IP Library Granted Patent US 9,832,297
Granted Patent B2
US 9,832,297 · App. 15/036,496 · Granted Nov 28, 2017

Device including interface

Inventor: Zhuang Liu (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: XI'AN ZHONGXING NEW SOFTWARE CO. LTD.
H04M1/0274H04B10/502H04M1/22
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Patent No.
US 9,832,297
App. No.
15/036,496
Granted
Nov 28, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a device including an interface. By adopting the device with a luminous part arranged at a physical interface, the problem of difficulty in accurately finding a position of the physical interface of the device in a dark environment is solved, so that a user can conveniently and rapidly identify the position and direction of the physical interface, and a user experience is improved.

Claims (15)

1. A mobile terminal comprising an interface, wherein the mobile terminal comprises a housing and a physical interface embedded into the housing, and further comprises:

a luminous part, arranged at a position close to the physical interface;

wherein the physical interface is connected to a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) of the mobile terminal through at least two pins which are located on each of two sides of the physical interface respectively and extend to a respective one of the two sides of the physical interface, wherein a thickness of the physical interface is more than or equal to a sum of thicknesses of the PCB and the luminous part, and the luminous part is arranged between the at least two pins on each of the two sides of the physical interface respectively.

2. The mobile terminal as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the luminous part comprises one or more Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs).

3. The mobile terminal as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a part around the physical interface in the housing is made from a transparent material.

4. The mobile terminal as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a control part, coupled to the luminous part and configured to control turning-on and turning-off of the luminous part.

5. The mobile terminal as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the control part comprises:

a driving circuit, coupled to the luminous part and configured to drive the luminous part to emit light; and

a processor, coupled to the driving circuit and configured to send a driving signal to the driving circuit according to received information, wherein the driving signal is used for instructing the driving circuit to drive the luminous part to emit light.

6. The mobile terminal as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the control part further comprises:

a light sensor, coupled to the processor and configured to detect light intensity of an environment where the physical interface is located and send the detected light intensity to the processor, wherein the processor judges whether to send the driving signal to the driving circuit or not according to the received light intensity.

7. The mobile terminal as claimed in claim 5 , further comprising:

a key unit, coupled to the processor and configured to receive input, generated through one or more keys in the key unit, of a user and send the input to the processor, wherein the processor judges whether to send the driving signal to the driving circuit or not according to the received input.

8. The mobile terminal as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the transparent material and the housing form an integrated structure.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 4, 2019
From: XI'AN ZHONGXING NEW SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
To: ZTE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 051172/0658 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 25, 2017
From: ZTE CORPORATION
To: XI'AN ZHONGXING NEW SOFTWARE CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 043675/0837 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 13, 2016
From: LIU, ZHUANG
To: ZTE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 038703/0724 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2013 2 0718077 U · Nov 13, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160301784A1 · Oct 13, 2016