CN110062078B

CN110062078B - Electronic equipment

Info

Publication number: CN110062078B
Application number: CN201910348591.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张新富
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Hangzhou Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Hangzhou Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-04-28
Filing date: 2019-04-28
Publication date: 2021-01-08
Anticipated expiration: 2039-04-28
Also published as: WO2020220972A1; CN110062078A

Abstract

The invention discloses an electronic device, comprising: the shell comprises a bottom wall and a side wall, the side wall and the bottom wall enclose a mounting cavity, and a through hole is formed in the side wall; the camera assembly comprises a camera, the camera is positioned in the mounting cavity under the condition of a non-working state, and the camera is positioned outside the shell under the condition of a working state; a locking assembly; an elastic member. By camera subassembly, locking subassembly and elastic component cooperation, realize that the manpower pops out the camera, simple structure, occupation space is little, does not use electric power.

Description

Electronic equipment

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of electronic technologies, and in particular, to an electronic device.

Background

Taking a mobile phone as an example, along with the development of smart phones, the requirements of users on screen occupation ratio are higher and higher, and the comprehensive screen is the best way. However, the full-face screen has a very big problem to be solved: how the front camera is placed can leave the maximum display space for the user.

At present, some manufacturers in the market have provided mobile phones with pop-up front cameras, but most of the mobile phones are driven by electric motors, and need motors, reduction boxes, transmission screws and extending buffer devices, so that the mobile phones are high in cost, large in occupied space and capable of consuming precious electric power of the mobile phones.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides electronic equipment, which is used for solving the problem that in the prior art, when a camera is popped up, electric drive is needed.

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

an electronic device, comprising:

the shell comprises a bottom wall and a side wall, the side wall and the bottom wall form an installation cavity in an enclosing mode, and through holes are formed in the side wall;

the camera assembly comprises a camera, and the camera is positioned in the mounting cavity under the condition that the camera is in a non-working state; under the condition that the camera is in a working state, the camera is positioned outside the shell;

a locking assembly;

and

an elastic member disposed in the mounting cavity,

when the camera is in a non-working state, the locking assembly locks the camera assembly in a first direction, if the locking assembly receives an external force along a second direction through the camera assembly, the locking assembly releases the locking of the camera assembly, the camera assembly enables the camera to penetrate out of the shell from the through hole along the first direction under the elastic force of the elastic piece, and the second direction is opposite to the first direction;

under the condition that the camera is in a working state, if the locking assembly receives an external force along the second direction through the camera assembly, the camera retracts into the shell from the through hole along the second direction, and the locking assembly locks the camera assembly.

The embodiment of the invention adopts at least one technical scheme which can achieve the following beneficial effects:

by the cooperation of camera subassembly, locking subassembly and elastic component, realize popping out the camera, simple structure, occupation space is little, does not use electric power.

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 structural diagram of an electronic device when a camera provided in an embodiment of the present invention is in a non-operating state;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device when a camera provided in an embodiment of the present invention is in a working state;

fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of an internal structure of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is an exploded view of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of a locking bracket and a control tab mounted to a mounting cavity according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of the camera bracket and the elastic member not being mounted in the mounting cavity according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic bottom structure view of a locking bracket according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of the exploded structure of FIG. 7;

fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a lifting pile according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a control sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural view of a rotating buckle according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 12 is a schematic state diagram of a camera provided in an embodiment of the present invention in a non-operating state;

fig. 13 is a schematic view of a control piece and a rotating buckle when the camera provided by the embodiment of the present invention is in a non-working state;

FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view A-A of FIG. 12;

FIG. 15 is a schematic view of a camera in an ejected state without passing through a locking assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram illustrating the status of the control and the rotating buckle when the camera is ejected and the locking assembly is not passed through according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 17 is a cross-sectional view C-C of FIG. 15;

fig. 18 is a schematic view of a state of the camera in an ejected state and after passing through the locking assembly according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 19 is a schematic view of the control plate and the rotating buckle after passing through the locking assembly when the camera is ejected according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 20 is a sectional view taken along line B-B of fig. 18.

Wherein the following reference numerals are included in figures 1-20:

a housing-1; a camera assembly-2; a locking assembly-3; an elastic member-4; screw-5; a bottom wall-11; a sidewall-12; a mounting cavity-13; perforation-14; fixing a column-15; a stop post-16; a guide rail-17; a camera-21; a mobile bracket-22; a meshing tooth-23; a groove-24; a locking bracket-31; a lifting pile-32; a lock-33; a spring-34; a resilient arm-41; a connection hole-311; positioning hole-312; a receiving groove-313; -314 a projecting post; an opening-315; a lifting plate-321; a protrusion-322; wedge-323; control pad-331; a connection hole-332; a small arc-surface part-333; a large arc-surface portion-334; via-335; wedge-shaped face-336; rotating buckle-337; a locking hole-338; a connection hole-339; boss-3390; the engagement groove 3391.

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.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the electronic device of the present invention includes a housing 1, and a camera assembly 2, a locking assembly 3, and an elastic member 4 respectively located in the housing 1. By the cooperation of camera subassembly 2, locking subassembly 3 and elastic component 4, realize that the manpower pops out camera 21, simple structure, occupation space is little, does not use electric power.

To enable manual ejection of camera head 21, camera head assembly 2, latch assembly 3, and spring 4 may be provided in a variety of ways. For example, the camera head assembly 2 is configured to linearly reciprocate, the locking assembly 3 is configured to linearly reciprocate in synchronization with the camera head assembly 2, the elastic member 4 is in direct contact with the camera head assembly 2 or with the locking assembly 3, and the like. Still alternatively, camera component 2 is set to be in linear reciprocating motion, locking component 3 is set to rotate around itself, and elastic component 4 is set to be in direct contact with camera component 2 or in direct contact with locking component 3.

The following describes the structure of each component in detail, taking as an example that the camera head assembly 2 is configured to reciprocate linearly, the locking assembly 3 is configured to rotate around itself, and the elastic member 4 is configured to directly contact with the camera head assembly 2.

As shown in fig. 4, the housing 1 includes a bottom wall 11 and a side wall 12 enclosing a mounting cavity 13 with the bottom wall 11. The bottom wall 11 and the side walls 12 are constructed in the same general manner. Taking a mobile phone as an example, the mobile phone shell 1 includes a middle frame, a back plate connected with the middle frame, and an injection molded body injected outside the middle frame and the back plate, so that the middle frame and the middle frame injection molded body constitute a side wall 12 of the shell 1, and the back plate injection molded body constitute a bottom wall 11 of the shell 1.

The side wall 12 of the housing 1 is provided with a through hole 14 penetrating through the inner and outer sides thereof, and the camera assembly 2 is positioned outside the housing 1 by penetrating through the through hole 14 at a position where the camera 21 is provided. The size, shape, etc. of the through hole 14 can be specifically set according to requirements, and in the present embodiment, the cross-sectional area (cross-section perpendicular to the axis of the through hole 14) and the shape of the through hole 14 are substantially the same as the cross-sectional area and the shape of the camera head assembly 2 at the position where the camera head 21 is arranged, so that sealing with the camera head assembly 2 can be realized, and dust entering the mounting cavity 13 can be reduced.

The mounting cavity 13 of the shell 1 is provided with a guide rail 17, and the camera assembly 2 is guided by the guide rail 17 to make the camera assembly 2 reciprocate linearly. The guide rail 17 can be a boss protruding from the bottom wall 11 of the housing 1, the boss is located on two sides of the through hole 14 and extends to be connected with the side wall 12 of the housing 1, the camera assembly 2 is placed between the bosses, and the camera assembly is simple in structure and convenient to process. Two fixing posts 15 and two stopping posts 16 are also arranged on the bottom wall 11 of the shell 1. Two fixing columns 15 and two stop columns 16 are respectively positioned at two sides of the camera component 2, and a positioning hole for mounting the screw 5 is further formed in one fixing column 15. The locking assembly 3 and the elastic piece 4 are fixed in the installation cavity 13 by a fixed column 15 and a stop column 16.

As shown in fig. 2 to 4, the camera head assembly 2 includes a camera head 21 and a moving frame 22. The camera 21 is the same as the normal camera 21 and will not be described in detail herein. The mobile carriage 22 is placed directly on the bottom wall 11 of the casing 1, between the guide rails 17. The camera 21 is fixed at the front end of the movable support 22, the groove 24 is formed in the rear end of the movable support 22 and used for containing the elastic arm 41 of the elastic piece 4, the movable support 22 is driven by the elastic piece 4 to move towards the first direction (the first direction is the popping direction of the camera 21), and the camera 21 penetrates out of the shell 1 from the through hole 14.

The movable bracket 22 may be provided with a limiting boss (not shown), and when the movable bracket 22 moves to a proper position along the first direction, the limiting boss contacts with the guide rail 17 to limit the movable bracket 22. Of course, the moving bracket 22 may be limited along the first direction in other manners, for example, a limiting boss for limiting with the guide rail 17 is provided on other components of the camera head assembly 2, or a limiting boss for limiting the moving bracket 22 is provided on the locking assembly 3.

One side of the moving bracket 22 (on the side of the fixing post 15 provided with the positioning hole) may be provided with an engaging tooth 23, and the locking assembly 3 is directly engaged with the moving bracket 22. An engaging tooth 23 may be disposed on the movable bracket 22, and the movable bracket 22 moves along the first direction and is separated from the locking assembly 3 after passing through the locking assembly 3, at this time, the movable bracket 22 moves and the locking assembly 3 stops rotating, so as to reduce the resistance of the locking assembly 3 to the movable bracket 22. During the process that the camera 21 needs to be switched to the non-working state and the movable bracket 22 moves in the second direction (opposite to the first direction), the movable bracket 22 is engaged with the locking assembly 3 again, and the movable bracket 22 is locked by the locking assembly 3.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, the elastic member 4 may be a torsion spring, which is simple in structure and convenient to use. The torsion spring is sleeved on the fixed column 15 at the other side of the moving bracket 22, one elastic arm 41 of the torsion spring is positioned in the groove 24 of the moving bracket 22, and the other elastic arm 41 of the torsion spring abuts against the stop column 16 at the corresponding side. When the locking of the locking assembly 3 to the movable bracket 22 is released, the elastic arm 41 of the torsion spring applies force to move the movable bracket 22 in the first direction. Of course, the elastic element 4 may also be a linear spring or a spring plate.

The locking assembly 3 comprises a locking bracket 31, a lifting peg 32, a lock 33 and a spring 34. As shown in fig. 7 and 8, the locking bracket 31 has a substantially cylindrical shape, the top and bottom surfaces are flat surfaces, and the side wall 12 between the top and bottom surfaces includes an arc wall and a flat wall. After the locking bracket 31 is installed, the bottom surface of the locking bracket 31 contacts the bottom wall 11 of the housing 1, and the plane wall is adjacent to the movable bracket 22 and approximately parallel to the movable bracket 22, so as to improve the compactness.

The locking support 31 is provided with a connecting hole 311 penetrating through the top surface and the bottom surface, the connecting hole 311 is sleeved on the fixing column 15 of the housing 1, the bottom surface of the locking support 31 is provided with a blind hole forming a positioning hole 312, the positioning hole 312 penetrates through the locking column 16 of the housing 1, the locking support 31 is fixed, the locking support 31 is prevented from rotating along with the locking piece 22, and the locking support is simple in structure and convenient to install.

The bottom surface of the locking bracket 31 is further provided with an inward concave receiving groove 313, and the shape of the receiving groove 313 is substantially the same as that of the lifting plate 321 of the lifting pile 32, and is a meniscus shape surrounding the connecting hole 311. Two protruding columns 314 extending in the axial direction of the locking bracket 31 are provided at intervals in the accommodating groove 313. The top surface of the locking bracket 31 is further provided with an opening 315 penetrating the receiving groove 313. The lifting plate 321 of the lifting pile 32 is inserted through the protruding post 314, and the protrusion 322 of the lifting pile 32 passes through the opening 315 and is located in the locking hole 338 of the locking member 33.

As shown in fig. 9, the elevating pile 32 includes an elevating plate 321 and a protrusion 322 protruding from the elevating plate 321. The lifting plate 321 is half-moon shaped, and is provided with two through holes which penetrate through the protruding column 314 of the locking bracket 31. The lifting plate 321 is located between the spring 34 and the top surface of the locking bracket 31. When the camera 21 is in a non-operating state, the lifting plate 321 is pressed by the spring 34 to abut against the top surface of the locking bracket 31, and the protrusion 322 passes through the opening 315 of the locking bracket 31 and is located in the locking hole 338 of the locking member 33. When the lock member 33 is subjected to an external force from a user in the second direction, the lock member 33 rotates relative to the lock bracket 31, and the protrusion 322 moves toward the bottom wall 11 of the housing 1 under the action of the wedge surfaces 323 and 336 until being disengaged from the lock member 33.

The number of the springs 34 is two, and one spring 34 is sleeved on the protruding column 314 of each locking bracket 31. The spring 34 may be a compression spring 34, one end of the spring 34 abuts against the bottom wall 11 of the housing 1, and the other end of the spring 34 abuts against the lifting plate 321 of the lifting pile 32.

As shown in fig. 10 and 11, the locking member 33 includes a control piece 331 and a rotating buckle 337. When the locking member 33 includes the control tab 331 and the rotating buckle 337, the resistance of the locking member 33 to the moving frame 22 can be reduced by the structure of the control tab 331 and the rotating buckle 337, which will be described in detail below. Of course, the locking member 33 may include only the rotating buckle 337.

The control plate 331 is plate-shaped, a connection hole 332 is formed in the control plate 331, the connection hole 332 penetrates through the fixing column 15 of the housing 1, and the control plate 331 can rotate around the fixing column 15. The control tab 331 is composed of a large arc portion 334 having a large diameter (starting point of diameter is the center of the connection hole 332) and a small arc portion 333 having a small diameter (starting point of diameter is the center of the connection hole), the small arc portion 333 and the large arc portion 334 are smoothly connected, and the diameter of the small arc portion 333 may be smaller than that of the large arc portion 334. The connection hole 332 is located on the small cambered surface part 333, and the diameter of the small cambered surface part 333 is smaller than the distance from the center of the connection hole 332 to the moving bracket 22, so as to prevent the control piece 331 from interfering with the moving bracket 22. The large arc surface part 334 is provided with a through hole 335 penetrating the protrusion 322 of the lifting pile 32, the through hole 335 is provided with a wedge surface 336, the protrusion 322 is driven by the control piece 331 to descend, the protrusion 322 is separated from the rotating buckle 337, and the locking of the rotating buckle 337 is released.

The rotating buckle 337 is roughly cylindrical, a connecting hole 339 is arranged in the middle of the rotating buckle 337, the connecting hole 339 is sleeved on the fixing column 15 of the shell 1, and the rotating buckle 337 rotates around the fixing column 15. The bottom surface of the rotating buckle 337 is provided with a blind hole forming a locking hole 338. The protrusion 322 of the lift peg 32 is positioned in the locking hole 338 and locks the rotating catch 337.

The side wall 12 of the rotating buckle 337 is provided with an engaging groove 3391 engaged with the engaging tooth 23 of the movable support 22, so that during the movement of the movable support 22, the rotating buckle 337 is retracted from the movable support 22, and the rotating buckle 337 is prevented from interfering with the movement of the movable support 22. Of course, the rotating buckle 337 may be provided with engaging teeth, and the moving bracket 22 may be provided with engaging grooves. The rotating buckle 337 is provided with an engaging groove to reduce the resistance of the rotating buckle 337 to the bracket of the camera 21, so that the camera 21 can be ejected smoothly.

The bottom surface of the rotating buckle 337 is provided with two convex bosses 3390, and the bosses 3390 are arranged at intervals. The two bosses 3390 are respectively located at both ends of the large arc surface portion 334 of the position control piece 331, and the bosses 3390 are in contact with the large arc surface portion 334. When the rotating buckle 337 is rotated by the moving bracket 22, the boss 3390 drives the control plate 331 to rotate, so that the lifting frame protrusion 322 is pressed down by the control plate 331. The spacing between the two bosses 3390 may be greater than the width of the large arc 334. Thus, during the rotation of the rotating buckle 337, the control plate 331 does not rotate with the rotating buckle 337 at any time, so as to reduce the resistance of the control plate 331, and thus the resistance of the locking member 33 to the moving bracket 22.

As shown in fig. 5 and 6, when assembling the electronic device, the lifting peg 32 and the spring 34 are sequentially mounted on the locking bracket 31, and then the locking bracket 31, the control plate 331 and the rotating buckle 337 are sequentially sleeved on the fixing post 15 of the housing 1, and the screw 5 is mounted. The camera head assembly 2 and the elastic member 4 are then mounted. When the camera head 21 is in the non-operating state, the spring 34 presses the lifting peg 32, the protrusion 322 is located in the locking hole 338, and the camera head assembly 2 is locked by the rotating buckle 337.

As shown in fig. 12 to 14, the locking assembly 3 locks the camera head assembly 2 in a state where the camera head 21 is not in operation.

As shown in fig. 15-20, when the camera 21 is switched from the non-operating state to the operating state, a user presses the camera 21 into the mounting cavity 13, the moving bracket 22 moves along the second direction, the rotating buckle 337 rotates under the action of the moving bracket 22 and drives the control piece 331 to rotate, and the protrusion 322 of the control piece 331 moves towards the bottom wall 11 of the housing 1 under the action of the wedge-shaped surface 323 of the control piece 331 until being disengaged from the rotating buckle 337. Then release camera 21, remove support 22 and move along first direction under the effect of elastic component 4, rotatory knot 337 is driven by remove support 22 and is rotated in the opposite direction, makes locking hole 338 cross lift stake 32 arch 322, then remove support 22 continues to move along first direction under the effect of elastic component 4, and move support 22 and pass through shell 1 outside from perforation 14 at the position that sets up camera 21.

When the camera 21 is in the working state, the movable support 22 is in the static state under the action of the elastic member 4.

In the case that the camera 21 is switched from the operating state to the non-operating state, the user presses the camera 21 into the mounting cavity 13 until the locking hole 338 of the rotating buckle 337 is aligned with the opening 315 of the locking bracket 31, the protrusion 322 of the lifting pile 32 enters the locking hole 338 under the action of the spring 34, the rotating buckle 337 is locked by the lifting pile 32, and the moving bracket 22 is locked by the rotating buckle 337, thereby locking the camera 21.

In other embodiments, a through hole may be formed in the movable bracket, and a link rod for connecting the outside and the locking assembly may be disposed in the through hole. The user presses the connecting rod, and the locking assembly 3 is driven by the connecting rod to move, so that the state switching of the camera 21 is completed. Alternatively, in other embodiments, the rotating buckle and the moving bracket move linearly synchronously, the elastic element and the locking assembly are located on the same side of the moving bracket, and the elastic element and the rotating buckle are in direct contact.

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. An electronic device, comprising:

the locking assembly comprises a locking piece which is engaged with the camera assembly and is provided with a locking hole and a lifting pile which is vertical to the bottom wall to lift;

and

an elastic member disposed in the mounting cavity,

when the camera is in a non-working state, the lifting pile is located in the locking hole to lock the locking piece, and the locking assembly locks the camera assembly in a first direction; if the locking piece receives external force along a second direction through the camera assembly, the locking piece moves to enable the lifting pile to be separated from the locking hole, the locking piece moves reversely under the elastic force of the elastic piece until the locking hole passes over the lifting pile, the locking assembly releases locking of the camera assembly, the camera assembly enables the camera to penetrate out of the shell from the through hole along the first direction under the elastic force of the elastic piece, and the second direction is opposite to the first direction;

under the condition that the camera is in operating condition, if the locking piece passes through camera subassembly receives along the external force of second direction, the camera is followed the second direction the perforation is followed to retract within the shell, the locking piece moves to the lift stake gets into the locking hole, locking subassembly locking camera subassembly.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the locking assembly further comprises a locking bracket fixed in the mounting cavity and located on one side of the camera assembly, and a spring disposed on the locking bracket, wherein a protruding column is disposed inside the locking bracket, an opening is disposed on a top surface of the locking bracket, the spring is sleeved on the protruding column, and the locking member is disposed on the top surface of the locking bracket;

the lifting pile comprises a lifting plate movably sleeved on the protruding column and a protrusion arranged on the lifting plate and penetrated out of the opening, and the protrusion is located in the locking hole under the action of the spring.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the protrusion and the locking member are provided with wedge-shaped surfaces that cooperate with each other, and the protrusion is disengaged from the locking hole by the wedge-shaped surfaces.

4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the locking member includes a control plate and a rotating buckle, the control plate and the rotating buckle are rotatably and sequentially disposed on the locking bracket, the rotating buckle is provided with the locking hole and is engaged with the camera assembly, the control plate rotates under the action of the rotating buckle and is provided with a through hole penetrating through the protrusion, and the wedge-shaped surface is disposed in the through hole.

5. The electronic device according to claim 4, wherein the control tab includes a small arc portion and a large arc portion smoothly connected to each other, the small arc portion having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the large arc portion;

the bottom surface of the rotary buckle is provided with bosses which are positioned on two sides of the large cambered surface part and are in contact with the large cambered surface part, and the control piece rotates under the action of the bosses.

6. The electronic device according to claim 4, wherein a fixing post and a stopping post are arranged on the bottom wall at intervals, the locking bracket is sleeved on the fixing post and the stopping post, and the control plate and the rotating buckle are sequentially sleeved on the fixing post.

7. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the rotating buckle is provided with an engaging groove, and the camera head assembly is provided with an engaging tooth matched with the engaging groove.

8. The electronic device of any one of claims 1-7, wherein the camera assembly further comprises a moving bracket movably disposed on the bottom wall, the camera head is fixed to the moving bracket, and the elastic member abuts against the moving bracket.

9. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the housing further comprises a guide rail in the mounting cavity, the guide rail guiding the moving bracket.