Display apparatus

• US 10,638,617 B2
• Filed: 10/19/2010
• Issued: 04/28/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Tossavainen, Antero, Kajanus, Vesa, Soronen, Petri
• Primary Examiner(s): Mengistu, Amare
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mathews, Crystal
• Application Number:
  US13/880,439
• Publication Number:
  US 20130250502A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,479 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0266 for a display module assembly
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/03 Constructional features of telephone transmitters or receivers, e.g. telephone hand-sets
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/605 involving control of the receiver volume to provide a dual operational mode at close or far distance from the user
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/62 Constructional arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/028 associated with devices performing functions other than acoustics, e.g. electric candles
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 17/00 Piezoelectric transducers; Electrostrictive transducers piezoelectric or electrostrictive elements in general H10N30/00; details of piezoelectric or electrostrictive motors, generators or positioners H10N30/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2400/03 Transducers capable of generating both sound as well as tactile vibration, e.g. as used in cellular phones
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2440/05 Aspects relating to the positioning and way or means of mounting of exciters to resonant bending wave panels
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2499/11 Transducers incorporated or for use in hand-held devices, e.g. mobile phones, PDA's, camera's
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 3/04 for correcting frequency response
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 7/04 Plane diaphragms
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 7/045 using the distributed mode principle, i.e. whereby the acoustic radiation is emanated from uniformly distributed free bending wave vibration induced in a stiff panel and not from pistonic motion
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 13/00 Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing or adjusting assemblages of electric components
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0017 with operator interface units
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49002 Electrical device making

Abstract

An apparatus comprising: a first part configured to form at least part of the case of the apparatus; a second part configured to form at least part of the display for the apparatus; a coupling configured to couple the first part to the second part; and at least one actuator coupled to the second part and configured to apply a force to the second part to generate a displacement of the second part relative to the first part suitable for generating an audio signal.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a first part configured to form at least part of a case of the apparatus;

a second part configured to form at least part of a display for the apparatus;

a coupling configured to couple the first part to the second part; and

at least two actuators coupled to the second part and configured to apply a force to the second part to generate a displacement of the second part, wherein the apparatus is configured to;

in a first mode of operation, operate the at least two actuators to generate a translational displacement of the second part relative to the first part to provide a first acoustic amplitude of sound from the translational displacement of the second part; and

in a second mode of operation, operate at least one of the at least two actuators to generate a non-translational displacement of the second part relative to the first part to provide a second acoustic amplitude of sound from the non-translational displacement of the second part which is less than the first acoustic amplitude of sound.

2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the coupling is an elastic body affixed to the first part and the second part and the elastic body is constructed from at least one of:

silicone;

thermoplastic elastomer (TPE);

thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU); and

rubber.

3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first part comprises:

a body part at least partially framing the second part, wherein the coupling is configured to be affixed between the body part and an associated section of the second part.

4. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the coupling is configured to produce a substantially continuous interface between the first part and the second part.

5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second part comprises at least one of:

a front window layer;

at least one display layer; and

at least one touch interface layer.

6. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a driver configured to drive at least one of the at least two actuators dependent on a mode determination signal.

7. The apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the mode determination signal comprises at least one of:

a hands-free mode determination signal, wherein the driver is configured to drive the at least two actuators; and

a hands-portable mode determination signal, wherein the driver is configured to drive the at least one of the at least two actuators.

8. The apparatus as claimed in claim 7, further comprising a mode determiner configured to determine the mode determination signal dependent on at least one of:

at least one proximity sensor;

an apparatus orientation sensor; and

an apparatus operating system setting.

9. The apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein at least one of the actuators is configured to be operated dependent on at least one power characteristic of the apparatus.

10. The apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the power characteristic of the apparatus comprises at least one of:

electrical power consumption of at least part of the apparatus;

battery capacity of the apparatus; and

estimated time to battery discharge of the apparatus.

11. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a filter configured to filter a signal to operate the at least two actuators to cause a haptic feedback and/or an acoustic signal.

12. The apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the filter comprises at least one of:

a low pass filter;

an equaliser;

a band pass filter; and

an adjustable filter.

13. The apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the filter is at least one of:

adaptively controlled; and

fixed.

14. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a damper coupled between at least one of the actuators and the second part to convert an actuator bending movement of the at least one actuator to the translational displacement of the second part.

15. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the apparatus is configured such that during the first mode of operation the translational displacement of the second part relative to the first part moves a majority of a front of the display with the translational displacement.

16. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the apparatus is configured such that during the second mode of operation the non-translational displacement of the second part relative to the first part rotates the second part relative to the first part with the non-translational displacement.

17. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein:

in the second mode of operation, the apparatus is configured to dampen displacement of at least a portion of the second part relative to the first part to provide the non-translational displacement of the second part, and

in the first mode of operation, the apparatus is configured to not dampen displacement of the portion of the second part relative to the first part to provide the translational displacement of the second part.

18. The apparatus as claimed in claim 17 wherein the apparatus comprises at least one controllable mechanical coupling configured to alternatively pass or filter one or more actuation force from at least one of the actuators to the second part.

19. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 where the second part comprises a front window and/or a display assembly comprising layers, and where, in the first mode of operation, the at least two actuators are configured to generate the translational displacement of the second part comprising at least one of:

an entirety of the front window having the translational displacement, and

an entirety of the at least one layer of the display assembly having the translational displacement.

20. A method comprising:

providing a first part configured to form at least part of a case of the apparatus;

providing a second part configured to form at least part of a display for the apparatus;

coupling the first part to the second part; and

applying a force to the second part by at least one of at least two actuators coupled to the second part to generate a displacement of the second part comprising;

in a first mode, operating the at least two actuators to generate a translational displacement of the second part relative to the first part to provide a first acoustic amplitude of sound from the translational displacement of the second part; and

in a second mode, operating at least one of the at least two actuators to generate a non-translational displacement of the second part relative to the first part to provide a second acoustic amplitude of sound from the non-translational displacement of the second part which is less than the first acoustic amplitude of sound.

21. The method as claimed in claim 20, further comprising driving at least one of the at least two actuators dependent on a mode determination signal, wherein the mode determination signal comprises at least one of:

a hands-free mode determination signal, wherein driving at least one of the at least two actuators dependent on a mode determination signal comprises driving the at least two actuators to generate the translational displacement; and

a hands-portable mode determination signal, wherein driving at least one of the at least two actuators dependent on a mode determination signal comprises driving the at least one of the at least two actuators to generate the non-translational displacement.

22. The method as claimed in claim 21, further comprising determining the mode determination signal dependent on at least one of:

at least one proximity sensor;

an apparatus orientation sensor; and

an apparatus operating system setting.

23. A method as in claim 20 further comprising:

in the second mode, dampening displacement of at least a portion of the second part relative to the first part to provide the non-translational displacement of the second part, and

in the first mode, not dampening displacement of the portion of the second part relative to the first part to provide the translational displacement of the second part.

24. A method as in claim 23 wherein the dampening comprises controlling at least one controllable mechanical coupling configured to alternatively pass and filter one or more actuation force from at least one of the actuators to the second part.

25. A non-transitory program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine for performing operations, the operations comprising:

controlling at least two actuators to, in a first mode, generate a translational displacement of a second part relative to a first part, where the first part forms at least part of a case of an apparatus, and where the second part forms at least part of a display for the apparatus, where a majority of the display is displaced by the at least two actuators with the translational displacement during the first mode to provide a first acoustic amplitude of sound from the translational displacement of the second part; and

controlling at least one of the at least two actuators to, in a second mode, generate a non-translational displacement of the second part relative to the first part to provide a second acoustic amplitude of sound from the non-translational displacement of the second part which is less than the first acoustic amplitude of sound.