Terminal device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11368569-B2
Application number	US-201916764152-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 2, 2019
Priority date	Aug 2, 2019
Publication date	Jun 21, 2022
Grant date	Jun 21, 2022

Abstract

A terminal device includes a first screen assembly configured to display an image and including a first opening; an image collecting assembly under the first screen assembly, configured to collect an image based on external light when the opening is not shielded; a second screen assembly configured to display an image and shield the opening, and movably disposed between the first screen assembly and the image collecting assembly; a driving assembly configured to drive the second screen assembly to move between first and second positions; at the first position, the opening is shielded and the second screen assembly is in a display state displaying an image not displayed at the opening in the first screen assembly, forming a complete image with the image displayed by the first screen assembly; at the second position, the opening is not shielded, thereby the image collecting assembly can collect the image.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A terminal device, comprising:
a first screen assembly configured to display an image, and having a first opening;
an image collecting assembly, disposed under the first screen assembly, and configured to collect an image based on external light when the first opening is not shielded;
a second screen assembly configured to display an image and shield the first opening, and movably disposed between the first screen assembly and the image collecting assembly; and
a driving assembly configured to drive the second screen assembly to move between a first position and a second position,
wherein when the second screen assembly is in the first position and the first opening is shielded, the second screen assembly is in a display state configured to display an image which is not displayed at the first opening in the first screen assembly, thereby forming a complete image with the image displayed by the first screen assembly; and
wherein when the second screen assembly is moved to the second position, the first opening is not shielded, thereby the image collecting assembly is capable of collecting the image based on the external light.

2. The terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the drive assembly comprises:
a motor; and
a rotation assembly coupled to the motor and configured to rotate about a rotational axis to drive the second screen assembly to move between the first position and the second position by means of the motor.

3. The terminal device according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a first connection slot connected to the second screen assembly;
wherein the rotation assembly is configured to pass through the first connection slot, and drive the second screen assembly to move through the first connection slot.

4. The terminal device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a movement path stop assembly, having a first stop module and a second stop module disposed opposite to the first stop module, wherein the second screen assembly is located at the first position when it is in contact with the first stop module, and the second screen assembly is located at the second position when it is in contact with the second stop module;
a rotation assembly, located on the movement path stop assembly, and capable of driving the second screen assembly to move between the first stop module and the second stop module by rotation thereof relative to the movement path stop assembly.

5. The terminal device according to claim 4 , further comprising:
a guiding assembly fixedly coupled to the movement path stop assembly for guiding the second screen assembly to move between the first position and the second position along a setting direction of the second screen assembly.

6. The terminal device according to claim 5 , further comprising:
a second connection slot connected to the second screen assembly;
wherein the guiding assembly is configured to pass through the second connection slot to guide the second screen assembly to move in the setting direction of the second screen assembly.

7. The terminal device according to claim 4 , further comprising a casing in a shape of rectangle;
wherein both the first stop module and the second stop module are disposed in the casing and parallel to a short side of the casing.

8. The terminal device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a printed circuit board;
a flexible circuit board connected to the second screen assembly and parallel to the drive assembly;
a connection assembly connected to the flexible circuit board and the printed circuit board respectively, for outputting control signals of the printed circuit board to the flexible circuit board;
wherein the flexible circuit board is configured to control the image displayed by the second screen assembly as the image that is not displayed by the first screen assembly at the first opening, based on the control signals.

9. The terminal device according to claim 1 , further comprising a casing in a shape of rectangle;
wherein the second screen assembly is located within the casing;
wherein the driving assembly is configured to drive the second screen assembly to move in a direction along a long side of the casing.

10. The terminal device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a transparent assembly covering a display surface of the first screen assembly, through which the first opening can be shown.

11. The terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the terminal device is configured to have the image collecting assembly smoothly complete an image collection without occupying a display area of the terminal device, thereby increasing a screen-to-body ratio and improving user experience.

12. The terminal device of claim 11 , wherein when the user does not need the image collecting assembly to generate an image, the second screen assembly is driven to move to the first position, and the image displayed by the second screen assembly and the image displayed by the first screen assembly constitute the complete image.

13. The terminal device of claim 12 , wherein the terminal device is configured to, through adjusting position of the second screen assembly:
facilitate the user taking a selfie image by exposing the image collecting assembly; and
realize a full-screen display with the second screen assembly making up the first opening when the user desires a normal display.

14. The final device of claim 13 , wherein the terminal device is a mobile phone.

15. The terminal device of claim 14 , wherein the first screen assembly comprises an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display.

16. The terminal device of claim 15 , further comprising a microphone and a speaker.

17. A display method implemented by the terminal device according to claim 1 , the method comprising:
upon a user selecting a function of collecting an image, driving the second screen assembly to move to the second position; and
collecting, with the image collecting assembly, the image through the first opening.

18. The display method of claim 17 , wherein the image collecting assembly is configured to smoothly complete an image collection without occupying a display area of the terminal device, thereby increasing a screen-to-body ratio and improving user experience.

19. The display method of claim 18 , wherein when the function of collecting the image is not selected, the method further comprises driving the second screen assembly to move to the first position; and wherein the image displayed by the second screen assembly and the image displayed by the first screen assembly constitute a complete image.

20. The display method of claim 19 , wherein by adjusting position of the second screen assembly, in a case that the user needs to take a selfie, the image collecting assembly may be exposed to realize the selfie, and in a case that the user needs a normal display, the second screen assembly may be used to make up the first opening, so as to achieve visually a full-screen display.

Assignees

• Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd Nanjing Branch
• Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd

Inventors

• Li Hui

Classifications

• H04N23/57

  Mechanical or electrical details of cameras or camera modules specially adapted for being embedded in other devices · CPC title

• H04N23/51

  Housings · CPC title

• H04M1/0264 Primary

  for a camera module assembly · CPC title

• G06F1/1637

  Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing · CPC title

• H04M1/667

  Preventing unauthorised calls from a telephone set (H04M1/677 takes precedence) · CPC title