Glasses-type mobile terminal

• US 9,678,347 B2
• Filed: 05/21/2015
• Issued: 06/13/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Haklim, Joo, Wonseok, Chae, Hanseok
• Primary Examiner(s): Chang, Kent
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lu, William
• Application Number:
  US14/718,931
• Publication Number:
  US 20150378160A1
• Time in Patent Office: 754 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0138 comprising image capture systems, e.g. camera
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/014 comprising information/image processing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0141 characterised by the informative content of the display
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0178 Eyeglass type eyeglass details G02C
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0187 slaved to motion of at least a part of the body of the user, e.g. head, eye
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0172 characterised by optical features
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0176 characterised by mechanical features
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1637 Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/20 in augmented reality scenes

Abstract

A glasses-type mobile terminal includes a frame, a fixing body, a moving body and a joint. The frame is wearable on a user'"'"'s head. The fixing body is coupled to one side of the frame. The moving body has a display unit for providing a user with visual information, and is disposed at the front based on user'"'"'s eyes. The joint has one end coupled to the fixing body and the other end tiltably connected to the moving body so that the position of the moving body is controlled.

Claims

1. A glasses-type mobile terminal, comprising:

a frame shaped to be wearable on a user'"'"'s head;

a fixing body coupled to one side of the frame;

a moving body;

a display coupled to the moving body and configured to provide a user with visual information; and

a joint comprising a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is coupled to the fixing body, and wherein the second end comprises a rounded part having a curved circumferential surface sized to be received within the moving body and is coupled to the moving body to permit relative rotational movement between the joint and the moving body,

wherein the moving body comprises a housing configured to have a portion coupled to the protruding part and another portion formed to surround at least a portion of the rounded part,

wherein the housing has a trace forming part for setting a rotational range of the moving body relative to the joint,

wherein the trace forming part is formed as a cutout of a portion that surrounds the joint and limits inclination of the joint relative to the moving body at a predetermined position in order to set a tilting range of the moving body, and

wherein the trace forming part comprises;

a first trace part configured to form a tilting trace to permit positioning of the moving body relative to the joint in a first direction; and

a second trace part configured to form a tilting trace to permit positioning of the moving body relative to the joint in a second direction intersecting the first direction.

2. The glasses-type mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the joint further comprises:

an extending part located between the first end and the second end of the joint;

wherein

the first end of the joint comprises a coupling part sized to be coupled to the fixing body;

and wherein

the extending part is formed to have a thickness that is less than that of the rounded part.

3. The glasses-type mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the moving body comprises:

a front frame configured to have a protruding part formed opposite to the rounded part, the front frame supporting components inside the moving body.

4. The glasses-type mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the trace forming part further comprises a third trace part formed between the first and second trace parts;

and

wherein the third trace part forms a tilting trace in a direction where the moving body is diagonally distant from the user'"'"'s eyes through a combination of the first and second directions.

5. The glasses-type mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the moving body includes a front frame for supporting components inside the moving body;

and

wherein the display is mounted in the front frame and disposed opposite to the user'"'"'s eyes at one or more positions.

6. The glasses-type mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the moving body has a camera included in the front frame,

the camera obtaining images of an area in a direction opposite to that in which the display faces.

7. The glasses-type mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the fixing body is slidably coupled to the frame to permit relative sliding movement between the fixing body and the frame.

8. The glasses-type mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

a printed circuit board included in the frame or the fixing body; and

a conductive connection part configured to consecutively pass through inner regions of the fixing body, the joint, and the moving body, to permit electrical coupling of the display and the printed circuit board.

9. The glasses-type mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the fixing body, the joint, and the moving body, respectively include hollow regions to allow the conductive connection part to pass therethrough.

10. The glasses-type mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the fixing body comprises:

a side frame configured to support components inside the fixing body, the side frame being connected to each of the frame and the joint; and

a user input unit included in the side frame, the user input unit having at least a portion exposed to an outside of the fixing body to receive a user input.

11. A glasses-type mobile terminal, comprising:

a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with a network;

a memory;

a display;

a controller configured to operate according to instructions stored in the memory to facilitate the wireless communication with the network and to cause the display to display information;

a frame shaped to be wearable on a user'"'"'s head;

a fixing body coupled to the frame;

a moving body, wherein the display is coupled to the moving body; and

a joint comprising a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is coupled to the fixing body, and

wherein the second end comprises a rounded part having a curved circumferential surface sized to be received within the moving body and is coupled to the moving body to permit relative rotational movement between the joint and the moving body,

wherein the moving body comprises a housing configured to have a portion coupled to the protruding part and another portion formed to surround at least a portion of the rounded part,

wherein the housing has a trace forming part for setting a rotational range of the moving body relative to the joint,

wherein the trace forming part is formed as a cutout of a portion that surrounds the joint and limits inclination of the joint relative to the moving body at a predetermined position in order to set a tilting range of the moving body, and

wherein the trace forming part comprises;

a first trace part configured to form a tilting trace to permit positioning of the moving body relative to the joint in a first direction; and

a second trace part configured to form a tilting trace to permit positioning of the moving body relative to the joint in a second direction intersecting the first direction.

12. The glasses-type mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the wireless communication unit, the memory, and

the display are included within the frame or the fixing body.

13. A glasses-type mobile terminal, comprising:

a frame shaped to be wearable on a user'"'"'s head;

a fixing body coupled to one side of the frame;

a moving body;

a display coupled to the moving body and configured to provide a user with visual information; and

a joint comprising a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is coupled to the fixing body, and wherein the second end comprises a rounded part having a curved circumferential surface sized to be received within the moving body and is coupled to the moving body to permit relative rotational movement between the joint and the moving body,

wherein the moving body comprises;

a front frame configured to have a protruding part formed opposite to the rounded part, the front frame supporting components inside the moving body; and

a housing configured to have a portion coupled to the protruding part and another portion formed to surround at least a portion of the rounded part,

wherein the housing has a trace forming part for setting a rotational range of the moving body relative to the joint,

wherein the trace forming part limits inclination of the joint relative to the moving body at a predetermined position in order to set a tilting range of the moving body, and

wherein the moving body further comprises;

first and second guide bushes disposed between the housing and the joint, the first and second guide bushes being formed to surround different portions of the rounded part; and

a plurality of elastic springs respectively disposed between the front frame and the first guide bush and between the front frame and the second guide bush to provide the first and second guide bushes with an elastic force against the joint; and

wherein the first and second guide bushes provide, to the joint, torque formed by the elastic force.

14. The glasses-type mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the front frame has a plurality of mounting grooves formed to allow the elastic springs on an outer circumferential surface of the protruding part;

and

wherein the housing surrounds the outer circumferential surface of the protruding part to prevent the elastic springs from being separated from the mounting groove.

15. The glasses-type mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein at least one of the first guide bush, the second guide bush, or the housing, is configured to expose at least a portion of the rounded part;

wherein the mobile terminal further comprises a stopper configured to prevent in-situ rotation of the joint relative to the moving part; and

wherein the stopper comprises;

a screw bush coupled to the exposed portion of the rounded part, the screw bush being blocked by the housing to limit the in-situ rotation when the joint moves relative to the moving part in the in-situ rotation direction; and

a stopper screw configured to have at least a portion fastened to the rounded part by passing through the screw bush so that the screw bush is fixed to the rounded part.

16. The glasses-type mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the trace forming part and the stopper are combined to form the tilting trace of the moving body, thereby limiting the inclination of the joint relative to the moving body.

17. The glasses-type mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the joint further comprises:

an extending part located between the first end and the second end of the joint;

wherein

the first end of the joint comprises a coupling part sized to be coupled to the fixing body; and

wherein

the extending part is formed to have a thickness that is less than that of the rounded part.

18. The glasses-type mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the trace forming part is formed as a cutout of a portion that surrounds the joint.