KR100641226B1 - Mobile communication terminal with electric driving camera - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal having an electric camera, comprising: a terminal body; The inner housing is disposed inside the terminal body and has a hemispherical shape, and a viewing window is formed to allow light to be incident on one side, and the viewing window protrudes on one side of the terminal body relative to the surroundings. A camera housing having an outer housing coupled to be relatively rotatable; A camera coupled to the inside of the camera housing so as to be photographed through the viewing window; And a camera driver for rotating the camera housing by an electric force such that the camera rotates relative to the terminal body. Thereby, the mobile communication terminal provided with the electric camera which can rotate a camera continuously and can take a picture which has a long length in one direction is provided.

Description

MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL WITH ELECTRIC DRIVING CAMERA}

1 is a perspective view of a conventional mobile communication terminal,

2 is a perspective view of a mobile communication terminal having an electric camera according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is an enlarged perspective view of the main part of FIG. 2;

4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line IV-IV of FIG. 3;

5 is an enlarged view illustrating main parts of FIG. 4;

6 is a perspective view of the stopper region of FIG. 5;

7 is a control block diagram of FIG. 2.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

10: terminal body 11: the main body

17: housing coupling portion 21: the slide portion

28a ~ 28d: Up, Down, Left and Right Arrow Keys

31: camera housing 33: external housing

34: see-through window 36: hook groove

38: stopper 41: external housing driving motor

45: camera 53: internal housing

56: hook 58: locking jaw

61: internal housing driving motor 71: control unit

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal having an electric camera, and more particularly, to a mobile communication terminal having an electric camera capable of continuously rotating the camera to allow photographing having a long length in one direction. It is about.

1 is a perspective view of a conventional mobile communication terminal. As shown in the drawing, the mobile communication terminal includes a main body 111 and a folder part 121 which are coupled to each other in a rotatable manner.

The front of the main body 111 is provided with a plurality of keys 113 to input a signal, one side of the key 113 is provided with a microphone 115 to input sound information. Battery 117 is detachably coupled to the back of the main body 111 to supply power to the electrical component, and fixed hinge portion to support the folder portion 121 to be rotated on one side along the longitudinal direction 119 is formed.

The outer and inner surfaces of the folder unit 121 are provided with an external display unit (not shown) and an internal display unit 123, respectively, so as to output predetermined visual information, respectively, and on one side of the internal display unit 123 The speaker 125 is installed to output information. On one side of the folder portion 121, a movable hinge portion 127 is formed to be rotatably coupled to the fixed hinge portion 119.

On the other hand, one side of the fixed hinge portion 119 is provided with a camera 131 to enable imaging. The camera 131 includes a housing 133 rotatably coupled to one side of the fixed hinge part 119 and a viewing window 134 formed to allow light to be incident on one side of the camera 131, and a viewing window inside the housing 133. 134 is provided with a camera module 137 that is accommodated and coupled to enable. One side of the housing 133 is formed with a handle 135 to facilitate the rotation operation.

However, in the conventional mobile communication terminal, the lens unit of the camera module 137 rotates the housing 133 with the handle 135 so as to face the subject in front of or behind the main body 111, and then photographs. There is a problem that it is difficult to take a picture having a long length on one side or a moving picture continuously on one side, such as a panorama picture.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a mobile communication terminal having a motorized camera capable of continuously rotating the camera and taking pictures having a long length in one direction.

The object is, according to the present invention, a terminal body; The inner housing is disposed inside the terminal body and has a hemispherical shape, and a viewing window is formed to allow light to be incident on one side, and the viewing window protrudes on one side of the terminal body compared to the surroundings. A camera housing having an outer housing coupled to be rotatable relative to the camera housing; A camera coupled to the inside of the camera housing so as to be photographed through the viewing window; The camera is achieved by a mobile communication terminal having an electric camera, characterized in that it comprises a camera driver for rotating the camera housing by the electric force to rotate relative to the terminal body.

Here, it further comprises a hook protruding from one of the outer housing and the inner housing toward the other, and a hook groove formed in the other of the outer housing and the inner housing corresponding to the rotational trajectory of the hook. desirable.

It is effective to further include a stopper formed to limit the relative rotation of the outer housing and the inner housing.

Preferably, the stopper further includes a locking jaw formed in the outer housing and in contact with the stopper in the inner housing.

The camera driver is effective to include an external housing driving motor for rotating the external housing.

The outer housing driving motor is preferably disposed inside the inner housing.

The terminal body has a main body portion and a slider portion coupled to be slidably movable in a plate direction on one side in a thickness direction of the main body portion, the camera housing is coupled to protrude in the longitudinal direction on the top of the main body portion It is effective.

It is preferable to further include a built-in antenna provided to transmit and receive radio waves inside the main body.

The inner housing is formed to have a hemispherical shape, it is effective to be rotatably coupled to the terminal body.

The camera driver is preferably configured to further include an inner housing driving motor for rotating the inner housing.

The terminal body is provided with up, down, left and right direction keys, and further comprising a control unit for controlling the external housing driving motor and the internal housing driving motor to rotate when the up, down, left and right direction keys are operated. It is effective to construct.

The inner housing is preferably formed to have a hemispherical shape and is rotatably coupled to the terminal body.

The camera driving unit is effective to include an internal housing driving motor for rotating the internal housing.

The camera driver is preferably configured to further include an external housing driving motor for rotating the external housing.

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

2 is a perspective view of a mobile communication terminal having a motorized camera according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the main part of FIG. 2, FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line IV-IV of FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is an enlarged view illustrating main parts of FIG. 4, FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the stopper area of FIG. 5, and FIG. 7 is a control block diagram of FIG. 2. As shown in these drawings, the mobile communication terminal having the electric camera is formed to have a hemispherical shape with a terminal body 10, an inner housing 53 disposed inside the terminal body 10, and one side. The see-through window is formed so that the light can be incident on the one side of the terminal body 10 is provided with an outer housing 33 which is rotatably coupled to the inner housing 53 so that the see-through window 34 protrudes relative to the surroundings. The camera housing 31, the camera 45 accommodated and coupled to the inside of the camera housing 31 through the viewing window 34, and the camera 45 are electrically rotated relative to the terminal body 10. It comprises a camera driving unit implemented in the form of an external housing driving motor 41 and the inner housing driving motor 41 for rotating the camera housing 31 by.

The terminal body 10 includes a main body portion 11 and a slide portion 21 which is disposed to overlap the upper surface of the main body portion 11 and slides along the longitudinal direction of the main body portion 11. The front of the slide unit 21 is provided with a display unit 23 to output visual information. The speaker 25 is provided on the upper side of the display unit 23 so as to output sound information, and on the lower side, a plurality of keys 27 and up, down, left, and right direction keys 28a to input signals. 28d) are provided respectively.

The front of the main body 11 is provided with a plurality of keys (not shown) for inputting a signal, and one side of the key is provided with a microphone (not shown) for inputting sound information. A battery 13 is detachably coupled to the back of the main body 11 to supply power, and an internal antenna 15 is provided to transmit and receive radio waves therein.

On the other hand, the upper portion of the main body portion 11 is provided with a camera 45 therein, the housing coupling portion 17 is formed to be recessed so that the camera housing 31 can be coupled to the relative movement relative to the main body portion 11 It is.

The camera housing 31 is formed to have a hemispherical shape that is upwardly open and is formed to have an internal housing 53 that is rotatably coupled to the inside of the housing coupling part 17 and a hemispherical shape that is downwardly opened. The outer housing 33 is exposed to the outside and coupled to the upper side of the inner housing 53 along the up and down direction so as to be relatively rotatable.

One side of the outer housing 33 is formed with a viewing window 34 to allow light to enter therein, and the camera 45 is accommodated so as to allow shooting through the viewing window 34. The hook housing 36 is formed inside the outer housing 33 to be engaged with the hook 56 to be described later and extend along the circumferential direction to correspond to the rotational trajectory of the hook 56. The upper side of the stopper 38 is formed to protrude inward to limit the rotation range of the outer housing (33). In the central area of the outer housing 33, a second rotating shaft 39 extending downward in the longitudinal direction of the main body 11 is formed, and the first driven gear 40 is formed on the rotating shaft 39 of the outer housing 33. ) Is integrally rotatable.

Rotating shafts 54, which are first rotating shafts 54 protruding in the left and right directions of the main body part 11, are formed on both sides of the outer surface of the inner housing 53, and the outer housing 33 is formed on the inner housing 53. The external housing driving motor 41 is installed so as to rotate). The first driving gear is rotatably coupled to the outer housing driving motor 41 so as to be engaged with the first driven gear 40 so as to rotate integrally therewith. As shown in FIG. 4, the first and second rotation shafts 54 and 39 are formed in directions crossing each other, and more preferably in directions perpendicular to each other.

A plurality of hooks 56 are formed in the upper opening region of the inner housing 53 to protrude into the outer housing 33 to be engaged with the hook groove 36, and the hook 56 on one side is disposed in the vertical direction. A locking projection 58 is formed to protrude upward along the contact with the stopper 38 to limit the rotation of the outer housing 33.

An inner housing driving motor 61 is disposed at one side of the inner housing 53 so as to rotate the inner housing 53 with respect to the main body portion 11. The second drive gear (40) is engaged with the second driven gear 55 integrally coupled to the rotation shaft 54 of the internal housing 53 on the rotation shaft 63 of the inner housing driving motor 61 ( 65 is integrally rotatable.

On the other hand, the control unit 71 is implemented in the form of a microcomputer with a built-in control program, the external housing drive so that the camera 45 can be properly rotated with respect to the main body portion 11 when the up, down, left and right arrow keys are pressed. The up, down, left and right direction keys, the outer housing driving motor 41 and the inner housing driving motor 61 are electrically connected to control the motor 41 and the inner housing driving motor 61, respectively.

By such a configuration, when the camera 45 is to be rotated along the left and right directions of the main body 11, the left direction key 28c or the right direction key 28d may be appropriately pressed. When a signal of the left direction key 28c or the right direction key 28d is input, the control unit 71 causes the external housing driving motor 41 to rotate in proportion to the pressing time of each key 28c or 28d. When the left direction key 28c or the right direction key 28d is pressed in succession, the outer housing 33 is continuously rotated about the rotation axis 39, and the stopper 38 contacts the locking jaw 58 to stop rotation. Until nearly 360 degrees of rotation is possible. Accordingly, in order to take a picture having a long length in the left and right direction, while pressing the left direction key 28c or the right direction key 28d properly, the lens portion 46 of the camera 45 is rotated to a desired position. Just take a picture.

On the other hand, when the camera 45 is to be rotated along the up-down direction of the main body 11, the up-direction key 28a or the down-direction key 28b may be pressed. When a signal is input by the pressing operation of the up direction key 28a and the down direction key 28b, the control unit 71 rotates in proportion to the operating time of the inner housing 53 in the corresponding direction about the rotation shaft 54. In order to control the internal housing driving motor (61).

In the above-described and illustrated embodiments, the case where the terminal body is configured to have a main body portion and a slide portion that are slidably coupled to each other has been described as an example. It can also be configured as a bar.

In the above-described and illustrated embodiments, a case in which the camera is protruded on the top of the main body and includes an internal antenna so as to prevent interference when the camera is photographed is described as an example. The software may be configured to protrude on the other side of the terminal body and to display the screen displayed on the display unit appropriately.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is formed to have a terminal body, an inner housing and a hemispherical shape disposed inside the terminal body, and a viewing window is formed to allow light to be incident on one side, and a viewing window on one side of the terminal body. A camera housing having an outer housing that is rotatably coupled relative to the inner housing so as to protrude relative to the surroundings, a camera that is receivably coupled to the inside of the camera housing through a viewing window, and the camera is rotated relative to the terminal body. By including a camera driver for rotationally driving the camera housing by the electric force, there is provided a mobile communication terminal having a motorized camera capable of continuously rotating the camera to take a picture having a long length in one direction.

Claims (14)

A terminal body; An internal housing rotatably installed around the first rotation shaft in the terminal body; It is formed to have a hemispherical shape and a viewing window is formed to allow light to be incident on one side, and the second rotating shaft that intersects the first rotating shaft with respect to the inner housing so that the viewing window protrudes from the surroundings on one side of the terminal body A camera housing having an outer housing coupled to be rotatable relative to the camera housing; A camera receivably coupled to the outer housing of the camera housing through the viewing window; The inner housing and the outer housing are driven by an electric force together with respect to the first rotating shaft with respect to the terminal body, and the outer housing is driven by an electric force about the second rotating shaft with respect to the inner housing. A mobile communication terminal having a motorized camera, characterized in that it comprises a camera driving unit. The method of claim 1, And a hook groove protruding from one of the outer housing and the inner housing toward the other, and a hook groove formed on the other of the outer housing and the inner housing to correspond to the rotational trajectory of the hook. A mobile communication terminal having an electric camera. The method of claim 2, And a stopper formed to limit relative rotation of the outer housing and the inner housing. The method of claim 3, The stopper is formed in the outer housing, the mobile communication terminal having an electric camera, characterized in that it further comprises a locking jaw formed in contact with the stopper in the inner housing. The method of claim 1, The camera driver is a mobile communication terminal having an electric camera, characterized in that it comprises an external housing driving motor for rotating the external housing. The method of claim 5, The external housing driving motor is a mobile communication terminal having an electric camera, characterized in that disposed inside the inner housing. The method of claim 5, The terminal body has a main body portion and a slider portion coupled to be slidably movable in a plate direction on one side in a thickness direction of the main body portion, the camera housing is coupled to protrude in the longitudinal direction on the top of the main body portion A mobile communication terminal having an electric camera, characterized in that. The method of claim 7, wherein A mobile communication terminal having a motorized camera, characterized in that it further comprises a built-in antenna provided to transmit and receive radio waves inside the main body. The method of claim 5, The internal housing is a mobile communication terminal having an electric camera, characterized in that formed to have a hemispherical shape. The method of claim 9, The camera driver further comprises an inner housing driving motor for driving the inner housing and the outer housing with respect to the terminal body. The method of claim 10, The terminal body is provided with up, down, left and right direction keys, and further comprising a control unit for controlling the external housing driving motor and the internal housing driving motor to rotate when the up, down, left and right direction keys are operated. A mobile communication terminal having an electric camera, characterized in that. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, The internal housing is a mobile communication terminal having an electric camera, characterized in that formed to have a hemispherical shape. The method of claim 12, The camera driving unit is a mobile communication terminal having an electric camera, characterized in that it comprises an internal housing driving motor for driving the internal housing. The method of claim 13, The camera driver further comprises an external housing driving motor for rotating the external housing.

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