TWI774494B - Portable electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention discloses a portable electronic device, which includes a casing, a first support member and a second support member. The casing has a display surface and a back surface opposite to the display surface. The first support member and the second support member are respectively related foldable disposed on the back surface along a shaft; wherein, there is a distance between a bottom side of the casing and a bottom side of the unfolded first support member and a bottom side of second support member.

Description

Portable Electronic Device

The present invention relates to an electronic device, in particular to a portable electronic device with a support structure.

With the development of electronic technology, various consumer electronic products (such as tablets or mobile phones) are developing towards miniaturization so that users can carry them easily and use them anytime, anywhere.

Most of the existing tablets (or mobile phones) on the market need to rely on some special sheaths, peripheral devices (such as external keyboards) or surrounding objects to support the device body. If the tablet (or mobile phone) presents a fixed angle, it cannot be properly adjusted according to personal usage needs or habits, and even sliding and unstable situations may occur.

In addition, there are some brands of tablets on the market that are designed with a foldable bracket, which can support the tablet body as long as the bracket is folded. However, due to the limitation of one-sided support, the original product can support the function of flipping the screen. The tablet is used in a horizontal screen and cannot achieve the convenience of using a vertical screen.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a portable electronic device, which can be switched to a horizontal or vertical screen according to the user's needs, and can also arbitrarily adjust the appropriate viewing angle of the horizontal or vertical screen.

In order to achieve the above objective, a portable electronic device according to the present invention includes a casing, a first support member and a second support member. The casing has a display surface and a back surface opposite to the display surface. The first support piece and the second support piece are respectively arranged on the back side so as to be foldable relative to each other along a rotation axis; wherein, a bottom edge of the casing, a bottom edge of the unfolded first support piece and a bottom edge of the second support piece There is a distance between the bottom edges.

In one embodiment, the extension direction of the rotating shaft is parallel to one side of the casing, and the side of the casing is connected to the bottom side of the casing.

In one embodiment, the first support member and the second support member are folded at a first angle and a second angle relative to each other, so that the first support member, the second support member and the bottom edge of the casing can be supported on a plane together. Portable electronic device.

In one embodiment, the first support member or the second support member is folded relative to a first angle or a second angle, so that the first support member or the second support member and the side of the casing can be supported on a plane together. Portable electronic device.

In one embodiment, the angle at which the portable device is supported can be changed by adjusting the first angle and the second angle.

In one embodiment, the first support member and the second support member are substantially coplanar with the back surface when the first support member and the second support member are not folded.

In one embodiment, the distance is greater than or equal to 1.5 centimeters and less than or equal to 3 centimeters.

In one embodiment, the first support member and the second support member are symmetrical structures with respect to the rotation axis.

In one embodiment, the first support member and the second support member are asymmetrical structures with respect to the rotating shaft.

In view of the above, in the portable electronic device of the present invention, the first support member and the second support member are respectively disposed on the back of the casing so as to be foldable relative to each other along a rotation axis, and the bottom edge of the casing is connected to the back of the casing. There is a structural design of a distance between the bottom edge of the unfolded first support and the bottom edge of the second support, so that the portable electronic device of the present invention can be viewed according to the situation without adding any accessories. According to the needs of the viewers, both the vertical screen and the horizontal screen can be flexibly adjusted from multiple angles, so that the viewer can more conveniently and flexibly adjust the appropriate viewing angle of the vertical screen and the horizontal screen.

The portable electronic device according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the related drawings, wherein the same elements will be described with the same reference signs.

The portable electronic device of the present invention is, for example, but not limited to, a tablet PC (tablet PC), a mobile phone (Cellular Phone), a satellite navigation (global position system, GPS), a personal digital assistant (Personal Digital Assistant) or a palmtop computer (Palm). -Size PC). The following embodiments take a tablet computer as an example.

1A is a schematic view of the back of the portable electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1B is a schematic view of the back of the portable electronic device shown in FIG. 1A , and FIG. 1C is a schematic view of the portable electronic device shown in FIG. 1A . Schematic diagrams of usage scenarios. FIG. 1D is a schematic side view of the portable electronic device shown in FIG. 1C , FIG. 1E is a schematic diagram of another usage scenario of the portable electronic device shown in FIG. 1A , and FIG. 1F is shown in FIG. 1E Schematic side view of the portable electronic device. Here, FIGS. 1A to 1D are examples of presenting a horizontal screen, while FIGS. 1E and 1F are an example of presenting a vertical screen.

Referring first to FIGS. 1A to 1D , the portable electronic device 1 includes a casing 11 , a first support 12 and a second support 13 .

The casing 11 has a display surface S1 and a back surface S2 opposite to the display surface S1. The display surface S1 of the casing 11 is the side facing the viewer, the display surface S1 can display images for the viewer to watch, and the back S2 is the side facing away from the viewer. In this embodiment, the rear surface S2 of the casing 11 has a recess U. Here, the back surface S2 with the concave portion U can be regarded as a part of the back cover of the portable electronic device 1 .

The first support member 12 and the second support member 13 are respectively disposed on the back surface S2 so as to be foldable relative to each other along a rotation axis L. As shown in FIG. The first support member 12 and the second support member 13 in this embodiment are disposed opposite to each other along the rotation axis L, and are located in the recess U. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B , the first support member 12 and the second support member 13 are symmetrical with respect to the rotation axis L (the rotation axis L is symmetrical with each other, and both have the same size). When not folded, the first support 12 and the second support 13 can be accommodated in the recess U, and the first support 12 , the second support 13 and the back surface S2 stored in the recess U are substantially coplanar. Therefore, the casing 11 , the first supporting member 12 and the second supporting member 13 constitute the device body of the portable electronic device 1 (the first supporting member 12 and the second supporting member 13 can be regarded as a part of the back cover). The sum of the areas of the first support member 12 and the second support member 13 in this embodiment is substantially smaller than the area of the bottom surface B of the recess U.

As shown in FIG. 1C and FIG. 1D , the first support 12 and the second support 13 can be folded over the rotation axis L as the center to leave the recess U. The folded angle of the first support 12 relative to the recess U (bottom surface B) is the first angle θ1, and the folded angle of the second support 13 relative to the recess U (bottom B) is the second angle θ2, the first angle θ1 The angle θ2 and the second angle θ2 may be greater than 0 degrees and less than or equal to 90 degrees, of course, not limited thereto. In different embodiments, the first angle θ1 or the second angle θ2 may also be greater than 90 degrees. Here, “the first angle θ1 and the second angle θ2 ” can be defined as the angles between the first support member 12 , the second support member 13 and the bottom surface B of the recess U, respectively. In some embodiments, the first supporting member 12 and the second supporting member 13 can be folded independently (they do not interfere with each other); or, the folding of the two can be designed to be linked by means of a mechanism linkage, the present invention not limited.

When the portable electronic device 1 presents a horizontal screen, the first supporting member 12 can be folded relative to the first angle θ1 or the second supporting member 13 can be folded relative to the second angle θ2 to make the first supporting member 12 Or, the second support member 13 and one side of the casing 11 support the portable electronic device 1 together on a plane P (eg, a desktop). Here, the portable electronic device 1 is supported on the plane P by a first angle θ1 at which the portable electronic device 1 presents a horizontal screen and the first support member 12 is folded relative to the side 114 of the casing 11 to support the portable electronic device 1 on the plane P. example. Of course, the portable electronic device 1 can also be supported on the plane P by the relative folded second angle θ2 of the second support 13 and the side edge 113 of the casing 11 , which is not limited in the present invention. The above-mentioned first angle θ1 and second angle θ2 may be the same or different, and the present invention is not limited.

In application, the first support member 12 or/and the second support member 13 can be folded with the rotation axis L as the center according to the needs of the viewer, and the first angle θ1 and/or the second angle can be adjusted according to the needs of the viewer. The angle θ2 is used to change the angle at which the portable device 1 is supported, so as to achieve the viewing angle desired by the viewer when the horizontal screen is displayed.

In addition, in order to enable the portable electronic device 1 to present an upright image without adding any accessories, for viewers to watch from different angles, a bottom edge of the casing 11 of the present embodiment is connected to the unfolded first There is a distance between the bottom edge of the support member 12 and the bottom edge of the second support member 13 ; the extending direction of the rotating shaft L is parallel to one side of the casing 11 , and the side is connected to the bottom side.

Specifically, referring to FIG. 1A and in conjunction with FIGS. 1E and 1F , the housing 11 has two opposite bottom edges 111 , 112 and two opposite side edges 113 , 114 , and the side edges 113 and 114 are respectively connected to the bottom. sides 111 and 112 , and the extending direction of the rotation axis L is parallel to the side 113 or the side 114 of the casing 11 . Here, the bottom sides 111 and 112 of the above-mentioned casing 11 are the short sides of the portable electronic device 1 , the side sides 113 and 114 are the long sides of the portable electronic device 1 , and the extension direction of the rotating shaft L corresponds to the portable electronic device 1 . The long sides (sides 113 and 114 ) of the electronic device 1 are parallel.

In addition, the first support member 12 has two opposite bottom edges 121 and 122, and the second support member 13 also has two opposite bottom edges 131 and 132. The bottom edge 121 is adjacent to the bottom edge 131 and faces the bottom edge 111 and the bottom edge 122. It is adjacent to the bottom edge 132 and faces the bottom edge 112 . Here, the bottom edges 121 , 122 of the first support member 12 correspond to the bottom edges 111 , 112 of the housing 11 , respectively, and the bottom edges 131 , 132 of the second support member 13 also correspond to the bottom edges 111 , 112 of the housing 11 , respectively. 112. There is a distance d1 between the bottom edge 111 of the housing 11 and the bottom edge 121 of the unfolded first support 12 and the bottom edge 131 of the second support 13 in this embodiment, and the bottom edge 112 of the housing 11 There is a distance d2 between the bottom edge 122 of the unfolded first support member 12 and the bottom edge 132 of the second support member 13 . Among them, the distances d1 and d2 can be respectively greater than or equal to 1.5 cm and less than or equal to 3 cm (1.5cm≤d1≤3cm, 1.5cm≤d2≤3cm). In some embodiments, the distance d1 and the distance d2 may be the same or different. The distance d1 and the distance d2 in this embodiment are the same as an example. For example, in some embodiments, taking a 12-inch tablet computer as an example, the distances d1 and d2 may be, for example, but not limited to, 2 cm.

In other words, in order to make the portable electronic device 1 of this embodiment stand on the plane P without adding any accessories, especially on the two opposite short sides of the back S2 of the casing 11 in this embodiment (that is, the bottom edges 111 and 112) respectively reserve a certain distance (d1, d2) or space (the appropriate distance or space can be designed according to the size, size or weight of the product). As shown in FIG. 1E and FIG. 1F , when the portable electronic device 1 is displayed in an upright screen, the first angle θ1 and the second angle θ2 at which the first support member 12 and the second support member 13 are folded relative to each other can make the first angle θ1 and the second angle θ2 . A supporting member 12, a second supporting member 13 and the bottom edge 111 (or bottom edge 112) of the casing 11 together support the portable electronic device 1 on the plane P, and the first angle θ1 and the second angle θ2 can be adjusted to change the value of the portable electronic device 1 . The angle at which the portable device 1 is supported.

Therefore, the supporting angle can be derived by using the first supporting member 12 and the second supporting member 13 ( FIG. 1C to FIG. 1F ). At the same time, since the first angle θ1 of the first supporting member 12 and the second angle θ2 of the second supporting member 13 It can be adjusted according to the needs of the viewer, so that the portable electronic device 1 can display flexible adjustment of multiple angles in both the horizontal screen and the vertical screen, so that the viewer can adjust the horizontal screen and the vertical screen more conveniently and flexibly. Appropriate viewing angle.

FIG. 2A is a schematic diagram of a usage situation of the portable electronic device according to different embodiments of the present invention, and FIG. 2B is a schematic side view of the portable electronic device shown in FIG. 2A .

As shown in FIG. 2A and FIG. 2B , the main difference between the portable electronic device 1 a of the present embodiment and the portable electronic device 1 of the previous embodiment is that the first supporting member 12 a and the second supporting member 12 a of the portable electronic device 1 a The support member 13a is asymmetrical with respect to the rotation axis L. As shown in FIG. Here, the size of the first supporter 12a is larger than that of the second supporter 13a. In addition, the first angle θ1 of the first support member 12a and the second angle θ2 of the second support member 13a in this embodiment are also different. Even though the first supporting member 12a and the second supporting member 13a in this embodiment are asymmetrical with respect to the rotation axis L, the portable electronic device 1 can be displayed in a horizontal or vertical position according to the needs of the viewer. Flexible adjustment allows viewers to more conveniently and flexibly adjust the appropriate viewing angle for vertical and horizontal screens.

To sum up, in the portable electronic device of the present invention, the first support member and the second support member are respectively disposed on the back of the casing so as to be foldable relative to each other along a rotation axis, and the bottom edge of the casing is connected to the There is a structural design of a distance between the bottom edge of the unfolded first support and the bottom edge of the second support, so that the portable electronic device of the present invention can be viewed according to the situation without adding any accessories. According to the needs of the viewers, both the vertical screen and the horizontal screen can be flexibly adjusted from multiple angles, so that the viewer can more conveniently and flexibly adjust the appropriate viewing angle of the vertical screen and the horizontal screen.

The above description is exemplary only, not limiting. Any equivalent modifications or changes that do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention should be included in the scope of the appended patent application.

1,1a: Portable Electronic Devices 11: Shell 111,112,121,122,131,132: Bottom edge 113, 114: Side 12, 12a: first support 13, 13a: Second support B: Bottom d1,d2: distance L: Spindle P: plane S1: Display surface S2: Back U: recess θ1: first angle θ2: second angle

FIG. 1A is a schematic diagram of a backside of a portable electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1B is a schematic perspective view of the back of the portable electronic device shown in FIG. 1A . FIG. 1C is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of a usage situation of the portable electronic device shown in FIG. 1A . FIG. 1D is a schematic side view of the portable electronic device shown in FIG. 1C . FIG. 1E is a schematic diagram of another usage scenario of the portable electronic device shown in FIG. 1A . FIG. 1F is a schematic side view of the portable electronic device shown in FIG. 1E . FIG. 2A is a schematic diagram of a usage situation of the portable electronic device according to different embodiments of the present invention. FIG. 2B is a schematic side view of the portable electronic device shown in FIG. 2A .

1: Portable electronic device

11: Shell

111,112,121.122,131,132: Bottom edge

113, 114: Side

12: The first support

13: Second support

B: Bottom

L: Spindle

S1: Display surface

S2: Back

U: recess

θ1: first angle

θ2: second angle

Claims (9)

A portable electronic device, comprising: a casing with a display surface and a back surface opposite to the display surface; and a first support member and a second support member, which are respectively foldable relative to each other along a rotation axis is arranged on the back; wherein, there is a distance between a bottom edge of the casing and a bottom edge of the unfolded first support member and a bottom edge of the second support member; wherein the rotating shaft is fixed on On the back side of the casing, after the first support member and the second support member are folded along the rotating shaft, the first support member, the second support member and the bottom edge of the casing support the In the portable electronic device, the first support piece, the second support piece and the bottom edge of the casing are separated from each other on the plane without contacting each other. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein an extension direction of the rotating shaft is parallel to one side of the casing, and the side of the casing is connected to the bottom side of the casing. The portable electronic device of claim 2, wherein the first support member and the second support member are folded at a first angle and a second angle relative to each other, so that the first support member and the second support member are folded relative to each other at a first angle and a second angle. The portable electronic device is supported on the plane together with the bottom edge of the casing. The portable electronic device of claim 2, wherein the first support member or the second support member is folded relative to a first angle or a second angle, so that the first support member or the second support member The portable electronic device is supported on the plane together with the side of the casing. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 3 or 4, wherein adjusting the first angle and the second angle can change the angle at which the portable device is supported. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first support member and the second support member are substantially coplanar with the back surface when the first support member and the second support member are not folded. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the distance is greater than or equal to 1.5 centimeters and less than or equal to 3 centimeters. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first support member and the second support member are symmetrical structures with respect to the rotation axis. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first support member and the second support member are asymmetrical structures relative to the rotating shaft.

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