Two-sided display monitor apparatus

• US 20080024388A1
• Filed: 07/29/2006
• Published: 01/31/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Oscar Bruce
• Original Assignee: Oscar Bruce
• Inventors: Bruce, Oscar
• Application Number:
  US11/495,937
• Publication Number:
  US 20080024388A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/1.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1622 with enclosures rotating around an axis perpendicular to the plane they define or with ball-joint coupling, e.g. PDA with display enclosure orientation changeable between portrait and landscape by rotation with respect to a coplanar body enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1649 the additional display being independently orientable, e.g. for presenting information to a second user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1634 Integrated protective display lid, e.g. for touch-sensitive display in handheld computer

Abstract

A display apparatus such as liquid crystal displays (LCD) or plasma displays or any other type of thin or flat display monitor apparatus having multiple display screens. The multiple display screens either consisting of double sided display screens, being slidingly engaged in a monitor housing having rails or being attached by a multiple axis pivot structure. The screens can be either controlled by a single control structure or can be independently controlled by multiple control structure where multiple users can work on each respective screen independently from one another.

Claims

1. A display monitor apparatus comprising at least one of a central processor, and at least one control apparatus in a housing having a monitor frame, the frame having a first display monitor, and a second display monitor, at least one of which is visible to the user;

and at least one input means for each of the separate display monitors, to facilitate the connection of each of the separate display monitors.

2. The display monitor apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second display monitor is situated opposite the first display monitor in the monitor frame.

3. The display monitor apparatus of claim 2, wherein the input means is comprised of a keyboard and tracking mouse so as to input into the second display monitor independently of the first display monitor.

4. The display monitor apparatus of claim 3, wherein the first and second display monitors include a web camera.

5. The display monitor apparatus of claim 4, wherein the second display monitor is provided with a removable cover affixed to the monitor frame.

6. The display monitor apparatus of claim 4, wherein the monitor frame is hingedly connected to a protective cover so as to cover the second display monitor.

7. The display monitor apparatus of claim 1, wherein the monitor frame is comprised of two sections, each section supporting a display monitor, the sections being hingedly and rotationally attached whereby the second display monitor can be positioned opposite the first display monitor.

8. The display monitor apparatus of claim 7, wherein the second display monitor is provided with a protective cover on the opposite side of the display monitor.

9. The display monitor apparatus of claim 8, wherein said display monitors being attached by at least one of a double pivot-type hinge, said hinge being capable of rotation along at least one of an axis of at least 180 degrees.

10. The display monitor apparatus of claim 9, wherein each monitor frame includes a web camera.

11. The display monitor apparatus of claim 7, wherein the input means is comprised of a keyboard and tracking mouse so as to input into the second display monitor independently of the first display monitor.

12. The display monitor apparatus of claim 7, wherein the at least one central processor enables the use of the second display monitor as a tablet type of personal computer.

13. The display monitor apparatus of claim 12, comprising at least one of a display monitor having a touch sensitive type of display surface.

14. The display monitor apparatus of claim 1, wherein the monitor frame is comprised of two rail sections, wherein the second display monitor is supported by the rail sections and slidingly disposed within the frame opposite the first display monitor.

15. The display monitor apparatus of claim 14, comprising at least one of a protective surface on the slidingly removable display monitor, whereby the second display monitor can be rotated to position the protective surface opposite the first display monitor.

16. The display monitor apparatus of claim 14, wherein each display monitor includes a web camera.

17. The display monitor apparatus of claim 14, wherein the input means is comprised of a keyboard and tracking mouse so as to input into the second display monitor independently of the first display monitor.