IP Library Granted Patent US 9,877,002
Granted Patent B2
US 9,877,002 · App. 15/217,517 · Granted Jan 23, 2018

Reconfigurable mobile device

Inventors: Sang-ho Kim (Hwaseong-si, KR); Seung-jin Oh (Seoul, KR); Sang-wook Kwon (Seongnam-si, KR); Byung-jik Kim (Seongnam-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04N9/3173G03B21/56G03B21/58G06F3/0412
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Patent No.
US 9,877,002
App. No.
15/217,517
Granted
Jan 23, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A reconfigurable mobile device is provided. The reconfigurable mobile device includes a first body, a second body that is disposed at a side of the first body and is movable with respect to the first body, a multistage supporter that is provided between the first body and the second body and comprises at least two supporting members that are inserted and received in at least one of the first body and the second body according to movement of the first body and the second body, a screen that is provided in the multistage supporter and is wound or unwound according to the movement of the first body and the second body, and a projector that is provided in at least one of the first body and the second body and configured to project an image toward the screen.

Claims (30)

1. A reconfigurable mobile device comprising:

a first body;

a second body that is disposed at a side of the first body and is movable with respect to the first body;

a multistage supporter that is provided between the first body and the second body and comprises at least two supporting members that are inserted and received in at least one of the first body and the second body according to movement of the first body and the second body;

a screen that is provided in the multistage supporter and is wound or unwound according to the movement of the first body and the second body; and

a projector that is provided in at least one of the first body and the second body and configured to project an image toward the screen.

2. The reconfigurable mobile device of claim 1 , wherein half of the at least two supporting members constituting the multistage supporter is inserted in the first body, and the other half is inserted in the second body.

3. The reconfigurable mobile device of claim 1 , wherein, when a side surface of the first body and a side surface of the second body are in contact with each other, the multistage supporter and the screen are not exposed to an outside, and when the first body is separated from the second body, the multistage supporter and the screen are exposed to the outside.

4. The reconfigurable mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the projector is disposed above the screen.

5. The reconfigurable mobile device of claim 4 , wherein the projector comprises a first projector to project an image onto a first portion of the screen, and a second projector to project an image onto a second portion of the screen.

6. The reconfigurable mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the projector is disposed below the screen.

7. The reconfigurable mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the first body is provided with a screen winding portion in which the screen is received in a wound state.

8. The reconfigurable mobile device of claim 1 , wherein

the first body is provided with a first screen winding portion in which half of the screen is wound and received, and

the second body is provided with a second screen winding portion in which the other half of the screen is wound and received.

9. The reconfigurable mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the screen comprises a support layer, a reflective layer, a tint layer, and an anti-reflective layer that are sequentially laminated.

10. The reconfigurable mobile device of claim 9 , wherein the reflective layer comprises a plurality of inclined surfaces to reflect light projected from the projector.

11. The reconfigurable mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the screen comprises a prism protective layer, a prism layer, a support layer, a tint layer, and an anti-reflective layer that are sequentially laminated.

12. The reconfigurable mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the projector comprises:

a projecting portion to project light; and

a reflective member to reflect the light coming out from the projecting portion to the screen.

13. The reconfigurable mobile device of claim 12 , wherein the reflective member comprises an aspherical mirror.

14. The reconfigurable mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the screen comprises a touch sensing layer.

15. The reconfigurable mobile device of claim 14 , wherein the touch sensing layer comprises a transmission (Tx) electrode corresponding to a middle area of the screen, and four reception (Rx) electrodes provided at four sides of the Tx electrode.

16. The reconfigurable mobile device of claim 15 , wherein the Tx electrode and the Rx electrodes are provided on a same side.

17. The reconfigurable mobile device of claim 15 , wherein the touch sensing layer further comprises an Rx electrode provided in a middle of the Tx electrode.

18. The reconfigurable mobile device of claim 15 , wherein a left Rx electrode of the touch sensing layer is disposed in the first body, and a right Rx electrode is disposed in the second body.

19. The reconfigurable mobile device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a controller configured to adjust a size of the image that is projected by the projector according to a size of the screen that is exposed between the first body and the second body.

20. The reconfigurable mobile device of claim 6 , wherein the screen comprises a prism protective layer, a prism layer, a support layer, and one of an aerial image (AI) plate layer, a lenticular layer, and a parallax barrier layer that are sequentially laminated.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2016
From: KIM, SANG-HO; OH, SEUNG-JIN; KWON, SANG-WOOK; KIM, BYUNG-JIK
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0013916 · Feb 4, 2016 · national
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62236552 · Oct 2, 2015
Related Publication 20170099471A1 · Apr 6, 2017