CN101902889B

CN101902889B - Handheld electronic device

Info

Publication number: CN101902889B
Application number: CN 200910202833
Authority: CN
Inventors: 叶至善; 陈昭亿; 区宗源
Original assignee: High Tech Computer Corp
Current assignee: HTC Corp
Priority date: 2009-05-26
Filing date: 2009-05-26
Publication date: 2012-12-05
Anticipated expiration: 2029-05-26
Also published as: CN101902889A

Abstract

The invention discloses a handheld electronic device, comprising a first engine body, a second engine body, a linkage mechanism and a foot stool, wherein the second engine body is arranged on the first engine body in a slidable manner; the linkage mechanism is arranged between the first engine body and th second engine body and is provided with a driven end and a drive end which are mutually linked, and the driven end is driven by the first engine body and the second engine body; the foot stool is arranged between the first engine body and the second engine body in a slidable manner and is driven by the drive end of the linkage mechanism; and when the second engine body is far away from the first engine body along an operation direction, the drive end drives the foot stool to move along the operation direction and the first engine body exposes the foot stool. The handheld electronic device in the invention can realize the function of standing via the foot stool.

Description

Hand-hold electronic device

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of hand-hold electronic device, and particularly relate to a kind of hand-hold electronic device of the function that realizes standing.

Background technology

Hand-hold electronic device is meant the electronic installation that can let the user carry and manipulate.Hand-hold electronic device has smaller volume and weight usually, so that the user carries.Common hand-hold electronic device has mobile phone, multimedia player, personal digital assistant, handheld game device, hand-held satellite navigation and notebook computer etc.

The hand-hold electronic device that is sold on the market at present is not equipped with bracing frame or foot rest usually.Therefore,, then must hand-hold electronic device be placed on aid, on the for example compatible base (dock), hand-hold electronic device be stood up with hand-hold electronic device when user's desire is positioned over hand-hold electronic device when appreciating film on the desktop.In other words, the user must buy more the base of the hand-hold electronic device of can arranging in pairs or groups, and could realize the function of standing of hand-hold electronic device, therefore will cause extra expenditure.Simultaneously, base is unfavorable for portable, and the user can't carry base usually and go out, and the function of standing that makes hand-hold electronic device collocation base realize receives the restriction of use occasion.On the other hand, if be to adopt hand-held mode only, also have awkward problem by the user.

Summary of the invention

The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of hand-hold electronic device of the function that realizes standing, can let the user when using hand-hold electronic device, need or not use the held hand-hold electronic device through other instruments.

The present invention proposes a kind of hand-hold electronic device, comprises a first housing, a second housing, an interlinked mechanism and a foot rest.The second housing is slidedly arranged on the first housing.Interlinked mechanism is arranged between the first housing and the second housing.Interlinked mechanism has a driven end and a drive end of mutual interlock, and driven end is driven in the first housing and the second housing.Foot rest is slidedly arranged between the first housing and the second housing, and is driven in the drive end of interlinked mechanism.When the second housing along a direction of operating during away from the first housing, drive end drives foot rest and moves along direction of operating, and the first housing exposes foot rest.

In one embodiment of this invention; The above-mentioned first housing and the second housing by driven end input along one first stroke (stroke) of direction of operating to interlinked mechanism; And interlinked mechanism is exported one second stroke to foot rest along direction of operating by the drive end correspondence, and second stroke is greater than first stroke.

In one embodiment of this invention, the above-mentioned first housing and the second housing are respectively equipped with one first guide rail and one second guide rail on adjacent two surfaces, and first guide rail and second guide rail intersect and have an angle less than 90 degree.Interlinked mechanism is between two surfaces, and driven end is slidedly arranged in first guide rail and second guide rail, and is positioned on the intersection point of first guide rail and second guide rail.

In one embodiment of this invention, above-mentioned interlinked mechanism comprises a connecting rod, and an end of connecting rod is slidedly arranged on the intersection point of first guide rail and second guide rail, and with as driven end, and the other end of connecting rod connects foot rest, with as drive end.

In one embodiment of this invention, above-mentioned foot rest is articulated in connecting rod, to pivot towards the direction away from the second housing.

In one embodiment of this invention, above-mentioned hand-hold electronic device more comprises an elastic component, is arranged on the pivot of foot rest and connecting rod, foot rest is provided the moment that pivots towards the direction away from the second housing.

In one embodiment of this invention, the angle of above-mentioned first guide rail and second guide rail is essentially 45 degree.

In one embodiment of this invention, the bearing of trend of the second above-mentioned guide rail is in fact perpendicular to direction of operating.

In one embodiment of this invention, above-mentioned hand-hold electronic device more comprises a screen, and screen is disposed on the second housing, and screen and the first housing lay respectively at the relative both sides of the second housing.

In one embodiment of this invention, above-mentioned portable electric device more comprises a plurality of loudspeaker, and loudspeaker are disposed at the side of the first housing towards the second housing, when the second housing when direction of operating moves with respect to the first housing, the second housing exposes loudspeaker.

Based on above-mentioned; When user's desire is used hand-hold electronic device; Only need the second housing is slided along direction of operating with respect to the first housing, foot rest can be come out by the first housing through the drive of interlinked mechanism, and then can pivot towards the direction away from the second housing.Therefore, hand-hold electronic device of the present invention can stand on the surface through foot rest, and the user must be via not hand-held or aid just can carry out for example action such as ornamental film or listoning music.

For letting the above-mentioned feature and advantage of the present invention can be more obviously understandable, hereinafter is special lifts embodiment, and cooperates appended accompanying drawing to elaborate as follows.

Description of drawings

Figure 1A to Fig. 1 C realizes standing the function operations step according to a kind of hand-hold electronic device of one embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 is the sketch map of the hand-hold electronic device of Fig. 1 C in another visual angle;

Fig. 3 A to Fig. 3 C illustrates the start flow process of the interlinked mechanism of hand-hold electronic device 100 inside in regular turn;

Fig. 4 A to Fig. 4 C and Fig. 5 A to Fig. 5 C are respectively the sketch map of the inner interlinked mechanism of the hand-hold electronic device 100 of different visual angles.

The main element symbol description

100: hand-hold electronic device

110: the first housing

112: the first guide rails

112a: first end

112b: second end

120: the second housing

122: the second guide rails

122a: the 3rd end

122b: the 4th end

130: interlinked mechanism

132: driven end

132a: first slide block

132b: second slide block

134: drive end

140: foot rest

150: loudspeaker

160: screen

170: direction of operating

180: elastic component

D: distance

S1: first stroke

S2: second stroke

Embodiment

Figure 1A to Fig. 1 C realizes standing the function operations step according to a kind of hand-hold electronic device of one embodiment of the invention.Fig. 2 is the sketch map of the hand-hold electronic device of Fig. 1 C in another visual angle.Please refer to Figure 1A and Figure 1B, hand-hold electronic device 100 comprises a first housing 110, a second housing 120, an interlinked mechanism 130 (being illustrated among Fig. 3 A) and a foot rest 140, and the second housing 120 is slidedly arranged on the first housing 110.In the present embodiment, hand-hold electronic device 100 for example is cover-slide-type handset or sliding cover type personal digital assistant.

In the present embodiment, have a screen 160 on the second housing 120 of hand-hold electronic device 100, it for example is a LCD screen.In addition, in order to realize the multimedia video function, more can be provided with loudspeaker 150 on the first housing 110 of hand-hold electronic device 100.Loudspeaker 150 are disposed at the side of the first housing 110 towards the second housing 120, and the screen 160 and the first housing 110 lay respectively at the relative both sides of the second housing 120.When the user moved with respect to the first housing 110 along a direction of operating 170 promotion second housings 120, the second housing 120 can expose loudspeaker 150.Thus, the user can view and admire the film that screen 160 is play simultaneously, and listens to the music that loudspeaker 150 are play.Otherwise, when the user does not re-use hand-hold electronic device 100, then the second housing 120 is pushed back position originally and gets final product.

It should be noted that in order to realize the function of standing of hand-hold electronic device 100, so that the user uses the video/audio function of hand-hold electronic device 100, the hand-hold electronic device 100 of present embodiment has further been integrated concealed foot rest 140.When the first housing 110 and the second housing 120 are the collapse state shown in Figure 1A; Foot rest 140 is incorporated in the hand-hold electronic device 100; And relatively move with the second housing 120 and become in the deployed condition process shown in Figure 1B when the user operates the first housing 110, foot rest 140 can reach synchronously and hold outside the electronic installation 100.Afterwards, like Fig. 1 C and shown in Figure 2, foot rest 140 can be towards pivoting away from the direction of the second housing 120, so that hand-hold electronic device 100 stands on the plane through foot rest 140, and then can let the user watch screen 160 comparatively like a cork.Below more conjunction with figs. further specifies the start flow process of the inner interlinked mechanism of hand-hold electronic device 100.

Fig. 3 A to Fig. 3 C illustrates the start flow process of the interlinked mechanism of aforementioned hand-hold electronic device 100 inside in regular turn, and wherein for clear expression interlinked mechanism, Fig. 3 A to Fig. 3 C has omitted the second housing 120 of part.In addition; Fig. 4 A to Fig. 4 C and Fig. 5 A to Fig. 5 C are respectively the sketch map of the inner interlinked mechanism of the hand-hold electronic device 100 of different visual angles; Wherein Fig. 4 A to Fig. 4 C has omitted the second housing 120 with the annexation of the expression first housing 110 with interlinked mechanism, and Fig. 5 A to Fig. 5 C has omitted the first housing 110 with the annexation of the expression second housing 120 with interlinked mechanism.

In the present embodiment; Aforesaid interlinked mechanism for example is a connecting rod 130; And be respectively equipped with first guide rail 112 and second guide rail 122 on the first housing 110 and the second housing 120 corresponding to connecting rod 130; To come drivening rod 130 starts, make connecting rod 130 drive foot rest 140 and stretch out outside the hand-hold electronic device 100 through first guide rail 112 and second guide rail 122.

Please be earlier with reference to figure 3A, Fig. 4 A and Fig. 5 A; In the present embodiment; Be arranged at connecting rod 130 between the first housing 110 and the second housing 120 and have a driven end 132 and a drive end 134 of mutual interlock, and driven end 132 is to be driven in the first housing 110 and the second housing 120.In addition, foot rest 140 is slidedly arranged between the first housing 110 and the second housing 120, and is driven in the drive end 134 of connecting rod 130.

In the present embodiment, the first housing 110 and the second housing 120 can be respectively equipped with one first guide rail 112 and one second guide rail 122 on adjacent two surfaces, and connecting rod 130 is between these two adjacent surfaces.One end 132 of connecting rod 130 as a driven end, is slidedly arranged in first guide rail 112 and second guide rail 122, and is positioned on the intersection point of first guide rail 112 and second guide rail 122.More detailed; One end 132 of connecting rod 130 is pivoted with the first slide block 132a and the second slide block 132b; The first slide block 132a is positioned at second guide rail 122; The second slide block 132b is positioned at first guide rail 112, so that an end 132 of connecting rod 130 can move along first guide rail 112 and second guide rail 122 with relatively moving of the second housing 120 along with the first housing 110 simultaneously.In addition, the other end 134 of connecting rod 130 as a drive end, connects foot rest 140.

Please refer to Fig. 3 B, Fig. 4 B and Fig. 5 B, first guide rail 112 and second guide rail 122 have the angle less than 90 degree, and this angle for example is 45 degree.In the present embodiment, the bearing of trend of second guide rail 122 comes down to perpendicular to direction of operating 170.When the user when direction of operating 170 promotes the second housings 120 and slides with respect to the first housing 110, the second housing 120 can drive driven ends 132 and moved toward one second end 112b by one first end 112a of first guide rail 112.Moreover driven end 132 also can be moved by past one the 4th end 122b of one the 3rd end 122a of second guide rail 122 through above-mentioned move mode simultaneously.It should be noted that drive end 134 can receive driven end 132 and drive, and then drive foot rest 140 and move and come out by the first housing 110.

Please follow with reference to figure 3C, Fig. 4 C and Fig. 5 C, foot rest 140 protrudes in after the first housing 110, can pivot with respect to the first housing 110 and the second housing 120.Say that further foot rest 140 can be the axle center through its pivot that is connected with connecting rod 130, and pivot towards direction away from the second housing 120.Thus, hand-hold electronic device 100 can be realized the function of standing through foot rest 140.Present embodiment can be provided with an elastic component 180 on the pivot of foot rest 140 and connecting rod 130, a torque spring for example is in order to provide the moment that pivots towards the direction away from the second housing 120 to foot rest 140.

Through above-mentioned design, the user only need pass through one-handed performance hand-hold electronic device 100, and the second housing 120 is slided with respect to the first housing 110, just can make foot rest 140 stretch out hand-hold electronic device 100, to realize the function of standing of hand-hold electronic device 100.Therefore, the user can remove complicated operating procedure from, and is quite time saving and energy saving.Certainly; The interlinked mechanism of aforementioned connecting rod kenel only is a usefulness for example, and in fact, those skilled in the art is after the explanation with reference to previous embodiment; When can through other for example gear train or the combination of mechanism's moving part reach the effect identical with previous embodiment, no longer repeat to give unnecessary details here.

In addition, (hiding) foot rest can be taken in when the interlinked mechanism that previous embodiment proposed has standby fully, and the characteristic of foot rest to hand-hold electronic device of sufficient length can be stretched out when using.That is; In the start flow process of previous embodiment; The actual stroke that moves of foot rest can be greater than the stroke that moves each other between the first housing and the second housing; Make that stretching out the outer foot rest of hand-hold electronic device has enough length, is enough to the firm support hand-hold electronic device, and makes hand-hold electronic device be unlikely to topple over because of crank.

Please once again with reference to Figure 1A, Figure 1B, Fig. 4 A and Fig. 4 B; When the first housing 110 and the second housing 120 along direction of operating 170 slide relative one during apart from d, the first housing 110 and the second housing 120 can be equal to the first stroke S1 apart from d to connecting rod 130 along direction of operating 170 inputs one by driven end 132.Therefore, driven end 132 can move the first stroke S1 and move to the second end 112b by the first end 112a of first guide rail 112.

Then, drive end 134 can receive that driven end 132 drives and corresponding output along one second stroke S2 of direction of operating 170 to foot rest 140.Specifically, the second stroke S2 can be greater than the first stroke S1, so that foot rest 140 can stretch out outside the hand-hold electronic device 100.That is; The actual stroke S2 that move of foot rest 140 can be greater than mobile each other apart from d between the first housing 110 and the second housing 120; Have enough length so that stretch out in hand-hold electronic device 100 outer foot rests 140, and can firmly support hand-hold electronic device 100.

In sum; When user's desire is used hand-hold electronic device; Only need the second housing is slided along direction of operating with respect to the first housing, foot rest can be come out by the first housing through the drive of interlinked mechanism, and then can pivot towards the direction away from the second housing.Therefore; Hand-hold electronic device of the present invention can stand on the surface through foot rest; So that the user can directly view and admire the screen of hand-hold electronic device, and listens to the sound that is sent by loudspeaker, do not hold electronic installation or be placed on the base and need not stop with held.In addition, hand-hold electronic device of the present invention can be accommodated in foot rest between the first housing and the second housing fully, to promote the carrying convenience property of hand-hold electronic device.On the other hand; The actual stroke that moves of foot rest can be greater than the stroke that moves each other between the first housing and the second housing; Make that stretching out the outer foot rest of hand-hold electronic device has enough length, is enough to the firm support hand-hold electronic device, and makes hand-hold electronic device be unlikely to topple over because of crank.

Though disclosed the present invention in conjunction with above embodiment; Yet it is not in order to limit the present invention; Be familiar with this operator in the technical field under any; Do not breaking away from the spirit and scope of the present invention, can do some change and retouching, thus protection scope of the present invention should with enclose claim was defined is as the criterion.

Claims

1. hand-hold electronic device comprises:

The first housing;

The second housing is slidedly arranged on this first housing;

Interlinked mechanism is arranged between this first housing and this second housing, and this interlinked mechanism has a driven end and a drive end of mutual interlock, and this driven end is driven in this first housing and this second housing; And

Foot rest; Be slidedly arranged between this first housing and this second housing, this foot rest articulates and is driven in this drive end of this interlinked mechanism, when this second housing along a direction of operating during away from this first housing; This first housing and this second housing by the input of this driven end along one first stroke of this direction of operating to this interlinked mechanism; And this interlinked mechanism is made this drive end drive this foot rest and is moved along this direction of operating by one second stroke to this foot rest of the corresponding output of this drive end along this direction of operating, and wherein this second stroke is greater than this first stroke; And this first housing exposes this foot rest, makes this foot rest pivot towards the direction away from this second housing.

2. hand-hold electronic device as claimed in claim 1; Be respectively equipped with one first guide rail and one second guide rail on two surfaces that wherein this first housing is adjacent with this second housing; This first guide rail and this second guide rail intersect and have an angle less than 90 degree; This interlinked mechanism is between these two surfaces, and this driven end is slidedly arranged in this first guide rail and this second guide rail, and is positioned on the intersection point of this first guide rail and this second guide rail.

3. hand-hold electronic device as claimed in claim 2; Wherein this interlinked mechanism comprises a connecting rod, and an end of this connecting rod is slidedly arranged on the intersection point of this first guide rail and this second guide rail, with as this driven end; And the other end of this connecting rod connects this foot rest, with as this drive end.

4. hand-hold electronic device as claimed in claim 3, wherein this foot rest is articulated in this connecting rod, to pivot towards the direction away from this second housing.

5. hand-hold electronic device as claimed in claim 4 also comprises an elastic component, is arranged on the pivot of this foot rest and this connecting rod, this foot rest is provided the moment that pivots towards the direction away from this second housing.

6. hand-hold electronic device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the angle of this first guide rail and this second guide rail is essentially 45 degree.

7. hand-hold electronic device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the bearing of trend of this second guide rail is in fact perpendicular to this direction of operating.

8. hand-hold electronic device as claimed in claim 1 also comprises a screen, and this screen is disposed on this second housing, and this screen and this first housing lay respectively at the relative both sides of this second housing.

9. portable electric device as claimed in claim 1; Also comprise loudspeaker; These loudspeaker are disposed at the side of this first housing towards this second housing, when this second housing when this direction of operating moves with respect to this first housing, this second housing exposes this loudspeaker.