CN117218949A

CN117218949A - Foldable electronic device

Info

Publication number: CN117218949A
Application number: CN202311203134.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 孙彬
Original assignee: Hangzhou Douku Software Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hangzhou Douku Software Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2023-09-14
Filing date: 2023-09-14
Publication date: 2023-12-12

Abstract

The application provides foldable electronic equipment, which comprises a shell, a flexible display screen and a pressing piece, wherein the shell is provided with a plurality of grooves; the flexible display screen is connected with the shell, can be folded or flattened along with the relative rotation of the shell, and the pressing piece is arranged along the edge of the flexible display screen and is used for pressing the edge of the flexible display screen to the shell, and is a displayable image device or a luminous device. According to the foldable electronic equipment provided by the embodiment of the application, the pressing piece is arranged to be the display image device or the luminous device, so that the display effect of the front surface of the electronic equipment can be improved; the pressing piece can be used as an expansion of a display area, further the display area is improved, the display mode and the display content are increased, or used as a light-emitting device, and the front face of the electronic equipment can be supplemented with light.

Description

Foldable electronic device

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of electronic equipment, in particular to foldable electronic equipment.

Background

The display screen edge of the folding screen electronic device is generally provided with a circle of pressing pieces, and the pressing pieces form a black edge on the front face of the electronic device, so that the display effect on the front face of the electronic device is affected.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides foldable electronic equipment, which comprises a shell, a flexible display screen and a pressing piece; the flexible display screen is connected with the shell, can be folded or flattened along with the relative rotation of the shell, and the pressing piece is arranged along the edge of the flexible display screen and is used for pressing the edge of the flexible display screen to the shell, and is a displayable image device or a luminous device.

According to the foldable electronic equipment provided by the embodiment of the application, the pressing piece is arranged to be the display image device or the luminous device, so that the display effect of the front surface of the electronic equipment can be improved; the pressing piece can be used as an expansion of a display area, further the display area is improved, the display mode and the display content are increased, or used as a light-emitting device, and the front face of the electronic equipment can be supplemented with light.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings required for the description of the embodiments will be briefly described below, and it is apparent that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a foldable electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application in an unfolded state;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing a folded state of the electronic device in the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a partially exploded schematic view of the electronic device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the electronic device of the embodiment of FIG. 1 taken along line A-A;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing the front display effect of the electronic device of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic partial structural cross-sectional view of another embodiment of the electronic device of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a front structure of another embodiment of the electronic device of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic cross-sectional structural view of an electronic device in an expanded state;

fig. 9 is a schematic structural sectional view of the electronic device in a folded state;

fig. 10 is a block diagram schematically illustrating the structural composition of an embodiment of the electronic device of the present application.

Detailed Description

The application is described in further detail below with reference to the drawings and examples. It is specifically noted that the following examples are only for illustrating the present application, but do not limit the scope of the present application. Likewise, the following examples are only some, but not all, of the examples of the present application, and all other examples, which a person of ordinary skill in the art would obtain without making any inventive effort, are within the scope of the present application.

The terms "first," "second," "third," and the like in embodiments of the present application are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first", "a second", and "a third" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present application, the meaning of "plurality" means at least two, for example, two, three, etc., unless specifically defined otherwise. All directional indications (such as up, down, left, right, front, back … …) in embodiments of the present application are merely used to explain the relative positional relationship, movement, etc. between the components in a particular gesture (as shown in the drawings), and if the particular gesture changes, the directional indication changes accordingly. The terms "comprising" and "having" and any variations thereof in embodiments of the present application are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion. For example, a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not limited to only those listed steps or elements but may alternatively include other steps or elements not listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

Reference herein to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment may be included in at least one embodiment of the application. The appearances of such phrases 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. Those of skill in the art will explicitly and implicitly appreciate that the embodiments described herein may be combined with other embodiments.

As used herein, an "electronic device" (or simply "terminal") includes, but is not limited to, a device 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, such as for example, 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 configured to communicate through 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, satellites or cellular telephones; a Personal Communications System (PCS) terminal that may combine a cellular radiotelephone with data processing, facsimile and data communications capabilities; a PDA that can include a radiotelephone, pager, internet/intranet access, web browser, organizer, calendar, and/or a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver; and conventional laptop and/or palmtop receivers or other electronic devices that include a radiotelephone transceiver. The mobile phone is the electronic equipment provided with the cellular communication module.

Referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2 together, fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram illustrating an unfolded state of an embodiment of a foldable electronic device according to the present application, and fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram illustrating a folded state of the embodiment of fig. 1; it should be noted that, the electronic device in the present application may include an electronic device having a foldable flexible display screen, such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, and a wearable device. The electronic device 10 includes, but is not limited to, the following structures: the flexible display screen 200 comprises a shell 100, a flexible display screen 200 and a pressing piece 300.

Specifically, referring to fig. 3 together, fig. 3 is a schematic view illustrating a partial structure of the electronic device in fig. 1, and the flexible display screen 200 is connected to the housing 100 and can be folded (in the state in fig. 2) or unfolded (in the state in fig. 1) according to the relative rotation of the housing 100. Referring to fig. 4 together, fig. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the electronic device along line A-A in the embodiment of fig. 1, wherein the pressing member 300 is disposed along the edge of the flexible display screen 200 and is used for pressing the edge of the flexible display screen 200 to the housing 100. The pressing member 300 is used for physically protecting the edge of the flexible display screen 200 and preventing particles such as dust from entering the electronic device from the position. The edge area of the flexible display screen 200 pressed by the pressing member 300 is a non-display area 201, and the middle area of the flexible display screen 200 not pressed by the pressing member 300 is a display area 202.

Optionally, referring to fig. 3, the housing 100 in the present embodiment includes a first housing 110, a second housing 120, and a rotating shaft assembly 130; the first housing 110 and the second housing 120 are respectively connected with the rotating shaft assembly 130, and the first housing 110 and the second housing 120 can rotate relative to the rotating shaft assembly 130; the detailed structure of the spindle assembly is well understood by those skilled in the art, and will not be described herein. The flexible display screen 200 is connected to the first housing 110 and the second housing 120, respectively, and can be folded or unfolded along with the relative rotation of the first housing 110 and the second housing 120.

Alternatively, the pressing member 300 in the embodiment of the present application is a displayable image device or a luminous device. In some embodiments, the pressing member 300 is a self-luminous display screen, such as an OLED display screen, or an ink screen or an LCD display screen with a backlight structure. The pressing member 300 is used as an extension of the content of the main screen display (the display area 202 of the flexible display 200), so that the whole machine looks as a borderless effect. Referring to fig. 5 together, fig. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a front display effect of the electronic device according to the present application, alternatively, the display effect and consistency of the area of the pressing member 300 may be the same as or similar to those of the main screen display (the display area 202 of the flexible display 200); additionally, in some other embodiments, the display resolution of the area of the press 300 may be designed to be lower than the main screen and the area may not be touchable (or may be designed to be touchable as well), i.e. the visual experience of the bezel may be lower than the main screen (display area 202 of the flexible display screen 200). The display content of the area of the pressing member 300 may also be irrelevant to the main screen, for example, the pressing member may be used to present a "photo frame" effect when viewing a photo, and the detailed features of this portion are within the understanding scope of those skilled in the art and are not described herein.

When the pressing member 300 is in an ink screen structure, different animations or characters can be displayed in different scenes. For example, the display area on the top of the mobile phone is replaced by the display area on the top of the mobile phone, such as weather, mobile phone signals and volume display, and the mobile phone main screen has a larger area for display. Meanwhile, due to low power consumption of the ink screen, partial information, such as a WeChat message, can be still displayed when the main screen is dormant, and no prompt is sent. The method can also synchronously display messages when the home screen is applied, for example, when the home screen is used for watching a movie, the ink screen displays a WeChat message and a short message, so that the drama rhythm is not interrupted.

In addition, referring to fig. 6, fig. 6 is a schematic sectional view of a part of an electronic device according to another embodiment of the application, in which the pressing member 300 includes a bracket 310 and an LED lamp 320 fixed to the bracket 310. Optionally, the bracket 310 is provided with a mounting groove 311, the LED lamp 320 is disposed in the mounting groove 311, the mounting groove 311 is provided with a cover plate 330, the cover plate 330 is made of transparent or semitransparent material, and the LED lamp 320 can emit light through the cover plate 330. The LED lamp 320 may be one or more, and the cover plate 330 may be an atomized glass or an atomized resin material having a light-equalizing function.

The pressing member 300 in this embodiment is designed as a light emitting structure, and can be adjusted to different colors and brightness. For example, when self-timer or live, a white highlighting effect is presented to assist in supplementing light to a person. In reading mode, dark green effect is presented for eye protection. In the driving mode, the overspeed scene (cue scene) may flash in red. When the electronic equipment is folded and used for reminding an incoming call or a message, the breathing lamps with different colors can be displayed, and the breathing lamps emit light from gaps of two half screens of the folding electronic equipment, so that a good impression effect is achieved.

Optionally, the pressing member 300 is disposed at least partially around the flexible display 200, where the pressing member 300 in the embodiments of fig. 1 and 5 is disposed along a periphery of the flexible display 200, and in some other embodiments, please refer to fig. 7, fig. 7 is a schematic front view of another embodiment of an electronic device according to the present application, where the pressing member 300 may include a first pressing member 301 and a second pressing member 302, and the first pressing member 301 and the second pressing member 301 are disposed along edges of the flexible display 200, respectively, and the first pressing member 301 is used to press the edges of the flexible display 200 to the first housing 110, and the second pressing member 302 is used to press the edges of the flexible display 200 to the second housing 120. The edge position of the bending area of the flexible display screen 200 may be provided with a pressing block 303, and the detailed features of this portion are not described herein.

Referring to fig. 8 and 9 together, fig. 8 is a schematic cross-sectional structure of an electronic device in an unfolded state, and fig. 9 is a schematic cross-sectional structure of the electronic device in a folded state, wherein the electronic device can be folded and unfolded along the double-arrow direction in fig. 8. The electronic device in the embodiment of the present application may further include a functional device 400, wherein the functional device 400 may include a battery 410, a circuit board 420, and the like, and wherein the functional device 400 (the battery 410 and the circuit board 420 in the illustrated example) may be disposed in the accommodating cavity of the housing 100 (the first housing 110, the second housing 120). Other structural features of the electronic device are well within the purview of those skilled in the art and are not specifically recited and described herein.

Referring to fig. 10, fig. 10 is a schematic block diagram illustrating the structural components of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application, where the electronic device may be a foldable mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a wearable device, etc., and the embodiment illustrates the foldable mobile phone as an example. The structure of the electronic device 10 may include an RF circuit 910, a memory 920, an input unit 930, a display unit 940 (which may be the flexible display 200 in the foregoing embodiment), a sensor 950, an audio circuit 960, a wifi module 970, a processor 980 (which may be the circuit board 420 in the foregoing embodiment), a power source 990 (which may be the battery 410 in the foregoing embodiment), and the like. Wherein, the RF circuit 910, the memory 920, the input unit 930, the display unit 940, the sensor 950, the audio circuit 960, and the wifi module 970 are respectively connected to the processor 980; the power supply 990 is used to provide power to the entire electronic device 10.

Specifically, RF circuitry 910 is used to send and receive signals; memory 920 is used to store data instruction information; the input unit 930 is used for inputting information, and may specifically include a touch panel 931 and other input devices 932 such as operation keys; the display unit 940 may include a display panel 941, etc.; the sensor 950 includes an infrared sensor, a laser sensor, etc., for detecting a user proximity signal, a distance signal, etc.; a speaker 961 and a microphone 962 are coupled to the processor 980 by an audio circuit 960 for receiving and transmitting audio signals; the wifi module 970 is configured to receive and transmit wifi signals, and the processor 980 is configured to process data information of the electronic device. For specific structural features of the electronic device, please refer to the related description of the above embodiment, and detailed description thereof will not be provided herein.

The foregoing description is only a partial embodiment of the present application, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present application, and all equivalent devices or equivalent processes using the descriptions and the drawings of the present application or directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields are included in the scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A foldable electronic device, comprising a housing, a flexible display screen, and a pressing member; the flexible display screen is connected with the shell, can be folded or flattened along with the relative rotation of the shell, and the pressing piece is arranged along the edge of the flexible display screen and is used for pressing the edge of the flexible display screen to the shell, and is a displayable image device or a luminous device.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the bonding element is a self-luminous display screen.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the bonding element is an OLED display.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the bonding element is an ink screen or an LCD display screen.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the pressing member comprises a bracket and an LED lamp fixedly arranged on the bracket.

6. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the bracket is provided with a mounting groove, the LED lamp is arranged in the mounting groove, a cover plate is arranged on the mounting groove, and the cover plate is made of transparent or semitransparent materials.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the bonding element is disposed at least partially around the flexible display screen.

8. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the bonding element is disposed along a perimeter of the flexible display screen.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the housing comprises a first housing, a second housing, and a spindle assembly; the first shell and the second shell are respectively connected with the rotating shaft assembly, and the flexible display screen is respectively connected with the first shell and the second shell and can be folded or flattened along with the relative rotation of the first shell and the second shell.

10. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the bonding members comprise a first bonding member and a second bonding member, the first bonding member and the second bonding member being disposed along an edge of the flexible display screen, the first bonding member being configured to bond the edge of the flexible display screen to the first housing, and the second bonding member being configured to bond the edge of the flexible display screen to the second housing.