KR100368572B1 - Focusing change device for video-communicating module - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an imaging angle converter of a terminal for video communication. In the mobile communication terminal 10 in which an image can be input, edited, transmitted, and received, this is a turn for rotatably installing the lens 32 to which the image is captured and input, and the lens 32 to the terminal 10. The rotating member 20 and the rotating member 20 for rotating the eastern portion 30, the rotating portion 30 from the terminal 10, and fixed to the side ends of the rotating member 20 are connected to the rotating member 20 and the rotating portion 30. Provided is a photographing angle converting device for a video communication terminal including a fixing unit 18 fixed to the terminal 10. Thus, in the case of video communication during a voice call, the position of the lens into which the image is input is rotated so that the imaging angle of the lens can be easily changed without changing the position of the terminal, so that the focusing position can be changed in various ways. It is possible to use various kinds of conversions such as sending the image of the camera to the other party or transmitting the image of the other location to the other party, and it is convenient to use the video communication. There is a useful effect that can increase the convenience.

Description

Image angle conversion device for video communication terminal {FOCUSING CHANGE DEVICE FOR VIDEO-COMMUNICATING MODULE}

The present invention relates to a terminal for video communication, and in particular, a lens installed in a terminal having a digital camera function and a video communication function is rotatable, so that the photographing angle of the terminal for video communication which can focus variously without changing the position of the terminal. It relates to an inverter.

In general, a mobile phone, a mobile communication terminal, has been developed according to the development of mobile communication, and has played a role as a personal communication device when carrying. In addition, according to the rapid development of mobile communication technology, Internet access or various additional services have been developed and provided. .

Meanwhile, according to the technology development of the mobile communication, the terminal has added a function of transmitting and receiving images in addition to the transmission and reception of voice and the Internet.

The transmission and reception of the image is to exchange the voice through the terminal and to transmit and receive the image between the callers. As a result of the development of the voice call terminal, it has been practically used. Digital cameras have been added to terminals capable of making video calls.

The function of the video call terminal is expanded so that a terminal having a digital camera function can edit, store, and transmit an image, and thus, a general mobile phone has various functions. This is a situation that is applied to the portable image terminal and the terminal for the IMT2000 to be made in recent years.

However, in a conventional terminal for transmitting / receiving images or a digital camera function, a lens attached to input an image has a fixed photographing angle of the lens toward the front of the terminal to focus the image on the sender's face. Since the shooting angle of the lens is fixed, it is difficult to make a voice call because the user must move or rotate the terminal itself in order to capture an image of a different angle to the receiver during a video call, and when using the digital camera function, the front of the terminal is Since only the imaging angle can be used, there is a problem that the shooting angle of the lens is limited.

The present invention has been invented in view of the above problems, and is capable of converting a fixed shooting angle centering on a user of the terminal, thereby photographing a video communication terminal capable of varying focusing angles without changing the angle of the terminal. Pertaining to each inverter.

The above technical problem is a mobile communication terminal capable of inputting, editing, transmitting and receiving an image, comprising: a lens unit for capturing and inputting an image; a rotating unit for rotatably installing the lens unit in the terminal; Achievement by providing a photographing angle converting device of a video communication terminal comprising a rotating member which is fixed to the rotating unit to the terminal and at the same time to adjust the rotating unit on the outer surface of the terminal and a rotary knob installed on the rotating member. do.

1 is an exploded perspective view of a terminal for video communication according to the present invention;

2 is a state diagram used in the video communication terminal of the present invention.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

10: terminal 11: LCD window

12: shaft 14: Panbos

16: fixing hole 18: fixing part

20: rotating member 21: rotating handle

22: rotating shaft 24: rotating plate

26: fixed pin 30: rotating part

32: Lens 34: Receive Speaker

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The mobile communication terminal in which the conversion angle of the lens according to the present invention is adjusted is shown in FIG. 1.

The mobile communication terminal 10 of the present invention is capable of inputting, editing, transmitting and receiving images, and having a function of storing such image data.

Since the lens 32 to which the image is captured and input to the terminal 10 is attached to the pivoting part 30 which is rotatably installed in the terminal 10, the imaging angle of the lens 32 is changeable. The rotating part 30 has a cylindrical shape, the shaft hole 12 is formed in the center, the plate boss 14 extending from the shaft hole 12 is formed.

The rotating part 30 is installed to be rotatable in the terminal 10 via the rotating member 20, the rotating member 20 is a rotating handle 21 formed on one side end, and the rotating handle ( A pivot shaft 22 extending from 21 and penetrating the shaft hole 12 of the pivot portion 30 of the terminal 10 and a central portion of the pivot shaft 22 to form a plate of the pivot portion 30. It is formed of a rotary plate 24 fitted to the boss 14 and a fixing pin 26 formed at the other end of the rotation shaft 22.

In addition, the rotating member 20 fixes the rotating member 20 and the rotating part 30 to the terminal 10 because the fixing part 18 is fitted to the side end portion.

The fixing part 18 is formed with a boss 13 into which the other end of the pivot shaft 22 of the pivot member 20 is fitted, and a bottom of the boss 13, and the other end of the pivot member 20. The fixing pins 26 formed in the fixing holes 16 are elastically fixed.

On the other hand, the rotating unit 30 may be provided with a connector (C) for transmitting the image signal and the electrical signal input to the lens 32 to the microcomputer of the terminal 10.

The operation of the present invention configured as described above will be described.

First, the present invention should be assembled to be rotatable in a state in which the lens 32 is installed in the terminal 10. To this end, the lens 32 is attached to the rotating part 30 which is rotatably installed on the upper side of the terminal 10, the rotating part 30 is rotatably installed by the rotating member 20, it is usually The reception unit 34 may be provided with a reception speaker 34 used for a voice call.

The rotating plate 22 of the rotating member 20 penetrates the upper side of the terminal 10 to penetrate the shaft hole 12 of the rotating unit 30 and at the same time a rotating plate formed at the center of the rotating shaft 22 ( 24 is also installed through the plate boss 14. That is, the pivot center of the pivot 30 is the pivot 22 of the pivot 20, and the rotation of the pivot 30 is configured to pivot the pivot 20.

A fixing pin 26 is formed at the other side of the rotating member 20, and the rotating member 20 is installed in the terminal 10 after passing through the rotating part 30 to fix the other side of the rotating member 20. Therefore, the rotating member 20 and the rotating unit 20 is to be prevented from being separated from the terminal 10.

A boss 13 is formed in the fixing part 18 for fixing the fixing pin 26 so that the other end of the rotation shaft 22 of the rotating member 20 is fitted, and the fixing pin 26 is the boss. Since it is inserted into the fixing hole 16 formed in the bottom part of 13 and is shot, it is fixed.

Thus, the rotating member 20 is fixed by the fixing unit 18, the rotating unit 30 to which the lens 32 is attached is installed to be rotatable from the terminal by the rotating member 20.

On the other hand, by installing a connector pin (CP) on the side of the rotating part 30 to connect with the connector (C) that is addressed to the microcomputer of the terminal 10 to transfer the image data and electrical signals, etc. that are captured to the lens 32 You can do that.

In the assembled state, the user can use the terminal 10 as a mobile phone or as a video telephone.

While being used as a video telephone, as shown in FIG. 2, while watching the LCD window 11 of the terminal 10, a voice call is possible with the other party through the reception speaker 34 of the pivoting unit 30. ), Images can be output. At this time, in order to convert the imaging angle of the image, that is, to input the user's view to the image, the rotation unit 30 is rotated so that the lens 32 is positioned on the user side. Will be.

In addition, when it is necessary to transmit another image to the counterpart while transmitting the user's image as described above, the user moves the rotary knob 21 while positioning the terminal 10 to the desired image side while holding the terminal 10. Grabbing and rotating causes the rotating plate 24 to interlock with the rotation of the rotating shaft 22. Since the rotating plate 24 is fitted through the plate boss 14 of the rotating unit 30, the rotating unit 30 rotates according to the rotation of the rotating knob 21. From this, the lens 32 attached to the rotation unit 30 is also rotated, so that the imaging position can be changed.

In particular, when the imaging position of the user who uses the terminal 10 and the rear of the terminal 10, that is, to change the imaging position alternately in the front direction of the user, only the rotation knob 21 of the rotating member 20 is lightly When turned, the rotating unit 30 rotates, so that the desired imaging can be easily converted.

Since the image input to the lens 32 is first output to the LCD window 11 of the terminal 10, the user checks the LCD window 11 of the terminal 10 while capturing a desired image and at the same time the rotating member The image pickup position of the image can be switched while turning the rotation knob 21 of (20). This means that even when the terminal 10 is used as a digital camera, the image capturing angle can be fixed at the time of input of the image, and when the image position is changed, the image capturing angle of the lens 32 is rotated by the rotation unit 30. Since it can be easily converted to a variety of positions through it is possible to convert the imaging range of the lens 32 at various angles.

Since the photographing angle converting apparatus of the video communication terminal of the present invention rotates the position of the lens into which the image is input when the video communication is performed during the voice call, the imaging angle of the lens can be easily converted without changing the position of the terminal. The focusing position can be changed in various ways, and various conversions such as sending a user's image to the other party or an image of another location to the other party can be made, which makes it easier to use video communication. There is a useful effect that the convenience can be increased by fixing or converting the imaging angle in various ways.

Claims (5)

In the mobile communication terminal 10 in which an image can be input, edited, transmitted and received, A lens 32 into which an image is captured and input; A rotating part 30 for rotatably installing the lens 32 in the terminal 10; A rotating member 20 for rotating the rotating unit 30 from the terminal 10; And And a fixing part 18 fixed to the side end of the rotating member 20 to fix the rotating member 20 and the rotating part 30 to the terminal 10. The rotating member 20 has a rotating handle 21 formed at one side end, a rotating shaft 22 extending from the rotating handle 21 and penetrating the rotating part 30 of the terminal 10, and the rotating It is formed of a rotating plate 24 formed in the central portion of the coaxial 22 and the fixing pin 26 formed on the other end of the rotation shaft 22, The pivoting portion 30 includes a shaft hole 12 through which the rotation member 20 is installed, and a plate boss 14 extending from the shaft hole 12 and into which the rotating plate 24 of the rotation member 20 is fitted. Formed into, The fixing part 18 is formed on the bottom of the boss 13 and the boss 13 into which the other end of the pivot shaft 22 of the pivot member 20 is fitted, and on the other end of the pivot member 20. The photographing angle converter of the image communication terminal, characterized in that consisting of a fixing hole (16) in which the fixing pin (26) is elastically fixed. delete delete delete According to claim 1, The rotating unit 30, And a connector pin (CP) for transmitting an image signal and an electrical signal input to the lens 32 to the microcomputer of the terminal 10.