CN108490718B

CN108490718B - Camera assembly and electronic equipment

Info

Publication number: CN108490718B
Application number: CN201810203851.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 尹志东
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-03-13
Filing date: 2018-03-13
Publication date: 2021-03-30
Anticipated expiration: 2038-03-13
Also published as: CN108490718A

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a camera assembly and an electronic apparatus. The camera assembly comprises a driving piece, a guide rail and a plurality of optical lens modules movably connected to the guide rail. The guide rail is provided with a light matching part, and the driving part can drive the plurality of optical lens modules to alternately reach the light matching part so as to obtain incident light. The camera assembly comprises a plurality of functional lens modules, a plurality of optical lens modules and a plurality of connecting rods, wherein the optical lens modules can be alternately moved to shooting positions by the aid of the structural arrangement, and accordingly the structural arrangement is flexible and utilization rate of an assembly space is optimized.

Description

Camera assembly and electronic equipment

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of electronic technologies, and in particular, to a camera assembly and an electronic apparatus.

Background

In the related art, the camera module assembled in the electronic device has more and more functions, and generally includes an iris recognition module, a large wide-angle lens module, and the like in addition to a standard photographing lens. The functional module is used for acquiring incident light based on the opening of the electronic device, and the appearance of the electronic device is reduced due to more and more openings. Therefore, how to obtain a camera assembly with a compact structure and an electronic device with a good appearance effect becomes a hot issue of current research.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the problems existing in the related art, the present disclosure provides a camera assembly and an electronic device, so that the camera assembly is compact in structure, and the appearance effect of the electronic device is improved.

According to a first aspect of the present disclosure, a camera assembly is provided, which includes a driving member, a guide rail, and a plurality of optical lens modules movably connected to the guide rail; the guide rail is provided with a light matching part, and the driving part can drive the plurality of optical lens modules to alternately reach the light matching part so as to obtain incident light.

Optionally, the driving member comprises a rotating member; the guide rail is arranged along the circumferential direction of the rotating part, and the optical lens modules are connected to the rotating part, so that the rotating part drives the optical lens modules to alternately reach the light matching part along the guide rail.

Optionally, the rotating part is provided with a connecting part in one-to-one correspondence with the optical lens modules, and the connecting part is arranged along the circumferential direction of the rotating part uniformly.

Optionally, the connecting portion includes a clamping groove, a clamping hook is disposed on the optical lens module, and the clamping groove and the clamping hook are matched to achieve assembly of the optical lens module on the driving member.

Optionally, the driving member includes at least one pushing and pulling member, and the pushing and pulling member is connected to the optical lens module to push the optical lens module to reach the light fitting portion along the guide rail, or pull back the optical lens module to be away from the light fitting portion along the guide rail.

Optionally, one of the push-pull pieces is arranged at a position where the light matching parts coincide.

Optionally, the push-pull member is provided in plurality and is disposed at the optical lens module in a one-to-one correspondence manner.

Optionally, the guide rail includes a plurality of tracks corresponding to the optical lens modules one to one, and the plurality of tracks intersect with the light fitting portion.

Optionally, the optical lens module includes one of a standard lens module, a telephoto lens module, a depth lens module, a wide-angle lens module, and an infrared spectrum module.

According to a second aspect of the present disclosure, an electronic device is provided, which includes a device main body and the above camera assembly, wherein a light hole is formed in the device main body, and the camera assembly is assembled inside the device main body, so that the light matching portion coincides with the light hole.

Optionally, the front surface of the device main body is covered with a first screen component associated with the camera assembly, so as to display shooting contents of the camera assembly.

Optionally, a second screen assembly associated with the camera assembly is disposed on a back surface of the device main body opposite to the front surface, and is used for displaying shooting contents of the camera assembly; the second screen component is associated with the first screen component to transmit the shooting content of the camera component to the first screen component.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can have the following beneficial effects:

this is disclosed through setting up a plurality of optical lens modules, guide rail and driving piece for camera subassembly to make a plurality of optical lens modules can reach the light cooperation portion on the guide rail along the guide rail in turn under the drive of driving piece, make camera subassembly not only contain a plurality of functional lens modules, and a plurality of optical lens modules can alternately move to the shooting position, therefore the structure sets up the utilization ratio nimble, that has optimized the equipment space.

It is to 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.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the present disclosure and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device in the related art;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a camera assembly according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a camera assembly according to another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a camera assembly according to yet another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a camera assembly according to yet another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device in an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the exemplary embodiments below are not intended to represent all implementations consistent with the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of the present disclosure, as detailed in the appended claims.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device in the related art. As shown in fig. 1, the electronic apparatus a includes an apparatus main body a7, and a camera assembly a6 provided inside the apparatus main body a 7. The camera module A6 may include a quasi-lens module a61, a telephoto lens module a62, a depth lens module a63, a wide-angle lens module a64, and an infrared spectrum module a65, where the apparatus body a7 is provided with a first light hole a1 corresponding to the standard lens module a61, a second light hole a2 corresponding to the telephoto lens module a62, and a third light hole A3 corresponding to the depth lens module a63, and a fourth light hole a4 corresponding to the wide-angle lens module a64, and a fifth light hole a5 corresponding to the infrared spectrum module a 65. Each module of the camera assembly a6 obtains incident light through the light holes corresponding to each other one by one to realize an expansion function other than a basic shooting function. The telephoto lens module a62, the depth lens module a63, the wide-angle lens module a64, and the infrared spectrum module a65, which are arranged side by side to realize various shooting functions, obviously occupy more internal space of the electronic device a; and the electronic device a is further provided with four additional light holes for the telephoto lens module a62, the depth lens module a63, the wide-angle lens module a64 and the infrared spectrum module a65, which also affects the appearance effect of the electronic device a.

In order to solve the above problems, the present disclosure improves the structures of the camera assembly a6 and the electronic apparatus a, and the following description is given:

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a camera head assembly according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 2, the camera assembly 1 may include a driving member 11, a guide rail 12, and a plurality of optical lens modules 13 movably coupled to the guide rail 12. The guide rail 12 is provided with a light matching portion 121, and the driving member 11 can drive the plurality of optical lens modules 13 to alternately reach the light matching portion 121 to obtain incident light. The plurality of optical lens modules 13 may include: a standard lens module, a telephoto lens module, a depth lens module, a wide-angle lens module, and an infrared spectrum module, and the present disclosure does not limit the type and number of the optical lens modules 13.

According to the camera assembly 1, the plurality of optical lens modules 13, the guide rail 12 and the driving part 11 are arranged, so that the plurality of optical lens modules 13 can alternately reach the light matching part 121 on the guide rail 12 along the guide rail 12 under the driving of the driving part 11, the camera assembly 1 not only comprises a plurality of functional lens modules, but also can alternately move to the shooting position through the plurality of optical lens modules 13, and therefore the structure is flexible to set, and the utilization rate of an assembly space is optimized.

The following two exemplary embodiments are illustrated and described with respect to the specific structure of the driving member 11 and the corresponding operation of the camera assembly 1:

in an embodiment, the driving member 11 in the camera head assembly 1 may be a rotating member as shown in fig. 2. The rotating part is provided with a connecting part 111, the connecting part 111 can be uniformly arranged along the circumferential direction of the rotating part, and the optical lens modules 13 are in one-to-one correspondence with the connecting part 111 in an assembling and matching manner, so that the optical lens modules 13 can be accurately positioned and controlled by controlling the rotating part. The guide rail 12 is arranged along the circumferential direction of the outer part of the rotating part, so that motion guidance is provided for the optical lens module 13, and the motion stability and accuracy of the optical lens module 13 are improved. When the rotating member rotates, the optical lens 13 module can be driven to alternately reach the light matching portion 121 along the guide rail 12, so that the structure is simple, and the operation and the control are convenient.

In the above embodiment, the connecting portion 111 may be a slot, and the optical lens module 13 is provided with a hook, and the slot and the hook cooperate to assemble the optical lens module 13 on the driving member 11. Alternatively, the connection portion 111 may be a threaded assembly hole, and the optical lens module 13 is assembled by matching the threaded assembly hole with a threaded connection member, and the disclosure does not limit the connection manner between the optical lens module 13 and the rotating member.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 3, the driving member 11 in the camera module 1 can be a push-pull member, which is connected to the optical lens module 13 to push the optical lens module 13 along the guide rail 12 to the light-coupling portion 121 or pull the optical lens module 13 along the guide rail 12 away from the light-coupling portion 121. The guide rail 12 may include a plurality of rails intersecting the light-ray matching portion 121 such that each optical lens module 13 can reach the light-ray matching portion 121 along the corresponding rail.

In the above embodiment, a plurality of push-pull members may be provided as shown in fig. 3 and correspondingly disposed at the initial position of each optical lens module 13, and each push-pull member can be controlled to push the corresponding optical lens module 13 to move along the guide rail 12 toward the light ray matching part 121 and can be controlled to pull the corresponding optical lens module 13 back to the initial position. Alternatively, as shown in fig. 4, the push-pull member may be disposed at a position overlapping the light ray matching portion 121, and the push-pull member located at the light ray matching portion 121 can be controlled to push and pull the designated optical lens module 13 back and forth between the initial position and the light ray matching portion 121. The number and specific arrangement positions of the push-pull pieces are not limited in the present disclosure. When the push-pull member is disposed at the position where the light matching portions 121 coincide, the arrangement of the plurality of rails may be arranged according to a specific assembly space. For example, the rail arrangement shown in fig. 4 may be used when the assembly space of the camera head assembly 1 is eccentric. When the assembly space of the camera head assembly 1 is off-rectangular, a rail arrangement as shown in fig. 5 may be used, which is not limited by the present disclosure. In the embodiment shown in fig. 5, the push-pull member may be disposed at a position overlapping the light ray engagement portion, and the push-pull member is controlled to push and pull the designated optical lens module 13 back and forth between the initial position and the light ray engagement portion 121.

In order to enrich the shooting function of the electronic device, the camera assembly 1 may be assembled to an electronic device such as a mobile phone 2 or a tablet computer, and the disclosure does not limit the type of the electronic device. The structure of the electronic apparatus will be described and explained below by taking the assembly of the camera assembly 1 to the mobile phone 2 as an example:

as shown in fig. 6, the mobile phone 2 includes a device body 21 and the camera module 1, the device body 21 is provided with a light hole 22, the camera module 1 is assembled inside the device body 21, so that the light matching portion 121 is overlapped with the light hole 22, and therefore the plurality of optical lens modules 13 in the camera module 1 can be alternately moved to the light hole 22 for shooting.

The shooting function of the optical lens modules 13 can be realized by arranging the unique light-transmitting holes 22 on the device main body 21, so that the shooting function of the electronic device is enriched, and the appearance effect of the electronic device is improved by reducing the opening holes on the device main body 21.

In the above embodiment, the front 211 of the apparatus main body 21 is covered with the first screen assembly 23 associated with the camera assembly 1 to display the contents shot by the camera assembly 1. A second screen assembly 24 associated with the camera assembly 1 is disposed on a back surface 212 of the apparatus body 21 opposite to the front surface 211 for displaying the contents captured by the camera assembly 1, and the light-transmitting holes 22 may be disposed on the back surface 212 of the apparatus body 21. The second screen assembly 24 is associated with the first screen assembly 23 to transmit the contents of the camera assembly 1 to the first screen assembly 23.

The standard lens module of the camera module 1 in the device body 21 of the mobile phone 2 is utilized to complete the common scene shooting through the light hole 22 arranged on the back 212 of the device body 21. In addition, when the optical lens module 13 in the camera module 1 includes a telephoto lens module, a depth lens module, a wide-angle lens module, and an infrared spectrum module, functions of telephoto shooting, depth shooting, wide-angle shooting, and infrared spectrum shooting can also be realized. Furthermore, self-timer and video call can be also performed by using the second screen assembly 24 provided on the back surface 212 of the apparatus body 21, and the second screen assembly 24 can be associated with the first screen assembly 23 overlaid on the front surface 211 of the apparatus body 21 to realize the interaction of the second screen assembly 24 and the first screen assembly 23. Above-mentioned structure setting can reduce the front 211 trompil at equipment main part 21, promotes the screen of first screen subassembly 23 and accounts for the ratio, has promoted the shooting effect and the outward appearance effect of cell-phone simultaneously.

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 herein. This application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosure following, in general, the principles of the disclosure and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the disclosure pertains. 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 understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the precise arrangements described above and shown in the drawings and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present disclosure is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A camera assembly is characterized by comprising a driving piece, a guide rail and a plurality of optical lens modules movably connected to the guide rail; the guide rail is provided with a light matching part, and the driving part can drive the plurality of optical lens modules to alternately reach the light matching part so as to obtain incident light;

the driving piece comprises a rotating piece; the guide rail is arranged along the circumferential direction of the rotating piece, and the optical lens modules are connected to the rotating piece so that the rotating piece drives the plurality of optical lens modules to alternately reach the light ray matching part along the guide rail;

the driving piece comprises at least one push-pull piece, and the push-pull piece is connected with the optical lens module to push the optical lens module to reach the light matching part along the guide rail or pull back the optical lens module to be far away from the light matching part along the guide rail.

2. The camera assembly according to claim 1, wherein the rotating member is provided with connecting portions corresponding to the optical lens modules one to one, and the connecting portions are uniformly arranged along a circumferential direction of the rotating member.

3. The camera assembly according to claim 2, wherein the connecting portion comprises a locking groove, and the optical lens module is provided with a locking hook, and the locking groove and the locking hook cooperate to assemble the optical lens module to the driving member.

4. A camera assembly according to claim 1, wherein said push-pull member is one and is disposed at a position where said light engagement portions coincide.

5. The camera assembly of claim 1, wherein the push-pull member is provided in a plurality and is disposed at the optical lens module in a one-to-one correspondence.

6. The camera assembly of claim 1, wherein the guide rail comprises a plurality of tracks corresponding to the optical lens modules one to one, and the plurality of tracks intersect the light engaging portion.

7. The camera assembly of claim 1, wherein the optical lens module comprises one of a standard lens module, a telephoto lens module, a depth lens module, a wide angle lens module, and an infrared spectroscopy module.

8. An electronic device comprising a device body provided with a light-transmitting hole and a camera assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 7, the camera assembly being assembled inside the device body such that the light-engaging portion coincides with the light-transmitting hole.

9. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the front surface of the device body is covered with a first screen component associated with the camera assembly for displaying the image captured by the camera assembly.

10. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein a second screen component associated with the camera component is provided on a back surface of the device body opposite to the front surface for displaying the shooting content of the camera component; the second screen component is associated with the first screen component to transmit the shooting content of the camera component to the first screen component.