Electronic apparatus

• US 20080106859A1
• Filed: 10/30/2007
• Published: 05/08/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited (DENSO Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited (DENSO Corporation)
• Inventors: Eguchi, Takashi, Nakamura, Humitake, Otani, Masatoshi, Motoyama, Kaede, Kukimoto, Osamu, Shimizu, Yukio, Kamikawa, Noriyuki, Nakano, Masahiko
• Application Number:
  US11/976,990
• Publication Number:
  US 20080106859A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/681
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0235 of flat type, e.g. LCD
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0258 for navigation systems
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0264 for control means
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0082 collapsible, e.g. for storing after use
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0085 with adjustment by rotation in their operational position
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0294 Apparatus with multi-functionalities, e.g. radio and telephone

Abstract

There are provided a display panel mounted in a tiltable manner on the front face portion of a main body portion, an operation panel to be mounted in a tiltable manner on the display panel, a tilt control part for controlling to tilt the display panel in response to a first tilt command and to tilt the operation panel in response to a second tilt command, and a memory part for storing inclination angle information of the operation panel corresponding to the inclination angle of the display panel. The tilt control part tilts the display panel in response to the first tilt command, and also tilts the operation panel based on the inclination angle information of the operation panel stored in the memory part.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a main body;

a display panel mounted on the front face portion of the main body in a tiltable manner to the main body;

an operation panel mounted on the display panel in a tiltable manner;

a tilt control part for controlling to tilt the display panel in response to a first tilt command, and to tilt the operation panel in response to a second tilt command; and

a memory part for storing tilt angle information of the operation panel corresponding to the tilt angle of the display panel,

wherein the tilt control part tilts the display panel in response to the first tilt command, and also tilts the operation panel based on the tilt angle information of the operation panel stored in the memory part.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein, when the operation panel is tilted in response to the second tilt command, the tilt control part updates the tilt angle information stored in the memory part.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein, in response to the first tilt command of the direction to expose the front face of the main body, the tilt control part controls to tilt the operation panel after tilting the display panel.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein, in response to the first tilt command in the direction to close the front face of the main body, the tilt control part controls to tilt the display panel after tilting the operation panel.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein, in response to the first tilt command, the tilt control part controls to tilt the display panel after tilting the operation panel to a reference angle.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein, when the tilt motion of the display panel in response to the first tilt command or the tilt motion of the operation panel is not completed within a certain time, the tilt control part controls to inhibit the tilt motion of the display panel or the operation panel.

7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the tilt control part controls to invalidate an input operated from the operation panel, during the tilt motion of the display panel or the tilt motion of the operation panel.

8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein, on detecting the depression of an operation button provided on the operation panel, the tilt control part tilts the operation panel in such a way as to press back the operation panel in response to the depression of the operation button.

9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein, when speed information is input from a speed detection part for detecting the speed information of the vehicle on which the electronic apparatus is mounted, and on detecting the acceleration of the vehicle from the input speed information, the tilt control part tilts the operation panel in the direction of moving closer to the front face of the display panel, while on detecting the deceleration of the vehicle, tilts the operation panel in the direction of moving away from the front face of the display panel.

10. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the tilt control part detects an inclination of the electronic apparatus, and controls to tilt the operation panel based on the detected inclination.

11. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a moving part for moving according to the tilt motion of the operation panel; and

a detecting part for detecting the tilt angle of the operation panel according to the moving amount of the moving part,

wherein, in a first tilt angle range of the operation panel, the moving part moves by a first moving amount per unit angle of the operation panel, while in a second tilt angle range of the operation panel, moves by a second moving amount per unit angle of the operation panel, different from the first moving amount.

12. The electronic apparatus according to claim 11,

wherein the second moving amount is greater than the first moving amount.

13. The electronic apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising:

a rotation axis fixed to the display panel; and

a spiral-shaped groove provided on the rotation axis,

wherein the operation panel is mounted on the display panel rotatably to the display panel, following the rotation of the rotation axis,

the spiral-shaped groove is formed to move by the first moving amount in the first tilt angle range of the operation panel, and to move by the second moving amount in the second tilt angle range of the operation panel, and engaged with the moving part, and

the moving part moves in the axial line direction of the rotation axis, following the rotation of the rotation axis.

14. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a moving part for moving according to the tilt motion of the operation panel; and

a detecting part for detecting the tilt angle of the operation panel according to the moving amount of the moving part,

wherein the moving part has a different proportion of the moving amount to the tilt motion of the operation panel, depending on the tilt angle range of the operation panel.