Detailed Description
Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are illustrative and intended to be illustrative of the invention and are not to be construed as limiting the invention.
In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "lateral", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "circumferential", and the like, indicate orientations and positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are used only for convenience in describing the present invention and simplifying the description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" 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 defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise.
In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly and can, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; may be mechanically coupled, may be electrically coupled or may be in communication with each other; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or they may be connected internally or in any other suitable relationship, unless expressly stated otherwise. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.
Housing assembly 100 of terminal 1000 in accordance with an embodiment of the invention is described below with reference to fig. 1-3.
As shown in fig. 1-3, a housing assembly 100 of a terminal 1000 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: a housing 1, an optical fingerprint sensor 2 and an optical path adjusting element 3.
In particular, the housing 1 has a fingerprint input area 42' thereon, within which a finger can be placed. The optical path adjusting member 3 is located within the housing 1 and adapted to change the direction of light passing therethrough. It should be noted that the optical path adjusting member 3 may change the path of at least a part of the light when the light is irradiated to the optical path adjusting member 3. It should be noted that the optical path adjusting element 3 may be a mirror or a refractor, and the optical path adjusting element 3 may be a mirror or a refractor, so long as it can satisfy the optical path adjustment.
The optical fingerprint sensor 2 is arranged in the housing 1, and at least part of light emitted from the optical fingerprint sensor 2 propagates among the optical fingerprint sensor 2, the optical path adjusting member 3 and the fingerprint input area 42 'to collect fingerprint information located in the fingerprint input area 42'. As shown in fig. 2, when a finger is placed in the fingerprint input area 42 ', the first light 5 emitted from the optical fingerprint sensor 2 passes through the optical path adjusting member 3 and then is irradiated onto the fingerprint input area 42'; according to the reversibility of light, as shown in fig. 3, the light reflected back by the finger is the second light 6, the second light 6 firstly passes through the light path adjusting element 3 along the path shown in fig. 3 and then irradiates the optical fingerprint sensor 2, and the optical fingerprint sensor 2 can image the fingerprint of the user according to the returned light information, so as to obtain the fingerprint image of the user.
According to the housing assembly 100 of the terminal 1000 in the embodiment of the present invention, the optical fingerprint sensor 2 for collecting fingerprint information is disposed in the housing 1, and the light path adjusting element 3 is adopted to adjust the transmission path of light, so that the dependence of the optical fingerprint sensor 2 on the size of space is reduced, the terminal 1000 can flexibly select the position of the optical fingerprint sensor 2 according to the characteristics of its own components, and the design requirement of the terminal 1000 is met.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the housing 1 has an opening 14, and the housing assembly 100 further includes: and a transparent shielding plate 4 for shielding the opening 14, wherein the transparent shielding plate 4 is disposed on the housing 1 and configured as a fingerprint input region 42', a surface of the transparent shielding plate 4 facing the inside of the housing 1 (i.e., an inner surface as shown in fig. 2 and 3) and a surface thereof facing the outside of the housing 1 (i.e., an outer surface as shown in fig. 2 and 3) are both planar and parallel to each other, and light emitted from the optical fingerprint sensor 2 passes through the optical path adjusting element 3 and then is incident perpendicularly onto the transparent shielding plate 4. By arranging the transparent shielding plate 4, light emitted from the inside of the optical fingerprint sensor 2 can penetrate through the fingerprint input area 42', and the fingerprint collection efficiency of the optical fingerprint sensor 2 can be improved.
As shown in fig. 1-3, in one embodiment of the present invention, includes a housing 1, an optical fingerprint sensor 2, and a light path adjusting member 3.
Specifically, the housing 1 has a cavity 13, an opening 14 is formed in a side wall of the housing 1, the optical fingerprint sensor 2 is disposed in the cavity 13 for collecting fingerprint information, the optical path adjusting element 3 is located in the cavity 13, light emitted from the optical fingerprint sensor 2 and emitted in a direction perpendicular to the optical fingerprint sensor 2 is a first light 5, and the first light 5 is reflected by the optical path adjusting element 3 and then emitted out of the cavity 13 from the opening 14; the light ray outside the chamber 13, which is incident on the optical path adjusting element 3 from the opening 14, is the second light ray 6, and the path of the second light ray 6 coincides with the path of the first light ray 5.
When the user put the finger to opening 14 department, the light source is launched to optics fingerprint sensor 2, the light that sends is first light 5, first light 5 jets out along perpendicular to optics fingerprint sensor 2's direction, first light 5 jets out the fingerprint surface from opening 14 department after 3 reflections of light path adjusting element, after first light 5 reachd the fingerprint surface, reflect back, the light that reflects back is second light 6, second light 6 rethread light path adjusting element 3 reflects on optics fingerprint sensor 2, optics fingerprint sensor 2 can catch user's fingerprint image.
The path of the second light 6 is consistent with that of the first light 5, namely, the reflected second light 6 is reflected to the optical fingerprint sensor 2 along the emitting direction of the first light 5, the second light 6 reflected by the light path adjusting element 3 is emitted along the direction perpendicular to the optical fingerprint sensor 2, and the optical fingerprint sensor 2 can acquire the fingerprint image of the user.
It should be noted that the optical fingerprint sensor 2 mainly uses the principle of refraction and reflection of light, the light is emitted from the bottom to the prism and is emitted through the prism, and the angle of refraction of the emitted light on the uneven lines of the fingerprint on the surface of the finger and the brightness of the reflected light are different. The optical devices of CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) or CCD (charge coupled device) can collect the picture information with different brightness, and then the fingerprint collection is completed.
According to the housing assembly 100 of the terminal 1000 in the embodiment of the present invention, the optical fingerprint sensor 2 for collecting fingerprint information is disposed in the housing 1, and the optical path adjusting element 3 is adopted to reflect the first light 5 emitted by the optical fingerprint sensor 2 to the opening 14 on the side wall of the housing 1, so that not only can fingerprints be collected on the side surface of the housing 1, but also the integrity of the housing assembly 100 is increased, thereby increasing the aesthetic property of the housing assembly 100, and meanwhile, the optical fingerprint sensor 2 is prevented from being disposed parallel to the side wall of the housing 1, so that the housing assembly 100 is not limited by the area width of the optical fingerprint sensor 2, the thickness of the housing assembly 100 can be reduced, and the use requirements of users can be met.
In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the housing assembly 100 further includes a transparent shielding plate 4, the transparent shielding plate 4 is disposed on the housing 1 to shield the opening 14, the transparent shielding plate 4 can play a role of dust prevention and water prevention, and dust or liquid and the like outside the housing 1 can be prevented from entering the chamber 13 through the opening 14, so as to prevent the components inside the chamber 13 from being damaged, and at the same time, the aesthetic property of the housing assembly 100 can be enhanced.
As shown in fig. 2 and 3, the surface of the transparent shielding plate 4 facing the inside of the chamber 13 is an inner surface 41, the surface of the transparent shielding plate 4 facing the outside of the chamber 13 is an outer surface 42, both the inner surface 41 and the outer surface 42 are flat and parallel to each other, and the first light ray 5 is incident on the transparent shielding plate 4 in a direction perpendicular to the inner surface 41 of the transparent shielding plate 4. When the first light ray 5 is incident on the transparent shielding plate 4 in a direction perpendicular to the inner surface 41 of the transparent shielding plate 4, the first light ray 5 is emitted in a direction perpendicular to the outer surface 42 of the transparent shielding plate 4, and the direction of the first light ray 5 is unchanged before and after passing through the transparent shielding plate 4, so that the direction of the first light ray 5 passing through the transparent shielding plate 4 and reaching the fingerprint surface is unchanged. After the first light 5 reaches the fingerprint surface, the first light is reflected back, the reflected light is the second light 6, the second light 6 passes through the transparent shielding plate 4 along the direction perpendicular to the outer surface 42 of the transparent shielding plate 4, the direction is kept unchanged, then the second light is reflected to the optical fingerprint sensor 2 through the light path adjusting element 3, and the optical fingerprint sensor 2 can accurately capture the fingerprint image of the user.
Further, the outer surface 42 of the transparent shielding plate 4 is flush with the wall surface of the side wall of the housing 1 facing the outside of the chamber 13. Thereby, the aesthetic appearance of the housing assembly 100 may be increased.
In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, a locking groove 141 is provided at the opening 14, and the transparent shielding plate 4 is provided in the locking groove 141. This improves the reliability of fixing the transparent shielding plate 4, and also makes the outer surface 42 of the transparent shielding plate 4 flush with the wall surface of the side wall of the housing 1 facing the outside of the cavity 13 when the transparent shielding plate 4 is fitted in the engaging groove 141, thereby enhancing the appearance of the housing assembly 100.
Furthermore, a first adhesive layer is laid on the wall surface of the side wall of the housing 1 corresponding to the engaging groove 141, and the transparent shielding plate 4 is adhered to the first adhesive layer. That is to say, the first adhesive layer is laid on the inner peripheral wall and the bottom wall of the engaging groove 141, the outer peripheral wall of the transparent shielding plate 4 can be bonded to the inner peripheral wall of the engaging groove 141 by the first adhesive layer, and part of the inner surface 41 of the transparent shielding plate 4 is bonded to the bottom wall of the engaging groove 141 by the first adhesive layer. Accordingly, the transparent shielding plate 4 can be firmly fixed in the engaging groove 141, the transparent shielding plate 4 can be prevented from being separated from the side wall of the housing 1, and the waterproof and dustproof effects of the transparent shielding plate 4 can be improved.
In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the housing 1 includes a front cover 11 and a rear cover 12, the display screen 111 of the terminal 1000 is adapted to be embedded on the front cover 11, the rear cover 12 is fastened with the front cover 11 to define the cavity 13, an embedded groove 121 is provided on a surface of the rear cover 12 facing an inside of the cavity 13, and the optical fingerprint sensor 2 is embedded in the embedded groove 121. Thereby, the optical fingerprint sensor 2 can be firmly fixed on the surface of the back cover 12 facing the inside of the chamber 13, ensuring the reliability of the operation of the optical fingerprint sensor 2.
Further, a second adhesive layer is provided on a wall surface of the rear cover 12 corresponding to the insertion groove 121, and the optical fingerprint sensor 2 is adhered to the second adhesive layer. That is, the second adhesive layers are provided on the inner peripheral wall and the bottom wall of the insertion groove 121, and the outer peripheral wall of the optical fingerprint sensor 2 and the inner peripheral wall of the insertion groove 121, and the surface of the optical fingerprint sensor 2 opposite to the back cover 12 and the bottom wall of the insertion groove 121 may be bonded by the second adhesive layers. Thereby, the optical fingerprint sensor 2 can be firmly fixed within the insertion groove 121, thereby ensuring the reliability of the operation of the optical fingerprint sensor 2.
Further, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the housing assembly 100 further includes a PCB board 7, the PCB board 7 is embedded in the embedded groove 121 and located between the optical fingerprint sensor 2 and the bottom wall of the embedded groove 121, and the PCB board 7 may be electrically connected to the optical fingerprint sensor 2.
As shown in fig. 2 and 3, the optical path adjusting element 3 is embedded on the front cover 11. Therefore, the light path adjusting element 3 can be fixed in the cavity 13 of the shell 1, the first light 5 emitted by the optical fingerprint sensor 2 can be emitted to the opening 14 after being reflected by the light path adjusting element 3, and the second light 6 reflected from the opening 14 can be emitted to the optical fingerprint sensor 2 vertically after being reflected by the light path adjusting element 3, so that the working reliability of the optical fingerprint sensor 2 is ensured.
For example, in the example shown in fig. 2 and 3, an embedded groove 121 is provided on the surface of the front cover 11 facing the inside of the chamber, the cross section of the light path adjusting member 3 is triangular, the radiation reflecting surface 31 of the light path adjusting member 3 is opposite to the opening 14 and forms an angle with the optical fingerprint sensor 2, and one of the side wall surfaces of the light path adjusting member 3 is embedded in the embedded groove 121 of the front cover 11.
Further, a third adhesive layer is provided between the optical path adjusting element 3 and the front cover 11. That is, the third adhesive layer may be laid on the inner peripheral wall and the bottom wall of the insertion groove 121 on the front cover 11, and the optical path adjusting member 3 may be bonded to the front cover 11 by the third adhesive layer. Therefore, the light path adjusting element 3 can be bonded with the front cover 11 through the third adhesive layer, the reliability of connection between the light path adjusting element 3 and the front cover 11 is improved, and therefore it is guaranteed that the first light 5 emitted by the optical fingerprint sensor 2 can be reflected by the light path adjusting element 3 and then emitted to the opening 14, and it is guaranteed that the second light 6 reflected by the opening 14 can be vertically emitted to the optical fingerprint sensor 2 after being reflected by the light path adjusting element 3, and the reliability of work of the optical fingerprint sensor 2 is further guaranteed.
According to one embodiment of the invention, the fingerprint input area 42' is located on a side wall of the housing 1 adjacent to the display screen 111. From this, not only can realize gathering the fingerprint in casing 1 side, increased housing assembly 100's wholeness, simultaneously, can avoid the lateral wall parallel arrangement of optics fingerprint sensor 2 and casing 1 to make housing assembly 100 not receive the restriction of 2 area widths of optics fingerprint sensor, can reduce housing assembly 100's thickness, satisfy user's user demand.
To further optimize the layout within the housing assembly 100, the angle between the optical fingerprint sensor 2 and the back cover 12 is β, said β satisfying: beta is more than or equal to 0 degree and less than or equal to 45 degrees. Note that an angle between a plane on which light is emitted from the optical fingerprint sensor 2 and an inner wall surface of the chamber 13 formed by the back cover 12 is β. As shown in fig. 2 and 3, the angle β between the optical fingerprint sensor 2 and the back cover 12 is 0 °.
In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the reflecting surface 31 of the light path adjusting member 3 makes an angle of 45 ° with the first light ray 5. That is, the angle between the reflection surface 31 of the optical path adjusting member 3 and the optical fingerprint sensor 2 is 45 °. Accordingly, the incident angles of the first and second light rays 5 and 6 incident on the reflection surface 31 are 45 °. The arrangement of the optical fingerprint sensor 2 and the opening 14 is facilitated when the reflecting surface 31 of the optical path adjusting member 3 makes an angle of 45 with the first light 5. Since the side wall of the housing 1 of the housing assembly 100 of most terminals 1000 is perpendicular to the back cover 12, when the angle between the reflection surface 31 of the light path adjusting element 3 and the first light 5 is 45 °, and the opening 14 is formed on the side wall of the housing 1, the optical fingerprint sensor 2 can be disposed parallel to the back cover 12, so that the thickness of the housing 1 can be reduced, and the housing assembly 100 can be made thin and light.
Referring now to fig. 1-3, housing assembly 100 of terminal 1000 in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention is described, it being understood that the following description is intended to be illustrative only and is not to be construed as limiting the invention.
As shown in fig. 1-3, the housing assembly 100 of the terminal 1000 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a housing 1, an optical fingerprint sensor 2, an optical path adjusting element 3 and a transparent shielding plate 4, wherein the optical fingerprint sensor 2 is used for collecting fingerprint information.
Specifically, the housing 1 includes a front cover 11 and a rear cover 12 which are arranged in parallel, the front cover 11 and the rear cover 12 are fastened to define a cavity 13, a side wall of the housing 1 is arranged perpendicular to the rear cover 12 of the housing 1, an opening 14 is formed on the side wall of the housing 1, an insertion groove 121 is formed on a surface of the rear cover 12 facing the inner side of the cavity 13 at a position opposite to the opening 14, the optical fingerprint sensor 2 is inserted into the insertion groove 121 and arranged parallel to the rear cover 12, the optical path adjusting element 3 is positioned right in front of the optical fingerprint sensor 2 and the optical path adjusting element 3 is inserted into an inner surface 41 of the front cover 11 facing the cavity 13, a reflecting surface 31 of the optical path adjusting element 3 is opposite to the opening 14 and forms an included angle of 45 degrees with the surface of the optical fingerprint sensor 2 facing the inner side of the cavity 13, a transparent shielding plate 4 is arranged on the housing 1 to shield the opening 14, the transparent shielding plate 4 is arranged perpendicular to the optical fingerprint sensor 2, the inner surface 41 of the transparent shutter 4 facing the inside of the chamber 13 and the outer surface 42 facing the outside of the chamber 13 are both planar and parallel to each other.
As shown in fig. 2, the light emitted from the optical fingerprint sensor 2 is the first light 5, the first light 5 is perpendicular to the surface of the optical fingerprint sensor 2 facing the inside of the chamber 13, as shown in fig. 2, the first light 5 is emitted in the front-back direction, the first light 5 is emitted from the optical fingerprint sensor 2 and reaches the reflective surface 31 of the optical path adjusting element 3, the first light 5 reflected by the optical path adjusting element 3 is emitted toward the opening 14 in the left-right direction and reaches the fingerprint surface after passing through the transparent shielding plate 4.
As shown in fig. 3, after the first light ray 5 reaches the surface of the fingerprint, the first light ray is reflected back, the reflected light ray is the second light ray 6, the second light ray 6 is reflected to the optical fingerprint sensor 2 through the light path adjusting element 3, and the optical fingerprint sensor 2 can capture the fingerprint image of the user.
According to the housing assembly 100 of the terminal 1000, the optical fingerprint sensor 2 is arranged in parallel to the thickness direction of the whole machine, the 45-degree light path adjusting element 3 is arranged right in front of the optical fingerprint sensor 2, the transparent shielding plate 4 is attached to the opening 14 of the side wall of the terminal 1000, the light source can penetrate through the transparent shielding plate 4 to reach the light path adjusting element 3, and then the light source can reflect 45 degrees to reach the sensing surface of the optical fingerprint sensor 2, so that the optical fingerprint sensor 2 is prevented from being arranged along the front-back direction, and the thickness of the whole machine of the terminal 1000 is skillfully reduced.
As shown in fig. 2 and 3, the opening 14 is provided with an engaging groove 141, and the transparent shielding plate 4 is fitted in the engaging groove 141, so that the transparent shielding plate 4 can be firmly fixed at the opening 14, and the external dust, liquid, etc. can be prevented from entering the opening 14, and the aesthetic property of the housing assembly 100 can be enhanced. In addition, the first adhesive layer is provided on the inner wall surface of the engaging groove 141, and the transparent shielding plate 4 is bonded to the engaging groove 141 by the first adhesive layer, so that not only can the reliability of connection between the transparent shielding plate 4 and the engaging groove 141 be improved, but also the dustproof and waterproof effects of the housing 1 can be improved.
As shown in fig. 2 and 3, a display screen 111 and a cover plate 112 are embedded on the front surface of the front cover 11, the display screen 111 is disposed between the front surface of the front cover 11 and the cover plate 112, the display screen 111 can be used for displaying information on the terminal 1000, and the cover plate 112 can protect the display screen 111. The case assembly 100 further includes a PCB board 7, the PCB board 7 is disposed in the insertion groove 121 of the rear cover 12 and between the optical fingerprint sensor 2 and the bottom wall of the insertion groove 121, and the optical fingerprint sensor 2 may be electrically connected to the PCB board 7.
Terminal 1000 in accordance with an embodiment of the invention is described below with reference to fig. 1-3.
Terminal 1000 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention can include housing assembly 100 of terminal 1000 as described above.
According to the terminal 1000 of the embodiment of the invention, the optical fingerprint sensor 2 for collecting fingerprint information is arranged in the housing 1, and the light path adjusting element 3 is adopted to adjust the transmission path of light, so that the dependence of the optical fingerprint sensor 2 on the space size is reduced, the terminal 1000 can flexibly select the position of the optical fingerprint sensor 2 according to the characteristics of the self component, and the design requirement of the terminal 1000 is met.
In some embodiments of the present invention, the terminal 1000 device can be various devices capable of acquiring and processing data from the outside, or the terminal 1000 device can be various devices which have a battery built therein and can acquire current from the outside to charge the battery, such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a computing device or an information display device.
In addition, terminal 1000 can also include attitude sensors, light sensors, and other sensors.
Specifically, the attitude sensor may also be referred to as a motion sensor, and as one of the motion sensors, a gravity sensor may be cited, which uses an elastic sensing element to make a cantilever type displacer and uses an energy storage spring made of the elastic sensing element to drive an electrical contact, thereby realizing conversion of a change in gravity into a change in an electrical signal.
Another example of the motion sensor is an accelerometer sensor, which can detect the magnitude of acceleration in each direction (generally, three axes), detect the magnitude and direction of gravity when stationary, and can be used for applications for recognizing the posture of a mobile phone (such as horizontal and vertical screen switching, related games, magnetometer posture calibration), vibration recognition related functions (such as pedometer and tapping), and the like.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the motion sensor listed above may be used as an element for obtaining the "attitude parameter" described later, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and other sensors capable of obtaining the "attitude parameter" fall within the protection scope of the present invention, for example, a gyroscope, etc., and the operation principle and the data processing procedure of the gyroscope may be similar to those of the prior art, and the detailed description thereof is omitted here for avoiding redundancy.
In addition, in the embodiment of the present invention, as the sensor, other sensors such as a barometer, a hygrometer, a thermometer, and an infrared sensor may be further configured, which are not described herein again.
In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples," etc., mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above are not necessarily intended to refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples. Moreover, various embodiments or examples and features of various embodiments or examples described in this specification can be combined and combined by one skilled in the art without being mutually inconsistent.
Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described above, it is understood that the above embodiments are exemplary and should not be construed as limiting the present invention, and that variations, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the above embodiments by those of ordinary skill in the art within the scope of the present invention.