Display device, related transportation device, and related method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016321024-A1
Application number	US-201514933617-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 5, 2015
Priority date	Apr 28, 2015
Publication date	Nov 3, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A display device may include a first display apparatus, a second display apparatus, and a guide mechanism. The guide mechanism may be connected to each of the first display apparatus and the second display apparatus and may guide each of movement of the first display apparatus and movement of the second display apparatus.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A display device comprising:
two or more display panels including a flexible substrate and a plurality of pixels formed on the flexible substrate; and a guide member configured to guide the two or more display panels and provide mobility of the two or more display panels within a predetermined distance range.

2 . The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a housing receiving the two or more display panels and configured to support the two or more display panels outside the two or more display panels, wherein the two or more display panels move within the guide member through the housing within a predetermined distance range.

3 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein:
the guide member is installed with extending in the longitudinal direction of a vehicle on a bottom surface of a vehicle ceiling, and a part of the guide member is downwardly extended from the vehicle ceiling.

4 . The display device of claim 3 , wherein:
the two or more display panels are installed on the bottom surface of the vehicle ceiling through the housing and the guide member so that wide surfaces of the display panels face the bottom surface of the vehicle ceiling.

5 . The display device of claim 4 , wherein:
the two or more display panels include: a first display panel; a second display panel positioned continuously with the first display panel; and a third display panel positioned continuously with the second display panel.

6 . The display device of claim 5 , wherein:
a part of the guide member is vertically extended toward a rear seat space of the vehicle from the vehicle ceiling.

7 . The display device of claim 6 , wherein:
any one of the first display panel, the second display panel, and the third display panel is positioned in the rear seat space of the vehicle through the guide member.

8 . The display device of claim 7 , wherein:
two or more display panels of the first display panel, the second display panel, and the third display panel are continuously positioned in the longitudinal direction of the rear seat in the rear seat space of the vehicle.

9 . The display device of claim 7 , wherein:
two or more display panels of the first display panel, the second display panel, and the third display panel are rotated at 180 degrees and continuously positioned in the longitudinal direction of the rear seat in the rear seat space of the vehicle.

10 . The display device of claim 5 , wherein:
a part of the guide member is extended toward a rear window of the vehicle from the vehicle ceiling.

11 . The display device of claim 10 , wherein:
any one of the first display panel, the second display panel, and the third display panel is positioned on the surface of the rear window through the housing and the guide member so that wide surfaces of the display panels face the rear window of the vehicle ceiling.

12 . The display device of claim 7 , wherein:
a part of the guide member is horizontally extended toward a space at the left of a driver's seat, any one of the first display panel, the second display panel, and the third display panel is positioned in the space at the left of a driver's seat through the guide member.

13 . The display device of claim 12 , wherein:
any one of the first display panel, the second display panel, and the third display panel, which is positioned in the space at the left of the driver's seat, is interlocked with a rear camera or a side camera of the vehicle.

14 . The display device of claim 7 , wherein:
a part of the guide member is horizontally extended toward a space at a right of a passenger seat, any one of the first display panel, the second display panel, and the third display panel is positioned in the space at the right of a passenger seat through the guide member.

15 . The display device of claim 14 , wherein:
any one of the first display panel, the second display panel, and the third display panel, which is positioned in the space at the right of the passenger seat, is interlocked with a rear camera or a side camera of the vehicle.

16 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein:
the two or more display panels are any one of a transparent panel, a flat panel, and a flexible panel.

17 . A display device comprising:
a first display apparatus; a second display apparatus; and a guide mechanism connected to each of the first display apparatus and the second display apparatus and configured to guide each of movement of the first display apparatus and movement of the second display apparatus.

18 . A transportation device comprising:
a ceiling; a first seat positioned below the ceiling; a first display apparatus; a second display apparatus; and a guide mechanism connected to each of the first display apparatus and the second display apparatus and configured to guide movement of at least one of the first display apparatus and the second display apparatus relative to at least one of the ceiling and the first seat.

19 . The transportation device of claim 18 , wherein the first display apparatus is positioned on the ceiling in a first mode of the first display apparatus, wherein the first display apparatus is positioned to face a center portion of the first seat in a second mode of the first display apparatus.

20 . The transportation device of claim 19 , wherein the first display apparatus is positioned to face a first side portion of the first seat in a third mode of the first display apparatus, wherein the second display apparatus is positioned on the ceiling in a first mode of the second display apparatus, and wherein the second display apparatus is positioned to face a second side portion of the first seat in a second mode of the second display apparatus.

21 . The transportation device of claim 20 comprising: a third display apparatus, wherein the third display apparatus is positioned on the ceiling in a first mode of the third display apparatus, and wherein the third display apparatus is positioned to face the center portion of the first seat in a second mode of the third display apparatus.

22 . The transportation device of claim 18 , wherein the second display apparatus is oriented at an obtuse angle with respect to the first display apparatus in a top view of the transportation device.

23 . The transportation device of claim 22 comprising: a third display apparatus, wherein the third display apparatus is oriented is a mirror image of the second display apparatus with reference to the first display apparatus in a top view of the transportation device.

24 . The transportation device of claim 18 comprising: a housing member that holds and directly contacts each of the first display apparatus and the second display apparatus, wherein a first portion of the housing member is slanted or perpendicular with respect to the ceiling, and wherein a second portion of the housing member is positioned on the ceiling.

25 . The transportation device of claim 24 , wherein the first portion of the housing member directly contacts the first display apparatus, and wherein the second portion of the housing member directly contacts the second display apparatus.

26 . The transportation device of claim 24 , wherein the first portion of the housing member is slanted or perpendicular with respect to the second portion of the housing member.

27 . The transportation devi

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jin You Young
• Bang Jung Suk
• Hong Wang Su

Classifications

• B60R11/0229

  for displays, e.g. cathodic tubes · CPC title

• B60R2011/0028

  Ceiling, e.g. roof rails · CPC title

• G06F3/1446 Primary

  display composed of modules, e.g. video walls · CPC title

• B60R2011/0288

  Apparatus made of several modules independently mounted · CPC title

• G06F1/1601

  Constructional details related to the housing of computer displays, e.g. of CRT monitors, of flat displays (constructional details related to flat displays integrated in a portable computer, e.g. laptop, handheld computer G06F1/1637; constructional details related to television receivers H04N5/64) · CPC title