CN1332230C - Electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

An electronic device comprises a rotary lens, a body and a lens component, wherein the body is provided with a first surface, a second surface and a sleeve, and the second surface is the opposite surface of the first surface; the lens component is arranged in the body in a manner of rotating among a first position, a second position, a third position and a fourth position, and is provided with a rotating shaft and a charge coupler; when the lens assembly is located at the first position, the charge coupler is located on the first surface of the body; when the lens component is positioned at the second position or the fourth position, the charge coupler is concealed in the body; when the lens assembly is located at the third position, the charge coupler is located on the second surface of the body; the rotating shaft is movably arranged in the sleeve between a fifth position and a sixth position, and when the rotating shaft moves between the fifth position and the sixth position, the lens component can rotate between the first position, the second position, the third position and the fourth position.

Description

electronic device

technical field

The present invention relates to an electronic device, in particular to an electronic device whose lens can be rotated without being stained.

Background technique

In recent years, it has become a popular trend to equip electronic devices (such as mobile phones or personal digital assistants (PDA)) with a camera function, wherein the lens components used for the camera function can be divided into non-rotatable and rotatable Wait for two modes.

When the lens assembly is non-rotatable, it cannot provide a selfie preview, and since there is no lens protection function, it is easy to deface the lens due to friction and touch when it is held by hand or placed in a backpack.

When the lens assembly is rotatable, although it is beneficial to preview when taking a selfie, it also has no lens protection function, and it is easy to be stained due to friction and touch when the lens is held in hand, put in a backpack, or rotated, etc. lens.

Contents of the invention

In view of this, the purpose of the present invention is to provide an electronic device, which can prevent the lens from being stained when it is rotated.

According to the present invention, an electronic device is provided, which has a rotating lens, and includes a body and a lens assembly, wherein the body has a first surface, a second surface, and a sleeve, and the second surface is the first The opposite side of the surface; the lens assembly is arranged in the body in a manner that can rotate between a first position, a second position, a third position and a fourth position, and has a rotating shaft and a charge coupler; when When the lens assembly is at the first position, the charge coupler is located on the first surface of the body; when the lens assembly is at the second or fourth position, the charge coupler is built into the body; when the lens assembly is at the third position , the charge coupler is located on the second surface of the body; the rotating shaft is arranged in the sleeve in a manner that can move between a fifth position and a sixth position, and when the rotating shaft is in the fifth position and the sixth position When moving between, the lens assembly can be rotated among the first position, the second position, the third position and the fourth position.

In one embodiment, the lens assembly further includes a housing, an elastic member, a circuit board, and a first connector, wherein the housing is connected to the rotating shaft, the elastic member is disposed between the housing and the sleeve, and the circuit board It is connected with the rotating shaft, and a charge coupler is arranged on it, and the first connector is electrically connected with the circuit board.

In addition, the body also includes a second connector, which is electrically connected to the first connector; the first connector can be arranged on the circuit board in the form of a brush, and the second connector can be in the shape of a disk, thereby When the lens assembly rotates among the first position, the second position, the third position and the fourth position, the first connector can keep abutting against the second connector at any time.

In another embodiment, several first protrusions and several second protrusions are formed in the sleeve, and the first protrusions and second protrusions can be formed in the sleeve in a staggered manner; several first protrusions are formed on the shaft. Three protrusions, when the rotating shaft is at the fifth position, the third protrusions are respectively located between the first protrusions, and when the rotating shaft is at the sixth position, the third protrusions are respectively located between the second protrusions.

In addition, the first protrusions respectively form a first slope on the surface facing the second protrusion, and the second protrusions respectively form a second slope on the surface facing the first protrusion, and the third protrusion A third inclined surface and a fourth inclined surface are respectively formed. When the rotating shaft moves from the fifth position to the sixth position, the fourth inclined surface abuts against the second inclined surface. When the rotating shaft moves from the sixth position to the fifth position, the third inclined surface The slope abuts against the first slope.

In addition, the number of the first protruding portion, the second protruding portion, and the third protruding portion are four respectively, and the included angles of the first inclined plane, the second inclined plane, the third inclined plane, and the fourth inclined plane with respect to the axial direction of the rotating shaft are respectively is 45 degrees.

In the present invention, another electronic device is provided, which has a rotating lens, and includes a body and a lens assembly, wherein the body has a sleeve, and the lens assembly can rotate between a photographing position and at least one storage position is arranged in the body in a manner, and has a rotating shaft; the rotating shaft is arranged in the sleeve in a manner that can move between an initial position and a compressed position, and when the rotating shaft moves between the initial position and the compressed position, The lens assembly can be rotated between a photographing position and a storage position.

In order to further illustrate the above-mentioned purpose, structural features and effects of the present invention, the present invention will be described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

Description of drawings

1 is a schematic diagram of a first embodiment of an electronic device of the present invention;

Figure 2a is a schematic diagram of the lens assembly in Figure 1;

Fig. 2b is a partially enlarged view of part b in Fig. 2a;

Fig. 2c is a top view of the second connector in Fig. 2a;

Figures 3a-3f are schematic diagrams when the rotating shaft in Figure 2a rotates relative to the sleeve;

4a is another schematic diagram of the electronic device of FIG. 1, wherein the lens assembly is located at a second position;

FIG. 4b is another schematic diagram of the electronic device of FIG. 1, wherein the lens assembly is in a third position; and

5a-5b are schematic diagrams of a second embodiment of the electronic device of the present invention.

Detailed ways

first embodiment

The present invention can be applied to electronic devices such as mobile phones or personal digital assistants, and the application of mobile phones is taken as an example for detailed description. FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of a mobile phone 100 with a rotating lens of the present invention, which includes a body 10 and a lens assembly 20, wherein the body 10 is the basic structure of the mobile phone 100, and a main circuit board 15 is arranged therein. (referring to Fig. 2 a) etc. basic elements, and have a sleeve 13 and a second connector 14, as for other elements, owing to having nothing to do with the present invention, omit its description here; In addition, the second connector 14 is as follows As shown in Fig. 2c, it is a disc shape.

The sleeve 13 is fixed in the body 10, and as shown in FIG. 3a, four first protrusions 131 and four second protrusions 132 are formed on the inner surface of the sleeve 13. Only two first protrusions 131 and two second protrusions 132 are shown in Figure 3a; the first protrusions 131 and the second protrusions 132 are formed in the sleeve 13 in a staggered manner, that is, in the In the axial direction of the barrel 13, the first protruding portion 131 and the second protruding portion 132 do not overlap each other; the first protruding portion 131 forms a first slope 131a on the surface facing the second protruding portion 132, and the second protruding portion 131 a The portion 132 forms a second slope 132 a on the surface facing the first protruding portion 131 , and the included angles between the first slope 131 a and the second slope 132 a with respect to the axial direction of the sleeve 13 are respectively 45 degrees.

The lens assembly 20 is arranged in the body 10 in a rotatable manner between a first position, a second position, a third position and a fourth position, and as shown in FIG. 2 a, there is a rotating shaft 21 therein , a charge-coupled device (charge-coupled device) 22, a housing 23, an elastic member 24, a circuit board 25 and a first connector 26. Wherein, when the lens assembly 20 is at the first position, the charge coupler 22 is located on the first surface 11 of the body 10, and a self-timer (as shown in FIG. 1 ) can be performed at this moment; when the lens assembly 20 is at the second position or the fourth When the lens assembly 20 is in the third position, the charge coupler 22 is located on the second surface 12 of the body 10, and it can be Take a general picture (as shown in Figure 4b).

The rotating shaft 21 is arranged in a mode that can move between an initial position (as shown in FIG. 3a, hereinafter referred to as a fifth position) and a compression position (as shown in FIG. 3d, hereinafter referred to as a sixth position). In the sleeve 13 of the body 10; four third protrusions 211 are formed on the surface of the rotating shaft 21, and it should be noted that only three are shown in FIG. 3b, and each third protrusion 211 is on its upper and lower sides A third inclined surface 211 a and a fourth inclined surface 211 b are formed thereon, and the angles between the third inclined surface 211 a and the fourth inclined surface 211 b relative to the axial direction of the rotating shaft 21 are respectively 45 degrees. In addition, in this embodiment, the intervals between the first protrusions, the second protrusions, and the third protrusions are all 90 degrees apart.

The charge coupler 22 is arranged on the circuit board 25 and is electrically connected thereto, and it is used as a photographic element of the lens assembly 20; when the lens assembly 20 is in the first position, the charge coupler 22 is located on the body as shown in FIG. 1 10 on the first surface 11 for self-timer preview; when the lens assembly 20 is in the second position or the fourth position, the charge coupler 22 is embedded in the body 10 as shown in Figure 4a; when the lens When the assembly 20 is in the third position, the charge coupler 22 is located on the second surface 12 of the body 10 as shown in FIG. 4 b for general photographing.

Housing 23 is used as the shell of lens assembly 20, and is connected with rotating shaft 21 and can move together with rotating shaft 21; Elastic member 24 is a compression spring, and it is arranged between housing 23 and the sleeve 13 of main body 10, uses to return the rotating shaft 21 to the fifth position via the housing 23; the circuit board 25 is connected to the rotating shaft 21 so as to move together with the rotating shaft 21, and is electrically connected to the charge coupler 22 for processing signals from the charge coupler 22; As shown in Figure 2b, the first connector 26 is arranged on the circuit board 25 in the form of a brush and is electrically connected to the circuit board 25, and is electrically connected to the second connector 14 of the body 10, and because the first The second connector 14 is a disc shape. When the lens assembly 20 is rotated between the first position, the second position, the third position and the fourth position, the first connector 26 can be kept in contact with the second connector 14 at any time. Abut.

It should be understood that the first connector 26 and the second connector 14 are not limited to the above-mentioned forms, as long as they can be kept in contact when the lens assembly 20 is rotated.

The configuration of the mobile phone 100 of this embodiment is as described above, and the principle of its operation will be described below.

Under normal conditions, when the rotating shaft 21 of the lens assembly 20 is located at the fifth position, and as shown in FIG. When the user wants to rotate the lens assembly 20 from one position to another, the user presses the lens assembly 20 downward, at this time, the rotating shaft 21 moves from the fifth position to the sixth position, so that the fourth inclined surface 211b of the third protrusion 211 abut against the second slope 132a of the second protrusion 132 of the sleeve 13, as shown in FIG. 3b, and make the third protrusion 211 move down to The sixth position, as shown in Figures 3c-3d, at this time the third protrusion 211 is located between the second protrusions 132; then the external force is removed to move the shaft 21 from the sixth position to the fifth position, at this time The third slope 211a of the third protrusion 211 abuts against the first slope 131a of the first protrusion 131, as shown in Fig. The assembly 20 has been rotated from one position to another; through the above operation process, the lens assembly 20 can conveniently rotate among the first position, the second position, the third position and the fourth position.

With this embodiment, every time the push-type rotating lens is pressed, it can rotate clockwise or counterclockwise by a specific degree (the degree of rotation can be determined by the spatial configuration of the above-mentioned protruding part, for example, in the above-mentioned embodiment, any two The degrees between the first protruding parts, between any two second protruding parts, and between any two third protruding parts are all 90 degrees, so each time the rotating lens is pressed, the rotating lens can be rotated 90 degrees), no need to use hand touch without defacing the lens.

In addition, in the drawings, the number of the first protrusion and the second protrusion of the sleeve and the third protrusion of the rotating shaft are four respectively, so that the lens assembly can be rotated in four stages, but it should be understood that this The invention is not limited thereto. For example, according to different needs, the number of each protrusion can be increased or decreased to change the number of rotation segments of the lens assembly; for example, in a mobile phone without a self-timer function, each protrusion can be The number of parts is limited to three, whereby the rotating lens can rotate between a photographing position and two built-in positions, which will be described in the following embodiments.

In addition, it should be understood that although a mobile phone is used for illustration in the above embodiment, it is not limited thereto. For example, the design concept of the present invention can also be applied to a personal digital assistant (PDA) or a notebook provided with a rotating lens. on the computer.

In addition, in the lens assembly of this embodiment, the housing rotates together with the rotating shaft, but it is not limited thereto, and the housing and the rotating shaft can also be designed independently.

second embodiment

5a-5b show a second embodiment of the mobile phone with a rotating lens of the present invention, which includes a sleeve 13' and a shaft 21'. It should be noted that other elements of this embodiment are the same as those of the first embodiment. The drawings and detailed description thereof are omitted here.

Three first protrusions 131' and three second protrusions 132' are formed on the inner surface of the sleeve 13'. It should be noted that only two first protrusions 131' and two The second protrusion 132', wherein the included angles of the first slope 131a' of the first protrusion 131' and the second slope 132a' of the second protrusion 132' with respect to the axial direction of the sleeve 13' are respectively 45 degrees; In addition, three third protrusions 211' are formed on the surface of the rotating shaft 21', and the included angles of the third slope 211a' and the fourth slope 211b' of the third protrusions 211' with respect to the axial direction of the rotating shaft 21' are respectively 45 degrees; by means of the push-type rotating lens in Fig. 5a-5 of b, every time the rotating lens is pressed, the rotating lens can be rotated counterclockwise; The directions of the slopes of the protruding parts are opposite, so in this embodiment, the rotating lens rotates counterclockwise.

Specifically, the lens assembly of this embodiment is arranged in the body in a manner that can rotate between a first storage position, a photographing position, and a second storage position. When the lens assembly is located at the first storage position or the second storage position At this time, the charge coupler is built in the body; when the lens assembly is at the photographing position, the charge coupler is located on the second surface of the body, and general photographing can be carried out at this time; with this embodiment, when the lens assembly is at the first In the stowage position, if the lens is pressed once to rotate the lens, the lens assembly will rotate 90 degrees counterclockwise to reach the photographing position, and if the lens is continued to be pressed and rotated once, the lens assembly will be rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise to reach the second storage position, and If you continue to press and rotate the lens once, the lens assembly 20 will rotate 180 degrees counterclockwise and return to the first storage position, and so on.

It should be noted that in this embodiment, the first storing position is corresponding to the second position of the first embodiment, the photographing position is corresponding to the third position of the first embodiment, and the second storing position is corresponding to the first Example fourth position.

It should also be understood that lens rotation is not limited to equiangular configurations, such as sequential rotation of 80 degrees, 100 degrees, 180 degrees, etc.).

In addition, as mentioned above, the number of protrusions of the sleeve and the rotating shaft can not only be reduced, but also increased depending on the situation. For example, the number of each protrusion can be five, and the slope angle of each protrusion is 45 degrees at this time. It is the best, and the lens rotates 72 degrees each time (not necessarily equiangular configuration), since it can be deduced from the above description, its detailed description and accompanying drawings are omitted here.

Although the present invention only discloses the above embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Any person familiar with the art can make various equivalent modifications and replacements without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore The protection scope of the present invention shall prevail as defined by the appended claims.

Claims (17)

1. An electronic device, comprising a rotary lens, further comprising:

a body having a first face, a second face and a sleeve, wherein the second face is opposite to the first face; and

a lens assembly rotatably disposed in the body between a first position, a second position, a third position and a fourth position, and having a rotation shaft and a charge coupler, wherein the charge coupler is disposed on the first surface of the body when the lens assembly is in the first position, the charge coupler is concealed in the body when the lens assembly is in the second position or the fourth position, the charge coupler is disposed on the second surface of the body when the lens assembly is in the third position, the rotation shaft is movably disposed in the sleeve between a fifth position and a sixth position, and the lens assembly is rotated between the first position, the second position, the third position and the fourth position when the rotation shaft is moved between the fifth position and the sixth position, wherein,

the sleeve is internally provided with a plurality of first protruding parts and a plurality of second protruding parts, the rotating shaft is provided with a plurality of third protruding parts, when the rotating shaft is positioned at the fifth position, the third protruding parts are respectively positioned between the first protruding parts, and when the rotating shaft is positioned at the sixth position, the third protruding parts are respectively positioned between the second protruding parts.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the lens assembly further comprises:

a shell connected with the rotating shaft;

an elastic component arranged between the shell and the sleeve;

a circuit board connected with the rotating shaft and provided with the charge coupler; and

a first connector electrically connected to the circuit board.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the body further comprises a second connector electrically connected to the first connector.

4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the first connector is disposed on the circuit board in a form of a brush and the second connector is in a shape of a disk, the first connector being capable of maintaining contact with the second connector when the lens assembly rotates between the first position, the second position, the third position and the fourth position.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first and second protrusions are formed in the sleeve in an alternating manner.

6. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first protrusion has a first inclined surface formed on a surface thereof facing the second protrusion, the second protrusion has a second inclined surface formed on a surface thereof facing the first protrusion, the third protrusion has a third inclined surface and a fourth inclined surface formed thereon, the fourth inclined surface abuts against the second inclined surface when the shaft is moved from the fifth position to the sixth position, and the third inclined surface abuts against the first inclined surface when the shaft is moved from the sixth position to the fifth position.

7. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the number of the first protrusion, the second protrusion and the third protrusion is four, and the angles of the first inclined plane, the second inclined plane, the third inclined plane and the fourth inclined plane with respect to the axial direction of the rotation shaft are 45 degrees, respectively.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is a mobile phone, a notebook computer or a personal digital assistant.

9. An electronic device, comprising a rotary lens, further comprising:

a body having a sleeve; and

a lens component, which is arranged in the body in a way of rotating between a photographing position and at least one storage position and is provided with a rotating shaft, wherein the rotating shaft is arranged in the sleeve in a way of moving between an initial position and a compression position, and when the rotating shaft moves between the initial position and the compression position, the lens component rotates between the photographing position and the at least one storage position, wherein,

the sleeve is internally provided with a plurality of first protruding parts and a plurality of second protruding parts, the rotating shaft is provided with a plurality of third protruding parts, when the rotating shaft is positioned at the initial position, the third protruding parts are respectively positioned between the first protruding parts, and when the rotating shaft is positioned at the compression position, the third protruding parts are respectively positioned between the second protruding parts.

10. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the lens assembly further comprises:

a shell connected with the rotating shaft;

an elastic component arranged between the shell and the sleeve;

a circuit board connected with the rotating shaft;

a charge coupler disposed on the circuit board; and

a first connector electrically connected to the circuit board.

11. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the body further comprises a second connector electrically connected to the first connector.

12. The electronic device of claim 11 wherein the first connector is in the form of a brush disposed on the circuit board and the second connector is in the form of a disk, the first connector being adapted to remain in contact with the second connector when the lens assembly is rotated between the photographing position and the storage position.

13. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the CCD is exposed from the body when the lens assembly is in the photographing position, and the CCD is hidden in the body when the lens assembly is in the storage position.

14. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the first and second protrusions are formed in the sleeve in an alternating manner.

15. The electronic device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the first protrusion has a first inclined surface formed on a surface thereof facing the second protrusion, the second protrusion has a second inclined surface formed on a surface thereof facing the first protrusion, the third protrusion has a third inclined surface and a fourth inclined surface formed thereon, the fourth inclined surface abuts against the second inclined surface when the hinge is moved from the initial position to the compressed position, and the third inclined surface abuts against the first inclined surface when the hinge is moved from the compressed position to the initial position.

16. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the number of the first protrusion, the second protrusion and the third protrusion is three, and the angles of the first inclined surface, the second inclined surface, the third inclined surface and the fourth inclined surface with respect to the axial direction of the rotation shaft are 45 degrees, respectively.

17. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the electronic device is a mobile phone, a notebook computer or a personal digital assistant.

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