CN109962999B

CN109962999B - Functional assembly, electronic device and control method thereof

Info

Publication number: CN109962999B
Application number: CN201711423230.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 贾玉虎
Original assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Priority date: 2017-12-25
Filing date: 2017-12-25
Publication date: 2021-01-29
Anticipated expiration: 2037-12-25
Also published as: CN109962999A

Abstract

The application discloses functional unit, including casing, sliding seat, buffering bag, thumb wheel and motor. The sliding seat is telescopically and slidably connected with the shell, the sliding seat is provided with a camera module and supporting legs, the slide way comprises an accommodating section and an ejecting section, and the supporting legs extend into the ejecting section. The motor drives the shifting wheel to rotate, the shifting wheel pushes the buffer bag contained in the containing section into the ejecting section, and the buffer bag pushes the support legs in an extruding mode, so that the sliding seat carries the camera module to extend out of the shell. The buffering bag is used as an ejection functional part of the functional component and also used as buffering protection of the camera module after ejection, so that falling is prevented. An electronic device comprising the functional assembly can hide the functional device in the housing. The application also discloses an electronic device and a control method thereof, which improve the user experience.

Description

Functional assembly, electronic device and control method thereof

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to electronic devices, and particularly to a functional module, an electronic device including the functional module, and a control method of the electronic device.

Background

Nowadays, with the development of mobile electronic devices, more and more functional devices are mounted on electronic devices to meet different requirements of users. However, more functional devices are integrated on the electronic device, which destroys the appearance consistency of the electronic device, especially is not favorable for controlling the screen ratio of the electronic device product, and affects the user experience.

Disclosure of Invention

The application aims to provide a functional component for improving user experience, an electronic device comprising the functional component and a control method of the electronic device, and the control method comprises the following technical scheme:

a functional component comprises a shell, a sliding seat, a buffer bag, a thumb wheel and a motor; the sliding seat is telescopically and slidably connected with the shell, and a camera module is arranged on the sliding seat; the thumb wheel and the motor are both arranged in the shell, and the motor is used for driving the thumb wheel to rotate; a slide way is arranged in the shell and comprises an accommodating section and an ejecting section, and the outer edge of the shifting wheel is provided with shifting teeth which are uniformly distributed along the circumferential direction and extend into the accommodating section; the sliding seat comprises a supporting leg, and the supporting leg extends into the ejection section; the number of the buffer bags is multiple, the buffer bags are sequentially arranged in the slide way, and at least part of the buffer bags are positioned in the accommodating section; when the motor drives the shifting wheel to rotate, the shifting wheel pushes the buffer bag contained in the containing section into the ejecting section, and the buffer bag pushes the support legs extending into the ejecting section in an extruding manner, so that the sliding seat carries the camera module to extend out of the shell.

The application also relates to an electronic device comprising the functional component.

The application relates to a control method of an electronic device, which is suitable for the electronic device, wherein the electronic device comprises a shell, a sliding seat, a buffer bag, a thumb wheel and a motor; the sliding seat is telescopically and slidably connected with the shell, and a camera module is arranged on the sliding seat; the thumb wheel and the motor are both arranged in the shell, and the motor is used for driving the thumb wheel to rotate; a slide way is arranged in the shell and comprises an accommodating section and an ejecting section, and the outer edge of the shifting wheel is provided with shifting teeth which are uniformly distributed along the circumferential direction and extend into the accommodating section; the sliding seat comprises a supporting leg, and the supporting leg extends into the ejection section; the number of the buffer bags is multiple, the buffer bags are sequentially arranged in the slide way, and at least part of the buffer bags are positioned in the accommodating section; the control method of the electronic device comprises the following steps:

the electronic device receives an extension signal;

the electronic device controls the motor to drive the shifting wheel to rotate according to the extension signal, the shifting wheel pushes the buffer bag contained in the containing section into the ejection section from the containing section, the buffer bag pushes the support legs extending into the ejection section so as to enable the sliding seat to slide, at least part of the sliding seat extends out of the shell, and the camera module extends out of the shell along with the sliding seat.

In the application of the functional assembly, the electronic device and the control method of the electronic device, when the motor does not drive the thumb wheel, at least part of the buffer bag is contained in the containing section, the sliding seat is contained in the shell, and the camera module arranged on the sliding seat is also contained in the shell. When the motor drives the thumb wheel, at least part of the buffer bag in the containing section is pushed into the ejecting section by the thumb wheel. The buffer bags are sequentially extruded, so that the support legs are pushed, and the sliding seat contained in the shell is gradually extruded out of the shell. The camera module arranged on the sliding seat slides along with the sliding seat to expose the shell. When the camera module of the functional component extends out of the accommodating cavity, the interaction between the camera module and a user is ensured; when the camera module retracts to the accommodating cavity, the use volume of the electronic device with the functional component is reduced, the electronic device is convenient for a user to carry, and therefore the functional component improves the user experience.

The buffer bag is contained in the slide, and when the thumb wheel pushes the buffer bag in the containing section, the buffer bag forms a pushing piece of the camera module in the extending action. Meanwhile, the buffering bag has a buffering function and also serves as a buffering protection piece after the camera module is pushed out. Hide the camera module in this functional assembly realization, when guaranteeing the outward appearance uniformity, still prevented the camera module and caused the condition of damage because of unexpected landing after stretching out.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of one embodiment of a functional assembly of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the functional components of FIG. 1 in another use state;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a partial structure of the functional components shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of a functional assembly of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the functional assembly of FIG. 4 in another use state;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of yet another embodiment of a functional assembly of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the functional assembly of FIG. 6 in another use state;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of an electronic device of the present application;

FIG. 9 is a flow chart of a control method of the electronic device of the present application;

fig. 10 is a flowchart of another embodiment of a control method of an electronic device according to the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described clearly and completely with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not all of the embodiments. 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 application.

Referring to fig. 1, the functional assembly 100 includes a housing 10, a sliding seat 20, a buffer bag 30, a thumb wheel 40, and a motor 50. The sliding seat 20 is connected with the housing 10, and the sliding seat 20 can slide relative to the housing 10 to extend or retract into the housing 10. The sliding seat 20 is further provided with a camera module 60. The camera module 60 can be extended out of or hidden in the housing 10 when sliding with the sliding seat 20. The thumb wheel 40 and the motor 50 are both disposed inside the housing 10. The motor 50 is fixedly disposed inside the housing 10, and the thumb wheel 40 is rotatably disposed inside the housing 10. The motor 50 is used for driving the thumb wheel 40 to rotate. A slide 70 is also provided in the housing 10. The chute 70 includes a receiving section 71 and an ejecting section 72. The outer edge of the poking wheel 40 is provided with poking teeth 41 which are uniformly distributed along the circumferential direction, and the poking teeth 41 are matched with the appearance of the buffer capsule 30. The shifting teeth 41 protrude into the receiving section 71. The sliding seat 20 includes a leg 21, and the leg 21 extends into the ejecting section 72. The buffer bags 30 are in a plurality, and the plurality of buffer bags 30 are in the same shape and are sequentially arranged in the slide 70. At least part of the cushion bladder 30 is located in the accommodating section 71.

The slide holder 20 is accommodated in the housing 10 when it is at the initial position. When the motor 50 drives the thumb wheel 40 to rotate, the thumb wheel 40 pushes the cushion bladder 30 accommodated in the accommodating section 71 into the ejecting section 72. Specifically, the outer edges of the thumb wheels 40 are uniformly distributed, and the thumb teeth 41 matched with the appearance of the buffer bag 30 push the buffer bag 30 into the ejection section 72 one by one. The buffer bags 30 entering the ejection section 72 are sequentially pushed, after the buffer bags 30 entering the ejection section 72 contact the support legs 21, the buffer bags 30 continuously enter the extension section 72 along with the continuous rotation of the thumb wheel 40, and the support legs 21 are pushed by the buffer bags 30 to drive the sliding seat 20 to move together. Due to the sliding telescopic arrangement between the sliding seat 20 and the housing 10, the sliding seat 20 starts from the initial position and gradually slides towards the outside of the housing 10. At this time, the camera module 60 disposed on the sliding seat 20 extends out of the housing 10 together with the sliding seat 20, so that shooting is performed (see fig. 2).

The functional component 100 of the present application hides the camera module 60 with the sliding seat 20 in the housing 10. The legs 21 of the sliding seat 20 extend into the ejecting section 72, and cooperate with the cushion bladder 30 in the slide way 70 to slide. Specifically, the thumb wheel 40 rotatably connected to the inside of the housing 10 is driven by the motor 50 fixed to the inside of the housing 10 to rotate. The shifting teeth 41 arranged outside the shifting wheel 40 rotate in the accommodating section 71, so that at least part of the buffer bags 30 accommodated in the accommodating section 71 are pushed to enter the ejection section 72 one by one. (see fig. 3) as the buffer bags 30 in the ejection section 72 are pressed one by one, they are finally contacted with the legs 21 and push the legs 21 to move, so as to slide the sliding seat 20 relative to the housing 10. The camera module 60 disposed on the sliding seat 20 can also extend out of the housing 10 along with the sliding seat 20. After the camera module 60 is extended out of the housing 10, the camera module is separated from the previous hidden state, and the shooting function is realized.

Further, in the process of shooting by the camera module 60, because the sliding seat 20 is exposed, if the sliding seat 20 falls accidentally, the sliding seat 20 is easily subjected to external impact. The sliding seat 20 is not supported completely rigidly, and as can be seen clearly from fig. 2, the supporting force of the sliding seat 20 in the moving direction of extending the housing 10 comes from the buffer bags 30 which are pushed one by one and have a certain contractive elasticity and deformability. The buffer bag 30 can effectively buffer the impact on the sliding seat 20, so as to protect the camera module 60 from damage.

In the embodiment of fig. 1 and 2, the slide 70 is formed by two intersecting straight segments, and the thumb wheel 40 is located near the intersection of the two straight segments. In other embodiments, the thumb wheel 40 may be located on one of the straight sections, so long as the thumb teeth 41 extend into the slide way 70 to match the shape of the cushion bladder 30 and push the cushion bladder 30 to move in the slide way 70. For the distinction between the receiving section 71 and the ejecting section 72, two intersecting straight line segments can be identified as the receiving section 71 and the ejecting section 72 in the embodiments of fig. 1 and 2, but in other embodiments, the slide 70 can be a long straight line segment, even a curved line. It is understood that the receiving section 71 and the ejecting section 72 are also relative concepts and need not be strictly distinguished. The only thing to be noted is that the length of the ejection section 72 should be no less than the sliding distance of the sliding seat 20 relative to the housing 10, otherwise the sliding stroke of the sliding seat 20 is not enough to carry the camera module 60 out of the housing 10.

It can be understood that the driving of the dial wheel 40 by the motor 50 may be that the motor 50 directly drives the dial wheel 40 to rotate, or a transmission device may be provided between the motor 50 and the dial wheel 40 to realize the separation of the motor 50 and the dial wheel 40, so that the space size of the functional assembly 100 of the present application is more reasonable and the arrangement is easy. For many embodiments of the above transmission, a conventional gearbox, chain drive, belt drive, linkage mechanism, etc. may be used to drive the thumb wheel 40 by the motor 50, and will not be described as a protection focus in this application.

For the filler inside the cushion bladder 30, a flexible filler is required. Such as air, specifically compressed air, inert gas, and the like. Of course, liquid filling or some solid filling with small volume and without sharp edges, such as fine sand, etc., may be used, and the present application is not limited thereto.

It can be understood that, referring to fig. 8, the housing 10 further includes a supporting plate 101, and the supporting plate 101 is fixedly connected inside the housing 10. The components such as the motor 50 are disposed on the bearing plate 101 to fix the components such as the motor 50 relative to the housing 10. It is understood that the carrier plate 101 can serve as a middle partition of the electronic device.

In one embodiment, a flexible connection is provided between any two adjacent buffer bladders 30 to ensure that the distance between two adjacent buffer bladders 30 is kept constant after being subjected to tension by the flexible connection. Therefore, when the motor 50 drives the poking wheel 40 to rotate, the poking teeth 41 are matched with the shapes of the buffer bags 30, the poking wheel 40 is ensured to be in contact with the next buffer bag 30 when rotating one of the poking teeth 41, and then the next buffer bag 30 is poked into the ejection section 72, so that the phenomena of missing poking, empty poking and the like caused by the dislocation of the distance between the buffer bags 30 are prevented, and the waste of power is avoided. Or, when the distance between two adjacent buffer bags 30 is too close, in the subsequent poking action of the poking teeth 41, the poking teeth 41 and the buffer bags 30 may generate interference and clamping stagnation in the accommodating section 71, so that the rotation of the poking wheel 40 is stopped, and the whole mechanism cannot continue to work.

On the other hand, the flexible connection ensures that the sliding seat 20 is ejected out of the housing 10 by mutual compression of the cushion capsules 30, and does not act as a primary force-transmitting member during compression ejection. Therefore, after the sliding seat 20 extends out of the housing 10, if the sliding seat 20 accidentally falls, the cushion bladder 30 acting as a main force bearing function can absorb impact energy through deformation, so as to protect the camera module 60 disposed on the sliding seat 20.

There are also many embodiments for the flexible connection. More common are hinged, linked or ribbon connections. The belt-shaped connection comprises a belt-shaped object with a certain width, and also comprises a connection mode of a thin belt-shaped object such as a pull rope and a steel wire. It can be understood that the flexible connection means is less likely to be elastically deformed under a certain tensile force. But there may be greater elastic deformation of some materials under greater tension. For this purpose, the torque of the motor 50 needs to be limited to a certain extent so as to avoid the occurrence of large elastic deformation, which would affect the implementation of the present solution.

For avoiding the empty dialing and missing dialing of the dialing wheel 40, in other embodiments, a first elastic member 81 is disposed in the accommodating section 71, and the first elastic member 81 is compressed between the bottom wall of the accommodating section 71 and the buffer bag 30 to provide a pushing force towards the dialing wheel 40 for the buffer bag 30 in the accommodating section 71, so that the buffer bags 30 are tightly arranged in the accommodating section 71. The bottom wall of the housing section 71 is also the end of the housing section 71.

It is understood that in some embodiments, the cushion bladder 30 uses both the flexible connection and the first elastic member 81, so that the idle or skip phenomenon of the thumb wheel 40 can be more effectively prevented.

With respect to the arrangement of the legs 21, the sliding seat 20 further includes a base 22, in one embodiment, the legs 21 are extensions of the base 22 (see fig. 1 and 2), and the extending direction of the legs 21 is perpendicular to the sliding direction of the sliding seat 20. The outwardly extending support legs 21 facilitate extending into the ejection section 72, and are further pushed by the buffer bag 30 to slide in the ejection section 72, so as to finally drive the sliding seat 20 to carry the camera module 60 to extend out of the housing 10.

In another embodiment, see fig. 4, in a position where the sliding seat 20 slides with respect to the housing 10, the housing 10 is provided with a bottom plate 11 and a side plate 12 cooperating with the sliding seat 20. Wherein the side plate 12 is convexly arranged on the bottom plate 11. The sliding seat 20 is slidably connected to the bottom plate 11 and the side plate 12. The sliding seat 20 further includes a base 22 and a baffle 23. The baffle 23 is an extension of the base 22 to the outside, and the extension direction of the baffle 23 is the same as the sliding direction of the sliding seat 20. The leg 21 is fixed to a side of the base 22 facing the inside of the housing 10, that is, a solid portion of the base 22 between the baffle 23 and the side plate 12, which serves as the leg 21 of the sliding seat 20 in this embodiment.

When the buffer bag 30 pushes the sliding seat 20 from the ejection section 72 and extends out of the housing 10, the baffle plate 23 slides to the outside of the housing 10 along with the movement of the sliding seat 20. Due to the arrangement of the baffle plate 23 opposite to the side plate 12, an extending channel is formed between the baffle plate 23 and the side plate 12. The extending channel is communicated with the ejecting section 72 and is used for accommodating the buffer bag 30 which is pushed into the ejecting section 72 by the thumb wheel 40. As the buffer bladder 30 in the ejection section 72 is continuously squeezed, the buffer bladder 30 in the extension channel is continuously increased, so as to push the sliding seat 20 out of the housing 10. Fig. 5 shows a state where the sliding seat 20 extends out of the housing 10 after the motor 50 drives the thumb wheel 40 to rotate.

It can be understood that the extension channel in the present embodiment is continuously extended as the sliding seat 20 slides, so as to accommodate more buffer capsules 30. The more the cushion bladder 30 is accommodated, the more the slide seat 20 is pushed, so that the extension passage is further extended. This arrangement makes reasonable use of the space inside the housing 10. The long ejecting section 72 is not separately arranged to drive the sliding seat 20 to extend out, and a space for the supporting leg 21 to slide back and forth is not provided, but the space occupied by the sliding seat 20 when being accommodated in the housing 10 is used, so that the movable extending channel is formed in the sliding process of the sliding seat 20, and the ejecting of the sliding seat 20 is realized. The internal space of the functional module 100 of the present application can be made more compact.

In one embodiment, see fig. 6 and 7, the above-mentioned extension channel mechanism is provided on both sides of the sliding seat 20. That is, the number of the slide ways 70 and the thumb wheel 40 is two, the two slide ways 70 are respectively located at two sides of the sliding seat 20, and the two thumb wheels 40 are also respectively located at two sides of the sliding seat 20. The number of the buffer bags 30 is also two, and the two groups of the buffer bags 30 are respectively positioned in the two slideways 70. It is understood that, during the process of lifting the sliding seat 20, there are two side plates 12 and two baffle plates 23, which constitute the extended channel, and are respectively disposed on two sides of the sliding seat 20. When the motor 50 is driven, the two thumb wheels 40 rotate simultaneously to respectively push the two sets of buffer bags 30 to push the support legs 21, so that the sliding seat 20 carrying the camera module 60 extends out of the housing. The present embodiment has the advantages that the extending action of the sliding seat 20 is more stable, and the sliding seat 20 is prevented from being stuck due to the torque generated by the pushing action of one side.

It is understood that in this embodiment, the number of the motors 50 may be one, and one motor 50 drives the rotation of two of the thumb wheels 40 simultaneously. In other embodiments, the number of the motors 50 may also be two, and two motors 50 respectively drive the rotation of two of the thumb wheels 40. When the number of the motors 50 is two, the two motors 50 need to be matched with a control time sequence so as to avoid the situation of single-side ejection and influence on the implementation effect.

The retraction mode of the camera module 60 after the sliding seat 20 is extended can be electric retraction by the motor 50, manual retraction, or a parallel mode of the two. When the cushion bladder 30 is attached to the support leg 21, the slide seat 20 can be retracted by the motor 50 reversing the action of the thumb wheel 40. In one embodiment, see fig. 1, a second elastic member 82 is disposed between the sliding seat 20 and the housing 10, and the second elastic member 82 is stretched and deformed when the sliding seat 20 extends out of the housing 10 to generate an elastic force for pulling the sliding seat 20 back to the housing 10. That is, the second elastic member 82 assists the retracting action of the sliding seat 20 after extending out of the housing 10.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, a limiting portion 25 is disposed on the sliding seat 20, a limiting surface 13 is disposed in the casing 10 and is engaged with the limiting portion 25, when the sliding seat 20 extends out of the casing 10, the limiting portion 25 is engaged with the limiting surface 13 to ensure that at least a portion of the sliding seat 20 is still contained in the casing 10, and the sliding seat 20 is prevented from sliding out of the casing 10 completely and losing the constraint, and is separated from the casing 10.

In one embodiment, see fig. 1, the housing 10 is provided with an opening 14 at a position where the sliding seat 20 extends, and a sealing portion 24 is provided at an edge of the sliding seat 20, wherein the sealing portion 24 is used for sealing the opening 14 when the sliding seat 20 is accommodated in the housing 10. The sealing portion 24 may prevent foreign substances such as external dirt or water drops from entering the inside of the housing 10.

In one embodiment, the sealing portion 24 has an outer surface away from the sliding seat 20, and when the sliding seat 20 is received in the housing 10, the outer surface of the sealing portion 24 is flush with the outer surface of the housing 10. The sealing portion 24, which is the outer edge of the sliding seat 20, is matched with the shape of the outer surface of the housing 10, so that the overall consistency of the appearance of the functional assembly 100 can be improved. For example, the outer surface of the sealing portion 24 may also have the same roughness, surface treatment process, etc. as the outer surface of the housing 10, so that the surfaces of the two have the same texture and color, further improving the appearance consistency of the functional assembly 100.

In one embodiment, the sliding seat 20 further has at least one functional device 90. The functional device 90, like the camera module 60, can extend out of the housing 10 together with the sliding seat 20. The functional device 90 may be one or more of a camera module, an iris recognition module, a face recognition module, a fingerprint recognition module, a flash lamp, a photosensor, and a headphone. The functional device 90 can be matched with the camera module 60 to realize functions, such as matching of a flash lamp, two cameras and the like; or may be independent of the camera module 60 to implement functions such as the above-mentioned identification module or the receiver.

Fig. 8 shows an electronic device 200 including the functional component 100 of the present application, the electronic device 200 includes a first panel 201, the first panel 201 covers the housing 10, and the sliding seat 20 is correspondingly covered by the first panel 201, so that the electronic device 200 of the present application can hide at least a part of the functional component 100 behind the first panel 201 without affecting the appearance consistency of the first panel 201. After the sealing portion 24 also adopts the same appearance processing manner as the housing 10, the appearance consistency of all directions of the whole electronic device 200 tends to be complete, and the appearance of the electronic device 200 as a whole to a user is improved.

Meanwhile, since the functional component 100 is in the camera module 60 can be protected to some extent after extending out, the electronic device 200 of the present application has higher reliability and drop resistance.

It can be understood that, when the first panel 201 is a display screen, the display screen is mounted on the housing 10, at this time, the sliding seat 20 is accommodated in the housing 10, and the display area of the display screen at least partially covers the sliding seat 20, and heretofore, because the arrangement of various functional devices including a camera module on the first panel 201 requires, the display area of the display screen cannot completely cover the first panel 201, and a part of the area on the first panel 201 must be occupied to place these functional devices, thereby compressing the screen occupation ratio of the electronic device 200. In the electronic device 200 using the functional assembly 100 of the present application, the camera module 60 and the functional device 90 are hidden on the sliding seat 20, and can be extended out correspondingly when needed, so as to avoid the situation that the camera module 60 and the functional device 90 are disposed on the first panel 201, which may damage the consistency of the appearance.

It is understood that the electronic device 200 may further include a second panel 202 disposed on a side of the functional component 100 opposite to the first panel 201, that is, the functional component 100 is disposed between the first panel 201 and the second panel 202, and the second panel 202 also covers at least a portion of the functional component 100, so that the functional component 100 can be hidden between the first panel 201 and the second panel 202, and the appearance consistency of the electronic device 200 is further improved.

The electronic device 200 according to the embodiment of the present application may be any device having communication and storage functions, for example: the system comprises intelligent equipment with a network function, such as a tablet Computer, a mobile phone, an electronic reader, a remote controller, a Personal Computer (PC), a notebook Computer, vehicle-mounted equipment, a network television, wearable equipment and the like.

Referring to fig. 1 to 9, the present application further provides a control method of an electronic device, which is suitable for the electronic device 200. The electronic device comprises a shell 10, a sliding seat 20, a buffer capsule 30, a thumb wheel 40 and a motor 50. The sliding seat 20 is telescopically and slidably connected to the housing 10, and a camera module 60 is disposed on the sliding seat 20. The thumb wheel 40 and the motor 50 are both arranged inside the housing 10, and the motor 50 is used for driving the thumb wheel 40 to rotate. A slide way 70 is arranged in the shell 10, the slide way 70 comprises an accommodating section 71 and an ejecting section 72, the outer edge of the thumb wheel 40 is provided with poking teeth 41 uniformly distributed along the circumferential direction, and the poking teeth 41 extend into the accommodating section 71. The sliding seat 20 includes a leg 21, and the leg 12 extends into the ejecting section 72. The number of the buffer bags 30 is plural, the buffer bags 30 are sequentially arranged in the slide 70, and at least a part of the buffer bags 30 are located in the accommodating section 71.

The control method specifically comprises the following steps:

101. the electronic device 200 receives the extension signal;

102. the electronic device 200 controls the motor 50 to start according to the extension signal, and the motor 50 drives the thumb wheel 40 to rotate. The shifting teeth 41 of the shifting wheel 40 are located in the accommodating section 71, and the shifting teeth 41 push the buffer bags 30 accommodated in the accommodating section 71 into the ejection section 72 from the accommodating section 71 one by one. The cushion bladder 30 entering the ejecting section 72 pushes the leg 21 extending into the ejecting section 72 to slide the leg 21 relative to the slide 70. The legs 21 bring the sliding seat 20 to slide relative to the housing 10. When the sliding seat 20 at least partially protrudes out of the housing 10, the camera module 60 disposed on the sliding seat 20 also protrudes out of the housing 10 along with the sliding seat 30.

It is understood that the electronic device 200 further includes a controller (not shown). The electronic device 200 may receive the extension signal through a touch display screen, a receiver, a photosensitive element, and the like, and control the motor 50 through a controller.

In the present embodiment, when a user needs to take a picture, the electronic device 200 inputs the extension signal to extend the sliding seat 20 out of the housing 10, that is, the camera module 60 extends out of the housing 10 to take a picture. At this time, the extension signal is a photographing signal.

In one embodiment, a flexible connection is provided between any two adjacent buffer bladders 30, and the buffer bladders 30 are connected to the support legs 21. After the sliding seat 20 extends out of the housing 10, the control method of the present application further includes the following steps (see fig. 10):

103. the electronic device 200 receives a contraction signal;

104. the electronic device 200 controls the motor 50 to start according to the contraction signal, the motor 50 drives the dial wheel 40 to rotate in the reverse direction, the dial teeth of the dial wheel 40 are located in the accommodating section 71, the dial teeth can dial the buffer bags 30 located in the accommodating section 71 back to the accommodating section 71 one by one, and at this time, because flexible connection is set between any two adjacent buffer bags 30, at least part of the buffer bags 30 located in the ejection section 72 are dialed back to the accommodating section 71 by the dial wheel 40 under the dragging of the flexible connection. Because of the connection between the cushion bladder 30 and the leg 21, the cushion bladder 30 pulls the leg 21 during being pulled back into the receiving section 72, so that the sliding seat 20 retracts into the housing 10. Accordingly, the camera module 60 also retracts the housing 10 along with the sliding seat 20.

It is understood that the rotation of the thumb wheel 40 in the opposite direction driven by the motor 50 is defined relative to the direction in which the thumb wheel 40 is driven by the motor 50 when the slide block 20 is extended. That is, the rotation direction of the thumb wheel 40 is a first direction when the sliding seat 20 extends out of the housing 10, and the rotation direction of the thumb wheel 40 is a second direction when the sliding seat 20 retracts into the housing 10, and the first direction and the second direction are opposite.

It is understood that the electronic device 200 also includes a controller. The electronic device 200 may receive the extension signal or the contraction signal through a touch display screen, a receiver, a photosensitive element, and the like, and control the motor 50 through a controller. When the user finishes shooting, the electronic device 200 inputs the retraction signal to retract the sliding seat 20 into the housing 10, and the camera module 60 retracts the housing 10 along with the sliding seat 20. Of course, it is also possible to wait for a certain time after the shooting is completed, and if the user does not further operate, the controller automatically sends out the retracting signal to retract the camera module 60. At this time, the contraction signal is a shooting completion signal.

The above-described embodiments do not limit the scope of the present invention. Any modification, equivalent replacement, and improvement made within the spirit and principle of the above-described embodiments should be included in the protection scope of the technical solution.

Claims

1. A functional assembly, characterized by:

comprises a shell, a sliding seat, a buffer capsule, a thumb wheel and a motor;

the sliding seat is telescopically and slidably connected with the shell, and a camera module is arranged on the sliding seat;

the thumb wheel and the motor are both arranged in the shell, and the motor is used for driving the thumb wheel to rotate;

a slide way is arranged in the shell and comprises an accommodating section and an ejecting section, and the outer edge of the shifting wheel is provided with shifting teeth which are uniformly distributed along the circumferential direction and extend into the accommodating section;

the sliding seat comprises a supporting leg, and the supporting leg extends into the ejection section;

the number of the buffer bags is multiple, the buffer bags are sequentially arranged in the slide way, and at least part of the buffer bags are positioned in the accommodating section;

when the motor drives the shifting wheel to rotate, the shifting wheel pushes the buffer bag contained in the containing section into the ejecting section, and the buffer bag pushes the support legs extending into the ejecting section in an extruding manner, so that the sliding seat carries the camera module to extend out of the shell.

2. The functional module according to claim 1, characterized in that any two adjacent buffer bags are flexibly connected, so that when the motor drives the thumb wheel to rotate, the distance between the two adjacent buffer bags is kept consistent.

3. The functional assembly of claim 2, wherein the flexible connection is one of a hinge, a link, or a ribbon connection.

4. The functional assembly according to claim 1, wherein a first elastic member is disposed in the housing section, the first elastic member being compressed between a bottom wall of the housing section and the cushion bladder, the first elastic member being configured to maintain the cushion bladder in the housing section in a tight arrangement.

5. The functional assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the sliding seat further comprises a base, the leg extends outward from the base, and the extending direction of the leg is perpendicular to the sliding direction of the sliding seat.

6. The functional assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the housing includes a bottom plate and a side plate protruding from the bottom plate, the sliding seat slidably connects the side plate and the bottom plate, the sliding seat further includes a base and a baffle plate, the baffle plate extends outwardly from the base, and the extending direction of the baffle plate coincides with the sliding direction of the sliding seat, the support leg is fixed on a side of the base facing the inside of the housing, and the support leg is located between the side plate and the baffle plate;

when the buffer bag pushes the sliding seat to extend out of the shell from the ejection section, the baffle plate is opposite to the side plate so as to form an extension channel between the baffle plate and the side plate, and the extension channel is communicated with the ejection section and is used for accommodating the buffer bag which is pushed into the ejection section by the thumb wheel.

7. The functional assembly according to claim 6, wherein the number of the slide ways and the dial wheels is two, two of the slide ways are respectively located on two sides of the sliding seat, two of the dial wheels are also respectively located on two sides of the sliding seat, the number of the buffer bags is two, two of the buffer bags are respectively located in two of the slide ways, and the motor simultaneously drives two of the dial wheels to rotate so as to respectively push two of the buffer bags to push the supporting legs to extend the sliding seat carrying the camera module out of the housing.

8. The functional module according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a second elastic member is provided between the sliding seat and the housing, and when the sliding seat is extended out of the housing, the second elastic member is stretched to generate an elastic force that pulls the sliding seat back into the housing.

9. The functional assembly according to any of claims 1 to 4, wherein the sliding seat has a limiting portion, and the housing has a limiting surface, and the limiting portion is engaged with the limiting surface to ensure that at least a portion of the sliding seat is still contained in the housing when the sliding seat extends out of the housing.

10. The functional module according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the housing has an opening at a position where the sliding seat protrudes, and a sealing portion is provided at an edge of the sliding seat, the sealing portion being configured to seal the opening when the sliding seat is received in the housing.

11. The functional assembly of claim 10, wherein the sealing portion has an outer surface remote from the sliding seat, and wherein the outer surface of the sealing portion is flush with the outer surface of the housing when the sliding seat is received in the housing.

12. The functional module according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the sliding seat further comprises at least one or more of a camera module, an iris recognition module, a face recognition module, a fingerprint recognition module, a flashlight, a photosensor, and an earpiece.

13. An electronic device comprising the functional assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 12.

14. The electronic device of claim 13, further comprising a display screen mounted to the housing, wherein when the sliding seat is received in the housing, a display area of the display screen at least partially covers the sliding seat.

15. The control method of the electronic device is characterized in that the electronic device comprises a shell, a sliding seat, a buffer bag, a thumb wheel and a motor; the sliding seat is telescopically and slidably connected with the shell, and a camera module is arranged on the sliding seat; the thumb wheel and the motor are both arranged in the shell, and the motor is used for driving the thumb wheel to rotate; a slide way is arranged in the shell and comprises an accommodating section and an ejecting section, and the outer edge of the shifting wheel is provided with shifting teeth which are uniformly distributed along the circumferential direction and extend into the accommodating section; the sliding seat comprises a supporting leg, and the supporting leg extends into the ejection section; the number of the buffer bags is multiple, the buffer bags are sequentially arranged in the slide way, and at least part of the buffer bags are positioned in the accommodating section; the control method of the electronic device comprises the following steps:

the electronic device receives an extension signal;

16. The method for controlling an electronic device according to claim 15, wherein any two adjacent buffer bladders are flexibly connected and connected to the supporting legs, and after the sliding seat extends out of the housing, the method further comprises:

the electronic device receives a contraction signal;

the electronic device controls the motor to drive the shifting wheel to rotate reversely according to the contraction signal, the shifting wheel shifts at least part of the buffer bag positioned in the ejection section back to the accommodating section, and the buffer bag pulls the supporting leg to enable the sliding seat to retract the shell.