Mobile terminal and display method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11257466-B2
Application number	US-201816971721-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 26, 2018
Priority date	Feb 26, 2018
Publication date	Feb 22, 2022
Grant date	Feb 22, 2022

Abstract

A mobile terminal and a display method are disclosed. The mobile terminal, including an enclosure, a display module, and one or more devices. The display module includes a first display region and a second display region. Both the first display region and the second display region are capable of displaying information. At least one of the one or more devices is disposed between the display module in the second display region and the enclosure. At least one of the one or more devices is capable of transmitting and/or receiving an optical signal through the display module. At least one transparent display region is disposed, so that a device disposed in the region is allowed to transmit and receive an optical signal through the display module. The mobile terminal integrates non-transparent display and transparent display functions.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:
an enclosure;
a display module; and
one or more devices,
wherein the display module comprises a first display region and a second display region, both the first display region and the second display region are capable of displaying information, at least one of the one or more devices is disposed between the display module in the second display region and the enclosure, and the at least one of the one or more devices is capable of transmitting and/or receiving an optical signal through the display module, and
wherein the display module comprises a first display screen and a second display screen that are disposed in an overlay manner, the first display screen is a transparent display screen, the first display screen comprises a first connection part and a second connection part disposed in a connection to the first connection part, the first connection part is located in the second display region, the second connection part is located in the first display region, and the second display screen is attached to the second connection part, and the first display screen and the second display screen are disposed with a spacing to form a gap.

2. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the display module further comprises a transparent cover, and the transparent cover, the first display screen, and the second display screen are sequentially disposed in the overlay manner.

3. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the display module comprises at least two display screens, the at least two display screens are mutually spliced to form a complete display interface, at least one display screen of the at least two display screens is the transparent display screen, and the transparent display screen is disposed in correspondence to the second display region.

4. The mobile terminal according to claim 3 , wherein the at least two display screens comprise the first display screen and the second display screen, the display module further comprises a transparent cover, the first display screen and the second display screen are attached to the transparent cover side by side.

5. The mobile terminal according to claim 4 , wherein a region, on the transparent cover, corresponding to the gap forms a blocking region.

6. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein at least one display screen of the display module comprises a first display part and a second display part disposed in a connection to the first display part, the first display part is disposed in correspondence to the second display region and is used for a transparent display, the first display part comprises a plurality of first electrodes, the second display part comprises a plurality of second electrodes, and transmittance of the first electrode is greater than transmittance of the second electrode.

7. The mobile terminal according to claim 6 , wherein a material of the first electrode comprises at least one of a graphene, a carbon nanotube, and a silver nanowire.

8. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more devices comprise at least one processor, the at least one processor is electrically connected to the display module, and the at least one processor controls and adjusts a work status of the display module in the first display region and a work status of the display module in the second display region.

9. The mobile terminal according to claim 8 , wherein when a trigger event occurs, the at least one processor controls the display module to switch from a first work status to a second work status in the second display region.

10. The mobile terminal according to claim 8 , wherein the one or more devices further comprise a voice collection apparatus, the voice collection apparatus is disposed in the enclosure, the at least one processor is electrically connected to the voice collection apparatus, and the at least one processor identifies a voice collected by the voice collection apparatus, and the at least one processor controls the display module to display a corresponding information in the second display region.

11. The mobile terminal according to claim 8 , wherein the second display region comprises at least two mutually connected transparent sub-regions, and the at least one processor is capable of controlling and adjusting a work status of the display module in each transparent sub-region.

12. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the mobile terminal is a full-screen mobile phone, a tablet computer, a reader, or a wearable device.

13. The mobile terminal according to claim 2 , wherein the display module further includes a first optical clear adhesive layer and a second optical clear adhesive layer, wherein the first display screen is attached to the transparent cover by using the first optical clear adhesive layer, and the second display screen is attached to a side, of the first display screen, away from the transparent cover by using the second optical clear adhesive layer, and the transparent cover, the first optical clear adhesive layer, the first display screen, the second optical clear adhesive layer, and the second display screen are sequentially disposed in the overlay manner.

14. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the second display region includes a first transparent sub-region, a second transparent sub-region, and a third transparent sub-region, the second transparent sub-region and the third transparent sub-region are encircled by the first transparent sub-region, a camera is disposed in correspondence to the second transparent sub-region, the third transparent sub-region is disposed in correspondence to the third transparent sub-region, the display module in the first transparent sub-region is in a screen-on state and displays the information, the display module in the second transparent sub-region is in a light transmission state.

15. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein:
a passive matrix organic light-emitting diode driven display mode is used for the second display region; or
an AMOLED-driven display mode with a relatively low resolution is used for the second display region.

16. A display method using a mobile terminal, wherein the mobile terminal comprises an enclosure, a display module, and one or more devices, wherein the display module comprises a first display region and a second display region, both the first display region and the second display region are capable of displaying information, at least one of the one or more devices is disposed between the display module in the second display region and the enclosure, and the at least one of the one or more devices is capable of transmitting and/or receiving an optical signal through the display module,
wherein the display module comprises a first display screen and a second display screen that are disposed in an overlay manner, the first display screen is a transparent display screen, the first display screen comprises a first connection part and a second connection part disposed in a connection to the first connection part, the first connection part is located in the second display region, the second connection part is located in the first display region, and the second display screen is attached to the second connection part, and the first display screen and the second display screen are disposed with a spacing to form a gap, wherein
the display method comprises:
in a first status, displaying, by the display module, information of the mobile terminal in the first display region and the second display region; and
in a second status,

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Huang Bo
• Sun Yufei
• He Haiming
• Leng Hongchao
• Ding Peng

Classifications

• H10K59/805

  Electrodes · CPC title

• G09G5/14 Primary

  Display of multiple viewports · CPC title

• G06F3/167 Primary

  Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback · CPC title

• G10L2015/223

  Execution procedure of a spoken command · CPC title

• G09G3/3216

  using a passive matrix · CPC title