CN113163041B

CN113163041B - Electronic equipment

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Publication number: CN113163041B
Application number: CN202110559608.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 梁源标; 陈俊辉
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-05-21
Filing date: 2021-05-21
Publication date: 2023-08-15
Anticipated expiration: 2041-05-21
Also published as: CN113163041A

Abstract

The application discloses electronic equipment, and belongs to the technical field of communication equipment. The electronic equipment comprises an equipment shell, a sounding device and a front camera, wherein the sounding device and the front camera are arranged in the equipment shell, the front camera and the equipment shell form a sound guide cavity, the sounding device is provided with a sound outlet, the equipment shell is provided with a sound outlet channel, and the sound outlet channel is communicated with the sound outlet channel through the sound guide cavity.

Description

Electronic equipment

Technical Field

The application belongs to the technical field of communication equipment, and particularly relates to electronic equipment.

Background

The electronic equipment realizes the self-timer of the user by configuring the front-facing camera. In order to facilitate self-timer shooting and improve self-timer shooting effect, the front camera is usually arranged in the middle.

As is known, electronic devices are often equipped with a receiver that can facilitate the user's listening to a call. Similarly, in order to better answer, the receiver is well arranged in the central position of the electronic device, and obviously, this will inevitably conflict with the arrangement of the front camera. In order to avoid the collision, the electronic device related to the related art can only locate the receiver in a non-centered position, which obviously results in inflexible placement of the receiver.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application aims to provide electronic equipment which can solve the problem that receivers in related technologies are not flexible to arrange.

In order to solve the technical problems, the application is realized as follows:

the embodiment of the application provides electronic equipment, which comprises an equipment shell, a sound generating device and a front camera, wherein the sound generating device and the front camera are arranged in the equipment shell, the front camera and the equipment shell form a sound guide cavity, the sound generating device is provided with a sound outlet, the equipment shell is provided with a sound outlet channel, and the sound outlet is communicated with the sound outlet channel through the sound guide cavity.

In the embodiment of the application, the sound signal sent by the sound generating device is firstly conducted to the sound guide cavity through the sound outlet hole and then conducted to the sound outlet channel through the sound guide cavity, and the sound outlet hole is communicated with the sound guide cavity, so that the sound signal sent by the sound generating device can be transmitted to the sound outlet channel no matter the sound generating device is positioned at any position of the front camera, and the sound signal can be emitted from the middle part of the electronic device only by arranging the sound outlet channel in the middle part of the electronic device, so that the arrangement position of the sound generating device is not limited by the front camera, and the arrangement of the sound generating device is more flexible.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device including a first form of sound output channel according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is an exploded view of an electronic device including a first form of sound outlet channel according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a cut-away view of an electronic device including a first form of sound outlet channel according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is an enlarged view at a in fig. 3;

fig. 5 is a view of a sound guiding effect of an electronic device including a sound outlet channel of a first form according to an embodiment of the present application, where a dashed line in fig. 5 illustrates at least a part of a sound guiding path;

fig. 6 is a view of a sound guiding effect between a front camera and a through hole of an electronic device including a sound outlet channel of a first form according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device including a second form of sound output channel according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is an exploded view of an electronic device including a second form of sound outlet channel according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a cut-away view of an electronic device including a second form of sound outlet channel according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 10 is an enlarged view at B in fig. 9;

fig. 11 is a view showing a sound guiding effect between a sound emitting device and a front camera of an electronic device including a sound emitting channel of a second form according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 12 is a view showing a sound guiding effect between a front camera and a micro-gap sound emitting structure of an electronic device including a sound emitting channel of a second form according to an embodiment of the present application.

Reference numerals illustrate:

100-equipment shell, 110-main board upper cover, 111-first accommodating groove, 112-avoidance hole, 113-second accommodating groove, 120-main board lower cover,

200-sound producing device,

300-front camera, 310-camera main body, 311-annular surface, 320-lens,

400-sound outlet channel, 410-micro-seam sound outlet structure, 420-first connecting channel,

500-display screen, 510-through hole, 520-groove,

610-a first waterproof and breathable film, 620-a second waterproof and breathable film,

710-first sealing elastic pad, 720-second sealing elastic pad, 730-third sealing elastic pad, 740-elastic pre-pressing pad,

800-motherboard,

900-bracket,

1000-sound guiding cavity,

1100-a sump;

1200-second adapter channel.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application will be clearly described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which are obtained by a person skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present application, fall within the scope of protection of the present application.

The terms first, second and the like in the description and in the claims, are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the data so used may be interchanged, as appropriate, such that embodiments of the present application may be implemented in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein, and that the objects identified by "first," "second," etc. are generally of a type, and are not limited to the number of objects, such as the first object may be one or more. Furthermore, in the description and claims, "and/or" means at least one of the connected objects, and the character "/", generally means that the associated object is an "or" relationship.

Referring to fig. 1 to 12, an embodiment of the present application discloses an electronic device, which includes a device housing 100, a sound emitting device 200, and a front camera 300.

The device housing 100 provides a mounting base for a portion of the functional components of the electronic device. The sound generating device 200 and the front camera 300 are both arranged in the equipment shell 100, and the front camera 300 and the equipment shell 100 form a sound guiding cavity 1000. The sound generating device 200 is provided with a sound outlet hole, the device housing 100 is provided with a sound outlet channel 400, and the sound outlet hole is communicated with the sound outlet channel 400 through the sound guide cavity 1000. The sound emitting device 200 and the front camera 300 may be both electrically connected to the main board 800.

In the embodiment of the present application, the sound generating device 200 may be a speaker or a receiver, and the embodiment of the present application does not limit the specific type of the sound generating device 200.

Optionally, the sound emitting device 200 may be disposed on the same thickness as the front camera 300, so as to prevent the electronic device from having an excessive thickness and affecting the user experience. In the case where the display screen 500 is provided to the electronic device, the thickness direction of the electronic device may be considered to be a direction perpendicular to the display screen 500.

In the embodiment disclosed by the application, the sound signal emitted by the sound emitting device 200 is firstly conducted to the sound guide cavity 1000 through the sound outlet hole and then conducted to the sound outlet channel 400 through the sound guide cavity 1000, and as the sound outlet hole is communicated with the sound guide cavity 1000, no matter the sound emitting device 200 is positioned in any direction of the front camera 300, the sound signal emitted by the sound emitting device 200 can be transmitted to the sound outlet channel 400, and only the sound outlet channel 400 is arranged in the middle of the electronic equipment, the sound signal can be emitted from the middle of the electronic equipment, so that the arrangement position of the sound emitting device 200 is not limited by the front camera 300, and the arrangement of the sound emitting device 200 is more flexible.

Fig. 1 to 6 are schematic structural views of an electronic device including a first form of sound output channel 400 according to an embodiment of the present application.

The electronic device disclosed in the embodiment of the present application may further include a display screen 500, where the display screen 500 is disposed on the device housing 100, the display screen 500 is provided with a through hole 510, and the sound output channel 400 is communicated with the through hole 510.

The device housing 100 may further be provided with an avoidance hole 112, the front camera 300 includes a lens 320, at least a portion of the lens 320 extends into the avoidance hole 112, a transmission gap is formed between the avoidance hole 112 and the lens 320, the transmission gap is communicated with the through hole 510, and the sound output channel 400 includes a transmission gap.

In the above embodiment, the through hole 510 formed on the display screen 500 is used for emitting sound, and since the through hole 510 is communicated with the sound guiding cavity 1000, the sound guiding cavity 1000 is communicated with the sound emitting hole of the sound emitting device 200, and external water vapor and dust easily enter the device housing 100 through the through hole 510, so as to invade the sound emitting hole of the front camera 300 or the sound emitting device 200, thereby affecting the normal use of the front camera 300 or the sound emitting device 200, and even causing damage to the front camera 300 and the sound emitting device 200.

To solve the above-mentioned problem, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the electronic device may further include a first waterproof and breathable film 610, the first waterproof and breathable film 610 is disposed in the device housing 100, and the first waterproof and breathable film 610 covers the inner port of the through hole 510.

The first waterproof and breathable film 610 has waterproof performance, so that water vapor and dust can be prevented from invading the front camera 300 or the sound generating device 200 through the through hole 510, and the waterproof and dustproof effect is achieved, and the first waterproof and breathable film 610 has ventilation and sound guiding performance, and sound signals can pass through the first waterproof and breathable film 610, so that normal sound output of the electronic equipment is guaranteed.

Further, the through hole 510 and the front camera 300 are disposed opposite to each other, and the first waterproof and breathable film 610 is a transparent film. Light can penetrate through the first waterproof and breathable film 610 and enter the lens 320 of the front-end camera 300, so that the shooting function of the front-end camera 300 is realized while the sound of the electronic equipment is emitted, the through hole 510 can finally play a dual-purpose role, and meanwhile, the influence on the strength or the appearance of the whole machine caused by the fact that the electronic equipment is provided with too many holes can be avoided.

Fig. 7 to 12 are schematic structural views of an electronic device including a second form of sound output channel 400 according to an embodiment of the present application.

The first form of the sound outlet channel 400 needs to provide a through hole 510 on the display screen 500, and the through hole 510 penetrates through the display screen 500, so that the integrity of the display screen 500 is damaged, the anti-falling performance and the impact resistance of the display screen 500 are weakened, and when the display screen 500 is impacted by external force, cracks are easily generated.

In order to solve the above problem, in another form of the sound outlet channel 400, the device housing 100 is provided with a micro-slit sound outlet structure 410, and the micro-slit sound outlet structure 410 is in communication with the sound guiding cavity 1000, that is, the sound transmitted to the sound guiding cavity 1000 is finally transmitted to the outside of the electronic device through the micro-slit sound outlet structure 410.

By providing the micro-slot sounding structure 410 on the device housing 100, the provision of the through-holes 510 on the display screen 500 is avoided, and the integrity of the display screen 500 is prevented from being compromised.

Because the micro-seam sound outlet structure 410 is communicated with the sound guide cavity 1000 inside the device housing 100, the sound guide cavity 1000 is communicated with the sound outlet, and external water vapor easily enters the device housing 100 through the micro-seam sound outlet structure 410, so that the water vapor enters the front-facing camera 300 or the sound emitting device 200, and further the normal use of the front-facing camera 300 or the sound emitting device 200 is affected, and the front-facing camera 300 or the sound emitting device 200 is damaged when serious.

In order to solve the above problem, the sound output channel 400 may further include a first connection channel 420, where an extending direction of the first connection channel 420 intersects with a penetrating direction of the micro-slit sound output structure 410, a second waterproof and breathable film 620 is disposed at a connection position of the first connection channel 420 and the micro-slit sound output structure 410, and a liquid storage tank 1100 is disposed at a connection position of the first connection channel 420 and the micro-slit sound output structure 410, and the second waterproof and breathable film 620 is used for guiding the liquid entering through the micro-slit sound output structure 410 into the liquid storage tank 1100, so as to finally avoid further intrusion of the liquid.

The water vapor entering the micro-gap sound emitting structure 410 is guided into the liquid storage tank 1100 by the second waterproof and breathable film 620 and stored in the liquid storage tank 1100, and the water stored in the liquid storage tank 1100 can be evaporated after a certain time, so that the water vapor can not invade the front camera 300 or the sound emitting device 200 or other functional devices of the electronic equipment. In addition, since the extending direction of the first engagement channel 420 intersects the penetrating direction of the micro-slit sound emitting structure 410, the sound emitting channel 400 is a curved channel, which can certainly alleviate the intrusion of liquid to some extent.

In an embodiment of the present application, the structure of the device housing 100 may have multiple kinds, in an alternative solution, the device housing 100 may include a main board upper cover 110 and a main board lower cover 120 that are connected, specifically, the main board upper cover 110 and the main board lower cover 120 may be fixedly connected by means of clamping, bonding, etc., the main board upper cover 110 is provided with a first accommodating groove 111, a bottom wall of the first accommodating groove 111 is provided with an avoidance hole 112, the front camera 300 includes a camera body 310 and a lens 320 disposed on the camera body 310, the camera body 310 has an annular surface 311 surrounding the lens 320, a first sealing elastic pad 710 is disposed between the annular surface 311 and the bottom wall of the first accommodating groove 111, and the lens 320 passes through the avoidance hole 112 and is disposed opposite to the light-transmitting area of the device housing 100. In this arrangement, the first sealing elastic pad 710 can be disposed between the annular surface 311 and the bottom wall of the first accommodating groove 111, so that positioning of the front camera 300 can be facilitated. Meanwhile, the arrangement of the avoidance hole 112 does not cause the device housing 100 to affect the photographing of the front camera 300.

In an alternative, the electronic device may include a display screen 500, where the display screen 500 covers the front camera 300, and a groove 520 may be formed on an inner side surface of the display screen 500, and the lens 320 extends into the groove 520. In this case, the lens 320 can extend into the groove 520, so that the stacking height of the lens 320 and the display screen 500 can be reduced, which is beneficial to the thinning of the electronic device.

In order to improve the sound effect, the display screen 500 is disposed on the main board upper cover 110, and a third sealing elastic pad 730 may be disposed between the display screen 500 and the main board upper cover 110, and the third sealing elastic pad 730 is disposed around the avoidance hole 112, so as to prevent sound signals from being transmitted in the installation gaps between the display screen 500 and the main board upper cover 110 to generate sound leakage.

The first sealing elastic pad 710 may be a soft pad, and has an elastic buffering effect, and the first sealing elastic pad 710 is disposed between the main board upper cover 110 and the annular surface 311, so that the damage of the camera body 310 caused by the extrusion of the main board upper cover 110 on the camera body 310 can be prevented.

The second holding tank 113 has been seted up to mainboard upper cover 110, electronic equipment still includes mainboard 800, sound production device 200 locates on the mainboard 800, mainboard 800 locates between mainboard upper cover 110 and the mainboard lower cover 120, mainboard 800 covers the notch of second holding tank 113, sound production device 200 locates in the second holding tank 113, second holding tank 113 is equipped with the port, be equipped with elasticity pre-compression pad 740 between the diapire of second holding tank 113 and the edge of sound production device 200, form second linking passageway 1200 between the diapire of second holding tank 113 and sound production device 200, play sound Kong Yici is through second linking passageway 1200 and opening and leading sound cavity 1000 intercommunication. In this case, the main board upper cover 110 sacrifices part of its structure to form the second accommodating groove 113 for accommodating the sound generating device 200, which is beneficial to the compactness of the electronic device, and meanwhile, the second accommodating groove 113 also assists in forming the second connection channel 1200 and the port for communicating the sound guiding cavity 1000 with the sound outlet hole, which is more beneficial to realizing the transmission of sound.

Optionally, a bracket 900 for supporting the sound emitting device 200 may be further provided in the second receiving groove 113.

The elastic pre-pressing pad 740 can be a soft pad, has an elastic buffering effect, is arranged between the edges of the main board upper cover 110 and the sounding device 200, forms the second connecting channel 1200, and can prevent the main board upper cover 110 from extruding the sounding device 200 to damage the sounding device 200, and the elastic pre-pressing pad 740 can play a role in absorbing vibration and can relieve the vibration suffered by the sounding device 200.

An assembly gap may be formed between the main board upper cover 110 and the main board lower cover 120, and the assembly gap may be sealed by dispensing to prevent the transmission of sound signals in the assembly gap between the main board upper cover 110 and the main board lower cover 120, resulting in the loss of sound signals.

In the above embodiment, the assembly gap between the main board upper cover 110 and the main board lower cover 120 is sealed by dispensing, and the main board upper cover 110 and the main board lower cover 120 are fixedly connected, so that the electronic device is not convenient to be disassembled subsequently to overhaul the functional devices inside the electronic device.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a second sealing elastic pad 720 may be further provided between the main board upper cover 110 and the main board lower cover 120, and in the disclosed embodiment of the present application, the second sealing elastic pad 720 may be distributed around the camera body 310. The assembly gap between the main board upper cover 110 and the main board lower cover 120 is sealed through the second sealing elastic pad 720, so that sound signals can be prevented from being transmitted in the assembly gap between the main board upper cover 110 and the main board lower cover 120, the main board upper cover 110 and the main board lower cover 120 can be disassembled, the follow-up maintenance of functional devices arranged inside the equipment shell 100 is facilitated, and meanwhile, the main board upper cover 110 and the main board lower cover 120 can have better vibration buffering performance.

Alternatively, the second sealing elastic pad 720 may be foam.

In an alternative embodiment, the electronic device may include a functional module, where the functional module may include a sound generating device 200 and a front camera 300, where the sound generating device 200 includes a first member, the front camera 300 includes a second member, the first member and the second member are in an integrated structure, the front camera 300 is provided with an internal channel, the internal channel is in communication with the sound outlet, and the internal channel is in communication with the sound guiding cavity 1000. This kind of structure is favorable to sound production device 200 and leading camera 300 to form an holistic module, and then easy to assemble, and simultaneously, the internal channel of leading camera 300 seting up can play the effect of intercommunication play sound hole and leading sound chamber 1000, and then can not lead to sound production device 200 to receive the influence.

Meanwhile, the first component and the second component in the sound generating device 200 and the front camera 300 are in an integrated structure, which is beneficial to reducing the assembly gap between the sound generating device 200 and the front camera 300, and further can reduce the problem of serious sound leakage caused by more assembly gaps. Alternatively, the first member may be a housing of the sound generating device 200, and the second member may be a housing of the front camera 300.

The embodiments of the present application have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present application is not limited to the above-described embodiments, which are merely illustrative and not restrictive, and many forms may be made by those having ordinary skill in the art without departing from the spirit of the present application and the scope of the claims, which are to be protected by the present application.

Claims

1. The electronic equipment is characterized by comprising an equipment shell (100), a sound generating device (200) and a front camera (300), wherein the sound generating device (200) and the front camera (300) are arranged in the equipment shell (100), the front camera (300) and the equipment shell (100) form a sound guide cavity (1000), the sound generating device (200) is provided with a sound outlet, the equipment shell (100) is provided with a sound outlet channel (400), and the sound outlet is communicated with the sound outlet channel (400) through the sound guide cavity (1000);

the sound outlet channel (400) comprises a micro-joint sound outlet structure (410) communicated with the sound guide cavity (1000) and a first connecting channel (420) with the extending direction intersecting with the penetrating direction of the micro-joint sound outlet structure (410), wherein a liquid storage groove (1100) is formed at the joint of the micro-joint sound outlet structure (410) and the first connecting channel (420), and the liquid storage groove (1100) is used for collecting liquid entering the micro-joint sound outlet structure (410).

2. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising a display screen (500), wherein the display screen (500) is disposed on the device housing (100), the display screen (500) is provided with a through hole (510), and the sound outlet channel (400) is communicated with the through hole (510).

3. The electronic device of claim 2, further comprising a first waterproof and breathable membrane (610), the first waterproof and breathable membrane (610) being disposed within the device housing (100), and the first waterproof and breathable membrane (610) covering an inner port of the through-hole (510).

4. An electronic device according to claim 3, wherein the through hole (510) is arranged opposite to the front camera (300), and the first waterproof and breathable film (610) is a transparent film.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein a second waterproof and breathable film (620) is arranged at the joint of the first joint channel (420) and the micro-joint sound emitting structure (410), and the second waterproof and breathable film (620) is used for guiding liquid entering through the micro-joint sound emitting structure (410) into the liquid storage tank (1100).

6. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the device housing (100) includes a main board upper cover (110) and a main board lower cover (120) that are connected, a first accommodating groove (111) is provided in the main board upper cover (110), an avoidance hole (112) is provided in a bottom wall of the first accommodating groove (111), the front camera (300) includes a camera body (310) and a lens (320), the lens (320) is provided on the camera body (310), the camera body (310) has an annular surface (311) surrounding the lens (320), a first sealing elastic pad (710) is provided between the annular surface (311) and the bottom wall of the first accommodating groove (111), and the lens (320) passes through the avoidance hole (112) and is provided opposite to a light transmission area of the device housing (100).

7. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the electronic device comprises a display screen (500), the display screen (500) covers the front camera (300), a groove (520) is formed in an inner side surface of the display screen (500), and the lens (320) extends into the groove (520).

8. The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein the main board upper cover (110) is provided with a second accommodating groove (113), the electronic device further comprises a main board (800), the sound emitting device (200) is arranged on the main board (800), the main board (800) is arranged between the main board upper cover (110) and the main board lower cover (120), the main board (800) covers a notch of the second accommodating groove (113), the sound emitting device (200) is arranged in the second accommodating groove (113), the second accommodating groove (113) is provided with a port, an elastic pre-pressing pad (740) is arranged between the bottom wall of the second accommodating groove (113) and the edge of the sound emitting device (200), a second connecting channel (1200) is formed between the bottom wall of the second accommodating groove (113) and the sound emitting device (200), and the sound emitting hole is sequentially communicated with the sound guiding cavity (1000) through the second connecting channel (1200) and the port.

9. The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein a second sealing elastic pad (720) is provided between the main board upper cover (110) and the main board lower cover (120).

10. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device comprises a functional module, the functional module comprises the sound emitting device (200) and the front camera (300), the sound emitting device (200) comprises a first component, the front camera (300) comprises a second component, the first component and the second component are in an integrated structure, the front camera (300) is provided with an internal channel, the internal channel is communicated with the sound outlet, and the internal channel is communicated with the sound guiding cavity (1000).