US 12,259,577 B2
Display module, control method thereof and apparatus thereof, and electronic device cross-reference to related applications
Zipeng Su, Guangdong (CN); and Yaoguang You, Guangdong (CN)
Assigned to VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed by VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Apr. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/725,252.
Application 17/725,252 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2020/121148, filed on Oct. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201911000923.6 (CN), filed on Oct. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0244456 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G02B 6/122 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/122 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1652 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display module, comprising a display screen and a refracted light guide member, wherein the display screen comprises a first abutting edge, a second abutting edge, and a display body located between the first abutting edge and the second abutting edge, wherein the first abutting edge and the second abutting edge are located in space enclosed by the display body, the display body comprises a first curved display area and a second curved display area, wherein the first curved display area is connected to the first abutting edge, the second curved display area is connected to the second abutting edge, the first curved display area and the second curved display area form a groove, the refracted light guide member is fixed in the groove, and the refracted light guide member refracts light, emitted from the first curved display area and the second curved display area, onto a plane in which an opening of the groove is located;
wherein the refracted light guide member comprises a first sub-refracted light guide member and a second sub-refracted light guide member, wherein the first sub-refracted light guide member is disposed opposite to the first curved display area, and light from the first curved display area is refracted onto the plane in which the opening of the groove is located; and the second sub-refracted light guide member is disposed opposite to the second curved display area, light from the second curved display area is refracted onto the plane in which the opening of the groove is located, and surfaces that are of the first sub-refracted light guide member and the second sub-refracted light guide member and that face the opening are coplanar with the plane in which the opening is located;
wherein at least one of a surface of the first sub-refracted light guide member and a surface of the second sub-refracted light guide member that abut against each other is provided with a light shielding layer.