CN111711721B

CN111711721B - Shell assembly, electronic equipment and control method thereof

Info

Publication number: CN111711721B
Application number: CN202010525053.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈士明
Original assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Priority date: 2020-06-10
Filing date: 2020-06-10
Publication date: 2021-11-09
Anticipated expiration: 2040-06-10
Also published as: CN111711721A

Abstract

The application provides a shell assembly, electronic equipment and a control method thereof; the housing assembly includes: the device comprises a shell, a key module and an indication module; the shell comprises a first connecting surface, a second connecting surface and an appearance surface, wherein the first connecting surface is provided with an installation groove, the appearance surface is provided with an installation hole, and the installation hole is arranged adjacent to the installation groove; the key module is arranged in the mounting groove and used for sensing touch operation from the appearance surface; the indication module is embedded in the mounting hole; the indicating module includes the shell and locates the pilot lamp in the shell, and the shell is equipped with electrochromic device in the surface that exposes the mounting hole at least, and electrochromic device is through changing the state and then realize sheltering from or expose the light that the pilot lamp sent via the mounting hole. This casing subassembly's pilot lamp combines together with electrochromic device, through the state of control pilot lamp with electrochromic device, can carry out the position indication of side key and hide the pilot lamp, promotes product experience and outward appearance expressive force.

Description

Shell assembly, electronic equipment and control method thereof

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of electronic equipment side key structures and control, in particular to a shell assembly, electronic equipment and a control method thereof.

Background

The side keys are common structures in electronic equipment, and in the conventional technology, the side keys (power keys or volume keys and the like) of the electronic equipment are all plastic or metal structures protruding out of the side edge of the whole machine, namely, the side keys are solid key structures. The structure has the main defects that the solid key and the frame (or the shell) are combined into a two-piece structure, and the position of the frame needs to be provided with a hole, so that the waterproof effect is poor, and the reliability of the whole machine is influenced; on the other hand, the relative side edge of the key is protruded, and the appearance consistency effect is poor.

In addition, in the conventional technology, a non-solid key is adopted, that is, the key module is pasted on the inner side of the shell, the shell has no protruding structure, but a groove or other marks for indicating the position of the side key are required to be arranged at the position of the frame corresponding to the key module, and the appearance consistency of the outer side surface of the frame is also affected due to the existence of the marks.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a shell assembly, electronic equipment and a control method thereof.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a housing assembly, including:

the shell comprises a first connecting surface, a second connecting surface and an appearance surface, wherein two opposite sides of the appearance surface are respectively connected with the first connecting surface and the second connecting surface; the first connecting surface is provided with an installation groove, the appearance surface is provided with an installation hole, and the installation hole is arranged adjacent to the installation groove;

the key module is arranged in the mounting groove and used for sensing touch operation from the appearance surface;

the indicating module is embedded in the mounting hole; the indicating module comprises a shell and an indicating lamp arranged in the shell, wherein the surface of the shell, which is at least exposed to the mounting hole, is provided with an electrochromic device, and the electrochromic device can shield or expose the light emitted by the indicating lamp through the mounting hole by changing the state.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device, where the electronic device includes a control circuit board and the housing assembly described in any of the above embodiments, and the control circuit board is electrically connected to the key module and the indication module of the housing assembly.

Further, an embodiment of the present application further provides a control method based on the electronic device in the foregoing embodiment, where the control method includes:

detecting a moving state of the electronic equipment;

and controlling the working states of the indicator lamp of the indicating module and the electrochromic device according to the moving state of the electronic equipment.

The embodiment of the application provides a shell assembly, electronic equipment and a control method thereof; the design of the middle frame (shell component) is carried out on the basis of realizing the touch key, the indicator light and the electrochromic device are added, and the indicator light and the electrochromic device are combined, so that the indicator light is turned off when the key position of a product is not required to be indicated, the electrochromic device has the same color as the middle frame, and when the indicator light is required to be displayed to prompt the key position of a user, the electrochromic device is transparent or light, and the indicator light is turned on. The switching between the states of the indicator light and the electrochromic device can be automatically realized. Make the user when needs the button, have the position indication, electrochromic becomes the colour the same with the center when not needing the button, reaches the appearance effect of a whole in a whole, and control pilot lamp through internal circuit and electrochromic device's state can give more selections of user, promotes product experience and outward appearance expressive force.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a physical key in the prior art;

FIG. 2 is a schematic overall structure diagram of an embodiment of an electronic device of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the electronic device in FIG. 2 with a partially disassembled structure;

FIG. 4 is a partial schematic structural view of an embodiment of the housing assembly of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic, exploded view of the housing assembly of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of an indicating module of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the structure of the module shown in FIG. 6 at A-A;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of a stacked structure composition of an embodiment of an electrochromic device;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of a partial structural stack of another embodiment of an electrochromic device of the present application;

FIG. 10 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a portion of the structure at B-B in FIG. 4;

FIG. 11 is a schematic structural component diagram of an embodiment of an electronic device of the present application;

fig. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of an electronic device control method according to the present application.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples. It is to be noted that the following examples are only illustrative of the present invention, and do not limit the scope of the present invention. Likewise, the following examples are only some but not all examples of the present invention, and all other examples obtained by those skilled in the art without any inventive step are within the scope of the present invention.

Reference herein to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment can be included in at least one embodiment of the invention. The appearances of the phrase in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. It is explicitly and implicitly understood by one skilled in the art that the embodiments described herein can be combined with other embodiments.

As used herein, an "electronic device" (or simply "terminal") includes, but is not limited to, an apparatus that is configured to receive/transmit communication signals via a wireline connection, such as via a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), a digital cable, a direct cable connection, and/or another data connection/network, and/or via a wireless interface (e.g., for a cellular network, a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), a digital television network such as a DVB-H network, a satellite network, an AM-FM broadcast transmitter, and/or another communication terminal). A communication terminal arranged to communicate over a wireless interface may be referred to as a "wireless communication terminal", "wireless terminal" or "mobile terminal". Examples of mobile terminals include, but are not limited to, satellite or cellular telephones; a Personal Communications System (PCS) terminal that may combine a cellular radiotelephone with data processing, facsimile and data communications capabilities; PDAs that may include radiotelephones, pagers, internet/intranet access, Web browsers, notepads, calendars, and/or Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers; and conventional laptop and/or palmtop receivers or other electronic devices that include a radiotelephone transceiver. A cellular phone is an electronic device equipped with a cellular communication module.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a physical key in the conventional technology, a key 992 is fixed by a frame 991, when the key 992 is pressed, the key 992 presses an elastic touch point 993, and after the key 992 is released, the elastic touch point 993 is pressed to rebound the key 992, in the scheme, a protruding structure (called a key 992 or a key cap) arranged outside the frame 991 is used for indicating the position of the key 992. In comparison, the technical solution in the present application is to improve a middle frame (a housing assembly) of an electronic device based on a structure of a touch key, and refer to the detailed description below. It should be noted that the terms "comprises" and "comprising," and any variations thereof, in the embodiments of the present application, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions. For example, a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not limited to only those steps or elements listed, but may alternatively include other steps or elements not listed, or may alternatively include other steps or elements inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

Referring to fig. 2 and fig. 3 together, fig. 2 is a schematic overall structure diagram of an embodiment of an electronic device of the present application, and fig. 3 is a schematic partial structure diagram of the electronic device in the embodiment of fig. 2; it should be noted that the electronic device in the present application may include an electronic device that needs to be provided with a virtual key, such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, and a wearable device. The electronic device in the embodiment of the present application includes, but is not limited to, the housing assembly 10, the display screen module 20, the functional device 30, the control circuit board 40, the battery 50, the rear cover 60, and the like. It should be noted that the terms "comprises" and "comprising," and any variations thereof, in the embodiments of the present application, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions. For example, a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not limited to only those steps or elements listed, but may alternatively include other steps or elements not listed, or may alternatively include other steps or elements inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, the housing assembly 10 cooperates with the rear cover 60 and the display screen cover 200 to form the accommodating space 1000, wherein, in some other embodiments, an integral rear housing structure of the housing assembly 10 and the rear cover 60 may be provided, that is, the electronic device may not include a separate rear cover 60. Referring to fig. 3, the display module 20 may further include a display cover plate and a display (not separately illustrated), wherein the display of the display module 20, the functional device 30, the control circuit board 40 and the battery 50 are disposed in the accommodating space 1000, the display module 20, the functional device 30 and the battery 50 are respectively connected to the control circuit board 40, the battery 50 supplies power to the electronic device, and the control circuit board 40 is configured to control working states of the display module 20 and the functional device 30. Alternatively, in the present embodiment, the functional device 30 may include at least one of a receiver, a camera module, a sensor, a flash, and a display module, which are not listed and described in detail herein within the understanding range of those skilled in the art.

In some embodiments, optionally, referring to fig. 4 and fig. 5 together, fig. 4 is a partial structural schematic view of an embodiment of the housing assembly of the present application, and fig. 5 is a structural exploded schematic view of the housing assembly in fig. 4. The housing assembly 10 in this embodiment includes a housing 100, a key module 200, and an indication module 300. The housing 100 in this embodiment may be a middle frame edge of the electronic device or a separate frame structure, and is not limited in this respect. The key module 200 and the indication module 300 are electrically connected to the control circuit board 40 respectively. The control circuit board 40 is used for controlling the key module 200 and indicating the working state of the module 300.

Optionally, the housing 100 includes a first connecting surface 110, a second connecting surface 120, and an appearance surface 130. The first connecting surface 110 is a top surface, the second connecting surface 120 is a bottom surface, and the appearance surface 130 is an outer surface of the housing. The first connection surface 110 and the second connection surface 120 may be both complex curved surfaces or formed by splicing multiple flat surfaces and curved surfaces, the appearance surface 130 may be a curved surface or a flat surface structure with good integrity, and specific structures of the first connection surface 110, the second connection surface 120 and the appearance surface 130 are not specifically limited herein. Alternatively, the housing 100 may be made of opaque plastic or metal.

In some embodiments, two opposite sides of the appearance surface 130 are respectively connected to the first connection surface 110 and the second connection surface 120; the first connecting surface 110 is provided with a mounting groove 111, the outer surface 130 is provided with a mounting hole 131, and the mounting hole 131 is disposed adjacent to the mounting groove 111. The key module 200 is disposed in the mounting groove 111 and configured to sense a touch operation from outside the exterior surface 130; wherein, button module 200 is the forced induction module, when pressing the outward appearance face 130 position that mounting hole 131 corresponds, the deformation of casing 100 can transmit the forced induction module, output voltage signal to play the effect of button. It should be noted that the terms "first", "second" and "third" in the present invention are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implying any number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first," "second," or "third" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise.

Optionally, the indication module 300 is embedded in the mounting hole 131. Referring to fig. 6 and 7 together, fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of an indication module of the present application, and fig. 7 is a schematic structural cross-sectional view of the indication module at a-a in fig. 6. an indication module 300 in the present embodiment includes a housing 310 and an indication lamp 320 disposed in the housing 310, where the housing 310 may be made of a transparent resin material as long as the protection function of the indication lamp 320 is provided. The indicator light 320 may be an LED light.

In some embodiments, the housing 310 is provided with an electrochromic device 330 on at least a surface exposed to the mounting hole 131, and the electrochromic device 330 changes state to shield or expose light emitted from the indicator 320 through the mounting hole 131. In the embodiment, the specific shape of the indication module 300 is not particularly limited. In the indicating module 300 of the present embodiment, the electrochromic device 330 is attached to the surface of the housing 310 exposed to the mounting hole 131, but in some other embodiments, the electrochromic device may also wrap the entire outer surface of the housing 310, and the details are not described herein within the understanding range of those skilled in the art. Wherein the electrochromic device blocks or exposes the light emitted from the indicator lamp 320 through the mounting hole 131 by changing at least one of a color and a transmittance.

Optionally, referring to fig. 8, fig. 8 is a schematic view illustrating a composition of a stacked structure of an embodiment of an electrochromic device, in the embodiment, an electrochromic device 330 includes a first substrate 331, a first conductive layer 332, a color-changing material layer 333, and a second conductive layer 334, which are sequentially stacked. The material of the first substrate 331 may be glass or a transparent resin material with a certain hardness, and the first substrate 331 plays a role of support. Such as PET (Polyethylene terephthalate, abbreviated as PET or PEIT, commonly called polyester resin, a polycondensate of terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol), PMMA (poly (methyl methacrylate), abbreviated as PMMA), also called Acrylic, Acrylic or plexiglass, etc. Further material types for the first substrate 331 are not listed and described in detail herein, as would be understood by one of ordinary skill in the art. The first conductive layer 332, the color-changing material layer 333, and the second conductive layer 334 may be formed by Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD), specifically including vacuum evaporation, sputtering, and ion plating (hollow cathode ion plating, hot cathode ion plating, arc ion plating, reactive ion plating, radio frequency ion plating, and dc discharge ion plating).

Alternatively, the thicknesses of the first conductive layer 332 and the second conductive layer 334 may be between 100nm and 300nm, and specifically may be 100nm, 120nm, 150nm, 200nm, 280nm, 300nm, and the like. The first conductive layer 332 and the second conductive layer 334 are made of a transparent conductive material. The transparent conductive material may be Indium Tin Oxide (ITO), zinc aluminum oxide (AZO), or a graphene thin film, etc. The electrochromic material included in the color-changing material layer 333 may be an organic polymer (including polyaniline, polythiophene, etc.), an inorganic material (prussian blue, a transition metal oxide such as tungsten trioxide), an organic small molecule (viologen), or the like.

The color-changing material layer 333 has a similar structure when it is an organic polymer or an inorganic material. Referring to fig. 9, fig. 9 is a schematic partial structure layer diagram of another embodiment of an electrochromic device 330 according to the present application, wherein the electrochromic device includes a first conductive layer 332, a color-changing layer 3331, an ion-conducting layer 3332, an ion storage layer 3333, and a second conductive layer 334, which are sequentially stacked. The ion storage layer 3333 may be implanted with a Li metal material. The first conductive layer 332, the color-changing layer 3331 (wherein the color-changing layer 3331 is an organic polymer or an inorganic material as described above), the ion conductive layer 3332, the ion storage layer 3333 and the second conductive layer 334 may be formed sequentially by PVD, and the detailed technical features thereof will not be described herein in detail within the understanding of those skilled in the art. In addition, the color-changing material layer 333 may also be an organic small molecule. When the color-changing material layer 333 is an organic small molecule, a specific formation manner may be that the color-changing material layer is formed between the first conductive layer 332 and the second conductive layer 334 by a vacuum filling process. Of course, in other embodiments, the electrochromic device 330 may also be in the form of other structures or principles, and is not limited herein.

With continued reference to fig. 4, optionally, in some embodiments, the surface of the electrochromic device 330 exposed to the mounting hole 131 is flush with the appearance surface 130, which may better ensure the consistency of the appearance surface.

Optionally, with continuing reference to fig. 4 and fig. 5, the mounting hole 131 is located inside the housing 100, and two ends of the mounting hole are located on the first connecting surface 110 and the appearance surface 130, respectively, the housing assembly 10 further includes an FPC 400, one end of the FPC 400 is connected to the indicating module 300, and the other end of the FPC 400 penetrates through the mounting hole 131 for connecting to the control circuit board 40. It should be noted that all the directional indicators (such as upper, lower, left, right, front and rear … …) in the embodiment of the present invention are only used to explain the relative position relationship between the components, the movement situation, etc. in a specific posture (as shown in the drawing), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indicator is changed accordingly.

Referring to fig. 4 and 10 together, fig. 10 is a schematic partial sectional view of the structure at B-B in fig. 4, and optionally, the mounting hole 131 includes a first hole section 1311 and a second hole section 1312 that are communicated with each other, the first hole section 1311 is disposed near the exterior surface 130, the second hole section 1312 is disposed near the first connection surface 110, a hole diameter of the first hole section 1311 is larger than a hole diameter of the second hole section 1312, the first hole section 1311 is used for accommodating the indication module 300, and an end of the FPC 400 connected to the indication module 300 is attached to a bottom wall 13110 of the first hole section 1311 connected to the second hole section 1312.

Optionally, with continuing reference to fig. 6 and 10, a metal contact 410 is disposed at one end of the FPC 400 connected to the indication module 300, a connection elastic sheet 340 is disposed on a surface of an outer shell of the indication module 300, and the connection elastic sheet 340 abuts against the metal contact 410, so that the indication module 300 is electrically connected to the FPC 400. The connection spring 340 can provide electrical connection between the indicator 320 and the electrochromic device 330.

Optionally, the electronic device in the embodiment of the present application further includes other functional components, please refer to fig. 11, and fig. 11 is a schematic structural component diagram of an embodiment of the electronic device in the present application. The electronic device may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a wearable device, etc., and the mobile phone is taken as an example in the figure of this embodiment. The electronic device may include an RF circuit 910, a memory 920, an input unit 930, a display unit 940 (i.e., the display module 20 in the above embodiments), a sensor 950, an audio circuit 960, a wifi module 970, a processor 980, a power supply 990 (i.e., the battery 50 in the above embodiments), and the like. Wherein the RF circuit 910, the memory 920, the input unit 930, the display unit 940, the sensor 950, the audio circuit 960, and the wifi module 970 are respectively connected with the processor 980; power supply 990 is used to provide power to the entire electronic device.

Specifically, the RF circuit 910 is used for transmitting and receiving signals; the memory 920 is used for storing data instruction information; the input unit 930 is used for inputting information, and may specifically include a touch panel 931 and other input devices 932 such as operation keys; the display unit 940 may include a display panel 941; the sensor 950 includes an infrared sensor, a laser sensor, etc. for detecting a user approach signal, a distance signal, etc.; the speaker 961 and the microphone 962 are connected to the processor 980 through the audio circuit 960 for emitting and receiving sound signals; the wifi module 970 is used for receiving and transmitting wifi signals, and the processor 980 is used for processing data information of the electronic device.

The shell assembly and the electronic equipment thereof provided by the embodiment of the application are designed on the basis of realizing touch keys, the indicator lamp and the electrochromic device are added, and are combined, so that when the key position is not required to be indicated by a product, the indicator lamp is turned off, the electrochromic device in the appearance is in the same color as the appearance of the middle frame, and when the indicator lamp is required to be displayed to prompt the key position of a user, the electrochromic device is transparent or light, and the indicator lamp is turned on. The switching between the states of the indicator light and the electrochromic device can be automatically realized. Make the user when needs the button, have the position indication, electrochromic becomes the colour the same with the center when not needing the button, reaches the appearance effect of a whole in a whole, and control pilot lamp through internal circuit and electrochromic device's state can give more selections of user, promotes product experience and outward appearance expressive force.

In addition, an embodiment of the present application further provides a control method of an electronic device, please refer to fig. 12, where fig. 12 is a schematic flowchart of an embodiment of the control method of an electronic device of the present application, and the control method in the present embodiment includes, but is not limited to, the following steps.

Step M1201, detecting a moving state of the electronic device.

In this step, the movement state of the electronic device may be represented as a change in acceleration, for example, by detecting whether the electronic device is picked up or a user is ready to put down by using a sensor (e.g., a gyroscope, an acceleration sensor, etc.) built in the electronic device, or by sensing in another manner, for example, detecting whether there is a motion of shaking the electronic device.

And step M1202, controlling the working states of an indicator light of the indicating module and the electrochromic device according to the moving state of the electronic equipment.

In step M1202, when the electronic device is detected to be in the lifted state, the indicator light is turned on and the electrochromic device is turned off (or the electrochromic device is in the high transmittance state or the light color state), and the key position is indicated to the user; similarly, when it is detected that the user is ready to put down the electronic device, the key positions also need to be indicated. When the electronic equipment is detected to be in a static state or a normal use state, the indicator lamp is turned off, and the electrochromic device is turned on (or the electrochromic device is in a low transmittance state or in the same color state as the appearance surface of the shell).

In addition, the response time for turning on the indicator light state may be set, for example, 1 second, 2 seconds, 5 seconds or more, and the indicator light is automatically turned off and the electrochromic device is turned on after a predetermined time has elapsed. It should be noted that, in the electrochromic device described in this embodiment, the on state is the low transmittance state or the state with the same color as the external surface of the housing, and the off state is the high transmittance state or the light color state, of course, in some other embodiments, the control manner may be the opposite, and is not limited specifically here. According to the technical scheme in the embodiment of the application, the state of the electronic equipment can be automatically acquired through the sensor, so that the position of the indication key can be further realized, the user can select whether to manually turn on or turn off the indication lamp according to needs through software setting, the indication lamp can also select different colors to give more choices to the user, and the product experience and the appearance expressive force are improved.

Optionally, the step of detecting the moving state of the electronic device (i.e., the step of M1201) may specifically include: detecting whether the moving acceleration of the electronic equipment is greater than a first preset value; when the moving acceleration of the electronic equipment is larger than a first preset value, the step of controlling the working states of the indicator lamp of the indication module and the electrochromic device according to the moving state of the electronic equipment comprises the following steps: and controlling the indicator light to be lightened and controlling the transmittance of the electrochromic device to be greater than a first preset threshold value. When the moving acceleration of the electronic equipment is larger than the first preset value, it can be judged that the electronic equipment may have large-amplitude actions such as picking up, putting down or shaking, and therefore the position of the side key needs to be indicated.

In some embodiments, the step of detecting the moving state of the electronic device (i.e., the step of M1201) may specifically include: detecting whether the moving acceleration of the electronic equipment is smaller than a second preset value; when the moving acceleration of the electronic equipment is smaller than a second preset value, the step of controlling the working states of the indicator lamp of the indication module and the electrochromic device according to the moving state of the electronic equipment comprises the following steps: and controlling the indicator light to be turned off and controlling the transmittance of the electrochromic device to be smaller than a second preset threshold. Further optionally, when the moving acceleration of the electronic device is smaller than the second preset value, the control method further includes controlling the color of the electrochromic device to be the same as or similar to the color of the outer appearance surface of the housing. The control method can ensure the consistency of the appearance of the electronic equipment and enhance the appearance expressive force.

Optionally, the specific values of the second preset value and the first preset value may be set by a user, as long as the second preset value is smaller than the first preset value, and similarly, the second preset threshold and the first preset threshold may also be set by the user, as long as the second preset threshold is smaller than the first preset threshold. When the moving acceleration of the electronic equipment is smaller than the second preset value, the electronic equipment can be judged to be possibly in a static placing state or a static using state by a user, and therefore the position of the side key does not need to be indicated.

The touch key is a novel electronic equipment key form, and how to indicate the key position is a problem which is difficult to avoid by using the touch key. The control method can enable the product to turn off the indicator lamp when the key position is not required to be indicated, the electrochromic device in the appearance is shielded by the same color or dark color as the middle frame in appearance, and when the key position of a user is required to be prompted, the electrochromic device is transparent or light in color, and the indicator lamp is turned on. The sensor senses the state of the electronic equipment, such as being picked up, put down, still or used, automatically realizes the switching of the states of the indicator light and the electrochromic device, and greatly provides user experience.

The above description is only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all equivalent devices or equivalent processes performed by the present invention through the contents of the specification and the drawings, or directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A housing assembly, comprising:

the indicating module is embedded in the mounting hole; the indicating module comprises a shell and an indicating lamp arranged in the shell, wherein the surface of the shell, which is at least exposed to the mounting hole, is provided with an electrochromic device, the electrochromic device judges whether the state is changed through movement acceleration so as to shield or expose light emitted by the indicating lamp through the mounting hole, and the indicating lamp is turned on within response time when the state of the electrochromic device is changed into a transparent color, so that the indicating lamp is used for prompting a user of the position of the key module.

2. The housing assembly of claim 1, wherein two ends of the mounting hole are respectively located at the first connecting surface and the appearance surface, the housing assembly further comprises an FPC, one end of the FPC is connected to the indicating module, and the other end of the FPC penetrates through the mounting hole for connecting to a control circuit board.

3. The housing assembly of claim 2, wherein the mounting hole includes a first hole section and a second hole section that are connected to each other, the first hole section is disposed near the outer surface, the second hole section is disposed near the first connecting surface, the first hole section has a larger diameter than the second hole section, and an end of the FPC connected to the indicating module is attached to a bottom wall of the first hole section connected to the second hole section.

4. The shell assembly according to claim 3, wherein a metal contact is arranged at one end of the FPC connected with the indication module, a connection elastic sheet is arranged on the surface of the shell of the indication module, and the connection elastic sheet is abutted against the metal contact, so that the indication module is electrically connected with the FPC.

5. The housing assembly of claim 1, wherein a surface of the electrochromic device exposed at the mounting hole is flush with the appearance surface.

6. The housing assembly of any one of claims 1-5, wherein the housing is made of opaque plastic or metal.

7. The housing assembly of any of claims 1-5, wherein the electrochromic device changes state by changing at least one of color and transmittance.

8. An electronic device, comprising a control circuit board and the housing assembly of any one of claims 1-7, wherein the control circuit board is electrically connected to the key module and the indication module of the housing assembly.

9. A control method for an electronic device according to claim 8, the control method comprising:

detecting the moving state of the electronic equipment through the moving acceleration;

the method comprises the steps of controlling an indicator light of an indicating module and the working state of an electrochromic device according to the moving state of the electronic equipment, wherein the indicator light is turned on within response time when the working state of the electrochromic device is transparent, and is used for prompting a user of the position of the key module.

10. The control method according to claim 9, wherein the step of detecting the moving state of the electronic device includes: detecting whether the moving acceleration of the electronic equipment is greater than a first preset value; when the moving acceleration of the electronic equipment is larger than a first preset value, the step of controlling the working states of the indicator lamp of the indication module and the electrochromic device according to the moving state of the electronic equipment comprises the following steps: and controlling the indicator light to be lightened and controlling the transmittance of the electrochromic device to be greater than a first preset threshold value.

11. The control method according to claim 10, wherein the step of detecting the moving state of the electronic device includes: detecting whether the moving acceleration of the electronic equipment is smaller than a second preset value; when the moving acceleration of the electronic equipment is smaller than a second preset value, the step of controlling the working states of the indicator lamp of the indication module and the electrochromic device according to the moving state of the electronic equipment comprises the following steps: controlling the indicator light to be turned off and controlling the transmittance of the electrochromic device to be smaller than a second preset threshold; and the second preset value is smaller than the first preset value, and the second preset threshold value is smaller than the first preset threshold value.

12. The control method of claim 11, wherein when the moving acceleration of the electronic device is smaller than a second preset value, the control method further comprises controlling the color of the electrochromic device to be the same as the color of the appearance surface of the housing.