CN109803074B

CN109803074B - Terminal device

Info

Publication number: CN109803074B
Application number: CN201811643161.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 韩建国
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Hangzhou Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Hangzhou Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-12-29
Filing date: 2018-12-29
Publication date: 2020-09-01
Anticipated expiration: 2038-12-29
Also published as: WO2020135704A1; CN109803074A

Abstract

The invention discloses terminal equipment which comprises a shell (100) provided with a through hole (110), a camera assembly (200) movably arranged on the shell (100) and a driving mechanism (300) arranged in the shell (100), wherein the camera assembly (200) enters and exits the shell (100) through the through hole (110), the driving mechanism (300) is in transmission connection with the camera assembly (200), the driving mechanism (300) applies a rotation driving force to the camera assembly (200), and the camera assembly (200) rotates relative to the shell (100) by taking a penetrating central axis of the through hole (110) as a rotating shaft under the action of the rotation driving force. The camera assembly can rotate to face the front, the back or other positions of the terminal equipment according to the requirements of users. Therefore, the terminal equipment can realize front-mounted shooting and rear-mounted shooting simultaneously through the camera component without respectively arranging the front-mounted camera and the rear-mounted camera, so that the thickness of the terminal equipment is reduced to some extent, and the lightness and thinness of the terminal equipment are improved.

Description

Terminal device

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a terminal device.

Background

With the development of the terminal equipment industry, the continuous pursuit of extreme appearance and high screen ratio is a great development direction at present, which not only can meet the appearance requirements of consumers, but also can meet the requirements of the consumers in the aspects of video and audio entertainment and the like.

The lifting type camera is a specific implementation mode, can be hidden in a shell of the terminal device, and extends out of the shell when in use. However, the terminal device generally includes at least a front camera and a rear camera, and only one of the front camera and the rear camera may be raised and lowered. The more common mode is that leading camera can go up and down, and the rear camera is fixed motionless, and the rear camera still can occupy the inner space of casing this moment, leads to terminal equipment's thickness great, and its frivolousness remains to be improved.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention discloses a terminal device, which aims to improve the lightness and thinness of the terminal device.

In order to solve the problems, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:

the utility model provides a terminal equipment, including set up fenestrate casing, movably set up in the camera subassembly of casing and set up in actuating mechanism in the casing, the camera subassembly passes through the perforation business turn over the casing, actuating mechanism with the camera subassembly transmission is connected, just actuating mechanism to the camera subassembly is applyed and is rotated the drive power, the camera subassembly is in under the effect of rotation drive power, with fenestrate axis that runs through is for the pivot for the casing rotates.

The technical scheme adopted by the invention can achieve the following beneficial effects:

in the terminal equipment disclosed by the invention, the camera component can rotate relative to the shell by taking the perforated through central axis as a rotating shaft under the driving action of the driving mechanism, so that the camera component can rotate under the action of the driving mechanism after extending out of the shell, and further faces to the front side, the back side or other positions of the terminal equipment according to the requirements of users. Therefore, the terminal equipment can realize front-mounted shooting and rear-mounted shooting simultaneously through the camera component without respectively arranging the front-mounted camera and the rear-mounted camera, so that the thickness of the terminal equipment is reduced to some extent, and the lightness and thinness of the terminal equipment are improved.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the invention and not to limit the invention. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a partial structure of a terminal device disclosed in an embodiment of the present invention.

Description of reference numerals:

100-shell, 110-perforation, 120-inner cavity, 200-camera assembly, 210-mounting seat, 220-lifting rotating shaft, 230-first camera, 240-second camera, 250-flashlight, 300-driving mechanism, 310-driving source, 320-driving shaft and 330-reducer.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the technical solutions of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the specific embodiments of the present invention and the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood that the described embodiments are merely exemplary of the invention, and not restrictive of the full scope of the invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

The technical solutions disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in fig. 1, the embodiment of the present invention discloses a terminal device, which includes a housing 100, a camera assembly 200, and a driving mechanism 300.

The housing 100 has a bezel. The housing 100 of different configurations differs in the components forming the frame. For example, the case 100 may include a front case, a battery cover, and a middle frame disposed therebetween. The frame can be formed on the middle frame; in this case, the frame serves as a part of the middle frame. For another example, the housing 100 includes a front cover and a battery cover, and the frame may be formed on the front cover or the battery cover. In this embodiment, the housing 100 has an inner cavity 120, thereby providing an installation space for the constituent members of the terminal device. Typically, the frame defines a through hole 110, the through hole 110 is connected to the inner cavity 120, and the through hole 110 is used for the camera assembly 200 to pass through and enter the housing 100. Of course, the camera assembly 200 may enter and exit the housing 100 through other passages, and is not limited to the through hole 110 formed in the bezel.

The camera assembly 200 is movably disposed on the housing 100 to enter and exit the housing 100 through the perforation 110. When the camera assembly 200 moves out of the housing 100 through the through-hole 110, photographing can be achieved; when the camera assembly 200 moves into the housing 100 through the through hole 110, it is received in the housing 100. The camera structure design does not need to open a hole corresponding to the lens on the display screen of the terminal equipment, namely, the camera structure does not occupy the display area of the terminal equipment, so that the screen occupation ratio of the terminal equipment is larger.

The drive mechanism 300 is disposed within the housing 100, i.e., within the internal cavity 120. The driving mechanism 300 is in transmission connection with the camera assembly 200, and is configured to apply a rotational driving force to the camera assembly 200, and the camera assembly 200 rotates relative to the housing 100 with the central axis of the through hole 110 as a rotation axis under the rotational driving force. The central axis of penetration here is the center line of the bore 110, which runs through the housing 100. When the camera assembly 200 rotates, the orientation of the camera changes, and thus the camera can be oriented to the front, the back or other positions of the terminal device according to the needs of the user. Specifically, a corresponding control mechanism is provided in the terminal device, and the control mechanism can send a control signal to the driving mechanism 300, and the driving mechanism 300 drives the camera assembly 200 to rotate according to the control signal, so that the camera assembly 200 faces the front, the back or other positions of the terminal device. Therefore, the terminal equipment can realize front-mounted shooting and rear-mounted shooting simultaneously through the camera assembly 200 without respectively arranging the front-mounted camera and the rear-mounted camera, so that the thickness of the terminal equipment is reduced to some extent, the lightness and thinness of the terminal equipment are improved, and the cost is reduced accordingly. In addition, when the orientation of the camera assembly 200 is changed in a rotating manner, the phenomenon of blocking such as black screen does not occur, so that the user experience is better.

It should be noted that the lifting and the rotation of the camera head assembly 200 relative to the housing 100 can be realized by different driving parts, the above-mentioned driving mechanism 300 can be only used for driving the camera head assembly 200 to rotate, and the lifting and the lowering of the camera head assembly 200 can be realized by additional structures. In addition, the lifting and the rotation of the camera assembly 200 can be sequentially realized, that is, the camera assembly 200 can be firstly driven to extend out of the housing 100 and then the camera assembly 200 is driven to rotate. However, these arrangements result in a relatively complicated structure of the terminal device, and therefore, in order to simplify the structure of the terminal device, the raising and lowering and the rotation of the camera assembly 200 may be simultaneously performed, that is, the camera assembly 200 is driven to extend out of the housing 100 while the camera assembly 200 is driven to rotate. In the embodiment of the present invention, the camera assembly 200 can rotate relative to the housing 100 and enter and exit the housing 100 by using the central axis of the through hole 110 as a rotation axis under the action of the rotation driving force. In other words, the rotational driving force output by the driving mechanism 300 has a first component force that drives the camera head assembly 200 to rotate and a second component force that drives the camera head assembly 200 to ascend and descend, and the camera head assembly 200 rotates relative to the housing 100 and moves in and out of the housing 100 by the combined action of the first component force and the second component force. At this time, the camera assembly 200 can be rotated while being lifted and lowered only by the driving mechanism 300 to achieve the aforementioned object.

The camera assembly 200 may include a mounting base 210, a camera disposed on the mounting base 210, and a lifting shaft 220 fixedly connected to the mounting base 210, and the mounting base 210 and the lifting shaft 220 may be an integrated structure. Be provided with first helical structure on this lift pivot 220, the rotary driving power acts on first helical structure to drive lift pivot 220 rotates around self axis, moves along self axis place direction simultaneously, and then drives mount pad 210 and rotate, go up and down, has just also realized the rotation and the lift of camera. The lifting rotating shaft 220 has a simpler structure, and lifting and rotating can be performed at the same time more easily.

The driving mechanism 300 may specifically include a driving source 310 and a driving shaft 320 in transmission connection with the driving source 310, wherein the driving shaft 320 is provided with a second spiral structure, and the second spiral structure is engaged with the first spiral structure. The lifting height of the camera component can be adjusted by setting the thread density of the second spiral structure and the first spiral structure. In this case, the driving shaft 320 is also relatively simple in structure, and the driving connection with the elevating rotation shaft 220 is also relatively easy to implement. Specifically, the driving source 310 may be a motor, and in order to better drive the lifting rotating shaft 220, the driving mechanism 300 may further include a speed reducer 330, power output by the motor is input to the speed reducer 330, and the speed reducer 330 outputs a greater torque through a transmission mechanism provided by itself, and the torque acts on the driving shaft 320, so as to drive the driving shaft 320 to rotate.

The relative positions of the elevation rotation shaft 220 and the driving shaft 320 may be flexibly set as long as power transmission between the elevation rotation shaft 220 and the driving shaft 320 can be achieved. In order to further improve the compactness of the terminal device, the axis of the lifting spindle 220 may be perpendicular to the axis of the driving shaft 320.

The number of cameras included in the camera assembly 200 may be only one, or may be plural. When the camera sets up to a plurality ofly, each camera can the interval arrange. At this time, the parameters of each camera may be different, so as to select different cameras to shoot according to different shooting environments and requirements. Of course, the parameters of each camera may also be the same, but the positions of the cameras are different, and when the mounting base 210 is at the same position, the directions in which the cameras face may be different, so as to obtain images in more directions. In other embodiments, the parameters and the setting positions of the cameras can be selected and combined at will to meet different shooting requirements.

In an alternative embodiment, the plurality of cameras at least include a first camera 230 and a second camera 240, and the first camera 230 and the second camera 240 are arranged along an axis of the lifting rotating shaft 220. At this time, the first camera 230 and the second camera 240 have substantially the same orientation, and thus, they can cooperate with each other to improve the photographing effect. Further, the camera assembly 200 further includes a flash 250 disposed on the mounting base 210, and when the terminal device is in a dark environment, the flash 250 can emit light to further implement light supplement, so as to improve an imaging effect.

The mounting seat 210 may be configured as a column structure, and the cross-sectional shape of the mounting seat may be an ellipse, a circle, a triangle, a rectangle, etc., and the through hole 110 may also be an ellipse, a circle, a triangle, a rectangle, etc., as long as the mounting seat 210 can rotate in the through hole 110. Of course, in addition to the rotation of the mounting seat 210 within the through hole 110, a sealing factor is also required to prevent foreign materials such as dust, liquid, etc. in the external environment from entering the inside of the terminal device. Based on this, the embodiment of the present invention sets the mounting seat 210 to be a cylindrical structure, sets the through hole 110 to be a circular hole, and the axial center line of the mounting seat 210 is collinear with the axial center line of the through hole 110. So configured, the mounting seat 210 can rotate in the through hole 110, and the gap between the two can be controlled in a smaller range, thereby improving the sealing effect.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the rotation angle of the camera head assembly 200 may be an integral multiple of 90 °, for example, the rotation angle may be set to 180 °, 270 °, 360 °, and so on. When the rotation angle is an integral multiple of 360 degrees, the corresponding shooting range of the camera assembly 200 is wider, so that more shooting requirements of users can be met. For example, when the camera assembly 200 is extended out of the housing 100, panoramic photographing can be achieved by controlling the camera assembly 200 to rotate 360 °. In addition, when the camera assembly 200 rotates while being lifted, since the camera assembly 200 needs to be lifted in a rotating manner, the larger the angle of rotation of the camera assembly 200 during the whole movement process, the larger the space for driving the camera assembly 200 to simultaneously lift and rotate.

The structure provided by the embodiment of the invention can obtain better effect when the terminal equipment is of a single-side screen structure, and the effect is more obvious when the terminal equipment adopts a double-side screen structure. At this moment, terminal equipment includes first display screen and second display screen, and first display screen and second display screen all set up in the casing, and both are relative along terminal equipment's thickness direction. Whichever of the first display screen and the second display screen is in the use state, the camera assembly 200 can be driven to rotate by the driving mechanism 300, and then the shooting requirement in the current state is met.

The terminal device disclosed by the embodiment of the invention can be a smart phone, a tablet computer, an electronic book reader or a wearable device. Of course, the terminal device may also be other devices, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited thereto.

In the above embodiments of the present invention, the difference between the embodiments is mainly described, and different optimization features between the embodiments can be combined to form a better embodiment as long as they are not contradictory, and further description is omitted here in view of brevity of the text.

The above description is only an example of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention. Various modifications and alterations to this invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the scope of the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. The terminal equipment is characterized by comprising a shell (100) provided with a through hole (110), a camera assembly (200) movably arranged on the shell (100) and a driving mechanism (300) arranged in the shell (100), wherein the camera assembly (200) enters and exits the shell (100) through the through hole (110), the driving mechanism (300) is in transmission connection with the camera assembly (200), the driving mechanism (300) applies a rotation driving force to the camera assembly (200), and the camera assembly (200) rotates relative to the shell (100) by taking a penetrating central axis of the through hole (110) as a rotating shaft under the action of the rotation driving force;

the camera assembly (200) rotates relative to the shell (100) by taking a penetrating central axis of the through hole (110) as a rotating shaft under the action of the rotating driving force and enters and exits the shell (100);

camera subassembly (200) including mount pad (210), set up in the camera of mount pad (210) and with mount pad (210) fixed connection's lift pivot (220), be provided with first helical structure on lift pivot (220), the rotation drive power acts on first helical structure, and drive lift pivot (220) rotate around self axis, move along self axis place direction simultaneously.

2. A terminal device according to claim 1, characterized in that the drive mechanism (300) comprises a drive source (310) and a drive shaft (320) in driving connection with the drive source (310), the drive shaft (320) being provided with a second helical structure, which engages with the first helical structure.

3. A terminal device according to claim 2, characterized in that the axis of the lifting spindle (220) is perpendicular to the axis of the drive shaft (320).

4. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of cameras are provided, and the cameras are arranged at intervals.

5. The terminal device according to claim 4, wherein the plurality of cameras includes at least a first camera (230) and a second camera (240), and the first camera (230) and the second camera (240) are arranged along an axis of the elevating rotating shaft (220).

6. The terminal device of claim 1, wherein the mounting base (210) is a cylindrical structure, the through-hole (110) is a circular hole, and an axial centerline of the mounting base (210) is collinear with an axial centerline of the through-hole (110).

7. Terminal device according to any of claims 1-6, characterized in that the angle of rotation of the camera assembly (200) is an integer multiple of 90 °.

8. The terminal device according to any of claims 1-6, further comprising a first display and a second display, both provided to the housing (100).