Terminal with a color changing screen layer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11567382-B2
Application number	US-202117477686-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 17, 2021
Priority date	Mar 20, 2019
Publication date	Jan 31, 2023
Grant date	Jan 31, 2023

Abstract

A terminal is provided, and the terminal includes a housing, a front screen, a circuit board, and a power supply. The front screen is disposed on the housing, both the circuit board and the power supply are disposed inside the housing, and the power supply is connected to the circuit board. The front screen includes a toughened glass, a color changing layer, and a display screen that are sequentially stacked. The color changing layer is connected to the circuit board, and can change a color when receiving power supply. The color changing layer is disposed in the front screen, and may change a color when receiving the power supply from the circuit board. The color changing layer is configured to change only a color and cannot display a complex image, and power consumption of the color changing layer is far less than that of the display screen.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A terminal, comprising a housing, a front screen, a circuit board, and a power supply, wherein
the front screen is disposed on the housing, both the circuit board and the power supply are disposed inside the housing, and the power supply is electrically connected to the circuit board;
the front screen comprises a toughened glass, a color changing layer, and a display screen that are sequentially stacked; and
the color changing layer is electrically connected to the circuit board, and is configured to remain in a transport state when receiving no voltage from the circuit board and change to present a target color when receiving a voltage supplied from the circuit board.

2. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the color changing layer is an electrochromic combination layer;
the electrochromic combination layer comprises a first transparent conducting layer, an ion storage layer, an ion conductor layer, an electrochromic layer, and a second transparent conducting layer that are sequentially stacked; and
both the first transparent conducting layer and the second transparent conducting layer are electrically connected to the circuit board.

3. The terminal according to claim 2 , wherein the front screen further comprises a silicon dioxide layer, an optical adhesive layer, and a touch control board;
the first transparent conducting layer of the electrochromic combination layer is fastened on the toughened glass;
a first surface of the silicon dioxide layer is fastened on the second transparent conducting layer of the electrochromic combination layer;
a second surface of the silicon dioxide layer is bonded to a first surface of the display screen by using the optical adhesive layer; and
a second surface of the display screen is attached to the touch control board.

4. The terminal according to claim 2 , wherein a thickness of the electrochromic combination layer is less than or equal to 10 micrometers.

5. The terminal according to claim 3 , wherein a thickness of the electrochromic combination layer is less than or equal to 10 micrometers.

6. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the color changing layer is a monochrome conversion liquid crystal layer;
the front screen further comprises a first optical adhesive layer, a second optical adhesive layer, and a touch control board;
a first surface of the monochrome conversion liquid crystal layer is bonded to the toughened glass by using the first optical adhesive layer;
a second surface of the monochrome conversion liquid crystal layer is bonded to a first surface of the display screen by using the second optical adhesive layer; and
a second surface of the display screen is attached to the touch control board.

7. The terminal according to claim 6 , wherein a thickness of the monochrome conversion liquid crystal layer is less than or equal to 0.1 millimeters.

8. A terminal, comprising a housing and a front screen, wherein
the front screen is disposed on the housing;
the front screen comprises a toughened glass, a photochromic layer, and a display screen that are sequentially stacked;
the photochromic layer is configured to remain in a transparent state when receiving no light emitted from the display screen; and
the display screen is configured to emit light irradiated onto the photochromic layer, and the photochromic layer is further configured to change to present a target color when receiving the light emitted by the display screen.

9. The terminal according to claim 8 , wherein the front screen further comprises an optical adhesive layer and a touch control board;
a first surface of the photochromic layer is fastened on the toughened glass;
a second surface of the photochromic layer is bonded to a first surface of the display screen by using the optical adhesive layer; and
a second surface of the display screen is attached to the touch control board.

10. The terminal according to claim 8 , wherein a thickness of the photochromic layer is less than or equal to 0.05 millimeters.

11. The terminal according to claim 9 , wherein a thickness of the photochromic layer is less than or equal to 0.05 millimeters.

12. The terminal according to claim 8 , wherein the photochromic layer comprises a photosensitive material.

13. The terminal according to claim 9 , wherein the photochromic layer comprises a photosensitive material.

14. The terminal according to claim 10 , wherein the photochromic layer comprises a photosensitive material.

15. The terminal according to claim 8 , wherein the photochromic layer is configured to change from a transparent state to a state of presenting a color of the housing when receiving the light emitted by the display screen so that the color of the front screen is the same as the color of the housing.

16. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the color changing layer is in a transparent state when the display screen is in an off state.

17. The terminal according to claim 16 , wherein the color changing layer is configured to change from the transparent state to a state of presenting a color of the housing when receiving the voltage supplied from the circuit board so that the color of the front screen is the same as the color of the housing.

18. The terminal according to claim 2 , wherein an initial state of the electrochromic layer is the transparent state; and
the electrochromic layer is configured to switch from the transparent state to a state of presenting the target color when the electrochromic layer receives an ion stored at the ion storage layer, and the ion enters the electrochromic layer when the first transparent conducting layer receives a voltage from the circuit board.

19. The terminal according to claim 18 , wherein the electrochromic layer is further configured to:
remain in presenting the target color when the electrochromic layer is in the state of presenting the target color and the first transparent conducting layer receives no voltage from the circuit board;
switch from the state of presenting the target color to the transparent state when the electrochromic layer is in the state of presenting the target color, the second transparent conducting layer receives a voltage from the circuit board, and the ion at the electrochromic layer returns to the ion storage layer; and
remain in the transparent state when the electrochromic layer is in the transparent state and neither the first transparent conducting layer nor the second transparent conducting layer receives a voltage from the circuit board.

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tang Zhongzhi
• He Zhen
• Cai Ming
• Si Heshuai
• Hu Banghong

Classifications

• G02F2202/28

  Adhesive materials or arrangements · CPC title

• G02F2202/14

  photochromic · CPC title

• G02F1/137 Primary

  characterised by the electro-optical or magneto-optical effect, e.g. field-induced phase transition, orientation effect, guest-host interaction or dynamic scattering · CPC title

• G02F1/13338

  Input devices, e.g. touch panels · CPC title

• G02F2201/44

  Arrangements combining different electro-active layers, e.g. electrochromic, liquid crystal or electroluminescent layers · CPC title