TWI422947B - Portable electronic device with camera module - Google Patents

Description

Portable electronic device with camera module

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

With the development of multimedia technology, camera modules have been widely used, and the combination of camera modules and portable electronic devices has become one of the trends in the development of portable electronic devices.

Generally speaking, there are two kinds of zoom modes of the camera module, that is, the optical zoom system changes the focal length by the combination of the lenses to achieve the purpose of zooming, and the digital zoom system clips the image captured by the image sensor and performs interpolation calculation. The method is reduced to the original image size, so the image quality obtained by the digital zoom is poor (see C. Weerasinghe et al., August 2004, IEEE Transaction on Consumer Electronics, Vol. 50, No. 3, Digital Zoom Camera With Image Sharpening And Noise Suppression).

However, the portable electronic devices with camera modules currently on the market are limited by the size of the portable electronic device itself, and most of the camera modules adopt a digital zoom structure, and the quality of the captured photos is greatly limited, and the multimedia cannot be satisfied. The need for technological development. Even if the portable electronic device uses optical changes The focal length of the focal structure may also be limited, which cannot meet the needs of shooting in some occasions, and the camera module is fixed in the portable electronic device and cannot be replaced.

The prior art provides a portable electronic device with a camera module, which can externally connect various functions of the lens to supplement the shortage of the camera module in the portable electronic device, thereby making the shooting effect better and the shooting angle wider. However, during the shooting process, the user usually needs to fix the external lens in front of the camera module of the portable electronic device by hand, which causes inconvenience in use.

In view of this, it is necessary to provide a portable electronic device having a camera module that is convenient to use.

A portable electronic device having a camera module includes a body, a camera module disposed in the body, a slider and a lens module. The body is provided with a receiving space, and the slider slides in the receiving space. The camera module is disposed in the receiving space. The lens module is disposed in the slider. The slider is slidable between the first position and the second position. When the slider is in the first position, the camera module is separately imaged; when the slider is in the second position, the lens module cooperates with the camera module to form an image.

Compared with the prior art, the present invention provides a portable electronic device with a camera module that can slide between a first position and a second position. When the slider is in the first position, the lens module does not participate in imaging, and the camera module is separately imaged; when the slider is in the second position, the lens module cooperates with the camera module to form an image. Therefore, the user can easily select whether to use the mirror Head module shooting.

100‧‧‧ Portable electronic device with camera module

10‧‧‧ Ontology

12‧‧‧ camera module

14‧‧‧Lens module

16‧‧‧ Slider

18‧‧‧ Cover

102‧‧‧ accommodating space

162‧‧‧ platform

164‧‧‧Sliding side wall

166‧‧‧The protrusion of the slider

168‧‧‧Side side of the slider

104‧‧‧ Groove

1024‧‧ ‧ chute

1022‧‧‧ Side wall of the containment space

182‧‧‧ shaft

181‧‧‧ side of the cover

184‧‧‧The inner surface of the cover

185‧‧‧ outer surface of the cover

186‧‧‧The protrusion of the cover

188‧‧‧Handle

1 is a perspective view of a portable electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the portable electronic device shown in FIG. 1; FIG. 3 is a partial perspective view of the body shown in FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the slider shown in FIG. 1; FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the cover body shown in FIG. 1; FIG. 6 is a perspective view of another view of the cover body shown in FIG. 1; FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the portable electronic device shown in FIG. 1 when the lens module is fixed to the slider; FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the portable electronic device shown in FIG. A schematic view of a portable electronic device when the cover body covers the lens module.

The invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to FIG. 1 to FIG. 3 together, the portable electronic device 100 with a camera module provided by the present invention includes a body 10, a camera module 12, a slider 16, a lens module 14, and a cover 18. In the embodiment of the present invention, the portable electronic device can be a mobile phone.

A receiving space 102 is defined in the body 10, and the receiving space 102 is substantially in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped. The receiving space 102 includes two side walls 1022. The side wall 1022 is provided with a sliding slot 1024. The slider 16 slides in the sliding slot 1024. The body 10 is further provided with a recess 104 for engaging with the cover 18 to fix the cover 18 to the body 10 (described later). The camera module 12 is housed in the accommodating space 102.

The lens module 14 is disposed within the body 10. The lens module 14 includes at least one lens. The lens module 14 can be a fixed focus lens or a zoom lens. The lens module 14 can also select a lens of various functional types such as a wide-angle lens or a wide-angle lens. In this embodiment, the lens module 14 is a wide-angle lens.

Referring to FIG. 4, the slider 16 includes a platform 162, two side walls 164, and each side wall 164 has an outwardly extending projection 166 at one end. The protrusion 166 can slide along the sliding slot 1024 in the side wall 164 to effect sliding of the slider 16.

Referring to FIG. 1 , FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 together, the cover 18 is pivotally connected to the body 10 via a rotating shaft 182 , so that the cover 18 can rotate relative to the body 10 . The cover 18 has an inner surface 184 facing the receiving space 102, an outer surface 185 facing away from the receiving space 102, and a side surface 181. The inner surface 184 of the cover is provided with a protrusion 186 which cooperates with the groove 104 on the body to fasten the cover 18 to the body 10. A handle 188 is disposed on the outer surface 185 of the cover 18. When the cover 18 is fastened to the body 10, lifting the handle 188 can disengage one end of the cover 18 from the body 10, so that the cover 18 can be rotated about the rotating shaft 182.

The method of using the portable electronic device 100 is as follows: Referring to FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 together, when the lens module 14 is required to be photographed, the slider 16 is slid along the sliding slot 1024 of the side wall 1022 to one end of the sliding slot 1024. Then, the cover 18 is turned down, and the side surface 181 of the cover 18 abuts against the side 168 of the slider 16, so that the cover 18 fixes the slider 16 to the body 10. At the same time, the protrusion 186 of the cover engages with the recess 104 of the body 10 to secure the cover 18 to the body 10. When the slider 16 is at this position (first position), the lens module 14 is aligned with the camera module 12 and is imaged in cooperation with each other.

When it is not necessary to use the lens module 14, the handle 188 is lifted up, thereby pulling one end of the cover 18 from the body 10 and rotating the cover 18 upward. Then, the slider 16 is slid along the sliding groove 1024 of the side wall 1022 to the other end of the sliding groove 1024. When the slider 16 is at this position (the second position), the lens module 14 is completely housed in the accommodating space 102, as shown in FIG. At this time, the cover body 18 is rotated downward, and the protrusion 186 of the cover body 18 is engaged with the recess 104 of the body 10, thereby engaging the cover body 18 on the body 10, as shown in FIG. At this time, the camera module 12 can be photographed normally, and the lens module 14 does not participate in imaging. In this way, the lens module 14 is received in the accommodating space 102, and the cover 18 covers the lens module 14. The cover 10 can protect the lens module 14 and prevent the lens module 14 from being contaminated. Moreover, this does not affect the size and aesthetics of the portable electronic device 100.

When it is necessary to photograph the lens module 14 again, the handle 188 is lifted up, thereby pulling the cover 18 from the body 10. The slider 16 is slid along the sliding slot 1024 of the side wall 1022 to one end of the sliding slot 1024, and is imaged by the lens module 14 in cooperation with the camera module 12, as shown in FIG. Repeatedly, the user can freely choose the system. Whether to use the lens module 14 to shoot.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the lens module 14 is disposed in the slider 16, and the protrusion 186 of the slider 16 cooperates with the sliding slot 1024 in the sidewall 1022, so the slider 16 can be in the first position and the second position. Swipe between. When the slider 16 is in the first position, the lens module 14 does not participate in imaging, and the camera module 12 is separately imaged; when the slider 16 is in the second position, the lens module 14 and the camera module Group 12 works together to image.

Secondly, when the lens module 14 is not used, the lens module 14 is received in the accommodating space 102, and the cover 18 covers the lens module 14. The cover 18 can protect the lens module 14 and prevent the lens module 14 from being contaminated. And does not affect the size and aesthetics of the portable electronic device 100.

Again, the lens module 14 is a wide-angle lens. The wide-angle lens can increase the field of view of the portable electronic device 100, and the composition space is wider when shooting scenery.

In summary, the present invention has indeed met the requirements of the invention patent, and has filed a patent application according to law. However, the above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and it is not possible to limit the scope of the patent application of the present invention. Equivalent modifications or variations made by persons skilled in the art in light of the spirit of the invention are intended to be included within the scope of the following claims.

100‧‧‧ Portable electronic device with camera module

10‧‧‧ Ontology

12‧‧‧ camera module

14‧‧‧Lens module

16‧‧‧ Slider

18‧‧‧ Cover

102‧‧‧ accommodating space

1022‧‧‧ side wall

Claims (7)

A portable electronic device having a camera module, comprising: a body and a camera module disposed in the body, wherein the camera body is provided with a receiving space, and the camera module is disposed in the receiving space; The portable electronic device with the camera module further includes a slider that can slide in the receiving space and a lens module disposed in the slider, the slider can slide between the first position and the second position, When the slider is in the first position, the camera module is exposed in the receiving space, the lens module does not participate in imaging, and the camera module is separately imaged, when the slider is in the second position, the lens The module is aligned with the camera module, and the lens module cooperates with the camera module to form an image. The portable electronic device with a camera module as described in claim 1, wherein the receiving space has two opposite side walls, and each side wall is provided with a sliding slot, and each side of the sliding block has a sliding portion A projection that slides in the slot. The portable electronic device with a camera module according to claim 1, wherein the lens module is a wide-angle lens. The portable electronic device with a camera module according to the first aspect of the invention, wherein the portable electronic device with the camera module further comprises a cover body pivotally connected to the body via a rotating shaft, The cover is used to cover the receiving space. Portable electronic device with camera module as described in claim 4 The cover has a first side, the slider has a first side, and when the slider is in the second position, the first side of the cover abuts against the first side of the slider, Thereby the slider is fixed in the second position. The portable electronic device with a camera module according to the fourth aspect of the invention, wherein the cover has a first surface facing the receiving space, the first surface is provided with a protrusion, and the body is provided with a groove. The protrusion cooperates with the recess to secure the cover to the body. The portable electronic device with a camera module according to claim 4, wherein a handle is provided on the outer side of the cover for lifting one end of the cover from the body.