CN215298697U - Electronic equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The embodiment of the application discloses electronic equipment, electronic equipment includes: the flexible display screen is arranged on the body and deforms along with the bending deformation of the body; if the electronic equipment is in the bending state, the effective display area of the electronic equipment in the bending state is formed by the partial display area of the flexible display screen corresponding to the side face of the electronic equipment in the bending state, so that when the electronic equipment is in the bending state, the display content can be displayed by the partial display area of the flexible display screen corresponding to the side face of the electronic equipment in the bending state, and then a user can obtain display information which the electronic equipment wants to obtain without unfolding the electronic equipment.

Description

Electronic equipment

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of electronic technology, and in particular, to an electronic device.

Background

With the development of flexible display screens, the application of bendable electronic devices is more and more common, and the bendable electronic devices are gradually applied to various fields of people's lives. The existing bendable electronic equipment is usually in a bent state when working in a standby state, and at the moment, if a user wants to see display contents such as time, date and the like, the user needs to flatten the bendable electronic equipment to acquire the desired information, so that the use is inconvenient, and the user experience needs to be improved.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The application provides an electronic device, the electronic device includes:

a body;

the flexible display screen is arranged on the body and deforms along with the bending deformation of the body;

if the electronic equipment is in the bending state, the effective display area of the electronic equipment in the bending state is formed by a part of the display area of the flexible display screen, which corresponds to the side face of the electronic equipment in the bending state.

Optionally, the electronic device further includes:

and the processor is arranged in the body and used for controlling the display content to be displayed on at least part of the effective display area if the electronic equipment in the bent state responds to the lighting instruction.

Optionally, when the electronic device is in the bent state, the flexible display screen is exposed outside, and an effective display area of the electronic device in the bent state is formed by a partial display area of the flexible display screen corresponding to a bent portion of the electronic device in the bent state.

Optionally, the effective display area of the electronic device in the bent state is formed by splicing at least two display areas of the flexible display screen corresponding to the side surface of the electronic device in the bent state.

Optionally, when the electronic device is in the bent state, the effective display area of the electronic device in the bent state is formed by a partial display area of the flexible display screen corresponding to the bent portion of the electronic device in the bent state.

Optionally, when the electronic device is in a bent state, the electronic device has N bent regions, where N is an integer greater than 2;

when the electronic equipment is in a bending state, the parts of the flexible display screen corresponding to M bending areas in the N bending areas are exposed outside and meet the coplanar condition, the effective display area of the electronic equipment in the bending state is formed by splicing the parts of the flexible display screen corresponding to the M bending areas, and M is a positive integer not greater than N.

Optionally, when the electronic device is in the bent state, the effective display area of the electronic device in the bent state is formed by a partial side display area of the flexible display screen corresponding to the non-bent portion of the electronic device in the bent state.

Optionally, when the electronic device is in a bent state, the electronic device has N bent regions; when the electronic equipment is in a bent state, the effective display area of the electronic equipment in the bent state is formed by at least two side display areas of the flexible display screen corresponding to the non-bent part of the electronic equipment in the bent state; the at least two parts of the side display areas meet the coplanar condition.

Optionally, when the electronic device is in the bent state, the effective display area of the electronic device in the bent state is formed by a partial side display area of the flexible display screen corresponding to the non-bent portion of the electronic device in the bent state and a partial display area of the flexible display screen corresponding to the bent portion of the electronic device in the bent state.

Optionally, when the electronic device is in a bent state, the electronic device has N bent regions, where N is an integer greater than 1;

when the electronic equipment is in a bending state, the parts of the flexible display screen corresponding to M bending regions in the N bending regions are exposed outside and meet the coplanar condition, and the effective display region of the electronic equipment in the bending state is formed by splicing the parts of the flexible display screen corresponding to the M bending regions and at least part of side display regions of the flexible display screen corresponding to the non-bending parts of the electronic equipment in the bending state;

and the parts of the flexible display screen corresponding to the M bending areas and at least part of side display areas of the flexible display screen corresponding to the non-bending parts of the electronic equipment in the bending state meet the coplanar condition.

Compared with the prior art, the technical scheme has the following advantages:

the electronic equipment that this application embodiment provided, if electronic equipment is in the state of buckling, the effective display area of the electronic equipment that is in the state of buckling by flexible display screen is corresponding to the partial display area who is in the side of the electronic equipment of the state of buckling and is constituteed, thereby when electronic equipment is in the state of buckling, can utilize flexible display screen shows the content corresponding to the partial display area who is in the side of the electronic equipment of the state of buckling, and then makes the user need not to expand electronic equipment can acquire the display information that it wants to obtain, easy operation, and it is comparatively convenient to use, has improved user experience.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of an electronic device in a bent state according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a schematic view of an electronic device in an unbent state according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a schematic view of an electronic device in an unfolded state according to another embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic view of an electronic device in a bent state according to another embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a schematic view of an electronic device according to another embodiment of the present application in a bent state;

fig. 6 is a schematic view of an electronic device in a bent state according to another embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a schematic view of an electronic device according to another embodiment of the present application in a bent state;

fig. 8 is a schematic view of an electronic device in a bent state according to another embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a schematic view of an electronic device according to another embodiment of the present application in a bent state;

fig. 10 is a schematic view of an electronic device in a bent state according to another embodiment of the present application;

fig. 11 is a schematic view of an electronic device according to another embodiment of the present application in a bent state;

fig. 12 is a schematic view of an electronic device in a bent state according to another embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not all of the embodiments. 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 application.

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present application, but the present application may be practiced in other ways than those described herein, and it will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art that the present application is not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed below.

As described in the background art, the conventional bendable electronic device is usually in a bent state when operating in a standby state, and at this time, if a user wants to see display contents such as time, date, and the like, the bendable electronic device needs to be flattened to acquire desired information, so that the use is inconvenient, and the user experience needs to be improved.

In view of this, an embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device, as shown in fig. 1, the electronic device includes: the flexible display screen comprises a body 10 and a flexible display screen 20, wherein the flexible display screen 20 is arranged on the body 10 and deforms along with the bending deformation of the body 10. In this embodiment of the application, as shown in fig. 1, if the electronic device is in the bent state, the effective display area 21 of the electronic device in the bent state is formed by the partial display area of the flexible display screen 20 corresponding to the side of the electronic device in the bent state, so that when the electronic device is in the bent state, the partial display area of the flexible display screen 20 corresponding to the side of the electronic device in the bent state can be utilized to display the display content, and then the user can obtain the display information that the user wants to obtain without unfolding the electronic device.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the effective display area of the flexible display screen is a display area of the flexible display for displaying content.

It should be further noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the electronic device has a flat state (i.e., a non-bent state) in addition to the bent state, and optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, when the electronic device is in the non-bent state, the effective display area of the flexible display screen is the entire display area of the flexible display screen, but the present application does not limit this to this, which is determined as the case may be.

On the basis of any one of the above embodiments, in an embodiment of the present application, the electronic device further includes: the processor is arranged in the body and used for controlling display contents to be displayed in at least part of the effective display area if the electronic equipment in the bending state responds to a lighting instruction, so that the display contents are displayed in a part of the display area of the flexible display screen corresponding to the side face of the electronic equipment in the bending state, when the electronic equipment is in the bending state, the display contents can be displayed in a part of the display area of the flexible display screen corresponding to the side face of the electronic equipment in the bending state, and therefore a user can acquire display information which the user wants to obtain without unfolding the electronic equipment, and even without completely taking out the electronic equipment, the display information which the user wants to obtain can be acquired, the use is convenient, and the user experience is improved.

On the basis of any of the above embodiments, in an embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 1, when the electronic device is in the bent state, the flexible display screen 20 is exposed, that is, the electronic device is a fold-out electronic device, in the embodiment of the present application, the effective display area 21 of the electronic device in the bent state is formed by a partial display area of the flexible display screen 20 corresponding to the bent portion of the electronic device in the bent state. In the embodiment of the present application, the effective display area of the electronic device in the bent state is an entire display area.

Optionally, in the above embodiment, the electronic device has only one bending region, but the present application does not limit this, as the case may be.

In another embodiment of the application, the effective display area of the electronic device in the bent state is formed by splicing at least two display areas of the flexible display screen corresponding to the side surface of the electronic device in the bent state, so as to increase the display area of the effective display area of the electronic device in the bent state, so that the effective display area of the electronic device in the bent state can display more contents, and display requirements under more application scenes, such as picture display requirements, motion picture display requirements, movie display requirements and game interface display requirements, are met.

It should be noted that, in the above embodiment, the effective display area of the electronic device in the bent state may be formed by splicing two display areas of the flexible display screen corresponding to the side surface of the electronic device in the bent state, or may be formed by splicing three display areas of the flexible display screen corresponding to the side surface of the electronic device in the bent state, or may be formed by splicing more display areas of the flexible display screen corresponding to the side surface of the electronic device in the bent state, which is not limited in this application, and is determined as the case may be.

On the basis of the above embodiments, in an embodiment of the present application, when the electronic device is in an unbent state, the flexible display 20 only covers the upper surface of the body 10, as shown in fig. 2; in another embodiment of the present application, when the electronic device is in the non-bent state, the flexible display 20 covers not only the upper surface of the body 10, but also the side surface of the body 10, as shown in fig. 3, which is not limited in this application, as the case may be.

In the following, the effective display area of the electronic device in the bent state may be described by splicing two display areas of the flexible display screen corresponding to the side surface of the electronic device in the bent state.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the electronic device is in a non-bending state, the flexible display screen covers not only the upper surface of the body but also the side surface of the body, and when the effective display area of the electronic device in the bending state is formed by splicing two display areas of the flexible display screen corresponding to the side surface of the electronic device in the bending state, the electronic device may have only one bending area when in the bending state, or may have at least two bending areas.

For convenience of description, when the electronic device is defined to be in an unfolded state, the body includes four sides, namely a first side, a second side, a third side and a fourth side, where the first side and the second side are opposite to each other along a first direction, the third side and the fourth side are opposite to each other along a second direction, the first direction is a length direction of the electronic device, the second direction is a width direction of the electronic device, that is, the first side and the second side are an upper end face and a lower end face of the body, respectively, and the third side and the fourth side are a left side and a right side of the body, respectively.

Specifically, on the basis of the above embodiments, in an embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 4, when the electronic device has only one bending region, the effective display region 21 for the electronic device in the bending state may be formed by splicing two display regions of the flexible display screen 20 corresponding to the first side surface and the second side surface of the body; in another embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 5, when the electronic device has only one bending region, the effective display region 21 of the electronic device in the bending state may be formed by splicing two display regions of the flexible display 20 corresponding to different regions of the third side of the body or by splicing two display regions of the flexible display corresponding to different regions of the fourth side of the body, which is not limited in this application, as the case may be.

It should be noted that, in the above-mentioned embodiment, when the electronic device has only one bending region, when the effective display area of the electronic device in the bent state can be formed by splicing different display areas of the flexible display screen corresponding to the side surface of the body, the electronic device is a fold-in electronic device, as shown in fig. 4 and 5, namely, when the electronic device is in a bent state, the part of the flexible display screen 20 corresponding to the upper surface of the body 10 is covered by the body 10, so as to improve the splicing effect of different display areas of the flexible display screen corresponding to the side surface of the body, however, the present application is not limited thereto, and in other embodiments of the present application, the electronic device may be a fold-out electronic device, namely, when the electronic device is in a bent state, the flexible display screen is exposed outside, which is determined according to the situation.

In another embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 6, the electronic device has two bending regions, and in this embodiment, when the electronic device is in a bending state, the effective display region 21 of the electronic device in the bending state is formed by a partial side display region 211 of the flexible display 20 corresponding to a non-bending portion of the electronic device in the bending state and a partial display region 212 of the flexible display 20 corresponding to a bending portion of the electronic device in the bending state.

It should be noted that, when the electronic device has at least two bending regions, a portion of the flexible display screen corresponding to a portion of the bending region is exposed outside, and a portion corresponding to a portion of the bending region is shielded by the body, specifically depending on the number of bending regions of the electronic device, and whether the electronic device is an internal or external electronic device or an external folding electronic device.

It should be further noted that, if the electronic device has at least two bending regions, no matter whether the electronic device is a fold-in electronic device or a fold-out electronic device, when the electronic device is in a non-bending state, a portion of the flexible display screen corresponding to the upper surface of the body may not be completely covered by the body when the electronic device is in a bending state. Therefore, for convenience of description, in the embodiment of the present application, when the electronic device has at least two bending regions, when the electronic device is in a non-bending state, an area of a portion, corresponding to the upper surface of the body, of the flexible display screen, which is shielded when the electronic device is in the bending state, is larger than an area exposed outside, the electronic device is an inward-bending electronic device, when the electronic device is in the non-bending state, an area, corresponding to the upper surface of the body, of the portion, corresponding to the upper surface of the body, of the flexible display screen, which is shielded when the electronic device is in the bending state, is smaller than the area exposed outside, and the electronic device is an outward-bending electronic device.

Specifically, when the electronic device is a fold-out electronic device and has N bending regions, where N is an integer greater than 1, if N is an odd number, when the electronic device is in a bending state, in the N bending regions, a portion of the flexible display screen corresponding to (N +1)/2 bending regions is exposed outside, and a portion of the flexible display screen corresponding to (N-1)/2 bending regions is covered by the body and is not visible to a user; if N is an even number, when the electronic device is in a bending state, in the N bending areas, the parts of the flexible display screen corresponding to the N/2 bending areas are exposed outside, and the parts of the flexible display screen corresponding to the N/2 bending areas are covered by the body.

As shown in fig. 6, when the electronic device is in a bent state and the electronic device has two bending regions, a portion of the flexible display screen 20 corresponding to one bending region is exposed, and a portion corresponding to the other bending region is shielded by the body 10; as shown in fig. 7, when the electronic device is a fold-out electronic device and has three bending regions, the portions of the flexible display screen 20 corresponding to the two bending regions are exposed, and the portion corresponding to the other bending region is shielded by the main body 10.

On the contrary, when the electronic device is a fold-in electronic device and the electronic device has N bending regions, where N is an integer greater than 1, if N is an odd number, when the electronic device is in a bending state, in the N bending regions, a portion of the flexible display screen corresponding to (N-1)/2 bending regions is exposed, and a portion of the flexible display screen corresponding to (N +1)/2 bending regions is covered by the body and is not visible to a user; if N is an even number, when the electronic device is in a bending state, in the N bending areas, the parts of the flexible display screen corresponding to the N/2 bending areas are exposed outside, and the parts of the flexible display screen corresponding to the N/2 bending areas are covered by the body.

Optionally, in the above embodiment, among the N bending regions, each bending region that is located on the same side of the electronic device and is exposed outside meets a coplanar condition, but this is not limited in the present application, and is specifically determined as the case may be.

Specifically, on the basis of the above embodiments, in an embodiment of the present application, when the electronic device is in a bent state, the electronic device has N bending regions, where N is an integer greater than 1; in this embodiment, when the electronic device is in the bent state, the portions of the flexible display screen corresponding to M of the N bending regions are exposed and meet the coplanar condition, and the effective display region of the electronic device in the bent state is formed by splicing two side display regions, corresponding to the portions of the flexible display screen corresponding to the M bending regions and the non-bending portion of the flexible display screen corresponding to the electronic device in the bent state, so as to increase the area of the effective display region of the electronic device when the electronic device is in the bent state. The flexible display screen and the electronic device are arranged in a bending state, wherein the parts of the flexible display screen corresponding to the M bending regions and at least part of side display regions of the flexible display screen corresponding to the non-bending parts of the electronic device in the bending state meet the coplanar condition, so that the display quality of the electronic device is improved when the parts of the flexible display screen corresponding to the M bending regions and at least part of side display regions of the flexible display screen corresponding to the non-bending parts of the electronic device in the bending state are used as effective display regions of the electronic device in the bending state.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 6, when the electronic device is in the bent state, a portion 212 of the flexible display screen corresponding to one bent region of the electronic device and a portion of the side display region 211 of the flexible display screen corresponding to a non-bent portion of the electronic device in the bent state meet a coplanar condition, and when the electronic device is in the bent state, the effective display region 21 of the electronic device in the bent state is formed by the portion of the side display region 211 of the flexible display screen 20 corresponding to the non-bent portion of the electronic device in the bent state and the portion of the side display region 212 of the flexible display screen 20 corresponding to the bent portion of the electronic device in the bent state.

It should be noted that, in the above embodiment, when the electronic device is a folding-in electronic device, and the electronic device has N folding regions, where N is an odd number greater than 1, M is a positive integer not greater than (N-1)/2; when the electronic equipment is the inward folding electronic equipment and is provided with N bending areas, and N is an even number greater than 1, M is a positive integer not greater than N/2; when the electronic equipment is folded electronic equipment and is provided with N bending areas, and N is an odd number greater than 1, M is a positive integer not greater than (N + 1)/2; when the electronic equipment is folded-out electronic equipment and is provided with N bending areas, and N is an even number greater than 1, M is a positive integer not greater than N/2.

As shown in fig. 8, when the electronic device is in a bent state and the electronic device has two bending regions, a portion of the flexible display screen 20 corresponding to one bending region is exposed, and a portion corresponding to the other bending region is shielded by the body 10; as shown in fig. 9, when the electronic device is a fold-in electronic device and the electronic device has three bending regions, a portion of the flexible display screen 20 corresponding to one bending region is exposed, and portions corresponding to the other two bending regions are shielded by the body 10.

Specifically, in an embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 8, the electronic device is in a bent state, a portion of the flexible display screen corresponding to a bent region of the electronic device and a portion of a side display region of the flexible display screen corresponding to a non-bent portion of the electronic device in the bent state meet a coplanar condition, and when the electronic device is in the bent state, an effective display region of the electronic device in the bent state is formed by a portion of the side display region of the flexible display screen 20 corresponding to the non-bent portion of the electronic device in the bent state and a portion of the display region of the flexible display screen 20 corresponding to the bent portion of the electronic device in the bent state.

It should be noted that, when the electronic device is in the bent state, and the effective display area of the electronic device in the bent state is formed by the partial side display area of the flexible display 20 corresponding to the non-bent portion of the electronic device in the bent state and the partial display area of the flexible display 20 corresponding to the bent portion of the electronic device in the bent state, as shown in fig. 8, the effective display area of the electronic device in the bent state may also be formed by two partial side display areas of the flexible display 20 corresponding to the non-bent portion of the electronic device in the bent state and the partial display area of the flexible display 20 corresponding to the bent portion of the electronic device in the bent state, as shown in fig. 8 The partial display area of (2) is configured as shown in fig. 9. When the electronic device is in the non-bending state, the part of the side display area of the flexible display screen, which corresponds to the non-bending part of the electronic device in the bending state, is the part of the side display area of the flexible display screen, which corresponds to the first side or the second side of the body.

It should be noted that, in each of the above embodiments, a description is given of an implementation manner in which when the electronic device is in a non-bent state, the flexible display screen not only covers the upper surface of the body, but also covers the side surface of the body, and when the electronic device is in a bent state, the effective display area of the electronic device in the bent state is formed by a partial side display area of the flexible display screen corresponding to the non-bent portion of the electronic device in the bent state and a partial display area of the flexible display screen corresponding to the bent portion of the electronic device in the bent state. However, the present application is not limited to this, and in another embodiment of the present application, when the electronic device is in the non-bending state, the flexible display screen covers not only the upper surface of the body, but also the side surface of the body, and when the electronic device is in the bending state, the effective display area of the electronic device in the bending state may also be formed by only a partial side display area of the flexible display screen corresponding to the non-bending portion of the electronic device in the bending state.

Optionally, in the embodiment, a part of a side display area of the flexible display screen, which corresponds to a non-bending portion of the electronic device in the bending state, belongs to a display area of a part of a third side or a fourth side of the body, where the flexible display screen corresponds to the display area when the electronic device is in the non-bending state.

Specifically, in an embodiment of the present application, when the electronic device is in a bent state, the electronic device has N bent regions;

when the electronic equipment is in a bent state, the effective display area of the electronic equipment in the bent state is formed by at least two side display areas of the flexible display screen corresponding to the non-bent part of the electronic equipment in the bent state;

the at least two parts of the side display areas meet the coplanar condition.

It should be noted that, as shown in fig. 10, no matter how many bending regions the electronic device has when the electronic device is in the bending state, the display region of the flexible display screen 20 corresponding to the non-bending portion of the electronic device in the bending state has and only two display regions are adjacent to each other in the third direction X, and therefore, in an optional embodiment of the present application, when the electronic device is in the bending state, the effective display region 21 of the electronic device in the bending state is formed by splicing two side display regions of the flexible display screen 20 corresponding to the non-bending portion of the electronic device in the bending state, so as to reduce a gap between the spliced display regions and improve the display quality of the effective display region of the electronic device. However, the present application is not limited to this, and in other embodiments of the present application, the effective display area of the electronic device in the bent state is formed by integrally splicing display areas of the flexible display screen corresponding to the third side or the fourth side of the body, so as to increase the area of the effective display area of the electronic device, as the case may be. The third direction is a stacking direction of the parts when the electronic device is in a bent state, that is, a direction in which the body of the electronic device points to the flexible display screen of the electronic device when the electronic device is in a non-bent state.

In the above embodiments, when the electronic device is in the non-bent state, the flexible display screen not only covers the upper surface of the body, but also covers the side surface of the body, and the following describes, with reference to specific embodiments, a case where the flexible display screen only covers the upper surface of the body when the electronic device is in the non-bent state.

It should be noted that, when the electronic device is in the non-bent state and the flexible display screen only covers the upper surface of the body, as shown in fig. 11, when the electronic device is in the bent state, the effective display area 21 of the electronic device in the bent state is formed by at least a part of the display area of the flexible display screen 20 corresponding to the bent portion of the electronic device in the bent state.

Optionally, when the effective display area of the electronic device in the bent state is formed by splicing at least two display areas of the flexible display screen corresponding to the side of the electronic device in the bent state, if the electronic device is in the non-bent state, the flexible display screen only covers the upper surface of the body, as shown in fig. 12, when the electronic device is in the bent state, the effective display area 21 of the electronic device in the bent state is formed by at least two display areas of the flexible display screen 20 corresponding to the bent portion of the electronic device in the bent state.

It should be noted that, in other embodiments of the present application, when the electronic device is in the non-bending state, the flexible display screen not only covers the upper surface of the body, but also covers the side surface of the body, and when the electronic device is in the bending state, the effective display area of the electronic device in the bending state may also be formed by only at least two display areas of the flexible display screen corresponding to the bending portion of the electronic device in the bending state. The present application is not limited thereto, as the case may be.

When the electronic device is in the bent state, the effective display area of the electronic device in the bent state is only formed by at least two display areas of the flexible display screen corresponding to the bent portion of the electronic device in the bent state.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, when the electronic device is in a bent state, the electronic device has N bending regions, where N is an integer greater than 1. Specifically, when the electronic device is a fold-in electronic device and the electronic device has N bending regions, where N is an integer greater than 1, if N is an odd number, when the electronic device is in a bending state, in the N bending regions, a portion of the flexible display screen corresponding to (N-1)/2 bending regions is exposed, and a portion of the flexible display screen corresponding to (N +1)/2 bending regions is covered by the body and is not visible to a user; if N is an even number, when the electronic device is in a bending state, in the N bending areas, the parts of the flexible display screen corresponding to the N/2 bending areas are exposed outside, and the parts of the flexible display screen corresponding to the N/2 bending areas are covered by the body.

When the electronic equipment is folded outwards, the electronic equipment is provided with N bending areas, N is an integer larger than 1, if N is an odd number, when the electronic equipment is in a bending state, in the N bending areas, parts of the flexible display screen corresponding to (N +1)/2 bending areas are exposed outside, and parts of the flexible display screen corresponding to (N-1)/2 bending areas are covered by the body and are not visible to a user; if N is an even number, when the electronic device is in a bending state, in the N bending areas, the parts of the flexible display screen corresponding to the N/2 bending areas are exposed outside, and the parts of the flexible display screen corresponding to the N/2 bending areas are covered by the body.

Optionally, in the above embodiment, among the N bending regions, each bending region that is located on the same side of the electronic device and is exposed outside meets a coplanar condition, but this is not limited in the present application, and is specifically determined as the case may be.

Specifically, on the basis of the above embodiments, in an embodiment of the present application, when the electronic device is in a bent state, the electronic device has N bending regions, where N is an integer greater than 1; in this embodiment, when the electronic device is in the bent state, the portions of the flexible display screen corresponding to M of the N bending regions are exposed and meet the coplanar condition, and the effective display region of the electronic device in the bent state is formed by splicing the portions of the flexible display screen corresponding to the M bending regions, so as to increase the area of the effective display region of the electronic device when the electronic device is in the bent state.

It should be noted that, in the above embodiment, when the electronic device is a folding-in electronic device, and the electronic device has N folding regions, where N is an odd number greater than 1, M is a positive integer not greater than (N-1)/2; when the electronic equipment is the inward folding electronic equipment and is provided with N bending areas, and N is an even number greater than 1, M is a positive integer not greater than N/2; when the electronic equipment is folded electronic equipment and is provided with N bending areas, and N is an odd number greater than 1, M is a positive integer not greater than (N + 1)/2; when the electronic equipment is folded-out electronic equipment and is provided with N bending areas, and N is an even number greater than 1, M is a positive integer not greater than N/2.

On the basis of any of the foregoing embodiments, in an embodiment of the present application, the electronic device further includes at least one interface, where the at least one interface is located on a preset side surface of the electronic device when the electronic device is in a non-bent state, and the preset side surface is any side surface of the electronic device in a first direction, so that when the electronic device is in the non-bent state, the side surface of the electronic device in a second direction is used as an effective display area of the electronic device when the electronic device is in the bent state; however, the present application is not limited to this, and in other embodiments of the present application, the preset side surface may also be any side surface of the electronic device in the second direction, so that when the electronic device is in the non-bent state, the side surface of the electronic device in the first direction is used as an effective display area of the electronic device when the electronic device is in the bent state, which is determined as the specific case. When the electronic equipment is in a non-bending state, the length of the electronic equipment in the first direction is larger than the length of the electronic equipment in the second direction.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the at least one interface includes at least one of an earphone interface, a power interface, a speaker interface, and the like, which is not limited in this application, as the case may be.

To sum up, the electronic equipment that this application embodiment provided, if electronic equipment is in the state of buckling, the effective display area of the electronic equipment that is in the state of buckling by flexible display screen is corresponding to the partial display area who is in the side of the electronic equipment of the state of buckling and is constituted, thereby when electronic equipment is in the state of buckling, can utilize flexible display screen shows the content corresponding to the partial display area who is in the side of the electronic equipment of the state of buckling, and then makes the user need not to expand electronic equipment can acquire the display information that it wants to obtain, and easy operation is used comparatively conveniently, has improved user experience.

Moreover, the electronic equipment provided by the embodiment of the application not only can display information in a non-bending state, but also can display information in a bending state, has rich operation modes, and is more suitable for diversified demands of the existing electronic equipment.

All parts in the specification are described in a mode of combining parallel and progressive, each part is mainly described to be different from other parts, and the same and similar parts among all parts can be referred to each other.

In the above description of the disclosed embodiments, features described in various embodiments in this specification can be substituted for or combined with each other to enable those skilled in the art to make or use the present application. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the application. Thus, the present application is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

Claims (10)

1. An electronic device, characterized in that the electronic device comprises:

a body;

the flexible display screen is arranged on the body and deforms along with the bending deformation of the body;

if the electronic equipment is in the bending state, the effective display area of the electronic equipment in the bending state is formed by a part of the display area of the flexible display screen, which corresponds to the side face of the electronic equipment in the bending state.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising:

and the processor is arranged in the body and used for controlling the display content to be displayed on at least part of the effective display area if the electronic equipment in the bent state responds to the lighting instruction.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein when the electronic device is in a bent state, the flexible display screen is exposed, and an effective display area of the electronic device in the bent state is formed by a partial display area of the flexible display screen corresponding to a bent portion of the electronic device in the bent state.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the effective display area of the electronic device in the bent state is formed by splicing at least two display areas of the flexible display screen corresponding to the side of the electronic device in the bent state.

5. The electronic device according to claim 4, wherein when the electronic device is in a bent state, an effective display area of the electronic device in the bent state is formed by a partial display area of the flexible display corresponding to a bent portion of the electronic device in the bent state.

6. The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein when the electronic device is in a bent state, the electronic device has N bent regions, N being an integer greater than 2;

when the electronic equipment is in a bending state, the parts of the flexible display screen corresponding to M bending areas in the N bending areas are exposed outside and meet the coplanar condition, the effective display area of the electronic equipment in the bending state is formed by splicing the parts of the flexible display screen corresponding to the M bending areas, and M is a positive integer not greater than N.

7. The electronic device according to claim 4, wherein when the electronic device is in the bent state, an effective display area of the electronic device in the bent state is formed by a partial side display area of the flexible display corresponding to a non-bent portion of the electronic device in the bent state.

8. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the electronic device has N bending regions when the electronic device is in a bent state;

when the electronic equipment is in a bent state, the effective display area of the electronic equipment in the bent state is formed by at least two side display areas of the flexible display screen corresponding to the non-bent part of the electronic equipment in the bent state;

the at least two parts of the side display areas meet the coplanar condition.

9. The electronic device according to claim 4, wherein when the electronic device is in the bent state, the effective display area of the electronic device in the bent state is formed by a partial side display area of the flexible display screen corresponding to a non-bent portion of the electronic device in the bent state and a partial display area of the flexible display screen corresponding to a bent portion of the electronic device in the bent state.

10. The electronic device according to claim 9, wherein when the electronic device is in a bent state, the electronic device has N bent regions, N being an integer greater than 1;

when the electronic equipment is in a bending state, the parts of the flexible display screen corresponding to M bending regions in the N bending regions are exposed outside and meet the coplanar condition, and the effective display region of the electronic equipment in the bending state is formed by splicing the parts of the flexible display screen corresponding to the M bending regions and at least part of side display regions of the flexible display screen corresponding to the non-bending parts of the electronic equipment in the bending state;

and the parts of the flexible display screen corresponding to the M bending areas and at least part of side display areas of the flexible display screen corresponding to the non-bending parts of the electronic equipment in the bending state meet the coplanar condition.

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