TWM613766U - Electronic device with lighting pattern - Google Patents

Abstract

An electronic device comprising a transparent housing, a light guide strip, and a first lighting element is provided. The transparent housing has an interior surface, a first side, and a second side. The interior surface has a trench extended from the first side to the second side. The light guide stirp is located in the trench, and the first lighting element is disposed by an end of the light guide strip.

Description

Electronic device with luminous pattern

This case is about an electronic device, especially an electronic device with a luminous pattern.

In order to highlight the uniqueness of products, electronic devices often use luminous decorative strips as appearance designs. However, the light-emitting state of the light-emitting decorative strip of the traditional electronic device is limited, and it is unable to present various light-emitting effects.

The present application provides an electronic device, which includes a light-transmitting casing, a light guide bar, and a first light-emitting element. The light-transmitting shell has an inner side, a first side, and a second side. Wherein, the inner side has a groove, and the groove extends from the first side to the second side. The light guide strip is arranged in the groove. The first light-emitting element is arranged at one end of the light guide strip.

In the electronic device provided in this case, a groove is formed on the inner side of the transparent housing, and a light guide strip is arranged in the groove. The light generated by the light guide can produce a halo on the transparent housing to provide more changes. Glowing effect.

The specific implementation of this case will be described in more detail below in conjunction with the schematic diagram. According to the following description and the scope of the patent application, the advantages and features of this case will be clearer. It should be noted that the drawings are in a very simplified form and all use imprecise proportions, which are only used to conveniently and clearly assist in explaining the purpose of the embodiments of this case.

The first figure shows an embodiment of the electronic device in this case. In this embodiment, the electronic device 100 is a notebook computer. The electronic device 100 includes a host part 102 and a screen part 104. The back of the screen portion 104 has a transparent casing 120.

Please also refer to the second figure. The second figure shows an embodiment of the transparent casing of the electronic device of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the transparent casing 120 has an inner side 120 a, a first side 122 and a second side 124. The inner surface 120 a has a groove 126. The groove 126 extends from the first side 122 to the second side 124. In this embodiment, the second side 124 is located on the opposite side of the first side 122. However, it is not limited to this. In an embodiment, the second side 124 may also be adjacent to the first side 122.

Referring to the second figure, a light guide bar 140, a first light-emitting element 150 and a second light-emitting element 160 are disposed in the groove 126 of the light-transmitting casing 120. The first light-emitting element 150 is disposed at a first end 142 of the light guide bar 140, and the second light-emitting element 160 is disposed at a second end 144 of the light guide bar 140. The first light-emitting element 150 and the second light-emitting element 160 project light toward the direction of the light guide bar 140.

Please also refer to the third figure, which is a cross-sectional view showing the relative positional relationship between the light guide bar 140 and the groove 126 of the electronic device of the first figure. As shown in the figure, the cross section of the trench 126 is U-shaped, the width w1 of the trench 126 is determined by the first light-emitting element 150 and the second light-emitting element 160, and the width w1 of the trench 126 is greater than the light guide bar 140 The width w2.

The light guide strip 140 has a light emitting surface 140a. The light-emitting surface 140a is tightly attached to a side surface 126a of the groove 126 to project light to the light-transmitting casing 120, so that the light-transmitting casing 120 produces a light-emitting effect of a halo A1. In other embodiments, the cross-section of the groove 126 can also be other shapes, such as V-shaped, trapezoidal, or arc-shaped.

In one embodiment, the first light-emitting element 150 and the second light-emitting element 160 are respectively provided at both ends of the light guide strip 140, so that the light guide strip 140 exhibits a light-emitting effect in which the brightness of the two ends decreases toward the center. In other embodiments, a light-emitting element may be provided only at one end of the light guide bar 140 to change the light-emitting effect of the light guide bar 140. Moreover, in other embodiments, a plurality of light guide strips 140 may be successively arranged in the groove 126, and a light-emitting element may be arranged at the junction of the light guide strips 140.

In this embodiment, the groove 126 extends along a straight line from the first side 122 to the second side 124 to generate a linear light pattern. Please refer to the fourth and fifth figures, where the fourth figure shows another embodiment of the transparent housing 220 of the present invention, and the fifth figure shows another embodiment of the transparent housing 320 of the present invention.

As shown in the fourth figure, the groove 226 located on the inner side 220a of the light-transmitting housing 220 can extend along a curve from the first side 122 to the second side 124, and a soft guide can be provided in the groove 226. The light bar 240 can be provided with light emitting elements 250 at both ends of the light guide bar 240, so that a light pattern of curved lines can be generated.

As shown in the fifth figure, the groove 326 located on the inner side 320a of the light-transmitting housing 320 may extend along a fold line from the first side 122 to the second side 124, and a plurality of guides may be provided in the groove 326. The light bars 340 are arranged along the fold line, and the light emitting element 350 is arranged at the turning point of the fold line to generate a light pattern of the fold line.

The sixth figure shows another embodiment of the electronic device in this case. In this embodiment, the electronic device 400 is a notebook computer. The electronic device 400 includes a host part 402 and a screen part 404. The back of the screen portion 404 has a transparent casing 420.

Compared with the embodiment in the first figure, the electronic device 400 of this embodiment further includes an opaque pattern layer 470 covering an outer side surface 420b of the translucent casing 420 relative to the inner side surface 420a.

Please also refer to FIG. 7. FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing the relative positional relationship between the light guide bar 440, the groove 426 and the opaque pattern layer 470 of the electronic device of FIG. 6. As shown in the figure, the opaque pattern layer 470 has a hollow area 472. The hollow area 472 has a third side 472a. The direction of the third side 472a corresponds to the direction of the light guide strip 440, and is substantially aligned with the side surface 426a of the groove 426.

In one embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, a photosensitive coating 480 can be coated on the outer side surface 420 b of the transparent housing 420 corresponding to the hollow area 472. The photosensitive coating 480 has a predetermined pattern to present more diversified light-emitting effects.

The foregoing embodiment uses a notebook computer as an example to illustrate this case. However, this case can also be applied to electronic devices composed of a single body, such as computer hosts, tablet computers, smart phones, etc. In the foregoing embodiment, the transparent casing 120, 220, 320, 420 is used as the back cover of the screen portion 104, 404 to present a light-emitting effect. But it is not limited to this. In other embodiments, the light-transmitting casing can also be used as the casing of other parts of the notebook computer, such as the bottom or the upper cover of the main unit 102, 402.

The electronic devices 100, 400 provided in this case are formed with grooves 126, 226, 326, 426 on the inner sides 120a, 420a of the transparent housing 120, 220, 320, 420, and in the grooves 126, 226, 326, 426 The light guide strips 140, 240, 340, 440 are arranged inside, and the light generated by the light guide strips 140, 240, 340, 440 can generate halo A1 in the light-transmitting housing 120, 220, 320, 420 to provide more variety Luminous effect.

The above are only preferred embodiments of this case, and do not impose any restriction on this case. Any person in the technical field who makes any form of equivalent substitution or modification to the technical means and technical content disclosed in this case within the scope of the technical means of this case is not deviated from the technical means of this case. It still falls within the scope of protection of this case.

100,400: electronic devices 102, 402: host part 104, 404: screen part 120, 220, 320, 420: translucent shell 120a, 220a, 320a, 420a: inner side 122: first side 124: second side 126,226,326,426: groove 126a, 426a: side A1: Halo 140, 240, 340, 440: light guide 140a: Glossy surface 142: first end 144: second end w1: width w2: width 150: The first light-emitting element 160: second light-emitting element 250, 350: light-emitting element 420b: outer side 470: opaque pattern layer 472: hollow area 472a: third side 480: photosensitive coating

The first figure shows an embodiment of the electronic device in this case; The second figure shows an embodiment of the transparent housing of the electronic device in this case; The third figure is a cross-sectional view showing the relative positional relationship between the light guide bar and the groove of the electronic device in the first figure; The fourth figure shows another embodiment of the light-transmitting casing of the electronic device of the present invention; The fifth figure shows another embodiment of the light-transmitting housing of the electronic device of the present invention; The sixth figure shows another embodiment of the electronic device in this case; and The seventh figure is a cross-sectional view showing the relative positional relationship between the light guide strip, the groove and the opaque pattern layer of the electronic device of the sixth figure.

100: electronic device

102: host part

104: screen part

120: Translucent shell

122: first side

124: second side

126: Groove

A1: Halo

Claims (11)

An electronic device, including: A light-transmitting housing having an inner side, a first side, and a second side, the inner side has a groove, and the groove extends from the first side to the second side; A light guide strip arranged in the groove; and A first light emitting element is arranged at one end of the light guide strip. For example, the electronic device of item 1 of the scope of the patent application further includes an opaque pattern layer covering an outer side of the light-transmitting casing relative to the inner side, and having a hollow area, and the hollow area has a third On the side, the direction of the third side corresponds to the direction of the light guide strip. For example, the electronic device of item 2 of the scope of patent application further includes a photosensitive coating, which is coated on the outer surface with a predetermined pattern at a position corresponding to the hollow area. For example, the electronic device of item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the second side is located on the opposite side of the first side. For example, the electronic device of item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the second side is adjacent to the first side. For example, the electronic device of item 1 of the scope of patent application further includes a second light-emitting element disposed at the other end of the light guide strip. For example, the electronic device of the first item of the scope of patent application, wherein the groove extends along a straight line from the first side to the second side. For example, the electronic device of the first item of the scope of patent application, wherein the groove extends from the first side to the second side along a curve. For example, the electronic device of the first item in the scope of patent application, wherein the groove extends from the first side to the second side along a fold line. For example, the first electronic device in the scope of patent application, wherein the cross section of the groove is U-shaped. For example, the electronic device of item 2 of the scope of patent application, wherein the light guide strip has a light-emitting surface, and the direction of the light-emitting surface is toward the hollow area.

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