Electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10243607-B2
Application number	US-201715717085-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 27, 2017
Priority date	Mar 30, 2015
Publication date	Mar 26, 2019
Grant date	Mar 26, 2019

Abstract

The present disclosure provides an electronic device. The electronic device may include a flexible support and a control unit electrically coupled to the flexible support. The control unit receives a trigger signal, and generates a corresponding control signal according to the trigger signal. The flexible support is correspondingly deformed according to the control signal. The electronic device provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure generates, according to the trigger signal, the control signal for controlling deformation of the flexible support, thereby achieving electrically controlled deformation, and improving the intellectualization of electronic equipment.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device, comprising:
a flexible support;
a sensing unit; and
a control unit electrically coupled to the flexible support;
wherein, the control unit receives a trigger signal, and generates a corresponding control signal according to the trigger signal; the flexible support is correspondingly deformed according to the control signal;
the flexible support generates deformations to be automatically worn on or taken off from a user according to sensing information generated by the sensing unit, and the flexible support generates deformations corresponding to a specification application scenario when the specification application scenario is detected by the control unit.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the control unit comprises a processor and a power control chip; the processor is operable to receive the trigger signal, generate the control signal according to the trigger signal, and transmit the control signal to the power control chip; the power control chip is operable to output, according to the control signal, a corresponding electrical signal to control deformation of the flexible support.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the flexible support comprises a plurality of support portions hinged in sequence, the power control chip is operable to output, according to the control signal, a corresponding electrical signal to the support portions for controlling relative positions of the support portions.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the flexible support is provided with electromagnetic modules, the adjacent support portions of the flexible support are brought to hingedly rotate relative positions by attraction generated by the electromagnetic modules, to construct the form of the flexible support.

5. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the flexible support is provided with motors, the adjacent support portions of the flexible support are brought to hingedly rotate relative positions by the motors, to construct the form of the flexible support.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein when the sensing information satisfies a predetermined condition, the control unit generates the control signal corresponding to the trigger signal.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the sensing unit comprises a distance sensor to sense a distance between a wearing position and the distance sensor, and generate the trigger signal when the distance between the wearing position and the distance sensor is less than or equal to a predetermined distance; and the control unit generates the control signal according to the trigger signal to drive the flexible support to fold.

8. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the sensing unit comprises a photosensitive sensor to sense a change of luminous intensity, and generate the trigger signal when the change of luminous intensity satisfies a predetermined condition; and the control unit generates the control signal according to the trigger signal to drive the flexible support to fold.

9. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the sensing unit comprises a pressure sensor, the pressure sensor generates the trigger signal when a pressure received by the pressure sensor is larger than or equal to a predetermined pressure; the control unit generates the control signal according to the trigger signal to drive the flexible support to unfold.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the control unit is operable to detect an incoming call signal, generate the control signal to drive the flexible support to unfold when the incoming call signal is detected, and answer a phone according to at least one of the incoming call signal and the control signal.

11. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the control unit is operable to detect an incoming call signal, retrieve a control menu when the incoming call signal is detected, and detect an operation on the control menu, the operation comprising an answering operation or a hang-up operation;
the control unit is further operable to generate the control signal to drive the flexible support to unfold when the answering operation is detected, and answer a phone according to the control signal.

12. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the control unit is operable to generate the control signal to drive the flexible support to unfold in a flat state or waved state when a message signal is detected.

13. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the control unit is operable to generate the control signal to drive the flexible support to unfold in a continuously crawling state when a predetermined prompting state is detected.

14. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a flexible display screen which is arranged on the flexible support and electrically coupled to the control unit.

15. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the flexible support comprises a first support and a second support located at two opposite sides of the control unit, and the first support and the second support are physically and electrically connected to the control unit.

16. The electronic device of claim 1 further comprising a pressure sensor and a distance sensor located at two opposite faces of the control unit, wherein the distance sensor faces a wearing wrist of the user.

17. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the control unit comprises two packaging bodies respectively connected to opposite ends of the flexible support, one packaging body receives a receiver, and the other packaging body receives a microphone.

18. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the flexible support is formed by an electrostrictive material and deformation of the electrostrictive material is controlled by the electrical signal.

Assignees

• Shenzhen Royole Technologies Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yang Songling
• Chen Songya
• Ni Dan
• Liu Zihong

Classifications

• H04M1/0268

  including a flexible display panel · CPC title

• G06F1/16

  Constructional details or arrangements · CPC title

• G06F1/1679

  for locking or maintaining the movable parts of the enclosure in a fixed position, e.g. latching mechanism at the edge of the display in a laptop or for the screen protective cover of a PDA (G06F1/1681 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F1/163

  Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt · CPC title

• H04B1/385 Primary

  Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets · CPC title