CN109976452B

CN109976452B - Terminal device

Info

Publication number: CN109976452B
Application number: CN201910252031.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 但新苗
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Hangzhou Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Hangzhou Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-03-29
Filing date: 2019-03-29
Publication date: 2020-10-27
Anticipated expiration: 2039-03-29
Also published as: WO2020200106A1; CN109976452A

Abstract

The invention discloses a terminal device, which comprises: the display screen comprises a shell, a display screen and a control unit, wherein the shell is provided with an accommodating space; the rotating module is rotatably arranged on the shell through a connecting shaft; the driving mechanism is arranged in the shell and drives the rotating module to rotate so as to enter and exit the accommodating space, and the connecting shaft is perpendicular to the display screen. The scheme can solve the problem that the screen occupation ratio of the current terminal equipment is small.

Description

Terminal device

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of communication equipment, in particular to terminal equipment.

Background

The camera shooting function is the basic function of the terminal equipment and is completed by the camera of the terminal equipment, the camera (front camera) used for self shooting by the current user is arranged on the frame positioned outside the display screen on the top end of the terminal equipment, and the wider frame is reserved on the top end of the terminal equipment, so that enough space is provided for the camera.

At present, users prefer large-screen terminal equipment, and the screen proportion of the terminal equipment is developed towards a larger direction. However, the camera is arranged on one side of the display screen, and occupies a large board space of the terminal device, so that the screen occupation ratio of the terminal device is still small.

Certainly, other components such as a receiver and a fill-in light of the terminal device, but not limited to the camera, may also cause the screen occupation ratio of the terminal device to be relatively small.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention discloses a terminal device, which aims to solve the problem that the screen occupation ratio of the current terminal device is small.

In order to solve the problems, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:

a terminal device, comprising:

the display screen comprises a shell, a display screen and a control unit, wherein the shell is provided with an accommodating space;

the rotating module is rotatably arranged on the shell through a connecting shaft;

the driving mechanism is arranged in the shell and drives the rotating module to rotate so as to enter and exit the accommodating space, and the connecting shaft is perpendicular to the display screen.

The technical scheme adopted by the invention can achieve the following beneficial effects:

in the terminal device disclosed by the embodiment of the invention, the rotating module is rotatably arranged on the shell through the connecting shaft, and then can enter and exit the accommodating space under the driving of the driving mechanism, so that the rotating module can be hidden and extended out.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the invention and not to limit the invention. In the drawings:

fig. 1 to fig. 3 are schematic diagrams of a process of transferring out an accommodating space of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the disclosure;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a fluid driving device according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

Description of reference numerals:

100-shell, 110-guide groove, 120-frame, 130-inner cavity,

200-rotation module, 210-camera box body, 211-straight section, 212-bending section, 220-camera body,

300-driving mechanism, 310-driving body, 311-first cylinder, a-first sub-cavity, B-second sub-cavity, c-pipeline, d-pipeline, 312-second cylinder, 313-piston rod, 313 a-piston, 313B-rod, 314-piston rod driving device, A-rod cavity, B-rodless cavity, 315-fixed blade, 316-movable blade, 317-output shaft, 320-first connecting rod, 330-second connecting rod, 340-articulated shaft,

400-connecting shaft.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the technical solutions of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the specific embodiments of the present invention and the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood that the described embodiments are merely exemplary of the invention, and not restrictive of the full scope of the invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

The technical solutions disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to fig. 1 to 4, an embodiment of the present invention discloses a terminal device, which includes a housing 100, a rotating module 200, a driving mechanism 300, and a connecting shaft 400.

The housing 100 is a peripheral component of the terminal device, and provides a mounting base and protection for other components of the terminal device. In the embodiment of the present invention, a display screen is installed on the housing 100, the housing 100 has an accommodating space, the accommodating space has an opening, the accommodating space is used for accommodating the rotating module 200, and the rotating module 200 can enter and exit the accommodating space through the opening of the accommodating space. In the embodiment of the present invention, the rotating module 200 has an extended state and a retracted state, and the rotating module 200 enters and exits the accommodating space, thereby realizing the switching between the extended state and the retracted state. When the rotating module 200 is in the extended state, the housing 100 does not shield the operation of the rotating module 200; when the rotating module 200 is in the retracted state, the rotating module 200 is hidden in the accommodating space of the housing 100.

Generally, the housing 100 has an inner cavity 130, and in a specific embodiment, the inner cavity 130 of the housing 100 may include a receiving space, that is, the receiving space may be a part of the inner cavity 130 of the housing 100. The housing 100 may have a through hole, and the through hole is communicated with the inner cavity 130 of the housing 100, so as to allow the rotation module 200 to pass through, and finally achieve the purpose that the rotation module 200 can enter and exit the housing 100. In this case, the through hole is an opening of the receiving space. Generally, the housing 100 has a frame 120, and a through hole may be formed in the frame 120, so that the rotation module 200 can enter and exit the housing 100 through the through hole in the frame 120, thereby switching between the extended state and the retracted state.

The rotation module 200 is rotatably mounted on the housing 100. For example, the rotation module 200 may be rotatably mounted on the housing 100 by a connection shaft 400. Specifically, the connecting shaft 400 may be rotatably connected to the housing 100, and the rotating module 200 is fixed to the connecting shaft 400 and is further capable of rotating together with the connecting shaft 400 relative to the housing 100. Of course, it may also be: the connecting shaft 400 is fixed to the case 100, and the rotation module 200 is rotatably mounted on the connecting shaft 400, so that the rotation module 200 can be rotatably mounted on the case 100 by rotating with respect to the connecting shaft 400. The embodiment of the present invention does not limit the specific rotational connection manner between the rotational module 200 and the housing 100. In the embodiment of the present invention, the connection shaft 400 is disposed perpendicular to the display screen.

The driving mechanism 300 is disposed in the housing 100, the driving mechanism 300 is connected to the rotating module 200, and the driving mechanism 300 drives the rotating module 200 to rotate, that is, under the driving of the driving mechanism 300, the rotating module 200 rotates to enter and exit the accommodating space, thereby realizing the switching between the extending state and the retracting state.

In the terminal device disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention, the rotating module 200 is rotatably mounted on the housing 100 through the connecting shaft 400, and further can enter and exit the accommodating space under the driving of the driving mechanism 300, so as to hide and extend the rotating module 200, under such a condition, the rotating module 200 does not need to occupy the space of the panel surface of the terminal device, and further, the display screen area of the terminal device can be further increased on the premise that the overall size of the terminal device is determined, and finally, the purpose of increasing the screen occupation ratio of the terminal device is achieved.

The structure of the driving mechanism 300 may be various, for example, the driving mechanism 300 may be a driving motor, and a power output shaft of the driving motor is in butt joint with the connecting shaft 400, so as to drive the connecting shaft 400 to drive the rotation module 200 to rotate.

Referring to fig. 1 to 4 again, the embodiment of the invention provides a driving mechanism 300 with a specific structure, the driving mechanism 300 includes a driving body 310, a first connecting rod 320 and a second connecting rod 330, the driving body 310 is mounted on the casing 100, and in particular, the driving body 310 may be fixed on the casing 100. The driving body 310 has an output shaft 317, thereby realizing output of torque. One end of the first link 320 is connected to the output shaft 317 of the driving body 310, and the first link 320 can rotate along with the output shaft 317 under the driving of the output shaft 317. Specifically, one end of the first link 320 may be fixedly connected to the output shaft 317.

One end of the second connecting rod 330 is hinged to the other end of the first connecting rod 320, the other end of the second connecting rod 330 is connected to the rotating module 200, and the other end of the second connecting rod 330 drives the rotating module 200 to rotate to enter and exit the accommodating space.

In a specific using process, before shooting, the rotating module 200 is located in the accommodating space and further in a retracting state, the driving body 310 can drive the first connecting rod 320 to rotate after being started, the first connecting rod 320 is hinged to the second connecting rod 330, the rotation of the first connecting rod 320 can drive the second connecting rod 330 to drive the rotating module 200 to rotate, and then the rotating module 200 is pushed out of the accommodating space, so that the rotating module 200 is extended out. After the shooting is completed, the output shaft 317 of the driving body 310 can rotate, and then the rotating module 200 is moved back into the accommodating space through the first connecting rod 320 and the second connecting rod 330, and finally the hiding of the rotating module 200 is realized.

In actual working process, second connecting rod 330 can drive rotation module 200 and rotate, and in order to improve pivoted stability, in the preferred scheme, guide way 110 can have been seted up to casing 100, and guide way 110 is the arc wall usually, and the other end of second connecting rod 330 can be connected with articulated shaft 340, and the one end of articulated shaft 340 can be linked to each other with rotation module 200, and the other end and the guide way 110 sliding fit of articulated shaft 340. The second link 330 moves along the guide groove 110 through the hinge shaft 340 in the process of driving the rotation module 200 to move, and the guide groove 110 can play a guiding role, so that the rotation stability of the rotation module 200 can be improved.

In the embodiment of the invention, the driving body 310 is a power source, and the driving body 310 drives the first connecting rod 320 and the second connecting rod 330 to move through the output shaft 317 thereof, so as to drive the rotation module 200 to rotate through the second connecting rod 330. The driving body 310 may be a driving motor, or may be a general hydraulic motor.

In a specific implementation manner, in the terminal device disclosed in this embodiment of the present invention, the driving body 310 may be a fluid driving device, and the fluid medium in the fluid driving device may be hydraulic oil or gas, such as air.

Referring to fig. 4, in an embodiment of the present invention, the fluid driving device may include a first cylinder 311, a second cylinder 312, a piston rod 313 and a piston rod driving device 314. The first cylinder 311 and the second cylinder 312 may be generally fixed within the housing 100.

The piston rod drive 314 is connected to the piston rod 313, and the piston rod drive 314 is used for driving the piston rod 313 to move. The piston rod 313 includes a piston 313a and a rod portion 313b, and the piston 313a is fixedly coupled to the rod portion 313 b. For ease of installation and manufacture, the piston 313a and the shaft 313b may be a unitary structural member.

The piston 313a is disposed in the second cylinder 312 and divides an inner cavity of the second cylinder 312 into a rod chamber a and a rodless chamber B, and the piston 313a moves in the second cylinder 312, thereby enabling a volume-size relationship between the rod chamber a and the rodless chamber B to be changed.

The first cylinder 311 is provided with a fixed blade 315 and a movable blade 316, the movable blade 316 is connected with an output shaft 317, the movable blade 316 rotates in the first cylinder 311, the rotation of the movable blade 316 drives the output shaft 317 to rotate, and finally, the output of power is realized. The fixed blade 315 is fixed in the first cylinder 311, the fixed blade 315 and the movable blade 316 divide the inner cavity of the first cylinder 311 into a first sub-cavity a and a second sub-cavity B, the first sub-cavity a is communicated with the rod cavity A, and the second sub-cavity B is communicated with the rodless cavity B. Specifically, the first sub-cavity a and the rod-containing cavity A can be communicated through a pipeline c, and the second sub-cavity B and the rodless cavity B can be communicated through a pipeline d. In a preferred scheme, the pipeline c and the pipeline d can both adopt flexible pipelines, and the flexible pipelines have good deformability, so that the flexible pipelines can better adapt to the installation environment in the shell 100.

In a specific working process, the fixed blade 315 is a fixed member, and the movable blade 316 is a movable member capable of rotating, when the piston rod 313 moves in one direction (the direction indicated by the arrow e in fig. 4), so that the rod chamber a inputs fluid into the first sub-chamber a, the movable blade 316 is pushed to rotate in one direction, and meanwhile, the volume of the first sub-chamber a increases, and correspondingly, the volume of the second sub-chamber B decreases, so that the fluid in the second sub-chamber B enters the gradually increasing rodless chamber B; when the piston rod 313 moves in the other direction (the direction indicated by the arrow f in fig. 4), so that the rodless chamber B inputs fluid into the second sub-chamber B, the movable vane 316 is pushed to rotate in the other direction, and at the same time, the volume of the second sub-chamber B increases, and correspondingly, the volume of the first sub-chamber a decreases, so that the fluid in the first sub-chamber a enters the gradually increasing rod chamber a. The above process can realize that the output shaft 317 rotates in two directions, and then can drive the rotation module 200 to enter and exit the accommodating space.

The fluid driving device realizes the driving in different directions through the replacement of the fluid in different spaces, and the fluid has good pressure bearing capacity, so that the driving of the rotating module 200 is more stable.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the piston rod driving device 314 is used for driving the piston rod 313 to move, and the type of the piston rod driving device 314 may be various, for example, the piston rod driving device 314 may be a linear motor, a hydraulic telescopic rod, a pneumatic telescopic member, or the like.

Of course, the piston rod driving device 314 may have other structures, and in a specific embodiment, the piston rod driving device 314 may include a driving motor and a screw mechanism, the screw mechanism includes a screw and a moving sleeve sleeved on the screw, the moving sleeve is in threaded fit with the screw, the driving motor is connected to the screw in a driving manner, and the moving sleeve is connected to the rod portion 313 b. In the driving process, the driving motor drives the screw rod to rotate, so that the moving sleeve moves along the extending direction of the screw rod, and the moving sleeve is connected with the rod part 313b, so that the moving sleeve can move to drive the whole piston rod 313 to move through the rod part 313 b. The piston rod driving device 314 having such a structure has an advantage of high driving accuracy.

Of course, rotating module 200 and realizing business turn over accommodation space through rotating, can not occupy terminal equipment's face space, and this is undoubtedly favorable to the terminal equipment to the direction design of full screen. Meanwhile, the movement mode of the rotating module 200 is novel, and the phenomenon that the homogeneity of the current terminal equipment is serious can be relieved.

As described above, the receiving space may be an inner cavity of the housing 100, and of course, the outer side surface of the housing 100 may be provided with a receiving groove, the in-groove space of the receiving groove may also be used as the receiving space, and the notch of the receiving groove may be an opening of the receiving space.

In general, the rotation module 200 faces the front side direction or the rear side direction of the terminal device, and preferably, the projection shape of the rotation module 200 in the working direction thereof is a semicircle, and the projection of the bottom surface of the accommodating groove in the working direction of the rotation module 200 may be a circular arc line, in which case, the appearance of the rotation module 200 can be well adapted to the bottom surface of the accommodating groove. In general, the receiving groove may be formed on the rim 120 of the housing 100, and the notch of the receiving groove is located on the outer side surface of the rim 120. It should be noted that the outer surface of the bezel 120 refers to the surface of the bezel 120 facing away from the inner cavity 130 of the housing 100. The bottom surface of the receiving groove refers to a surface of the receiving groove facing the notch of the receiving groove.

In the terminal device disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention, the type of the rotating module 200 may be various, for example, the rotating module 200 may be a camera, a flash, a receiver, a fingerprint identification module, and the like. For example, on the premise that the rotation module 200 is a camera, the shooting direction of the camera is the working direction of the rotation module 200; for another example, on the premise that the rotation module 200 is a flash lamp, the light supplement direction of the flash lamp is the working direction of the rotation module 200.

As described above, the rotation module 200 may be a camera, the structure of the camera may be various, in a specific embodiment, the camera may include a camera case 210, a camera body 220 and a camera lens, the camera case 210 has a mounting groove, the camera lens is fixed on the camera case 210 and covers the mounting groove, the camera lens forms an installation space with the mounting groove, the camera body 220 is fixed in the installation space, the shooting direction of the camera body 220 faces the camera lens, so that shooting can be achieved through the camera lens. The camera housing 210 may be coupled to a drive mechanism 300. For example, the camera housing 210 may be connected to the second link 330. Specifically, the camera housing 210 is connected to the other end of the second link 330, thereby enabling the entire camera to be driven.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the camera box 210 has various structures, and as a peripheral member capable of protecting the camera body 220, the structure of the camera box 210 may be a structure that facilitates the rotation of the camera. In order to better adapt to the rotation of the camera and further reduce the occupied space of the camera, in a preferred scheme, the surface between the two ends of the camera box body 210 is an outer peripheral surface, the outer peripheral surface may include a straight section 211 and a curved section 212 connected with the straight section 211, each part of the curved section 212 is located in the same cylindrical surface, and the curved section 212 can enter and exit the accommodating space along with the rotation of the camera. The camera box body 210 with the structure can better adapt to the accommodating space undoubtedly, and further reduces the occupied space of the camera.

It should be noted that two end faces of the camera head housing 210 facing the shooting direction and departing from the shooting direction may be considered as a front end face and a rear end face, respectively, and a sidewall surface between the front end face and the rear end face may be considered as an outer peripheral surface described herein.

In the more preferred scheme, straight section 211 can be in the opening (for example perforation) of shutoff accommodation space under the state of retracting at the camera, finally can make the camera retract to the accommodation space within, can also shutoff accommodation space's opening, and then can realize better dustproof effect, can also improve terminal equipment's appearance quality simultaneously.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the camera body 220 is an image acquiring component of the camera, and in order to further improve the shooting capability, in a preferred scheme, at least two camera bodies 220 may be disposed on the camera box 210, and the two camera bodies 220 may respectively face the front side and the rear side of the terminal device, so as to be able to perform the functions of the front camera and the rear camera.

The rotating module 200 needs to be powered on during operation, and the rotating module 200 is usually electrically connected to a circuit board in the housing 100 of the terminal device, so as to supply power. As described above, the rotation module 200 may be rotatably mounted on the housing 100 through the connection shaft 400. Based on this, in order to facilitate wiring, in a preferred embodiment, the connecting shaft 400 may be a hollow shaft, and a power line electrically connected to the rotating module 200 passes through a central hole of the connecting shaft 400 and is electrically connected to a circuit board of the terminal device. Typically, the power cord is connected to a motherboard within the housing 100.

The terminal device disclosed by the embodiment of the invention can be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, an electronic book reader, a game machine, a wearable device and other terminal devices, and the specific type of the terminal device is not limited by the embodiment of the invention.

In the above embodiments of the present invention, the difference between the embodiments is mainly described, and different optimization features between the embodiments can be combined to form a better embodiment as long as they are not contradictory, and further description is omitted here in view of brevity of the text.

The above description is only an example of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention. Various modifications and alterations to this invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the scope of the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. A terminal device, comprising:

the driving mechanism is arranged in the shell and comprises a driving body, a first connecting rod and a second connecting rod, one end of the first connecting rod is connected to an output shaft of the driving body and rotates along with the output shaft, one end of the second connecting rod is hinged to the other end of the first connecting rod, the other end of the second connecting rod is connected with the rotating module, the second connecting rod drives the rotating module to rotate so as to enter and exit the accommodating space, and the connecting shaft is perpendicular to the display screen;

the drive body is fluid drive device, just fluid drive device includes first cylinder body, second cylinder body, piston rod and piston rod drive device, piston rod drive device with the pole portion of piston rod links to each other and drives the piston rod removes, the piston of piston rod will the second cylinder body is cut apart into has the pole chamber and does not have the pole chamber, be provided with fixed blade and movable blade in the first cylinder body, movable blade with the output shaft links to each other, just movable blade is in first cylinder body internal rotation, fixed blade fixes in the first cylinder body, just fixed blade with movable blade will first sub-chamber and second sub-chamber are separated into to the inner chamber of first cylinder body, first sub-chamber with there is the pole chamber intercommunication, the second sub-chamber with no pole chamber intercommunication.

2. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the piston rod driving device comprises a driving motor and a screw mechanism, the screw mechanism comprises a screw and a moving sleeve sleeved on the screw, the moving sleeve is in threaded fit with the screw, the driving motor is connected with the screw in a driving manner, and the moving sleeve is connected with the rod portion.

3. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the housing defines a guide groove, and the other end of the second link is connected to a hinge shaft, one end of the hinge shaft is connected to the rotation module, and the other end of the hinge shaft is slidably engaged with the guide groove.

4. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the housing has an inner cavity, the housing has a through hole, the inner cavity includes the accommodating space, and the through hole communicates with the accommodating space.

5. The terminal device of claim 1, wherein the rotating module is a camera.

6. The terminal device according to claim 5, wherein the camera comprises a camera box body, a camera body and a camera lens, the camera box body is provided with a mounting groove, the camera lens is fixed on the camera box body and covers the mounting groove, the camera lens and the mounting groove form a mounting space, the camera body is fixed in the mounting space, and the camera box body is connected with the driving mechanism.

7. The terminal device according to claim 6, wherein the surface between the two ends of the camera box body is an outer peripheral surface, the outer peripheral surface comprises a straight section and a curved section connected with the straight section, the curved section is located in the same cylindrical surface, and the curved section can enter and exit the accommodating space along with the camera.

8. The terminal device according to claim 7, wherein the straight section blocks the opening of the accommodating space in a state where the camera is in the accommodating space.

9. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the connecting shaft is a hollow shaft, and a power line electrically connected to the rotating module passes through a center hole of the connecting shaft and is electrically connected to a circuit board of the terminal device.