Flexible display device

• US 10,636,277 B2
• Filed: 06/09/2019
• Issued: 04/28/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corporation Limited
• Original Assignee: Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corporation Limited
• Inventors: Lin, Yugui, Cheng, Jiao
• Primary Examiner(s): Phan, Hai
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tang, Son M
• Application Number:
  US16/435,514
• Publication Number:
  US 20190297175A1
• Time in Patent Office: 324 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1652 the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/182 Level alarms, e.g. alarms responsive to variables exceeding a threshold
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/24 Reminder alarms, e.g. anti-loss alarms
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 3/10 using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 6/00 Tactile signalling systems, e.g. personal calling systems
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 7/06 using electric transmission , e.g. involving audible and visible signalling through the use of sound and light sources
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 9/301 flexible foldable or roll-able electronic displays, e.g. thin LCD, OLED
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0268 including a flexible display panel
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions

Abstract

A flexible display device includes a housing, a reel, a flexible screen component, and an alarm assembly. The housing is provided with a gap in communication with an inner cavity of the housing. The reel is located in the inner cavity of the housing and rotatably coupled to the housing. The flexible screen component has a fixed end and a stretching end arranged opposite to each other, the fixed end is secured to the reel, and the stretching end extends out of the housing through the gap. The alarm assembly is accommodated in the housing, and the alarm assembly includes an alarm and a detector. The detector is electrically coupled to the alarm. The detector is configured to detect a stretched length of the flexible screen component, and the alarm is configured to be triggered to raise an alarm when the flexible screen component is stretched to a preset length.

Claims

1. A flexible display device, comprising:

a housing provided with a gap in communication with an inner cavity of the housing;

a reel located in the inner cavity of the housing and rotatably coupled to the housing;

a flexible screen component having a fixed end and a stretching end arranged opposite to each other, the fixed end of the flexible screen component being secured to the reel, and the stretching end extending out of the housing through the gap; and

an alarm assembly accommodated in the housing, and comprising an alarm and a detector electrically coupled to the alarm, the detector being configured to detect a stretched length of the flexible screen component, and the alarm being configured to be triggered to raise an alarm when the flexible screen component is stretched to a preset length;

wherein the flexible screen component has a side edge coupled between the stretching end and the fixed end;

the side edge is provided with a limiting portion protruding from the side edge and adjacent to the fixed end;

the detector is located outside the reel;

the detector detects a space between the limiting portion and the detector during the stretching of the flexible screen component, to obtain the stretched length of the flexible screen component, and when the flexible screen component is stretched to the preset length, the alarm is triggered to raise the alarm.

2. The flexible display device according to claim 1, wherein the limiting portion is a limiting protrusion provided to and protruding from the side edge.

3. The flexible display device according to claim 2, wherein the housing comprises a cylinder and two side covers, the cylinder has two open ends arranged opposite to each other, and the two side covers are provided to the two open ends correspondingly;

the reel has two ends rotatably coupled to the two side covers correspondingly; and

the detector is secured to the side cover.

4. The flexible display device according to claim 1, wherein the detector is a pressure sensor, and the alarm is triggered to raise the alarm when the flexible screen component is stretched until the limiting portion abuts against the detector.

5. The flexible display device according to claim 4, wherein the housing comprises a cylinder and two side covers, the cylinder has two open ends arranged opposite to each other, and the two side covers are provided to the two open ends correspondingly;

the reel has two ends rotatably coupled to the two side covers correspondingly; and

the detector is secured to the side cover.

6. The flexible display device according to claim 1, wherein the detector comprises:

an outer casing located outside the reel, and having one protruding hole and an accommodating cavity in communication with the protruding hole;

a switch assembly accommodated in the accommodating cavity and comprising a switch and a switch cap, the switch having an end protruding through the one protruding hole; and

a spring accommodated in the accommodating cavity and coupled between the switch and the switch cap;

when the flexible screen component is stretched until the limiting portion abuts against the end of the switch, and the limiting portion pushes the switch until the switch is electrically coupled to the switch cap, the alarm raises the alarm.

7. The flexible display device according to claim 6, wherein the housing comprises a cylinder and two side covers, the cylinder has two open ends arranged opposite to each other, and the two side covers are provided to the two open ends correspondingly;

the reel has two ends rotatably coupled to the two side covers correspondingly; and

the detector is secured to the side cover.

8. The flexible display device according to claim 1, wherein the housing comprises a cylinder and two side covers, the cylinder has two open ends arranged opposite to each other, and the two side covers are provided to the two open ends correspondingly;

the reel has two ends rotatably coupled to the two side covers correspondingly; and

the detector is secured to the side cover.

9. The flexible display device according to claim 8, wherein the reel is a cylinder, and the alarm is secured to one of the side covers and extends into the reel.

10. The flexible display device according to claim 1, wherein the housing comprises a cylinder and two side covers, the cylinder has two open ends arranged opposite to each other, and the two side covers are provided to the two open ends correspondingly;

the reel has two ends rotatably coupled to the two side covers correspondingly; and

the detector is secured to the side cover.

11. The flexible display device according to claim 1, wherein the housing comprises a cylinder and two side covers, the cylinder has two open ends arranged opposite to each other, and the two side covers are provided to the two open ends correspondingly;

the reel has two ends rotatably coupled to the two side covers correspondingly; and

the detector is secured to the side cover.

12. The flexible display device according to claim 1, wherein the alarm is an audible alarm;

or the alarm is an audible and visual alarm;

or the alarm is a vibrator.

13. The flexible display device according to claim 1, wherein the flexible screen component comprises a flexible screen and a flexible support, and the flexible screen is stacked on and attached to the flexible support.