Recently, it has been reported that Xiaomi has been authorized by the curly screen patent, after a screen manufacturer launched a curly screen solution, and OPPO also launched a related concept machine "OPPO X 2021".
Wisdom bud data shows that some manufacturers have developed a design that combines "folding screen" and "scroll screen", and may be adopted by mobile phone manufacturers in the future. It is reported that Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd. recently obtained a patent authorization for "folding mechanism, curling screen structure and electronic equipment".
The folding mechanism includes the first moving plate, the second mobile plate and the connecting rod mechanism. The patented setting can make the object to be rolled switch between the folded state and the unfolded state, and the object to be rolled can be the screen, so as to realize the function of the screen and the whole machine curling state to cooperate with each other, to achieve the purpose of the screen scaling function in the complete state, and to reduce the shape of the appearance of the whole machine.
Wisdom bud experts said that as of the latest, Xiaomi and its affiliates in 126 countries / regions, a total of 10307 mobile phone patent applications, from the perspective of patent trends, Xiaomi in the mobile phone patent applications peaked in 2016, since then there have been 1500 or more patent applications every year. It is worth noting that Xie Yan, the user experience design director of Xiaomi's current Xiaomi ecological chain, personally owns 267 patents, ranking first in the list.
In addition, the company's patent applications directly related to curved screens are about 60, and according to patent trends, it can be seen that the company's patent applications are not very high in recent years, basically within 4-20.
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