CN110784631A

CN110784631A - Electronic device

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Publication number: CN110784631A
Application number: CN201911095107.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 谢勇; 戢记球; 付建辉; 张钦周
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Hangzhou Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Hangzhou Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-11-11
Filing date: 2019-11-11
Publication date: 2020-02-11

Abstract

In the electronic equipment disclosed by the invention, the shell is provided with an inner cavity and a through hole communicated with the inner cavity, and the shell is provided with an avoiding notch communicated with the through hole; the first driving mechanism is arranged on the shell and connected with the camera, the first driving mechanism drives the camera to switch between a first position and a second position, under the condition of the first position, at least part of the camera extends out of the shell through the through hole, and under the condition of the second position, at least part of the camera retracts into the shell through the through hole; under the condition that the camera is at the second position, at least part of the camera protrudes out of the outer surface of the shell through the avoiding gap; the protective cover is fixed in the avoiding opening, part of the protective cover protrudes out of the outer surface of the shell through the avoiding opening, and the protective cover covers the camera under the condition that the camera is located at the second position. The electronic equipment disclosed by the scheme can give consideration to both the thickness of the electronic equipment and the volume of the camera.

Description

Electronic device

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of communication equipment, in particular to electronic equipment.

Background

The performance of electronic devices continues to be optimized today and electronic devices have become an unavailable product in the life of users. With the progress of technology and the increase of user demands, the requirements of users on the appearance and the use experience of electronic equipment are higher and higher.

Electronic devices are often configured with a camera. In order to acquire higher quality images, the cameras are increasingly bulky, thereby resulting in an increasing thickness of the electronic device. If the thickness of the whole electronic equipment is ensured, some electronic equipment can only be provided with a camera with a smaller volume. Obviously, the current electronic equipment has the problem that the thickness of the electronic equipment and the volume of a camera cannot be considered at the same time.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention discloses electronic equipment, which aims to solve the problem that the thickness of the electronic equipment and the volume of a camera cannot be taken into consideration by the conventional electronic equipment.

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

an electronic device comprising a housing, a camera, a first drive mechanism, and a shield, wherein:

the shell is provided with an inner cavity and a through hole communicated with the inner cavity, and is provided with an avoiding opening which is communicated with the through hole;

the first driving mechanism is arranged on the shell and connected with the camera, the first driving mechanism drives the camera to switch between a first position and a second position, under the condition of the first position, the camera at least partially extends out of the shell through the through hole, and under the condition of the second position, the camera at least partially retracts into the shell through the through hole;

under the condition that the camera is at the second position, at least part of the camera protrudes out of the outer surface of the shell through the avoiding gap;

the protective cover is fixed in the avoiding opening, part of the protective cover protrudes out of the outer surface of the shell through the avoiding opening, and under the condition that the camera is located at the second position, the protective cover covers the camera.

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

the electronic equipment disclosed by the embodiment of the invention improves the structure of the existing electronic equipment, the through hole communicated with the inner cavity is arranged on the shell, the first driving mechanism drives the camera to move, so that at least part of the camera extends out of the shell or retracts into the shell through the through hole, and finally the switching of the camera between the first position and the second position is realized. Because the partial structure of camera can bulge in the surface of shell, consequently whole electronic equipment need not to design great thickness for accommodating the camera completely. In this case, the overall thickness of the electronic apparatus is not limited by the thickness of the camera, so that the electronic apparatus can be designed in a thinner direction. Meanwhile, the thickness of the camera is not limited by the whole thickness of the electronic equipment, so that the electronic equipment can be provided with the camera with larger volume. Therefore, the electronic equipment disclosed by the embodiment of the invention can take account of the thickness of the electronic equipment and the volume of the camera.

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 without limiting the invention. In the drawings:

fig. 1 to fig. 4 are schematic partial structural diagrams of electronic devices in different states according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the disclosure in a partially cross-sectional state, where black arrows in fig. 2 and fig. 3 indicate a rotation direction of a camera.

Description of reference numerals:

100-shell, 110-inner cavity, 120-middle frame, 121-perforation, 130-rear cover, 131-avoiding gap,

200-camera,

300-a display screen,

400-shield, 410-shield main part, 411-light hole, 420-connection outer edge.

Detailed Description

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

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

Referring to fig. 1 to 5, an embodiment of the present invention discloses an electronic device, which includes a housing 100, a camera 200, a first driving mechanism, and a protective cover 400.

The housing 100 is a peripheral base member of the electronic device, and the housing 100 can provide a mounting base for other components of the electronic device. The camera 200, the first driving mechanism, and the shield 400 are provided to the housing 100. In the embodiment of the present invention, the housing 100 has an inner cavity 110 and a through hole 121, the through hole 121 is communicated with the inner cavity 110, and the through hole 121 can be passed by a camera 200 described later, so that the camera 200 can be switched between the inside and the outside of the housing 100. Meanwhile, the housing 100 has a relief notch 131, and the relief notch 131 penetrates the through hole 121.

The camera 200 is movably provided to the housing 100 so as to be movable relative to the housing 100. The first driving mechanism is disposed in the housing 100, and in particular, the first driving mechanism may be disposed in the housing 100 to avoid exposure. The first driving mechanism is connected to the camera 200, and the first driving mechanism drives the camera 200 to switch between the first position and the second position. In the first position, the camera 200 protrudes at least partially out of the housing 100 through the through hole 121, thereby performing photographing. In the second position, the camera head 200 is retracted at least partially through the aperture 121 into the housing 100, thereby providing at least partial concealment within the housing 100.

The first driving mechanism may be a linear motor, a hydraulic expansion member, a pneumatic expansion member, a link slider mechanism, a screw mechanism, etc., and the specific type of the first driving mechanism is not limited in the embodiments of the present invention.

In the electronic device disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention, when the camera 200 is located at the second position, at least a part of the camera 200 protrudes from the outer surface of the housing 100 through the avoiding gap 131.

The protective cover 400 is fixed in the avoiding opening 131, and the protective cover 400 can protect the camera 200. The protection cover 400 partially protrudes out of the outer surface of the housing 100 through the avoiding gap 131, so that the camera 200 covered in the protection cover can protrude out of the outer surface of the housing 100, and the protection cover 400 covers the camera 200 when the camera 200 is at the second position.

Because the through hole 121 is communicated with the avoiding notch 131, after the camera 200 retracts, part of the structure of the camera 200 can enter the avoiding notch 131 from the through hole 121, so that the camera 200 enters a position matched with the protective cover 400. In order to facilitate the camera 200 to retract to the position matched with the avoidance notch 131, the protective cover 400 may be generally provided with a sliding inlet/outlet, and the sliding inlet/outlet communicates with the through hole 121 and the avoidance notch 131, so that the camera 200 can enter the position matched with the avoidance notch 131 through the sliding inlet/outlet. Of course, a sliding access is not required for the shield 400, and in particular, the camera head 200 may be slid into a position to be engaged with the shield 400 by interfering with the deformation of the shield 400.

The electronic equipment disclosed by the embodiment of the invention improves the structure of the existing electronic equipment, the shell 100 is provided with the through hole 121 communicated with the inner cavity 110, the first driving mechanism drives the camera 200 to move, so that the camera 200 at least partially extends out of the shell 100 or retracts into the shell 100 through the through hole 121, and finally the switching of the camera 200 between the first position and the second position is realized, and because the through hole 121 is communicated with the avoiding notch 131, under the condition that the camera 200 is at the second position, part of the camera 200 can extend into the inner space of the protective cover 400 through the avoiding notch 131, and part of the structure of the camera 200 protrudes out of the outer surface of the shell 100. Since a part of the structure of the camera 200 may protrude from the outer surface of the housing 100, the entire electronic apparatus does not need to be designed to have a large thickness to fully accommodate the camera 200. In this case, the overall thickness of the electronic apparatus is not limited by the thickness of the camera 200, so that the electronic apparatus can be designed in a thinner direction. Meanwhile, the thickness of the camera 200 is not limited by the overall thickness of the electronic device, so that the electronic device can be configured with a camera 200 with a larger volume. Therefore, the electronic device disclosed by the embodiment of the invention can take account of the thickness of the electronic device and the volume of the camera 200.

Alternatively, with the camera 200 in the second position, the camera 200 is rotatably switched between the first state and the second state. In the case of the first state, the camera 200 may face a first direction, and in the case of the second state, the camera 200 may face a second direction, and an angle between the first direction and the second direction may be greater than zero. In this case, the camera 200 can capture images in at least two different directions, thereby achieving more flexible and larger field-of-view capture. In this case, since the cameras 200 can perform photographing in at least two directions by rotation, there is no need to configure a corresponding camera 200 for each direction of the electronic apparatus, which can certainly reduce the number of cameras 200. The reduction of the number of the cameras 200 not only can save occupied space, but also can reduce the manufacturing cost of the electronic equipment.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the housing 100 may have various structures, the housing 100 may include a back cover 130, the electronic device generally includes a display screen 300, the back cover 130 is disposed opposite to the display screen 300, in a first state, the camera 200 faces a side where the display screen 300 is located, and in a second state, the camera 200 faces a side where the back cover 130 is located. Under the condition that the camera 200 faces the side where the display screen 300 is located, the camera 200 can serve as a front camera of the electronic device, so that shooting requirements of a user such as self-shooting can be met. In the case that the camera 200 faces the side where the rear cover 130 is located, the camera 200 may serve as a rear camera of the electronic device, so that shooting requirements of a user for performing long-range shooting and the like can be met.

As described above, with the camera 200 in the second position, the camera 200 can be rotated. First actuating mechanism includes the moving member usually, and the moving member links to each other with camera 200, and at the driven in-process, the moving member drives and supplies camera 200 to remove to realize camera 200's flexible removal. Based on this, in a preferable scheme, the camera 200 can be in running fit with the moving member, for example, the camera 200 can form a revolute pair with the moving member through the cooperation of a simple shaft hole, so that the camera 200 and the moving member can rotate relatively. Specifically, the rotation of the camera 200 may be achieved by a manual operation of the user. Of course, the camera 200 and the moving member may be rotatably engaged by a bearing.

In order to improve the intelligence of the electronic device, in a preferable scheme, the electronic device disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention may further include a second driving mechanism, the second driving mechanism may be disposed on the moving member of the first driving mechanism, the second driving mechanism is connected to the camera 200, and the second driving mechanism drives the camera 200 to rotate and switch between the first state and the second state. Specifically, the second driving mechanism may be a driving motor or a rotating hydraulic motor, and the camera 200 may be disposed on a power output shaft of the driving motor or the rotating hydraulic motor. In a specific working process, the first driving mechanism drives the second driving mechanism to move, so that the camera 200 is indirectly driven to move, and after the camera 200 extends to a proper position, the second driving mechanism drives the camera 200 to rotate independently.

As described above, the housing 100 has the through-hole 121, and the through-hole 121 may be opened at a plurality of positions of the housing 100. Referring to fig. 4 again, in an alternative scheme, the housing 100 may include a middle frame 120, the middle frame 120 is supported between the rear cover 130 and the display screen 300, and the through hole 121 is opened on the middle frame 120, in which case the camera 200 can move telescopically from the side of the electronic device.

Similarly, the avoiding opening 131 may also be formed at a plurality of positions of the housing 100, in a preferred embodiment, the avoiding opening 131 may be formed on the rear cover 130, and when the camera 200 is located at the second position, part of the camera 200 protrudes out of the outer surface of the rear cover 130 through the avoiding opening 131, so as to achieve the purpose that part of the camera 200 protrudes out of the outer surface of the housing 100. In particular, the rear cover may be a battery cover of the electronic device.

The protective cover 400 can play a role of protection, and the protective cover 400 can be directly connected with the inner wall of the avoiding notch 131 in a bonding or welding mode, so that the installation on the shell 100 is realized. Referring to fig. 5 again, in a specific embodiment, the shield 400 may include a shield main body 410 and a connecting outer edge 420, the connecting outer edge 420 is fixed outside an opening of the shield main body 410, the shield main body 410 is covered on the camera 200 through the opening, a portion of the shield main body 410 extends out of an outer surface of the housing 100 through the avoiding gap 131, and the connecting outer edge 420 is fixedly connected to an inner wall of the housing 100. The shield body 410 serves as a shield and the connecting outer rim 420 serves as an attachment. The protective cover main body 410 partially extends out of the outer surface of the shell 100 through the avoiding notch 131, so that the camera 200 in the protective cover main body partially protrudes out of the outer surface of the shell 100 through the avoiding notch 131.

Attachment lip 420 is secured to the outside of the opening of shield body 410. attachment lip 420 may be attached to housing 100 during assembly to enable mounting of shield 400 to housing 100. The connection outer edge 420 is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the housing 100, and the connection includes a hooking engagement relationship, so that the falling-off of the shield 400 can be prevented well. Specifically, the connecting outer rim 420 may be fixedly assembled with the inner wall of the housing 100 by a glue layer or a connector (e.g., a threaded connector).

In an optional scheme, connect outer edge 420 and can set up around the opening, connect the inner wall laminating of outer edge 420 and shell 100 to improve the effect of connecting, reach diversified connection, the effect of anticreep, thereby improve the stability of assembly.

In order to improve the stability of the assembly of the shield 400, in a preferred embodiment, the housing 100 may include a middle frame 120, and the shield 400 may be fixedly connected to the middle frame 120. Specifically, the shield 400 may be an integral structure with the middle frame 120, thereby improving the overall strength of the shield 400.

In a more preferred embodiment, the shield 400 is a flexible structure, for example, the shield 400 may be a plastic structure. Because the part of protection casing 400 protection camera 200 protrusion shell 100's surface, at the in-process that the user used electronic equipment, electronic equipment takes place to fall easily or collide with, and under the prerequisite that protection casing 400 is elastic construction spare, protection casing 400 can play the effect of elastic buffer to reduce the probability that electronic equipment takes place to damage.

As mentioned above, in the case that the camera 200 is located at the second position, at least a part of the camera 200 may protrude from the outer surface of the housing 100 through the avoiding opening 131, and in an alternative, the protective cover 400 may be provided with a light-transmitting area or hole 411. With the camera 200 in the second position, the lens of the camera 200 is disposed opposite the light transmissive region or hole 411. In a specific shooting process, the lens of the camera 200 can penetrate through the light-transmitting area or the light-transmitting hole 411 to realize shooting of an image. When the user needs the camera 200 to photograph in the direction in which the light transmission hole 411 or the light transmission region is oriented, the camera 200 does not need to be extended. This can certainly reduce the number of times the camera 200 is extended, and thus can reduce the power consumption of the electronic apparatus. Specifically, the light-transmitting region or hole 411 may be provided on the shield body 410 as described above.

The electronic device disclosed by the embodiment of the invention can be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, an electronic book reader, a game machine, a vehicle-mounted navigator, a wearable device (such as a smart watch) and the like, and can be of other types. The embodiment of the invention does not limit the specific type of the electronic equipment.

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 a housing (100), a camera (200), a first drive mechanism, and a shield (400), wherein:

the shell (100) is provided with an inner cavity (110) and a through hole (121) communicated with the inner cavity (110), the shell (100) is provided with an avoiding notch (131), and the avoiding notch (131) is communicated with the through hole (121);

the first driving mechanism is arranged on the shell (100), the first driving mechanism is connected with the camera (200), the first driving mechanism drives the camera (200) to switch between a first position and a second position, in the first position, the camera (200) at least partially extends out of the shell (100) through the perforation (121), and in the second position, the camera (200) at least partially retracts into the shell (100) through the perforation (121);

when the camera (200) is at the second position, at least part of the camera (200) protrudes out of the outer surface of the shell (100) through the avoiding notch (131);

the protective cover (400) is fixed in the avoiding opening (131), part of the protective cover (400) protrudes out of the outer surface of the shell (100) through the avoiding opening (131), and under the condition that the camera (200) is located at the second position, the protective cover (400) covers the camera (200).

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein with the camera (200) in the second position, the camera (200) is rotatably switched between a first state and a second state, with the camera (200) facing in a first direction in the case of the first state; under the condition of the second state, the camera (200) faces a second direction, and an included angle larger than zero is formed between the first direction and the second direction.

3. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the housing (100) comprises a rear cover (130), the electronic device further comprising a display screen (300), the rear cover (130) being arranged opposite to the display screen (300), and in the first state, the camera (200) is facing a side of the display screen (300); in the second state, the camera (200) faces the side where the rear cover (130) is located.

4. The electronic device according to claim 3, wherein the housing (100) comprises a middle frame (120), the middle frame (120) is supported between the rear cover (130) and the display screen (300), and the through hole (121) is opened on the middle frame (120).

5. The electronic device according to claim 3, wherein the avoidance gap (131) opens into the rear cover (130), and when the camera (200) is in the second position, a portion of the camera (200) protrudes through the avoidance gap (131) beyond the outer surface of the rear cover (130).

6. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the shield (400) comprises a shield main body (410) and a connecting outer edge (420), the connecting outer edge (420) is fixed outside an opening of the shield main body (410), the shield main body (410) is covered on the camera (200) through the opening, part of the shield main body (410) extends out of the outer surface of the housing (100) through the avoiding notch (131), and the connecting outer edge (420) is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the housing (100).

7. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the connection rim (420) is disposed around the opening, the connection rim (420) conforming to an inner wall of the housing (100).

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the housing (100) comprises a middle frame (120), and the protective cover (400) is fixedly connected to the middle frame (120).

9. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the protective cover (400) is a unitary structure with the bezel (120).

10. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the protective cover (400) is a resilient structure.

11. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the shield (400) has a light transmissive area or hole (411), and wherein the lens of the camera (200) is arranged opposite the light transmissive area or hole (411) with the camera (200) in the second position.