TW201734699A - Portable electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

A portable electronic device including a main body, a camera module and a movement mechanism. The main body has a trench located therein and exposed at a surface thereof. The camera module is disposed in the trench, and the camera module has a wide angle lens. The movement mechanism is located between the camera module and the trench, and the camera module is adapted to move between a first position and a second position in the trench. When the camera module is located at the first position, an upper surface of the wide angle lens is lower than or equal to the surface of the main body. When the camera module is located at the second position, the wide angel lens is protruded out of the surface of the main body.

Description

Portable electronic device

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

With the advancement of technology, users of general portable electronic devices such as mobile phones or tablets have continuously increased the camera shooting functions and quality requirements of electronic devices. In addition, in recent years, the demand for direct use of portable electronic devices for fisheye or wide-angle shooting has increased significantly. However, since the lens of the fisheye or wide-angle lens has a curvature and protrudes outward, if the fisheye or wide-angle lens is directly mounted on a portable electronic device such as a mobile phone or a tablet, the lens protrudes from the surface of the device. Therefore, in the process of using the portable electronic device by the user, the lens of the camera module is easily damaged by friction or collision with the desktop or other items.

Although the user can currently hold the fisheye or wide-angle lens on the camera lens of the general portable electronic device through various auxiliary fixtures, the above lens setting method will increase the weight of the overall portable electronic device and reduce The convenience of the user carrying or using the portable electronic device. In addition, the fisheye or wide-angle lens of the above-mentioned additional arrangement must be set corresponding to the lens of the camera module of the portable electronic device itself. Therefore, fisheye or wide-angle lenses are also relatively limited in shooting angle and direction.

The invention provides a portable electronic device, wherein the camera module is movable relative to the body of the electronic device, so that the wide-angle lens of the camera module can be embedded in the body of the device to provide appropriate shielding and protection for the wide-angle lens. Alternatively, the wide-angle lens of the camera module can protrude from the surface of the portable electronic device for wide-angle mode shooting.

The portable electronic device of the present invention comprises a body, a camera module and a transport mechanism. The body has a receiving groove disposed in the body and exposed to the surface of the body. The camera module is disposed in the receiving slot, and the camera module has a wide-angle lens. The transport mechanism is disposed between the camera module and the receiving slot, and the camera module is adapted to be actuated between the first position and the second position in the receiving slot by the transport mechanism. When the camera module is in the first position, the upper surface of the wide-angle lens is lower than or equal to the surface of the body. When the camera module is actuated to the second position, the wide-angle lens protrudes from the surface of the body.

In an embodiment of the invention, the wide-angle lens is an ultra-wide angle lens or a fish-eye lens.

In an embodiment of the invention, the conveying mechanism includes a slide rail that extends along a thickness direction of the body and is disposed on a wall surface of the accommodating groove. The camera module has a bump, and the corresponding slide rail is disposed on a side of the camera module and slidably disposed in the slide rail, so that the camera module is adapted to slide along the slide rail between the first position and the second position.

In an embodiment of the invention, the transfer mechanism is a pivot. The pivot is disposed on a side of the camera module, and the pivoting portion is disposed in the pivot hole located on the wall surface of the accommodating groove, so that the camera module is adapted to rotate from the first position to the second position along the pivot.

In an embodiment of the invention, the transport mechanism includes a pivot and a first chute. The first sliding slot is disposed on the wall surface of the receiving slot along the thickness direction of the vertical body, and the pivoting shaft is disposed through the camera module and the first sliding slot to enable the camera module to be pivoted along the pivot Sliding along the first chute and moving from the first position to the second position.

In an embodiment of the invention, the body has opposite front and back sides, and the portable electronic device has a display screen disposed on the front side.

In an embodiment of the invention, when the camera module is moved to the second position, the wide-angle lens protrudes from the side connecting the front side and the back side.

In an embodiment of the invention, the conveying mechanism further includes a second chute. The second sliding slot is disposed on the wall surface of the receiving slot along the thickness direction of the body, and the first sliding slot and the second sliding slot intersect perpendicular to each other.

In an embodiment of the invention, when the camera module is slid to the second position along the second sliding slot, the wide-angle lens protrudes from the back.

In an embodiment of the invention, when the camera module is slid along the second sliding slot to the second position, the wide-angle lens protrudes from the front.

In an embodiment of the invention, the camera module has a thickness less than or equal to the thickness of the body.

In an embodiment of the invention, the portable electronic device is a smart phone or a tablet computer.

In an embodiment of the invention, when the camera module is activated to the second position, the camera module is adapted to capture a wide-angle image by the wide-angle lens.

Based on the above, the camera module of the portable electronic device of the various embodiments of the present invention has a wide-angle lens. In addition, the body of the portable electronic device has a receiving groove located on the surface of the body. The camera module can be accommodated in the accommodating groove and actuated between the second position by the conveying mechanism in the first position in the accommodating groove. When the camera module is in the first position, the upper surface of the camera module is lower than or equal to the surface of the body to provide proper shielding and protection for the wide-angle lens and to prevent the wide-angle lens from being damaged by friction or collision. When the camera module is actuated to the second position, the wide-angle lens of the camera module can protrude from the surface of the body to reduce the incident light of the body of the portable electronic device and the shielding angle of the shooting angle, so that the user can directly Wide-angle lens of portable electronic device for wide-angle shooting.

The above described features and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following description.

The various embodiments below represent the same or similar functions and components, and the shapes, dimensions, proportions, and the like of the elements shown in the drawings are merely illustrative and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. In addition, any of the embodiments described in the following descriptions simultaneously disclose various technical features, and does not mean that all the technical features in any of the embodiments must be simultaneously implemented.

1A-1F are perspective views of a portable electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention. Referring to FIG. 1A to FIG. 1D , in the embodiment, the portable electronic device 100 includes a body 110 , a camera module 120 , and a transport mechanism 130 . The portable electronic device 100 of this embodiment is, for example, a smart phone or a tablet. In addition, the body 110 has a receiving groove 111. The accommodating groove 111 is disposed in the body 110 and exposed on the surface of the body 110. The camera module 120 is disposed in the receiving slot 111 , and the camera module 120 has a wide-angle lens 122 . In the present embodiment, the wide-angle lens 122 is, for example, an ultra wide-angle lens or a fisheye lens. Furthermore, the transport mechanism 130 is disposed between the camera module 122 and the receiving slot 111. Referring to FIG. 1B and FIG. 1C , the camera module 120 can be moved between the first position P1 and the second position P2 in the accommodating groove 111 by the transport mechanism 130 .

As shown in FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B, when the camera module 120 is at the first position P1, that is, the original position of the camera module 120, the height of the upper surface 122a of the wide-angle lens 122 of the camera module 120 in the lens direction is lower than or It is equal to the surface of the body 110. In addition, as shown in FIG. 1B and FIG. 1C, the upper surface 122a of the wide-angle lens 122 is a curved surface, and when the camera module 120 is moved to the second position P2, the upper surface 122a of the wide-angle lens 122 is higher than the surface of the body 110 to make the camera The wide-angle lens 122 of the module 120 protrudes and is exposed to the surface of the body 110.

For example, the body 110 of the portable electronic device 100 can have an opposite front surface 122, a back surface 114, and a side surface 113 that is perpendicular and connects the front surface 112 and the back surface 114. In this embodiment, the front surface 112 of the main body can be configured with a display or touch element such as a display panel or a touch display panel. In addition, the accommodating groove 111 is, for example, a through groove that penetrates the front surface 112 and the back surface 114 of the body 110 in the thickness direction of the parallel body 110 . In addition, the receiving slot 111 has an opening on the side 113 of the body 110 to expose the camera module 120.

As shown in FIG. 1A, the lens direction of the wide-angle lens 122 of the camera module 120 is, for example, directed toward the back surface 114 of the body 110 to capture an image in front of the user. However, in another embodiment not shown, the lens direction of the wide-angle lens 122 can also be directed toward the front surface 112 of the body 110 to allow the user to take a self-portrait with the wide-angle lens 122 or to capture an image of the user's back.

Specifically, in the embodiment, the thickness of the camera module 120 is less than or equal to the thickness of the body 110. Therefore, when the camera module 120 is located at the first position P1 in the receiving slot 111 of the body 110, the wide-angle lens 122 of the camera module 120 can be built in the receiving slot 111. Therefore, when the portable electronic device 100 is placed on a desktop, for example, or in a user's use, the wide-angle lens 122 of the camera module 120 can be appropriately provided by the receiving slot 111 of the body 110. The shielding and protection are to prevent the wide-angle lens 122 from being damaged by collision or friction with the table top or surrounding objects.

Referring to FIG. 1B and FIG. 1C again, when the user wants to take the wide-angle mode with the wide-angle lens 122, the angle at which the light is incident on or emitted from the wide-angle lens 122 is larger, for example, greater than or equal to 180 degrees. However, when the wide-angle lens 122 of the camera module 120 is built in the accommodating groove 111, the inner wall of the accommodating groove 111 shields the shooting angle of the partial wide-angle lens 122 and the angle of the incident light. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the camera module 120 is moved to the second position P2 of the back surface 114 of the body 110 in FIG. 1C by the transport mechanism 130 such that the upper surface 122a of the wide-angle lens 122 is higher than the back surface 114 of the body 110. Therefore, the wide-angle lens 122 can protrude beyond the accommodating groove 111 and be exposed on the back surface 114 of the body 110, so that the shooting angle of the wide-angle lens 122 and the incident and incident light are not blocked or interfered by the body 110, and can be greater than or A panoramic full-frame shot equal to 180 degrees.

In the present embodiment, the conveying mechanism 130 may include a slide rail 132, and as shown in FIG. 1C, the slide rail 132 may be disposed to extend in the thickness direction of the body 110. In this embodiment, the slide rails 132 are disposed on the wall surfaces of the opposite sides of the camera module 120, for example, in the accommodating slots 111. In addition, in other embodiments not shown, the slide rail 132 can also be disposed on the wall surface of the accommodating groove 111 adjacent to the side of the camera module 120, or only disposed on the side adjacent to the camera module 120. A wall of the receiving groove 111. The present invention does not limit the arrangement position, manner, and number of the slide rails 132.

The side of the camera module 120 has a bump 124 corresponding to the configuration of the slide rail 132. As shown in FIG. 1B , the protrusions 124 disposed on opposite sides of the camera module 120 are respectively slidably disposed in the slide rail 132 . Therefore, the camera module 120 can slide up and down along the thickness direction of the body 110 by the bumps 124 and the slide rails 132. In particular, when the user wants to use the camera module 120 of the portable electronic device 100 to perform wide-angle mode shooting, the camera module 120 can be along the arrow in FIG. 1C from the first position P1 in the receiving slot 111 (thick arrow) The direction is slid to a second position P2 near the surface of the body 110 to reduce the shielding and interference of the wall surface of the accommodating groove 111 with respect to the light or the shooting angle. In addition, when the user finishes shooting in the wide-angle mode or wants to continue shooting in the normal mode, the camera module 120 can be further slid back into the receiving slot 111 by the second position P2 to prevent the wide-angle lens 122 from being available. The portable electronic device 100 is damaged by friction or collision during use.

In this embodiment, the user can slide the camera module 120 between the first position P1 and the second position P2 according to the actual shooting angle and the light demand to adjust the position of the wide-angle lens 122. In addition, the user can manually adjust the position of the camera module 120, or the user can control and automatically control the application built in the portable electronic device 100 and the configuration of the magnetic component, for example. Slide camera module 120. Furthermore, in this embodiment, a positioning member (not shown) may be additionally disposed on the slide rail 132, so that when the camera module 120 is slid to the second position P2, the camera module 120 may be temporarily fixed to the first Two positions on P2 for shooting.

Referring to FIG. 1E and FIG. 1F , in this embodiment, the receiving slot 111 of the camera module 120 can be disposed on the side surface 113 of the body 110 as described above, and penetrates the front surface 112 and the back surface 114 of the body 110 to form a camera module. The accommodating groove 111 of the group 120 can be directly disposed, for example, in the back surface 114 of the body 110. When the camera module 120 of the portable electronic device 100 is not photographed at a wide angle, the camera module 120 can be placed in the A1 position as shown in FIG. 1E, that is, built in the receiving slot 111, so that the wide-angle lens 122 is Upper surface 122a is lower than or equal to back surface 114 of the body.

When the camera module 120 of the portable electronic device 100 performs wide-angle shooting, the camera module 120 can be moved to the A2 position as shown in FIG. 1F via the slide rail 132 described above, and the wide-angle lens 122 of the camera module 120 can be The upper surface 122a is raised above the back side 114 of the body. Therefore, the wide-angle lens 122 can protrude from the back surface 114 for wide-angle shooting.

In addition, in another embodiment, the accommodating slot 111 can be configured on the front surface 112 of the body 110 according to the configuration shown in FIG. 1E and FIG. 1F, and the detailed configuration manner is no longer Repeat the details.

2A-2D are perspective views of a portable electronic device according to another embodiment of the present invention. The portable electronic device 200 of FIG. 2A to FIG. 2D is similar in structure to the portable electronic device 100 of the above-described embodiment, and therefore the same or similar elements are denoted by the same or similar symbols and the description thereof will not be repeated. The difference between the portable electronic device 200 and the portable electronic device 100 is that the transport mechanism 130 of the portable electronic device 200 is pivoted, and the pivot 130 is disposed on the side of the camera module 120. In addition, as shown in FIG. 2B, the wall surface of the receiving groove 211 of the body 210 has a pivot hole 215 corresponding to the pivot 230, and the pivot 230 passes through the pivot hole 215.

Referring to FIG. 2B and FIG. 2C , in the embodiment, the camera module 220 can be pivoted 90 degrees relative to the body 210 along the pivot 230 , and the camera module 220 is firstly built into the receiving slot 211 . P1' is pivoted in the direction of the arrow (thick arrow) in Fig. 2C to the second position P2'. As shown in FIG. 2C and FIG. 2D, when the camera module 220 is pivoted to the second position P2', the upper surface 122a of the wide-angle lens 122 is higher than the surface of the body 210, so that the wide-angle lens 122 protrudes from the surface of the body 210 and the capacity. When the user uses the wide-angle lens 122 to perform wide-angle or fish-eye mode shooting, the wall surface of the receiving groove 211 of the main body 210 interferes or shields the shooting angle of the wide-angle lens 122 and the incident light.

When the user finishes wide-angle shooting or wants to continue shooting in the normal normal mode, the camera module 220 can be rotated 90 degrees from the second position P2' in FIG. 2C relative to the body 210 back to the original first along the pivot 230. Position P1'. Therefore, the wide-angle lens 122 of the camera module 220 can be returned to the embedded position of the accommodating groove 211 to provide appropriate protection and shielding for the wide-angle lens 122 by the accommodating groove 211 of the body 210, thereby preventing the wide-angle lens 122 from being damaged by friction or collision. .

In this embodiment, a positioning member (not shown) may be additionally disposed between the pivot 130 and the pivot hole 215 to pivot the camera module 220 by 90 degrees from the first position P1' in FIG. 2B to FIG. 2C. In the second position P2', the camera module 220 can be temporarily fixed to the second position P2' for shooting. In addition, in the embodiment, the portable electronic device 200 can manually or electrically drive the pivot 230 to pivot, and then drive the camera module 220 to rotate relative to the body 210.

3A-3E are perspective views of a portable electronic device according to another embodiment of the present invention. The portable electronic device 300 in FIG. 3A and FIG. 3E is similar in structure to the portable electronic device 100 in the above embodiment, and therefore the same or similar elements are denoted by the same or similar symbols and the description thereof will not be repeated. The difference between the portable electronic device 300 and the portable electronic device 100 is that the transport mechanism 330 of the portable electronic device 300 includes a pivot 332 and a first sliding slot 334. In this embodiment, the first sliding slot 334 is disposed along the wall of the camera module 320 in the direction of the thickness direction of the vertical body 310, and the pivot 332 is disposed on the camera module 320 and the first sliding portion. Slot 334. In this embodiment, the camera module 320 can be rotated 90 degrees relative to the body 310 along the pivot 332 such that the wide-angle lens 122 is oriented along the arrow in FIG. 3C from the direction of the back surface 114 of the body 310 in FIGS. 3A and 3B. The arrow) direction is rotated to the direction toward the side 113 of the body 310. In addition, after the camera module 320 is pivoted by 90 degrees with respect to the body 310, the camera module 320 can be further slid by the first sliding slot 334 toward the side 113 of the body 310 (the direction of the thick arrow in FIG. 3D). The upper surface 122a of the wide-angle lens 122 is made higher than the side surface 113 of the body 110, and the wide-angle lens 122 is protruded from the side surface 113 of the body 310 and the accommodating groove 311.

In the present embodiment, the camera module 320 is moved from the first position P1'' in Fig. 3B to the second position P2'' in Figs. 3D and 3E via the above-described actions. In addition, the camera module 320 is further rotated along the first sliding slot 334 by the camera module 320 to rotate the direction of the wide-angle lens 122 by 90 degrees, and the wide-angle lens 122 is protruded from the side of the body 310. 113. Therefore, the wide-angle lens 122 of the camera module 320 can obtain a better shooting angle and a light incident angle, thereby reducing the shielding and interference of the wide-angle lens 122 from the body 310 of the portable electronic device 300, so as to obtain good quality in the wide-angle shooting mode. Wide-angle or fisheye mode shots.

4 is a perspective view of a portable electronic device in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention. The embodiment is similar to the embodiment of FIG. 3A to FIG. 3E , and the difference is only in the embodiment, the transport mechanism 330 of the portable electronic device 300 may further include a second chute 336 . The second sliding slot 336 extends along the thickness direction of the parallel body 110 and is perpendicular to the first sliding slot 334. In addition, the first chute 334 and the second chute 336 intersect at a middle of the second chute 336. Therefore, the camera module 320 can slide along the second sliding slot 336 toward the back surface 114 of the body 310, so that the wide-angle lens 122 of the camera module 320 protrudes from the back surface 114 of the body 310, so that the user can shoot in front of the camera 310. Image. In addition, the camera module 320 can also be pivoted 180 degrees relative to the body 310 along the pivot 332 such that the wide-angle lens 122 of the camera module 320 is redirected toward the front side 112 of the body 310 from the direction of the rear surface 114 of the body 310. At the same time, the camera module 320 can be further slid in the direction of the front surface 112 of the body 310 via the second sliding slot 336, so that the wide-angle lens 122 of the camera module 320 protrudes from the front surface 112 of the body 310, so that the user can utilize the wide-angle lens 112. Take a self-portrait or take a picture of the image behind it.

In this embodiment, the user of the portable electronic device 300 can manually rotate the camera module 320 relative to the body 310. In addition, the pivot 332 of the embodiment can be further electrically coupled to various driving units such as a micro motor to electrically drive the pivot 332 to pivot and drive the camera module 320 to rotate. In addition, a positioning mechanism or a positioning slot may be additionally disposed in the first sliding slot 334 and the second sliding slot 336 of the embodiment to temporarily fix the camera module 320 to the body 310 according to the shooting requirement of the user. Shooting position or angle.

In the embodiment, the camera module 320 can be built into the receiving slot 311 according to the user's needs, and can be photographed in the normal mode. Alternatively, the user can move the camera module 320 by the transport mechanism 330 to cause the wide-angle lens 122 of the camera module 320 to protrude from the front surface 112, the back surface 114 or the side surface 113 of the body 310, so that the user can The wide-angle or fish-eye mode is captured at different angles, directions, and positions of the body 310 of the portable electronic device 300.

In summary, the camera module of the portable electronic device in the embodiments of the present invention has a wide-angle lens, and the camera module can be in the second position in the first position in the portable electronic device by the transmitting mechanism. Slip or rotate between. Therefore, the wide-angle lens of the camera module can be built in the receiving groove of the body to provide appropriate shielding and protection for the wide-angle lens, and the wide-angle lens is prevented from being damaged by collision or friction. In addition, the camera module can extend the wide-angle lens from the surface of the body and the outside of the receiving slot by the transmission mechanism, and can perform wide-angle, super wide-angle or fish-eye modes in different directions of the portable electronic device. Shooting. Furthermore, in the present invention, the user does not need to install another auxiliary lens on the portable electronic device to achieve the purpose of wide-angle shooting, and the user convenience.

Although the present invention has been disclosed in the above embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention, and any one of ordinary skill in the art can make some changes and refinements without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The scope of the invention is defined by the scope of the appended claims.

100, 200, 300‧‧‧ portable electronic devices
110, 210, 310‧‧‧ ontology
111, 211, 311‧‧‧ accommodating slots
112‧‧‧ positive
113‧‧‧ side
114‧‧‧Back
120, 220, 320‧‧‧ camera modules
122‧‧‧ wide-angle lens
122a‧‧‧ upper surface
124‧‧‧Bumps
130‧‧‧Transport mechanism/pivot
132‧‧‧rails
215‧‧‧ pivot hole
230, 332‧‧ ‧ pivot
330‧‧‧Transportation agency
334‧‧‧First chute
336‧‧‧Second chute
A1, P1, P1', P1''‧‧‧ first position
A2, P2, P2', P2''‧‧‧ second position

1A-1F are perspective views of a portable electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention. 2A-2D are perspective views of a portable electronic device in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention. 3A-3E are perspective views of a portable electronic device according to another embodiment of the present invention. 4 is a perspective view of a portable electronic device in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

110‧‧‧ body

111‧‧‧ accommodating slots

113‧‧‧ side

114‧‧‧Back

120‧‧‧ camera module

122‧‧‧ wide-angle lens

122a‧‧‧ upper surface

124‧‧‧Bumps

130‧‧‧Transportation agency

132‧‧‧rails

P2‧‧‧ second position

Claims (13)

A portable electronic device includes: a body having a receiving groove disposed in the body and exposed on a surface of the body; a camera module disposed in the receiving slot, the The camera module has a wide-angle lens; and a transport mechanism is disposed between the camera module and the receiving slot, and the camera module is adapted to be in a first position in the receiving slot by the transport mechanism and Actuating between a second position, wherein when the camera module is in the first position, the upper surface of the wide-angle lens is lower than or equal to the surface of the body, and when the camera module is actuated to the second position, The wide-angle lens protrudes from the surface of the body. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the wide-angle lens is an ultra wide-angle lens or a fisheye lens. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the transport mechanism comprises a slide rail extending along a thickness direction of the body on a wall surface of the accommodating slot, and the camera module has at least one convex a block corresponding to the slide rail disposed on the side of the camera module and slidably disposed in the slide rail, so that the camera module is adapted to slide along the slide rail between the first position and the second position shift. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the transport mechanism is a pivot disposed on a side of the camera module, and the pivot is disposed on a wall of the receiving slot. In a pivot hole, the camera module is adapted to be rotated from the first position to the second position along the pivot. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the transport mechanism comprises a pivot and a first sliding slot, and the first sliding slot is disposed in the direction perpendicular to the thickness direction of the body. a wall of the slot, the pivot is disposed through the camera module and the first chute, so that the camera module is adapted to rotate along the pivot and slide along the first chute, and The first position moves to the second position. The portable electronic device of claim 5, wherein the body has an opposite front surface and a rear surface, and the portable electronic device has a display screen disposed on the front surface. The portable electronic device of claim 6, wherein the wide-angle lens protrudes from a side connecting the front surface and the back surface when the camera module is moved to the second position. The portable electronic device of claim 5, wherein the transporting mechanism further comprises a second sliding slot, and the second sliding slot is disposed on the wall surface of the receiving slot along the thickness direction of the body. And the first chute and the second chute intersect perpendicular to each other. The portable electronic device of claim 8, wherein the wide-angle lens protrudes from the back surface when the camera module slides along the second sliding slot to the second position. The portable electronic device of claim 8, wherein the wide-angle lens protrudes from the front surface when the camera module slides along the second sliding slot to the second position. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the camera module has a thickness equal to or smaller than a thickness of the body. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the portable electronic device is a smart phone or a tablet. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the camera module is adapted to capture a wide-angle image by the wide-angle lens when the camera module is activated to the second position.