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CN106896866B
CN106896866B CN201510959143.XA CN201510959143A CN106896866B CN 106896866 B CN106896866 B CN 106896866B CN 201510959143 A CN201510959143 A CN 201510959143A CN 106896866 B CN106896866 B CN 106896866B
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Abstract

The embodiment of the invention discloses an electronic device, which comprises: the shell is at least provided with a first side wall, a second side wall and a third side wall, wherein the first side wall is opposite to the second side wall, and the third side wall is connected with the first side wall and the second side wall; a first support shaft disposed within the housing and connecting the first sidewall and the second sidewall; a flexible display screen having a first end and a second end, the first end being secured to the first support shaft; the flexible display screen is wound on the first support shaft in the process that the first support shaft rotates around the axis towards a first direction relative to the shell; in the process that the first supporting shaft rotates towards the second direction around the axis relative to the shell, the flexible display screen falls off from the first supporting shaft and exposes a display area of the flexible display screen, and the first direction is opposite to the second direction.

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Electronic equipment
Technical Field
The present invention relates to the field of electronic technologies, and in particular, to an electronic device.
Background
With the continuous development of science and technology, electronic technology has also gained rapid development, and the variety of electronic products is also more and more, and people also enjoy various conveniences brought by the development of science and technology. People can enjoy comfortable life brought along with the development of science and technology through various types of intelligent terminals.
At present, taking a tablet computer as an example, existing tablet computers are all plate-shaped devices, and a user cannot change the shape of the tablet computer, so that the tablet computer cannot be placed in other spaces except a plate-shaped space, and the portability of the tablet computer is limited to a certain extent.
Disclosure of Invention
In view of this, embodiments of the present invention are expected to provide an electronic device to improve the portability of the electronic device and provide a good user experience.
In order to achieve the purpose, the technical scheme of the invention is realized as follows:
an embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic device, including: the shell is at least provided with a first side wall, a second side wall and a third side wall, wherein the first side wall is opposite to the second side wall, and the third side wall is connected with the first side wall and the third side wall; a first support shaft disposed within the housing and connecting the first sidewall and the second sidewall; a flexible display screen having a first end and a second end, the first end being secured to the first support shaft; the flexible display screen is wound on the first support shaft in the process that the first support shaft rotates around the axis towards a first direction relative to the shell; in the process that the first supporting shaft rotates towards the second direction around the axis relative to the shell, the flexible display screen falls off from the first supporting shaft and exposes a display area of the flexible display screen, and the first direction is opposite to the second direction.
An embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic device, including: the display screen comprises a shell, a first supporting shaft arranged in the shell and a flexible display screen, wherein the first end of the flexible display screen is fixed on the first supporting shaft; the shell at least comprises a first side wall, a second side wall and a third side wall, wherein the first side wall and the second side wall are opposite, and the third side wall is connected with the first side wall and the second side wall; the first support shaft is connected with the first side wall and the second side wall; then, in the process that the first supporting shaft rotates around the axis towards the first direction relative to the shell, the flexible display screen is wound on the first supporting shaft; in the process that the first supporting shaft rotates towards the opposite second direction around the shaft center relative to the shell, the flexible display screen falls off from the first supporting shaft, and the display area of the flexible display screen is exposed. That is to say, electronic equipment's casing is the column, is provided with first supporting axle and flexible display screen in the inside of casing, and along with the rotation of first supporting axle, flexible display screen extends or contracts, so, when flexible display screen shrink, electronic equipment just can the holding in a column space, has promoted electronic equipment's portability greatly.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to a first embodiment of the invention;
fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a housing according to a first embodiment of the invention;
fig. 3A to 3B are schematic structural views of a first supporting shaft according to a first embodiment of the invention;
fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a flexible display screen according to a first embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 5A to 5B are schematic diagrams illustrating a relative position relationship between a first supporting shaft and a flexible display screen according to a first embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 6A to 6B are schematic views illustrating usage modes of an electronic device according to a first embodiment of the invention;
fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device in a second embodiment of the invention;
fig. 8A to 8B are schematic views illustrating usage modes of an electronic device according to a second embodiment of the invention;
fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device in a third embodiment of the invention.
Detailed Description
The technical solution in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention.
The first embodiment is as follows:
the present embodiment provides an electronic device, as shown in fig. 1, the electronic device includes: the device comprises a shell 1, a first side wall, a second side wall and a third side wall, wherein the first side wall is opposite to the second side wall, and the third side wall is connected with the first side wall and the second side wall; a first support shaft 2 disposed in the housing 1 and connecting the first sidewall and the second sidewall; a flexible display screen 3 having a first end and a second end, the first end being fixed to the first support shaft 2;
specifically, the housing may be a cylindrical housing, and then, the first side wall and the second side wall serve as end faces of the cylindrical housing, and the third side wall serves as a side face of the cylindrical housing; in practical application, referring to fig. 2, the length of the third sidewall 13 may be equal to the circumference of the first sidewall 11, when the housing 1 is closed; of course, the length of the third side wall may also be smaller than the circumference of the first side wall, in which case the housing is open.
Optionally, under the condition that the housing is closed, a first opening is formed in the third side wall, and the flexible display screen penetrates out of the first opening.
Further, the first support shaft is disposed between the first side wall and the second side wall, and is rotatable with respect to the housing. One end of the first supporting shaft is connected with the first side wall, and the other end of the first supporting shaft is connected with the second side wall.
For example, as shown in fig. 3A, the first supporting shaft includes two parts, one part is a fixed shaft 21 fixed on the second side wall and the second side wall, and a shaft sleeve 22 is covered on the fixed shaft 21, and the shaft sleeve 22 can rotate relative to the housing; or, a first through hole and a second through hole are respectively formed in the first side wall and the second side wall, and the diameters of the first through hole and the second through hole are consistent with the diameter of the first support shaft, so as shown in fig. 3B, one end 201 of the first support shaft penetrates through the first through hole 111, and similarly, the other end of the first support shaft penetrates through the second through hole, and at this time, the first support shaft can rotate relative to the housing.
Of course, in practical applications, the connection mode of the first support shaft and the first and second side walls may be other modes, and the present invention is not limited in particular.
Further, as shown in fig. 4, the flexible display 3 has a first end 31 and a second end 32, wherein the first end 31 is a fixed end and is fixed on the first support shaft 2, and particularly, if the first support shaft 2 is a combination of the above-mentioned fixed shaft and a shaft sleeve, the first end 31 is fixed on the shaft sleeve; the second end 32 is a free end that can be passed out through the third side wall, and optionally the second end 32 is passed out through the first opening.
In addition, the flexible display 3 has a display area 301, and various interfaces are displayed in the display area 301 for a user to operate or browse. When the flexible display screen falls off from the first support shaft, the display area is exposed.
In practical application, in order to facilitate user operation, the flexible display screen further comprises a support body, and when the flexible display screen falls off from the first support shaft and is stretched to the first position, the support body supports the flexible display screen to keep upright, that is, after the flexible display screen is stretched, the flexible display screen can keep an extending state.
Here, the support body may be a frame of the flexible display screen, and the frame may be formed of a deformable material with certain rigidity, such as aluminum, tin, super-soft nitinol, or the like, and of course, may be other materials, and the present invention is not limited in particular. The support body can also be a supporting rod fixed on the shell, when the flexible display screen is stretched to the first position, a user can manually fix the free end of the supporting rod on the second end of the flexible display screen so as to support the flexible display screen to stand upright. In practical applications, other forms of support exist, and the present invention is not particularly limited. The support body can also be a metal support plate and the flexible display screen which are arranged in a superposition manner so as to support the flexible display screen.
In a specific implementation process, the flexible display screen may be a Light Emitting Diode (LED) screen, an Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED) screen, or the like, and the present invention is not limited in particular. A layer of touch screen can be further superposed on the flexible display screen to form the touch display screen.
Preferably, the length of the first opening is equal to or slightly longer than the length of the second end for the sake of appearance of the electronic device and reducing dust entering the interior of the housing.
Then, as shown in fig. 5A, during the process that the first support shaft 2 rotates around the axis towards the first direction relative to the housing, the flexible display screen 3 is wound on the first support shaft 2; as shown in fig. 5B, in the process that the first support shaft 2 rotates around the axis in the opposite second direction relative to the housing, the flexible display 3 falls off from the first support shaft 2, and the display area of the flexible display 3 is exposed.
In a specific implementation process, a user can apply opposite-direction forces to one end and/or the other end of the first support shaft, so that the first support shaft rotates around the axis towards a first direction relative to the shell, and the flexible display screen 3 is wound on the first support shaft 2;
correspondingly, a user can apply force to one end and/or the other end of the first support shaft, so that the first support shaft rotates around the axis towards the second direction relative to the shell, and the flexible display screen falls off from the first support shaft; or, the user can exert outside pulling force to the second end of flexible display screen, tensile flexible display screen to this drives first supporting shaft and rotates around the axle center towards the second direction for the casing, makes flexible display screen drop by first supporting shaft.
Of course, the first supporting shaft may have other stress conditions as long as the first supporting shaft can rotate towards the first direction/the second direction, and the invention is not particularly limited.
Furthermore, the electronic device also comprises at least one electronic device, such as a control component, a processing component, a battery and the like, which are accommodated in the housing, wherein the control component is used for controlling the flexible display screen to display; or, the first supporting shaft is a hollow shaft, and has an accommodating space therein, and the at least one electronic device is accommodated in the accommodating space.
In practical applications, the at least one electronic device may further include a main board, a radio frequency module, a light sensing unit, an image capturing unit, and the like, and the present invention is not particularly limited.
Furthermore, one or more holes may be formed in the first side wall and the second side wall of the housing for disposing electronic devices such as an indicator light, a camera, a microphone, a speaker, etc. that need to be exposed from the housing.
The operation of the electronic device will be described below.
First, the electronic device has two usage modes, the first is a contraction mode, and the second is an expansion mode.
Assuming that the electronic device is in the contraction mode as shown in fig. 6A, at this time, when a user wants to use the electronic device, the user can apply a force by holding the second end of the flexible display screen 3 to drive the first support shaft to rotate around the axis toward the first direction relative to the housing 1 until, as shown in fig. 6B, the flexible display screen 3 is stretched to the first position, so that the display area 301 of the flexible display screen 3 is completely exposed, the support supports the flexible display screen 3 to stand upright, at this time, the electronic device is in the expansion mode, and thus, the user can observe various interfaces displayed in the display area 301;
when the user finishes using the electronic device, the user may apply force to the first support shaft, so that the first support shaft rotates around the axis toward the second direction relative to the housing 1, the flexible display screen 3 is wound around the first support shaft until the flexible display screen 3 completely retracts into the housing as shown in fig. 6A again, and at this time, the electronic device resumes the retracted mode.
In this embodiment, electronic equipment's casing is the column, is provided with first supporting axle and flexible display screen in the inside of casing, and along with the rotation of first supporting axle, flexible display screen extends or contracts, so, when flexible display screen shrink, electronic equipment just can the holding in a column space, has promoted electronic equipment's portability greatly.
Example two:
on the basis of the first embodiment, this embodiment provides an electronic device, as shown in fig. 7, further including: a first locking mechanism 4, when the first locking mechanism 4 locks the first support shaft 2, the first support shaft 2 is kept stationary with respect to the housing 1; when the first supporting shaft 2 is unlocked by the first locking mechanism 4 and the first supporting shaft 2 is stressed, the first supporting shaft 2 rotates relative to the shell 1 and drives the first end to rotate, so that the flexible display screen 3 is wound on the first supporting shaft 2.
In a specific implementation, the first locking mechanism 4 includes a first sub-member disposed on an outer surface of the second sidewall and located at an edge of the second through hole, and a second sub-member disposed at the other end of the first support shaft, wherein the first support shaft is kept stationary with respect to the housing when the first sub-member and the second sub-member are coupled, and the first support shaft rotates around the shaft center when the first sub-member and the second sub-member are decoupled. For example, the outer wall of the first sub-part is provided with threads, the inner wall of the second sub-part is provided with threads, when the first supporting shaft rotates to a certain position, a user sleeves the second sub-part on the first sub-part and screws the second sub-part in the thread direction to lock the first supporting shaft, and when the user screws the second sub-part reversely, the second sub-part loosens the first sub-part and separates from the first sub-part to unlock the first supporting shaft.
Furthermore, the first locking mechanism can also comprise a first elastic piece, one end of the first elastic piece is connected with the other end of the first supporting shaft, and the other end of the first elastic piece is connected with the second sub-piece; the first sub-piece is provided with at least one first bulge, and the second sub-piece is provided with at least one second bulge;
then, when the first elastic member is not subjected to an external force, the at least one first protrusion is engaged with the at least one second protrusion, so that the first sub-member is connected with the second sub-member, and at this time, the first locking mechanism locks the first support shaft; when the first elastic part is acted by an external force, a first restoring force opposite to the axial direction of the first supporting shaft is generated, the first restoring force acts on the second sub-part to drive the at least one first protrusion to be meshed with and separated from the at least one second protrusion, so that the first sub-part is separated from the second sub-part, and at the moment, the first locking mechanism unlocks the first supporting shaft.
Further, in order to facilitate user operation, the electronic device further includes: the first return mechanism is connected with the first support shaft; when the first locking mechanism unlocks the first supporting shaft, the first restoring mechanism drives the first supporting shaft to rotate around the axis towards the second direction relative to the shell, so that the flexible display screen is wound on the first supporting shaft.
Specifically, the first restoring mechanism may be connected to the first side wall and one end of the first support shaft, respectively, and the first restoring mechanism may be a coil spring, a torsion spring, or the like. Because first supporting shaft is around the axle center towards the in-process of first direction rotation under the exogenic action, deformation takes place for first restoring mechanism, so, when the exogenic force that is used for first supporting shaft is removed, first restoring mechanism produces the restoring force and drives first supporting shaft and rotate around the axle center towards the second direction for casing 1 for flexible display twines in first supporting shaft.
The operation principle of the electronic device will be explained below.
First, the electronic device has two usage modes, the first is a contraction mode, and the second is an expansion mode.
Assuming that the electronic device is in the retracted mode as shown in fig. 8A, at this time, when a user wants to use the electronic device, the user can apply a force by holding the second end of the flexible display screen 3 to drive the first support shaft to rotate around the axis toward the first direction with respect to the housing 1 until, as shown in fig. 8B, the flexible display screen 3 is stretched to the first position, so that the display area of the flexible display screen 3 is completely exposed, at this time, the first locking mechanism 4 locks the first support shaft to keep it stationary with respect to the housing, the support body supports the flexible display screen 3 to keep standing, at this time, the electronic device is in the extended mode, so that the user can observe various interfaces displayed in the display area; in the process, the first restoring mechanism deforms and stores elastic potential energy.
When the user finishes using the electronic device, the user manually operates the first locking mechanism 4 to unlock the first supporting shaft, at this time, the first restoring mechanism generates restoring force to drive the first supporting shaft to rotate around the axis toward the second direction relative to the housing 1, the flexible display screen 3 is wound on the first supporting shaft until the flexible display screen 3 is completely retracted into the housing 1 as shown in fig. 8A, and at this time, the electronic device is restored to the retracted mode.
In this embodiment, electronic equipment's casing is the column, is provided with first supporting axle and flexible display screen in the inside of casing, and along with the rotation of first supporting axle, flexible display screen extends or contracts, so, when flexible display screen shrink, electronic equipment just can the holding in a column space, has promoted electronic equipment's portability greatly.
Example three:
on the basis of one or more of the above embodiments, the present embodiment provides an electronic device, as shown in fig. 9, further including: and when the flexible input unit 5 is stressed and stretched to the second position, an included angle between the flexible input unit 5 and the flexible display screen 3 which is dropped from the first support shaft and stretched to the first position is a preset value, such as 90 degrees and 120 degrees.
In practical application, the electronic device further comprises a second supporting shaft parallel to the first supporting shaft and connecting the first side wall and the second side wall; the second support shaft is identical to the first support shaft described in one or more embodiments above, and is not described in detail here.
Further, the flexible input unit is provided with a third end and a fourth end, and the third end is fixed on the second support shaft;
the flexible input unit is wound on the second support shaft in the process that the second support shaft rotates around the axis towards the third direction relative to the shell; and in the process that the second support shaft rotates around the shaft center towards a fourth direction relative to the shell, the flexible input unit falls off from the second support shaft, the input area of the flexible input unit is exposed, and the third direction is opposite to the fourth direction.
The third direction may be the same as or different from the first direction; similarly, the fourth direction may be the same as or different from the second direction, and the present invention is not particularly limited. The flexible input unit may be contracted by being folded, in addition to being contracted by being wound around the second support shaft, and of course, the flexible input unit may be detachably connected to the housing, and the present invention is not particularly limited.
Accordingly, electronics for effecting the input are also housed within the housing.
In this embodiment, the electronic device can realize the display function, and also provide the input function so that the electronic device can be converted into the notebook form, which is convenient for the user to use.
Example four:
on the basis of the third embodiment, this embodiment provides an electronic device, which is the same as the electronic device described in the one or more embodiments, and details are not repeated here.
In this embodiment, the flexible input unit and the flexible display screen may be further fixed to the first support shaft, and a fixing position of the third end of the flexible input unit on the first support shaft is different from a fixing position of the first end of the flexible display screen on the first support shaft, so that when both are completely unfolded, an included angle between the first end and the flexible display screen can be a preset value;
then, in the process that the first supporting shaft rotates around the axis towards the first direction relative to the shell, the flexible input unit and the flexible display screen are wound on the first supporting shaft in a stacking mode; in the process that the first supporting shaft rotates towards the second direction around the axis relative to the shell, the flexible display screen and the flexible input unit fall off from the first supporting shaft simultaneously.
In practical application, when the second end of the flexible display screen or the fourth end of the flexible input unit is stressed, the first supporting shaft is driven to rotate around the axis towards the second direction relative to the shell, so that the flexible display screen and the flexible input unit are simultaneously separated from the first supporting shaft, and the operation of a user is facilitated.
One skilled in the art will appreciate that reference throughout this specification to "one embodiment" or "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the present invention. Thus, the appearances of the phrases "in one embodiment" or "in an embodiment" in various places throughout this specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments. It should be understood that, in various embodiments of the present invention, the sequence numbers of the above-mentioned processes do not mean the execution sequence, and the execution sequence of each process should be determined by its function and inherent logic, and should not constitute any limitation on the implementation process of the embodiments of the present invention. The above-mentioned serial numbers of the embodiments of the present invention are merely for description and do not represent the merits of the embodiments.
It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.
In the several embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus and method may be implemented in other ways. The above-described device embodiments are merely illustrative, for example, the division of the unit is only a logical functional division, and there may be other division ways in actual implementation, such as: multiple units or components may be combined, or may be integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not implemented. In addition, the coupling, direct coupling or communication connection between the components shown or discussed may be through some interfaces, and the indirect coupling or communication connection between the devices or units may be electrical, mechanical or other forms.
The units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units; can be located in one place or distributed on a plurality of network units; some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.
In addition, all the functional units in the embodiments of the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may be separately regarded as one unit, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit; the integrated unit can be realized in a form of hardware, or in a form of hardware plus a software functional unit.
The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present invention, and all the changes or substitutions should be covered within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the appended claims.

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1. An electronic device, comprising:
the shell is at least provided with a first side wall, a second side wall and a third side wall, wherein the first side wall is opposite to the second side wall, and the third side wall is connected with the first side wall and the second side wall;
a first support shaft disposed within the housing and connecting the first sidewall and the second sidewall;
a flexible display screen having a first end and a second end, the first end being secured to the first support shaft;
the flexible display screen is wound on the first support shaft in the process that the first support shaft rotates around the axis towards a first direction relative to the shell; in the process that the first support shaft rotates around the axis towards a second direction relative to the shell, the flexible display screen falls off from the first support shaft and a display area of the flexible display screen is exposed, wherein the first direction is opposite to the second direction; the display area of the flexible display screen is kept upright through a support body;
the flexible input unit is stressed and stretched to a second position, and an included angle between the flexible input unit and the flexible display screen which falls off from the first support shaft and is stretched to a first position is a preset value;
the flexible input unit is provided with a third end and a fourth end, the third end is fixed on the first support shaft, and the fixing position of the third end is different from that of the first end; the flexible input unit and the flexible display screen are wound on the first support shaft in a stacking mode in the process that the first support shaft rotates around the axis towards the first direction relative to the shell; in the process that the first supporting shaft rotates towards the second direction around the axis relative to the shell, the flexible display screen and the flexible input unit fall off from the first supporting shaft simultaneously.
2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein when the second end is stressed, the first supporting shaft is driven to rotate around the axis toward the second direction, so that the flexible display screen falls off from the first supporting shaft.
3. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising: a first locking mechanism that holds the first support shaft stationary relative to the housing when the first locking mechanism locks the first support shaft; work as first locking mechanical system unblock first supporting shaft, just during first supporting shaft atress, first supporting shaft for the casing rotates, and drives first end rotates, makes flexible display screen twine in on the first supporting shaft.
4. The electronic device of claim 3, further comprising: the first return mechanism is connected with the first support shaft; when the first locking mechanism unlocks the first supporting shaft, the first recovery mechanism drives the first supporting shaft to rotate, so that the flexible display screen is wound on the first supporting shaft.
5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the flexible display screen comprises a support; when the flexible display screen falls off from the first support shaft and is stretched to a first position, the support supports the flexible display screen to keep upright.
6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein at least one electronic device is housed within the first support shaft, the at least one electronic device including a control component that controls the flexible display to display.
7. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising:
a second support shaft parallel to the first support shaft and connecting the first sidewall and the second sidewall;
the flexible input unit is provided with a third end and a fourth end, and the third end is fixed on the second support shaft;
the flexible input unit is wound on the second support shaft in the process that the second support shaft rotates around the axis towards a third direction relative to the shell; in the process that the second support shaft rotates around the shaft center towards a fourth direction relative to the shell, the flexible input unit falls off from the second support shaft, an input area of the flexible input unit is exposed, and the third direction is opposite to the fourth direction.
8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the fourth end is forced to rotate the first supporting shaft around the axis toward the second direction, so that the flexible display screen and the flexible input unit are simultaneously detached from the first supporting shaft.
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