WO2006051580A1 - 折り畳み式携帯電話機 - Google Patents
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
- H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
- H04M1/02—Constructional features of telephone sets
- H04M1/0202—Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets
- H04M1/0206—Portable telephones comprising a plurality of mechanically joined movable body parts, e.g. hinged housings
- H04M1/0208—Portable telephones comprising a plurality of mechanically joined movable body parts, e.g. hinged housings characterized by the relative motions of the body parts
- H04M1/0214—Foldable telephones, i.e. with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
- H04M1/0216—Foldable in one direction, i.e. using a one degree of freedom hinge
- H04M1/0218—The hinge comprising input and/or output user interface means
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- H04N23/00—Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors; Control thereof
- H04N23/50—Constructional details
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
- H01H2231/00—Applications
- H01H2231/046—Camera
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
- H04M2250/00—Details of telephonic subscriber devices
- H04M2250/52—Details of telephonic subscriber devices including functional features of a camera
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- the present invention relates to a foldable mobile phone provided with a camera start function and a shutter function in a button for opening a housing in a foldable mobile phone provided with a camera.
- a folding type is widely used.
- a function as a view for visual information such as characters and images is required.
- a foldable mobile phone is suitable to satisfy this function. This is because it is easy to provide a display unit having a size.
- a mobile phone that further includes a camera and displays an image captured by the camera on a display unit.
- a mobile phone there is known a one-push open-type foldable mobile phone having a button so that a user can easily open it with one hand (for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11 041328). reference).
- the mobile phone has a button device on the end surface of the hinge portion, and has a function of opening the casing when the user presses the button device.
- the button device on the end face of the hinge that opens the housing is equipped with a compression coil spring and a lock function that holds the housing in a folded state. The lock function is released by pressing the hinge button, and the display unit body Can be opened to the operable position with one touch.
- a display unit that functions as a finder of the camera is positioned inside the folded state.
- a user shoots a camera he must open the housing, start the camera, look at the subject through the display, press the shutter button, and then go through the steps. .
- Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-041328 Disclosure of the invention
- the present invention provides a foldable mobile phone in which a user can quickly and easily take a picture with a state force when a casing is closed.
- the foldable mobile phone of the present invention includes a first casing, a second casing, a hinge portion that connects the first casing and the second casing so as to be openable and closable, A button unit that is provided in the housing and that drives the hinge part to open the first housing to the second housing to a position where the second housing can be operated, and a hinge by the button unit And a camera that is provided in any one of the first casing and the second casing and is controlled by the control section.
- the first casing may include a camera and a display unit that displays an image captured by the camera
- the second casing may include an operation unit.
- the first housing includes a display surface having a display unit and a camera surface having a camera formed on the opposite side of the display surface, and includes a partial force of the button unit and an end surface force of the hinge unit. It is also possible to adopt a configuration that is exposed to the outside of the casing.
- a support hole may be formed in the end face.
- the button unit is connected to a button supported so as to be able to reciprocate through the support hole, a protruding contact provided on the button, and a board disposed in the second casing, and the button is pressed. And a board-side contact portion that comes into contact with the protruding contact at the time.
- the protruding contact described above may include an elastic member that can be elastically deformed. Furthermore, the protruding contact can be provided with a conductive member that comes into contact with the substrate side contact when the button is pressed.
- the button may be composed of a large-diameter portion and a small-diameter portion that also projects the force of the large-diameter portion, and the elastic member and the conductive member may be formed in a ring shape and disposed outside the small-diameter portion in a state of being adjacent to each other. it can.
- a timer for measuring the time when the protruding contact contacts the contact portion on the substrate side is further provided.
- the timer outputs a signal based on this time to the control unit. Togashi.
- the present invention includes a button unit that has the above-described configuration and is applied to a one-push open-type foldable mobile phone. The invention's effect
- a foldable mobile phone generally has an upper casing and a lower casing that are connected to be able to be opened and closed by a hinge portion.
- One of the upper casing and the lower casing is the first casing described above.
- One of the second and second housings is the first casing described above.
- FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a foldable mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention in an open state and a closed state.
- FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a foldable mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is an enlarged view and a sectional view of a hinge part of a foldable mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a plan view of a substrate-side contact portion of the foldable mobile phone according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a block diagram for explaining the operation of the folding mobile phone according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 (a) is an overall perspective view of the folding mobile phone 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention in an open state.
- the foldable mobile phone 100 includes an upper casing 3, a lower casing 5, and a hinge portion 6 that connects both casings so that they can be opened and closed. Further, the foldable mobile phone 100 is provided on the side end surface of the 7-h S hinge 6 to open the upper housing 3 relative to the lower housing 5 to a position where the lower housing 5 can be operated. Yes.
- the upper housing 3 constitutes a first housing and includes a main body 1 and a display unit 2.
- the display unit 2 is configured with a liquid crystal monitor or the like, and the main body 1 is provided with a camera 8 described later, a speaker (not shown), and the like.
- the lower casing 5 constitutes a second casing and includes the operation unit 4. Further, the lower housing 5 is provided with various operation keys for input, a microphone, and the like.
- the hinge section 6 includes a spring that energizes the two casings in an opening direction and two casings.
- a holding mechanism or the like for holding the body in an open state is used.
- the mechanism the mechanism described in the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 11 041328 or the like, or other existing ones can be used.
- FIG. 1B shows an overall perspective view of the foldable mobile phone 100 in the closed state.
- the rear surface of the upper casing 3 opposite to the display surface 10 is composed of a camera surface 9 having a camera 8.
- the display surface 10 on which the display unit 2 is formed displays an image taken by the camera 8.
- the button 7 is formed in the width direction of the foldable mobile phone 100 (hinge) by the support hole 11 formed on the hinge side end surface of the upper housing 3. It is supported so that it can be moved back and forth in the longitudinal direction of part 6. Further, the button 7 is provided with a projecting contact 20 comprising a ring-shaped conductive member 12 and a ring-shaped elastic member 13 made of rubber or the like. The protruding contact point 20 is arranged concentrically with the small diameter portion 7b on the outer periphery of the small diameter portion 7b protruding from the large diameter portion 7a constituting the head of the button 7 and the pressed portion.
- a substrate 15 is disposed inside the lower housing 5, and the substrate-side contact portion 14 is formed by a flexible substrate 15a protruding from one end (one side) of the substrate 15. Is formed.
- the protruding contact 20 and the board side contact portion 14 come into contact with each other.
- FIG. 3 (b) shows a cross-sectional view along the line I I in FIG. 3 (a).
- a button unit 21 is composed of the button 7, the conductive member 12, the elastic member 13, and the board-side contact 14 described above.
- a conductive material such as carbon or conductive rubber is used for the conductive member 12.
- the button unit 21 has a configuration in which the elastic member 13 is deformed when the user presses the button 7 so that the conductive member 12 is in good contact with the board-side contact portion 14.
- the button unit 21 can be considered as a partial component or subassembly of the mobile phone 100 incorporated in the lower housing 5.
- the button unit 21 plays a role of driving the hinge portion 6 so that the upper housing 3 is opened with respect to the lower housing to a position where the lower housing 5 can be operated.
- the “operable position” means that the two housings are opened by operating the button unit 21, the two opened housings are stationary, and the user can operate the lower housing while checking the display unit 2. It means the relative position of the two housings.
- the mechanical connection between the button unit 21 and the hinge 6 is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-041328. Etc. can be used. It is possible to adopt various configurations that can open the two cases by pushing from the side of the case. Actually, a hinge mechanism is connected to the small diameter portion 7 b of the button 7.
- the substrate side contact portion 14 is provided with electrodes 14a and 14b.
- the electrodes 14a and 14b are configured by the flexible substrate portion 15a of the substrate 15 disposed inside the lower housing 5 like the substrate-side contact portion 14.
- the board-side contact portion 14 including the electrodes 14a and 14b may be configured by a flexible board 17 connected to a connector 16 mounted on the board 15.
- the board-side contact part 14 (electrodes 14a, 14b) is connected to a control part 18 (FIG. 5) arranged at an arbitrary position in the lower housing 5 such as on the board 15.
- the upper case 3 is opened by pressing the button 7 when the case is closed, and the camera unit 8 is directed toward the subject.
- the elastic member 13 is deformed, and the conductive member 12 moves along the support hole 11 of the lower housing 5 toward the inside of the housing. It slides and is pressed against the contact 14 on the board side.
- the portions of the conductive member 12 shown in FIG. 4 that are indicated by the notching are in contact with the electrodes 14a and 14b of the substrate side contact portion 14.
- a signal indicating that the button 7 has been pressed for a predetermined time is output from the timer 19 that measures the current flow time to the control unit 18, and the control unit 18 determines whether to activate the camera 8 that constitutes the video capturing unit.
- the user points the camera 8 at the subject, uses the display unit 2 as a viewfinder of the camera 8, and presses the button 7 again when shooting the camera. Done.
- the camera is activated when a button is pressed to open the housing and is held down for a certain period of time without releasing the finger.
- the camera is also activated if the button is pressed again for a certain period of time. Therefore, the first button press and the subsequent “predetermined time (fixed time)” means that the two button presses are made consecutively (when the button is kept pressed) and the case where the button is not continuous ( (When pressed more than once intermittently) Including both.
- control unit 18 and the timer 19 can be used for the control unit 18 and the timer 19, and the types thereof are not limited. Generally, these parts are incorporated on the substrate 15.
- the button 7 has a camera activation function and a shutter function. Therefore, the user does not need to change the mobile phone 100 after pressing the button 7 for opening the upper casing 3 to open the upper casing 3, and then activates the camera 8 with the button 7 and easily shoots the camera in a short time. It can be carried out.
- the mounting position of the camera 8 is arbitrary, but it is desirable that the camera 8 be provided in a casing opposite to the casing having the button 7 as in the present embodiment.
- the above-described embodiment is a so-called one-push open type foldable mobile phone in which both a mechanism for opening a housing and a mechanism for starting a camera are mechanically connected to a single button.
- the button unit 21 can serve as both means for opening the two housings and means for activating the camera, but the configuration of the button unit 21 is not included in the configuration of the embodiment. Not limited. Accordingly, the shape, number, size, etc. of each of the button 7, the conductive member 12, the elastic member 13, and the board side contact 14 can be freely determined.
- the button unit 21 a configuration in which two housings are opened is connected to the small diameter portion 7 b of the button 7.
- the electrical connection part for starting the camera is mainly composed of the conductive member 12, the elastic member 13 and the substrate side contact 14, which are arranged concentrically on the outer periphery of the small diameter portion 7b. Therefore, the button unit of the present invention can also be understood that the part for operating the hinge part and the electrical connection part for starting the camera are arranged concentrically with each other. Are all included in the present invention.
- a foldable mobile phone provided with a camera activation function and a shutter function on a button for opening the housing Since the camera can be taken quickly and quickly after the housing is opened, the user can take an image without missing the intended image.
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JP2006544686A JPWO2006051580A1 (ja) | 2004-11-09 | 2004-11-09 | 折り畳み式携帯電話機 |
US11/718,542 US20090275361A1 (en) | 2004-11-09 | 2004-11-09 | Folding portable telephone |
PCT/JP2004/016576 WO2006051580A1 (ja) | 2004-11-09 | 2004-11-09 | 折り畳み式携帯電話機 |
CNA2004800443748A CN101057485A (zh) | 2004-11-09 | 2004-11-09 | 折叠式便携电话机 |
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