KR100564018B1 - Slide type mobile phone having camera - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention has a main body having a camera engaging groove formed at the upper end of the groove shape for opening the upper and rear portions of the main body and a hinge groove formed at the upper left and right wall surfaces in a size that the camera is retractable, and parallel to the front of the main body. Sliding movement in the direction is coupled to overlap on the front of the main body and the LCD screen for outputting the image and a slide portion provided with a function key for executing the shooting function, and a hinge of the shape that can be combined with the hinge groove And a camera coupled to the main body in a rotatable structure so that the shooting direction is directed toward the front and the rear of the main body, with the hinge as the center axis so as to be inserted into and protruded into the camera coupling groove. You can execute the shooting function while watching the recorded video. Provides a mobile phone that can change the shooting direction.

Mobile phone, camera, hinge, rotation, slide

Description

Slide type mobile phone having camera {Slide type mobile phone having camera}

Figure 1a is a front view of a slide-type mobile phone is equipped with a camera according to the present invention the main body is open.

FIG. 1B is a rear view of the slide-type mobile phone shown in FIG. 1A.

2 is an exploded view of a slide-type mobile phone equipped with a camera according to the present invention.

3A shows the front of the mobile phone with the camera positioned so that the shooting direction is toward the front of the mobile phone.

FIG. 3B shows the back of the mobile phone shown in FIG. 3A.

4 shows the back of the mobile phone with the camera positioned so that the shooting direction is toward the back of the mobile phone.

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

100: main body 110: keypad

120 transmission unit 130 coupling unit

140: camera coupling groove 142: first hinge groove

144: second hinge groove 200: slide section

210: LCD 220: Earpiece

230: Function key 300: Camera

310: Lens 320: Flash

330: insertion hole 340: dummy hinge

350: hinge 352: main body insert

354: camera insertion unit

The present invention relates to a slide-type mobile phone equipped with a camera, and relates to a slide-type mobile phone configured to be exposed to the outside only when the camera is not exposed to the outside when the camera is mounted on the back of the slide unit and the camera is exposed to the outside. .

Conventional mobile phones are generally available only for voice calls, but recently, with the rapid development of communication technology and mobile phone production technology, multifunctional mobile phones that can satisfy the needs of various consumers have been released and commercialized. In recent years, mobile phones, which have been commercially available, have various functions such as games, Internet search, E-mail reception and payment, payment, etc., in addition to calling functions that deliver voice. The camera phone function to take a picture and the video mobile phone function to take a picture of yourself and send it to the other party is a trend.

Recently, there are two types of mobile phones which are used most frequently. They are foldable and slide type, which are designed to enlarge the LCD screen. There is a hassle to open the upper folder to be exposed, there is a disadvantage that the camera shooting direction is fixed to one side when the camera is mounted on the slide-type mobile phone.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a conventional slide type mobile phone equipped with a camera will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1a is a front view of the slide-type mobile phone is equipped with a camera according to the present invention, the main body is open, Figure 1b is a rear view of the slide-type mobile phone shown in Figure 1a.

As shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B, a conventional slide-type mobile phone equipped with a camera includes a main body having a keypad 11 for inputting a signal of a character or various symbols and a transmitter 12 for inputting an audio signal on a front surface thereof. 10 and the liquid crystal display 21 coupled to overlap the front surface of the main body 10 in a structure capable of sliding movement in a direction parallel to the front surface of the main body 10 and outputting an image and an earpiece outputting sound ( 22) and a slide section 20 having a front surface with a function key 23 for executing a special function.

Accordingly, the user may input a signal using the keypad 11 while the front surface of the main body 10 is open and the keypad 11 and the transmitter 12 are exposed, and the transmitter 12 and the earpiece 22 may be input. You can also make a phone call using).

The slide unit 20 has a guide rail 24 for guiding the direction of movement of the sliding movement on the rear side, and the main body 10 is a guide rail at a portion corresponding to the guide rail 24 when combined with the slide unit 20. And a coupling part (not shown) formed in a structure capable of sliding movement in a state of being coupled with the guide rail and configured to allow the sliding part 20 to slide along the direction of the guide rail 24. have. In addition, the rear of the main body 10 is equipped with a battery 13 for supplying a current to the mobile phone.

In this case, the slide unit 20 includes a camera 25 for capturing an image and a mirror 26 for reflecting the image captured by the camera 25.

The camera 25 and the mirror 26 are mounted on the rear surface of the slide portion 20 of the portion exposed to the outside when the slide portion 20 is slid so that the front surface of the main body 10 is opened. In the state where the slide unit 20 is located so as to completely overlap the front of the) is not exposed to the outside.

In general, when shooting with the camera 25 mounted on the slide-type mobile phone to operate the keypad (not shown) provided in the main body 10 to input a signal for shooting, in the case of a slide-type mobile phone In order to operate the keypad, the slide unit 20 is pushed upward to expose the keypad to the outside, and is configured to open the front of the main body 10.

When the user takes a picture of another person or another object, the user takes a picture while adjusting a shooting distance or angle while viewing a captured image output on the LCD screen 21. In addition, when the user wants to photograph the user's own shape, the user must position the mobile phone so that the rear side of the slide unit 20 faces the user himself, and then perform shooting. 21) there is a problem that it is difficult to adjust the shooting distance or angle because you can not see.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a mobile phone configured to execute a photographing function while viewing a photographed image through an LCD screen without opening the slide unit.

A slide-type mobile phone equipped with a camera according to the present invention for achieving the above object, the main body; A slide unit coupled to overlap the front surface of the main body in a structure capable of sliding movement in a direction parallel to the front surface of the main body, and having a liquid crystal screen for outputting an image and a function key for executing a shooting function; It comprises a camera coupled to the main body in a rotatable structure so that the photographing direction is toward the front and rear of the main body.

The main body has a camera coupling groove formed in a groove shape for opening a portion of the upper and rear surfaces of the main body to a size into which the camera can be retracted, and a hinge groove is formed at the upper left and right walls. In addition, the camera is provided with a hinge having a shape that can be coupled to the hinge groove, and is coupled to the main body in a rotatable structure with the hinge as the center axis so as to be inserted into and projected into the camera coupling groove.

Forming position of the coupling groove is not limited to the upper end of the main body can be changed to the left and right side end or lower end of the main body. Accordingly, the position of the hinge groove and the coupling position of the camera are also changed.

In addition, the camera is further provided with a flash for emitting light in the shooting direction, it is configured to allow shooting in a dark place.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a slide-type mobile phone equipped with a camera according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is an exploded view of a slide-type mobile phone equipped with a camera according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, a slide-type mobile phone equipped with a camera according to the present invention includes a main body having a keypad 110 for inputting a signal of a character or various symbols and a transmitter 120 for inputting an audio signal on a front surface thereof. 100; Combined to overlap the front of the main body 100 in a structure capable of sliding movement in a direction parallel to the front of the main body 100, the LCD screen 210 for outputting an image and the earpiece 220 for outputting sound and shooting A slide unit 200 having a function key 230 for executing a function on a front surface thereof; On one side, the lens 310 for receiving the shape of the subject and the flash 320 for emitting light in the shooting direction are combined, and the main body has a rotatable structure such that the shooting direction is directed toward the front and rear of the main body 100. It is configured to include a camera 300 coupled to 100.

In a state where the front surface of the main body 100 is opened to expose the keypad 110 and the transmitter 120, the user may input a signal using the keypad 110, or the transmitter 120 and the earpiece 220. You can also make a phone call using.

Slide unit 200 has a guide rail (not shown) for guiding the movement direction of the sliding movement on the rear side, the main body 100 is capable of sliding movement to the portion corresponding to the guide rail when combined with the slide unit 200 It has a coupling portion 130 is formed to be coupled to the guide rail in a structure.

Since the coupling structure between the main body 100 and the slide unit 200 and the sliding movement process of the slide unit 200 are the same as in the conventional slide type mobile phone, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

On the upper end of the main body 100, a camera coupling groove 140 having a groove shape for opening a portion of the top and rear surfaces of the main body 100 to a size into which the camera 300 is retractable is formed, and the left and right wall surfaces of the camera coupling groove 140 are formed. The first hinge groove 142 and the second hinge groove 144 having the same central axis in the width direction of the main body 100 are formed at the upper end.

In addition, the camera has an insertion hole 330 having a depth in the width direction of the main body 100 at the lower end of the side surface corresponding to the first hinge groove 142, the side of the side corresponding to the second hinge groove 144 A dummy hinge 340 is formed at a lower end thereof in a shape that can be inserted into the second hinge groove 144, and the main body insertion part 352 and the insertion hole 330 are formed in a shape that can be combined with the first hinge groove 142. And a hinge 350 formed of a camera inserting portion 354 which is formed in a form that can be combined with the hinge.

The main body inserting unit 352 and the camera inserting unit 354 may be coupled to each other in a structure capable of rotating with the same rotation axis, and may be configured to be fixed at intervals of 180 ° or may be fixed at any angle. When the main body inserting unit 352 and the camera inserting unit 354 are configured to be rotatable with a period of 180 °, the photographing direction of the camera 300 is limited to face only the front or rear of the main body 100, and the main body inserting unit ( When the camera 352 and the camera insertion unit 354 are configured as free-stop hinges rotatable at all angles, the photographing direction of the camera 300 may be variously set according to a user's selection.

Since the hinge or freestop hinge configured to be fixed at 180 ° periods is already commercialized, detailed descriptions on the internal structure and operation thereof will be omitted.

The dummy hinge 340 serves as a rotation axis so that the rotation center of the camera 300 does not change when the camera 300 is rotated, and does not have a unique function such as the hinge 350. In addition, since the first hinge groove 142 and the second hinge groove 144 are formed to have the same central axis, the hinge 350 is coupled to have the same rotation axis as the dummy hinge 340. Therefore, the camera 300 is coupled to the main body 100 to enable a rotational movement about the rotation axis of the hinge 350 and the dummy hinge 340.

Although the dummy hinge 340 is formed in the camera 300 and the second hinge groove 144 is formed in the main body 100 in the present embodiment, the dummy hinge 340 is formed in the main body 100 and the camera is formed. The configuration may be changed so that the second hinge groove 144 is formed in the 300.

In addition, since the camera 300 is equipped with a flash 320 that emits light in the shooting direction, the user is configured to shoot in a dark place below the minimum illuminance required for shooting.

FIG. 3A shows the front of the mobile phone with the camera positioned so that the photographing direction is toward the front of the mobile phone, and FIG. 3B shows the rear of the mobile phone shown in FIG. 3A.

As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, when the lens 310 and the flash 320 of the camera 300 are positioned to face the output direction of the LCD screen 210, the user may take a picture of himself / herself. . At this time, the user can shoot while adjusting the shooting angle and distance while viewing the image taken through the LCD screen 210, more easily than when taking a picture using the conventional mobile phone shown in Figures 1a and 1b You can shoot.

In addition, in the slide-type mobile phone equipped with the camera according to the present invention, since the lens 310 and the flash 320 protrude to the upper end of the slide part 100, the photographing is not hindered by the slide part 200, and the slide part There is an advantage that it is very easy to use can be taken without opening the (100).

4 shows the back of the mobile phone with the camera positioned so that the shooting direction is toward the back of the mobile phone.

As shown in FIG. 4, when the camera 300 is rotated such that the photographing direction is toward the rear of the main body 100, the user can capture another person or another object while watching the image photographed through the LCD screen 210. . When the camera 300 is rotated such that the photographing direction is toward the rear of the main body 100, the camera 300 is completely inserted into the camera coupling groove 130 and thus does not protrude out of the main body 100. Users can carry their phones more easily.

Although the technical idea of the present invention has been described in detail according to the preferred embodiment, the embodiment applied to the clamshell mobile phone is for the purpose of explanation. Application of the present invention is applicable to various types of mobile phones, such as a folding type, flip type, bar type without limiting the slide type mobile phone.

In addition, the present invention can be applied to all mobile terminals such as various mobile communication terminals and PDA, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various embodiments are possible within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

When using a slide-type mobile phone equipped with a camera according to the present invention, even if the slide unit is not opened, it is possible to execute the shooting function while watching the captured image through the LCD screen, and to change the shooting direction of the camera according to the user's convenience. There is an advantage.

Claims (6)

A main body 100 having a camera coupling groove 140 for opening a portion of the upper and rear surfaces of the main body to a size into which the camera 300 can be retracted; Combined to overlap the front surface of the main body 100 in a structure capable of sliding movement in a direction parallel to the front of the main body 100, the LCD screen 210 for outputting an image and a function key 230 for executing a shooting function Slide unit 200 is provided on the front; The camera is coupled to the main body 100 in a rotatable structure such that a photographing direction is directed toward the front and the rear of the main body 100, and is coupled to the main body in a rotatable structure so as to be inserted into and protruded from the camera coupling groove 140 ( 300); Mobile phone, characterized in that configured to include. delete The method of claim 1, The camera coupling groove 140, A first hinge groove 142 and a second hinge groove 144 are formed on upper left and right wall surfaces; The camera 300, An insertion opening 330 formed in a portion corresponding to the first hinge groove 142 and having a concentric axis with the first hinge groove 142, and a second hinge at a portion corresponding to the second hinge groove 144. Dummy hinge 340 formed in a shape that can be coupled to the groove 144, A hinge 350 including a main body inserting portion 352 formed in a form joinable with the first hinge groove 142 and a camera inserting portion 354 formed in a form joinable with the inserting opening 330. Mobile phone characterized in that. The method of claim 3, wherein The hinge 350 is, Mobile phone, characterized in that the main body insertion portion 352 and the camera insertion portion 354 is coupled in a structure capable of rotating each with the same rotation axis, it is possible to fix at a period of 180 °. The method of claim 3, wherein The hinge 350 is, Mobile phone, characterized in that the main body insertion unit 352 and the camera insertion unit 354 is a free-stop hinge that is coupled in a structure capable of rotating each of the same rotation axis, and configured to be fixed at any angle. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, The camera 300, Mobile phone, characterized in that further comprising a flash (320) for emitting light in the shooting direction.

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