CN111200677A

CN111200677A - Folding terminal device and method for controlling opening and closing of housing

Info

Publication number: CN111200677A
Application number: CN201811369476.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 贺真; 金庆浩; 廖常亮
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-11-16
Filing date: 2018-11-16
Publication date: 2020-05-26
Also published as: WO2020098535A1

Abstract

The application provides a foldable terminal device and a method for controlling opening and closing of a shell. The folding terminal device includes: the magnetic module comprises a first shell, a first magnetic module arranged in the first shell, a second magnetic module arranged on the second shell and a rotating device connected with the first shell and the second shell. The magnetic poles of the magnetic pole surfaces of the first magnetic module and the second magnetic module facing each other are changed through a magnetic pole rotating mechanism arranged in the folding terminal equipment, so that the folding terminal equipment is opened and closed. The foldable terminal equipment provided by the application can realize the bouncing open or closing of the foldable terminal equipment through the magnetic pole adsorption or repulsion principle, and is convenient for opening and closing the foldable terminal equipment.

Description

Folding terminal device and method for controlling opening and closing of housing

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of communications, and more particularly, to a foldable terminal device and a method of controlling opening and closing of a housing.

Background

Under the rapid development of communication technology, more and more importance is attached to privacy protection of terminal equipment. The privacy protection of the existing terminal equipment is in the screen of the terminal equipment, namely after the screen of the terminal equipment is lightened, the owner is identified through the technologies such as the password and the like, and then the owner enters the system of the terminal equipment. However, for the foldable terminal device, the screen can still be opened and closed physically by others by adopting the privacy protection mode, and the purpose of privacy protection cannot be achieved. Therefore, it is an urgent need to provide a foldable terminal device that is easy to open and close.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a foldable terminal device and a method for controlling the opening and closing of a shell, and realizes the springing open or closing of the foldable terminal device through a magnetic pole adsorption or repulsion principle, so that the foldable terminal device can be opened and closed conveniently.

In a first aspect, a foldable terminal device is provided, comprising a first housing (110), a second housing (120), and a rotating device (130) connecting the first housing (110) and the second housing (120); the folding terminal device further includes: a first magnetic module (111) disposed on the first housing (110); a second magnetic module (121) disposed on the second housing (120); and a magnetic pole rotating mechanism (140) provided in the folding type terminal device, the magnetic pole rotating mechanism (140) being used for controlling the magnetic pole of the first surface. The first surface can be a magnetic pole surface facing the second magnetic module (121) in the first magnetic module (111); alternatively, the first surface may be a magnetic pole surface of the second magnetic module (121) facing the first magnetic module (111); alternatively, the first surface may refer to a surface corresponding to the first housing (110) or the second housing (120). Then, the magnetic pole of the first surface may be changed by changing the magnetic pole surface of the first magnetic module (111) facing the second magnetic module (121), or changing the magnetic pole surface of the second magnetic module (121) facing the first magnetic module (111), or simultaneously changing the magnetic pole surface of the first magnetic module (111) facing the second magnetic module (121) and the magnetic pole surface of the second magnetic module (121) facing the first magnetic module (111).

In particular, the second magnetic module (121) can be mutually attracted or mutually repelled with the first magnetic module (111); when the second magnetic module (121) and the first magnetic module (111) are attracted to each other, the first housing (110) and the second housing (120) are folded to each other, and the foldable terminal device is in a closed state; when the second magnetic module (121) and the first magnetic module (111) repel each other, the first housing (110) and the second housing (120) spring away from each other, and the folder type terminal device is in an open state.

It should be understood that in the embodiments of the present application, the terminal device of the folder type may be referred to as a terminal device of the folder type being in a locked transition state, and the terminal device of the folder type being in an open state may be referred to as a terminal device of the folder type being in an unlocked transition state. That is, the second magnetic module (121) and the first magnetic module (111) can be regarded as a locking device in a terminal device of a folding type.

The locking device is not limited to be arranged in the folding terminal equipment, and can also be arranged in other equipment, and the equipment can be opened and closed through magnetic pole adsorption or repulsion, which is not described any more here.

According to the folding terminal equipment provided by the embodiment of the application, the magnetic modules are respectively arranged on the folding shell, the adsorption or repulsion among the magnetic modules is realized through the magnetic pole adsorption principle, the locking or non-locking of the folding terminal equipment can be realized, and compared with a purely mechanical locking device, the abrasion is reduced.

It should also be understood that for the terminal device, a first screen is further included on the first housing for displaying the user interface, and a second screen is further included on the second housing for displaying the user interface. The first screen and the second screen can be two parts of the same flexible screen, and the foldable screen in the foldable terminal device can be an integral flexible screen.

For simplicity, the specific structure of the housing is not described in detail herein.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain implementations of the first aspect, the magnetic pole rotating mechanism (140) is, wherein the electric mechanism (140) is connected to the first magnetic module (111), the first magnetic module (111) includes a first magnetic pole surface and a second magnetic pole surface, the magnetic poles of the first magnetic pole surface and the second magnetic pole surface are opposite, and the electric mechanism (140) is configured to control the first magnetic module (111) to rotate so as to change a magnetic pole surface facing the second magnetic module (121) of the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic pole surface; and/or the electric mechanism (140) is connected with the second magnetic module (121), the second magnetic module (121) comprises the first magnetic pole face and the second magnetic pole face, and the electric mechanism (140) is used for controlling the second magnetic module (121) to rotate so as to change the magnetic pole face facing the first magnetic module (111) in the first magnetic pole face and the second magnetic pole face in the second magnetic module (121).

According to the folding terminal device provided by the embodiment of the application, the first magnetic module (111) and/or the second magnetic module (121) are/is rotated by arranging the electric mechanism, the magnetic poles of the mutually facing magnetic pole surfaces of the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) are changed, and the mutual adsorption or mutual repulsion of the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) can be completed.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain implementations of the first aspect, the first magnetic module (111) includes a first portion (112) and a second portion (113), wherein the first portion (112) comprises a first magnetic pole face and a second magnetic pole face, the magnetic poles of the first and second magnetic pole faces being opposite, the second portion (113) comprises the first and second magnetic pole faces, and the magnetic poles of the first part (112) and the second part (113) respectively facing the magnetic pole surface of the second shell (120) are opposite, the magnetic pole rotating mechanism (140) is an electric mechanism (140), the electric mechanism (140) is connected with the first part (112) and/or the second part (113), the electric mechanism (140) is used for controlling the part of the first part (112) and the second part (113) facing the second magnetic module (121); and/or the second magnetic module (121) comprises a third part (122) and a fourth part (123), wherein the third part (122) comprises the first magnetic pole face and the second magnetic pole face, the fourth part (123) comprises the first magnetic pole face and the second magnetic pole face, and the magnetic poles of the third part (122) and the fourth part (123) respectively facing the magnetic pole face of the first shell (110) are opposite; the electric mechanism (140) is connected with the third part (122) and/or the fourth part (123), and the electric mechanism (140) is used for controlling the part of the third part (122) and the fourth part (123) facing the second magnetic module (121).

According to the folding terminal device provided by the embodiment of the application, the electric mechanism is arranged to control the components in the first magnetic module (111) and/or the second magnetic module (121), and the parts facing each other can enable the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) to be mutually adsorbed or mutually repelled.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain implementations of the first aspect, the magnetic pole rotation mechanism (140) is a current device (140), wherein the first magnetic module (111) includes a first magnetic pole face and a second magnetic pole face, the magnetic poles of the first magnetic pole face and the second magnetic pole face are opposite, and the current device (140) is configured to control a current direction in the first magnetic module (111) to change a magnetic pole face of the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic pole face facing the second magnetic module (121); and/or the second magnetic module (121) comprises the first magnetic pole face and the second magnetic pole face, and the electric mechanism (140) is used for controlling the current direction in the second magnetic module (121) so as to change the magnetic pole face facing the first magnetic module (111) in the first magnetic module (121) and the second magnetic pole face.

According to the folding terminal device provided by the embodiment of the application, the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) are formed by the magnetic induction coil, and the direction of current in the magnetic induction coil is changed to change the magnetic poles of the magnetic pole faces, facing to each other, of the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121), so that the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) are mutually adsorbed or mutually repelled.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain implementations of the first aspect, the locking device further includes: the authentication device (150) is arranged on the terminal equipment and used for determining whether the user is allowed to change the state of the terminal equipment; wherein the state of the terminal device comprises: a locked state and an unlocked state, wherein the locked state is a state in which the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) are attracted to each other, and the unlocked state is a state in which the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) are repelled from each other; the authentication device (150) comprises: at least one of a face feature data acquisition device, a fingerprint feature data acquisition device or a password input device.

According to the foldable terminal device provided by the embodiment of the application, the authentication device (150) is arranged, so that a user cannot directly open or close the foldable terminal device, and the foldable terminal device can be allowed to be opened or closed only after passing through a corresponding authentication mode.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain implementations of the first aspect, the locking device further includes: the damping mechanism (160) is arranged on the rotating device (130), and the damping magnitude of the damping mechanism (160) corresponds to the mutual bouncing angle of the first shell (110) and the second shell (120).

According to the locking device provided by the embodiment of the application, the damping mechanism (160) is arranged to control the bouncing angle of the folding shell, so that a user can conveniently open the folding terminal equipment.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain implementations of the first aspect, the first magnetic module (111) disposed in the first housing (110) includes: the first magnetic module (111) is arranged on the non-display surface of the first shell (110); and/or the second magnetic module (121) disposed in the second housing (120) comprises: the second magnetic module (121) is disposed on a non-display surface of the second housing (120).

According to the locking device provided by the embodiment of the application, the magnetic modules are arranged on the non-display surfaces of the first shell (110) and the second shell (120), so that the display area of the display screen in the first shell (110) and the second shell (120) can be increased, and the screen occupation ratio is increased.

In a second aspect, a method for controlling opening and closing of a housing is provided, and is applied to a foldable terminal device, where the foldable terminal device includes a first housing, a second housing, and a rotating device connecting the first housing and the second housing, and the method includes: arranging a first magnetic module in a first shell, arranging a second magnetic module in a second shell, and controlling the magnetic poles of the mutually facing magnetic pole surfaces of the first magnetic module and the second magnetic module through a magnetic pole rotating mechanism; when the magnetic poles of the mutually facing magnetic pole surfaces of the first magnetic module and the second magnetic module are opposite, the first shell and the second shell are in a closed state; when the magnetic poles of the mutually facing magnetic pole surfaces of the first magnetic module and the second magnetic module are the same, the first shell and the second shell are in an elastic opening state.

According to the method for controlling the opening and closing of the shell, the opening and closing of the shell are controlled based on the adsorption or repulsion between the magnetic modules, and the privacy protection of the folding terminal device can be achieved on the premise that the opening and closing of the shell are simplified.

With reference to the second aspect, in certain implementations of the second aspect, the magnetic pole rotating mechanism is an electric mechanism, the electric mechanism is connected to the first magnetic module, the first magnetic module includes a first magnetic pole surface and a second magnetic pole surface, and the magnetic poles of the first magnetic pole surface and the second magnetic pole surface are opposite, and the method further includes: rotating the first magnetic module via the motorized mechanism to alter a pole face of the first and second pole faces in the first magnetic module that faces the second magnetic module; and/or the electric mechanism is connected with the second magnetic module, the second magnetic module comprises the first magnetic pole surface and the second magnetic pole surface, and the second magnetic module is rotated by the electric mechanism to change the magnetic pole surface facing the first magnetic module in the first magnetic module and the second magnetic pole surface in the second magnetic module.

According to the method for controlling the opening and closing of the shell, the magnetic poles of the magnetic pole faces of the magnetic modules facing each other can be changed by rotating the magnetic modules through the electric mechanism, and therefore the first magnetic module and the second magnetic module can be mutually adsorbed or mutually repelled. Changing the magnetic poles of the magnetic pole surfaces of the magnetic modules facing each other refers to changing the direction of the magnetic poles, for example, the N pole of the magnetic module faces upward, the S pole of the magnetic module faces downward, and the S pole of the magnetic module faces upward and the N pole of the magnetic module faces downward through the rotation of the electric mechanism, which is called changing the magnetic poles of the magnetic pole surfaces of the magnetic modules facing each other.

With reference to the second aspect, in certain implementations of the second aspect, the first magnetic module includes a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion includes a first magnetic pole face and a second magnetic pole face, the magnetic poles of the first magnetic pole face and the second magnetic pole face are opposite, the second portion includes the first magnetic pole face and the second magnetic pole face, and the magnetic poles of the first portion and the second portion respectively facing the magnetic pole face of the second housing are opposite; the magnetic pole rotating mechanism is an electric mechanism which is connected with the first part and/or the second part, and the method further comprises the following steps: controlling, via the electric machine, a portion of the first and second portions that faces the second magnetic module; and/or the second magnetic module comprises a third part and a fourth part, wherein the third part comprises the first magnetic pole surface and the second magnetic pole surface, the fourth part comprises the first magnetic pole surface and the second magnetic pole surface, and the magnetic poles of the third part and the fourth part respectively facing the magnetic pole surface of the first shell are opposite, and the electric mechanism is connected with the third part and/or the fourth part, and the method further comprises the following steps: controlling, via the electric machine, a portion of the third and fourth portions that faces the second magnetic module.

According to the method for controlling the shell to open and close, one magnetic module can be composed of two parts, and the magnetic poles of the two parts facing the magnetic pole surfaces of the opposite shell are opposite (for example, the S pole of the first part is upward, the N pole of the first part is downward, the N pole of the second part is upward, and the S pole of the second part is downward), when the electric mechanism pushes a certain part horizontally, the first magnetic module and the second magnetic module are attracted to each other or repelled from each other.

With reference to the second aspect, in certain implementations of the second aspect, the magnetic pole rotation mechanism is a current device, wherein the first magnetic module includes a first magnetic pole face and a second magnetic pole face, and the magnetic poles of the first magnetic pole face and the second magnetic pole face are opposite, and the method further includes: changing a direction of current flow in the first magnetic module via the current device to alter a pole face of the first and second pole faces in the first magnetic module that faces the second magnetic module; and/or the second magnetic module comprises the first magnetic pole face and the second magnetic pole face, the method further comprising: changing a direction of current in the second magnetic module via the current device to alter a pole face of the first and second pole faces in the second magnetic module that faces the first magnetic module.

According to the method for controlling the opening and closing of the shell, the magnetic poles of the magnetic pole surfaces facing each other of the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) can be changed in a mode of changing the current flow direction.

With reference to the second aspect, in certain implementations of the second aspect, the method further includes: determining whether a user is allowed to change the state of the foldable terminal device by at least one of facial feature recognition, fingerprint feature recognition or password recognition, wherein the state of the terminal device comprises: the locking state is that the first shell and the second shell are in a closed state, and the first shell and the second shell are in an elastic opening state.

According to the method for controlling the shell to open and close, provided by the embodiment of the application, various authentication modes can be flexibly selected according to the configuration of different terminal equipment.

With reference to the second aspect, in certain implementations of the second aspect, the damping magnitude of the damping mechanism is set such that an angle at which the first housing and the second housing spring away from each other is within a preset angle range.

According to the method for controlling the opening and closing of the shell, the angle of the first shell and the angle of the second shell which are mutually bounced are preset, and convenience is provided for a user to open the folding terminal device.

With reference to the second aspect, in certain implementations of the second aspect, when the first magnetic module and the second magnetic module are attracted to each other, projections of the first magnetic module and the second magnetic module on the first housing and/or the second housing partially or completely coincide.

With reference to the second aspect, in certain implementations of the second aspect, the disposing a first magnetic module in a first housing includes: arranging a first magnetic module on the non-display surface of the first shell; and/or, providing a second magnetic module in the second housing comprises: and a second magnetic module is arranged on the non-display surface of the second shell.

According to the method for controlling the shell to be opened and closed, the magnetic module is arranged on the non-display surface of the shell, so that the effective display area is not occupied, and the screen occupation ratio is improved.

In a third aspect, a communication system is provided, which includes the foldable terminal device in any one of the possible implementations of the first aspect or the second aspect.

In a fourth aspect, there is provided a computer program product comprising: a computer program (also referred to as code, or instructions) which, when executed, causes a computer to perform the method of controlling the opening and closing of a housing according to the second aspect or any of the possible implementations of the second aspect.

In a fifth aspect, there is provided a computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a server in a computer to execute the method of controlling opening and closing of a housing according to the second aspect or the second aspect and any one of its various implementations.

Alternatively, the computer readable storage medium is used for storing computer software instructions for the server, which includes a program designed to execute the method for controlling the opening and closing of the housing according to any one of the second aspect or any one of the possible implementations of the second aspect.

In a sixth aspect, a chip system is provided, which comprises a processor for enabling a server in a computer to implement the functions referred to in the second aspect or the second aspect and its various implementations.

The folding terminal device and the method for controlling the opening and closing of the shell are provided by the embodiment of the application. The folding terminal equipment is opened and closed through a magnetic pole adsorption or repulsion principle, and the folding terminal equipment is convenient to open and close.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a folding terminal device.

Fig. 2 shows a folding mobile phone in the prior art.

Fig. 3(a), fig. 3(b), and fig. 3(c) are schematic diagrams of three magnetic pole adsorption principles provided by an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 4(a), fig. 4(b), and fig. 4(c) are schematic diagrams of three authentication methods provided in the embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a foldable terminal device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 6(a) - (d) are schematic diagrams of closed states of four foldable terminal devices provided in the embodiments of the present application.

Fig. 7(a) - (d) are schematic diagrams of pop-up states of four foldable terminal devices provided in the embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of a foldable terminal device including a damping mechanism according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a foldable terminal device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of another foldable terminal device provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 11 is a schematic diagram of a system according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solution in the present application will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The embodiment of the application provides further improvement of the folding terminal device on the basis of the existing folding terminal device. Among them, the folder type terminal device may also be called a flip type terminal device. A common folding terminal device in daily life is a folding mobile phone. As shown in fig. 1.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a folding terminal device. Specifically, fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a clamshell phone.

The flip phone 10 includes an outer housing 11, a hinge 12 and an inner housing 13. Wherein, the outer screen is installed on the outer shell 11; the inner screen is mounted on the inner housing 13.

It will be appreciated that the housing referred to in this application includes a display surface and an opposite surface to the display surface, i.e. the housing has two faces, one of which may display a user interface and the other of which may be an integrated circuit for interfacing communication with other modules of the handset.

Alternatively, when the clamshell phone 10 is in the non-flipped state (i.e., the outer screen and the inner screen are folded with each other), the outer housing 11 and the inner housing 13 can be regarded as two screens; when the clamshell phone 10 is in the unfolded (i.e., the outer and inner screens are not folded over each other) state, the outer and inner screens can constitute the entire screen, i.e., the outer and inner screens can actually be one entire flexible screen, but only when folded, are visually located on two housings to form two screens.

Alternatively, the outer screen and the inner screen may be independent and located on two housings connected by the hinge 12 no matter what state the flip phone 10 is.

It should be understood that the terminal device provided in the embodiments of the present application is suitable for both flexible screens and non-flexible screens, and the present application is not limited to the material of the screens.

It will also be appreciated that figure 1 is a schematic form and that the handset also includes other components or modules, which are not shown in figure 1. Since the present application mainly relates to a locking device that controls opening and closing between the outer housing 11 and the inner housing 13 shown in fig. 1, fig. 1 shows only a part of the terminal device to which the present application mainly relates.

It should be further understood that fig. 1 uses a terminal device as a mobile phone, and in fact, the terminal device in the technical solution of the embodiment of the present application may refer to a user equipment, an access terminal, a subscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a remote terminal, a mobile device, a user terminal, a wireless communication device, a user agent, or a user equipment. The terminal device may also be a cellular phone, a cordless phone, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phone, a Wireless Local Loop (WLL) station, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a handheld device with wireless communication function, a computing device or other processing device connected to a wireless modem, a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, a terminal device in a future 5G network or a terminal device in a future evolved Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN), and the like, which are not limited in this embodiment.

In the embodiment of the application, the terminal device comprises a hardware layer, an operating system layer running on the hardware layer, and an application layer running on the operating system layer. The hardware layer includes hardware such as a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a Memory Management Unit (MMU), and a memory (also referred to as a main memory). The operating system may be any one or more computer operating systems that implement business processing through processes (processes), such as a Linux operating system, a Unix operating system, an Android operating system, an iOS operating system, or a windows operating system. The application layer comprises applications such as a browser, an address list, word processing software, instant messaging software and the like. Furthermore, the embodiment of the present application does not particularly limit the specific structure of the execution subject of the method provided by the embodiment of the present application, as long as the communication can be performed according to the method provided by the embodiment of the present application by running the program recorded with the code of the method provided by the embodiment of the present application, for example, the execution subject of the method provided by the embodiment of the present application may be a terminal device, or a functional module capable of calling the program and executing the program in the terminal device or the network device.

In addition, various aspects or features of the present application may be implemented as a method, apparatus, or article of manufacture using standard programming and/or engineering techniques. The term "article of manufacture" as used herein is intended to encompass a computer program accessible from any computer-readable device, carrier, or media. For example, computer-readable media can include but are not limited to magnetic storage devices (e.g., hard disk, floppy disk, magnetic strips, etc.), optical disks (e.g., Compact Disk (CD), Digital Versatile Disk (DVD), etc.), smart cards, and flash memory devices (e.g., erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), card, stick, or key drive, etc.). In addition, various storage media described herein can represent one or more devices and/or other machine-readable media for storing information. The term "machine-readable medium" can include, without being limited to, wireless channels and various other media capable of storing, containing, and/or carrying instruction(s) and/or data.

The privacy protection of the current terminal equipment is basically to enter the system after the owner is identified on the inner screen in the inner shell 13 through the cryptographic technology. For the terminal device shown in fig. 1, based on the current privacy protection method of the terminal device, the terminal device may still be physically opened and closed by a user other than the owner, although the user cannot log in the system, the privacy of the owner is also threatened, and other users may play the terminal device at will, and irreversible damage may be caused to the housing 11 and the inner housing 13 other than the rotating shaft 12.

The prior art is also directed to a folding terminal device as shown in fig. 1, which has a corresponding locking means. The locking device of the folding type terminal device in the prior art and the drawbacks of the locking device will be briefly described.

A folding terminal device to which a locking device of the prior art is applied is shown in fig. 2, and fig. 2 is a folding mobile phone of the prior art.

As can be seen from fig. 2, the outer housing 120 of the terminal device and the inner housing 110 of the terminal device are connected by a hinge 200. The terminal device further includes a locking means (such as

portions

411, 413, 415 shown in fig. 2) for locking the outer case 120 and the inner case 110, wherein the locking means is used for locking the terminal device when the authentication is not passed to prevent the hinge 200 from rotating to open the outer case 120.

The key point of the privacy protection method for the folding mobile phone is to arrange an identification device on a shell of the terminal equipment to prevent a user who fails to pass identification from opening the shell.

The method has the defects that the locking device is purely in a physical and mechanical mode, the appearance of the terminal equipment is influenced, the locking device occupies an effective display area, and the method is not suitable for the terminal equipment which is extremely concise in the full-screen era and has high screen occupation ratio requirements.

In order to solve the above problem, the present application proposes a foldable terminal device. The folding terminal device includes a first housing, a second housing, and a rotating device connecting the first housing and the second housing. It should be noted that the foldable terminal device further includes a locking device, and the locking device can effectively protect the privacy of the terminal device without affecting the screen ratio of the foldable terminal device.

In order to facilitate understanding of the folding-type terminal device provided in the embodiments of the present application, several basic concepts related to the present application will be briefly described below.

1. Magnetic pole adsorption principle.

Specifically, magnetic pole attraction means that two magnetic members attract each other when magnetic poles of opposite polarities of the two magnetic members face each other; when the poles of the two magnetic members of the same polarity face each other, the two magnetic members repel each other.

It should be understood that the magnetic components referred to in the present application may be electromagnets, permanent magnets, etc., and the magnetic components capable of realizing mutual attraction of like magnetic poles and mutual repulsion of unlike magnetic poles in the prior art are all within the protection scope of the present application.

How the principle of magnetic pole attraction is utilized in the embodiment of the present application to achieve attraction and repulsion between two objects is described in detail below with reference to fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a magnetic pole adsorption principle provided by an embodiment of the present application.

(1) Based on the magnetic pole adsorption of the magnetic induction coil.

As shown in fig. 3(a), two magnetic induction coils are included, and specifically, each magnetic induction coil includes two magnetic pole faces (a north (N) pole — referred to as a first magnetic pole face, and a south (S) pole — referred to as a second magnetic pole face).

When the mutually facing magnetic pole surfaces of two magnetic induction coils (such as the first magnetic induction coil and the second magnetic induction coil shown in fig. 3(a) are two magnetic pole surfaces with opposite magnetic poles (such as the north (north, N) pole of the first magnetic induction coil and the south (south, S) pole of the second magnetic induction coil shown on the left side in fig. 3 (a)) mutually face each other), the two magnetic induction coils are mutually adsorbed; if the first magnetic induction coil and the second magnetic induction coil are respectively arranged in two different objects (such as the outer shell 11 and the inner shell 13 shown in fig. 1), that is, the two different objects are mutually attracted.

If it is necessary to achieve the purpose of mutual repulsion between the two magnetic induction coils, the direction of the current in one of the magnetic induction coils can be changed (as shown in fig. 3(a), the direction of the current in the first magnetic induction coil is changed), and the magnetic pole surface facing the second magnetic induction coil in the first magnetic induction coil and the second magnetic pole surface is changed (as shown in fig. 3(a), the first magnetic pole surface and the second magnetic pole surface in the first magnetic induction coil are changed from the left side of fig. 3(a) to the right side of fig. 3 (a)). Then, the mutually facing magnetic pole surfaces of the first magnetic induction coil and the second magnetic induction coil are the same magnetic pole (as shown in the right side of fig. 3(a), the south pole of the first magnetic induction coil and the south pole of the second magnetic induction coil face each other), so that the two magnetic induction coils repel each other.

(2) Based on the magnetic pole adsorption of magnet and electric mechanism.

As shown in fig. 3(b), two magnets are included, and specifically, each magnet includes two magnetic pole faces (a north pole-referred to as a first magnetic pole face, and a south pole-referred to as a second magnetic pole face).

When the mutually facing magnetic pole faces of two magnets (a first magnet and a second magnet as shown in fig. 3 (b)) are two magnetic pole faces with opposite magnetic poles (the N pole of the first magnet and the S pole of the second magnet as shown on the left side in fig. 3(b) face each other), the two magnets are attracted to each other; if the first magnet and the second magnet are respectively disposed in two different objects (such as the outer housing 11 and the inner housing 13 shown in fig. 1), the two different objects are attracted to each other.

If it is desired to achieve the purpose of mutual repulsion between the two magnets, one of the magnets may be rotated by the electric mechanism (the first magnet is rotated as shown in fig. 3 (b)) to change the magnetic pole surface facing the second magnet from the first magnetic pole surface and the second magnetic pole surface of the first magnet (as shown in fig. 3(b), the first magnetic pole surface and the second magnetic pole surface of the first magnet are changed from those shown on the left side of fig. 3(b) to those shown on the right side of fig. 3 (b)). Then the magnetic pole faces of the first magnet and the second magnet facing each other are magnetic pole faces of the same polarity (the S-pole of the first magnet and the S-pole of the second magnet face each other as shown on the right side in fig. 3 (b)), and the two magnets repel each other.

As shown in fig. 3(c), three magnets are included, and specifically, each magnet includes two magnetic pole faces (a north pole-referred to as a first magnetic pole face, and a south pole-referred to as a second magnetic pole face).

When the magnetic pole faces of the first magnet and the second magnet facing each other among the three magnets (the first magnet, the second magnet, and the third magnet as shown in fig. 3 (c)) are two magnetic pole faces of opposite polarities (the N pole of the first magnet and the S pole of the second magnet face each other as shown in fig. 3 (c)), the two magnets are attracted to each other; if the first magnet, the second magnet and the third magnet are respectively disposed on two different objects (as shown in fig. 1, the first magnet is disposed on the outer shell 11, and the second magnet and the third magnet are disposed on the inner shell 13), that is, the two different objects are attracted to each other.

If the purpose of repelling the two sides where the first magnet and the second magnet are located (e.g., the outer shell 11 and the inner shell 13 shown in fig. 1) is to be achieved, the third magnet may be pushed by the electric mechanism (e.g., the third magnet is pushed as shown in fig. 3 (c)), and then the magnetic pole surfaces of the first magnet and the third magnet facing each other are magnetic pole surfaces with the same polarity (e.g., the S-pole of the first magnet and the S-pole of the third magnet facing each other as shown in fig. 3), so as to achieve the effect of repelling the two sides where the first magnet and the second magnet are located.

2. And (4) authentication mode.

Specifically, the authentication mode refers to a mode of how to determine whether a user about to access the terminal device is an owner in a privacy protection process in the embodiment of the present application. The method comprises the following two forms:

(1) and active authentication.

The system of the terminal equipment actively starts identification authentication based on different trigger conditions through multi-device linkage. The active authentication opportunity includes picking up the terminal device, pressing the terminal device, touching the edges of the terminal device where the two shells open and close, pinching the terminal device, sliding the terminal device, and the like.

For example, as shown in fig. 4(a), the detection unit detects that the user picks up the terminal device, and the terminal device automatically turns on the proactive sensor to capture the face information of the user, thereby completing authentication.

(2) And (4) passive authentication.

It is meant that the authentication module passively senses the user's input.

For example, as shown in FIG. 4(b) or FIG. 4(c), authentication is initiated after the fingerprint acquisition module detects an explicit user finger input.

The authentication method related in the embodiment of the application includes technologies such as face recognition, fingerprint recognition, palm print recognition and heart rate recognition.

Face recognition: the method is characterized in that a facial feature data acquisition module of a user such as a camera or a video camera is used for acquiring facial feature data of the user and detecting facial features of the user based on the acquired facial feature data. Further, the detected facial features of the user are compared with facial features stored in the storage unit of the terminal device in advance, and then face recognition is performed on the detected face.

Fingerprint identification refers to the step of collecting fingerprint characteristic data of a user by using a fingerprint characteristic data collecting module of a fingerprint sensor and the like, and detecting the fingerprint characteristic of the user based on the collected fingerprint characteristic data. Further, the detected fingerprint characteristics of the user are compared with fingerprint characteristics stored in the storage unit of the terminal device in advance, and then fingerprint identification is performed on the detected fingerprint.

And (3) password identification: and inputting the password with specific characteristics in a pattern, number, letter and other modes, matching the password with the database content of the terminal equipment, and further performing identity authentication.

The following describes in detail a foldable terminal device provided in an embodiment of the present application with reference to fig. 5. Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a foldable terminal device according to an embodiment of the present application. The schematic diagram comprises a first housing (110), a second housing (120), a rotating device (130), a first magnetic module (111) arranged in the first housing (110), a second magnetic module (121) arranged in the second housing (120), and a magnetic pole rotating mechanism (140) arranged in the folding terminal device. These sections are described in detail below.

Alternatively, the first magnetic module (111) disposed in the first housing (110) and the second magnetic module (121) disposed in the second housing (120) in the folding terminal device provided in the embodiments of the present application may be referred to as a locking device of the folding terminal device. Specifically, the state of the folding type terminal device in the closed state may also be understood as the state of the locking device in the locked state, and the state of the folding type terminal device in the flicking state may also be understood as the state of the locking device in the unlocked state.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the first housing (110) includes a first screen, the second housing (120) includes a second screen, and the first screen and the second screen are two physically distinct screens, i.e., the first screen and the second screen are two separate distinct screens, but are located on the first housing (110) and the second housing (120) connected by the rotating device (130), respectively.

Optionally, in other embodiments, the first screen and the second screen are two different portions of the same screen.

For example, when the terminal device is in a folded state, the first screen and the second screen are two screens visually; when the terminal equipment is in an unfolding state, the first screen and the second screen are visually integrated into a whole screen which is a flexible integrated screen.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the rotating device (130) is a rotating shaft. Namely, the first housing (110) and the second housing (120) are connected by a rotating shaft. Specifically, the hinge referred to in the embodiments of the present application is similar to the hinge connecting the housing and the main body in the folding terminal device in the prior art, and will not be described in detail here.

Optionally, in other embodiments, the rotating device (130) is a hinge. That is, the first housing (110) and the second housing (120) are connected by a hinge. Specifically, the hinge referred to in the embodiments of the present application is similar to the hinge connecting the housing and the main body in the folding terminal device in the related art, and will not be described in detail here.

It should be understood that the specific form of the rotating device (130) for connecting the first housing (110) and the second housing (120) is not limited in the present application, and may be other connecting mechanisms than the rotating shaft or the hinge.

Specifically, the locking device provided by the embodiment of the application is in a locked state, or an unlocked state depends mainly on whether the first magnetic module (111) arranged in the first housing (110) and the second magnetic module (121) arranged in the second housing (120) are in a mutual attraction state or a mutual repulsion state.

For example, when the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) are attracted to each other, the first housing (110) and the second housing (120) are folded to each other due to the attraction force, and the locking device is in a locked state; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

when the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) repel each other, the first shell (110) and the second shell (120) are mutually ejected due to the repulsive force, and the locking device is in a locking non-locking state.

The following describes in detail a specific process of the locking device in the locked state:

the method comprises the following steps: at a first preset opportunity, a control unit in the terminal equipment sends a locking signal to a locking device in the terminal equipment.

The first preset time can be when the first shell (110) is folded towards the second shell (120); or, when the second housing (120) is folded towards the first housing (110); or when the terminal equipment is powered off; alternatively, the user manually locks the first (110) (110) and second (110) (120) and waits.

The control unit in the terminal device can be understood as a main control unit (e.g. CPU) or a processor in the terminal device in the prior art, and the locking device in the terminal device comprises a magnetic pole unit capable of controlling the mutually facing magnetic pole faces of the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121).

The locking signal means that the control unit sends a locking electronic signal to the locking device to inform the locking device to start the adsorption locking function.

Step two: the locking device activates the mutual adsorption function between the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121), and then the first shell (110) and the second shell (120) are mutually folded through magnetic adsorption, so that the locking device is in a locking state.

Optionally, in some embodiments, when the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) are magnetic induction coils, the magnetic pole rotating mechanism (140) is a current device (140), the current device (140), wherein the first magnetic module (111) comprises a first magnetic pole face and a second magnetic pole face, the magnetic poles of the first magnetic pole face and the second magnetic pole face are opposite, the current device (140) is configured to control the current direction in the first magnetic module (111) to change the magnetic pole face facing the second magnetic module (121) in the first magnetic module (111) and/or the second magnetic pole face,

the second magnetic module (121) comprises the first magnetic pole face and the second magnetic pole face, and the current device (140) is used for controlling the current direction in the second magnetic module (121) so as to change the magnetic pole face facing the first magnetic module (111) in the first magnetic module (121) and the second magnetic pole face;

the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) are attracted to each other, the first shell (110) and the second shell (120) are attracted together through magnetic force and are folded with each other, and the locking device is in a locking state.

As shown in fig. 6 (a). In fig. 6(a), the current device (140) is connected to the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) by wires to supply current to the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121), wherein the current in the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) flows to the direction shown in fig. 6(a), the N pole of the first magnetic module (111) and the S pole of the second magnetic module (121) face each other, so that the first housing (110) and the second housing (120) are attracted together by magnetic force and folded with each other, and the locking device is in a locked state.

For example, the first magnetic module (111) is the first magnetic induction coil shown in fig. 3(a), and the second magnetic module (121) is the second magnetic induction coil shown in fig. 3 (a). Wherein the first magnetic induction coil is arranged in the first housing (110) and the second magnetic induction coil is arranged in the second housing (120). That is, the locking unit activates the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) to attract each other, which can be understood as a state where current is supplied to the first magnetic induction coil and the second magnetic induction coil, and the first magnetic induction coil and the second magnetic induction coil attract each other as shown in the left side of fig. 3 (a).

Optionally, in other embodiments, the magnetic pole rotating mechanism (140) is an electric mechanism (140), wherein the electric mechanism (140) is connected to the first magnetic module (111), the first magnetic module (111) includes a first magnetic pole surface and a second magnetic pole surface, the magnetic poles of the first magnetic pole surface and the second magnetic pole surface are opposite, and the electric mechanism (140) is configured to control the first magnetic module (111) to rotate so as to change the magnetic pole surface facing the second magnetic module (121) in the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic pole surface; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

the electric mechanism (140) is connected with the second magnetic module (121), the second magnetic module (121) comprises the first magnetic pole face and the second magnetic pole face, and the electric mechanism (140) is used for controlling the second magnetic module (121) to rotate so as to change the magnetic pole face facing the first magnetic module (111) in the first magnetic pole face and the second magnetic pole face in the second magnetic module (121)

The first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) are mutually attracted, the first shell (110) and the second shell (120) are attracted together through magnetic force, and the locking device is in a locking state.

As shown in fig. 6 (b). In fig. 6(b), the electric mechanism (140) is connected to the first magnetic module (111) and/or the second magnetic module (121), wherein two magnetic pole surfaces of the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) are as shown in fig. 6(b), an S pole of the first magnetic module (111) and an N pole of the second magnetic module (121) face each other, and the first housing (110) and the second housing (120) are folded by being attracted together by magnetic force, and the locking device is in a locked state.

For example, the first magnetic module (111) is a first magnet shown in fig. 3(b), and the second magnetic module (121) is a second magnet shown in fig. 3 (b). Wherein the first magnet is arranged on the first housing (110) and the second magnet is arranged on the second housing (120). That is, the locking unit activates the function of attracting the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) to each other, which can be understood as meaning that the first magnet and the second magnet are rotated by the electric mechanism to achieve a state in which the first magnet and the second magnet are attracted to each other as shown in the left side of fig. 3 (b).

Optionally, in further embodiments, the second magnetic module (121) comprises a third portion (122) and a fourth portion (123), wherein the third portion (122) comprises the first magnetic pole face and the second magnetic pole face, the fourth portion (123) comprises the first magnetic pole face and the second magnetic pole face, and the magnetic poles of the magnetic pole faces respectively facing the first shell (110) in the third portion (122) and the fourth portion (123) are opposite; the electric mechanism (140) is connected with the third part (122) and/or the fourth part (123) and is used for pushing the third part (122) and/or the fourth part (123) and controlling the part of the third part (122) and/or the fourth part (123) facing the second magnetic module (121).

The first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) are attracted to each other, so that the first shell (110) and the second shell (120) are attracted together through magnetic force, and the locking device is in a locking state.

As shown in fig. 6 (c). In fig. 6(c), the electric mechanism (140) is connected to the third portion (122) and the fourth portion (123) of the second magnetic module (121), wherein the third portion (122) and the fourth portion (123) are both magnetic structures, and the magnetic pole surfaces are distributed as shown in fig. 6(c), at this time, the S pole of the first magnetic module (111) faces the N pole of the fourth portion (123), so that the first casing (110) and the second casing (120) are attracted together by magnetic force and folded with each other, and the locking device is in a locked state.

For example, the first magnetic module (111) is a first magnet shown in fig. 3(c), and the second magnetic module (121) includes a second magnet and a third magnet shown in fig. 3 (c). Wherein the first magnet is disposed on the first housing (110), and the second magnet and the third magnet are disposed on the second housing (120). That is, the locking unit activates the function of attracting the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) to each other, which can be understood as that the second magnet or the third magnet is pushed by the electric mechanism to achieve the state of attracting the first magnet and the second magnet to each other as shown in the left side of fig. 3 (c).

Optionally, in further embodiments, the first magnetic module (111) comprises a first portion (112) and a second portion (113), wherein the first portion (112) comprises a first magnetic pole face and a second magnetic pole face, the magnetic poles of the first magnetic pole face and the second magnetic pole face are opposite, the second portion (113) comprises the first magnetic pole face and the second magnetic pole face, and the magnetic poles of the first portion (112) and the second portion (113) respectively facing the magnetic pole face of the second housing (120) are opposite;

the electric mechanism (140) is connected with the first part (112) and/or the second part (113) and used for pushing the first part (112) and/or the second part (113) to enable the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) to be mutually adsorbed, so that the first shell (110) and the second shell (120) are adsorbed together through magnetic force, and the locking device is in a locking state.

As shown in fig. 6 (d). In fig. 6(d), the electric mechanism (140) is connected to the first portion (112) and the second portion (113) of the first magnetic module (111), wherein the first portion (112) and the second portion (113) are both magnetic structures, and the magnetic pole surfaces are distributed as shown in fig. 6(d), at this time, the N pole of the second magnetic module (111) and the S pole of the first portion (112) face each other, so that the first housing (110) and the second housing (120) are attracted together by magnetic force and folded with each other, and the locking device is in a locked state.

For example, the second magnetic module (121) is the first magnet shown in fig. 3(c), and the first magnetic module (111) includes the second magnet and the third magnet shown in fig. 3 (c). Wherein the first magnet is disposed on the second housing (120), and the second magnet and the third magnet are disposed on the first housing (110). That is, the locking unit activates the function of attracting the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) to each other, which can be understood as that the second magnet or the third magnet is pushed by the electric mechanism to achieve the state of attracting the first magnet and the second magnet to each other as shown in the left side of fig. 3 (c).

It should be understood that the above description illustrates the possible case where the locking device activates the mutual attraction function of the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121), and other methods for achieving the attraction of the first housing (110) and the second housing (120) through a simple deformation and a magnetic attraction function are also within the scope of the present application.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the first magnetic module (111) disposed on the first housing (110) comprises: a plurality of magnets are distributed and arranged on the edge of one surface, which is not used for displaying the user interface, of the first shell (110), and the magnets are called as first magnetic modules (111); the second magnetic module (121) provided on the second housing (120) includes: a plurality of magnets are distributed on the edge of one surface of the second shell (120) which is not used for displaying the user interface, and the magnets are called as second magnetic modules (121).

Optionally, in other embodiments, the first magnetic modules (111) are randomly distributed on the side of the first housing (110) not displaying the user interface, and are not limited to be on the edge of the side of the first housing (110) not displaying the user interface; similarly, the second magnetic modules (121) are randomly distributed on the side of the second housing (120) not displaying the user interface, and are not limited to be on the edge of the side of the second housing (120) not displaying the user interface.

Specifically, when the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) are attracted to each other, the projections of the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) on the first casing (110) and/or the second casing (120) are partially or completely overlapped. So as to achieve good adsorption function.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present application, how to distribute the first magnetic modules (111) on the first casing (110) and how to distribute the second magnetic modules (121) on the second casing (120) are not limited, as long as the first magnetic modules (111) and the second magnetic modules (121) can attract or repel each other according to the principle of magnetic pole attraction, and a locked state or an unlocked state of the locking device is achieved. In addition, the arrangement of the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) does not affect the display of the first shell (110) and the second shell (120) and does not occupy effective display area. The magnetic module is arranged opposite to the display surface of the shell, so that the screen occupation ratio is not influenced, and the adsorption between the shells is not influenced.

Optionally, in some embodiments, to ensure low power consumption of the adsorption lock between the first housing (110) and the second housing (120), the adsorption force between the first housing (110) and the second housing (120) may be dynamically changed with the state of the terminal device:

for example, when the body of the terminal device is not moved at all, the suction force is reduced to the minimum; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

when the body of the terminal device is definitely detected to be held by the hand, the adsorption force is increased to the maximum. How to detect the hand-held state is a general technology in the prior art, which is not described in detail in the present application; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

and when the terminal equipment is in other states, controlling the adsorption force to keep a balanced state.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the terminal device further includes:

an authentication device (150), wherein the authentication device (150) is disposed on the terminal device, and is configured to determine whether a user is allowed to change a state of the terminal device, and the state of the terminal device includes:

the locking state is a state in which the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) are attracted to each other, and the non-locking state is a state in which the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) are repelled from each other.

For example, before the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) change from the mutual adsorption state to the mutual repulsion state, the identity of the user is authenticated, and whether the user can open the locking device is determined.

It is understood that the authentication device (150) comprises an acquisition module and a comparison module. The acquisition module acquires the relevant information of the user, and the comparison module is used for comparing the acquired relevant information of the user with the information stored in the database. The comparison is passed, i.e. the authentication is passed, and the comparison is not passed, i.e. the authentication is not passed.

Specifically, the authentication device (150) starts authentication at a second preset time, and can perform user identity authentication based on different authentication modes. The authentication result is passed to the control unit.

The second preset time comprises a passive authentication time and an active authentication time.

The passive authentication timing means that the authentication device (150) passively senses the input of the user. For example, after the fingerprint module detects an explicit user finger input, authentication is initiated.

When active authentication is carried out, the system of the terminal equipment is linked through multiple devices, and the authentication device (150) actively starts identification authentication based on different trigger conditions. The active authentication opportunity comprises a user picking up the mobile phone, a user pressing the mobile phone, a user touching the opening and closing edge, a user pinching the mobile phone, a user sliding the mobile phone and the like. For example, when the user picks up the mobile phone, the authentication device (150) automatically starts the front camera sensor to capture the face information of the user, and the authentication is completed.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present application, the specific authentication manner is not limited, and may be at least one of the foregoing authentication manners.

It should also be understood that the authentication device (150) in the embodiment of the present application may be disposed on the housing of the terminal device, that is, the housing includes a fingerprint input, a proactive sensor, a password input module, or the like; alternatively, the authentication device (150) may be disposed at a side where the first casing (110) and the second casing (120) are in contact as shown in fig. 4 (b); alternatively, the authentication device (150) may be disposed at other positions of the terminal device, and the specific position is not limited in the present application.

The following describes in detail a specific process of the authentication device (150) for changing the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) from the mutual attraction state to the mutual repulsion state after determining that the user is authenticated:

the method comprises the following steps: at a second preset time, after the user passes the authentication of the authentication device (150). The control unit in the terminal device sends an unlocking signal to the locking device in the terminal device.

The control unit in the terminal device can be understood as a main control unit in the terminal device in the prior art, and the locking device in the terminal device is a magnetic pole unit in the terminal device which controls the mutually facing magnetic pole surfaces of the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121).

The unlocking signal means that after the user is authenticated by the authentication device (150), the control unit sends an unlocking electronic signal to the locking device, informing the locking device to start the unlocking function, and the locking device performs the unlocking function by changing the single-sided magnetic pole.

Step two: the locking device changes the magnetic poles of the mutually facing magnetic pole surfaces of the first magnetic module (111) or the second magnetic module (121), so that the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) which are originally in a mutual adsorption state are changed into a mutual repulsion state, and then the first shell (110) and the second shell (120) are bounced by a certain angle due to the corresponding mutual repulsion force.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the locking device is configured to change a current direction in the first magnetic module (111) or the second magnetic module (121) to make the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) repel each other, so that the first housing (110) and the second housing (120) are ejected by the repulsive force, and the locking device is in a non-locking state.

As shown in fig. 7 (a). In fig. 7(a), the current device (140) is connected to the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) by wires, wherein the current flow in the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) is as shown in fig. 7(a) (it can be understood that the current device (140) causes the current flow direction in the first magnetic module (111) to change from the condition shown in fig. 6(a) to the condition shown in fig. 7 (a)), the S-pole of the first magnetic module (111) and the S-pole of the second magnetic module (121) face each other, and thus the first housing (110) and the second housing (120) are repelled to be ejected from each other, and the locking device is in the unlocked state.

For example, the first magnetic module (111) is the first magnetic induction coil shown in fig. 3(a), and the second magnetic module (121) is the second magnetic induction coil shown in fig. 3 (a). Wherein the first magnetic induction coil is arranged on the first shell (110), and the second magnetic induction coil is arranged on the second shell (120). That is, the locking device changes the direction of the current in the first magnetic module (111) or the second magnetic module (121) so that the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) repel each other, which can be understood as changing the direction of the current in the first magnetic induction coil, and realizing the state that the first magnetic induction coil and the second magnetic induction coil repel each other as shown in the right side of fig. 3 (a).

Optionally, in other embodiments, the magnetic pole rotating mechanism (140) is an electric mechanism (140) for rotating the first magnetic module (111) and/or the second magnetic module (121) to change a magnetic pole face facing the second magnetic module (121) of the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic pole face; and/or to modify one of said first and second pole faces in said second magnetic module (121) facing the first magnetic module (111). The first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) are mutually repelled, so that the first shell (110) and the second shell (120) are ejected through the repelling force, and the locking device is in an unlocked state.

As shown in fig. 7 (b). In fig. 7(b), the electric mechanism (140) is connected to the first magnetic module (111) and/or the second magnetic module (121), wherein the condition of the magnetic pole surfaces of the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) is as shown in fig. 7(b) (it can be understood that the electric mechanism (140) rotates the first magnetic module (111) so that the condition of the magnetic pole surfaces in the first magnetic module (111) changes from the condition shown in fig. 6(a) to the condition shown in fig. 7 (a)), the N pole of the first magnetic module (111) and the N pole of the second magnetic module (121) face each other, and thus the first housing (110) and the second housing (120) are repelled to each other, and the locking device is in the unlocked state.

For example, the first magnetic module (111) is a first magnet shown in fig. 3(b), and the second magnetic module (121) is a second magnet shown in fig. 3 (b). Wherein the first magnet is arranged on the first housing (110) and the second magnet is arranged on the second housing (120). That is, the electromotive mechanism (140) is configured to rotate the first magnetic module (111) or the second magnetic module (121) such that the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) repel each other, and it can be understood that the electromotive mechanism (140) rotates the first magnet to achieve a state in which the first magnet and the second magnet repel each other as shown in the right side of fig. 3 (b).

Optionally, in further embodiments, the second magnetic module (121) comprises a third portion (122) and a fourth portion (123), the fourth portion (123) comprises the first magnetic pole face and the second magnetic pole face, and the magnetic poles of the magnetic pole faces of the third portion (122) and the fourth portion (123), respectively, facing the first shell (110) are opposite; -the electric mechanism (140) for pushing the third part (122) or the fourth part (123) controlling the part of the third part (122) and/or the fourth part (123) facing the second magnetic module (121). The first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) are mutually repelled, so that the first shell (110) and the second shell (120) are ejected through the repelling force, and the locking device is in an unlocked state.

As shown in fig. 7 (c). In fig. 7(c), the electric mechanism (140) is connected to the third portion (122) and the fourth portion (123) of the second magnetic module (121), wherein the third portion (122) and the fourth portion (123) are both magnetic, and the magnetic pole faces are as shown in fig. 7(c), at this time, the S pole of the first magnetic module (111) and the S pole of the third portion (122) face each other, so that the first casing (110) and the second casing (120) are ejected from each other by repulsion, and the locking device is in an unlocked state.

For example, the first magnetic module (111) is a first magnet shown in fig. 3(c), and the second magnetic module (121) includes a second magnet and a third magnet shown in fig. 3 (c). Wherein the first magnet is disposed on the first housing (110), and the second magnet and the third magnet are disposed on the second housing (120). That is, the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) repel each other, and it is understood that the second magnet or the third magnet is pushed by the electric mechanism to achieve a state where the first magnet and the third magnet repel each other as shown in the right side of fig. 3 (c).

Optionally, in other embodiments, the first magnetic module (111) includes a first portion (112) and a second portion (113), wherein the first portion (112) includes a first magnetic pole face and a second magnetic pole face, the magnetic poles of the first magnetic pole face and the second magnetic pole face are opposite, the second portion (113) includes the first magnetic pole face and the second magnetic pole face, and the magnetic poles of the first portion (112) and the second portion (113) facing the magnetic pole face of the second housing (120), respectively, are opposite, and the electric mechanism (140) is configured to push the first portion (112) or the second portion (113) to control the portion of the first portion (112) and the second portion (113) facing the second magnetic module (121). The first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) are mutually repelled, so that the first shell (110) and the second shell (120) are ejected through the repelling force, and the locking device is in an unlocked state.

As shown in fig. 7 (d). In fig. 7(d), the electric mechanism (140) is connected to the first part (112) and the second part (113) of the first magnetic module (111), wherein the first part (112) and the second part (113) are both magnetic, and the magnetic poles are distributed as shown in fig. 7(d), at this time, the N pole of the second magnetic module (121) and the N pole of the second part (113) face each other, so that the first housing (110) and the second housing (120) are ejected from each other by repulsion, and the locking device is in an unlocked state.

For example, the second magnetic module (121) is the first magnet shown in fig. 3(c), and the first magnetic module (111) includes the second magnet and the third magnet shown in fig. 3 (c). Wherein the first magnet is disposed on the second housing (120), and the second magnet and the third magnet are disposed on the first housing (110). That is, the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) repel each other, and it is understood that the second magnet or the third magnet is pushed by the electric mechanism to achieve a state where the first magnet and the third magnet repel each other as shown in the right side of fig. 3 (c).

It should be understood that the above description of the locking device changing the magnetic poles of the magnetic pole surfaces facing each other of the first magnetic module (111) or the second magnetic module (121) such that the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) originally in the mutually attracted state become the mutually repulsive state is only an example, and other methods of achieving the repulsion of the first housing (110) and the second housing (120) by a simple deformation and a magnetic repulsion function are also within the scope of the present application.

In summary, the magnetic poles of the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) change from the mutually attracted state to the mutually repelled state. Then, the mutual repulsive force pushes the first casing (110) and the second casing (120) to be forcibly separated, and if the user holds the terminal device or the terminal device is placed on a certain plane, the effect is exhibited that one side casing (the first casing (110) or the second casing (120)) is sprung up.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises:

and a damping mechanism (160) for controlling the range of the angle of the one side housing which is sprung up.

The actual design of the damping is based on factors such as the size, weight, or thickness of the first housing (110) and/or the second housing (120). The damping mechanism (160) controls the upward bouncing angle range of the shell on one side through interference fit with the clearance of the rotating shaft part of the shell on one side. Wherein, the setting of the angle range aims at the convenient opening of the user.

For example, setting the X angle is a desired pop-up angle. When the angle is 0-X, the terminal device is not provided with the damping mechanism (160) or the damping of the damping mechanism is 0. After the angle X, the terminal equipment is provided with a damping mechanism (160), and the bounce angle of the shell on one side is controlled within the angle X + Y under the control of the damping mechanism (160). Wherein Y is an allowable error, and the larger the damping of the damping mechanism (160), the smaller Y. As shown in fig. 8. Fig. 8 is a schematic view of a locking device including a damping mechanism provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the rotating device (130) rotates and opens the first housing (110) and the second housing (120) until the first housing (110) and/or the second housing (120) is lighted, and the first housing (110) and/or the second housing (120) skips the lock screen to directly present the unlocked content.

Optionally, in other embodiments, the rotating device (130) rotates and opens the first casing (110) and the second casing (120) until the first casing (110) and the second casing (120) are lighted, and user identity authentication may be performed again in the first casing (110) or the second casing (120), where authentication manners after the casings are lighted in the prior art are similar and are not described herein again.

The specific structure of the foldable terminal device in the embodiment of the present application, the locking process of the locking device, and the unlocking process of the locking device are described in detail above with reference to fig. 5 to 8. The following briefly describes a specific structure of the foldable terminal device and a specific structure of the system provided in the present application with reference to fig. 9 to 11.

As shown in fig. 9, the terminal device includes a rotating means (130). Specifically, the rotating device (130) comprises a rotating shaft, a damping mechanism and an angle sensor. The rotating shaft is used for realizing folding and turning rotation of the first shell (110) and the second shell (120), and the damping mechanism and the angle sensor are used for controlling and detecting the opening and closing angle of the first shell and the second shell.

The terminal equipment also comprises a display device. Specifically, the display device includes the aforementioned first housing (110) and second housing (120) for displaying a User Interface (UI) operated by a user. For example, the contents on the first housing (110) and the second housing (120) are displayed after the locking pegs are unlocked.

The terminal equipment further comprises an authentication device (150) for identifying the identity of the user, including face recognition, fingerprint recognition, palm print recognition, heart rate recognition and the like.

The terminal device further includes a memory for storing a screen control recognition program and a screen control operation program. Respectively used for storing the control condition for unlocking the display content and executing the corresponding instruction. And the unlocking control operation program is used for carrying out unlocking operation according to the identity authentication.

Specifically, the terminal device includes a locking device for locking or unlocking the folding screen. Comprising a magnet and an electric mechanism.

It should be understood that fig. 9 is a simple schematic diagram, and in fact, the terminal device includes other modules, as shown in fig. 10. The terminal device also includes a plurality of modules.

The terminal device is described in detail below with reference to fig. 10. Fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of another terminal device provided in an embodiment of the present application.

The terminal device 1001 may include all of the terminal devices shown in fig. 9. Terminal device 1001 may include at least one processor 1010. Such as an Application Processor (AP). The processor 1010 may be the control unit shown in fig. 9.

The terminal device 1001 further includes a communication module 1020, a subscriber identification module (e.g., a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM)) 1024, a memory 1030, a sensor module 1040, an input device 1050, a display 1060, an interface 1070, an audio module 1080, a camera module 1091, a power management module 1095, a battery 1096, an indicator 1097, and a motor 1098.

The processor 1010 may run an operating system or an application to control various hardware or software elements connected to the processor 1010, and may process various data and perform operations. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the processor 1010 may further include a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) and/or an image signal processor for Processing the identification data collected by the authentication device.

Processor 1010 may include at least some of the elements shown in fig. 10 (e.g., cellular module 1021). The processor 1010 may load instructions or data received from at least one of the other elements (e.g., the non-volatile memory) onto the volatile memory to process the instructions or data, and may store various data in the non-volatile memory.

The communication module 1020 may have the same or similar configuration as the communication unit shown in fig. 9. The communication module 1020 may include, for example, a cellular module 1021, a wireless fidelity (Wifi) module 1023, a Bluetooth (BT) module 1025, a Global Positioning System (GPS) module 1027, a Near Field Communication (NFC) module 1028, and a Radio Frequency (RF) module 1029.

The cellular module 1021 may provide, for example, a voice call service, a video call service, a text message service, or an internet service through a communication network. The cellular module 1021 may use a subscriber identity module 1024 (e.g., a SIM card) to identify and authenticate the terminal device 1001 in the communication network. Cellular module 1021 may perform at least a portion of the functionality that may be provided by processor 1010. The cellular module 1021 may include a Communication Processor (CP).

Each of the Wifi module 1023, the bluetooth module 1025, the GPS module 1027, and the NFC module 1028 may include, for example, a processor for processing data transmitted/received through these modules. At least a portion (e.g., two or more) of the cellular module 1021, the Wifi module 1023, the bluetooth module 1025, the GPS module 1027, and the NFC module 1028 may be included in a single Integrated Circuit (IC) or IC package.

The RF module 1029 may transmit/receive communication signals (e.g., RF signals), for example. The RF module 1029 may include, for example, a transceiver, a Power Amplification Module (PAM), a frequency filter, a Low Noise Amplifier (LNA), an antenna, and the like. At least one of the cellular module 1021, the Wifi module 1023, the bluetooth module 1025, the GPS module 1027, or the NFC module 1028 may transmit/receive an RF signal through a separate RF module. The SIM 1024 may comprise, for example, a card containing a subscriber identity module and/or an embedded SIM, and may include unique identification information, such as an Integrated Circuit Card Identifier (ICCID) or subscriber information, and also, for example, an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI).

Memory 1030 (e.g., the memory shown in fig. 9) may include, for example, internal memory 1032 or external memory 1034. Internal memory 1032 may include at least one of: volatile memory (e.g., Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM)), Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM), etc.), non-volatile memory (e.g., one time programmable read-only memory (OTPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), electrically programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), mask rom, flash memory, SSD (e.g., hard disk, NAND flash, etc.), or solid state drive (erasable programmable read-only memory (SSD)), a flash memory, an SSD (e.g., hard disk, NAND flash, etc.), a flash drive, or an erasable programmable read-only memory (SSD).

The external memory 1034 may include a flash memory drive such as a Compact Flash (CF), secure digital card (SD), micro SD, mini SD, turbo card, Multi Media Card (MMC), memory stick, and the like. External memory 1034 may be operatively and/or physically connected to terminal device 1001 through various interfaces.

The sensor module 1040 may measure a physical quantity or detect an operation state of the terminal device 1001 to convert measured or detected information into an electrical signal. The sensor module 1040 may include, for example, at least one of a gesture sensor 1040A, a gyroscope sensor 1040B, an atmospheric pressure sensor 1040C, a magnetic sensor 1040D, an acceleration sensor 1040E, a grip sensor 1040F, a proximity sensor 1040G, a color sensor 1040H (e.g., Red/green/blue (RGB) sensor), a biosensor 1040I, a temperature/humidity sensor 1040J, an illuminance sensor 1040K, or an Ultraviolet (UV) sensor 1040M. Additionally or alternatively, the sensor module 1040 may include, for example, olfactory sensors (electronic nose sensors), Electromyography (EMG) sensors, electroencephalography (EEG) sensors, Electrocardiography (ECG) sensors, Infrared (IR) sensors, iris recognition sensors, and/or fingerprint sensors. The sensor module 1040 may further include control circuitry for controlling at least one sensor included therein. A portion of the processor 1010, or separately, controls the sensor module 1040, thereby controlling the sensor module 1040 when the processor 1010 is in a sleep state.

Input devices 1050 may include, for example, a touch panel 1052, a (digital) pen sensor 1054, a keyboard 1056, or an ultrasonic input device 1058. The touch panel 1052 may employ at least one of a capacitive sensing method, a resistive sensing method, an infrared sensing method, and an ultrasonic sensing method. The touch panel 1052 may further include a control circuit. Touch panel 1052 may further include a tactile layer to provide tactile feedback to the user. The input device 1050 may be, for example, an acquisition module of the authentication device shown in fig. 9.

The (digital) pen sensor 1054 may comprise, for example, an identification patch that is part of the touch panel or separate. The keys 1056 may include, for example, physical buttons, optical buttons, or a keypad. The ultrasonic input device 1058 may sense ultrasonic waves generated by an input tool through the microphone 1088 to identify data corresponding to the sensed ultrasonic waves.

The display 1060 (e.g., display 960) may include a panel 1062, a hologram device 1064, or a projector 1066. The panel 1062 may have the same or similar construction as the display 960 of fig. 9. The panel 1062 may be, for example, flexible, transparent, or wearable. The panel 1062 and the touch panel 1052 may be integrated into a single module. The hologram device 1064 may display a stereoscopic image in space using a light interference phenomenon. The projector 1066 may project light onto a screen to display an image. The display 1060 may further include control circuitry for controlling the panel 1062, the hologram device 1064, or the projector 1066.

The interface 1070 may include, for example, HDMI 1072, USB 1074, optical interface 1076, or D-subminiature interface (Dsub) 1078. For example, interface 1070 may be included in communications interface 970 shown in fig. 9. Additionally or alternatively, interface 1070 may include, for example, a mobile high definition link (MHL) interface, an SD/multimedia card (MMC) interface, or an infrared data association (IrDA) interface.

For example, audio module 1080 may convert sound into electrical signals or may convert electrical signals into sound. At least a portion of the elements of audio module 1080 may be included in input/output interface 950 shown in fig. 9. The audio module 1080 may process sound information input or output through the speaker 1082, the receiver 1084, the earphone 1086, or the microphone 1088.

For example, the camera module 1091 is a device for capturing still images or video. The camera module 1091 may include at least one image sensor (e.g., a front sensor or a rear sensor), a lens, an Image Signal Processor (ISP), or a flash (e.g., a light-emitting diode (LED) or a xenon lamp).

The power management module 1095 may manage the power of the terminal device 1001. The Power Management module 1095 may include Power Management ICs (PMICs), charger ICs (ICs), or battery gauges. The PMIC may employ wired and/or wireless charging methods. The wireless charging method may include, for example, a magnetic resonance method, a magnetic induction method, a magnetic method, and the like. Further circuitry for wireless charging may be further included, such as coil loops, resonant circuits, rectifiers, and the like. The battery gauge may measure, for example, the remaining capacity of the battery 1096 and the voltage, current, or temperature of the battery while it is charging. The battery 1096 may include a rechargeable battery and/or a solar cell.

The indicator 1097 may display a particular state of the terminal device 1001 or a component thereof (e.g., the processor 1010), such as a boot state, a message state, a charging state, and so forth. The motor 1098 may convert the electrical signal to a mechanical vibration and may generate a vibration or haptic effect. Although not shown, a processing device (e.g., a Ground Power Unit (GPU)) for supporting a mobile television may be included in the terminal device 1001. The processing device for supporting the mobile tv can process Media data according to Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB), Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB), and other standards.

Each of the elements described herein may be configured with one or more components, and the names of the elements may be changed according to the type of terminal device. In various embodiments of the present application, a terminal device may include many of the elements shown in fig. 10, and some elements may be omitted or other additional elements may be added. Furthermore, some elements of the terminal device may be combined with each other into one entity, so that the functions of the elements may be performed in the same manner as before the combination.

The present application also provides a system including the terminal device shown in fig. 9 or fig. 10, which is briefly described below with reference to fig. 11. Fig. 11 is a schematic diagram of a system according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 11 shows a schematic system diagram including a terminal device provided in an embodiment of the present application.

A terminal device 901 under a network environment 900 of an embodiment of the application will be briefly described with reference to fig. 11. Terminal device 901 may include a bus 910, a processor 920, a memory 930, an input/output interface 950, a display 960, and a communications interface 970. Elements shown in fig. 9 may be added to terminal device 901, not specifically shown in fig. 11.

Bus 910 may include circuitry to connect the above-described

elements

910, 920, 930, 950, 960, and 970 to each other and to transport communications (e.g., control messages and/or data) between the above-described elements.

The processor 920 is a control unit shown in fig. 9, and may include at least one of a Central Processing Unit (CPU), an application processor, or a Communication Processor (CP). Processor 920 may perform operations or data processing related to control and/or communication of at least one of the other elements of terminal device 901.

The memory 930 may include volatile memory and/or non-volatile memory. Memory 930 may store instructions or data related to at least one of the other elements of terminal device 901. Memory 930 may store software and/or programs 940 in embodiments of the present application. Programs 940 may include, for example, a kernel 941, middleware 943, an application interface (API) 945, and/or applications 947. At least a portion of kernel 941, middleware 943, or API 945 may be referred to as a manipulation system (OS).

The kernel 941 may control or manage system resources (e.g., the bus 910, the processor 920, the memory 930, etc.) for performing operations or functions of other programs (e.g., the middleware 943, the API 945, or the application programs 947). In addition, the kernel 941 can provide an interface that allows middleware 943, API 945 or applications 947 to access various elements of the terminal device 901 to control or manage system resources.

The middleware 943 may act as an intermediary, enabling the API 945 or applications 947 to communicate and exchange data with the kernel 941.

Further, the middleware 943 may process one or more task requests received from the application 947 according to a priority order. For example, middleware 943 can assign at least one application 947 priority for using system resources of terminal device 901 (e.g., bus 910, processor 920, memory 930, etc.). For example, the middleware 943 may process one or more task requests according to a priority assigned to at least one application, thereby performing scheduling or load balancing for the one or more task requests.

The API 945, as an interface for allowing the application program 947 to control functions provided by the kernel 941 or the middleware 943, may include at least one interface or function (e.g., instructions) for file control, window control, image processing, character control, and the like, for example.

The input/output interface 950 can be used to transmit instructions or data input from a user or other external devices to other elements of the terminal apparatus 901. Further, the input/output interface 950 can output instructions or data received from other elements of the terminal apparatus 901 to a user or other external devices.

Display 960 may include, for example, a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), a Light Emitting Diode (LED) display, an Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) display, a micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) display, or an electronic paper display. The display 960 may present various content (e.g., text, images, video, icons, symbols, or the like) to a user. The display 960 may include a touch screen, and may receive a touch, gesture, proximity, or hover input from an electronic pen or a portion of a user's body.

The communication interface 970 can establish communication between the terminal apparatus 901 and an external device (e.g., other terminal apparatus). For example, the communication interface 970 may be connected to the network 962 via wireless communication or wired communication to communicate with an external device. The wireless communication may employ at least one of cellular communication protocols, such as: a global system for mobile communications (GSM) system, a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) system, a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) system, a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), a long term evolution (long term evolution, LTE) system, a LTE frequency division duplex (frequency division duplex, FDD) system, a LTE Time Division Duplex (TDD), a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), a Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) communication system, a future fifth generation (5G) or New Radio (NR) system, and the like. The wireless communication may include, for example, short-range communication 964, which may include at least one of Wifi, bluetooth, NFC, magnetic stripe transmission, or Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS).

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the various illustrative elements and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as electronic hardware or combinations of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the implementation. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present application.

It is clear to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the above-described systems, apparatuses and units may refer to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, and are not described herein again.

In the several embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed system, apparatus and method may be implemented in other ways. For example, the above-described apparatus embodiments are merely illustrative, and for example, the division of the units is only one logical division, and other divisions may be realized in practice, for example, a plurality of units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not executed. In addition, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, devices or units, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit.

The functions, if implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present application or portions thereof that substantially contribute to the prior art may be embodied in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium and including instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device) to execute all or part of the steps of the method according to the embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: various media capable of storing program codes, such as a usb disk, a removable hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present application, but the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present application, and shall be covered by the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A folder-type terminal device comprising a first housing (110), a second housing (120), and a rotating means (130) connecting the first housing (110) and the second housing (120), characterized by further comprising:

a first magnetic module (111) disposed in the first housing (110);

a second magnetic module (121) disposed in the second housing (120);

a magnetic pole rotating mechanism (140) provided in the folding type terminal device, the magnetic pole rotating mechanism (140) being used for controlling the magnetic pole of the first face.

2. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the magnetic pole rotating mechanism (140) is an electric mechanism (140), wherein the electric mechanism (140) is connected to the first magnetic module (111), the first magnetic module (111) comprises a first magnetic pole surface and a second magnetic pole surface, the magnetic poles of the first magnetic pole surface and the second magnetic pole surface are opposite, and the electric mechanism (140) is configured to control the first magnetic module (111) to rotate so as to change the magnetic pole surface facing the second magnetic module (121) in the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic pole surface; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

the electric mechanism (140) is connected with the second magnetic module (121), the second magnetic module (121) comprises the first magnetic pole face and the second magnetic pole face, and the electric mechanism (140) is used for controlling the second magnetic module (121) to rotate so as to change the magnetic pole face facing the first magnetic module (111) in the first magnetic pole face and the second magnetic pole face in the second magnetic module (121).

3. A terminal device according to claim 1, characterized in that the first magnetic module (111) comprises a first part (112) and a second part (113), wherein the first part (112) comprises a first pole face and a second pole face, the poles of the first pole face and the second pole face being opposite, the second part (113) comprises the first pole face and the second pole face, and the poles of the first part (112) and the second part (113) respectively facing the pole faces of the second housing (120) are opposite; the magnetic pole rotating mechanism (140) is an electric mechanism (140), the electric mechanism (140) is connected with the first part (112) and/or the second part (113), and the electric mechanism (140) is used for controlling the part, facing the second magnetic module (121), of the first part (112) and the second part (113); and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

the second magnetic module (121) comprises a third portion (122) and a fourth portion (123), wherein the third portion (122) comprises the first magnetic pole face and the second magnetic pole face, the fourth portion (123) comprises the first magnetic pole face and the second magnetic pole face, and the magnetic poles of the third portion (122) and the fourth portion (123) respectively facing the magnetic pole faces of the first shell (110) are opposite; the electric mechanism (140) is connected to the third part (122) and/or the fourth part (123), and the electric mechanism (140) is used for controlling the part of the third part (122) and/or the fourth part (123) facing the second magnetic module (121).

4. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the magnetic pole rotating mechanism (140) is a current device (140), wherein the first magnetic module (111) comprises a first magnetic pole face and a second magnetic pole face, the magnetic poles of the first magnetic pole face and the second magnetic pole face are opposite, and the current device (140) is used for controlling the current direction in the first magnetic module (111) to change the magnetic pole face facing the second magnetic module (121) in the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic pole face; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

the second magnetic module (121) comprises the first magnetic pole face and the second magnetic pole face, and the current device (140) is used for controlling the current direction in the second magnetic module (121) so as to change the magnetic pole face facing the first magnetic module (111) in the first magnetic module (121) and the second magnetic pole face.

5. The terminal device according to any of claims 1-4, wherein the terminal device further comprises:

a locked state and an unlocked state, wherein the locked state is a state in which the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) are attracted to each other, and the unlocked state is a state in which the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) are repelled from each other;

the authentication device (150) comprises:

at least one of a face feature data acquisition device, a fingerprint feature data acquisition device or a password input device.

6. The terminal device according to any of claims 1-5, wherein the terminal device further comprises:

the damping mechanism (160) is arranged on the rotating device (130), and the damping magnitude of the damping mechanism (160) corresponds to the mutual bouncing angle of the first shell (110) and the second shell (120).

7. The terminal device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein when the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) are attracted to each other, the projections of the first magnetic module (111) and the second magnetic module (121) on the first housing (110) and/or the second housing (120) partially or completely coincide.

8. The terminal device according to any of claims 1-7, wherein the first magnetic module (111) arranged in the first housing (110) comprises:

the first magnetic module (111) is arranged on the non-display surface of the first shell (110); and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

the second magnetic module (121) provided in the second housing (120) includes:

the second magnetic module (121) is disposed on a non-display surface of the second housing (120).

9. A method for controlling opening and closing of a housing, applied to a foldable terminal device including a first housing, a second housing, and a rotating device for connecting the first housing and the second housing, the method comprising:

arranging a first magnetic module in the first shell and arranging a second magnetic module in the second shell;

the magnetic poles of the mutually facing magnetic pole surfaces of the first magnetic module and the second magnetic module are controlled by a magnetic pole rotating mechanism;

when the magnetic poles of the magnetic pole surfaces of the first magnetic module and the second magnetic module facing each other are opposite, the first shell and the second shell are in a closed state;

when the magnetic poles of the mutually facing magnetic pole surfaces of the first magnetic module and the second magnetic module are the same, the first shell and the second shell are in an elastic opening state.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the pole rotation mechanism is a motorized mechanism coupled to the first magnetic module, the first magnetic module including a first pole face and a second pole face, the first pole face and the second pole face having opposite poles, the method further comprising:

rotating the first magnetic module via the motorized mechanism to alter a pole face of the first and second pole faces in the first magnetic module that faces the second magnetic module; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

the electric mechanism is connected with the second magnetic module, the second magnetic module comprises the first magnetic pole surface and the second magnetic pole surface, and the second magnetic module is rotated by the electric mechanism to change the magnetic pole surface facing the first magnetic module in the first magnetic pole surface and the second magnetic pole surface in the second magnetic module.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the first magnetic module comprises a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion comprises a first magnetic pole face and a second magnetic pole face, the first magnetic pole face and the second magnetic pole face having opposite magnetic poles, the second portion comprises the first magnetic pole face and the second magnetic pole face, and the first portion and the second portion have opposite magnetic poles facing the magnetic pole face of the second housing, respectively;

the magnetic pole rotating mechanism is an electric mechanism which is connected with the first part and/or the second part, and the method further comprises the following steps:

controlling, via the electric machine, a portion of the first and second portions that faces the second magnetic module; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

the second magnetic module comprises a third portion and a fourth portion, wherein the third portion comprises the first magnetic pole surface and the second magnetic pole surface, the fourth portion comprises the first magnetic pole surface and the second magnetic pole surface, and the magnetic poles of the third portion and the fourth portion respectively facing the magnetic pole surface of the first shell are opposite to each other, and the electric mechanism is connected with the third portion and/or the fourth portion, and the method further comprises:

controlling, via the electric machine, a portion of the third and fourth portions that faces the second magnetic module.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the pole rotation mechanism is a current device, wherein the first magnetic module includes a first pole face and a second pole face, the poles of the first pole face and the second pole face being opposite, the method further comprising:

changing a direction of current flow in the first magnetic module via the current device to alter a pole face of the first and second pole faces in the first magnetic module that faces the second magnetic module; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

the second magnetic module comprises the first magnetic pole face and the second magnetic pole face, the method further comprising:

changing a direction of current in the second magnetic module via the current device to alter a pole face of the first and second pole faces in the second magnetic module that faces the first magnetic module.

13. The method according to any one of claims 9-12, further comprising:

determining whether a user is allowed to change the state of the foldable terminal device by at least one of facial feature recognition, fingerprint feature recognition or password recognition, wherein the state of the terminal device comprises:

the locking state is that the first shell and the second shell are in a closed state, and the first shell and the second shell are in an elastic opening state.

14. The method according to any one of claims 9-13, further comprising:

the damping size of the damping mechanism is set, so that the mutual bouncing angle of the first shell and the second shell is within a preset angle range.

15. The method according to any one of claims 9 to 14, wherein when the first magnetic module and the second magnetic module are attracted to each other, projections of the first magnetic module and the second magnetic module on the first housing and/or the second housing are partially or completely coincident.

16. The method of any of claims 9-15, wherein disposing the first magnetic module in the first housing comprises:

arranging a first magnetic module on the non-display surface of the first shell; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

disposing a second magnetic module in a second housing includes:

and a second magnetic module is arranged on the non-display surface of the second shell.

17. A communication system, comprising:

at least one foldable terminal device according to any of claims 1-8.