KR20080044514A - Mobile phone having camera device - Google Patents

Abstract

A mobile terminal having a camera unit is provided to capture an image long in one direction by successively rotating a camera. A camera unit(20) is installed at one end of a terminal body(10) such that it is rotatable in four directions of up/down and left/right. Driving units(31,32) provide a driving force to the camera unit. A direction select key is provided on an outer surface of the terminal body and selects a rotation direction of the camera unit. A controller controls driving of the driving units upon receiving a signal of the direction key. The camera unit includes the first housing(21) installed to be rotatable at one end of the terminal body, the second housing(22) installed at a lower end of the first housing and relatively rotated with the first housing, and a camera module(23) installed within the second housing.

Description

Mobile phone having camera device

1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a wireless terminal equipped with a camera device according to the present invention.

2 is a cross-sectional view showing the configuration and internal structure of the camera device shown in FIG.

3 is a control block diagram of a camera apparatus according to the present invention.

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

A-Wireless Terminal 10-Terminal Body

20-Camera Unit 21-First Housing

22-2nd Housing 23-Camera Module

31-1st drive motor 32-2nd drive motor

40-Directional Select Key 50-Control Unit

The present invention relates to a wireless terminal equipped with a camera device.

Recently, due to the development of the wireless terminal industry and the rapid development of digital technology, digital cameras have been externally or embedded in various wireless terminals to communicate not only voice but also images.In the case of external type, the digital camera can be attached to or detached from the wireless terminal. It is structured and used to attach and detach to the terminal as needed.

However, such a detachable camera is not only inconvenient to carry, but is also exposed to the risk of loss. Recently, most cameras are manufactured integrally with a terminal.

However, since most of the conventional cameras are fixedly mounted on the terminal, the user must switch the position of the terminal directly so that the camera is directed to the shooting object in the case of surrounding shooting or continuous shooting of the background. Due to the need to shoot while moving, there is a problem of obtaining an image that is different from the intended image due to the shaking caused by the movement of the terminal position and the distance of the subject.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to solve the inconvenience of switching the position of the terminal when shooting the camera, and to shake or subject during continuous shooting of the surrounding environment It is to provide a wireless terminal equipped with a camera device that can eliminate the inconvenience caused by the distance difference.

Such, the present invention is a terminal body; A camera device installed at one end of the terminal body in a structure capable of rotating up, down, left and right in four directions; Driving means for providing a driving force to the camera device; A direction selection key provided on an outer surface of the terminal body to select a rotation direction of the camera device; It includes a control unit for controlling the driving of the drive means receives the signal of the direction selection key.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings such that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention.

1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a wireless terminal equipped with a camera device according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view showing the configuration and internal structure of the camera device according to the present invention, Figure 3 is a camera device of the present invention Control block diagram.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the wireless terminal A according to the present invention includes a terminal body 10, a camera device 20 rotatably installed at one end of the terminal body 10, and the camera device. A driving means 30 for driving 20, a direction selection key 40 for selecting a rotation direction of the camera apparatus 20, and a controller 50 for controlling rotation of the camera apparatus 20; It is configured to include.

The main body of the terminal 10 includes a liquid crystal display for displaying image information on a front surface thereof, a keypad for inputting signals of various symbols, and a transmitter / receiver (not shown) for input / output of sound signals. The lower end of the liquid crystal display 12 is provided with direction selection keys 40 in four directions of up, down, left, and right to select the rotation direction of the camera device 20.

In addition, the upper end of the terminal body 10 is provided with a camera coupling portion 11 is formed by opening a predetermined portion, the inner side wall is provided with a coupling hole (11a) having the same central axis.

The camera device 20 has a first housing 21 installed in a rotatable structure at one end of the terminal body 10, and relatively rotates with the first housing 21 at a lower end of the first housing 21. The second housing 22 is installed in a structure, and the camera module 23 is installed in the second housing 22.

At this time, the first housing 21 is coupled to the coupling hole (11a) provided in the camera coupling portion 11 on both sides is provided with a coupling shaft (21a) to be rotated in the vertical direction.

In addition, a viewing window 22a is formed at one end of the second housing 22 to allow light to be incident therein, and a camera module 23 is installed therein to allow shooting through the viewing window 22a.

The driving means 30 is divided into a first driving motor 31 installed on one side of the terminal body 10 and a second driving motor 32 installed in the second housing 22.

Here, the first drive motor 31 is to provide a driving force when the first housing 21 rotates and is connected to one coupling shaft 21a of the first housing 21 by a plurality of power transmission gears 33. To provide driving force.

In addition, the second driving motor 32 is provided inside the first housing 21 to provide a driving force when the second housing 22 rotates, or is directly connected to the second housing 22 or the first The driving force may be provided by a plurality of power transmission gears such as the driving motor 31.

On the other hand, the control unit 50, which is implemented in the form of a microcomputer with a built-in control program, has a first housing 21 and a second housing 22 constituting the camera device 20 when the up, down, left, and right direction selection keys 40 are pressed. ), The direction selection key 40, the first drive motor 31 and the second drive motor 32 to control the first drive motor 31 and the second drive motor 32 so as to be properly rotated. Is electrically connected.

In such a configuration, when the camera device 20 is to be rotated in the vertical direction, the upward direction selecting key 41 or the downward direction selecting key 42 may be appropriately pressed. When a signal of the up direction selection key 41 or the down direction selection key 42 is input, the controller 50 rotates the first driving motor 31 in proportion to the pressing time of each selection key.

Therefore, when taking a picture having a long length in the vertical direction, if the camera device 20 is rotated to the desired position while pressing the upper direction selection key 41 or the lower direction selection key 42 properly, do.

On the other hand, when the camera device 20 is to be rotated in the left-right direction of the main body 10, when the signal is input by pressing the left direction selection key 43 or the right direction selection key 44, the control unit 50 The second driving motor 32 is controlled to be rotated in proportion to the pressing time in the corresponding direction about the rotation axis of the second housing (22).

At this time, when the camera device 20 is to be rotated in the left and right directions of the main body 10, it is possible only when the first housing 21 is rotated.

In this case, when the camera device 20 is to be rotated in the left and right directions of the main body 10, the first housing 21 may be rotated only.

As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated in detail using the preferable embodiment, the scope of the present invention is not limited to a specific embodiment, Comprising: It should be interpreted by the attached Claim. In addition, those skilled in the art should understand that many modifications and variations are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, without changing the position of the terminal as in the conventional, it is possible to simply shoot with the operation of the direction key, since the camera can be continuously rotated to take a picture having a long length in one direction This makes it possible to provide such effects.

Claims (3)

Terminal body; A camera device installed at one end of the terminal body in a structure capable of rotating up, down, left and right in four directions; Driving means for providing a driving force to the camera device; A direction selection key provided on an outer surface of the terminal body to select a rotation direction of the camera device; And a controller configured to control the driving of the driving means by receiving the signal of the direction selection key. The method of claim 1, The camera device, A first housing installed in a rotatable structure at one end of the terminal body, A second housing installed at a lower end of the first housing in a structure capable of relative rotation with the first housing; Wireless terminal provided with a camera device that is composed of a camera module installed inside the second housing. The method of claim 2, The drive means, A first driving motor embedded in one side of the terminal body to transmit a driving force to the first housing; And a second driving motor installed inside the second housing to transmit a driving force to the second housing.

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