CN208850051U - Electronic equipment and voice control type equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model is entitled " electronic equipment and voice control type equipment ".The utility model discloses a kind of electronic equipment, such as voice control type loudspeaker apparatus, can have the shell characterized by vertical longitudinal axis.Flexible base board, such as the flexible mesh substrate with the component supporting zone coupled by flexible section, can be packed around shell and vertical axes.The shell may include the surface region with composite curvature.Flexible base board can be consistent with the region with composite curvature.Fabric spacer portion layer can be inserted between flexible base board and shell.Electronic component, such as input/output unit may be mounted to component supporting zone.Display can be formed by the light-emitting device array being mounted on corresponding component supporting zone.Light from light-emitting device may pass through fabric spacer portion layer and return towards shell and far from shell.Outer tissue layer can grid coverage.

Description

Electronic equipment and voice control type equipment

This application claims on September 24th, the 2018 U.S. Patent application No.16/140,409 submitted and on April 5th, 2018 The temporary patent application No.62/653 of submission, 148 priority, these applications, which are incorporated by reference, to be incorporated herein.

Technical field

The utility model relates in general to electronic equipment, and more particularly, to the electronic equipment with fabric.

Background technique

Electronic equipment (such as voice control type ancillary equipment) may include fabric.For example, voice control type ancillary equipment Shell can be capped one layer of fabric.Opening can be provided in the fabric to allow sound to issue out of equipment.

The function of enhancing voice control type ancillary equipment may be challenging.For example, it may be difficult to by light-emitting device It is integrated into the voice control type ancillary equipment with tissue layer.If accidentally, fabric may be not intended to transmitting light imparting Appearance, or may stop completely emit light, to prevent light-emitting device effectively by information conveyance to user.

Utility model content

Electronic equipment (such as voice control type loudspeaker apparatus) can have through vertical axes the shell characterized.Shell can With cylindrical shape, the surface region of the upper end and lower end with composite curvature.Shell can be capped tissue layer, such as with water chestnut The knitted fabric layer of shape opening.

Flexible base board (the flexible mesh substrate such as with the component supporting zone coupled by flexible section) can surround Shell and vertical axes are packed.Flexible base board can be consistent with the region with composite curvature.Knitted fabric layer can cover flexible base Plate.

Spacer portion tissue layer can be inserted between flexible mesh substrate and shell.(such as input-output is set electronic component It is standby) it may be mounted to the component supporting zone of flexible mesh fabric.Input/output unit may include sensor and antenna and other Radio communication circuit.

Display can be by the array of the light-emitting device on the corresponding component supporting zone that is mounted in flexible mesh substrate It is formed.When user is interacted by providing phonetic order to electronic equipment with electronic equipment, display can provide visual feedback.? In some configurations, display can show the image with text, mobile content, icon and other information.

Light-emitting device can be configured to the inside for making light from light-emitting device by the spacer portion layer towards shell.Reflection Transmitting light can be passed through fabric spacer portion layer by layer (be such as configured as hiding internal part and be allowed to the polymeric layer being not seen) It reflects.Electronic equipment may be alternatively configured as so that light-emitting device direction is external.Diffusion layer, reflecting layer are (such as reflexive The components hide layer of entrant sound), that adhesive phase and/or other layers also can be coupled to the layer heap around the encapsulation of the outer surface of shell is folded In.

Detailed description of the invention

Fig. 1 is the illustrative voice control type electronic equipment according to an embodiment with the shell for being covered with tissue layer Perspective view.

Fig. 2 is the cross-sectional side for being covered with a part of the equipment of Fig. 1 of exemplary material layers according to an embodiment View.

Fig. 3 is the diagram of a part of illustrative warp knitted tricot fabric layer according to an embodiment.

Fig. 4 shows how tissue layer according to an embodiment can have opening, such as diamond opening.

Fig. 5 is the perspective view of the illustrative clathrum formed according to an embodiment by flexible print circuit, flexibility print Brush circuit patterns aperture array, to form the Component mounting area with the interconnection of helical path.

Fig. 6 is curve graph according to an embodiment, and it illustrates the density of the Component mounting area on flexible base board And/or how the density of other features of substrate can change according to position.

Fig. 7 is the top view of a part of illustrative grid substrate layer according to an embodiment.

Fig. 8 is the cross-sectional side view of a part of the equipment of Fig. 1 according to an embodiment.

Fig. 9 is the cross-sectional side view of exemplary components according to an embodiment.

Figure 10 is the side view of illustrative light emitting members according to an embodiment, and being such as couple to associated has The light emitting diode of the inside and outside transmitting light of loss optical fiber.

Specific embodiment

The article of article 10 such as shown in FIG. 1 may include fabric.For example, fabric can be used to form the article for Fig. 1 10 one or more coatings.Article 10 can be electronic equipment or attachment for electronic equipment, such as voice control Type electronic equipment (sometimes referred to as digital assistants or voice control type loudspeaker)；Laptop computer；Include embedded computer Computer monitor；Tablet computer；Cellular phone；Media player；Or other hand-helds or portable electronic device；It is small-sized Equipment, such as watch equipment, hanging equipment, earphone or receiver device, the equipment being embedded in glasses are worn on user The other equipment on head；Or other wearable or micromodule equipments；Television set；Computer display not comprising embedded computer Device；Game station；Navigation equipment；Embedded system, such as article 10 based on fabric are installed in information kiosk, automobile, aircraft Or the system in other vehicles；Other electronic equipments or the equipment for realizing function two or more in these equipment. If desired, article 10 can be removable shell for electronic equipment, can be band, can be wrist strap or headband, can for for The removable cap of equipment, can be for band or with the shell for accommodating and carrying electronic equipment and the other structures of other articles Or bag, can be necklace or armband, can be inserted into for wallet, oversleeve, pocket or electronic equipment or other articles it is therein other Structure, can be chair, sofa or other seats part (for example, cushion or other armchair structures), can for clothing or other can The part of wearing article (for example, cap, waistband, wrist strap, headband, shirt, trousers, shoes etc.), or can be any other conjunction The suitable article based on fabric.In exemplary arrangement shown in Fig. 1, article 10 is voice control type electronic equipment, such as may be used Access the voice control type loudspeaker of internet.If desired, other kinds of equipment may include fabric.

As shown in Figure 1, article 10 may include the shell of such as shell 12.Shell 12 can have cylindrical shape, with Fig. 1 The circular upper of shown type and lower end or other suitable shapes are (for example, the box of pyramid, taper, such as rectangle box-like Shape, spherical shape etc.).Shell 12 may include by the group of metal, polymer, ceramics, glass, timber, other materials and/or these materials Close the support construction formed.The shape of shell 12 may be selected, and be suitble to shell by the shell of the type for the article 10 being used for be formed Body.As one embodiment, in the case where article 10 is voice control type electronic equipment, shell 12 can be cylindricality, golden word Tower-shaped, box-like, taper, spherical shape or the other shapes suitable for encapsulating one or more speakers；It is meter on knee in article 10 In the configuration of calculation machine, shell 12 can have the upper and lower part thin box shape part being joined together by hinge, and can distinguish Accommodate display and keyboard；In the configuration that article 10 is the computer monitor comprising embedded computer, shell 12 can be with With thin box shaped, thin box shaped has optional curved surface rear casing wall, can accommodate display and rack mountable； In the configuration that article 10 is tablet computer, cellular phone, media player or other hand-helds or portable electronic device, outside Shell 12 can have rectangular profile and relatively thin thickness；In the configuration that article 10 is such as watch or the small device of hanging equipment In, shell 12 can have low profile and be rectangle, square, hexagon, triangle, ellipse or circular profile；In article 10 be in the configuration of earphone or receiver device, and shell 12 can have the shape for being configured as being worn on user's ear or in ear Shape；It is in a pair of glasses or the configuration of other equipment for being worn on user's head in article 10, shell 12 can have wear-type shape Shape；In the configuration that article 10 is jacket or other clothings (such as cap, waistband, wrist strap, headband, shirt, trousers, shoes etc.) In, shell 12 can be formed by multilayer fabric or the other materials for being configured as that article 10 is allowed to be worn on user；In article 10 be shell 12 in the configuration of television set, the computer display not comprising embedded computer, game station or navigation equipment There can be rectangular profile, with curved surface and/or the profile faced directly, box-like, cylindricality and/or other suitable shapes；In article 10 It is in the configuration of information kiosk, shell 12 can form the other shapes of pedestal or suitable information kiosk；Automobile, aircraft are formed in article 10 Or in the configuration of a part of other vehicles, shell 12 can form instrument board, console, door, window, seat, body panel Or the other parts of vehicle；In the configuration that article 10 is removable external case for electronic equipment, shell 12 can have set Barrel shape or other structures with the groove for accommodating electronic equipment；It is band, wrist strap, necklace or headband in article 10 In configuration, shell 12 can have band shape shape；In the configuration that article 10 forms case, packet or wallet, shell 12 can have to be formed The surface in the face and/or formation band and/or the other structures for case or packet of tank wall and/or packet or wallet；And in article 10 are in the configuration of the part of furniture, shell 12 can be configured to be formed chair, sofa or other seats (such as cushion or its His armchair structure) a part.In the exemplary arrangement of Fig. 1, shell 12 has the voice for being suitble to such as may have access to internet The cylindrical shape of the article of control type loudspeaker.If desired, shell 12 can have other shapes and can be coupled to other objects In product.The configuration of Fig. 1 is presented as one embodiment.

Article 10 may include fabric 14.Fabric 14 can be formed shell wall or other layers in electronic equipment whole or one Point, the outermost layer of article 10 can be formed, one or more inner covers can be formed, the internal junction in electronic equipment can be formed Structure, or other structures based on fabric can be formed.Article 10 can be to be soft (for example, article 10 can have for generating slightly The fabric surface of touch), there can be firm sense (for example, the surface of article 10 can be formed by rigid fabric), can be to be coarse, it can To be smooth, can have rib or other patterning textures, and/or can be formed with by plastics, metal, glass, crystalline substance A part of the equipment for the part that the non-woven structure of body material, ceramics or other materials is formed.In exemplary arrangement, shell Some or all (such as part 12P) of 12 upper surface can be formed by rigid polymer or other non-woven structures, and outer The sidewall surfaces of shell 12 can be capped fabric 14.Part 12P may include touch sensor, light-emitting device (for example, from behind according to Bright button icon and/or the light emitting diode that other visual outputs are generated for user), and/or other input-output units.Such as Fruit need, fabric 12 can covering part 12P some or all.Fabric 14 can be used as the trim of article 10, trim and sound Frequency component (microphone and/or loudspeaker) be overlapped and can allow sound penetrate and/or the embeddable other parts to article 10 in.

Fabric 14 may include the material strand to interweave, such as strand 16.For example, fabric 14 may include by warp-knitting stock Line 16 and the warp knitted tricot fabric formed, and/or may include woven fabric, fabric etc. made of the braiding of material strand.Strand 16 can be monofilament strand (sometimes referred to as fiber or monofilament), or can be by by a variety of monofilament weave ins of material The material strand (sometimes referred to as yarn) of formation.

Strand 16 can be by polymer, metal, glass, graphite, ceramics, natural material (such as cotton or bamboo) or other are organic The combination of material and/or inorganic material and these materials is formed.Conductive coating such as metal coating can be formed on non-conductive On material.For example, the plastics strand in fabric 14 can be coated with metal, to make it have conductibility.Such as metal can be applied The reflectance coating of coating is so that strand reflects.In some configurations, the strand formed by white polymer is (for example, in polymer Optical scatter) and/or strand coated with white polymer can help reflected light.If desired, strand can be by bare metal Line forms (as embodiment) with the metal wire of insulation monofilament winding.It is covered with the bare metal strand and polymer of conductive coating Strand can provide insulating polymer sheath.In some configurations, strand 16 may include optical fiber (for example, by rough surface Change processing lossy fiber, or allow strand guide light light emitting portion outwardly when guide light other features).Light Learning waveguide strand (such as lossy optical fiber by formation such as glass, transparent polymers) can be provided that from light source (such as Light emitting diode) light, to show information (for example, it is desired to light pattern).In some cases it is preferable to when by outside When illumination is bright, lossy fiber can seem in reflection to shade or has color, so that lossy fiber can match other fibers Appearance.In these cases, lossy fiber may include colouring in fibrous external but only slight or lighttight region completely, And since fiber surface is roughened or emits the local directed complete set of the covering of fiber in the region other regions of light.

If desired, the article of such as article 10 may include control circuit 20.Control circuit 20 may include microprocessor, micro- Controller, specific integrated circuit, digital signal processor, baseband processor and/or other controllers, and may include storage Device, such as random access memory, read-only memory, solid state drive and/or other storage and processing circuits.

Control circuit 20 collects the information of sensor and other circuits in input/output unit 18, and can Output is provided using input/output unit 18.For example, input/output unit 18 may include audio frequency apparatus, such as microphone and Loudspeaker.Microphone collects audio input (for example, the sound of fabric 14 is passed through, such as controlling the operation of article 10 Voice command).Loudspeaker can produce audio output (for example, the sound for passing through fabric 14).Sensing in input/output unit 18 Device may include touch sensor, force snesor, capacitance sensor, optical sensor, proximity sensor, strain gauge, temperature sensing Device, humidity sensor, gas sensor pressure sensor, magnetic sensor, position and direction sensor (such as accelerometer, Gyroscope and/or compass) and/or other sensors.Light emitting diode, display and other visual output devices can be used for Family provides visual output.For example, visual output device can be used formed illumination button, show image display, display it is quiet State and/or dynamic light pattern indicate to the user that visual feedback area that order has been received and/or handled by control circuit 20 Domain etc..Button, control stick, tactile output block and/or other input-output units can be provided in input/output unit 18 To collect input from the user and provide a user output.In circuit 20 radio-circuit (for example, WLAN circuit, Cell phone circuit etc.) it can be used for supporting the wireless communication with external equipment.

Light-emitting device (for example, laser or light emitting diode) may be arranged in pixel array with formed display or other Output equipment based on light.For example, light-emitting device can under one or more coatings (such as fabric) on article 10 shape At.Light-emitting device can be formed only in the 12W-1 of region in the annular of the top edge of item 10, and/or can be in article 10 One or more other parts (for example, some or all of wall surface 12W-2 in inner and the outer sides) on formed.In general, object The surface (such as surface of casing part 12P) of product 10 and the side wall of article 10 can provide any suitable input-output and set Standby 18.As one embodiment, sidewall locations in article 10 (for example, upper sidewall area associated with region 12W-1 and/ Or sidewall areas associated with region 12W-2) it can provide light-emitting device (for example, being used to form for showing to include text The pixel array of the images such as sheet, static image content, mobile image content, icon), it is possible to provide there is sensor (for example, power senses Device, touch sensor, proximity sensor, gesture sensor, for collecting touch/tap input accelerometer, elastic sheet switch Or the array of other pressure activated switchs etc.) and/or other input/output units 18.These sidewall locations in article 10 can Partially or completely item 10 periphery (for example, can the longitudinal axis (such as vertical axis 22) of item 10 coat and Light-emitting device, sensor and/or other component are provided in the sidewall areas that some or all of article 10 perimeter extends) packet It covers.Some or all surfaces of article 10 can be capped one or more material layers, the material layer include tissue layer and/or other Layer, polymeric layer, metal layer etc..If desired, the light-emitting device in article 10 can emit infrared light, this is to user It is sightless, but can be detected by external sensor and equipment, to support the communication between article 10 and external equipment based on light. Article 10 may also include infrared light detector to support the communication based on infrared light.

The cross-sectional side view of a part of article 10 is shown in Fig. 2.In the embodiment of fig. 2, article 10 includes interior Portion's component, one or more loudspeakers 32 in the inside 24 of such as article 10.Wall construction 28 (for example, side wall construction) can will in Portion 24 is separated with outside 26.The user (for example, user 34) of article 10 can check the outside of article 10 along direction 36, and can Hear the sound for issuing and passing through wall construction 28 from loudspeaker 32.

Wall construction 28 may include by one or more rigidity supporting structures (such as metal shell wall, plastic shell wall, by it The shell wall that the combination of his material and/or these materials is formed) shell that is formed.As shown in Fig. 2, for example, wall construction 28 can wrap Include shell 12 (for example, such as shell wall of side wall of outer shell and/or other shell wall constructions).Shell 12 can have sound openings 30 To allow sound to pass through shell 12.Opening 30 can be round, square, diamond shape, or can have other suitable shapes.Opening 30 lateral dimension can be at least 0.1mm, at least 1mm, at least 5mm, at least 15mm, is less than 30mm, be less than 60mm or other conjunctions Suitable size.

Coating 38 can be Chong Die with the outer surface of shell 12.Coating 38 can have opening 40.As one embodiment, cover The outermost layer of cap rock 38 can be used as decorative layer (for example, providing the layer with the article 10 of required color, texture etc.).Inner covering layer (for example, being inserted into the layer 38 between outermost layer and shell 12) may include adhesive phase for layer to be attached together, slow Layer (for example, froth bed and/or tissue layer, to provide soft feeling for layer 38), component layer are rushed (for example, substrate with electrode, shape At the metal trace of interconnection, integrated circuit, light emitting members, such as touch sensor array or force snesor sensor and/ Or other circuits), light modifying layer (for example, diffusion layer, reflecting layer, for hiding internal part be allowed to layer being not seen etc.), Components hide layer or other layers (can such as stop light and/or stop the sound transparent layer of moisture, dust and other environmental contaminants), And/or other tectum structures.If desired, layer 38 may include coating (for example, one or more liquid polymerization nitride layer, packet It can coat containing optical scatter, dyestuff, pigment, and/or in liquid form and solidify to form the other materials of solid-state coating)； The coating of the metal or other materials that are deposited using physical vapour deposition (PVD), chemical vapor deposition and/or electrochemical deposition； And/or other coatings.

One or more of layer 38 may include fabric 14.For example, fabric 14 can be with some or all outside shell 12 It is overlapped (for example, fabric 14 can be at least Chong Die with the region 12W-2 of Fig. 1).Fabric 14 can also be used to being formed band, covering, can Wearing article, and/or other structures for article 10.

Warp knitting machine or other equipment (such as tatting equipment, braiding apparatus, weft-knitted equipment etc.) can be used for the strand that interweaves 16 to form fabric 14.In general, fabric 14 can be the fabric of any suitable type (for example, woven fabric, knitting are knitted Object, braided fabric etc.).The layer of illustrative warp knitted tricot fabric 14 is shown in Fig. 3.16 ' quilt of illustrative strand in strand 16 It highlights, to show the zigzag path formed by strand each in fabric 14.

Formed fabric 14 process during (for example, during knitting), if it is desired, formed fabric 14 through needle Locator can be introduced into equipment and is incorporated in fabric 14 with that will be open by loom or other fabric manufacturing equipments.As one embodiment, Equipment can be directed to form knitted fabric or other fabrics comprising the opening of diamond opening or other suitable shapes, such as Fig. 4 Warp knitted tricot fabric 14 in opening 42 shown in.In the configuration of one of 14 forming layer 38 of fabric, opening 42 can be used as Fig. 2 institute The opening 40 shown.

One or more of layer 38 shown in Fig. 2 may include tissue layer or polymeric layer (such as perforation polymer sheet) Or other substrate layers (for example, sufficiently large opening is to allow voice signal to pass through) with opening.As one embodiment, gather Close nitride layer can have for reflect and/or stop the coating of light (for example, a layer in layer 38 can be polymeric substrates, and And another in layer 38 can be the coating on polymeric substrates).It in some configurations, can be by metal trace and/or electronics Component is embedded into substrate.Flexible polymer substrate with metal trace is (for example, the polyimide flex with metal trace Layer or other flexible polymer sheet materials) it is referred to alternatively as flexible print circuit sometimes.

Fig. 5 shows the perspective view of the illustrative compliant substrate layer with opening.The layer 44 of Fig. 5 can be flexible printing electricity Base board or other substrate layers have aperture array (sometimes referred to as clathrum, grid or the flexible net for forming mesh shape Lattice).One or more layers (clathrum 44 such as shown in fig. 5) may include in the layer 38 of Fig. 2.For example, one or more layers (layer 44 such as shown in fig. 5) can be plugged into the layer 38 between the outer layer (for example, with reference to Fig. 4) of fabric 14 and shell 12.

As shown in figure 5, layer 44 can have the array of opening 46.Layer 44 can have component 48 to be soldered or otherwise pacify Dress (for example, with reference to the control circuit 20 for the circuit and/or Fig. 1 for forming input/output unit 18) (has to region 44-1 therein When referred to as island, island area, Component mounting area or component supporting zone).For example, component 48, which can be, is used to form integrated electricity Road, sensor, light-emitting device and/or other circuits encapsulation or unencapsulated semiconductor die.Illustrative match at one In setting, component 48 is the semiconductor die to form one or more light-emitting devices, and such as transmitting light 50 is (for example, vertically exit Layer 44 and be parallel to layer 44 surface normal light 50) light emitting diode or laser (for example, Vertical Cavity Surface transmitting swash Light device or other lasers).Component 48 may also include sensor (for example, capacitive touch sensors etc.) and/or other inputs- Output equipment 18.If desired, component 48 can include multiple semiconductor dies and/or other electronic components in common encapsulation. For example, can be by red, green and blue light emitting diode and optional control circuit and/or sensor circuit (such as condenser type Touch sensor) it is placed in common encapsulation.ESD protection circuit can be coupled to component 48 and/or be couple to component 48 In circuit, with help prevent light emitting diode, touch sensor and other sensitive circuits during electrostatic discharge event (for example, When user touches the surface of article 10) cause injury from electricity.

In order to enhance the flexibility of clathrum 44, region 44-1 can be mutual by the prolongation (such as section 44-2) of layer 44 Even.Section 44-2 can extend to another region from a region in the 44-1 of region, and can extend between opening 46.Area It is straight that section 44-2 can be, and can be curved, or can have straight part and bending part simultaneously.In the illustration of Fig. 5 Property configuration in, section 44-2 have spiral shape, to help the flexibility and draftability of enhancement layer 44, without damaged layer 44 or component 48.If desired, can be used the support construction of other mesh shapes (for example, having circular open, triangle open mouth, hexagon The grid substrate of opening, the combined lattice with circular open and square openings, the opening with irregular pattern Grid etc.).In some arrangements, layer 38 may include one or more layers, such as layer 44 or other layers 38 are (for example, fabric Layer), these layers allow to come from for preventing the internal part (for example, loudspeaker 32) in shell 12 from being seen by user 34 The sound of loudspeaker 32 is delivered to user 34.These interior layers (can be described as clathrum or components hide layer sometimes) can be free of Component 48.Coating (for example, chalk or other reflectance coatings) can be formed on the outside surface of interior layer, with outside reflected light 50 (for example, in the case where one or more components 48 emit light 50, as shown in Figure 5).As one embodiment, perforated flexible is poly- Metal or reflective white coating can be coated with reflected light 50 by closing object sheet material, and/or the fabric with aperture array and/or coarse Entrant sound structure can provide metallization strand, white strand and/or reflection adhesive material with reflected light 50.

Shell 12 can have curved surface (for example, the surface with composite curvature, the bending of article 10 as shown in Figure 1 Shown in surface).Flexible base board (substrate 44 such as shown in fig. 5) and other flexible layers 38 can have the array of opening 46, the battle array Column are configured as that one or more layers and the curved surface of shell 12 is helped to be consistent.If desired, when substrate 44 is matched in plane When setting, 46 density (for example, number, size and/or shape of the opening 46 of per unit area) of being open can be according to across substrate 44 Surface (or other flexible layers 36) lateral distance and change.For example, as shown in Figure 6,46 density of being open can be in article The part of layer 44 at 10 top and bottom is (for example, being equal to 0 (positioned at the base portion of article 10) close to vertical dimension Z and erecting Straight dimension Z is equal to the position of the height H of article 10) at reduce.For example, opening 46 is in the layer that will be couple to 10 both ends of article It can more greatly (and component 48 is spaced farther) on 44 part.When layer 44 is subsequently attached on the outer surface of shell 12, layer 44 lower density portion will increase density (because working as both ends and shell 12 of the spacing in article 10 between the part of layer 44 Surface when being consistent, the spacing between the part of layer 44 will reduce with the cross-direction shrinkage of layer 44).Therefore, by by layer 44, which are attached to shell 12, comes after assembling parts 10, positioned at article 10 curved end component 48 will be located at article 10 among Those of (for example, centre of the height of article 10) component 48 has identical or almost the same pitch, and (component is between component Spacing).

Fig. 7 is the top view of layer 44, and it illustrates such as metal traces 52 and the structure of component 48 can be how on layer 44 It is formed.For example, metal trace 52 and component 48 can be formed on component supporting zone 44-1.In some configurations, metal trace 52 part (and if desired, circuit block) may extend on section 44-2.Metal trace 52 can be used to form antenna, For capacitive touch sensors and/or the capacitance type sensing electrode of capacitive proximity sensor, or for carrying out other measurements The electrode of (power measurement, moisture measurement, temperature measurement etc.).Metal trace 52 can transmit signal between component 48, and It can be used for interconnecting component 48 and control circuit 20.Component 48 may include light-emitting device, sensor circuit, tactile output block With other circuits in other input-output circuits (for example, with reference to equipment 18 shown in Fig. 1) and/or article 10.

Fig. 8 is the cross-sectional side view of a part of the side wall of article 10, show layer 38 can how covering shell 12.Layer 38 may include a layer 14-2 (such as fabric spacer portion layer or other layers), layer 54 (for example, being inserted between layer 14-2 and shell 12 Entrant sound components hide layer), adhesive phase 38A, layer 44 is (for example, flexible print circuit clathrum, is such as inserted into bonding Layer 44 shown in fig. 5 between oxidant layer 38A) and layer 14-1 (for example, decorative fabric layer).

Layer 14-1 can be external decoration tissue layer, layer 14 such as shown in Fig. 4.Opening 42 can be configured to that sound is allowed to wear Cross layer 14-1.As shown in figure 8, other coatings 38 can be inserted between outer layer 14-1 and shell 12.

Layer 54 can be components hide layer, the perforation polymeric layer such as formed by polymer strand or other materials strand Or tissue layer.Layer 54 can help such as internal part of loudspeaker 32 (Fig. 2) in hiding article 10, be allowed in user 34 along direction 36 check and are not seen by user 34 when article 10.The polymer of layer 54 can provide optical scatter and/or can be coated with reflection Coating (for example, polymer coating, metal coating etc. with optical scatter), so that layer 54 is used as the portion of the entrant sound of reflected light Part hidden layer (for example, at least 50%, at least 70%, at least 85%, the layer of visible reflectance less than 99.9% etc.).

Fabric spacer portion layer 14-2 can by fabric buffer layer (for example, the opposite internal layer of the outer layer of fabric, fabric and by The spacer portion layer that the spacer portion strand extended back and forth between outer tissue layer and interior tissue layer is formed) it is formed.Fabric spacer portion layer 14- 2 can have enough holes to allow sound to pass through, or can provide opening (opening 42 such as shown in Fig. 4) to allow Sound passes through.

Layer 44 can be inserted between outer adhesive layer 38A and inner binder layer 38A.Adhesive phase 38A can have permission The opening that sound passes through.The outer layer of adhesive phase 38A can be used for layer 14-1 being attached to layer 44.Inner binder layer 38A can be used for Layer 44 is attached to spacer portion tissue layer 14-2.

Layer 44 can be flexible print circuit, layer 44 such as shown in fig. 5.Layer 44 may include the light emitting portion for emitting light 50 Part.For example, layer 44 can have the light-emitting device (component 48) for being configured as emitting light 50 towards in shell 12.When light 50 to It is interior towards shell 12 by when, and on the contrary when light 50 is worn after from catoptric arrangement (such as layer 54) reflection from shell 12 outward When crossing at arrival user 36, transmitting light can be scattered by the material strand in fabric spacer portion layer 14-2.If desired, optional Additional light diffusion layer may include in layer 38.For example, one or more light diffusion layers can be positioned between shell 12 and layer 54, Other positions between layer 14-2 and layer 54, between layer 14-2 and layer 44, between layer 44 and 14-1 and/or in layer 38.At one In exemplary arrangement, the diffuser formed by frosted polymer film can be inserted into any interface between the layer 38 of Fig. 8 Between one or more, two or more or three or more interfaces, to help to spread when light 50 passes through diffuser layer Light 50.In another exemplary arrangement, layer 38 does not include frosted polymer film.

In general, photodiffusion material, components hide material, dust-proof material, the extra flexible substrate with electronic component, Adhesive construction and/or coating structure (for example, reflectance coating of such as white ink coating, metal coating) can be positioned on the layer of Fig. 8 One or more of interface between 38, two or more or three or more interfaces, and this can be coupled to On each of a little interfaces outside surface of interface and/or on inside surface.If desired, flexible mesh substrate is (all Such as layer 44) it may include antenna trace (for example, being used to form paster antenna, inverted-F antenna, loop aerial, being used for induction power The metal trace of coil, unipole antenna, the dipole antenna of transmission etc.), formed capacitance sensor electrodes metal trace and/or letter Number interconnection traces, and/or other metal traces.Flexible mesh substrate layer (such as layer 44) in layer 38 may also comprise the ministry of electronics industry Part is such as used to form the component of input/output unit 18 and/or the control circuit 20 of Fig. 1.If desired, can be by multiple layers (such as layer 44) is inserted into the lamination of the layer 38 of Fig. 8.

In some configurations, layer 44 can be positioned between layer 54 and shell 12 and/or between layer 14-2 and layer 54.At this In a little arrangements, light 50 can emit outward towards user 38, and across layer 14-2 and/or across layer 54 and covering shell 12 Spread when other layers 38 and/or light 50 any other layer 38 by layer 14-2 and/or layer 54 and covering shell 12 to In being guided to before external reflectance.

Layer 44 can extend around the circumference of shell 12 (for example, in annular region, the region 12W-1 of such as Fig. 1 or region 12W-2).The density of light-emitting device in layer 44 can be enough to form display, which is configured as showing to user 34 Image, such as comprising text, figure, mobile image image.In some configurations, the light emitting in some or all of layer 44 The density of equipment can be lower, so that light-emitting device is mainly used for light diffusion fixation or the movement figure that display is used as visual feedback Case (for example, abstract light pattern of one or more colors).

Each component 48 can emit the light of one or more pixels.The display formed by layer 44 can have any suitable number The pixel of amount.For example, there may be the arrays of 11x128 pixel, and being used to form has on the layer 44 in the 12W-1 of region The display of 1408 pixels.As another embodiment, layer 44 may include the array of 128x71 pixel, in region 12W-2 It is middle to form the display with 8960 pixels.In general, layer 44 may include at least 500 pixels, at least 1000 pixels, at least 2000 pixels, at least 5000 pixels, at least 9000 pixels, less than 10000 pixels, less than 50000 pixels, less than 400000 pictures Element or other appropriate number of pixels.The diffusion light issued from article 10 can have the appearance of pleasant, and can help to send out Light is penetrated across tissue layer 14-1.The process of diffusion emitter light 50 can help article to generate satisfactory output without the use of excessive The pixel of quantity.

Fig. 9 is the cross-sectional side view of component 48 in exemplary arrangement, wherein multiple light sources are encapsulated in common encapsulation. As shown in figure 9, component 48 may include substrate, such as substrate 60 (for example, printed circuit).Light emitting diode 62 and other ministrys of electronics industry Part (for example, control circuit, touch sensor and other input equipments, haptic output devices etc.) is mountable on substrate 60.Example Such as, each component 48 may include red light emitting diodes 62, green LED 62 and blue LED 62, thus Allow component 48 adjustable to emit by the relative intensity for adjusting the red light, green light and the blue light that emit from diode 62 The light of color.62 usable polymers of diode and/or other materials (for example, for encapsulating, light diffusion etc.) covering.In Fig. 9 institute In the embodiment shown, diode 62 is covered with one layer of polymeric 66.Optical scatter 68 is (for example, by titanium oxide or other are inorganic The high refractive index particle etc. that material is formed) in embeddable polymer 66 with scattering and and then diffusion emitter light 50.If desired, can It include in the encapsulation for component 48 by optional side wall 70.Side wall 70 can reflect transmitting light 50 upwards, and can therefore help It helps and focuses on transmitting light 50 on specific direction.

If desired, the strand 16 of other positions may include optical fiber in fabric 14 and/or article 10, such as optical fiber 16F.From The light 50 that component 48 emits can be couple to the inside of fiber 16F, and can be according to the principle of total internal reflection in the inside of fiber 16F Guidance.Fiber 16F can be the lossy fiber for tending to scatter and emitting guidance light along its length.Therefore, fiber is had already coupled to Light 50 in 16F can be launched and be seen by the user of article 10.If desired, can be by the way that component to be couple to the end of fiber Light 50, is emitted to the end of one or more fibers (such as fiber 16F) by end.

According to an embodiment, a kind of electronic equipment is provided, which includes shell；Loudspeaker, the loudspeaking Device is located in shell, which is configured as making a sound；Tissue layer, which, which has, is configured as that sound is allowed to pass through Opening；And flexible substrate layer, the flexible substrate layer have light-emitting device array, which is inserted into fabric Between layer and shell, and it is configured as towards shell emission light.

According to another embodiment, shell is cylindricality and is characterized by longitudinal axis, and flexible substrate layer is matched It is set to the ring to be formed around shell and longitudinal axis encapsulation.

According to another embodiment, electronic equipment includes light-emitting device, which is configured as in fabric Pixel is formed in the display of layer lower section, flexible substrate layer has substrate layer aperture array, and is configured to form by soft Property substrate layer section coupling component supporting zone, and each of light-emitting device light-emitting device is mounted on component On a corresponding component supporting zone for supporting zone.

According to another embodiment, electronic equipment includes the fabric spacer portion layer between flexible substrate layer and shell, The fabric spacer portion layer is passed through towards the light of shell emission.

According to another embodiment, tissue layer opening includes that diamond shape tissue layer is open.

According to another embodiment, light-emitting device array includes at least 5000 light-emitting devices, and light emitting Equipment array is configured to form the display of display image.

According to another embodiment, electronic equipment includes the entrant sound being inserted between fabric spacer portion layer and shell Components hide layer, the components hide layer of the entrant sound are configured as passing through the light of fabric spacer portion layer by spacer portion layer far from outer Shell reflects.

According to another embodiment, flexible substrate layer forms grid, and light-emitting device is mounted on the grid.

According to another embodiment, shell includes the region with composite curvature, and grid and shell have again It closes and is consistent in the region of curvature.

According to another embodiment, flexible substrate layer forms the grid with touch sensor circuit.

According to an embodiment, a kind of voice control type equipment is provided, which includes shell；Loudspeaking Device, the loudspeaker are located in shell, which is configured as making a sound；Flexible polymer grid with opening, this is soft Property polymer grid is configured to form the component supporting zone coupled by flexible polymer section, the flexible polymer grid Shell is configured around to extend in a ring；And electronic component, the electronic component are mounted on flexible polymer grid.

According to another embodiment, shell includes the surface region with composite curvature, and flexible polymer grid It is configured as being consistent with the surface region with composite curvature.

According to another embodiment, electronic component includes the light-emitting device for being configured to form display.

According to another embodiment, voice control type equipment includes the first tissue layer and the second tissue layer, this first is knitted Nitride layer is inserted between flexible polymer grid and shell, and flexible polymer grid is inserted into the second tissue layer and first and knits Between nitride layer.

According to another embodiment, light-emitting device is configured as transmitting light, which initially passes through the first tissue layer, then Across the second tissue layer.

According to another embodiment, voice control type equipment includes the components hide layer of at least one reflective entrant sound, The components hide layer of the reflective entrant sound is inserted between the first tissue layer and shell, the components hide layer of the reflective entrant sound The transmitting light for being configured as passing through the first tissue layer is reflected by the first tissue layer towards flexible polymer grid.

According to another embodiment, light-emitting device is configured as transmitting light, which passes through the second tissue layer, without wearing Cross the first tissue layer.

According to an embodiment, a kind of electronic equipment is provided, which includes flexible mesh substrate, the flexible net Lattice plate has the supporting zone interconnected by substrate section；Circuit, the circuit are located on supporting zone；Shell, flexible mesh Substrate is packed around the shell；And loudspeaker, the loudspeaker are located in shell.

According to another embodiment, circuit includes the circuit selected from the group being made of antenna circuit and sensor circuit.

According to another embodiment, electronic equipment includes the first tissue layer for covering flexible mesh substrate, and is located at The second tissue layer between flexible mesh substrate and shell, circuit include the light-emitting device for being configured to form display, should Display shows image by flexible mesh substrate.

Foregoing teachings are only illustrative and can various modification can be adapted to the embodiment.Foregoing embodiments can be single Solely implements or can implement in any combination.

Claims (20)

1. a kind of electronic equipment, it is characterised in that: the electronic equipment includes:

Shell；

Loudspeaker, the loudspeaker are located in the shell, and the loudspeaker is configured as making a sound；

Tissue layer, the tissue layer have the opening for being configured as that the sound is allowed to pass through；With

Flexible substrate layer, the flexible substrate layer have light-emitting device array, and the light-emitting device array is inserted into institute It states between tissue layer and the shell, and is configured as towards the shell emission light.

2. electronic equipment according to claim 1, wherein the shell is cylindricality and is characterized by longitudinal axis, and Wherein the flexible substrate layer is configured to form the ring around the shell and longitudinal axis encapsulation.

3. electronic equipment according to claim 2, the electronic equipment further includes light-emitting device, the light-emitting device It is configured as forming pixel in the display below the tissue layer, wherein the flexible substrate layer has substrate layer opening battle array Column, and it is configured to form the component supporting zone coupled by the section of the flexible substrate layer, and the wherein light Each of transmitting equipment light-emitting device is mounted on the corresponding component supporting zone in the component supporting zone.

4. electronic equipment according to claim 3, the electronic equipment further includes in the flexible substrate layer and described outer Fabric spacer portion layer between shell, wherein the light towards the shell emission passes through the fabric spacer portion layer.

5. electronic equipment according to claim 4, wherein tissue layer opening includes that diamond shape tissue layer is open.

6. electronic equipment according to claim 4, wherein the light-emitting device array includes at least 5000 light Emit equipment, and wherein the light-emitting device array is configured to form the display of display image.

7. electronic equipment according to claim 4, the electronic equipment further includes being inserted into the fabric spacer portion layer The components hide layer of entrant sound between the shell, wherein the components hide layer of the entrant sound is configured as passing through described knit The light of object spacer portion layer is returned by the spacer portion layer far from the SKIN RETURN.

8. electronic equipment according to claim 1, wherein the flexible substrate layer forms grid, light-emitting device is mounted on On the grid.

9. electronic equipment according to claim 8, wherein the shell includes the region with composite curvature, and wherein The grid is consistent in the region with composite curvature with the shell.

10. electronic equipment according to claim 1, wherein the flexible substrate layer, which is formed, has touch sensor circuit Grid.

11. a kind of voice control type equipment, it is characterised in that: the voice control type equipment includes:

Shell；

Loudspeaker, the loudspeaker are located in the shell, and the loudspeaker is configured as making a sound；

Flexible polymer grid with opening, the flexible polymer grid are configured to form through flexible polymer section The component supporting zone of coupling extends in a ring wherein the flexible polymer grid is configured around the shell；With

Electronic component, the electronic component are mounted on the flexible polymer grid.

12. voice control type equipment according to claim 11, wherein the shell includes the surface with composite curvature Region, and wherein the flexible polymer grid is configured as being consistent with the surface region with the composite curvature.

13. voice control type equipment according to claim 12, wherein the electronic component is aobvious including being configured to form Show the light-emitting device of device.

14. voice control type equipment according to claim 13, the voice control type equipment further include:

First tissue layer, first tissue layer are inserted between the flexible polymer grid and the shell；With

Second tissue layer, wherein the flexible polymer grid be inserted into second tissue layer and first tissue layer it Between.

15. voice control type equipment according to claim 14, wherein the light-emitting device is configured as transmitting light, institute It states light and initially passes through first tissue layer, then pass through second tissue layer.

16. voice control type equipment according to claim 15, the voice control type equipment further includes that at least one is anti- Penetrate the components hide layer of formula entrant sound, the components hide layer of the reflective entrant sound is inserted into first tissue layer and described outer Between shell, wherein the components hide layer of the reflective entrant sound is configured as passing through the transmitting light of first tissue layer It is reflected by first tissue layer towards the flexible polymer grid.

17. voice control type equipment according to claim 14, wherein the light-emitting device is configured as transmitting light, institute Light is stated across second tissue layer, and is not passed through first tissue layer.

18. a kind of electronic equipment, it is characterised in that: the electronic equipment includes:

Flexible mesh substrate, the flexible mesh substrate have the supporting zone interconnected by substrate section；

Circuit, the circuit are located on the supporting zone；

Shell, the flexible mesh substrate are packed around the shell；With

Loudspeaker, the loudspeaker are located in the shell.

19. electronic equipment according to claim 18, wherein the circuit includes selected from by antenna circuit and sensor electricity The circuit of the group of road composition.

20. electronic equipment according to claim 18, the electronic equipment further includes covering the flexible mesh substrate First tissue layer, and the second tissue layer between the flexible mesh substrate and the shell, wherein the circuit packet The light-emitting device for being configured to form display is included, the display shows image by the flexible mesh substrate.