Detailed Description
Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present application, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are exemplary only for the purpose of explaining the present application and are not to be construed as limiting the present application. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.
The features of the terms first and second in the description and in the claims of the present application may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of such features. In the description of the present application, "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified. In addition, "and/or" in the specification and claims means at least one of connected objects, a character "/" generally means that a preceding and succeeding related objects are in an "or" relationship.
In the description of the present application, it is to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood in a specific case by those of ordinary skill in the art.
The embodiment of the application provides a screen assembly, which comprises M first screens and N rotating backlight modules, wherein any one of the M first screens is adjacent to at least two other first screens, any two adjacent first screens are rotatably connected through one rotating backlight module, and M, N are integers which are more than 3;
each rotary backlight module comprises two light-emitting surfaces, and the two light-emitting surfaces are respectively used as backlight light sources of two adjacent first screens.
It can be understood that the screen assembly provided in the embodiment of the present application is a foldable screen assembly, that is, the two adjacent first screens can be turned and folded by rotating the backlight module. In addition, any first screen in the M first screens is adjacent to at least two other first screens, which can be understood as that any first screen is adjacent to at least two other first screens when the screen assembly is in the fully unfolded state.
In this embodiment, for two adjacent first screens rotationally connected based on a rotating backlight module, two light emitting surfaces of the rotating backlight module can be respectively used as backlight sources of the two adjacent first screens, that is, one rotating backlight module can be used as the backlight source of the two first screens; moreover, because the light-emitting surface is arranged on the rotary backlight module, compared with the situation that the backlight source is arranged on the first screen independently, the space for arranging the backlight source on the first screen can be effectively saved, the saved space can be used for arranging the display area of the first screen, and the purpose of improving the screen occupation ratio of the screen assembly is achieved.
In addition, each first screen is adjacent to at least two other first screens, namely, each first screen is rotationally connected with at least two rotary backlight modules, namely, at least two rotary backlight modules provide light emitting surfaces for the first screen, namely, each first screen is provided with at least two light emitting surfaces, namely, each first screen is provided with at least two backlight sources, and therefore the purpose of effectively improving the backlight effect of the first screen can be achieved.
Optionally, as shown in fig. 1, the M first screens include a first sub-screen 11, a second sub-screen 12, a third sub-screen 13, and a fourth sub-screen 14, and the N rotating backlight modules include a first rotating backlight module 21, a second rotating backlight module 22, a third rotating backlight module 23, and a fourth rotating backlight module 24;
the first side of the first sub-screen 11 is rotatably connected with the first side of the second sub-screen 12 through a first rotating backlight module 21, the first rotating backlight module 21 comprises a first light emitting surface and a second light emitting surface, the first light emitting surface is arranged towards the first side of the first sub-screen 11 to form a first backlight source of the first sub-screen 11, and the second light emitting surface is arranged towards the first side of the second sub-screen 12 to form a first backlight source of the second sub-screen 12;
the second side of the first sub-screen 11 is rotatably connected with the first side of the third sub-screen 13 through a second rotary backlight module 22, the second rotary backlight module 22 comprises a third light emitting surface and a fourth light emitting surface, the third light emitting surface is arranged towards the second side of the first sub-screen 11 to form a second backlight source of the first sub-screen 11, and the fourth light emitting surface is arranged towards the first side of the third sub-screen 13 to form a first backlight source of the third sub-screen 13;
the second side of the second sub-screen 12 is rotatably connected with the first side of the fourth sub-screen 14 through a third rotary backlight module 23, the third rotary backlight module 23 includes a fifth light emitting surface and a sixth light emitting surface, the fifth light emitting surface is disposed toward the second side of the second sub-screen 12 to form a second backlight source of the second sub-screen 12, and the sixth light emitting surface is disposed toward the first side of the fourth sub-screen 14 to form a first backlight source of the fourth sub-screen 14;
the second side of the third sub-screen 13 is rotatably connected with the second side of the fourth sub-screen 14 through a fourth rotary backlight module 24, the fourth rotary backlight module 24 includes a seventh light emitting surface and an eighth light emitting surface, the seventh light emitting surface is disposed toward the second side of the third sub-screen 13 to form a second backlight source of the third sub-screen 13, and the eighth light emitting surface is disposed toward the second side of the fourth sub-screen 14 to form a second backlight source of the fourth sub-screen 14.
In this embodiment, in the case that M, N is 4, that is, in the case of a four-screen assembly, as shown in fig. 1, each first screen includes two light emitting surfaces, which is equivalent to two backlight light sources for providing backlight light for each first screen, so as to achieve the purpose of improving the backlight display effect of the screen assembly.
Optionally, the first rotating backlight module 21 includes a first rotating member 211 and a first backlight structure 212, the first side of the first sub-screen 11 is rotatably connected to the first side of the second sub-screen 12 through the first rotating member 211, the first backlight structure 212 is disposed on the first rotating member 211, and the first backlight structure 212 includes a first light emitting surface and a second light emitting surface;
the second rotary backlight module 22 includes a second rotary member 221 and a second backlight structure 222, the second side of the first sub-screen 11 is rotatably connected to the first side of the third sub-screen 13 through the second rotary member 221, the second backlight structure 222 is disposed on the second rotary member 221, and the second backlight structure 222 includes a third light emitting surface and a fourth light emitting surface;
the third rotating backlight module 23 includes a third rotating member 231 and a third backlight structure 232, the second side of the second sub-screen 12 is rotatably connected to the first side of the fourth sub-screen 14 through the third rotating member 231, the third backlight structure 232 is disposed on the third rotating member 2231, and the third backlight structure 232 includes a fifth light emitting surface and a sixth light emitting surface;
the fourth rotatable backlight module 24 includes a fourth rotating member 241 and a fourth backlight structure 242, the second side of the third sub-screen 13 is rotatably connected to the second side of the fourth sub-screen 14 via the fourth rotating member 241, the fourth backlight structure 242 is disposed on the fourth rotating member 241, and the fourth backlight structure 242 includes a seventh light emitting surface and an eighth light emitting surface.
In this embodiment, the rotatable backlight module can be split into the rotatable component and the backlight structure, the rotatable connection between the two first screens is realized through the rotatable component, the light-emitting surface is provided through the backlight structure arranged on the rotatable component, and the rotatable component serves as the backlight light source of the two first screens, so that the backlight requirement of the screen assembly is further realized.
The rotation members may be hinge connection members, that is, the first rotation member 211, the second rotation member 221, the third rotation member 231, and the fourth rotation member 241 may be hinge connection members, and may implement the rotation connection of two corresponding adjacent first screens. In addition, the rotating part can also rotate the connecting piece through a rotating shaft and the like as long as the rotating connection between the two first screens can be realized.
In addition, as shown in fig. 1, the first rotatable backlight module 21 and the fourth rotatable backlight module 24 are integrated, and the second rotatable backlight module 22 and the third rotatable backlight module 23 are integrated. Through setting up like this, can promote screen unit's the wholeness that rotates the module, and then promote screen unit's wholeness.
Optionally, as shown in fig. 1 to 5, the screen assembly further includes a fifth sub-screen 15, a sixth sub-screen 16, a seventh sub-screen 17, and an eighth sub-screen 18, wherein,
the fifth sub-screen 15 is arranged on the first rotary backlight module 21, and the fifth sub-screen 15 is respectively adjacent to the first side of the first sub-screen 11 and the first side of the second sub-screen 12;
the sixth sub-screen 16 is disposed on the second rotary backlight module 22, and the sixth sub-screen 16 is respectively adjacent to the second side of the first sub-screen 11 and the first side of the third sub-screen 13;
the seventh sub-screen 17 is disposed on the third rotary backlight module 23, and the seventh sub-screen 17 is respectively adjacent to the second side of the second sub-screen 12 and the first side of the fourth sub-screen 14;
the eighth sub-screen 18 is disposed on the fourth rotatable backlight module 24, and the eighth sub-screen 18 is respectively adjacent to the second side of the third sub-screen 13 and the second side of the fourth sub-screen 14.
In this embodiment, by setting the corresponding sub-screen at the position corresponding to each of the rotatable backlight modules, when the screen assembly is in the unfolded state, two adjacent first screens can form a whole through the corresponding sub-screen (i.e. the screen set corresponding to the rotatable backlight module), even if the display areas of the two adjacent first screens are connected into a whole through the display areas of the sub-screens; and through increasing the sub-screen, can also further improve the area of the display area of the screen assembly, namely further improve the screen of the screen assembly and account for the ratio, in order to meet users' large-screen display demand.
The screen corresponding to the rotating backlight module may be a flexible screen, that is, the fifth sub-screen 15, the sixth sub-screen 16, the seventh sub-screen 17, and the eighth sub-screen 18 may be flexible screens, so that in the rotating process of the screen assembly, the connection effect between the two adjacent first screens and the corresponding sub-screens is improved.
Further optionally, the first rotary backlight module 21 further includes a ninth light emitting surface disposed toward the fifth sub-screen 15 and forming a backlight source of the fifth sub-screen 15;
the second rotary backlight module 22 further includes a tenth light emitting surface disposed toward the sixth sub-screen 16 and forms a backlight source of the sixth sub-screen 16;
the third rotary backlight module 23 further includes an eleventh light emitting surface disposed facing the seventh sub-screen 17 and forming a backlight source of the seventh sub-screen 17;
the fourth rotary backlight module 24 further includes a twelfth light emitting surface disposed toward the eighth sub-screen 18 and forming a backlight source of the eighth sub-screen 18.
In this embodiment, the light emitting surfaces corresponding to the sub-screens are arranged on the rotary backlight module, that is, one rotary backlight module provides three light emitting surfaces and is respectively used as the backlight light sources of the corresponding sub-screens and the two corresponding adjacent screens, so that the number of the backlight light sources of the screen assembly can be effectively reduced, and the power consumption required by the backlight light sources of the screen assembly can be reduced.
Optionally, the first rotary backlight module 21 further includes a first partition plate and a second partition plate, the first partition plate is disposed between the ninth light emitting surface and the first light emitting surface, and the second partition plate is disposed between the ninth light emitting surface and the second light emitting surface;
the second rotary backlight module 22 further comprises a third partition plate and a fourth partition plate, the third partition plate is arranged between the tenth light emitting surface and the third light emitting surface, and the fourth partition plate is arranged between the tenth light emitting surface and the fourth light emitting surface;
the third rotary backlight module 23 further comprises a fifth partition plate and a sixth partition plate, the fifth partition plate is arranged between the eleventh light emitting surface and the fifth light emitting surface, and the sixth partition plate is arranged between the eleventh light emitting surface and the sixth light emitting surface;
the fourth rotary backlight module 24 further includes a seventh partition board and an eighth partition board, the seventh partition board is disposed between the twelfth light emitting surface and the seventh light emitting surface, and the eighth partition board is disposed between the twelfth light emitting surface and the eighth light emitting surface.
In this embodiment, by providing the partition, three independent light-emitting sections can be formed for each rotary backlight module, and the problem of light interference between different light-emitting sections can be avoided.
Specifically, the arrangement of the first partition board for the first rotary backlight module 21 can prevent the light emitted from the ninth light emitting surface and the light emitted from the first light emitting surface from interfering with each other; the second partition board can prevent the light emitted by the ninth light-emitting surface and the light emitted by the second light-emitting surface from interfering with each other.
Correspondingly, the arrangement of the third partition board for the second rotary backlight module 22 can avoid the mutual interference between the light emitted from the tenth light-emitting surface and the light emitted from the third light-emitting surface; the fourth partition board can prevent the light emitted by the tenth light-emitting surface and the light emitted by the third light-emitting surface from interfering with each other.
Correspondingly, for the third rotary backlight module 23, the arrangement of the fifth partition board can avoid the mutual interference of the light emitted from the eleventh light-emitting surface and the light emitted from the fifth light-emitting surface; the arrangement of the sixth partition board can avoid the mutual interference of the light emitted by the eleventh light-emitting surface and the light emitted by the sixth light-emitting surface.
Correspondingly, the fourth rotary backlight module 24 and the seventh partition plate are arranged to prevent the light emitted from the twelfth light emitting surface and the light emitted from the seventh light emitting surface from interfering with each other; the eighth partition board can prevent the light emitted from the twelfth light-emitting surface and the light emitted from the eighth light-emitting surface from interfering with each other.
The backlight structures mentioned in the above embodiments, including but not limited to the first backlight structure 212, the second backlight structure 222, the third backlight structure 232, and the fourth backlight structure 242, may include a substrate and three light emitting elements, and the three light emitting elements may provide three directions of light emitting surfaces for the backlight structures, even though the backlight structures can simultaneously serve as backlight light sources for three screens.
The first backlight structure 212 is taken as an example for specific description.
As shown in fig. 6, the first backlight structure 212 includes a substrate 2121, a first light emitting element 2122, a second light emitting element 2123, and a third light emitting element 2124.
Among them, the first light emitting element 2122, the second light emitting element 2123, and the third light emitting element 2124 are respectively located at three sides of the substrate 2121, and enable the first backlight structure 212 to provide a light emitting surface for three orientations, even though the first backlight structure 212 can simultaneously serve as a backlight light source for three screens.
Alternatively, the substrate may be a ceramic substrate.
The light emitting element can be a light bar or a light emitting chip. For example, three light emitting surfaces can be formed on the side surfaces of the substrate respectively in the form of arranging the light bars. Wherein, through setting up the illuminating part into the lamp strip, can also improve the degree of consistency of the light that the light emitting area jetted out, and then reach the purpose that promotes the effect of being shaded of the first screen that corresponds.
In addition, under the condition that the light emitting piece is a light emitting chip, a light emitting material layer can be arranged on the light emitting chip to improve the light emitting effect of the light emitting chip, and further improve the backlight effect of the screen assembly.
Optionally, the screen assembly further includes a control module (not shown), and the control module can individually control each light emitting surface of the screen assembly to accurately control the display effect of the screen assembly, and further achieve the purpose of reducing the power consumption of the screen assembly.
As shown in fig. 1, in the case that the screen assembly is in the fully unfolded state, the screen assembly includes 8 display areas, which are a first display area corresponding to the first sub-screen 11, a second display area corresponding to the second sub-screen 12, a third display area corresponding to the third sub-screen 13, a fourth display area corresponding to the fourth sub-screen 14, a fifth display area corresponding to the fifth sub-screen 15, a sixth display area corresponding to the sixth sub-screen 16, a seventh display area corresponding to the seventh sub-screen 17, and an eighth display area corresponding to the eighth sub-screen;
under the condition that the picture shown in fig. 7 needs to be displayed, the light emitting surfaces corresponding to the first display area, the second display area, the fifth display area, the sixth display area and the seventh display area can be set to be in a closed state, the light brightness of the light emitting surfaces corresponding to the third display area and the eighth display area is reduced, the light emitting surface corresponding to the fourth display area is controlled to normally work, even if the fourth display area normally displays, the contrast and the display effect of the picture are improved, and the power consumption of the screen assembly can be greatly reduced.
It can be understood that, compared with the conventional display scheme, the screen assembly provided by the embodiment of the present application can achieve the same display brightness by only arranging half of the number of the light emitting members; and through the setting that reduces illuminating part quantity, can reduce the line of walking of illuminating part, and then reduce the design cost of screen subassembly.
The embodiment of the application also provides electronic equipment comprising the screen component.
It should be noted that the implementation manner of the above-mentioned screen assembly embodiment is also applicable to the embodiment of the electronic device, and can achieve the same technical effect, and is not described herein again.
The electronic device may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palm top computer, a vehicle-mounted electronic device, a wearable device, an ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), a netbook, or a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), etc.
In the description herein, reference to the description of the terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an illustrative embodiment," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples" or the like means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the application. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.
While embodiments of the present application have been shown and described, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the application, the scope of which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.