Abstract: A moving module and an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a first body, a second body, and the moving module disposed between the first and second bodies. The moving module includes a rail, a moving element, and an elastic element. The moving element is in contact with the rail. The elastic element is connected between the moving element and the first body. When the moving element moves from a first end of the rail to a curved portion of the rail, a force exerted on the elastic element by the moving element is gradually increased. When the moving element passes the curved portion, an elastic restoration force of the elastic element drives the moving element to move toward a second end of the rail. When the moving element reaches the first end or the second end, the first body and the second body interfere with each other.

Abstract: An approach is provided that uses a foldable transformable display case that includes two panels. The two panels are attached using a hinge. Two components are attachable to at least one of the panels. One of the two components is an integrated display screen. Another component is a keyboard unit. At least one of the components can be removed from the panels.

Abstract: An electronic device having a stowable display unit includes a housing, a slide element, a display unit, and a control module. The housing has a receiving space, and an opening at a front side of the housing. The slide element is disposed in the receiving space, and is connected slidably to the housing. The display unit is disposed in the receiving space, and is connected pivotally to a front end of the slide element. The control module includes an actuating mechanism connected to a rear end of the slide element, and a control unit provided on the housing and controlling operation of the actuating mechanism. The actuating mechanism is controllable by the control unit to activate movement of the slide element to move the display unit to a used position externally of the opening.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing including a transparent portion, a printed circuit board contained in the housing, a light source provided on the printed circuit board, a first member, a second member, and a reinforcing plate. The first member includes a first opening portion configured to allow light emitted from the light source to the transparent portion to pass therethrough, and a duct-shaped first main body defining the periphery of the first opening portion. The second member includes a second opening portion configured to allow light emitted from the light source to the transparent portion to pass therethrough, and a duct-shaped second main body defining the periphery of the second opening portion, and brought into contact with the first member so that the first opening portion communicates with the second opening portion.

Abstract: An electronic device with supporting stands includes an input/output module, two stands and a limiter. The two stands are obliquely disposed on the back side of the input/output module. The stands are limited by the limiter to move synchronously. At the same time, the limiter has two slots penetrated by the stands to limit moving range for the stands. Then the stands are controlled to swing with an angle and finally the visual angle of the input/output module is varied in suitable range.

Abstract: A display device includes a body, a supporting member and a fastening member. The body has an accommodating portion, and the supporting member assembled to the accommodating portion for supporting the body is in the first state or the second state. The supporting member in the first state is switched to the second state when pivoting in an angle. The fastening member is detachably assembled to a first position or a second position of the supporting member, such that the supporting member is fastened to the accommodating portion of the body by the fastening member. The fastening member is assembled to the first position of the supporting member when the supporting member assembled to the accommodating portion is in the first state, and the fastening member is assembled to the second position of the supporting member when the supporting member assembled to the accommodating portion is in the second state.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus, method and system for electronic readers to be used by personnel operating in sensitive environments wherein inherently safe electronic equipment is either preferable or required, said environments include, but are not limited to, living and working within a hyperbaric/hypobaric containment vessel for extended periods. This invention provides a safe reliable mobile media device that allows people that operate in environments where electronic safety is particularly important, such environments include, but are not limited to, individuals placed under hyperbaric conditions; it provides an alternative means to communicate to the outside world through Internet applications. In addition, the instant invention allows individual the ability to read electronic books, download and upload technical information, curriculum and personal data, programs and data in real time.

Abstract: A cover lifting structure is suitable for a body of an electronic device. The body has a recess. The cover lifting structure includes a first rotating member, a second rotating member, an elastic member and a pushing member. The first rotating member pivoted to the body with a first axis. The second rotating member pivoted to the first rotating member with a second axis. The elastic member is propped against the first and the second rotating members. The first rotating member closes the recess, and the second rotating member contacts against the pushing member in a first state. The first rotating member opens the recess, and the second rotating member moves away from the pushing member in a second state. In a third state, the first rotating member closes the recess, and the second rotating member falls behind a stroke to the first rotating member.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided that includes a base having a top portion and a bottom portion. The bottom portion may include a first bottom part and a second bottom part. The first bottom part may form a first plane, and the second bottom part may form a second plane, the second plane being non-planar with the first plane. The second bottom part may include an input opening. The top portion of the base may include an output opening. The input opening and the output opening may allow air to flow from behind the electronic device to over the base.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a video display device includes a housing, a display device, a rotating support portion, and a support portion. The housing includes a first wall with a first opening and a second wall located opposite the first wall. The display device is housed in the housing and includes a display screen exposed from the first opening. The rotating support portion rotatably supports the display device. The support portion includes a first end to be placed, a second end located opposite the first end and connected to the rotating support portion, a linking portion extending between a first position close to the first wall and a second position close to the second wall, and a second opening between the first end and the second end. The support portion supports the rotating support portion to be apart from a plane where the video display device is placed.

Abstract: The instant disclosure relates to a monitor mounting apparatus for using on a working surface. The mounting apparatus includes a base, an adjusting unit, and a tilt bracket. The base is disposed on the working surface and has a first anchoring portion. The adjusting unit includes at least one position-adjusting member and at least one angle-adjusting member pivotally interconnected. The position-adjusting member may be movably arranged on the first anchoring portion of the base. The tilt bracket includes a support plate and a turntable. An outer end portion is defined on the support plate, and the angle-adjusting member is fixed to the support plate away from the outer end portion. The turntable may rotate axially relative to the support plate. The tilt bracket may be tilted between a first operating position and a second operating position as required by a user.

Abstract: A method for a portable device, the method including a) decoupling a first flexible element from a support body coupled to the portable device, the first flexible element and one or more additional flexible elements, when coupled to the support body, cooperatively supporting the support body and the portable device above a work surface; b) coupling the first flexible element to one additional flexible element of the one or more additional flexible elements; c) flexing the first flexible element and at least one of the one or more additional flexible elements into a carrying component, the carrying component including a generally arcuate path, the arcuate path including a deflection of the elements of at least about 90 degrees; d) coupling the carrying component to the portable device.

Abstract: An on-vehicle display apparatus includes a motor, a gear train, a threaded rod, a slider screwed to the threaded rod, and a display main body rotatably connected to the slider. The lead angle of the threaded rod is set greater than the friction angle thereof. The gear train includes first and second gears facing each other. Protrusions provided on one of the first and second gears are fitted in recesses provided in the other. A spring member elastically urges the first gear toward the second gear. A detection sensor detects the size of an external force on the basis of the displacement of the first gear against the spring member in the axial direction. The motor is controlled on the basis of the detection result of the detection sensor such that the display main body is moved away from the external force.

Abstract: A display apparatus including a display main body having a display part to display an image, a control part to control the display part and a power supplying part to supply power; a stand part to support the display main body and to accommodate a cable unit transmitting a signal from the power supplying part and the control part; a driving part electrically connected to the cable unit to perform a swivel mechanism of the stand part; and a base part to support the stand part and the driving part, the power supplying part supplying power to the driving part, and the control part controlling the driving part to perform the swivel mechanism.

Abstract: An information processing device includes two casings that are openably/closably coupled to each other, a detection unit that is provided on at least one of the two casings and is configured to detect one of contact and proximity of an operation input with respect to an operation surface, and a control unit configured to extract a variation component, which varies along with proximity of the two casings in opening/closing of the two casings, based on a detection result, which is detected by the detection unit, and detect an opening/closing angle of the two casings based on the variation component.

Abstract: A mobile communication terminal includes: a first housing and a second housing connected to each other by a connecting mechanism so as to be relatively movable; a first display placed on a front face of the first housing; and a second display placed on a front face of the second housing, wherein one end of the connecting mechanism is pivotably supported around a first shaft relative to one housing, and the other end of the connecting mechanism is slidably engaged in a direction perpendicular to the first shaft relative to the other housing.

Abstract: A system for heating a patio, the system comprising: a head unit comprising a heating unit configured for heating a patio; an offset assembly, wherein the offset assembly is coupled to the head unit; a mounting pole comprising a plurality of sections, the mounting pole being coupled to the offset assembly; and a base unit the base unit supporting the mounting pole.

Abstract: A multi-positional stand and under-cabinet mount for a tablet computer comprising a mounting plate, a hinge member, a base member, a hinge pin, 2 cam-actuated handles, a base mount and an attachment knob. The mounting plate can be temporarily coupled to the center of the back of a tablet computer with hook-and-loop (or similar) two-part, fastening material (of prior art). The mounting plate can be rotationally attached to the flat face on the top front of the hinge member allowing the attached tablet computer to rotate. The bottom of the hinge member can be pivotally attached to the front of the base member with the hinge pin oriented horizontally allowing the recline angle of said tablet computer to be adjusted. The angular position of the hinge member and base member can be locked in place, in any one of an infinite number of angular positions within a range, by the manipulation of the 2 cam-actuated handles.

Abstract: A housing for a mobile electronic device that houses both the mobile electronic device and an attached payment accessory. The section of the housing that houses the mobile electronic device secures the payment accessory in place while allowing access to the mobile electronic device's screen, buttons, and other inputs and outputs. The section of the housing that houses the payment accessory attached to the mobile electronic device allows access to the payment accessory's payment capabilities from beyond the housing.

Abstract: A two-axis hinge unit is provided with a first rotating shaft that rotates so as to open in the vertical direction from a folded state with a first casing and a second casing overlapping and a second rotating shaft that rotates so as to open in the horizontal direction from a folded state with the first casing and the second casing overlapping, and is provided with a restriction member positioned between the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft that, when one of the rotating shafts is in a predetermined rotational position, is pressed by this one rotating shaft and engages with the other rotating shaft, thereby restricting rotation of that other rotating shaft.

Abstract: A display panel including a support structure that can reduce deformation of the display panel, that provides high positioning performance, and that stably supports the display panel is provided. In addition, a support structure of an image display apparatus including the display panel is provided. A connecting mechanism includes a plurality of first connecting members fixed to a back surface of the display panel at the side opposite to an image display surface of the display panel, a plurality of second connecting members that connect the supporting body for supporting the display panel to the first connecting members, and a relative-position adjusting portion that adjusts relative positions between the first connecting members and the second connecting members. A flexural rigidity of the first connecting members is lower than a flexural rigidity of the display panel.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for use in a wagering environment are disclosed. An exemplary embodiment comprises a wagering terminal including a processor, a memory, a primary display, and a secondary display. The primary display is configured for displaying visual messages. These visual messages are displayed as part of a graphical user interface and include at least one wagering transaction message. The secondary display is configured for displaying additional visual messages associated with the visual messages of the primary display. These additional visual messages are displayed as part of an additional graphical user interface. The wagering terminal may further include a proximity detector configured for detecting the presence of a gaming patron, a user identification unit configured for sampling a unique physical attribute of a user, and an image capture unit configured for capturing at least one image in a vicinity of the wagering terminal.

Abstract: The mobile terminal includes the rotary housing and the rotation support mechanism for supporting the rotary housing so as to rotate between the vertical position and the horizontal position. The rotation support mechanism includes a guide plate. A first slide pin and a second slide pin sliding relative to the guide plate upon rotation of the rotary housing are connected to the rotary housing. A guide hole for restricting sliding of the first slide pin is formed in the guide plate. The second slide pin and a rotary shaft provided in the guide plate are connected together through a linking member.

Abstract: A two-axis hinge unit is provided with a first rotating shaft that rotates so as to open in the vertical direction from a folded state with a first casing and a second casing overlapping and a second rotating shaft that rotates so as to open in the horizontal direction from a folded state with the first casing and the second casing overlapping, and is provided with a restriction member positioned between the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft that, when one of the rotating shafts is in a predetermined rotational position, is pressed by this one rotating shaft and engages with the other rotating shaft, thereby restricting rotation of that other rotating shaft.

Abstract: A sliding module includes a first section, a second section, a sliding member, at least one elastic member and a pivot body. The sliding member is slidably engaged with the first section, and is rotatably connected to the second section. One end of the at least one elastic member is fixed to the first section, the other end is fixed to the sliding member. Two ends of the pivot body are respectively connected to the first section and the second section. When the sliding member slides relative to the first section, the pivot body brings the second section to move and rotate relative to the first section in a tilted orientation.

Abstract: A multi-function electronic device is constructed in two parts. A communication part is a self sufficient device for providing multiple functions, such as, cellular phone, PDA, camera, and others. A cover part has a receptacle for receiving the communication part. The cover part includes a lid that is movable from an open position to a position extending over the receptacle. A keyboard is constructed in the lid for use when the lid is in the open position and the communication part is in the cover part.

Abstract: A digital photo frame includes a body, a back shell defining a hole and a rotary support. The rotary support is rotatably connected to the back shell, includes a rotary base rotatably received in the hole, a connection member pivotedly connected to the rotary base, and an elongated support body slidably coupled to the connection member. The connection member includes a spring tab, a support body defining a plurality of channels. The channels are arranged along a lengthwise direction of the connection portion. the spring tab is selectively snappingly engaged in one of the channels. One of the rotary base and the back shell includes a plurality of protrusions, and the other one of the rotary base and the back shell defines a plurality of notches corresponding to the protrusions, the protrusions are snappingly engaging in the respective notches.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a first board structure, a second board structure and a pivoting mechanism. A fixing hole is formed on the first board structure. Two ends of the pivoting mechanism respectively pivot to the first board structure and the second board structure. The electronic device further includes a fixing mechanism installed on the pivoting mechanism. The fixing mechanism includes a base fixed inside the pivoting mechanism, a pin disposed on the base in a slidable manner for inserting into the fixing hole on the first board structure so as to constrain rotation of the first board structure relative to the pivoting mechanism, and a latch disposed on the base in a slidable manner and contacting against the pin for sliding the pin relative to the base.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a television receiver includes a housing, and a supporting member accommodated in the housing, including a first supporting surface, a second supporting surface located on an opposite side of the first supporting surface, a first end portion, a second end portion located on an opposite side of the first end portion, a third end portion connecting the first and second end portions, and a fourth end portion located on an opposite side of the third end portion, and including a plurality of openings penetrating from the first supporting surface to the second supporting surface. In addition, the supporting member includes a beam provided between the openings, and the beam includes a first beam portion which is parallel to the first or third end portion, and a second beam portion which is not parallel to the first and third end portions.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic device 60 comprising a flexible display arranged to be alternated between a collapsed state and an extended state, said flexible display comprising edge portions, the flexible display being further provided with an edge protector cooperating with the edge portions, wherein the edge protector is conceived to be alternated between a collapsed state and an extended state. In the electronic device 60a the flexible display 65 is conceived to be wound about a roller 61. The edge protector comprises rigid segments 63a, 63b, 63c, 62a, 62b, 62c, 62c interconnected by suitable means 64a, 64b, 64c. Wiring, pins, bars may be used for interconnecting means 64a, 64b, 64c. In the embodiment 60a an extended position of the edge protector is shown. In the embodiment 60b a collapsed state of the edge protector is shown comprising aggregations of segments 62?, 62?. The bars 64a, 64b, 64c partly protect the back surface of the display.

Abstract: A hinge is mounted between a cover and a body of an electronic device and has an eccentric sleeve and a resisting assembly abutting against each other. When the cover is pivoted, the eccentric sleeve is rotated as well. Because the eccentric sleeve has sectors with varied radiuses, the resisting assembly is compressed to conduct various resisting forces when the eccentric sleeve is rotated. When the cover is opened to a normal visual angle, the hinge provides a constant largest torque. Therefore, the cover is held at the normal visual angle even though the user hits the touch panel on the cover.

Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed comprising a housing (1) and a retractable display (3) conceived to be alternated between an at least partially extended state and a retracted state, the device comprising a cleaning unit (6) integrated in the housing and being arranged for removing contamination from at least a front surface of the display. The flexible display (3) can be retracted by sliding the side members (4a, 4b, 4c, 5a, 5b, 5c) into the housing using, for example, a grip (7). Preferably, in the electronic device 10 the display is provided with edge members 8a, 8b for guiding the bar (6).

Abstract: A secondary computing device display system includes a removable attachment mechanism operable to removably attach a secondary computing device display to a primary computing device display. The removable attachment mechanism comprises a first attachment member, operable to slideably attach to the secondary computing device display, and a second attachment member, comprising a clamping trench and a clamp locking lever. The second attachment member is operable to removably clamp the primary computing device display by inserting a clamping ridge of the primary computing device display in the clamping trench and engaging a notched surface of the clamping ridge with the clamp locking lever. The first and second attachment member are frictionally rotatable with respect to each other along a first axis and a second axis.

Abstract: An image displaying apparatus, which is excellent in heat radiation efficiency and has an excellent back design, includes a display panel for displaying an image; a heat generating member provided on a back side of the display panel; and a cabinet for covering the display panel and the heat generating member at least from the back side of the display panel. In the cabinet, an aperture is provided at a position facing the heat generating member, and an opening/closing unit enables switching between closing and opening of the aperture. In a state that the aperture is opened by the opening/closing unit and one part of a heat-transfer member is positioned on a side of the cabinet opposite to the display panel, the other part of the heat-transfer member extends through the aperture so that the heat-transfer member can thermally be connected to the heat generating member.

Abstract: A monitor support assembly having an internal cable raceway. The support assembly includes a pole mount that can be secured to a desk or table top or to a vertical wall or furniture panel, a rotatable knuckle joint at the upper end of the pole mount, and a quick-release mount for a monitor or other peripheral device. The assembly may also include nonarticulatable and vertical members, connected to each other and to the pole mount with knuckle joints that include internal sleeves. One or more cables, with plugs attached, can be inserted into the cable raceway and joints without disassembling the monitor support. The assembly may have interchangeable parts to provide different lengths for the nonarticulatable and vertical members.

Abstract: A tilt control for a tiltable mount and a mount including a tilt control are provided. The mount has first and second brackets mounted for rotation or tilting, such as about a shaft. The second bracket might be a monitor mount tiltable relative to an arm bracket. The tilt control includes a friction brake and an over-running clutch configured to disengage the friction brake to permit upward rotation or tilting, but engage the friction brake for controlling the downward rotation or tilting. The friction brake is engaged by the over-running clutch to control downward tilting. The friction brake generates a counter-acting force to retain a mounted device such as a video monitor and/or keyboard in fixed position against drooping, but to permit downward tilting upon application by a user of an adjustment force.

Abstract: An optical disc reproduction apparatus includes a main body, a display unit, a two-axis hinge, and a battery pack. The two-axis hinge has a joint member to connect the two-axis hinge to the main body. The main body has not only a hinge mounting-housing portion to attach and house the joint member of the two-axis hinge but also a housing recess to house a battery housing of the battery pack on right and left sides of the hinge mounting-housing portion on a back end. The battery pack has a U-shaped recess in a center. The recess is located in a position corresponding to the hinge mounting-housing portion in the main body and has a width larger than that of the hinge mounting-housing portion in a rightward-leftward direction.

Abstract: A handheld electronic communication device including a body including an input device facing a first direction, and a display device coupled to the body. The display device has a first display screen and a second display screen. The second display screen faces an opposite direction as the first display screen. The display device is rotatable between a first position in which the first display screen faces the first direction, and a second position in which the second display screen faces the first direction, and releasably lockable in a third position, intermediate the first position and the second position.

Abstract: A method of fabrication a circuit board structure comprising providing a circuit board main body, forming a molded, irregular plastic body having a non-plate type, stereo structure and at least one scraggy surface by encapsulating at least a portion of said circuit board main body with injection molded material, and forming a first three-dimensional circuit pattern on said molded, irregular plastic body thereby defining a three-dimensional circuit device.

Abstract: An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus having a display supported by an arm mechanism is provided. The arm mechanism has a first arm member and a second arm member. A turning mechanism is provided at a base end portion of the first arm member and a turning mechanism is provided at a working end portion of the second arm member. An upper end portion of the first arm member and a lower end portion of the second arm member form a connection section, and an intermediate turning mechanism is provided inside the connection section. Because the arm mechanism is gently curved over its entire structure, no excessive load is applied to the cable passing inside the arm mechanism. The cable extends in the connection section along an outer route having a gentle radius of curvature.

Abstract: A portable computer system with a highly adjustable display is disclosed. In one embodiment, a laptop computer includes a base and a display supported from a base by a pair of opposing support arms. Each support arm includes a pair of rigid structural members coupled at adjacent ends by an intermediate connector comprising one or two ball joints. The lower rigid structural member is connected to the base by a lower ball joint, and the upper rigid structural member is connected to the display by a display connector comprising an upper ball joint. The display connector is also secured to a side edge of the display on a track. The laptop has an adjustable viewing angle, fore/aft position, and display height.

Abstract: An electronic device and a display panel thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a first display panel and a casing. The first display panel has a first displaying part and a second displaying part. The first display panel includes a first bending mechanism which is disposed between the first displaying part and the second displaying part to bend or spread the first display panel. The casing has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The casing includes a rail mechanism which is disposed on the second surface. The second displaying part is slid on the rail mechanism to shift the first display panel relatively to the casing.

Abstract: A mobile computing device formed from at least two housing segments that can be moved between positions, including an open position that fully exposes a display surface or façade of each of the housing segments, and a closed position in which at least one of the facades or display surfaces is occluded or overlaid by the other housing segment, according to at least some embodiments.

Abstract: A two-axis hinge unit is provided with a first rotating shaft that rotates so as to open in the vertical direction from a folded state with a first casing and a second casing overlapping and a second rotating shaft that rotates so as to open in the horizontal direction from a folded state with the first casing and the second casing overlapping, and is provided with a restriction member positioned between the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft that, when one of the rotating shafts is in a predetermined rotational position, is pressed by this one rotating shaft and engages with the other rotating shaft, thereby restricting rotation of that other rotating shaft.

Abstract: A display apparatus that has a display screen visible from a back face or a side face of an image forming apparatus is disposed on at least one side face of an image forming apparatus case.

Abstract: This display screen turning apparatus (base for a display screen) includes a platelike base member so formed as to receive the load of a display body applied to a display screen support mechanism on a partial region and to warp in a direction opposite to the direction of deflection resulting from the load of the display body with a prescribed amount of warpage when not receiving the load of the display body, and the prescribed amount of warpage is so set that the surface of the base member is substantially flattened when the base member receives the load of the display body applied to the display screen support mechanism.

Abstract: A supporting arm assembly has an upper arm, a lower arm, a display-connecting device and a holding device. The lower arm is pivotally connected to the upper arm. The display-connecting device is mounted on the upper arm and has a pivotal pin, a connecting base, a display mount, an engaging panel and a display holding panel. The pivotal pin is mounted rotatably on the upper arm. The connecting base is connected pivotally to the pivotal pin. The display mount is mounted securely on the connecting base. The engaging panel is mounted in the display mount. The display holding panel is mounted detachably in the display mount and detachably engages the engaging panel by an engagement between at least one engaging protrusion and at least one engaging recess. The holding base is mounted on the lower arm at an end opposite to the upper arm.

Abstract: A panel dock has a body, a retainer, and a bracket. The retainer is rotably secured to the body and includes a shaft having at least one arm extending from the shaft and at least one finger extending from the shaft. The bracket is attachable to an electronic device. The bracket includes a bar sized to be secured between the arm and the finger.

Abstract: An apparatus to control an inclination of an organic light emitting display panel, the apparatus including: a rotation pin having a body formed to be angulated; a support including an arm coupled to the rotation pin to support the rotation pin, the arm including a connection hole to support the rotation pin and a stopper provided to protrude under the connection hole; and a rotation part into which the rotation pin is settled in, the rotation part including an adhesion groove corresponding to the stopper and a hooking groove formed on the adhesion groove to control a rotation of the rotation part around the rotation pin, wherein the rotation of the rotation part is limited by a contact between the hooking groove and the stopper.

Abstract: A rotation angle limitation device used for a portable electronic device includes a base including a placed portion and at least one positioning portion. A driven element connected to the placed portion is capable of being rotated relative to the base. The driven element has a first position and a second position and is secured by the positioning portion when the driven element is in the second position. An elastic element is disposed between the placed portion and the driven element. A first rotation shaft is pivotally connected to the placed portion and is capable of rotating along a first direction. The first rotation shaft and the driven element move simultaneously. A second rotation shaft is pivotally connected to the first rotation shaft and is capable of rotating along a second direction. At least one cam is connected to the second rotation shaft, and the at least one cam and the second rotation shaft move simultaneously.