CN111043504A

CN111043504A - Electronic equipment

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Publication number: CN111043504A
Application number: CN201911421837.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 方荣政; 王太志
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-12-31
Filing date: 2019-12-31
Publication date: 2020-04-21
Anticipated expiration: 2039-12-31
Also published as: CN111043504B

Abstract

The invention discloses an electronic device, comprising: the camera comprises a camera bracket, a guide rail and an elastic module; at least one elastic module is arranged on the guide rail; the elastic module comprises a movable piece, an elastic piece and a fixed piece, wherein the movable piece is of a plate-shaped structure; the fixed piece is connected with the movable piece through the elastic piece, the movable piece can move relative to the fixed piece through the elastic piece, the moving direction of the movable piece is the same as the stretching direction of the elastic piece, and the camera support is in sliding contact with the movable piece. The scheme can solve the problem that the lifting jamming caused by the deflection of the lifting camera of the conventional electronic equipment is caused.

Description

Electronic equipment

Technical Field

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

Background

With the development of technology, more and more terminal devices, such as mobile phones and tablet computers, enter people's lives. The functions of the existing electronic equipment are more and more, and the electronic equipment usually has a camera shooting function, so that the shooting requirements of users can be met. The requirements of people on the screen occupation ratio of electronic equipment are also improved along with the development of the technology. In order to make the electronic equipment more beautiful, the problem that the screen occupation ratio of the electronic equipment can be effectively improved by hiding the camera under the display screen is solved, and therefore, the lifting type camera is designed in the electronic equipment. However, in the prior art, the lifting camera is pushed by the single-phase motor, so that the camera is inclined due to uneven stress in the pushing process, and the camera is rubbed with the side wall of the frame of the electronic equipment, so that the problem of lifting jamming is caused.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention discloses electronic equipment, which aims to solve the problem of lifting jamming caused by the deflection of a lifting camera of the conventional electronic equipment.

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

an electronic device, comprising: the camera comprises a camera bracket, a guide rail and an elastic module; at least one elastic module is arranged on the guide rail; the elastic module comprises a movable piece, an elastic piece and a fixed piece, wherein the movable piece is of a plate-shaped structure; the fixed part is connected with the movable part through the elastic part. The movable piece can move relative to the fixed piece through the elastic piece, and the moving direction of the movable piece is the same as the stretching direction of the elastic piece. The camera support is in sliding contact with the movable piece.

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

in the invention, the elastic piece is arranged in the guide rail and is connected with the camera bracket. When the camera support is pushed out along the guide rail, the elastic piece and the camera support are extruded when the camera support is inclined due to the pushing of the single-phase motor, so that the elastic piece is deformed. The elastic piece can generate elasticity in the process of restoring the original shape, and the elasticity can push the camera support to correct the deflection of the camera support. Compared with the existing electronic equipment, the structure of the electronic equipment is changed, and the problem that the camera support of the existing electronic equipment is inclined in the telescopic moving process can be solved.

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 a partial structure of an electronic device disclosed in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a rail portion structure of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the disclosure;

fig. 3 is another structural schematic diagram of a rail portion structure of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the disclosure;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a rail portion structure of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the disclosure;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a rail portion structure of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is another structural schematic diagram of a rail portion structure of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the disclosure;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a rail portion structure of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the disclosure;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a rail portion structure of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a rail portion structure of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Description of reference numerals:

100-a housing; 200-a drive member; 300-a camera mount; 400-a guide rail; 401 — a first groove; 4011-a first groove; 4012 — a first groove; 402-a first surface; 403-a second surface; 404-a second groove; 405-a third groove; 406-a limiting hole; 407-groove bottom; 500-elastic module; 501-a movable piece; 502-a resilient member; 5021-an elastic piece; 5022-an elastic piece; 503-a fixing member; 504-a boss; 505-a spacing post; 5051-a limit column; 5052-limit column; 5053-a limit column; 5054-limit column; 506-limiting hole.

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.

In the description of the present application, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are used merely for convenience of description and for simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the referenced device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed in a particular orientation, and be operated, and thus should not be considered as limiting the present application. Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, features defined as "first", "second", may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the described features. In the description of the present application, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

In the embodiments of the present invention, words such as "exemplary" or "for example" are used to mean serving as examples, illustrations or descriptions. Any embodiment or design described as "exemplary" or "e.g.," an embodiment of the present invention is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments or designs. Rather, use of the word "exemplary" or "such as" is intended to present concepts related in a concrete fashion.

The following disclosure provides many different embodiments or examples for implementing different features of the application. In order to simplify the disclosure of the present application, specific example components and arrangements are described below. Of course, they are merely examples and are not intended to limit the present application. Moreover, the present application may repeat reference numerals and/or letters in the various examples, such repetition is for the purpose of simplicity and clarity and does not in itself dictate a relationship between the various embodiments and/or configurations discussed. In addition, examples of various specific processes and materials are provided herein, but one of ordinary skill in the art may recognize applications of other processes and/or use of other materials.

The embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic device, which may be an electronic device such as a smart phone, a tablet computer, an electronic book reader, a wearable device (e.g., a smart watch), a game machine, and the like.

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, fig. 1 is a structural diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. This electronic equipment includes camera support 300, guide rail 400 and elasticity module 500, and it needs to explain, and the electronic equipment that fig. 1 shows is not limited to above content, and it can also include other devices, including apron, display screen, circuit board, battery, casing, camera, motor, or including distance sensor, light sensor etc. the casing can also include fingerprint identification module, heart rate sensor etc..

The camera support 300 is made of powder metallurgy material. It is understood that the material of the camera support 300 may be other materials, such as plastic, etc.

In some embodiments, a camera module is disposed on the camera bracket 300. The camera module 300 may include only one camera, or may include two cameras, or even more cameras. It should be noted that the electronic device included in the camera module is not limited thereto, and may further include a fill-in light, a receiver, and the like.

The elastic module 500 is disposed on the guide rail 400. As shown in fig. 2, the elastic module 500 includes a movable member 501, an elastic member 502 and a fixed member 503. The movable piece 501 is a plate-shaped structure, the fixed piece 503 is connected to the movable piece 501 through the elastic piece 502, the movable piece 501 can move relative to the fixed piece 503 through the elastic piece, and the moving direction of the movable piece 501 is the same as the extending and retracting direction of the elastic piece 502; the camera holder 300 is in sliding contact with the movable member 501.

The shape of the movable member 501 may be rectangular, triangular, polygonal or an opposite plate-like structure. In the present embodiment, the shape of the movable member 501 is selected to be rectangular in order to match the shape of the guide rail. The material of the movable part can be plastic, alloy or plastic, etc.

The elastic member 502 may be a spring, or a rubber member, or a member made of other materials with elastic coefficients, such as silicone rubber, thermoplastic rubber, etc. The elastic member 502 is elastically deformed when being compressed and provides an elastic force during the restoration of the elastic deformation. As shown in fig. 4, one end of the elastic member 502 is in contact with the movable member 501. It should be noted that the contact between the elastic member 502 and the movable member 501 may be formed integrally by welding, adhesion, or only contact but not connect with each other. The other end of the elastic piece is connected with the fixed piece. The connection with the fixing member 503 may be performed by welding, bonding, or integral molding.

The shape of the fixing member 503 may be rectangular, triangular, polygonal or opposite, and in this embodiment, the shape of the fixing member 503 is selected to be rectangular in order to match the shape of the guide rail. The fixing member 503 may be fixed to one side of the guide rail 400 by a fixing member. The fixing component may be a screw, a bolt, an expansion bolt, or the like having a fixing effect.

Referring to fig. 3, the two ends of the guide rail 400 are respectively provided with a first groove 4011 and a first groove 4012, wherein the cross section of the first groove can be in a side-lying C-shape. It should be noted that the shape of the cross section of the first groove may also be other shapes, such as C-shape and T-shape matching. To simplify the complexity of production, the shape of the cross-section of the first groove of the guide rail 400 of the invention is chosen to be in the form of a side lying C. The first recess 4011 has three surfaces, wherein the first surface 402 and the second surface 403 of the first recess 4011 have at least one second recess 404, respectively, and the first surface 402 is opposite to the second surface 403, and the groove bottom 407 is connected to the first surface 402 and the second surface 403. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the first surface 402 and the second surface 403 may not be parallel to each other, but should ensure that the camera support 300 is limited by the first groove when moving in the guide 400.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 7, the second groove 404 starts from the connection between the first surface 402 of the first groove 401 and the groove bottom, extends in the direction of stretching of the elastic member 502, and ends at the edge of the first groove 401. For inserting the movable member 501 into the guide rail 400 through the second groove 404 from the edge of the first groove 401 in a C-shape lying on the side. The shape of the second groove 404 may be rectangular, semicircular, arc-shaped, fan-shaped, or other profile.

In other embodiments, as shown in fig. 5, the guide rail 400 further has a third groove 405, the third groove 405 is disposed on the first surface and the second surface 403 of the first groove 401, and the third groove 405 extends from the connection between the first surface and the groove bottom toward the direction of extending and retracting the camera holder 300 and reaches the edge of the guide rail 400. For inserting the movable member into the guide rail through the third groove 405. The shape of the third groove 405 may be rectangular, semicircular, arc-shaped, fan-shaped, or other shapes.

In some embodiments, moveable member 501 has at least two protrusions 504, and protrusions 504 are located on both sides of moveable member 501, as shown in fig. 2, moveable member 501 has six protrusions that are symmetrical to each other on both sides. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the number of lobes on either side of the moveable member may be two, four, eight, etc.; the convex parts on the two sides of the movable part can also be asymmetric. The protrusion 504 of the movable member 501 is matched with the second groove and embedded in the second groove 404, and the movable member 501 moves along the second groove 404 through the protrusion.

In other embodiments, the movable member may not have a protrusion portion that is engaged with the second groove of the guide rail, and the movable member is connected to the fixed member only by the elastic member.

However, because the moving member has a weight, and the moving member is prone to be tilted in the moving process of the camera bracket, the embodiment of the present invention adopts that the moving member has at least two protruding portions, and the protruding portions 504 are located on two sides of the moving member 501.

The elastic module 500 further includes a limiting post 505, as shown in fig. 2, the limiting post 505 is disposed on the fixing member 503, and the connection manner between the limiting post 505 and the fixing member 503 may be bonding, welding or integral molding. The shape of the restraining post 505 may be cylindrical, spherical, ellipsoidal, or other shapes such as prismatic, rectangular, polygonal, combinations, and the like. As shown in fig. 7, the limiting column 505 is used to limit the range of motion of the movable member 501. When the movable member 501 slides along the second groove 404 through the protrusion 504, when the movable member 501 moves to abut against the position-limiting post 505, the position-limiting post 505 prevents the movable member from moving continuously. In some embodiments, the stop posts 505 are in stop fit with the stop holes 506 on the guide rail. The shape of the limiting hole 505 may be circular, oval, square or anisotropic, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, the first groove of the rail further comprises at least one restraint aperture 406 therein. As shown in fig. 2, the limiting hole 406 is disposed on the groove bottom 407 of the first groove of the guide rail. The shape of the hole 406 may be circular, oval, rectangular or other shapes. The size of the limiting hole may be slightly larger than that of the limiting column, in other embodiments, the first groove of the guide rail includes only one limiting hole, and the limiting hole 406 enables all the limiting columns to pass through the limiting hole at the same time. The limiting hole is used for limiting the limiting column and enabling the fixing piece to be accurately matched with the guide rail in the process.

At least one elastic piece and at least one limiting column are arranged in parallel on the fixing piece. In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 6, two elastic members: elastic component 5021, elastic component 5022 and two spacing posts: the limit post 5051 and the limit post 5052 are disposed in parallel on the fixing member 503. The elastic member 502 is deformed due to the extrusion to provide an elastic force for the movable member 501, and the limit post 505 limits the movable range of the movable member. In other embodiments, as shown in fig. 8, a resilient member 502 is juxtaposed with the restraint posts 5053 and the restraint posts 5054 and the securing member 503. The limiting post limits the range of motion of the plate-like movable member, and the elastic member 502 provides elasticity for the movable member. It is understood that the number of the elastic members 502 and the limiting columns 505 is not limited to the two elastic members and the two limiting columns or the elastic member and the two limiting columns in the above examples, and may be in more combinations, such as three elastic members and two limiting columns, four elastic members and one limiting column, and the like, and the embodiments of the present invention are not described in detail.

In other embodiments, as shown in fig. 4, the elastic member 502 is sleeved on the position-limiting column 505, and the elastic member 502 can provide an elastic force for the moving member 501, so that the position-limiting column 505 can limit the moving range of the moving member 501, and meanwhile, the position-limiting column 505 can also serve as the position-limiting elastic member 502, thereby preventing the moving member 501 from being tilted due to the deformation of the elastic member 502 caused by gravity.

The elastic module is arranged on at least one side of the guide rail. As shown in fig. 8, the elastic module 500 is disposed in the first groove 401 at one end of the guide rail 400, and when the camera module 300 tilts towards the elastic module 500, the elastic module 500 provides an elastic force for correcting the tilt of the camera bracket. In other embodiments, as shown in fig. 9, the elastic modules 500 are disposed in the

first recesses

4011 and 4012 at both ends of the guide rail 400, and provide elastic force for correcting skew when the camera stand is skewed left and right in the guide rail 400. The number of the elastic modules 500 may be plural. In the first recess 4011 at one side of the guide rail 400, there is an elastic module 500. In some embodiments, there are two elastic modules juxtaposed up and down, or two elastic modules juxtaposed left and right, in the first groove on one side of the guide rail. In other embodiments, the number of elastic modules may be three, four or more. The embodiments of the present invention will not be described in detail.

It will be appreciated that the positioning of the spring modules is not limited to the two ends of the rail, for example, the spring modules may also be positioned on a surface of the rail other than the first grooves on both sides of the rail. At this time, the number of the elastic modules can also be multiple, so that the front and back deflection of the camera bracket in the guide rail can be corrected.

In some embodiments, the movable member has a plurality of through holes, and during the process of extrusion of the movable member and the camera support, the contact surface between the movable member and the camera support is effectively reduced due to the through holes, so that the movable friction force between the movable member and the camera support is reduced.

The surface of the moving part facing to the camera support is also provided with an elastic layer. The elastic layer can be made of silicon rubber, thermoplastic rubber and other materials with elastic coefficients, and the camera support can provide elastic force for the camera support under the skew condition.

The electronic device further includes a housing 100 and a driving mechanism 200. The housing 100 has an inner cavity and an opening communicating with the inner cavity, the camera support 300 can extend out of the housing 100 or retract into the housing through the opening, the driving mechanism 200 is disposed in the housing 100, and the driving mechanism 200 is connected with the camera support 300. The driving mechanism 200 includes a driving motor and a driving rod, the driving rod is fixedly connected to the camera support 300, and the driving motor drives the driving rod to enable the camera support to extend out of the housing or retract into the housing along the guide rail through the opening.

The guide rail 400 is disposed in the housing 100, and the camera bracket 300 moves along the guide rail 400. The guide rail 400 may be a single part, or may be a guide rail integrally formed by integrally protruding one or more structures of a front case, a rear case, a middle frame, or a main plate, which is not limited herein.

As can be seen from the above, the electronic device provided in the embodiment of the present application includes: camera bracket 300, guide rail 400 and elastic module 500. At least one elastic module 500 is disposed on the guide rail 400. The elastic module 500 includes a movable element 501, an elastic element 502 and a fixed element 503, wherein the movable element 501 is a plate-shaped structure. The fixed part 503 is connected with the movable part 501 through the elastic member 502, the movable part 501 can move relative to the fixed part 503, and the moving direction of the fixed part 503 is the same as the stretching direction of the elastic member; the camera holder 300 is in sliding contact with the movable member 501. When the camera support and the guide rail are extruded, the elastic piece generates elastic deformation, the elastic piece generates elastic force in the process of recovering the elastic deformation and provides reverse thrust for the camera support, and the problem that the camera support is inclined in the pushing-out process, so that the camera support and the side wall of the guide rail are rubbed to cause lifting and blocking is solved.

In the above embodiments of the present invention, the difference between the embodiments is mainly described, and different optimization features between the embodiments can be combined to form a better embodiment as long as they are not contradictory, and further description is omitted here in view of brevity of the text.

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 camera comprises a camera bracket, a guide rail and an elastic module;

at least one elastic module is arranged on the guide rail;

the elastic module comprises a movable piece, an elastic piece and a fixed piece, wherein the movable piece is of a plate-shaped structure; the fixed part passes through the elastic component with the moving part is connected, the moving part accessible the elastic component for the fixed part removes, the moving direction of moving part with the elastic component flexible direction is the same, the camera support with the moving part sliding contact.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the two ends of the guide rail are respectively provided with a first groove, and a first surface and a second surface of the first groove are respectively provided with at least one second groove;

wherein the first surface is opposite the second surface.

3. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the movable member has at least two protrusions matching with the second groove, the protrusions are located on two sides of the movable member, the protrusions are embedded in the second groove, and the movable member moves along the second groove through the protrusions.

4. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the first recess further comprises at least one limiting hole, the limiting hole being disposed in a bottom of the first recess, the bottom of the first recess being connected to the first surface and the second surface.

5. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the elastic module further comprises a limiting post, the limiting post is disposed on the fixing member, and the limiting post and the limiting hole are disposed in a limiting manner.

6. The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein at least one of the elastic member and the at least one of the position-limiting posts are disposed on the fixing member, and the elastic member and the position-limiting post are respectively in position-limiting engagement with different position-limiting holes.

7. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the elastic member is sleeved on the position-limiting post, and the elastic member and the position-limiting post are in position-limiting fit with the same position-limiting hole.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the elastic module is disposed on at least one side of the rail.

9. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein a surface of the movable member facing the camera holder is further provided with an elastic layer.

10. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising:

the camera support comprises a shell and a driving part, wherein the shell is provided with an inner cavity and an opening communicated with the inner cavity, the camera support can extend out of the shell or retract into the shell through the opening, the driving part is arranged in the inner cavity and connected with the camera support, and the driving part drives the camera support so as to enable the camera support to extend along the guide rail, extend out of the shell or retract into the shell through the opening.