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Granted Patent B2
US 11,442,413 · App. 17/198,565 · Granted Sep 13, 2022

Information display device with improved reliability against external force and control of display based on movement

Inventors: Masakazu Mitsugi (Kanagawa, JP); Kenji Itoh (Tokyo, JP); Seigo Yoneda (Chiba, JP); Masatomo Shimoyama (Aichi, JP); Masaki Miyamoto (Tokyo, JP); Tomokazu Takase (Saitama, JP); Yoichi Ito (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
G04G9/0035G04G17/08G04G21/02G06F3/14
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Patent No.
US 11,442,413
App. No.
17/198,565
Granted
Sep 13, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided an information display device making it possible to improve the reliability of a display against an external force. The information display device includes a case portion for displaying time information in a predetermined operation mode, and a band portion to be worn on an arm, and includes one piece of thin display inside the case portion and the band portion. Inside the band portion, the thin display, a metal sheet, and a resin sheet are laminated. The present technology can be applied to an information display device, etc., for example.

Claims (40)

1. An information display device comprising:

a time information presentation portion configured to display time information;

a band portion configured to be worn on an arm;

a detection unit configured to detect a movement of the information display device; and

a display control unit configured to control display by a thin display,

wherein the information display device includes one piece of the thin display inside the time information presentation portion and the band portion,

wherein the thin display, a metal sheet, and a resin sheet are laminated inside the band portion,

wherein the display control unit is further configured to stop updating contents displayed by the thin display when a movement of the information display device is not detected for a predetermined period,

wherein the thin display is arranged at a stress neutral point of the band portion, and

wherein the detection unit and the display control unit are each implemented via at least one processor.

2. The information display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a material of the metal sheet is stainless steel.

3. The information display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the metal sheet has a thickness within a range of 0.03 to 0.08 mm.

4. The information display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a material of the resin sheet is polyethylene terephthalate.

5. The information display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the resin sheet has a thickness within a range of 0.05 to 0.20 mm.

6. The information display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a base portion of the band portion covers lateral surfaces and a bottom surface of the laminate of the thin display, the metal sheet, and the resin sheet,

wherein a cover portion of the band portion covers an upper surface of the thin display, the upper surface being a display surface, and

wherein an upper surface of the base portion covering the lateral surfaces of the laminate of the thin display, the metal sheet, and the resin sheet and a bottom surface of the cover portion are bonded.

7. The information display device according to claim 6 ,

wherein a material of the base portion is a material in which an elastomer material having high hardness and an elastomer material having low hardness are compounded at a predetermined compounding ratio.

8. The information display device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the elastomer materials are thermoplastic polyurethane.

9. The information display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the band portion includes a metal reinforcement plate near a connection portion with the time information presentation portion.

10. The information display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the thin display is electronic paper.

11. The information display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the thin display is an organic electroluminescent display.

12. The information display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the thin display is a liquid crystal display.

13. A display control method comprising:

displaying time information by a time information presentation portion of an information display device connected to a band portion of the information display device that is configured to be worn on an arm, wherein the information display device includes one piece of the thin display inside the time information presentation portion and the band portion, and the thin display, a metal sheet, and a resin sheet are laminated inside the band portion;

detecting a movement of the information display device; and

controlling display by a thin display,

wherein controlling the display includes control to stop updating contents displayed by the thin display when a movement of the information display device is not detected for a predetermined period, and

wherein the thin display is arranged at a stress neutral point of the band portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2021
From: MITSUGI, MASAKAZU; ITOH, KENJI; YONEDA, SEIGO; SHIMOYAMA, MASATOMO; MIYAMOTO, MASAKI; TAKASE, TOMOKAZU; ITO, YOICHI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055562/0467 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-084576 · Apr 21, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16494985
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