This application is based on and claims priority of the Chinese Patent Application No. 201510872857.7, filed on Dec. 2, 2015, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
The present disclosure is related to the field of display technology, and more particularly, to a liquid crystal display assembly and an electronic device.
An electronic device is provided with an optical proximity sensor to detect whether there is an object approaching the electronic device.
In the related arts, a small aperture is opened on a front surface of a housing of an electronic device and near the upper edge of the housing, and an optical proximity sensor is provided in the aperture. Taking a handset as an example, typically, a small aperture is opened on a side of a housing where the screen of the handset is provided, and an optical proximity sensor is provided in the small aperture.
The present disclosure provides a liquid crystal display assembly and an electronic device as below to solve the problems in the related arts.
According to a first aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a liquid crystal display assembly, comprising: an upper substrate; a lower substrate disposed parallel to the upper substrate; a liquid crystal layer enclosed between the upper and lower substrates; an upper polarizer attached to a side of the upper substrate away from the liquid crystal layer; a lower polarizer attached to a side of the lower substrate away from the liquid crystal layer. The liquid crystal display assembly further comprises at least one supersonic wave sensor and a control chip. The at least one supersonic wave sensor is arranged between the upper and lower polarizers, and each supersonic wave sensor is electrically connected to the control chip.
According to a second aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an electronic device comprising a liquid crystal display assembly according to the first aspect.
It should be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the disclosure.
The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the disclosure and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure.
The terminology used in the present disclosure is for the purpose of describing exemplary embodiments only and is not intended to limit the present disclosure. As used in the present disclosure and the appended claims, the singular forms “a,” “an” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It shall also be understood that the terms “or” and “and/or” used herein are intended to signify and include any or all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
It shall be understood that, although the terms “first,” “second,” “third,” etc. may be used herein to describe various information, the information should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one category of information from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the present disclosure, first information may be termed as second information; and similarly, second information may also be termed as first information. As used herein, the term “if” may be understood to mean “when” or “upon” or “in response to” depending on the context.
Reference throughout this specification to “one embodiment,” “an embodiment,” “exemplary embodiment,” or the like in the singular or plural means that one or more particular features, structures, or characteristics described in connection with an embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the present disclosure. Thus, the appearances of the phrases “in one embodiment” or “in an embodiment,” “in an exemplary embodiment,” or the like in the singular or plural in various places throughout this specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, or characteristics in one or more embodiments may be combined in any suitable manner.
Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. The following description refers to the accompanying drawings in which the same numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The implementations set forth in the following description of embodiments do not represent all implementations consistent with the disclosure. Instead, they are merely examples of apparatuses and methods consistent with aspects related to the disclosure as recited in the appended claims.
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To sum up, by arranging the supersonic wave sensor between the upper and lower polarizers to detect whether there is an object approaching an electronic device, the liquid crystal display assembly of this disclosure solves the problem of the unpleasant appearance of the electronic device in the related arts caused by opening an aperture for arranging therein an optical proximity sensor to detect whether there is an object approaching an electronic device, and achieves the effects of eliminating the need for opening an aperture, saving the area of the front panel of the electronic device, and improving the design beauty of the electronic device.
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Each supersonic wave sensor 260 may include at least one transmitting terminal 261 and one receiving terminal 262, or comprises one transmitting terminal 261 and at least one receiving terminal 262. The transmitting terminal 261 and the receiving terminal 262 alternately work under control of the control chip 270. That is, when the transmitting terminal 261 works, the receiving terminal 262 does not work; and when the receiving terminal 262 works, the transmitting terminal 261 does not work. For different supersonic wave sensors 260, the frequency at which the transmitting terminal 261 and the receiving terminal 262 alternately work may be identical or different, which will not be limited in this embodiment.
The transmitting terminal 261 of each supersonic wave sensor 260 is used for transmitting supersonic wave signals. When there is an object approaching, the supersonic wave signals will be blocked by the object to form reflected signals, and the receiving terminal 262 is used for receiving the reflected signals. An electronic device may detect whether there is an object approaching by detecting whether the receiving terminal 262 in the supersonic wave sensor 260 receives reflected signals.
In addition, a timing module may also be arranged in the supersonic wave sensor 260 to detect a distance between an approaching object and the liquid crystal display assembly. The timing module starts timing when the transmitting terminal 261 transmits a supersonic wave signal and stops timing when the receiving terminal 262 receives a reflected signal of the supersonic wave signal, to obtain a timing duration. The supersonic wave sensor 260 reads the timing duration in the timing module and determines the timing duration as a duration t of a transceiving process of the supersonic wave signal.
The distance between the approaching object and the liquid crystal display assembly may be obtained according to a formula: s=v*t/2,
Here, v denotes a sound velocity, t denotes the duration of said transceiving process, and s denotes the distance between the approaching object and the liquid crystal display assembly.
Because the sound velocity v will change with the temperature, a temperature sensor may be arranged in the supersonic wave sensor. The value of the sound velocity under the current temperature may be obtained according to a formula: v=331.45+0.607T, wherein T denotes a current temperature value obtained by the temperature sensor. Alternatively or additionally, the current temperature value T may also be obtained by reading weather information in the electronic device, which will not be defined in this embodiment.
In the following, arrangements of the supersonic wave sensors 260 will be described. At least one supersonic wave sensor 260 may be arranged on the upper surface of the lower glass substrate 221.
For example, each supersonic wave sensor 260 may be arranged on the upper surface of the lower glass substrate 221, and in this case both the transmitting terminal 261 and the receiving terminal 262 of each supersonic wave sensor 260 are arranged on the upper surface of the lower glass substrate 221. In another example, at least one supersonic wave sensor 260 is arranged on the CF 212. Each supersonic wave sensor 260 may be arranged on the CF 212, and in this case both the transmitting terminal 261 and the receiving terminal 262 of each supersonic wave sensor 260 are arranged on the CF 212; and so on.
When there are provided a plurality of supersonic wave sensors 260 (for example, the number of the at least one supersonic wave sensor is n, n≧2), the n supersonic wave sensors may be evenly and dispersedly arranged on the lower glass substrate 221. The supersonic wave sensors may be evenly and dispersedly arranged on the upper surface of the lower glass substrate 221. The transmitting terminal 261 of each supersonic wave sensor 260 is arranged on at least one of the first black matrix 212b and the second black matrix 223, and the receiving terminal 262 of each supersonic wave sensor 260 is arranged on at least one of the first black matrix 212b and the second black matrix 223.
As another example, all transmitting terminals 261 of the supersonic wave sensors 260 are dispersedly arranged on the first black matrix 212b, and all receiving terminals 262 thereof are dispersedly arranged on the second black matrix 223; or all the transmitting terminals 261 of the supersonic wave sensors 260 are dispersedly arranged on the second black matrix 223, and all the receiving terminals 262 thereof are dispersedly arranged on the first black matrix 212b.
The arrangement of the transmitting terminals 261 and the receiving terminals 262 of the supersonic wave sensors 260 is not limited in this disclosure.
By providing and evenly and dispersedly arranging the plurality of supersonic wave sensors 260, it can be detected within the whole LCD panel of the electronic device whether there is an object approaching, solving the problem of the unpleasant appearance of the electronic device in the related arts caused by opening an aperture for arranging therein an optical proximity sensor to detect whether there is an object approaching an electronic device, and achieving the effects of eliminating the need for opening an aperture, saving the area of the front panel of the electronic device and improving the design beauty of the electronic device.
In addition, by arranging the transmitting terminal 261 and the receiving terminal 262 of each supersonic wave sensor 260 on the second black matrix 223 or the first black matrix 212b, it can be ensured that the supersonic wave sensor 260 will not affect the optical transmittance of the LCD panel and thus the display effect of the LCD panel. In addition, this prevents the reception by the supersonic wave sensor of reflected signals of supersonic wave signals transmitted by the transmitting terminal from being constrained by transmitting and receiving angles, thereby improving the detection accuracy.
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In addition, the control chip 270 may be an MCU (Microcontroller Unit) which is also referred to as a single-chip microcomputer or a single chip and is a chip-level computer. In one possible implementation, taking an example in which the MCU dynamically controls the backlight luminance according to a distance between a finger and the liquid crystal display assembly calculated by the supersonic wave sensors, the receiving terminal 262 of each supersonic wave sensor 260 collects reflected signals of supersonic wave signals transmitted from the transmitting terminal 261 of the supersonic wave sensor 260. The MCU acquires reflected signals from each supersonic wave sensor 260, performs calculation on the acquired reflected signals, determines whether there is an object approaching within a preset distance from the LCD panel according to the calculation result, and then controls the backlight source 290 to emit light or not to emit light according to the determination result. For example, when the calculation result indicates that there is an object approaching within 1 cm from the LCD panel, the MCU controls the backlight source 290 not to emit light; and when the calculation result indicates that there is no object approaching within 1 cm from the LCD panel, the MCU controls the backlight source 290 to emit light.
Optionally, the preset distance may not be needed in the liquid crystal display assembly. In that case, it is considered that there is an object approaching as long as the MCU receives reflected signals from the receiving terminal 262 of the supersonic wave sensor 260.
In addition, a display area corresponding to the liquid crystal display assembly may be a complete display area which is correspondingly provided with at least one backlight source 290. Each backlight source 290 may control the backlight luminance of the whole display area.
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In the disclosure, by arranging the supersonic wave sensor between the upper and lower polarizers to detect whether there is an object approaching an electronic device, the liquid crystal display assembly of this disclosure solves the problem of the unpleasant appearance of the electronic device in the related arts caused by opening an aperture for arranging therein an optical proximity sensor to detect whether there is an object approaching an electronic device, and achieves the effects of eliminating the need for opening an aperture, saving the area of the front panel of the electronic device, and improving the design beauty of the electronic device.
In addition, by arranging at least one transmitting terminal of the supersonic wave sensor on at least one of the first and second black matrices and arranging at least one receiving terminal of the supersonic wave sensor on at least one of the first and second black matrices, it is ensured that the supersonic wave sensor will not affect the optical transmittance of the LCD panel and thus the display effect of the LCD panel. In addition, this prevents the reception by the supersonic wave sensor at its receiving terminal of reflected signals of supersonic wave signals transmitted by the transmitting terminal from being constrained by transmitting and receiving angles, thereby solving the problem that an optical proximity sensor cannot detect an approaching object within the whole LCD panel of the electronic device and achieving the effect of improving the detection accuracy.
Another embodiment of this disclosure provides an electronic device. For example, the electronic device may be a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast terminal, a messaging device, a gaming console, a tablet, a medical device, exercise equipment, a personal digital assistant or the like. The electronic device comprises the liquid crystal display assembly provided by the embodiment shown in
Other embodiments of the disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the disclosure disclosed here. This application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosure following the general principles thereof and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice in the art. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the disclosure being indicated by the following claims.
It will be appreciated that the present disclosure is not limited to the exact construction that has been described above and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and that various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the scope thereof. It is intended that the scope of the disclosure only be limited by the appended claims.
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201510872857.7 | Dec 2015 | CN | national |