CN210093269U

CN210093269U - Rotary camera module and terminal equipment

Info

Publication number: CN210093269U
Application number: CN201921189485.8U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 骆洲; 杜军红; 汤肖迅
Original assignee: Shanghai Longcheer Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shanghai Longcheer Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-07-26
Filing date: 2019-07-26
Publication date: 2020-02-18
Anticipated expiration: 2029-07-26

Abstract

The application provides a rotatory camera module and terminal equipment, the camera module is applicable to the terminal equipment that is equipped with slider and mounting, but relative movement between slider and the mounting, the camera module includes camera body, pivot subassembly and rack, camera body and pivot subassembly set up in the slider, the rack sets up on the mounting, the camera body is connected with the transmission of pivot subassembly, follows the synchronous rotation of pivot subassembly, the pivot subassembly is connected with rack toothing, works as when the slider removes for relative movement takes place for the rack on pivot subassembly in the slider and the mounting to structure based on meshing is connected takes place to rotate, and it is rotatory to drive the camera body. Utilize terminal equipment's slider and pivot subassembly in this application, can make a video recording the rotation with the postposition through mechanical engagement and be leading camera, leading camera need not occupy screen space, can realize terminal equipment's comprehensive screen scheme.

Description

Rotary camera module and terminal equipment

Technical Field

The application relates to the field of cameras, in particular to a rotary camera module and a terminal device.

Background

With the progress of electronic technology and the improvement of living standard of people, shooting becomes an indispensable activity in people's entertainment life. In order to meet the shooting requirements of the majority of users, various mobile terminal devices are equipped with shooting devices, for example, mobile terminal devices such as smart phones, tablet computers, notebook computers, smart watches are equipped with cameras.

Taking a smart phone as an example, a front camera is usually arranged on one side of a screen of a common smart phone on the market to meet the self-photographing requirement of a user. However, smart phones designed with a full-screen become a mainstream trend, and as the screen is made larger, the traditional setting mode of the front camera becomes an obstacle to realizing the full-screen, which may affect the screen occupation ratio or cause defects on the screen of the mobile phone. Therefore, in the development of devices with front-facing cameras represented by smart phones, the traditional setting mode of the indispensable front-facing camera is changed, and the utilization rate of the screen is increased.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

Aiming at the defects or shortcomings of the prior art, the technical problem to be solved by the application is to solve the problem that the front camera in the terminal equipment influences the screen occupation ratio.

For solving above-mentioned technical problem, this application provides a rotatory camera module, camera module is applicable to the terminal equipment that is equipped with slider and mounting, but relative movement between slider and the mounting, camera module includes camera body, pivot subassembly and rack, camera body and pivot subassembly set up in the slider, the rack sets up on the mounting, the camera body is connected with the transmission of pivot subassembly, follows the pivot subassembly rotates in step, the pivot subassembly is connected with the rack toothing, works as when the slider removes for relative movement takes place for the rack on pivot subassembly in the slider and the mounting to the structure based on the meshing is connected takes place to rotate, and it is rotatory to drive the camera body.

Furthermore, the rotating shaft assembly comprises a connecting shaft piece, a first gear, a second gear and a synchronous belt, the second gear is meshed with the rack, and when the sliding piece moves, the rack moves relative to the rotating shaft assembly to be meshed with and drive the second gear; the first gear and the second gear are meshed with the synchronous belt, and the second gear is meshed with the synchronous belt for transmission to enable the first gear to rotate; one end of the connecting shaft is in transmission connection with the first gear, the other end of the connecting shaft is connected with the camera body, and the connecting shaft is driven to rotate through rotation of the first gear, so that the camera body is driven to rotate.

Further, the second gear is composed of a first meshing portion and a second meshing portion which are coaxial, the first meshing portion is meshed with the synchronous belt, and the second meshing portion is meshed with the rack.

Further, the connecting shaft piece comprises a shaft column and a shaft step, the shaft step penetrates through the shaft column to be fixed in the middle of the shaft column, and two ends of the shaft column are respectively connected with the camera body and the first gear.

Further, the cross section of the shaft column is non-circular, a hole is formed between the bottom of the camera body and the first gear, and the cross section of the hole is matched with the cross section of the shaft column.

Further, the maximum angle of rotation of the camera body is 180 °.

Furthermore, a limiting structure is arranged on the rotating shaft assembly to control the rotating angle of the camera body.

Furthermore, the second meshing portion is provided with two adjacent meshing teeth, a tooth groove is not formed between the two adjacent meshing teeth, two first limiting structures are formed, and an included angle between the two first limiting structures is 180 degrees.

Furthermore, a limiting groove matched with the first limiting structure is formed in the rack.

Furthermore, the camera body integrates a camera, a circuit and a camera shell.

Further, the terminal equipment comprises a sliding piece and a fixed piece which can slide relatively, and a rotary camera module.

Compared with the prior art, the method has the following beneficial effects:

the application provides a rotatory camera module, set up in terminal equipment, be equipped with slider and mounting in this terminal equipment, the camera module includes the pivot subassembly, camera body and rack, through slider and mounting mutual displacement, make the relative movement take place for the rack on pivot subassembly and the mounting in the slider, because the pivot subassembly is connected with the rack toothing, the pivot subassembly is connected with camera body transmission, the pivot subassembly takes place to rotate and can drive the camera body rotation based on the structure that the meshing is connected. This application makes the rear camera rotate 180 through terminal equipment's sliding closure action, changes into leading camera, with the function integration in an organic whole of leading camera and rear camera, leading camera need not set up above the screen, on the one hand, can realize the high pixel function of leading camera, on the one hand, has solved the problem that leading camera influences the screen and accounts for in the traditional scheme. The rotary camera module that this application provided can realize terminal equipment's comprehensive screen scheme.

Drawings

Other features, objects and advantages of the invention will become more apparent upon reading of the detailed description of non-limiting embodiments made with reference to the following drawings:

FIG. 1: an exploded view of a middle camera module in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2: a schematic view of a spindle assembly in one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3: a schematic view of an embodiment of the coupling of the present application;

FIG. 4: a schematic view of a second gear in one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5: the schematic diagram of the terminal equipment in one embodiment of the application;

FIG. 6: the back schematic diagram of the sliding state of the terminal device in one embodiment of the application;

FIG. 7: in an embodiment of the application, a front schematic view of a sliding state of a terminal device is provided;

the camera comprises a camera module A, a camera body A1, a rotating shaft component A2, a rack A3, a terminal device B, a sliding part B1, a fixing part B2, a connecting shaft C, a shaft column C1, a shaft step C2, a first gear 1, a second gear 2, a first meshing part 21, a second bonding part 22, a first limiting structure 221, a synchronous belt 3 and a limiting groove 4;

Detailed Description

The conception, the specific structure and the technical effects of the present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings, so as to fully understand the objects, the features and the effects of the present invention.

In one embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 1, the present application provides a rotary camera module a, which is suitable for a terminal device B provided with a sliding member B1 and a fixing member B2, wherein the sliding member B1 and the fixing member B2 are relatively movable and relatively displaceable. The connection between the sliding member B1 and the fixing member B2 can be a sliding rail connection, a spring connection, or a magnet connection, and in the present application, the connection between the sliding member B1 and the fixing member B2 is not limited, and in principle, only the sliding member B1 and the fixing member B2 need to be capable of moving relatively. In the present application, the mutual moving direction of the sliding member B1 and the fastener B2 is also not limited, and the sliding member B1 can slide left and right relative to the fastener B2, and can also slide up and down relative to the fastener B2. In principle, only a relative displacement between the sliding part B1 and the fixed part B2 has to be satisfied.

The camera module A comprises a camera body A1, a rotating shaft component A2 and a rack A3, wherein the camera body A1 and the rotating shaft component A2 are arranged in a sliding piece B1 and can move along with a sliding piece B1. The rack A3 is arranged on the fixing piece B2, the rack A3 in the application can be a straight-tooth rack A3 or a helical-tooth rack A3, and the rack A3 can be in meshing transmission with a gear. The camera body A1 is connected with pivot subassembly A2 transmission, follows pivot subassembly A2 rotates in step, pivot subassembly A2 is connected with rack A3 meshing, when slider B1 removes for relative movement takes place for pivot subassembly A2 in the slider B1 and rack A3 on the mounting B2 to rotate based on the structure that the meshing is connected, drive camera body A1 is rotatory.

As shown in fig. 2, the rotating shaft assembly a2 includes a connecting shaft C, a first gear 1, a second gear 2 and a timing belt 3, the second gear 2 is engaged with a rack A3, and the rack A3 can be engaged with the second gear 2 for transmission. Since the rack A3 can be a straight rack or a helical rack, and correspondingly, the second gear 2 can be a straight gear or a helical gear, wherein when the rack A3 is a straight rack, the second gear 2 in meshing transmission with the rack A3 is a straight rack; when the rack a3 is a helical gear, the second gear 2 in meshing transmission with the rack a3 is a helical gear. When the sliding part B1 moves, the rack arranged on the fixing part B2 moves relative to the rotating shaft component A2 arranged in the sliding part B1, and the rack A3 is meshed with the second gear 2 for transmission to drive the second gear 2.

The synchronous belt 3 is meshed with the gear and does non-sliding meshing transmission. The first gear 1 and the second gear 2 are meshed with the synchronous belt 3, and the second gear 2 is meshed with the synchronous belt 3 for transmission, so that the first gear 1 rotates; even pivot C one end and the transmission of first gear 1 are connected, and camera body A1 is connected to the other end, and it is rotatory to drive even pivot C through the rotation of first gear 1 to it is rotatory to drive camera body A1.

As shown in fig. 3, the coupling member C includes a shaft column C1 and a shaft step C2, the shaft step C2 is fixed in the middle of the shaft column C1 through the shaft column C1, and both ends of the shaft column C1 are respectively connected to the camera body a1 and the first gear 1. The cross-section of the shaft pillar C1 is non-circular because if the shaft pillar C1 is cylindrical, the rotation of the first gear 1 cannot be transmitted. In principle, the cross section of the axle column C1 may be irregular or polygonal, and it only needs to be satisfied that the axle column C1 can drive the camera body a1 to rotate under the rotation of the first gear 1. The shaft connecting piece C shown in figure 3 is a preferable scheme, and the shaft column C1 reduces the circumference of 1/3 in the lateral direction, so that the camera body A1 can rotate conveniently. The bottom of camera body A1 establishes the hole with first gear 1 is middle, the cross section in hole matches with jack-post C1 cross section, guarantees first gear 1 and camera body A1 stability at rotatory in-process.

As shown in fig. 4, the second gear 2 includes a first engagement portion 21 and a second engagement portion 22 which are coaxial, the first engagement portion 21 is engaged with the timing belt 3, and the second engagement portion 22 is engaged with the rack a 3.

In the embodiment of the application, the maximum angle of rotation of the camera body A1 is 180 degrees, and when the camera body A1 rotates 180 degrees, the rear camera is just converted into the front camera, so that the front photographing function is realized. In order to control the rotation angle of the camera body A1, a limiting structure is arranged on the rotating shaft component A2. In principle, a limit structure may also be provided between the sliding member B1 and the fixing member B2 on the terminal device B to control the slidable distance of the sliding member B1 to limit the rotation angle of the camera body a 1. Of course, the limit structure may be disposed on the connecting shaft C, or may be disposed on the rack a3, the first gear 1, or the second gear 2.

As a preferred preference of the present scheme, the limiting structure is disposed on the second gear 2, specifically, a tooth space is not disposed between two adjacent teeth of the second engaging portion 22, two first limiting structures 221 are formed, an included angle between the two first limiting structures 221 is 180 °, a limiting groove 4 matched with the first limiting structure 221 is disposed on the rack a3 engaged with the second engaging portion 22, and the first limiting structure 221 is disposed to enable the maximum rotatable angle of the second engaging portion 22 to be 180 ° so as to achieve rotation of the camera body a1180 °.

The application provides a terminal device B, terminal device B includes slider B1 and mounting B2 and rotatory camera module A that can relatively slide. In an embodiment of the present application, a smart phone is taken as an example for specific description, as shown in fig. 5 to 7. The smartphone is provided with a sliding part B1 and a fixing part B2, in FIG. 5, the sliding part B1 is in an unpulsed state, a camera arranged on the fixing part B2 is a rear-facing camera, the sliding part B1 shown in FIGS. 6-7 slides left and right relative to the fixing part B2, when the sliding part B1 slides to the leftmost side, the camera arranged on the fixing part B2 rotates 180 degrees, the rear-facing camera is changed into a front-facing camera, and the front-facing camera function of the smartphone is realized. In other embodiments of the present application, the sliding member B1 can also slide up and down relative to the fixed member B2. In principle, only a relative displacement between the sliding part B1 and the fixed part B2 has to be satisfied.

The above embodiments are merely provided to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, but not to limit the present invention, and the present invention is described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications and equivalent substitutions may be made to the technical solution of the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the technical solution of the present invention, and the scope of the claims of the present invention should be covered thereby.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a rotatory camera module, its characterized in that, camera module is applicable to the terminal equipment who is equipped with slider and mounting, but relative movement between slider and the mounting, camera module includes camera body, pivot subassembly and rack, camera body and pivot subassembly set up in the slider, the rack sets up on the mounting, the camera body is connected with pivot subassembly transmission, follows the synchronous rotation of pivot subassembly, the pivot subassembly is connected with the rack toothing, works as when the slider removes for relative movement takes place for the rack on pivot subassembly in the slider and the mounting to the structure based on the meshing is connected takes place to rotate, and it is rotatory to drive the camera body.

2. The rotary camera module according to claim 1, wherein the rotary shaft assembly comprises a connecting shaft member, a first gear, a second gear and a synchronous belt, the second gear is engaged with the rack, and when the sliding member moves, the rack moves relative to the rotary shaft assembly to engage and drive the second gear; the first gear and the second gear are meshed with the synchronous belt, and the second gear is meshed with the synchronous belt for transmission to enable the first gear to rotate; one end of the connecting shaft is in transmission connection with the first gear, the other end of the connecting shaft is connected with the camera body, and the connecting shaft is driven to rotate through rotation of the first gear, so that the camera body is driven to rotate.

3. The rotary camera module according to claim 2, wherein the second gear comprises a first engaging portion and a second engaging portion which are coaxial, the first engaging portion is engaged with the timing belt, and the second engaging portion is engaged with the rack.

4. The rotary camera module according to claim 2, wherein the coupling member comprises a shaft post and a shaft step, the shaft step is fixed in the middle of the shaft post through the shaft post, and two ends of the shaft post are respectively connected to the camera body and the first gear.

5. The rotary camera module of claim 4, wherein the cross-section of the shaft column is non-circular, and a hole is formed between the bottom of the camera body and the first gear, and the cross-section of the hole is matched with the cross-section of the shaft column.

6. The rotating camera module of claim 1, wherein the maximum angle of rotation of the camera body is 180 °.

7. The rotary camera module according to claim 6, wherein the rotation shaft assembly is provided with a limiting structure for controlling the rotation angle of the camera body.

8. The rotary camera module according to claim 3, wherein the second engaging portion has two adjacent engaging teeth without a tooth space therebetween, so as to form two first limiting structures, and an included angle between the two first limiting structures is 180 °.

9. The rotary camera module of claim 8, wherein the rack has a retaining groove that mates with the first retaining structure.

10. A terminal device, characterized in that the terminal device comprises a sliding member and a fixed member which are relatively slidable, and a rotary camera module according to any one of claims 1 to 9.