INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS

• US 20130010205A1
• Filed: 09/14/2012
• Published: 01/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Senzo Kobayashi
• Original Assignee: Senzo Kobayashi
• Inventors: Kobayashi, Senzo
• Granted Patent: US 8,890,775 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/725
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 13/22 electroluminescent electroluminescent light sources per se H05B33/00
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 27/00 Combined visual and audible advertising or displaying, e.g. for public address
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 9/33 being semiconductor devices, e.g. diodes
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 9/335 being organic light emitting diodes [OLED]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0268 including a flexible display panel

Abstract

An information display apparatus includes a fan face that is openly/closably bent like bellows, the fan face comprising a thin film flat display formed on a flexible and bendy thin film, the thin film flat display comprising a full color organic EL display capable of displaying a full color television image, a pair of main ribs joined to respective ends of the fan face, the fan face being disposed between the main ribs, a plurality of intermediate ribs interposed between the main ribs, the fan face being joined to the intermediate ribs, and a pivot for turnably fixing the main ribs and the intermediate ribs in a root portion. A television receiver circuit is disposed in one of the main ribs.

Claims

1. An information display apparatus comprising:

a fan face that is openly/closably bent like bellows, the fan face comprising a thin film flat display formed on a flexible and bendy thin film, the thin film flat display comprising a full color organic EL display capable of displaying a full color television image;

a pair of main ribs joined to respective ends of the fan face, the fan face being disposed between the main ribs;

a plurality of intermediate ribs interposed between the main ribs, the fan face being joined to the intermediate ribs; and

a pivot for turnably fixing the main ribs and the intermediate ribs in a root portion,

wherein a television receiver circuit is disposed in one of the main ribs.

2. An information display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein one of the main ribs comprises a keyboard.

3. An information display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the intermediate ribs comprise keyboards comprising touch switches.

4. An information display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein one of the main ribs comprises a computer system for information processing.

5. An information display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, to permit outside communication of audio, image, or data, at least one of:

a microphone and a speaker are mounted on one of the main ribs,

an antenna is mounted on one of the main ribs, and

one of the intermediate ribs is used as the antenna.

6. An information display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the thin film comprises at least one of shape memory alloy, shape memory resin, shape memory alloy fiber, and shape memory resin fiber.

7. An information display apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising:

means for heating the thin film.

8. An information display apparatus comprising:

a fan face that is openly/closably bent like bellows, the fan face comprising a thin film flat display formed on a flexible and bendy thin film, the thin film flat display comprising a full color organic EL display capable of displaying a full color image;

a pair of main ribs located at respective ends of the fan face, the fan face being disposed between the main ribs;

a plurality of intermediate ribs interposed between the main ribs, the fan face being joined to the intermediate ribs; and

a pivot for turnably fixing the main ribs and the intermediate ribs in a root portion,

wherein a computer system for information processing is disposed in one of the main ribs.