Patent ID: 7969714

Claim:
An apparatus for controlling a display unit in a telematics terminal of a vehicle comprising: a body of the telematics terminal of the vehicle, the body having a front side having a height and a width, the width being greater than the height; a rack gear installed in the body; a transference unit configured to support the display unit of the telematics terminal, positioned at an upper side of the rack gear, and configured to transfer the display unit along the rack gear while a screen of the display unit is in a horizontal direction during operation in the ordinary operating orientation of the vehicle; a first driving unit installed at the transference unit and configured to rotate a first gear of the first driving unit engaged with the rack gear while the screen of the display unit is in a horizontal direction, wherein a first length along a first direction of the display unit is longer than a second length along a second direction of the display unit, the first direction being orthogonal to the second direction, and the transference unit being configured to draw the display unit out of the telematics terminal in the first direction of the display unit while the screen of the display unit is in the horizontal direction; a second driving unit installed at the transference unit and connected with a second gear which rotates the display unit to a first pre-set angle such that the screen of the display unit is shifted to the vertical direction; a third driving unit installed at the display unit and connected with a third gear which rotates the display unit to a second pre-set angle while the screen of the display unit is in the vertical direction, such that the first length of the display unit is oriented parallel to the width of the front side of the body and the first length is longer than the width of the front side of the body; and a controller configured to control the first, second, and third driving units.