Patent Application
20080236012
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a displaying apparatus frame, and more particularly, to a frame having a sliding holder that slides along a direction that is not parallel to a display surface of a display apparatus.
2. Description of the Prior Art
With advancements in technology and higher living standards, myriad intelligent information products have been engineered in various fields. In the automobile electronic product arena, global positioning systems (GPS) have recently been considered essential devices for vehicles, allowing drivers to enjoy the convenience brought by GPS navigation.
If intense sunlight or external light is shone onto the display screen of the GPS navigation device in use, however, the resulting glare makes it difficult to see the information demonstrated on the display screen clearly, rendering the device less usable. Thus, it becomes important to consider how to design a display screen such that the information on the display screen can be seen clearly in an environment with intense sunlight or external light sources.
Common GPS navigation devices for vehicles or electronic products that are on the market today and feature their own display screens typically are not equipped with screen hoods. Users therefore must install additional hoods or utilize display technology to avoid the mentioned glare and the difficulty in realizing information demonstrated on the display screen. Additional screen hoods are not convenient and sometimes not feasible due to physical space limitations or other reasons and display screens with display technology capable of preventing glare suffer from high production costs.
It is therefore one of the objectives of the present invention to provide a displaying apparatus frame used for covering an exterior of a display apparatus to solve the above problem. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the displaying apparatus frame comprises a main frame and a sliding cover. The main frame has an opening corresponding to a display surface of the display apparatus. The sliding cover is connected to the main frame in a sliding way, and slides along a direction that is not parallel to the display surface.
These and other objectives of the present invention will no doubt become obvious to those of ordinary skill in the art after reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment that is illustrated in the various figures and drawings.
Certain terms are used throughout the description and following claims to refer to particular components. As one skilled in the art will appreciate, manufacturers may refer to a component by different names. This document does not intend to distinguish between components that differ in name but not function. In the following description and in the claims, the terms “include” and “comprise” are used in an open-ended fashion, and thus should be interpreted to mean “include, but not limited to . . . ”.
Different features of the present invention are detailed as below with reference to the figures, and for convenience of explanation, the same elements in separate figures are indicated by the same reference numerals.
Please refer to
In general, the sliding cover 120 is in a closed position when glare is not induced by external light. In this scenario, as shown in
In this embodiment of the displaying apparatus frame 100, please note that the sliding cover 120 is positioned outside the main frame 110 and has a reverse U-shape that does not completely surround the perimeter of the display apparatus frame. This example is for illustrative purposes only, however, and is not meant to be a limitation of the present invention. By way of example, the sliding cover 120 also can be positioned inside the main frame 110, such as a sliding cover 152 of a displaying apparatus frame 150 is shown in
In addition, in the above-mentioned embodiments, each of the displaying apparatus frames 100, 150 and 160 has only one sliding cover; however, the number of the sliding covers is not meant to be a limitation of the present invention. In another words, each of the displaying apparatus frames 100, 150 and 160 also can be built with a plurality of sliding covers. Please refer to
In general, the first sliding cover 320 and the second sliding cover 330 are in a first closed position and a second closed position when glare is not induced by external light. The definition of the first closed position in the present invention is the position where the first sliding cover 320 is completely retracted or collapsed onto the main frame 110, and likewise, the definition of the second closed position of the present invention is where the second sliding cover 330 is completely retracted or collapsed onto the first sliding cover 320. At the present circumstance, as shown in
Please note that the display apparatus 10 in the above-mentioned embodiment can be a display screen of a GPS navigation device; however, the displaying apparatus frame of the present invention in practice can be applied to any electronic apparatus having a display screen.
With regard to the method of affixing or combining the main frame to the sliding cover, taking the displaying apparatus frame 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention for example, the main frame 110 and the sliding cover 120 are attached through the inherent elastic force of plastic materials. In addition, three sides of the main frame 110 connected with the sliding cover 120 have channels to guide the sliding cover 120 over on the main frame 110 along a direction that is perpendicular to the display surface 12. Furthermore, two sides of the main frame 110 in contact with the sliding cover 120 further have protruding points (or pits), and there are counterpart pits (or protruding points) at corresponding positions on the sliding cover 120 for positioning purposes. It is well known to those of ordinary skill in the art that there are various methods for affixing or combining the main frame 110 with sliding cover 120, therefore additional details are omitted for the sake of brevity. Please note that the above-mentioned main frame 110 and the sliding cover 120 combination is for illustrative purposes only and is not meant to be taken as a limitation of the present invention. In practice, any combination and structure of a single sliding cover or a plurality of sliding covers can be applied to the displaying apparatus frame of the present invention.
Compared with the prior art, the displaying apparatus frame of the present invention has at least a sliding cover itself. When external light is too intense and induces glare on a display screen of an electronic apparatus, the sliding cover can be adjusted depending on the user's desire to block external light from inducing glare on the display screen. In other words, the displaying apparatus frame of the present invention can avoid glare without adding extra hoods or utilizing costly display technology capable of preventing glare. Moreover, the sliding cover is integrated into the displaying apparatus frame, so the sliding cover can provide users with the function of blocking light anytime and anywhere, which highly increases the convenience in use.
Those skilled in the art will readily observe that numerous modifications and alterations of the device and method may be made while retaining the teachings of the invention. Accordingly, the above disclosure should be construed as limited only by the metes and bounds of the appended claims.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 096205338 | Apr 2007 | TW | national |
