Display apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9900591-B2
Application number	US-201415128937-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 28, 2014
Priority date	Mar 25, 2014
Publication date	Feb 20, 2018
Grant date	Feb 20, 2018

Abstract

An display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention may includes a display panel on which an image is output; and a calibration device which is mounted on a rear surface of the display panel. The calibration device includes a housing, a drive motor which is disposed on an inside portion or an outside portion of the housing, a link assembly which is accommodated in the inside portion of the housing, which is capable of being withdrawn to the outside of the housing by power provided form the drive motor and which is provided to be capable of being bent or being rotated, and an photographing unit which is mounted on an end of the link assembly and photographs the image displayed on the display panel.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An display apparatus, comprising:
a display panel on which an image is output; and
a calibration device which is mounted on a rear surface of the display panel,
wherein the calibration device includes
a housing,
a drive motor which is disposed on an inside portion or an outside portion of the housing,
a link assembly which is accommodated in the inside portion of the housing, which is capable of being withdrawn to the outside of the housing by power provided form the drive motor and which is provided to be capable of being bent or being rotated, and
an photographing unit which is mounted on an end of the link assembly and photographs the image displayed on the display panel,
wherein the link assembly is multi-node links in which a plurality of links are connected in series and which are rotatably interconnected, and
wherein the lowermost end portion link constituting the multi-node links is capable of rotating with angle in which the lowermost end portion link is located on the front surface of the display panel,
wherein the calibration device further includes a torsion spring which is provided on a rotating shaft of the multi-node links and rotates the links,
wherein the calibration device further includes a drive mechanism which transfers a rotational force provided from the drive motor to the link assembly,
wherein the drive mechanism includes
a drive gear which is connected to the rotational shaft of the drive motor, and
at least one transmission gear which is geared to the drive gear, and
wherein a rack gear which is engaged with the transmission gear is formed on the side surface of the link assembly.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the calibration device further includes a link movement restriction mechanism for setting a movement limit of the link assembly.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein the link movement restriction mechanism includes
a lever switch which is mounted on a side of an inside portion of the housing, and
an upper engaging jaw and a lower engaging jaw which are formed on the side surface of the link assembly, and
wherein the lever switch is engaged to the upper engaging jaw or the lower engaging jaw, a movement stopping signal is generated and thus an operation of the drive motor is stopped.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein the link movement restriction mechanism includes
a magnet which is mounted on an upper side and a lower side of the link assembly, and
a hall sensor which is mounted on the inside portion of the housing and detects a magnetic field generating from the magnet, and
wherein when a detect signal is generated from the hall sensor, the operation of the drive motor is stopped.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the calibration device further includes
at least one guide ribs which are projected from the inside surface of the housing and extend in the movement direction of the link assembly; and
at least one guide grooves which are formed to be depressed on an outer peripheral surface of the link assembly in a position corresponding to the at least one guide ribs.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein the calibration device further includes a leaf spring which is provided to a side of the multi-node links and rotates the links.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 6 ,
wherein the calibration device further includes
a drive mechanism which transfers a rotational force provided from the drive motor to the link assembly and thus causes the link assembly to be moved in the vertical direction, and
wherein the drive mechanism further includes a lead screw which is connected to the rotational shaft of the drive motor, and
a link holder which is mounted on the outer peripheral surface of the lead screw and moves in the vertical direction along the lead screw when the lead screw rotates, and
wherein an upper end portion of the link assembly is mounted on the link holder.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the link assembly is a bendable link which is capable of extending and being gently bent in a curved shape.

9. The display apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the calibration device further includes a hinge shaft which is provided in an inside portion of the housing, to which an end of the link assembly is connected and which rotates by the drive motor, and
wherein the link assembly is a link which is bent in an U-shape.

10. The display apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the calibration device performs a calibration process by automatically operating before reproduction of a particular content through the display panel or when a particular event generates.

11. The display apparatus according to claim 10 ,
wherein the particular content includes
at least one of an ultra high definition video content, a content having many motions, films, and nature documentaries.

12. The display apparatus according to claim 10 ,
wherein the particular event includes
at least any one of gallery entry having high resolution photograph, specific website entry, application execution requiring high resolution, a broadcast additional information reference situation.

13. The display apparatus according to claim 10 ,
wherein the particular event includes
at least one of a case where the average image quality falls into a value which is equal to or less than a set value by the display apparatus not turning on for a long period of time, a case where temperature change is generated, and a case where the scene changes during the content reproduction.

14. The display apparatus according to claim 10 ,
wherein the calibration device performs a calibration process by operating at the same time as turning off the display panel.

15. The display apparatus according to claim 10 ,
wherein the calibration device performs a calibration process by operating at the same time as turning on the display panel and after the calibration process is terminated the content is displayed on the display panel.

16. The display apparatus according to claim 10 ,
wherein the reproduction of the content is paused until the terminated of the calibration process, in a case where the calibration process is performed by the calibration being operated during the content reproduction.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Sung Jaehyun
• Park Sangdon
• Song Jongwon
• Ryu Inkeun
• Kim Kihyun

Classifications

• H04N23/00

  Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors; Control thereof · CPC title

• H01L51/5237

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N5/64

  Constructional details of receivers, e.g. cabinets or dust covers (furniture aspects {of television cabinets} A47B81/06) · CPC title

• H04N17/00

  Diagnosis, testing or measuring for television systems or their details · CPC title

• H04N5/225

  Electricity · mapped topic