Display device arbitrarily attachable to and detachable from other display devices
First Claim
1. A display device for displaying data comprising:
- data acquiring means for acquiring data;
display means for displaying the data acquired by said data acquiring means;
operation means for operating said display device;
control means for controlling said display device;
infrared communication means for communicating with another display device;
side surface coupling means for structurally coupling a side surface of said display device to a side surface of said another display device with which communication is made by said infrared communication means; and
, wherein said side surface coupling means comprises a hinge structure located on one edge of said side surfaces and said infrared communication means are located in said side surfaces adjacent the hinge structure;
wherein said infrared communication means comprises a pair of infrared communication modules respectively located in mutually opposing recesses of said side surfaces and having optical axes substantially aligned in a first positional arrangement of said display devices and substantially misaligned in a second positional arrangement of said display devices.
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Abstract
A display device includes a data acquiring unit for acquiring data, a display unit for displaying data acquired by said data acquiring unit, an operation unit for operating the display device, a controller for controlling the display device, a communication unit for communicating with other display devices, and a coupling unit for structurally coupling the display device with other display devices with which communication is made by the communication unit. Accordingly, a plurality of display devices capable of individually operating can be coupled or decoupled in a flexible manner, and display contents can be updated to be displayed such that they are consistent with each other even if the display devices are coupled or decoupled.
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7 Claims
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1. A display device for displaying data comprising:
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data acquiring means for acquiring data;
display means for displaying the data acquired by said data acquiring means;
operation means for operating said display device;
control means for controlling said display device;
infrared communication means for communicating with another display device;
side surface coupling means for structurally coupling a side surface of said display device to a side surface of said another display device with which communication is made by said infrared communication means; and
,wherein said side surface coupling means comprises a hinge structure located on one edge of said side surfaces and said infrared communication means are located in said side surfaces adjacent the hinge structure;
wherein said infrared communication means comprises a pair of infrared communication modules respectively located in mutually opposing recesses of said side surfaces and having optical axes substantially aligned in a first positional arrangement of said display devices and substantially misaligned in a second positional arrangement of said display devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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