CN110545337A - Electronic equipment - Google Patents
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Abstract
the embodiment of the invention discloses electronic equipment, and belongs to the technical field of communication. Electronic equipment includes casing, lower casing, pivot structure and flexible screen: the upper shell is connected with the lower shell through the rotating shaft structure, and two ends of the flexible screen are respectively fixed on the upper shell and the lower shell; the upper shell is shorter than the lower shell, and when the upper shell and the lower shell are in a folded state, the rear end of the lower shell is exposed out of the reserved display area of the flexible screen, so that the electronic equipment is operated through the reserved display area under the folded state. By adopting the embodiment of the invention, after the electronic equipment is folded up and down, the preset display area is reserved on the lower shell, so that the condition that a user can display information and perform simple operation through the display area after the electronic equipment is folded is ensured, and the user requirements of a large screen, hand feeling and the like can be met, thereby improving the use experience of the user.
Description
Technical Field
The embodiment of the invention relates to the technical field of communication, in particular to electronic equipment.
Background
With the continuous improvement of flexible screen display technology, the flexible screen technology has become mature day by day, a foldable or bent display screen is no longer a technical bottleneck, a mobile phone with a larger screen display size and hand feeling is a mobile phone with which a user needs to see the development direction, various manufacturers begin to research and develop mobile phone designs with foldable flexible screens, and the foldable mobile phone can simultaneously meet the user requirements of a large screen and hand feeling, so that excellent use experience is realized.
However, after the mobile phone is folded, the display area is completely shielded, and no method is available for operation and touch control, which has defects in experience.
Therefore, it is necessary to provide an electronic device that can be folded without affecting the user's use.
Disclosure of Invention
In view of this, an embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic device to solve the problem that the display area is completely blocked, no method is available for operation and touch control, and the experience is defective when the mobile phone is folded in the prior art.
The technical scheme adopted by the embodiment of the invention for solving the technical problems is as follows:
An electronic device is provided, which includes an upper case (101), a lower case (102), a hinge structure (103), and a flexible screen (104):
The upper shell (101) is connected with the lower shell (102) through the rotating shaft structure (103), and two ends of the flexible screen (104) are respectively fixed on the upper shell (101) and the lower shell (102);
wherein, when the upper casing (101) and the lower casing (102) are in a folded state, a reserved display area of the flexible screen (104) is exposed at the rear end of the lower casing (102) so as to operate the electronic device through the reserved display area in the folded state.
compared with the existing symmetrical folder, the electronic equipment provided by the embodiment of the invention has the advantages that the length of the upper shell is shorter than that of the lower shell, the electronic equipment is designed to be asymmetrically folded, a part of screen is left uncovered after the electronic equipment is folded up and down, a preset display area is reserved on the lower shell, the electronic equipment can display information and perform simple operation through the display area after being folded, the requirements of a user such as a large screen and hand feeling can be met, and the use experience of the user is improved.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic view illustrating an open state of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a folded state of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a folded state and an unfolded state of an 8-inch electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is a schematic view illustrating a screen tray closing of an electronic device according to a first embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 5 is an opened schematic view of a screen tray of an electronic device according to a first embodiment of the invention.
The implementation, functional features and advantages of the objects of the embodiments of the present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Detailed Description
In order to make the technical problems, technical solutions and advantageous effects to be solved by the embodiments of the present invention clearer and more obvious, the embodiments of the present invention are described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and the embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the embodiments of the invention and are not limiting of the embodiments of the invention.
The terminal may be implemented in various forms. For example, the electronic devices described in the present invention may include mobile terminals such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palmtop computer, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a Portable Media Player (PMP), a navigation device, a wearable device, a smart band, a pedometer, and fixed terminals such as a Digital TV, a desktop computer, and the like.
referring to fig. 1 and 2, an electronic device according to a first embodiment of the present invention includes an upper housing 101, a lower housing 102, a rotating shaft structure 103, and a flexible screen 104.
The upper casing 101 is connected to the lower casing 102 through the rotating shaft structure, and two ends of the flexible screen 104 are respectively fixed to the upper casing 101 and the lower casing 102.
in this embodiment, the length of the upper casing 101 is shorter than that of the lower casing 102, and when the upper casing 101 and the lower casing 102 are in the folded state, the reserved display area 1041 of the flexible screen 104 is exposed at the rear end of the lower casing 102, so that the electronic device can be operated through the reserved display area in the folded state.
The folded state in this embodiment refers to a state in which the upper housing 101 and the lower housing 102 are attached together, and at this time, the flexible screen 104 is bent, as shown in fig. 2; the opened state refers to a state in which the upper casing 101 and the lower casing 102 are unfolded in line, and the flexible screen 104 is unfolded in a plane, as shown in fig. 1.
Referring to fig. 3, in one possible implementation, assume that the flexible screen 104 of the electronic device has a full screen display size of 8 inches, a ratio of 1:2.35, and a thickness of only 0.5 mm. The 1:2.35 ratio is the display size of a standard movie, and the electronic device will display a full 8 inch display area when in use, before folding. After the electronic device is folded from top to bottom, the length dimension becomes small, and at the same time, a display area of 3.3 inches is left at the rear end of the lower housing 102, i.e., a reserved display area 1041 is formed. It should be noted that, for convenience of description, the end of the upper casing 101 connected to the lower casing 102 is referred to as a front end, and the free end is referred to as a rear end.
In the scheme, an asymmetric folding design is used, the rotating shaft is arranged at the position above the center of the whole machine, after the electronic equipment is folded downwards, a display area with a certain width (such as 25mm or other widths can be reserved) is reserved at the rear end of the lower shell and used for realizing simple touch screen operation, such as answering a call or replying a short message, so that the requirement of a user on a large-screen mobile phone can be met, hand feeling can be considered, and the electronic equipment is convenient to carry in daily life. Under the condition that the size of the whole machine is reasonable, new experience is brought to a user.
Referring to fig. 4 and 5, in a possible solution, the electronic device is provided with a protection cavity 106, the top of the protection cavity is provided with a screen supporting plate 105, when the electronic device is in an open state, the screen supporting plate 105 is closed and supports the flexible screen 104, when the electronic device is in a folded state, the screen supporting plate 105 is opened, and the bent portion of the flexible screen 104 enters the protection cavity 106. When the electronic device is in a folded state, the protection cavity 106 can accommodate the bent portion of the flexible screen 104, and the flexible screen 104 can be effectively prevented from being folded in half to damage the display effect.
In practice, the protection cavity 106 may be disposed in the lower housing 102 and located at the front end of the lower housing 102.
The screen supporting plate 105 includes a first supporting plate 1051 and a second supporting plate 1052, a fixed end of the first supporting plate 1051 is fixed on the rotating shaft structure 103 and rotates along with the rotating shaft structure 103, a fixed end of the second supporting plate 1052 is rotatably fixed on the lower shell 102, and free ends of the first supporting plate 1051 and the second supporting plate 1052 are provided with tooth-like structures engaged with each other.
The second supporting plate 1052 is provided with an elastic device (such as a spring, a spring plate, etc.), and when the electronic device is in an open state, the second supporting plate 1052 rebounds to a closed position under the action of the elastic device.
in this embodiment, the screen supporting plate 105 is arranged, when the upper housing 101 is toggled to drive the rotating shaft structure 103 to realize that the upper housing 101 and the lower housing 102 are continuously turned over, the upper surface of the upper housing 101 and the upper surface of the lower housing 102 can be finally positioned on the same horizontal plane (an open state), in this process, the rotating shaft structure 103 can drive the first supporting plate 1051 to rotate, the flexible screen 104 is unfolded and leaves the protection cavity 106, and when the flexible screen 104 is unfolded to a horizontal plane, the first supporting plate 1051 and the second supporting plate 1052 play a supporting role; or finally, the upper surface of the upper shell 101 and the upper surface of the lower shell 102 are close to each other, and the flexible screen is bent (folded), in this process, the rotating shaft structure 103 can continue to drive the first supporting plate 1051 and the second supporting plate 1052 to rotate, the protection cavity is opened, and the bent portion of the flexible screen 104 enters the protection cavity, so that the flexible screen 104 is prevented from being folded.
in practical application, the first supporting plate can be rotationally fixed on the rotating shaft mechanism, and an elastic device is arranged, namely, the opening and closing of the protection cavity are realized in the same way as the first supporting plate.
the screen supporting plate 105 may also be an elastic flat plate, when the electronic device is in the open state, the elastic flat plate can be deformed under the extrusion of the flexible screen 104 and enter the protection cavity 106 along with the flexible screen 104, and when the electronic device is in the folded state, the elastic flat plate is restored to its original state to support the flexible screen.
In practical applications, the rotating shaft structure 103 may be an integral structure, and penetrates through the front ends of the upper casing 101 and the lower casing 102; two shafts may be provided (as shown in fig. 2), in which case the shaft structure 103 includes: a first rotating shaft 1031 and a second rotating shaft 1032, the first rotating shaft 1031 and the second rotating shaft 1032 being respectively disposed at two sides of the front ends of the upper housing 101 and the lower housing 102.
In a possible solution, the electronic device is further provided with a screen angle monitoring device and a processor:
The screen included angle monitoring device is used for detecting the folding state of the electronic equipment;
The processor is used for adjusting the display interface to the reserved display area for displaying when the electronic equipment is in a folded state.
In a possible solution, the processor is further configured to execute a corresponding program according to an operation instruction input by a user in the reserved display area.
in a possible solution, the processor is further configured to adjust a display size of the icon or the text in the reserved display area according to a preset interactive interface.
Taking the electronic equipment as a mobile phone as an example, a new interactive interface can be designed on the level of a mobile phone software system by a reserved display area exposed after folding, the size of the displayed icon or character is adjusted to optimize the user experience, and the electronic equipment can be directly used in a folded state in some use scenes.
In practical application, the wake-up condition of the reserved display area may also be set, for example, a user sets a wake-up angle by himself, for example, the wake-up angle is set to 30 degrees, when the included angle between the upper casing and the lower casing is smaller than 30 degrees, the reserved display area is woken up, and a designated application program or notification information is displayed in the reserved display area, so that the user can perform a simple touch operation, for example, answering a call or replying a short message.
the electronic equipment of this embodiment, it is shorter to go up the casing and compare in casing length down, for asymmetric folding design, compare with current symmetrical type folder, after electronic equipment is folding from top to bottom, keep partly screen uncovered, the casing leaves one down and predetermines the display area, guarantee that electronic equipment can be through display area display information and carry out simple operation after folding, can satisfy the large screen simultaneously and have user's demands such as feeling concurrently to improve user's use and experience.
The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, and are not intended to limit the scope of the embodiments of the invention. Any modifications, equivalents and improvements that may occur to those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the embodiments of the present invention are intended to be within the scope of the claims of the embodiments of the present invention.
Claims (9)
1. An electronic device, characterized in that the electronic device comprises an upper housing (101), a lower housing (102), a hinge structure (103), and a flexible screen (104):
The upper shell (101) is connected with the lower shell (102) through the rotating shaft structure (103), and two ends of the flexible screen (104) are respectively fixed on the upper shell (101) and the lower shell (102);
When the upper shell (101) and the lower shell (102) are in a folded state, the rear end of the lower shell (102) exposes a reserved display area of the flexible screen (104).
2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein a protection cavity (106) is formed at a front end of the lower housing (102), a screen support plate (105) is formed at a top of the protection cavity (106), the screen support plate (105) supports the flexible screen (104) in a closed manner when the electronic device is in an open state, and the screen support plate (105) is opened when the electronic device is in a folded state, and a bent portion of the flexible screen (104) enters the protection cavity (106).
3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the screen supporting plate (105) comprises a first supporting plate (1051) and a second supporting plate (1052), a fixed end of the first supporting plate (1051) is fixed on the rotating shaft structure (103) and rotates along with the rotating shaft structure (103), a fixed end of the second supporting plate (1052) is rotatably fixed on the lower shell (102), and free ends of the first supporting plate (1051) and the second supporting plate (1052) are provided with tooth-shaped structures which are engaged with each other.
4. An electronic device as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that the second blade (1052) is provided with resilient means, under the influence of which the second blade (1052) engages the first blade (1051) when the electronic device is in the open state.
5. The electronic device according to any of claims 1 to 4, wherein the hinge structure (103) comprises a first hinge (1031) and a second hinge (1032), and the first hinge (1031) and the second hinge (1032) are disposed at two sides of the front ends of the upper housing (101) and the lower housing (102).
6. The electronic device of any of claims 1-5, wherein the electronic device comprises a mobile terminal.
7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is further provided with a processor for adjusting a display interface to the reserved display area for display when the electronic device is in a folded state.
8. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to execute a corresponding program according to an operation instruction input by a user in the reserved display area.
9. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to resize the icon or text display in the reserved display area according to a preset interactive interface.
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