TWI476740B - An electronic device capable of automatically adjusting the direction of an image on a display and a method for the adjusting - Google Patents

Description

Electronic device capable of adjusting image orientation of display panel and image adjustment method thereof

The present invention relates to an electronic device, and more particularly to an electronic device capable of automatically converting an image of a display panel into a forward direction of an adjustable display panel image when the electronic device is turned, and an image adjustment method thereof.

Press, current electronic devices, such as mobile phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs), notebook computers, etc., all have display panels. By the setting of the display panel, the user can conveniently view the image information on the display panel or its operating state.

However, in the display panel of today's electronic devices, in the case of a mobile phone, the image displayed on the display panel is usually fixed. In short, the image of the display panel cannot be automatically adjusted as the mobile phone is rotated. For example, when the user takes the phone out of the pocket, the phone may be found to be reversed, and the phone needs to be turned back to be able to view the front image displayed on the display panel.

In addition, a follow-up company introduced a new type of smart phone, and a function of manually setting and adjusting the image orientation of the display panel is added to the smart phone, so that the user can select the image to be viewed in a vertical or horizontal display manner. However, in this design, it is necessary to "manually" set this function in the mobile phone before the image orientation of the display panel can be adjusted. Therefore, when the mobile phone is turned, the front image on the display panel cannot be immediately seen.

Therefore, the above situation is not convenient for the user.

In view of the above, an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic device capable of automatically converting an image of a display panel into a forward direction of an image of an adjustable display panel when the electronic device is turned to solve the above problem.

According to the above object, an electronic device capable of adjusting an image orientation of a display panel includes a display panel, a position sensing module and a micro processing module. The display panel is disposed on the electronic device and is used to display an image. The position sensing module includes a gravitational drop hammer and a plurality of judging electrodes. The gravity hammer is designed by the principle of gravity and is alived inside the electronic device, so that the direction of gravity is kept vertically downward. The gravity hammer has a free oscillating end having a high voltage number applied from inside the electronic device system; in contrast, these determining electrodes have a low voltage signal.

When the electronic device is turned, any of the judging electrodes can be electrically contacted with the free swing end of the gravity hammer, so that any of the judging electrodes is triggered to change from a low pressure state to a high pressure state via the contact of the gravity hammer, and generate A gravity hammer breaks the signal at any of these judgment electrode positions. The microprocessor module is configured to receive an interrupt signal and adjust an image display direction of the display panel according to the interrupt signal.

The invention further provides an electronic device capable of adjusting the image orientation of the display panel, which comprises a display panel, a position sensing module and a micro processing module. The display panel is used to display images. The position sensing module comprises a ball, a rail for accommodating the ball, and a plurality of electrodes electrically conductive and disposed on the rail. The ball and the guide rail are disposed on the electronic device, and the ball can move on the guide rail and electrically contact with any of the electrodes, and at the same time generate an interrupt signal of the ball at any of the electrode positions. The microprocessor module is configured to receive an interrupt signal and adjust an image display direction of the display panel according to the interrupt signal.

In addition, the present invention also provides a method for adjusting the direction of an image, which is suitable for an electronic device having a display panel, the method comprising: providing an electronic device having a conductive gravity hammer and a plurality of determining electrodes. When the electronic device is turned, it is electrically contacted with any of the judging electrodes by a gravity hammer to trigger an interrupt signal. According to the interrupt signal, the electronic device can adjust the image orientation of the display panel.

The present invention further provides a method for adjusting an image orientation, which is applicable to an electronic device having a display panel. The method at least includes: providing a ball and a plurality of guide rails having conductive electrodes on the electronic device. When the electronic device is turned, the ball is moved by the ball and electrically contacted with any of the electrodes to trigger an interrupt signal. According to the interrupt signal, the electronic device can adjust the image orientation on the display panel.

Therefore, the utility model has the advantages that the user can use the display panel of the electronic device such as a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a notebook computer or an MP3 player, regardless of whether it is upside down or left and right. It is convenient to watch the forward image of the display panel immediately.

A more detailed understanding of the structure, features, functions and objects of the present invention is provided. The embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

Please refer to FIG. 1. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a mobile phone according to a first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1 , the electronic device capable of adjusting the image orientation of the display panel of the present invention may include a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a notebook computer or an MP3 player. In the embodiment, the wide-screen touch mobile phone 1 is taken as an example, and the mobile phone 1 includes a display panel 11 for displaying the image 12.

Please refer to FIG. 2, which is a functional block diagram of the first embodiment of FIG. 1 of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the mobile phone 1 is internally provided with a position sensing module 13 and a micro processing module 14. The position sensing module 13 is configured to sense the direction of the mobile phone 1 and generate an interrupt signal according to the direction of the mobile phone 1 to be transmitted to the microprocessor module 14 for receiving, and the micro processing module 14 automatically adjusts the display panel 11 according to the interrupt signal. The direction of the image 12.

3A and FIG. 3B, FIG. 3A is a schematic diagram of the operation principle of the position sensing module according to the first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 3B is a schematic diagram of the operation principle of the position sensing module according to the first embodiment of the present invention. two).

As can be seen from FIG. 3A and FIG. 3B, the position sensing module 13 is disposed inside the mobile phone 1, and is mainly designed by using the hardware software resources of the system part of the mobile phone 1. The position sensing module 13 has a gravity hammer 130 and four determination electrodes 131a, 131b, 131c and 131d which are arranged in the center of the mobile phone 1 in a position of 90, 180, 270 and 360 degrees. Of course, these judging electrodes can also be disposed inside the mobile phone 1 from any angle position of 0 to 360 degrees to meet the design requirements.

The gravity hammer 130 is designed by the gravity principle and is alived inside the mobile phone 1, so that its gravity direction is kept vertically downward. The gravity hammer 130 has a freely oscillating end 1300 and has a high voltage signal applied from within the system of the handset 1. In contrast, the determination electrodes 131a, 131b, 131c, and 131d have low voltage signals.

When the gravity hammer 130 is in the steady state at the image 12, the gravity hammer 130 is positioned at one of the four determination electrodes 131a, 131b, 131c, and 131d. Taking FIG. 3A as an example, the gravity hammer 130 is positioned on the determination electrode 131a. . When the handset 1 is turned (as indicated by the counterclockwise arrow at the bottom left of Figure 3A), the four decision electrodes also steer with the handset 1, as shown in Figure 3b. Because the gravity hammer 130 is alived inside the mobile phone 1 and the gravity is constant, the gravity hammer 130 is kept in the original position and is electrically contacted with the other judging electrode 131b by the free swinging end 1300.

When the free swing end 1300 of the gravity hammer 130 is changed from being located at the broken electrode 131a to being positioned on the determining electrode 131b, the determining electrode 131b is triggered by the gravity hammer 130 to be in a high pressure state by the low pressure state, and a response is sent to the determining electrode 131b. The free swing end 1300 of the gravity hammer 130 determines the interrupt signal of the position of the electrode 131b, and transmits the interrupt signal to the microprocessor module 14 for receiving, so that the microprocessor module 14 calculates the current gravity hammer 130 according to the interrupt signal. The difference between the two positions of the judging electrode 131b and the previous judging electrode 131a is to automatically adjust the direction of the image 12 of the display panel 11, so that the mobile phone 1 can still maintain a positive image after being turned.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 4 simultaneously. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing the positive direction of the image of the display panel after the mobile phone is turned according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

As can be seen from the figure, when the user sets the phone 1 in the forward direction as shown in FIG. 1, the image 12 on the display panel 11 is in the forward direction toward the user state. Similarly, when the mobile phone 1 is turned into any one of 0 to 360 degrees, the position sensing module 13 senses an interrupt signal to enable the microprocessor module 14 to receive, and calculates the mobile phone via the micro processing module 14. 1 After the angle difference between the front (Fig. 1) and the rear (Fig. 4), the direction of the image 12 can be automatically adjusted to keep the image 12 facing the user in the forward direction, thereby greatly improving the convenience of the user.

Continuing to refer to FIG. 5, FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the operation of the first embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 5, when the user turns on the mobile phone 1 (step S100), the image 12 on the display panel 11 faces the user with the front side (step S110), and is in the normal working state of the mobile phone 1 (step S120).

When the mobile phone 1 is turned, the determination electrodes 131a, 131b, 131c, and 131d are also steered with the mobile phone 1. Since the gravity hammer 130 has a high voltage signal, when the free swing end 1300 of the gravity hammer 130 is in electrical contact with one of the determination electrodes 131a, 131b, 131c, and 131d, any of the determination electrodes may pass the high voltage of the gravity hammer 130. The signal is triggered from the low voltage state to a high voltage state, and an interrupt signal is sent to the determining electrode 131a, 131b, 131c or 131d for the microprocessor module 14 to determine that the gravity hammer 130 is currently located at the determining electrode. Positions of 131a, 131b, 131c or 131d (step S130), and calculating an angular difference between the gravity hammer 130 before the position change (before the signal is interrupted) and after the change (after the signal is interrupted) according to the interrupt signal (step S140), The image 12 direction of the display panel 11 can be automatically adjusted in an angular range of 0 to 360 degrees (step S150), so that the image 12 is kept facing the user in the forward direction.

After the image 12 is adjusted, the image 12 is returned to the beginning of the workflow in the current direction of the mobile phone 1 (step S110) to repeatedly determine whether an interrupt signal is generated; if not, another interrupt processing is performed (step S160). For example, the mobile phone works normally (step S120) or the mobile phone is turned off (step S170).

Please refer to FIG. 6, which is a method for adjusting the image direction according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

It can be seen from FIG. 6 that the method for adjusting the image orientation in the first embodiment is mainly applicable to an electronic device having a display panel, and the method includes at least the following steps: providing an electronic device having a conductive gravity hammer and a plurality of determining electrodes (Step S200), the electronic device such as a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a notebook computer, or an MP3 player. When the electronic device is turned from 0 to 360 degrees in any direction, since the determining electrodes are turned with the electronic device, and the gravity hammer has a high voltage signal originating from the electronic device system, the gravity hammer and the other determining electrode are electrically Sexual contact and trigger an interrupt signal (step S210). Then, the electronic device adjusts the image direction of the display panel according to the interrupt signal (step S220), so that the image is kept facing the user in the forward direction, so as to automatically adjust the image direction of the display panel of the electronic device.

Different from the conventional mobile phone, since the steering can not directly display the front image at the position after the steering, the present invention can keep the image on the front side and face the user in the state where the display panel is inverted upside down and left and right. Therefore, if the user reverses when driving or taking out the mobile phone from the pocket, regardless of which direction the mobile phone is in, the images seen are directed toward the user, thereby greatly improving the convenience of viewing.

Please refer to FIG. 7. FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram of a second embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 7, the electronic device capable of adjusting the image orientation of the display panel can be an electronic device such as a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a notebook computer, an MP3 player, or the like. In this embodiment, the mobile phone 2 is taken as an example.

The mobile phone 2 is internally provided with a position sensing module 23 and a micro processing module 24. The position sensing module 23 is configured to sense the direction of the mobile phone 2, and generate an interrupt signal according to the direction of the mobile phone 2 for transmission to the micro processing module 24 for reception. The micro processing module 24 automatically adjusts the image direction of the display panel 21 according to the interrupt signal.

8A and FIG. 8B, FIG. 8A is a schematic diagram of the operation principle of the position sensing module according to the second embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 8B is a schematic diagram of the operation principle of the position sensing module according to the second embodiment of the present invention. two).

As shown in FIG. 8A and FIG. 8B, the position sensing module 23 is disposed inside the mobile phone 2, and is mainly designed by using the hardware software resources of the system part of the mobile phone 2.

The position sensing module 23 has an annular guide 230, and a ball 231 is rolled on the annular guide 230. The first electrode 2301, the second electrode 2302, the third electrode 2303, and the fourth electrode 2304 having a groove-like outer shape are separately provided at positions 90, 180, 270, and 360 degrees of the annular guide 230. The ball 231 is positioned when the handset 2 is turned. Of course, the electrodes can also be disposed on the annular guide 230 from any angular position of 0 to 360 degrees to meet the design requirements. And these electrodes have high voltage signals applied from inside the mobile phone 2 system; and the balls 231 have low voltage signals.

When the ball 231 is in a stable state on the image of the display panel 21, it is positioned on one of the electrodes. Taking FIG. 8A as an example, the ball 231 is positioned in the first electrode 2301. When the mobile phone 2 is turned, the ball 231 also rolls with the mobile phone 2 on the ring guide 230, and as shown in FIG. 8B, the ball 231 rolls into the second electrode. Within 2302.

At this time, the ball 231 is triggered by the electrode in a low voltage state to be in a high voltage state, and an interrupt signal is generated in the second electrode 2302 in response to the position of the ball 231 at the second electrode 2302, and is transmitted to the micro processing module 24 for reception. Based on the interrupt signal, the microprocessor module 24 calculates the difference between the second electrode 2302 currently located by the ball 231 and the first electrode 2301 where the ball is located to automatically adjust the image direction of the display panel 21 to make the mobile phone 2 After being turned, it is still able to maintain a positive image.

Continuing to refer to FIG. 9 , FIG. 9 is a method for adjusting an image orientation according to a second embodiment of the present invention, which is mainly applicable to an electronic device having a display panel. The method includes at least the following steps: providing a ball and a guide rail having a conductive electrode In the electronic device (step S300), the electronic device is a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a notebook computer or an MP3 player. When the electronic device is turned from 0 to 360 degrees, the ball is rolled on the guide rail and electrically contacted with the electrode to trigger an interrupt signal (step S310). The electronic device adjusts the image direction on the display panel according to the interrupt signal (step S320), so that the image is kept facing the user in the forward direction, so as to automatically adjust the image direction of the display panel of the electronic device.

It can be seen that the electronic device and the image adjustment method thereof for adjusting the image orientation of the display panel of the present invention are summarized as follows:

1. Different from the conventional mobile phone, after the steering, the image of the front side cannot be directly displayed at the position after the steering. The present invention can automatically maintain the image in the forward direction and toward the user in the state where the display panel is upside down and left and right. Therefore, if the user reverses when driving or taking out the mobile phone from the pocket, regardless of which direction the mobile phone is in, the images seen are all facing the user, thereby greatly improving the convenience of viewing.

2. Since the gravity sensor of the position sensing module utilizes the hardware software resources in the mobile phone system, the position sensing module can be made smaller, resulting in lower cost and higher popularity.

In summary, the present invention is only described as a preferred embodiment or embodiment of the technical means for solving the problem, and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. That is, the equivalent changes and modifications made in accordance with the scope of the patent application of the present invention or the scope of the invention are covered by the scope of the invention.

1, 2. . . Mobile phone

11, 21. . . Display panel

12. . . image

13,23. . . Position sensing module

130. . . Gravity hammer

1300. . . Free swing end

131a. . . Judging electrode

131b. . . Judging electrode

131c. . . Judging electrode

131d. . . Judging electrode

14, 24. . . Micro processing module

230. . . Ring guide

231. . . Ball

2301. . . First electrode

2302. . . Second electrode

2303. . . Third electrode

2304. . . Fourth electrode

S100. . . Boot

S110. . . Display panel image with front facing user

S120. . . The phone works normally

S130. . . Determine if there is an interruption

S140. . . Calculate the angular difference between the position before the interruption and the current position

S150. . . Automatically adjust image orientation from 0 to 360 degrees

S160. . . Other interrupt handling

S170. . . Shut down

S200. . . Providing an electronic device with a conductive gravity hammer and a plurality of determining electrodes

S210. . . When the electronic device is turned, the gravity hammer is electrically contacted with any of the determining electrodes to trigger an interrupt signal

S220. . . The electronic device adjusts the image direction of the display panel according to the interrupt signal

S300. . . Providing a ball and a guide rail having a conductive electrode to the electronic device

S310. . . When the electronic device is turned, the ball moves on the guide rail and is in electrical contact with the electrode to trigger an interrupt signal.

S320. . . The electronic device adjusts the image orientation on the display panel according to the interrupt signal

1 is a schematic view of a mobile phone according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 2 is a functional block diagram of the first embodiment of Figure 1 of the present invention;

3A is a schematic view showing the principle of operation of the position sensing module according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

3B is a schematic diagram of the operation principle of the position sensing module according to the first embodiment of the present invention (2);

4 is a schematic diagram showing the positive direction of the image of the display panel after being turned by the micro processing module according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 5 is a flowchart of the operation of the first embodiment of the present invention;

6 is a method for adjusting an image direction according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 7 is a functional block diagram of a second embodiment of the present invention;

8A is a schematic view showing the principle of operation of a position sensing module according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8B is a schematic diagram showing the operation principle of the position sensing module according to the second embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

Figure 9 is a diagram showing a method of adjusting the direction of an image according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

1. . . Mobile phone

13. . . Position sensing module

130. . . Gravity hammer

1300. . . Free swing end

131a. . . Judging electrode

131b. . . Judging electrode

131c. . . Judging electrode

131d. . . Judging electrode

Claims (14)

An electronic device capable of adjusting an image orientation of a display panel, comprising: a display panel for displaying an image; a position sensing module comprising a conductive gravity hammer and a plurality of determining electrodes, wherein the gravity hammer is disposed on the electronic device And having a free swing end and a fixed end, the free swing end swinging with the fixed end as an axis, and any of the determining electrodes can be in electrical contact with the free swing end of the gravity hammer, and generate a Interrupting the signal, the interrupt signal is generated in response to the position of the gravity hammer in the determining electrodes, wherein the determining electrodes are respectively disposed at any different angular position of the electronic device from 0 to 360 degrees; and a micro processing The module is configured to receive the interrupt signal and adjust an image display direction of the display panel according to the interrupt signal. The electronic device capable of adjusting the image orientation of the display panel according to the first aspect of the patent application, wherein the determination electrodes are preferably disposed at positions of 90, 180, 270, and 360 degrees of the electronic device, respectively. The electronic device capable of adjusting the image orientation of the display panel according to the first aspect of the patent application, wherein the determining electrodes are in a dot shape. The electronic device capable of adjusting the image orientation of the display panel according to the first aspect of the patent application, wherein the micro processing module can correct the image of the display panel after receiving the interrupt signal. The electronic device capable of adjusting the image orientation of the display panel according to the first aspect of the patent application, wherein the electronic device comprises a mobile phone, a PDA, a notebook computer or an MP3 player. An electronic device capable of adjusting an image orientation of a display panel, comprising: a display panel for displaying an image; a position sensing module comprising a ball, an annular guide rail for receiving the ball, and having conductivity and disposed on the a plurality of electrodes on the annular guide rail, the ball and the annular guide rail are disposed on the electronic device, and the ball can move on the annular guide rail and electrically contact with any of the electrodes, and generate an interrupt signal, the interrupt signal The generation is in response to the position of the ball, wherein the electrodes are respectively disposed at any different angular position of the annular guide from 0 to 360 degrees; and a micro processing module is configured to receive the interrupt signal and according to the interrupt signal Adjust the image display orientation of the display panel. An electronic device capable of adjusting an image orientation of a display panel according to claim 6 of the patent application scope, wherein the electrodes are preferably divided Do not be placed in the direction of the 90, 180, 270 and 360 degrees of the annular guide. The electronic device capable of adjusting the image orientation of the display panel according to the sixth aspect of the patent application, wherein the electrodes respectively have a groove-like shape. The electronic device capable of adjusting the image orientation of the display panel according to the sixth aspect of the patent application, wherein the micro processing module can correct the image of the display panel after receiving the interrupt signal. The electronic device capable of adjusting the image orientation of the display panel according to the sixth aspect of the patent application, wherein the electronic device comprises a mobile phone, a PDA, a notebook computer or an MP3 player. A method for adjusting an image orientation is applicable to an electronic device having a display panel. The method at least includes: providing the electronic device, the electronic device comprising a display panel, a conductive gravity hammer, and a plurality of determining electrodes, the gravity The hammer has a free swing end and a fixed end; when the electronic device is turned, the free swing end of the gravity hammer swings with the fixed end as an axis and is electrically contacted with any of the determination electrodes to trigger An interrupt signal; The electronic device adjusts the image direction of the display panel according to the interrupt signal in any direction from 0 to 360 degrees. The method for adjusting the direction of an image according to claim 11 of the patent application, wherein the electronic device comprises a mobile phone, a PDA, a notebook computer or an MP3 player. A method for adjusting an image orientation is applicable to the electronic device having a display panel. The image adjustment method includes: providing the electronic device, the electronic device comprising a display panel, a ball, and an annular guide rail having a plurality of conductive electrodes; When the electronic device is turned, the ball moves on the annular guide and is in electrical contact with any of the electrodes to trigger an interrupt signal; and the electronic device is in any direction from 0 to 360 degrees, according to the interruption Signal to adjust the orientation of the image on the display panel. The method for adjusting the orientation of an image according to claim 13 of the patent application, wherein the electronic device comprises a mobile phone, a PDA, a notebook computer or an MP3 player.