CN109819611B

CN109819611B - Folding mobile terminal

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Publication number: CN109819611B
Application number: CN201811638417.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 潘志楚; 张恒
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-12-29
Filing date: 2018-12-29
Publication date: 2020-10-02
Anticipated expiration: 2038-12-29
Also published as: CN109819611A

Abstract

The invention discloses a folding mobile terminal, which comprises a first machine body and a second machine body, wherein the first machine body comprises a first machine shell and a first display screen arranged on the first machine shell, the second machine body comprises a second machine shell and a second display screen arranged on the second machine shell, the folding mobile terminal has an unfolding state and a folding state, the first machine body and the second machine body are detachably and fixedly connected through a first connector in the unfolding state, and the first display screen and the second display screen are arranged in a coplanar manner; under fold condition, first organism passes through the second connector with the second organism can dismantle fixed connection, and first casing links to each other with the second casing superpose, and first display screen and second display screen are located the holistic both sides that first casing and second casing formed respectively. The scheme can solve the problem that the current folding mobile terminal has poor hand-held feeling of a user due to the fact that the rotating shaft is exposed.

Description

Folding mobile terminal

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a folder type mobile terminal.

Background

Along with the promotion of user's demand, present mobile terminal's screen accounts for more and more big, and great screen can improve the display performance, and then can bring good visual experience, consequently receives user's favor more and more.

In view of the portability of the mobile terminal, the overall size of the mobile terminal is generally not too large, which may affect the grip and carrying of the user. In this regard, a folder-type mobile terminal has come to be provided, which includes a folded state and an unfolded state. When the foldable mobile terminal is in the unfolded state, the foldable mobile terminal can realize the butt joint of the screens of the folding parts, and further a screen with a larger area can be formed. When the folding mobile terminal is in a folding state, the folding part of the folding mobile terminal can be folded, and the size of the whole folding mobile terminal can be smaller.

In the current folding mobile terminal, two parts folded with each other are connected through a rotating shaft, and the rotating shaft can realize the switching between the unfolding state and the folding state of the two parts folded with each other through rotating. However, the rotating shaft at the joint of the two folded parts is exposed, which further affects the hand-held feeling of the user and the use experience of the user. Meanwhile, the application scenarios of the folding mobile terminal are limited, and the application environments of more and more users cannot be met.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention discloses a folding mobile terminal, which aims to solve the problem that the current folding mobile terminal has poor hand-held feeling of a user due to the fact that a rotating shaft is exposed.

In order to solve the problems, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:

a folding mobile terminal comprises a first body and a second body, wherein the first body comprises a first shell and a first display screen arranged on the first shell, the second body comprises a second shell and a second display screen arranged on the second shell, the folding mobile terminal has an unfolding state and a folding state, in the unfolding state, the first body and the second body are detachably and fixedly connected through a first connector, and the first display screen and the second display screen are arranged in a coplanar manner; under fold condition, first organism with the second organism passes through the second connector and can dismantle fixed connection, first casing with the second casing superpose links to each other, just first display screen with the second display screen is located respectively first casing with the holistic both sides that the second casing formed.

The technical scheme adopted by the invention can achieve the following beneficial effects:

in the folding mobile terminal disclosed by the embodiment of the invention, the first machine body and the second machine body are two parts which can be separated from each other, the first machine body and the second machine body are connected through the first connector in an unfolding state, and the first machine body and the second machine body are connected through the second connector in a folding state, namely, the first machine body and the second machine body are respectively and electrically connected through the first connector and the second connector in the unfolding and folding states, and a user can separate the first machine body and the second machine body and select the corresponding connectors to realize assembly in the switching process of the unfolding state and the folding state.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the invention and not to limit the invention. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a foldable mobile terminal in an unfolded state according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of FIG. 1 from another perspective;

fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a foldable mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention in a folded state;

FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional view of FIG. 2;

fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a foldable mobile terminal in another unfolded state according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Description of reference numerals:

100-a first body, 110-a first shell, 111-a first frame, 112-a first back, 120-a first display screen, 130-a camera;

200-a second body, 210-a second shell, 211-a second frame, 212-a second back surface, 220-a second display screen;

300-a first connector, 310-a first electrical socket, 320-a first electrical plug, 330-a first magnetic element, 340-a first magnetic element;

400-second connector, 410-second electrical socket, 420-second electrical plug, 430-second magnetic element, 440-second magnetic element.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the technical solutions of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the specific embodiments of the present invention and the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood that the described embodiments are merely exemplary of the invention, and not restrictive of the full scope of the invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

The technical solutions disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to fig. 1 to 5, an embodiment of the present invention discloses a foldable mobile terminal, which includes a first body 100 and a second body 200.

The first body 100 and the second body 200 are two parts constituting the folder type mobile terminal, and the first body 100 and the second body 200 can be folded. The folding mobile terminal disclosed in the present embodiment has an unfolded state and a folded state.

The first body 100 includes a first housing 110 and a first display 120, the first housing 110 provides a mounting base for the first display 120, and the first display 120 is disposed on the first housing 110. The second body 200 includes a second housing 210 and a second display 220. The second housing 210 provides a mounting base for the second display 220, and the second display 220 is disposed on the second housing 210.

In the unfolded state, the first body 100 and the second body 200 are detachably and fixedly connected through the first connector 300, and in this state, the first display screen 120 and the second display screen 220 can be spliced into a display interface of the foldable mobile terminal. The first connector 300 enables the detachable separation between the first body 100 and the second body 200. Typically, in the unfolded state, the first display 120 is disposed coplanar with the second display 220. Of course, the first display screen 120 and the second display screen 220 may have a certain height difference between the unfolded state and the folded state, or the first display screen 120 and the second display screen 220 have a certain inclination angle with respect to each other, for example, the included angle between the first display screen 120 and the second display screen 220 is 90 °.

In a folded state, the first body 100 and the second body 200 are detachably and fixedly connected by the second connector 400, in which state, the first housing 110 and the second housing 210 are connected in an overlapping manner, and the first display screen 120 and the second display screen 220 are respectively located at two sides of an integral body formed by the first housing 110 and the second housing 210.

The first connector 300 and the second connector 400 can respectively realize the connection between the first body 100 and the second body 200 in the unfolded state and the folded state, thereby realizing the assembly therebetween.

In the folding mobile terminal disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention, the first body 100 and the second body 200 are two parts that can be separated from each other, in the unfolded state, the first body 100 and the second body 200 are connected by the first connector 300, and in the folded state, the first body 100 and the second body 200 are connected by the second connector 400, that is, the first body 100 and the second body 200 are unfolded and folded and are electrically connected by the first connector 300 and the second connector 400, respectively, during the switching process between the unfolded state and the folded state, a user can separate the first body 100 and the second body 200 and then select a corresponding connector to implement assembly.

The first connector 300 may be a device for mechanically connecting the first body 100 and the second body 200, or may be a device for electrically connecting the first body and the second body while mechanically connecting the first body and the second body.

The first connector 300 may be various types, and in this embodiment, the first connector 300 may include a first electrical socket 310 and a first electrical plug 320, the first housing 110 has a first frame 111, and the second housing 210 has a second frame 211. One of the first electrical socket 310 and the first electrical plug 320 may be disposed on the first bezel 111, and the other may be disposed on the second bezel 211. In the unfolded state of the foldable mobile terminal, the first electrical socket 310 is electrically connected to the first electrical plug 320 in an inserting manner, and in this case, the inserting and mating between the first electrical socket 310 and the first electrical plug 320 can not only achieve the mechanical connection between the first body 100 and the second body 200, but also achieve the electrical connection between the first body 100 and the second body 200.

In a particular embodiment, the first connector 300 may comprise a first pogo pin connector, which may comprise the first electrical socket 310 and the first electrical plug 320 described above. The present embodiment does not limit the specific kind of the first connector 300.

In order to make the connection between the first body 100 and the second body 200 more stable in the unfolded state, preferably, the first connector 300 further includes a first magnetic member 330 and a first magnetic member 340, and one of the first magnetic member 330 and the first magnetic member 340 is disposed on an inner side surface of the first frame 111, and the other is disposed on an inner side surface of the second frame 211. The first magnetic member 330 is magnetically attracted to the first magnetic member 340. In this case, when the first body 100 and the second body 200 are connected in the unfolded state, the first body 100 and the second body 200 are connected by the insertion fit between the first electrical socket 310 and the first electrical plug 320, and the first magnetic member 330 and the first magnetic member 340 are magnetically attracted to each other, so that the first body 100 and the second body 200 can be connected together more stably under the action of the magnetic attraction force. As can be seen, the first magnetic member 330 and the first magnetic member 340 can make the first body 100 and the second body 200 more stably maintain the matching state when they are unfolded.

Of course, the first magnetic member 330 may be disposed on the first frame 111, and correspondingly, the first magnetic member 340 may be disposed on the second frame 211.

The first magnetic member 330 is generally a magnet, and in this embodiment, the first magnetic member 340 refers to a member that can be attracted by the first magnetic member 330. The first magnetic member 340 can be a magnet with a polarity opposite to that of the first magnetic member 330, or can be other members capable of being made of a magnetic absorption material, in a specific embodiment, the first magnetic member 340 can be a ferrous member, for example, the first magnetic member 340 can be a steel sheet.

In this embodiment, the second connector 400 may also only achieve the mechanical connection between the first body 100 and the second body 200, or may also achieve the mechanical connection between the first body 100 and the second body 200, and at the same time, may also achieve the electrical connection between the first body 100 and the second body 200.

Also, the kind of the second connector 400 may be various, and in this embodiment, the second connector 400 may include a second electrical socket 410 and a second electrical plug 420. One of the second electrical outlet 410 and the second electrical plug 420 is disposed on the first back side 112 of the first housing 110 facing away from the first display screen 120, and the other is disposed on the second back side 212 of the second housing 210 facing away from the second display screen 220. In the folded state, second electrical outlet 410 is in a plug electrical connection with second electrical plug 420. In this case, the insertion and engagement between the second electrical socket 410 and the second electrical plug 420 not only can achieve the mechanical connection between the first body 100 and the second body 200, but also can achieve the electrical connection between the first body 100 and the second body 200.

In a specific embodiment, second connector 400 can comprise a second pogo pin connector. The second pogopin connector may include the second electrical socket 410 and the second electrical plug 420 described above. Of course, the present embodiment does not limit the specific kind of the second connector 400.

In a folded state, in order to make the connection between the first body 100 and the second body 200 more stable, in an preferable scheme, the second connector 400 may further include a second magnetic member 430 and a second magnetic member 440, one of the second magnetic member 430 and the second magnetic member 440 is disposed on the first back surface 112 of the first housing 110 away from the first display screen 120, the other one of the second magnetic member 430 and the second magnetic member 440 is disposed on the second back surface 212 of the second housing 210 away from the second display screen 220, and the second magnetic member 430 and the second magnetic member 440 are magnetically attracted to each other. In this case, when the first body 100 and the second body 200 are stacked in the folded state, the first body 100 and the second body 200 can be connected through the insertion fit between the second electrical socket 410 and the second electrical plug 420, and the second magnetic member 430 and the second magnetic member 440 are magnetically attracted to each other, so that the first body 100 and the second body 200 can be more stably spliced together under the action of the magnetic attraction force. As can be seen, the second magnetic member 430 and the second magnetic member 440 can make the first body 100 and the second body 200 more stably maintain the matching state when folded.

Referring to fig. 2 again, in a preferred embodiment, one of the second electrical socket 410 and the second electrical plug 420 may be disposed on the second magnetic member 430, and the other one is disposed on the second magnetic attracting member 440. In this case, during the process of plugging the second electrical plug 420 into the second electrical outlet 410, the second magnetic attraction element 440 and the second magnetic attraction element 430 magnetically attract each other, which is beneficial to the plugging operation between the second electrical plug 420 and the second electrical outlet 410.

Generally, the second magnetic member 430 may be disposed on the first back surface 112 of the first housing 110, and the second magnetic member 440 may be disposed on the second back surface 212 of the second housing 210. Of course, the second magnetic member 430 may be disposed inside the first housing 110, and the second magnetic member 440 may be disposed inside the second housing 210, and the magnetic attraction between the second magnetic member 440 and the second magnetic member 430 is not affected by the built-in manner.

The second magnetic member 430 is generally a magnet, and in this embodiment, the second magnetic member 440 refers to a member capable of being attracted by the second magnetic member 430. The second magnetic member 440 can be a magnet with polarity opposite to that of the second magnetic member 430, or can be other devices capable of being made of magnetic absorption material, in a specific embodiment, the second magnetic member 440 can be a ferrous member, for example, the second magnetic member 440 can be a steel sheet.

As described above, the first connector 300 and the second connector 400 may only achieve the mechanical connection between the first body 100 and the second body 200, and based on this, a first battery for supplying power to the first body 100 may be provided in the first housing 110, and a second battery for supplying power to the second body 200 may be provided in the second housing 210. In this case, the first body 100 and the second body 200 have a greater independence therebetween. Of course, the first body 100 and the second body 200 may be electrically connected through the first connector 300 and the second connector 400.

The first connector 300 and the second connector 400 may enable electrical connection between the first body 100 and the second body 200, and of course, association between the first body 100 and the second body 200 may also be achieved through wireless signals. Based on this, in a preferred scheme, the first housing 110 may be provided with a first wireless module, the second housing 210 may be provided with a second wireless module, and the first wireless module and the second wireless module are wirelessly connected, so as to enable control connection between the first body 100 and the second body 200. The first wireless module and the second wireless module may be bluetooth modules, or radio frequency modules, and the like, and the specific types of the first wireless module and the second wireless module are not limited in this embodiment.

The camera function is a basic function of the mobile terminal, and the folder type mobile terminal disclosed in this embodiment may include a camera. Because the folding mobile terminal disclosed in this embodiment includes the first display screen 120 and the second display screen 220, both the first display screen 120 and the second display screen 220 can be provided with a camera, and then shooting can be realized.

In a specific embodiment, each of the first body 100 and the second body 200 may include a camera, and each of the first body 100 and the second body 200 may include a controller for controlling the respective camera. Generally, more controllers will increase the complexity of the mobile terminal. Based on this, in a preferred scheme, the first body 100 may include the camera 130, and the second body 200 may include the control module. The second body 200 may acquire the view field information of the camera 130 through wireless transmission between the first wireless module and the second wireless module, the control module is configured to control the second display screen 220 to display the view field information, and the control module sends a shooting start control instruction to the camera 130 through wireless transmission between the first wireless module and the second wireless module, as shown in fig. 5. In this case, the user can fix the first body 100 and then hold the second body 200 by hand to perform a long-distance photographing operation.

Because the first body 100 and the second body 200 have good independence and can complete communication wirelessly, the foldable mobile terminal disclosed in this embodiment has a flexible usage scenario, and achieves the purpose of improving user experience. For example, when the first body 100 and the second body 200 are in the extended state, a game interface may be displayed on the first display screen 120, and a manipulation interface (e.g., a virtual keyboard) may be displayed on the second display screen 220. For another example, after the user can grip the first body 100 and the second body 200, a set of VR somatosensory devices can be formed by associating VR glasses, in which case, corresponding software is embedded in the first body 100, the second body 200, and the VR glasses, and the corresponding content is known in the art and will not be described in detail herein.

In a preferred embodiment, the first body 100 may include a first interphone module, and the second body 200 may include a second interphone module, and the first interphone module is matched with the second interphone module. In this case, in some special environments, the first body 100 and the second body 200 are disassembled to be used as an intercom, which undoubtedly enables the function of the foldable mobile terminal to be further enhanced.

The folding mobile terminal disclosed by the embodiment of the invention can be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a game machine and the like, and the embodiment of the invention does not limit the specific type of the folding mobile terminal.

In the above embodiments of the present invention, the difference between the embodiments is mainly described, and different optimization features between the embodiments can be combined to form a better embodiment as long as they are not contradictory, and further description is omitted here in view of brevity of the text.

The above description is only an example of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention. Various modifications and alterations to this invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the scope of the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. A folding mobile terminal is characterized by comprising a first body and a second body, wherein the first body comprises a first shell and a first display screen arranged on the first shell, the second body comprises a second shell and a second display screen arranged on the second shell, the folding mobile terminal has an unfolding state and a folding state, in the unfolding state, the first body and the second body are detachably and fixedly connected through a first connector, and the first display screen and the second display screen are arranged in a coplanar manner; in the folded state, the first body and the second body are detachably and fixedly connected through a second connector, the first casing and the second casing are connected in an overlapping mode, and the first display screen and the second display screen are respectively located on two sides of an integral body formed by the first casing and the second casing;

the second connector comprises a second electric socket and a second electric plug, one of the second electric socket and the second electric plug is arranged on a first back face of the first shell, which is far away from the first display screen, and the other of the second electric socket and the second electric plug is arranged on a second back face of the second shell, which is far away from the second display screen, and in the folded state, the second electric socket and the second electric plug are electrically connected in a plugging manner;

a first battery for supplying power to the first machine body is arranged in the first machine shell, and a second battery for supplying power to the second machine body is arranged in the second machine shell.

2. The folding mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the first connector comprises a first electrical jack and a first electrical plug, the first housing has a first bezel, the second housing has a second bezel, one of the first electrical jack and the first electrical plug is disposed on the first bezel, the other one of the first electrical jack and the first electrical plug is disposed on the second bezel, and in the unfolded state, the first electrical jack is electrically connected to the first electrical plug in a plugging manner.

3. The folder-type mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the first connector further comprises a first magnetic member and a first magnetic member, one of the first magnetic member and the first magnetic member is disposed on an inner side surface of the first bezel, the other one of the first magnetic member and the first magnetic member is disposed on an inner side surface of the second bezel, and the first magnetic member is magnetically attracted to the first magnetic member.

4. The folding mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein said first connector comprises a first pogopin connector comprising said first electrical socket and said first electrical plug.

5. The folding mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the second connector further comprises a second magnetic member and a second magnetic member, one of the second magnetic member and the second magnetic member is disposed on a first back surface of the first housing facing away from the first display screen, the other is disposed on a second back surface of the second housing facing away from the second display screen, and the second magnetic member are magnetically attracted to each other.

6. The folding mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the second electrical socket and the second electrical plug are disposed one on the second magnetic member and the other on the second magnetic member.

7. The folding mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein said second connector comprises a second pogopin connector comprising said second electrical socket and said second electrical plug.

8. The folder-type mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein a first wireless module is disposed on the first housing, and a second wireless module is disposed on the second housing, and the first wireless module is wirelessly connected to the second wireless module.

9. The folder-type mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the first wireless module and the second wireless module are both bluetooth modules.

10. The folding mobile terminal according to claim 8, wherein the first body includes a camera, the second body includes a control module, the second body obtains field of view information of the camera through wireless transmission between the first wireless module and the second wireless module, the control module is configured to control the second display screen to display the field of view information, and the control module sends a control instruction for starting shooting to the camera through wireless transmission between the first wireless module and the second wireless module.

11. The folder-type mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the first body includes a first intercom module, and the second body includes a second intercom module, the first intercom module mating with the second intercom module.

12. The folder-type mobile terminal according to any one of claims 1-11, wherein the folder-type mobile terminal is a mobile phone, a tablet computer, or a game console.