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Abstract
The invention provides an electronic device, which comprises a display screen, a shell and a camera module, wherein the shell is used for mounting the display screen, the camera module is arranged in the shell and comprises a light guide component and a lens component, the light guide component is arranged to extend out or retract from the side surface of the shell, and collects light rays emitted by a shot object when extending out from the side surface of the shell, converts the direction of the light rays into a specified direction and conducts the light rays to the lens component; the lens assembly is configured to image the converted light into an optical image and convert the optical image into an electrical signal. The electronic equipment provided by the invention can realize the placement of the camera on the basis of improving the screen occupation ratio of the electronic equipment and ensuring the process design and the aesthetic feeling.
Description
Technical Field
The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to an electronic device.
Background
At the present stage, the full screen becomes the standard configuration of the mobile phone of the flagship at the middle and high end. All major manufacturers need to consider the reasonable arrangement of the front camera while trying to improve the screen occupation ratio of the mobile phone. The common full-screen mobile phone usually adopts a 'sea screen' or a 'water drop screen' in order to solve the problem of placing the front camera, because the frame of the full-screen mobile phone is very narrow, and the size of the lens of the camera is much larger than that of the narrow frame, but the two screens do not cover 100% of the display interface, and are not perfect enough in terms of industrial design or aesthetics.
Therefore, how to realize the arrangement of the front camera on the basis of improving the screen occupation ratio of the electronic equipment and ensuring the process design and the aesthetic feeling is a problem which needs to be solved at present.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to at least solve one of the technical problems in the prior art, and provides electronic equipment which can realize the placement of a camera on the basis of improving the screen occupation ratio of the electronic equipment and ensuring the process design and the aesthetic feeling.
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an electronic device, including a display screen, a housing for mounting the display screen, and a camera module disposed in the housing, where the camera module includes a light guide component and a lens component, where the light guide component is configured to be capable of extending out or retracting back from a side surface of the housing, and when extending out from the side surface of the housing, collects light emitted by a photographed object, converts the direction of the light into a designated direction, and transmits the light to the lens component;
the lens assembly is configured to image the converted light into an optical image and convert the optical image into an electrical signal.
Optionally, the light guide assembly includes a light guide member, a light conversion element, and a telescopic driving mechanism, wherein a light guide channel for guiding the light is disposed in the light guide member, a first end of the light guide channel is a light receiving end, and a second end of the light guide channel faces the designated direction and is disposed opposite to the lens assembly;
the light ray conversion element is arranged in the light guide channel and used for converting the direction of the light ray entering the light guide channel into the specified direction;
the telescopic driving mechanism is connected with the light guide piece and used for driving the light guide piece to move, so that the light receiving end extends out of or retracts back from the side face of the shell.
Optionally, the light guide assembly further includes a rotation driving mechanism for driving the light guide member to rotate, so that the light receiving end can rotate in a designated plane, an included angle is formed between the designated plane and the display interface of the display screen, and the included angle is equal to 90 °.
Optionally, the telescopic driving mechanism comprises a linear motor; the rotary drive mechanism includes a rotary motor.
Optionally, the light guide member includes a first tube and a second tube perpendicular to each other, and the light guide channel is formed inside the first tube and the second tube, wherein a first end of the first tube is used as the light receiving end, a second end of the first tube is connected to a first end of the second tube, and a second end of the second tube is opposite to the lens assembly;
the light conversion element is arranged at an inner corner formed by the first tube body and the second tube body and used for refracting the light entering the first tube body into the second tube body.
Optionally, the light conversion element comprises an optical prism.
Optionally, the lens assembly includes a lens and an image sensor, wherein a receiving surface of the lens faces the designated direction, so as to image the light rays guided by the light guide assembly into the optical image, and send the optical image to the image sensor;
the image sensor is used for converting the optical image into an electric signal.
Optionally, the lens assembly further includes a focusing device for driving the lens to move so as to focus the lens.
Optionally, the designated direction is parallel to a display interface of the display screen.
Optionally, the light guide assembly is configured to be capable of extending or retracting from a top side of the housing.
The invention has the beneficial effects that:
the invention provides electronic equipment which comprises a camera module arranged in a shell, wherein a light guide component in the camera module is arranged to extend out or retract back from the side surface of the shell, collects light rays emitted by a shot object when extending out from the side surface of the shell, converts the direction of the light rays into a specified direction and transmits the light rays to a lens component; a lens assembly in the camera module is configured to image light into an optical image and convert the optical image into an electrical signal. Through making light guide assembly can stretch out and draw back, not only when designing the display screen, need not to reserve the mounted position to above-mentioned camera module to can effectively improve electronic equipment's screen and account for the ratio, can realize displaying interface 100%'s cover even, optimized technology design and aesthetic feeling, moreover, because only light guide assembly is flexible, and light guide assembly has light direction conversion function, this can make the camera lens subassembly fixed in the casing, thereby brought the convenience for technology design.
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Fig. 1 is a front view of an electronic device provided by an embodiment of the invention;
fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a camera module according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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In order to make those skilled in the art better understand the technical solution of the present invention, the electronic device provided by the present invention is described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
The electronic device provided by the embodiment of the invention can be a device with a display screen, such as a mobile phone, a tablet, a notebook computer and the like, and especially a device with a full-screen. Hereinafter, the following description will be made in detail by taking a mobile phone as an example.
Specifically, referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2 together, in the present embodiment, the display screen mobile phone includes a display screen 1 and a housing 2 for mounting the display screen 1, and a display interface of the display screen 1 is, for example, an interface surrounded by a rectangular frame of the housing 2 shown in fig. 1. The display screen 1 may be a full-screen.
The display cell phone further comprises a camera module disposed in the housing 2, the camera module comprising a light guide assembly 3 and a lens assembly 4, wherein the light guide assembly 3 is configured to be capable of extending from or retracting into a side of the housing 2, for example, fig. 1 shows a state when the light guide assembly 3 extends from a top side 21 of the housing 2. Of course, in practical application, the housing 2 may be extended or retracted from other sides according to specific needs. Specifically, a through hole through which the light guide member 3 can pass is provided in the housing 2, and the shape and size of the through hole can be freely set according to the shape and size of the rail member 3.
Moreover, the light guide assembly 3 can collect light emitted from the object to be photographed when extending out of the side surface of the housing 2, convert the direction of the light into a designated direction, and transmit the light to the lens assembly 4. For example, in fig. 1, light incident into the light guide member 3 in the X direction is converted into the Y direction. The lens assembly 4 is configured to image the converted light into an optical image, convert the optical image into an electrical signal, and send the electrical signal to a corresponding processing unit to implement functions such as image display. In practical applications, the orientation of the light guiding assembly 3 in the extended state may be designed according to specific requirements, for example, the same as the orientation of the current front camera.
Through making light guide assembly 3 can stretch out and draw back, not only when designing the display screen, need not to reserve the mounted position to above-mentioned camera module, thereby can effectively improve electronic equipment's screen and account for the ratio, can realize display interface 100%'s cover even, technological design and aesthetic feeling have been optimized, moreover, because only light guide assembly 3 stretches out and draws back, and light guide assembly 3 has light direction conversion function, this can make camera lens subassembly 4 fixed in casing 2, thereby brought the convenience for technological design.
In the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the light guide assembly 3 includes a light guide 31, a light conversion element 32 and a telescopic driving mechanism 33, wherein a light guide channel for guiding light is disposed in the light guide 31, a first end of the light guide channel is a light receiving end a for collecting light emitted by an object to be photographed, and a direction of the light receiving end a is, for example, the same as a direction of a current front camera. A second end of the light guide channel, away from the light receiving end a, faces a designated direction (e.g., Y direction in fig. 2), and is disposed opposite to the lens assembly 4. Optionally, the designated direction is parallel to the display interface of the display screen 1, which may facilitate the design of the lens assembly 4.
The light conversion element 32 is disposed in the light guide channel for converting the direction of the light entering the light guide channel into the specified direction. The light conversion element 32 is, for example, an optical prism, and can refract incident light, so that the refracted light can be transmitted in a predetermined direction. Of course, in practical applications, the light conversion element 32 may also be any other element capable of converting the direction of light.
Specifically, in the present embodiment, the light guide member 31 includes a first tube 311 and a second tube 312 perpendicular to each other, and the interiors (i.e., lumens) of the first tube 311 and the second tube 312 form an "L" -shaped light guide channel, wherein a first end of the first tube 311 is used as the light receiving end a, a second end of the first tube 311 is connected to a first end of the second tube 312, and a second end B of the second tube 312 is disposed opposite to the lens assembly 4. Of course, in practical applications, the light guide member 31 is not limited to a cylindrical tube structure, as long as the light can be transmitted.
Also, the light conversion element 32 is disposed at an inner corner formed by the first tube 311 and the second tube 312, and refracts the light entering the first tube 311 into the second tube 312, so that the direction of the light transmitted along the first tube 311 is converted into the light transmitted along the second tube 312.
The telescopic driving mechanism 33 is connected to the light guide 31 for driving the light guide 31 to move so as to extend or retract the light receiving end a from the side of the housing 2, for example, for the top side 21 of the housing 2, the telescopic driving mechanism 33 can drive the light guide 31 to move in a direction perpendicular to the top side 21. By means of the telescopic driving mechanism 33, the light guide member 31 can be automatically telescopic. The telescopic driving mechanism 33 is, for example, a linear motor. Of course, in practical use, the telescopic driving mechanism 33 may be omitted and the light guide member 31 may be manually telescopic.
In this embodiment, the light guide assembly 3 further includes a rotation driving mechanism 34, and the rotation driving mechanism 34 is configured to drive the light guide member 31 to rotate, so that the light receiving end a can rotate in the designated plane, and the light collection range of the light receiving end a can be expanded. The designated plane forms an included angle with the display interface of the display screen 1, and the included angle is equal to 90 degrees. In practical application, the light receiving end a can rotate within a range of 360 ° in the above-mentioned designated plane, so that the functions of front-end shooting and rear-end shooting can be realized. The rotation driving mechanism 34 is, for example, a rotary electric machine.
In the present embodiment, the lens assembly 4 includes a lens 41 and an image sensor 42, wherein a receiving surface of the lens 41 faces a designated direction (i.e., opposite to the second end B of the second tube 312, opposite to the Y direction in fig. 2) to image the light guided by the light guide assembly 3 into an optical image and send the optical image to the image sensor 42; the image sensor 42 is used for converting the optical image into an electrical signal and sending the electrical signal to a corresponding processing unit, so as to realize functions of image display and the like.
In the present embodiment, the lens assembly further includes a focusing device 43, and the focusing device 43 is used for driving the lens 41 to move so as to focus the lens 41. Of course, in practical applications, whether to set the focusing device 43 may be selected according to specific needs.
In summary, the electronic device provided in the embodiments of the present invention includes a camera module disposed in a housing, wherein a light guide assembly in the camera module is configured to extend out or retract back from a side surface of the housing, and collects light emitted by a photographed object when extending out from the side surface of the housing, converts the direction of the light into a designated direction, and transmits the light to a lens assembly; a lens assembly in the camera module is configured to image light into an optical image and convert the optical image into an electrical signal. Through making light guide assembly can stretch out and draw back, not only when designing the display screen, need not to reserve the mounted position to above-mentioned camera module to can effectively improve electronic equipment's screen and account for the ratio, can realize displaying interface 100%'s cover even, optimized technology design and aesthetic feeling, moreover, because only light guide assembly is flexible, and light guide assembly has light direction conversion function, this can make the camera lens subassembly fixed in the casing, thereby brought the convenience for technology design.
It will be understood that the above embodiments are merely exemplary embodiments taken to illustrate the principles of the present invention, which is not limited thereto. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and improvements can be made without departing from the spirit and substance of the invention, and these modifications and improvements are also considered to be within the scope of the invention.
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1. An electronic device comprises a display screen and a shell used for installing the display screen, and is characterized by further comprising a camera module arranged in the shell, wherein the camera module comprises a light guide assembly and a lens assembly, the light guide assembly is arranged to extend out of or retract back from the side face of the shell, and collects light rays emitted by a shot object when the light guide assembly extends out of the side face of the shell, converts the direction of the light rays into a designated direction, and transmits the light rays to the lens assembly;
the lens assembly is configured to image the converted light into an optical image and convert the optical image into an electrical signal.
2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the light guide assembly comprises a light guide member, a light conversion element and a telescopic driving mechanism, wherein a light guide channel for guiding the light is disposed in the light guide member, a first end of the light guide channel is a light receiving end, and a second end of the light guide channel faces the designated direction and is disposed opposite to the lens assembly;
the light ray conversion element is arranged in the light guide channel and used for converting the direction of the light ray entering the light guide channel into the specified direction;
the telescopic driving mechanism is connected with the light guide piece and used for driving the light guide piece to move, so that the light receiving end extends out of or retracts back from the side face of the shell.
3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the light guide assembly further comprises a rotation driving mechanism for driving the light guide to rotate so that the light receiving end can rotate in a designated plane, and the designated plane forms an included angle with a display interface of the display screen, and the included angle is equal to 90 °.
4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the telescopic drive mechanism comprises a linear motor; the rotary drive mechanism includes a rotary motor.
5. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the light guide comprises a first tube and a second tube perpendicular to each other, the first tube and the second tube forming the light guide channel inside, wherein a first end of the first tube serves as the light receiving end, a second end of the first tube is connected to a first end of the second tube, and a second end of the second tube is opposite to the lens assembly;
the light conversion element is arranged at an inner corner formed by the first tube body and the second tube body and used for refracting the light entering the first tube body into the second tube body.
6. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the light conversion element comprises an optical prism.
7. The electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the lens assembly comprises a lens and an image sensor, wherein a receiving surface of the lens faces the designated direction for imaging the light rays guided by the light guide assembly into the optical image and sending the optical image to the image sensor;
the image sensor is used for converting the optical image into an electric signal.
8. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the lens assembly further comprises a focusing device for driving the lens to move to focus the lens.
9. The electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the designated direction is parallel to a display interface of the display screen.
10. The electronic device of any of claims 1-6, wherein the light guide assembly is configured to extend or retract from a top side of the housing.
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