Flexible display device

• US 10,643,452 B2
• Filed: 06/30/2017
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• 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
• Application Number:
  US16/306,595
• Publication Number:
  US 20190295403A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,040 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 flexible screen component, and an alarm assembly. A gap is provided in the housing and in communication with an inner cavity of the housing. The flexible screen component has a stretching end arranged opposite to each other, and the stretching end of the flexible screen component 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 defining a gap and an inner cavity, the gap being in communication with the inner cavity;

a flexible screen component accommodated in the inner cavity and having a stretching end, and the stretching end extending out of the housing through the gap; and

an alarm assembly accommodated in the housing, and the alarm assembly comprising an alarm and a detector, the detector being 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;

a reel located in the inner cavity, the reel is rotatably coupled to the housing, the flexible screen component further has a fixed end arranged opposite to the stretching end, and the fixed end is secured to the reel;

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 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, and the limiting protrusion protrudes from the side edge.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. The flexible display device according to claim 1, wherein the housing comprises a cylinder body and two side covers, the cylinder body 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 5, wherein the two side covers are detachably attached to the two open ends correspondingly.

7. The flexible display device according to claim 5, wherein a part of a side wall of the cylinder body of the housing is detachably coupled to the cylinder body.

8. The flexible display device according to claim 7, wherein two side walls are fixedly coupled to the two open ends correspondingly.

9. The flexible display device according to claim 5, 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 5, wherein the reel is a solid cylinder.

11. The flexible display device according to claim 5, wherein a wire between the alarm and the detector is located in the reel.

12. The flexible display device according to claim 1, wherein the alarm is one or more of the following:

an audible alarm;

an audible and visual alarm; and

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.

14. The flexible display device according to claim 13, wherein the flexible support is formed by hybrid injection molding of a thin steel sheet and silica gel.

15. The flexible display device according to claim 13, wherein the flexible support is made of a thin silicone sheet.

16. A flexible display device, comprising:

a housing defining an opening penetrating a side wall of the housing,

a flexible screen component accommodated in the housing and having a stretching end, and the stretching end extending out of the housing through the opening; and

an alarm assembly provided to the housing, and the alarm assembly comprising an alarm and a detector, the detector being 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;

a reel located in an inner cavity of the housing, the reel is rotatably coupled to the housing, the flexible screen component further has a fixed end arranged opposite to the stretching end, and the fixed end is secured to the reel;

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 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.

17. A flexible display device, comprising:

a housing having a hollow columnar shape and defining a gap, the gap being in communication with an interior of the housing;

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

an alarm assembly accommodated in the housing, and the alarm assembly comprising an alarm and a detector, the detector being 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;

a reel located in the interior of the housing, the reel is rotatably coupled to the housing, and the fixed end is secured to the reel;

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 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.