CN214412792U

CN214412792U - External camera of electronic equipment

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Publication number: CN214412792U
Application number: CN202120592211.4U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 程新; 常浩
Original assignee: Beijing Yitai Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Yitai Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-03-23
Filing date: 2021-03-23
Publication date: 2021-10-15
Anticipated expiration: 2031-03-23

Abstract

The utility model provides an external camera of electronic equipment, include: the fixing piece is used for clamping and fixing the external electronic equipment; the first shell and the second shell are fixedly connected on the fixing piece; the camera is arranged in the first shell in an embedded and buckled manner and is used for collecting image signals; the control circuit board is also provided with a data transmission module which is used for establishing communication connection with external electronic equipment and sending image signals to the external electronic equipment through the communication connection; the power supply assembly is arranged in the second shell and is connected with the control circuit board for supplying power; wherein, first casing passes through adjustable connecting piece and connects the mounting in order to adjust the orientation of camera, and/or, the camera is rotatable camera in order to rotate according to the camera turn signal that returns through communication connection from external electronic equipment. The utility model discloses can connect outside electronic equipment as external camera through wired or wireless mode, shoot the direction in order to keep the user at picture central authorities through the adjustment, promote the shooting effect.

Description

External camera of electronic equipment

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an electronic equipment technical field that makes a video recording especially relates to an external camera of electronic equipment.

Background

At present, intelligent electronic devices such as mobile phones and the like become essential application tools in daily work and life of people, and with the continuous improvement of software and hardware functions along with the technical progress in recent years, the mobile phones are not only communication tools for making calls and sending short messages, but also mobile terminals integrating multiple functions such as communication, entertainment, social contact, payment and the like. The camera is used as important hardware of intelligent electronic equipment such as a mobile phone and the like, so that the daily shooting requirement is met, and higher functional requirements are provided for the camera under video and live application scenes needing real-time picture transmission.

At the present stage, each big cell-phone and flat panel manufacturer adopts built-in integrated camera based on the design theory that the outward appearance is frivolous, and this type of camera can satisfy in general function of making a video recording, but like video transmission and live broadcast video recording in-process, when equipment is fixed, the camera direction is also fixed, can't make the shooting object be located suitable position in the image all the time through adjusting the camera angle in the shooting process, leads to the shooting effect relatively poor.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An embodiment of the utility model provides an external camera of electronic equipment for solve electronic equipment under by the fixed circumstances, can't adjust from taking the camera and shoot direction and angle in order to aim at the user, lead to the relatively poor problem of shooting effect.

The utility model provides a technical scheme of problem is:

the utility model provides an external camera of electronic equipment, include: a fixing member for clamping a side portion of an external electronic device; a first housing connected to the fixing member to be fixed to a front surface of the external electronic device; a second housing connected to the fixing member to be fixed to a rear surface of the external electronic device; the camera is arranged in the first shell in an embedded and buckled manner and is used for collecting image signals; the control circuit board is arranged in the first shell or the second shell, is provided with a data transmission module and is used for establishing communication connection with the external electronic equipment and sending the image signal to the external electronic equipment through the communication connection; the power supply assembly is arranged in the second shell and connected with the control circuit board to supply power for the external camera of the electronic equipment; the first shell is connected with the fixing piece through an adjustable connecting piece so as to adjust the orientation of the camera, and/or the camera is a rotatable camera and rotates according to a camera steering signal returned by the external electronic equipment through the communication connection.

In some embodiments, in the case that the camera is a rotatable camera, the rotatable camera includes a holder stabilizer and a camera module, the camera module is fixed in the first housing through the holder stabilizer, and the holder stabilizer is connected to the control circuit board and adjusts a direction of the camera module according to the camera steering signal.

In some embodiments, in the case that the camera is a rotatable camera, the rotatable camera includes a spherical camera housing and a spherical camera module, the spherical camera module is disposed in a circular cavity of the spherical camera housing, and a plurality of directional rollers are disposed in the circular cavity to drive the spherical camera module to turn.

In some embodiments, under the condition that the camera is a rotatable camera, an infrared camera and an infrared light lamp are further arranged on the rotatable camera, the infrared camera and the infrared light lamp are connected with the control circuit board, the infrared camera is used for collecting infrared images, and the infrared images are sent to the external electronic equipment through the communication connection.

In some embodiments, the data transmission module is a wireless data transmission module; or the data transmission module is a wired data transmission module and is used for connecting the external electronic equipment through a data line; and under the condition that the data transmission module is a wireless data transmission module, the wireless data transmission module is a Bluetooth module, a zigbee module or a WIFI module.

In some embodiments, in a case where the control circuit board is provided in the first case, the fixing member is further configured to bury a connection line between the control circuit board in the first case and the power supply component in the second case; under the condition that the control circuit board is arranged in the second shell, the fixing piece is also used for embedding a connecting wire between the camera in the first shell and the control circuit board in the second shell;

the power supply assembly comprises a rechargeable battery arranged in the cavity of the second shell and a charging interface arranged on the second shell in a buckling mode; or the power supply assembly comprises a power interface which is connected to external electronic equipment through a charging wire so as to supply power to the external camera of the electronic equipment through a power supply in the external electronic equipment.

In some embodiments, the external camera of the electronic device further includes: and the power switch is arranged on the first shell or the second shell, is connected with the control circuit board and is used for controlling the on-off of the communication connection, or is connected with the power supply assembly and is used for controlling the on-off of a power supply of the external camera of the electronic equipment.

In some embodiments, the fastener is a retractable caliper.

In some embodiments, a silicone part is connected to an end of the caliper, and/or the caliper is made of a transparent material.

In some embodiments, a vacuum chuck is disposed on the second housing for being attached to a back surface of the external electronic device.

The utility model has the advantages that:

the external camera of the electronic equipment can be connected with external electronic equipment in a wired or wireless mode to serve as the external camera. The camera rotates through the adjustable connecting piece to adjust the shooting direction; or the camera adopts a rotatable camera, receives a camera steering signal returned by the electronic equipment, continuously adjusts the shooting direction based on the rotatable camera to track the user, and always keeps the user in the center of the picture to obtain a good shooting effect.

Further, the camera steering signal movement for controlling the rotatable camera is generated by an external electronic device, and the electronic device can generate a corresponding camera steering signal based on the results of the face recognition and the eye movement recognition of the image, so as to control the rotatable camera to be always directed at the user.

Additional advantages, objects, and features of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and in part will become apparent to those having ordinary skill in the art upon examination of the following or may be learned from practice of the invention. The objectives and other advantages of the invention may be realized and attained by the structure particularly pointed out in the written description and drawings.

It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the objects and advantages that can be achieved with the present invention are not limited to the details set forth above, and that these and other objects that can be achieved with the present invention will be more clearly understood from the following detailed description.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiment(s) of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention. The components in the figures are not necessarily to scale, emphasis instead being placed upon illustrating the principles of the invention. For convenience in illustrating and describing some portions of the present invention, corresponding parts of the drawings may be exaggerated, i.e., may be larger, relative to other components in an exemplary device actually manufactured according to the present invention. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a block diagram of an external camera structure of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a block diagram of an external camera structure of an electronic device according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic view of an installation state of an external camera of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a rear view of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a left side view of FIG. 3;

fig. 7 is a schematic view of an installation state of an external camera of an electronic device according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic view of a rotatable camera structure in an external camera of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a block diagram of an external camera structure of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Description of reference numerals:

110: a first housing; 120: the camera can be rotated; 121: a spherical camera housing;

122: a spherical camera module; 123: a roller; 130: a fixing member;

131: an adjustable connector; 140: a power supply component; 150: a control circuit board;

151: a data transmission module; 1511: a data line; 152: a Bluetooth module;

160: a mobile phone; 170: a second housing.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the following embodiments and accompanying drawings. The exemplary embodiments and descriptions of the present invention are provided to explain the present invention, but not to limit the present invention.

It should also be noted that, in order to avoid obscuring the invention with unnecessary details, only the structures and/or process steps that are closely related to the solution according to the invention are shown in the drawings, while other details that are not relevant to the invention are omitted.

It should be emphasized that the term "comprises/comprising" when used herein, is taken to specify the presence of stated features, elements, steps or components, but does not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, elements, steps or components.

It is also noted herein that the term "coupled," if not specifically stated, may refer herein to not only a direct connection, but also an indirect connection in which an intermediate is present.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the drawings, the same reference numerals denote the same or similar parts, or the same or similar steps.

Electronic equipment such as mobile phones and flat panels are deeply integrated with the work and life of people, and based on diversification of application scenes, the requirements of hardware equipment in different use scenes tend to be different, and the differentiated requirements make single hardware equipment lack functions in specific scenes.

The camera is a standard configuration of the intelligent electronic device, and based on the requirement for lightweight portability, the camera is generally directly integrated in the intelligent electronic device by a manufacturer, and a lens of the intelligent electronic device cannot rotate or change directions. In some video communication or live scenes, a user usually uses a tripod to fix the intelligent electronic equipment for shooting, and the user can easily break away from the shooting range of a camera of the intelligent electronic equipment when moving, or the user leaves the center of a picture due to angle change, so that the shooting effect of video or live broadcasting is poor.

The utility model provides an external camera of electronic equipment as the external camera of connecting outside intelligent electronic equipment such as cell-phone 160, flat board, can realize the rotation of camera through adjustable connecting piece 131, perhaps utilizes rotatable camera 120 to assist intelligent electronic equipment to adjust the camera in real time, tracks the user in order to obtain better shooting effect. Specifically, as shown in fig. 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6, the embodiment of the present invention may include: fixing member 130, first casing 110, second casing 170, camera, control circuit board 150 and data transmission module 151.

A fixing member 130 for clamping a side portion of the external electronic device; a first housing 110 connected to the fixing member 130 to be fixed to a front surface of an external electronic device; a second housing 170 connected to the fixing member 130 to be fixed to a rear surface of the external electronic device; a camera (not labeled in the figure) which is arranged in the first shell 110 in a buckled manner and is used for collecting image signals; a control circuit board 150 disposed in the first casing 110 or the second casing 170, and provided with a data transmission module 151 for establishing a communication connection with an external electronic device and transmitting an image signal to the external electronic device through the communication connection; and the power supply assembly 140 is arranged in the second shell 170 and is connected with the control circuit board 150 for supplying power to the external camera of the electronic device.

As shown in fig. 9, the first housing 110 is connected to the fixing member 130 through the adjustable connection member 131 to adjust the orientation of the camera, and/or the camera is a rotatable camera 120 to rotate according to a camera steering signal returned from the external electronic device through the communication connection.

In this embodiment, the fixing element 130 may be a bandage made of silicone or nylon, or may be a caliper made of transparent material such as PMMA (polymethyl methacrylate), PS (polystyrene), or PC (polycarbonate), and the caliper provides a clamping force through a spring. In some embodiments, the fixing member 130 is a telescopic caliper, and a silicone member is connected to an end of the caliper, and the silicone member can prevent the electronic device from being scratched in a clamped state. Furthermore, the caliper can be made of transparent materials, so that shielding of a screen of external electronic equipment can be reduced.

The first housing 110 and the second housing 170 may have different geometric shapes according to application scenarios, and the first housing 110 and the second housing 170 may be fixed on the fixing member 130 through a connecting member or may be directly connected and fixed on the fixing member 130.

In one embodiment, the first housing 110 is fixed on the fixing member 130 by an adjustable connecting member 131, and the first housing 110 can be oriented in different directions by adjusting the adjustable connecting member 131 to adjust the direction of the camera. Specifically, the adjustable connecting member 131 may be a bendable connecting rod, or may be a multi-joint connecting rod connected by a rotating mechanism. Therefore, the orientation of the camera can be adjusted by adjusting the connecting piece, so that pictures at various angles can be conveniently shot without dead angles.

In another embodiment, the camera adopts the rotatable camera 120, and the rotatable camera 120 can adjust the direction of the lens according to the camera steering signal, so that the continuous adjustment and the alignment of the user are realized in the video and live broadcasting processes, and the shooting effect is guaranteed. In other embodiments, the camera may be a 360 ° panoramic camera. Therefore, the camera can be adjusted to conveniently shoot pictures at various angles without dead angles.

In some embodiments, in the case of the rotatable camera 120, the rotatable camera 120 includes a pan-tilt stabilizer (not shown) and a camera module (not shown), the camera module is fixed in the first housing 110 by the pan-tilt stabilizer, and the pan-tilt stabilizer is connected to the control circuit board 150 and adjusts the direction of the camera module according to the camera steering signal. In one embodiment, the holder stabilizer is composed of three gyroscopes, each gyroscope is responsible for one dimension, and the heading axis, the pitch axis and the roll axis of the three gyroscopes are respectively provided with a miniature brushless motor, so that the direction of the camera module can be adjusted according to the camera steering signal of the external intelligent electronic device to aim at a user.

In other embodiments, as shown in fig. 8, in the case of the rotatable camera 120, the rotatable camera 120 includes a spherical camera housing 121 and a spherical camera module 122, the spherical camera module 122 is disposed in a circular cavity of the spherical camera housing 121, and a plurality of directional rollers 123 are disposed in the circular cavity to drive the spherical camera module 122 to turn. The spherical camera module can rotate in the spherical camera housing 121, the multi-directional rollers 123 can be driven by the brushless motor, and the direction of the camera module can be adjusted according to a camera steering signal of the external intelligent electronic device so as to be aligned with a user.

In these embodiments, because the camera itself can be adjusted, so, the utility model discloses the external camera of electronic equipment is after receiving external electronic equipment's camera turn signal, and the camera orientation can carry out corresponding adjustment, and camera turn signal can obtain through the image of the external camera of analysis electronic equipment shooting before in external electronic equipment end, so, the external camera of electronic equipment can help external electronic equipment to track the gaze direction of user's people's eye to shoot the image better.

In some embodiments, in the case that the camera is the rotatable camera 120, an infrared camera and an infrared light lamp are further disposed on the rotatable camera 120, the infrared camera is used for collecting an infrared image, and the infrared camera and the infrared light lamp are connected to the control circuit board and transmit the infrared image to the external electronic device through a communication connection.

In this embodiment, for the angle that automatic discernment user eyeball or sight position and adjust rotatable camera 120 provides the condition, can set up infrared camera and infrared lamp on rotatable camera 120, infrared lamp is used for producing the infrared light, and infrared lamp can adopt infrared emitting diode. The infrared camera is used for shooting infrared images reflected by the human body of the user. The external camera of the electronic equipment transmits the infrared image to external electronic equipment through communication connection, and the external electronic equipment analyzes and judges the face position, the eyeball position or the sight line direction based on the image recognition technology. Specifically, the position information and the eye rotation information of the eyes of the user are analyzed by detecting infrared rays reflected by the eyes, the line of sight is tracked, and a corresponding camera steering signal is generated based on the sight line of the user so as to adjust the direction of a lens to be aligned to the user. The camera turn signal is returned to the control circuit board through the communication connection and transmitted to the rotatable camera 120 to control the rotational direction of the rotatable camera 120.

The control circuit board 150 may be a prefabricated PCB circuit board, a PLC board, or other prefabricated circuit board. The control circuit board 150 is mainly used for collecting and forwarding image signals of the rotatable camera 120. The control circuit board 150 can convert the image signal collected by the camera into a suitable data signal, so that the data transmission module sends out the data signal.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 2 and fig. 6, the data transmission module 151 is a wireless data transmission module, or the data transmission module 151 is a wired data transmission module for connecting the external electronic device through a data line. In the case where the data transmission module 151 is a wireless data transmission module, the bluetooth module 152 or a zigbee module (not shown) is used. In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 7, the data transmission module 151 is a wired data transmission module, and the data transmission module 151 is connected to the electronic device through a data line 1511. The data transmission module 151 is used for communicating with the intelligent electronic device to realize data communication. On one hand, image information shot by the rotatable camera 120 is transmitted to the intelligent electronic device, and on the other hand, a camera rotation signal sent by the intelligent electronic device can be received to guide the rotatable camera 120 to adjust the shooting direction.

In some embodiments, the control circuit board 150 may be provided with a WIFI module for connecting to a wireless network. In this embodiment, carry out the teletransmission of image signal and camera rotation signal through the internet through setting up the WIFI module, can break through the distance restriction.

The power supply module 140, the power supply module 140 may be a dc battery, or may include only a power interface and a rectifier for connecting an external power source. The power supply assembly 140 is connected to the control circuit board 150 for supplying power to the entire device. In some embodiments, a charging interface is disposed on the second housing 170, and the charging interface is connected to the power supply module 140 for charging the battery pack. In some embodiments, a power switch is disposed on the first casing 110 or the second casing 170, and the power switch is connected to the control circuit board 150 for controlling on/off of the communication connection, or connected to the power supply assembly 140 for controlling on/off of a power supply of the external camera of the electronic device.

In other embodiments, the power module 140 is disposed in the second housing 170, the second housing 170 is fixed to the back of the electronic device by the fixing member 130, and the power module 140 is a dc battery pack connected to the charging interface via the control circuit board 150. In this embodiment, the power module 140 is connected to the back of the electronic device through the fixing member 130, so that the shielding of the screen of the electronic device can be reduced.

In some embodiments, in the case where the control circuit board 150 is disposed in the first casing 110, the fixing member 130 is also used to bury a connection line between the control circuit board 150 in the first casing 110 and the power supply component in the second casing 170; in the case where the control circuit board 150 is disposed in the second housing 170, the fixing member 130 also serves to bury a connection line between the camera in the first housing 110 and the control circuit board 150 in the second housing 170. In this embodiment, the fixing member 130 may have a tubular structure, and may enclose the connecting wire to prevent the connecting wire from being exposed.

In some embodiments, the power supply component 140 includes a rechargeable battery disposed within the cavity of the second housing 170 and a charging interface disposed in snap fit with the second housing 170; alternatively, the power supply module 140 includes a power interface for connecting to an external electronic device through a charging cable to supply power to the external camera of the electronic device through a power supply in the external electronic device.

In some embodiments, the second housing 170 may be provided with a vacuum chuck for being fixed to the electronic device. Therefore, the second shell and the internal components thereof can be fixed with the external electronic equipment more firmly, and the screen of the external electronic equipment cannot be shielded.

In some embodiments, the first housing 110 may be provided with a vacuum chuck for being fixed to the electronic device.

Two embodiments applied to the mobile phone 160 are given below to explain the structure of the present invention in detail:

example 1

As shown in fig. 1 and 7, the external camera of the wired electronic device comprises a camera module, a battery module, a PCB, a data transmission module 151 and a fixing bracket, wherein the camera module is connected with the battery module, and the camera module is independently powered through the battery module. The camera module is rotatable ball machine camera, through mounting 130 leg joint battery module to wiring based on mounting 130 support. The battery module is arranged at the back of the mobile phone 160, and the camera module is arranged at the front of the mobile phone 160; the fixed bolster is the calliper of telescopic transparent material, and calliper is used for fixed connection cell-phone 160, and calliper size is adjustable with the cell-phone 160 of various models, and the calliper end adopts soft silica gel, avoids damaging cell-phone 160. Specifically, one end of the caliper is connected with the camera module, and the other end of the caliper is connected with the battery module; be equipped with the PCB circuit board on the fixed bolster, the camera module is connected to the PCB circuit board is used for gathering image signal, is equipped with data transmission module 151 on the PCB circuit board, and data transmission module 151 is connected to the mouth that charges of cell-phone 160 through soft data line 1511, and data line 1511 can adopt tall and erect, apple and/or Tepy-c interface. The back of the fixed support is provided with a switch which is connected with the PCB circuit board and used for controlling the on-off of the machine. The housing of the battery module is square, and the shape, pattern and color of the housing can be selected according to application requirements.

In this embodiment, the image collected by the camera module is directly transmitted to the mobile phone 160 through the data transmission module 151 by wire, and the camera module further receives the camera steering signal returned by the mobile phone 160 to adjust the lens direction of the camera module.

Example 2

As shown in FIG. 2 and 3 ~ 6, provide an external camera of wireless electronic equipment, including camera module, battery module and fixed bolster, the inside integration of camera module has PCB circuit board, LED pilot lamp, bluetooth module 152 and WIFI module. Wherein, the battery module is disposed in the fixing bracket and disposed at the back of the mobile phone 160. The camera module is rotatable ball machine camera, through mounting 130 leg joint battery module to wiring based on mounting 130 support. The fixed bolster is the calliper of telescopic transparent material, and calliper is used for fixed connection cell-phone 160, and calliper size is adjustable with the cell-phone 160 of various models, and the calliper end adopts soft silica gel, avoids damaging cell-phone 160. The back of the camera module is provided with a miniature vacuum chuck for being fixed on a screen of the electronic equipment. Be equipped with on the camera module and be used for opening the independent switch that stops the camera module, the fixed bolster back is equipped with the switch of battery module. The side of camera module is connected and is hung the rope, hangs the other end and the leg joint of rope, avoids losing of camera module. The housing of the battery module is square, and the shape, pattern and color of the housing can be selected according to application requirements.

In this embodiment, the image that the camera module was gathered is directly transmitted to the cell-phone 160 by bluetooth module 152 and WIFI module wireless, and the camera module still receives the camera turn signal adjustment camera module's that the cell-phone 160 returned camera direction.

Further, after receiving the image signal of the camera module, the mobile phone 160 may further recognize the image through the deep neural network to determine the position of the eyes or the face of the user, and generate a camera steering signal according to the positions of the eyes and the face of the user in the image to adjust the direction of the lens to align with the user.

Furthermore, an infrared camera and an infrared light lamp can be arranged in the camera module, the position information and the eye rotation information of the eyes of the user are analyzed by detecting the infrared rays reflected by the eyes, the sight line is tracked, and a corresponding camera steering signal is generated based on the sight line of the user so as to adjust the direction of the lens to align the user. Most gaze tracking techniques use the pupil center and infrared/near-infrared non-collimated light to create Corneal Reflections (CR). The vector between the pupil center and the corneal reflection can be used to calculate the location of the gaze point of interest with respect to the pupil center, typically using the bright, dark pupil approach: when the light emitted by the light source is coaxial with the eye gazing light path, the light can generate a bright pupil effect when passing through the pupil to enter the retina and then being reflected back from the retina; if the illumination source is off the eye's gaze path, most of the light entering the pupil can no longer be reflected back from the pupil, which can turn dark. Thus, two light and dark pupil images can be obtained by controlling the angle of the incident light, the difference between the two images is obtained, and the pupil position can be rapidly positioned.

In summary, the external camera of the electronic device may be connected to an external electronic device in a wired or wireless manner to serve as the external camera. The camera rotates through the adjustable connecting piece to adjust the shooting direction; or the camera adopts a rotatable camera, receives a camera steering signal returned by the electronic equipment, continuously adjusts the shooting direction based on the rotatable camera to track the user, and always keeps the user in the center of the picture to obtain a good shooting effect.

The term "consisting essentially of …" describing a combination shall include the identified element, ingredient, component or step as well as other elements, ingredients, components or steps that do not materially affect the basic novel characteristics of the combination. The use of the terms "comprising" or "including" to describe combinations of elements, components, or steps herein also contemplates embodiments that consist essentially of such elements, components, or steps. By using the term "may" herein, it is intended to indicate that any of the described attributes that "may" include are optional.

A plurality of elements, components, parts or steps can be provided by a single integrated element, component, part or step. Alternatively, a single integrated element, component, part or step may be divided into separate plural elements, components, parts or steps. The disclosure of "a" or "an" to describe an element, ingredient, component or step is not intended to foreclose other elements, ingredients, components or steps.

The above description is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention, and it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the embodiments of the present invention. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. The utility model provides an external camera of electronic equipment which characterized in that includes:

a fixing member for clamping a side portion of an external electronic device;

a first housing connected to the fixing member to be fixed to a front surface of the external electronic device;

a second housing connected to the fixing member to be fixed to a rear surface of the external electronic device;

the camera is arranged in the first shell in an embedded and buckled manner and is used for collecting image signals;

the control circuit board is arranged in the first shell or the second shell, is provided with a data transmission module and is used for establishing communication connection with the external electronic equipment and sending the image signal to the external electronic equipment through the communication connection;

the power supply assembly is arranged in the second shell and connected with the control circuit board to supply power for the external camera of the electronic equipment;

the first shell is connected with the fixing piece through an adjustable connecting piece so as to adjust the orientation of the camera, and/or the camera is a rotatable camera and rotates according to a camera steering signal returned by the external electronic equipment through the communication connection.

2. The external camera of electronic device as defined in claim 1, wherein in case that the camera is a rotatable camera, the rotatable camera includes a pan-tilt stabilizer and a camera module, the camera module is fixed in the first housing through the pan-tilt stabilizer, and the pan-tilt stabilizer is connected to the control circuit board and adjusts a direction of the camera module according to the camera steering signal.

3. The external camera of claim 1, wherein in case that the camera is a rotatable camera, the rotatable camera comprises a spherical camera housing and a spherical camera module, the spherical camera module is disposed in a circular cavity of the spherical camera housing, and a plurality of rollers are disposed in the circular cavity to drive the spherical camera module to turn.

4. The external camera of electronic equipment according to claim 1, wherein when the camera is a rotatable camera, the rotatable camera is further provided with an infrared camera and an infrared light, the infrared camera and the infrared light are connected to the control circuit board, and the infrared camera is used for collecting infrared images and sending the infrared images to the external electronic equipment through the communication connection.

5. The external camera of electronic equipment as defined in claim 1, wherein the data transmission module is a wireless data transmission module; or the data transmission module is a wired data transmission module and is used for connecting the external electronic equipment through a data line; and under the condition that the data transmission module is a wireless data transmission module, the wireless data transmission module is a Bluetooth module, a zigbee module or a WIFI module.

6. The external camera of the electronic device as recited in claim 1, wherein in a case where the control circuit board is disposed in the first housing, the fixing member is further configured to embed a connection line between the control circuit board in the first housing and the power supply component in the second housing; under the condition that the control circuit board is arranged in the second shell, the fixing piece is also used for embedding a connecting wire between the camera in the first shell and the control circuit board in the second shell;

7. The external camera of electronic equipment as defined in claim 1, further comprising: and the power switch is arranged on the first shell or the second shell, is connected with the control circuit board and is used for controlling the on-off of the communication connection, or is connected with the power supply assembly and is used for controlling the on-off of a power supply of the external camera of the electronic equipment.

8. The external camera of the electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fixing member is a retractable caliper.

9. The external camera of electronic equipment according to claim 8, wherein a silicone part is connected to an end of the caliper, and/or the caliper is made of a transparent material.

10. The external camera of electronic device as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein a vacuum chuck is disposed on the second housing for being attached to a back surface of the external electronic device.