TWM577520U - Electronic and image capturing module - Google Patents

Abstract

An electronic device including a device body and an image capturing module is provided. The image capturing module includes a push-push mechanism and an image capturing unit. The push-push mechanism is disposed on the device body. The image capturing unit is connected to the push-push mechanism. The image capturing unit is adapted to be driven to a first position to be hidden in the device body by the push-push mechanism, and the image capturing unit is adapted to be driven to a second position to be exposed outside the device body by the push-push mechanism.

Description

Electronic device and image capture module

The present invention relates to an electronic device and its functional components, and in particular to an electronic device and an image capturing module thereof.

Benefiting from the advancement of semiconductor components and display technology, electronic devices are constantly moving toward small, versatile and portable. Common portable electronic devices include smart phones and tablet PCs. Notebook computer, etc. In the case of a notebook computer, since it has the same functions as a general desktop computer, and the size and weight are reduced to make it convenient for the user to carry, the notebook computer has become a certain use. A portable tool that is indispensable.

Notebook computers generally have a camera module for video functions or other camera-related functions. With the narrow bezel design trend of the screen of the notebook computer, the screen has insufficient space to configure the camera module, so that some notebook computers integrate the camera module into the keys of the keyboard module, and thus the keyboard module needs to be re-established. Design increases manufacturing costs.

The novel creation provides an electronic device, and the configuration of the image capturing module has a high degree of freedom.

The novel creation provides an image capture module that is configured with a high degree of freedom.

The electronic device created by the present invention comprises a device body and an image capturing module. The image capturing module includes a double push mechanism and an image capturing unit. The double push mechanism is disposed on the main body of the device. The image capturing unit is connected to the double push mechanism. The image capturing unit is adapted to be driven by the double pushing mechanism to a first position and hidden in the main body of the device, and the image capturing unit is adapted to be driven by the double pushing mechanism to a second position to be exposed outside the main body of the device.

The image capturing module created by the present invention is suitable for an electronic device. The electronic device includes a device body. The image capturing module includes a double push mechanism and an image capturing unit. The double push mechanism is disposed on the main body of the device. The image capturing unit is connected to the double push mechanism. The image capturing unit is adapted to be driven by the double pushing mechanism to a first position and hidden in the main body of the device, and the image capturing unit is adapted to be driven by the double pushing mechanism to a second position to be exposed outside the main body of the device.

Based on the above, the novel creation integrates the image capturing unit and the double pushing mechanism into an image capturing module, so that the image capturing unit can be assembled to any suitable position of the device body by the double pushing mechanism, and by the double pushing mechanism. The action is hidden or revealed in the body of the device. Thereby, the image capturing unit does not need to be integrated into the keys of the keyboard module as in the conventional design manner, and has high degree of freedom in configuration.

The above described features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent and understood from the following description.

1 is a perspective view of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1 , the electronic device 100 of the present embodiment is, for example, a notebook computer, and includes a device body 110 and an image capturing module 120 . The device body 110 is composed of a host 112 and a screen 114 that are pivotally connected to each other. The image capturing module 120 is, for example, a camera module and is disposed on the host 112 of the device body 110.

FIG. 2 is a partial perspective view of the electronic device of FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the electronic device of FIG. 2. Referring to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 , the image capturing module 120 of the present embodiment includes a double push mechanism 122 and an image capturing unit 124 . The double push mechanism 122 is disposed on the host 112 of the apparatus body 110. The image capturing unit 124 is connected to the double pushing mechanism 122.

FIG. 4 illustrates the image capturing unit of FIG. 2 moving up. The image capturing unit 124 is adapted to be driven by the double pushing mechanism 122 to the first position shown in FIG. 2 and hidden in the host 112 of the device body 110 (shown in FIG. 1), and the image capturing unit 124 is adapted to be double pushed. Mechanism 122 is brought to the second position shown in Figure 4 and is exposed outside of host 112 of device body 110 (shown in Figure 1) as shown in Figure 4B.

The image capturing unit 124 and the double pushing mechanism 122 are integrated into the image capturing module 120 as described above, so that the image capturing unit 124 can be assembled to any suitable position of the device body 110 by the double pushing mechanism 122, and by The double push mechanism 122 is operated to hide or reveal to the device body 110. Therefore, the image capturing unit 124 does not need to be integrated into the keys of the keyboard module as in the conventional design manner, and has high degree of freedom in configuration.

In the present embodiment, the double push mechanism 122 includes a positioning member 122a, a carrier member 122b and an elastic member 122c. The carrier member 122b carries the image capturing unit 124. The elastic member 122c is, for example, a compression spring and is connected to the device body 110. The lower housing 112b of the main body 112 is between the carrier 122b. The carrier 122b is adapted to be moved from the first position shown in FIG. 2 to the second position shown in FIG. 4 by the elastic force of the elastic member 122c, and is positioned by the positioning member 122a by the elastic force of the elastic member 122c. In the second position. Moreover, the carrier 122b is adapted to move from the second position shown in FIG. 4 to the first position shown in FIG. 2 against the elastic force of the elastic member 122c, and is positioned by the positioning member 122a by the elastic force of the elastic member 122c. In the first position.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the electronic device of FIG. 2. FIG. FIG. 6 illustrates the image capturing unit of FIG. 5 moving up. Figure 7 is a developed perspective view of the positioning member of Figure 2. In order to make the drawings clearer, the positioning member 122a in FIGS. 5 and 6 is schematically shown by a broken line, and the guiding groove of the positioning member 122a (the second guiding groove S2 described later) is not shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 5 and Image 6. In addition, in order to make the figure clearer, FIG. 7 shows the positioning member 122a and its guide groove as a plane, and the positioning member 122a is actually a cylindrical structure as shown in FIG. The cylindrical structure extends, and the left and right ends of the positioning member 122a shown in Fig. 7 are actually connected to each other, and the left and right ends of the guide groove shown in Fig. 7 are actually connected to each other.

Referring to FIG. 5 to FIG. 7 , in detail, the upper casing 112 a of the main body 112 of the apparatus main body 110 of the present embodiment has an extending portion E extending toward the lower casing 112 b and having at least one first guiding slot. S1. The positioning member 122a is rotatably sleeved on the extending portion E of the device body 110 along the rotation axis A and has a second guiding slot S2. The second guiding slot S2 has at least one first recess C1 (shown as two) and at least A second recess C2 (shown as two). The carrier 122b has at least one stud P. The stud P is slidably disposed in the first guiding slot S1 in a direction parallel to the rotation axis A and is also slidably disposed on the second guiding slot S2. Thereby, during the process of lifting and lowering the stud P along the first guiding slot S1, the stud P will push against the inner wall of the inclined section I of the second guiding slot S2 to drive the positioning member 122a to rotate along the rotation axis A, so that A recess C1 or a second recess C2 is moved to a position where the pair is located at the first guide S1.

The first recess C1 of the second guide S2 of the positioning member 122a is shown in the figure when the carrier 122b is moved to the first position shown in FIG. 5 such that the stud P is located at the position shown in FIG. 5. 7) as the positioning member 122a rotates to move to the position of the first guiding groove S1 and to position the stud P by the elastic force of the elastic member 122c acting on the carrier 122b (as shown by the solid line in FIG. 7) The studs P) are shown. And, when the carrier 122b is moved to the second position shown in FIG. 6 such that the stud P is located at the position shown in FIG. 6, the second recess C2 of the second guide S2 of the positioning member 122a (shown in FIG. 7) Moving with the positioning member 122a to the position of the first guiding groove S1 and positioning the stud P by the elastic force acting on the carrier 122b upward by the elastic member 122c (shown by a broken line in FIG. 7) The stud P).

In the manner of the user's operation, in the state shown in FIG. 5, the user can press the carrier 122b to disengage the stud P from the first recess C1 (shown in FIG. 7) and down to the inclined section I. At the bottom end, the carrier 122b is then moved up to the state shown in FIG. 6 by the elastic force of the elastic member 122c and positioned in the second recess C2 by the elastic force of the elastic member 122c (shown in Figure 7). In the state shown in FIG. 6, the user can press the carrier 122b to move the stud P downwards away from the second recess C2 (shown in FIG. 7) and reach the bottom end of the inclined section I, at this time. The member 122b is moved upward by the elastic force of the elastic member 122c, so that the stud P is moved to the first recess C1 (shown in FIG. 7) and positioned first by the elastic force of the elastic member 122c as described above. The recess C1 (shown in Figure 7).

As shown in FIG. 7, the second guide groove S2 has a first convex portion C3 corresponding to the first concave portion C1 and a first convex portion C4 corresponding to the second concave portion C2. The first concave portion C1 and the first convex portion C3 are displaced in the horizontal direction without being aligned with each other, so that the stud P located at the first concave portion C1 can be separated from the first concave portion C1 in the intended direction D1. Similarly, the second concave portion C2 and the second convex portion C4 are displaced in the horizontal direction without being aligned with each other, so that the stud P located at the second concave portion C2 can be separated from the second concave portion C2 in the intended direction D2.

Referring to FIG. 2 to FIG. 4, the double push mechanism 122 of the present embodiment further includes a cover 122d. The cover 122d covers the image capture unit 124, and the image capture unit 124 is pivotally disposed on the carrier 122b through the cover 122d. . The tilting angle of the image capturing unit 124 is adapted to be changed by the pivoting of the image capturing unit 124 relative to the carrier 122b to improve the flexibility of the image capturing module 120.

In summary, the novel creation integrates the image capturing unit and the double pushing mechanism into an image capturing module, so that the image capturing unit can be assembled to any suitable position of the device body by the double pushing mechanism, and The action of the pushing mechanism is hidden or revealed in the main body of the device. Thereby, the image capturing unit does not need to be integrated into the keys of the keyboard module as in the conventional design manner, and has high degree of freedom in configuration.

Although the present invention has been disclosed in the above embodiments, it is not intended to limit the novel creation, and any person skilled in the art can make some changes without departing from the spirit and scope of the novel creation. Retouching, the scope of protection of this new creation is subject to the definition of the scope of the patent application attached.

100‧‧‧Electronic devices

110‧‧‧Device body

112‧‧‧Host

112a‧‧‧Upper casing

112b‧‧‧ lower casing

114‧‧‧ screen

120‧‧‧Image capture module

122‧‧‧Double push mechanism

122a‧‧‧Positioning parts

122b‧‧‧Bearings

122c‧‧‧elastic parts

122d‧‧‧ cover

124‧‧‧Image capture unit

A‧‧‧ axis of rotation

C1‧‧‧ first recess

C2‧‧‧Second recess

C3‧‧‧First convex

C4‧‧‧second convex

D1, D2‧‧‧ direction

E‧‧‧Extension

I‧‧‧Slope section

P‧‧‧ stud

S1‧‧‧first guide

S2‧‧‧Second guiding channel

1 is a perspective view of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a partial perspective view of the electronic device of FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the electronic device of FIG. 2. FIG. 4 illustrates the image capturing unit of FIG. 2 moving up. FIG. 5 is a side view of the electronic device of FIG. 2. FIG. FIG. 6 illustrates the image capturing unit of FIG. 5 moving up. Figure 7 is a developed perspective view of the positioning member of Figure 2.

Claims (10)

An electronic device includes: a device body; and an image capturing module, comprising: a double pushing mechanism disposed on the device body; and an image capturing unit coupled to the double pushing mechanism, wherein the image capturing device The unit is adapted to be driven by the double push mechanism to a first position and hidden in the main body of the device, and the image capturing unit is adapted to be driven by the double push mechanism to a second position to be exposed outside the main body of the device. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the double push mechanism comprises a positioning member and a carrier, the carrier carries the image capturing unit and is adapted to be positioned by the positioning member in the first position or The second position. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the device body has at least one first guiding groove, the positioning member is rotatably disposed on the device body and has a second guiding groove, the second guiding groove has At least one first recess and at least one second recess, the carrier has at least one protrusion, the protrusion is slidably disposed on the first guiding slot and is slidably disposed on the second guiding slot, when the carrier moves to the first In a position, the first recess moves to a position opposite to the first guiding slot and positions the protruding post, and when the carrier moves to the second position, the second recess moves to move to the first position Position the guide and position the stud. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the double push mechanism further comprises an elastic member connected to the main body of the device and the carrier The carrier is adapted to be moved from the first position to the second position by the elastic force of the elastic member, and is positioned in the second position by the elastic force of the elastic member, and the carrier It is adapted to move from the second position to the first position against the elastic force of the elastic member, and is positioned in the first position by the elastic force of the elastic member. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the image capturing unit is pivotally mounted on the carrier, and the tilting angle of the image capturing unit is adapted to be pivoted relative to the carrier by the image capturing unit And change. An image capturing module is applicable to an electronic device, the electronic device includes a device body, and the image capturing module includes: a double pushing mechanism disposed on the device body; and an image capturing unit connected to the image capturing unit a double-pushing mechanism, wherein the image capturing unit is adapted to be driven by the double-pushing mechanism to a first position and hidden in the main body of the device, and the image capturing unit is adapted to be driven by the double-pushing mechanism to a second position It is exposed outside the main body of the device. The image capture module of claim 6, wherein the double push mechanism includes a positioning member and a carrier member, the carrier member carries the image capturing unit and is adapted to be positioned by the positioning member a location or the second location. The image capturing module of claim 7, wherein the device body has at least one first guiding groove, the positioning member is rotatably disposed on the device body and has a second guiding groove, the second The guiding groove has at least one first concave portion and at least one second concave portion, the carrier member has at least one protruding post, the protruding column is slidably disposed on the first guiding groove and is slidably disposed on the second guiding groove, when the carrier moves The first concave to the first position Moving to a position opposite to the first guiding groove and positioning the protruding post, when the carrier moves to the second position, the second concave portion moves to a position opposite to the first guiding groove and positions the Stud. The image capturing module of claim 7, wherein the double pushing mechanism further comprises an elastic member connected between the device body and the carrier, wherein the carrier is adapted to be The elastic force of the elastic member moves from the first position to the second position, and is positioned in the second position by the elastic force of the elastic member, and the carrier is adapted to resist the elastic force of the elastic member Moving from the second position to the first position and being positioned in the first position by the elastic force of the elastic member. The image capturing module of claim 7, wherein the image capturing unit is pivotally mounted on the carrier, and the tilting angle of the image capturing unit is adapted to be relative to the carrier by the image capturing unit. The pivot changes and changes.