WO2020114182A1

WO2020114182A1 - Camera module and mobile terminal

Info

Publication number: WO2020114182A1
Application number: PCT/CN2019/115886
Authority: WO
Inventors: 高果兴; 田昂; 汪晓永; 王涛; 喻俊峰
Original assignee: 华为技术有限公司
Priority date: 2018-12-07
Filing date: 2019-11-06
Publication date: 2020-06-11

Abstract

Provided are a camera module and a mobile terminal. The camera module is fixedly mounted inside a frame body of the mobile terminal and comprises a housing with an opening at one end, a camera, a support, at least two hooks and at least one elastic member, wherein a first end of the support is fixed to the camera and a second end thereof extends into the opening, and the second end is provided with at least two connecting plates; one end of each hook is connected to the housing, and the other end thereof is slidably hooked on the connecting plate; each elastic member is connected to the housing and the second end, and the elastic member has an amount of pre-compression, and drives the hook to be hooked to or detached from the connecting plate when pressed. When a user presses the camera, the elastic member is pressed to drive the connecting plate to move in the direction away from the opening such that the hook is detached, and the hook and the connecting plate then slide relative to each other under the drive of an elastic force from the elastic element such that the support drives the camera to pop out. After framing is completed, the user presses the camera, the elastic member is pressed to drive the connecting plate to move in the direction away from the opening until the hook is hooked to the connecting plate, and the camera retracts.

Description

Camera module and mobile terminal

Technical field

This application relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular, to a camera module and a mobile terminal.

Background technique

In recent years, the development trend of mobile terminals is that the screen ratio has increased, and even full screens have gradually appeared on mobile terminal devices. The appearance of mobile terminals with full screens is simpler, more comprehensive, and more visually beautiful. An important component-the way the camera is set becomes an important factor that affects the screen ratio.

At present, the camera is basically fixed on the mobile terminal device in an embedded manner. In order to cooperate with the framing of the camera, the mobile terminal is provided with a framing window, and the framing window causes the camera to occupy the area of the display screen of the mobile terminal or the mobile terminal. The area of the cover, this camera setting method has a certain degree of damage to the display integrity of the display screen or the integrity of the back cover, affecting the screen ratio of the mobile terminal and the overall appearance of the mobile terminal, resulting in a more complicated appearance of the mobile terminal, users The experience is poor.

Summary of the invention

The present application provides a camera module and a mobile terminal, to improve the simplicity of the appearance of the mobile terminal and the comprehensiveness of the display on the basis of implementing the camera function.

In a first aspect, an exemplary embodiment of the present application provides a camera module, which is provided inside a mobile terminal, and when a framing operation is required, a user can push the camera by pressing, the camera module includes one end Open housing, camera, bracket, at least two hooks, and at least one elastic member, wherein at least one connecting plate is formed at one end of the bracket, and when specifically provided, the housing is fixedly arranged inside the mobile terminal , The camera is fixedly installed on the first end of the bracket, and the bracket on which the camera is installed is inserted into the casing from the opening of the casing. At this time, the second end of the bracket extends into the opening, and the camera is located outside the casing. In order to realize the connection between the bracket and the housing, one end of the hook is connected to the housing, and the other end is slidably hooked on the connecting plate. At the same time, in order to realize the motion control of the camera, each of the elastic members The housing and the second end are connected, and the elastic member has a pre-compression amount at the initial installation, that is, the elastic member is in a compressed state in the initial state, and when the user presses the camera, the elastic member is pressed to drive the connecting plate away from the mouth along the back Move in the direction to unhook the hook, and then the hook and the connecting plate slide relative to each other under the elastic force of the elastic piece, so that the bracket drives the camera to pop up; after the framing is over, the user presses the camera, and the elastic piece presses the elastic plate to move the connecting plate in the direction away from the mouth Until the hook and the connecting plate are hooked. It can be seen from the above description that the camera can be ejected and retracted through the cooperative movement of the spring and the hook.

In a specific embodiment, each of the connecting plates has a sliding groove and a hooking portion, the hooking portion is disposed in the sliding groove, and is located at a position of the sliding groove near the first end. The hook is hooked on the hook portion in advance, and is disengaged from the hook under the driving of the elastic member, and slides in the sliding groove. By providing the sliding groove and the hooking portion, the hook can be slidably hooked on the connecting plate.

In a specific embodiment, the housing is provided with a mounting hole, the hook is rotatably mounted in the mounting hole, and the projection of the mounting hole on the chute falls into the chute . The rotation of the hook and the mounting hole enables the hook to swing around the mounting hole.

In a specific embodiment, the end of the hook portion away from the center of the bracket is closer to the first end than the end of the hook portion closer to the center. The asymmetric shape of the hooking part ensures the stability of the hooking.

In a specific embodiment, the cross section of the chute is Y-shaped, and includes first and second side surfaces, a first inclined surface and a second inclined surface that are oppositely arranged. The first inclined surface is connected to the first side surface, so The second inclined surface is connected to the second side surface, the first side surface is close to the center of the bracket, and the projection on the second side surface is located in the second side surface. The asymmetrical first side and the second side are used to control the sliding of the hook.

In a specific embodiment, in order to further control the sliding action of the hook, the camera module further includes a limiting block, the limiting block is disposed in the sliding slot and is located at the hook portion toward the first end On one side, the limiting block is disposed opposite to the hooking portion, and is used to limit the movement of the hook on the hooking portion.

In a specific embodiment, the limiting block has an inclined surface opposite to the hooking portion, and an end of the inclined surface away from the center of the bracket is closer to the first end than an end of the inclined surface closer to the center. The inclined surface is provided to limit the movement of the hook on the hook portion.

In a specific embodiment, the elastic member is a spring, the number of the elastic member is two, the two connecting plates are symmetrically arranged on both sides of the second end, and are arranged between the two connecting plates There are protrusions, and the two elastic members are arranged symmetrically. One end of the elastic member is connected to the protrusion, and the other end is connected to a side plate of the case opposite to the opening, so as to facilitate installation of the elastic member.

In a specific embodiment, the camera module further includes a partition plate, the partition plate is located between the two springs, and is connected to the bump or the side plate of the case opposite to the opening. The separation of the springs by the partition can ensure the stability of the spring movement.

In a specific embodiment, the hook may be a straight rod with a hook body at both ends, or may be other bent or irregular shapes.

In a second aspect, an exemplary embodiment of the present application provides a mobile terminal, including a frame having a viewfinder window, including the camera module described in any one of the above, the camera module extending into the The viewfinder window, the housing is fixed in the frame, and the elastic member and the hook cooperate to move to realize the pop-up and retraction of the camera relative to the frame, so the mobile terminal can realize the camera function, and the realization of the camera function does not It affects the simplicity of the appearance of the mobile terminal and the comprehensiveness of the display.

In a specific embodiment, the fixed connection between the casing and the frame can be achieved in various ways. The casing includes a base and a cover plate, and the cover plate is fixed to the base and the frame by snaps or screws. Physically.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of this application;

2 is a schematic structural diagram of a mobile terminal popping up on a camera provided by an embodiment of the present application;

3 is a schematic diagram of a process of retracting a camera of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present application;

4 is an explosion schematic diagram of a camera module provided by an embodiment of the present application;

5 is a schematic structural diagram of a camera module provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of position A in FIG. 5;

7 is another schematic structural diagram of a camera module provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of the structure at position B in FIG. 7.

detailed description

In order to make the purpose, technical solutions and advantages of the present application more clear, the present application will be described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In order to facilitate understanding of the camera module 01 provided in the embodiment of the present application, the following first describes the application scenario. The camera module 01 is provided inside the mobile terminal 00. When a framing operation is required, the user can press the camera 200 to pop up the camera 200. The exemplary embodiment of the present application provides a mobile terminal 00. Please refer to FIG. 1. FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a mobile terminal 00 provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present application. The mobile terminal 00 includes: a camera module 01 And the frame body 02, the camera module 01 is arranged inside the frame body 02, and is fixedly connected to the frame body 02; refer to FIG. 2 together, FIG. 2 shows the position of the camera 200 during the framing operation, when the camera 200 is pressed Afterwards, the camera 200 can slide relative to the frame 02 and highlight the frame 02 to perform the framing operation; refer also to FIG. 3, which shows the retracted state of the camera 200. The camera 200 slides relative to the frame 02 under the user’s pressing. And retracted into the frame 02, in order to realize the pop-up and retraction of the camera, to improve the simplicity of the appearance of the mobile terminal 00 and the comprehensiveness of the display based on the realization of the camera function, in the embodiment of the present application, the camera module The structure of 01 has been improved. The camera module 01 provided by the embodiment of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. For ease of description, the width direction of the camera module 01 is set to the X direction, the pop-up direction of the camera 200 is the Y direction, and the retracting direction of the camera 200 is the -Y direction, and it is defined that along the X direction, the camera module 01 has two left and right In the Y direction, the camera module 01 has upper and lower sides.

As shown in FIG. 4, FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, FIG. 4 shows the specific structure of each component in the camera module 01 provided by the embodiment of the present application, and FIG. 5 shows the cooperation relationship of each component in the camera module 01. 6 shows the specific structure of the camera module 01; the camera module 01 includes a housing 100, a camera 200, a bracket 300, a hook 400, and five parts of an elastic member 500. These five parts work together to realize the ejection and retraction of the camera . In a specific setting, one end of the housing 100 is opened, and a bottom plate 111 is provided on the side opposite to the opening for loading and movement of the bracket 300, the hook 400, and the elastic member 500. The housing 100 includes a base 110 and a cover The board 120, the base 110 and the cover 120 can be formed by injection molding of plastic materials, and the base 110 and the cover 120 can also be formed by stamping from sheet metal material. When the mobile terminal 02 is assembled, the camera 200, the bracket 300, the hook 400 and the elasticity are first The component 500 is installed in the bottom shell 110, and then the cover plate 120 is closed on the bottom shell 110, and then the cover plate 120 is fixed on the base 110 and the frame body 02. There are many ways to fix the cover plate 120, which can be Connection, convenient and fast fixed installation, can also be connected by screws, the connection is more reliable and stable, as shown in FIG. 4, the ear 112 can be oppositely arranged on the bottom case 110, and a positioning hole 1121 is set on the ear 112 , An ear 121 for connection is arranged oppositely on the cover plate 120, and a positioning hole 1211 is set on the ear 121, the positioning hole 1121 and the positioning hole 1211 are used for the passage of screws, and the positioning hole 1121 and the positioning hole 1211 can be used It is formed by one-time stamping. In the specific setting, a threaded hole is provided in the frame body 02, and the base 110, the cover plate 120, and the frame body 02 are connected by tightening the screws, so that the housing 100 is fixedly arranged inside the mobile terminal 00. Therefore, the entire mobile terminal 00 keeps the relative position fixed during the movement.

With continued reference to FIGS. 4, 5 and 6, FIG. 4 shows the specific structure of each component in the camera module 01 provided by the embodiment of the present application, FIG. 5 shows the specific structure of the bracket 300, and FIG. 6 shows The specific structure of the connecting plate 330 is shown; the bracket 300 includes a first end 310 and a second end 320, the first end 310 and the second end 320 may be formed by injection molding of a plastic material, and the first end 310 and the second end 320 may also be used Sheet metal material is stamped and formed. The first end 310 is used to install the camera 200, and supports the camera 200 during the movement or stillness of the camera 200. In specific settings, the camera 200 and the first end 310 can be fixedly installed in various ways, such as the camera 200 can be snapped The connection is fixed on the first end 310, and the second end 320 may also be fixed on the first end 310 by screw connection. In order to connect with the bottom case 110, two protrusions 113 are symmetrically provided on the side of the bottom case 110 near the bottom plate 111, each protrusion 113 is provided with a mounting hole 1131, and the two protrusions 113 are integrated with the bottom case 110 Structure, along the X-axis direction, the second end 320 of the bracket 300 is provided with at least two connecting plates 330 to cooperate with at least two hooks 400, the number of the connecting plates 330 is the same as the number of hooks 400, wherein, The number of the connection board 330 may be two, three, or more than three, and the number of the connection board 330 and the hook 400 is selected according to the specific conditions of the bracket and the mobile terminal. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the second end 320 of the bracket 300 is symmetrically provided with two connecting plates 330. The connecting plate 330 may be a sheet structure. The connecting plate 330 has a sliding slot 340 and a hook 350. The sliding slot The 340 and the hooking portion 350 may be provided in the connecting plate 330, or may protrude on the connecting plate 330. The hooking portion 350 is disposed in the sliding slot 340 and is located near the first end 310 of the sliding slot 340, and the projection of the mounting hole 1131 on the sliding slot 340 falls into the sliding slot 340. The connecting plate 330, the sliding groove 340, and the hooking portion 35 may be formed by a cutting process, or may be formed integrally with the first end 310 and the second end 320 when preparing the bracket 300, as shown in FIG. 5, in specific settings, the camera 200 is fixedly mounted on the first end 310 of the bracket 300, and then the second end 320 is inserted into the bottom case 110 from the opening of the bottom case 110, and the camera 200 is positioned outside the bottom case 110, and then one end of the hook 400 is hooked in advance On the hook portion 350, the other end of the hook 400 is inserted into the mounting hole 1131, so that the bottom case 110 and the bracket 300 are connected.

With continued reference to FIGS. 4, 5 and 6, FIG. 4 shows the specific structure of each component in the camera module 01 provided by the embodiment of the present application, FIG. 5 shows the specific structure of the hook 400, and FIG. 6 shows The specific installation position of the hook 400 is shown; the camera module 01 includes two hooks 400, one end of the hook 400 is connected to the housing 100, and the other end is slidably connected to the connecting plate 330; each hook 400 has a first The hook body 410 and the second hook body 420 and the connecting rod 430 for connecting the first hook body 410 and the second hook body 420, the first hook body 410, the second hook body 420 and the connecting rod 430 can be integrally formed, It can be formed by other methods, such as welding. In order to facilitate the installation of the hook 400, the angle between the first hook body 410 and the connecting rod 430 is set at a right angle or an obtuse angle, but in order to ensure the stable connection of the first hook body 410 and the hook portion 350 when the angle is an obtuse angle The obtuse angle may be slightly larger than a right angle, such as 90°-95°. The angle between the second hook body 420 and the connecting rod 430 is set to a right angle, and the angle can also be set to deviate from the right angle within a relatively small range, such as 85°-90°, the connecting rod can be a straight rod, or It is other bent or irregular shapes that can be accommodated in the chute 340, such as an S-shape, a fold-line shape, and the like. In a specific setting, the first hook body 410 is first hooked on the hook portion 350, and then the second hook body 420 is pressed into the mounting hole 1131. In order to realize the slidable hooking of the hook 400 on the connecting plate 330, it is necessary to limit the size of the second hook body 420 to be no larger than the diameter of the mounting hole 1131, wherein the size of the second hook body 420 may be equal to the diameter of the mounting hole 1131 The size of the second hook body 420 may also be smaller than the diameter of the mounting hole 1131, but when the size of the second hook body 420 is smaller than the diameter of the mounting hole 1131, in order to prevent the second hook body 420 from falling out of the mounting hole 1131, the second The size of the hook body 420 can only be slightly smaller than the diameter of the mounting hole 1131 to ensure that the second hook body 420 can be rotatably installed in the mounting hole 1131. At this time, the hook 400 and the mounting hole 1131 are rotated to make the hook 400 The second hook body 420 is used as the center of rotation to facilitate the hook 400 to move from the hook 350 to the slide groove 340 after being unhooked. In order to facilitate the hook 400 to slide in the sliding groove 340, the size of the first hook body 410 and the connecting rod 430 need to be limited. Along the X direction, the widths of the first hook body 410 and the connecting rod 430 are not greater than the width of the sliding groove 340, wherein the widths of the first hook body 410 and the connecting rod 430 may be equal to the width of the sliding groove 340, the first hook body 410 And the width of the connecting rod 430 may be smaller than the width of the sliding groove 340, of course, the width of the first hook body 410 and the connecting rod 430 may be equal to the width of the sliding groove 340, and the other is smaller than the width of the sliding groove 340, such as the first hook The width of the body 410 is equal to the width of the sliding groove 340, the width of the connecting rod 430 is smaller than the width of the sliding groove 340, or the width of the first hook body 410 is smaller than the width of the sliding groove 340, the width of the connecting rod 430 is equal to the width of the sliding groove 340 .

With continued reference to FIG. 6, FIG. 6 shows the specific structure of the chute 340. In the specific arrangement, the chute 340 is set to a Y-shaped cross-sectional structure. The chute 340 includes oppositely disposed first side surfaces 341 and Two side surfaces 342, a first inclined surface 343 and a second inclined surface 344, a third side surface 345 and a fourth side surface, wherein the first inclined surface 343 connects the first side surface 341 and the third side surface 345, and the second inclined surface 344 connects the second side surface 342 and The third side 346 is along the X axis, the first side 341, the first inclined surface 343 and the third side 345 are close to the center of the bracket 300, and the second side 342, the second inclined surface 344 and the third side 346 are far from the center of the bracket 300 In order to control the sliding of the hook 400 in the chute 340, the chute 340 is provided in an asymmetric structure, wherein the projection of the first side 341 along the X axis on the second side 342 is located in the second side 342 To ensure that the hook 400 slides into the sliding groove 340 along the groove formed by the third side 345 and the outer surface of the hook portion 350, or the hook 400 passes the first side 341 and the first inclined surface 343 in sequence along the third side The groove formed by 345 and the outer surface of the hook portion 350 slides into the hook portion 350. As can be seen from the above description, the sliding control of the hook 400 is achieved by providing the asymmetric first side 341 and second side 342.

Similarly, the hook portion 350 can be designed into an asymmetric shape to control the sliding of the hook 400 and ensure the stability of the hook. Continuing to refer to FIG. 6, FIG. 6 shows a specific structure of the hook portion 35. The height of the end portion 351 of the hook portion 350 away from the center of the bracket 300 in the Y direction is greater than that of the end portion 352 of the hook portion 350 near the center in the Y direction. The height makes it easier for the first hook body 410 to slide out from the end 352 of the hook 350, and correspondingly, it also makes the first hook body 410 easily slide in from the end 352 of the hook 350 to control the hook 400 The sliding direction of the hook; and when the hook 400 slides into the hook 350, the height of the end 351 of the hook 350 in the Y direction is greater than the height of the end 352 of the hook 350 in the Y direction to avoid the inertia of the hook 400 The function slides out of the hook 350 to ensure the stability of the hook 400 hooked in the hook 350.

In order to further control the sliding action of the hook 400, the camera module 01 further includes a limit block 360, continue to refer to FIG. 4, FIG. 4 shows a specific structure of the limit block 360, the limit block 360 is disposed in the chute 340, In addition, the limiting block 360 can be formed by cutting the connecting plate 330 in the sliding groove 340, or can be integrally formed with the sliding groove 340. In the specific setting, the limiting block 360 is located at the hook portion 350 toward the first end along the Y-axis direction On one side of 310, the limiting block 360 is opposite to the hook 350, and the opposite surfaces of the limiting block 360 and the end 352 of the hook 350 form a passage through which the first hook 410 slides into the hook 350. The first hook 410 slides into the hook 350 along the channel. The limit block 360 may have various structural forms. As shown in FIG. 4, the cross section of the limit block 360 is triangular, and when the limit block 360 is specifically provided, the limit block 360 has an inclination opposite to the hook 350 In the Y direction, the height of the end of the inclined surface 361 away from the center of the bracket 300 is smaller than the end of the inclined surface 361 away from the center of the bracket 300, that is, the inclined surface 361 is inclined downward, and the end of the inclined surface 361 and the hook 350 The inner surface of 352 forms a channel where the first hook body 410 slides into the hook portion 350, and the first hook body 410 slides into the hook portion 350 along the channel.

With reference to the above description, in order to realize the pop-up and retraction of the camera 200, refer to FIGS. 7 and 8 together. FIG. 7 shows the specific structure of the elastic member 500. FIG. 8 shows the specific connection relationship of the elastic member 500. Group 01 includes at least one elastic member 500, each elastic member 500 connects the housing 100 and the second end 320, the elastic member 500 has a pre-compression amount, and drives the hook 400 and the elastic member 500 to hook or unhook 400 when compressed, and Slide in the chute 340; the elastic member 500 may be one, two, or multiple, and the elastic member 500 may be disposed between the two connection plates 330, or may be disposed on the two connection plates 330 On the outer side, a plurality of elastic members may be partly arranged between the two connecting plates 330, and the other part is arranged on the outer side of the two connecting plates 330. The elastic member 500 may be a telescopic spring, a rubber elastic block, a metal elastic sheet, etc. The embodiment of the present invention does not limit the specific type of the elastic member 500. As shown in FIG. 7, the number of the elastic member 500 is two, the elastic member 500 is a spring, and the two springs are disposed between the two connecting plates 330. When the camera module 01 includes at least two elastic members 500, in order to ensure the stability of the movement of each elastic member 500, the camera module 01 also includes a partition for separating adjacent elastic members 500, continue to refer to 7 and 8, FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 show the specific structure of the separator, the separator includes two parts, respectively a first separator 371 provided on the connecting plate 330 and a second provided on the bottom case 110 The partition 114, the first partition 371 and the second partition 114 are oppositely arranged, and are arranged along the Y direction. The first partition 371 and the second partition 114 may be divided into two parts as shown in FIG. 7 or may be connected Into an integrated structure.

In the specific setting, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the two connecting plates 330 are symmetrically arranged on both sides of the second end 320, and there are protrusions 370 and two elastic members 500 between the two connecting plates 330. Symmetrically arranged, one end of the elastic member 500 is connected to the bump 370, and the other end is connected to the bottom plate 111 of the housing 100 opposite to the opening. Each elastic member 500 is pre-set with a certain amount of pre-compression in the initial installation, that is, each The elastic member 500 is in a compressed state when the camera 200 is in the initial state of the frame 02 of the mobile terminal 00. This installation method of the elastic member 500 is more convenient and quick; and the first partition 371 and the second partition 114 are provided at Between the two elastic members 500, the first partition 371 is connected to the protrusion 370, and the second partition 114 is connected to the bottom plate 111 of the housing 100 opposite to the opening.

The following generally describes the pop-up and retraction process of the camera 200:

When camera framing is required, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, FIG. 1 shows the pressing direction of the camera 200, and FIG. 4 shows the connection relationship of the components in the bottom case 110. The user presses in the direction shown in FIG. The camera 200, the camera 200 moves along the -Y direction, and drives the first end 310 fixedly connected thereto to move the entire bracket 300 along the -Y direction. At this time, the elastic member 500 is further compressed due to the bottom case 110 is fixed to the frame body 02, so the second end 420 of the hook 400 is fixed and does not move. Therefore, the bracket 300 moves in the -Y direction, causing the hook portion 350 to move in the -Y direction, so that the hook 400 The first end 410 of the hook detaches from the hook portion 350, and the first end 410 of the hook 400 swings at a certain angle around the second end 420 of the hook 400 with the connecting rod 430, and the first end 410 of the hook 400 is along the third side 345 and the groove formed on the outer surface of the hooking portion 350 slides into the sliding groove 340;

When the hook 400 is disengaged from the hook portion 350, the user stops pressing the camera 200. At this time, the compressed elastic member 500 releases the elastic potential energy, and the bracket 300 is driven to move in the Y direction under the elastic force of the elastic member 500 in the Y direction. The first end 410 of the 400 slides in the sliding groove 340 with the connecting rod 430, so that the first end 310 of the bracket 300 drives the camera 200 fixed thereon to move in the Y direction, and the camera 200 passes through the viewfinder window of the frame 200, And pop out to the outside of the frame 02, and as shown in FIGS. 2, 7 and 8, FIG. 2 shows the final position of the upward movement of the camera 200, and FIG. 7 shows the connection relationship of the components in the bottom case 110, FIG. 8 shows the cooperation relationship between the hook 400 and the sliding slot 340 when the camera 200 is in the final position of upward movement. When the first end 410 of the hook 400 moves to the first end 410 and the sliding slot 340 with the connecting rod 430 When the bottom surfaces meet, the movement of the bracket 300 ends and the camera 200 reaches the final position. At this time, the camera 200 performs the framing operation;

After the camera 200 finishes framing, as shown in FIG. 3, FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, FIG. 3 shows the process of retracting the camera 200 downward, and FIG. 7 shows the connection relationship of the components in the bottom case 110. 8 shows the cooperation relationship between the hook 400 and the chute 340 when the camera 200 is in the final position of upward movement. The user presses the camera 200 in the direction in FIG. 1, and the camera 200 moves in the -Y direction to drive and fix it. The connected first end 310 moves, which in turn drives the entire bracket 300 to move in the -Y direction. At this time, the first end 410 of the hook 400 leaves the bottom surface of the chute 340, and the first end 410 of the hook 400 connects with the connecting rod 430. The sliding groove 340 slides, the elastic member 500 retracts and deforms, and the first end 410 of the hook 400 sequentially passes through the first side surface 341 and the first inclined surface 343 and then forms a groove along the third side surface 345 and the outer surface of the hook 350 Slide into the hook portion 350 so that the hook 400 is hooked in the hook portion 350. At this time, the camera 200 retracts into the frame body 02, and the elastic member 500 is in a compressed state.

In addition, an exemplary embodiment of the present application provides a mobile terminal 00, the mobile terminal 00 includes a frame 02, the frame 02 has a viewfinder window, and further includes any of the above-mentioned camera module 01, the camera module 01 extends into In the viewfinder window, the housing 100 is fixed in the frame 02. It can be seen from the above description that the elastic member 500 and the hook 400 cooperate with each other to realize the pop-up and retraction of the camera 200 relative to the frame 02. Therefore, the mobile terminal 00 can realize the camera function. Moreover, the realization of the camera function will not affect the simplicity of the appearance of the mobile terminal 00 and the comprehensiveness of the display.

The above are only specific implementations of this application, but the scope of protection of this application is not limited to this, any person skilled in the art can easily think of changes or replacements within the technical scope disclosed in this application, and should cover Within the scope of protection of this application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

A camera module, characterized in that it includes a housing with an open end, a camera, a bracket, at least two hooks and at least one elastic member, the first end of the bracket fixes the camera, and the second end extends into the Opening, the second end has at least two connecting plates, one end of each hook is connected to the casing, the other end is slidably hooked on the connecting plate, and each of the elastic members is connected In the housing and the second end, the elastic member has a pre-compression amount, and drives the hook to hook or unhook from the connection plate when being compressed.
The camera module according to claim 1, wherein each of the connecting plates has a sliding groove and a hooking portion, the hooking portion is disposed in the sliding groove and is located near the sliding groove At the position of the first end, the hook is hooked on the hook portion in advance, and is detached from the hook under the drive of the elastic member, and slides in the sliding groove.
The camera module according to claim 2, wherein the housing is provided with a mounting hole, the hook is rotatably mounted in the mounting hole, and the mounting hole is on the chute The projection falls into the chute.
The camera module according to claim 2, wherein an end of the hook portion away from the center of the bracket is closer to the first end than an end of the hook portion closer to the center.
The camera module according to claim 4, wherein the cross section of the chute is Y-shaped, and includes first and second side surfaces, a first inclined surface and a second inclined surface that are oppositely arranged, the first The inclined surface is connected to the first side surface, the second inclined surface is connected to the second side surface, the first side surface is close to the center of the bracket, and the projection on the second side surface is located in the second side surface.
The camera module according to claim 2 or 4, further comprising a limit block, the limit block is disposed in the slide slot and is located on the hook portion toward the first end On one side, the limit block is disposed opposite to the hooking portion, and is used to limit the movement of the hook at the hooking portion.
The camera module according to claim 6, wherein the limiting block has an inclined surface opposite to the hanging portion, and an end of the inclined surface away from the center of the bracket is closer to an end of the inclined surface closer to the center The first end.
The camera module according to claim 1, wherein the elastic member is a spring, the number of the elastic member is two, the two connecting plates are symmetrically disposed on both sides of the second end, and A convex block is provided between the two connecting plates, and the two elastic pieces are symmetrically arranged, one end of the elastic piece is connected to the convex block, and the other end is connected to a side plate of the case opposite to the opening.
The camera module according to claim 8, further comprising a partition plate, the partition plate being located between the two springs and on a side opposite to the opening of the bump or the housing The board is connected.
The camera module according to claim 1, wherein the hook is a straight rod with a hook body at both ends.
A mobile terminal includes a frame having a viewfinder window, characterized in that it includes the camera module according to any one of claims 1-10, the camera module extends into the viewfinder window, The casing is fixed in the frame.
The mobile terminal according to claim 11, wherein the case includes a base and a cover plate, and the cover plate is fixed to the base and the frame body by snaps or screws.