CN110047382B

CN110047382B - A flexible display screen and terminal equipment

Info

Publication number: CN110047382B
Application number: CN201910329511.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 郑晓东
Original assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Priority date: 2019-04-23
Filing date: 2019-04-23
Publication date: 2021-06-29
Anticipated expiration: 2039-04-23
Also published as: CN110047382A

Abstract

The present application relates to the technical field of electronic equipment, and provides a flexible display screen and terminal equipment. The flexible display screen includes a flexible display module and an elastic module. The flexible display module includes a flat display part and at least one bending part, and the flat display part passes through the The bending part is folded; the elastic module is connected to the side of the flexible display module facing away from the displayed image, so as to provide elastic force so that the bending part is in a stretched state; in the present application, the elastic module is arranged on the back of the flexible display module The module, relying on the elastic force of the elastic module, makes the bending part always in a stretched state, so that the bending part can be restored to a flat state, which will not affect the display effect of the flexible display, and help prolong the service life of the flexible display. Thus, the service life of the terminal device using the flexible display screen is prolonged.

Description

Flexible display screen and terminal equipment

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of electronic equipment, in particular to a flexible display screen and terminal equipment.

Background

With the development of display technology, the functions of display terminal equipment (such as smart phones, tablet computers and the like) are more and more abundant, so that the entertainment requirements of people can be met, and the working requirements of people can be met. In order to make people feel an immersive display effect when using a terminal device, a trend of large-screen display of a display screen has been developed. In order to solve the problem that a terminal device with a large screen is inconvenient to carry, a mobile terminal with a flexible display screen is produced. With the application of the flexible display screen becoming more and more abundant, especially in the field of folding mobile phones, the flexible display screen also becomes the research and development focus of various manufacturers.

However, as the number of times of folding the flexible display screen increases, the folding area of the flexible display screen gradually becomes uneven, and wrinkles easily appear, which not only affects the display effect of the flexible display screen, but also severely shortens the service life of the flexible display screen.

Disclosure of Invention

An object of this application is to provide a flexible display screen to solve the folding region of current flexible display screen and appear the technical problem of fold easily.

In order to achieve the purpose, the technical scheme adopted by the application is as follows: there is provided a flexible display screen comprising:

the flexible display module is used for displaying images and comprises a flat display part and at least one bent part, and the flat display part is folded through the bent part; and

the elastic module is connected to one side of the flexible display module, which is back to the display image, and is used for providing elastic force so that the bending part is in a stretching state.

In one embodiment, the elastic module comprises at least one elastic sheet, and the elastic sheet comprises a connecting part and an elastic part;

the connecting part is connected with the plane display part, and the elastic part is arranged on one side of the bending part back to the display image and used for providing elastic force.

In one embodiment, the elastic portion protrudes toward a direction away from the bending portion, and the elastic portion is in a compressed state.

In one embodiment, the shape of the elastic portion is an arc protruding away from the bending portion.

In one embodiment, the elastic sheet is an elastic plastic sheet or a stainless steel sheet.

In one embodiment, the elastic part comprises at least one spring in a compressed state, and two ends of the spring are respectively connected with the connecting part;

or the elastic part comprises at least one rubber in a compressed state, and two ends of the rubber are respectively connected with the connecting part.

In one embodiment, the flexible display module comprises a flexible cover plate and a display panel which are arranged in a stacked mode;

the flexible cover plate is attached to one side surface of the display panel for displaying images;

the elastic module is arranged on the surface of one side, back to the flexible cover plate, of the display panel.

In one embodiment, the display panel is a liquid crystal display panel, the liquid crystal display panel comprises a backlight unit and a display unit, the display unit is arranged at one side close to the flexible cover plate, and the elastic module is arranged on the surface of the backlight unit;

or, the display panel is an organic light emitting diode display panel.

In one embodiment, the flexible display module further comprises a touch sensing layer, and the touch sensing layer is arranged between the flexible cover plate and the display panel.

The invention also aims to provide terminal equipment comprising the flexible display screen.

The application provides a flexible display screen's beneficial effect lies in at least: this application sets up the elasticity module through the back at flexible display module, relies on the elasticity of elasticity module for the kink is in tensile state all the time, thereby makes the kink resume the leveling condition, can not influence the display effect of flexible display screen, helps prolonging the life of flexible display screen, and then the extension has adopted the life of the terminal equipment of this flexible display screen.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments or the prior art descriptions will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic front structural diagram of a flexible display screen provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a first schematic structural diagram of a flexible display screen according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged view of portion A of FIG. 2;

fig. 4 is an exploded schematic view of a flexible display screen provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a schematic view of a folding structure of a flexible display screen provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a partially enlarged view of the portion B in FIG. 5;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a flexible display screen according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged partial view of the portion C of FIG. 7;

fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram three of a flexible display screen provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 10 is a schematic partial structural diagram of a flexible display screen provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a flexible display module in a flexible display screen according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of a backlight unit in a flexible display panel according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of a backlight unit in a flexible display panel according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 14 is a schematic structural diagram of a display unit in a flexible display screen provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 15 is a schematic structural diagram of a display panel in a flexible display screen according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 16 is a schematic structural diagram of a flexible display module in a flexible display screen according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 17 is an exploded schematic view of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 18 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical problems, technical solutions and advantageous effects to be solved by the present application clearer, the present application is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the present application and are not intended to limit the present application. The terms "first", "second" and "first" are used merely for descriptive purposes and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features. When an element is referred to as being "connected to" another element, it can be directly or indirectly connected to the other element. When an element is referred to as being "secured to" or "disposed on" another element, it can be directly or indirectly disposed on the other element. The terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "front", "rear", and the like indicate orientations or positions based on those shown in the drawings, and are for convenience of description only and should not be construed as limiting the technical solution.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 2, fig. 5 and fig. 6, the present embodiment provides a flexible display screen 10, which includes a flexible display module 11 and an elastic module 12, wherein the flexible display module 11 is used for displaying images (one side of the flexible display module 11 used for displaying images is a front side of the display module). The flexible display module 11 includes a flat display portion 1101 and at least one bending portion 1102, and the flat display portion 1101 is folded by the bending portion 1102. The elastic module 12 is connected to a side of the flexible display module 11 (a back side of the display module) opposite to the display image, and is used for providing an elastic force to make the bending portion 1102 in a stretching state. It should be understood that, in the present embodiment, the bending portion 1102 and the flat display portion 1101 constitute a complete flexible display module 11, and both the bending portion 1102 and the flat display portion 1101 can be used for displaying image information.

In one embodiment, the number of the flat display portion 1101 can be N +1, where N is the number of the bending portion 1102, N is a positive integer, and N is greater than or equal to 0. For example, referring to fig. 5 and fig. 6, the number of the bending portion 1102 is one, and the number of the flat display portions 1101 is two, and the two flat display portions 1101 are disposed on two sides of the bending portion 1102 and connected by the bending portion 1102. The bending part 1102 may be bent such that the two flat display portions 1101 may be close to or far from the bending part 1102, thereby enabling the flexible display screen 10 to be folded or unfolded. Referring to fig. 9, for another example, the number of the bending portions 1102 is two, and at this time, the number of the flat panel display portions 1101 is three, and the three flat panel display portions 1101 are sequentially connected by the two bending portions 1102, so that the multi-section folding of the flexible display screen 10 can be realized. Of course, the number of the bending portions 1102 may be three or more, and is not limited to the above case.

Referring to fig. 17, in one embodiment, the flexible display 10 may be used in the terminal device 20. The terminal device 20 may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer or other devices, and is not limited herein. The flexible display screen 10 can constantly be folded in the use, and in the repeated folding process, the kink 1102 of the flexible display screen 10 can constantly be stretched or compressed, so that the kink 1102 can gradually become uneven, wrinkles easily appear, the display effect of the flexible display screen 10 is not only affected, and the service life of the flexible display screen 10 can be seriously shortened. This embodiment sets up elasticity module 12 through the display module back at flexible display module 11, rely on elasticity of elasticity module 12, make kink 1102 be in tensile state all the time, even if kink 1102 fold has appeared at the in-process of relapseing folding, also can resume the horizontality under elasticity module 12's elasticity effect, thereby can not influence the display effect of flexible display screen 10, help prolonging the life of flexible display screen 10, and then the extension has adopted this flexible display screen 10's terminal equipment 20's life.

Referring to fig. 2 to 4, in an embodiment, the elastic module 12 includes at least one elastic sheet 121, the elastic sheet 121 includes a connection portion 1211 and an elastic portion 1212, wherein the connection portion 1211 is connected to the flat display portion 1101, for example, the connection portion 1211 can be adhered to the back surface of the flat display portion 1101 by glue; the elastic portion 1212 is disposed on a side of the bending portion 1102 facing away from the display image for providing an elastic force. According to the difference in the number of the bending portions 1102, the number of the elastic portions 1212 is correspondingly different, so that at least one elastic portion 1212 is disposed on a side of each bending portion 1102 facing away from the display image, thereby providing sufficient elastic force for the bending portions 1102 and ensuring that the bending portions 1102 are in a stretched state. The number of the elastic pieces 121 may be one, a plurality of the elastic pieces may be provided, and the elastic pieces may be stacked or arranged side by side as long as at least one elastic portion 1212 is provided on the back surface of each bent portion 1102.

Referring to fig. 2 and fig. 3, in an embodiment, the number of the bending portion 1102 is one, the number of the elastic sheet 121 is one, and the number of the elastic portion 1212 is one, at this time, the number of the connecting portions 1211 is two, the two connecting portions 1211 are connected to two ends of the elastic portion 1212 respectively, and the two connecting portions 1211 are connected to the flat panel display portion 1101 respectively, so as to fix the elastic portion 1212.

Referring to fig. 7 and 8, in another embodiment, the number of the bending portion 1102 is one, the number of the elastic pieces 121 is multiple (where multiple means more than two), the multiple elastic pieces 121 are stacked on the back of the display module, and the back of the bending portion 1102 corresponds to the multiple elastic portions 1212 stacked in a stacked manner, so that a stronger elastic force can be provided for the bending portion 1102 to ensure that the bending portion 1102 is in a stretched state.

Referring to fig. 9, in another embodiment, the number of the bending portions 1102 is two, the number of the elastic pieces 121 is one, the number of the elastic portions 1212 in each elastic piece 121 is two, at this time, the number of the connecting portions 1211 is three, and the three connecting portions 1211 are sequentially connected to the elastic portions 1212. An elastic portion 1212 is correspondingly disposed on the back of each bending portion 1102, and the three connecting portions 1211 are respectively connected to the flat panel display portion 1101, so as to fix the elastic portion 1212.

In another embodiment, the number of the bending portions 1102 is two, the number of the elastic pieces 121 is multiple, the elastic pieces 121 are stacked on the back of the display module, the number of the elastic portions 1212 in each elastic piece 121 is two, the number of the connecting portions 1211 in each elastic piece 121 is three, and the three connecting portions 1211 are sequentially connected to the elastic portions 1212. The back surface of each bending portion 1102 corresponds to a plurality of elastic portions 1212 arranged in a stacked manner, so that a stronger elastic force can be provided for the bending portion 1102 to ensure that each bending portion 1102 is in a stretched state.

In yet another embodiment, the number of the bending portions 1102 is two, the number of the elastic pieces 121 is two, the two elastic pieces 121 are connected to the back of the display module side by side, the number of the elastic portions 1212 in each elastic piece 121 is one, and at this time, one elastic portion 1212 is correspondingly disposed on the back of each bending portion 1102, so that sufficient elastic force can be provided for the bending portions 1102 to ensure that the bending portions 1102 are in a stretched state.

Of course, in other embodiments, the number of the bending portions 1102 may also be other values, and the number of the elastic pieces 121 may also be other values, which is not limited to the above case.

Referring to fig. 3, in one embodiment, the elastic sheet 121 may be made of an elastic plastic sheet (e.g., a parylene plastic) or a stainless steel sheet. The elastic portion 1212 protrudes away from the bent portion 1102, and the elastic portion 1212 is in a compressed state, so as to provide an elastic force to the bent portion 1102. The shape of the elastic portion 1212 may be set as required, for example, the elastic portion 1212 may be an arc protruding away from the bending portion 1102, and in this case, the arc may be a small arc, or may form a semicircle. Of course, in other embodiments, the elastic portion 1212 may have other shapes, such as an elliptical arc protruding away from the bent portion 1102, which is not limited to the above case, and is not limited herein.

Referring to fig. 10, in an embodiment, the elastic portion 1212 includes at least one spring in a compressed state, and two ends of the spring are respectively connected to the connection portion 1211, so that the spring in the compressed state can provide an elastic force to the bent portion 1102, so that the bent portion 1102 is in a stretched state. The number of the springs may be set as needed, and for example, the number of the springs may be one or two or more, as long as sufficient elastic force can be provided. When the number of the springs is two or more, for the convenience and the firmness of the connection, the connection plate 1213 may be disposed at the end of the connection portion 1211, the connection plate 1213 may be disposed vertically with respect to the connection portion 1211, the two ends of the spring are respectively connected to the two connection plates 1213 which are oppositely disposed, and the plurality of springs may be parallel or non-parallel to each other. In other embodiments, the elastic portion 1212 may also include at least one rubber in a compressed state, and both ends of the rubber are respectively connected to the connecting portions 1211. It should be understood that the resilient portion 1212 may be made of other resilient materials, and is not limited herein.

It should be understood that in other embodiments, the elastic sheet 12 may have other forms, and is not limited to the above.

Referring to fig. 11, in an embodiment, the flexible display module 11 includes a flexible cover 111 and a display panel 112 stacked together, in which the flexible cover 111 is attached to a side surface of the display panel 112 for displaying images, and the elastic sheet 121 of the elastic module 12 is disposed on a side surface of the display panel 112 opposite to the flexible cover 111. An OCA (optical Clear Adhesive) layer may be disposed between the flexible cover 111 and the display panel 112, so that the flexible cover 111 and the display panel 112 are reliably connected and the display effect of the display panel 112 is not affected. The flexible cover 111 is made of a transparent material, such as a bendable glass or a transparent plastic, and can protect the display panel 112 while allowing light to pass through when the display panel 112 displays image information, so that a user can view information displayed on the display panel 112. The type of the display panel 112 may be set according to needs, and may be, for example, an LCD display panel (liquid crystal display), an OLED display panel (organic light emitting diode display), an AMOLED display panel, and the like, without limitation.

Referring to fig. 11, in an embodiment, the display panel 112 is a liquid crystal display panel, the liquid crystal display panel includes a backlight unit 1121 and a display unit 1122, the display unit 1122 is disposed at a side close to the flexible cover 121, and the elastic sheet 121 is disposed at a side of the backlight unit 1121 opposite to the display unit 1122. Since the lcd module cannot emit light, the backlight unit 1121 is required to provide backlight to the display unit 1122, and the display unit 1122 displays images by means of the backlight.

Referring to fig. 12, in an embodiment, the backlight unit 1121 is a direct-type backlight unit and includes a first light source unit 131 and a diffusion plate 132. The light source unit 131 includes a substrate 1310 and a plurality of first light sources 1311, and the first light sources 1311 are disposed on one surface of the substrate 1310 to provide backlight for the display unit 1122. The diffusion plate 132 is disposed on the light emitting path of the first light source 1311, and is configured to diffuse the light of the first light source 1311 and emit the light to the display unit 1122. The first light source 1311 may be an LED light source, and the diffusion plate 132 may be made of PMMA (Polymethyl methacrylate), PC (Polycarbonate), PS (Polystyrene), or PP (Polypropylene), and light scattering particles made of inorganic or organic materials are added in the diffusion plate, or a microstructure is disposed on the surface of the diffusion plate, so that incident light is refracted, reflected, and scattered in different directions, thereby changing a projection route of light emitted by the light source 1311, and achieving an effect of fully diffusing the incident light. Meanwhile, the diffusion plate 132 has a good shielding effect on the lamp shadow of the first light source unit 131, so that the light is more uniform. In order to improve the utilization rate of the light generated by the light source 1311, a reflective film may be disposed on the surface of the substrate 1310, so that the light generated by the light source 1311 may be reflected, and finally all the light may exit through the diffusion plate 132.

Referring to fig. 13, in an embodiment, the backlight unit 1121 is an edge type backlight unit, which is beneficial to reduce the thickness of the backlight unit 1121, so that the backlight unit 1121 is thinner and thinner. The edge type backlight unit includes a light guide plate 141 and a second light source unit 142. The second light source unit 142 includes at least one light source, which may be an LED light source, and a plurality of light sources are disposed at a side surface of the light guide plate 141 such that light generated therefrom can be incident through the side surface of the light guide plate 141. The light guide plate 141 is provided with a light emitting surface, and a side surface of the light guide plate 141 opposite to the light emitting surface is provided with dot patterns with different densities and sizes, and the dot patterns can scatter light rays towards all directions, so that the light rays are distributed more uniformly, and meanwhile, the light rays can be emitted through the light emitting surface. In order to improve the utilization rate of the light generated by the second light source, a reflective sheet 143 may be further disposed on a surface of the light guide plate 141 facing away from the light exit surface, so that the light generated by the second light source may be reflected, and the light finally exits through the light exit surface of the light guide plate 141.

Referring to fig. 12 and 13, in an embodiment, the backlight unit 1121 further includes a film unit 151 disposed on a light incident path of the liquid crystal display panel, and the film unit 151 includes a diffusion sheet, a prism sheet, or both a diffusion sheet and a prism sheet, which is helpful for improving backlight quality. The diffusion piece includes substrate layer, diffusion layer and inoxidizing coating, and wherein the substrate layer can be made by PET material or PC material, contains the diffusion particle of a plurality of inconsistent sizes in the diffusion layer, and the inoxidizing coating is the protective layer that sets up at another surface of substrate layer, can prevent effectively that closely laminating or fish tail between the diaphragm from between the diaphragm. The diffusion sheet can also shield the mesh points of the light guide plate, and is favorable for improving the brightness of emergent light, improving the uniformity of brightness and improving the visual angle. The prism sheet can condense the wide-angle divergent light from the light guide plate to be emitted in a smaller angle range, thereby increasing the brightness of the front view angle. The number of layers of the prism sheet may be set as needed, and may be one layer or multiple layers.

It should be understood that whether the backlight unit 1121 is of the direct-type or the edge-type, the flexible display 12 is made of a bendable material to meet the bending characteristics.

Referring to fig. 14, in an embodiment, the display unit 1122 includes a first polarizer 161, a color filter substrate 162, a liquid crystal layer 163, an array substrate 164, and a second polarizer 165 sequentially disposed. The first polarizer 161 is attached to the surface of the color filter substrate 162, the second polarizer 165 is attached to the surface of the array substrate 164, the polarization directions of the first polarizer 161 and the second polarizer 165 may be the same or perpendicular to each other, and the first polarizer 161 and the second polarizer 165 may be arranged as required, so that the first polarizer 161 and the second polarizer 165 form a polarizing optical system, and light rays meeting the polarization direction of the optical system can pass through the polarizing optical system. The array substrate 164 is a flexible array substrate, the color film substrate 162 is a flexible color film substrate, a plurality of liquid crystal molecules arranged in a preset direction are arranged in the liquid crystal layer 163 between the array substrate 164 and the color film substrate 162, the array substrate 164 can control the arrangement direction of the liquid crystal molecules, and corresponding image information can be displayed by matching with the color film substrate 162. It should be understood that, in order to satisfy the bending characteristics of the flexible display 12, the materials of the components in the lcd panel are selected to be bendable.

In one embodiment, the display panel 112 is an OLED display panel, and since an organic material capable of emitting light under current driving is disposed in the OLED display panel, a backlight unit is not required. Moreover, the OLED display panel can be bent to a corresponding shape as required.

Referring to fig. 15, in one embodiment, the OLED display panel includes a flexible substrate layer 171, a first electrode layer 172, a first transmission layer 173, an organic light emitting layer 174, a second transmission layer 175, and a second electrode layer 176, which are sequentially stacked, wherein the flexible substrate layer 171 is adjacent to the flexible cover plate 121; the first electrode layer 172 and the second electrode layer 176 are oppositely arranged, and the polarities of the two are opposite (when one is positive, the other is negative), so as to generate an electric field; the first and second transport layers 173 and 175 are used to transport electrons and holes, respectively, which move to the organic light emitting layer 174 under the action of an electric field and generate light rays after being recombined in the organic light emitting layer 174, and the light rays are emitted from the flexible base layer 171.

Referring to fig. 15, in an embodiment, the OLED display panel further includes a third polarizer 177, the third polarizer 177 is disposed between the flexible substrate layer 171 and the flexible cover plate 111, and only light with a specific polarization direction among the light generated by the organic light emitting layer 174 can pass through the third polarizer 177 and then exit.

It should be understood that in the above embodiment, the flexible display 12 is only used for displaying image information, and when a touch sensor is added to the flexible display 12, the flexible display 12 may become a touch screen, and a touch operation may be implemented.

Referring to fig. 16, in an embodiment, the flexible display module 11 further includes a touch sensing layer 113, and the touch sensing layer 113 is disposed between the flexible cover 111 and the display panel 112 for sensing the operation of the user. Due to the flexible cover 111, the touch sensing layer 113 and the display panel 112 can be protected at the same time, and the operation of the touch sensing layer 113 is not affected.

Referring to fig. 17, the present embodiment further provides a terminal device 20 including the flexible display 10.

In one embodiment, the terminal device 20 may be a mobile phone, and of course, the terminal device 20 may also be other types of terminals, not limited to a mobile phone, and may also be a device such as a tablet computer. Referring to fig. 17, in a case that the terminal device 20 is a mobile phone, at this time, the terminal device 20 may further include at least one middle frame 21, and the middle frame 21 is connected to the flat display portion 1101 of the flexible display module 11 in the flexible display screen 10. The number of the middle frames 21 may be one or plural. When the number of the middle frames 21 is one, it is connected to the back of one flat display portion 1101; when the number of the middle frames 21 is plural, one middle frame 21 may be connected to the back surface of each of the flat display portions 1101. Of course, the terminal device 20 may further include other components, which are not listed completely, for example, an accommodating space is provided in the middle frame 21 for installing electronic components such as a battery, a main board, a microphone, and a camera assembly of the terminal device 20, and the main board may integrate electronic components such as a processor, a storage unit, a power management module, and a baseband chip of the terminal device 20.

The beneficial effects of the terminal device 20 provided by the embodiment at least include the following: this embodiment sets up elasticity module 12 through the back at flexible display module 11, rely on elasticity of elasticity module 12, make kink 1102 be in tensile state all the time, even if kink 1102 fold has appeared at the in-process of relapseing folding, also can be in the horizontality under elasticity module 12's elasticity effect, thereby can not influence the display effect of flexible display screen 10, help prolonging the life of flexible display screen 10, and then the extension has adopted this flexible display screen 10's terminal equipment 20's life.

Referring to fig. 18, fig. 18 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device 20 according to an embodiment of the present application. The terminal device 20 may include Radio Frequency (RF) circuitry 501, a memory 502 including at least one computer-readable storage medium, an input unit 503, a display unit 504, a sensor 504, an audio circuit 506, a Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) module 507, a processor 508 including at least one processing core, and a power supply 509. It should be understood that the terminal device 20 configuration shown in fig. 18 does not constitute a limitation of the terminal device 20, and may include more or fewer components than shown, or some components in combination, or a different arrangement of components.

The rf circuit 501 may be used for receiving and transmitting information, or receiving and transmitting signals during a call, and in particular, receives downlink information of a base station and then sends the received downlink information to the at least one processor 508 for processing; in addition, data relating to uplink is transmitted to the base station. In general, radio frequency circuit 501 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one Amplifier, a tuner, at least one oscillator, a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card, a transceiver, a coupler, a Low Noise Amplifier (LNA), a duplexer, and the like. In addition, the radio frequency circuit 501 may also communicate with a network and other devices through wireless communication. The wireless communication may use any communication standard or protocol, including but not limited to Global System for Mobile communication (GSM), General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), Long Term Evolution (LTE), email, Short Messaging Service (SMS), etc.

The memory 502 may be used to store applications and data. Memory 502 stores applications containing executable code. The application programs may constitute various functional modules. The processor 508 executes various functional applications and data processing by executing application programs stored in the memory 502. The memory 502 may mainly include a program storage area and a data storage area, wherein the program storage area may store an operating system, an application program required by at least one function (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.), and the like; the storage data area may store data (such as audio data, a phonebook, etc.) created according to the use of the terminal device 20, and the like. Further, the memory 502 may include high speed random access memory, and may also include non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other volatile solid state storage device. Accordingly, the memory 502 may also include a memory controller to provide the processor 508 and the input unit 503 access to the memory 502.

The input unit 503 may be used to receive input numbers, character information, or user characteristic information (such as a fingerprint), and generate a keyboard, mouse, joystick, optical, or trackball signal input related to user setting and function control. In particular, in one particular embodiment, the input unit 503 may include a touch-sensitive surface as well as other input devices. The touch-sensitive surface, also referred to as a touch display screen or a touch pad, may collect touch operations by a user (e.g., operations by a user on or near the touch-sensitive surface using a finger, a stylus, or any other suitable object or attachment) thereon or nearby, and drive the corresponding connection device according to a predetermined program. Alternatively, the touch sensitive surface may comprise two parts, a touch detection means and a touch controller. The touch detection device detects the touch direction of a user, detects a signal brought by touch operation and transmits the signal to the touch controller; the touch controller receives touch information from the touch sensing device, converts the touch information into touch point coordinates, sends the touch point coordinates to the processor 508, and can receive and execute commands sent by the processor 508.

The display unit 504 may be used to display information input by or provided to the user and various graphical user interfaces of the terminal device 20, which may be made up of graphics, text, icons, video, and any combination thereof. The display unit 504 may include a display panel. Alternatively, the Display panel may be configured in the form of a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), an Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED), or the like. Further, the touch-sensitive surface may overlay the display panel, and when a touch operation is detected on or near the touch-sensitive surface, the touch operation is transmitted to the processor 508 to determine the type of touch event, and then the processor 508 provides a corresponding visual output on the display panel according to the type of touch event. Although in FIG. 18 the touch sensitive surface and the display panel are two separate components to implement input and output functions, in some embodiments the touch sensitive surface may be integrated with the display panel to implement input and output functions. It is understood that the display screen may include an input unit 503 and a display unit 504.

The terminal device 20 may also include at least one sensor 505, such as light sensors, motion sensors, and other sensors. Specifically, the light sensor may include an ambient light sensor that adjusts the brightness of the display panel according to the brightness of ambient light, and a proximity sensor that turns off the display panel and/or the backlight when the terminal device 20 is moved to the ear. As one of the motion sensors, the gravity acceleration sensor can detect the magnitude of acceleration in each direction (generally, three axes), can detect the magnitude and direction of gravity when the mobile phone is stationary, and can be used for applications of recognizing the posture of the mobile phone (such as horizontal and vertical screen switching, related games, magnetometer posture calibration), vibration recognition related functions (such as pedometer and tapping), and the like; as for other sensors such as a gyroscope, a barometer, a hygrometer, a thermometer, and an infrared sensor, which can be configured on the terminal device 20, detailed description thereof is omitted.

Audio circuitry 506 may provide an audio interface between the user and terminal device 20 through a speaker, microphone. The audio circuit 506 can convert the received audio data into an electrical signal, transmit the electrical signal to a speaker, and convert the electrical signal into a sound signal to output; on the other hand, the microphone converts the collected sound signal into an electrical signal, which is received by the audio circuit 506 and converted into audio data, and the audio data is processed by the audio data output processor 508, and then sent to another terminal device 20 through the rf circuit 501, or the audio data is output to the memory 502 for further processing. Audio circuitry 506 may also include an earphone jack to provide communication of a peripheral earphone with terminal device 20.

Wireless fidelity (WiFi) belongs to short-range wireless transmission technology, and the terminal device 20 can help the user send and receive e-mail, browse web pages, access streaming media and the like through the wireless fidelity module 507, and provides wireless broadband internet access for the user. Although fig. 18 shows the wireless fidelity module 507, it is understood that it does not belong to the essential constitution of the terminal device 20, and may be omitted entirely as needed within the scope not changing the essence of the invention.

The processor 508 is a control center of the terminal device 20 and may be sometimes referred to as a main controller, and the processor 508 connects various parts of the entire terminal device 20 by using various interfaces and lines, and performs various functions of the terminal device 20 and processes data by running or executing an application program stored in the memory 502 and calling data stored in the memory 502, thereby performing overall monitoring of the terminal device 20. Optionally, processor 508 may include one or more processing cores; alternatively, the processor 508 may integrate an application processor, which primarily handles operating systems, user interfaces, applications, etc., and a modem processor, which primarily handles wireless communications. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into the processor 508.

The terminal device 20 also includes a power supply 509 to supply power to the various components. Preferably, the power supply 509 may be logically connected to the processor 508 through a power management system, so that the power management system may manage charging, discharging, and power consumption. The power supply 509 may also include any component such as one or more dc or ac power sources, recharging systems, power failure detection circuitry, power converters or inverters, power status indicators, and the like.

Although not shown in fig. 18, the terminal device 20 may further include a bluetooth module or the like, which is not described in detail herein. In specific implementation, the above modules may be implemented as independent entities, or may be combined arbitrarily to be implemented as the same or several entities, and specific implementation of the above modules may refer to the foregoing method embodiments, which are not described herein again.

The above description is only exemplary of the present application and should not be taken as limiting the present application, as any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present application should be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A flexible display screen, comprising:

the elastic module is connected to one side, back to the display image, of the flexible display module and used for providing elastic force for the bent part so that the bent part is in a stretching state, the elastic module comprises at least one elastic piece, the elastic piece comprises a connecting part and an elastic part, the connecting part is connected with the plane display part, the elastic part is arranged on one side, back to the display image, of the bent part and used for providing elastic force, the elastic part is protruded towards the direction far away from the bent part, and the elastic part is in a compression state;

the back of the bending part is correspondingly provided with one elastic part or a plurality of elastic parts which are arranged in a stacked mode.

2. The flexible display screen of claim 1, wherein the shape of the elastic portion is an arc protruding away from the bending portion.

3. The flexible display of claim 1, wherein the elastic sheet is a sheet of elastic plastic or stainless steel.

4. The flexible display screen of claim 1, wherein the elastic portion comprises at least one spring in a compressed state, and both ends of the spring are respectively connected with the connecting portion;

5. The flexible display screen of any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the flexible display module comprises a flexible cover plate and a display panel which are stacked;

6. The flexible display screen of claim 5, wherein the display panel is a liquid crystal display panel, the liquid crystal display panel comprises a backlight unit and a display unit, the display unit is disposed on a side close to the flexible cover plate, and the elastic module is disposed on a surface of the backlight unit;

or, the display panel is an organic light emitting diode display panel.

7. The flexible display screen of claim 5, wherein the flexible display module further comprises a touch sensing layer disposed between the flexible cover sheet and the display panel.

8. A terminal device, characterized in that it comprises a flexible display screen according to any one of claims 1 to 7.