DISPLAY APPARATUS

• US 20180084166A1
• Filed: 08/15/2017
• Published: 03/22/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Client Computing Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: TACHIKAWA, Tadanori
• Granted Patent: US 10,142,525 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/51 Housings
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/54 Mounting of pick-up tubes, electronic image sensors, deviation or focusing coils
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/55 Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors; Mounting thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/57 Mechanical or electrical details of cameras or camera modules specially adapted for being embedded in other devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/65 Control of camera operation in relation to power supply

Abstract

A display apparatus includes: a display part; a rail member provided on a back surface of the display part; and an imaging unit placed in engagement with the rail member, wherein a lens included in the imaging unit is exposed outside the display part in a first state in which the imaging unit is moved to a first end of the rail member, and is located behind the back surface of the display part in a second state in which the imaging unit is moved to a second end of the rail member.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a display part;

a rail member provided on a back surface of the display part; and

an imaging unit placed in engagement with the rail member,

wherein a lens included in the imaging unit is exposed outside the display part in a first state in which the imaging unit is moved to a first end of the rail member, and is located behind the back surface of the display part in a second state in which the imaging unit is moved to a second end of the rail member.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

an optical axis of the lens forms an angle of depression.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the second end of the rail member is provided at a position at which the imaging unit in the second state does not protrude from the display part.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising

a detector that detects that the imaging unit is in the second state,

wherein a power supply to the imaging unit is stopped when the detector detects that the imaging unit is in the second state.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising

a lock member that locks the imaging unit in one of the first state and the second state,

wherein the lock member includes:

a lock protrusion fitted in a lock hole provided in the rail member; and

a spring shaft.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 5, comprising

an unlock component that unlocks the imaging unit being locked.

7. A display apparatus comprising:

a display part;

a recess provided on a back surface of the display part; and

an imaging unit that is housed in the recess and includes a lens,

wherein the imaging unit slides upward and downward along a rail member, and

in a case where the imaging unit is at an upper position of the rail member, the lens is exposed outside the display part.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 7, wherein

an optical axis of the lens forms an angle of depression.

9. The display apparatus according to claim 7, wherein

the lens is located behind the back surface of the display part in a case where the imaging unit is at a lower position of the rail member.

10. The display apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising

a detector that detects that the imaging unit positions at the lower position of the rail member,

wherein a power supply to the imaging unit is stopped when the detector detects that the imaging unit positions at the lower position of the rail member.

11. The display apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising:

a lock member that locks the imaging unit positioned at one of the upper position of the rail member and a lower position of the rail member,

wherein the lock member includes;

a lock protrusion fitted in a lock hole provided in the rail member; and

a spring shaft.

12. The display apparatus according to claim 11, comprising:

an unlock component that unlocks the imaging unit being locked.