CN109862240B - Camera structure and terminal - Google Patents
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The invention discloses a camera structure and a terminal, wherein the camera structure comprises: a first camera; the transmission mechanism is connected with the first camera; the second camera is arranged below the first camera; the flexible circuit board FPC is arranged between the first camera and the second camera and connected with the side edge, close to the transmission mechanism, of the first camera; the transmission mechanism drives the first camera to extend out of the terminal or drives the first camera to retract into the terminal. According to the embodiment of the invention, the first camera and the second camera are arranged in parallel, so that the use area of the PCB can be increased; the flexible circuit board FPC is connected with the side edge of the first camera, so that the side face of the flexible circuit board FPC is outgoing, the distance between the first camera and the second camera is closer, the internal space of a terminal is saved, the length of a convex hull of the camera can be reduced, and the appearance expressive force of a product is improved.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of communication, in particular to a camera structure and a terminal.
Background
In the design of mobile terminals nowadays, it is a great trend to use pop-up cameras to improve the screen occupation ratio, and the cameras are hidden in the terminals when the cameras are not needed; the camera is popped up from the terminal only when the front camera is used for shooting scenes, such as face recognition scenes and the like. In the traditional mobile phone design, because the pop-up camera is restricted by the pop-up mechanism, the front camera and the rear camera are longer in parallel module, so that a larger longitudinal space is occupied, the whole area is greatly occupied, the longitudinal size of a convex hull of the camera on a terminal shell is longer, and the appearance expressive force of a product is influenced.
Disclosure of Invention
The embodiment of the invention provides a camera structure and a terminal, and aims to solve the problems that the convex hull length of a camera on the terminal is long and the appearance of a product is influenced.
In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a camera structure, including:
a first camera;
the transmission mechanism is connected with the first camera;
the second camera is arranged below the first camera;
a Flexible Printed Circuit (FPC) disposed between the first camera and the second camera and connected to a side of the first camera close to the transmission mechanism;
the transmission mechanism drives the first camera to extend out of the terminal or drives the first camera to retract into the terminal.
In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal, including a middle frame and the camera structure, where the middle frame is provided with a via hole, and a rubber sleeve of the camera structure is embedded in the via hole and fixed to the middle frame.
Therefore, in the scheme of the invention, the use area of the PCB can be increased by the parallel arrangement of the first camera and the second camera; the flexible circuit board FPC is connected with the side edge of the first camera, so that the side face of the flexible circuit board FPC is outgoing, the distance between the first camera and the second camera is closer, the internal space of a terminal is saved, the length of a convex hull of the camera can be reduced, and the appearance expressive force of a product is improved. Due to the design of the structural form of the FPC, the risk of being broken is reduced, and the service life of repeated bending of the FPC can be prolonged.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments of the present invention will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art that other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without inventive labor.
Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a camera structure of an embodiment of the present invention when a first camera is extended out of a terminal;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a convex hull of a first camera according to an embodiment of the present invention when the first camera is extended out of a terminal;
fig. 3 is a schematic view of a camera structure when the first camera is retracted into the terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 4 is a schematic view of a convex hull of the first camera when the first camera is retracted into the terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention.
Description of reference numerals: 1. first camera, 2, drive mechanism, 3, second camera, 4, flexible circuit board FPC, 5, printed circuit board PCB, 6, rubber sleeve, 11, push rod, 51, extension, 52, first connecting portion, 53, second connecting portion.
Detailed Description
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. While exemplary embodiments of the invention are shown in the drawings, it should be understood that the invention can be embodied in various forms and should not be limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art.
As illustrated in fig. 1, the present invention provides a camera structure, including:
a first camera 1;
the transmission mechanism 2 is connected with the first camera 1;
a second camera 3 disposed below the first camera 1;
the flexible circuit board FPC is arranged between the first camera 1 and the second camera 3 and connected with the side edge, close to the transmission mechanism 2, of the first camera 1;
and the transmission mechanism 2 drives the first camera 1 to extend out of the terminal or drive the first camera to retract into the terminal.
In this embodiment, the first camera 1 may be a front camera, and the first camera 1 is connected to the transmission mechanism 2; the second camera 3 can be a rear camera, the second camera 3 is arranged below the first camera 1 and is arranged in parallel with the first camera 1, and a setting space of a Flexible Printed Circuit (FPC) is reserved between the second camera 3 and the first camera 1; first camera 1 is close to the one end of flexible Circuit Board FPC is connected to drive mechanism 2's side, flexible Circuit Board FPC's body part sets up first camera 1 with space between the second camera 3, the other end is connected and is located the Printed Circuit Board (Printed Circuit Board, PCB for short) between second camera 3 and drive mechanism 2.
After a motor of the transmission mechanism 2 is powered on, the first camera 1 can be pushed towards a direction far away from the second camera 3 through a push rod, so that the first camera 1 is pushed out of the terminal, the motor pushes the first camera 1 to move outwards, meanwhile, the flexible circuit board FPC with wires led out from the side surface is dragged along with the first camera 1, the folded flexible circuit board FPC is stretched, and the state of the flexible circuit board FPC after the first camera 1 is pushed out of the terminal is shown in figure 1; the state of the convex hull of the camera after the first camera 1 is pushed out of the terminal is shown in fig. 2.
When first camera 1 need contract in the terminal, drive mechanism 2 will through a push rod first camera 1 orientation is close to the direction pulling of second camera 3, thereby will first camera 1 is pulled back to in the terminal by the terminal is outer, and the flexible circuit board FPC that the side is qualified for the next round of competitions withdraws along with first camera 1 to the compression is between first camera 1 and second camera 3, and the state after the flexible circuit board FPC is compressed is shown in fig. 3.
In the scheme, the first camera and the second camera are arranged in parallel, so that the use area of the PCB can be increased; the flexible circuit board FPC is connected with the side edge of the first camera, so that the side face of the flexible circuit board FPC is outgoing, the distance between the first camera and the second camera is closer, the internal space of a terminal is saved, the length of a convex hull of the camera can be reduced, and the appearance expressive force of a product is improved.
In the above embodiment of the present invention, the transmission mechanism 2 is connected to the first camera 1 through the push rod 11.
In this embodiment, a threaded rod and a sliding rod are arranged on the transmission mechanism 2, the push rod 11 is sleeved outside the threaded rod and the sliding rod, the transmission mechanism 2 drives the threaded rod to rotate, and drives the push rod 11 to move up and down along the sliding rod, so that the first camera 1 is pushed out of the terminal or pulled back into the terminal, and the telescopic function of the first camera 1 is realized.
Specifically, when the first camera extends out of the terminal, the flexible circuit board FPC is in a "U" shape, and an opening of the "U" shape faces the transmission mechanism 2. The bottom end of the "U" extends away from the transmission 2.
Optionally, when the flexible circuit board FPC is in a "U" shape, the bottom end of the "U" shape extends out of a space between the first camera 1 and the second camera 3, so that when the first camera 1 is retracted into the terminal, after the flexible circuit board FPC is compressed, a circular arc bend is formed at the remaining part of the outer sides of the first camera 1 and the second camera 3, as shown in fig. 3, due to the structural form of the flexible circuit board FPC, the risk of being broken is reduced, and the service life of repeated bending of the FPC can be prolonged.
When the first camera 1 is contracted into the terminal, the distance between the first camera 1 and the second camera 3 is reduced, the longitudinal length of the whole camera structure is reduced, and the internal space of the terminal is saved; the state of the convex hull of the camera when the first camera 1 is contracted to the inside of the terminal is shown in fig. 4, the length of the convex hull of the camera can be reduced, and the appearance expressive force of the product is improved.
In the above embodiment of the present invention, the flexible printed circuit board FPC and the transmission mechanism 2 are further connected to a printed circuit board PCB. One end of the Flexible Printed Circuit (FPC) is connected with the side edge of the first camera 1, and the other end of the FPC is connected with the PCB; one end of the transmission mechanism 2 is connected with the first camera 1 through a push rod, and the other end of the transmission mechanism is connected with the printed circuit board PCB. A control circuit of a terminal is designed on the printed circuit board PCB, and the operation of a motor of the transmission mechanism 2 can be controlled through the control circuit, and the change of the working state of the first camera 1 is controlled.
The printed circuit board PCB comprises an extension 51; the extension 51 is disposed between the transmission mechanism 2 and the second camera 3. Because drive mechanism 2 is connected with first camera 1 through push rod 11, second camera 3 sets up the below of first camera 1, push rod 11 occupies drive mechanism 2 with space between the first camera 1, consequently, drive mechanism 2 with there is certain vacant space between the second camera 3. An extension part 51 is designed on the printed circuit board PCB and extends into the vacant space between the transmission mechanism 2 and the second camera 3, so that the space inside the terminal is fully utilized.
Specifically, the extension 51 is provided with a first connection portion 52 and a second connection portion 53; the first connection portion 52 is connected to the flexible circuit board FPC; the second connecting portion 53 is connected to the second camera 3.
In this embodiment, the first connecting portion 52 is disposed on the extending portion 51, the extending portion 51 is located on one side of the second camera 3 close to the transmission mechanism 2, and therefore, one end of the flexible circuit board FPC is connected to the side of the first camera 1 close to the transmission mechanism 2, and the other end of the flexible circuit board FPC is connected to the first connecting portion 52, and the flexible circuit board FPC is disposed between the first camera 1 and the second camera 3, so that when the first camera 1 extends out of the terminal, the flexible circuit board FPC can be stretched into a "U" -shaped structure, and the service life of repeated bending of the FPC can be prolonged in the form of the "U" -shaped bending FPC, and meanwhile, the internal space area of the terminal occupied by the whole camera structure can be reduced.
In the above embodiment of the present invention, the first camera 1 is a front camera, the second camera 3 includes a first rear camera and a second rear camera, and the first rear camera and the second rear camera are respectively connected to the second connecting portion 53.
The first camera 1 can be a telescopic front camera, the second camera 3 comprises two cameras of a first rear camera and a second rear camera, wherein the first rear camera can be a main camera and is responsible for shooting, the second rear camera can be an auxiliary camera and is responsible for measuring and calculating the depth of field range and the space information so as to realize quick and accurate focusing of the cameras, and further realize background blurring, improve image quality and other more photographing functions.
The first camera 1 is connected with the first connecting portion 52 through the flexible printed circuit FPC, the two second cameras 3 are connected with the second connecting portion 53, and the control circuit on the printed circuit PCB can control the working states of the first camera 1 and the second cameras 3 respectively.
Optionally, the camera structure further includes: the rubber sleeve 6 is provided with a through hole, and the first camera is arranged in the through hole in a penetrating mode. The rubber sleeve 6 is provided with a mounting hole, and the rubber sleeve 6 is fixed with the middle frame of the terminal through the mounting hole. Rubber sleeve 6 inlays and establishes in the punishment in the center to it is fixed with the center, set up the through-hole that supplies the camera to wear to establish on rubber sleeve 6, first camera 1 passes under drive mechanism 2's drive through-hole on the rubber sleeve 6 realizes the terminal outer flexible. The rubber sleeve 6 avoids the direct contact between the camera and the middle frame of the terminal, and can effectively prevent the abrasion between the camera and the middle frame. Wherein, the rubber sleeve 6 can also be replaced by other materials which can prevent the camera from being worn.
According to the embodiment of the invention, the first camera and the second camera are arranged in parallel, so that the use area of the PCB can be increased; the flexible circuit board FPC is connected with the side edge of the first camera, so that the side face of the flexible circuit board FPC is outgoing, the distance between the first camera and the second camera is closer, the internal space of a terminal is saved, the length of a convex hull of the camera can be reduced, and the appearance expressive force of a product is improved. Due to the design of the structural form of the FPC, the risk of being broken is reduced, and the service life of repeated bending of the FPC can be prolonged.
The following describes a terminal device according to the present invention in detail by using specific embodiments. For convenience of description, a mobile phone is used as a specific example of the terminal device of the present invention, and it can be understood by those skilled in the art that besides the mobile phone being used as the terminal device, the present invention can also be applied to other terminal devices having a display screen, such as a tablet computer, an electronic book reader, an MP3 (Moving Picture Experts Group Audio Layer III) player, an MP4 (Moving Picture Experts Group Audio Layer IV) player, a laptop computer, a car computer, a desktop computer, a set-top box, a smart television, a wearable device, and the like, which are within the protection scope of the embodiments of the present invention.
The terminal provided by the invention comprises: the center still includes foretell camera structure, the via hole has been seted up on the center, the rubber sleeve 6 of camera structure inlays to be established in the via hole, and with the center is fixed. The transmission mechanism 2 drives the first camera 1 to stretch out to the outside of the terminal or shrink to the inside of the terminal through the via hole of the camera by the push rod 11.
The embodiments in the present specification are described in a progressive manner, each embodiment focuses on differences from other embodiments, and the same and similar parts among the embodiments are referred to each other.
While preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described, additional variations and modifications of these embodiments may occur to those skilled in the art once they learn of the basic inventive concepts. Therefore, it is intended that the appended claims be interpreted as including preferred embodiments and all such alterations and modifications as fall within the scope of the embodiments of the invention.
Finally, it should also be noted that, herein, relational terms such as first and second, and the like may be used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Also, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or terminal that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or terminal. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or terminal that comprises the element.
While the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the following claims.
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1. A camera structure, comprising:
a first camera;
the transmission mechanism is connected with the first camera;
the second camera is arranged below the first camera;
the flexible circuit board FPC is arranged between the first camera and the second camera and connected with the side edge, close to the transmission mechanism, of the first camera;
the drive mechanism drive first camera stretches out the terminal outside or drive first camera contracts to the terminal in when first camera stretches out the terminal outside, flexible circuit board FPC is "U" type, the opening orientation of "U" type drive mechanism, flexible circuit board FPC with drive mechanism still is connected with printed circuit board PCB, printed circuit board PCB with drive mechanism first camera and the second camera is parallelly put.
2. The camera structure of claim 1, wherein the transmission mechanism is coupled to the first camera via a push rod.
3. The camera structure of claim 1, wherein the printed circuit board PCB comprises an extension;
the extension portion is disposed between the transmission mechanism and the second camera.
4. The camera structure of claim 3, wherein the extension portion is provided with a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion;
the first connecting part is connected with the flexible circuit board FPC;
the second connecting part is connected with the second camera.
5. The camera structure of claim 4, wherein the first camera is a front camera, the second camera comprises a first rear camera and a second rear camera, and the first rear camera and the second rear camera are respectively connected to the second connecting portion.
6. The camera structure of claim 1, further comprising: the rubber sleeve is provided with a through hole, and the first camera is arranged in the through hole in a penetrating mode.
7. A terminal comprises a middle frame and is characterized by further comprising a camera structure according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein a through hole is formed in the middle frame, and a rubber sleeve of the camera structure is embedded in the through hole and fixed with the middle frame.
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