The present disclosure claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202221961700.3 filed on Jul. 26, 2022, titled “DECORATIVE MEMBER, HOUSING OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE”, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
The present disclosure relates to the field of optical technologies, more specifically, to a decorative member, a housing of an electronic device, and an electronic device.
A hairline effect presented by a decorative member is mostly achieved by surface treatment on a corresponding substrate by a printing or a hot-pressing process, and forming a surface texture pattern with hairline-like characteristics on a surface of the substrate. However, the hairline effect formed by this method is too rigid, has poor fluidity, and has insufficient aesthetics, and a hairline flowing effect cannot be presented under various viewing angles.
In view of this, the present disclosure provides a decorative member, a housing of an electronic device, and an electronic device to at least partially solve those problems.
In a first aspect of the present disclosure, a decorative member is provided. The decorative member includes: a substrate; and
In an example of the present disclosure, a surface of the substrate is divided into a plurality of unit cell areas of the same size, and each of the unit cell areas is filled with one of the grating portions.
In an example of the present disclosure, the unit cell area is a square, and each of the grating portions is centered at the center of the square, each of the grating portions extends to an inscribed circle of the square and connects to the inscribed circle of the square, or each of the grating portions extends to an edge of the square and connects to the edge of the square.
In an example of the present disclosure, the unit cell area is a square, and a side length of the square is 40 microns to 100 microns.
In an example of the present disclosure, a width of a cross section of each of the grating portions is 20% to 60% of the side length of the square, and the cross section is perpendicular to the corresponding preset path.
In an example of the present disclosure, the tangent value of the included angle is between 1:30 and 4:1, and the included angle is between the reflecting surface of each of the grating portions and the surface of the substrate.
In an example of the present disclosure, a height of each of the grating portions is 0.5 microns to 20 microns, a width of a cross section of each of the grating portions is 10 microns to 50 microns, and the cross section is perpendicular to the corresponding preset path.
In an example of the present disclosure, at least part of grating portions on each of the preset paths are arranged at different angles.
In an example of the present disclosure, the grating portion includes at least one of a grating portion extending in a straight line and a grating portion extending in a curve.
In an example of the present disclosure, the grating portion includes at least one of a curved grating portion having a reflecting surface configured as a curved surface and a planar grating portion having a reflecting surface configured as a planar surface.
In an example of the present disclosure, a surface of the substrate is further arranged with a second texture layer having an effect different from that of the first texture layer,
In a second aspect of the present disclosure, a housing of an electronic device is provided, and the housing of the electronic device includes the decorative member provided in the present disclosure.
In a third aspect of the present disclosure, an electronic device is provided, and the electronic device includes the housing of the electronic device provided in the present disclosure.
According to the solutions described herein, a plurality of grating portions are arranged on a preset path to form a hairline effect, and the displayed effect of hairline light and shadow is realized to be more natural and not rigid. Moreover, the grating portions of adjacent hairlines are arranged at different angles, resulting in different light and shadow effects on two adjacent hairlines. While the boundary of the hairline is clear, it can also make the hairline flash alternately at different viewing angles, thus enhancing the flexibility and aesthetics of the decorative member.
Other features and advantages of the present disclosure will be described in detail in the following examples.
The accompanying drawings provide a further understanding of the present disclosure and constitute a part of the specification and, together with the following examples, serve to explain the present disclosure, but are not intended to limit the present disclosure. In the drawings:
Hereinafter, examples of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the example described herein is for illustration and explanation of the present disclosure only, and is not intended to limit the present disclosure.
In the present disclosure, unless stated to the contrary, location words such as “inner and outer” are used with respect to the contour of the corresponding component itself. In addition, when the following description refers to the drawings, the same numbers in different drawings denote the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The examples described in the following exemplary examples do not represent all examples consistent with the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of devices and methods consistent with some aspects of the present disclosure as detailed in the appended claims.
In a first aspect of the present disclosure, a decorative member is provided, and the decorative member can be arranged on various products to improve aesthetics. For example, the decorative member can serve as a housing of an electronic device to present a desired light and shadow effect. Specifically, referring to
As shown in
According to the solutions described herein, a plurality of grating portions 3 are arranged on a preset path to form a hairline effect, and the displayed effect of hairline light and shadow is realized to be more natural and not rigid. Moreover, the grating portions 3 of adjacent hairlines are arranged at different angles, resulting in different light and shadow effects on two adjacent hairlines. While the boundary of the hairline is clear, it can also make the hairline flash alternately at different viewing angles, thus enhancing the flexibility and aesthetics of the decorative member.
In the example of the present disclosure, referring to
Further, referring to
In other examples, each of the grating portions 3 can also be arranged to be connected to an edge of the unit cell area 4 as shown in
According to one example of the present disclosure, a side length of the square can be set to 40-100 microns, for example, 50 microns. By defining the unit cell area 4 to this size, the size of the grating portion 3 in the unit cell area 4 can also ensure the naturally flowing effect of light and shadow on the premise of ensuring that it is easy to realize.
According to one example of the present disclosure, the tangent value of the included angle a (referring to
In one example, in conjunction with
In one example, the size of the grating portion 3 can be determined according to the side length of the square, for example, a width of a cross section of the grating portion 3 can be 20% to 60% of the side length of the square, for example 50% of the side length of the square, and the cross section is perpendicular to the corresponding preset path. For example, when the side length of the square is 50 microns, the width of the grating portion 3 can be 10 to 30 microns, such as 20 microns. With this arrangement, clear and visible light and shadow effects can be obtained without being blurred due to too large size or being invisible due to too small size.
In the example of the present disclosure, at least part of grating portions 3 on each of the preset paths are arranged at different angles. By arranging the grating portions 3 at different angles, the grating portions 3 are changed with the effect of hairline flowing, so as to realize the effect of hairline flowing. In some examples, in order to realize the flowing light and shadow effect, part of adjacent grating portions along the preset path can be divided into a group, thus the preset path can be divided into a plurality of groups of gratings. The angles of grating portions 3 in each group of gratings can be the same, and the angles of gratings of adjacent groups can be set to be different. In this way, the grating portions 3 of the same angle within the same group are used to form hairline light and shadow, while the angle changes of the gratings between different groups can present light and shadows of different brightness to form a flowing hairline effect. For example, in some examples, the arrangement angle of the grating portion along a preset path of a hairline can be as follow: the arrangement angle of a group of grating portions 3 at the starting end (here all angles are relative to the grating in the vertical direction) is 10°, and the arrangement angle of a group of grating portions 3 at the end is 80°. The grating groups between the starting end and the end can be changed sequentially within the angle range, and in this arrangement, the effect of flowing hairline can be presented, that is, when viewed from a perspective, different light and dark effects are presented sequentially on a single hairline in a preset path (as shown in
In an example of the present disclosure, the grating portion 3 can include at least one of a grating portion 3 extending in a straight line and a grating portion 3 extending in a curve. The grating portion 3 extending in a straight line is, for example, the grating portion 3 shown in
In some examples, as shown in
In some examples, referring to
In one example, a surface of the substrate 1 can be further arranged with a second texture layer having an effect different from that of the first texture layer 2. In some examples, the first texture layer 2 and the second texture layer can be respectively arranged in different areas of the substrate 1, for example, the substrate 1 is divided into two areas, the first texture layer 2 is arranged in one area, and the second texture layer is arranged in the other area, so that two kinds of light and shadow effects can be presented on the decorative member, which has peculiarity. Similarly, three or more areas can also be divided on the substrate 1, and each area is arranged with a different texture layer. In some examples, the first texture layer 2 and the second texture layer can be arranged on the entire surface of the substrate 1 and arranged in an intersecting manner, that is, a new light and shadow effect can be presented after the first texture layer 2 and the second texture layer arranged in an intersecting manner. In addition, it should be noted that in the example of the present disclosure, a combination of the above two methods can be adopted, that is, a part of the first texture layer 2 and the other texture layer can be arranged in the same area and arranged in an intersecting manner, and the other part of the first texture layer 2 can be arranged independently of the texture layer of the other area, to make the decorative member present various light and shadow effects.
In a second aspect of the example of the present disclosure, a housing of an electronic device is further provided. The housing of the electronic device includes the above-described decorative member and has all the beneficial effects of the above-described decorative member, which will not be described herein. In some examples, the housing of the electronic device can include a coating layer located on the surface of the decorative member in addition to the above-described decorative member, and the light and shadow effects of different colors can be presented in conjunction with the above-described decorative member having a hairline flowing effect. Additionally and/or alternatively, other functional layers can be added according to actual needs, or more decorative members can be superimposed.
In a third aspect of the present disclosure, an electronic device is further provided. The electronic device includes the housing of the electronic device described above to improve a visual effect. Among them, electronic devices include but are not limited to mobile phones, tablets, laptops, etc.
Hereinafter, a method for preparing a product of the decorative member will be described in conjunction with the decorative member in the example of the present disclosure. The method for preparing the product of the decorative member includes the following steps: texture parameters are set by software, the preset texture is carved onto the mould by laser, and exposing, developing, drying, plasma cleaning and other operations are operated on the mould to obtain a texture mould; transferring and curing operations are operated on the texture mould to obtain the transfer mould; the texture is transferred to the substrate 1 to transfer an optical texture layer on the substrate 1; a coating layer is deposited on the optical texture layer, and an ink layer is printed on one side of the coating layer; then, the film of the decorative member is attached to the glass by a process such as bonding to make a glass product having the decorative member. In other methods, it is possible to apply a preset texture to the glass product with homogeneous photoresist, and the preset texture structure can be obtained by photolithography, exposure and development; the glass with a texture layer is placed in an etching tank, and the texture is completely copied onto the glass through a reasonable etching time to form a decorative member in the present disclosure, wherein a glass plate is used as the substrate 1 here; then, optical coating can be performed on the side opposite the texture layer of the glass; and an ink layer is sprayed on one side of the coating layer, thereby obtaining a product having a decorative member.
Preferred examples of the present disclosure are described in detail above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present disclosure is not limited to the specific details in the above-described examples, and various simple modifications can be made to the solutions of the present disclosure within the scope of the concept of the present disclosure, and these simple modifications all fall within the scope of protection of the present disclosure.
In addition, it should be noted that the features described in the above-described detailed examples can be combined in any suitable manner without contradiction, and in order to avoid unnecessary repetition, various possible combinations will not be described separately in the present disclosure.
In addition, various different examples of the present disclosure can be arbitrarily combined, and the same should be regarded as the contents disclosed in the present disclosure as long as they do not violate the concept of the present disclosure.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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| 202221961700.3 | Jul 2022 | CN | national |
| Number | Date | Country | |
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| Parent | PCT/CN2023/090697 | Apr 2023 | WO |
| Child | 19024613 | US |