Display apparatus including a housing having a pillar shape, a plurality of attached monitors, and a central driving unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10117342-B2
Application number	US-201715642676-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 6, 2017
Priority date	Jul 7, 2016
Publication date	Oct 30, 2018
Grant date	Oct 30, 2018

Abstract

A display apparatus includes a housing having a pillar shape, a plurality of monitors, and a driving unit received in the housing and providing driving signals to the plurality of monitors. Each of the plurality of monitors displays an image through its front surface and back surface and includes side surfaces connecting the front surface and the back surface. One side surface of the side surfaces of each of the plurality of monitors is coupled to the housing. A thickness of each of the plurality of monitors decreases as a distance from the housing increases.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display apparatus comprising:
a housing having a pillar shape;
a plurality of monitors, each of which includes a front surface and a back surface through which an image is displayed and side surfaces connecting the front surface and the back surface; and
a driving unit received in the housing, the driving unit providing driving signals to the plurality of monitors,
wherein one side surface of the side surfaces of each of the plurality of monitors is coupled to the housing, and
wherein a thickness of each of the plurality of monitors decreases as a distance from the housing increases.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the housing comprises: a plurality of hinge parts connected to the plurality of monitors in one-to-one correspondence and rotating with reference to a central axis of the housing.

3. The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein each of the plurality of hinge parts comprises:
a cylinder part comprising at least one cylinder unit having a pillar shape; and
a connection part connecting the cylinder part and the one side surface of each of the plurality of monitors.

4. The display apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the cylinder parts of the plurality of hinge parts are arranged in a direction parallel to the central axis.

5. The display apparatus of claim 4 , wherein one of the at least one cylinder unit of one of the cylinder parts is disposed between two of the cylinder units of another of the cylinder parts.

6. The display apparatus of claim 5 , wherein a diameter of the cylinder part is equal to or greater than a sum of widths of the one side surfaces respectively included in the plurality of monitors.

7. The display apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the at least one cylinder unit of the cylinder part is provided in plurality, and
wherein the cylinder units are spaced apart from each other in a direction parallel to the central axis and are connected to the connection part.

8. The display apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the connection part comprises:
at least one connecting terminal, and
wherein each of the plurality of monitors comprises:
a connecting pin disposed at a side of each of the plurality of monitors and coupled to the at least one connecting terminal in one-to-one correspondence.

9. The display apparatus of claim 8 , wherein a sliding groove extending in a direction parallel to the central axis is defined in the connection part,
wherein each of the plurality of monitors comprises a sliding bar protruding from the one side surface of each of the plurality of monitors, and
wherein the sliding bar slides in the direction parallel to the central axis and is coupled to the sliding groove.

10. The display apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the at least one connecting terminal is disposed at an inner surface of the sliding groove, and
wherein the connecting pin is disposed on at least one of a top surface and a bottom surface of the sliding bar in the direction parallel to the central axis.

11. The display apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the driving unit comprises: at least one main circuit board, and
wherein the at least one main circuit board is received in an inner space of the cylinder part.

12. The display apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the driving unit comprises: a plurality of printed circuit boards, and
wherein each of the plurality of printed circuit boards is received in an inner space of the connection part.

13. The display apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the housing further comprises:
at least one connecting cylinder disposed between the cylinder parts connected to the plurality of monitors.

14. The display apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the at least one connecting cylinder has a bent shape, and
wherein directions of central axes of the cylinder parts connected to both ends of the at least one connecting cylinder are different from each other.

15. The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the housing further comprises:
a cover part connected to an upper portion of the plurality of hinge parts; and
a support part connected to a lower portion of the plurality of hinge parts.

16. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the housing includes at least one coupling groove defined in a side surface of the housing, and
wherein the one side of each of the plurality of monitors is inserted in the coupling groove.

17. The display apparatus of claim 16 , wherein a cross section of the housing has a polygonal shape.

18. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein
the housing is provided in plurality,
wherein the display apparatus further comprises a guide rail disposed under the housings, and
wherein the housings move along the guide rail.

19. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein at least one of a control button, a speaker, a microphone, and a camera module is disposed at the housing.

20. A display apparatus comprising:
a housing having a pillar shape;
a plurality of monitors, each of which comprises a front surface displaying an image, a back surface opposite to the front surface, and a plurality of side surfaces connecting the front surface and the back surface, one side surface of the plurality of side surfaces coupled to the housing; and
a driving unit received in the housing, the driving unit providing driving signals to the plurality of monitors,
wherein a thickness of each of the plurality of monitors decreases as a distance from the housing increases.

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• An Junghyun
• Shim Jongmin
• Choi Min-Soo
• Lee Junpyo
• Moon Seunghwan

Classifications

• H05K5/0226

  Hinges · CPC title

• G06F3/1423

  controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display · CPC title

• H05K7/1434

  for electronics exposed to high gravitational force; Cylindrical housings · CPC title

• G09G3/2092

  Details of a display terminals using a flat panel, the details relating to the control arrangement of the display terminal and to the interfaces thereto (suitable for both CRT and flat panel G09G5/003; specific for a CRT G09G1/165) · CPC title

• H05K5/0017 Primary

  with operator interface units · CPC title