CN110099147B

CN110099147B - Communication device

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Publication number: CN110099147B
Application number: CN201910240052.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 叶连杰; 郭玉坤; 赵明辉
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-03-27
Filing date: 2019-03-27
Publication date: 2020-11-06
Anticipated expiration: 2039-03-27
Also published as: CN110099147A

Abstract

The application provides a communication device, the device includes: the moving assembly comprises an upper sliding plate and a lower sliding plate which move relatively; the rotary camera module comprises a rotating shaft and a camera rotating around the rotating shaft; and the transmission mechanism is used for converting the relative movement of the moving assembly into the rotary motion of the camera so as to enable the camera to be used as a front camera. The communication device of the technical scheme can drive the camera to rotate when the mobile assembly moves, so that the multiplexing of the camera can be realized, and the user experience is improved.

Description

Communication device

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of communications, and more particularly, to a communication apparatus in the field of communications.

Background

With the constant popularization of fifth-generation communication (5G) technology, users have increasingly demanded electronic products. At present, the camera function of electronic products is more and more powerful, and the specification of the camera is also more and more high, and especially, with the arrival of Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR), the requirement of a user on the camera is more and more high.

At present, placing two kinds of modes of camera among the electronic product, one kind is the multiplexing of camera, takes a photograph prospect promptly and adopts same camera with the background, but, when the camera fills the current camera of putting, needs the manual control rotation of making a video recording of user, and user experience is relatively poor. The other type is that two cameras are arranged on an electronic product, however, the pixels of front cameras in general electronic products are lower, the photographing effect is poorer, and the user experience is poorer. Therefore, in order to meet the requirements of users, the arrangement of the front camera becomes a difficult problem.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a communication device, which can realize multiplexing of a camera and improve user experience.

In a first aspect, a communication apparatus is provided, including: the moving assembly comprises an upper sliding plate and a lower sliding plate which move relatively; the rotary camera module comprises a rotating shaft and a camera rotating around the rotating shaft; and the transmission mechanism is used for converting the relative movement of the moving assembly into the rotary motion of the camera so as to enable the camera to be used as a front camera.

Relative movement of the upper sliding plate and the lower sliding plate is converted into rotation of the camera in the rotary camera module around the rotating shaft through the transmission mechanism, so that the camera is used as a front camera, multiplexing of the front camera and the rear camera is achieved, and user experience is improved.

With reference to the first aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the transmission mechanism includes: the axis of the first transmission shaft is parallel to the moving direction of the lower sliding plate, and a groove is formed in the first transmission shaft; the first sliding block is fixedly connected to the upper sliding plate and matched with the groove of the first transmission shaft; after the moving assembly moves relatively for the first displacement, the first transmission shaft rotates along the axis of the first transmission shaft.

Through the relative movement of the upper sliding plate and the lower sliding plate, the first sliding block fixed on the upper sliding plate and the groove on the first transmission shaft on the lower sliding plate move in a matched mode to drive the first transmission shaft to rotate, so that the linear motion is converted into the rotary motion, and the camera head rotates.

With reference to the first aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the transmission mechanism includes: the rack is arranged on the upper sliding plate and is arranged along the relative movement direction of the moving assembly; and the third gear is arranged on the lower sliding plate, the rotation axis of the third gear is vertical to the lower sliding plate, and the third gear is meshed with the rack when the moving components move relatively.

Through the relative movement of the upper sliding plate and the lower sliding plate, the rack on the upper sliding plate is meshed with the third gear on the lower sliding plate, so that the linear motion is converted into the rotary motion, and the camera head rotates.

With reference to the first aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the transmission mechanism further includes: the fourth gear and the third gear are respectively arranged on two sides of the lower sliding plate; the axis of the second transmission shaft is parallel to the moving direction of the lower sliding plate, and a fifth gear is arranged at the shaft end on one side of the second transmission shaft; the rotation axis of the fourth gear is perpendicular to the rotation axis of the fifth gear, after the moving assembly moves relatively for a first displacement, the fourth gear is meshed with the fifth gear, and the fifth gear drives the second transmission shaft to rotate only along the axis of the second transmission shaft.

With reference to the first aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the transmission mechanism further includes: the first gear is arranged on one side, close to the rotary camera module, of the first transmission shaft or the second transmission shaft; a second gear provided on the rotation shaft; the rotation axis of the first gear is perpendicular to the rotation axis of the second gear, after the moving assembly relatively moves for a first displacement, the second gear is meshed with the first gear, and the second gear drives the camera to rotate, so that the camera serves as a front camera.

Through the meshing of the first gear and the second gear of rotation axis vertically, drive the camera rotatory to make this camera use as leading camera, improve user experience.

With reference to the first aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the transmission mechanism is specifically configured to convert the relative movement of the moving component into a rotational movement of the camera after the moving component relatively moves by the first displacement, so that the camera serves as a front camera.

After the relative movement of the moving assembly is carried out by the first displacement, the relative movement of the moving assembly is converted into the rotary motion of the camera by the transmission mechanism, so that the camera serves as a front camera, the camera can be guaranteed to be capable of rotating effectively, and user experience is improved.

In a second aspect, a communication apparatus is provided, including: the moving assembly comprises an upper sliding plate and a lower sliding plate; the rotary camera module comprises a rotating shaft and a camera rotating around the rotating shaft; the first driving mechanism is used for converting the relative movement of the moving assembly into the rotary motion of the camera so as to enable the camera to be used as a front camera.

Relative movement of the upper sliding plate and the lower sliding plate is converted into rotation of the camera in the rotary camera module around the rotating shaft through the first driving mechanism, so that the camera is used as a front camera, multiplexing of the front camera and the rear camera is achieved, and user experience is improved.

With reference to the second aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the first driving mechanism further includes: the detection module comprises a magnet arranged on the upper sliding plate and a Hall device arranged on the lower sliding plate.

With reference to the second aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the first driving mechanism further includes: and the first motor is arranged on the lower sliding plate and is used for controlling the rotary motion of the camera when the magnet is superposed with the Hall device, so that the camera is used as a front camera.

When magnet and the hall device coincidence of setting on the slide down on last slide through setting up in the detection module, first motor drives the camera rotation to make this camera use as leading camera, realized the multiplexing of front and back camera, improve user experience.

With reference to the second aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the distance between the magnet and the hall device along the relative movement direction of the moving assembly is a first distance.

The distance between the magnet on the upper sliding plate and the Hall device on the lower sliding plate in the relative movement direction of the moving assembly is the first distance, so that after the upper sliding plate and the lower sliding plate move by the first distance relatively, the magnet and the Hall device are overlapped, the first motor is controlled to drive the camera to rotate, the camera can be guaranteed to rotate effectively, and user experience is improved.

In a third aspect, a communication apparatus is provided, including: a lifting module, the lifting module includes: a lifting platform and a middle frame; the rotary camera module comprises a rotating shaft and a camera rotating around the rotating shaft; the second driving mechanism is used for controlling the movement of the lifting platform; and the third driving mechanism is used for converting the movement of the lifting platform into the rotary motion of the camera so as to enable the camera to be used as a front camera.

The movement of the lifting platform is converted into the rotary motion of the camera through the third driving mechanism, so that the camera serves as a front camera, the multiplexing of the front camera and the rear camera is realized, and the user experience is improved.

With reference to the third aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the second driving mechanism includes: the second motor is arranged on the middle frame; the lead screw is connected with the second motor; and the second sliding block is arranged on the lifting platform, and the second sliding block and the lead screw form a lead screw guide rail.

The second motor drives the lead screw to rotate, and through the lead screw guide rail, the second slider that can make the setting on the elevating platform moves along the axis direction of lead screw to drive the motion of elevating platform, realize the elevating movement of elevating platform.

With reference to the third aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the third driving mechanism further includes: the detection module comprises a Hall device arranged on the lifting platform.

With reference to the third aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the third driving mechanism further includes: the third motor is arranged on the lifting platform, wherein the detection module detects that the lifting platform meets the preset condition, and the third motor is used for controlling the rotary motion of the camera so that the camera serves as a front camera.

Detect the elevating platform through detecting the module and satisfy under the condition of predetermineeing the condition, the rotation that third motor control camera takes place, so that the camera is as leading camera, has realized the multiplexing of front and back camera, improves user experience.

With reference to the third aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the preset condition includes: a time preset condition that the moving assembly moves relatively for a first time; and a displacement preset condition, wherein the displacement preset condition is that the moving assembly moves relatively for a second displacement.

Under the circumstances of the first time or the second displacement that rises through the elevating platform, the rotation that the third motor control camera takes place to make the camera as leading camera, thereby can guarantee that the camera can effectively rotate, improve user experience.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a partial structure of a cellular phone 100 related to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a mobile phone with one camera.

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a mobile phone with two cameras.

Fig. 4 is a three-dimensional view of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 5 is a schematic flowchart of a camera in the communication device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 6 is a three-dimensional structural diagram of a communication device 600 according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 7 is a three-dimensional configuration diagram of first transmission shaft 630 in communication device 600 according to the present application.

Fig. 8 is a three-dimensional structural diagram of the first slider 640 in the communication device 600 provided in the present application.

Fig. 9 is a three-dimensional structural view of the first transmission shaft 630 and the first slider 640 of the communication device 600 according to the present invention.

Fig. 10 is a three-dimensional structural diagram of a communication device 900 according to another embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 11 is a three-dimensional structural view of a secondary drive shaft 950 in a communication device 900 according to another embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 12 is a three-dimensional structural diagram of a communication device 1000 according to still another embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 13 is a three-dimensional structural diagram of a communication device 1100 according to still another embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solution in the present application will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Embodiments of the present application relate to a communication apparatus, which may be a terminal device, which may include a handheld device, a vehicle mounted device, a wearable device, a computing device, or other processing device connected to a wireless modem. But may also include subscriber units, cellular phones (cellular phones), smart phones (smart phones), wireless data cards, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), tablet computers, wireless modems (modems), handheld devices (handsets), laptop computers (laptop computers), Machine Type Communication (MTC) terminals, point of sale (POS) terminals, vehicle mounted computers, Stations (ST) in Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs), which may be a cellular telephone, a cordless telephone, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phone, a Wireless Local Loop (WLL) station, and a next generation communication system, for example, a terminal device in a 5G network or a terminal device in a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) network of future evolution, and other terminal devices provided with a camera, etc. For example, the communication device may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, or an electronic product provided with a camera, etc.

Wherein, wearable equipment also can be called as wearing formula smart machine, is the general term of using wearing formula technique to carry out intelligent design, developing the equipment that can dress to daily wearing, like glasses, gloves, wrist-watch, dress and shoes etc.. A wearable device is a portable device that is worn directly on the body or integrated into the clothing or accessories of the user. The wearable device is not only a hardware device, but also realizes powerful functions through software support, data interaction and cloud interaction. The generalized wearable smart device includes full functionality, large size, and can implement full or partial functionality without relying on a smart phone, such as: smart watches or smart glasses and the like, and only focus on a certain type of application functions, and need to be used in cooperation with other devices such as smart phones, such as various smart bracelets for physical sign monitoring, smart jewelry and the like.

Taking a communication device as an example of a mobile phone, fig. 1 is a block diagram showing a part of the structure of a mobile phone 100 according to an embodiment of the present application. Referring to fig. 1, a cellular phone 100 includes: a Radio Frequency (RF) circuit 110, a power supply 120, a processor 130, a memory 140, an input unit 150, a display unit 160, a sensor 170, an audio circuit 180, and a wireless fidelity (WiFi) module 190. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the handset configuration shown in fig. 1 is not intended to be limiting and may include more or fewer components than those shown, or some components may be combined, or a different arrangement of components.

The following describes the components of the mobile phone 100 in detail with reference to fig. 1:

the RF circuit 110 may be used for receiving and transmitting signals during information transmission and reception or during a call, and in particular, receives downlink information of a base station and then sends the received downlink information to the processor 130; in addition, the data for designing uplink is transmitted to the base station. Typically, the RF circuitry includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a Low Noise Amplifier (LNA), a duplexer, and the like. In addition, the RF circuitry 110 may also communicate with networks and other devices via wireless communications. The wireless communication may use any communication standard or protocol, including but not limited to global system for mobile communications (GSM), General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), Long Term Evolution (LTE), email, Short Message Service (SMS), etc.

The memory 140 may be used to store software programs and modules, and the processor 130 executes various functional applications and data processing of the mobile phone 100 by operating the software programs and modules stored in the memory 140. The memory 140 may mainly include a program storage area and a data storage area, wherein the program storage area may store an operating system, an application program required by at least one function (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.), and the like; the storage data area may store data (such as audio data, a phonebook, etc.) created according to the use of the cellular phone 100, and the like. Further, the memory 140 may include high speed random access memory, and may also include non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other volatile solid state storage device.

The input unit 150 may be used to receive input numeric or character information and generate key signal inputs related to user settings and function control of the cellular phone 100. Specifically, the input unit 150 may include a touch panel 151 and other input devices 152. The touch panel 151, also referred to as a touch screen, may collect a touch operation performed by a user on or near the touch panel 151 (e.g., an operation performed by the user on or near the touch panel 151 using any suitable object or accessory such as a finger or a stylus), and drive a corresponding connection device according to a preset program. Alternatively, the touch panel 151 may include two parts, a touch detection device and a touch controller. The touch detection device detects the touch direction of a user, detects a signal brought by touch operation and transmits the signal to the touch controller; the touch controller receives touch information from the touch sensing device, converts the touch information into touch point coordinates, sends the touch point coordinates to the processor 130, and can receive and execute commands sent by the processor 130. In addition, the touch panel 151 may be implemented in various types, such as a resistive type, a capacitive type, an infrared ray, and a surface acoustic wave. The input unit 150 may include other input devices 152 in addition to the touch panel 151. In particular, other input devices 152 may include, but are not limited to, one or more of a physical keyboard, function keys (such as volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, a joystick, and the like.

The display unit 160 may be used to display information input by or provided to the user and various menus of the cellular phone 100. The display unit 160 may include a display panel 161, and the display panel 161 may be alternatively configured in the form of an LCD, an OLED, or the like. Further, the touch panel 151 may cover the display panel 161, and when the touch panel 151 detects a touch operation thereon or nearby, the touch panel transmits the touch operation to the processor 130 to determine the type of the touch event, and then the processor 130 provides a corresponding visual output on the display panel 161 according to the type of the touch event. Although the touch panel 151 and the display panel 151 are shown in fig. 1 as two separate components to implement the input and output functions of the mobile phone 100, in some embodiments, the touch panel 151 and the display panel 161 may be integrated to implement the input and output functions of the mobile phone 100.

The handset 100 may also include at least one sensor 170, such as a light sensor, motion sensor, and other sensors. Specifically, the light sensor may include an ambient light sensor that adjusts the brightness of the display panel 161 according to the brightness of ambient light, and a proximity sensor that turns off the display panel 161 and/or the backlight when the mobile phone 100 is moved to the ear. As one of the motion sensors, the accelerometer sensor can detect the magnitude of acceleration in each direction (generally, three axes), can detect the magnitude and direction of gravity when stationary, and can be used for applications of recognizing the posture of a mobile phone (such as horizontal and vertical screen switching, related games, magnetometer posture calibration), vibration recognition related functions (such as pedometer and tapping), and the like; as for other sensors such as a gyroscope, a barometer, a hygrometer, a thermometer, and an infrared sensor, which can be configured on the mobile phone 100, further description is omitted here.

Audio circuitry 180, speaker 181, and microphone 182 may provide an audio interface between a user and the handset 100. The audio circuit 180 may transmit the electrical signal converted from the received audio data to the speaker 181, and the electrical signal is converted into a sound signal by the speaker 181 and output; on the other hand, the microphone 182 converts the collected sound signals into electrical signals, which are received by the audio circuit 180 and converted into audio data, which are then output to the RF circuit 110 for transmission to, for example, another cell phone, or to the memory 140 for further processing.

WiFi belongs to short-distance wireless transmission technology, and the mobile phone 100 can help the user send and receive e-mails, browse web pages, access streaming media, etc. through the WiFi module 190, which provides wireless broadband internet access for the user. Although fig. 1 shows the WiFi module 190, it is understood that it does not belong to the essential constitution of the handset 100, and may be omitted entirely as needed within the scope not changing the essence of the invention.

The processor 130 is a control center of the mobile phone 100, connects various parts of the entire mobile phone by using various interfaces and lines, and performs various functions of the mobile phone 100 and processes data by operating or executing software programs and/or modules stored in the memory 140 and calling data stored in the memory 140, thereby implementing various services based on the mobile phone. Optionally, processor 130 may include one or more processing units; preferably, the processor 130 may integrate an application processor, which mainly handles operating systems, user interfaces, application programs, etc., and a modem processor, which mainly handles wireless communications. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into the processor 130.

The handset 100 also includes a power supply 120 (e.g., a battery) for powering the various components, which may preferably be logically connected to the processor 130 via a power management system, such that the power management system may manage charging, discharging, and power consumption functions.

The mobile phone 100 may further include one camera, and the one camera may be used for shooting both the foreground and the background. Or the number of the cameras can be two, wherein one camera is used for shooting the foreground, and the other camera is used for shooting the background.

For example, as shown in fig. 2, a cellular phone provided with one camera. The camera is available for the user to photograph the background in the initial state, as shown in fig. 2 (a). After the camera is rotated by a certain angle from the initial state, the user can shoot the foreground, namely when the user needs to shoot the foreground, the user needs to manually rotate the camera arranged on the mobile phone to serve as a front camera for use, as shown in (b) of fig. 2, and therefore the requirement of shooting the foreground by the user is met.

For example, as shown in fig. 3, a slider phone is provided with two cameras, one camera being provided on the back of the phone and one camera being provided on the down slide. When a user needs to shoot a background, the up-down sliding cover does not displace, and the requirement of the user can be met by adopting a corresponding camera on the back of the mobile phone, as shown in (a) in fig. 3. When the user need shoot the prospect, the displacement can take place for lower sliding plate and top shoe for the camera that the lower sliding plate top set up shows, thereby satisfies the user and shoots the demand of prospect, as in (b) of fig. 3.

Based on the mobile phone shown in fig. 2, if a user needs to shoot a foreground, the camera arranged on the mobile phone needs to be rotated manually, and when the camera rotates, a groove appears at the position where the camera is arranged on the mobile phone, so that an unattractive state of the mobile phone can appear; based on the mobile phone shown in fig. 3, if a user uses a camera arranged on the lower sliding plate to shoot a foreground, the shot picture pixels are poor due to the fact that the pixels of the camera are not high.

Based on this, the communication device that this application embodiment provided can realize that the user is when using the cell-phone to shoot the prospect or shoot the photo of better angle, under the circumstances of upper sliding plate and lower sliding plate or elevating platform and center relative movement to certain distance, alright realize setting up the camera rotation in above-mentioned device to satisfy user's demand, improve user experience.

To facilitate understanding of the embodiments of the present application, the following description is made before describing the embodiments of the present application.

First, in the embodiment of the present application, the communication device is in the initial state, which means that there is no relative displacement between the upper sliding plate and the lower sliding plate in the communication device, i.e. the center line of the upper sliding plate and the center line of the lower sliding plate are coincident.

Secondly, in the embodiment of the present application, the relative displacement between the upper sliding plate and the lower sliding plate may be understood as the downward movement of the upper sliding plate relative to the lower sliding plate, and may also be understood as the upward movement of the lower sliding plate relative to the upper sliding plate, which is not limited in the present application.

Third, the gears in the communication device are all bevel gears.

Fourth, in all the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, the directions of the x-axis, the y-axis and the z-axis are perpendicular to each other, the direction of the z-axis can be understood as the thickness direction of the device or the slide plate, the direction of the x-axis can be understood as the direction of the relative displacement between the upper slide plate and the lower slide plate in the device, the direction of the y-axis can be understood as the width direction of the device or the slide plate, and the origin of the coordinate system can be understood as the geometric center of the device.

Fifth, in the embodiments of the present application, the term "above" or "below" refers to a positional relationship in the x-axis direction, and "above" refers to a positive direction along the x-axis, and "below" refers to a negative direction along the x-axis.

Sixth, in the embodiment of the present application, the term "the camera is a front camera" may be understood as: when the camera is in an initial state, the camera can be used as a rear camera; in the case that the camera is not in the initial state, i.e. the camera is rotated, the camera can be understood as the front camera.

Next, the communication device according to the embodiment of the present application will be described in detail with reference to fig. 4 to 10.

It should be understood that the schematic structure diagrams of the communication device and the components shown in fig. 6 to 10 are schematic illustrations, and any modified implementation manner or connection manner is within the protection scope of the embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 4 is a three-dimensional diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application, in which a display surface of the communication device may be a full-screen, that is, the communication device is frameless and has a maximum screen occupation ratio. For example, in the upper left corner (a) of fig. 4, the display surface of the communication device may be in an upward state when the user uses the communication device, and the camera may not be provided on the display surface when the slide cover of the communication device is not slid open. In the upper right corner (b) of fig. 4, the display surface of the communication device may be facing downward when the user uses the communication device, and a camera may be provided on the non-display surface when the slide cover of the communication device is not slid open. In the lower left corner (c) of fig. 4, the display surface of the slider communication device may be facing upward when the user uses the communication device to perform self-timer shooting. In the lower right corner (d) of fig. 4, the display surface of the communication apparatus may be facing downward when the user photographs the foreground using the communication apparatus. When the sliding cover of the communication device slides open, the display surface slides downwards relatively, the non-display surface slides upwards relatively, and the camera on the non-display surface rotates to be used as a front camera for a user to shoot a foreground. For example, the camera can rotate 180 degrees, and is used as a front camera for a user; for example, this camera can rotate 45, supplies the user to use as leading camera, and this application does not restrict the rotatory angle of above-mentioned camera, only needs this camera can work as the shooting prospect and use.

As shown in fig. 5, the motion state of the communication device according to the embodiment of the present application is in a case where the user needs to photograph the foreground. In fig. 5, the communication apparatus includes: an upper slide plate 51 and a lower slide plate 52, and a camera 53 is provided on the lower slide plate 52. For example, the communication device may include 5 motion states in case the user needs to photograph the foreground, as described below.

(1) The communication device is in a state where the rotary camera is not activated. For example, as shown in fig. 5(a), when the user does not take a self-timer photograph, the upper and lower slide plates of the communication device are in the initial positions, and relative movement between the upper and lower slide plates does not occur, and the camera does not start rotating.

(2) The communication device is in a state of starting the rotating camera. For example, as shown in fig. 5(b), when the user is ready to photograph the foreground, the upper slide plate and the lower slide plate of the communication device may be relatively moved, for example, the upper slide plate may be slid downward with respect to the lower slide plate in a direction indicated by an arrow in fig. 5(b), and when the upper slide plate of the communication device is moved by a second displacement with respect to the lower slide plate, the camera may be driven to rotate counterclockwise, i.e., in a direction indicated by an arrow in fig. 5 (b).

(3) The communication device is in a state of rotating the camera. For example, as shown in fig. 5(c), during the movement of the upper slide plate relative to the lower slide plate, there is a critical position state between the upper slide plate and the camera.

(4) A state in which a camera in the communication device has been rotated in place. For example, as shown in FIG. 5(d), the upper slide plate has been moved relative to the lower slide plate to the limit distance value that the upper slide plate is movable, at which time the camera has rotated 180.

(5) The camera in the communication device starts a state of reverse rotation. For example, as shown in fig. 5(e), when the user does not need to photograph the foreground, the relative position between the upper sliding plate and the lower sliding plate needs to be returned to the initial position, at this time, the upper sliding plate is about to move upward relative to the lower sliding plate, i.e., as shown in fig. 5(e), a rightward arrow is formed, so as to drive the camera to rotate clockwise, i.e., as shown in fig. 5 (e).

(6) The communication device is in a state of reversely rotating the camera. For example, as shown in fig. 5(f), during the movement of the upper slide plate relative to the lower slide plate, there is a critical position state between the upper slide plate and the camera.

(7) The camera in the communication device has been rotated in reverse to a bit position. For example, as shown in fig. 5(j), at this time, the camera returns to the initial state, and the upper slide plate does not yet return to the initial position state with respect to the lower slide plate.

(8) The communication device is in a returned state. For example, as shown in fig. 5(h), the upper slide plate has returned to the initial position state with respect to the lower slide plate.

As described above, when the upper slide plate in the communication device generates a certain displacement relative to the lower slide plate, the camera head is driven to rotate, so that the user's requirement for self-shooting is met. The communication device will be described in detail with reference to fig. 6 to 11.

In the embodiments shown below, the upper slide plate and the lower slide plate may be displaced relative to each other, optionally in an upward direction, relative to the upper slide plate.

As shown in fig. 6 to 11, the apparatus includes:

a moving assembly including an upper slide 620 and a lower slide 610 which move relatively;

a rotary camera module including a rotary shaft 670 and a camera rotating around the rotary shaft 670;

and the transmission mechanism is used for converting the relative movement of the moving assembly into the rotary motion of the camera so as to enable the camera to be used as a front camera.

Optionally, after the upper sliding plate 620 and the lower sliding plate 610 move relatively for the first displacement, the transmission mechanism may drive the camera in the rotating module to rotate, and the camera is used as a front camera for a user to use.

Optionally, the first displacement is mainly to ensure effective rotation of the camera, which can be understood as: in order to prevent the rotating camera from colliding with the sliding cover where the up-down sliding plate is located in the process of relative movement of the up-down sliding plate 620 and the down-sliding plate 610.

Alternatively, the first displacement may be determined according to the width of the camera, and the first displacement may also be determined according to the position of the camera on the lower sliding plate.

Optionally, a value range of the first displacement may be 2mm to 10mm, and a specific value of the first displacement is not limited in this application.

The connection and positional relationship between the respective components will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As a three-dimensional view of the communication apparatus 600 shown in fig. 6, the upper view in fig. 6 is an overall three-dimensional view of the communication apparatus 600, and the lower view in fig. 6 is a partial three-dimensional view of the communication apparatus 600, which is a partial three-dimensional view of a portion shown in a circle in the upper view in fig. 6. The moving components in the apparatus 600 may include: a lower slide plate 610, an upper slide plate 620; the transmission mechanism may include: a first transmission shaft 630, a first slider 640, a first gear 650, and a second gear 660; the rotary camera module can include: the rotation axis 670 and the camera not shown in fig. 6 that rotates around the rotation axis 670.

The upper and lower sliding

plates

610 and 620 may be placed in parallel, and a first groove 631 and a second groove 632 are provided on the first transmission shaft 630 axially fixed on the lower sliding plate 620, as shown in fig. 7, the first groove 631 being provided along an axis of the first transmission shaft 630, alternatively, a length of the first groove may be a length corresponding to the first displacement, and the second groove 632 being provided with the axis of the first transmission shaft 630 as a rotation axis. A first gear 650 is provided on the first transmission shaft 630 on a side close to the rotary camera module, and a second gear 660 that meshes with the first gear is provided at an axial end of the rotation shaft 670. A convex surface matched with the groove on the first transmission shaft 630 is arranged on the first sliding block 640 fixedly arranged on the upper sliding plate.

When the first displacement occurs between the upper sliding plate 610 and the lower sliding plate 620, the convex surface 641 on the first sliding block 640 fixed on the upper first sliding block 610 and the first groove 631 on the first transmission shaft 630 on the lower sliding plate 620 cooperate to move, and at this time, the rotary camera module does not rotate, wherein the first groove 631 enables the first transmission shaft 630 to only move linearly along with the linear movement of the lower sliding plate 620 when the upper sliding plate 610 and the lower sliding plate 620 do not move relative to each other by the first displacement. After the first displacement occurs between the upper sliding plate 610 and the lower sliding plate 620, the convex surface 641 on the first slider 640 on the upper sliding plate 610 and the second concave groove 632 on the first transmission shaft 630 on the lower sliding plate 620 cooperate to move, at this time, the convex surface 641 on the first slider 640 on the upper sliding plate 610 drives the first transmission shaft 630 to rotate, wherein the second concave groove 632 can enable the first transmission shaft 630 to rotate along with the movement of the lower sliding plate 620 after the upper sliding plate 610 and the lower sliding plate 620 relatively move to the first displacement, so that the linear motion between the upper sliding plate 610 and the lower sliding plate 620 is converted into the rotational motion of the first transmission shaft 630 around its axis. The first gear 650 provided on the first transmission shaft 630 also rotates, so that the second gear 660 engaged with the first gear 650 drives the rotation shaft 670 to rotate, thereby realizing the rotation of the camera.

Optionally, when the convex surface 641 of the first slider 640 cooperates with the groove of the first transmission shaft 630 for movement, the convex surface of the first slider 640 is tangent to the groove of the first transmission shaft 630.

Alternatively, the convex surface 641 of the first slider block 640 may be configured as a spherical surface corresponding to the radial width of the groove of the first transmission shaft 630, a schematic configuration of the first transmission shaft 630 is shown in fig. 7, and a schematic configuration of the first slider block 640 is shown in fig. 8.

After middle-upper slide 620 and lower slide 610 produce first displacement relatively through removing the subassembly, fix the first slider on last slide and the epaxial recess cooperation of first transmission, as shown in FIG. 9, through the cooperation motion of first slider and first transmission shaft, drive first transmission shaft and rotate, and then can drive the camera rotation of being connected with the rotation axis, realize that the camera uses as leading camera, satisfy the demand that the user shot the foreground, improve user's experience.

Fig. 10 is a three-dimensional diagram of a communication device 900 according to another embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 10, the upper diagram in fig. 10 is an overall three-dimensional diagram of the slider side on the communication apparatus 900, and the upper left corner of the upper diagram in fig. 10 is a partial three-dimensional diagram of a circled portion in the upper diagram in fig. 10. The lower drawing in fig. 10 is an overall three-dimensional view of the lower slide side of the communication device 900. The moving components in the apparatus 900 may include: a lower slide plate 610, an upper slide plate 620; the transmission mechanism may include: a first gear 650, a second gear 660, a third gear 910, a fourth gear 930, a fifth gear 940, a second transmission shaft 950; the rotary camera module can include: a rotation axis 670 and a camera not shown in fig. 10 rotating around the rotation axis.

The upper sliding plate 610 and the lower sliding plate 620 can be placed in parallel, a rack 960 is arranged on the upper sliding plate 610 and along the relative movement direction of the upper sliding plate 610 and the lower sliding plate 620, a third gear 910 is arranged on the lower sliding plate 620, when the communication device is in an initial state, the position of the third gear 910 on the upper sliding plate 610 is below the position of the rack 960 on the lower sliding plate 620, the relative movement of the upper sliding plate 610 and the lower sliding plate 620 can be realized for the first displacement, and the rack 960 can be meshed with the third gear 910, so that the camera head can rotate; the lower sliding plate 620 is further provided with a fourth gear 930, the fourth gear 930 and the third gear 910 are arranged on both sides of the lower sliding plate 620 in the thickness direction, and the fourth gear 930 and the third gear 910 are connected on the same shaft; the second transmission shaft 950 is provided at both axial ends thereof with a fifth gear 940 and a first gear 650, as shown in fig. 11. When the upper and

lower slide plates

610 and 620 are relatively displaced, the fourth gear 930 and the fifth gear 940 are engaged.

When the first displacement occurs between the upper sliding plate 610 and the lower sliding plate 620, the rack 960 on the upper sliding plate 610 starts to mesh with the third gear 910 on the lower sliding plate 620, so that the linear motion between the upper sliding plate 610 and the lower sliding plate 620 can be converted into the rotation motion of the third gear 910 around the axis thereof. At this time, the third gear 910 drives the fourth gear 930 on the other side of the lower sliding plate 620 along the thickness direction of the lower sliding plate 620 to rotate, and the fourth gear 930 drives the second transmission shaft 950 and the first gear 650 to rotate, so that the first gear 650 is engaged with the second gear 660, and the rotation shaft 670 is further driven to rotate, thereby realizing the rotation of the camera connected with the rotation shaft 670.

Optionally, the transmission mechanism may further include a sixth gear 920, when the upper sliding plate 610 and the lower sliding plate 620 generate relative displacement, the sixth gear 920 and the third gear 910 are meshed to rotate, the sixth gear 920 and the fourth gear 930 are disposed on both sides of the lower sliding plate 620 in the thickness direction, and the sixth gear 920 and the fourth gear 930 are connected on the same shaft. After the first displacement occurs between the upper sliding plate 610 and the lower sliding plate 620, the rack 960 on the upper sliding plate 610 starts to engage with the third gear 910 on the lower sliding plate 620, at this time, the third gear 910 and the sixth gear 920 engage and rotate, the sixth gear 920 drives the lower sliding plate 620 to rotate along the fourth gear 930 on the other side of the lower sliding plate 620 in the thickness direction, and the fourth gear 930 drives the second transmission shaft 950 and the first gear 650 to rotate, so that the first gear 650 engages with the second gear 660, and further the rotating shaft 670 is driven to rotate, thereby realizing the rotation of the camera connected with the rotating shaft 670.

After the relative first displacement that produces of last slide 610 and lower slide 620 in through removing the subassembly, rack 960 on the last slide 610 can drive slide 620 go up gear revolve down, and then it is rotatory with the camera that the rotation axis 670 is connected to drive through gear engagement, uses as leading camera from realizing the camera, satisfies the user and shoots the demand in prospect, improves user experience.

Fig. 12 is a three-dimensional view of a communication device 1000 according to yet another embodiment of the present application. The moving assembly may include: a lower slide plate 610, an upper slide plate 620; the rotary camera module can include: a rotation shaft and a camera 1050 disposed on the rotation shaft; the first drive mechanism may include: a first motor 1040, a detection module, which may include a magnet 1010 and a hall device 1020.

Optionally, the first driving mechanism is configured to convert the relative movement of the moving assembly into a rotational movement of the camera, so that the camera serves as a front camera.

Go up slide 610 and slide 620 down and can parallel placement, mainboard 1030 and slide 620 fixed connection down set up first boss on last slide 610, first boss deviates from slide 620 one side down, be provided with magnet 1010 on first boss, be provided with hall device 1020 on mainboard 1030, the position of hall device 1020 on mainboard 1030 is in the below of magnet 1010 on last slide 610, and hall device 1020 and magnet 1010 are first distance along the ascending distance in the moving assembly relative movement direction.

When the upper sliding plate 610 and the lower sliding plate 620 move relatively, the magnet 1010 on the upper sliding plate 610 starts to approach the hall device 1020 on the main board 1030 gradually, and when the upper sliding plate 610 and the lower sliding plate 620 move relatively by a first distance, the magnet 1010 on the upper sliding plate 610 starts to coincide with the hall device 1020 on the main board 1030, and the first motor 1040 is triggered by induction, so that the first motor 1040 drives the camera 1050 to rotate.

After the relative first distance that produces of last slide 610 and lower slide 620 in through the removal subassembly, magnet 1010 on the last slide 610 and with the coincidence of hall device 1020 on the mainboard of lower slide 620 fixed connection to make the motor drive camera 1050 rotatory, realize that the camera uses as leading camera, satisfy the demand that the user shot the prospect, improve user experience.

Fig. 13 is a three-dimensional diagram of a communication device 1100 according to yet another embodiment of the present application. The apparatus 1100 may include: the lifting module can include: a middle frame 1150 and a lifting platform 1160; the second driving mechanism may include a second motor 1110; the third drive mechanism may include: a third electric machine 1120; the rotary camera module can include: a rotation shaft, and a camera 1050 disposed on the rotation shaft.

Optionally, the second driving mechanism may further include a second slider 1130 and a lead screw 1140, the second slider 1130 is connected to the lifting table 1160, the lead screw 1140 is connected to the second motor 1110, and the second slider 1130 and the lead screw 1140 form a lead screw guide rail, so that the rotation motion of the lead screw 1140 can be converted into the linear motion of the second slider 1130, or the linear motion of the second slider 1130 is converted into the rotation motion of the lead screw 1140, that is, the second slider is driven to move along the axial direction of the lead screw in the rotation process of the lead screw 1140, or the lead screw 1140 is driven to rotate under the condition that the second slider 1130 moves along the axial direction of the lead screw.

Optionally, a second drive mechanism is used to control the movement of the lift 1160 relative to the middle frame 1150.

Optionally, the third driving mechanism is used for controlling the camera in the rotary camera module to rotate.

Optionally, a first time may be preset or predefined, and after the second driving mechanism controls the lifting platform to move relative to the middle frame for the first time, the third driving mechanism starts to control the camera to rotate.

Alternatively, the first time may be set according to a diameter of a lead screw in the second driving mechanism, and the first time may also be determined according to a position where the camera is disposed on the lifting table, which is not limited in this application.

Illustratively, the first time may be 0.2ms, and the first time may also be 0.3 ms.

Alternatively, the second displacement may be set or predefined, and the third driving mechanism starts to control the camera to rotate after the first driving mechanism controls the lifting mechanism to move the second displacement relative to the origin of coordinates.

Alternatively, the second displacement may be determined according to the width of the camera, the second displacement may also be determined according to the position where the camera is disposed on the lifting platform, and the second displacement may also be determined according to the thickness of the camera, which is not limited in this application.

Optionally, the value range of the second displacement may be 2mm to 10 mm. For example, the second displacement may be 5mm, and the second displacement may also be 3mm, and the specific value of the second displacement is not limited in the present application, and the second displacement only needs to satisfy the above value range.

Optionally, the apparatus may further include a detection module, where the detection module may include a hall device disposed on the lifting table, and is configured to detect a moving distance of the lifting table relative to the origin of coordinates, and when the lifting table moves by a second displacement relative to the origin of coordinates, the detection module may send a detection signal to the third driving mechanism, where the detection signal is used to indicate that the third driving mechanism may start to drive the rotation of the camera. When second motor 1110 drives lead screw 1140 rotatory, lead screw 1140 can with the interior screw-thread fit motion on the second slider 1130, thereby drive second slider 1130 and slide from top to bottom, and then can make top sliding plate 610 and lower sliding plate 620 relative movement, detect under the condition that this elevating platform satisfies first time or satisfies the second displacement at the detection module, can trigger third motor 1120 and drive the camera head and take place rotatoryly, thereby make the camera can regard as leading camera to use, satisfy the demand that the user shot the foreground, improve user experience.

As one of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate, the connections described herein include direct connections and indirect connections through intervening elements.

The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present application, but the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present application, and shall be covered by the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A communications apparatus, comprising:

the moving assembly comprises an upper sliding plate and a lower sliding plate which move relatively;

the rotary camera module comprises a rotating shaft and a camera rotating around the rotating shaft;

the transmission mechanism is used for converting the relative movement of the moving assembly into the rotary motion of the camera so as to enable the camera to be used as a front camera;

the transmission mechanism includes:

the axis of the first transmission shaft is parallel to the moving direction of the lower sliding plate, and a groove is formed in the first transmission shaft;

the first sliding block is fixedly connected to the upper sliding plate and matched with the groove of the first transmission shaft;

after the moving assembly moves relatively for the first displacement, the first transmission shaft rotates along the axis of the first transmission shaft.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the transmission mechanism further comprises:

the first gear is arranged on one side, close to the rotary camera module, of the first transmission shaft;

a second gear provided on the rotation shaft;

the rotation axis of the first gear is perpendicular to the rotation axis of the second gear, after the moving assembly relatively moves for a first displacement, the second gear is meshed with the first gear, and the second gear drives the camera to rotate, so that the camera serves as a front camera.

3. The device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the transmission mechanism is specifically configured to convert the relative movement of the moving component into a rotational movement of the camera after the moving component relatively moves the first displacement, so that the camera serves as a front camera.