CN112423205A - Electronic device and control method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The application provides an electronic device and a control method thereof, wherein the electronic device comprises a display screen, a shell, a first vibration sound-producing device and a second vibration sound-producing device; the display screen and the shell are connected and jointly enclosed to form an accommodating space, and the first vibration sound-producing device and the second vibration sound-producing device are arranged in the accommodating space; the display screen comprises a first display area and a second display area, and the first vibration sound-generating device and the second vibration sound-generating device respectively correspond to the first display area and the second display area. The electronic equipment and the control method thereof can judge the sound direction in the display screen display picture through the sound production position of the vibration sound production, namely the vibration sound production position has the function of azimuth navigation, so that the electronic equipment has better interactive experience.

Description

Electronic device and control method thereof

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of electronic equipment, in particular to electronic equipment and a control method thereof.

Background

With the improvement of waterproof and integral requirements of electronic devices such as mobile phones and tablet computers, a non-porous design (a design with no or few holes in the whole machine, a non-porous appearance and a good integrity) is gradually becoming an important direction for the development of electronic devices.

For the structure of the non-porous design, some electronic devices have been gradually eliminated from the earphone hole, the microphone hole, the speaker hole and even the USB jack. In the technical scheme of canceling the speaker hole, a screen vibration sound production technology is generally adopted to realize the sound production function of the speaker. But this kind of structure can only realize the vibration sound production, can't realize other functions, and the function is comparatively single.

Disclosure of Invention

An aspect of an embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device, where the electronic device includes a display screen, a housing, and a first vibration sound generating device and a second vibration sound generating device; the display screen and the shell are connected and jointly enclosed to form an accommodating space, and the first vibration sound-producing device and the second vibration sound-producing device are arranged in the accommodating space; the display screen comprises a first display area and a second display area, and the first vibration sound-generating device and the second vibration sound-generating device respectively correspond to the first display area and the second display area.

In another aspect of the embodiments of the present application, a control method for an electronic device based on the embodiments is further provided, where the control method includes:

detecting the direction of sound in a display picture of a display screen;

judging a display area of a display screen corresponding to the direction of the sound;

and driving the vibration sounding device or the vibration motor in the corresponding display area to vibrate.

The electronic equipment and the control method thereof can judge the sound direction in the display screen display picture through the sound production position of the vibration sound production, namely the vibration sound production position has the function of azimuth navigation, so that the electronic equipment has better interactive experience.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure in a disassembled state;

FIG. 2 is a schematic front view of the electronic device in the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of a display area dividing method of a display screen in an electronic device;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a display area dividing method of a display screen in an electronic device according to yet another embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the structure at A-A in FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is a schematic front view of an electronic device according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a control structure of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of a display screen of the electronic device;

fig. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of an electronic device control method according to the present application.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples. It is to be noted that the following examples are only illustrative of the present invention, and do not limit the scope of the present invention. Likewise, the following examples are only some but not all examples of the present invention, and all other examples obtained by those skilled in the art without any inventive step are within the scope of the present invention.

Reference herein to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment can be included in at least one embodiment of the invention. The appearances of the phrase in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. It is explicitly and implicitly understood by one skilled in the art that the embodiments described herein can be combined with other embodiments.

As used herein, an "electronic device" (or simply "terminal") includes, but is not limited to, an apparatus that is configured to receive/transmit communication signals via a wireline connection, such as via a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), a digital cable, a direct cable connection, and/or another data connection/network, and/or via a wireless interface (e.g., for a cellular network, a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), a digital television network such as a DVB-H network, a satellite network, an AM-FM broadcast transmitter, and/or another communication terminal). A communication terminal arranged to communicate over a wireless interface may be referred to as a "wireless communication terminal", "wireless terminal" or "mobile terminal". Examples of mobile terminals include, but are not limited to, satellite or cellular telephones; a Personal Communications System (PCS) terminal that may combine a cellular radiotelephone with data processing, facsimile and data communications capabilities; PDAs that may include radiotelephones, pagers, internet/intranet access, Web browsers, notepads, calendars, and/or Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers; and conventional laptop and/or palmtop receivers or other electronic devices that include a radiotelephone transceiver. A cellular phone is an electronic device equipped with a cellular communication module.

In gun battle games such as recently very fiery chicken eating, stimulating battle fields and the like, shooting the opponent from the opponent to the own game role during game playing does not have visual embodiment of a sense of earthquake or sound, and the position of the opponent cannot be specifically judged, so that no good game interaction experience exists. When playing games, the single vibration motor or the loudspeaker (the loudspeaker based on the vibration sound production principle) does not have a direction navigation function due to the fixed position of the single vibration motor or the loudspeaker, and does not have good game interaction experience, particularly a game mobile phone, and a better game interaction experience scene is needed. In addition, when a user watches videos by using a display screen, some videos have stereo surround sound effects, and the stereo sound effects cannot be restored in the conventional fixed position occurrence mode (particularly, when the user holds the electronic equipment, the vibration direction does not change), and only the user can wear the earphones. Therefore, the sound production structure of the traditional structure has very poor sound reduction effect of the video, and the user experience is poor.

Based on the above problem, the embodiments of the present application firstly provide a solution for a structure of an electronic device.

Referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2 together, fig. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a structure of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application, and fig. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a front view of the electronic device in the embodiment of fig. 1; it should be noted that the electronic device in the present application may include an electronic device with a vibration sound generation function and a display function, such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, and a wearable device. The electronic device 100 includes, but is not limited to, a display screen 110, a housing 120, a first vibration sound-generating device 130, a second vibration sound-generating device 140, and a control circuit board 150. It should be noted that the terms "comprises" and "comprising," and any variations thereof, in the embodiments of the present application, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions. For example, a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not limited to only those steps or elements listed, but may alternatively include other steps or elements not listed, or may alternatively include other steps or elements inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

Specifically, the display screen 110 and the housing 120 are connected and jointly enclose to form an accommodating space 101. The housing 120 in the present embodiment is not limited to the structural form shown in the drawings, and the housing 120 may be formed by a middle frame, a battery cover, and the like, or may be an integral structure including more components formed by bonding, fastening, and the like.

Alternatively, in the present embodiment, the first vibration sound-generating device 130 and the second vibration sound-generating device 140 are disposed in the accommodating space 101. The display screen 110 includes a first display area 111 and a second display area 112, and the first vibration sound generating device 130 and the second vibration sound generating device 140 are respectively disposed corresponding to the first display area 111 and the second display area 112.

Alternatively, the first display area 111 and the second display area 112 may be located at two opposite ends of the display screen 110, respectively, as shown in fig. 2, and the first display area 111 and the second display area 112 are located at two ends of the display screen 110 in the length direction. In addition, in other embodiments, the first display area 111 and the second display area 112 may be located at two ends of the display screen 110 in the width direction. As shown in fig. 3, fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of a display area dividing manner of a display screen in an electronic device. It should be noted that the division of the boundary between the first display area 111 and the second display area 112 of the display screen 110 is not limited to the form shown in fig. 2 and 3, and may also be a form in which the entire display screen is divided into the first display area 111 and the second display area 112, as shown in fig. 4. Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a display area dividing manner of a display screen in an electronic device according to still another embodiment. It should be noted that the terms "first", "second" and "third" in the present invention are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implying any number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first," "second," or "third" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise.

Further, the shape of the division of the first display area 111 and the second display area 112 is not limited to the form in fig. 2 to 4, and may be other shapes. In the embodiment of the present invention, the purpose of dividing the first display area 111 and the second display area 112 is to make the first vibration sound generating device 130 and the second vibration sound generating device 140 be disposed away from each other as much as possible, or disposed close to two opposite sides of the display screen 110 of the electronic device as much as possible, so as to achieve a better vibration navigation effect.

Alternatively, the first vibration sound-generating device 130 and the second vibration sound-generating device 140 in the embodiment of the present application may be a piezoceramic vibration sound-generating module or other vibration sound-generating structure including an exciter (the exciter is a harmonic generator, and is a sound processing device for modifying and beautifying sound signals by using psychoacoustic characteristics of people). Referring to fig. 5, fig. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a structure at a-a in fig. 2, which illustrates a piezoelectric ceramic vibration sound-generating device. In the figure, reference numeral 140 denotes a piezoelectric ceramic driver (i.e., a second vibration sound generating device), 104 denotes a vibration conductive structure, and 105 denotes a signal input lead. The principle of the piezoelectric ceramic driver is as follows: through the inverse piezoelectric effect of the piezoelectric ceramic, when alternating current is applied to the piezoelectric ceramic piece, the direction of the crystal inside the piezoelectric ceramic piece is changed, and the piezoelectric ceramic piece can deform when being driven by the alternating current voltage, so that the conversion from electricity to force is realized, and further vibration is generated to drive the display screen 110 to vibrate. Of course, in some other embodiments, the piezoceramic driver may be coupled to the housing 120 to drive the housing 120 to vibrate.

The control circuit board 150 is disposed in the accommodating space 101, electrically connected to the first vibration sound-generating device 130 and the second vibration sound-generating device 140, and configured to control the working states of the first vibration sound-generating device 130 and the second vibration sound-generating device 140, where the working states include controlling the vibration of the first vibration sound-generating device 130 and the second vibration sound-generating device 140 to be turned on, turned off, and controlling the vibration intensity, the vibration time, and the like.

The electronic equipment that this application embodiment provided can realize judging the sound direction in the display screen through the vocal position of vibration sound production, and the position of vibration sound production has the effect of position navigation promptly, makes electronic equipment have better interactive experience.

Optionally, referring to fig. 6, fig. 6 is a schematic structural front view of an electronic device according to another embodiment of the present application, where the electronic device in this embodiment includes a display screen 110, a housing 120, a first vibration sound generating device 130, a second vibration sound generating device 140, a control circuit board 150, and a vibration motor 160. The display screen 110 and the housing 120 are connected and jointly enclose to form an accommodating space 101. Alternatively, in the present embodiment, the first vibration sound-generating device 130, the second vibration sound-generating device 140, the control circuit board 150 and the vibration motor 160 are disposed in the accommodating space 101. The display screen 110 in this embodiment includes a first display area 111, a second display area 112, and a third display area 113, and the first vibration sound generating device 130, the second vibration sound generating device 140, and the vibration motor 160 are respectively disposed corresponding to the first display area 111, the second display area 112, and the third display area 113. All directional indicators (such as up, down, left, right, front, and rear … …) in the embodiments of the present invention are only used to explain the relative positional relationship between the components, the movement, and the like in a specific posture (as shown in the drawings), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indicator is changed accordingly.

In this embodiment, the first display area 111, the second display area 112, and the third display area 113 are arranged along the length direction of the display screen 110, but in some other embodiments, the first display area 111, the second display area 112, and the third display area 113 may also be arranged along the width direction of the display screen 110, and are not listed and described in detail herein. Optionally, the third display area 113 is located between the first display area 111 and the second display area 112, and the first display area 111 and the second display area 112 are respectively located at two ends of the display screen 110 in the length direction. Here, the separation positions and the separation modes of the first display area 111, the second display area 112, and the third display area 113 are not limited to those in the illustrated embodiment, and the display screen 110 may be divided into different areas, and the first vibration sound generating device 130, the second vibration sound generating device 140, and the vibration motor 160 may be provided in correspondence with the different areas, or the first vibration sound generating device 130, the second vibration sound generating device 140, and the vibration motor 160 may be provided in relatively distributed correspondence with the different areas of the display screen 110.

The vibration motor 160 in this embodiment may be a driven vibration motor structure, and may also be driven to generate sound, that is, the vibration motor 160 in this embodiment of the present application may be driven to implement both a separate vibration function and a vibration sound generation function.

Optionally, the control circuit board 150 is disposed in the accommodating space 101 and electrically connected to the first vibration sound generating device 130, the second vibration sound generating device 140 and the vibration motor 160, please refer to fig. 7, fig. 7 is a block diagram of a control structure of an electronic device in an embodiment of the present application, and the control circuit board 150 is configured to control working states of the first vibration sound generating device 130, the second vibration sound generating device 140 and the vibration motor 160. The operation states include control of vibration on, vibration off, vibration intensity, vibration time, and the like of the first vibration sound generating device 130, the second vibration sound generating device 140, and the vibration motor 160.

The embodiments of the present application are specifically explained with an example of an application scenario.

Taking the game experience optimization as an example: referring to fig. 8, fig. 8 is a schematic view of a display screen of an electronic device, wherein the game may be a gunfight game or the like. As shown in fig. 8, when the attack of the character 10 comes from attacking the position of the house 11 at the upper left corner during the game, the control circuit board 150 correspondingly controls the vibration sound-generating device (which may be the first vibration sound-generating device 130) located in the display area of the house 11 to vibrate and generate sound, and the hand touch can be directly fed back that the attacked direction comes from the left; when the attack of the character 11 of the game character comes from the position of the middle tree 12, the vibration motor in the middle area (the third display area of the display screen) is correspondingly controlled to vibrate and sound, the hand feeling directly feels that the vibration position of the motor comes from the middle part, and the corresponding reaction can be made during the game, so that the game has good interactive experience. Similarly, when the character 10 attacks the container 13 at the top right corner during the game, the control circuit board 150 correspondingly controls the vibration sound-generating device (which may be the second vibration sound-generating device 140) located in the display area of the container 13 to generate vibration sound, and the touch feeling can be directly fed back that the attacked direction comes from the right. When the mobile phone is attacked in multiple directions, the vibration devices in the multiple display areas can vibrate and sound at the same time.

The scheme in the embodiment of the application can also be applied to other scenes, such as when people overhear music or watch videos, the vibration sound production mode of the three modules can be switched, the sound production effect is improved, and the effect similar to stereo sound is generated.

The electronic equipment provided by the embodiment of the application has very friendly experience in interactive scenes such as playing games or having navigation requirements and the like by a combined mode of double piezoelectric ceramic vibration and motor vibration.

Further, an embodiment of the present application further provides a control method for an electronic device, where the control method may be implemented based on the electronic device structure of the foregoing embodiment. Referring to fig. 9, fig. 9 is a schematic flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a method for controlling an electronic device according to the present application. The method includes, but is not limited to, the following steps.

Step M901, detecting the direction of the sound in the display screen.

In this step, taking the above game scene as an example, the direction of the sound (shot of attack) on the display screen of the display screen is detected.

And step M902, judging a display area of the display screen corresponding to the direction of the sound.

For example, the sound is oriented in the first display area, the second display area or the third display area of the display screen.

And step M903, driving a vibration sound-generating device or a vibration motor in the corresponding display area to vibrate.

The control circuit board drives at least one of the first vibration sound-producing device in the first display area, the second vibration sound-producing device in the second display area or the vibration motor in the third display area to vibrate, and meanwhile, the functions of vibration feedback and sound production are achieved.

The electronic equipment control method provided by the embodiment of the application can judge the sound direction in the display screen display picture through the sound production position of the vibration sound production, namely the vibration sound production position has the function of azimuth navigation, so that the electronic equipment has better interactive experience.

The above description is only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all equivalent devices or equivalent processes performed by the present invention through the contents of the specification and the drawings, or directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. An electronic device is characterized by comprising a display screen, a shell, a first vibration sound production device and a second vibration sound production device; the display screen and the shell are connected and jointly enclosed to form an accommodating space, and the first vibration sound-producing device and the second vibration sound-producing device are arranged in the accommodating space; the display screen comprises a first display area and a second display area, and the first vibration sound-generating device and the second vibration sound-generating device respectively correspond to the first display area and the second display area.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first display area and the second display area are located at opposite ends of the display screen, respectively.

3. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the first display area and the second display area are respectively located at both ends of the display screen in a length direction.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising a vibration motor disposed in the accommodating space; the display screen further comprises a third display area, and the vibration motor is arranged corresponding to the third display area.

5. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the first display area, the second display area, and the third display area are arranged in a row along a length direction of the display screen.

6. The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the third display area is located between the first display area and the second display area, and the first display area and the second display area are located at two ends of the display screen in the length direction.

7. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the vibration motor is drivable for sound production.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first and second vibration sound generators are piezoceramic vibration sound generation modules.

9. The electronic device according to claim 4, further comprising a control circuit board, wherein the control circuit board is disposed in the accommodating space, electrically connected to the first vibration sound-generating device, the second vibration sound-generating device and the vibration motor, and configured to control operating states of the first vibration sound-generating device, the second vibration sound-generating device and the vibration motor.

10. A method for controlling an electronic device according to any one of claims 1-9, comprising:

detecting the direction of sound in a display picture of a display screen;

judging a display area of a display screen corresponding to the direction of the sound;

and driving the vibration sounding device or the vibration motor in the corresponding display area to vibrate.

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