CN113873127A

CN113873127A - Electronic equipment

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Publication number: CN113873127A
Application number: CN202111191380.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 夏海兵; 陈树容
Original assignee: Lenovo Beijing Ltd
Current assignee: Lenovo Beijing Ltd
Priority date: 2021-10-13
Filing date: 2021-10-13
Publication date: 2021-12-31
Anticipated expiration: 2041-10-13
Also published as: CN113873127B

Abstract

The application provides an electronic device, including casing, camera module and moving part, the camera module includes the camera lens, and the hole that can supply light to get into the camera lens is seted up to the casing, and the moving part is connected with the camera module and can drive the relative casing of camera lens and remove the realization camera lens and expose and hide in this hole.

Description

Electronic equipment

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of electronic devices, and more particularly, to an electronic device.

Background

Present electronic equipment has the camera mostly, in order to avoid being peeped, some electronic equipment have set up a mobilizable apron in the position of camera, the apron can move the camera and preceding cover it, but, because the apron is arranged the thickness that has increased the product in front of camera, so be unfavorable for electronic equipment to the pursuit of frivolousization, consequently, how can set up a shielding switch for the camera under the prerequisite that does not increase product thickness as far as possible, become the technical problem that technical staff in the field need to solve urgently.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of this, the present application provides an electronic device, which can prevent a user from being peeped by a camera carried by a product while the thickness of the product is not increased as much as possible through a structural design.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the present application provides the following technical solutions:

an electronic device, comprising:

a camera module comprising a lens;

the lens comprises a shell, a lens body and a lens cover, wherein the shell is provided with a hole for light to enter the lens;

and the moving part is connected with the camera module and can drive the lens to move relative to the shell so as to expose and hide the lens in the hole.

Optionally, in the electronic device, the camera module includes a charge coupled device detachably assembled with the lens, the moving member is connected to the lens, and when the moving member drives the lens to move relative to the housing, the charge coupled device remains stationary relative to the housing.

Optionally, in the electronic device, the camera module includes a charge coupled device fixedly connected with the lens, and the moving member is connected with the charge coupled device.

Optionally, in the electronic device, a projection of the camera module in a direction perpendicular to an axis of the lens coincides with a projection of the movable member in the direction.

Optionally, in the electronic device, the housing includes a frame and a glass member disposed on the frame, the hole is opened in the glass member, the movable member is flush with a surface of the lens close to the glass member, and the movable member is in sliding fit with the frame.

Optionally, in the above electronic device, the camera module is in sliding fit with the frame.

Optionally, in the electronic device, the movable member is provided with a caulking groove, and the lens is snapped into the caulking groove.

Optionally, in the above electronic device, the movable member is provided with a finger engagement portion so that a user pushes the movable member with a finger.

Optionally, in the electronic device, a surface of the movable element located below the housing is provided with a mark point with a color, and when the lens is switched to be hidden in the hole, the mark point is exposed in the hole.

Optionally, in the above electronic device, the electronic device is a notebook computer, a tablet computer, or a mobile phone.

According to the technical scheme, the electronic equipment provided by the application is provided with the moving part, the moving part is connected with the camera module and can drive the lens to move relative to the shell, the lens can be exposed and hidden in the hole of the shell through the movement, and the hole is used for allowing light to enter the lens, so that when the moving part drives the lens to move to the position hidden relative to the hole, the light cannot enter the lens, and therefore the user is prevented from being peeped. Because the lens is not fixed relative to the casing and sets up, so the moving part need not arrange the region in front of the lens completely, for example the moving part can be located the same layer with the lens, therefore the electronic equipment of this application still sets up a shelter from the switch for the camera module when can realizing that product thickness does not increase structurally.

Drawings

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

Fig. 1 is a cross-sectional view of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 2 is a schematic view illustrating an assembly relationship between a moving element 2 and a camera module 4 of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of an electronic device according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.

Labeled as:

1. a glass member; 11. an aperture; 2. a movable member; 21. marking points; 22. a finger engaging portion; 23. a handle switch is turned off; 24. a limiting side plate; 3. a frame; 4. a camera module; 41. a charge-coupled element; 5. a rear cover plate;

alpha, the viewing angle; β, a first plane; gamma, a second plane; δ, third plane; D. diameter.

Detailed Description

The application provides an electronic equipment, it has realized through structural design that can also prevent that the user from being peeped by the camera of product from taking when not increasing product thickness as far as possible.

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

Referring to fig. 1, an embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device, which may be a variety of apparatuses having a camera module, such as a notebook computer, a tablet computer, a mobile phone, a display, and the like. This electronic equipment includes camera module 4, and camera module 4's camera lens is facing to hole 11 on the casing, and hole 11 can supply the light to get into the camera lens, and for example, notebook computer often sets up the camera in the top region of display screen, and camera module 4 can set up on notebook computer's first body so, and the first surface of first body sets up the display screen, and the second surface opposite with the first surface sets up back shroud 5, and back shroud 5 can be the outward appearance face after notebook computer closes promptly. The electronic device further comprises a moving part 2, wherein the moving part 2 is connected with the camera module 4 and can drive the lens to move relative to the shell so as to expose and hide the lens in the hole 11. The lens exposed in the hole 11 means that the lens faces the hole 11 and is visible from outside the hole 11, and the lens hidden in the hole 11 means that the lens and the hole 11 are displaced from each other and the lens is not visible from outside the hole 11. When the moving part 2 carries the lens to move to a position hidden relative to the hole 11, light cannot enter the lens, so that the peeping of a user is avoided. Therefore, the lens utilizes the shell to shield the lens when the hole 11 is hidden, the moving part 2 does not need to shield the lens, the moving part 2 only needs to take the lens to leave the position originally opposite to the hole 11, therefore, the moving part 2 does not need to be completely arranged in the front area of the lens, for example, the moving part 2 can be located on the same layer with the lens, and therefore, the shielding switch is arranged for the camera module while the product thickness is not increased structurally.

As shown in fig. 1, in this embodiment, a housing of an electronic device includes a frame 3 and a glass member 1 disposed on the frame 3, a hole 11 is formed in the glass member 1, and a movable member 2 is slidably engaged with the frame 3. It should be noted that the hole 11 is only a light-permeable area of the housing, and it may be a through hole, or a transparent area of the glass member 1 itself, as long as it is satisfied that light passing through the hole 11 and entering the lens is light capable of being normally imaged. The sliding direction of the moving part 2 relative to the frame 3 is perpendicular to the drawing surface of fig. 1, as can be seen from fig. 1, the moving part 2 is provided with an caulking groove, and the lens is clamped into the caulking groove, so that the moving part 2 moves together with the lens, and the caulking groove is favorable for ensuring that the position of the lens relative to the moving part 2 is unchanged, so that the lens can be better aligned with the hole 11 after the moving part 2 moves in place. In this embodiment, the moving element 2 does not occupy the area between the glass element 1 and the lens completely, that is, the portion of the moving element 2 connected to the camera module 4 does not occupy the area between the first plane β and the second plane γ in fig. 1, where the first plane β is a plane on which the surface of the glass element 1 facing the lens is located, and the second plane γ is a plane on which the front end of the lens is located. Therefore, the glass piece 1 and the lens can be closer to each other, so that the thickness of the product (namely the size of the product in the axial direction of the lens) is greatly reduced, for example, the first body of the notebook computer can be thinned, the notebook computer is lighter and thinner as a whole, and the competitiveness of the product is promoted. Moreover, since the glass member 1 and the lens are closer to each other, the diameter D of the hole 11 can be made smaller under the requirement of the same size of the visual angle α, which is beneficial to making the electronic device more delicate and further improving the competitiveness of the product. In this embodiment, the gap between the first plane β and the second plane γ is not more than 0.1 mm.

As shown in fig. 1, in the conventional electronic device, the camera module 4 is fixedly disposed with respect to the housing, and the peep-proof shutter switch is a movable cover plate disposed between the glass member 1 and the lens, and since the movable cover plate is accommodated, the distance between the first plane β and the second plane γ is large. The lens of the camera module 4 is movably arranged relative to the shell, so that the lens can move along with the moving piece 2, and the two situations of exposure and hiding in the hole 11 are realized. In this embodiment, the portion of the movable element 2 connected to the camera module 4 is flush with the surface of the lens close to the glass element 1 (i.e. the second plane γ), and, of course, in other embodiments, the portion of the movable element 2 connected to the camera module 4 may have a small portion located in the area between the glass element 1 and the lens (i.e. higher than the second plane γ), the realization of the technical scheme of the application is not influenced, but the reduction degree of the product thickness is slightly smaller than that of the embodiment, for example, in the embodiment shown in fig. 3, the upper surface of the lens-engaging groove of the movable element 2 lies between a first plane beta and a second plane gamma, although, compared to the embodiment shown in fig. 1, the distance between the first plane beta and the second plane gamma is larger, that is, the product is thicker, but the thickness of the product is reduced compared to the conventional technology of disposing a movable cover plate for shielding the lens. In summary, as long as the projection of the camera module 4 along the direction perpendicular to the axis of the lens coincides with the projection of the moving element 2 along the direction, it can be satisfied that the moving element 2 moves with the lens, and the thickness of the product is reduced (compared with the conventional movable cover plate that shields the lens), and in order not to increase the thickness of the product additionally, the portion where the moving element 2 is connected to the camera module 4 is preferably disposed in the space between the second plane γ and the third plane δ in fig. 1, where the third plane δ is the plane where the other surface of the camera module 4 opposite to the front end of the lens is located.

In practical application, an appropriate portion of the camera module 4 can be selected to connect with the moving element 2 as required, as long as it is ensured that the lens of the camera module 4 can move along with the moving element 2, for example, in the embodiment shown in fig. 3, the camera module 4 is designed such that the lens and the ccd 41 are detachably assembled together, the lens can move in a plane parallel to the second plane γ relative to the ccd 41, the moving element 2 is connected with the lens, the ccd 41 is connected with the frame 3, and when the moving element 2 drives the lens to move relative to the housing, the ccd 41 remains stationary relative to the housing, and for example, in the embodiment shown in fig. 1, the camera module 4 is designed such that the lens and the ccd 41 are fixedly connected as a whole, that is, the lens and the ccd 41 are relatively fixed, so except for the manner of connecting the moving element 2 with the lens, the moving element 2 can be selectively connected to the charge coupled device 41 or other parts other than the lens to avoid the lens from being affected as much as possible. It should be noted that, no matter whether the ccd 41 is fixedly disposed relative to the housing, the movement of the lens should not affect the electrical connection between the ccd 41 and other components, i.e. it should be ensured that the camera module 4 can operate normally when the lens is exposed out of the hole 11.

As shown in fig. 1, in the present embodiment, the camera module 4 is slidably engaged with the frame 3, the movable element 2 is fixedly disposed relative to the camera module 4, the movable element 2 and the camera module 4 have the specific structure as shown in fig. 2, the movable element 2 is strip-shaped, two ends of the movable element are provided with limit side plates 24 to be fastened on the camera module 4, thus, when the movable element 2 moves back and forth, the camera module 4 can move together, the finger matching part 22 arranged at the middle position can facilitate a user to push the movable element 2 by fingers, the finger matching part 22 can be designed into a convex block and a concave groove besides the convex block shown in figure 2, i.e., the finger engagement portion 22 does not have to be raised above the glass piece 1 as in fig. 1, can be designed to be flush with the glass piece 1, for example, in the embodiment shown in fig. 3, the portion of the movable member 2 exposed out of the glass member 1 is flush with the glass member 1, and a groove is provided on the surface of the exposed portion. In order to make the finger feel that the moving member 2 has moved to the expected position, the embodiment provides a bump switch 23 on the moving member 2, and a part or structure capable of contacting the bump switch 23 to change the resistance of pushing the moving member 2 is correspondingly provided on the housing, so that a bump feedback can be given to the finger when the moving member 2 moves to the expected position. In order to facilitate a user to identify whether the lens is hidden in the hole 11 or not, in this embodiment, a colored mark point 21 is disposed on a surface of the movable element 2 located below the housing, when the lens is switched to be hidden in the hole 11, the mark point 21 is exposed in the hole 11, that is, a distance moved by the movable element 2 in a process of switching the lens from being exposed to being hidden is equal to a distance from a center of the mark point 21 to a center of the lens, and if the mark point 21 can be seen, it indicates that the lens is hidden in the hole 11, and the color of the mark point 21 may be red, green or yellow. With the mark points 21, the user can easily determine whether the lens is hidden in the hole 11 by observing the lens at a position relatively far away from the hole 11.

The previous description of the disclosed embodiments is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the present application. Various modifications to the embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the application. Thus, the present application is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a camera module comprising a lens;

2. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the camera module comprises a charge coupled device detachably assembled with the lens, the movable member is connected to the lens, and the charge coupled device remains stationary with respect to the housing when the movable member drives the lens to move with respect to the housing.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the camera module comprises a charge coupled device integrated with the lens, and the movable member is connected to the charge coupled device.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein a projection of the camera module in a direction perpendicular to an axis of the lens coincides with a projection of the movable member in the direction.

5. The electronic device according to claim 4, wherein the housing includes a frame and a glass member disposed on the frame, the hole is opened in the glass member, the movable member is flush with a surface of the lens close to the glass member, and the movable member is in sliding fit with the frame.

6. The electronic device of claim 5, the camera module being a sliding fit with the frame.

7. The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein the movable member is provided with a caulking groove, and the lens is fitted into the caulking groove.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the movable member is provided with a finger engagement portion so that a user pushes the movable member with a finger.

9. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein a surface of the movable member located below the housing is provided with a colored mark point, and when the lens is switched to be hidden in the hole, the mark point is exposed in the hole.

10. The electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the electronic device is a notebook computer, a tablet computer or a mobile phone.