WO2020199865A1

WO2020199865A1 - Terminal device

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Publication number: WO2020199865A1
Application number: PCT/CN2020/078630
Authority: WO
Inventors: 成东村; 罗政军; 屈江陵
Original assignee: 维沃移动通信有限公司
Priority date: 2019-03-29
Filing date: 2020-03-10
Publication date: 2020-10-08
Also published as: CN109981950B; CN109981950A

Abstract

Provided is a terminal device, comprising: a housing, wherein the interior of the housing has an accommodating groove, the housing is provided with an opening corresponding to the accommodating groove, and the opening is located at the side of the housing away from a display surface of the terminal device; a first camera module, wherein the first camera module can switch between a first state and a second state, the first camera module under the first state is located in the accommodating groove, and the first camera module under the second state is located outside the accommodating groove; and a transmission component connected to the first camera module, wherein the transmission component can drive the first camera module to switch between the first state and the second state.

Description

Terminal Equipment

Cross references to related applications

This application claims the priority of Chinese Patent Application No. 201910248682.0 filed in China on March 29, 2019, the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference.

Technical field

The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular to a terminal device.

Background technique

With the development and progress of terminal technology, users have an increasing demand for the screen-to-body ratio of terminal devices such as smart phones. However, in order to meet the user's self-portrait needs, a front camera needs to be set on the side of the display screen, so the installation position of the front camera needs to be reserved on the side of the display screen, so that the terminal device cannot achieve a truly full-screen design.

It can be seen that, in the related art, due to the need to reserve a camera installation position on the side where the display screen is located, the terminal device has a problem of a relatively low screen occupancy.

Summary of the invention

The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a terminal device to solve the problem of a relatively low screen occupancy of the terminal device due to the need to reserve a camera installation position on one side of the display screen in related technologies.

The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a terminal device, including:

A housing, the inside of the housing has an accommodating groove, and the housing is provided with an opening corresponding to the accommodating groove, and the opening is located on a side of the housing away from the display surface of the terminal device ；

The first camera module, the first camera module can be switched between a first state and a second state, in the first state, the first camera module is located in the accommodating slot, In the second state, the first camera module is located outside the accommodating groove;

A transmission component connected with the first camera module, the transmission component can drive the first camera module to switch between the first state and the second state.

In this way, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, by arranging the first camera module in the accommodating groove, and when the first camera module is needed, the transmission component can drive the first camera module to operate relative to the housing. Flip motion to switch the first camera module from the first state to the second state, that is, by driving the first camera module to flip relative to the housing, so that the light incident surface and the display surface of the first camera module are located The same side of the terminal device to meet the user's shooting needs on the side of the display surface of the terminal device; this eliminates the need to reserve the installation position of the first camera module on the side where the display surface of the terminal device is located, so as to meet the needs of the terminal device Full-screen design, and increase the screen-to-body ratio of terminal devices.

Description of the drawings

In order to explain the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure more clearly, the following will briefly introduce the accompanying drawings used in the description of the embodiments of the present disclosure. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present disclosure. For those of ordinary skill in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative labor.

FIG. 1 is one of the schematic structural diagrams of a terminal device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Fig. 2 is a second structural diagram of a terminal device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a third structural diagram of a terminal device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 4 is a fourth structural diagram of a terminal device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 5 is one of the structural schematic diagrams of the transmission assembly provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 6 is the second structural diagram of the transmission assembly provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 7 is the third structural diagram of the transmission assembly provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 8 is the fourth structural diagram of the transmission assembly provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure.

detailed description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Obviously, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, rather than all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative work shall fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.

As shown in Figures 1 to 8, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a terminal device, including:

The housing 10 has a housing groove 11 inside, and the housing 10 is disposed at an opening (not shown) corresponding to the housing groove 11, and the opening is located in the housing 10 away from the display of the terminal device One side of the face (not shown);

The first camera module 20 can switch between a first state and a second state. In the first state, the first camera module 20 is located in the accommodating slot 11, and in the second state Next, the first camera module 20 is located outside the accommodating slot 11;

The transmission assembly 30 connected with the first camera module 20 can drive the first camera module 20 to switch between the first state and the second state.

In this embodiment, by placing the first camera module 20 in the accommodating slot 11, and when the first camera module 20 is needed, the transmission component 30 can drive the first camera module 20 relative to the housing 10 makes a turning movement to switch the first camera module 20 from the first state to the second state, that is, by driving the first camera module 20 to make a turning movement relative to the housing 10, so that the first camera module 20 enters The glossy surface and the display surface are located on the same side of the terminal device to meet the user's shooting needs on the side of the display surface of the terminal device, such as selfies; this eliminates the need to reserve the first camera module on the side of the display surface of the terminal device The installation position of 20 can meet the full-screen design of terminal equipment and increase the screen-to-body ratio of terminal equipment.

Wherein, in the first state, the light incident surface of the first camera module 20 is set opposite to the display surface of the terminal device; in the second state, the light incident surface of the first camera module 20 may be set in the same direction as the display surface. In order to meet the user's self-portrait requirements, the light incident surface of the first camera module 20 may also be set perpendicular to the display surface to meet the user's aerial photography requirements.

Wherein, the first camera module 20 in this embodiment may be equivalent to the front camera module of the terminal device. When the first camera module 20 needs to be used, the transmission component 30 drives the first camera module 20 to turn over. In this way, the light incident surface of the first camera module 20 is flipped to the side where the display surface is located to meet the user's shooting requirements.

Among them, the first camera module 20 includes a camera, a fill light, a flash, etc., wherein the light incident surface of the first camera module 20 is the light incident surface of the camera.

Further, during the turning process of the first camera module 20, it can stay at any transition position between 0° and 180° to meet the user's shooting needs at different angles.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the transmission assembly 30 includes a turning mechanism 31, and the turning mechanism 31 is drivingly connected to the first camera module 20. The first camera module 20 can be turned relative to the housing 10 under the driving of the turning mechanism 31. The movement causes the first camera module 20 to switch from the first state to the second state, so as to meet the user's shooting requirements on one side of the display surface of the terminal device.

As shown in FIG. 6, the transmission assembly 30 further includes a base 32. The turning mechanism 31 includes a first motor 311, a first gear 312, and a second gear 313. The first motor 311 is fixedly connected to the first camera module 20. The base 32 is connected to the housing 10, the first gear 312 is fixedly connected to the rotating shaft of the first motor 311, the second gear 313 is fixedly arranged on the base 32, and the first gear 312 and the second gear 313 are meshed and connected.

In this embodiment, since the first motor 311 is fixedly connected to the first camera module 20, and the base 32 is connected to the housing 10, when the first motor 311 starts to work, the rotation of the first motor 311 drives the first gear 312 rotates, but because the second gear 313 is fixed on the base 32, the second gear 313 will not rotate. Instead, the first gear 312 rotates around the second gear 313, which in turn drives the first camera module 20 to rotate. Until when the first camera module 20 is turned over to the second state.

Wherein, the opening of the accommodating slot 11 may extend to the side frame of the housing 10, and the accommodating slot 11 further includes an opening formed on the side frame, so as to satisfy the first camera module 20 to realize a 180-degree turning action.

As shown in Fig. 5, Fig. 7 and Fig. 8, the transmission assembly 30 also includes a lifting mechanism 33, which is connected to the turning mechanism 31. The lifting mechanism 33 is used to drive the first camera module 20 between the first position and the second position. Switch, the turning mechanism 31 is used to drive the first camera module 20 to switch between the second position and the third position; the first camera module 20 is in the first state when in the first position, and the first camera module 20 is in the first position. It is in the second state in the third position.

In this embodiment, the first camera module 20 can be moved to the second position through the lifting mechanism 33, so that the first camera module 20 can perform a 180-degree turning action; and when the first camera module 20 moves to the second position After the second position, the first camera module 20 is driven by the turning mechanism 31 to perform a 180-degree turning operation to move the first camera module 20 to the third position (even if the first camera module 20 is in the second state).

The second position is a transition position between the first position and the third position. For example, in the actual turning process, the first camera module 20 can be controlled to rise from the first position to the second position, and then The first camera module 20 is controlled to flip from the second position to the third position, and finally the flip operation of the first camera module 20 is realized to meet the user's shooting requirements on the side of the display surface of the terminal device.

It should be noted that if the first camera module 20 is not lifted and moved to a higher end surface of the housing 10 that faces away from the first surface, the housing 10 will restrict the flipping action of the first camera module 20 so that the A camera module 20 cannot perform a 180-degree turning motion. In this embodiment, the first camera module 20 can be raised by the lifting mechanism 33, or it can be achieved by extending the accommodating groove 11 to the side frame of the housing 10 and forming an opening on the side frame. The first camera module 20 performs a 180-degree turning action.

As shown in FIG. 7, the lifting mechanism 33 includes a second motor 331, a first connecting rod 332, and a second connecting rod 333, and the base 32 is a crank connecting rod; one end of the first connecting rod 332 is movably connected with the base 32, The other end is movably connected with the housing 10; the second connecting rod 333 is movably connected with the base 32, and the second connecting rod 333 is also fixedly provided with sector teeth 334; the second motor 331 is provided with a third gear 335 on the rotating shaft, The third gear 335 and the sector teeth 334 are in meshing connection.

In this embodiment, the base 32, the first connecting rod 332, the second connecting rod 333, and the housing 10 constitute a four-bar linkage mechanism. Since the base 32 is a crank connecting rod, according to the four-bar linkage composed of a crank connecting rod The working principle of the mechanism shows that under the drive of the second motor 331, the base 32 (crank connecting rod) can be controlled to move up and down; and because the gear meshing with the third gear 335 on the shaft of the second motor 331 is a sector tooth 334 , The lifting height of the base 32 can be controlled based on the number of teeth of the sector teeth 334.

During the rotation of the third gear 335, when the third gear 335 and the sector teeth 334 start to mesh, the sector teeth 334 are driven to rotate, thereby driving the base 32 to move; and when the third gear 335 meshes with the sector teeth 334 When the teeth are disengaged, the third gear 335 enters an idling state. It can be seen that only when the third gear 335 meshes with the sector teeth 334, the third gear 335 can drive the sector teeth 334 to rotate and drive the base 32 to move, and the number of teeth of the sector teeth 334 determines the lifting height of the base 32.

As shown in FIG. 7, the base 32 includes a crank body 321, and a first crank 322 and a second crank 323 disposed on opposite sides of the crank body 321. The second gear 313 is fixedly disposed on the first crank 322, and the second crank 323 is provided with a first through hole 3231 through which the wiring of the first camera module passes.

The first crank 322 is also provided with a rotating shaft 3221, and the first camera module 20 is provided with a through hole (not shown) adapted to the rotating shaft 3221 to ensure that the first camera module 20 can rotate around the base 32 to achieve the A flip of the camera module 20.

Wherein, the second motor 331 and the base 32 are respectively disposed on both sides of an inner side wall of the containing tank 11, and the base 32 is located in the containing tank 11.

Wherein, in order to ensure the stability of the connection between the first connecting rod 332 and the base 32, in this embodiment, the number of the first connecting rod 332 is two, and the two first connecting rods 332 are respectively connected to the first crank 322 and The second crank 323.

Wherein, the terminal device further includes a second camera module 40. The second camera module 40 may also be fixed in the accommodating slot 11, and when the first camera module 20 is in the first state, the first camera module 20 and The second camera module 40 can be arranged in the accommodating slot 11 in parallel.

As shown in FIG. 8, the first link 332 may be connected to the housing 10 by a pin 336.

In this way, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the transmission assembly 30 can drive the first camera module 20 to rise first, and then turn it over, without damaging the appearance of the middle frame, and at the same time, multi-angle shooting can be achieved, and by connecting the first camera module 20 Flip 180 degrees, the terminal device can use the flipped first camera module 20 to meet the user's self-portrait needs; and in this way, there is no need to reserve the installation position of the first camera module 20 on the display surface of the terminal device, thereby satisfying the full screen of the terminal device Design and increase the screen-to-body ratio of terminal equipment.

It should be noted that in this article, the terms "include", "include" or any other variants thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article or device including a series of elements not only includes those elements, It also includes other elements not explicitly listed, or elements inherent to the process, method, article, or device. If there are no more restrictions, the element defined by the sentence "including a..." does not exclude the existence of other identical elements in the process, method, article or device that includes the element.

The above are only specific implementations of the present disclosure, but the protection scope of the present disclosure is not limited thereto. Any person skilled in the art can easily think of changes or substitutions within the technical scope disclosed in the present disclosure. It should be covered within the protection scope of the present disclosure. Therefore, the protection scope of the present disclosure should be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

A terminal device, including:

A housing, the inside of the housing has an accommodating groove, and the housing is provided with an opening corresponding to the accommodating groove, and the opening is located on a side of the housing away from the display surface of the terminal device ；

The first camera module, the first camera module can be switched between a first state and a second state, in the first state, the first camera module is located in the accommodating slot, In the second state, the first camera module is located outside the accommodating groove;

A transmission component connected with the first camera module, the transmission component can drive the first camera module to switch between the first state and the second state.
The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the transmission assembly comprises a turning mechanism, the turning mechanism is drivingly connected with the first camera module, and the first camera module can be driven by the turning mechanism Next, switch from the first state to the second state.
The terminal device according to claim 2, wherein the flip structure comprises a first motor, a first gear, a second gear, and a base, the first motor is fixedly connected to the first camera module, and the The base is connected to the housing, the first gear is fixedly arranged on the shaft of the first motor, the second gear is fixed on the base, and the first gear and the second gear Gear meshing connection.
The terminal device according to claim 3, wherein the transmission assembly further comprises a lifting mechanism, the lifting mechanism is connected with the turning mechanism, and the lifting mechanism can drive the first camera module in the first position and Switch between the second position, the turning mechanism can drive the first camera module to switch between the second position and the third position;

Wherein, the first camera module is in the first state when in the first position, and the first camera module is in the second state when in the third position.
The terminal device according to claim 4, wherein the lifting mechanism comprises the base, a second motor, a first connecting rod, and a second connecting rod, and the base is a crank connecting rod;

One end of the first connecting rod is movably connected with the base, and the other end is movably connected with the housing;

The second connecting rod is movably connected with the base, and the second connecting rod is also fixedly provided with sector teeth;

A third gear is provided on the rotating shaft of the second motor, and the third gear is in meshing connection with the sector teeth.
The terminal device according to claim 5, wherein the base comprises a crank body, and a first crank and a second crank arranged on opposite sides of the crank body, and the second gear is fixedly arranged on the first crank. On a crank.
7. The terminal device according to claim 6, wherein the second crank is provided with a first through hole through which a wiring line of the first camera module passes.
The terminal device according to claim 5, wherein the second motor and the base are disposed on both sides of an inner side wall of the accommodating groove, and the pedestal can be received in the accommodating groove .
The terminal device according to claim 6, wherein the number of the first connecting rods is two, and the two first connecting rods are respectively connected to the first crank and the second crank.
The terminal device according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein, in the first state, the light incident surface of the first camera module is arranged opposite to the display surface;

In the second state, the light incident surface of the first camera module and the display surface are arranged in the same direction, or the light incident surface of the first camera module is perpendicular to the display surface.