Video processing device
A video processing apparatus includes a housing defining an interior space, the housing having first, second, third, and fourth sides and a back side extending between the first, second, third and fourth sides, the back side including a back wall having a main portion laying on a back plane, a recessed portion recessed from the back plane and defining a video connection recess, and a recessed wall extending from the main portion to the recessed portion, the recessed wall having a video connector opening, and the recessed portion having an angled surface lying at an angle of at least 5 degrees relative to the back plane; and a video output socket in the interior space and aligned with the video connector opening of the recessed wall, whereby the angled surface facilitates insertion of a video connector into the video output socket.
1. A video processing apparatus (VPA) comprising:
a housing defining an interior space of the VPA, the housing having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, a third side and a fourth side opposite the third side and orthogonal to the first side, and a back side extending between the first side, the second side, the third side and the fourth side, the back side including a back wall comprising a main portion laying on a back plane, a recessed portion recessed from the back plane, and a recessed wall extending from the main portion to the recessed portion, the recessed wall having a video connector opening, the back wall comprising grooves, a middle section extending between the third side and the fourth side equidistantly between the first side and the second side, the middle section having a height “H” less than 4.0 centimeters;
a display screen opposite the back wall; and
a handle including arms having first ends opposite second ends and a bar extending between and connected to the second ends of the arms, the first ends being pivotally affixed to the middle section of the back wall and operable to pivot about a rotation axis from a first position, in which the arms are received by the grooves, and an intermediate position, in which the handle and the housing support the display screen at an angle ranging between 15-75 degrees relative to a horizontal plane,
wherein the grooves comprise first sections on one side of the rotation axis and second sections on an opposite side of the rotation axis, and
wherein the video connection recess is positioned between the second sections of the grooves on the opposite side of the rotation axis.
2. The VPA of claim 1 , the VPA further comprising a video output card, a video output socket in the interior space and aligned with the video connector opening of the recessed wall, wherein the video output socket is mounted on the video output card, wherein the recessed portion forms a video connection recess that comprises an angled surface lying at an angle of at least 5 degrees relative to the back plane, whereby the angled surface facilitates insertion of a video connector into the video output socket.
3. The VPA of claim 2 , wherein the video output card is supported by the housing parallel to the angled surface of the recessed portion of the back wall.
4. The VPA of claim 3 , wherein the recessed wall extends parallel to the first side.
5. The VPA of claim 4 , wherein the recessed portion extends from the recessed wall toward the first side of the VPA.
6. The VPA of claim 5 , wherein a distance from the recessed portion to the back plane decreases in a direction from the recessed wall toward the first side of the housing.
7. The VPA of claim 1 , wherein the recessed wall is positioned between the rotation axis and the first side of the VPA.
8. The VPA of claim 1 , wherein the video connection recess is positioned between the grooves.
9. The VPA of claim 1 , further comprising an external heat sink outside the internal space, an internal heat sink within the internal space, and a heat transfer bridge thermally connecting the internal heat sink and the external heat sink.
10. The VPA of claim 9 , wherein the VPA is devoid of a fan.
11. The VPA of claim 1 , wherein the VPA is operable in a first orientation and in a second orientation, and where the VPA includes a graphical user interface to present image data with the display module in the first orientation or the second orientation.
12. A video processing apparatus (VPA) comprising:
a housing defining an interior space of the VPA, the housing having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, a third side and a fourth side opposite the third side and orthogonal to the first side, and a back side extending between the first side, the second side, the third side and the fourth side, the back side including a back wall comprising a main portion laying on a back plane and a recessed portion recessed from the back plane;
connector ports at the third side;
a power button at the fourth side;
a display screen opposite the back wall;
a handle including arms having first ends opposite second ends and a bar extending between and connected to the second ends of the arms, the first ends being pivotally affixed to the back wall about a rotation axis; and
a ventilation grid formed on the main portion of the back wall between the rotation axis and the second side of the housing,
wherein the recessed portion is positioned between the rotation axis and the first side of the housing.
13. The VPA of claim 12 , wherein the back wall comprises grooves, and wherein the grooves comprise first sections on one side of the rotation axis and second sections on an opposite side of the rotation axis.
14. The VPA of claim 13 , wherein the video connection recess is positioned between the second sections of the grooves on the opposite side of the rotation axis.
15. The VPA of claim 13 , further comprising an external heat sink positioned between the second sections of the grooves on the opposite side of the rotation axis and adjacent the video connection recess.
16. The VPA of claim 15 , wherein the recessed wall extends parallel to the first side of the VPA, and wherein a distance from the recessed portion to the back plane decreases in a direction from the recessed wall toward the first side of the VPA.
17. The VPA of claim 12 , the VPA further comprising hinges, a video output card and a video output socket mounted on the video output card, each of the hinges including a shaft, a locking nut and a spring, the locking nut and the spring traversed by the shaft, the shafts connected to the first ends of the handle, the housing further comprising a recessed wall extending from the main portion to the recessed portion of the back wall, wherein the recessed portion comprises an angled surface lying at an angle of at least 5 degrees relative to the back plane, whereby the angled surface facilitates insertion of a video connector into the video output socket.
18. The VPA of claim 12 , the VPA further comprising a video output card and a video output socket mounted on the video output card, wherein the recessed portion comprises an angled surface lying at an angle of at least 5 degrees relative to the back plane, whereby the angled surface facilitates insertion of a video connector into the video output socket.
19. The VPA of claim 12 , the VPA further comprising a video output card and a video output socket mounted on the video output card, the housing further comprising a recessed wall extending from the main portion to the recessed portion of the back wall, wherein the recessed portion comprises an angled surface lying at an angle of at least 5 degrees relative to the back plane, whereby the angled surface facilitates insertion of a video connector into the video output socket.
20. The VPA of claim 12 , the VPA further comprising hinges, each of the hinges including a shaft, a locking nut and a spring, the locking nut and the spring traversed by the shaft, the shafts connected to the first ends of the handle.
21. A video processing apparatus (VPA) comprising:
a housing defining an interior space of the VPA, the housing having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, a third side and a fourth side opposite the third side and orthogonal to the first side, and a back side extending between the first side, the second side, the third side and the fourth side, the back side including a back wall comprising a main portion laying on a back plane, a recessed portion recessed from the back plane, and a recessed wall extending from the main portion to the recessed portion, the recessed wall having a video connector opening, the back wall comprising grooves, a middle section extending between the third side and the fourth side equidistantly between the first side and the second side, the middle section having a height “H” less than 4.0 centimeters;
a display screen opposite the back wall; and
a handle including arms having first ends opposite second ends and a bar extending between and connected to the second ends of the arms, the first ends being pivotally affixed to the middle section of the back wall and operable to pivot about a rotation axis from a first position, in which the arms are received by the grooves, and an intermediate position, in which the handle and the housing support the display screen at an angle ranging between 15-75 degrees relative to a horizontal plane,
wherein the grooves comprise first sections on one side of the rotation axis and second sections on an opposite side of the rotation axis, and
wherein the VPA further comprises an external heat sink positioned between the second sections of the grooves on the opposite side of the rotation axis and adjacent the video connection recess.
22. The VPA of claim 21 , wherein the recessed wall extends parallel to the first side of the VPA, and wherein a distance from the recessed portion to the back plane decreases in a direction from the recessed wall toward the first side of the VPA.