CN103002084A - Mobile phone with bendable touch screen and key structure thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a mobile phone with a bendable touch screen, wherein the touch screen of the mobile phone comprises a main body part positioned on the front side of the mobile phone and a bending part extending from the main body part and bending to the side edge of the mobile phone, and at least one key area is arranged on the bending part of the touch screen and used for responding touch to generate key input. The utility model also discloses a button structure of the mobile phone, which is used for the mobile phone with a bendable touch screen. Compared with the traditional mobile phone side key, the mobile phone key structure provided by the invention has the advantages that the flexibility is higher, the structure is simpler, and the sensitivity and reliability can be ensured to be kept for a long time.

Description

Mobile phone with bendable touch screen and key structure thereof

technical field

The invention relates to mobile terminal equipment, in particular to a mobile phone with a bendable touch screen and its key structure.

Background technique

At present, smart phones have occupied the vast majority of the mobile phone market due to their powerful functional advantages, and the touch screen has become an irreplaceable human-computer interaction tool on smart phones. Many unexpected functional experience effects can also be realized through the touch screen. With the development of touch screen technology, existing touch screens can realize surface curvature touch screens, edge curved touch screens, flexible and bendable touch screens, etc. through special processes and materials. These touch screen technologies can greatly enhance the appearance and expressiveness of mobile terminal products such as mobile phones, and at the same time make the products have a strong sense of technology. How to use these new features of the touch screen to break through the traditional design of the mobile phone and provide a better user experience is a problem faced by the prior art. the

Contents of the invention

The purpose of the present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art, to provide a mobile phone with a bendable touch screen, and to use the bendable touch screen skillfully to achieve a flexibility, reliability and user experience superior to traditional side buttons The new key structure.

To achieve the above object, the present invention adopts the following technical solutions:

A mobile phone with a bendable touch screen, the touch screen of the mobile phone includes a main body part located on the front of the mobile phone and a bending part extending from the main body part and bending to the side of the mobile phone, the bending part of the touch screen At least one key area is provided for generating key input in response to touch.

The key area and the non-key area of the bent portion of the touch screen are displayed in different colors and/or patterns when the bent portion of the touch screen is lit to highlight the key area.

The bright screen key area of the bending part of the touch screen is displayed with a set color and/or pattern when the main part of the touch screen is not lit to highlight the bright screen key area.

At least a part of the bent portion of the touch screen is configured to be independently lit independently of the main body of the touch screen to highlight the bent portion of the touch screen. , or through physical buttons or sensors on the front or side of the mobile phone or by touching the button area to trigger its individual lighting.

The mobile phone is configured to generate a set vibration or sound prompt when a predetermined touch action on the key area is sensed.

The mobile phone is configured to stimulate people's sense of touch by appropriately releasing a small current at a relevant part of the key area when sensing a predetermined touch action on the key area, or by generating an electrostatic force at the corresponding position, The finger skin is deformed to sense adsorption or repulsion to stimulate the tactile sensation when the finger interacts with the touch screen.

The mobile phone also includes an additional part arranged on the side of the mobile phone, the additional part covers at least a part of the non-key area of the bending part of the touch screen and exposes at least a part of the key area.

An uneven shape is formed on the relevant surface of the bent portion of the touch screen so that the key area can be recognized through the sense of touch.

A key structure of a mobile phone, used for a mobile phone with a bendable touch screen, the key structure of the mobile phone includes a touch screen bending part extending from the main body part of the touch screen on the front of the mobile phone and bent to the side of the mobile phone, At least one key area is provided on the bending part of the touch screen to generate key input in response to touch.

The key structure of the mobile phone further includes an additional part arranged on the side of the mobile phone, and the additional part covers at least a part of the non-key area of the bending part of the touch screen and exposes at least a part of the key area.

Beneficial technical effect of the present invention:

In the traditional mobile phone structure, the touch screen only covers the upper surface of the mobile phone, and the side buttons are realized by physical buttons. The side buttons include volume +/volume-, and sound/mute switching buttons. The invention skillfully utilizes the touch screen whose edge can be bent into radians or angles, bends the touch screen to the side of the mobile phone, and replaces the physical button area with the bent part of the touch screen. Since the touch operation can be detected within the functional area of the touch screen, and this kind of edge-bent touch screen is also an effective detection function area of the touch screen in the bent part, by setting the bent part to sense in a certain area A certain touch will generate corresponding button input. These button functions that originally need to be realized by physical buttons can be realized through the touch screen. Therefore, the button design of the mobile phone can be more flexible, and many functions that cannot be achieved by physical buttons can be realized. For example, The same button area of the same mobile phone can be configured with different button functions according to the user's needs, or be customized by the user, such as changing its function after using it for a period of time. The implementation method is simpler than the traditional structure, which simplifies the internal signal lines of the mobile phone, and the problem that the mechanical physical buttons of the traditional structure are prone to strain and failure is completely eliminated, ensuring the operational sensitivity and reliability under long-term use. At the same time, the edge of the touch screen is bent into an angle or radian to provide side buttons. This touch screen button structure improves the overall expressiveness and sense of technology of the mobile phone product, making the design of the touch screen mobile phone more unified and beautiful.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the structure schematic diagram of an embodiment of the mobile phone with the bendable touch screen and the button structure thereof of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a structural schematic diagram of another embodiment of the mobile phone with a bendable touch screen and its button structure according to the present invention.

Detailed ways

The present invention will be further described in detail below through embodiments in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

1 and 2, in some embodiments, the mobile phone has a bendable touch screen 100, the touch screen 100 of the mobile phone includes a main body located on the front of the mobile phone and extending from the main body and bending to the side of the mobile phone. The bending part of the touch screen is provided with at least one key area 201, 202 for generating set key input in response to touch.

According to the characteristics of the touch screen used, the bending can be a bending with a certain angle as shown in FIG. 1 , or a bending with a certain radian as shown in FIG. 2 .

The key area can be, for example, the volume key areas 201, 202 for generating volume control signals, the sound/mute switching key area for generating sound/mute switching control signals, and the lock for generating screen lock/unlock switching control signals. The screen/unlock switch key area, or the screen bright key area for generating a screen bright control signal.

Generally speaking, for the bent portion of the touch screen, some defined areas can be locked by software, and certain areas can be set as certain key functions. For example, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, for the button area 201 set as volume + button, when the finger touches this part of the area, the touch screen will detect the touch, and at the same time, the coordinate information can be sent to the application processor (AP), and the application process The controller judges the touch input as the use of the volume + function according to the preset, so as to control the volume increase and realize the function of pressing the volume + function.

In some embodiments, preferably, the key area and the non-key area of the bent portion of the touch screen are displayed in different colors and/or patterns to highlight the key area when the bent portion of the touch screen is illuminated. This design makes the button area easy to identify, more humanized, convenient for users to use, and improves user experience.

In some embodiments, preferably, the bright screen button area of the bent part of the touch screen is displayed with a set color and/or pattern when the main part of the touch screen is not lit to highlight the bright screen button area. This design makes the bright screen button area particularly easy to identify. Even if the main part of the touch screen is in a state of off screen, the user can still easily find the bright screen button area to light up the entire touch screen.

In some embodiments, preferably, at least a portion of the curved portion of the touch screen is configured to be independently lit independently of the main body portion of the touch screen to highlight the curved portion of the touch screen. The individual lighting can be that the mobile phone is always kept on when the mobile phone is turned on, or it can be triggered by touching a physical key on the front or side of the mobile phone or touching the key area. This design allows the entire side portion to remain recognizable even when the phone is power-saving and the screen is turned off, and can achieve a beautiful and eye-catching effect.

By selecting the type of backlight on the relevant parts of the touch screen (such as using a two-color backlight), the number, adjusting the arrangement of the backlight, controlling the irradiation time of the backlight at different positions, the lighting method, and controlling the distribution of light intensity, etc., to make the bending A part or a specific key area is lighted or highlighted separately, and a specific light transmittance can also be formed on the silk screen pattern on the touch screen to obtain a unique display effect for the specific area.

In some embodiments, the mobile phone may be provided with a sensor dedicated to triggering the lighting of the bending part of the touch screen. When the sensor senses that a human hand approaches or touches or shakes or turns over the mobile phone, a detection signal is sent to the processor. , the processor controls to light up the bending part of the touch screen or a specific key area therein for highlighting. The sensor may be a contact sensor, a distance sensor, an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope, a magnetometer, and the like.

In some embodiments, preferably, the mobile phone is configured to generate a set vibration or sound prompt when a predetermined touch action is sensed in the key area of the bent portion of the touch screen. This design is cleverly set and uses the automatic feedback of the mobile phone to replace the tactile sensation of fingers operating the physical hardware. Therefore, even without visually identifying the button area, the user can easily and smoothly operate on the button area and use the button function accurately. .

In some embodiments, preferably, the mobile phone is configured so that when the touch screen or the sensor senses the touch of the key area, it can stimulate people's sense of touch by appropriately releasing a small current in the relevant part of the key area, or By generating electrostatic force at the corresponding part, causing the skin deformation of the finger to sense adsorption and repulsion, the tactile sensation when the finger interacts with the touch screen is stimulated to replace the tactile sensation of the physical button.

In some embodiments, preferably, the mobile phone further includes an additional piece (not shown) arranged on the side of the mobile phone, and the additional piece covers at least a part of the non-button area of the bent portion of the touch screen And at least a part of the button area is exposed. This design does not need to rely on the display prompts of the touch screen, nor the vibration or sound fed back by the mobile phone. The user can identify the location of the button area at a glance, so that the button area can be operated conveniently and accurately. The additional part can be a rubber ring or a plastic ring with a certain gap that can be set on the side of the mobile phone.

In some other embodiments, preferably, the bending part of the touch screen adopts a non-planar design, especially a certain concave-convex shape can be formed on the relevant surface of the button area, so that the user can easily identify the relevant parts through the tactile sense of the hand , so as to accurately touch the button area. For example, on the glass surface of the touch screen, the convex effect of the button is made by coating and other processes, which can be recognized by hand.

In some embodiments, the key structure of a mobile phone is used for a mobile phone with a bendable touch screen, and the key structure of the mobile phone includes a touch screen bend extending from the main body portion of the touch screen at the front of the mobile phone and bent to the side of the mobile phone. A folding part, the bending part of the touch screen is provided with at least one key area for generating key input in response to touch.

The key structure of the mobile phone further includes an additional part arranged on the side of the mobile phone, and the additional part covers at least a part of the non-key area of the bending part of the touch screen and exposes at least a part of the key area.

The above content is a further detailed description of the present invention in conjunction with specific preferred embodiments, and it cannot be assumed that the specific implementation of the present invention is limited to these descriptions. For those of ordinary skill in the technical field of the present invention, without departing from the concept of the present invention, some simple deduction or replacement can be made, which should be regarded as belonging to the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. mobile phone with bent touch-screen, it is characterized in that, the touch-screen of described mobile phone comprises the main part that is positioned at the mobile phone front and extends and be folded into the bending part of mobile phone side from described main part, is provided with at least one key area on the bending part of described touch-screen and touches in order to response and produce key-press input.

2. the mobile phone with bent touch-screen as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, the key area of the bending part of described touch-screen and non-key area when the bending part of described touch-screen is lit with different colours and/or pattern displaying to highlight described key area.

3. the mobile phone with bent touch-screen as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, the bending part of described touch-screen is for generation of the bright screen key area of bright screen control signal, described bright screen key area when the main part of described touch-screen is not lit with the color set and/or pattern displaying to highlight described bright screen key area.

4. such as each described mobile phone with bent touch-screen of claims 1 to 3, it is characterized in that, at least a portion on the bending part of described touch-screen is configured the main part that can be independent of described touch-screen and the bending part of lighting separately to highlight described touch-screen, described lighting separately keeps when being mobile phone power-on lighting separately always, or physical button or transducer by mobile phone front or side or touch described key area and trigger it and light separately.

5. such as each described mobile phone with bent touch-screen of claims 1 to 3, it is characterized in that described mobile phone is configured to produce vibration or the auditory tone cues of setting when the predetermined touch action that senses for described key area.

6. such as each described mobile phone with bent touch-screen of claims 1 to 3, it is characterized in that, described mobile phone is configured to when the predetermined touch action that senses for described key area, by suitably discharging the sense of touch that small electric current stimulates the people in the key area region of interest, or by producing electrostatic force at corresponding site, cause finger skin deformation and perception absorption or repulsion, the sense of touch when stimulating finger with touch screen interaction.

7. such as each described mobile phone with bent touch-screen of claim 1 to 6, it is characterized in that, the adapter that also comprises the side that is arranged on described mobile phone, described adapter shelter from described touch-screen bending part non-key area at least a portion and expose at least a portion of described key area.

8. such as each described mobile phone with bent touch-screen of claim 1 to 7, it is characterized in that, form the non-flat form that to come the described key area of identification by sense of touch in the relevant surfaces of the bending part of described touch-screen.

9. the press-key structure of a mobile phone, be used for having the mobile phone of bent touch-screen, it is characterized in that, the press-key structure of described mobile phone comprises the touch-screen bending part that extends and be folded into the mobile phone side from the main part that is positioned at the mobile phone front of described touch-screen, is provided with at least one key area on the described touch-screen bending part and touches and the generation key-press input in order to response.

10. the press-key structure of mobile phone as claimed in claim 9, it is characterized in that, the adapter that also comprises the side that is arranged on described mobile phone, described adapter shelter from described touch-screen bending part non-key area at least a portion and expose at least a portion of described key area.

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