CN111969679A

CN111969679A - Charging device

Info

Publication number: CN111969679A
Application number: CN202010791695.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 叶剑
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-08-07
Filing date: 2020-08-07
Publication date: 2020-11-20
Anticipated expiration: 2040-08-07
Also published as: CN111969679B

Abstract

The present invention provides a charger, including: the camera module comprises a base, an upper cover, a camera module, a charging module and a driving mechanism; the charging module is fixedly connected with the base; the base is rotatably connected with the upper cover, the base and the upper cover are enclosed to form an accommodating cavity, and the side surface of the upper cover is provided with a light through hole communicated with the accommodating cavity; the camera module and the driving mechanism are arranged in the accommodating cavity, the driving mechanism is connected with at least one of the camera module and the upper cover, the camera module is arranged towards the light through hole, and the camera module is fixedly connected with the upper cover; wherein, under actuating mechanism's drive, camera module and upper cover rotate for the base. The invention realizes that the camera module can shoot at any shooting angle, reduces the number of camera modules required to be arranged on the electronic equipment, lightens the weight of the electronic equipment body, has small volume and light weight, can be used for shooting in more scenes, such as scenes with small space, and has good shooting experience for users.

Description

Charging device

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of communication, in particular to a charger.

Background

With the development of the electronic device industry, the shooting function of the electronic device is changing day by day, for example, the electronic device can realize the functions of depth-of-field shooting, backlight shooting, low-light shooting, and the like. With the development of the shooting function of the electronic equipment, users have stronger and stronger shooting requirements on the electronic equipment at more angles and in more scenes.

In the prior art, the electronic equipment realizes more shooting functions by increasing the number of the front cameras and the rear cameras so as to meet more shooting requirements of users.

However, due to the limitation of the electronic device itself such as large volume, heavy weight, and small shooting angle (only front and back shots), the shooting angle and shooting scene that can be realized by the electronic device in the prior art far cannot meet the shooting requirement of the user.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above problems, an object of the embodiments of the present invention is to provide a charger to solve the problem that the existing electronic device is large in size, heavy in weight, and small in shooting angle, so that the shooting requirement of the user cannot be met.

In order to solve the above problem, an embodiment of the present invention discloses a charger, including: the camera module comprises a base, an upper cover, a camera module, a charging module and a driving mechanism; the charging module is fixedly connected with the base; the base is rotatably connected with the upper cover, the base and the upper cover are enclosed to form an accommodating cavity, and a light through hole communicated with the accommodating cavity is formed in the side surface of the upper cover; the camera module and the driving mechanism are arranged in the accommodating cavity, the driving mechanism is connected with at least one of the camera module and the upper cover, the camera module is arranged towards the light through hole, and the camera module is fixedly connected with the upper cover; the camera module and the upper cover rotate relative to the base under the driving of the driving mechanism.

The charger of the embodiment of the invention has the following advantages: through setting up camera module and upper cover fixed connection, actuating mechanism is connected with at least one in camera module and the upper cover, base and upper cover rotatable coupling to the realization is under actuating mechanism's drive, and camera module and upper cover can rotate for the base. Because the light through hole sets up the side at the upper cover, camera module sets up towards the light through hole, camera module can follow the side of charger and shoot, then when camera module rotates for the base, can realize changing the shooting angle when camera module shoots from the side of charger, camera module can shoot with arbitrary shooting angle promptly, and can reduce the quantity that needs set up camera module on electronic equipment, alleviate the weight of electronic equipment body, the charger is small simultaneously, light in weight, can be used to the shooting of more scenes (for example the scene that the space is little).

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a front view of an embodiment of a charger of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a charger according to an embodiment of the present invention with a top cover separated from a base;

FIG. 3 is an exploded view of an embodiment of a charger of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a bottom structure of an embodiment of a charger of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a charger according to an embodiment of the invention, in which a charging pin is rotated into a second groove.

Detailed Description

In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in further detail below.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, a charger 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a base 11, an upper cover 12, a camera module 13, a charging module, and a driving mechanism 14; the charging module is fixedly connected with the base 11; the base 11 is rotatably connected with the upper cover 12, the base 11 and the upper cover 12 surround to form an accommodating cavity, as shown in fig. 3, a light through hole 121 communicated with the accommodating cavity is formed in the side surface of the upper cover 12; the camera module 13 and the driving mechanism 14 are arranged in the accommodating cavity, the driving mechanism 14 is connected with at least one of the camera module 13 and the upper cover 12, the camera module 13 is arranged towards the light through hole 121, and the camera module 13 is fixedly connected with the upper cover 12; wherein, under the drive of the driving mechanism 14, the camera module 13 and the upper cover 12 rotate relative to the base 11. The camera module 13 and the upper cover 12 may be rotated in the direction indicated by the arrow in fig. 1, or may be rotated in the opposite direction to the direction indicated by the arrow in fig. 1.

According to the embodiment of the invention, the camera module 13 is fixedly connected with the upper cover 12, the driving mechanism 14 is connected with at least one of the camera module 13 and the upper cover 12, and the base 11 is rotatably connected with the upper cover 12, so that the camera module 13 and the upper cover 12 can rotate at any angle in 360 degrees relative to the base 11 under the driving of the driving mechanism 14. Because the light through hole 121 sets up the side at upper cover 12, camera module 13 sets up towards light through hole 121, camera module 13 can shoot from the side of charger 1, then when camera module 13 rotates for base 11, can realize changing the shooting angle when camera module 13 shoots from the side of charger 1, camera module 13 can shoot with arbitrary shooting angle promptly, and can reduce the quantity that needs set up camera module 13 on electronic equipment, alleviate the weight of electronic equipment body, simultaneously charger 1's small, light in weight, can be used to the shooting of more scenes (for example the scene that the space is little).

Specifically, the user can take a picture by holding the charger 1, or the user can place the charger 1 on any plane (such as a desktop, a chair surface, a bed surface or the ground) close to or far away from the photographed object, so that the user can easily take a picture without shaking at a single angle or a plurality of angles for a long time, the shooting definition is higher, and the imaging effect is better.

Specifically, the camera module 13 may be a camera module 13 having any structure, which is not limited in the present invention. Alternatively, the lens in the camera module 13 may be a macro lens, a wide-angle lens, a long-focus lens, an infrared lens, or any other lens.

Specifically, the base 11 may be a base 11 formed of any material usable for the charger 1, and the upper cover 12 may be an upper cover 12 formed of any material usable for the charger 1. Specifically, the material forming the upper cover 12 and the material forming the base 11 may be the same or different. Alternatively, the color of the upper cover 12 may be the same as the color of the base 11 to make the appearance of the charger 1 uniform.

Alternatively, the light passing hole 121 may be disposed at any position of the side surface of the upper cover 12, and it is only necessary to ensure that the camera module 13 can shoot from the side surface of the charger 1.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 1, fig. 2 and fig. 3, in an embodiment of the present invention, the upper cover 12 may be provided with a first groove 15, the first groove 15 includes a first sidewall, and a second sidewall and a third sidewall which are disposed at two sides of the first sidewall, the first sidewall is opened with the light passing hole 121, and the second sidewall and the third sidewall extend from an edge of the upper cover 12 to the first sidewall. Thereby realize offering above-mentioned clear opening 121 at the first lateral wall of upper cover 12 side, in addition, second lateral wall and third lateral wall set up the both sides at first lateral wall, second lateral wall and third lateral wall extend to first lateral wall from the edge of upper cover 12, consequently, the bottom surface of first recess 15 is the inclined plane that extends to the bottom of first lateral wall from the edge of upper cover 12, be convenient for reduce the inner space that first recess 15 occupy and hold the chamber, the bottom surface of first recess 15 is unshielded to the shooting of camera module 13 simultaneously, be convenient for camera module 13 can shoot from the side, and when camera module 13 rotated for base 11, the shooting angle that camera module 13 shot from the side can be for the arbitrary angle in the 360 degrees angles.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present invention, the second sidewall and the third sidewall form a first angle, and the first angle may be greater than or equal to the angle of the field of view of the camera module 13. Thereby second lateral wall and third lateral wall are outside camera module 13's visual field angle, and second lateral wall and third lateral wall do not have the sheltering from to camera module 13's shooting, ensure that camera module 13 can shoot the scenery in the visual field angle.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 1, fig. 2 and fig. 3, in an embodiment of the present invention, the charger 1 may further include a transparent cover 16, the transparent cover 16 is disposed at the light passing hole 121, and the transparent cover 16 is connected to the upper cover 12. Wherein, the transparent cover plate 16 is connected with the upper cover 12 to fix the transparent cover plate 16. Alternatively, the transparent cover 16 may be disposed inside the light passing hole 121 or outside the light passing hole 121. Through setting up transparent cover 16 in logical unthreaded hole 121 department, when guaranteeing that light can get into the camera lens of camera module 13, transparent cover 16 can also be to the device in leading to unthreaded hole 121 protection such as dustproof and liquid proof.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, in an embodiment of the present invention, the driving mechanism 14 may include a bearing 141, a motor 142, a worm 143, and a worm wheel 144, the bearing 141 and the motor 142 are fixedly disposed in the accommodating cavity, the worm wheel 144 is connected to the motor 142, the worm 143 is connected to the worm wheel 144, the bearing 141 is sleeved on a first end of the worm 143, and a second end of the worm 143 is connected to at least one of the camera module 13 and the upper cover 12. The bearing 141 is fixedly arranged in the accommodating cavity, and the bearing 141 is sleeved at the first end of the worm 143, so that the worm 143 is fixed through the bearing 141, and the worm wheel 144 can drive the worm 143 to rotate. Specifically, the worm gear 144 may be connected to a rotating shaft of the motor 142, or as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the worm gear 144 may be connected to the rotating shaft of the motor 142 through a transmission shaft 145. In particular, the worm 143 may be in toothed connection with the worm gear 144.

Specifically, when the motor 142 is operated, the motor 142 drives the worm wheel 144 to rotate in a first rotation plane, and since the worm 143 is connected to the side of the worm wheel 144, the worm 143 rotates in a second rotation plane, and the worm 143 drives the camera module 13 and the upper cover 12 to rotate. Wherein the second rotation plane is parallel to the rotation plane of the upper cover 12, and the first rotation plane is perpendicular to the second rotation plane, so that the rotation force of the first rotation plane is converted into the rotation force of the second rotation plane by the worm 143 and the worm wheel 144.

It should be noted that the driving mechanism 14 may include, but is not limited to, the structures shown in fig. 2 and 3, and the driving mechanism 14 may have any other structures.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 1, 2, 3 and 4, the charging module may include a charging pin 17, as shown in fig. 4, the base 11 may be provided with a second groove 111, the charging pin 17 may be rotatably connected with the base 11, and the charging pin 17 may be rotated out of the second groove 111 or rotated back into the second groove 111. Specifically, the charging pin 17 and the base 11 may be rotatably connected in any manner.

As shown in fig. 1, 2 and 4, when the charger 1 needs to perform charging operation, the user may rotate the charging pins 17 out of the second groove 111 and connect the charging pins 17 with the power supply, and when the charger 1 does not need to perform charging operation, the user may rotate the charging pins 17 into the second groove 111 to store the charging pins 17. In addition, as shown in fig. 5, when the charger 1 needs to perform shooting work, the user can turn the charging pins 17 into the second groove 111, and at this time, the user can hold the charger 1 by hand to shoot, because the charging pins 17 have turned into the second groove 111, the experience that the user holds the charger 1 is better, or the user can place the charger 1 on any plane (such as a desktop, a chair surface, a bed surface or the ground) close to or far away from a shot object to shoot, so that the user can easily realize long-time shooting at a single angle or at multiple angles without shaking, the shooting definition is higher, and the imaging effect is better.

Alternatively, the number of the charging pins 17 may be plural, for example, two or three, wherein, when the number of the charging pins 17 is three, the structure of the charger 1 is as shown in fig. 1, 2, 3 and 4, one end of two charging pins 17 of the three charging pins 17 is connected, as shown in fig. 4, the number of the second grooves 111 is two, one of the second grooves 111 corresponds to the whole structure after two charging pins 17 of the three charging pins 17 are connected, and the other second groove 111 corresponds to the other charging pin 17 of the three charging pins 17.

In addition, the charging module may further include other modules related to the charging function, which is not limited in the present invention.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 1, fig. 2 and fig. 4, the charging pin 17 and the second groove 111 may be disposed on the bottom surface of the base 11 away from the upper cover 12, or the charging pin 17 and the second groove 111 may be disposed on the side surface of the base 11, the side surface of the base 11 being between the bottom surface of the base 11 and the upper cover 12, so that the disposition positions of the charging pin 17 and the second groove 111 are independent from the disposition position of the upper cover 12, the disposition positions of the charging pin 17 and the second groove 111 have no influence on the disposition of the light passing hole 121, the camera module 13 and the driving mechanism 14, and the charging pin 17 does not need to rotate when the upper cover 12 rotates relative to the base 11.

Alternatively, the driving mechanism 14 and the camera module 13 may be communicatively connected to the external device 2. Alternatively, the external device 2 may be any electronic device that needs to be charged by the charger 1, such as a mobile phone, a camera, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palm computer, or a wearable device.

Therefore, when a user holds the charger 1 for shooting, or places the charger 1 on any plane (such as a table top, a chair surface, a bed surface or the ground) close to or far away from a shot object for shooting, the external device 2 can be used for remotely controlling the driving mechanism 14 to work, controlling the camera module 13 for shooting, and controlling the camera module 13 and the external device 2 to transmit shooting data, wherein when the external device 2 controls the driving mechanism 14 to work, the driving mechanism 14 drives the camera module 13 and the upper cover 12 to rotate relative to the base 11. Thereby realize carrying out 360 degrees rotations and shooting at 360 arbitrary angles in the degree angle for base 11 through 2 remote control camera modules of external equipment, the user need not the angle of manual adjustment charger 1 and adjusts the shooting angle, it is more convenient, and for electronic equipment, charger 1's small, light in weight, and can shoot by 2 remote control camera modules 13 of external equipment in 360 degrees arbitrary angles, charger 1's shooting scene restriction is few, charger 1 can be used for the shooting of more scenes (for example, the scene that the space is little), user's shooting experience has greatly been improved. For example, even if the external device 2 is heavy and bulky, because the user only needs to place the charger 1 on a plane, and then fix through the camera module 13 in the external device 2 control charger 1 and shoot or record the video or carry out operations such as closely microspur shooting for a long time at an angle, make the user need not to hold the charger 1 and the external device 2 for a long time, shoot convenient operation, and do not have the shake condition that the charger 1 was held to the user hand and lead to, the user's health and spirit can more relax.

In addition, because the camera module 13 is arranged in the charger 1, under the condition that the camera module 13 is not required to be arranged in the external device 2, the external device 2 can shoot and transmit data by controlling the camera module 13 in the charger 1 to realize that the external device 2 has the shooting function of the camera module 13, so that the number and the occupied space of the camera modules 13 in the external device 2 are reduced, and the weight of the body of the external device 2 is reduced.

Specifically, the motor 142 in the driving mechanism 14 may be in communication connection with the external device 2, so that a user may set a to-be-rotated direction of the lens in the camera module 13 through a shooting interface in the external device 2 after determining the to-be-rotated direction of the lens in the camera module 13 relative to the base 11, so that the motor 142, the worm 143, and the worm gear 144 in the driving mechanism 14 operate to drive the camera module 13 and the upper cover 12 to rotate in the to-be-rotated direction relative to the base 11, and may control the camera module 13 to shoot at a certain angle or at multiple angles through the shooting interface in the external device 2.

Alternatively, in an embodiment of the present invention, the charger 1 may include a data interface, such as a USB (Universal Serial Bus) interface, the data interface is electrically connected to the driving mechanism 14 and the camera module 13, and as shown in fig. 1, fig. 2, fig. 3, fig. 4 and fig. 5, the data interface may be connected to the external data line 3. Specifically, one end 31 of the external data line 3 may be electrically connected to the data interface, and the other end 32 of the external data line 3 may be electrically connected to the external device 2, so as to implement the communication connection between the driving mechanism 14 and the camera module 13 and the external device 2. Therefore, the driving mechanism 14 and the camera module 13 can receive the control command sent by the external device 2 through the data interface and the data line 3, and the camera module 13 can also transmit the shooting data to the external device 2 through the data interface and the data line 318. In addition, the external device 2 can supply power to the driving mechanism 14 and the camera module 13 through the data interface and the data line 318.

Optionally, in the charger 1 of the present invention, the communication module may be further included, the communication module is disposed in the accommodating cavity, the communication module is electrically connected to the driving mechanism 14 and the camera module 13, and the communication module may be wirelessly connected to the external device 2, so that the driving mechanism 14 and the camera module 13 are communicatively connected to the external device 2, the driving mechanism 14 and the camera module 13 may receive a control command sent by the external device 2 through the communication module, and the camera module 13 may also transmit the shooting data to the external device 2 through the communication module. Alternatively, the communication module may be a bluetooth module or a WiFi (Wireless Fidelity) module or other Wireless communication modules.

Optionally, the number of the camera modules 13 and the light passing holes 121 may be multiple, the lenses in the multiple camera modules 13 are different, and the multiple camera modules 13 and the multiple light passing holes 121 are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence manner. In this case, if there are one or more driving mechanisms 14, it is only necessary to ensure that the plurality of camera modules 13 and the upper cover 12 rotate relative to the base 11 under the driving of the driving mechanisms 14. In this way, under the driving of the driving mechanism 14, each camera module 13 can rotate by any angle of 360 degrees relative to the base 11, and the charger 1 can realize multiple shooting functions.

Suppose that a plurality of camera modules 13 all can carry out communication connection with external equipment 2, then can realize through every camera module 13 among a plurality of camera modules 13 of external equipment 2 remote control for base 11, carry out 360 degrees rotations and shoot at 360 arbitrary angles in the degree angle. Because a plurality of camera modules 13 set up in charger 1 to under the condition that need not to set up these a plurality of camera modules 13 in external equipment 2, external equipment 2 can shoot and data transmission can realize that external equipment 2 possesses the shooting function of these a plurality of camera modules 13 through a plurality of camera modules 13 in the control charger 1, be convenient for reduce the quantity of camera modules 13 and the space that occupies in external equipment 2.

Optionally, when the number of the camera modules 13 and the number of the light passing holes 121 are multiple, the number of the first grooves 15 may also be multiple, and the multiple first grooves 15 are arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the multiple camera modules 13. Alternatively, the plurality of first grooves 15 may be disposed at equal intervals along a first circumference of the upper cap 12, the first circumference being centered on the center of the upper cap 12. Wherein the circumference of the first circumference may be determined according to the number and size of the first grooves 15. Specifically, the plurality of first grooves 15 are equally spaced along the first circumference of the upper cover 12, which facilitates mass production of the upper cover 12 having the plurality of first grooves 15, and the upper cover 12 can be more easily manufactured.

The charger of the embodiment of the invention has the following advantages: can shoot and control one or more camera modules and external equipment and carry out the transmission of shooting data through the work of external equipment remote control actuating mechanism, wherein, when external equipment control actuating mechanism worked, actuating mechanism drive camera module and upper cover rotate for the base, can realize through 360 degrees rotations and arbitrary angle shooting in 360 degrees angles of each camera module of external equipment control for the base, the user need not to adjust the angle of charger and adjusts the shooting angle of each camera module, convenient operation is convenient, and for electronic equipment, the charger is small, light in weight, the shooting scene restriction of charger is few, the charger can be used for the shooting of more scenes (for example, the scene that the space is little), user's shooting experience is good. In addition, each camera module is arranged in the charger, so that the external equipment can shoot and transmit data by remotely controlling each camera module in the charger under the condition that the external equipment is not required to be provided with each camera module in the charger, the external equipment has the shooting function of each camera module in the charger, the number and the occupied space of the camera modules in the external equipment are reduced, and the weight of the external equipment body is reduced.

The embodiments in the present specification are described in a progressive manner, each embodiment focuses on differences from other embodiments, and the same and similar parts among the embodiments are referred to each other.

While alternative embodiments of the present invention have been described, additional variations and modifications of these embodiments may occur to those skilled in the art once they learn of the basic inventive concepts. It is therefore intended that the following claims be interpreted as including alternative embodiments and all such alterations and modifications as fall within the true scope of the embodiments of the invention.

Finally, it should also be noted that, herein, relational terms such as first and second, and the like may be used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Also, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or terminal that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or terminal. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or terminal that comprises the element.

The charger provided by the invention is described in detail above, and the principle and the implementation of the invention are explained in the present document by applying specific examples, and the description of the above examples is only used to help understanding the core idea of the invention; meanwhile, for a person skilled in the art, according to the idea of the present invention, there may be variations in the specific embodiments and the application scope, and in summary, the content of the present specification should not be construed as a limitation to the present invention.

Claims

1. A charger, comprising: the camera module comprises a base, an upper cover, a camera module, a charging module and a driving mechanism;

the charging module is fixedly connected with the base;

the base is rotatably connected with the upper cover, the base and the upper cover are enclosed to form an accommodating cavity, and a light through hole communicated with the accommodating cavity is formed in the side surface of the upper cover;

the camera module and the driving mechanism are arranged in the accommodating cavity, the driving mechanism is connected with at least one of the camera module and the upper cover, the camera module is arranged towards the light through hole, and the camera module is fixedly connected with the upper cover;

the camera module and the upper cover rotate relative to the base under the driving of the driving mechanism.

2. The charger according to claim 1, wherein the upper cover is provided with a first groove, the first groove comprises a first side wall, and a second side wall and a third side wall which are arranged on two sides of the first side wall, the first side wall is provided with the light through hole, and the second side wall and the third side wall extend from an edge of the upper cover to the first side wall.

3. The charger of claim 2, wherein the second and third sidewalls form a first angle that is greater than or equal to a field of view angle of the camera module.

4. The charger according to claim 1, further comprising a transparent cover plate disposed at the light through hole, wherein the transparent cover plate is connected to the upper cover.

5. The charger according to claim 1, wherein the driving mechanism includes a bearing, a motor, a worm, and a worm wheel, the bearing and the motor are fixedly disposed in the accommodating cavity, the worm wheel is connected to the motor, the worm is connected to the worm wheel, the bearing is sleeved on a first end of the worm, and a second end of the worm is connected to at least one of the camera module and the upper cover.

6. The charger according to claim 1, wherein the charging module comprises a charging pin, the base is provided with a second groove, the charging pin is rotatably connected with the base, and the charging pin can rotate out of the second groove or rotate back into the second groove.

7. The charger according to claim 6, wherein the charging pin and the second groove are provided on a bottom surface of the base away from the upper cover, or the charging pin and the second groove are provided on a side surface of the base between the bottom surface of the base and the upper cover.

8. The charger of claim 1, further comprising a communication module disposed within the receiving cavity, the communication module electrically coupled to the drive mechanism and the camera module, the communication module wirelessly communicatively connectable to an external device.

9. The charger according to claim 1, further comprising a data interface electrically connected to the drive mechanism and the camera module, the data interface being connectable to an external data line.

10. The charger according to claim 1, wherein the number of the camera modules and the light holes is plural, the lenses in the camera modules are different, and the camera modules and the light holes are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence.