CN101763826A - Thin-shaped display device and electronic paper display picture control method thereof - Google Patents

Thin-shaped display device and electronic paper display picture control method thereof Download PDF

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CN101763826A
CN101763826A CN200810220405A CN200810220405A CN101763826A CN 101763826 A CN101763826 A CN 101763826A CN 200810220405 A CN200810220405 A CN 200810220405A CN 200810220405 A CN200810220405 A CN 200810220405A CN 101763826 A CN101763826 A CN 101763826A
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马修
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The invention relates to a thin-shaped display device and an electronic paper display picture control method thereof. The thin-shaped display device comprises an electronic paper, a bent sensor and a processing unit, wherein the electronic paper is provided with a display surface and a back surface contrary to the display surface; the bent sensor is arranged on the back surface of the electronic paper; the processing unit is respectively electrically connected with the bent sensor and the electronic paper; the bent sensor is used for sensing a way of bending the electronic paper and correspondingly generating an electrical signal; and the processing unit shrinks or amplifies the display content of the display surface of the electronic paper according to the electrical signal. The invention enables a user to bend the electronic paper in a very instinct way by utilizing the characteristic of the electronic paper capable of being bent, thereby achieving the purpose of controlling the reduction or the amplification of a picture of the electronic paper.

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The method of thin type display and the display frame of control Electronic Paper thereof
[technical field]
The invention relates to the method for a kind of thin type display and control Electronic Paper display frame thereof, be meant that especially a kind of mode of bending of utilizing adjusts the thin type display of picture convergent-divergent and the method for control Electronic Paper display frame thereof.
[background technology]
Since generation, scientists just begins to develop Electronic Paper from seven zero years, and this paper may substitute traditional paper gradually, because it both had been convenient to word read, can rewrites content again, use repeatedly, helps environmental protection.
Electronic Paper is actually a kind of display screen of ultra-thin, ultralight, its surface scribbles a kind of electric ink of being made up of countless small transparent grains, as long as the color of intragranular dyestuff of adjustment and micro particle just can make electric ink show multicoloured color and pattern comes.
By some method the color of Electronic Paper and pattern are fixed up,, also can keep the shown content of Electronic Paper clear even do not continue power supply, even if bending or press it, can be not smudgy as dizzy the holding of the picture of LCD screen yet.With the Electronic Paper that this electric ink is made, its application is very extensive, and for example newspapers and magazines can replace with Electronic Paper, and newspaper office, periodical publisher only need transmit radiowave by computing machine or miscellaneous equipment, and the content of Electronic Paper is upgraded in time.This has not only made things convenient for people's life, also can save the consumption of paper and has environment protecting concurrently.
Therefore, how making the consumer more like using the novel high-tech product of this environmental protection, is important subject under discussion, and we maybe can design the input interface of control Electronic Paper display frame, and do not destroy the original frivolous and bent characteristic of Electronic Paper.
[summary of the invention]
Therefore, the object of the present invention is to provide a kind of mode of utilizing bending to adjust the thin type display of Electronic Paper display frame.
So, thin type display of the present invention comprises one to have a display surface and and is located at the bend sensor at the back side of this Electronic Paper and a processing unit that is electrically connected with this bend sensor and this Electronic Paper respectively in contrast to the Electronic Paper, at the back side of this display surface; This bend sensor is the mode that is bent in order to this Electronic Paper of sensing, and corresponding generation one electronic signal, and this processing unit is controlled the shown content of display surface of this Electronic Paper according to this electronic signal.
Preferably, this processing unit is to dwindle or to amplify the displaying contents of the display surface of this Electronic Paper according to this electronic signal.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a kind of mode of utilizing bending to adjust the method for the control Electronic Paper display frame of Electronic Paper display frame.
So the present invention controls the method for Electronic Paper display frame, at first detect this Electronic Paper and whether bent; Come again,, control the display frame of this Electronic Paper according to the mode that this Electronic Paper is bent.
Preferably, be the mode that is bent according to this Electronic Paper, the display frame of controlling this Electronic Paper is dwindled or is amplified.
Compared to prior art, the characteristic of utilizing Electronic Paper to be bent allows the user very bend Electronic Paper in instinct type ground, can reach the purpose that control Electronic Paper picture dwindles or amplifies.
For purpose of the present invention, structural attitude and function thereof are had further understanding, conjunction with figs. is described in detail as follows now:
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Fig. 1 illustrates the vertical view of display surface of first preferred embodiment of thin display device of the present invention;
Fig. 2 illustrates the upward view at the back side of first preferred embodiment of thin display device of the present invention;
Fig. 3 illustrates thin display device of the present invention and is the display surface protuberance to amplify the stereographic map of picture by bending;
Fig. 4 illustrates thin display device of the present invention and is the display surface depression to dwindle the stereographic map of picture by bending;
Fig. 5 illustrates the method flow diagram of control Electronic Paper display frame of first preferred embodiment of thin display device of the present invention;
Fig. 6 illustrates the upward view at the back side of second preferred embodiment of thin display device of the present invention;
The corner that Fig. 7 illustrates thin display device of the present invention is bent to the back side to dwindle the vertical view of picture;
The corner that Fig. 8 illustrates thin display device of the present invention is bent to display surface to amplify the vertical view of picture;
Fig. 9 illustrates the method flow diagram of control Electronic Paper display frame of second preferred embodiment of thin display device of the present invention.
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Consult Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 are respectively the vertical view and the upward view of thin type display 10 of the present invention, thin type display 10 of the present invention comprises one to have bend sensor 2, that a display surface 11 and is located at the back side 12 of this Electronic Paper 1 in contrast to the Electronic Paper 1, at the back side 12 of this display surface 11 and is located at the flexible circuit board 4, at the back side 12 of this Electronic Paper 1 and is located at a processing unit 3 on this flexible circuit board 4 and a power-supply unit 5 that is electrically connected with this Electronic Paper 1, bend sensor 2 and this processing unit 3 respectively with power supply.It should be noted that, the applied bend sensor 2 of the present invention, understand because bent the bend sensor 2 of the resistance-type that causes its resistance change for general, so be not shown limit with present embodiment and corresponding diagram, any have because crooked and change the bend sensor of the characteristic of certain measured value, all can replace the employed bend sensor 2 of present embodiment.
In the present embodiment, special flexible circuit board 4 (the Flexible Printed Circuit Board that uses, be called for short FPCB) be because the characteristic that will can cooperate Electronic Paper 1 to be bent when the user bends thin type display 10, can't cause the infringement that hinders with itself.
This power-supply unit 5 is a power supply unit in the present embodiment, provide the power consumption components in all thin type displaies 10 needed power supply, this Electronic Paper 1, bend sensor 2 and this processing unit 3 have been comprised, power-supply unit 5 also can be other Power Supply Assemblies such as compact battery, and not implementing immediately with this, corresponding diagram is shown limit.
This processing unit 3 is one to have the IC chip (also claiming microchip CPU Card) of computing and memory function concurrently in the present embodiment, and is electrically connected with bend sensor 2 and this Electronic Paper 1 respectively; Caused its resistance value to change when this bend sensor 2 because bend, the feasible electric current that flow through bend sensor 2 and processing unit 3 of meeting changes, also reach bend sensor 2 and can output one have electronic signal that electric current changes to processing unit 3, the display surface 11 shown contents that this processing unit 3 is then controlled this Electronic Paper 1 according to this electronic signal are dwindled or are amplified.
Cooperate and consult Fig. 3 and Fig. 4, in the present embodiment, this bend sensor 2 is the central authorities that are strip and are arranged at the back side 12 of this Electronic Paper 1, when thin type display 10 is display surface 11 protuberances by bending outward, as shown in Figure 3, the resistance value of bend sensor 2 increases and exports the electronic signal that an electric current diminishes and give processing unit 3, the displaying contents of the display surface 11 of processing unit 3 these Electronic Paper 1 of control is amplified, when thin type display 10 is display surface 11 depressions toward inner bending, as shown in Figure 4, the resistance value of bend sensor 2 reduces and exports the big electronic signal of an electrorheological and give processing unit 3, and the displaying contents of the display surface 11 of processing unit 3 these Electronic Paper 1 of control is dwindled; And whenever this bend sensor 2 sense thin type display 10 by outward or toward inner bending once, then produce this corresponding electronic signal and make that the displaying contents of display surface 11 of these processing unit 3 these Electronic Paper 1 of control is corresponding to be amplified or dwindle a multiplying power, that is to say, the user bends thin type display 10 once, then can amplify or dwindle one fixedly multiplying power once, so the user can repeatedly bend thin type display 10 till the size of the displaying contents of display surface 11 is to meet user's requirement.
First preferred embodiment of the slim display 10 of the present invention also can add a data transmission unit 6 again, this data transmission unit 6 is actually a USB interface, can receive figure or Word message easily gives processing unit 3 and is shown on the Electronic Paper 1, data transmission unit 6 does not exceed with USB interface, also can be the interface of other kind, or an even radio circuit with antenna.
Therefore, when slim display 10 was bent, its detailed process was please consulted Fig. 1, Fig. 2 and following explanation as shown in Figure 5 simultaneously:
At first carry out step 51, the user wishes to change the multiplying power of Electronic Paper 1 display frame and bends this thin type display 10, crooked detector 2 detects thin type display 10 and is bent, give processing unit 3 and transmit an electronic signal, then carry out step 52, processing unit 3 judges that by the size of current of this electronic signal Electronic Paper 1 is bent outward, or by past inner bending, if judge that Electronic Paper 1 is bent outward, then enter step 53, the displaying contents of the display surface 11 of processing unit 3 these Electronic Paper 1 of control amplifies a multiplying power, if judge that Electronic Paper 1 is by past inner bending, then enter step 54, the displaying contents of the display surface 11 of processing unit 3 these Electronic Paper 1 of control dwindles a multiplying power.If the user is the size of dissatisfied display frame still, only need repeating step 51,52 and 53 to amplify picture, or repeating step 51,52 and 54 get final product to continue dwindling picture with continuation.
Consult Fig. 6, Fig. 6 is the upward view of second preferred embodiment of thin display device 20 of the present invention, in the present embodiment, thin display device 20 is identical with most of member of first preferred embodiment, the place of difference is, this bend sensor 2 ' is a corner 121 that is arranged at the back side 12 of Electronic Paper 1, and roughly along the diagonal line setting; The corner 121 that bends this Electronic Paper 1 as the user is during to the back side 12 (bending backward), the resistance value increase of bend sensor 2 ' diminishes the electric current of the electronic signal that exports processing unit 3 to, the displaying contents of the display surface 11 of processing unit 3 these Electronic Paper 1 of control amplifies, when corner 121 is bent display surface 11 to this Electronic Paper 1 (bending forward), the resistance value of bend sensor 2 ' reduces makes the electrorheological of the electronic signal that exports processing unit 3 to big, and the displaying contents of the display surface 11 of this Electronic Paper 1 of 3 control of processing unit dwindles.Another place of present embodiment is with the first preferred embodiment difference, the resistance change of the bend sensor 2 ' of present embodiment is by backward or the curvature that bends forward and increasing or decreasing with Electronic Paper 1, and the size of current correspondence of the electronic signal that make to produce is successively decreased or is increased progressively, make this processing unit 3 to control the corresponding multiplying power of amplifying or dwindling a correspondence of displaying contents of the display surface 11 of this Electronic Paper 1 according to the size of current of electronic signal; That is to say, the corner 121 of Electronic Paper 1 by backward or the curvature that bends forward big more, display surface 11 amplify or the multiplying power of dwindling many more.
Therefore, when slim display 20 was bent, its detailed process was please consulted Fig. 6 and following explanation as shown in Figure 9 simultaneously:
At first carry out step 91, the user wishes to change the multiplying power of Electronic Paper 1 display frame and bends this thin type display 10, curvature and the corresponding electronic signal of transmission that the corner of crooked detector 2 detecting Electronic Paper 1 is bent are given processing unit 3, then carry out step 92, processing unit 3 judges that by the size of current of this electronic signal the corner of Electronic Paper 1 is bent backward, or bent forward, if judging the corner of Electronic Paper 1 is bent backward and is presented a curvature, then enter step 93, the displaying contents of the display surface 11 of these Electronic Paper 1 of processing unit 3 control amplifies a pair of multiplying power that should curvature, if judging the corner of Electronic Paper 1 is bent forward and is presented a curvature, then enter step 94, the displaying contents of the display surface 11 of these Electronic Paper 1 of processing unit 3 control dwindles a pair of multiplying power that should curvature.With first preferred embodiment in the same manner, if the size of the still dissatisfied display frame of user, only need repeating step 91,92 with 93 continuing the amplification picture, or repeating step 91,92 and 94 gets final product to continue dwindling picture.
Comprehensive the above, effect of the present invention is, the characteristic of utilizing Electronic Paper to be bent allows very instinct type ground bending Electronic Paper of user, can reach and control the purpose that the Electronic Paper picture dwindles or amplifies.

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1. a thin type display is characterized in that, this device comprises:
One Electronic Paper has a display surface and the back side in contrast to this display surface;
One bend sensor is located at the back side of this Electronic Paper, the mode that is bent in order to this Electronic Paper of sensing, and the corresponding electronic signal that produces;
One processing unit is electrically connected with this bend sensor and this Electronic Paper respectively, and controls the shown content of display surface of this Electronic Paper according to this electronic signal.
2. thin type display as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: also comprise the flexible circuit board at the back side of being located at this Electronic Paper, this processing unit is located on this flexible circuit board.
3. thin type display as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that: also comprise the power-supply unit of being located at this flexible circuit board, it is electrically connected with power supply with this Electronic Paper, bend sensor and this processing unit respectively.
4. thin type display as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: also comprise a power-supply unit, be electrically connected with power supply with this Electronic Paper, bend sensor and this processing unit respectively.
5. thin type display as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: this processing unit is a little core sheet.
6. thin type display as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that: this processing unit is to dwindle or to amplify the displaying contents of the display surface of this Electronic Paper according to this electronic signal.
7. thin type display as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: this bend sensor has the characteristic that its resistance value can change when being bent, and the current value of this electronic signal of output and the resistance change amount of this bend sensor are inversely proportional to.
8. thin type display as claimed in claim 7, it is characterized in that: this bend sensor is the central authorities that are strip and are arranged at the back side of this Electronic Paper, when being bent, this Electronic Paper is this display surface protuberance, the resistance value of this bend sensor increases and exports the electronic signal that an electric current diminishes and give this processing unit, the displaying contents of the display surface of this Electronic Paper of control is amplified, when being bent, this Electronic Paper is this display surface depression, the resistance value of this bend sensor reduces and exports the big electronic signal of an electrorheological and give this processing unit, and the displaying contents of the display surface of this Electronic Paper of control is dwindled.
9. thin type display as claimed in claim 7, it is characterized in that: this bend sensor is a corner that is arranged at the back side of this Electronic Paper, when this corner is bent to this back side, the resistance value of this bend sensor increases, the electric current of the electronic signal that exports this processing unit to is diminished, and the displaying contents of controlling the display surface of this Electronic Paper amplifies, when this corner is bent to this display surface, the resistance value of this bend sensor reduces, the electric current of the electronic signal that exports this processing unit to is diminished, and the displaying contents of controlling the display surface of this Electronic Paper dwindle.
10. thin type display as claimed in claim 8 or 9, it is characterized in that: bent once whenever this bend sensor senses this Electronic Paper, then produce this electronic signal and make this processing unit control that the displaying contents of display surface of this Electronic Paper is corresponding to be amplified or dwindle a multiplying power.
11. thin type display as claimed in claim 8 or 9, it is characterized in that: the resistance change of this bend sensor is the curvature increasing or decreasing that is bent with this Electronic Paper, and the size of current correspondence that makes this electronic signal is successively decreased or increase progressively and make this processing unit change according to the electric current of this electronic signal, controls the corresponding multiplying power of amplifying or dwindling a correspondence of displaying contents of the display surface of this Electronic Paper.
12. a method of controlling Electronic Paper display frame is characterized in that, this method comprises:
Whether (A) detect this Electronic Paper is bent;
(B) mode that is bent according to this Electronic Paper is controlled the display frame of this Electronic Paper.
13. the method for control Electronic Paper as claimed in claim 12 display frame is characterized in that: in this step (B), be that the display frame of this Electronic Paper of control is dwindled or amplified.
14. the method for control Electronic Paper as claimed in claim 13 display frame, it is characterized in that: in this step (B), when being bent, this Electronic Paper is this display surface protuberance, then controlling the display frame of this Electronic Paper amplifies, be this display surface depression when this Electronic Paper bends, then control the display frame of this Electronic Paper and dwindle.
15. the method for control Electronic Paper as claimed in claim 13 display frame, it is characterized in that: in this step (B), when a corner of this Electronic Paper is bent the back side to this Electronic Paper, then controlling the display frame of this Electronic Paper amplifies, when this corner is bent display surface to this Electronic Paper, then control the display frame of this Electronic Paper and dwindle.
16. the method as claim 14 or 15 described control Electronic Paper display frames is characterized in that: in this step (B),, then control the corresponding amplification of display frame of this Electronic Paper or dwindle a multiplying power whenever this Electronic Paper is bent once.
17. method as claim 14 or 15 described control Electronic Paper display frames, it is characterized in that: in this step (B), this Electronic Paper of sensing the curvature that bent, control the corresponding multiplying power of amplifying or dwindling a correspondence of display frame of this Electronic Paper again according to this curvature.
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