CN112738381A

CN112738381A - Camera telescopic machanism and electronic equipment

Info

Publication number: CN112738381A
Application number: CN202110066564.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 潘刚
Original assignee: Wingtech Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Wingtech Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-01-19
Filing date: 2021-01-19
Publication date: 2021-04-30

Abstract

The invention discloses a camera telescoping mechanism and electronic equipment, wherein the camera telescoping mechanism comprises a shell, a mounting seat, a camera arranged on the mounting seat and a driving assembly; an inner shell is arranged in the shell, a containing cavity is enclosed between the inner shell and the shell, and a first opening communicated with the containing cavity is formed in the surface of the shell; the mounting seat is embedded in the containing cavity, and an arc-shaped rack is fixed on the mounting seat; the driving assembly comprises a motor and a gear driven by the motor, and the gear and the rack are meshed to drive the mounting seat to stretch out of the shell through the first opening from the containing cavity or drive the mounting seat to be arranged in the containing cavity through the first opening from the shell. The mounting seat of the invention adopts a rotary telescopic mode, so that after the mounting seat completely extends out of the shell, the exposed part has enough large mounting area, and the mounting of more functional components can be met.

Description

Camera telescopic machanism and electronic equipment

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of electronics, in particular to a camera telescoping mechanism and electronic equipment.

Background

With the continuous development of science and technology, electronic devices such as smart phones and tablet computers are required to have a large screen occupation ratio, for example, in the existing full-screen mobile phone, the top edge of the display screen of the existing full-screen mobile phone basically extends to the top edge of the mobile phone shell, but in order to meet the installation requirement of a front camera, a notch or a hollow is usually required to be formed on the display screen, and although the structure can improve the screen occupation ratio of the mobile phone, the display effect is affected by the position of forming the notch or the hollow; in order to solve the problems, some mobile phones are provided with a front camera which is arranged to be capable of lifting, the front camera is arranged on a lifting mounting seat, the mounting seat moves up and down along the longitudinal direction of the mobile phone and is limited by the influence of the internal space of the mobile phone, the size of the mounting seat capable of extending out of the mobile phone is small, and the mounting space reserved for the front camera on the mounting seat is limited.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a camera telescoping mechanism which can meet the installation requirement of a plurality of functional components.

The second purpose of the invention is to provide an electronic device.

In order to achieve the first purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:

the camera telescoping mechanism comprises a shell, a mounting seat, a camera arranged on the mounting seat and a driving assembly;

an inner shell is arranged in the shell, a containing cavity is enclosed between the inner shell and the shell, and a first opening communicated with the containing cavity is formed in the surface of the shell;

the mounting seat is embedded in the containing cavity, and an arc-shaped rack is fixed on the mounting seat;

the driving assembly comprises a motor and a gear driven by the motor, the gear is meshed with the rack to drive the mounting seat to extend out of the shell through the first opening or drive the mounting seat to be arranged in the containing cavity through the first opening outside the shell.

Preferably, the mounting seat is arc-shaped, and the rack is fixed on the inner edge of the mounting seat.

Preferably, the inner housing includes two side walls and a peripheral wall, the peripheral wall is connected between outer peripheries of the two side walls, and a guide is disposed between an outer edge of the mounting seat and the peripheral wall.

Preferably, the guide member is a guide wheel pivoted on the inner housing, and the guide wheel abuts against the outer edge of the mounting seat.

Preferably, a groove extending along the outer edge of the mounting seat is arranged on the outer edge of the mounting seat, and the guide wheel is embedded in the groove.

Preferably, the mount pad includes first end and with the relative second end of first end, be provided with on the shell with the second opening of accomodating the chamber intercommunication, the first end of mount pad is stretched out by first opening under drive assembly's drive the shell is outside after inlay in the second opening.

Preferably, the driving assembly further comprises a driving gear and a driven gear, the driving gear and the driven gear are mounted on the motor rotating shaft, and the driving gear and the gear are respectively meshed with two sides of the driven gear.

Preferably, the mounting seat is further provided with a flash lamp and a laser radar module.

In order to achieve the second purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:

electronic equipment, including foretell camera telescopic machanism.

The camera is arranged on the telescopic mounting seat, so that the screen occupation ratio of the electronic equipment can be improved on the premise of not damaging the integrity of the display screen, and meanwhile, the mounting seat adopts a rotary telescopic mode, when the mounting seat extends out of the shell, the mounting seat simultaneously displaces along the length direction and the width direction of the electronic equipment, so that after the mounting seat completely extends out of the shell, the exposed part of the mounting seat has a large enough mounting area, and the mounting of more functional components can be met.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the structures shown in the drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the driving assembly and the mounting base of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a usage state of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic view of another use state of the present invention.

The reference numbers illustrate:

reference numerals	Name (R)	Reference numerals	Name (R)
				10	Outer casing	201	First end
11	Inner shell	202	Second end
				110	Containing cavity	30	Electric machine
111	First opening	31	Driving gear
				112	Second opening	32	Driven gear
113	Guide wheel	33	Gear wheel
				20	Mounting seat	40	Camera head
21	Rack bar	50	Flash lamp
				22	Groove	60	Laser radar module

The implementation, functional features and advantages of the objects of the present invention will be further explained with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, 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 invention.

It should be noted that all the directional indicators (such as up, down, left, right, front, and rear … …) in the embodiment of the present invention are only used to explain the relative position relationship between the components, the movement situation, etc. in a specific posture (as shown in the drawing), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indicator is changed accordingly.

In addition, the descriptions related to "first", "second", etc. in the present invention are 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" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In addition, technical solutions between various embodiments may be combined with each other, but must be realized by a person skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, such a combination should not be considered to exist, and is not within the protection scope of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, a camera telescoping mechanism of the present invention, specifically, a front-end camera telescoping mechanism applied to a mobile phone, includes a housing 10, a mounting base 20, a camera 40, and a driving assembly, where the housing 10 is a housing of the mobile phone, an inner housing 11 is disposed inside the housing 10, the inner housing 11 and the housing 10 enclose a receiving cavity 110, and a first opening 111 is disposed on a surface of the housing 10, the first opening 111 is communicated with the receiving cavity 110, and the first opening 111 may be disposed on a top end surface of the housing 10; the mounting seat 20 is embedded in the receiving cavity 110 and movably matched with the inner housing 11, an arc-shaped rack 21 is fixed on the mounting seat 20, the driving component comprises a motor 30 and a gear 33, the gear 33 is pivoted on the inner housing 11 and is driven by the motor 30, a terminal of the motor 30 can be a mainboard connected with a mobile phone, the motor 30 is powered by a mobile phone battery, the gear 33 is meshed with the rack 21, after the motor 30 is started, the rack 21 can rotate around the arc-shaped circle center through the matching of the gear 33 and the rack 21, that is, when the motor 30 drives the rack 21 to rotate, the mounting seat 20 moves along with the rack 21, so that the mounting seat 20 can extend out of the housing 10 from the receiving cavity 110 through the first opening 111 or retract into the receiving cavity 110 from the housing 10 through the first opening 111, and after the mounting seat 20 extends out of the housing 10, the camera 40 thereon is exposed to the outside of the housing 10.

In a preferred embodiment, the present invention provides the mounting seat 20 with an arc shape, i.e. the mounting seat 20 is provided with an arc-shaped strip-shaped structure, and the rack 21 is fixed on the inner edge of the mounting seat 20, so as to reduce the occupation of the mounting seat 20 on the inner space of the housing 10 after the mounting seat 20 is retracted into the receiving cavity 110. The inner housing 11 includes two opposite side walls and a peripheral wall, the two side walls are approximately semicircular, the peripheral wall is connected between the outer peripheries of the two side walls, the mounting seat 20 is disposed behind the receiving cavity 110, the outer edge of the mounting seat faces the peripheral wall of the inner housing 11, and the mounting seat 20 is in sliding fit with the peripheral wall and the side walls when extending and retracting, the mounting seat 20 is disposed between the two side walls, the two side walls play a role of limiting the mounting seat 20 to prevent the mounting seat 20 from deflecting along the thickness direction of the mobile phone when extending and retracting, at the same time, a guide member is further disposed between the mounting seat 20 and the peripheral wall to play a role of guiding the mounting seat 20 and reduce the friction force between the mounting seat 20 and the inner housing 11, wherein the guide member is a guide wheel 113 pivoted on the inner housing 11, the guide wheel 113 abuts against the outer edge of the mounting seat 20 to enable the mounting seat 20 and, meanwhile, the guide wheels 113 play a role of limiting and supporting the mounting seat 20 in the circumferential direction of the mounting seat 20, but of course, in order to further improve the accuracy of the swing of the mounting seat 20, a plurality of guide wheels 113 may be arranged on the inner housing 11 in the circumferential direction of the mounting seat 20. In addition, a groove 22 extending along the outer edge of the mounting base 20 can be formed in the outer edge of the mounting base 20, the guide wheel 113 is embedded in the groove 22, the mounting base 20 is supported and guided, and meanwhile the mounting base 20 swings along the thickness direction of the mobile phone in the telescopic process, so that the stability of the mounting base 20 in the swing process is improved.

In another preferred embodiment, the mounting base 20 is configured to be arc-shaped, that is, the mounting base 20 is an arc-shaped strip-shaped structure, the arc degree of which is approximately 180 degrees, the mounting base 20 includes a first end 201 and a second end 202 opposite to the first end 201, the top end surface of the casing 10 is provided with a second opening 112 communicated with the receiving cavity 110, the second opening 112 is staggered from the first opening 111 by a certain distance, when the mounting base 20 swings from the receiving cavity 110 to the outside of the casing 10 under the driving of the driving assembly, the first end 201 of the mounting base 20 extends out of the casing 10 through the first opening 111, the mounting base 20 continues swinging, when swinging to the maximum angle, the first end 201 of the mounting base 20 is embedded in the second opening 112, at this time, the second end 202 of the mounting base 20 is just placed at the first opening 111, so that the area of the mounting base 20 exposed to the outside of the casing 10 is maximum, and, the first end 201 of the mount 20 is defined by the second opening 112 to avoid wobbling of the mount 20 when the camera 40 is in use.

Fig. 3 illustrates a state that the mounting base 20 is completely accommodated in the accommodating cavity 110, and when the camera 40 needs to be used, as shown in fig. 4, the motor 30 is started to drive the mounting base 20 to swing outwards until the mounting base 20 swings to a state that the mounting base 20 is completely outside the housing 10 as shown in fig. 5. After the camera 40 is used, the motor 30 is started to drive the mounting base 20 to swing reversely to the accommodating cavity 110, and the state shown in fig. 3 is returned again.

In the present invention, the driving assembly further includes a driving gear 31 and a driven gear 32 mounted on the rotating shaft of the motor 30, wherein the driven gear 32 is located between the driving gear 31 and the gear 33, and the driven gear 32 is engaged with the driving gear 31 and the gear 33, and drives the rack 21 to swing through gear set transmission, so that the speed of the swing of the mounting seat 20 can be set through the transmission ratio between the gears, and the motor 30 and the rack 21 are prevented from interfering with each other.

The flashlight 50 and the laser radar module 60 are further arranged on the mounting base 20, and other functional modules can be arranged.

The electronic equipment comprises the camera telescoping mechanism, and not only is the mobile phone, but also can be a tablet computer, a notebook computer, intelligent wearable equipment and the like.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all modifications and equivalents of the present invention, which are made by the contents of the present specification and the accompanying drawings, or directly/indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. The camera telescoping mechanism is characterized by comprising a shell, a mounting seat, a camera arranged on the mounting seat and a driving assembly;

2. The camera telescoping mechanism of claim 1, wherein the mount is arcuate and the rack is secured to an inner edge of the mount.

3. The camera telescoping mechanism of claim 2, wherein the inner housing includes two side walls and a peripheral wall connected between the outer peripheries of the two side walls, a guide being provided between the outer edge of the mount and the peripheral wall.

4. The camera telescoping mechanism of claim 3, wherein the guide is a guide wheel pivotally attached to the inner housing, the guide wheel abutting an outer edge of the mount.

5. The camera telescoping mechanism of claim 4, wherein the outer edge of the mount is provided with a groove extending along the outer edge of the mount, the guide wheel being embedded in the groove.

6. The camera telescoping mechanism of claim 2, wherein the mount includes a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, the housing is provided with a second opening communicating with the accommodating cavity, and the first end of the mount is driven by the driving assembly to extend out of the housing through the first opening and then to be embedded in the second opening.

7. The camera telescoping mechanism of claim 1, wherein the drive assembly further comprises a drive gear mounted on the shaft of the motor and a driven gear, the drive gear and the gear being engaged with respective sides of the driven gear.

8. The camera telescoping mechanism of claim 1, wherein a flash, lidar module, is further disposed on the mount.

9. Electronic equipment, characterized in that it comprises a camera telescoping mechanism according to any of claims 1-8.