CN109922182B

CN109922182B - Terminal device

Info

Publication number: CN109922182B
Application number: CN201910363576.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 俞昌国; 田爱彬
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Hangzhou Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Hangzhou Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-04-30
Filing date: 2019-04-30
Publication date: 2021-01-08
Anticipated expiration: 2039-04-30
Also published as: CN109922182A; WO2020221352A1

Abstract

The invention discloses a terminal device, which comprises a casing, a camera and a driving mechanism, the casing has an opening and an inner cavity, the opening is communicated with the inner cavity, and the driving mechanism is arranged in the inner cavity, The driving mechanism and the camera are sequentially arranged in the thickness direction of the terminal device, the driving mechanism is connected to the camera, and the driving mechanism drives the camera to enter and exit the opening. The above solution can solve the problem of less space for integrating functional devices on the circuit board of the terminal device.

Description

Terminal device

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of communication equipment, in particular to terminal equipment.

Background

With the increase of user demands, the requirements of users on the screen occupation ratio of terminal equipment are higher and higher. The larger screen occupation ratio can not only improve the appearance performance of the terminal equipment, but also improve the display performance of the terminal equipment. In order to achieve the above object, more and more terminal devices employ a camera that can be raised and lowered. When shooting is needed, the camera extends out of the shell of the terminal equipment under the driving of the driving mechanism, and shooting can be further carried out; when shooting is completed, the camera retracts into the shell of the terminal device under the driving of the driving mechanism, and then the camera can be hidden. The camera of this kind of structure can not occupy terminal equipment's face space, and then can make the area of display screen bigger, reaches the purpose that the increase screen accounts for the ratio.

In the actual working process, the camera needs to be driven by a driving mechanism to realize movement. The driving mechanism is arranged on one side of the camera for driving, namely, the driving mechanism and the camera are arranged in parallel in a space where the board surface of the circuit board of the terminal equipment is located. In order to realize the assembly of the driving mechanism and the camera, the assembly method undoubtedly needs to provide a larger avoidance space on the circuit board of the terminal equipment, and finally the circuit board does not have enough space to integrate other functional devices.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention discloses a terminal device, which aims to solve the problem that the space for integrating functional devices on a circuit board of the terminal device is small.

In order to solve the problems, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:

a terminal device, comprising:

a housing having an opening and an interior cavity, the opening communicating with the interior cavity;

camera and actuating mechanism, actuating mechanism sets up in the inner chamber, actuating mechanism with the camera is in terminal equipment's thickness direction sets gradually, actuating mechanism with the camera links to each other, the actuating mechanism drive the camera business turn over the opening.

The technical scheme adopted by the invention can achieve the following beneficial effects:

compared with the prior art, the arrangement mode can undoubtedly reduce the occupation of the space of the driving mechanism and the camera in the plate surface direction of the circuit board, the avoidance space required to be formed on the circuit board of the terminal equipment is smaller, and the circuit board of the terminal equipment can have more space to integrate functional devices.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the invention and not to limit the invention. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is an exploded schematic view of a part of a structure of a terminal device disclosed in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a partial structure of a terminal device disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a sectional view showing a partial structure of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4-5 are schematic diagrams of driving processes of the terminal device disclosed in the present invention, and black arrows in fig. 2, 4 and 5 are used to illustrate the moving directions.

Description of reference numerals:

100-shell, 110-frame, 111-opening, 120-inner cavity, 130-guide rail,

200-camera, 210-camera bracket, 211-rack, 212-strip-shaped hole, 213-first recess, 214-second recess, 215-chute, 220-camera body,

300-driving mechanism, 310-power source, 311-power output shaft, 312-positioning recess, 313-threaded hole, 320-driving gear, 321-mounting hole, 322-positioning projection, 330-screw, 340-flexible circuit board,

400-elastic fasteners, 410-rivets,

500-sealing the structure.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the technical solutions of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the specific embodiments of the present invention and the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood that the described embodiments are merely exemplary of the invention, and not restrictive of the full scope of the invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

The technical solutions disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to fig. 1 to 5, an embodiment of the present invention discloses a terminal device, which includes a housing 100, a camera 200, and a driving mechanism 300.

The housing 100 is a peripheral member of the terminal device, and the housing 100 provides a mounting base for other components of the terminal device. In the embodiment of the present invention, the camera 200 and the driving mechanism 300 are both mounted on the housing 100. The housing 100 in the embodiment of the present invention has the opening 111, and the opening 111 is communicated with the inner cavity 120 of the housing 100, so that the position of the camera 200 can be conveniently switched between the inner cavity 120 and the outside of the housing 100 through the opening 111.

Typically, the housing 100 has a frame 110, and the opening 111 is typically formed in the frame 110. The housing 100 has a different structure and the components forming the bezel 110 are different. For example, the case 100 may include a front case, a battery cover, and a middle frame disposed therebetween, and the bezel 110 may be molded on the middle frame, in which case the bezel 110 may be considered as a part of the middle frame. For another example, the housing 100 may include a front case and a battery cover, and the frame 110 may be formed on the front case or the battery cover.

The camera 200 is an image capturing device of the terminal device, the camera 200 is movably disposed on the housing 100, and the camera 200 can be switched between different positions by moving relative to the housing 100. In order to improve the stability of the movement, the camera 200 may be provided with a sliding slot 215, and the housing 100 may be provided therein with a guide rail 130, wherein the guide rail 130 and the sliding slot 215 may be slidably engaged in the moving direction of the camera 200.

The driving mechanism 300 is connected to the camera 200, and the driving mechanism 300 drives the camera 200 into and out of the opening 111. When shooting is needed, the driving mechanism 300 drives the camera 200 to extend out of the housing 100 through the opening 111; after the shooting is completed, the driving mechanism 300 drives the camera 200 to retract into the housing 100 through the opening 111, so as to hide the camera 200.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the driving mechanism 300 and the camera 200 are sequentially disposed in the thickness direction of the terminal device, and in this case, the assembly of the driving mechanism 300 and the camera 200 can make full use of the space in the thickness direction of the terminal device. In general, the terminal device may include a display screen, and the thickness direction of the terminal device is a dimension of the terminal device in a direction perpendicular to the display screen.

In the terminal device disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention, the driving mechanism 300 and the camera 200 are sequentially arranged in the thickness direction of the terminal device, and compared with the prior art, the arrangement manner can undoubtedly reduce the occupation of the space of the driving mechanism 300 and the camera 200 in the board surface direction of the circuit board, the avoidance space required to be provided on the circuit board of the terminal device is smaller, and the circuit board of the terminal device can have more space integration function devices.

The driving mechanism 300 may be of various types, and referring to fig. 1 to 5 again, the driving mechanism 300 disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention includes a power source 310 and a driving gear 320 in transmission connection with the power source 310, and the camera 200 includes a rack 211, and the rack 211 extends along the moving direction of the camera 200. The driving gear 320 is meshed with the rack 211, so that the rack 211 is driven to move, and finally the rack 211 can drive the camera 200 to move. The power source 310 is typically a driving motor, and the power source 310 may be electrically connected to a power source side (e.g., a main board) of the terminal device through a flexible circuit board 340. In a possible solution, the power source 310 may be a forward and reverse rotating motor, and the forward and reverse rotating motor adjusts the driving direction of the rack 211 through the adjustment of the rotating direction, in this case, the number of the racks 211 is usually one.

The camera 200 may include a camera bracket 210 and a camera body 220 mounted on the camera bracket 210, the camera body 220 being used for image acquisition. The camera bracket 210 can cooperate with the driving mechanism 300, so as to drive the driving mechanism 300 to drive the camera 200 to move. In a more preferable scheme, the camera bracket 210 may be provided with a strip-shaped hole 212, the strip-shaped hole 212 extends along the moving direction of the camera 200, a side wall extending along the moving direction of the camera 200 in the strip-shaped hole 212 may include a rack 211, and the driving gear 320 may be disposed in the strip-shaped hole 212. Under the condition, the driving gear 320 is meshed with the rack 211 after extending into the strip-shaped hole 212, and the assembling structure can reduce the stacking thickness of the driving mechanism 300 and the camera 200 undoubtedly, thereby being beneficial to reducing the occupation of the space in the thickness direction of the terminal equipment and being beneficial to the light and thin design of the terminal equipment.

Meanwhile, the driving gear 320 is located in the strip-shaped hole 212 of the camera 200, so that the lateral force applied to the camera 200 can be better avoided, the phenomenon that the camera 200 is stuck in the moving process can be avoided, and the camera 200 can move more smoothly.

As described above, the driving gear 320 protrudes into the strip-shaped hole 212, and in a more preferable scheme, two opposite side walls extending along the moving direction of the camera 200 in the strip-shaped hole 212 may each include the rack 211. The drive gear 320 is a gear with missing teeth, and in the embodiment of the present invention, the camera head 200 includes an extension stroke and a retraction stroke. During the extension stroke, the drive gear 320 engages one of the racks 211, and during the retraction stroke, the drive gear 320 engages the other rack 211, as shown in fig. 4 and 5. Under the condition, the driving gear 320 can complete the driving of the extending movement and the retracting movement of the camera 200 by rotating around one direction, and the operation is simple.

The centerline of the strip-shaped aperture 212 along its length may coincide with the centerline of the camera head 200 along its direction of motion. The rotation center of the driving gear 320 is located on the center line, in this case, the driving gear 320 can be considered to be located on the center line of the camera 200, so that the driving of the camera 200 can be realized more uniformly, and the balance of stress in the movement process of the camera 200 can be further improved.

Referring to fig. 1-3 again, the power source 310 includes a power output shaft 311, the driving gear 320 may have a mounting hole 321, and the power output shaft 311 may be fixedly engaged with the mounting hole 321, so as to achieve the fixed assembly between the power output shaft 311 and the driving gear 320. In a specific embodiment, a threaded hole 313 may be opened on an end surface of the power output shaft 311, and the driving gear 320 is mounted behind the power output shaft 311 and fixed to the power output shaft 311 by a screw 330 threadedly engaged with the threaded hole 313.

For convenient installation and assembly, the power output shaft 311 may be provided with a positioning recess 312, the inner wall of the mounting hole 321 may be provided with a positioning protrusion 322, and the positioning recess 312 and the mounting hole 321 are in positioning fit in the rotation direction of the power output shaft 311. In the assembling process, the power output shaft 311 can be sleeved in the mounting hole 321, so that the positioning recess 312 and the positioning protrusion 322 are in positioning fit, the pre-mounting purpose can be realized, and then the screw 330 is mounted in the threaded hole 313.

In a specific working process, the camera 200 of the terminal device is in a state of extending out of the housing 100 during shooting, and after the shooting is finished, the camera 200 of the terminal device retracts into the housing 100, so that the camera 200 is more stably located out of the housing 100 during shooting, in a more preferable scheme, the terminal device disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention may further include an elastic buckle 400. A resilient catch 400 is disposed in the interior cavity 120. Specifically, the elastic clip 400 may be fixed in the inner cavity 120 of the housing 100 by a rivet 410. First sunken 213 can be seted up to camera 200's side reason, and camera 200 is in the stroke that stretches out, and elasticity buckle 400 cooperates with first sunken 213 joint, can fix a position camera 200 better.

In a more preferable scheme, the side edge of the camera 200 may be provided with a second recess 214, the first recess 213 and the second recess 214 may be sequentially arranged in the moving direction of the camera 200, and the elastic buckle 400 may be in snap fit with the second recess 214 during the retraction stroke of the camera 200. The first recess 213 and the second recess 214 may be provided on the same side edge of the camera head 200, or may be provided on both side edges of the camera head 200, respectively.

Of course, in the process of driving the camera 200 by the driving mechanism 300, the camera 200 can release the elastic clamping relationship between the first recess 213 or the second recess 214 and the elastic buckle 400 under the driving action of the driving mechanism 300.

In order to further improve the positioning effect of the camera 200, the two sides of the camera 200 can be provided with the elastic buckles 400, the two side edges of the camera 200 are provided with the first recesses 213 and the second recesses 214, and of course, the mode can improve the balance of stress when the camera 200 is positioned.

Since the opening 111 is communicated with the inner cavity 120, in order to improve the sealing performance, in a preferred scheme, the terminal device disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention may further include a sealing structure 500, where the sealing structure 500 is mounted on the camera 200, and the sealing structure 500 can move along with the camera 200. Specifically, the sealing structure 500 is fixed to the camera 200. The sealing structure 500 is in sealing fit with the opening 111, and in particular, the sealing structure 500 can be in sealing fit with the opening 111 in a state that the camera 200 is moved into the housing 100.

The terminal device disclosed by the embodiment of the invention can be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, an electronic book reader, a game machine, a wearable device (such as a smart watch) and other terminal devices, and the specific type of the terminal device is not limited by the embodiment of the invention.

In the above embodiments of the present invention, the difference between the embodiments is mainly described, and different optimization features between the embodiments can be combined to form a better embodiment as long as they are not contradictory, and further description is omitted here in view of brevity of the text.

The above description is only an example of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention. Various modifications and alterations to this invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the scope of the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. A terminal device, comprising:

the camera comprises a camera and a driving mechanism, the driving mechanism is arranged in the inner cavity, the driving mechanism and the camera are sequentially arranged in the thickness direction of the terminal equipment, the driving mechanism is connected with the camera, the driving mechanism drives the camera to enter and exit the opening, the camera comprises a rack extending along the movement direction of the camera, the driving mechanism comprises a power source and a driving gear in transmission connection with the power source, and the driving gear is meshed with the rack;

the camera includes camera support and installs camera body on the camera support, the bar hole has been seted up to the camera support, the bar hole is followed the direction of motion of camera extends, the downthehole edge of bar the lateral wall that the direction of motion of camera extends includes the rack, drive gear sets up in the bar hole.

2. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein two opposite side walls within the bar-shaped hole extending in the moving direction of the camera each include the rack, the drive gear is a gear with missing teeth, and the camera includes an extension stroke in which the drive gear meshes with one of the racks and a retraction stroke; in the retraction stroke, the drive gear is engaged with the other of the racks.

3. The terminal device according to claim 2, wherein a center line of the strip-shaped hole in a length direction thereof coincides with a center line of the camera in a movement direction thereof, and a rotation center of the drive gear is located on the center line.

4. The terminal device of claim 1, wherein the power source includes a power take-off shaft, the drive gear having a mounting hole, the power take-off shaft being fixedly engaged with the mounting hole.

5. The terminal device according to claim 4, wherein the power output shaft is provided with a positioning recess, and the inner wall of the mounting hole is provided with a positioning protrusion, and the positioning recess is in positioning fit with the mounting hole in the rotation direction of the power output shaft.

6. The terminal device of claim 1, further comprising a resilient catch disposed in the internal cavity; a first recess and a second recess are formed in the side edge of the camera, and the first recess and the second recess are sequentially arranged in the moving direction of the camera; the camera has an extension stroke and a retraction stroke, and the elastic buckle is clamped and matched with the first recess in the extension stroke; and in the retraction stroke, the elastic buckle is in clamping fit with the second recess.

7. The terminal device according to claim 6, wherein the elastic buckles are arranged on two sides of the camera, and the first recess and the second recess are formed in two side edges of the camera.

8. The terminal device of claim 1, further comprising a sealing structure mounted on the camera head, the sealing structure being in sealing engagement with the opening.