CN111355828B - Electronic device and manufacturing method - Google Patents

The disclosure relates to an electronic device and a manufacturing method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of electronics. The electronic device includes: the device comprises a shell, a display screen and an induction module; the display screen is a flexible display screen in a bent state and comprises at least two screen areas, and the at least two screen areas are respectively attached to different surfaces of the shell; the display screen is provided with a hollow area; the induction module is arranged on the surface of the shell and is located in the hollow area. By attaching the display screen to different surfaces of the shell, the size of the display screen is increased, and the surface of the shell is fully utilized. In addition, still be provided with the fretwork area on the display screen, make the response module be located the fretwork area of display screen, both avoided influencing each other between response module and the display screen, can also make full use of except that the casing surface of response module increases the size of display screen as far as possible, has promoted the display effect of display screen, has satisfied user's demand.

Electronic device and manufacturing method

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of electronic technologies, and in particular, to an electronic device and a method for manufacturing the same.

Background

With the rapid development of electronic technologies and the gradual increase of the demand of users for display effects, more and more electronic devices begin to adopt large-sized display screens, so as to provide a larger screen utilization area for users and improve the display effects.

Generally, an electronic device includes a housing and a display screen attached to a surface of the housing. In addition, the electronic equipment further comprises a camera module, and the camera module is arranged on the surface of the shell. The position of camera module may influence the size and the position of display screen, and then influence electronic equipment's display effect. Therefore, how to arrange the camera module and the display screen becomes a problem which needs to be solved urgently.

Disclosure of Invention

The present disclosure provides an electronic device and a manufacturing method, which can overcome the problems in the related art, and the technical scheme is as follows:

in a first aspect, an electronic device is provided, which includes: the device comprises a shell, a display screen and an induction module;

the display screen is a flexible display screen in a bent state and comprises at least two screen areas, and the at least two screen areas are respectively attached to different surfaces of the shell;

the display screen is provided with a hollow area;

the induction module is arranged on the surface of the shell and is located in the hollow area.

In one possible implementation manner, the shape of the hollow-out area is matched with the shape of the induction module; and/or the size of the hollow-out area is matched with that of the induction module.

In another possible implementation manner, the shape of the hollow-out area is the same as that of the sensing module, and the size of the hollow-out area is not smaller than that of the sensing module.

In another possible implementation manner, the hollowed-out area is a circular area, a square area or a trapezoidal area.

In another possible implementation manner, the electronic device includes at least two sensing modules; the display screen is provided with at least two hollow areas;

the quantity of two at least response modules equals with the quantity of two at least fretwork areas, every response module in two at least response modules is located in a fretwork area of display screen.

In another possible implementation manner, the electronic device includes at least two sensing modules, and the at least two sensing modules are located in the hollow area.

In another possible implementation manner, the size of the hollowed-out area is larger than the sizes of the at least two sensing modules.

In another possible implementation manner, the sensing module includes at least one of a camera module, a flash module, a fingerprint recognition module, an antenna module, and a distance sensor module.

In another possible implementation, the display screen includes a first boundary line and a second boundary line opposite to the first boundary line;

the display screen surrounds the shell, so that the first boundary line is overlapped with the second boundary line; alternatively, the first boundary line and the second boundary line may be located on the same surface of the housing, or the first boundary line and the second boundary line may be located on any two adjacent surfaces of the housing.

In another possible implementation, the housing includes a first rim and a second rim;

the first border line and the second border line are both located on a surface of the first bezel or a surface of the second bezel.

In another possible implementation, the first boundary line coincides with any boundary line of the hollowed-out area, and/or the second boundary line coincides with any boundary line of the hollowed-out area.

In a second aspect, a method for manufacturing an electronic device is provided, the method including:

cutting a first display screen according to preset parameter information, so that a second display screen obtained by cutting comprises a hollow area, wherein the first display screen is a rectangular flexible display screen, and the preset parameter information is used for representing the size and the shape of the hollow area and the position of the hollow area on the first display screen;

and bending and attaching the second display screen to the surface of the shell, so that at least two screen areas of the second display screen are respectively attached to different surfaces of the shell, and the induction module is positioned in the hollow area.

In a possible implementation manner, the cutting on the first display screen according to the preset parameter information includes:

cutting on the first display screen in a laser beam irradiation mode according to the preset parameter information; or,

and cutting on the first display screen by using a cutter according to the preset parameter information.

The embodiment of the disclosure provides electronic equipment and a manufacturing method, wherein a display screen is a flexible display screen in a bent state, and the display screen can be attached to different surfaces of a shell after being bent, so that the size of the display screen is increased, and the surface of the shell is fully utilized. The response module sets up in the surface of casing, through set up the fretwork area on display screen, makes the response module be located display screen's fretwork area, has both avoided influencing each other between response module and the display screen, can also make full use of except that the response module shell surface, increases display screen's size as far as possible, has promoted display screen's display effect, has satisfied user's demand.

In addition, the shape of the hollow area is matched with that of the induction module, and therefore the attractiveness of the electronic equipment is improved. Or, the size of fretwork region matches with the size of response module, guarantees that the fretwork region can hold the response module.

In addition, the thickness of response module is greater than under the condition of display screen's thickness, sets up a bearer bar in the regional outside of response module salient in display screen to the surface all around of this region of bearer bar parcel can enough guarantee the normal work of response module, can also play the effect of protection response module, avoids the response module to damage.

In addition, the hollow areas with the corresponding number are arranged according to the number of the induction modules, the number of the induction modules is equal to that of the hollow areas, and each induction module is located in one hollow area of the display screen, so that the attractiveness of the electronic equipment is guaranteed, the arrangement of too many hollow areas is avoided, and the size of the display screen is increased as much as possible.

In addition, a hollow area is arranged on the display screen, the at least two induction modules are located in the hollow area, the hollow area can accommodate the at least two induction modules, the situation that the hollow area is excessively arranged is avoided, and the size of the display screen is increased as much as possible.

In addition, the first boundary line and the second boundary line are overlapped, the overlapped boundary line is located on the surface of the first frame or the surface of the second frame, no boundary line exists on the front side surface and the back side surface, the front side surface and the back side surface are respectively provided with a complete screen area, and a complete interface can be displayed. Or the overlapped boundary lines are positioned on the rear side surface, so that the front side surface is ensured not to have the boundary lines, and a complete screen area is arranged to display a complete interface.

Or the first boundary line and the second boundary line are not coincident, the first boundary line and the second boundary line are positioned on the same surface of the shell or positioned on any two adjacent surfaces of the shell, the interval between the first boundary line and the second boundary line is reduced, and the size of the display screen is increased as much as possible.

Or the first boundary line coincides with any boundary line of the hollow area, and/or the second boundary line coincides with any boundary line of the hollow area, so that lines on the surface of the shell are reduced, the influence of the boundary line of the hollow area and the boundary line of the display screen on the appearance of the electronic equipment is reduced as much as possible, and the attractiveness of the electronic equipment is guaranteed.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the present disclosure and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating the structure of an electronic device in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating the structure of an electronic device in accordance with one illustrative embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating the structure of an electronic device in accordance with one illustrative embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating the structure of an electronic device in accordance with one illustrative embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration of an electronic device in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating the structure of an electronic device in accordance with one illustrative embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration of an electronic device in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration of an electronic device in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration of an electronic device in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating the structure of an electronic device in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 11 is a flow chart illustrating a method of fabricating an electronic device according to an exemplary embodiment.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all embodiments of the present disclosure. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments disclosed herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.

To make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present disclosure more apparent, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the exemplary embodiments below are not intended to represent all implementations consistent with the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of the present disclosure, as detailed in the appended claims.

In the correlation technique, set up the position of the response module on housing face and can influence display screen's size and position, consequently can adopt the mode of dodging usually, set up the response module in housing face's some region, paste at another partial region and cover display screen, make response module and display screen alternate segregation, avoid the interact between the two. However, this structure cannot fully utilize the surface area of the housing, resulting in a small size of the display screen, affecting the display effect of the display screen, and being difficult to meet the user's requirements.

The embodiment of the disclosure provides an electronic device, wherein a display screen is a flexible display screen in a bent state, and the display screen can be attached to different surfaces of a shell after being bent, so that the size of the display screen is increased, and the surface of the shell is fully utilized. The response module sets up in the surface of casing, through set up the fretwork area on display screen, makes the response module be located display screen's fretwork area, has both avoided influencing each other between response module and the display screen, can also make full use of except that the response module shell surface, increases display screen's size as far as possible, has promoted display screen's display effect, has satisfied user's demand.

It should be noted that the above dimensions include a length and a height, and in a state where the electronic apparatus is placed in the vertical direction, the length refers to a distance in a direction parallel to the display screen on the horizontal plane, and the height refers to a distance in the vertical direction.

It should be noted that the above dimensions include a thickness, which is a distance in a direction perpendicular to the display screen in a horizontal plane, in addition to the length and the height.

In another possible implementation manner, the electronic device includes at least two sensing modules, the display screen is provided with at least two hollow areas, the number of the at least two sensing modules is equal to the number of the at least two hollow areas, and each sensing module of the at least two sensing modules is located in one hollow area of the display screen.

The shape and size of each sensing module and the hollow area where the sensing module is located are similar to those of the above embodiments, and are not described herein again. In addition, different induction modules can be the same or different in shape and size. The shapes of the different hollow areas can be the same or different, and the sizes can be the same or different.

For example, the shapes and sizes of the at least two sensing modules are the same, and the shapes of the hollow areas where the at least two sensing modules are located are the same, but the sizes are different.

In addition, the position that two at least response modules were located can be confirmed according to the operating requirement of response module, for example the camera module is located electronic equipment's top, fingerprint identification module and antenna module are located electronic equipment's below. At least two induction modules can be transversely arranged, vertically arranged, obliquely arranged or in other modes. And in at least two induction modules, the distance between any two adjacent induction modules can be the same or different.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the hollow areas with the corresponding number are arranged according to the number of the induction modules, so that the number of the induction modules is equal to that of the hollow areas, and each induction module is located in one hollow area of the display screen, thereby not only ensuring the attractiveness of the electronic equipment, but also avoiding the arrangement of too many hollow areas and increasing the size of the display screen as much as possible.

In the hollow-out area, the shapes and the sizes of the at least two induction modules can be set at will. The different induction modules can be the same or different in shape and can be the same or different in size. And the shape and the size of the hollow area can be set according to the shape and the size of the at least two induction modules.

In addition, at least two induction modules can be transversely arranged, vertically arranged, obliquely arranged or in other modes. And in at least two induction modules, the distance between any two adjacent induction modules can be the same or different.

In a possible implementation manner, in order to reduce the area of the hollow area as much as possible and increase the area of the display screen, the hollow area may be externally connected to at least two sensing modules.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, a hollow area is arranged on the display screen, the at least two induction modules are located in the hollow area, and the hollow area can accommodate the at least two induction modules, so that the arrangement of the too many hollow areas is avoided, and the size of the display screen is increased as much as possible.

If the overlapped boundary line is located on the surface of the first frame or the surface of the second frame, it can be ensured that no boundary line exists on the front side surface and the back side surface, and the front side surface and the back side surface are respectively provided with a complete screen area which can display a complete interface.

In a possible implementation manner, the first screen region and the second screen region may be displayed in a partitioned manner, and for example, the area of the first screen region is smaller than that of the second screen region, a toolbar may be displayed through the first screen region, and a main interface of the electronic device or an application interface of a certain application program may be displayed through the second screen region.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the first boundary line and the second boundary line are overlapped, and the overlapped boundary line is located on the surface of the first frame or the surface of the second frame, so that no boundary line exists on the front side surface and the back side surface, and the front side surface and the back side surface are respectively provided with a complete screen area, so that a complete interface can be displayed. Or the overlapped boundary lines are positioned on the rear side surface, so that the front side surface is ensured not to have the boundary lines, and a complete screen area is arranged to display a complete interface.

Or the first boundary line and the second boundary line are not coincident, the first boundary line and the second boundary line are positioned on the same surface of the shell or positioned on any two adjacent surfaces of the shell, the interval between the first boundary line and the second boundary line is reduced, and the size of the display screen is increased as much as possible.

Or the first boundary line coincides with any boundary line of the hollow area, and/or the second boundary line coincides with any boundary line of the hollow area, so that lines on the surface of the shell are reduced, the influence of the boundary line of the hollow area and the boundary line of the display screen on the appearance of the electronic equipment is reduced as much as possible, and the attractiveness of the electronic equipment is guaranteed.

Fig. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a method for manufacturing an electronic device according to an exemplary embodiment, applied to a manufacturing device, as shown in fig. 11, including the following steps:

The first display screen is a rectangular flexible display screen, the preset parameter information is used for representing the size and the shape of the hollow area and the position of the hollow area on the first display screen, and the preset parameter information can be set on the manufacturing equipment by technicians. And the shape, size and position in the preset parameter information are matched with the shape, size and position of the induction module arranged on the surface of the electronic equipment shell.

Firstly, a first rectangular display screen is placed at an appointed position of manufacturing equipment, the manufacturing equipment cuts the first display screen at the appointed position according to preset parameter information, and a hollow area is formed after a part of the display screen meeting the preset parameter information is cut.

In addition, according to presetting parameter information, cut on first display screen, include: cutting on the first display screen in a laser beam irradiation mode according to preset parameter information; or, cutting on the first display screen by using a cutter according to preset parameter information, or cutting in other modes.

The surface of the shell of the existing electronic equipment is provided with an induction module, and a display screen is not attached yet. The induction module on the surface of the shell extends into the hollow area, each part of the second display screen is gradually attached to the surface of the shell from the hollow area, and the second display screen is bent while being attached, so that at least two screen areas of the second display screen are respectively attached to different surfaces of the shell until the attachment is completed.

According to the method provided by the embodiment of the disclosure, cutting is performed on a rectangular first display screen according to the shape, the size and the position specified in preset parameter information, so that a second display screen obtained by cutting comprises a hollow area; buckle the second display screen and paste on the surface of casing, make two at least screen areas of second display screen paste respectively on the different surfaces of casing, the response module is located the fretwork district, thereby produce the electronic equipment that above-mentioned embodiment shows, both avoided influencing each other between response module and the display screen, can also make full use of except that respond to the area of the surperficial casing outside the module, increase the size of display screen as far as possible, the display effect of display screen has been promoted, user's demand has been satisfied.

Other embodiments of the disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the disclosure disclosed herein. This application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosure following, in general, the principles of the disclosure and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the disclosure pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the disclosure being indicated by the following claims.

It will be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the precise arrangements described above and shown in the drawings and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present disclosure is limited only by the appended claims.