CN110554733A

CN110554733A - Wearable device

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Publication number: CN110554733A
Application number: CN201810549836.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李盼; 李明
Original assignee: Nubia Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Nubia Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-05-31
Filing date: 2018-05-31
Publication date: 2019-12-10

Abstract

The invention discloses a wearable device, comprising: the flexible screen assembly comprises a silica gel sleeve assembly, a flexible screen assembly, a hinge assembly, a power spring piece assembly and an arc-shaped shell; the silica gel sleeve assembly is connected with the hinge assembly through a buckling position; the flexible screen assembly comprises a cover plate, a flexible screen and a supporting plate; wherein the support plate is located at a neutral layer of the hinge assembly; the flexible screen assembly is arranged below the silica gel sleeve assembly and is fixed on the hinge assembly, and the flexible screen assembly rotates along with the rotation of the hinge assembly; the power spring piece assembly is arranged in the accommodating cavity of the hinge assembly; one end of the arc-shaped shell is provided with a containing groove which is used for containing the extending part of the flexible screen assembly; two ends of the hinge assembly are respectively connected with two ends of the arc-shaped shell through hinges; the arc-shaped shell is hollow, and a stacking space is formed and used for installing hardware devices. The invention enables the whole structure of the wearable device to be more compact, increases the area of the flexible screen assembly in unit area, and increases the diversity and the flexibility.

Description

wearable device

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of wearable equipment, in particular to wearable equipment.

Background

with the rapid development of communication technology, flexible screen wearing equipment has become one of new research and development hotspots in the future. The flexible screen, i.e., an OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode) display screen, is a screen composed of Organic Light-Emitting diodes, and has the advantages of low power consumption, high contrast, wide color gamut, wide viewing angle, being lighter and thinner, and being bendable, so that the flexible screen display is widely applied to next-generation wearable equipment, such as a flexible-screen mobile phone, flexible-screen wearable equipment, and the like, and has the characteristic of bending deformation.

The existing wearable equipment is not compact enough in overall structure, so that the area of the flexible screen in a unit area is too small, and the problem of poor user experience is brought.

disclosure of Invention

the technical problem to be solved by the invention is as follows: the existing wearable equipment is not compact enough in overall structure, so that the area of the flexible screen in a unit area is too small, and the problem of poor user experience is brought.

in order to solve the above technical problem, the present invention provides a wearable device, including:

The flexible screen assembly comprises a silica gel sleeve assembly, a flexible screen assembly, a hinge assembly, a power spring piece assembly and an arc-shaped shell;

the silica gel sleeve assembly is connected with the hinge assembly through a buckling position;

The flexible screen assembly comprises a cover plate, a flexible screen and a supporting plate; wherein the content of the first and second substances,

The support plate is located at a neutral layer of the hinge assembly;

The flexible screen assembly is arranged below the silica gel sleeve assembly and is fixed on the hinge assembly, and the flexible screen assembly rotates along with the rotation of the hinge assembly;

The power spring piece assembly is arranged in an accommodating cavity of the hinge assembly;

one end of the arc-shaped shell is provided with a containing groove, and the containing groove is used for containing the extending part of the flexible screen assembly;

Two ends of the hinge assembly are respectively connected with two ends of the arc-shaped shell through hinges;

The arc-shaped shell is hollow, a stacking space is formed, and the stacking space is used for installing hardware devices.

Optionally, the silicone sleeve assembly is sleeved on the outer surface of the flexible screen assembly and used for protecting the flexible screen assembly.

Optionally, the cover plate of the flexible screen assembly is located above the flexible screen of the flexible screen assembly, and a glue layer is arranged between the cover plate and the flexible screen, and the cover plate of the flexible screen assembly and the flexible screen of the flexible screen assembly can be bonded together through the glue layer.

Optionally, a glue layer is arranged between the periphery of the support plate of the flexible screen assembly and the cover plate of the flexible screen assembly, and the cover plate of the flexible screen assembly and the support plate of the flexible screen assembly can be bonded together through the glue layer.

Optionally, the power spring piece assembly comprises a first power spring piece and a second power spring piece;

the power spring piece assembly is arranged on the lower layer of the supporting plate of the flexible screen assembly and is connected with the hinge assembly through a hinge; wherein the content of the first and second substances,

The left end of the first power elastic piece is connected with the left end of the hinge assembly through a hinge, and the right end of the second power elastic piece is connected with the right end of the hinge assembly through a hinge.

Optionally, the power spring is used for supporting the flexible screen assembly;

The power elastic sheet assembly comprises a bending state and a straight state; the power elastic piece assembly is used for driving the wearable device to be switched between a bent state and a straight state.

Optionally, the power spring plate is made of spring steel, and when the power spring plate is in an unfolded state, the longitudinal section of the power spring plate is arc-shaped.

Optionally, the hinge assembly includes at least two hinge mechanisms, a pair of hinge holes is symmetrically disposed on each of two sides of each hinge mechanism, and a plane formed by points where axes of the hinge holes are located forms the neutral layer.

Optionally, the arc-shaped shell is hollow to form a stacking space, and the stacking space is used for arranging hardware devices, where the hardware devices include a processor, a memory, a communication module, a sensor module, an audio/video module, a battery module, and other electronic components required by the wearable device.

Optionally, the hardware device may be electrically connected to the flexible screen assembly.

The invention discloses a wearable device, which is characterized by comprising: the flexible screen assembly comprises a silica gel sleeve assembly, a flexible screen assembly, a hinge assembly, a power spring piece assembly and an arc-shaped shell; the silica gel sleeve assembly is connected with the hinge assembly through a buckling position; the flexible screen assembly comprises a cover plate, a flexible screen and a supporting plate; wherein the support plate is located at a neutral layer of the hinge assembly; the flexible screen assembly is arranged below the silica gel sleeve assembly and is fixed on the hinge assembly, and the flexible screen assembly rotates along with the rotation of the hinge assembly; the power spring piece assembly is arranged in an accommodating cavity of the hinge assembly; one end of the arc-shaped shell is provided with a containing groove, and the containing groove is used for containing the extending part of the flexible screen assembly; two ends of the hinge assembly are respectively connected with two ends of the arc-shaped shell through hinges; the arc-shaped shell is hollow, a stacking space is formed, and the stacking space is used for installing hardware devices. The one end of arc casing is provided with the storage tank, and the extension of flexible screen subassembly can be placed in the storage tank, makes wearing equipment's overall structure is compacter, has increased the area of flexible screen subassembly in the wearing equipment unit area, has increased the variety and the flexibility of wearing equipment form, and it is too little to have solved current wearing equipment in the screen, and user experience is not good problem!

drawings

fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of an alternative wearable device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a diagram of a communication network system architecture according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is an exploded view of an exemplary wearable device provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a flexible screen assembly of an exemplary wearable device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of an exemplary arcuate housing provided by embodiments of the present invention;

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of an exemplary power spring according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a left side view of an exemplary power spring in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic overall structure diagram of an alternative wearable device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a front view of an alternative wearable device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 10 is a top view of an alternative wearable device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a curved view of an alternative wearable device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of an exemplary single-stranded segment structure provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 13 is a top view of an exemplary single segment provided by embodiments of the present invention;

FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram of an exemplary multi-link architecture provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

Detailed Description

The technical solution in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention.

In the following description, suffixes such as "module", "component", or "unit" used to denote elements are used only for facilitating the explanation of the present invention, and have no specific meaning in itself. Thus, "module", "component" or "unit" may be used mixedly.

The wearable device in the embodiment of the present invention may be an electronic device with a camera or a shooting function, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited.

the wearable device may be implemented in various forms. For example, the wearable devices described in the present invention may include mobile wearable devices such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palmtop computer, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a Portable Media Player (PMP), a navigation device, a smart band, a pedometer, and the like, and fixed wearable devices such as a Digital TV, a desktop computer, and the like.

while a mobile wearing apparatus will be exemplified in the following description, those skilled in the art will understand that the configuration according to the embodiment of the present invention can be applied to a fixed type wearing apparatus in addition to elements particularly for the purpose of movement.

Referring to fig. 1, which is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of an optional mobile wearable device for implementing various embodiments of the present invention, the mobile wearable device 100 may include: RF (Radio Frequency) unit 101, Wi-Fi module 102, audio output unit 103, a/V (audio/video) input unit 104, sensor 105, display unit 106, user input unit 107, interface unit 108, memory 109, processor 110, and power supply 111. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the mobile wearable device structure shown in fig. 1 does not constitute a limitation of the mobile wearable device, and the mobile wearable device may include more or fewer components than those shown, or some components may be combined, or a different arrangement of components.

The following describes the components of the mobile wearable device in detail with reference to fig. 1:

The radio frequency unit 101 may be configured to receive and transmit signals during information transmission and reception or during a call, and specifically, receive downlink information of a base station and then process the downlink information to the processor 110; in addition, the uplink data is transmitted to the base station. Typically, radio frequency unit 101 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like. In addition, the radio frequency unit 101 can also communicate with a network and other devices through wireless communication. The wireless communication may use any communication standard or protocol, including but not limited to GSM (Global System for Mobile communications), GPRS (General Packet Radio Service), CDMA2000(Code Division Multiple Access 2000), WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access), TD-SCDMA (Time Division-Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access), FDD-LTE (Frequency Division duplex-Long Term Evolution), and TDD-LTE (Time Division duplex-Long Term Evolution).

Wi-Fi belongs to a short-distance wireless transmission technology, and the mobile wearable device can help a user to receive and send emails, browse webpages, access streaming media and the like through the Wi-Fi module 102, and provides wireless broadband internet access for the user. Although fig. 1 shows the Wi-Fi module 102, it is understood that it does not belong to the essential constitution of the mobile wearing apparatus and can be omitted entirely as needed within the scope not changing the essence of the invention.

the audio output unit 103 may convert audio data received by the radio frequency unit 101 or the Wi-Fi module 102 or stored in the memory 109 into an audio signal and output as sound when the mobile wearable device 100 is in a call signal reception mode, a call mode, a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, a broadcast reception mode, or the like. Also, the audio output unit 103 may also provide audio output related to a specific function performed by the mobile wearable device 100 (e.g., a call signal receiving sound, a message receiving sound, etc.). The audio output unit 103 may include a speaker, a buzzer, and the like.

The mobile wearable device 100 further comprises at least one sensor 105, such as light sensors, motion sensors and other sensors. Specifically, the light sensor includes an ambient light sensor that can adjust the brightness of the display panel 1061 according to the brightness of ambient light, and a proximity sensor that can turn off the display panel 1061 and/or the backlight when the mobile wearable device 100 is moved to the ear. As one of the motion sensors, the accelerometer sensor can detect the magnitude of acceleration in each direction (generally, three axes), can detect the magnitude and direction of gravity when stationary, and can be used for applications of recognizing the posture of a mobile phone (such as horizontal and vertical screen switching, related games, magnetometer posture calibration), vibration recognition related functions (such as pedometer and tapping), and the like; as for other sensors such as a fingerprint sensor, a pressure sensor, an iris sensor, a molecular sensor, a gyroscope, a barometer, a hygrometer, a thermometer, and an infrared sensor, which can be configured on the mobile phone, further description is omitted here.

The display unit 106 is used to display information input by a user or information provided to the user. The Display unit 106 may include a Display panel 1061, and the Display panel 1061 may be configured in the form of a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), an Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED), or the like.

the user input unit 107 may be used to receive input numeric or character information and generate key signal inputs related to user settings and function control of the mobile wearable device. Specifically, the user input unit 107 may include a touch panel 1071 and other input devices 1072. The touch panel 1071, also referred to as a touch screen, may collect a touch operation performed by a user on or near the touch panel 1071 (e.g., an operation performed by the user on or near the touch panel 1071 using a finger, a stylus, or any other suitable object or accessory), and drive a corresponding connection device according to a predetermined program. The touch panel 1071 may include two parts of a touch detection device and a touch controller. The touch detection device detects the touch direction of a user, detects a signal brought by touch operation and transmits the signal to the touch controller; the touch controller receives touch information from the touch sensing device, converts the touch information into touch point coordinates, sends the touch point coordinates to the processor 110, and can receive and execute commands sent by the processor 110. In addition, the touch panel 1071 may be implemented in various types, such as a resistive type, a capacitive type, an infrared ray, and a surface acoustic wave. In addition to the touch panel 1071, the user input unit 107 may include other input devices 1072. In particular, other input devices 1072 may include, but are not limited to, one or more of a physical keyboard, function keys (e.g., volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, a joystick, and the like, and are not limited to these specific examples.

further, the touch panel 1071 may cover the display panel 1061, and when the touch panel 1071 detects a touch operation thereon or nearby, the touch panel 1071 transmits the touch operation to the processor 110 to determine the type of the touch event, and then the processor 110 provides a corresponding visual output on the display panel 1061 according to the type of the touch event. Although the touch panel 1071 and the display panel 1061 are two independent components in fig. 1 to implement the input and output functions of the mobile wearable device, in some embodiments, the touch panel 1071 and the display panel 1061 may be integrated to implement the input and output functions of the mobile wearable device, which is not limited herein.

The interface unit 108 serves as an interface through which at least one external device is connected with the mobile wearing apparatus 100. For example, the external device may include a wired or wireless headset port, an external power supply (or battery charger) port, a wired or wireless data port, a memory card port, a port for connecting a device having an identification module, an audio input/output (I/O) port, a video I/O port, an earphone port, and the like. The interface unit 108 may be used to receive input (e.g., data information, power, etc.) from an external device and transmit the received input to one or more elements within the mobile-wearable apparatus 100 or may be used to transmit data between the mobile-wearable apparatus 100 and the external device.

The memory 109 may be used to store software programs as well as various data. The memory 109 may mainly include a storage program area and a storage data area, wherein the storage program area may store an operating system, an application program required by at least one function (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.), and the like; the storage data area may store data (such as audio data, a phonebook, etc.) created according to the use of the cellular phone, and the like. Further, the memory 109 may include high speed random access memory, and may also include non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other volatile solid state storage device.

The processor 110 is a control center of the mobile wearable device, connects various parts of the whole mobile wearable device by using various interfaces and lines, and executes various functions and processes data of the mobile wearable device by running or executing software programs and/or modules stored in the memory 109 and calling data stored in the memory 109, thereby integrally monitoring the mobile wearable device. Processor 110 may include one or more processing units; preferably, the processor 110 may integrate an application processor, which mainly handles operating systems, user interfaces, application programs, etc., and a modem processor, which mainly handles wireless communications. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into the processor 110.

The mobile wearable device 100 may further include a power supply 111 (such as a battery) for supplying power to each component, and preferably, the power supply 111 may be logically connected to the processor 110 through a power management system, so as to implement functions of managing charging, discharging, and power consumption through the power management system.

Although not shown in fig. 1, the mobile wearable device 100 may further include a bluetooth module or the like, which is not described herein.

in order to facilitate understanding of the embodiments of the present invention, a communication network system on which the mobile wearable device of the present invention is based is described below.

Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is an architecture diagram of a communication Network system according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the communication Network system is an LTE system of a universal mobile telecommunications technology, and the LTE system includes a UE (User Equipment) 201, an E-UTRAN (Evolved UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network) 202, an EPC (Evolved Packet Core) 203, and an IP service 204 of an operator, which are in communication connection in sequence.

specifically, the UE201 may be the wearable device 100 described above, and is not described herein again.

the E-UTRAN202 includes eNodeB2021 and other eNodeBs 2022, among others. Among them, the eNodeB2021 may be connected with other eNodeB2022 through backhaul (e.g., X2 interface), the eNodeB2021 is connected to the EPC203, and the eNodeB2021 may provide the UE201 access to the EPC 203.

The EPC203 may include an MME (Mobility Management Entity) 2031, an HSS (Home Subscriber Server) 2032, other MMEs 2033, an SGW (Serving GateWay) 2034, a PGW (PDN GateWay) 2035, and a PCRF (Policy and charging rules Function) 2036, and the like. The MME2031 is a control node that handles signaling between the UE201 and the EPC203, and provides bearer and connection management. HSS2032 is used to provide registers to manage functions such as home location register (not shown) and holds subscriber specific information about service characteristics, data rates, etc. All user data may be sent through SGW2034, PGW2035 may provide IP address assignment for UE201 and other functions, and PCRF2036 is a policy and charging control policy decision point for traffic data flow and IP bearer resources, which selects and provides available policy and charging control decisions for a policy and charging enforcement function (not shown).

the IP services 204 may include the internet, intranets, IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem), or other IP services, among others.

Although the LTE system is described as an example, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the LTE system, but may also be applied to other wireless communication systems, such as GSM, CDMA2000, WCDMA, TD-SCDMA, and future new network systems.

The wearable device in the embodiment of the present invention may be a mobile wearable device, and then, for example, based on the above hardware structure of the mobile wearable device and the communication network system, various embodiments of the wearable device provided in the present invention may be provided. The wearable device described below may be replaced with a mobile wearable device.

Based on the hardware structure of the wearable device presented in fig. 1 and the design structure of the wearable device presented in fig. 3 of the embodiment of the present invention, a wearable device capable of performing communication can be obtained, and the wearable device is applied to the communication network system presented in fig. 2.

The embodiment of the invention provides a design scheme of wearable equipment, which realizes the switching of two different forms of straight and bending through a bending telescopic component and realizes the display of different forms of the wearable equipment.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a wearable device, and fig. 3 shows an explosion diagram of the wearable device, where the wearable device includes:

A silicone sleeve assembly 301, flexible screen assemblies 302 and 303, a hinge assembly 306, power spring plate assemblies 304 and 305 and an arc-shaped shell 307;

in the embodiment of the present invention, the silicone sleeve assembly 301 is connected to the hinge assembly 306 through a fastening position, and the silicone sleeve assembly 301 is used for fixing and protecting the flexible screen assembly 302. The flexible screen assemblies 302 and 303 are arranged below the silicone sleeve assembly 301 and fixed on the hinge assembly 306, and the flexible screen assemblies 302 and 303 rotate along with the rotation of the hinge assembly 306;

The silica gel sleeve component 301 is a flexible silica gel shell, and may also be made of other flexible materials, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

It should be noted that the wearable device in the embodiment of the present invention employs a flexible silica gel housing, and the bending state of the wearable device is realized based on the characteristic that the power spring 304 can be bent, so that the wearable device can be worn on the hand of the user in a bracelet shape, and is convenient to carry and convenient.

It can be understood that the whole wearable device is wrapped by the outer layer of the flexible silica gel shell, and the good stretching and compressing performance of the silica gel is used for realizing the flexible bending of the whole wearable device and ensuring the comfort of the contact part of the whole wearable device and the arm of the user.

FIG. 4 shows a schematic diagram of the flexible screen assembly 302 position of the wearable device;

The flexible screen assembly comprises a cover plate 3021, a flexible screen 3022 and a support plate 303; wherein the content of the first and second substances,

the support plate 303 is located at the neutral layer of the hinge assembly;

The neutral layer is that the outer layer of the support plate 303 is stretched and the inner layer is compressed during bending, and a transition layer which is not stretched and not compressed is inevitably formed on the section of the support plate 303, the stress is almost equal to zero, and the transition layer is called as a neutral layer of the material. The length of the neutral layer, which is the reference for calculating the deployed length of the support plate 303, remains the same during bending as before bending.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the cover plate 3021 may be a flexible glass cover plate, and the flexible screen 3022 may be an Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED) screen body, a graphene screen body, or the like, as long as the screen is made of a flexible material, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

The cover plate 3021 of the flexible screen assembly 302 is located above the flexible screen of the flexible screen assembly 302, and a glue layer is arranged between the cover plate 3021 and the flexible screen of the flexible screen assembly 302, and the cover plate 3021 of the flexible screen assembly 302 and the flexible screen of the flexible screen assembly 302 can be bonded together through the glue layer.

Specifically, cover 3021 and flexible panel 3022 are bonded together by oca glue, and cover 3021 is positioned over flexible panel 3022.

A glue layer is arranged between the periphery of the support plate 303 of the flexible screen assembly 302 and the cover plate 3021 of the flexible screen assembly 302, and the cover plate 3021 of the flexible screen assembly 302 and the support plate 303 of the flexible screen assembly 302 can be bonded together through the glue layer.

Specifically, the cover plate 3021 and the support plate 303 are connected by using a dispensing technique around the cover plate 3021, and the support plate 303 is located below the flexible screen 3022, so that the flexible screen 3022 is sandwiched between the cover plate 3021 and the support plate 303, and the support plate 303 plays a role in supporting and protecting the flexible screen assembly.

Fig. 5 shows a schematic structural view of the arcuate housing 307 of the wearable device;

The one end of arc casing 307 is provided with storage tank 3071, storage tank 3071 is used for the holding the extension of flexible screen subassembly, that is to say when wearing equipment's girth is certain, in order to increase the area of flexible screen, we need set up storage tank 3071 in one side of arc casing 307, let more flexible screen subassemblies can put in the storage tank, just so increased the area of flexible screen subassembly in the wearing equipment unit area, it is too little to have solved the screen among the current wearing equipment, the not good problem of user experience!

The arc-shaped housing 307 is hollow, forming a stacking space for mounting hardware devices.

It should be noted that the specific shape structure of the arc-shaped shell 307 is not limited herein, and may be an arc shape or other shapes, and the specific shape structure needs to be designed according to the layout of hardware, and is not limited herein. The arc-shaped shell 307 structure provided by the embodiment of the invention realizes flexible bending and reliable protection of local part stacking space.

Alternatively, the arc-shaped shell 307 may be made of a hard glue material.

That is, the material of the arc-shaped casing 307 may be a hard-plastic material, or may be other materials with a good buffering effect and a certain hardness, but the components are not damaged by collision, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

Alternatively, the hard rubber material in the embodiment of the present invention may be Polycarbonate (PC), Polyoxymethylene (POM), or the like, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the arc-shaped shell 307 is filled with a filler, and the filler may be an anti-seismic noise reduction material (anti-seismic material and/or sound absorption material), polyurethane (silicone pad), and the like, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present invention.

it should be noted that the arc-shaped shell 307 is hollow, so as to form a stacking space, and after electronic components required by the wearable device are placed in the stacking space, a space in which no component is placed in each stacking space needs to be filled with a filler, so that stability of the stacking space can be achieved, and safety and stability of the components arranged in the stacking space are ensured.

In the embodiment of the present invention, all the electrical hardware components constituting the wearable device may be disposed in the stacking space of the arc-shaped casing 307, and the hardware components include a processor, a memory, a communication module, a sensor module, an audio/video module, a battery module, and other electronic components required by the wearable device, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

Both ends of the hinge assembly 306 are respectively connected to both ends of the arc-shaped housing 307 by hinges 3072, and fig. 12 is a side view of an exemplary single link according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The links 3061 provided in fig. 12 are assembled to form a part of a watch band, and every two links 3061 are connected through a stopper, wherein fig. 13 is a top view of an exemplary single link provided in the embodiment of the present invention, two links are connected through a stopper, and the links are stopped on a stopper groove to rotate. The hinge assembly 306 comprises at least two chain links and a limiting piece, wherein a limiting groove is formed in the limiting piece, the at least two chain links are connected through the limiting piece and limited on the limiting groove to rotate, and the screen assembly is installed on the at least two chain links connected through the limiting piece and deforms along with the rotation of the chain links on the limiting groove; fig. 14 is a side view of an exemplary multi-link according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 14, since the hinge assembly 306 provided by the present invention is composed of links of one link and each link of the hinge assembly 306 can rotate on the limiting groove in the limiting member, an arbitrary bending and folding of the device is achieved, the user experience is greatly improved, and the structure is simple, the production and processing are convenient, so that the cost of the produced wearable device is low.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of an exemplary power spring according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to fig. 3 and 6, the flexible screen assembly 302 is disposed above the hinge assembly 306, disposed parallel to the powered dome 304 and mounted above the powered dome 304; in particular, the method comprises the following steps of,

the power spring piece assembly comprises at least two power spring pieces, namely a power spring piece 304 and a power spring piece 305;

The power spring piece is arranged at the lower layer of the supporting plate 303 of the flexible screen assembly 302 and is connected with the hinge assembly 306 through a hinge; wherein the content of the first and second substances,

The left end of the power spring piece 305 is hinged with the left end of the hinge assembly 306, and the right end of the power spring piece 304 is hinged with the right end of the hinge assembly 306.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the wearable device may be a mobile wearable device, such as an electronic device with a display function, for example, a bracelet, and the wearable device is specifically selected according to an actual situation.

In embodiments of the present invention, the flexible screen assembly 302 may be coupled to the hinge assembly 306 using dispensing techniques. Optionally, z-glue is used to secure the flexible screen assembly 302 and the hinge assembly 306.

Fig. 7 is a left side view of an exemplary power spring in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention; the power spring 304 is used for supporting the flexible screen assembly 302;

The power elastic sheet assembly comprises a bending state and a straight state; the power elastic piece assembly is used for driving the wearable device to be switched between a bent state and a straight state. The power spring plate 304 is made of spring steel, and when the power spring plate 304 is in an unfolded state, the longitudinal section of the power spring plate 304 is arc-shaped.

it should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the flexible screen assembly 302 and the power dome assembly 304 are installed above the hinge assembly 306 in parallel. The power elastic sheet assembly is used for supporting the flexible screen assembly 302 and comprises a bending state and a straight state, so that the wearable device can be freely switched between different forms through different states, namely the bending state and the straight state, presented by the bending of the power elastic sheet.

In some embodiments of the present invention, taking the wearable device as a bracelet as an example, as shown in fig. 11, fig. 11 is a curved view of the whole optional wearable device provided in the embodiments of the present invention, and when the power spring 304 is in a curved state, the wearable device is in a bracelet shape. As shown in fig. 9, fig. 9 is a front view of an alternative wearable device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and when the power spring 304 is in a flat state, the wearable device is in an L shape. .

In some embodiments of the invention, for example, the power spring assembly comprises at least two power springs; the power dome assemblies 304 and 305 are mounted in the receiving cavities 3062 of the hinge assemblies 306, and the power domes are disposed under the support plate 303 of the flexible screen assembly 302, i.e., in the lower cavities 3062 of the hinge assemblies 306, and are connected to the hinge assemblies 306 by hinges; wherein the content of the first and second substances,

The left end of one power spring piece 305 is hinged with the left end of the hinge assembly 306, and the right end of the other power spring piece 304 is hinged with the right end of the hinge assembly 306.

It should be noted that the left end of the power spring 305 is hinged to the left end of the hinge assembly 306, and the right end of the power spring 305 is a free end, and can be extended and retracted and bent along the horizontal direction, which is more beneficial to protecting the flexible screen assembly 302; similarly, the right end of the power spring 304 is hinged to the right end of the hinge assembly 306, but the left end of the power spring 304 is a free end and can stretch and bend in the horizontal direction, which is more beneficial to protecting the flexible screen assembly 302. And the power spring piece assembly at least comprises two power spring pieces which are sequentially staggered and stacked and connected with the hinge assembly 306 through a hinge.

Above the powered dome 304 is the support plate 304, and the powered dome assembly is used to support and protect the flexible screen assembly 302.

The powered dome assemblies 304, 305 include a curved state and a flat state; the power elastic piece assembly is used for driving the wearable equipment to be switched between a bending state and a straight state.

In an embodiment of the present invention, fig. 8 is a complete side view of an alternative wearable device provided in an embodiment of the present invention, and in particular, fig. 8 is a complete side view of the wearable device when the power spring assemblies 304 and 305 are in a flat state, where the flexible screen assembly 302 and the supporting plate 303 are in a flat state. Cover plate 3021 of flexible shield assembly 302 has a length that is shorter than the length of support plate 303 that supports flexible shield assembly 302; support plate 303 may be longer than flexible shield 3022, and may be the same but not longer than flexible shield cover 3021. Embodiments of the present invention do not limit the specific lengths of flexible screen 3022, support plate 303, and flexible screen cover 3021, as long as the length relationship described above is met.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the support plate 303 is made of a material having rigidity and bending properties.

The power elastic piece assembly at least comprises two power elastic pieces which are made of spring steel.

in the present embodiment, the support plate 303 has a certain rigidity in the thickness direction, and the better bending performance is mainly used for supporting the flexible screen assembly 302 and limiting the bending shape thereof. Because the power shrapnel component comprises a bending state and a straight state, the power shrapnel component mainly drives the whole wearable device to switch between the straight state and the bending state. The power spring piece assembly comprises at least one power piece, and the number of the power spring pieces is not limited in the embodiment of the invention.

It should be noted that the material used for the support plate 303 with rigidity in the thickness direction and bending property may be a spring steel material, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited.

Alternatively, the spring steel material may be a flat manganese steel sheet (e.g., 65MN heavy steel) with good elastic bending properties, and embodiments of the present invention are not limited thereto.

In an embodiment of the invention, at least one power spring piece is used for reliably supporting the flexible screen and limiting the bending shape during the use process.

It should be noted that a power spring is designed below the supporting plate 303 and made of a manganese steel coiled material steel sheet, and two ends of the power spring can be freely switched between a straight state and a bent state after being acted by an external force, namely, the straight state and the bent state, so that a driving force is provided for the whole wearable device to be switched between the straight state and the bent state.

Fig. 11 is a curved view of an alternative wearable device according to an embodiment of the present invention, that is, in an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 11, the flat state and the curved state of the wearable device are driven mainly by a power spring piece, the power spring piece is made of a spring steel material, and the driving principle of the power spring piece is to press the spring steel material to change a mechanical structure thereof, so that the wearable device is in a curled state in a natural state. As shown in fig. 8, fig. 8 is a side view of an alternative wearable device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and after the wearable device is pulled flat under a force, the middle arc reaches a flat state with mechanical equilibrium.

It can be understood that, adopt flat sheet steel as the bearing structure of flexible screen subassembly, simple reliable just is applicable to two kinds of forms of crooked exhibition flat, adopts the power shell fragment of spring steel material as power shell fragment subassembly, and the switching that two kinds of forms were carried out to the drive wearing equipment is simple and reliable.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the specific shape structure of the arc-shaped shell 307 is not limited herein, and may be an arc shape or other shapes, and the specific shape structure needs to be designed according to the layout of hardware, and is not limited herein. The arc-shaped shell 307 structure provided by the embodiment of the invention realizes flexible bending and reliable protection of a local part stacking space, and two ends of the arc-shaped shell 307 are connected with two ends of the hinge assembly 306 through hinges, so that the connection is more flexible and stable.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the at least one rigid volume housing 131 is disposed flat at the middle portion and both end portions of the lower layer of the support substrate 111.

optionally, the arc casing 307 of the wearable device is designed to be a flexible and rigid combined casing, and rigid volume block casings can be arranged at upper and lower leveling positions worn by corresponding wrists, so that a reliable stacking space is provided for rigid wearable device components. The embodiment of the invention can not limit the number and the positions of other shells on each part of the wearable device.

in the embodiment of the present invention, all the electrical hardware devices constituting the wearable device may be disposed in the stacking space of the arc-shaped housing 307, and the hardware devices include a processor, a memory, a communication module, a sensor module, an audio/video module, a battery module, and other electronic components required by the wearable device.

The embodiment of the invention provides a wearable device, which comprises: a silica gel sleeve assembly 301, a flexible screen assembly 302, a hinge assembly 306, a power spring piece assembly 304 and an arc-shaped shell 307; the flexible screen assembly comprises a cover plate 3021, a flexible screen 3022 and a support plate 303; wherein the support plate 303 is located at the neutral layer of the hinge assembly 306; one end of the arc-shaped shell is provided with a containing groove 3071, and the containing groove 3071 is used for containing the extending part of the flexible screen assembly 302; two ends of the hinge assembly 306 are respectively connected with two ends of the arc-shaped shell 307 through hinges; the arc-shaped housing 307 is hollow, forming a stacking space for mounting hardware devices. Arc casing 307's one end is provided with storage tank 3071, and flexible screen subassembly 302's extension can be placed in storage tank 3071, makes wearing equipment's overall structure is compacter, has increased the area of flexible screen subassembly 302 in the wearing equipment unit area, has solved among the current wearing equipment that the screen is too little, the not good problem of user experience!

based on the above structural description of the wearable device, the embodiment of the present invention further provides an assembling method of the wearable device, which first assembles and presses the hinge assembly 306 and the power spring 304.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the wearable device may be a mobile wearable device, such as an electronic device like a bracelet, which is specifically selected according to actual situations, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited specifically.

it should be noted that the power spring 304 and the power spring 305 may be made of manganese steel coiled steel, and two ends of the power spring may be freely switched between a straight state and a bent state after being acted by an external force, that is, the straight state and the bent state, so as to provide a driving force for the form switching of the whole wearable device between the straight state and the bent state.

That is to say, in the embodiment of the present invention, the driving of the flat state and the bending state of the wearable device mainly depends on the power spring piece, the power spring piece is made of a spring steel material, and the driving principle of the power spring piece is to press the spring steel material to change the mechanical structure thereof, so that the power spring piece is in a curled state in a natural state, and the specific form is shown in fig. 11. As shown in fig. 9, after the middle arc is flattened under the action of force, the middle arc reaches a flat state of mechanical equilibrium.

It can be understood that the power elastic sheet made of the spring steel material is used as the power assembly, the wearable equipment is driven to switch between the two forms, and the power assembly is simple and reliable.

In the embodiment of the invention, when at least one rigid volume block shell is a rigid volume block shell, the power assembly can be composed of a power piece, and the power piece can directly penetrate through the rigid volume block shell to be used as an implementation structure of a hand belt or a hand ring of the wearable device.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the arc-shaped shell 307 is obtained by molding a hard rubber material according to a preset mold shape, and the power spring piece assembly is obtained by molding a spring steel material according to a preset steel sheet mold.

specifically, the spring steel material may be formed by stamping, forging or numerical control forming, which is specifically selected according to actual conditions, and the embodiment of the present invention is not specifically limited.

in the embodiment of the present invention, a space is stacked on the arc-shaped housing 307 by means of press riveting, and then, the parts of the wearing device are fixed in the stacked space, at this time, the parts of the wearing device are fixed in the arc-shaped housing 307 of the wearing device.

the parts to the wearing device, that is, the electrical hardware device, include an integrated circuit element, a battery, a camera, and other parts, which are specifically selected according to actual situations, and the embodiment of the present invention is not particularly limited.

In the embodiment of the present invention, a numerical control machine may be used to machine a structural shape on the outer surface of the arc-shaped shell 307, which is used to set a switch key hole, a card support hole, a volume key space, a horn hole, and the like, and the structural shape may be specifically selected according to actual conditions, and the embodiment of the present invention is not specifically limited.

it will be appreciated that the use of flat steel sheets as the support structure for the flexible screen assembly 302 is simple, reliable and suitable for both curved and flat configurations.

After the hinge assembly 306 is assembled and pressed with the power dome 304, the flexible screen assembly 302 and the support plate 303 are disposed on top of the hinge assembly 306.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the support plate 303 may be disposed on an upper layer of the hinge assembly 306 using riveting, gluing, or the like.

It should be noted that the length of the supporting plate 303 represents the overall length of the wearable device, the length of the supporting substrate needs to conform to the wearing circumference of most people, and the supporting substrate can be specifically designed according to actual statistics, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

after the flexible screen assembly 302 and the support plate 303 are disposed on top of the hinge assembly 306, the flexible screen assembly 302 is glued to the silicone sleeve assembly 301.

After the silicone sleeve assembly 301, the flexible screen assembly 302 and the hinge assembly 306 are assembled, two ends of the hinge assembly 306 are respectively connected with two ends of the arc-shaped shell 307 through hinges, so that the watch band-shaped wearing device shown in fig. 11 can be assembled.

in the embodiment of the invention, the flexible screen assembly 302 is subjected to dispensing, then the flexible screen assembly 302 subjected to dispensing and the silica gel sleeve assembly 301 are assembled, and finally the assembled flexible screen assembly 302, the silica gel sleeve assembly 301, the hinge assembly 306, the power spring 304 and the arc-shaped shell 307 are combined to obtain the assembled wearing equipment.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the dispensing process includes a hybrid dispensing process and a suspension dispensing process, which are specifically selected according to actual situations, and the embodiment of the present invention is not specifically limited.

It can be understood that the outer layer of the flexible screen assembly 302 of the wearable device is wrapped by the silicone sleeve assembly 301, and the flexible bending of the whole wearable device is realized and the flexible screen assembly 302 is protected by the good tensile and compressive properties of the silicone.

In the embodiment of the present invention, it should be noted that the overall assembling sequence of the wearable device may vary according to different processing procedures, and is not limited to be described herein.

It can be understood that because this wearing equipment can realize these different wearing equipment forms of flat state and curved state of wearing equipment through power shell fragment subassembly, be convenient for carry out the transform of different wearing equipment forms according to actual need, consequently, embodied the variety and the flexibility of this wearing equipment's form.

As will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, embodiments of the present invention may be provided as a method, system, or computer program product. Accordingly, the present invention may take the form of a hardware embodiment, a software embodiment, or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, the present invention may take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media (including, but not limited to, disk storage, optical storage, and the like) having computer-usable program code embodied therein.

The present invention is described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems), and computer program products according to embodiments of the invention. It will be understood that each flow and/or block of the flow diagrams and/or block diagrams, and combinations of flows and/or blocks in the flow diagrams and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means which implement the function specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide steps for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A wearable device, comprising:

the support plate is located at a neutral layer of the hinge assembly;

2. The wearable device according to claim 1, wherein the silicone sleeve assembly is sleeved on an outer surface of the flexible screen assembly, and the silicone sleeve assembly is used for protecting the flexible screen assembly.

3. The wearable device according to claim 1, wherein the cover plate of the flexible screen assembly is located above the flexible screen of the flexible screen assembly with a glue layer therebetween, and the cover plate of the flexible screen assembly and the flexible screen of the flexible screen assembly can be bonded together through the glue layer.

4. the wearable device according to claim 1, wherein an adhesive layer is arranged between the periphery of the support plate of the flexible screen assembly and the cover plate of the flexible screen assembly, and the cover plate of the flexible screen assembly and the support plate of the flexible screen assembly can be bonded together through the adhesive layer.

5. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the powered dome assembly comprises a first powered dome and a second powered dome;

6. the wearable device of claim 5, wherein the powered dome assembly is configured to support the flexible screen assembly;

The power elastic sheet assembly comprises a bending state and a straight state;

The power elastic piece assembly is used for driving the wearable device to be switched between a bent state and a straight state.

7. the wearable device according to claim 6, wherein the power spring is made of spring steel, and when the power spring is in the unfolded state, the longitudinal section of the power spring is arc-shaped.

8. the wearable device according to claim 1, wherein the hinge assembly includes at least two hinge mechanisms, a pair of hinge holes are symmetrically disposed on each side of each hinge mechanism, and a plane formed by points where axes of the hinge holes are located constitutes the neutral layer.

9. the wearable device according to claim 1, wherein the arc-shaped shell is hollow to form a stacking space, and the stacking space is used for arranging hardware devices, and the hardware devices comprise a processor, a memory, a communication module, a sensor module, an audio and video module, a battery module and other electronic elements required by the wearable device.

10. the wearable device of claim 9, wherein the hardware component is electrically connectable to the flexible screen assembly.