Electronic device

Abstract

The utility model provides electronic equipment which comprises a display screen, the display screen comprises a first area, a second area and a third area, the first area is a display area, the second area is a light transmitting area, the third area is located between the first area and the second area, and colors presented at all positions of the third area are the same; and the light collection assembly is used for collecting at least part of light rays in the light rays transmitted by the second area of the display screen.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This application relates to the field of electronic technologies, and in particular, to an electronic device. Background Art

[0002] With the development of electronic technologies, more and more functions are integrated in electronic devices, which brings great convenience to people's work and life and gradually becomes an essential tool for people's work and life. Currently, more and more electronic devices are integrated with a light collection function. However, the integrated display effect of the light collection function area of existing electronic devices is poor. Utility Model Content

[0003] In view of this, this application provides an electronic device, and the specific solution is as follows:

[0004] An electronic device, comprising:

[0005] A display screen, the display screen includes a first area, a second area, and a third area. The first area is a display area, the second area is a light transmission area, and the third area is located between the first area and the second area, and the color presented at each part of the third area is the same;

[0006] A light collection component, which is used to collect at least part of the light transmitted through the second area of the display screen.

[0007] Optionally, the display screen includes:

[0008] A display module, the display module includes a first light blocking element located in the third area;

[0009] A first light modulation element, located on the display side of the display module. In the direction perpendicular to the plane where the display screen is located, the first light modulation element covers the first area, the second area, and the third area;

[0010] Wherein, the first light modulation element includes a first light modulation area and a second light modulation area. The first light modulation area at least corresponds to the first area, the second light modulation area at least corresponds to the second area, and the modulation effects of the first light modulation area and the second light modulation area on light are different.

[0011] Optionally, the first light modulation area can change the polarization attribute of light, and the second light modulation area cannot change the polarization attribute of light.

[0012] Optionally, the first light modulation area also corresponds to the third area.

[0013] Optionally, the second light modulation region also corresponds to the third region.

[0014] Optionally, the display module includes an array substrate and a color filter substrate disposed opposite to each other, and a liquid crystal layer located between the array substrate and the color filter substrate. A plurality of color resist elements are disposed on the color filter substrate, and the first light blocking element and the plurality of color resist elements are located on the same layer.

[0015] Optionally, it further includes: an adhesive layer located on a side of the first light modulation element away from the display module;

[0016] and a protective cover plate located on a side of the adhesive layer away from the first light modulation element.

[0017] Optionally, the display screen further includes a second light modulation element, and the second light modulation element has a through hole, and the through hole at least corresponds to the second region.

[0018] Optionally, the electronic device has a light collection area, and the light collection component is used to collect light passing through the light collection area, and the area of the second region is larger than the area of the light collection area.

[0019] Optionally, the light collection component is a camera component or a fingerprint recognition component. Description of the Drawings

[0020] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application or the related art, the following will briefly introduce the drawings required for use in the description of the embodiments or the prior art. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only the embodiments of the present application. For those of ordinary skill in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the provided drawings without creative efforts.

[0021] The structures, ratios, sizes, etc. shown in the drawings of this specification are only used to cooperate with the content disclosed in the specification for those familiar with this technology to understand and read, and are not used to limit the limiting conditions that the present application can be implemented. Therefore, they do not have technical substance. Any modification of the structure, change of the proportional relationship, or adjustment of the size should still fall within the scope covered by the technical content disclosed in the present application without affecting the effects that the present application can produce and the purposes that can be achieved.

[0022] Figure 1 It is a top view near the light collection function area in the electronic device;

[0023] Figure 2 It is Figure 1 a partial enlarged view of

[0024] Figure 3Schematic diagram of a structure of an existing electronic device;

[0025] Figure 4 Schematic diagram of a structure of an electronic device provided by an embodiment of the present application. Detailed implementation manners

[0026] The following will clearly and completely describe the embodiments in the present application with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all of the embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments in the present application without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

[0027] Without departing from the spirit or scope of the present application, various modifications and variations can be made in the present application, which are obvious to those skilled in the art. Therefore, the present application is intended to cover the modifications and variations of the present application that fall within the scope of the corresponding claims (the claimed technical solutions) and their equivalents. It should be noted that the implementation manners provided by the embodiments of the present application can be combined with each other without conflict.

[0028] To make the above objects, features, and advantages of the present application more obvious and understandable, the present application will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific implementation manners.

[0029] As described in the background art section, the integrated display effect of the light collection function area of the existing electronic device is poor. This is because the color display of the non-display area near the light collection function area of the existing electronic device is inconsistent, such as Figure 1 - Figure 2 shown in area M in Figure 2 where Figure 1 is a partial enlarged view of

[0030] Currently, the display screen of an electronic device usually includes a polarizer, and the polarizer has a polarization effect on light. In order not to let the polarization effect of the polarizer affect the light collection effect of the light collection function area of the existing electronic device, taking the image collection of a camera as an example, in order not to let the polarization effect of the polarizer affect the photographing effect of the camera, the existing electronic device will cut off the polarizer at the position of the camera hole (i.e., the position of the light collection area) through CNC (computer numerical control), as Figure 3 shown in area K in

[0031] such as Figure 3As shown, in actual application, a black light-shielding layer is provided in the adjacent area below the hollowed-out position of the polarizer. During the process of assembling the polarizer in an electronic device, due to process errors, a step difference will occur in the edge areas of the polarizer and the black light-shielding layer, as shown in Figure 3 region N in

[0032] In view of this, an embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device, as shown in Figure 4 which includes:

[0033] A display screen 10, the display screen 10 includes a first region 101, a second region 102, and a third region 103. The first region 101 is a display area, the second region 102 is a light-transmitting area, and the third region 103 is located between the first region 101 and the second region 102, and the color presented at each location in the third region 103 is the same;

[0034] A light collection component 20, which is used to collect at least part of the light transmitted through the second region 102 of the display screen 10.

[0035] The electronic device provided by the embodiment of the present application includes a display screen and a light collection component. The light collection component is used to collect at least part of the light transmitted through the second region of the display screen, and the color presented at each location in the third region of the display screen located between the display area and the second region is the same, thereby improving the integrated display effect of the light collection function area in the electronic device.

[0036] Specifically, in an embodiment of the present application, as shown in Figure 4 the display screen 10 includes:

[0037] A display module 11, the display module 11 includes a first light-blocking element 13 located in the third region 103;

[0038] A first light modulation element 12, located on the display side of the display module 11. In the direction perpendicular to the plane where the display screen is located, the first light modulation element 12 covers the first region 101, the second region 102, and the third region 103.

[0039] It should be noted that in this embodiment, the first light modulation element includes a first light modulation region and a second light modulation region. The first light modulation region at least corresponds to the first region, and the second light modulation region at least corresponds to the second region. The modulation effects of the first light modulation region and the second light modulation region on light are different, so that the first modulation element can not only meet the light modulation requirements of the first region, but also not affect the light collection of the light collection component. Moreover, the first light modulation element covers the first region, the second region and the third region, that is, the first light modulation element as a whole covers the display module. Therefore, when the first light modulation element is assembled into the electronic device, there will be no step difference in the third region due to process errors, which will affect the integrated display of the third region, and further improve the integrated display effect of the light collection functional region of the electronic device.

[0040] Moreover, in the embodiment of the present application, since the first light modulation element covers the first region, the second region and the third region, the cutting process of the first light modulation element is also saved, and the process flow of the electronic device is simplified.

[0041] Optionally, on the basis of the above embodiment, in an embodiment of the present application, the first light modulation region can change the polarization attribute of light, and the second light modulation region cannot change the polarization attribute of light. That is, in this embodiment, the first light modulation element is a polarizer. The first light modulation region has a polarization effect on light, and the second light modulation region has no polarization effect on light, so that when the first light modulation element is assembled into the electronic device, it can not only meet the polarization requirements of the first region for light, but also not affect the light collection of the second region.

[0042] Specifically, in an embodiment of the present application, the polarizer includes a PVA (polyvinyl alcohol) film and iodine molecules attached to the part of the PVA film corresponding to the first region. Among them, the iodine molecules have dichroism and have a polarization effect on light. In an embodiment of the present application, the first light modulation region has iodine molecules, and the second light modulation region does not have iodine molecules, so that the first light modulation region of the polarizer has a polarization effect on light, and the second light modulation region has no polarization effect on light; in another embodiment of the present application, the first light modulation region has iodine molecules, and the second light modulation region also has iodine molecules, but the iodine molecules in the first light modulation region have dichroism, and the iodine molecules in the second light modulation region have become ineffective and do not have dichroism, so that the first light modulation region of the polarizer has a polarization effect on light, and the second light modulation region has no polarization effect on light.

[0043] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the iodine molecules in the second light modulation region of the first light modulation element can be inactivated through chemical treatment, but the present application does not limit this, and it depends on the specific situation.

[0044] It should be noted that in the above embodiment, the third region is the region between the first region and the second region. It is neither used for display nor for light transmission, but for isolating the display region and the light transmission region to reduce crosstalk between the light in the display region and the light in the light transmission region. Therefore, in this embodiment, the present application does not limit the light modulation effect of the portion of the first light modulation element located in the third region. As long as the light modulation effects of the portions of the first light modulation element located in the third region are the same everywhere, the display integration of the third region can be achieved.

[0045] Specifically, in an embodiment of the present application, the first light modulation region also corresponds to the third region. That is, in this embodiment, the first light modulation region corresponds to the first region and the third region, and the second light modulation region corresponds to the second region, so that the light modulation effect of the portion of the first light modulation element corresponding to the third region is the same as the light modulation effect of the portion of the first light modulation element corresponding to the first region; in another embodiment of the present application, the second light modulation region also corresponds to the second region. That is, in this embodiment, the first light modulation region corresponds to the first region, and the second light modulation region corresponds to the second region and the third region, so that the light modulation effect of the portion of the first light modulation element corresponding to the third region is the same as the light modulation effect of the portion of the first light modulation element corresponding to the second region; in other embodiments of the present application, the light modulation effect of the portion of the first light modulation element corresponding to the third region can also be different from the light modulation effects of both the first light modulation region and the second light modulation region. The present application does not limit this, and it depends on the specific situation.

[0046] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the light modulation effect of the portion of the first light modulation element corresponding to the third region is the same as the light modulation effect of the first light modulation region or the light modulation effect of the second light modulation region, so as to simplify the manufacturing process of the first light modulation element.

[0047] Based on any of the above embodiments, in an embodiment of the present application, continue as Figure 4As shown, the electronic device further includes: an adhesive layer 30 located on the side of the first light modulation element 12 away from the display module 11, and a protective cover plate 40 located on the side of the adhesive layer 30 away from the first light modulation element 12. In this embodiment, the protective cover plate 40 is used to protect the display screen 10 and the first light modulation element 12, and the adhesive layer 30 is used to fixedly connect the first light modulation element 12 and the protective cover plate 40. Optionally, the protective cover plate is glass, but the present application does not limit this. As long as the protective cover plate is a transparent cover plate that does not affect the transmission of light and can play a protective role, it is acceptable.

[0048] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the adhesive layer is an optical adhesive (OCA) layer, but the present application does not limit this, and it depends on the specific situation. It should be noted that in this embodiment, since the first light modulation element covers the first region, the second region, and the third region, when the adhesive layer is formed, it does not need to be filled downward. As a result, the electronic device has lower requirements for the fluidity of the adhesive layer, and the forming process is less difficult. Furthermore, the cost of the adhesive layer is lower, and the cost of the electronic device is lower.

[0049] Based on any of the above embodiments, in an embodiment of the present application, the display screen is a liquid crystal display screen. In this embodiment, continue as Figure 4 As shown, the display module 11 includes an array substrate 111 and a color filter substrate 112 disposed opposite to each other, and a liquid crystal layer 113 located between the array substrate 111 and the color filter substrate 112. In this embodiment, a plurality of color resist elements 1121 are provided on the color filter substrate 112 to modulate the light emitted by the liquid crystal layer 113 using the plurality of color resist elements 1121, so that the display screen 10 can display a color picture.

[0050] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the first light blocking element 13 and the plurality of color resist elements 1121 are located on the same layer to reduce the thickness of the display screen 10, thereby reducing the thickness of the electronic device, which is beneficial to the development of the electronic device towards being thinner and lighter.

[0051] Based on the above embodiments, in an embodiment of the present application, continue as Figure 4As shown, the electronic device further includes: a backlight assembly 50 located on a side of the array substrate 111 away from the color filter substrate 112 to provide backlight for the display module 11. Specifically, in this embodiment, the backlight assembly 50 corresponds to the first region 101 to ensure normal display of the first region 101. It should be noted that in this embodiment, the backlight assembly may or may not overlap with the third region, as long as the backlight assembly does not overlap with the second region and does not affect the light collection of the second region.

[0052] Optionally, the backlight assembly only corresponds to the first region, so as to reduce the volume of the backlight assembly and lower the power consumption of the backlight assembly while ensuring that the backlight assembly provides backlight for the display module.

[0053] Based on the above embodiments, in an embodiment of the present application, continue as Figure 4 As shown, the display screen further includes: a second light modulation element 14 to modulate the light emitted by the backlight assembly 50. Specifically, the second light modulation element 14 is a polarizer to convert the light emitted by the backlight assembly 50 into linearly polarized light and inject it into the display module 11. Specifically, the second light modulation element is a polarizer, but the present application does not limit this, and it depends on the specific situation. It should be noted that in this embodiment, the first light modulation element is used to modulate the light emitted by the display module on the one hand to enable the display screen to generate brightness contrast and thus form a display image, and on the other hand, it can also modulate the light input into the display screen by ambient light to reduce the specular reflection on the surface of the electronic device and improve the display quality of the display image of the electronic device.

[0054] Based on the above embodiments, in an embodiment of the present application, continue as Figure 4 As shown, the second light modulation element 14 has a through hole corresponding to the second region 102 so that the second light modulation element does not block the light to be collected by the light collection assembly. It should be noted that in this embodiment, the light modulation effect of each part of the second light modulation element is the same, such as having a polarization effect on light.

[0055] In another embodiment of the present application, the second light modulation element includes a third light modulation region and a fourth light modulation region, wherein the third light modulation region corresponds to the first light modulation region, the fourth light modulation region corresponds to the second light modulation region, and the modulation effects of the third light modulation region and the fourth light modulation region on light are different, so that the third light modulation region can meet the modulation requirements of the first region for light and does not affect the polarization state of the light to be collected by the light collection element. However, the present application does not limit this, and it depends on the specific situation.

[0056] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, as shown in Figure 4 the display screen 10 further includes a second light blocking element 15 located on the side of the second light modulation element 14 away from the display module 11. The second light blocking element 15 corresponds to the first light blocking element 13 and is used to avoid crosstalk between the light to be collected by the light collection component 20 and the light output by the backlight component 50. Specifically, in an embodiment of the present application, both the first light blocking element and the second light component element are black light-shielding layers. However, the present application does not limit this, and it depends on the specific situation.

[0057] Based on any of the above embodiments, in an embodiment of the present application, the electronic device further includes a support element 60, which is used to support at least the backlight component 50. However, the present application does not limit this, and it depends on the specific situation.

[0058] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the electronic device further includes a sealing layer 70, which is used to seal the side of the backlight component 50 to prevent the light emitted by the backlight component 50 from entering the light collection area of the light collection component 20 through the gap between the support element 60 and the array substrate 111, thereby affecting the function of the light collection component 20. Specifically, the sealing layer can be a dotting layer. However, the present application does not limit this, and it depends on the specific situation.

[0059] Specifically, in an embodiment of the present application, in the direction perpendicular to the plane of the electronic device, the thickness of the protection cover plate 40 ranges from 0.7 mm to 0.8 mm, the thickness of the first light modulation element is 0.1 mm, the thickness of the color film substrate ranges from 0.2 mm to 0.3 mm, the thickness of the array substrate ranges from 0.2 mm to 0.3 mm, the thickness of the second light modulation element is 0.1 mm, and the thickness of the backlight component ranges from 0.8 mm to 1.0 mm. However, the present application does not limit this, and it depends on the specific situation.

[0060] It should be noted that the above embodiments describe the electronic device by taking the display screen as a liquid crystal display screen as an example. However, the present application is not limited thereto. In other embodiments of the present application, the display screen may also be an OLED display screen, depending on the specific situation. The case where the display screen is an OLED display screen will be described below.

[0061] It should also be noted that when the display screen is an OLED display screen, the first light modulation element is mainly used to modulate the light input from the ambient light into the display screen, reduce the specular reflection on the surface of the electronic device, and improve the display quality of the display screen of the electronic device.

[0062] Specifically, in an embodiment of the present application, when the display screen is an OLED display screen, since the OLED display screen is a self-luminous display screen, the electronic device does not include a second light modulation element and the backlight assembly. In this embodiment, the electronic device further includes: a buffer element located on the side of the display screen facing the light collection assembly to play a buffering role. Optionally, the buffer element is a foam, but the present application is not limited thereto, depending on the specific situation.

[0063] Based on any of the above embodiments, in an embodiment of the present application, continue as Figure 4 shown, the light collection assembly has a light collection area 201. The light collection assembly 20 is used to collect the light passing through the light collection area 201. The area of the second area 102 is larger than the area of the light collection area 201 to avoid that when assembling the light collection assembly 20 in the electronic device, due to the alignment error, some areas of the light collection area of the light collection assembly 20 cannot collect light, affecting the light collection effect of the light collection assembly 20.

[0064] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the distance range between the boundary line of the light collection area and the boundary line of the second area is 0 to 0.05 mm, but the present application is not limited thereto, depending on the specific situation.

[0065] Based on any of the above embodiments, in an embodiment of the present application, the light collection assembly is a camera assembly, so that the electronic device has functions of taking pictures and shooting videos; in another embodiment of the present application, the light collection assembly is a fingerprint recognition assembly, so that the electronic device has a fingerprint recognition function. The present application is not limited thereto. In other embodiments of the present application, the light collection assembly may also be other components that need to collect light, depending on the specific situation.

[0066] In summary, the electronic device provided by the embodiments of the present application includes a display screen and a light collection component. The light collection component is used to collect at least part of the light transmitted through the second area of the display screen, and the color presented at each location in the third area between the display area and the second area of the display screen is the same, thereby improving the integrated display effect of the light collection functional area in the electronic device.

[0067] Moreover, in the embodiments of the present application, the first light modulation element covers the first area, the second area, and the third area, and also eliminates the cutting process of the first light modulation element, thereby reducing one cutting process and simplifying the process flow of the electronic device.

[0068] In this specification, the various embodiments are described in a progressive, or parallel, or a combination of progressive and parallel manners. The key points of each embodiment are the differences from other embodiments. The same or similar parts among the various embodiments can be referred to each other. For the devices disclosed in the embodiments, since they correspond to the methods disclosed in the embodiments, the descriptions are relatively simple, and the relevant parts can be referred to the descriptions in the method part.

[0069] It should be noted that in the description of the present application, it should be understood that the descriptions of the drawings and the embodiments are illustrative rather than restrictive. The same reference numerals throughout the embodiments of the specification identify the same structures. Additionally, for the sake of understanding and ease of description, the drawings may exaggerate the thickness of some layers, films, panels, regions, etc. At the same time, it can be understood that when an element such as a layer, film, region, or substrate is referred to as being "on" another element, the element can be directly on the other element or there may be intermediate elements. Additionally, "on..." means positioning the element on or below another element, but essentially does not mean positioning on the upper side of another element according to the direction of gravity.

[0070] The orientation or positional relationship indicated by the terms "upper", "lower", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc. is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is only for the convenience of describing the present application and simplifying the description, rather than indicating or implying that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be construed as a limitation of the present application. When a component is considered to be "connected" to another component, it can be directly connected to the other component or there may be intermediate components present.

[0071] It should also be noted that in this text, relational terms such as first and second are only used to distinguish one entity or operation from another entity or operation, and do not necessarily require or imply any actual relationship or order between these entities or operations. Moreover, the term "comprising", "including" or any other variant thereof is intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that an article or device comprising a series of elements not only includes those elements, but also includes other elements not expressly listed, or also includes elements inherent to such article or device. Without further limitation, an element defined by the statement "comprising an..." does not exclude the presence of additional identical elements in the article or device comprising the above elements.

[0072] The above description of the disclosed embodiments enables those skilled in the art to implement or use the present application. Various modifications to these embodiments will be obvious to those skilled in the art, and the general principles defined herein can be implemented in other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the present application. Therefore, the present application will not be limited to the embodiments shown herein, but rather to the broadest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

Claims

1. An electronic device, characterized in that: include: A display screen, the display screen comprising a first area, a second area and a third area, the first area being a display area, the second area being a light transmission area, the third area being located between the first area and the second area, and the third area having the same color in all places; A light collecting component is used to collect at least part of the light transmitted by the second area of ​​the display screen.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The display screen comprises: A display module, the display module comprising a first light blocking element located in the third area; A first light modulating element is located at a display side of the display module, and in a direction perpendicular to the plane where the display screen is located, the first light modulating element covers the first area, the second area and the third area; The first light modulation element includes a first light modulation area and a second light modulation area, the first light modulation area at least corresponds to the first area, the second light modulation area at least corresponds to the second area, and the first light modulation area and the second light modulation area have different modulation effects on light.

3. The electronic device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The first light modulation region can change the polarization property of light, and the second light modulation region cannot change the polarization property of light.

4. The electronic device according to claim 3, characterized in that: The first light modulation area also corresponds to the third area.

5. The electronic device according to claim 3, characterized in that: The second light modulation area also corresponds to the third area.

6. The electronic device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The display module includes an array substrate and a color filter substrate that are arranged opposite to each other, and a liquid crystal layer located between the array substrate and the color filter substrate. A plurality of color resistance elements are arranged on the color filter substrate, and the first light blocking element and the plurality of color resistance elements are located in the same layer.

7. The electronic device according to claim 2, characterized in that: Also includes: an adhesive layer located on a side of the first light modulation element away from the display module; and a protective cover plate located on a side of the adhesive layer away from the first light modulation element.

8. The electronic device according to claim 6, characterized in that: The display screen further includes a second light modulation element, wherein the second light modulation element has a through hole, and the through hole at least corresponds to the second area.

9. The electronic device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The electronic device has a light collection area, the light collection component is used to collect light passing through the light collection area, and the area of ​​the second area is larger than that of the light collection area.

10. The electronic device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The light collection component is a camera component or a fingerprint recognition component.

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