Glasses-type terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9612453-B2
Application number	US-201514742499-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 17, 2015
Priority date	Jun 30, 2014
Publication date	Apr 4, 2017
Grant date	Apr 4, 2017

Abstract

Provided is a glasses-type terminal including: a frame that is worn on a user's head; a display unit provided to the frame, on which visual information is displayed; a control module that controls the display unit; and a bridge that is combined with the frame along a length direction of the frame and with which a nose-supported portion that is supported by a user' nose is combined, in which the frame includes an external frame that is exposed to the outside, and an internal frame that is combined with an internal side of the external frame and comes into contact with the user's head, and in which the bridge is arranged between the external frame and the internal frame.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An eyewear-type terminal comprising:
a frame shaped to be worn on a user's head;
a display coupled to the frame;
a controller configured to control the display;
a plate; and
a bridge configured to be coupled to the frame along a length direction of the frame, the bridge coupled to a nose-supported portion that is in contact with the user's nose when the terminal is worn by the user,
wherein the frame includes:
an external frame having an external side and an internal side; and
an internal frame having a first side coupled to the internal side of the external frame and a second side facing the user's head, and
wherein:
the internal frame comprises a groove formed at the second side of the internal frame and shaped to receive the plate;
the groove comprises a pair of first holes through which pins are inserted and a second hole formed between the pair of first holes; and
the plate comprises a third hole through which a screw is inserted such that the screw inserted through the third hole is further inserted into the second hole.

2. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein the external frame includes:
a first portion corresponding to an upper side of the external frame;
a second portion extended from the first portion in a first direction; and
a third portion extended from the second portion in a second direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction such that the second portion is located between the first portion and the third portion that are in parallel, the third portion corresponding to a lower side of the external frame.

3. The terminal of claim 2 , wherein:
the first portion is shaped to form a first protrusion portion and the third portion is shaped to form a second protrusion portion such that the first protrusion portion and the second protrusion portion face each other; and
the first and second protrusion portions are inserted into the internal frame to couple the external frame and the internal frame.

4. The terminal of claim 2 , wherein the third portion of the external frame comprises an insertion hole into which the bridge is inserted.

5. The terminal of claim 4 , wherein a step portion is formed to protrude from an end portion of the bridge such that the step portion is locked into the insertion hole.

6. The terminal of claim 2 , further comprising a flexible circuit board located at a space formed by the first portion, the second portion, and the third portion of the external frame.

7. The terminal of claim 6 , wherein:
the bridge is inserted into the internal frame; and
the internal frame comprises a bent member shaped to keep the flexible circuit board and the bridge away from each other.

8. The terminal of claim 7 , wherein the first portion of the external frame comprises a recess portion shaped to accommodate the bent member.

9. The terminal of claim 2 , wherein the bridge includes:
an insertion portion configured to be inserted into the frame; and
an exposure portion extending from the insertion portion and coupled to the nose-supported portion.

10. The terminal of claim 9 , wherein the exposure portion comprises a pair of exposure portions, one of the pair of exposure portions extended from a first lower end of the insertion portion and the other of the pair of exposure portions extended from a second lower end of the insertion portion.

11. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein the internal frame comprises:
a groove formed at the second side of the internal frame; and
a first hole formed on the groove such that a pin is inserted through the first hole.

12. The terminal of claim 11 , further comprising a plate sized to fit in the groove that is shaped to receive the plate such that the pin inserted into the first hole is covered by the plate placed in the groove, the plate comprising a hole through which a screw is inserted to keep the plate in the groove of the internal frame.

13. The terminal of claim 12 , wherein the internal frame further comprises a second hole formed on the groove such that the screw inserted through the hole of the plate is inserted into the second hole.

14. The terminal of claim 12 , wherein the plate is a flat elastic plate.

15. The terminal of claim 11 , wherein the bridge comprises an accommodation groove configured to accommodate the pin inserted through the first hole of the internal frame.

16. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein the bridge is detachable from the frame.

17. The terminal of claim 16 , wherein the bridge is configured to hold a lens that is replaceable.

18. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein the bridge is coupled to the frame via a space formed when the external frame and the internal frame are coupled.

19. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein:
the bridge is located between the external frame and the internal frame; and
the pins are located between the bridge and the plate.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Lee Minjong
• Joo Wonseok

Classifications

• G02B2027/015

  involving arrangement aiming to get less bulky devices · CPC title

• G02B2027/0163

  Electric or electronic control thereof · CPC title

• G02C11/10

  Electronic devices other than hearing aids · CPC title

• G02B2027/0178

  Eyeglass type (eyeglass details G02C) · CPC title

• G02B27/0149 Primary

  characterised by mechanical features (G02B27/0176 takes precedence) · CPC title