Detailed Description
The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not all of the embodiments. 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 application.
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," "clockwise," "counterclockwise," and the like are used in the orientations and positional relationships indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the present application and for simplicity in description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the referenced devices or elements must have a particular orientation, be constructed in a particular orientation, and be operated in a particular manner, and are not to be construed 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 description of the present application, it is to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; may be mechanically connected, may be electrically connected or may be in communication with each other; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art as appropriate.
In this application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the first feature "on" or "under" the second feature may comprise direct contact of the first and second features, or may comprise contact of the first and second features not directly but through another feature in between. Also, the first feature being "on," "above" and "over" the second feature includes the first feature being directly on and obliquely above the second feature, or merely indicating that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature includes the first feature being directly under and obliquely below the second feature, or simply meaning that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.
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 application provides a camera assembly and electronic equipment. The following are detailed below.
Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a first structural schematic diagram of a camera assembly according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Wherein the camera assembly 100 includes: a first sound guide hole 110, a second sound guide hole 120, a receiver 130 and a camera 140.
The camera assembly 100 is located inside the electronic device, and a part of the main body of the camera assembly 100 can be rotated from the inside of the electronic device to the outside of the electronic device, or a part of the main body of the camera assembly 100 exposed outside the electronic device can be rotated to the inside of the electronic device.
Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a second structural schematic diagram of the camera assembly according to the embodiment of the present application, in which the first sound guiding hole 110 is disposed at a first position 111 on the camera assembly 100, the second sound guiding hole 120 is disposed at a second position 121 on the camera assembly 100, and the receiver 130 is disposed at a third position 131 on the camera assembly 100.
The first sound guiding hole 110 and the second sound guiding hole 120 are communicated with the receiver 130, and when the receiver 130 emits sound, the first sound guiding hole 110 or the second sound guiding hole 120 can guide the sound out.
The camera 140 is disposed on the camera assembly 100 and can rotate to a main body part outside the electronic device, the camera 140 can rotate to the outside or inside of the electronic device along with the camera assembly 100, at least two cameras 140 can be disposed on the camera assembly 100, the cameras 140 can be disposed on the same side of the camera assembly 100, for example, the cameras 140 are all disposed on one side of the camera assembly 100 close to the screen, and multiple front-view shooting can be achieved.
The camera 140 may also be disposed on the opposite side of the camera assembly 100, for example, a part of the camera 140 is disposed on the side of the screen of the camera assembly 100, a part of the camera 140 is disposed on the side of the camera assembly 100 close to the rear case, and when a part of the main body of the camera assembly 100 is rotated from the inside of the electronic device to the outside of the electronic device, the camera 140 on the camera assembly 100 may implement rear shooting or front shooting.
Referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a schematic view of a first structure of a driving assembly according to an embodiment of the present application, wherein the driving assembly 150 includes: a driving motor 151, a rotating shaft 152, a rotating mechanism 153 and a flexible circuit board 154.
The driving motor 151 is connected to the rotating shaft 152, the rotating shaft 152 is connected to the rotating mechanism 153, the driving motor 151 is connected to the flexible circuit board 154, the flexible circuit board 154 is connected to a processor of the electronic device, the processor controls the driving motor 151 through the flexible circuit board 154, the driving motor 151 controls the rotating shaft 152 to rotate, the rotating shaft 152 drives the rotating mechanism 153, and the rotating mechanism 153 is connected to the camera assembly 100, so that the camera assembly 100 is switched between the inside and the outside of the electronic device.
It should be noted that the rotating shaft 152 may be in the rotating mechanism, and the rotating shaft 152 is shown as protruding to protrude the position relationship of the rotating shaft 152 in the driving assembly 150, which should not be construed as a limitation of the present application, and the length, size and shape of the rotating shaft 152 may also be other configurations.
Referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of the rotating mechanism 153, and the rotating mechanism 153 includes: a rotation shaft hole 1521, a driving gear 1531, a first driven gear 1532, and a second driven gear 1533.
The rotation shaft 152 is connected to the driving gear 1531 through the insertion rotation shaft hole 1521, the outer surface saw teeth of the driving gear 1531 are engaged with the outer surface saw teeth of the first driven gear 1532, the outer surface saw teeth of the first driven gear 1532 are engaged with the inner surface saw teeth of the second driven gear 1533, the second driven gear 1533 is connected to the camera head assembly 100, wherein the connection mode may be welding, bonding, etc., and the driving motor drives the camera head assembly 100 to rotate through the engagement mode between the gears.
The driving assembly 150 may also include a driving motor and a belt, the driving motor drives the belt to rotate, the belt is connected to the rotating mechanism 153, and then under the driving of the driving motor, the rotating mechanism 153 may also rotate along with the rotation of the belt, and in the rotating process, the noise generated by the driving assembly 150 is small.
Of course, the structure of the driving assembly 150 in the embodiment of the present application is not limited to the combination of the driving motor and the belt, and the driving motor and the rotating gear set, and may be other power mechanisms, for example, the driving assembly 150 may adopt a chain transmission mechanism. For example, the camera module 100 may be directly connected to the rotating shaft 152 through the driving motor 151, the rotating shaft 152 is connected to the camera module 100, and the rotation of the rotating shaft 152 by the driving motor 151 drives the rotation of the camera module 100. Any configuration of the driving member that can provide the driving force for the driving assembly 150 is within the scope of the embodiments of the present application.
Referring to fig. 5, fig. 5 is a first structural schematic diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The electronic apparatus includes a camera assembly 100, a screen 200, a rear cover 300, a cover plate 800, a middle frame 500, a main circuit board 600, and a battery 700.
Camera assembly 100 is installed in the inside of electronic equipment, and the partial main part of camera assembly 100 can rotate to the electronic equipment outside, and camera assembly 100 also can all hide inside electronic equipment, and camera assembly 100 includes: a first sound guide hole 110, a second sound guide hole 120, a receiver 130, a camera 140 and a driving component 150.
The screen 200 may be used to display information such as images, text, and the like. In some embodiments, the screen 200 may be a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) or Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED) type Display. In some embodiments, when the screen 200 is a liquid crystal display, the screen 200 may include a backlight module, a lower polarizer, an array substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a color filter substrate, an upper polarizer, and the like, which are sequentially stacked. When the screen 200 is an organic light emitting diode display screen, the screen 200 may include a base layer, an anode layer, an organic layer, a conductive layer, an emission layer, and a cathode layer, which are sequentially stacked. In some embodiments, the screen 200 may be a transparent display screen, and the screen 200 may have a transparent characteristic through which signals may pass. The display screen may also be a non-transparent display screen.
The screen 200 may be mounted on the middle frame 500 and connected to the rear cover 300 through the middle frame 500 to form a display surface of the electronic device 100. The screen 200 serves as a front case of the electronic apparatus 100, and forms a housing of the electronic apparatus 100 together with the rear cover 300 for accommodating other electronic devices of the electronic apparatus 100. For example, the housing may be used to house electronics or electronics such as a processor, memory, one or more sensors, a camera module, etc. of the electronic device 100.
The screen 200 may include a display area as well as a non-display area. Wherein the display area performs a display function of the screen 200 for displaying information such as images, text, and the like. The non-display area does not display information. The non-display area can be used for arranging electronic devices such as a camera module and a display screen touch electrode.
The screen 200 may be a full-screen. At this time, the screen 200 may display information in a full screen, so that the electronic apparatus 100 has a large screen occupation ratio. The screen 200 includes only a display region and does not include a non-display region, or the area of the non-display region is small for the user. At this time, electronic devices such as a camera, a proximity sensor, etc. in the electronic apparatus 100 may be hidden under the screen 200, and the fingerprint recognition module of the electronic apparatus 100 may be disposed on the rear cover 300 of the electronic apparatus 100.
The cover plate 800 may be mounted on the middle frame 500, and the cover plate 800 covers the screen 200 to protect the screen 200 from being scratched or damaged by water. The cover plate 800 may be a transparent glass cover plate, so that a user can see the contents displayed on the screen 200 through the cover plate 800. The cover plate 800 may be a glass cover plate made of sapphire.
The middle frame 500 may have a thin plate-like or sheet-like structure, or may have a hollow frame structure. The middle frame 500 is used for providing a supporting function for the electronic device or the electronic devices in the electronic apparatus 100 to mount the electronic device or the electronic devices in the electronic apparatus 100 together. For example, electronic components such as the main circuit board 600, the battery 700, and the like in the electronic apparatus 100 may be mounted on the middle frame 500 to be fixed. In some embodiments, the material of the middle frame 500 may include metal or plastic.
The main circuit board 600 may be mounted on the middle frame 500. The main circuit board 600 may be a main board of the electronic device 100. The main circuit board 600 is provided with a grounding point to realize grounding of the circuit board 40. One, two or more of a microphone, a speaker, a receiver, an earphone interface, a universal serial bus interface (USB interface), a camera assembly, a distance sensor, an ambient light sensor, a gyroscope, a processor, and other electronic devices may be integrated on the main circuit board 600. Meanwhile, the screen 200 may be electrically connected to the main circuit board 600.
The main circuit board 600 is provided with a display control circuit. The display control circuit outputs an electric signal to the screen 200 to control the screen 200 to display information.
The battery 700 may be mounted on the middle frame 500. Meanwhile, the battery 700 is electrically connected to the main circuit board 600 to enable the battery 700 to supply power to the electronic device 100. The main circuit board 600 may be provided with a power management circuit. The power management circuit is used to distribute the voltage provided by the battery 700 to various electronic devices in the electronic apparatus 100.
The battery 700 may be a rechargeable battery. For example, the battery 700 may be a lithium ion battery.
The rear cover 300 is used to form an outer contour of the electronic apparatus 100. The rear cover 300 may be integrally formed. In the molding process of the rear cover 300, structures such as a rear camera hole, a fingerprint recognition module mounting hole, etc. may be formed on the rear cover 300.
The rear cover 300 may be a metal case, such as a metal of magnesium alloy, stainless steel, etc. Note that the material of the rear cover 300 according to the embodiment of the present application is not limited to this, and other methods may be adopted. For example, the rear cover 300 may be a plastic housing. As another example, the rear cover 300 may be a ceramic case. For another example, the rear cover 300 may include a plastic part and a metal part, and the rear cover 300 may be a housing structure in which the metal and the plastic are matched with each other. Specifically, the metal part may be formed first, for example, a magnesium alloy substrate is formed by injection molding, and then plastic is injected on the magnesium alloy substrate to form a plastic substrate, so as to form a complete housing structure.
Referring to fig. 6, fig. 6 is a second structural schematic diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application. The electronic device includes: camera assembly 100, screen 200, backshell 300, holding tank 400 and center 500.
The screen 200, the rear case 300, and the middle frame 500 may be combined to form a housing of the electronic device, the housing includes a receiving groove 400, the camera assembly 100 may be placed in the receiving groove 400, a part of the main body of the camera assembly 100 may rotate in the receiving groove 400 to the outside of the receiving groove 400, and the camera assembly 100 may also rotate in the receiving groove 400 to the inside of the receiving groove 400.
The inner surface of the screen 200 is provided with a first baffle 210 and a second baffle 220, the first baffle 210 and the second baffle 220 can respectively shield and seal the first sound guide hole 110 and the second sound guide hole 120, wherein the first baffle 210 and the second baffle 220 can be made of a sealing silicone ring.
Referring to fig. 7, fig. 7 is a schematic view illustrating a first rotation state of a camera assembly according to an embodiment of the present application, where a screen 200 of an electronic device is provided with a sound outlet 230, the shape of the sound outlet 230 may be an oval, a rectangle, or a circle, and the sound outlet may be multiple and include multiple small holes with regular shapes.
When the camera assembly 100 of the electronic device is in the receiving cavity 400 of the electronic device housing, the first sound guide hole 110 is located at the first rotation position 1, and the first rotation position 1 is located on the screen 200 and may be located in the area where the sound outlet hole 230 is located. The position of the first sound guiding hole 110 and the position of the sound outlet hole 230 are overlapped, so that the first sound guiding hole 110 and the sound outlet hole 230 are communicated, and the sound emitted from the first sound guiding hole 110 can be transmitted to the outside of the electronic device through the sound outlet hole 230.
At this time, the camera 140 of the camera assembly 100 is located inside the electronic device, and the second baffle 220 shields and seals the second sound guide hole 120, so that the sound emitted from the first sound guide hole 110 is prevented from being too small due to the sound coming out of the second sound guide hole 220.
Referring also to fig. 2, the camera assembly further includes a flat surface 160 and a curved surface 170, and when the camera assembly 100 is inside the electronic device, that is, when the first sound guide hole 110 is rotated to the first rotation position 1, the flat surface 160 of the camera assembly 100 is flush with the outer surface of the middle frame 500.
When the outer surface of the middle frame 500 is an arc surface, the plane 160 of the camera head assembly 100 may be an arc surface, and this should not be construed as limiting the present application.
When the camera assembly 100 rotates, a limiting protrusion may be further disposed on the arc surface 170, a limiting groove may be disposed in the accommodating groove 400 at a position corresponding to the limiting protrusion, when the camera assembly 100 rotates inside the electronic device to the outside, or when a part of the main body of the camera assembly 100 rotates outside the electronic device to the inside, the limiting protrusion and the limiting groove may limit a rotation position of the camera assembly 100, and prevent the first sound guide hole 110 and the second sound guide hole 120 from rotating excessively to a position where the sound outlet hole 230 is located.
In addition, speaker sound holes may be further disposed on the plane 160 or the arc surface 170, a speaker module may be disposed in the camera assembly 100, and when the camera assembly 100 is disposed in an electronic device, the speaker sound holes may be disposed on the plane 160, which may cooperate with other speakers of the electronic device to form a stereo effect.
When part of the main body of the camera assembly 100 is outside the electronic device, the speaker sound outlet holes can be arranged on the arc surface 170, and the speaker module is arranged inside the camera assembly 100 and can play audio in cooperation with other speakers of the electronic device to form a stereo effect.
Referring to fig. 8, fig. 8 is a schematic view of a second rotation state of the camera assembly according to the embodiment of the present application.
When the part of the camera assembly 100 of the electronic device is outside the receiving groove 400 of the electronic device housing, the second sound guide hole 120 is rotated to the second rotation position 2, and the second rotation position 2 is disposed on the screen 200, and may be disposed in a region where the sound outlet hole 230 is located.
The position of the second sound guiding hole 120 overlaps the position of the sound outlet hole 230, the second sound guiding hole 120 is communicated with the sound outlet hole 230, and the sound emitted from the second sound guiding hole 120 can be transmitted to the outside of the electronic device through the sound outlet hole 230.
At this time, the camera 140 of the camera assembly 100 is located outside the electronic device, and the first baffle 210 shields and seals the first sound guide hole 110, so that the sound emitted from the second sound guide hole 120 can be prevented from being too small due to the sound emitted from the first sound guide hole 110.
Referring to fig. 9, fig. 9 is a schematic view illustrating a third rotation state of the camera assembly according to the embodiment of the present application. The third baffle 240 is disposed in the screen 200 of the electronic device, the third baffle 240 can shield and seal the first sound guiding hole 110 or the second sound guiding hole 120, and the third baffle may be made of materials such as silica gel and sponge. The camera 140, the first sound guide hole 110, the second sound guide hole 120, and the third baffle 240 are located on a central axis of the electronic device.
When the camera assembly 100 of the electronic device is inside the accommodating groove 400 of the electronic device housing, the first sound guiding hole 110 rotates to the third rotation position 3, the third rotation position 3 is disposed on the screen 200, and may be specifically disposed in the area where the sound outlet 230 is located, the position of the first sound guiding hole 110 overlaps with the position of the sound outlet 230, the first sound guiding hole 110 is communicated with the sound outlet 230, and the sound emitted from the first sound guiding hole 110 may be transmitted to the outside of the electronic device through the sound outlet 230.
At this time, the camera 140 of the camera assembly 100 is located inside the electronic device, and the third baffle 230 shields and seals the second sound guide hole 120, so that the sound emitted from the first sound guide hole 110 can be prevented from being too small due to the sound coming out of the second sound guide hole 220.
Referring to fig. 10, fig. 10 is a schematic view illustrating a third rotation state of the camera head assembly according to the embodiment of the present application. The third baffle 240 is disposed in the screen 200 of the electronic device, the third baffle 240 can shield and seal the first sound guiding hole 110 or the second sound guiding hole 120, and the third baffle may be made of materials such as silica gel and sponge. The camera 140, the first sound guide hole 110, the second sound guide hole 120, and the third baffle 240 are located on a central axis of the electronic device.
When the part of the camera assembly 100 of the electronic device is outside the accommodating groove 400 of the electronic device housing, the second sound guiding hole 120 rotates to the third rotation position 3, the position of the second sound guiding hole 120 overlaps the position of the sound outlet hole 230, the second sound guiding hole 120 is communicated with the sound outlet hole 230, and the sound emitted from the second sound guiding hole 120 can be transmitted to the outside of the electronic device through the sound outlet hole 230.
At this time, the camera 140 of the camera assembly 100 is located outside the electronic device, and the third baffle 230 shields and seals the first sound guide hole 110, so that the sound emitted from the second sound guide hole 120 can be prevented from being too small due to the sound emitted from the first sound guide hole 110.
In the embodiment of the present application, when the camera assembly 100 is in the first rotation state and the second rotation state, the first position 111 on the camera assembly 100 is provided with the first sound guide hole 110, the second position 121 on the camera assembly is provided with the second sound guide hole 120, the first sound guide hole 110 and the second sound guide hole 120 are communicated with the receiver 130 on the camera assembly 100, when the camera assembly 100 is rotated into the electronic device, the first sound guide hole 110 is rotated to the first rotation position 1, when the camera assembly is rotated to the outside of the electronic device, the second sound guide hole 120 is rotated to the second rotation position 2, when the first sound guide hole 110 is in the first rotation position 1 and the second sound guide hole 120 is in the second rotation position 2, the first sound guide hole 110 and the second sound guide hole 120 are respectively communicated with the sound outlet 230, the sound emitted by the receiver 130 is transmitted to the sound outlet 230 from the first sound guide hole 110 or the second sound guide hole 120, thereby allowing the sound outlet 230 to emit sound normally when the camera head assembly 100 is in different operating states.
According to the camera assembly 100 and the electronic apparatus described above, the following will describe the workflow of the camera assembly 100:
when the user uses the electronic device, the user can click the screen 200 to input a camera opening instruction, at this time, the processor can transmit the processing instruction to the flexible circuit board 154 through the main circuit board 600, the flexible circuit board 154 processes the processing instruction, the camera assembly 100 is controlled to be turned out from the accommodating groove 400 of the electronic device, after the turning-out is completed, the camera 140 is exposed outside the electronic device to shoot an object to be shot, at this time, if the electronic device calls, because the second sound guide hole 120 is rotated to the second rotation position 2, the second sound guide hole 120 is communicated with the sound outlet hole 230, when the camera assembly 100 is outside the electronic device, the user can also normally answer the call.
When the camera assembly 100 is retracted into the accommodating groove 400, the whole camera assembly 100 is located in the electronic device, at this time, the first sound guiding hole 110 rotates to the first position 1, the first sound guiding hole 110 is communicated with the sound outlet hole 230, and when the electronic device is powered on, because the sound outlet hole 230 can make a sound normally, a user can also answer a call.
The foregoing detailed description is directed to a camera assembly and an electronic device provided in an embodiment of the present application, and specific examples are used herein to illustrate the principles and implementations of the present application, and the above description of the embodiments is only provided to help understand the method and the core concept of the present application; meanwhile, for those skilled in the art, according to the idea of the present application, 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 application.