CLIP TYPE DISPLAY MODULE AND GLASS TYPE TERMINAL HAVING THE SAME

• US 20150261015A1
• Filed: 03/11/2015
• Published: 09/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: HAN, Jongbeom, JOO, Wonseok, KO, Dongseuck, HA, Jeunguk, LEE, Minjong, KIM, Dongchoon, LEE, Haklim
• Granted Patent: US 9,720,257 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0143 the two eyes not being equipped with identical nor symmetrical optical devices
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0159 with mechanical means other than scaning means for positioning the whole image
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0178 Eyeglass type eyeglass details G02C
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0176 characterised by mechanical features
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 11/10 Electronic devices other than hearing aids
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 2200/02 Magnetic means
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 2200/26 Coil spring pushed upon actuation
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 9/02 by hinging
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 9/04 by fitting over or clamping on
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0208 characterized by the relative motions of the body parts
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0254 comprising one or a plurality of mechanically detachable modules
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/05 specially adapted for use on head, throat or breast

Abstract

An optical device detachably attached to a frame fixed to a user'"'"'s head is provided. The optical device includes a body extending in one direction, a display extending in a direction intersecting the one direction, connected to the body, and disposed to be adjacent to the user'"'"'s eye when fixed to the frame, so as to provide visual information, and a clip module protruding from the body and caught in one region of the frame.

Claims

1. A wearable glasses terminal comprising:

a frame wearable by a user;

an optical device detachably attached to the frame, the optical device including;

a body; and

a display provided in the body; and

a clip module configured to detachably connect the optical device to the frame,

wherein, when the optical device is fixed to the frame and worn by the user, the display is arranged so as to be adjacent to a user'"'"'s eye so as to provide visual information.

2. The wearable glasses terminal of claim 1, wherein the clip module includes:

a fixing portion configured to be movable in the body; and

a hooked portion extending from the fixing portion, the hooked portion being bent at least one time so as to be retained by the frame.

3. The wearable glasses terminal of claim 2, wherein the clip module includes a fastening pin configured to penetrate the fixing portion and the body, the clip module being attached to the body such that the clip module is rotatable with respect to the fastening pin.

4. The wearable glasses terminal of claim 2, wherein the clip module includes a support portion bent from the hooked portion, the support portion being configured to support the frame positioned between the body and the hooked portion.

5. The wearable glasses terminal of claim 2, wherein the clip module includes an elastic member configured to apply elastic force to move the hooked portion toward the body.

6. The wearable glasses terminal of claim 2, further comprising:

a pressing key formed on one surface of the body facing the hooked portion and configured to be pressed between the hooked portion and the frame,

wherein the display outputs notification information indicating whether the clip module is fixed to the frame according to whether the pressing key is pressed.

7. The wearable glasses terminal of claim 1, wherein the frame includes a main circuit board configured to control an electrical signal, and

wherein the clip module includes:

an assembly recess formed on the frame,

an assembly protrusion protruding from the body, the assembly protrusion being configured to be inserted into the assembly recess formed on the frame to fix the clip module to the frame; and

a connection terminal unit disposed to be adjacent to the assembly protrusion and the assembly recess, the connection terminal unit being operably connectable to the main circuit board.

8. The wearable glasses terminal of claim 7, wherein the clip module includes:

a circuit board located in the optical device;

a fastening screw fastened to the assembly protrusion, the fastening screw penetrating through the circuit board located in the optical device; and

a first elastic support portion extending between the fastening screw and an inner surface of the body, the first elastic support portion elastically supporting the fastening screw.

9. The wearable glasses terminal of claim 8, wherein the connection terminal unit includes:

a first connection terminal provided between the fastening screw and the circuit board; and

a second connection terminal disposed in the frame and exposed to the assembly recess,

wherein the assembly protrusion is formed of a conductive material, and

wherein the wearable glasses terminal further includes a second elastic member located with the frame, the second elastic member elastically supporting the main circuit board within the frame.

10. The wearable glasses terminal of claim 9, wherein the assembly recess is formed to penetrate one surface of the frame facing the body, and

wherein the clip module further includes:

an assembly flange provided to cover an outer circumferential surface of the assembly protrusion; and

a connection recess formed at the outer circumferential surface of the assembly protrusion.

11. The wearable glasses terminal of claim 10, wherein the main circuit board includes a hole corresponding to the assembly recess, and

the second connection terminal is an electrode plate having an annular structure having an inner circumference smaller than the hole, so as to be in contact with the connection recess of the clip module.

12. The wearable glasses terminal of claim 7, wherein the assembly protrusion includes:

a first region protruding from one surface of the body; and

a second region extending from the first region in a direction in which the body extends, so as to be spaced apart from the body; and

wherein the assembly recess includes;

a recess region corresponding to the first and second regions of the assembly protrusion; and

an internal space in which the second region is inserted according to rotation of the body unit.

13. The wearable glasses terminal of claim 12, wherein the assembly recess includes a fixing protrusion formed in the internal space, and

wherein the clip module includes a fixing recess formed in the second region, and

wherein, when the second region is inserted into the internal space, the fixing protrusion is inserted into the fixing recess.

14. The wearable glasses terminal of claim 13, wherein the clip module further includes:

a first magnet in the body; and

a second magnet in the frame, the second magnet having a pole different from that of the first magnet.

15. The wearable glasses terminal of claim 7, wherein the clip module includes:

a fixing plate; and

a fixing recess formed on one surface of the assembly protrusion,

wherein, when the assembly protrusion is inserted into the assembly recess, the fixing plate is located in the frame and inserted into the fixing recess.

16. The wearable glasses terminal of claim 1, wherein the body includes:

first and second bodies extending in mutually intersecting directions; and

a hinge unit connecting the first and second bodies such that the first and second bodies rotate with respect to each other; and

a circuit board located within the hinge unit such that the circuit board is not exposed when the first and second bodies rotate relative to each other.

17. The wearable glasses terminal of claim 1, further comprising a lens connected to the frame, the display being arranged in front of the lens such that, when the optical device is fixed to the frame and worn by the user, the lens is located between the user'"'"'s eye and the display.

21. The terminal system of claim 17, wherein the external device includes:

a mobile terminal configured to receive data from the optical device; and

a case configured to allow the mobile terminal and the optical device to be installed together therein.

22. The terminal system of claim 17, wherein the external device is a mobile terminal including:

a body forming an appearance of the mobile terminal; and

a display at one surface of the body,

wherein the receiving unit is depressed from another surface of the body, the receiving unit corresponding to a shape of the optical device.

18. A terminal system comprising:

an optical device including a clip module configured to be detachably attached to a frame fixable to a user'"'"'s body;

an external device including a receiving unit configured to allow the optical device separated from the frame to be connected thereto; and

a control unit configured to transmit and receive signals between the optical device and the external device.

19. The terminal system of claim 18, wherein the external device includes a display configured to output visual data,

wherein, when the optical device is connected to the receiving unit, the control unit transmits data from the optical device to the external device and controls the display to output screen information including the data.

20. The terminal system of claim 19, wherein the control unit classifies the data into a plurality of categories, and

the screen information includes a plurality of icons corresponding to the plurality of categories.