CN113114875A

CN113114875A - Camera shooting assembly

Info

Publication number: CN113114875A
Application number: CN202010031153.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 黄禹钦; 张正茂
Original assignee: Acer Inc
Current assignee: Acer Inc
Priority date: 2020-01-13
Filing date: 2020-01-13
Publication date: 2021-07-13
Anticipated expiration: 2040-01-13
Also published as: CN113114875B

Abstract

The invention provides a camera shooting assembly which is suitable for a portable electronic device. The shell is provided with a track and a first opening. The bearing piece is movably arranged on the track. The bearing piece is provided with a push button and at least one elastic arm, the push button is exposed to the shell through the first opening, and the elastic arm can be deformed and can be movably abutted against the track. The camera module is arranged on the bearing piece. The gasket is arranged on the bearing piece and is pressed between the shell and the bearing piece. The push button is suitable for being subjected to external force to enable the bearing piece to move in the shell so as to switch between the opening position and the closing position. The gasket surrounds the periphery of the first opening and maintains a tight condition in either the open position or the closed position.

Description

Camera shooting assembly

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a camera module.

Background

Since the notebook computer has the same function as a general desktop computer, and the volume and weight are reduced to facilitate the carrying of the user, the notebook computer has become an indispensable carry-on tool for some users. With the continuous decrease of the price of the notebook computer, some users even replace the desktop computer with the notebook computer directly. Meanwhile, the display of the notebook computer can be configured with the video and audio capturing device. Such as a webcam and a microphone, for capturing images and sounds through the webcam and the microphone, respectively.

Furthermore, as the requirement for information security increases, the existing exposed network camera has a risk, and thus the exposed network camera can be hidden and unfolded as required, but the related moving mechanism cannot meet the requirements for dust prevention and water prevention due to the requirements for shape or size, such as the IP53 specification.

Accordingly, it is a problem to be considered and solved by those skilled in the art how to provide a camera module that satisfies the use requirement with a simple structure and under the premise of combining the above-mentioned dustproof and waterproof specifications.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention is directed to a camera assembly, wherein a gasket of the camera assembly can maintain a tight state when a camera module is opened or closed by moving, so as to provide dustproof and waterproof effects.

According to the embodiment of the invention, the camera shooting component is suitable for the portable electronic device. The camera assembly includes a housing, a carrier, a camera module, and a gasket. The shell is provided with a track and a first opening. The bearing piece is movably arranged on the track. The bearing piece is provided with a push button and at least one elastic arm, the push button is exposed to the shell through the first opening, and the elastic arm can be deformed and can be movably abutted against the track. The camera module is arranged on the bearing piece. The gasket is arranged on the bearing piece and is pressed between the shell and the bearing piece. The push button is suitable for being subjected to external force to enable the bearing piece to move in the shell so as to switch between the opening position and the closing position. The gasket surrounds the periphery of the first opening and maintains a tight condition in either the open position or the closed position.

Based on the above, the camera module is disposed in the bearing member capable of moving in the housing, and the spring arm of the bearing member abuts against the rail of the housing, so that the push button of the bearing member is exposed out of the housing through the first opening, and the gasket is disposed on the bearing member and corresponds to the first opening. Therefore, when external force is applied to the push button, the bearing piece can be pushed, so that the bearing piece can be switched between the opening position and the closing position, and the camera module can be opened or closed. Meanwhile, in the opening position or the closing position, the gasket still maintains the tight state that the gasket is pressed between the bearing piece and the shell and surrounds the first opening.

Therefore, the gasket can maintain the waterproof and dustproof effects without changing the packing state due to the movement of the bearing piece, so that foreign matters or water cannot flow into the shell through the first opening.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the invention, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention.

FIG. 1 is a diagram of a portable electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the camera assembly of FIG. 1;

fig. 3A to 3D are schematic diagrams illustrating the camera module in different states.

Description of the reference numerals

10: a portable electronic device;

100: a camera assembly;

110: a housing;

111. 113: positioning the recess;

112: a front frame;

112 a: a second opening;

114: a rear cover;

115: a limiting convex part;

116: a first opening;

118: a track;

118a, 118 b: an abutting surface;

120: a carrier;

121: a second accommodating groove;

122: a push button;

123: a first accommodating groove;

124: a spring arm;

125: a stopper projection;

130: a camera module;

132: a camera hole;

140: a gasket;

150: a protective member;

f1, F2: an external force;

s1: a top surface;

s2: an inner top surface;

X-Y-Z: rectangular coordinates.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to exemplary embodiments of the invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings and the description to refer to the same or like parts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a portable electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention. Fig. 2 is an exploded view of the camera assembly of fig. 1. Referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2, in the present embodiment, the camera module 100 is suitable for the portable electronic device 10, and the portable electronic device 10 is a notebook computer, but not limited thereto. The camera assembly 100 is disposed on a frame of the screen of the portable electronic device 10 and is substantially located on the same plane as the display surface of the screen.

Orthogonal coordinates X-Y-Z are also provided herein to facilitate component description. The camera assembly 100 includes a housing 110, a carrier 120, a camera module 130, and a gasket 140. The housing 110 is formed by assembling the front frame 112 and the rear cover 114 of the screen along the X-axis, and the housing 110 has a rail 118 and a first opening 116, wherein the first opening 116 faces the positive Z-axis direction. The carrier 120 is movably disposed on the rail 118. The carrier 120 has a push button 122 and at least one elastic arm, for example two elastic arms 124, the push button 122 is exposed to the housing 110 through the first opening 116, and the elastic arms 124 can be deformed and movably abutted against the rail 118. The camera module 130 is disposed on the carrier 120. The gasket 140 is disposed in the first receiving groove 123 of the carrier 120 and is pressed between the housing 110 and the carrier 120. The push button 122 is adapted to move the carrier 120 within the housing 110 under an external force to switch between the open position and the closed position, and the gasket 140 surrounds the periphery of the first opening 116 and maintains a tight state when the carrier 120 moves to the open position or the closed position.

Further, as shown in fig. 2, the carrier 120 further has a second receiving groove 121, the camera module 130 is disposed in the second receiving groove 121, and the push button 122 and the elastic arm 124 are located at two opposite sides of the second receiving groove 121. In the embodiment, the rail 118 is formed by a rib structure in the housing 110 and has at least one contact surface, and the elastic arm 124 contacts the

contact surfaces

118a and 118 b. Here, the two abutting

surfaces

118a and 118b are taken as an example to facilitate the corresponding to the two elastic arms 124. That is, the carrier 120 is substantially floatingly supported on the

abutment surfaces

118a, 118b by the resilient arms 124. Furthermore, the abutting

surfaces

118a and 118b and the first opening 116 are located on two opposite sides of the carrier 120 along the Z-axis direction. The housing 110 further has at least one limiting protrusion (here, two limiting protrusions 115 are taken as an example), and the top surface S1 of the carrier 120 abuts against the limiting protrusion 115 opposite to the abutting surface 118b, wherein the top surface S1 can be regarded as an outer top surface of the carrier 120 to be opposite to the inner top surface S2 of the rear cover 114. In other words, the top surface S1 of the carrier 120 is in point contact with the two limit protrusions 115, and the two elastic arms 124 are in point contact with the

abutment surfaces

118a and 118b, so that the stroke of the carrier moving back and forth along the Y axis is maintained smoothly and stably.

In addition, the carrier 120 further has a stopping protrusion 125 located on the top surface S1, and the housing 110 further has a pair of positioning recesses 111, 113 located on the inner top surface S2 of the rear cover 114 together with the limiting protrusion 115, wherein the stopping protrusion 125 moves into one of the pair of positioning recesses 111, 113 along with the movement of the carrier 120, so that the carrier 120 moves to the opening position or the closing position. Further, the push button 122, the first receiving groove 123 and the stopping protrusion 125 are located on the top surface S1 to face the inner top surface S2 of the housing 110 and the limiting protrusion 115, the first opening 116 and the positioning recesses 111, 113 thereon.

In detail, referring to fig. 2 again, the portable electronic device 10 has a second opening 112a on the front frame 112 and a light-permeable protection member 150, wherein in the open position, the camera hole 132 of the camera module 130 is aligned with the second opening 112a, and the protection member 150 provides a protection effect for the camera hole 132, and in the closed position, the camera hole 132 of the camera module 130 is moved away from the second opening 112a and hidden in the housing 110. As will be described further below.

Fig. 3A to 3D are schematic diagrams illustrating the camera assembly in different states, wherein the aforementioned front frame 112 is omitted to facilitate identification of relevant components in the housing 110, and the second opening 112a shown in fig. 2 is shown in fig. 3A to 3D as a dashed line for comparison. Referring to fig. 3A, the carrier 120 is shown in the closed position, and the camera hole 132 is hidden in the housing 110 by being moved away from the second opening 112a, so as to close the function of the camera module 130. That is, the user can drive the supporting member 120 to move to the closed position shown in fig. 3A when the user does not want to use the camera module 100. In this state, the stopping protrusion 125 is located in the positioning recess 113, so that the carrier 120 interferes with the housing 110 along the Y-axis, thereby blocking the moving capability of the carrier 120 along the Y-axis.

Next, referring to fig. 3B to fig. 3D, when the user wants to use the camera module 100, an external force F1 is provided on the button 122, wherein the external force F1 applies a force in the longitudinal direction of the Z axis to press the carrier 120 downward and thus deform the elastic arm 124, and more importantly, the stopping protrusion 125 can move away from the positioning recess 113. Accordingly, the carrier 120 can be released from the interference with the housing 110 along the Y-axis.

Then, as shown in fig. 3C, in a state of maintaining the external force F1, the user further provides an external force F2 to the button 122, wherein the external force F2 is applied transversely along the Y-axis to move the carrier 120 along the Y-axis until the camera hole 132 is aligned with the second opening 112a, i.e. the button 122 is moved from the left side to the right side of the first opening 116, i.e. the aforementioned opening position. Finally, as shown in fig. 3D, the user releases the external forces F1 and F2 to release the carrier 120, and the elastic arm 124 moves in the positive Z-axis direction by its elastic restoring force to rise, so that the stopping protrusion 125 moves into the positioning recess 111, and the carrier 120 and the housing 110 restore to the mutual interference state along the Y-axis again. Accordingly, by applying or not applying the external forces F1 and F2, the movement along the Z axis and the movement along the Y axis can be caused to the carrier 120, and the deformation axial direction (Z axis) of the elastic arm 124 is substantially orthogonal to the movement axial direction (Y axis) of the carrier 120.

Accordingly, the process from fig. 3A to fig. 3D is a process in which the user switches the camera module 100 from off to on, and once the user does not use the camera module 100 and wants to close the camera module, the carrier 120 can be returned to the off position shown in fig. 3A by operating the above process in the reverse direction. The reset process is not described in detail herein. It should be noted that, as shown in fig. 3A and 3D, when the carrier 120 is located at the closed position or the open position, the gasket 140 surrounds the periphery of the first opening 116 and is pressed between the carrier 120 and the inner top surface S2 of the housing 110 to maintain its pressed state, which means that the carrier 120 and the camera module 130 therein can be isolated from the external environment at the first opening 116, and also effectively prevent foreign objects or water from entering the housing 110 from the external environment through the first opening 116.

In summary, in the above embodiments of the present invention, the camera module is disposed in the supporting member capable of moving in the housing, and the elastic arm of the supporting member abuts against the rail of the housing, so that the push button of the supporting member is exposed out of the housing through the first opening, and the gasket is disposed on the supporting member and corresponds to the first opening. Therefore, when external force is applied to the push button, the bearing piece can be pushed, so that the bearing piece can be switched between the opening position and the closing position, and the camera module can be opened or closed. Meanwhile, when the camera shooting component is in the opening position or the closing position, the gasket still maintains the tight state that the gasket is pressed between the bearing piece and the shell and surrounds the first opening, so that the waterproof and dustproof effects of the camera shooting component can be maintained at the first opening.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, and not to limit the same; while the invention has been described in detail and with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some or all of the technical features may be equivalently replaced; and the modifications or the substitutions do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions depart from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

Claims

1. A camera assembly adapted for use in a portable electronic device, comprising:

a housing having a track and a first opening;

the bearing piece is movably arranged on the track and provided with a push button and at least one elastic arm, the push button is exposed to the shell through the first opening, and the elastic arm can deform and movably abut against the track;

the camera module is arranged on the bearing piece; and

the gasket is arranged on the bearing piece and corresponds to the first opening, wherein the push button is suitable for being subjected to external force to enable the bearing piece to move in the shell so as to switch between an opening position and a closing position, and the gasket surrounds the periphery of the first opening and maintains a tightening state in the opening position or the closing position.

2. The camera module of claim 1, wherein the track is formed by a rib structure in the housing and has at least one abutment surface, the abutment surface and the first opening are located on opposite sides of the carrier, and the resilient arm contacts the abutment surface.

3. The camera assembly of claim 2, wherein the housing further has at least one limiting protrusion, and the top surface of the carrier abuts against the limiting protrusion relative to the abutting surface.

4. The camera assembly of claim 3, wherein the carrier further has a stop protrusion on the top surface and the housing further has a pair of positioning recesses, the stop protrusion moving into one of the pair of positioning recesses as the carrier moves to move the carrier to the open position or the closed position.

5. The camera assembly of claim 4, wherein the external force drives the stop protrusion to move away from one of the pair of positioning recesses.

6. The camera assembly of claim 3, wherein the carrier further has a first receiving groove located on the top surface, and the gasket is disposed in the first receiving groove and located on the top surface together with the push button.

7. The camera assembly of claim 1, wherein the deformation axis of the spring arm is orthogonal to the movement axis of the carrier.

8. The camera assembly of claim 1, wherein the carrier has a second receiving slot, the push button and the resilient arm are located on opposite sides of the second receiving slot, and the camera module is located in the second receiving slot.

9. The camera assembly of claim 1, wherein the portable electronic device has a second opening, and wherein the camera module has a camera aperture facing the second opening when in the open position, and wherein the camera module has a camera aperture moving away from the second opening and hidden within the housing when in the closed position.

10. The camera assembly of claim 9, wherein the second opening is located on a same plane as a display surface of the portable electronic device.