TWM473656U - Portable electronic device having reminder function by appearance variation - Google Patents

Abstract

A portable electronic device having a reminder function by an appearance variation is disclosed in the present invention. The portable electronic device includes a casing, a decorative component and a moving mechanism. A hole is formed on the casing. The decorative component is movably disposed inside the casing and aligns with the hole. The moving mechanism is disposed inside the casing for supporting the decorative component. The moving mechanism can move the decorative component relative to the casing according to a driving signal, and the decorative component is able to move out and move back into the hole accordingly.

Description

Portable electronic device with appearance change as a reminding function

The present invention provides a portable electronic device, and more particularly a portable electronic device that uses a change in appearance as a reminder function.

When a traditional hand-held phone receives a message, a letter, or an incoming call, it usually uses a ringing, vibrating, or flashing light to alert the user to an unread message, an unread message, or a missed call. The use of ringing as a reminder notification is not suitable for use in places such as libraries, cinemas, and conference rooms that can easily interfere with others. When a hand-held phone is placed on the desktop, the use of vibration as a reminder notification can produce noise, which in the same way affects other people's work. The use of illuminating flashing as a reminder notification makes it difficult for the user to notice the hand-held phone in the situation where the background light source is brighter. Therefore, how to design a reminder notification technology that can be easily distinguished by users but does not interfere with others, to supply portable electronic products for use, is one of the development goals of the relevant consumer electronics industry. .

The present invention provides a portable electronic device with a change in appearance as a prompt function to solve the above problems.

The patent application scope of the present invention discloses a portable electronic device that uses a change in appearance as a prompting function, and includes a housing, an appearance member, and a moving mechanism. The housing has a hole. The exterior member is movably disposed within the housing and aligned with the aperture. The moving mechanism carries the appearance member and is disposed within the housing. Mobile mechanism is driven by drive signal The appearance member moves relative to the housing to allow the appearance member to pass through or retract into the hole. The appearance component generates a reciprocating back and forth movement relative to the broken hole according to the characteristics of the driving signal. The appearance member includes the first section and the second section that are connected. The size of the first section is substantially equal to the size of the breach, and the size of the second section is substantially larger than the size of the breach.

The scope of the patent application of the present invention further discloses that the portable electronic device further includes a pressure sensor and a controller. The pressure sensor is placed on the moving mechanism. The controller is electrically connected to the pressure sensor. When the controller determines that the pressure value of the pressure sensor is greater than the preset threshold, the controller outputs a corresponding control command. The controller is further electrically connected to the moving mechanism. The controller outputs a drive signal to the moving mechanism to drive the movement of the appearance member relative to the housing.

The scope of the patent application of the present invention further discloses that the moving mechanism is an extendable element composed of a memory metal. The extendable element produces a structural deformation along a predetermined direction based on the drive signal. The amount of structural deformation of the extendable element corresponds to the amount of heat generated by the drive signal. The extendable element is a helical elastic element or a long rod.

The scope of the patent application of the present invention further discloses that the moving mechanism comprises an electric motor and an actuating unit. The appearance member is disposed on the actuation unit, and the motor is electrically connected to the actuation unit. The motor moves the actuation unit in response to the drive signal. The actuating unit is a gear set or a slider track set.

The portable electronic device of the present invention utilizes the movement change of the appearance member relative to the housing as a reminding function, and produces an obvious visual reminding effect without disturbing noise, and has the advantages of simple structure, low cost and convenient operation.

10‧‧‧Portable electronic devices

12‧‧‧ housing

121‧‧‧Breaking

14‧‧‧ appearance parts

141‧‧‧ first section

143‧‧‧second section

16‧‧‧Mobile agencies

16A‧‧‧Extensible components

161‧‧‧Electric motor

163‧‧‧Activity unit

18‧‧‧Support

20‧‧‧ Controller

22‧‧‧ Pressure Sensor

D‧‧‧Predetermined direction

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a portable electronic device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

2 and 3 are structural cross-sectional views of the portable electronic device according to the first embodiment of the present invention in different operating states.

FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing another aspect of the portable electronic device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing the structure of the portable electronic device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

Please refer to FIG. 1 . FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a portable electronic device 10 according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The portable electronic device 10 can be a handheld phone or a tablet computer, and utilizes the movement change of the appearance structure as a prompt function. The portable electronic device 10 includes a housing 12, an appearance member 14, and a moving mechanism 16. The housing 12 has a hole 121. The appearance member 14 is movably disposed in the housing 12 corresponding to the position of the hole 121. The moving mechanism 16 is disposed inside the housing 12 and abuts against the appearance member 14. The portable electronic device 10 can further include a support member 18, and the moving mechanism 16 is disposed on the support member 18. The support member 18 may be a structural member that is independent of the housing 12 or may be integrally formed in the housing 12 to be the bottom plate of the housing 12.

The portable electronic device 10 further includes a controller 20 disposed in the portable electronic device 10 and electrically connected to the mobile mechanism 16 . When the communication function of the portable electronic device 10 is activated, for example, receiving an incoming call, a short message or a letter, the controller 20 outputs a driving signal to the moving mechanism 16, and the moving mechanism 16 drives the appearance member 14 relative to the housing according to the driving signal. The movement is generated so that the appearance member 14 can be worn out or retracted into the hole 121, and the user is notified of an unknown communication record by the appearance change of the portable electronic device 10 (movement of the appearance member 14). For example, when a communication module (not shown) of the portable electronic device 10 receives an incoming call, the controller 20 can output a driving signal of a square wave or a sine wave waveform, so that the moving mechanism 16 can be based on the characteristics of the driving signal. Corresponding changes are generated to cause the appearance member 14 to reciprocally move back and forth relative to the hole 121.

Please refer to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 . FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 are respectively structural cross-sectional views of the portable electronic device 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention in different operating states. In the first embodiment, the moving mechanism 16 is an extendable member 16A composed of a memory metal (SMA) which is capable of deforming a structure along a predetermined direction D according to a driving signal. Further, the extendable component 16A is a metal material The resistor and the driving signal are an electronic signal; the heat generated when the driving signal passes through the extendable element 16A causes the extendable element 16A to generate a corresponding amount of structural deformation. The shape of the extendable element 16A can be a helical spring element or a long rod type, and embodiments of the present invention employ a helical spring to provide a greater amount of structural deformation. However, the shape of the extendable member 16A is not limited to the above-described application aspect, and any structure that ensures stable extension and contraction of the extendable member 16A along the predetermined direction D when the heat is changed is a design of the present invention.

As shown in Fig. 2, the portable electronic device 10 is in a normal standby mode, and the extendable element 16A is maintained in a short configuration. Since the appearance member 14 can include a first section 141 and a second section 143 connected to each other, as shown in FIG. 1, the size of the first section 141 is substantially equal to the size of the hole 121, and the second section The size of the segment 143 is substantially larger than the size of the hole 121, so that in the standby mode, the first section 141 of the appearance member 14 is concealed within the hole 121 of the housing 12, and the second section 143 is away from the housing 12. Inner wall. Next, as shown in FIG. 3, when the portable electronic device 10 receives the communication, the controller 20 outputs the driving signal to the extendable element 16A. The extendable member 16A extends into a long configuration due to an increase in temperature to urge the second section 143 of the appearance member 14 against the inner wall of the housing 12, and the first section 141 thereof protrudes out of the hole 121. .

During the process of outputting the driving signal by the controller 20, the temperature of the extendable element 16A rises and falls correspondingly with the waveform of the driving signal in a certain period of time, so that the structural length of the extending element 16A can reciprocate along a specific frequency. Sexually stretch and shorten. In this way, the user can see that the appearance member 14 of the portable electronic device 10 protrudes and retracts into the casing 12 in a simple harmonic motion, so that the creation does not cause noise to interfere with others, and can be distinguished by the appearance. The change prompts the user to have an unknown incoming call message.

When the portable electronic device 10 is placed on the carrying surface with the appearance member 14 facing upward, the appearance change can be used as an incoming call prompt. In addition, when the portable electronic device 10 is placed in a face-down manner, the protruding appearance member 14 can be used as a bracket to change the viewing angle of the portable electronic device 10. In particular, the movement mechanism 16 The structural strength needs to be pre-designed so that the bearing strength is greater than the weight of the portable electronic device 10. When the portable electronic device 10 receives the incoming call message, the moving mechanism 16 moves the appearance member 14 out of the hole 121 to push the bearing surface (for example, the table top), and the housing 12 can be raised by the appearance member 14 by the reaction force. The portable electronic device 10 can utilize the appearance member 14 as a stand to adjust the viewing angle of the portable electronic device 10.

Please refer to FIG. 4 , which is a schematic diagram of another aspect of the portable electronic device 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The portable electronic device 10 further includes a pressure sensor 22 disposed on the moving mechanism 16 and electrically connected to the controller 20. In addition to the usual way of picking up the portable electronic device 10 to answer/view incoming call messages, the present invention also provides a convenient method of pressing the raised appearance member 14 to answer/view incoming call messages. When the portable electronic device 10 receives the incoming call message, the appearance component 14 is partially pushed out of the hole 121; at this time, the user can directly press the appearance member 14, and the pressure sensor 22 receives the pressure generated by the user to apply an external force. value. If the pressure value is too small (for example, less than the weight of the portable electronic device 10), the controller 20 determines that no external force is generated; if the pressure value is greater than a predetermined threshold (eg, greater than the weight of the portable electronic device 10), the controller 20 determines When the user presses the appearance member 14, the corresponding control command can be output to answer the call or open the message.

Please refer to FIG. 5 , which is a cross-sectional view showing the structure of the portable electronic device 10 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The second embodiment uses a moving mechanism 16 that is driven by electricity. The moving mechanism 16 can include an electric motor 161 and an actuating unit 163. The appearance member 14 is disposed on the actuation unit 163, and the motor 161 is electrically connected to the actuation unit 163. When receiving the incoming call message, the controller 20 outputs a driving signal to the motor 161. The motor 161 moves the actuating unit 163 according to the driving signal, so that the appearance member 14 can be worn out or retracted into the hole 121 to cause a change in the appearance structure. The actuating unit 163 can be a gear set or a pulley slide set, and the appearance member 14 is moved up and down by mechanical transmission.

In summary, the author uses the driving signal generated by the incoming call message to drive the moving mechanism, so that the appearance piece can be persistent with respect to the hole of the casing during the incoming call message. The reciprocating movement allows the user to visually observe the prompts issued by the portable electronic device. The appearance component may be a decorative part of a portable electronic device, a company logo, a wear pad and the like, and is usually disposed on the back of the casing. When the portable electronic device is placed on the carrying surface in a back-up manner, the reciprocating protruding and retracting appearance of the housing can enhance the appearance of the portable electronic device; the user can also press the appearance to answer the call or Open messages and letters. When the portable electronic device is placed on the carrying surface in a back-down manner, the appearance member can change the angle between the housing and the supporting surface to lift the portable electronic device. However, this mode does not cause the portable electronic device to hit the portable electronic device. The bearing surface does not generate noise; at this time, the user can directly press down the casing to answer the call or open the message and the letter.

Compared with the prior art, the portable electronic device of the present invention utilizes the movement change of the appearance member relative to the housing as a reminding function, which produces a clear visual reminding effect without disturbing noise, and has the advantages of simple structure and low cost. The advantage of easy operation.

10‧‧‧Portable electronic devices

12‧‧‧ housing

121‧‧‧Breaking

14‧‧‧ appearance parts

141‧‧‧ first section

143‧‧‧second section

16‧‧‧Mobile agencies

16A‧‧‧Extensible components

18‧‧‧Support

20‧‧‧ Controller

Claims (9)

A portable electronic device with a change in appearance as a prompting function, comprising: a housing having a broken hole; and an appearance member disposed in the housing in a movable manner and aligned with the broken hole; a moving mechanism disposed in the housing and abutting the appearance component; and a controller electrically connected to the moving mechanism, the controller generating a driving signal when the communication function of the portable electronic device is activated The moving mechanism drives the appearance member to move relative to the housing according to the driving signal, so that the appearance member passes through or retracts into the hole. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the appearance member reciprocates back and forth with respect to the hole according to the characteristic of the driving signal. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the appearance component comprises a first segment and a second segment connected, the first segment having a size substantially equal to the size of the hole, and The size of the second section is substantially larger than the size of the breach. The portable electronic device of claim 1, further comprising: a pressure sensor disposed on the moving mechanism and electrically connected to the controller, the controller determining a pressure of the pressure sensor When the value is greater than a preset threshold, a corresponding control command is output. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the moving mechanism is an extendable component composed of a memory metal, and the extendable component generates structural deformation along a predetermined direction according to the driving signal. The portable electronic device of claim 5, wherein the amount of structural deformation of the extendable component corresponds to the amount of heat generated by the drive signal. The portable electronic device of claim 6, wherein the extendable component is a spiral elastic component or a long bar. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the moving mechanism comprises an electric motor and an actuating unit, the appearance member is disposed on the actuating unit, the motor is electrically connected to the actuating unit, and the electric motor is The drive signal moves the actuation unit. The portable electronic device of claim 8, wherein the actuating unit is a gear set or a slider slide group.