Display apparatus

Abstract

Provided is a display apparatus. The display apparatus includes a display panel, a back cover disposed on a rear side of the display panel, the back cover having a curved shape of which both ends protrude forward, and a fixing part fixing the back cover to maintain the curved shape of the back cover. The display panel is curved in a shape corresponding to that of the back cover.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A display apparatus, comprising:
 a display panel;   a back cover coupled to a rear of the display panel;   a fixing device coupled to the back cover and configured to adjust a shape of the back cover; and   a driver configured to operate the fixing device, wherein the fixing device comprises a plurality of plates coupled to a rear of the back cover to adjust the shape of the back cover.   
     
     
         2 . The display apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the driver includes a motor controlled in response to an external input. 
     
     
         3 . The display apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of plates comprises:
 a first plate having a first end thereof coupled to the rear of the back cover; and   a second plate having a first end thereof coupled to the rear of the back cover.   
     
     
         4 . The display apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the first plate and the second plate are spaced apart from each other in a direction extending from a first lateral side to a second lateral side of the display panel; 
     
     
         5 . The display apparatus of  claim 3 , wherein the first end of the first plate coupled to the back cover and the first end of the second plate coupled to the back cover each move inward toward a central portion of the display panel in response to operation of the driver such that corresponding ends of the back cover connected thereto move inward together with the respective ends of the first and second plates such that the back cover is curved to form a curved shape. 
     
     
         6 . The display apparatus of  claim 3 , wherein the fixing device comprises:
 a fixed member fixed to a central portion of the back cover; and   a cam rotatably coupled to the fixed member,   wherein respective second ends of the first plate and the second plate contact at least one of the fixed member or the cam.   
     
     
         7 . The display apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein a curvature of the display panel is adjusted along with the adjusted shape of the back cover corresponding to a viewing point of the display panel. 
     
     
         8 . The display apparatus of  claim 7 , wherein the motor is configured to decrease the curvature of the display panel as a distance between the viewing point and the display panel is increased. 
     
     
         9 . The ,display apparatus of  claim 6 , wherein the plurality of plates of the fixing device further comprises a third plate provided at a rear of the fixed member,
 and wherein the cam is provided at a rear of the third plate and is coupled in a hole formed in the fixed member.   
     
     
         10 . The display apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of plates is bendable. 
     
     
         11 . The display apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a printed circuit board provided at the rear of the back cover, wherein the printed circuit board does not conform to the adjusted shape of the back cover.   
     
     
         12 . The display apparatus of  claim 11 , further comprising a first coupling device that couples the printed circuit board to the rear of the back cover. 
     
     
         13 . The display apparatus of  claim 11 , further comprising a bracket having a plate shape, wherein the bracket is coupled to the rear of the back cover by a first coupling device. 
     
     
         14 . The display apparatus of  claim 13 , further comprising a second coupling device that couples the bracket and the printed circuit board. 
     
     
         15 . The display apparatus of  claim 11 , further comprising a rear cover covering a rear of the printed circuit board. 
     
     
         16 . The display apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising a rear cover covering a rear of a printed circuit board provided at the rear of the back cover. 
     
     
         17 . The display apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising a curved bar positioned at the rear of the display panel to maintain a curved shape of the display panel. 
     
     
         18 . The display apparatus of  claim 16 , further comprising a plurality of holes formed in the curved bar for coupling the curved bar to the back cover. 
     
     
         19 . A display apparatus, comprising:
 a display device including a bendable display panel;   a fixing device configured to adjust a shape of the display device, wherein the fixing device comprises:
 a fixed member coupled to a central longitudinal portion of a rear of the display device, 
 a rotating device coupled to a rear of the fixed member; and 
 a plate that moves in first and second longitudinal directions in response to rotation of the rotating device in first and second rotational directions, respectively, 
   wherein the display panel is bent when the rear of the display device is pressed by the plate.   
     
     
         20 . The display apparatus of  claim 19 , wherein the plate moves forward, toward the display device, as the plate is moved outward from the central portion of the display device in one of the first or second longitudinal directions. 
     
     
         21 . The display apparatus of  claim 19 , wherein an end of the plate moves forward, toward the display device, as the plate is moved outward from the central portion of the display device in one of the first or second longitudinal directions. 
     
     
         22 . The display apparatus of  claim 19 , further comprising a motor coupled to the rotating device, wherein the motor is configured to rotate the rotating device in response to an external input. 
     
     
         23 . The display apparatus of  claim 22 , wherein the motor is configured to rotate the rotating device to decrease a curvature of the display panel as a distance between a viewing point and the display panel increases. 
     
     
         24 . The display apparatus of  claim 19 , wherein a first end of the plate is fixed to the rear of the display device, and a second of the plate is connected to the rotating device. 
     
     
         25 . The display apparatus of  claim 19 , wherein the plate is bendable. 
     
     
         26 . The display apparatus of  claim 19 , wherein the rotating device is movable in a forward direction, toward the display device, as it rotates in the first rotational direction, and is movable in a rear direction, away from the display device, as it rotates in the second rotational direction. 
     
     
         27 . The display apparatus of  claim 26 , wherein the plate extends in the longitudinal direction of the display device, with a central portion thereof projected frontward, toward the display device,
 and wherein the rotating device presses the central portion of the plate as it rotates in the first rotational direction to adjust the shape of the display device.   
     
     
         28 . The display apparatus of  claim 26 , wherein the plate further comprises:
 a first portion extending backward and outward in the first and second longitudinal directions; and   a second portion extending frontward from two opposite ends of the first portion and outward in the first and second longitudinal directions.   
     
     
         29 . The display apparatus of  claim 19 , wherein the plate further comprises:
 a first plate disposed at a first lateral side of the fixed member; and   a second plate disposed at a second lateral side of the fixed member,   wherein respective first ends of each of the first plate and the second plate is coupled to the rear of the display device.   
     
     
         30 . The display apparatus of  claim 29 , wherein respective second ends of each the first plate and the second plate contact the rotating device. 
     
     
         31 . The display apparatus of  claim 30 , wherein the fixing device further comprises a third plate provided behind the fixed member, with the rotating device provided at a rear of the third plate and connected to the fixed member through a hole in the third plate. 
     
     
         32 . The display apparatus of  claim 19 , further comprising:
 a printed circuit board provided at a rear of a back cover of the display device, wherein the printed circuit board is not bent when the back cover is bent.   
     
     
         33 . The display apparatus of  claim 19 , further comprising:
 a printed circuit board assembly including a printed circuit board, wherein the printed circuit board assembly is coupled to a central portion of a rear side of a back cover of the display device, extending in a longitudinal direction of the display device, by a first coupling device.   
     
     
         34 . The display apparatus of  claim 33 , wherein the printed circuit board assembly is spaced apart from the back cover by the first coupling device. 
     
     
         35 . The display apparatus of  claim 33 , wherein the printed circuit board assembly further comprises a bracket having a plate shape, wherein the bracket is coupled to the rear side of the back cover by the first coupling device. 
     
     
         36 . The display apparatus of  claim 35 , wherein the bracket and the printed circuit board are spaced from each other by a second coupling device. 
     
     
         37 . The display apparatus of  claim 19 , further comprising at least one bar coupled to a rear side of a back cover of the display device, wherein the at least one bar extends in a predetermined direction. 
     
     
         38 . The display apparatus of  claim 37 , wherein the at least one bar extends in the longitudinal direction of the display device. 
     
     
         39 . The display apparatus of  claim 33 , further comprising a rear cover covering a rear of the printed circuit board assembly.