CN115033054A

CN115033054A - Electronic device

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Publication number: CN115033054A
Application number: CN202110246884.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 宋淑东; 乔文亮
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-03-05
Filing date: 2021-03-05
Publication date: 2022-09-09

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an electronic device. The electronic device includes: the equipment comprises an equipment main body and a control module, wherein the equipment main body comprises a photosensitive functional module; a display panel stacked with the apparatus main body, the display panel including a fixing portion and a folding portion; wherein, folding portion for the fixed part is buckled in order to attach in during the equipment main part, display panel switches to the expansion state just folding portion covers sensitization function module, folding portion for the fixed part is towards keeping away from sensitization function module's direction is buckled, display panel switches towards fold condition, and is in fold condition, folding portion dodges sensitization function module.

Description

Electronic device

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of terminal technologies, and in particular, to an electronic device.

Background

Currently, in order to accommodate the contradiction between the front-end shooting effect and the enlargement of the display area of the electronic device. The special-shaped display panel structures such as "bang screen", "water droplet screen" or "beauty tip" have been proposed in the correlation technique, and the regional setting of response through the module with camera module or distance sensor is in "bang region", or sets up the trompil region at display panel and realize daylighting. However, since the display panel needs to be processed into a special shape, the strength and the appearance display effect of the display panel are affected to some extent.

Disclosure of Invention

The present disclosure provides an electronic device to solve the deficiencies in the related art.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an electronic apparatus including:

the equipment comprises an equipment main body and a control module, wherein the equipment main body comprises a photosensitive functional module;

a display panel stacked with the apparatus main body, the display panel including a fixing portion and a folding portion; wherein, folding portion for the fixed part is buckled in order to attach in during the equipment main part, display panel switches to the expansion state just folding portion covers sensitization function module, folding portion for the fixed part is towards keeping away from sensitization function module's direction is buckled, display panel switches towards fold condition, and is in fold condition, folding portion dodges sensitization function module.

Optionally, the electronic device further includes a main board, an inductive switch assembly, and a magnet, one of the inductive switch assembly and the magnet is disposed on the device main body, and the other is disposed on the folding portion;

the main board is electrically connected with the inductive switch assembly and is used for controlling the display condition of the display panel according to the on-off state of the inductive switch assembly.

Optionally, the main board is further configured to start or close the photosensitive functional module according to the on-off state of the inductive switch assembly.

Optionally, the inductive switch assembly includes a hall switch assembly.

Optionally, when the display panel is in the folded state, the folding portion is attached to the fixing portion.

Optionally, the electronic device further includes a first metal piece and a magnet, one of the magnet and the first metal piece is disposed in an area of the device main body to which the folding portion is attached, and the other of the magnet and the first metal piece is disposed on a side of the folding portion that is bent toward the device main body to be attached to the device main body, and when the display panel is in the unfolded state, the first metal piece and the magnet are attracted to each other.

Optionally, the folding part attaching device further comprises a second metal piece and a magnet, wherein one of the magnet and the second metal piece is arranged on one side, facing the device body, of the fixing part and the folding part attaching area; the other side is provided on a side of the folding portion that is bent toward the apparatus main body to be attached to the apparatus main body, and the second metal member is attracted to the magnet when the display panel is in a folded state.

Optionally, the photosensitive functional module comprises one or more of a camera module, a distance sensor detection module and an environment sensor module.

Optionally, the display panel includes a substrate and a display main body disposed on the substrate, and the substrate is disposed between the display main body and the device main body.

Optionally, the folding portion and the fixing portion are arranged side by side, and in the side by side direction, the ratio of the width of the fixing portion to the width of the folding portion is greater than or equal to 5: 1.

the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can have the following beneficial effects:

according to the embodiment, in the technical scheme of the disclosure, when the photosensitive functional module needs to be started, the display panel can be switched to the folded state, the folding part is close to the fixing part to avoid the photosensitive functional module, and external light can be ensured to be incident to the photosensitive functional module; and need not to launch under the condition of sensitization functional module, can switch display panel to the state of expanding, folding portion is used for the show, is favorable to realizing display panel's comprehensive screen display, and the function configuration of compatible sensitization functional module and display panel's comprehensive display function need not to process display panel for special-shaped moreover, is favorable to improving display effect and display panel's intensity.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the disclosure.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the present disclosure and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional diagram illustrating an electronic device in accordance with an exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a state diagram of an electronic device shown in accordance with an exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 4 is another state diagram of an electronic device shown in accordance with an example embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating yet another state of an electronic device in accordance with an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 6 is a front view of a display panel of an electronic device shown in a folded state according to an example embodiment.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the exemplary embodiments below do not represent all implementations consistent with the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of the present disclosure, as detailed in the appended claims.

The terminology used in the present disclosure is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the disclosure. As used in this disclosure and the appended claims, the singular forms "a," "an," and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should also be understood that the term "and/or" as used herein refers to and encompasses any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

It is to be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used herein to describe various information, such information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one type of information from another. For example, first information may also be referred to as second information, and similarly, second information may also be referred to as first information, without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. The word "if," as used herein, may be interpreted as "at … …" or "when … …" or "in response to a determination," depending on the context.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device 100 shown according to an exemplary embodiment, and fig. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional diagram of the electronic device 100 shown according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the electronic device 100 may include a device body 1 and a display panel 2 stacked on the device body 1, the display panel 2 may include a substrate 21 and a display body 22 stacked on the substrate 21, and the substrate 21 may be disposed between the display body 22 and the device body 1, so that the display body 22 may be supported by the substrate 21, which is beneficial to reducing deformation of the display body 22 and improving a display effect. The display main body 22 and the substrate 21 are made of flexible materials, and the display main body 22 may include a flexible display main body.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, the apparatus main body 1 may include a camera module 11, which is divided from the dimension of the area position, the display panel 2 may include a folding portion 23 and a fixing portion 24, the fixing portion 24 is connected to the apparatus main body 1 and maintains the relative position relationship unchanged, the folding portion 23 may be connected to the fixing portion 24, and the folding portion 23 may be bent with respect to the fixing portion 24 to be attached to the apparatus main body 1, at this time, the display panel 2 may be switched to the unfolded state shown in fig. 3, the folding portion 23 may cover the camera module 11, and at this time, the folding portion 23 may be used for displaying image information; and folded portion 23 can also be for fixed part 24 towards the direction of keeping away from camera module 11 and buckle to display panel 2 can switch to folded state as shown in fig. 4, and under this folded state, folded portion 23 can dodge camera module 11, thereby the user can carry out auto heterodyne or video through camera module 11.

According to the embodiment, in the technical scheme of the disclosure, when the photosensitive functional module needs to be started, the display panel 2 can be switched to the folded state, the folding part 23 is close to the fixing part 24 to avoid the photosensitive functional module, and external light can be incident to the photosensitive functional module; and need not to launch under the condition of sensitization functional module, can switch display panel 2 to the state of expanding, folding portion 23 is used for the show, is favorable to realizing the comprehensive screen display of display panel 2, and the function configuration of compatible sensitization functional module and the comprehensive display function of display panel 2 need not to process display panel for special-shaped moreover, is favorable to improving display effect and display panel's intensity.

It should be noted that, in the embodiments provided in the present disclosure, the photosensitive functional module is taken as an example for description. In fact, in other embodiments, the photosensitive functional module may further include a distance sensor detection module or an environmental sensor module; in other embodiments, the photosensitive functional module may also include multiple functional modules in a camera module, a distance sensor detection module, and an environmental sensor module, which is not limited in this disclosure.

In the above embodiment, when the display panel 2 is in the folded state, the position where the folding portion 23 can completely avoid the photosensitive area of the photosensitive functional module is used as the folding target position; in the folding target position, the folding portion 23 may be at an angle of 60 ° or an angle of 90 ° or another angle with respect to the apparatus main body. For example, as shown in fig. 5, when the display panel 2 is in a folded state, the folding portion 23 may be attached to the fixing portion 24, so as to ensure that the folding portion 23 can avoid the photosensitive functional module on the one hand, and on the other hand, the folding portion 23 can be prevented from protruding outwards, which is beneficial to reducing the risk of collision damage to the display panel 2. Further, in the direction of juxtaposition of the folded portion 23 and the fixed portion 24, the ratio of the width of the fixed portion 24 to the width of the folded portion 23 is greater than or equal to 5: 1, can still keep great display area when display panel 2 is in the folded state with this, promote the display effect.

As shown in fig. 6, the electronic device 100 may further include a main board (not shown), an inductive switch assembly 3, and a magnet 4, the inductive switch assembly 3 may be disposed on the device body 1 and the inductive switch assembly 3 is electrically connected to the device body 1, and the magnet 4 may be disposed on a side of the folded portion 23 facing the device body 1. Based on this, when the display panel 2 is in the unfolded state, the magnet 4 is close to the inductive switch assembly 3, the inductive switch assembly 3 can be switched to the open state in response to the magnetic field intensity of the magnet 4, and the main board can determine that the display panel 2 is in the unfolded state at this time according to the opening of the inductive switch assembly 3, so that the folding portion 23 can be controlled to display; and when display panel 2 was in fold condition, magnet 4 was kept away from inductive switch subassembly 3, and inductive switch subassembly 3 switches to the closed condition, and the mainboard can be according to inductive switch subassembly 3 close and confirm that display panel 2 was in fold condition this moment, can only control fixed part 24 and restrict.

Further, the main board can also start the camera module 11 according to the on-off state of the inductive switch component 3. For example, switch to the expansion state at display panel 2, the mainboard can be according to opening of inductive switch subassembly 3 and determine display panel 2 this moment and be in the expansion state, know the user need not to start camera module 11 this moment, therefore can close camera module 11, and switch to fold condition at display panel 2, the mainboard can be according to closing of inductive switch subassembly 3 and determine that display panel 2 is in fold condition this moment, the user needs practical camera module 11, therefore can start camera module 11.

Certainly, in still some embodiments, also can be when display panel 2 switches to the expansion state, inductive switch subassembly 3 closes, and inductive switch subassembly 3 opens when display panel 2 is in fold condition, and the mainboard can be according to the on-off state control display panel 2's of inductive switch subassembly 3 demonstration condition, can control opening in closing of sensitization function module simultaneously. The above description has been given only by way of example in which the inductive switch unit 3 is provided in the apparatus main body 1 and the magnet 4 is provided in the folded portion 23, but in other embodiments, the magnet 4 may be provided in the apparatus main body 1 and the inductive switch unit 3 may be provided in the folded portion 23, and the present disclosure is not limited thereto. The inductive switch assembly 3 may comprise a hall switch assembly.

Further, the electronic device 100 may further include a first metal piece 5, the first metal piece 5 may be disposed in a region of the device main body 1 to which the folding portion 23 is attached, the magnet 4 may be disposed on a side of the folding portion 23 that is bent toward the device main body 1 to be attached to the device main body 1, when the display panel 2 is in the unfolded state, on one hand, the inductive switch assembly 3 switches the switch state in response to the magnet 4, and on the other hand, the folding portion 23 may be kept attached to the device main body 1 by the adsorption of the magnet 4 and the first metal piece 5, which is beneficial to improving the flatness of the display panel 2 and improving the display effect.

The electronic device 100 may further include a second metal piece 6, the second metal piece 6 may be disposed on one side of the fixing portion 24, which faces the device body 1, of the region where the fixing portion 23 is attached to the folding portion 23, the magnet 4 is disposed on one side of the folding portion 23, which is bent toward the device body 1 to be attached to the device body 1, when the display panel 2 is in the folded state, the folding portion 23 is attached to the fixing portion 24, and the second metal piece 6 is adsorbed to the magnet 4 to maintain a relative position relationship between the folding portion 23 and the fixing portion 24 and a flatness of the newspaper folding portion 23.

In the technical solution of the present disclosure, the electronic device 100 may include a plurality of magnets 4, a plurality of first metal members 5, and a plurality of second metal members 6 to improve the adsorption force and improve the flatness of the display panel 2 in the unfolded state and the folded state. In fact, in other embodiments, the first metal piece 5 and the second metal piece 6 may be the same metal piece and disposed on the folding portion 23, and the electronic device 100 includes a plurality of magnets, wherein at least one magnet 4 is disposed on the device body 1, and at least one magnet 4 is disposed on the fixing portion 24, and the inductive switch assembly 3 may also be disposed on the folding portion 23 at this time, which may be specifically designed as needed, and the disclosure does not limit this. In some further embodiments, the electronic device 100 may also include only the first metal part 5 or the second metal part 6, and the detailed description may refer to the foregoing embodiments.

Other embodiments of the disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the disclosure disclosed herein. This disclosure is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosure following, in general, the principles of the disclosure and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the disclosure pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the disclosure being indicated by the following claims.

It will be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the precise arrangements described above and shown in the drawings and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present disclosure is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising a main board, an inductive switch assembly, and a magnet, wherein one of the inductive switch group and the magnet is provided to the device main body, and the other is provided to the folder;

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the main board is further configured to activate or deactivate the light sensing module according to a switch status of the inductive switch assembly.

4. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the inductive switch assembly comprises a hall switch assembly.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the folding portion is attached to the fixing portion when the display panel is in the folded state.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a first metal member and a magnet, wherein one of the magnet and the first metal member is provided in a region of the apparatus main body to which the folded portion is attached, and the other is provided on a side of the folded portion that is bent toward the apparatus main body to be attached to the apparatus main body, and wherein the first metal member and the magnet are attracted when the display panel is in the unfolded state.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising a second metal piece and a magnet, one of the magnet and the second metal piece being disposed on a side of the fixed portion facing the device body from the folded portion attaching area; the other side is provided on a side of the folding portion that is bent toward the apparatus main body to be attached to the apparatus main body, and the second metal member is attracted to the magnet when the display panel is in a folded state.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the photosensitive functional module comprises one or more of a camera module, a distance sensor detection module, and an environment sensor module.

9. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the display panel includes a substrate and a display main body provided to the substrate, the substrate being provided between the display main body and the device main body.

10. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the folding portion and the fixing portion are arranged side by side, and a ratio of a width of the fixing portion to a width of the folding portion in the side by side direction is greater than or equal to 5: 1.