WO2021243679A1

WO2021243679A1 - Smartphone having retractable flippable camera

Info

Publication number: WO2021243679A1
Application number: PCT/CN2020/094566
Authority: WO
Inventors: 谢柏玲
Original assignee: 谢柏玲
Priority date: 2020-06-05
Filing date: 2020-06-05
Publication date: 2021-12-09
Also published as: DE212020000169U1

Abstract

The present application discloses a smartphone having a retractable flippable camera. The smartphone comprises: a housing, a display screen, and at least one camera assembly. The housing has a first bezel member and a second bezel member. The first bezel member is parallel to a first direction, and the second bezel member is parallel to a second direction, and the first direction and the second direction intersect. The first bezel member is provided within at least one opening. A display screen is disposed in the housing. The display screen and the housing form an accommodation space. The opening is communicated with the accommodation space. The camera assembly is disposed in the opening. The camera assembly comprises a retractable frame, a rotating shaft, a rotating plate, and at least one camera. A first end of the retractable frame is rotatably connected to one end of the rotating shaft, and the rotating plate is fixedly connected to the other end of the rotating shaft. The at least one camera is fixed to the rotating plate. The invention addresses the problems of existing smartphones in which front camera clearance requirements reduce the screen-to-body ratio, and low-resolution cameras are used as front cameras to save costs.

Description

A smart phone with retractable and reversible camera

Technical field

This application relates to the technical field of smart phones, and in particular to a smart phone with a retractable and reversible camera.

Background technique

With the continuous development of smart phone technology and the continuous advancement of smart phone camera technology, smart phone cameras gradually replace ordinary cameras. At present, in order to meet the needs of front and rear cameras, smart phones are usually equipped with a front camera and a rear camera.

However, setting the front camera on the same side of the display will take up part of the display space of the display. For example, in order to avoid the front camera, most of the full-screen smartphones sold on the market adopt "Qi Liuhai design" or " "Water drop design" greatly reduces the proportion of the display screen. In addition, in order to reduce costs, the pixels of the front camera are usually much lower than those of the rear camera, or the front camera uses a single camera and the rear camera uses multiple cameras, resulting in a poor user experience of the front camera.

Summary of the invention

This application provides a smart phone with a retractable and reversible camera to solve the problem that the existing smart phone avoids the low screen occupancy caused by the front camera, and uses a lower pixel camera as the front camera to reduce the cost. Problems with the camera.

A smart phone with a retractable and reversible camera, including:

A housing, the housing includes a first frame and a second frame; the first frame is parallel to a first direction, the second frame is parallel to a second direction, and the first direction intersects the second direction ; The first frame is provided with at least one opening;

The display screen is embedded in the housing, and the display screen and the housing form an accommodating space; the opening is in communication with the accommodating space;

At least one camera assembly, the camera assembly is embedded in the opening; the camera assembly includes a telescopic frame, a rotating shaft, a turntable, and at least one camera; the first end of the telescopic frame rotates with one end of the rotating shaft Connected, the turntable is fixedly connected to the other end of the rotating shaft, and at least one camera is fixed on the turntable.

It can be seen from the above that the smart phone with a retractable and reversible camera provided in the present application includes: a housing, the housing includes a first frame and a second frame; the first frame is parallel to the first direction, so The second frame is parallel to the second direction, and the first direction intersects the second direction; the first frame is provided with at least one opening; the display screen is embedded in the housing, and the display screen An accommodating space is formed with the housing; the opening is in communication with the accommodating space; at least one camera assembly is embedded in the opening; the camera assembly includes a telescopic frame, a rotating shaft, A turntable and at least one camera; the first end of the telescopic frame is rotatably connected with one end of the rotating shaft, the turntable is fixedly connected with the other end of the rotating shaft, and at least one camera is fixed on the turntable. Through the telescopic movement of the telescopic frame and the turning movement of the turntable, the camera assembly can be telescoped and hidden in the housing, and at the same time, it can be flipped and taken to serve as the front camera and the rear camera at any time. It can also be adjusted by adjusting the turning angle of the turntable. Flexible adjustment of the shooting angle of the camera assembly. By setting the existing front camera and the rear camera as a common camera component, it can solve the problem of low pixels of the existing smart phone front camera, poor shooting effect, and poor user experience. At the same time, the problem of poor user experience can be solved. The setting of the frame can solve the problem of the front camera occupying the display space of the display screen, hide the camera assembly in the shell, increase the proportion of the display screen, and achieve the full screen design effect to the greatest extent.

Description of the drawings

In order to explain the technical solution of the present application more clearly, the following will briefly introduce the drawings needed in the embodiments. Obviously, for those of ordinary skill in the art, without creative work, Other drawings can be obtained from these drawings.

Figure 1 is a front view of the first existing smart phone;

Figure 2 is a front view of a second type of existing smart phone;

Figure 3 is a front view of a smart phone with a retractable and reversible camera provided in the first embodiment of the application;

Fig. 4 is a diagram showing the use state of the first camera assembly shown in Fig. 3;

Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view of the smart phone with a retractable and reversible camera shown in Figure 3 along A-A';

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of the first camera assembly shown in Fig. 4;

Fig. 7 is a diagram showing the state of use of the second camera assembly shown in Fig. 3;

Fig. 8 is a diagram of the use state of the third camera assembly shown in Fig. 3;

Fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of the second camera assembly shown in Fig. 4;

Figure 10 is a cross-sectional view of the camera assembly shown in Figure 9 along B-B';

Figure 11 is a cross-sectional view of the camera assembly shown in Figure 9 along C-C';

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the third camera assembly shown in FIG. 4;

FIG. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of the fourth type of camera assembly shown in FIG. 4;

FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the fifth camera assembly shown in FIG. 4;

15 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the sixth camera assembly shown in FIG. 4;

FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the seventh camera assembly shown in FIG. 4;

FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the eighth camera assembly shown in FIG. 4.

detailed description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments.

FIG. 1 is a front view of the first type of existing smart phone, and FIG. 2 is a front view of the second type of existing smart phone. The smartphone shown in Figure 1 includes a housing 01, a display screen 02, a camera 03, and a flash 04. The area within the dashed frame shown in Figure 1 is the front camera avoidance area of the display 02, and the camera 03 and flash 04 are located in the avoidance area. The avoidance zone shown in Figure 1 can be referred to as a "Qi Liuhai" design. The smart phone shown in Figure 2 includes a housing 01, a display screen 02, and a camera 03. The area within the dashed frame shown in Figure 2 is the front camera avoidance area of the display 02. The camera 03 is located in the avoidance area, as shown in Figure 2 It can be called a "water drop" design. When the smart phone displays the screen, the "Qi Liuhai" design shown in Figure 1 and the "Water Drop" design shown in Figure 2 reduce the screen-to-body ratio, and both will result in the loss of part of the image at the corresponding position, which will affect the user's perception.

In view of this, FIG. 3 is a front view of a smart phone with a retractable and reversible camera provided in the first embodiment of this application. FIG. 4 is a state diagram of the camera assembly shown in FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is shown in FIG. 3. A cross-sectional view of a smart phone with a retractable and reversible camera taken along AA′. FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of the first camera assembly shown in FIG. 4. With reference to Figures 3 to 6, the present application provides a smart phone with a retractable and reversible camera, including: a housing 1, a display screen 2 and at least one camera assembly 3, the camera assembly 3 can also be provided with two, 3 or more, can be designed according to actual needs, this application is not specifically limited. The casing 1 includes a first frame 11 and a second frame 12, the first frame 11 is parallel to the first direction X, the second frame 12 is parallel to the second direction Y, and the first direction X and the second direction Y intersect. The first frame 11 is provided with at least one opening 13, the camera assembly 3 is embedded in the opening 13, and the opening 13 can correspond to the camera assembly 3 one-to-one. As shown in FIG. 5, the display screen 2 is embedded in the housing 1, the display screen 2 and the housing 1 form an accommodating space 14, and the opening 13 is in communication with the accommodating space 14. The housing 1 is provided with a first motor 15 and a transmission assembly 16 that are electrically connected to each other. The transmission assembly 16 is fixedly connected to the camera assembly 3. The first motor 15 is used to drive the linear movement of the transmission assembly 16, and the linear movement of the transmission assembly 16 can be The camera assembly 3 is driven to extend and retract in the opening 13. As shown in Figure 6, the camera assembly 3 includes a telescopic frame 31, a rotating shaft 32, a turntable 33 and at least one camera 34; the first end 311 of the telescopic frame 31 is rotatably connected with one end of the rotating shaft 32, The other end is fixedly connected, and at least one camera 34 is fixed on the turntable 33. The telescopic frame 31 can move to extend the opening 13 and retract the opening 13 under the drive of the transmission assembly 16, and the turntable 33 can rotate relative to the telescopic frame under the drive of the rotating shaft 32. Because the camera 34 is fixedly installed on the turntable 33 Therefore, the camera 34 will turn over as the turntable 33 is turned over. The turning of the turntable 33 may be manual adjustment or electric control, which is not specifically limited in this embodiment. It should be noted that the accommodating space 14 is usually provided with a control hardware motherboard or electronic device required by a smart phone; the first motor 15 needs to be connected to the control board and other corresponding electronic devices; the camera assembly 3 also needs to be connected to the corresponding control The module is connected, and the corresponding image processing and image shooting are controlled by the corresponding image processing software and control software, which will not be repeated here.

In the smart phone with retractable and reversible camera provided in this embodiment, through the retractable movement of the retractable frame 31 and the reversal movement of the turntable 33, the camera assembly 3 can be retracted and hidden in the housing 1, while flipping shooting can be achieved. It can serve as a front camera and a rear camera at any time, and the shooting angle of the camera assembly 3 can be flexibly adjusted by adjusting the turning angle of the turntable 33. By setting the existing front camera and the rear camera as a shared camera assembly 3, it can solve the problem of low pixels of the existing smart phone front camera, poor shooting effect, and poor user experience. At the same time, The setting of the telescopic frame 31 can solve the problem that the front camera occupies the display space of the display screen, hide the camera assembly 3 in the housing 1, increase the proportion of the display screen, and maximize the full screen design effect.

Fig. 7 is a diagram showing the state of use of the second camera assembly shown in Fig. 3. As shown in Figure 7, the number of camera assembly 3 can be set to three. The first frame 11 may be provided with two openings 13, three openings 13 or more, which is not specifically limited in this embodiment, and the camera assembly 3 corresponds to the opening 13 in a one-to-one correspondence. Fig. 8 is a diagram of the use state of the third camera assembly shown in Fig. 3. As shown in FIG. 8, the second frame 12 is provided with at least one opening 13. Fig. 4, Fig. 7 and Fig. 8 are only schematic for the number and distribution of camera components, and this application does not specifically limit it.

The two smart phones with retractable and reversible cameras provided in this embodiment can enhance the sense of reality of taking photos or recording videos by setting multiple camera components 3; One frame 11) is provided with multiple camera components 3 or multiple camera components 3 on different frames, which can increase the viewing angle of shooting and achieve a wide-angle effect. At the same time, multiple camera components 3 can complement each other with color and light, and enhance The vividness of the shooting colors.

9 is a schematic structural diagram of the second camera assembly shown in FIG. 4, FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of the camera assembly shown in FIG. 9 along B-B', and FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of the camera assembly shown in FIG. 9 along C-C'. With reference to FIGS. 9-11, the camera assembly 3 further includes a limit ring 35, and the limit ring 35 is fixedly connected to the first end 311 of the telescopic frame 31. The limit ring 35 can limit and protect the turntable 33 and the camera 34 fixed on the turntable 33, and can prevent the turntable 33 and the camera 34 from being impacted or scratched by the outside. The limiting ring 35 is provided with a rotating shaft through hole 351, the rotating shaft 32 passes through the rotating shaft through hole 351, and the turntable 33 is located in the limiting ring 35. At least one retractable limit block 36 is also provided on the limit ring 35, and the retractable limit block 36 is embedded on the inner wall of the limit ring 35. An end of the telescopic limit block 36 close to the turntable 33 is provided with a limit slot 361, and the limit slot 361 abuts against the turntable 33. The retractable limit block 36 is telescopically installed on the limit ring 35. The limit block 36 shown in FIG. 9 is in a retracted state. The retractable limit block 36 can further limit the turntable 33. The limit slot 361 can be set to a corresponding size according to the thickness of the turntable 33, and the setting of the limit slot 361 can prevent the turntable 33 from sliding out due to external forces, and better limit the position of the turntable 33.

Fig. 12 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the third camera assembly shown in Fig. 9. As shown in FIG. 12, the telescopic frame 31 includes a first telescopic body 312 and a second telescopic body 313 that are parallel to each other. The first end 311 corresponding to the first telescopic body 312 is provided with a second motor 3121 and fixed to the second motor 3121. Connect the transmission rod 3122. The second motor 3121 can drive the transmission rod 3122 to rotate, and the rotation of the transmission rod 3122 can drive the rotation of the rotating shaft 32, thereby driving the rotation of the turntable 33. The second motor 3121 and the transmission rod 3122 can be set as unilateral or as Bilateral, this application does not make specific restrictions, Figure 12 shows a unilateral setting. The first end 311 corresponding to the second telescopic body 313 is provided with a third motor 3131 and a telescopic push rod 3132 fixedly connected to the third motor 3131. The limit ring 35 can be hollow, and an arc push rod 352 is arranged inside. The arc push rod 352 includes a top end 3521 and a middle end 3522. The top end 3521 is fixedly connected to the telescopic limit block 36, and the middle end 3522 is connected to the telescopic push rod 3132. Fixed connection. A push rod through hole 3523 is provided in the middle end 3522, the push rod through hole 3523 is in communication with the rotating shaft through hole 351, and the rotating shaft 32 penetrates through the push rod through hole 3523. The third motor 3131 can drive the telescopic push rod 3132 to move. The telescopic push rod 3132 can drive the arc push rod 352 to advance and retreat. When the arc push rod 352 advances forward, it pushes the telescopic limit block 36 to extend. When the telescopic push rod 3132 moves backward, the telescopic stop block 36 will retract and separate from the turntable 33 to stop the turntable 33. FIG. 12 can be regarded as a cross-sectional view of the camera assembly shown in FIG. 9, and the retractable limit block 36 shown in FIG. The top end 3521 and the limit block 36 can realize the direction conversion of linear movement through gears. Taking Fig. 12 as an example, the moving direction of the arc push rod 352 is left and right linear movement, and the moving direction of the telescopic limit block 36 is up and down linear movement. The two-direction conversion can be realized by rotating the gear in the middle, and there can be many implementation solutions for the movement direction conversion, which is not specifically limited in this application. It should be noted that both the second motor 3121 and the third motor 3131 need to be connected with the relevant control module of the smart phone, which will not be repeated here.

13 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the fourth type of camera assembly shown in FIG. 4, and FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the fifth type of camera assembly shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 13 and FIG. 14, the camera assembly 3 further includes a support rod 37, and the support rod 37 is fixedly connected to the telescopic frame 31 and the limit ring 35 respectively. 13 and 14 only schematically show the connection of the two support rods 37. The support rod 37 can strengthen the telescopic frame 31 and the limit ring 35, and improve the structural stability of the camera assembly 3.

15 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the sixth type of camera assembly shown in FIG. 4, FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the seventh type of camera assembly shown in FIG. 4, and FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the eighth type of camera assembly shown in FIG. As shown in Figs. 13-15, two, three or four cameras 34 are fixed on the turntable 33.

In the smart phone with retractable and reversible camera provided in this embodiment, without increasing the number of camera components 3, only the number of cameras 34 of the same camera component 3 is increased. Without increasing the number of camera components 3, the occupied capacity can be saved. In addition to the space of space 14, multiple cameras 34 can also enhance the sense of reality of taking photos or recording videos, increase the viewing angle of shooting, and achieve a wide-angle effect. At the same time, multiple cameras 34 can achieve complementary color and light to enhance shooting. The vividness of the colors. The number of cameras 34 can be appropriately designed according to actual design requirements, and this application does not specifically limit it.

Claims

A smart phone with a retractable and reversible camera, which is characterized in that it comprises:

A housing (1), the housing (1) includes a first frame (11) and a second frame (12); the first frame (11) is parallel to the first direction (X), and the second frame (12) Parallel to the second direction (Y), the first direction (X) intersects the second direction (Y); the first frame (11) is provided with at least one opening (13);

The display screen (2) is embedded in the housing (1), and the display screen (2) and the housing (1) form an accommodating space (14); the opening (13) and the housing The accommodating space (14) is connected;

At least one camera assembly (3), the camera assembly (3) is embedded in the opening (13); the camera assembly (3) includes a telescopic frame (31), a rotating shaft (32), and a turntable (33) And at least one camera (34); the first end (311) of the telescopic frame (31) is rotatably connected with one end of the rotating shaft (32), the turntable (33) is connected to the rotating shaft (32) The other end is fixedly connected, and at least one camera (34) is fixed on the turntable (33).
The smart phone with a retractable and reversible camera according to claim 1, wherein the camera assembly (3) further comprises a limit ring (35), and the limit ring (35) is in contact with the The first end (311) of the telescopic frame (31) is fixedly connected;

The limiting ring (35) is provided with a rotating shaft through hole (351), the rotating shaft (32) penetrates the rotating shaft through hole (351), and the turntable (33) is located in the limiting ring (35) Inside.
The smart phone with a retractable and reversible camera according to claim 2, wherein at least one retractable limit block (36) is embedded on the inner wall of the limit ring (35).
The smart phone with a retractable and reversible camera according to claim 3, wherein the retractable limit block (36) is provided with a limit slot (361) at one end close to the turntable (33), so The limit slot (361) abuts against the turntable (33).
The smart phone with retractable and reversible camera according to claim 3, characterized in that the camera assembly (3) further comprises a support rod (37), the support rod (37) and the retractable The frame (31) and the limit ring (35) are fixedly connected.
The smart phone with retractable and reversible cameras according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that two, three or four cameras (34) are fixed on the turntable (33).
The smartphone with a retractable and reversible camera according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the first frame (11) is provided with two of the openings (13) or three of the openings ( 13), the camera assembly (3) corresponds to the opening (13) one-to-one.
The smart phone with a retractable and reversible camera according to claim 7, wherein the second frame (12) is provided with at least one of the openings (13).
The smart phone with a retractable and reversible camera according to claim 8, characterized in that a first motor (15) and a transmission assembly (16) that are electrically connected to each other are provided in the housing (1), The transmission assembly (16) is fixedly connected with the camera assembly (3);

The telescopic frame (31) includes a first telescopic body (312) and a second telescopic body (313) parallel to each other, and a second motor is provided in the corresponding first end (311) of the first telescopic body (312) (3121) and a transmission rod (3122) fixedly connected with the second motor (3121).
The smartphone with a retractable and reversible camera according to claim 9, wherein the first end (311) corresponding to the second retractable body (313) is provided with a third motor (3131) and A telescopic push rod (3132) fixedly connected to the third motor (3131);

The limit ring (35) is provided with an arc push rod (352), the arc push rod (352) includes a top end (3521) and a middle end (3522), the top end (3521) and the limit The position block (36) is fixedly connected, and the middle end (3522) is fixedly connected to the telescopic push rod (3132);

A push rod through hole (3523) is provided in the middle end (3522), the push rod through hole (3523) is in communication with the rotating shaft through hole (351), and the rotating shaft (32) penetrates the push rod Through hole (3523).