CN112311990B

CN112311990B - Electronic device

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Publication number: CN112311990B
Application number: CN202011184113.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 梁杰
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-10-28
Filing date: 2020-10-28
Publication date: 2022-04-22
Anticipated expiration: 2040-10-28
Also published as: CN112311990A

Abstract

The application discloses electronic equipment belongs to electron technical field. The electronic device includes: the device comprises an equipment main body, a driving device and a camera module; an accommodating cavity is formed on the equipment main body, and the accommodating cavity is provided with an opening communicated with the outside of the equipment main body; the camera module is arranged in the accommodating cavity, and a lens of the camera module faces the opening; the driving device is arranged in the equipment main body and is in transmission connection with the camera module, and the driving device drives the camera module to drive the camera module to swing along a first direction.

Description

Electronic device

Technical Field

The application belongs to the technical field of electronics, concretely relates to electronic equipment.

Background

With the continuous development of electronic technology, electronic devices have carried more functions. The electronic equipment is also added with a camera shooting function, and different camera shooting functions are realized through various types of cameras so as to meet different requirements of consumers.

A user shoots through a camera of the electronic equipment, and due to the limitation of the camera, the shooting angle is limited. Even if a wide-angle lens is used, only a limited angle of view can be photographed. In order to perform panorama shooting, a user can only increase a shooting angle by moving the electronic device. In the process of moving and shooting the electronic equipment, shaking can occur, so that the shot picture is distorted, distorted and asymmetric, and the shooting quality is reduced.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application aims to provide an electronic wadding pen, which can solve the problem that the shooting quality is reduced due to the fact that a mobile electronic device shoots a panorama.

In order to solve the technical problem, the present application is implemented as follows:

in a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device, including: the device comprises an equipment main body, a driving device and a camera module;

an accommodating cavity is formed in the equipment main body, and the accommodating cavity is provided with an opening communicated with the outside of the equipment main body;

the camera module is arranged in the accommodating cavity, and a lens of the camera module faces the opening;

the driving device is arranged in the equipment main body and is in transmission connection with the camera module, and the driving device drives the camera module to drive the camera module to swing along a first direction.

In the embodiment of the application, the driving device drives the camera module to swing, so that the shooting angle is increased under the condition that the electronic equipment is not moved, and the problem that the shooting quality is reduced due to the fact that the mobile electronic equipment shoots is solved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a camera module and an internal component of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 2 is an external configuration diagram of an electronic device in one embodiment of the present application.

Description of reference numerals:

1: device main body, 2: camera module, 21: first side, 31: first guide side wall, 32: second to side wall, 41: first ball, 42: second ball, 5: second gear, 6: first gear, 7: an electric motor.

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 some, but not all, embodiments of the present application. 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.

The terms first, second and the like in the description and in the claims of the present application are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the data so used is interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of the application are capable of operation in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein. The objects distinguished by "first", "second", and the like are usually a class, and the number of the objects is not limited, and for example, the first object may be one or a plurality of objects. In addition, "and/or" in the specification and claims means at least one of connected objects, a character "/" generally means that a preceding and succeeding related objects are in an "or" relationship.

The electronic device provided by the embodiment of the present application is described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings through specific embodiments and application scenarios thereof.

According to an embodiment of the present application, there is provided an electronic device, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, including: the device comprises an equipment main body 1, a driving device and a camera module 2; an accommodating cavity is formed on the equipment main body 1, and the accommodating cavity is provided with an opening part communicated with the outside of the equipment main body 1; the camera module 2 is arranged in the accommodating cavity, and a lens of the camera module 2 faces the opening; the driving device is arranged in the equipment main body 1 and is in transmission connection with the camera module 2, and the driving device drives the camera module 2 to drive the camera module 2 to swing along a first direction.

In this embodiment, the camera module 2 is located in the accommodating cavity, and when a user uses the electronic device to shoot, the lens on the camera module 2 collects external information through the opening. Under the condition that the user needs to shoot the scene that is greater than the camera lens shooting angle, drive camera module 2 through control drive arrangement along the swing of first direction to increase the shooting angle under the unmovable condition of electronic equipment, the stability of camera module seizure scene when having improved and shooing the wider angle scene has improved shooting quality and user experience.

The first direction is the direction that the user increases the shooting angle to the user erects the handheld electronic equipment of screen as an example, and the first direction can be the horizontal direction, and the user can drive camera module 2 through drive arrangement along the horizontal direction swing, so that the scene in the bigger angle on the horizontal direction is caught to the camera lens on the camera module 2. The first direction still can be vertical direction, and the user can drive camera module 2 through drive arrangement along vertical direction swing to make the scene in the camera lens on the camera module 2 catch the bigger angle in the vertical direction. The specific direction of the first direction can be set by those skilled in the art according to the image pickup requirements of the electronic device. As shown in fig. 1, the angle a is the shooting angle of the lens itself, and the shooting angle a is made to swing within a larger angle by swinging the camera module 2 to capture a scene.

The scene of wider angle is caught in the swing through camera module 2, can avoid the condition that the user handheld electronic equipment removed the scene of catching in the wider shooting angle. Only the camera module 2 needs to be driven to swing through the driving device. The problem of shake during shooting is reduced, and the shooting stability is improved.

The driving device drives the camera module 2 to swing, and a user controls the driving device under the condition that the camera module 2 needs to swing. For example, the driving device is controlled by setting a window or software in the electronic device, and the driving device can be controlled to drive the camera module to swing by operating on the screen of the electronic device. Or a switch capable of controlling the driving device is arranged on the outer side of the electronic equipment, and the driving device is controlled by the switch to drive the camera module 2 to swing.

In one embodiment, the driving device comprises a motor 7, and an output end of the motor 7 is in transmission connection with the camera module 2.

In this embodiment, the camera film group 2 is driven to swing by the motor 7. The motor 7 is mature in technology and easy to set, and a control circuit and a structure of the motor 7 are simple and easy to assemble. The whole scheme of the electronic equipment is simplified by driving the camera module 2 through the motor 7.

In one embodiment, the output end of the motor 7 is provided with a first gear 6, the camera module 2 is provided with a second gear 5, and the first gear 6 is meshed with the second gear 5, so that the motor 7 is in transmission connection with the camera module 2.

In this embodiment, the transmission connection between the motor 7 and the camera module 2 is formed by the engagement of the first gear 6 on the motor 7 and the second gear 5 on the camera module 2. Can improve the stability that the transmission is connected through the meshing of first gear 6 and second gear 5, second gear 5 rotates and drives camera module 2 and realize the swing to make the stability of camera module 2 swing process obtain promoting, thereby improve the stability of camera module 2 swing in-process seizure scene.

In the transmission structure of the first gear 6 and the second gear 5, the first gear 6 drives the second gear 5 to rotate. The rotation rate of the first gear 6 determines the rotation rate of the second gear 5, the number of teeth of the first gear 6 is set to be smaller than that of the second gear 5, and a transmission mode of small transmission ratio that the small gear drives the large gear to rotate is achieved. Can make camera module 2 obtain less step volume at the transmission in-process like this, improve camera module 2 pivoted linear degree, make camera module 2 more steady at the swing in-process. Stability when camera module 2 swings and catches the wider angle scene has further been improved.

The person skilled in the art can control the rotation data of the motor 7 by setting the predetermined data, and can control the angle of the second gear 5 driven to rotate, thereby controlling the swing angle of the camera module 2. The rotation data of the motor 7 is set according to the swing angle required by the camera module 2. For example, the camera module 2 can be swung by a predetermined angle by rotating the motor 7 by a predetermined number of rotations.

In one embodiment, the electronic device further includes a supporting shaft, a first end of the supporting shaft is connected to the device main body 1, a second end of the supporting shaft is connected to the camera module 2, and a swing center of the camera module 2 is coaxial with the supporting shaft during swinging in the first direction.

In this embodiment, the support shaft is used to form a support for the camera module 2. At the wobbling in-process of camera module 2, the back shaft forms the support in the coaxial position with camera membrane group 2 swing center, has ensured the stability of camera module 2 at swing in-process swing center.

In one example, the supporting shaft is coaxial with the second gear 5, and the second gear 5 rotates to drive the camera module 2 to swing, and the swing center in this example is the axis of the second gear 5, so that the swing center is coaxial with the supporting shaft, and the stability of the swing is improved.

For example, a support shaft is provided on one side surface of the camera module 2 where the second gear 5 is located, and a support shaft is also provided on the other side surface opposite to the second gear 5. This can further improve the stability of the camera module 2.

In one embodiment, the camera module 2 includes a first module sidewall and a second module sidewall opposite to each other, and the first module sidewall and the second module sidewall are both adjacent to a side surface where the lens is located. For example, the side where the lens is located is the first side 21.

The accommodating cavity is internally provided with a first guide side wall 31 and a second guide side wall 32, the first module side wall is opposite to the first guide side wall 31, and at least one first ball 41 is clamped between the first module side wall and the first guide side wall 31. The second module side wall is opposite to the second guiding side wall 32, and at least one second ball 42 is arranged between the second module side wall and the second guiding side wall 32. The first guiding sidewall 31 is limited on one side of the first module sidewall by the first ball 41, and the first ball 41 is supported between the first module sidewall and the first guiding sidewall 31. The second guiding sidewall 32 is limited on one side of the second module sidewall by the second ball 42, and the second ball 42 is supported between the second module sidewall and the second guiding sidewall 32. In the process of the swing of the camera module 2, the side where the first module side wall is located rolls along the first guide side wall 31 with the first ball 41, and the side where the second module side wall is located rolls along the second guide side wall 32 with the second ball 42.

The first module side wall, the second module side wall, the first guide side wall 31 and the second guide side wall 32 are all arc-shaped walls.

In the process of swinging the camera module 2, the first ball 41 supports the first module side wall, and the second ball 42 supports the second module side wall, so that the first guide side wall 31 and the second guide side wall 32 keep the camera module 2 stable in swinging in the first direction.

In the process of swinging, the camera module 2 takes the swinging center as the midpoint, and the rest of the camera module swings along the first direction with the swinging center as the center. The rest part moves in an arc-shaped track around the swing center. First direction lateral wall 31 and second direction lateral wall 32 are the arc wall and can satisfy the arc motion orbit of each part of camera module 2. The first module lateral wall, the second module lateral wall can make different positions on the first module lateral wall at place keep with the first direction distance between the lateral wall 31 unchangeable for the arc wall, and different positions on the second module lateral wall can keep with the second direction distance between the lateral wall 32 unchangeable, thereby make the distance between first module lateral wall and the first direction lateral wall 31 can cooperate the diameter of first ball 41 to form the support, and the distance between second module lateral wall and the second direction lateral wall 32 can cooperate the diameter of second ball 42 to form the support, guaranteed camera module 2 swing stability of in-process. As shown in fig. 1, during the swing of the camera module 2, the first module side wall is displaced in the direction B in the drawing.

In one embodiment, the first guide sidewall 31 is provided with at least one first guide groove along which the first ball 41 is disposed, and the second guide sidewall 32 is provided with at least one second guide groove along which the second ball 42 is disposed.

In this embodiment, the first guide groove and the second guide groove are provided in a first direction, which is a B direction as shown in fig. 1, and the first balls 41 and the second balls 42 can roll in the B direction. The camera module 2 can swing in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction in fig. 1.

For example, when the user uses the mobile phone, the first direction is kept in the horizontal direction, and then the first guide groove and the second guide groove swing along the horizontal direction, the camera module 2 can swing along the horizontal direction, so as to capture the scenery in a wider range in the horizontal direction.

At camera module 2 wobbling in-process, first module lateral wall is for first direction lateral wall 31 displacement, and first ball 41 moves between first module lateral wall and first direction lateral wall 31 in the displacement process, sets up first guide way and can improve the stability of first ball 41 motion between first module lateral wall and first direction lateral wall 31. Similarly, the second ball 42 moves between the second module sidewall and the second guiding sidewall 32, and the second guiding groove is formed to improve the moving stability of the second ball 42.

Specifically, the first guide groove enables the first ball 41 to move on the track of the first module side wall, and the stability of the camera module 2 swinging along the first direction can be improved. The second guide groove enables the second ball 42 to move on the track of the second module side wall, and the stability of the camera module 2 swinging along the first direction is improved.

In one embodiment, the first guiding sidewall 31 includes a plurality of first guiding grooves, and the second guiding sidewall 32 includes a plurality of second guiding grooves, each of the first guiding grooves is provided with at least one first ball 41, and each of the second guiding grooves is provided with at least one second ball 42.

In this embodiment, a plurality of first guide grooves are provided in the first guide sidewall 31, and at least one first ball 41 is provided in each first guide groove. A plurality of second guide grooves are provided in the second guide sidewall 32, and at least one second ball 42 is provided in each second guide groove. The first balls 41 corresponding to the first guide grooves can form more stable support between the first module side wall and the first guide side wall 31, and the second balls 42 corresponding to the second guide grooves can form more stable support between the second module side wall and the second guide side wall 32. This can further improve the stability of the swing of the camera module 2 in the first direction. Deviation from the first direction during the swinging process is avoided.

In one embodiment, at least one third guide groove opposite to the at least one first guide groove is correspondingly arranged on the side wall of the first module, and at least one fourth guide groove opposite to the at least one second guide groove is correspondingly arranged on the side wall of the second module.

Each of the first balls 41 is constrained between the corresponding first guide groove and the third guide groove, and moves in the extending direction of the first guide groove and the third guide groove. The stability of relative movement between first module lateral wall and the first direction lateral wall 31 in camera module 2 swing process has been improved. Each of the second balls 42 is constrained between the corresponding second guide groove and the fourth guide groove, and moves in the extending direction of the second guide groove and the fourth guide groove. The stability of relative movement between second module lateral wall and second to the lateral wall in the camera module 2 swing process has been improved.

In this embodiment, by limiting the moving tracks of the first ball 41 and the second ball 42, the stability of the first module sidewall and the second module sidewall during moving is improved, so as to improve the stability of the swing of the camera module 2.

In one embodiment, the first module sidewall, the second module sidewall, the first guide sidewall 31, and the second guide sidewall 32 have the same curvature.

In the swinging process of the camera module 2, the swinging angles of all parts on the camera module 2 are the same, and the swinging angles of the side walls of the first module and the second module are the same. The radian of the first module side wall is the same as that of the first guide side wall 31, and in the swing process, the distance between the first module side wall and the first guide side wall 31 is unchanged, so that the first ball 41 can always limit the moving path of the first module side wall. The second ball 42 can always limit the moving path of the side wall of the second module in the swinging process, and the effect of the first ball 41 and the second ball 42 on the stability of the swinging direction of the camera module 2 is improved.

In one embodiment, the electronic device further includes a connecting portion through which the first guide sidewall 31 and the second guide sidewall 32 are connected.

In this embodiment, the connecting portion forms a connection between the first guide sidewall 31 and the second guide sidewall 32. The reliability of the fixation of the first guide sidewall 31 and the second guide sidewall 32 is improved.

For example, the first guide sidewall 31, the connecting portion, and the second guide sidewall 32 are integrally formed, which simplifies the component molding process. The first guide sidewall 31 and the second guide sidewall 32 are supported by each other through a connecting portion, thereby improving stability.

In one example, the first guide sidewall 31 and the second guide sidewall 32 are elastically connected to the apparatus body 1. At camera module 2 wobbling in-process, first module lateral wall can drive first direction lateral wall 31 through first ball 41 and take place the displacement, can play the cushioning effect to first direction lateral wall 31. The second side wall module drives the second guiding side wall 32 to displace through the second ball 42, and can buffer the second guiding side wall 32. The elastic connection enables the first guide side wall 31 and the second guide side wall 32 to directly bear less force in the swinging process of the camera module 2, and the service life of the first guide side wall 31 and the second guide side wall 32 is prolonged.

While the present embodiments have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise embodiments described above, which are meant to be illustrative and not restrictive, and that various changes may be made therein by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising: the device comprises an equipment main body, a driving device and a camera module;

the driving device is arranged in the equipment main body and is in transmission connection with the camera module, and the driving device drives the camera module to drive the camera module to swing along a first direction;

the camera module comprises a first module side wall and a second module side wall which are opposite to each other, and the first module side wall and the second module side wall are adjacent to the side face where the lens is located;

a first guide side wall and a second guide side wall are arranged in the accommodating cavity, the first module side wall is opposite to the first guide side wall, at least one first ball is clamped between the first module side wall and the first guide side wall, the second module side wall is opposite to the second guide side wall, and at least one second ball is arranged between the second module side wall and the second guide side wall;

the first module side wall, the second module side wall, the first guide side wall and the second guide side wall are all arc-shaped walls.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the driving device comprises a motor, and an output end of the motor is in transmission connection with the camera module.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the output end of the motor is provided with a first gear, the camera module is provided with a second gear, and the first gear is meshed with the second gear so as to drive the motor and the camera module to be connected.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising a supporting shaft, wherein a first end of the supporting shaft is connected to the device body, a second end of the supporting shaft is connected to the camera module, and a swing center of the camera module is coaxial with the supporting shaft during swinging in the first direction.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first guide sidewall is provided with at least one first guide groove, the first ball is disposed along the first guide groove, and the second guide sidewall is provided with at least one second guide groove, the second ball is disposed along the second guide groove.

6. The electronic device according to claim 5, comprising a plurality of first guide grooves, a plurality of second guide grooves, at least one first ball disposed in each first guide groove, and at least one second ball disposed in each second guide groove.

7. The electronic device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the first module sidewall is correspondingly provided with at least one third guiding slot opposite to the at least one first guiding slot, and the second module sidewall is correspondingly provided with at least one fourth guiding slot opposite to the at least one second guiding slot.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first module sidewall, the second module sidewall, the first guide sidewall, and the second guide sidewall have the same arc.

9. The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising a connecting portion through which the first guide sidewall and the second guide sidewall are connected.