CN214256448U - Imaging device and electronic apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

The application discloses a camera device and electronic equipment, wherein the camera device comprises a shell, a rotating assembly, a driving assembly and a camera; the camera is arranged in the shell; the rotating assembly comprises a first rotating piece, a second rotating piece and a supporting piece, the first rotating piece is connected with the shell and the supporting piece, the second rotating piece is connected with the supporting piece and the camera, and the rotating axis of the first rotating piece is intersected with the rotating axis of the second rotating piece; the driving assembly is arranged in the shell and used for driving the camera to rotate around the rotating axis of the first rotating piece and/or the rotating axis of the second rotating piece. The embodiment of the application provides 360 rotations that can realize the camera to can guarantee the stability of camera in the rotation process, the eccentric and the condition of rocking can not appear, be favorable to realizing camera device's miniaturized design simultaneously, realize little size design.

Description

Imaging device and electronic apparatus

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of electronic equipment, in particular to an image pickup device and electronic equipment.

Background

With the progress of technology and the change of user requirements, the functional requirements of cameras are more and more, and Auto Focus cameras, OIS cameras, periscope cameras, pan-tilt cameras and the like are available at present. The cloud platform camera is because can 360 rotations on the mounting surface, and is better to the shake correction effect, obtains wide application.

As shown in fig. 1, in the related art, the pan-tilt camera adopts a design scheme of a double-ball suspension 202 ', balls are arranged at four diagonal positions of a camera body 204' to form two virtual axes, and the camera body 204 'is suspended by matching with a steel sheet 206' to achieve the purpose of moving 360 °. However, the above method has a relatively high requirement on the assembly process of the camera body 204'. In addition, the steel sheet 206 ' is adopted to suspend the camera body 204 ', so that the camera body 204 ' is easy to cause the problem of eccentricity in the movement process.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The application aims at providing a camera device and electronic equipment, and the technical problems that two virtual axes formed by four diagonal balls in the existing double-ball suspension design have high requirements on the assembly process of the camera device and a camera module is easy to be eccentric in the motion process are solved at least.

In order to solve the technical problem, the present application is implemented as follows:

in a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an image pickup apparatus, which includes a housing, a rotation assembly, a driving assembly, and a camera; the camera is arranged in the shell; the rotating assembly comprises a first rotating piece, a second rotating piece and a supporting piece, the first rotating piece is connected with the shell and the supporting piece, the second rotating piece is connected with the supporting piece and the camera, and the rotating axis of the first rotating piece is intersected with the rotating axis of the second rotating piece; the driving assembly is arranged in the shell and used for driving the camera to rotate around the rotating axis of the first rotating piece and/or the rotating axis of the second rotating piece.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an electronic apparatus including the image pickup device implemented as described above.

In the embodiment of the application, the first rotating member and the second rotating member in the rotating assembly can both rotate under the driving of the driving assembly, which makes the rotating assembly itself a two-stage rotating structure. Thus, in the use process of the camera device, the second rotating part can also realize that the camera rotates around the rotating axis of the second rotating part on the basis that the first rotating part realizes that the camera rotates around the rotating axis of the first rotating part. The rotation axis of the first rotating piece is crossed with the rotation axis of the second rotating piece, 360-degree rotation of the camera is guaranteed through cooperation of the first rotating piece and the second rotating piece, and the all-round anti-shaking effect of the camera is achieved.

In addition, first rotation piece and second rotation piece are the entity structure in this application embodiment, and first rotation piece and second rotation piece are connected through support piece, compare in the virtual axle structure of the design of two ball suspension in the correlation technique, can promote the drive camera to the very big degree and rotate the stability of in-process to play certain supporting role to the camera, and then improve or avoid the eccentric problem of camera motion process. In addition, compare in the design of two ball suspension in the correlation technique, this application only needs two positions in the side of camera to set up first rotation piece and second rotation piece, compares in the design of four positions placement balls, has promoted the degree of compactness of casing and camera in the very big degree, is favorable to realizing camera device's miniaturized design, can accomplish very little with camera device's external dimension, and this is to electronic equipment's frivolous design and has obvious advantage.

Additional aspects and advantages of the present application will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the present application.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present application will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a cloud-based camera in the related art;

reference numerals in fig. 1:

202 ' double-roller suspension type, 204 ' camera body, 206 ' steel sheet.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an imaging device according to one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a top view of the imaging device of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a rotating assembly in the imaging device of FIG. 2;

fig. 5 is an operation schematic diagram of the image pickup apparatus of fig. 2.

Reference numerals in fig. 2 to 5:

102 shell, 104 rotating component, 106 driving component, 108 camera, 110 first rotating component, 112 second rotating component, 114 supporting component, 116 first driving part, 118 second driving part, 120 first adjusting element, 122 third driving part, 124 fourth driving part, 126 second adjusting element, 128 camera body, 130 protecting frame, 132 circuit board, 134 first rotating part, 136 second rotating part, 138 third rotating part and 140 fourth rotating part.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the embodiments of the present application, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are exemplary only for the purpose of explaining the present application and are not to be construed as limiting the present application. 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.

In the description and claims of this application, the term "plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified. Further, "and/or" in the specification and claims means at least one of the connected objects.

In the description of the present application, it is to be understood that the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "inner", "outer", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience in describing the present application and simplifying the description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed in a particular orientation, and be operated, and thus, should not be taken as limiting the present application.

In the description of the present application, it is to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood in a specific case by those of ordinary skill in the art.

An image pickup apparatus and an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application are described below with reference to fig. 2 to 5. The direction of the turning arrow in fig. 5 is clockwise.

As shown in fig. 2, the image capturing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present application includes a housing 102, a rotating assembly 104, a driving assembly 106, and a camera 108. As shown in fig. 3 and 4, the camera 108 and the driving assembly 106 are disposed inside the housing 102; the rotating assembly 104 includes a first rotating member 110, a second rotating member 112 and a supporting member 114; one end of the first rotating member 110 is connected to the housing 102, the other end of the first rotating member 110 is connected to the supporting member 114, and the first rotating member 110 can rotate under the action of the driving assembly 106, so as to drive the supporting member 114, the second rotating member 112 and the camera 108 to integrally rotate around the rotation axis L1 of the first rotating member 110; one end of the second rotating member 112 is connected to the supporting member 114, the other end of the second rotating member 112 is connected to the camera 108, and the second rotating member 112 can rotate under the action of the driving assembly 106 to drive the camera 108 to rotate around the rotation axis L1 of the second rotating member 112. As shown in fig. 5, the rotation axis L1 of the first rotor 110 intersects with the rotation axis L1 of the second rotor 112.

In particular, as shown in fig. 5, since the first rotating member 110 and the second rotating member 112 of the rotating assembly 104 can both rotate under the driving of the driving assembly 106, the rotating assembly 104 is a two-stage rotating structure. Thus, in the use of the image pickup apparatus, the second rotating member 112 can also effect the rotation of the camera 108 about the rotation axis L2 of the second rotating member 112, on the basis that the first rotating member 110 has achieved the rotation of the camera 108 about the rotation axis L1 of the first rotating member 110. The rotation axis L1 of the first rotating member 110 intersects with the rotation axis L2 of the second rotating member 112, and the 360-degree rotation of the camera 108 is ensured by the cooperation of the first rotating member 110 and the second rotating member 112, so that the all-round anti-shake effect of the camera 108 is realized.

In addition, the first rotating member 110 and the second rotating member 112 in the embodiment of the present application are both solid structures, the requirement on the assembly process of the camera 108 is low, and the first rotating member 110 and the second rotating member 112 are connected through the supporting member 114, and can support the camera 108 to a certain extent. In addition, compare in the design of the double ball suspension among the relevant art, this application only needs two positions in the side of camera 108 to set up first rotation piece 110 and second rotation piece 112, compare in the design that four positions placed the ball, has promoted the degree of compactness of casing 102 and camera 108 to a great extent, is favorable to realizing camera device's miniaturized design, can accomplish very little with camera device's external dimension, this is to electronic equipment's frivolous design and has obvious advantage.

Therefore, the camera device provided by the embodiment of the application can realize 360-degree rotation of the camera 108, can ensure the stability of the camera 108 in the rotation process, cannot generate eccentricity and shaking, is favorable for realizing the miniaturization design of the camera device and realizes the small-size design.

As a possible embodiment, as shown in fig. 5, the rotation axis L1 of the first rotating member 110 is perpendicular to the rotation axis L2 of the second rotating member 112. Thus, when the driving assembly 106 drives the first rotating member 110 to rotate, the supporting member 114, the second rotating member 112 and the camera 108 are driven to rotate integrally around the rotation axis L1 of the first rotating member 110, and are tilted toward two opposite sides of the image capturing device (tilted toward the left rear or the right front of the image capturing device); when the driving assembly 106 drives the second rotating member 112 to rotate, the camera 108 can be driven to rotate around the rotating axis L2 of the second rotating member 112 as a whole and to face the other opposite sides of the camera (tilt towards the right rear or left front of the camera). Thus, through the cooperation of the first rotating part 110 and the second rotating part 112, the rotation of the camera 108 in the circumferential direction by 360 degrees can be ensured, and the omnibearing anti-shake effect of the camera device is realized.

As one possible embodiment, as shown in fig. 5, the intersection of the rotation axis L1 of the first rotating member 110 and the rotation axis L2 of the second rotating member 112 is located at the center of the camera 108. Like this, guaranteed on the one hand that camera 108 rotates the required rotation space unanimity of the relative both sides in-process, on the other hand can guarantee that camera 108 rotates the relative both sides atress balance of in-process, further promotes camera 108 and rotates the stability of in-process, avoids appearing the eccentric and condition of rocking.

As a possible embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, the first rotating member 110 includes a first rotating portion 134 and a second rotating portion 136 which are rotatably connected. The first rotating portion 134 is disposed on the housing 102, the second rotating portion 136 is disposed on the supporting member 114, and a line connecting the first rotating portion 134 and the second rotating portion 136 forms a rotating axis L1 of the first rotating member 110. In use, the first rotating portion 134 and the second rotating portion 136 can rotate relatively, so that the second rotating portion 136 drives the supporting member 114. The second rotating member 112 and the camera head 108 integrally rotate about the rotational axis of the first rotating member 110.

As a possible embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, the second rotating member 112 includes a third rotating portion 138 and a fourth rotating portion 140 that are rotatably connected. Wherein the third rotating portion 138 is disposed on the supporting member 114, the fourth rotating portion 140 is disposed on the camera 108, and a connecting line of the third rotating portion 138 and the fourth rotating portion 140 forms the rotating axis L2 of the second rotating member 112. In the using process, the third rotating portion 138 and the fourth rotating portion 140 can rotate relatively, so that the fourth rotating portion 140 drives the camera 108 to rotate around the rotating axis of the second rotating member 112 as a whole.

As a possible embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, the supporting member 114 is a supporting rod. The support rod is located at the side of the camera 108, and two end parts of the support rod are bent towards one side of the camera 108; the first rotating member 110 and the second rotating member 112 are respectively connected to two ends of the support rod and located at positions where the support rod is bent. Thus, the intersection of the rotation axis L1 of the first rotating member 110 and the rotation axis L2 of the second rotating member 112 is ensured, and 360 ° rotation of the camera 108 is ensured.

As shown in fig. 3 and 5, the first rotating member 110, the second rotating member 112, and the support rod are located on the same side of the camera 108, and the first rotating member 110 and the second rotating member 112 are located at both ends of the same side of the camera 108. Compared with the double-roller suspension design in the related art, the space occupied by the rotating component 104 in the housing 102 is greatly reduced, and the overall miniaturization design of the camera device can be realized.

As one possible implementation, as shown in fig. 2, 3 and 5, the driving assembly 106 includes a first driving portion 116 and a second driving portion 118 that cooperate with each other. Wherein the first driving portion 116 is disposed on the housing 102, and the second driving portion 118 is disposed on the supporting member 114 and is opposite to the first driving portion 116. Specifically, one of the first driving part 116 and the second driving part 118 is a coil, and the other is a magnet. In this way, the first driving portion 116 and the second driving portion 118 cooperate with each other to apply a driving force to the supporting member 114, and further drive the supporting member 114 in a magnetic driving manner, so that the first rotating member 110 rotates, the supporting member 114, the second rotating member 112 and the camera 108 rotate integrally, and the camera 108 is prevented from shaking in one direction.

In a specific embodiment, as shown in fig. 5, when the supporting member 114 receives an upward force under the action of the first driving portion 116 and the second driving portion 118, the first rotating member 110 rotates counterclockwise, so that the camera 108 tilts toward the left rear of the image capturing apparatus; when the supporting member 114 is forced downward by the first driving portion 116 and the second driving portion 118, the first rotating member 110 rotates clockwise, so that the camera 108 tilts toward the front right of the image capturing apparatus.

As a possible embodiment, as shown in fig. 3 and 5, the driving assembly 106 further comprises a first adjustment element 120. The first adjusting element 120 is electrically connected to the coils in the first driving portion 116 and the second driving portion 118, and can be used to adjust the magnitude and direction of the current in the coils, so as to control the rotation direction and rotation angle of the first rotating member 110, thereby implementing precise control of the camera 108.

In an embodiment, the first driving portion 116 is a coil, the first adjusting element 120 is electrically connected to the first driving portion 116, and the second driving portion 118 is a magnet.

As a possible implementation, as shown in fig. 2, 3 and 5, the driving assembly 106 includes a third driving portion 122 and a fourth driving portion 124 cooperating with each other. The third driving portion 122 is disposed on the housing 102, and the fourth driving portion 124 is disposed on the camera 108 and opposite to the third driving portion 122. Specifically, one of the third driving unit 122 and the fourth driving unit 124 is a coil, and the other is a magnet. In this way, the third driving portion 122 and the fourth driving portion 124 cooperate with each other to apply a driving force to the camera 108, and then drive the camera 108 in a magnetic driving manner, so that the second rotating member 112 rotates to rotate the camera 108, thereby preventing the camera 108 from shaking in another direction.

In a specific embodiment, as shown in fig. 5, when the driving camera 108 receives an upward force under the action of the third driving portion 122 and the fourth driving portion 124, the second rotating member 112 rotates counterclockwise, so that the camera 108 tilts toward the right rear of the image capturing apparatus; when the driving camera 108 receives a downward force by the third driving portion 122 and the fourth driving portion 124, the second rotating member 112 rotates clockwise, so that the camera 108 tilts toward the front left of the image capturing apparatus.

As a possible embodiment, as shown in fig. 3 and 5, the driving assembly 106 further comprises a second adjustment element 126. The second adjusting element 126 is electrically connected to the coils of the third driving portion 122 and the fourth driving portion 124, and can be used to adjust the magnitude and direction of the current in the coils, so as to control the rotation direction and rotation angle of the second rotating member 112, thereby implementing precise control of the camera 108.

In an embodiment, the third driving portion 122 is a coil, the second adjusting element 126 is electrically connected to the third driving portion 122, and the fourth driving portion 124 is a magnet.

As one possible implementation, as shown in fig. 2, 3 and 5, the camera 108 includes a camera body 128 and a protective frame 130 that are connected. The camera body 128 is disposed inside the protective frame 130, so as to protect the camera body 128 to a certain extent; the second rotating member 112 is connected to the protection frame 130, and can drive the camera body 128 to rotate through the protection frame 130 under the action of the driving assembly 106. Specifically, the camera body 128 and the protective frame 130 may be fixed by liquid UV glue.

In a specific embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, 3 and 5, the fourth driving part 124 is disposed on an outer wall of the protective frame 130. In addition, the first rotating member 110 and the second rotating member 112 are located at two corners of the protection frame 130, and the rotation axis L1 of the first rotating member 110 and the rotation axis L2 of the second rotating member 112 are distributed around a diagonal line of the protection frame 130. In addition, a gap is left between the outer side wall of the protection frame 130 and the inner side wall of the housing 102, and the size of the gap can be designed according to actual needs, but is ensured to accommodate the rotating assembly 104.

As a possible implementation, as shown in fig. 2, 3 and 5, the camera device further includes a circuit board 132, where the circuit board 132 is a flexible circuit board, and the circuit board 132 is connected to and used in cooperation with the camera body 128. The camera body 128 converts optical signals, and the circuit board 132 transmits signals.

Specifically, the camera device that this application provided is cloud platform camera.

The electronic device provided by the embodiment of the application comprises the image pickup device provided by any one of the embodiments. Therefore, all the advantages of the above-mentioned image pickup apparatus are obtained, and are not discussed herein.

Specifically, the electronic device may be: cameras, camera phones, computers, tablet computers, and the like.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 2, 3 and 5, the embodiment of the present application provides an image capturing apparatus, in which an original scheme of forming two virtual axes through four positions is changed into a scheme of forming two solid rotation members through two positions, so that 360 ° movement of the camera 108 can be achieved. In addition, through becoming two entity rotation pieces with two imaginary axes among the correlation technique, can avoid the eccentric problem in the camera 108 motion process, also can reduce camera device's the required space in inside simultaneously, reduce the module size, realize the miniaturization.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 2, 3 and 5, the image pickup apparatus according to the embodiment of the present application includes a housing 102, a rotation assembly 104, a driving assembly 106 and a camera 108. As shown in fig. 4, the driving assembly 106 includes a first rotating member 110, a second rotating member 112 and a supporting member 114, wherein balls are disposed in the first rotating member 110 and the second rotating member 112 and can rotate 360 ° around the shaft, the supporting member 114 is connected between the first rotating member 110 and the second rotating member 112, and the first rotating member 110, the second rotating member 112 and the supporting member 114 all need to use a material with high strength to avoid deformation (metal or plastic inlaid with metal). As shown in fig. 2, 3 and 5, the driving assembly 106 includes a first driving portion 116 and a second driving portion 118 cooperating with each other, and a third driving portion 122 and a fourth driving portion 124 cooperating with each other; the first driving portion 116 and the second driving portion 118 cooperate to drive the first rotating member 110 to rotate, and the third driving portion 122 and the fourth driving portion 124 cooperate to drive the second rotating member 112 to rotate. As shown in fig. 2, 3, and 5, drive assembly 106 further includes a first adjustment member 120 and a second adjustment member 126; the first adjusting element 120 can adjust the rotation direction and rotation angle of the first rotating member 110, and the second adjusting element 126 can adjust the rotation direction and rotation angle of the second rotating member 112. The camera 108 includes a camera body 128 and a bezel 130 (which may be connected by liquid UV glue) that are connected; the camera body 128 is responsible for collecting and converting optical signals, the protective frame 130 is matched with the shell 102 to play a protective role, the size of a gap between the protective frame 130 and the shell 102 can be adjusted, and the thicknesses of the protective frame 130 and the shell 102 can also be adjusted. The camera device further includes a circuit board 132, and the circuit board 132 is connected to the camera body 128 and is responsible for signal transmission.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 5, in the use process of the image pickup apparatus, after calculating the required tilt angle of the camera 108 through an algorithm, the second driving portion 118 and the fourth driving portion 124 are controlled to move respectively by controlling the magnitude and the positive and negative poles of the output current, when the second driving portion 118 receives an upward ampere force, the second driving portion 118 drives the supporting member 114 to move, and the first rotating member 110 rotates counterclockwise. Similarly, when the fourth driving portion 124 receives a downward ampere force, the second rotating member 112 moves clockwise, so as to drive the camera 108 inside the housing 102 to perform 360 ° panoramic shooting.

As shown in fig. 2, 3 and 5, the camera device according to the embodiment of the present application forms a solid rotation axis (i.e., the first rotation member 110 and the second rotation member 112) through two positions, and the camera body 128 and the protection frame 130 are fixed by glue, so that the camera 108 does not have an eccentricity problem during the movement process; meanwhile, only two positions are needed to form the first rotating member 110 and the second rotating member 112, which is beneficial to the miniaturization design of the image pickup device and the electronic equipment.

Other configurations of … …, such as … … and … …, and the like and operation according to embodiments of the present application are known to those of ordinary skill in the art and will not be described in detail herein.

In the description herein, reference to the description of the terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an illustrative embodiment," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples" or the like means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the application. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

While embodiments of the present application have been shown and described, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the application, the scope of which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims (10)

1. An image pickup apparatus is characterized in that,

the camera device comprises a shell, a rotating assembly, a driving assembly and a camera;

the camera is arranged in the shell;

the rotating assembly comprises a first rotating piece, a second rotating piece and a supporting piece, the first rotating piece is connected with the shell and the supporting piece, the second rotating piece is connected with the supporting piece and the camera, and the rotating axis of the first rotating piece is intersected with the rotating axis of the second rotating piece;

the driving assembly is arranged in the shell and used for driving the camera to rotate around the rotating axis of the first rotating piece and/or the rotating axis of the second rotating piece.

2. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1,

the rotating axis of the first rotating piece is perpendicular to the rotating axis of the second rotating piece.

3. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1,

and the intersection point of the rotating axis of the first rotating part and the rotating axis of the second rotating part is positioned in the center of the camera.

4. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1,

the first rotating part comprises a first rotating part and a second rotating part which are connected in a rotating mode, the first rotating part is arranged on the shell, and the second rotating part is arranged on the supporting piece.

5. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1,

the second rotates the piece including the third rotation portion and the fourth rotation portion of rotating the connection, the third rotation portion set up in support piece, the fourth rotation portion set up in the camera.

6. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1,

the supporting piece is a supporting rod, two ends of the supporting rod bend towards one side of the camera, and the first rotating piece and the second rotating piece are connected to two end portions of the supporting rod respectively.

7. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said drive assembly includes:

a first driving part disposed on the housing;

the second driving part is arranged on the supporting part and is matched with the first driving part to drive the first rotating part to rotate;

wherein one of the first and second driving parts is a coil and the other is a magnet.

8. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said drive assembly further comprises:

and the first adjusting element is electrically connected with the coils in the first driving part and the second driving part and can be used for adjusting the magnitude and the direction of current in the coils.

9. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said drive assembly includes:

a third driving part provided to the housing;

the fourth driving part is arranged on the camera and is matched with the third driving part to drive the second rotating part to rotate;

wherein one of the third driving part and the fourth driving part is a coil, and the other is a magnet.

10. An electronic device, comprising:

the image pickup apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 9.

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