone or key tone sound connected to the outside to the user to receive the call tone and the key tone sound to the terminal 10 ) To make it possible.

The LCD screen 22 is formed below the speaker 21 so as to be exposed to the front with a predetermined size, so that the information of the terminal 10, call connection information, or various information according to the wireless Internet can be displayed in text, image or video. It will be displayed in the form.

The jog dial 23 is formed in a predetermined shape on the lower side of the LCD screen 22 so that the left and right movement signals request movement of the left and right sides with respect to numbers, letters or various menu items displayed on the LCD screen 22. And a selection signal for selecting the displayed data.

The battery 24 is formed to enable the user to selectively detach from the rear of the upper body portion 20, the contact point for supplying power in a state attached to the rear of the upper body portion 20 The power charged through the power supply terminal of the upper main body 20, which is not shown in the drawing, is supplied to the upper main body 20.

Meanwhile, the lower flip portion 40 includes an opening 41, a keypad 42, a microphone 44, a signal transmission line 45, and an edge cap 46 to the upper body portion 20. It transmits a push selection signal to the keypad 42 of the user or a voice signal through the microphone 44, the lower flip portion 40 is a transparent having a predetermined thickness, for example, a thickness of 2 to 5 mm It is made of a plastic material of the material is configured to project the front surface formed with the liquid crystal screen 22 of the upper body portion 20 from the outside even in close contact with the upper body portion 40.

The opening 41 is formed as an opening having a size at least equal to that of the jog dial 23 formed downward from the front of the upper body portion 20, and the opening 41 is the lower flip portion 40. At the hinge coupling portion 30, which is a coupling portion with the upper main body 20 in the side, the lower flip portion 40 is formed to correspond to the position and size of the jog dial 23. The jog dial 23 is exposed to the outside in the closed and rotated state through the 30.

Therefore, the user can operate the jog dial 23 through the opening 41 even when the lower flip portion 40 is closed, and the terminal 10 can be operated through the jog dial 23 in the closed state. ) Can be operated.

Meanwhile, as illustrated in FIG. 1, the keypad 42 is composed of numeric keys and various function keys at the lower side of the opening 41, and a user can make a phone call, send a text, and use information. Will be.

At this time, each of the numeric keys and function keys of the keypad 42 is made of a plastic or silicon material of a transparent material, when pressed by the user, the selection signal for each of these numeric keys and function keys is a respective number The signal is transmitted to the upper main body 20 through the signal transmission line 45 connected to the key and the function keys, respectively.

Accordingly, each of the numeric keys and the function keys of the keypad 42 may be a polydome switch made of a polyester made of a transparent material, so that the keypad 42 having the numeric keys and the function keys is visually transparent or The translucent state may be maintained, in which each key simply functions as a switch for detecting a user's pressing selection and the signal processing according to the pressing selection is performed through the upper main body 20.

In addition, each of the numeric keys and function keys of the keypad 42 has a display symbol (for example, 1, 2, 3, *, #) printed on the outer surface to allow the user to visually recognize each key. These marking symbols are a turning film 43 formed from a sputtered film used for vehicle window coating, which is a film in which a metal film is coated on a polyester film, that is, a film. Since it is a two-layer film that is evenly coated on the film and covered by the film by suction and attaching fine metal powder on the surface under vacuum, one side is provided as a reflective surface having excellent reflectivity and the other side is transparent to provide a transparent field of view. It will be formed of cotton.

Accordingly, the sunt film 43 is adhered to the outer surface of each key on the surface of the keypad 42 on the upper main body 20 side to which the numeric keys and the function keys face in the closed state of the keypad 42. In this bonding, the reflective surface side of the sunt film 43 is adhered to each key of the keypad 42 to be exposed to the outside, so that the lower flip part 40 is opened on the keypad 42. The reflective surface is exposed to the user's view of holding the terminal 10 so that the user can visually identify such an indication symbol made of the sun set film 43, while the lower flip portion 40 is closed. The keypad 42 is exposed on the back of the user gripping the terminal 10, so that the user is transparently recognized such a sign made of the sun film 43 to project it Group the user through the liquid crystal screen 22 formed on the upper main body portion 20, it is possible to visually see the.

On the other hand, the rim cap 46 is formed to have a predetermined space therein along the outer circumferential surface of the lower flip portion 40, accordingly, the rim cap 46 is provided to each key in the keypad 42 The signal transmission line 45 connected to and extending to the upper main body 20 is accommodated so that the signal transmission line 45 is protected from an external shock or the like.

The microphone 44 is located at the bottom of the keypad 42 to receive a user's voice during a call.

At this time, the user's voice signal received from the microphone 44 is also transmitted to the upper main body 20 through the signal transmission line 45, of course.

Accordingly, the lower flip part 40 of the present invention according to the embodiment described above is such that the lower flip part 40 is recognized as transparent or translucent from the outside in a closed state, so that the user does not open the lower flip part 40. It is possible to always check the liquid crystal display 22 of the upper main body portion 20, and in the open state, the user recognizes each numeric key and function keys of the keypad 42 on which the suntling film 43 is printed. It becomes possible to implement the unique function of the general mobile phone terminal through this keypad 42.

The present invention described above is capable of various substitutions, modifications, and changes without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention for those having ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention belongs, and the above-described embodiments and accompanying It is not limited to the drawing.

As described above, a mobile phone terminal having a keypad-type transparent flip according to the present invention is disposed on the front body portion of the upper body portion of the mobile phone terminal so that the LCD screen is exposed to the outside and the battery is coupled to the rear side. The lower flip portion, which is coupled to be rotatable and selectively covers the front surface of the upper main body portion, constitutes a slip type transparent flip, while the buttons of the transparent material constituting such flip are formed on a top surface of the anti-reflective coating type film. In the closed state, the lower flip part is recognized as transparent or opaque from the outside by adhering the formed display symbols, so that the liquid crystal screen can be checked through the liquid crystal display. In a separate auxiliary liquid crystal To reduce the costs required and the effect that it is simple and have a distinctive appearance consumers prefer a transparent type.

In addition, compared to a conventional mobile phone in which the sub LCD screen or the main LCD screen is always exposed to the outside, the transparent flip screen can always see the LCD screen and protect the LCD screen from external shocks and scratches. There is also an effect.

In addition, the jog dial for generating various menu movement and selection signals is exposed to the front side of the upper main body of the mobile phone terminal, and a predetermined opening is formed at a position of the corresponding lower flip part so that the flip side is transparent even in the closed state. The user can operate the terminal function without opening the flip by using the jog dial while watching the liquid crystal screen through the unit, thereby providing convenience to the user.

Claims (3)

The upper body part 20 and the lower flip part 40 made of a transparent material are formed to be rotated by the hinge coupler 30 so that the LCD screen 22 is exposed on the front surface thereof. In A jog dial 23 formed at a lower side of the LCD screen to generate a movement and selection signal for information displayed on the LCD screen; A battery 24 formed to be detachable from a rear surface of the upper main body to supply a mobile phone power; An opening portion 41 formed in a predetermined size at a position corresponding to the jog dial in the state of folding the mobile phone toward the hinge coupling portion of the lower flip portion; A keypad 42 positioned below the opening and configured of a numeric key and a function key made of a transparent material for detecting a user's pressing selection; Sunt film 43 is formed in the shape of the display symbol of each numeric key and the function key of the keypad is attached to the transparent surface of one side to provide a transparent field of view on the outer surface of each of the keys so that the user can recognize through the reflective surface of the other side ; And And a signal transmission line (45) installed in the lower flip part to transmit a selection signal for each key of the keypad to the upper main body part. The method of claim 1, The lower flip portion 40 is further connected to each key of the keypad 42 further comprises a hollow edge cap 46 for receiving a signal transmission line 45 extending to the upper body portion 20 is received. Mobile phone terminal having a keypad-type transparent flip, characterized in that it comprises. The method of claim 1, The sunt film 43 is a mobile terminal having a keypad-type transparent flip, characterized in that the reflective surface of one side is a reflective film (sputtered film) of polyester material formed on the other side of the transparent surface.