Electronic device, method and apparatus for controlling flexible panel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10915146-B2
Application number	US-201916697675-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 27, 2019
Priority date	May 20, 2019
Publication date	Feb 9, 2021
Grant date	Feb 9, 2021

Abstract

An electronic device, and a method and an apparatus for controlling a flexible panel are provided in the present disclosure. The electronic device includes: a device body including a plurality of sensor components arranged in a longitudinal line along a first direction; a flexible panel including a display region and a light transmitting region connected with the display region; and a drive mechanism configured to drive the flexible panel to move along a second direction. When at least one of the plurality of sensor components is in an operating state, the light transmitting region covers the plurality of sensor components, where the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device, comprising:
a device body comprising a plurality of sensor components arranged in a longitudinal line along a first direction;
a flexible panel comprising a display region and a light transmitting region connected with the display region; and
a drive mechanism, configured to drive the flexible panel to move along a second direction so that the light transmitting region covers the plurality of sensor components when at least one of the plurality of sensor components is in an operating state, wherein the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction,
wherein
the drive mechanism comprises:
a drive motor; and
a transmission device mating with the drive motor and comprising a transmission component that engages with the flexible panel, the transmission component including a plurality of rotation shafts,

two sides of the light transmitting region are respectively connected with two sides of the display region to form the flexible panel of a ring shape,
the device body is surrounded by the flexible panel, and
when the at least one of the plurality of sensor components is in the operating state, the flexible panel is arranged to be switched between a first state and a second state:
when the flexible panel is in the first state, a portion of the display region and the light transmitting region located on a same side of the plurality of rotation shafts; and
when the flexible panel is in the second state, the display region and the light transmitting region located on opposite sides of the plurality of rotation shafts.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the transmission component further comprises at least one of:
a plurality of tracks or a plurality of belts arranged in parallel.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a light transmitting cover plate assembled to the device body and configured to cover the flexible panel, wherein, the flexible panel is located between the light transmitting cover plate and the device body, and the flexible panel is movable relative to the light transmitting cover plate.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of the sensor components comprise at least one of:
a camera module, a distance sensing module, an ambient light sensing module, or a face recognition module.

Assignees

• Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhao Ming
• Han Gaocai

Classifications

• H04M1/0268 Primary

  including a flexible display panel · CPC title

• G06F3/017

  Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883) · CPC title

• G06F3/016

  Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user · CPC title

• G06F2203/04102

  Flexible digitiser, i.e. constructional details for allowing the whole digitising part of a device to be flexed or rolled like a sheet of paper · CPC title

• G06F3/0412 Primary

  Digitisers structurally integrated in a display · CPC title