JPH0724420B2 - Universal LCD TV device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Industrial Application Field> The disclosed technology is capable of directly capturing an image of a portion that is difficult to see with the naked eye and visually recognizing an enlarged image of the portion, or easily displaying an image on a television, a video tape, or the like. It belongs to the technical field of the structure of a liquid crystal television device that can be visually recognized in a posture.

<Summary of Summary> Therefore, according to the invention of this application, an electronic drive device for image formation is provided in a cap body of a cap-type cap, and a light-transmissive liquid crystal panel is provided on a cap of the cap. The present invention relates to a liquid crystal television device electrically connected to the electronic driving device so as to form a color image, and particularly, a rod body made of stainless steel or the like is electrically integrated with the cap or separately. And a small color electronic camera such as a CCD camera (charge-coupled device camera) is provided at the tip of the camera, and a lamp for illumination and a total reflection mirror for imaging are also provided. The invention relates to a universal liquid crystal television device that is electrically connected.

<Prior Art> As is well known, when industry flourishes and civil society improves, information transmission is carried out in all parts, especially,
Television, which has excellent visual and auditory properties as a sensory organ for ingesting information, is playing an extremely important role.

Among them, the cathode ray tube type TV is upsized from the viewpoint of hardware centering on the cathode ray tube, while the liquid crystal television has a light transmission function of the liquid crystal panel which promotes microminiaturization of the television, and therefore, information transmission by the television is limited. It is in the direction of polarization.

In recent years, information processing means have become more compact and micro-sized, and for example, portable tape recorders have been put into practical use in the audio information processing type due to the promotion of microcassette tape and cartridge type tape technology. Walkman type cassette tape recorders are used not only as a means of transmitting information not only in automobiles but also in trains. In the future, various types of information will be input to compact discs or micro tapes for portable information processing. It is expected that the processing device will realize a multimedia type aspect that is played back at a desired location and at a desired time.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> However, although the audio information processing apparatus has recently been able to be reproduced by a microcassette tape recorder or the like as desired, regardless of time or place, as described above in the television device, the liquid crystal Although the use of micro TVs has been promoted, although it is handy at this stage, most of them are of the type that they are taken out from a pocket or the like and visually confirmed by manual operation, so when watching programs on trains, etc. It is difficult to take the processing space in front of the eyes,
Although there is a problem of interference with the surroundings, and the stagnation of such playback technology has been a bottleneck, the emergence of simple portable TVs has been hampered despite the promotion of recording technology such as micro video tape recorders. There was a problem that there was.

By the way, exploration, inspection by visually observing the situation of a shielded narrow place or dangerous place where you cannot see the situation directly with the naked eye, or the part that is structurally inaccessible,
When monitoring, supervising, inspecting, or watching, etc., the industrial robot is a technology to operate the image pickup camera by remote control so that it can be visually confirmed through the TV image at the part separated by the cable or FM radio wave. Various color compact electronic cameras such as CCD cameras (charge-coupled device cameras) of the color type that have been put to practical use in gastric and gastric cameras have been developed and put into practical use, and are used for research, industrial, medical, etc. It has been put to practical use.

However, as described above, the magnified viewing mode of a captured image by such a remote control type color small electronic camera is almost for commercial use such as industrial use and is not used for consumer use, and its remote controllability There was the inconvenience that real-time processing was not always fully utilized in information processing.

<Object of the Invention> An object of the invention of this application is to solve the problem of portable microminiaturization of a television as an information processing technology based on the above-mentioned conventional technology, and to enable manual operation and to Has little interference, and can be used in a space-saving manner to reliably view images such as color TV broadcasts and video tape playback, and is an advantage of the light-transmissive LCD TV's portability.
Taking advantage of the remote control and real-time characteristics of color compact electronic cameras such as CCD cameras, it is possible to use all the functions of a compact and handy LCD TV, which is excellent for the field of image processing technology application in the information industry. It aims to provide a universal LCD TV device.

<Means and Actions for Solving the Problems> In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the structure of the invention of the present application, which is based on the above-mentioned object, is provided in a cap body of a cap-type cap or the like. An electronic drive device for image formation is provided and set in a predetermined manner, and a cap is provided with a light-transmissive liquid crystal panel electrically connected to the electronic drive device. An image is transmitted from the video signal from a video tape recorder mounted on a waist band, which is provided with a reflection mirror pivotably openable and closable, via an electronic drive device, or an image by broadcasting radio waves from an antenna provided on the hat body to the liquid crystal panel. A concave virtual mirror formed on the backside of the eaves is used to visually recognize an enlarged virtual image of the image on the liquid crystal panel through natural light or a backlight so that entertainment programs and educational programs can be visually recognized. Therefore, it is possible to extend the antenna, or a part shielded by a color small electronic camera such as a CCD camera (charge coupled device camera) provided at the tip of the rod by manual operation or It is possible to take an image of the situation of an invisible part such as an overhead part or a narrow part, form the image on the liquid crystal panel via the electronic drive device and visually recognize the enlarged virtual image. When visual recognition is required, the reflective mirror is inscribed on the liquid crystal panel to do this smoothly, and various images can be viewed in a versatile manner so that the target image can be seen in the outside world. It is a technical measure that enables visual processing.

<Embodiment> Next, an embodiment of the invention of this application will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 7, reference numeral 1 denotes a universal type liquid crystal television device which forms the center of the gist of the invention of the present application, and a casing 3 is attached to the inside of a cap 2 of an ordinary cap type. It is detachably set, and a battery 4 and an electronic drive device 5 of a well-known liquid crystal television are installed side by side inside the battery.

Further, the eaves 6 of the hat 2 is provided with a color liquid crystal panel 7 similar to that used in a conventional portable liquid crystal television, and an appropriate backlight 8 is provided on an upper portion thereof and a hinge 9 at its base portion. The upper surface of the eaves 6 can be set up and separated from the liquid crystal panel 7 via a hinge 10, and a concave mirror 11 forming a reflection mirror is provided under the tip of the eaves 6 via a liquid crystal panel 7.
It is inscribed under and is opened downward at a predetermined angle.

An earphone 14 is provided on the bracket 12 provided on the side surface of the hat 2.

The liquid crystal panel 7, the backlight 8 and the earphone 14 are electrically connected to the electronic drive device 5 via lead wires.

When the hat 2 is not used, it is entirely folded, and the hat body is in a minimum position together with the eaves 6 so that it can be expanded and contracted so that it can be stored in a coat pocket or bag.

Thus, 13 is a rod, which has the same substantial structure as a telescopic antenna with a set number of stages and a multi-stage, which is provided on a stereoscopic television or a portable radio. It is made of stainless steel, and an illumination lamp 26 such as a halogen lamp is provided at the most distal end thereof and has an illumination lens 16, and an imaging lens 16 'is provided immediately below the illumination lens 16'. A so-called CCD, which is a general commercially available CCD, is provided with a total reflection mirror 17 for
Color compact electronic camera for camera (charge coupled device camera)
18 is provided and is connected to a handy box 22 having a built-in portable video tape recorder and the like which is detachable by a band 21 via a stretchable lead wire 19 as in the conventional mode. 22 is electrically connected to the bracket 12 of the hat 2 via a lead wire 23.

As shown in FIG. 1, a panel 24 for operating buttons is integrally provided at the hand portion of the rod body 13.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 1, the illumination lamp 15 is turned on by a switch operation of the operation panel 24, and the inside of the shield 25 is directly displayed by the color small electronic camera 18 on a portion where the state cannot be visually recognized. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 1, the narrow area is illuminated, the actual state is imaged by the color compact electronic camera 18, and the liquid crystal panel 7 is displayed on the liquid crystal panel 7 by the electronic drive device 5 via the lead wires 19 and 23. It is possible to form a picked-up image of the portion that is difficult to visually recognize, and to view the magnified virtual image 15 by natural light or the backlight 8 in real time through the concave mirror type reflection mirror 11 in a remote control manner.

In the above structure, for example, to watch TV on a train, the hat 2 is put on, the bar 13 is extended, and the earphone 14 is set. To stand up and tilt down,
Further, by opening the concave mirror 11 downward through the hinge 10 at a predetermined angle and operating the switches provided on the bracket 12,
A color image is formed on the liquid crystal panel 7 by the electronic driving device 5 in the same manner as in the conventional mode, and the light incident from the outside passes through the liquid crystal panel 7 and is reflected by the concave mirror 11 so that a magnified virtual image 15 is visually recognized, and surrounding light is seen. A clear color image can be visually recognized by the image and the sound without any hindrance.

Therefore, in this case, when it is difficult to illuminate in a tunnel or the like, the backlight 8 is brought forward to the liquid crystal panel 7 via the hinge 9 so as to come in contact therewith, and the switches on the bracket 12 are operated. As a result, the light from the backlight 8 passes through the liquid crystal panel 7 and its color image is converted into a virtual image 15 by the concave mirror 11.
Is enlarged and visually recognized.

Further, when not in use, the antenna 13 and the earphone 14 are housed and folded in the bracket 12, and the backlight 8 and the concave mirror 11 are folded in the eaves 6 with the backlight 8 and the concave mirror 11, respectively. As shown in, when the lighting is possible, the backlight 8 is raised, the concave mirror 11 is opened downward, the antenna 13 is raised (or the rod 14 is used as an antenna), and the earphone 14 is used to collect light at night. When it is impossible, as shown in FIG. 9, the backlight 8 is brought into contact with the liquid crystal panel 7, the concave mirror 11 is opened downward, the antenna 13 is extended, and the earphones 14 can be used to watch TV.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 8, the liquid crystal television 1 is connected to the micro video tape recorder in the handy box 22 with a lead wire.
It is a mode in which color images can be reproduced by a videotape at night even in a train, etc., by connecting through 23, switching operation of the bracket 12, and manual operation of the micro videotape recorder. In the near future, the video tape 6 of all kinds of technical information can be handled by a shop or the like of a station where the video tape is recorded.

In the case of the above-mentioned aspect, the bar 13 serves as an antenna when visually recognizing an image by receiving a television broadcast, and by appropriately inserting or suspending the band 21 via the hook,
It is possible to receive a television radio wave and form a predetermined received image on the liquid crystal panel 7 by the electronic drive device 5.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 1, when the state of a predetermined portion of the narrow internal space of the shield 25 cannot be directly observed by the shield 25, or when a dangerous substance is visually recognized from the outside. As shown in FIG. 1, the operation panel 24 of the rod 13 is operated to turn on the illumination lamp 26 to illuminate the visually recognized portion, and the color compact through the imaging lens 16 ′ and the total reflection mirror 17. An electronic camera 18 forms a real-time image on the liquid crystal panel 7 through a handy box 22 that electronically visualizes the invisible part and the electronic drive device 5, and a concave mirror reflection mirror 11 remotely controls the magnified virtual image 15 in real time. It can be seen visually.

In this case, the illumination lamp 2 is
6, and by appropriately controlling the direction of the total reflection mirror 11, the color compact electronic camera 18 can capture the situation of the part.

In this aspect, the transparency of the total reflection mirror 11 allows the target image to be visible in the visual field of the outside world and can be visually recognized, which is extremely advantageous for safety.

According to the above-mentioned aspect, in a vehicle or the like, image information from a television broadcast or a video tape recorder can be confirmed without requiring manual work, and a search, inspection, monitoring, etc. of a part such as a shielded part which cannot be directly visually recognized by the naked eye. It is possible to make the LCD TV function universally.

Next, the embodiment shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 is the bracket 12 of the hat 2.
This is a mode in which a small and expandable and retractable antenna rod 13 'is provided in the embodiment, and in this embodiment, television broadcasting reception, image recognition from a video tape recorder, and head are performed without any manual work. By tilting the front and back and left and right, it is possible to visually check the site situation beyond obstacles and freely search, inspect, and supervise invisible parts such as obstacles. is there.

Next, the liquid crystal television set 1'in the embodiment shown in FIG.
Is a small plane mirror 11 'instead of the concave mirror 11 of each of the above-mentioned embodiments.
Is a state in which it is set up and down freely under the convex lens 18 provided on the glasses 19 via the hinges 17, and when watching TV, a color image is formed from the electronic drive unit 5 on the liquid crystal panel 7, and the Alternatively, the back light 8 is a mode in which a magnified image of the color image is visually recognized by the reflecting mirror 11 'through the convex lens 18, and the operation and effect thereof are substantially the same as those in the above-described embodiments. is there.

Further, in the liquid crystal television device 1 ″ shown in FIG. 12, the eaves 6 is provided with left-view and right-view liquid crystal panels 7 ′ and 7 ″, and has a left-view lens and a right-view lens not shown. This is a mode in which a three-dimensional color image can be visually recognized with glasses, and in particular, an extremely high sense of realism can be brought out in visual recognition of a real-time image concentrating image.

Then, in each of these embodiments, when viewing a television image by a normal manual operation, the hat 2 can be folded and the color image of the eaves 6 portion can be viewed.

Needless to say, the embodiment of the invention of this application is not limited to the above-described embodiments. For example, a hat may be a hat type, a sun visor type, or an electronic drive unit may be a micro video tape recorder or the like. It is possible to adopt various modes such as setting the same to be supported by a trouser band.

It is needless to say that the application target can be a monochrome image as well as a color image.

In addition, it can be used not only in trains but also in airplanes, ships, etc., it can be used in automobiles, and it can also be used in ordinary households, etc. Of course.

<Effects of the Invention> As described above, according to the invention of the present application, basically, in a liquid crystal television device, a liquid crystal panel for forming these color images and the like, which has been developed to be feasible, is provided on an eaves of a cap, and an electronic driving device and By installing a battery etc. on the top of the hat etc. and the reflection mirror is pivotally installed on the lower part of the eaves, glasses etc., there is no annoyance to the surroundings when watching on the train etc. Moreover, instructions by manual operation can be given. It is not necessary at all, so you can fully enjoy color images in a comfortable posture.
Further, since the reflection mirror can be opened and closed by switching to the liquid crystal panel, an excellent effect that the reflection mirror can be closed to visually recognize the external environment when it is desired to visually recognize the external environment while visually recognizing an image. Is played.

Further, by providing the reflecting mirror with a concave mirror or a lens, an excellent effect that a relatively large magnified color image or the like can be visually recognized is exhibited. And you can fully demonstrate the flexibility as a personal TV,
The excellent effect that the television image and the sound can be sufficiently viewed within the range not against the public nature in the train or the car is exhibited.

Also, since the hat can be flexibly foldable together with the eaves, it can be folded to the minimum position and stored in the coat pocket or bag when the hat is not covered, thus making it particularly compact for a portable type. It also has the advantage of not causing any trouble.

By installing a color small electronic camera such as a CCD camera (charge coupled device camera) at the tip of the rod connected to the electronic drive unit set on the hat by a barrier, etc. It is possible to visually confirm an image of the site situation such as exploration, inspection, monitoring, etc. as a magnified image in real time via the liquid crystal panel so that the actual inside situation cannot be seen visually, or to see it together with the surrounding situation. Therefore, there is an excellent effect that it is possible to visually recognize in real time a situation that cannot be visually recognized with an extremely safe and effective eye.

In addition, the electronic drive unit and liquid crystal panel provided on the hat allow the user to immediately view the image taken at the desired location in real time and record it on a video tape recorder, making it easy to handle the stick. Therefore, the excellent effect that the site situation can be effectively and surely visually stored is exhibited.

Thus, when visual recognition on the spot by the rod is not required, the image can be visually confirmed by the broadcast television or the video tape recorder, which is an effect that is performed by an extremely simple work.

Therefore, there is an excellent effect that it can exert its power in various field work researches, medical work, and the like.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 is a schematic perspective view of one embodiment, FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged sectional view of the same, and FIG.
3 and 11 are partially enlarged cross-sectional views, FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view of the same, and FIG. 5 is a schematic side view of the folding when in use.
FIG. 7 is a schematic side view during use by daylight, FIG. 7 is a schematic side view of a use posture by a backlight, FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a use state, FIG. 9 is an enlarged partial sectional side view of another embodiment, First
FIG. 10 is a perspective view of another embodiment, and FIGS. 11 and 12 are perspective views of still another embodiment. 5 ... Electronic driving device, 7 ... Liquid crystal panel, 11 ... Reflecting mirror, 1 ... Liquid crystal television, 2 ... Hat, 6 ... Eave, 13 ... Stand, 18 ... CCD camera (charge coupled device camera)

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A liquid crystal television set in which an electronic drive device for image formation is provided on a cap body, and a light-transmissive liquid crystal panel is provided on the eaves of the cap and is electrically connected to the electronic drive device. A reflecting mirror is pivotally installed on the liquid crystal panel so as to be openable and closable, and a rod body equipped with a small electronic camera at its tip end is electrically connected to the electronic drive device. apparatus. 2. A universal liquid crystal television set as set forth in claim 1, wherein the rod body is also attached to the cap body also as an antenna. 3. The universal liquid crystal television set according to claim 1, wherein a light for illuminating an object to be imaged is attached to the tip of the rod. 4. A universal liquid crystal television set according to claim 1, wherein a reflecting mirror is attached to the tip of said rod body in front of a small electronic camera.