Foldable apparatus for driving flexible member to unfold or fold, electronic device including foldable apparatus and flexible member, and control method of electronic device
View Patent ↗A foldable apparatus, an electronic device, and a control method of an electronic device are provided in the present disclosure. The foldable apparatus includes a first connecting portion, a second connecting portion, a first positioning portion fixed to the first connecting portion, and a second positioning portion fixed to the second connecting portion. The first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are respectively configured to be connected with two opposite parts of a flexible member to drive the flexible member to unfold or fold. The first positioning portion is provided with multiple first magnetic portions, and the second positioning portion is provided with a second magnetic portion in magnetic fit with the multiple first magnetic portions. When the second magnetic portion is in magnetic fit with each first magnetic portion, the second connecting portion and the first connecting portion are in a positioned state.
1. A foldable apparatus, comprising:
a first connecting portion;
a second connecting portion which is able to be unfolded or folded relative to the first connection portion;
a first positioning portion fixed to the first connecting portion; and
a second positioning portion fixed to the second connecting portion, wherein,
the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are respectively configured to be connected with two opposite parts of a flexible member to drive the flexible member to unfold or fold, the first positioning portion is provided with a plurality of first magnetic portions, the second positioning portion is provided with a second magnetic portion in magnetic fit with the plurality of the first magnetic portions, and the second connecting portion and the first connecting portion are in a positioned state when the second magnetic portion is in magnetic fit with each first magnetic portion;
wherein the first positioning portion has an inserting plate, the plurality of the first magnetic portions are embedded in the inserting plate, the second positioning portion has two opposite engaging plates, a slot which enables the inserting plate to be inserted is defined between the two engaging plates, and the second magnetic portion is embedded in the engaging plates.
2. The foldable apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a rotating shaft portion, wherein the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are disposed at two opposite sides of the rotating shaft portion, and the first connecting portion rotates around the rotating shaft portion and is unfolded or folded relative to the second connecting portion.
3. The foldable apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the rotating shaft portion has a rotating shaft base and a first rotating shaft and a second rotating shaft which are rotatably connected with the rotating shaft base, the first rotating shaft is fixedly connected with the first connecting portion, and the second rotating shaft is fixedly connected with the second connecting portion; and
the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft are arranged side by side, and when the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are folded relative to each other, an accommodating space which is able to accommodate a bendable part of the flexible member is defined between the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion.
4. The foldable apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the first positioning portion is fixedly connected with the first connecting portion at a place of the first connecting portion adjacent to the rotating shaft portion, and the second positioning portion is fixedly connected with the second connecting portion at a place of the second connecting portion adjacent to the rotating shaft portion.
5. The foldable apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the first positioning portion is implemented as a plurality of first positioning portions and the second positioning portion is implemented as a plurality of second positioning portions,
wherein the plurality of the first positioning portions are arranged at regular intervals in a length direction of a side edge of the first connecting portion adjacent to the rotating shaft portion, the plurality of the second positioning portions are arranged at regular intervals in a length direction of a side edge of the second connecting portion adjacent to the rotating shaft portion, and the plurality of the second positioning portions are in magnetic fit with the plurality of the first positioning portions respectively.
6. The foldable apparatus of claim 2 , wherein
the plurality of the first magnetic portions and the second magnetic portion are located inside the rotating shaft portion.
7. The foldable apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first positioning portion is spaced apart from the second positioning portion, when a first magnetic portion is in magnetic fit with the second magnetic portion.
8. The foldable apparatus of claim 1 , wherein
the plurality of the first magnetic portions are stacked with the second magnetic portion, when a first magnetic portion is in magnetic fit with the second magnetic portion.
9. The foldable apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are in a folded state or an included angle state relative to each other, when the second magnetic portion is in magnetic fit with a first magnetic portion away from the first connecting portion.
10. The foldable apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are in an unfolded state relative to each other, when the second magnetic portion is in magnetic fit with a first magnetic portion close to the first connecting portion.
11. The foldable apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the inserting plate has two opposite first mating surfaces, the engaging plates have second mating surfaces at inner sides of the engaging plates, the slot is defined between two second mating surfaces, and first mating surfaces are in clearance fit with the second mating surfaces when the inserting plate is inserted in the slot.
12. The foldable apparatus of claim 11 , wherein end portions of the plurality of the first magnetic portions penetrate through the first mating surfaces, end portions of the second magnetic portion penetrate through the second mating surfaces, and the end portions of the plurality of the first magnetic portions penetrating through the first mating surfaces are in magnetic fit with the end portions of the second magnetic portion penetrating through the second mating surfaces.
13. The foldable apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the first mating surfaces and the second mating surfaces all are perpendicular to an axial direction of the rotating shaft portion, and a magnetic attraction force between the plurality of the first magnetic portions and the second magnetic portion is parallel to the axial direction of the rotating shaft portion.
14. An electronic device, comprising:
a flexible member comprising two unfolded portions opposite to each other; and
a foldable apparatus, comprising:
a first connecting portion;
a second connecting portion which is able to be unfolded or folded relative to the first connection portion;
a first positioning portion fixed to the first connecting portion; and
a second positioning portion fixed to the second connecting portion, wherein,
the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are respectively configured to be connected with the two unfolded portions of the flexible member to drive the flexible member to unfold or fold, the first positioning portion is provided with a plurality of first magnetic portions, the second positioning portion is provided with a second magnetic portion in magnetic fit with the plurality of the first magnetic portions, and the second connecting portion and the first connecting portion are in a positioned state when the second magnetic portion is in magnetic fit with each first magnetic portion;
wherein the first positioning portion has an inserting plate, the plurality of the first magnetic portions are embedded in the inserting plate, the second positioning portion has two opposite engaging plates, a slot which enables the inserting plate to be inserted is defined between the two engaging plates, and the second magnetic portion is embedded in the engaging plates.
15. The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the flexible member is a flexible display screen.
16. The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the flexible member is located between the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion, when the flexible member is in a folded state.
17. The electronic device of claim 14 , further comprising:
a driving member disposed between the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion and configured to drive the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion to rotate relative to each other.
18. The electronic device of claim 17 , further comprising:
a Hall sensor fixed to the foldable apparatus; and
a processor electrically coupled with the Hall sensor, wherein the Hall sensor is configured to sense a magnetic field signal of the plurality of the first magnetic portions or the second magnetic portion, the processor is configured to convert the magnetic field signal of the Hall sensor into an included angle value between the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion, the processor is further electrically coupled with driving member, and the processor is configured to transmit a driving signal to the driving member according to the included angle value.
19. A method of controlling the electronic device of claim 14 , the electronic device further comprising a flexible member and a foldable apparatus, and the method comprising:
receiving an input instruction, where the input instruction indicates a rotation form;
determining a preset included angle corresponding to the rotation form;
obtaining a current rotation included angle of two non-bendable portions of the flexible member and determining whether the rotation included angle meets the preset included angle;
determining a compensation included angle according to the rotation included angle and the preset included angle in a case that the rotation included angle does not meet the preset included angle; and
driving the two non-bendable portions of the flexible member to rotate to the preset included angle according to the compensation included angle.