CN213367858U

CN213367858U - External camera assembly

Info

Publication number: CN213367858U
Application number: CN202022870228.XU
Authority: CN
Inventors: 崔健; 王杨; 刘淑琴
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2020-12-03
Filing date: 2020-12-03
Publication date: 2021-06-04
Anticipated expiration: 2030-12-03

Abstract

The application provides an external camera component, which comprises a magnetic adsorption module, an optical camera module, a communication module and a power supply module; the magnetic adsorption module is used for fixing the camera assembly on the back of the mobile phone in a set working area in a magnetic adsorption mode; the communication module is used for signal connection between the optical camera module and the mobile phone; the power supply module is used for supplying power to the optical camera module and the communication module; the communication module comprises an NFC subunit and a communication unit; the power module comprises a module wireless charging coil and a module battery. The beneficial effect of this application is: the shooting effect can be improved by adopting a high-performance optical camera in a mode of externally arranging the camera without being limited by the external dimension of the mobile phone; meanwhile, an optimized space is provided for the design of the appearance and the internal structure of the mobile phone; the problem of connection and fixation of an external camera and a mobile phone is solved in a magnetic adsorption mode; the power supply problem of the external camera is solved by a wireless reverse charging mode of the external camera through the mobile phone.

Description

External camera assembly

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an external camera technical field of cell-phone, concretely relates to external camera subassembly.

Background

The existing mobile phone camera is connected with a mobile phone mainboard through a connector, the camera is integrated in the mobile phone, optical imaging is achieved through a lens group, automatic focusing is achieved through a focusing motor, non-visible light filtering is achieved through an optical filter, image sensitization is achieved through an image sensor, and a circuit connecting substrate is connected with a mobile phone mainboard loop.

Because the camera is arranged in the mobile phone, the mobile phone is limited by the whole thickness of the mobile phone, the performance of the camera cannot be further improved due to the size problem, and meanwhile, the thickness of the mobile phone is also influenced by the camera, so that the mobile phone cannot be light and thin. In addition, the camera module occupies the mobile phone battery resource and occupies the volume space of the mobile phone battery, so the endurance time of the mobile phone, especially the 5G mobile phone, is influenced.

Therefore, the external camera can be designed: the imaging performance of the camera is improved, the portability of the mobile phone is improved, the endurance time of the mobile phone is increased, the application scene of the mobile phone camera is expanded, and the like.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model aims at above problem, provide an external camera subassembly.

In a first aspect, the present application provides an external camera assembly, including a magnetic adsorption module, an optical camera module, a communication module, and a power module; the magnetic adsorption module is used for fixing the camera assembly on the back of the mobile phone in a set working area in a magnetic adsorption mode; the communication module is used for signal communication between the optical camera module and the mobile phone; the power supply module is used for supplying power to the optical camera module and the communication module; the communication module comprises an NFC subunit and a communication unit; the power module comprises a module wireless charging coil and a module battery.

According to the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application, the communication unit can be set to be any one structure of a Bluetooth subunit, a WIFI subunit or a 5G communication subunit.

According to the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application, the optical camera module comprises an optical lens group, a driving motor or a fixed-focus Holder, an optical filter and a camera sensor.

According to the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application, the communication module and the power supply module are integrated on one PCB.

According to the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application, the optical camera module, the communication module and the power supply module are integrally packaged.

According to the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application, the optical camera module, the communication module and the power module which are integrated together are connected through the connector.

According to the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application, the optical camera module is connected with the communication module and the power module which are integrated together in a clamping mode through the clamping groove.

According to the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application, the working area is set on the back of the mobile phone to correspond to the coverage range of the wireless charging coil of the mobile phone.

The application provides an external camera subassembly has following advantage compared in prior art:

1. the shooting effect can be improved by adopting a high-performance optical camera in a mode of externally arranging the camera without being limited by the external dimension of the mobile phone;

2. the size of the mobile phone is not limited by the size of a camera because the camera is arranged externally, and an optimized space is provided for the design of the external shape and the internal structure of the mobile phone, so that the size of the mobile phone can be designed to be thinner and lighter;

3. the problem of connection and fixation of the external camera and the mobile phone is solved in a magnetic adsorption mode, and the fixation mode is simple and convenient;

4. the power supply problem of the external camera is solved by a wireless reverse charging mode of the mobile phone to the external camera, so that the external scheme of the camera is simple and easy to implement;

5. the application scene of the camera can be expanded by adopting the high-performance external camera.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a first embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of a second embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a flowchart of a third embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

In order that those skilled in the art will better understand the technical solutions of the present invention, the following detailed description of the present invention is provided in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, and the description of the present section is only exemplary and explanatory, and should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention in any way.

As shown in fig. 1, which is a schematic view of a first embodiment of the present application, an external camera assembly includes a magnetic adsorption module, an optical camera module, a communication module, and a power module;

the magnetic adsorption module is used for fixing the whole magnetic adsorption of the camera assembly on the back of the mobile phone to set a working area. The external camera component is connected with a mobile phone for use in the embodiment, and the external camera component can also be applied to a tablet personal computer or other electronic products with a wireless reverse charging function in other embodiments. In this embodiment, the magnetism adsorbs the module to pass through magnetic attraction and fixes external camera subassembly at the cell-phone back, and the cell-phone back indicates that the surface relative with cell-phone screen surface is the back, and the magnetism adsorbs the module can make external camera subassembly simple, conveniently fix on cell-phone or other electronic product, and the convenience that external camera subassembly used is increased to the external camera subassembly of the different models of just conveniently changing as required.

In this embodiment, for normally supplying power to the external camera component, the external camera component should be arranged in the range of the wireless charging coil of the mobile phone, so that the mobile phone can normally supply power to the external camera component in subsequent work.

The communication module is in signal connection with the optical camera module and the mobile phone, and the power supply module is used for supplying power to the optical camera module and the communication module.

The communication module comprises an NFC subunit and a communication unit; the power module comprises a module wireless charging coil and a module battery. In this embodiment, the battery module of the external camera module is provided with a wireless charging coil, so that the optical camera module and the communication module can be powered by a wireless charging mode. Before the mobile phone is in communication connection with the external camera component in this embodiment, the connection is established between the NFC module of the mobile phone and the NFC subunit in the external camera component, so that the mobile phone verifies the model and the security of the optical camera module, and when the verification is passed, the mobile phone is in communication connection with the external camera component.

Preferably, the communication unit may be configured as a bluetooth subunit, a WIFI subunit, or a 5G communication subunit, etc. In this embodiment, the communication unit is used for signal connection with the optical camera module and the mobile phone, the mobile phone sends the control signal to the optical camera module through the communication unit, and the image data collected by the optical camera module is sent to the mobile phone through the communication unit.

In this embodiment, the optical camera module scheme may be: single shot, multiple shots. The scheme of each camera can use a zoom lens or a fixed-focus lens, and various optical camera modules are manufactured according to parameters of different focal sections, apertures, angles of view and the like of the lens. The zoom lens comprises an automatic focusing/anti-shaking motor, a variable-focus optical lens group (manual or electric), an optical filter, a sensor, a PCB and the like; the fixed focus lens comprises an automatic focusing/anti-shake motor, a fixed focus optical lens group, an optical filter, a sensor, a PCB and the like. Different schemes are selected according to different product requirements.

In a preferred embodiment, the communication module and the power module are integrated on a PCB. The communication module and the power module are integrated on the same PCB, so that the integration level of the external camera assembly is increased, the overall dimension of the external camera assembly is optimized, and the portability of the external camera assembly is increased.

In a preferred embodiment, the optical camera module, the communication module and the power module are integrally packaged. The three modules of the external camera component are packaged together, so that the integration level of the external camera component can be increased, the overall dimension of the external camera component is optimized, and the portability of the external camera component is increased. In the practice of the preferred embodiment: the PCB adopts a rigid-flex board mode and is divided into three parts, namely RPCB + FPCB + RPCB. One of the rigid boards carries the optical camera module, and the other rigid board carries the power module and the communication module. The two rigid plates are connected through the FPCB, and the FPCB can be folded and assembled.

In a preferred embodiment, the optical camera module is connected with the communication module and the power module which are integrated together through a connector. In the preferred embodiment, each module uses a BTB connection interface via a connector.

In a preferred embodiment, the optical camera module, the communication module and the power module which are integrated together are connected in a clamping mode through a clamping groove with a connection PIN needle.

Fig. 2 is a flow chart of a second embodiment of the present application, which is a method for using the camera assembly of the first embodiment, and includes the following steps:

and S1, setting a working area on the back of the mobile phone by magnetically adsorbing the external camera assembly through the magnetic adsorption module.

The method specifically comprises the following steps: and magnetically adsorbing the external camera assembly in the range covered by the mobile phone wireless charging coil corresponding to the back of the mobile phone.

And S2, opening the external camera APP of the mobile phone.

An external camera APP capable of communicating with the external camera assembly in a signal mode is preassembled in the mobile phone.

And after the App is started, the communication modules such as an NFC module, a Bluetooth/wifi/5G module and the like are automatically applied for authorization and the wireless anti-charging function is realized.

S3, starting the mobile phone NFC module, the wireless reverse charging function and the mobile phone communication module.

In this embodiment, set up to automatic start cell-phone NFC module, wireless anti-function and the cell-phone communication module of charging after starting external camera APP. In other embodiments, the mobile phone NFC module, the wireless reverse charging function and the mobile phone communication module can be manually opened after the external camera APP is started.

In this embodiment, the mobile phone communication module can be set as a bluetooth communication module, a WIFI module or a 5G communication module, and the specific setting type matches with the communication module in the external camera component.

And S4, establishing signal connection between the mobile phone NFC module and the NFC subunit of the external camera component.

In this embodiment, the NFC mainly functions to perform security authentication for communication connection such as bluetooth/wifi/5G, and the NFC contact is successful in pairing. NFC simultaneously plays the function of discerning external camera model.

And S5, starting a power module of the external camera assembly.

And S6, connecting the mobile phone communication module with the communication unit of the external camera assembly.

In this embodiment, the external camera component head itself has a battery (about 500mAh), and the external camera component head preferentially consumes its own power, so that a certain duration of time can be realized, and the wireless anti-charging function of the mobile phone is started only when the own power of the external camera component head is lower than a set threshold. Therefore, in the embodiment, after the camera component is arranged externally, a part of space can be reserved in the mobile phone and allocated to the mobile phone battery, and the capacity of the mobile phone battery is increased, so that the endurance time of the mobile phone is prolonged.

The method also comprises the following steps: after the pairing is successful, the mobile phone is selected to be turned off or turned on to charge the external camera assembly according to the self electric quantity of the external camera assembly.

In this embodiment, the bluetooth communication module of the mobile phone is in communication connection with the bluetooth subunit of the external camera assembly, and in other embodiments, the bluetooth communication module of the mobile phone is also in communication connection with the WIFI subunit of the external camera assembly, or the 5G communication subunit of the external camera assembly is in cloud communication connection with the mobile phone.

And S7, starting the optical camera module of the external camera component.

In this embodiment, after the power module of the external camera module is powered on, the optical camera module is automatically powered on and started.

And S8, the mobile phone sends a control signal to the optical camera module of the external camera component through the communication unit.

The optical camera module of the external camera assembly is controlled through the mobile phone APP to shoot.

And S9, the mobile phone receives the image data sent by the optical camera module through the communication unit.

The method comprises the steps of receiving an image sent by an external camera assembly through a mobile phone APP, storing the received image in a mobile phone memory, or uploading a picture to a cloud for processing.

S10, the mobile phone clicks to quit the APP process, the wireless reverse charging function of the mobile phone is closed, the communication connection with the external camera component is kept, and the optical camera module of the external camera component is closed.

S11, when the mobile phone detects that the NFC connection is interrupted, and meanwhile, the APP process of the mobile phone is not started, the power module of the external camera assembly is closed.

Referring to fig. 3, a flow chart of a third embodiment of the present application is shown, and the present embodiment is a method for using the camera assembly according to the first embodiment, and includes the following steps:

and S1, turning on a power module switch of the external camera assembly, and starting a communication module of the external camera assembly.

And S2, setting a working area on the back of the mobile phone by magnetically adsorbing the external camera assembly through the magnetic adsorption module.

And S3, opening the external camera APP of the mobile phone.

And S4, starting the wireless reverse charging function of the mobile phone and the mobile phone communication module.

In this embodiment, set up to the wireless anti-function of charging and cell-phone communication module of automatic start cell-phone after starting external camera APP. In other embodiments, the wireless anti-charging function and the mobile phone communication module can be manually turned on after the external camera APP is started.

And S5, the mobile phone communication module and the external camera assembly communication module are automatically connected after being paired. In the step, the first pairing requires user operation authentication, and the external camera assembly is selected to be turned off or continuously charged according to the electric quantity information of the external camera assembly.

And S6, starting the optical camera module of the external camera component.

In this embodiment, after the external camera module establishes a communication connection with the mobile phone, the optical camera module is automatically powered on and started.

And S7, the mobile phone sends a control signal to the optical camera module of the external camera component through the communication unit.

The optical camera module of the external camera is operated through the mobile phone APP to shoot.

And S8, the mobile phone receives the image data sent by the external camera component through the communication unit.

The image sent by the external camera assembly is received through the mobile phone APP, the received image is stored in a mobile phone memory, or the picture is uploaded to the cloud end by the communication unit to be processed.

And S9, after the mobile phone quits the APP process, closing the wireless anti-charging function of the mobile phone and keeping the communication connection with the external camera component.

And S10, manually turning off a key of the power module of the external camera assembly, and turning off the power supply of the external camera assembly.

The principles and embodiments of the present application are explained herein using specific examples, which are presented only to assist in understanding the method and its core concepts of the present application. The foregoing is only a preferred embodiment of the present application, and it should be noted that there are objectively infinite specific structures due to the limited character expressions, and it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that a plurality of modifications, decorations or changes may be made without departing from the principle of the present application, and the technical features described above may be combined in a suitable manner; such modifications, variations, combinations, or adaptations of the invention using its spirit and scope, as defined by the claims, may be directed to other uses and embodiments, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

Claims

1. An external camera component is characterized by comprising a magnetic adsorption module, an optical camera module, a communication module and a power supply module; the magnetic adsorption module is used for fixing the camera assembly on the back of the mobile phone in a set working area in a magnetic adsorption mode; the communication module is used for enabling the optical camera module to be in signal communication with the mobile phone; the power supply module is used for supplying power to the optical camera module and the communication module; the communication module comprises an NFC subunit and a communication unit; the power module comprises a module wireless charging coil and a module battery.

2. The external camera assembly as defined in claim 1, wherein the communication unit is configured as any one of a bluetooth subunit, a WIFI subunit or a 5G communication subunit.

3. The external camera assembly of claim 1, wherein the optical camera module comprises an optical lens group, a drive motor or fixed focus Holder, a filter, a camera sensor.

4. The external camera assembly as defined in claim 1, wherein the communication module and the power module are integrated on a PCB.

5. The external camera assembly as defined in claim 4, wherein the optical camera module, the communication module and the power module are integrally packaged.

6. The external camera assembly as defined in claim 4, wherein the optical camera module is connected with the integrated communication module and the power module through a connector.

7. The external camera assembly as defined in claim 4, wherein the optical camera module is connected with the integrated communication module and power module by a card slot.

8. The external camera assembly as defined in claim 1, wherein the working area set on the back of the mobile phone corresponds to a coverage area of a wireless charging coil of the mobile phone.