CN110086908B

CN110086908B - Terminal device

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Publication number: CN110086908B
Application number: CN201910339578.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 黄攀
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Hangzhou Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Hangzhou Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-04-25
Filing date: 2019-04-25
Publication date: 2021-01-08
Anticipated expiration: 2039-04-25
Also published as: WO2020216075A1; CN110086908A

Abstract

In the terminal equipment disclosed by the invention, the shell is provided with a through hole and a display screen; the driven device is movably arranged on the shell and comprises a top surface, a bottom surface deviating from the top surface and a side surface arranged between the top surface and the bottom surface, the side surface comprises two first sub-side surfaces extending along the moving direction of the driven device and a second sub-side surface facing the extending direction of the driven device, and the top surface faces to one side where the display screen is located; the driving mechanism is connected with the driven device and drives the driven device to extend out of the shell or retract into the shell through the through hole; the light-emitting component is arranged on the driven device and comprises a light source and a light transmission device, and the light transmission device receives light emitted by the light source and transmits the light to at least one of the two first sub-side surfaces and the second sub-side surface. The problem that the function of functional devices capable of lifting in the terminal equipment is single can be solved by the scheme.

Description

Terminal device

Technical Field

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

Background

At present, more and more users favor large-screen terminal equipment, and the overall size of the terminal equipment cannot be increased without limit in consideration of the portability of the terminal equipment. Manufacturers increase the screen area as much as possible on the premise of limited overall size by increasing the screen occupation ratio of the terminal equipment.

In order to increase the screen occupation ratio of the terminal devices, more and more terminal devices employ functional devices capable of being lifted, such as a lift-type camera, a lift-type flash, and the like. When the functional device is required to work, the functional device extends out of the shell of the terminal equipment under the driving of the driving mechanism; when the functional device finishes working, the functional device is driven by the driving mechanism to move into the shell of the terminal equipment, and therefore the purpose of hiding the functional device is achieved. In the terminal equipment with the structure, the functional devices cannot occupy the board space of the terminal equipment, so that the area of the screen is larger, and the purpose of increasing the screen occupation ratio is achieved.

However, the lifting functional device in the current terminal device can only simply move, so that the function of the functional device is single, and the use experience of a user is influenced.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention discloses a terminal device, which aims to solve the problem that a functional device capable of lifting in the terminal device has a single function.

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

a terminal device, comprising:

a housing having a perforation, the housing being provided with a display screen;

the driven device is movably arranged on the shell and comprises a top surface, a bottom surface and a side surface, wherein the bottom surface is far away from the top surface, the side surface is arranged between the top surface and the bottom surface, the side surface comprises two first sub side surfaces extending along the moving direction of the driven device and a second sub side surface facing the extending direction of the driven device, and the top surface faces the side where the display screen is located;

the driving mechanism is connected with the driven device and drives the driven device to extend out of the shell or retract into the shell through the through hole;

the light-emitting component is arranged on the driven device and comprises a light source and a light-transmitting device, and the light-transmitting device receives light rays emitted by the light source and transmits the light rays to at least one of the two first sub-side surfaces and the second sub-side surfaces.

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

in the working process of the terminal device disclosed by the embodiment of the invention, the driven device can enter and exit the shell through the through hole under the driving of the driving mechanism, the light emitting component is arranged on the driven device, and light rays emitted by a light source of the light emitting component can be transmitted to the driven device by the light transmission device, so that at least one of the two first sub-side surfaces and the second sub-side surface of the driven device projects light rays outwards, and a certain light effect is achieved. Under the condition, the driven device can generate certain light effect in the moving process, and the problem that the driven device is single in function can be further solved.

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 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device disclosed in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention after a partial structure is staggered;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a light transmitting device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

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

Description of reference numerals:

100-shell, 110-middle frame, 111-perforation, 120-display screen,

200-driven device, 210-device support, 211-first mounting groove, 212-second mounting groove, 220-device main body,

300-a light emitting component, 310-a light source, 320-a light conducting device, 321-a first light conducting section, 322-a second light conducting section, 330-a flexible circuit board,

400-appearance socket piece,

A-top, B-side, B1-first sub-side, B2-second sub-side.

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 may include a housing 100, a driven device 200, a driving mechanism, and a light emitting assembly 300.

The housing 100 is a peripheral base member of the terminal device, and the housing 100 provides a mounting base for other constituent members of the terminal device. In the embodiment of the present invention, the driven device 200, the driving structure and the light emitting assembly 300 are all directly or indirectly mounted on the housing 100. The casing 100 disclosed by the embodiment of the invention is provided with the through hole 111, and the through hole 111 is communicated with the inner cavity of the casing 100, so that the driven device 200 can extend out of the casing 100 or retract into the casing 100 through the through hole 111.

In general, the casing 100 may include a middle frame 110, and the through hole 111 may be opened on the middle frame 110. Of course, the specific opening position of the through hole 111 is not limited in the embodiments of the present invention. In the embodiment of the present invention, the housing 100 is provided with a display screen 120.

The driven device 200 is movably disposed on the housing 100, and the driven device 200 is movable relative to the housing 100. A driving mechanism is disposed in the inner cavity of the housing 100, the driving mechanism is in driving connection with the driven device 200, and the driving mechanism drives the driven device 200 to extend out of the housing 100 or retract into the housing 100 through the through hole 111. When the driven device 200 needs to work, the driving mechanism can drive the driven device 200 to extend out of the shell 100; when the driven device 200 is finished, the driving mechanism can drive the driven device 200 to move into the casing 100, so as to hide the driven device 200 in the casing 100.

The driven device 200 disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention may include at least one of a camera, a flash, a fingerprint recognition module, and a receiver, and may also be other functional devices, and the embodiment of the present invention does not limit the specific kind of the driven device 200.

The driven device 200 includes a top surface a facing the side where the display screen 120 is located, a bottom surface, and a side surface B disposed between the top surface a and the bottom surface. The bottom surface faces away from the top surface a, and generally faces the side where the cell cover is located.

The side B includes two first sub-sides B1 extending in the moving direction of the driven device 200 and a second sub-side B2 facing the protruding direction of the driven device 200.

The light emitting assembly 300 is disposed on the driven device 200, the light emitting assembly 300 includes a light source 310 and a light transmitting device 320, and the light transmitting device 320 receives light emitted from the light source 310 and transmits the light to at least one of the two first sub-sides B1 and the second sub-side B2, that is, the light can be transmitted to at least one of the two first sub-sides B1 and the second sub-side B2.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the light-transmitting device 320 is used for guiding light. Specifically, the light transmitting device 320 may be a glass light guide device, a resin light guide device, or the like, and the embodiment of the invention does not limit the specific material of the light transmitting device 320.

The light emitting assembly 300 generally includes a flexible circuit board 330, the flexible circuit board 330 is electrically connected to a main board of the terminal device, and the light source 310 can be mounted on the flexible circuit board 330, and the flexible circuit board 330 provides a mounting position, power supply and control.

In the working process of the terminal device disclosed by the embodiment of the invention, the driven device 200 can enter and exit the housing 100 through the through hole 111 under the driving of the driving mechanism, the light emitting assembly 300 is arranged on the driven device 200, light emitted by the light source 310 of the light emitting assembly 300 can be transmitted to the driven device 200 by the light transmitting device 320, and further at least one of the two first sub-side surfaces B1 and the second sub-side surface B2 of the driven device 200 projects light outwards, so that a certain light effect is achieved. Under the condition, the driven device 200 can generate certain light effect in the moving process, and the problem that the driven device is single in function can be further solved.

In order to improve the light efficiency of the driven device 200 during the movement, in a more preferred embodiment, the light-transmitting device 320 is used for transmitting the light emitted from the light source 310 to the two first sub-sides B1 and the second sub-side B2 and emitting the light outwards from the two first sub-sides B1 and the second sub-side B2.

Referring again to fig. 4, in general, driven device 200 may include a device support 210 and a device body 220 disposed on device support 210, and device support 210 may include first sub-side B1 and second sub-side B2 as described above. For example, on the premise that the driven device 200 is a camera, the device holder 210 is a camera holder, and the device body 220 is a camera body. The light emitting assembly 300 may be disposed on the device support 210 so as to conveniently conduct light to the first sub-side B1 and the second sub-side B2.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3 again, the two first sub-side surfaces B1 may be respectively provided with a first mounting groove 211 penetrating along the extending direction thereof, the second sub-side surface B2 may be provided with a second mounting groove 212 penetrating along the extending direction thereof, and the two first mounting grooves 211 are penetrated through the second mounting groove 212. The light-transmitting device 320 may be installed in a space formed by the first and

second installation grooves

211 and 212. Specifically, the light source 310 may be installed between the light-transmitting device 320 and the bottom surfaces of the first and

second installation grooves

211 and 212. It should be noted that the bottom surface of the first mounting groove 211 refers to the inner surface of the first mounting groove 211 facing the notch thereof; the bottom surface of the second mounting groove 212 means an inner surface of the second mounting groove 212 toward the notch thereof.

In order to facilitate the arrangement of the light source 310, the light conducting device 320 may include two first light conducting sections 321 and a second light conducting section 322, one ends of the two first light conducting sections 321 are respectively connected to two ends of the second light conducting section 322, the other ends of the two first light conducting sections 321 extend toward a third sub-side surface departing from the second sub-side surface B2, and the light source 310 may include two groups of light emitting bodies, where the two groups of light emitting bodies are respectively disposed opposite to end surfaces of the other ends of the two first light conducting sections 321. In a specific operation process, light emitted from the light source 310 is incident on the first light guiding section 321, and the light is guided in the first light guiding section 321 and the second light guiding section 322, so as to realize the light emission of the side surface B.

In a more preferred embodiment, the light transmission device 320 may be an integrated structure, and the integrated structure has the advantages of being convenient to manufacture and install. Specifically, the light transmitting device 320 may be an injection molded structure.

Referring again to fig. 1 to 4, the terminal device disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention may further include a cover 400, and the region of the cover 400 opposite to the first sub-side B1 and the second sub-side B2 may include a light-transmitting region. The light emitted from the first sub-side B1 and the second sub-side B2 is emitted through the corresponding light-transmitting regions. The appearance socket 400 can improve the appearance performance of the driven device 200.

Specifically, the appearance socket 400 may be provided with a color coating or a color plating layer, so that the visual effect can be improved. In order to improve the light extraction effect, in a more preferable scheme, the surface of the light transmission region of the appearance socket 400 may be provided with an optical microstructure, so that the light extraction is more uniform.

In a more preferable scheme, the outline of the transparent region of the appearance socket 400 opposite to the second sub-side B2 may be defined as a transparent mark, for example, a LOGO of a manufacturer of terminal equipment may be designed in a corresponding region of the appearance socket 400, or a name of the driven device 200 may be designed, for example, when the driven device 200 is a camera, a word "camera" may be designed, in this case, only the region of the appearance socket 400 opposite to the second sub-side B2, where the region defined as the transparent mark is transparent, and other regions are opaque.

In the terminal device disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention, the light source 310 may include an RGB light emitter, and of course, may also be a common light emitter. The RGB luminous bodies are adopted to synthesize light rays with more colors through color matching, in the specific control process, pulse width modulation of output waveforms can be adopted, namely the duty ratio of conduction of the RGB luminous bodies is adjusted, and under the condition that the scanning speed is high, the gradual change effect is achieved by means of visual inertia of human eyes. The RGB luminous body has three colors of fluorescent powder, when the driving current of the RGB luminous body is adjusted, the colors of the RGB luminous body can be changed, the luminous of any color can be realized, and the programming design is supported. In the actual product design, if various units are used, and under the control of software, more fine and vivid patterns and animation effects can be displayed. If a monochromatic light emitter or a bicolor light emitter is used, only one or two light colors of light effect can be observed on the driven device 200. The control of the RGB light emitters is prior art and will not be described herein.

In the terminal device disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention, whether the light emitting assembly 300 emits light, the brightness and the color of the light emission, and the like, can be controlled by the central processing chip of the terminal device.

The terminal device disclosed by the embodiment of the invention can be a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, an electronic book reader, a game machine, a wearable device (such as a smart watch) and the like, 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:

2. A terminal device according to claim 1, characterised in that the light-conducting means conduct the light into both the first and second sub-side faces.

3. A terminal device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the driven component comprises a component support and a component body arranged on the component support, the component support comprising the first and second sub-sides.

4. The terminal device according to claim 2, wherein the two first sub-side surfaces each have a first mounting groove extending therethrough in the extending direction thereof, the second sub-side surface has a second mounting groove extending therethrough in the extending direction thereof, the two first mounting grooves extend therethrough, and the light transmitting device is mounted in a space formed by the first mounting groove and the second mounting groove.

5. The terminal device according to claim 4, wherein the light guide device comprises two first light guide sections and a second light guide section, one end of each of the two first light guide sections is connected to the other end of the second light guide section, the other end of each of the two first light guide sections extends toward a third sub-side surface away from the second sub-side surface, and the light source comprises two groups of light-emitting bodies, and the two groups of light-emitting bodies are respectively arranged opposite to end surfaces of the other ends of the two first light guide sections.

6. The terminal device of claim 5, wherein the light conducting device is a unitary structural member.

7. The terminal device of claim 2, further comprising a cosmetic sleeve, wherein an area of the cosmetic sleeve opposite the first and second sub-sides comprises a light transmissive area.

8. The terminal device of claim 7, wherein the outline of the light-transmissive region on the appearance socket opposite the second sub-side encloses a light-transmissive logo.

9. A terminal device according to claim 1, characterized in that the light source comprises an RGB light emitter.

10. The terminal device of claim 1, wherein the driven device comprises at least one of a camera, a flash, a microphone, and a fingerprint recognition module.