CN112437214B

CN112437214B - Electronic equipment and camera unit thereof

Info

Publication number: CN112437214B
Application number: CN202011251513.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 程韦翔
Original assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Priority date: 2020-11-10
Filing date: 2020-11-10
Publication date: 2022-04-01
Anticipated expiration: 2040-11-10
Also published as: CN112437214A

Abstract

The application provides an electronic device and a camera unit thereof; this camera unit includes: the camera module comprises a camera module, at least two lens units and a driving mechanism; the lens unit comprises a lens support and a functional lens, and the functional lens is fixedly connected with the lens support; the functional lens on each lens unit can realize different optical functions; the driving mechanism is respectively in driving connection with the lens supports of the at least two lens units and is used for respectively driving the lens supports to rotate so as to switch different functional lenses to correspond to and cover the lighting path of the camera module lens. According to the camera unit provided by the embodiment of the application, the structure that the driving mechanisms are used for respectively driving the lens support to rotate so as to switch the correspondence of different functional lenses and cover the lighting path of the lens of the camera module is designed, so that a single camera module can shoot images with different effects or scene requirements; has the characteristics of compact structure and small volume.

Description

Electronic equipment and camera unit thereof

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of camera structures of electronic equipment, in particular to electronic equipment and a camera unit thereof.

Background

Photographing has become the standard matching function of the current electronic equipment such as mobile phones and tablet computers, and in order to realize different photographing effects, a common method is to set a plurality of camera modules with different functions, such as an ultra-wide-angle camera module, a camera module with a filter, a telephoto camera module and the like, and the scheme for realizing a plurality of photographing effects by setting a plurality of camera modules has a plurality of problems, such as the cost of the electronic equipment is greatly increased (the cost of the camera modules is higher); because the camera module is large in quantity and can occupy too much internal space of the electronic equipment, the battery capacity of the electronic equipment is forced to be reduced, and the endurance and the like are influenced.

Disclosure of Invention

A first aspect of an embodiment of the present application provides a camera unit, where the camera unit includes:

a camera module;

the lens unit comprises a lens support and a functional lens, and the functional lens is fixedly connected with the lens support; the functional lens on each lens unit can realize different optical functions;

and the driving mechanisms are respectively in driving connection with the lens supports of the at least two lens units and are used for respectively driving the lens supports to rotate so as to switch different functional lenses to correspond and cover the lighting path of the camera module lens.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device, which includes a display screen, a housing, a circuit board, and the camera unit described in any of the foregoing embodiments; the display screen with the shell encloses jointly and establishes and form the accommodation space, the circuit board and the camera unit is located in the accommodation space.

According to the camera unit provided by the embodiment of the application, the structure that the driving mechanisms are used for respectively driving the lens support to rotate so as to switch the correspondence of different functional lenses and cover the lighting path of the lens of the camera module is designed, so that a single camera module can shoot images with different effects or scene requirements; has the characteristics of compact structure and small volume.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic overall structure diagram of a camera unit according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a camera unit in the embodiment of FIG. 1, which is partially disassembled;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of the embodiment of FIG. 1 in which neither of the two lens units of the camera head unit is in shielding fit with the camera head module;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the drive mechanism engaged with the first lens carrier;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the drive mechanism engaged with a second lens holder;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of the first lens holder switching to a state in which the first functional lens covers the lighting path of the lens of the camera module;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of the second lens holder switching to a state in which the second functional lens covers the lighting path of the lens of the camera module;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the overall structure of another embodiment of the camera unit of the present application;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of the camera unit in the embodiment of FIG. 8 with a partially disassembled structure;

fig. 10 is a schematic view, partly broken away, of another structure of the camera unit in the embodiment of fig. 9;

FIG. 11 is a schematic view of the base from another perspective;

FIG. 12 is a schematic view of the moving member from another perspective;

FIG. 13 is a schematic view of the overall structure of a further embodiment of the camera unit of the present application;

FIG. 14 is a schematic partially broken away view of the camera unit of the embodiment of FIG. 13;

FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of an embodiment of the electronic device of the present application;

FIG. 16 is a schematic, exploded view of the electronic device of FIG. 15;

FIG. 17 is a block diagram of the electronic device shown in FIG. 15;

fig. 18 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of an electronic device control method according to the present application.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples. It is to be noted that the following examples are only illustrative of the present invention, and do not limit the scope of the present invention. Likewise, the following examples are only some but not all examples of the present invention, and all other examples obtained by those skilled in the art without any inventive step are within the scope of the present invention.

Reference herein to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment can be included in at least one embodiment of the invention. The appearances of the phrase in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. It is explicitly and implicitly understood by one skilled in the art that the embodiments described herein can be combined with other embodiments.

As used herein, an "electronic device" (or simply "terminal") includes, but is not limited to, an apparatus that is configured to receive/transmit communication signals via a wireline connection, such as via a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), a digital cable, a direct cable connection, and/or another data connection/network, and/or via a wireless interface (e.g., for a cellular network, a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), a digital television network such as a DVB-H network, a satellite network, an AM-FM broadcast transmitter, and/or another communication terminal). A communication terminal arranged to communicate over a wireless interface may be referred to as a "wireless communication terminal", "wireless terminal" or "mobile terminal". Examples of mobile terminals include, but are not limited to, satellite or cellular telephones; a Personal Communications System (PCS) terminal that may combine a cellular radiotelephone with data processing, facsimile and data communications capabilities; PDAs that may include radiotelephones, pagers, internet/intranet access, Web browsers, notepads, calendars, and/or Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers; and conventional laptop and/or palmtop receivers or other electronic devices that include a radiotelephone transceiver. A cellular phone is an electronic device equipped with a cellular communication module.

Referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2 together, fig. 1 is a schematic overall structure diagram of an embodiment of a camera unit of the present application, and fig. 2 is a schematic partial structure diagram of the camera unit in the embodiment of fig. 1; it should be noted that the electronic device in the present application may include an electronic device with a camera module, such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, and a wearable device. The camera unit 10 in this embodiment includes, but is not limited to, the following structure: a camera module 100, a lens unit 200 and a driving mechanism 300. It should be noted that the terms "comprises" and "comprising," and any variations thereof, in the embodiments of the present application, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions. For example, a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not limited to only those steps or elements listed, but may alternatively include other steps or elements not listed, or may alternatively include other steps or elements inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

Specifically, the camera module 100 may be fixed to a housing of the electronic device, a circuit board, or other fixed support structure, and is not limited herein. In this embodiment, the camera unit 10 includes at least two lens units 200, and in this embodiment, the camera unit 10 includes two lens units 200 as an example for description, and a person skilled in the art can design and increase or decrease the number of the lens units 200 on the basis of the embodiment of the present application, which is not limited specifically herein.

Optionally, the lens unit 200 includes a lens holder 210 and a functional lens 220, wherein the lens holder 210 may be structurally connected to a housing or other fixed holder of the electronic device, and is not limited herein. The functional lens 220 is fixedly connected with the lens bracket 210; specifically, the lens holder 210 is provided with a lens receiving hole 2100, and the functional lens 220 is embedded in the lens receiving hole 2100. The functional lens 220 on each lens unit 200 can realize different optical functions. So that the camera module 100 can be changed to match with different functional lenses 220 to capture images with different effects or scene requirements.

The camera module in the conventional technology influences the imaging effect when shooting objects in a show window or scenes with optical reflection such as the lake surface, and generally adopts an externally-hung polarized light filter to slow down interference. This kind of mode needs manual dismouting external filter, and the convenience of use is lower. The functional lens 220 in the embodiment of the present application may include polarizers, such as polarizers with different angles, which have 90-degree polarization, 0-degree polarization, etc., and use the polarizers to perform light selection to overcome the influence of polarization on the captured image.

Further optionally, the functional lens 220 may further include a filter, and the filter may implement filtering and color blending for different colors of the shot scenery in a physical manner, so as to enrich the shooting effect of the camera unit and improve the shooting fun. In addition, the functional lens 220 may also be a lens structure, such as a combination of a convex lens or a concave lens, to achieve the shooting requirements of a long focus or an ultra-wide angle. When the camera module shoots a normal image (without special shooting effect), the functional lens 220 can also be a common transparent glass lens. The functional lens 220 in the present embodiment may be a combination of any two or more of the polarizer, the optical filter, the lens and the common glass lens described above. The specific combination mode can be selected by a person skilled in the art according to the actual design requirement of the camera module, and is not specifically limited herein.

Optionally, the driving mechanism 300 is respectively in driving connection with the lens supports 210 of the two lens units 200, and the driving mechanism 300 is configured to respectively drive the lens supports 210 to rotate, so as to switch the lighting paths of the lenses of the camera module 100 corresponding to and covered by the different functional lenses 220, so that the camera module 100 can realize shooting of images with different effects or scene requirements by changing the coordination with the different functional lenses 220. In some other embodiments, the lens holder 210 may also be in other structural forms as long as it can transfer and switch the relative position relationship between the functional lens 220 and the camera module 100 through rotation, and this is not limited herein.

Optionally, referring to fig. 3 together, fig. 3 is a schematic structural view illustrating that neither of two lens units of the camera head unit in the embodiment of fig. 1 is in shielding fit with the camera head module, wherein both of the two lens units 200 can be switched and moved between the position of fig. 3 and the lighting path position where the functional lens corresponds to and covers the lens of the camera head module 100 under the driving of the driving mechanism 300. The detailed handover procedure will be described in detail later. Optionally, each lens unit 200 in this embodiment has at least a partial structure overlapping with the projection of the camera module 100 in the lens view direction (the viewing direction perpendicular to the paper surface in fig. 3) in the entire rotation stroke range, that is, the positions of the two lens units 200 in fig. 3 are the maximum positions of the functional lens 220 away from the lens of the camera module 100, and at the maximum positions of the functional lens 220 away from the lens of the camera module 100, the lens units 200 still have the projection overlapping with the camera module 100 in the lens view direction.

Optionally, with continued reference to fig. 3, the camera module 100 in this embodiment has a lens area 110 and a shell area 120 in the lens view direction; the housing area 120 is disposed around the lens area 110; at least part of the structure of the lens unit 200 that does not cover the light path state of the camera module (i.e. the state of two lens units 200 in fig. 3) overlaps with the housing area 120 of the camera module 100 in the lens view direction in a projection manner.

In this embodiment, by designing the relative position relationship between the lens unit and the camera module (the lens unit and the camera module are overlapped in the projection in the lens viewing direction), the space around the camera module is fully utilized, so that the maximum peripheral dimension of the whole camera unit is minimum, and the miniaturization design of the camera unit is further realized.

Optionally, with continued reference to fig. 2, the driving mechanism 300 in the present embodiment includes a driving element 310 and a moving element 320; the driving element 310 may be fixed to a housing of the electronic device, a circuit board, or other fixed support structure, and is not limited in this respect. The moving member 320 is in transmission connection with the driving element 310, the driving element 310 is used for driving the moving member 320 to move, and the moving member 320 is in fit connection with the lens support 210 and is used for driving the lens support 210 to rotate. The moving member 320 is provided with a guide rod 321; the lens support 210 is provided with a sliding groove 2101 matched with the guide rod 321, the guide rod 321 is inserted in the sliding groove 2101, and the guide rod 321 is matched with the sliding groove 2101 to drive the lens support 210 to rotate. According to the technical scheme in the embodiment, the straight line of the driving mechanism moving piece 320 is converted into the rotation of the lens support 210 by designing the matching structure of the guide rod 321 and the sliding groove 2101, and the whole component can realize the rotation driving of the lens support 210 within the minimum moving range, so that the miniaturization of the whole structure of the camera unit is facilitated.

Optionally, the lens holder 210 in this embodiment includes a first lens holder 211 and a second lens holder 212, and the first lens holder 211 and the second lens holder 212 are respectively provided with a first functional lens 221 and a second functional lens 222. In this embodiment, the first lens holder 211 and the second lens holder 212 are stacked and can rotate around the same rotation axis, and the driving mechanism 300 can be used to drive the first lens holder 211 and the second lens holder 212 to rotate independently.

Referring to fig. 4 and 5, fig. 4 is a schematic view of a structure of the driving mechanism cooperating with the first lens holder; FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the drive mechanism engaged with a second lens holder; the moving member 320 can reciprocate linearly along an arrow direction (X direction) under the driving of the driving element 310, and the guiding rod 321 is matched with the chute 2101 to further drive the first lens support 211 and the second lens support 212 to reciprocate around an axis O (the axis O may be a structure on an electronic device housing or other supports for being rotatably connected with the lens supports, wherein a detailed description will be given to a specific structure represented by the axis O in the following embodiments) in an area direction of an arrow Y in the figure, so as to achieve a lighting path corresponding to and covering the lens of the camera module 100 and a lens far from the camera module 100 (see fig. 3 in combination).

Referring to fig. 6 and 7 together, fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of a first lens support switching to a state where a first functional lens covers a lighting path of a lens of a camera module, and fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of a second lens support switching to a state where a second functional lens covers a lighting path of a lens of a camera module; in a projection plane perpendicular to the rotation axes of the first lens holder 211 and the second lens holder 221, that is, a plane where the viewing angles of fig. 6 and 7 are located, the first lens holder 211 and the second lens holder 221 may be projected onto a plane where either the first lens holder 211 or the second lens holder 221 is located, so as to describe the positional relationship between the first lens holder 211 and the second lens holder 221.

The area range of the reciprocating rotation of the first lens support 211 is between a first position and a second position where the first functional lens 221 covers the lighting path of the lens of the camera module 100; wherein, the first position is the position where the first lens holder 211 is located in fig. 3 and 4 (i.e. the maximum position where the functional lens is far away from the lens of the camera module 100, and there is a projection overlap between the lens unit and the camera module in the lens view direction), at this time, the moving member 320 moves downward in the figure, and the first lens holder 211 rotates to the position shown in fig. 6, i.e. the second position, by the cooperation of the guide rod 321 and the arc-shaped section of the sliding groove 2101 on the first lens holder 211; then, the moving member 320 moves upward in the figure, and further drives the first lens holder 211 to return to the position state in fig. 3 and 4 through the guide rod 321; this process can realize the position switching of the first functional lens 221. Throughout the switching of the position of the first lens holder 211, the second lens holder 212 does not rotate (the guide rod 321 slides back and forth along the straight section of the slide channel 2101 on the second lens holder 212, so that the second lens holder 212 does not rotate), and is always in the position shown in fig. 3 and 4, i.e., the third position; at this time, the moving member 320 can continue to move upward in the figure, and the guide rod 321 is matched with the arc-shaped section of the sliding groove 2101 on the second lens support 212, so that the second lens support 212 rotates to the position (i.e. the second position) shown in fig. 7, and the second functional lens 222 is switched to the position covering the lighting path of the lens of the camera module 100; wherein the area of reciprocation of the second lens holder 212 ranges between the second position and the third position. Likewise, the first lens holder 211 is not rotated (the guide bar 321 is reciprocally slid along the straight section of the slide groove 2101 on the first lens holder 211, and thus the first lens holder 211 is not rotated) throughout the position switching of the second lens holder 212, and is always in the position shown in fig. 3 and 4, i.e., the first position.

Alternatively, referring to fig. 3, fig. 6 and fig. 7, the second position (i.e. the position where the functional lens covers the light collecting path of the camera module lens) in the present embodiment may be the position of the bisector (the ray S in fig. 3) of the angle (the angle AOB in fig. 3) between the first position of the first lens holder 211 and the third position of the second lens holder 212. This kind of project organization can make two lens supports adopt the position (intermediate position) that the light path was adopted to the cover camera module as reciprocating motion's terminal point, and regard as reciprocating starting point with the position that overlaps with the shell district projection of camera module in the direction of finding a view of the camera lens, has shortened the route that the lens support removed, reduces the lens support and rotates required space to reduce the volume that whole camera unit occupy. It should be noted that the terms "first", "second" and "third" in the embodiments of the present application 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, a feature defined as "first," "second," or "third" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise.

Optionally, referring to fig. 2, the driving element 310 in the present embodiment is a magnetic coil, the moving element 320 is provided with a magnetic body 322, or the moving element 320 itself is made of a magnetic material (iron, cobalt, nickel, and other magnetic materials), in the present embodiment, the moving element 320 is provided with a receiving groove 3200, and the magnetic body 322 is disposed in the receiving groove 3200. The magnetic coil and the magnetic body are matched to drive the moving member 320. In this embodiment, the driving mechanism 300 is described by taking as an example only a structure in which the driving element 310 is a magnetic coil and the moving element 320 is provided with a magnetic body, in some other embodiments, the driving mechanism may also be in other structural forms, such as a motor belt mechanism, a motor rack structure, or a motor chain mechanism, as long as the driving element can drive the moving element to perform reciprocating linear movement.

Referring to fig. 8 and 9 together, fig. 8 is a schematic overall structure diagram of another embodiment of the camera unit of the present application, and fig. 9 is a schematic partial structure diagram of the camera unit in the embodiment of fig. 8; the camera unit 10 in this embodiment includes a camera module 100, a lens unit 200, a driving mechanism 300, a base 400, and a housing 500.

Specifically, the housing 500 is connected to the base 400. Optionally, the base 400 may be provided with a positioning pin 410, and the housing 500 is provided with a positioning hole (not shown) matching with the positioning pin, so as to achieve a fixed connection between the housing 500 and the base 400, although in some other embodiments, the housing 500 and the base 400 may also have other connection forms, which is not limited herein. The housing 500 and the base 400 together enclose a containing space 1000, and the lens unit 200 is arranged in the containing space 1000; the housing 500 is provided with a lens hole 510, and the camera module 100 is disposed corresponding to the lens hole 510. Optionally, the housing 500 may further be provided with a lens 520 at a position corresponding to the lens hole 510 for shielding and dust-proof functions. The lens 520 may be a common transparent glass lens or a filter lens with a certain optical effect, and is not limited herein.

Referring to fig. 9 and 10 together, fig. 10 is a schematic diagram showing a disassembled partial structure of the camera head unit in the embodiment of fig. 9, in the embodiment, the driving element 310 is fixedly connected to the base 400. Specifically, referring to fig. 11, fig. 11 is a schematic structural view of another view angle of the base, in the embodiment, the base 400 is provided with a first mounting groove 420 and a second mounting groove 430 at the bottom, the driving element 310 is fixed in the first mounting groove 420, and the camera module 100 is fixed in the second mounting groove 430.

Optionally, the moving member 320 is slidably connected to the base 400. Please refer to fig. 8, in the present embodiment, a third mounting groove 440 is disposed at a position close to a side edge of the top surface of the base 400, and a part of the moving element 320 is disposed in the third mounting groove 440 and can reciprocate in the third mounting groove 440 along a direction of an arrow Z in the figure, please refer to fig. 12, and fig. 12 is a structural schematic diagram of another view angle of the moving element, wherein a ball 304 is disposed between the moving element 320 and the base 400, so as to realize the rolling connection between the moving element 320 and the base 400. Further, the rolling contact between the moving member 320 and the base 400 is realized, the friction force between the moving member 320 and the base 400 can be reduced, the requirement for the driving force of the driving element 310 is reduced, and further, a smaller driving element can be selected, and the overall structural size of the camera unit is further reduced. The balls 304 may be embedded on the surface of the moving member 320 contacting the base 400, and are specifically disposed on which side surfaces. Accordingly, the base 400 is provided with a ball groove 450 for cooperating with the ball 304.

Optionally, the plurality of lens supports 210 in this embodiment may be all rotatably connected to the base 400, specifically, the base 400 may be provided with a connecting shaft 460, the plurality of lens supports 210 are all rotatably connected to the same connecting shaft 460 and rotate around the connecting shaft 460, and the connecting shaft 460 serves as a rotation axis O of the lens supports 210.

In addition, regarding other partial structures of the camera head unit 10, the same as those in the foregoing embodiment, reference may be made to the related description of the foregoing embodiment. The camera unit in the embodiment of the application is more compact and complete in overall structure through designing the structures of the base and the shell and determining the connection relation between each functional component and the base and the shell, and can be used as an independent module, so that the camera unit is beneficial to the matching installation of the overall structure of the camera unit and devices such as electronic equipment.

Referring to fig. 13 and 14 together, fig. 13 is a schematic overall structure diagram of a camera unit according to still another embodiment of the present application, and fig. 14 is a schematic partial structure diagram of the camera unit in the embodiment of fig. 13; different from the previous embodiment, the driving mechanism 300 in this embodiment further includes a swing link 330, the swing link 330 is rotatably connected to the rotating pin 470 on the side of the base 400 and is abutted to the moving member 320, and under the action of an external force, the moving position of the moving member 320 can be adjusted by pulling the swing link 330, so as to drive the lens support 210 to rotate. Optionally, two stop pins 323 are disposed on a side surface of the moving member 320, the swing link 330 is sandwiched between the two stop pins 323, and the swing link 330 pushes the moving member 320 to move by abutting against the stop pins 323. The swing link 330 in this embodiment can avoid the situation that the lens holder 210 cannot rotate due to the failure of the driving element 310, and the dual safety for driving the lens holder 210 can be realized by setting the swing link 330. In addition, the rotation position of the lens holder 210 can be determined according to the position of the swing rod 330, so that a user can intuitively know the rotation position of the lens holder 210. The swing link 330 also serves as a pointer or a marker. It should be noted that all the directional indicators (such as upper, lower, left, right, front and rear … …) in the embodiment of the present application are only used to explain the relative position relationship between the components, the motion situation, etc. in a specific posture (as shown in the drawings), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indicator is changed accordingly.

In addition, a protection plate 600 may be further disposed at a position where the swing link 330 is connected to the side surface of the base 400, and the protection plate 600 is connected to the side surface of the base 400 and used for protecting and shielding the connection position of the swing link 330 and the base 400.

Further, an electronic device is provided in an embodiment of the present application, please refer to fig. 15 and fig. 16 together, fig. 15 is a schematic diagram of an overall structure of an embodiment of the electronic device of the present application, fig. 16 is a schematic diagram of a structure disassembly of the electronic device in fig. 15, and the electronic device includes a display screen 20, a housing 30, a circuit board 40, a battery 50, and a camera unit 10. The display screen 20 and the housing 30 (in this embodiment, the housing may be a rear case or a battery case of an electronic device) are jointly enclosed to form an accommodating space, and the circuit board 40, the battery 50 and the camera unit 10 are arranged in the accommodating space. The camera module of the camera unit 10 can perform framing shooting through the housing 30, wherein the electronic device in this embodiment only illustrates the structural form of the camera unit 10, and the electronic device may be configured with the camera unit structure in this embodiment, may be configured to cooperate with other camera module structures, or may be configured with a plurality of camera unit structures in this embodiment, which is not limited herein. The battery 50, the camera unit 10 and the display screen 20 are respectively connected to the circuit board 40, the battery 50 provides power for the electronic device, and the circuit board 40 is used for controlling the operating states of the functional devices (including the camera unit 10, the display screen 20 and other functional devices not shown in the figure) of the electronic device. For details of the structure of the camera unit 10, please refer to the related description of the foregoing embodiments, which is not repeated herein.

Referring to fig. 17, fig. 17 is a schematic diagram illustrating a structure module of the electronic device in the embodiment of fig. 15, where the electronic device may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a wearable device, and the like, and the embodiment illustrates a mobile phone as an example. The electronic device may further include an RF circuit 910, a memory 920, an input unit 930, a display unit 940 (i.e., the display screen 20), a sensor 950, an audio circuit 960, a wifi module 970, a processor 980 (i.e., the circuit board 40), and a power supply 990 (i.e., the battery 50). Wherein the RF circuit 910, the memory 920, the input unit 930, the display unit 940, the sensor 950, the audio circuit 960, and the wifi module 970 are respectively connected with the processor 980; power supply 990 is used to provide power to the entire electronic device.

Specifically, the RF circuit 910 is used for transmitting and receiving signals; the memory 920 is used for storing data instruction information; the input unit 930 is used for inputting information, and may specifically include a touch panel 931 and other input devices 932 such as operation keys; the display unit 940 may include a display panel 941; the sensor 950 includes an infrared sensor, a laser sensor, etc. for detecting a user approach signal, a distance signal, etc.; a speaker 961 and a microphone 962 are connected to the processor 980 through the audio circuit 960 for emitting and receiving sound signals; the wifi module 970 is used for receiving and transmitting wifi signals, and the processor 980 is used for processing data information of the electronic device.

Optionally, an embodiment of the present application further provides a control method for an electronic device, where the control method is implemented based on the electronic device in the foregoing embodiment, please refer to fig. 18, and fig. 18 is a schematic flowchart of an embodiment of the control method for an electronic device in the present application, where the control method includes, but is not limited to, the following steps.

In step S151, environmental information of the subject to be photographed is acquired.

The step may specifically be to obtain parameters such as the brightness of the environment where the scene to be shot is located, the intensity of the light, the angle of the light, the depth of field, the angle of the scene, and the color of the scene to be shot. What kind of parameters are specifically needed to be set or obtained according to the shooting requirements of the user, and the parameters may be obtained through a camera module or obtained through other sensors arranged on the electronic device, and are not specifically limited here.

And S152, controlling and switching corresponding functional lenses to be matched with the camera module in an alignment mode according to the acquired environmental information.

In step S152, the lens support may be driven to rotate by controlling the driving element of the functional lens assembly, so as to switch the corresponding functional lens to be in alignment with the camera module, thereby obtaining the best position of the functional lens required for shooting. Specifically, which functional lens and camera module are switched to be in alignment fit is selected according to the environmental information of the scenery to be shot collected in the previous step, an instruction sent by a user or a shooting optimization mode set by the electronic equipment in a default mode.

And step S153, controlling the camera module to shoot.

After the corresponding functional lens is switched to be aligned and matched with the camera module, the camera module can finish shooting according to an instruction of a user or automatically finish shooting according to a preset mode stored in the electronic equipment. The steps of processing and saving the image may be included after the step, and details of the technical features of the parts are not described herein within the understanding of those skilled in the art.

The electronic equipment control method provided by the embodiment of the application can meet the shooting requirements of users by controlling and switching the different functional lenses and the camera module according to different requirements of shooting scenes or effects and the like, and has the characteristics of simplicity in operation, high intelligent degree and rich shooting effect.

The above description is only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all equivalent devices or equivalent processes performed by the present invention through the contents of the specification and the drawings, or directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A camera unit, characterized in that the camera unit comprises:

a camera module;

the driving mechanisms are respectively in driving connection with the lens supports of the at least two lens units and are used for respectively driving the lens supports to rotate so as to switch different functional lenses to correspond to and cover the lighting path of the lens of the camera module;

the camera unit comprises a first lens unit and a second lens unit, and the first lens unit comprises a first lens bracket and a first functional lens; the second lens unit comprises a second lens bracket and a second functional lens; the first lens support and the second lens support are arranged in a stacked mode and can rotate around the same rotating shaft, and the driving mechanism can be used for driving the first lens support and the second lens support to rotate independently;

the driving mechanism comprises a moving member; the moving piece is respectively connected with the first lens support and the second lens support in a matched manner and is used for respectively driving the first lens support and the second lens support to rotate independently;

the moving member includes a guide rod; the first lens support and the second lens support are respectively provided with a sliding groove matched with the guide rod, the guide rod is inserted into the sliding groove, and the guide rod is matched with the sliding groove to drive the lens supports to rotate;

the sliding grooves of the first lens support and the second lens support are provided with arc sections and straight sections connected with the arc sections, and the guide rods do linear reciprocating motion;

when the guide rod moves in the straight section of the second lens support, the guide rod is matched with the arc-shaped section of the first lens support, so that the first lens support rotates, and the second lens support does not rotate; when the guide rod moves in the straight section of the first lens support, the guide rod is matched with the arc-shaped section of the second lens support, so that the second lens support rotates, and the first lens support does not rotate.

2. The camera unit of claim 1, wherein each lens unit has at least a partial structure that overlaps with the camera module in the direction of lens view projection over the entire range of rotational travel.

3. The camera unit according to claim 2, wherein the camera module has a lens region and a housing region in a lens view direction, the housing region being disposed around the lens region; at least part of the structure of the lens unit in the state of a lighting path of the lens of the non-covered camera module is overlapped with the projection of the shell area of the camera module in the lens view finding direction.

4. The camera unit of claim 1, wherein the first lens holder has an area of reciprocal rotation in a projection plane perpendicular to the axes of rotation of the first and second lens holders that ranges between a first position and a second position where the functional lens covers the camera module lens daylighting path; the area range of the second lens support reciprocating rotation is between the second position and the third position; wherein the second position is located at a bisector position of the first lens carrier and the third position of the second lens carrier.

5. The camera unit of claim 1, wherein said drive mechanism includes a drive element for driving movement of said mover.

6. The camera unit according to claim 5, wherein said driving element is a magnetic coil, and said moving member is provided with a magnetic body, and said magnetic coil cooperates with said magnetic body to drive said moving member.

7. The camera unit of claim 5, further comprising a base, wherein said driving element is fixedly connected to said base, said moving member is slidably connected to said base, and said first and second lens holders are rotatably connected to said base, respectively.

8. The camera unit of claim 7, wherein a ball is disposed between said moving member and said base to achieve a rolling connection between said moving member and said base.

9. The camera unit of claim 7, wherein the driving mechanism further comprises a swing link, the swing link is rotatably connected to the base and abutted against the moving member, and the moving position of the moving member can be adjusted by pulling the swing link, so as to drive the lens holder to rotate.

10. An electronic device comprising a display screen, a housing, a circuit board, and the camera unit of any one of claims 1-9; the display screen with the shell encloses jointly and establishes and form the accommodation space, the circuit board and the camera unit is located in the accommodation space.