Electronic equipment and control method and system

Abstract

The invention discloses an electronic device and a control method and system, and the electronic device comprises a housing, a plurality of target light-emitting coatings, a plurality of conductive media which are electrically connected with the plurality of target light-emitting coatings, and a control module. And the control module is used for controlling the conductive medium of at least one target light-emitting coating in the plurality of target light-emitting coatings to be electrified according to the obtained time data, so that the plurality of target light-emitting coatings represent the time of the time data through the light effect identifier of the at least one target light-emitting coating.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of electronic equipment, and in particular to an electronic equipment, a control method and a system. Background Art

[0002] Currently, the surfaces of electronic devices on the market are relatively monotonous and lack functional decoration. In relevant technical solutions, a color ink screen is added to the surface of the device to solve the problem of lack of functional decoration on the surface of the device. However, this solution has the problem of increasing the thickness and weight of the whole device, which affects the user experience. Summary of the invention

[0003] An embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device, including:

[0004] case;

[0005] A plurality of target luminous coatings, wherein the target luminous coatings are used to emit light when powered on, each of the target luminous coatings is respectively disposed in a target area on the surface of the housing, and each of the target luminous coatings has a different target area;

[0006] A plurality of conductive media, wherein the plurality of conductive media are electrically connected to the plurality of target luminescent coatings;

[0007] The control module is used to control the power-on of the conductive medium of at least one of the multiple target luminous coatings according to the obtained time data, so that the multiple target luminous coatings can represent the time of the time data through the light effect mark of at least one of the target luminous coatings.

[0008] Optionally, the electronic device further includes:

[0009] The light effect identification of at least one of the target luminous coatings includes at least one of the following:

[0010] hour hand, minute hand, second hand, scale; or,

[0011] The light effect identification of at least one of the target luminous coatings includes at least one of the following:

[0012] A number representing the hour, a number representing the minute, a number representing the second, a number representing the day, and a separator.

[0013] Optionally, the electronic device further includes:

[0014] The plurality of target luminous coatings include a first state and a second state, in which the target luminous coating emits light, and in which the target luminous coating does not emit light;

[0015] The shell surface is a first visual effect, the target luminous coating in the first state is a second visual effect, and the target luminous coating in the second state is a third visual effect;

[0016] The first visual effect, the second visual effect and the third visual effect are all different, or

[0017] The first visual effect is the same as the second visual effect, and the third visual effect is different from the first visual effect.

[0018] Optionally, the electronic device further includes:

[0019] The housing comprises a first surface and a second surface, the first surface is opposite to the second surface, the plurality of target luminous coatings are arranged on the first surface, and the control module is located in the direction of the second surface;

[0020] The first surface of the housing is provided with one or more through holes, the plurality of conductive media are electrically connected to the control module through the one or more through holes, and the area where the through holes are provided is the first area;

[0021] The electronic device comprises:

[0022] The product information label is arranged on the first surface of the housing, and the area covered by the product information label includes the first area.

[0023] The present application also provides a control method, including:

[0024] Get time data;

[0025] Based on the time data, the conductive medium of the electronic device is controlled to transmit an electrical signal to at least one of the multiple target luminescent coatings, so that the light effect marker of at least one of the target luminescent coatings represents the time of the time data.

[0026] Optionally, based on the time data, controlling the conductive medium of the electronic device to transmit an electrical signal to at least one of the plurality of target luminous coatings so that the light effect marker of at least one of the target luminous coatings represents the time of the time data includes:

[0027] Based on the time data, the conductive medium of the electronic device is controlled to transmit an electrical signal to a first target light-emitting layer representing the current time mark among the plurality of target light-emitting coatings, so that the first target light-emitting layer is powered on and emits light, thereby generating a first target light effect mark or a second target light mark.

[0028] The first target light effect mark includes at least one of the following:

[0029] Hour hand, minute hand, second hand, scale;

[0030] The second target light effect mark includes at least one of the following:

[0031] A number representing the hour, a number representing the minute, a number representing the second, a number representing the day, and a separator.

[0032] Optionally, based on the time data, controlling the conductive medium of the electronic device to transmit an electrical signal to a first target luminous layer representing the current time mark among the plurality of target luminous coatings, so that the first target luminous layer is powered on and emits light, thereby generating a first target light effect mark, comprises:

[0033] When the next second comes, the luminous pointer on the clock luminous coating layer corresponding to the previous second is turned off, and the luminous pointer on the clock luminous coating layer corresponding to the current time is turned on;

[0034] When the next minute arrives, the luminous pointer on the clock luminous coating layer corresponding to the previous minute is turned off, and the luminous pointer on the clock luminous coating layer corresponding to the current time is turned on;

[0035] When the next hour arrives, the luminous pointer on the clock luminous coating layer corresponding to the previous hour is turned off, and the luminous pointer on the clock luminous coating layer corresponding to the current time is turned on.

[0036] Optionally, obtaining time data includes:

[0037] Get the number of embedded controller cycles;

[0038] When the number of cycles of the embedded controller reaches a preset number, the main board is notified to capture time data;

[0039] The mainboard reads the real-time clock time data, and fills the read real-time clock time data into a system register, and the system register is used to store the current real-time clock time data.

[0040] Optionally, the control method further includes:

[0041] After obtaining the time data, traverse the one-to-one correspondence table between the time data and the luminous pointers on the clock luminous coating to determine the hour luminous pointer corresponding to the hour data in the current time data, the minute luminous pointer corresponding to the minute data in the current time data, and the second luminous pointer corresponding to the second data in the current time data, so as to determine the positions of the hour luminous pointer, minute luminous pointer and second luminous pointer corresponding to the current time data on the clock luminous coating.

[0042] The present application also provides a system, including:

[0043] An acquisition module, used to obtain time data;

[0044] The time characterization module is used to control the conductive medium of the electronic device to transmit an electrical signal to at least one of the multiple target luminous coatings based on the time data, so that the light effect marker of at least one of the target luminous coatings characterizes the time of the time data. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0045] Figure 1a A schematic diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0046] Figure 1b This is a diagram showing the connection relationship between the electronic device control module and the target luminous coating according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0047] Figure 2a This is a schematic diagram of the overall wiring of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0048] Figure 2b This is the correspondence between the illumination of the luminous pointer of the circular clock in the embodiment of the present application and the time data.

[0049] Figure 3a This is a schematic front view of a housing of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0050] Figure 3b This is a schematic diagram of the back side of the housing of the electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0051] Figure 4 This is a flow chart of the control method of an embodiment of the present application.

[0052] Figure 5 This is a flow chart of obtaining time data according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0053] Figure 6 This is a system block diagram of an embodiment of the present application.

[0054] Figure 7 This is a diagram showing the effect of the circular clock luminous coating representing time data in an embodiment of the present application.

[0055] Figure 8 This is a schematic diagram of the time data represented by the luminous coating of a digital clock according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0056] Figure 9a This is the correspondence between the luminous hands of the digital clock and the first digit of the time data in the embodiment of the present application.

[0057] Figure 9b This is the correspondence between the luminous hands of the digital clock and the second digit of the time data in the embodiment of the present application.

[0058] Fig.9c This is the correspondence between the luminous hands of the digital clock and the third digit of the time data in the embodiment of the present application.

[0059] Figure 9d This is the correspondence between the luminous hands of the digital clock and the fourth digit of the time data in the embodiment of the present application.

[0060] Fig.9e This is the correspondence between the luminous hands of the digital clock and the fifth digit of the time data in the embodiment of the present application.

[0061] Figure 9f This is the correspondence between the luminous hands of the digital clock and the sixth digit of the time data in the embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0062] Various aspects and features of the present application are described herein with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0063] It should be understood that various modifications may be made to the embodiments of the present application. Therefore, the above description should not be considered as limiting, but only as an example of an embodiment. Other modifications within the scope and spirit of the present application will occur to those skilled in the art.

[0064] The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of the specification, illustrate embodiments of the present application and, together with the general description of the present application given above and the detailed description of the embodiments given below, serve to explain the principles of the present application.

[0065] These and other characteristics of the present application will become apparent from the following description of a preferred form of embodiment given as a non-limiting example with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0066] It should also be understood that although the present application has been described with reference to some specific examples, those skilled in the art will be able to readily implement many other equivalent forms of the present application.

[0067] The above and other aspects, features and advantages of the present application will become more apparent in view of the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

[0068] Specific embodiments of the present application are described hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings; however, it should be understood that the embodiments applied for are merely examples of the present application, which may be implemented in a variety of ways. Well-known and / or repeated functions and structures are not described in detail to avoid unnecessary or redundant details that obscure the present application. Therefore, the specific structural and functional details applied for herein are not intended to be limiting, but merely serve as a basis and representative basis for the claims to teach those skilled in the art to use the present application in a variety of ways with substantially any suitable detailed structure.

[0069] This specification may use the phrases "in one embodiment," "in another embodiment," "in yet another embodiment," or "in other embodiments," all of which may refer to one or more of the same or different embodiments according to the present application.

[0070] An electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application, such as Figure 1a and Figure 3a As shown, including:

[0071] The housing 1 may be a housing of an electronic device such as a computer or a mobile phone. The housing 1 may be provided with a control module 3 or may not be provided with a control module 3. In the case where the control module 3 is provided in the housing 1, Figure 1b As shown, the conductive medium 4 on the surface of the housing 1 is directly connected to the control module 3. In the case where the control module 3 is not arranged in the housing 1, as shown in FIG. Figure 2a As shown, the housing 1 is externally connected to the control module 3 via an FPC flexible flat cable welded to a conductive medium 4 on the surface of the housing 1;

[0072] A plurality of target luminous coatings 2, wherein the target luminous coatings 2 are used to emit light when powered on, each of the target luminous coatings 2 is respectively arranged in a target area on the surface of the housing 1, and the target area of ​​each of the target luminous coatings 2 is different;

[0073] A plurality of conductive media 4, such as Figure 1b As shown, the plurality of conductive media 4 are electrically connected to the plurality of target luminescent coatings 2;

[0074] The control module 3 is used to control the power-on of the conductive medium 4 of at least one of the multiple target luminous coatings 2 according to the obtained time data, so that the multiple target luminous coatings 2 can represent the time of the time data through the light effect mark of at least one of the target luminous coatings 2.

[0075] The plurality of conductive media 4 and the plurality of luminescent coatings 2 may be electrically connected in a one-to-one correspondence, or a portion of the plurality of luminescent coatings 2 may be connected to one conductive medium 4 .

[0076] Exemplarily, the target luminescent coating 2 can display a pattern by luminescence. The shape of the target luminescent coating 2 can be a functional decorative pattern shape customized by the user, or a specific pattern shape set by the manufacturer. The shape of the target luminescent coating 2 can also be any other pattern shape. In an embodiment of the present application, the shape of the target luminescent coating 2 is the pattern shape of a luminescent clock coating, and the luminescent clock coating can represent the current time of the electronic device through a luminous pointer.

[0077] The target luminescent coating 2 is sprayed into the target area on the surface of the shell 1, so that the target luminescent coating 2 can be accurately sprayed to the predetermined position on the surface of the shell 1, ensuring that it does not occupy the position of other patterns or logos on the surface of the shell 1, which will neither affect the overall beauty of the surface of the shell 1 nor meet the needs of users or manufacturers to spray the target luminescent coating 2 on the surface of the shell 1.

[0078] Exemplarily, the conductive medium 4 can directly connect the target luminescent coating 2 and the control module 3. The conductive medium 4 can not only supply power to the control module 3, but also transmit the control signal of the control module 3 to the target luminescent coating 2. The conductive medium 4 can be any material that can conduct electricity and transmit communication signals.

[0079] Exemplarily, the control module 3 may include the embedded controller and / or the I / O expander, the embedded controller is used to read the time in the electronic device and send a control signal corresponding to the current time, the I / O expander is used to expand the pins of the embedded controller, and the I / O expander can use a dedicated I / O expansion chip to expand the I / O interface of the embedded controller to more I / O interfaces to solve the problem of insufficient I / O interfaces of the embedded controller; the target luminous coating in this example is a clock luminous coating sprayed on the surface of the shell 1, and the MCU.SCL (serial clock line pin) of the embedded controller is used to transmit the luminous pointer type information on the clock luminous coating that is lit by the turned-on Pin, and the luminous pointer types include clock, minute and second, and the MCU.SDA (serial data line pin) of the embedded controller is used to transmit such as Figure 2b The number information of the Pin that is turned on is shown; when the MCU.SCL (serial clock line pin) of the embedded controller transmits the type information of the luminous pointer on the clock luminous coating that is lit by the Pin that is turned on as seconds, and when the number transmitted by the MCU.SDA (serial data line pin) of the embedded controller is 32, the luminous pointer on the clock luminous coating corresponding to the 32nd second is lit to represent 32 seconds in the electronic device time.

[0080] Exemplarily, the control module 3 is not provided in the shell 1, and the shell 1 is externally connected to the control module 3 through an FPC flexible flat cable welded to the conductive medium 4 on the surface of the shell 1. The shell 1 can be a computer shell, and the multiple target luminous coatings 2 can be 72 luminous pointer coatings in the clock luminous coating sprayed on the surface of the computer shell, and the 72 luminous pointer coatings can be 12 inner ring luminous pointer coatings and 60 outer ring luminous pointer coatings. The multiple target luminous coatings 2 represent the time of the time data through the light effect mark of at least one of the target luminous coatings 2, such as Figure 2aAs shown, the multiple conductive media 4 can be electrically connected to the multiple target luminous coatings 2 in a one-to-one correspondence, 72 luminous pointer coatings can be set in 72 target areas, the conductive medium 4 can also be set as a conductive metal paste line printed on the surface of the computer shell, the conductive medium 4 in this example is 72 conductive silver paste lines, the 72 luminous pointer coatings can be electrically connected to the 72 conductive silver paste lines in a one-to-one correspondence, and a soft flat cable for conducting electricity and transmitting control signals can be set on the outside of the computer shell. The 72 conductive silver paste lines can be welded to the 72 pins of the soft flat cable in a one-to-one correspondence, and the 72 pins of the soft flat cable can be connected to the 72 pins of the I / O expander of the system motherboard in the electronic device in a one-to-one correspondence. The I / O expander can be connected to the embedded controller of the system motherboard inside the computer in the electronic device, such as Figure 2a As shown, the EC chip can expand the MCU.SCL (serial clock line pin) and MCU.SDA (serial data line pin) of the EC chip into 72 pins through the I / O expander, and then the expanded 72 pins are connected to the 72 pins of the soft cable one by one, and then the 72 pins of the soft cable are connected to the 72 conductive silver paste wires one by one, and finally, the 72 conductive silver paste wires are connected to the 72 luminous pointer coatings one by one. The embedded controller is combined with the I / O expander, the soft cable and the conductive silver paste wire. Figure 2b The correspondence between the luminous pointer and the time data shown controls the corresponding target luminous coating to emit light to represent the current time in the electronic device.

[0081] The electronic device in this embodiment can be used in all electronic equipment products that can be painted, and will not increase the overall thickness of the electronic device. The production cost is low, and the luminous shape can be customized arbitrarily. The target luminous coating can be made according to any shape provided by the customer, thereby improving the user experience.

[0082] In one embodiment, the electronic device further comprises:

[0083] At least one of the light effect identifications of the target luminous coating 2 includes at least one of the following:

[0084] hour hand, minute hand, second hand, scale; or,

[0085] At least one of the light effect identifications of the target luminous coating 2 includes at least one of the following:

[0086] A number representing the hour, a number representing the minute, a number representing the second, a number representing the day, and a separator.

[0087] Exemplarily, the target luminous coating 2 is a clock luminous coating, such as Figure 3aAs shown, the clock luminous coating has 12 inner ring luminous pointers forming a circle and 60 outer ring luminous pointers forming a circle. The 12 inner ring luminous pointers are used to represent hour data from 1 to 12 hours, and the 60 outer ring luminous pointers can be used not only to represent minute data from 1 to 60 minutes, but also to represent second data from 1 to 60 seconds. Since there are 60 minutes in an hour and 60 seconds in a minute, the number of minutes in an hour is the same as the number of minutes in a minute. Therefore, a solution can be adopted in which the luminous pointer representing the seconds reuses the luminous pointer representing the minutes. This solution does not require the luminous pointer representing the minutes and the luminous pointer representing the seconds. The luminous hands of the clock are sprayed with 60 minute luminous hand coatings and 60 second luminous hand coatings respectively, which can reduce at least 60 luminous hand coatings on the clock luminous coating, and correspondingly reduce the number of conductive media connecting the luminous hands, thereby reducing the number of I / O expander pins required by at least 60, greatly reducing the number of I / O expander pin requirements, and can also represent the current time of the electronic device to solve the problem that the number of I / O expander pins is sometimes insufficient and the problem of high cost of making the clock luminous coating; if the current time of the electronic device obtained is 8:25:32, according to Figure 2b The correspondence between the luminous pointer and the Pin, the type information of the luminous pointer on the clock luminous coating that is lit by the turned-on Pin transmitted by the MCU.SCL (serial clock line pin) of the embedded controller is the hour, minute and second in sequence, and the numbers synchronously transmitted by the MCU.SDA (serial data line pin) of the embedded controller are 68, 25 and 32 in sequence, lighting up the luminous pointer on the clock luminous coating corresponding to the time of 8:25:32 to represent the time of 8:25:32.

[0088] In one embodiment, the electronic device further includes:

[0089] The plurality of target luminous coatings 2 include a first state and a second state. In the first state, the target luminous coating 2 emits light, and in the second state, the target luminous coating 2 does not emit light.

[0090] The surface of the housing 1 is a first visual effect, the target luminous coating in the first state is a second visual effect, and the target luminous coating in the second state is a third visual effect;

[0091] The first visual effect, the second visual effect and the third visual effect are all different, or

[0092] The first visual effect is the same as the second visual effect, and the third visual effect is different from the first visual effect.

[0093] Exemplarily, a state in which at least one luminous pointer on the luminous clock is lit is defined as a first state; the current time inside the electronic device is obtained, and the current time is set as the initial time of the luminous clock, all luminous pointers on the luminous coating of the clock are initialized to be off, and the state in which all luminous pointers on the luminous clock are off is defined as a second state. The case in which the visual effects are different may be: the user has a difference in perception of the two visual effects, so that the user can distinguish the two visual effects from a visual perspective. The case in which the visual effects are the same may be: the user has basically no difference in perception of the two visual effects, and it is difficult to distinguish from a visual perspective.

[0094] In one embodiment, the electronic device further comprises:

[0095] The housing 1 includes a first surface and a second surface, the first surface is opposite to the second surface, the plurality of target luminous coatings are disposed on the first surface, and the control module 3 is located in the direction of the second surface;

[0096] One or more through holes are formed on the first surface of the housing 1, and the plurality of conductive media 4 are electrically connected to the control module 3 through the one or more through holes. The area where the through holes are formed is the first area.

[0097] like Figure 3a As shown, the electronic device includes:

[0098] The product information label 5 is arranged on the first surface of the housing 1 , and the area covered by the product information label 5 includes the first area.

[0099] Exemplarily, the visual effect of the plurality of conductive media 4 can be used as the first visual effect, and the housing 1 includes a housing front surface and a housing back surface. Figure 3a and Figure 3b As shown. One or more through holes can be opened on the first surface of the shell 1, and the through holes penetrate the first surface of the shell 1, so that the conductive medium 4 can extend from the first surface (the front of the shell) to the back of the shell through the through holes. The product information mark 5 is used to indicate product information, mainly including: product name, manufacturer, specification model, warning mark and production date, etc., which can prevent confusion or misuse of the product. The product information mark 5 is usually set on the surface of the product shell.

[0100] Exemplarily, instead of opening one or more through holes on the first surface of the shell 1 , the plurality of conductive media 4 may be printed on the shell surface to extend from the first surface (the front side of the shell) to the back side of the shell.

[0101] In this embodiment, the product information identification 5 includes various marks for indicating information related to the electronic device product, which may include: product brand, model and specifications, etc. The brand or model identification on the surface of the electronic device shell is part of the product information identification and can be used to convey specific information about the electronic device product to the user.

[0102] The present application also provides a control method, such as Figure 4 As shown, including:

[0103] S1. Obtaining time data, where the time data may be time data in an electronic device, may be obtained by an embedded controller in the electronic device, or may be obtained by other means;

[0104] S2. Based on the time data, control the conductive medium 4 of the electronic device to transmit an electrical signal to at least one of the multiple target luminous coatings 2, so that the light effect marker of at least one of the target luminous coatings 2 represents the time of the obtained time data.

[0105] Exemplarily, the embedded controller in the electronic device controls the conductive medium 4 of the electronic device to transmit electrical signals to three of the multiple target luminous coatings 2, so that the light effect marks of the three target luminous coatings represent the time data. When the obtained time data is 10:28:19, combined with Figure 2a and Figure 2b The embedded controller turns on the 70th pin, the 28th pin and the 19th pin of the flexible cable through the I / O expander, and controls the electronic device to transmit electrical signals to the luminous pointer coating connected to the 70th conductive medium, the luminous pointer coating of the 28th conductive medium and the luminous pointer coating of the 19th conductive medium, thereby lighting up the 10th luminous pointer of the inner circle of the target luminous coating connected to the 70th pin of the flexible cable, the 28th luminous pointer of the outer circle of the target luminous coating connected to the 28th pin of the flexible cable, and the 19th luminous pointer of the outer circle of the target luminous coating connected to the 19th pin of the flexible cable, so that the luminous pointer on the clock luminous coating sprayed on the surface of the device represents the time corresponding to the obtained time data.

[0106] In one embodiment of the present application, based on the time data, controlling the conductive medium of the electronic device to transmit an electrical signal to at least one of the plurality of target luminous coatings so that the light effect marker of at least one of the target luminous coatings represents the time of the time data includes:

[0107] Based on the time data, the conductive medium of the electronic device is controlled to transmit an electrical signal to a first target light-emitting layer representing the current time mark among the plurality of target light-emitting coatings, so that the first target light-emitting layer is powered on and emits light, thereby generating a first target light effect mark or a second target light mark.

[0108] The first target light effect mark includes at least one of the following:

[0109] Hour hand, minute hand, second hand, scale;

[0110] The second target light effect mark includes at least one of the following:

[0111] A number representing the hour, a number representing the minute, a number representing the second, a number representing the day, and a separator.

[0112] Exemplarily, if the time data is 10:28:19, based on the time data of 10:28:19, the embedded controller controls the conductive medium of the electronic device to transmit an electrical signal to the first target luminous layer of the three target luminous coatings that represents the current time mark. Specifically, the embedded controller turns on the 70th pin, the 28th pin, and the 19th pin of the soft cable through the I / O expander, thereby lighting up the 10th luminous pointer on the inner circle of the target luminous coating connected to the 70th pin of the soft cable, the 28th luminous pointer on the outer circle of the target luminous coating connected to the 28th pin of the soft cable, and the 19th luminous pointer on the outer circle of the target luminous coating connected to the 19th pin of the soft cable.

[0113] In one embodiment of the present application, based on the time data, controlling the conductive medium of the electronic device to transmit an electrical signal to a first target luminous layer representing the current time mark among the plurality of target luminous coatings, so that the first target luminous layer is powered on and emits light, thereby generating a first target light effect mark, comprises:

[0114] When the next second comes, the luminous pointer on the clock luminous coating layer corresponding to the previous second is turned off, and the luminous pointer on the clock luminous coating layer corresponding to the current time is turned on;

[0115] When the next minute arrives, the luminous pointer on the clock luminous coating layer corresponding to the previous minute is turned off, and the luminous pointer on the clock luminous coating layer corresponding to the current time is turned on;

[0116] When the next hour arrives, the luminous pointer on the clock luminous coating layer corresponding to the previous hour is turned off, and the luminous pointer on the clock luminous coating layer corresponding to the current time is turned on.

[0117] In particular, when the current time represents a whole minute, lighting up the same luminous pointer on the clock luminous coating represents the seconds and minutes of the current time; when the current time represents a whole hour, lighting up the same luminous pointer on the clock luminous coating represents the minutes and hours of the current time.

[0118] In one embodiment of the present application, obtaining time data includes:

[0119] Get the number of embedded controller cycles;

[0120] In response to the number of cycles of the embedded controller reaching a preset number, capturing time data, when the number of cycles of the embedded controller reaches the preset number, the embedded controller may respond to the embedded controller to capture the time data, or the embedded controller may respond to the embedded controller to notify a CPU on a system mainboard in the electronic device to capture the time data;

[0121] Reading time data, and filling the read time data into a system register, the system register is used to store current real-time clock time data, the real-time clock time data can be read by a CPU on a system motherboard in the electronic device, and the read real-time clock time data is filled into the system register, the system register can be used to store current real-time clock time data;

[0122] The embedded controller turns off 72 luminous pointers on the luminous clock coating on the surface of the electronic device, and lights up the luminous clock pointer, the minute pointer and the second pointer corresponding to the acquired current time.

[0123] For example, Figure 5 As shown, the embedded controller can adopt an EC chip, and the number of cycles of the EC chip is captured by the EC chip to obtain the number of cycles of the EC chip, and the time when the number of cycles of the EC chip reaches 100 times is set to 1 second. When the number of cycles of the EC chip reaches 100 times, the EC chip can notify the main board to capture the time data, and the EC chip on the system main board reads the real-time clock time data in the electronic device, and fills the read real-time clock time data into the system register on the system main board, and the EC chip turns off all the luminous pointers on the luminous clock coating, and lights up the clock luminous pointer, minute luminous pointer and second luminous pointer corresponding to the current time data.

[0124] Exemplarily, the CPU on the system mainboard in the electronic device can also obtain the cycle number of the embedded controller. When the cycle number of the embedded controller reaches a preset number, the CPU on the mainboard is notified to capture the time data. The CPU on the mainboard reads the real-time clock time data and fills the read real-time clock time data into the system register on the mainboard to store the current real-time clock time data.

[0125] In one embodiment of the present application, the control method further includes:

[0126] After obtaining the time data, traverse the one-to-one correspondence table between the time data and the luminous pointers on the clock luminous coating to determine the hour luminous pointer corresponding to the hour data in the current time data, the minute luminous pointer corresponding to the minute data in the current time data, and the second luminous pointer corresponding to the second data in the current time data, so as to determine the positions of the hour luminous pointer, minute luminous pointer and second luminous pointer corresponding to the current time data on the clock luminous coating.

[0127] For example, the time data obtained is 10:28:19. Figure 2b The time data shown has a one-to-one correspondence with the luminous pointers on the clock luminous coating. It is found that the time data 10 o'clock corresponds to the 70th pin, the time data 28 minutes corresponds to the 28th pin, and the time data 19 seconds corresponds to the 19th pin. Then, the 10th luminous pointer on the inner circle of the target luminous coating connected to the 70th pin, the 28th luminous pointer on the outer circle of the target luminous coating connected to the 28th pin of the flexible cable, and the 19th luminous pointer on the outer circle of the target luminous coating connected to the 19th pin of the flexible cable are determined as the positions of the hour luminous pointer, minute luminous pointer and second luminous pointer corresponding to the current time data on the clock luminous coating.

[0128] Based on the same inventive concept, the embodiment of the present application also provides a system, such as Figure 6 As shown, including:

[0129] An acquisition module, used to obtain time data;

[0130] The time characterization module is used to control the conductive medium of the electronic device to transmit an electrical signal to at least one of the multiple target luminous coatings based on the time data, so that the light effect marker of at least one of the target luminous coatings characterizes the time of the time data.

[0131] An embodiment of the present application further provides a terminal, including a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory, wherein the processor executes the computer program to implement the steps of the above control method.

[0132] like Figure 7 As shown, in the embodiment of the present application, the clock luminous coating on the surface of the electronic device has 60 luminous pointers on the outer circle and 12 luminous pointers on the inner circle. The 12 luminous pointers on the inner circle represent the 1st hour, 2nd hour, 3rd hour, 4th hour, 5th hour, 6th hour, 7th hour, 8th hour, 9th hour, 10th hour, 11th hour and 12th hour in the time data in a clockwise direction. Figure 7 The illuminated luminous pointer on the inner circle represents the third hour in the time data, and the 60 luminous pointers on the outer circle are shared by the minute luminous pointer representing the minute time data and the second luminous pointer representing the second time data. Figure 7 In the 60 luminous hands on the outer ring, if the longer of the two luminous hands is set as the minute luminous hand representing the minute time data, the shorter luminous hand can be set as the second luminous hand representing the second time data. Figure 7 The time represented by the three illuminated luminous hands is 3 hours, 55 minutes and 58 seconds.

[0133] In one embodiment of the present application, Figure 8 As shown, the target luminous coating 2 in this embodiment is a digital clock luminous coating sprayed on the surface of the housing 1. The digital clock luminous coating has a total of 6 digital luminous coatings, which are the first digital luminous coating, the second digital luminous coating, the third digital luminous coating, the fourth digital luminous coating, the fifth digital luminous coating and the sixth digital luminous coating from left to right. The first digital luminous coating, the second digital luminous coating, the third digital luminous coating, the fourth digital luminous coating, the fifth digital luminous coating and the sixth digital luminous coating are used to represent the first digit, the second digit, the third digit, the fourth digit, the fifth digit and the sixth digit in the time data respectively. Each digital luminous coating is composed of 7 luminous pin coatings. The digital clock luminous coating has a total of 42 luminous pin coatings, and each luminous pin coating is connected to the pin Pin one by one; after obtaining the time data, traverse Figure 9a , Figure 9b , Fig.9c , Figure 9d , Fig.9e and Figure 9fA one-to-one correspondence table between the time data and the luminous needle coating on the digital clock luminous coating determines the clock luminous needle coating corresponding to the hour data in the current time data, the minute luminous needle coating corresponding to the minute data in the current time data, and the second luminous needle coating corresponding to the second data in the current time data, so as to light up the clock luminous needle, minute luminous needle and second luminous needle corresponding to the current time data on the clock luminous coating to represent the time.

[0134] For example, if the time data obtained is 22 hours, 24 minutes and 42 seconds, traverse as follows Figure 9a , Figure 9b , Fig.9c , Figure 9d , Fig.9e and Figure 9f The time data shown in the figure has a one-to-one correspondence with the luminous needle coating on the luminous coating of the digital clock. The MCU.SCL (serial clock line pin) of the embedded controller is used to transmit the bit information of the digital luminous coating where the luminous needle lit by the turned-on Pin is located on the digital clock. The bit information includes the first bit, the second bit, the third bit, the fourth bit, the fifth bit and the sixth bit. The MCU.SDA (serial data line pin) of the embedded controller is used to transmit the Figure 9a , Figure 9b , Fig.9c , Figure 9d , Fig.9e and Figure 9f The number information of the Pin that is turned on is shown in FIG. Figure 9a The time data shown in the figure has a one-to-one correspondence with the luminous needle coating on the digital clock luminous coating. The luminous needle coating of the digital luminous coating with the first digit corresponding to the time data of 22:24:42 representing the luminous needle coating of the number 2 is lit; traverse as shown in the figure Figure 9b The time data shown in the figure has a one-to-one correspondence with the luminous needle coating on the luminous coating of the digital clock. The digit information corresponding to the time data of 22:24:42 is the luminous needle coating of the second digit luminous coating representing the number 2; traverse as shown in the figure Fig.9c The time data shown in the figure has a one-to-one correspondence with the luminous needle coating on the luminous coating of the digital clock. The digit information corresponding to the time data of 22:24:42 is the luminous needle coating of the third digit representing the number 2; traverse as shown in the figure Figure 9d The time data shown in the figure has a one-to-one correspondence with the luminous needle coating on the luminous coating of the digital clock. The digit information corresponding to the time data of 22:24:42 is the luminous needle coating of the fourth digit representing the number 4; traverse as shown in the figure Fig.9eThe time data shown in the figure has a one-to-one correspondence with the luminous needle coating on the luminous coating of the digital clock. The digit information corresponding to the time data of 22:24:42 is the fifth digit of the luminous needle coating representing the number 4. Figure 9f The time data shown has a one-to-one correspondence with the luminous needle coating on the digital clock luminous coating. The digit information corresponding to the time data of 22:24:42 is the sixth digit of the luminous needle coating representing the number 2, representing the time of 22:24:42.

[0135] The above embodiments are only exemplary embodiments of the present application and are not intended to limit the present application. The protection scope of the present application is defined by the claims. Those skilled in the art may make various modifications or equivalent substitutions to the present application within the essence and protection scope of the present application, and such modifications or equivalent substitutions shall also be deemed to fall within the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising: case; A plurality of target luminous coatings, wherein the target luminous coatings are used to emit light when powered on, each of the target luminous coatings is respectively disposed in a target area on the surface of the housing, and each of the target luminous coatings has a different target area; A plurality of conductive media, wherein the plurality of conductive media are electrically connected to the plurality of target luminescent coatings; The control module is used to control the power-on of the conductive medium of at least one of the multiple target luminous coatings according to the obtained time data, so that the multiple target luminous coatings can represent the time of the time data through the light effect mark of at least one of the target luminous coatings.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising: The light effect identification of at least one of the target luminous coatings includes at least one of the following: Hour hand, minute hand, second hand, scale; or, The light effect identification of at least one of the target luminous coatings includes at least one of the following: A number representing the hour, a number representing the minute, a number representing the second, a number representing the day, and a separator.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising: The plurality of target luminous coatings include a first state and a second state, in which the target luminous coating emits light, and in which the target luminous coating does not emit light; The shell surface is a first visual effect, the target luminous coating in the first state is a second visual effect, and the target luminous coating in the second state is a third visual effect; The first visual effect, the second visual effect and the third visual effect are all different, or The first visual effect is the same as the second visual effect, and the third visual effect is different from the first visual effect.

4. The electronic device according to claim 3, further comprising: The housing comprises a first surface and a second surface, the first surface is opposite to the second surface, the plurality of target luminous coatings are arranged on the first surface, and the control module is located in the direction of the second surface; The first surface of the housing is provided with one or more through holes, the plurality of conductive media are electrically connected to the control module through the one or more through holes, and the area where the through holes are provided is the first area; The electronic device comprises: The product information label is arranged on the first surface of the housing, and the area covered by the product information label includes the first area.

5. A control method, comprising: Get time data; Based on the time data, the conductive medium of the electronic device is controlled to transmit an electrical signal to at least one of the multiple target luminescent coatings, so that the light effect marker of at least one of the target luminescent coatings represents the time of the time data.

6. The control method according to claim 5, wherein based on the time data, controlling the conductive medium of the electronic device to transmit an electrical signal to at least one of the plurality of target luminous coatings so that the light effect marker of at least one of the target luminous coatings represents the time of the time data comprises: Based on the time data, the conductive medium of the electronic device is controlled to transmit an electrical signal to a first target light-emitting layer representing the current time mark among the plurality of target light-emitting coatings, so that the first target light-emitting layer is powered on and emits light, thereby generating a first target light effect mark or a second target light effect mark. The first target light effect mark includes at least one of the following: Hour hand, minute hand, second hand, scale; The second target light effect mark includes at least one of the following: A number representing the hour, a number representing the minute, a number representing the second, a number representing the day, and a separator.

7. The control method according to claim 6, wherein based on the time data, controlling the conductive medium of the electronic device to transmit an electrical signal to a first target luminous layer representing the current time mark among the plurality of target luminous coatings, so that the first target luminous layer is powered on and emits light, thereby generating a first target light effect mark, comprises: When the next second comes, the luminous pointer on the clock luminous coating layer corresponding to the previous second is turned off, and the luminous pointer on the clock luminous coating layer corresponding to the current time is turned on; When the next minute arrives, the luminous pointer on the clock luminous coating layer corresponding to the previous minute is turned off, and the luminous pointer on the clock luminous coating layer corresponding to the current time is turned on; When the next hour arrives, the luminous pointer on the clock luminous coating layer corresponding to the previous hour is turned off, and the luminous pointer on the clock luminous coating layer corresponding to the current time is turned on.

8. The control method according to claim 5, wherein obtaining time data comprises: Get the number of embedded controller cycles; In response to the number of cycles of the embedded controller reaching a preset number, capturing time data; The time data is read and filled into a system register, where the system register is used to store the current real-time clock time data.

9. The control method according to claim 5, further comprising: After obtaining the time data, traverse the one-to-one correspondence table between the time data and the luminous pointers on the clock luminous coating to determine the hour luminous pointer corresponding to the hour data in the current time data, the minute luminous pointer corresponding to the minute data in the current time data, and the second luminous pointer corresponding to the second data in the current time data, so as to determine the positions of the hour luminous pointer, minute luminous pointer and second luminous pointer corresponding to the current time data on the clock luminous coating.

10. A system comprising: An acquisition module, used to obtain time data; The time characterization module is used to control the conductive medium of the electronic device to transmit an electrical signal to at least one of the multiple target luminous coatings based on the time data, so that the light effect marker of at least one of the target luminous coatings characterizes the time of the time data.

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