CN110471500B

CN110471500B - Terminal device

Info

Publication number: CN110471500B
Application number: CN201910689327.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈云
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-07-29
Filing date: 2019-07-29
Publication date: 2020-11-17
Anticipated expiration: 2039-07-29
Also published as: CN110471500A

Abstract

The invention discloses a terminal device, which comprises a shell (100), a camera (200), a first display module (300) and a second display module (400), wherein: the outer side surface of the shell (100) comprises a first mounting surface, a second mounting surface and a side surface, the first mounting surface and the second mounting surface are distributed in a reverse mode, the side surface is connected between the first mounting surface and the second mounting surface, the shell (100) is provided with an inner cavity and a through hole formed in the side surface, and the through hole is communicated with the inner cavity; the first display module (300) is mounted on the first mounting surface, and the second display module (400) is mounted on the second mounting surface; the camera (200) is movably arranged on the shell (100) and can extend out of the shell (100) through the perforation or retract into the shell (100) through the perforation. 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

As user demands increase, the performance of terminal devices continues to be optimized. The display screen is an important component of the terminal equipment, and not only can the display function of the terminal equipment be realized, but also a main interface for realizing human-computer interaction of a user can be realized. In order to make the display screen more powerful, the screen occupation ratio of the terminal equipment is getting larger and larger.

In order to increase the screen occupation ratio of the terminal equipment, the frame width of the current terminal equipment is smaller and smaller, and even the terminal equipment with a full screen appears. Even so, the user's needs cannot be satisfied. Based on this, double-sided screen terminal equipment arises by accident, and the face of terminal equipment's both sides all is provided with the display screen, but the rear camera usually sets up in terminal equipment's dorsal part, and under this kind of condition, the dorsal vice display screen of terminal equipment still has the problem that the screen occupation ratio is less.

Disclosure of Invention

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

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

the utility model provides a terminal equipment, includes casing, camera, first display module assembly and second display module assembly, wherein:

the outer side surface of the shell comprises a first mounting surface, a second mounting surface and a side surface, the first mounting surface and the second mounting surface are distributed in a back-to-back mode, the side surface is connected between the first mounting surface and the second mounting surface, the shell is provided with an inner cavity and a through hole formed in the side surface, and the through hole is communicated with the inner cavity;

the first display module is mounted on the first mounting surface, and the second display module is mounted on the second mounting surface;

the camera is movably arranged on the shell and can extend out of the shell through the through hole or retract into the shell through the through hole.

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

in the terminal equipment disclosed by the invention, the first display module and the second display module are respectively arranged on the first mounting surface and the second mounting surface of the shell, so that the double-sided screen terminal equipment can be formed, the camera is movably arranged on the shell and can extend out of the shell from the inner cavity through the through hole or retract into the inner cavity from the outside of the shell relative to the shell, so that the camera cannot occupy the mounting surfaces for mounting the first display module and the second display module, the first display module and the second display module can be arranged in larger areas, and the screen occupation ratio of the terminal equipment can be increased.

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 an exploded schematic view of a terminal device according to 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;

fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a welding process performed on a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a partial sectional view of a terminal device disclosed in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a usage status of the terminal device according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic view of another usage state of the terminal device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Description of reference numerals:

100-shell, 110-mainboard upper cover, 120-mainboard lower cover, 130-waterproof glue layer,

200-camera,

300-a first display module, 310-a first display screen, 320-a first transparent cover plate,

400-a second display module, 410-a second display screen, 420-a second transparent cover plate,

500-cell, 600-motherboard, 700-fusion device.

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 6, an embodiment of the present invention discloses a terminal device, which includes a housing 100, a camera 200, a first display module 300, and a second display module 400.

The housing 100 is a base member of the terminal device, and the housing 100 can provide a mounting base for other constituent members of the terminal device. The camera 200, the first display module 300, and the second display module 400 are directly or indirectly mounted on the housing 100.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the outer side surface of the casing 100 includes a first mounting surface, a second mounting surface and a side surface, the first mounting surface and the second mounting surface are opposite to each other, and the side surface is connected between the first mounting surface and the second mounting surface. The housing 100 has an inner cavity and a through hole opened on a side surface, the through hole communicating with the inner cavity so as to pass the camera 200 therethrough.

The camera 200 is movably disposed on the housing 100, and the camera 200 may be extended into the housing 100 through the through hole or retracted into the housing 100 through the through hole. The camera 200 is a liftable camera, and in a normal case, a driving mechanism is arranged in the inner cavity, and the driving mechanism is connected with the camera 200 in a driving manner, so as to drive the camera 200 to move relative to the housing 100, thereby realizing position switching between the inner cavity and the outside of the housing 100.

The first display module 300 is mounted on the first mounting surface, and the second display module 400 is mounted on the second mounting surface. In general, the first display module 300 may be fixed to the first mounting surface by adhesive bonding, and the second display module 400 may also be fixed to the second mounting surface by adhesive bonding.

In the terminal device disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention, the first display module 300 and the second display module 400 are respectively mounted on the first mounting surface and the second mounting surface of the housing 100, so that a double-sided screen terminal device can be formed, the camera 200 is movably disposed on the housing 100, and can extend out of the housing 100 from the inner cavity through the through hole disposed on the side surface or retract into the inner cavity from the outside of the housing 100 with respect to the housing 100, so that the camera 200 does not occupy the mounting surfaces on which the first display module 300 and the second display module 400 are mounted, so that the first display module 300 and the second display module 400 can be arranged in a larger area, and the screen occupation ratio of the terminal device can be increased.

As mentioned above, the side surface is connected between the first mounting surface and the second mounting surface, and the terminal device generally has a length and a width, and based on this, the side surface may include two first sub-side surfaces extending along the length direction of the terminal device and distributed oppositely and two second sub-side surfaces extending along the width direction of the terminal device and distributed oppositely. The through hole can be arranged on one first sub-side surface and also can be arranged on the other second sub-side surface.

In order to further increase the screen occupation ratio of the terminal device, in a more preferable scheme, two side edges of the first display module 300 may respectively extend to first sub-sides located at the same side, so that the display area of the first display module 300 can extend to the first sub-sides of the side surfaces.

Similarly, the two side edges of the second display module 400 can also extend to the first sub-side surfaces located on the same side, respectively, so that the display area of the second display module 400 can extend to the first sub-side surfaces of the side surfaces.

In a preferable scheme, two side edges of the first display module 300 and the second display module 400 extend to the first sub-side surface located on the same side, as shown in fig. 2, of course, the first display module 300 and the second display module 400 do not affect each other, for example, a gap may be left between the side edges adjacent to the first display module 300 and the second display module 400, and of course, in this way, the existence of the gap may affect the gripping hand feeling of the user, and meanwhile, the foreign matter is easy to remain, and the appearance performance of the terminal device may also be affected.

Based on this, referring to fig. 3, in the terminal device disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention, the side edges of the first display module 300 and the second display module 400 located on the same side are butted, so as to eliminate the gap described above.

In order to better improve the appearance performance of the terminal device after being docked, in an embodiment of the present invention, the first display module 300 may include a first display screen 310 and a first transparent cover plate 320 fixed outside the first display screen 310, specifically, the first transparent cover plate 320 may be fixed on the first display screen 310 by an optical adhesive layer, and the first display screen 310 partially extends to a first sub-side of the side surface.

Similarly, the second display module 400 may include a second display screen 410 and a second transparent cover plate 420 fixed outside the second display screen 410, wherein the second display screen 410 partially extends to the first sub-side of the side surface. Specifically, the second transparent cover plate 420 may also be fixed on the second display screen 410 by an optical adhesive layer. The opposite sides of the first transparent cover plate 320 and the second transparent cover plate 420 are butted and covered on the first sub-side surface, so that the first sub-side surface is covered by the first display module 300 and the second display module 400 together, and the appearance performance of the terminal device can be improved.

To facilitate the laying of the first display 310 between different faces, the first display 310 may be a flexible display. Similarly, the second display screen 410 may also be a flexible display screen.

The first transparent cover plate 320 and the second transparent cover plate 420 are both protection members, and the first transparent cover plate 320 is butted with the second transparent cover plate 420, so that the difficulty in butting the first display module 300 and the second display module 400 can be undoubtedly reduced.

The first transparent cover 320 plays a role of protecting the first display screen 310, the second transparent cover 420 plays a role of protecting the second display screen 410, and both the first transparent cover 320 and the second transparent cover 420 are made of a transparent material, for example, both the first transparent cover 320 and the second transparent cover 420 may be glass covers, or certainly, transparent resin covers, etc., and the embodiment of the present invention does not limit the specific materials of the first transparent cover 320 and the second transparent cover 420.

In order to improve the butt joint effect, in a preferable scheme, the first transparent cover plate 320 and the second transparent cover plate 420 are welded to the side edges on the same side, as shown in fig. 3, after the first display module 300 and the second display module 400 are mounted on the housing 100, the welding device 700 may be used to weld the opposite side edges of the first transparent cover plate 320 and the second transparent cover plate 420, so that the first transparent cover plate 320 and the second transparent cover plate 420 form a whole, which undoubtedly can further improve the appearance performance of the terminal device.

In the terminal device disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention, the structure of the housing 100 may be various, and in a general case, the housing 100 may include an upper motherboard cover 110 and a lower motherboard cover 120, where the upper motherboard cover 110 and the lower motherboard cover 120 are in butt joint and form an inner cavity of the housing. Specifically, the first display module 300 may be mounted on the motherboard upper cover 110, and the second display module 400 may be mounted on the motherboard lower cover 120. As shown in fig. 1, the battery 500, the main board 600, and other components of the terminal device are mounted in the internal cavity.

The main board upper cover 110 and the main board lower cover 120 may be detachably and fixedly connected by a screw connection. In order to achieve better dustproof and waterproof effects, in a more preferable scheme, a waterproof adhesive layer 130 may be disposed between the main board upper cover 110 and the main board lower cover 120, and the waterproof adhesive layer 130 may be a double-sided adhesive layer. Under the circumstances, the waterproof glue layer 130 not only can play a role in assisting in connecting the motherboard upper cover 110 and the motherboard lower cover 120, but also can be filled in a butt joint gap formed by the motherboard upper cover 110 and the motherboard lower cover 120, thereby playing a role in dust prevention and water prevention.

The terminal equipment disclosed by the embodiment of the invention comprises a first display module 300 and a second display module 400, wherein the first display module 300 and the second display module 400 are respectively arranged on a first mounting surface and a second mounting surface which are distributed on the shell 100 in a back-to-back manner, so that the terminal equipment forms double-sided screen terminal equipment. In this case, the terminal device has no division between the front side and the rear side. Based on this, the first display module 300 and the second display module 400 are both connected to the camera 200, and both can display the captured image of the camera 200.

As shown in fig. 5 and 6, when the second display module 400 faces the user, the camera 200 faces the side of the first display module 300, in this case, the camera 200 is equivalent to a rear camera in the existing terminal device to shoot, and the second display module 400 presents a long-range shot image. After the user rotates the terminal device, the first display module 300 can face the user, and the camera 200 also faces the user, in this case, the first display module 300 presents a self-portrait image of the user, and in this case, the camera 200 is equivalent to a front camera in the existing terminal device.

It is obvious from the above description that, in the terminal device disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention, both the first display module 300 and the second display module 400 have a function of presenting images captured by the camera 200, so that the terminal device does not need to configure a front camera and a rear camera at the same time, and finally, the number of cameras configured in the terminal device can be reduced, which not only can simplify the structure of the terminal device, but also can reduce the manufacturing cost of the terminal device.

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 (such as a smart watch) 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. The utility model provides a terminal equipment, its characterized in that includes casing (100), camera (200), first display module assembly (300) and second display module assembly (400), wherein:

the outer side surface of the shell (100) comprises a first mounting surface, a second mounting surface and a side surface, the first mounting surface and the second mounting surface are distributed in a reverse mode, the side surface is connected between the first mounting surface and the second mounting surface, the shell (100) is provided with an inner cavity and a through hole formed in the side surface, and the through hole is communicated with the inner cavity;

the first display module (300) is mounted on the first mounting surface, and the second display module (400) is mounted on the second mounting surface; the side face comprises two first sub side faces which extend along the length direction of the terminal equipment and are distributed in an opposite mode, and the first display module (300) comprises a first display screen (310) and a first light-transmitting cover plate (320) fixed on the outer side of the first display screen (310); the second display module (400) comprises a second display screen (410) and a second light-transmitting cover plate (420) fixed on the outer side of the second display screen (410), the first display screen (310) extends partially to the first sub-side, the second display screen (410) extends partially to the first sub-side, an assembly gap is formed between the first display screen (310) and the second display screen (410), a part of the shell (100) extends out of the assembly gap, the first display screen (310), the second display screen (410), the first light-transmitting cover plate (320) and the second light-transmitting cover plate (420) are all connected with the shell (100), and the opposite side edges of the first light-transmitting cover plate (320) and the second light-transmitting cover plate (420) are butted and covered on the first sub-side;

the first display module (300) and the second display module (400) are both connected with the camera (200) and can display the shot image of the camera (200); the camera (200) is movably arranged on the shell (100) and can extend out of the shell (100) through the perforation or retract into the shell (100) through the perforation.

2. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the side surface further includes two second sub-side surfaces extending in a width direction of the terminal device and distributed oppositely, and the through hole is opened in one of the second sub-side surfaces.

3. The terminal device according to claim 2, wherein two side edges of the first display module (300) extend to the first sub-side surfaces on the same side, and two side edges of the second display module (400) extend to the first sub-side surfaces on the same side, and the side edges of the first display module (300) and the second display module (400) on the same side are butted.

4. A terminal device according to claim 3, characterized in that the first display (310) and the second display (410) are flexible displays.

5. A terminal device according to claim 3, characterized in that the sides of the first light-transmitting cover plate (320) and the second light-transmitting cover plate (420) on the same side are welded.

6. The terminal device of claim 5, wherein the first light-transmissive cover plate (320) and the second light-transmissive cover plate (420) are both glass cover plates.

7. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the housing (100) comprises a main board upper cover (110) and a main board lower cover (120), the main board upper cover (110) is abutted with the main board lower cover (120) and forms the inner cavity, the first display module (300) is mounted on the main board upper cover (110), and the second display module (400) is mounted on the main board lower cover (120).

8. The terminal device according to claim 7, wherein a waterproof glue layer (130) is arranged between the main board upper cover (110) and the main board lower cover (120).