US 11,723,461 B2
Image sound device having display portion that can appear/disappear
Hyun-yong Choi, Suwon-si (KR); Ha-Na Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Jee-hoon Park, Seoul (KR); You-na Choo, Seongnam-si (KR); and Soo-hyun Whang, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jul. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/379,436.
Application 17/379,436 is a continuation of application No. 16/534,013, filed on Aug. 7, 2019, granted, now 11,064,804.
Application 16/534,013 is a continuation of application No. 16/071,785, granted, now 10,492,607, issued on Dec. 3, 2019, previously published as PCT/KR2017/000306, filed on Jan. 10, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2016-0007747 (KR), filed on Jan. 21, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0345773 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. H05K 5/02 (2006.01); A47B 81/06 (2006.01); H04N 5/655 (2006.01)
CPC A47B 81/064 (2013.01) [A47B 81/06 (2013.01); H04N 5/655 (2013.01); H05K 5/02 (2013.01); A47B 2200/04 (2013.01); A47B 2220/0002 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image sound device comprising:
a housing comprising an upper end portion that comprises an opening and a storage space inside the housing;
a display comprising a display area for displaying video contents;
a lifter;
a speaker;
a motor controller configured to control the lifter wherein the display is positioned at at least three height positions; and
a controller configured to control the display to display an image on the display area and output sound,
wherein the motor controller is configured to position the display area of the display at:
a first position where the display area of the display is not exposed from a top end of the housing;
a second position where the display area of the display is completely exposed from the top end of the housing; and
a third position where the display is moved upward out of the housing through the opening of the upper end portion of the housing such that a partial portion of the display area of the display is maintained in a vertically standing position outside the housing,
wherein the controller is configured to:
output only sound through the speaker without displaying an image in a state where the display area of the display is disposed in the first position; and
output information of the sound on the partial portion of the display area of the display when the display area of the display is in the third position,
wherein the lifter comprises:
a supporting plate configured to support the display;
a first link rotatably disposed at one end of the supporting plate;
a first gear rotatably connected to the another end of the first link such that the first link and the first gear are disposed to form a first angle;
a second link rotatably disposed at another end of the supporting plate; and
a second gear rotatably connected to the another end of the second link such that the second link and the second gear are disposed to form a second angle, and
wherein the motor controller is further to control the lifter to move the display upward out of the housing by increasing the first angle and the second angle.