Portable device including flexible display panel
View Patent ↗The present invention relates to a portable device including a flexible display panel and having a new structure in which the flexible display panel is easily accepted and withdrawn to be used. In the portable device including a flexible display panel according to the present invention, when a support ( 40 ) is rotated using a rotation driving unit ( 100 ), a display panel ( 30 ) is withdrawn from a case ( 10 ) or the display panel ( 30 ) is accepted into the case ( 10 ). Therefore, the flexible display panel ( 30 ) is easily accepted and withdrawn to be used and since there is a feature that the flexible display panel ( 30 ) is wound in the form of rolled paper and maintained in a compact size when not used, there is an advantage capable of minimizing the overall size of the portable device.
1. A portable device including a flexible display panel, comprising:
a case ( 10 ) configured to have a tubular shape vertically extending and having a slit ( 11 ) which vertically extends formed in one side of the case ( 10 );
a winding drum ( 20 ) rotatably provided inside the case ( 10 );
a display panel ( 30 ) configured to have a flexible sheet shape, wound around an outer circumferential surface of the winding drum ( 20 ) and configured to extend outside the case ( 10 ) through the slit ( 11 );
a support ( 40 ) provided on a rear surface of the display panel ( 30 ) and configured to support the display panel ( 30 ) extending outside the case ( 10 ); and
a rotation driving unit ( 100 ) connected to the support ( 40 ) and configured to rotate the support ( 40 ),
wherein a trailing end portion of the support ( 40 ) is rotatably coupled to a leading end portion of the display panel ( 30 ), and in a state in which the display panel ( 30 ) is unwound outside the case ( 10 ), the support ( 40 ) is laterally rotated so that a leading end portion of the support ( 40 ) is in close contact with an outer circumferential surface of the case ( 10 ) to support the display panel ( 30 ),
wherein the rotation driving unit ( 100 ) includes:
a driving bar ( 101 ) of which a trailing end portion is rotatably coupled to the case ( 10 ) and a leading end portion is hinged with a middle portion of the support ( 40 ); and
a driving motor ( 102 ) connected to the trailing end portion of the driving bar ( 101 ) to rotatably reciprocate the driving bar ( 101 ),
wherein the driving motor ( 102 ) rotates the driving bar ( 101 ) to be arranged in a direction perpendicular to a length direction of the case ( 10 ), and moves the support ( 40 ), which is connected to the driving bar ( 101 ), to be disposed on a peripheral region of the display panel ( 30 ) and in a direction which is perpendicular to the length direction of the case ( 10 ).
2. The portable device of claim 1 , wherein a planar portion ( 15 ) is formed on one side of the case ( 10 ),
further comprising an auxiliary display panel ( 50 ) provided on the planar portion ( 15 ).
3. The portable device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a communication unit ( 60 ) provided inside the case ( 10 ); and
an illumination lamp ( 70 ) and a call button ( 80 ) respectively provided at upper and lower end portions of the case ( 10 ).
4. The portable device of claim 3 , further comprising:
a support member ( 14 ) disposed at an upper or lower end portion of the case ( 10 ) to surround the illumination lamp ( 70 ) or the call button ( 80 ),
wherein one end portion of the support member ( 14 ) is hinged with the case ( 10 ), and in a state in which the display panel ( 30 ) is withdrawn from and supported by the support ( 40 ), when the support member ( 14 ) is rotated to protrude outside the case ( 10 ) and the case ( 10 ) is placed on a floor, the case ( 10 ) is supported by the support member ( 14 ).
5. The portable device of claim 1 , wherein the driving motor ( 102 ) rotates the driving bar ( 101 ) and moves the support ( 40 ), such that the driving bar ( 101 ) is overlapped with the support ( 40 ) along an entire length of the driving bar ( 101 ).