CN214954742U - Portable electronic device with detachable camera module - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides a portable electronic device with removable camera module, including organism, host computer module and camera module. The body has at least one magnetic conductive part. The host module is arranged in the body and is provided with a plurality of first conductive parts exposed out of the body. The camera module is provided with at least one magnetic part and a plurality of second conductive parts, wherein the magnetic part is magnetically attracted to the magnetic conductive parts so that the first conductive parts and the second conductive parts are correspondingly connected with each other, and the host module and the camera module are electrically connected with each other through the first conductive parts and the second conductive parts. The utility model provides a portable electronic device with removable camera module, it is through simple magnetism inhale the structure and reach the corresponding electric connection effect of conductive part, and make camera module possess quick assembly disassembly's characteristic for the organism.

Description

Portable electronic device with detachable camera module

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a portable electronic device, and more particularly to a portable electronic device with a detachable camera module.

Background

With the development of networks, video conferencing systems are widely used in enterprises and distance education, and no matter where the conference sites are distributed around the world, effective communication can be performed by using the video conferencing systems, so that computer devices with built-in network cameras (web cams) have come to be born. Especially, the long-distance communication is important when being influenced by external environment and life form.

However, due to the design of the fixing mechanism of the camera device, the camera built in the computer device can only capture images in a specific range of view angles. Meanwhile, with the trend of light and thin design of computer devices, there is no longer enough space in the body of the computer device to arrange the camera.

Based on the above, how to combine the required camera function with the premise of meeting the design of light and thin computer device is a problem that needs to be considered and solved by those skilled in the art.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model provides a portable electronic device with removable camera module, it is through simple magnetism inhale the structure and reach the corresponding electric connection effect of conductive part, and make camera module possess quick assembly disassembly's characteristic for the organism.

The utility model discloses a portable electronic device with removable camera module, including organism, host computer module and camera module. The body has at least one magnetic conductive part. The host module is arranged in the body and is provided with a plurality of first conductive parts exposed out of the body. The camera module is provided with at least one magnetic part and a plurality of second conductive parts, wherein the magnetic part is magnetically attracted to the magnetic conductive parts so that the first conductive parts and the second conductive parts are correspondingly connected with each other, and the host module and the camera module are electrically connected with each other through the first conductive parts and the second conductive parts.

The embodiment of the utility model provides an in, still include display module, set up in the organism, display module's display surface is back to a plurality of first conductive parts.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the magnetic conductive portion is a metal frame structure disposed in the housing.

In an embodiment of the present invention, at least a part of the machine body is a metal shell to form the magnetic conductive portion.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the plurality of first conductive portions are conductive pads.

In an embodiment of the invention, the plurality of second conductive portions are spring pin connectors.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the camera module includes a first part and a second part that are detachable from each other, the camera unit of the camera module is disposed in the first part, and the plurality of second conductive portions are disposed in the second part.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the camera module further includes a circuit board, a plurality of third conductive portions, a plurality of fourth conductive portions and a plurality of fifth conductive portions, the plurality of second conductive portions and the plurality of third conductive portions are electrically connected to each other and are all disposed in the second component, the circuit board is disposed in the first component, the image capturing unit is disposed on the circuit board, the plurality of fourth conductive portions and the plurality of fifth conductive portions are disposed on the circuit board and are respectively electrically connected to the image capturing unit, when the first component and the second component are assembled with each other, the third conductive portions are electrically connected to the plurality of fourth conductive portions or to the plurality of fifth conductive portions.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the plurality of fourth conductive portions and the plurality of fifth conductive portions are located on opposite surfaces of the circuit board.

In an embodiment of the present invention, an electrical arrangement order of the plurality of fourth conductive portions is opposite to an electrical arrangement order of the plurality of fifth conductive portions.

Based on the above, the camera module is magnetically attracted corresponding to the magnetic conductive portion of the body through the magnetic member, so that the second conductive portion of the camera module and the first conductive portion of the body are aligned with each other and then electrically connected to each other, so that the host module and the camera module in the body are electrically connected to each other through the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion, and the corresponding configuration required by the detachable camera module is completed. Therefore, the camera module can be easily assembled and disassembled relative to the machine body by the simple component configuration, so that the machine body of the portable electronic device can be conveniently assembled with the built-in camera module without an additional internal space, and the design trend of the machine body towards lightness and thinness is facilitated.

In order to make the aforementioned and other features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.

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Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a portable electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a partial side view of the portable electronic device of FIG. 1;

fig. 3 and fig. 4 are partial schematic views illustrating a portable electronic device according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a partial schematic view of a portable electronic device according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a partial schematic view of the portable electronic device of FIG. 5 in another state;

fig. 7 and 8 show a simple schematic diagram of the camera module of fig. 5 from different perspectives.

Detailed Description

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a portable electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a partial side view of the portable electronic device of fig. 1. Referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2, in the present embodiment, a portable electronic device 10, which is a notebook computer as an example, includes a body 200, a host module 300 and a camera module 100. The main body 200 includes structures 210 and 220 pivotally connected to each other, and the main module 300 is, for example, a main board system and an electronic component of a notebook computer, and is mainly disposed in the structure 220 of the main body 200 and extends to the structure 210, and only a part of the main module extending to the structure 210 and related to technical features of the present embodiment is shown in fig. 2. The portable electronic device 10 further includes a display module 400 disposed in the structure 210 of the body 200.

Furthermore, the body 200 of the present embodiment has at least one magnetic conductive portion 213, which is, for example, a metal frame structure disposed in the structure 210 for carrying the display module 400. The host module 300 has a plurality of first conductive parts 310 exposed outside the body 200, and is electrically connected to electronic components (not shown) disposed in the structure 220 through electrical connection parts 320, for example. Correspondingly, the camera module 100 has at least one magnetic element 140 (two magnetic elements 140 are shown here as an example) and a plurality of second conductive parts 130, wherein the magnetic element 140 magnetically attracts the magnetic conductive part 213, so that the first conductive part 310 and the second conductive part 130 are correspondingly connected to each other, and the host module 300 and the camera module 100 are electrically connected to each other through the first conductive part 310 and the second conductive part 130. As shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2, the first conductive portion 310 of the present embodiment is, for example, a conductive pad, and the second conductive portion 130 is, for example, a pogo pin (pogo pin) connector.

In addition, as shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2, in the present embodiment, the display surface 410 of the display module 400 is substantially adjacent to the front frame 212 of the structural body 210, and the first conductive part 310 faces away from the display surface 410 and exposes the body 200 from the back cover 211. The camera module 100 includes a housing 110, and an image capturing unit 120, a magnetic member 140 and a second conductive part 130 disposed therein, wherein the housing 110 is L-shaped, the image capturing unit 120 is located at a short side of the housing 110, and the second conductive part 130 exposes the housing 110 from a long side of the housing 110. Accordingly, when the camera module 100 is assembled to the body 200 by the magnetic attraction of the magnetic member 140 and the magnetic conductive portion 213, the short side portion of the housing 110 is abutted against the upper portion of the structural body 210 of the body 200, and the long side portion of the housing 110 is abutted against the back cover 211, so that the first conductive portion 310 and the second conductive portion 130 can be aligned with each other by the magnetic attraction.

Fig. 3 and fig. 4 are partial schematic views illustrating a portable electronic device according to another embodiment of the present invention. Referring to fig. 3 and fig. 4, in the present embodiment, the camera module 100A includes a housing 110A, a camera unit 120 disposed therein, a second conductive part 130A disposed therein and exposed, and a magnetic part 140 disposed therein, and correspondingly, the body 200A of the portable electronic device has an exposed first conductive part 310A electrically connected to a host module and an electronic component (not shown) in the body 200A through an electrical connection part 320A. Here, the operation and effect of the present embodiment are similar to those of the previous embodiments, and thus are not described in detail. Unlike the previous embodiments, at least a part of the body 200A of the present embodiment is a metal shell, and a top surface (as shown in fig. 3, located at any position of the surface of the first conductive part 310A on the opposite sides) thereof can form a magnetic conductive part, so that the magnetic conductive part can generate a magnetic attraction effect with the magnetic member 140 of the camera module 100A, and the camera module 100A can be smoothly assembled and supported on the top surface of the body 200A.

Fig. 5 is a partial schematic view of a portable electronic device according to another embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 6 is a partial schematic view illustrating the portable electronic device of fig. 5 in another state. Referring to fig. 5 and fig. 6, in the present embodiment, the housing 110B of the camera module 100B includes a first part 111 and a second part 112 that are detachable from each other, the image capturing unit 120 is disposed on the first part 111, and the second conductive part 131 is disposed on the second part 112. Further, the camera module 100B further includes a circuit board 133, a plurality of third conductive portions 132, a plurality of fourth conductive portions 134, and a plurality of fifth conductive portions 135. The circuit board 133 is disposed on the first component 111, the image capturing unit 120 is disposed on the circuit board 133, and the fourth conductive portion 134 and the fifth conductive portion 135 are disposed on two opposite surfaces of the circuit board 133 and electrically connected to the image capturing unit 120 respectively. The third conductive portion 132 is disposed on the second component 112 and electrically connected to the second conductive portion 131. When the first member 111 and the second member 112 are assembled, the third conductive portion 132 is electrically connected to the fourth conductive portion 134 or the fifth conductive portion 135. Here, the second conductive portion 131 corresponds to the second conductive portion 130 or 130A of the foregoing embodiment.

Fig. 7 and 8 show a simple schematic diagram of the camera module of fig. 5 from different perspectives. Referring to fig. 7 and 8 together with fig. 5 or 6, in the present embodiment, the fourth conductive part 134 and the fifth conductive part 135 are located on two opposite surfaces of the circuit board 133, wherein an electrical configuration sequence of the fourth conductive part 134 is GND, D-, D +, and Vcc respectively from left to right as shown in fig. 7, and is opposite to the electrical configuration sequence of the fifth conductive part 135, which is an opposite view of fig. 7 as shown in fig. 8, and the fifth conductive part 135 is GND, D-, D +, and Vcc respectively from left to right as shown in fig. 8, wherein GND of the fifth conductive part 135 substantially corresponds to Vcc of the fourth conductive part 134 shown in fig. 7. In this way, no matter the first part 111 is inserted into the second part 112 (for example, fig. 7) or inserted backwards into the second part 112 (for example, fig. 8), the camera unit 120, the circuit board 133, and the fourth conductive part 134 or the fifth conductive part 135, the third conductive part 132, the second conductive part 131, and the first conductive part 310 thereon can be smoothly formed to be electrically connected to the electrical conduction path of the host system 300. Accordingly, the user can control the inserting direction of the camera module 100B according to the requirement to adjust the shooting direction of the camera module 100B.

In summary, in the above embodiments of the present invention, the camera module is magnetically attracted to the magnetic conducting portion of the magnetic part and the body, so that the second conductive portion of the camera module is electrically connected to the first conductive portion of the body after aligning each other, so that the host module and the camera module in the body are electrically connected to each other through the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion, and the corresponding configuration required by the detachable camera module is completed. Therefore, the camera module can be easily assembled and disassembled relative to the machine body by the simple component configuration, so that the machine body of the portable electronic device can be conveniently assembled with the built-in camera module without an additional internal space, and the design trend of the machine body towards lightness and thinness is facilitated.

Moreover, in one embodiment, the camera module can be further divided into a first part and a second part which are detachable.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, and not to limit the same; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some or all of the technical features may be equivalently replaced; such modifications and substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. A portable electronic device with a detachable camera module, comprising:

the machine body is provided with at least one magnetic conduction part;

the host module is arranged in the machine body and is provided with a plurality of first conductive parts exposed out of the machine body; and

the camera module is provided with at least one magnetic part and a plurality of second conductive parts, wherein the magnetic part is magnetically attracted to the magnetic conductive parts so that the plurality of first conductive parts and the plurality of second conductive parts are correspondingly connected with each other, and the host module and the camera module are electrically connected with each other through the plurality of first conductive parts and the plurality of second conductive parts.

2. The portable electronic device with a detachable camera module of claim 1, further comprising a display module disposed in the housing, wherein a display surface of the display module faces away from the plurality of first conductive portions.

3. The portable electronic device with a detachable camera module of claim 1, wherein the magnetic conductive part is a metal frame structure disposed in the body.

4. The portable electronic device with a detachable camera module of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the body is a metal shell to form the magnetic conductive portion.

5. The portable electronic device with a detachable camera module of claim 1, wherein the plurality of first conductive portions are conductive pads.

6. The portable electronic device with a detachable camera module of claim 1, wherein the plurality of second conductive portions are spring-loaded pin connectors.

7. The portable electronic device with a detachable camera module of claim 1, wherein the camera module comprises a first part and a second part which are detachable from each other, the camera unit of the camera module is disposed on the first part, and the plurality of second conductive parts are disposed on the second part.

8. The portable electronic device of claim 7, wherein the camera module further comprises a circuit board, a plurality of third conductive parts, a plurality of fourth conductive parts and a plurality of fifth conductive parts, the plurality of second conductive parts and the plurality of third conductive parts are electrically connected to each other and are disposed on the second component, the circuit board is disposed on the first component, the camera unit is disposed on the circuit board, the plurality of fourth conductive parts and the plurality of fifth conductive parts are disposed on the circuit board and are electrically connected to the camera unit, respectively, and when the first component and the second component are assembled with each other, the third conductive part is electrically connected to the plurality of fourth conductive parts or electrically connected to the plurality of fifth conductive parts.

9. The portable electronic device with a detachable camera module of claim 8, wherein the plurality of fourth conductive portions and the plurality of fifth conductive portions are located on two opposite surfaces of the circuit board.

10. The portable electronic device with a detachable camera module of claim 8, wherein an electrical configuration order of the plurality of fourth conductive portions is opposite to an electrical configuration order of the plurality of fifth conductive portions.

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