CN209201126U - an electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

The application discloses electronic device, this electronic device includes: the light guide part comprises a panel, a camera and a light guide part, wherein the panel is provided with a light transmission area; the lens of the camera is used for acquiring the light of the photographed object, and the projection of the lens of the camera on the panel is at most partially overlapped with the light-transmitting area of the panel; the light guide part is of a columnar solid structure, is aligned to the light transmission area and extends to the lens of the camera, wherein light of a photographed object enters the light guide part after passing through the light transmission area, and is transmitted to the lens of the camera through at least one-time total reflection of the light guide part. Through the technical scheme, the camera is not arranged at the position corresponding to the light transmission area, the degree of freedom is high when the camera is arranged, and the overall layout of components in the electronic device is facilitated.

Description

an electronic device

technical field

The present application relates to the field of electronic technology, and in particular, to an electronic device.

Background technique

The electronic device obtains the light of the object to be photographed through the camera, thereby realizing the photographing function of the electronic device. However, the camera needs to be set at a position corresponding to the light-transmitting area of the panel to receive the light of the object to be photographed, resulting in less freedom when arranging the camera. , the overall layout of the components in the electronic device is inconvenient.

Utility model content

A technical solution adopted in the present application is: to provide an electronic device, the electronic device includes: a panel, a camera and a light guide, the panel is provided with a light-transmitting area; the lens of the camera is used to obtain the light of the object to be photographed, and the lens of the camera The projection on the panel overlaps with the light-transmitting area of the panel at most; the light guide is a cylindrical solid structure, and the light guide is aligned with the light-transmitting area and extends to the lens of the camera, wherein the light of the object to be photographed passes through the light-transmitting area After entering the light guide, it is transmitted to the lens of the camera through at least one total reflection of the light guide.

In the present application, the light guide member can guide the light of the object to be photographed from the light-transmitting area to the lens of the camera, so that the camera can not be arranged at the position corresponding to the light-transmitting area, and the degree of freedom when arranging the camera is greater, It is convenient for the overall layout of the components in the electronic device. Secondly, the light-transmitting area of the panel is no longer limited by the volume of the camera lens. The size of the light-transmitting area of the panel is only related to the size of the light guide. The light-transmitting area of the panel can be made very small, thereby improving the electronic device. Overall aesthetics. For example, when the camera is a front-facing camera, due to the introduction of light guides, the area of the light-transmitting area can be reduced, thereby significantly increasing the screen ratio of the electronic device; when the camera is a rear-facing camera, due to the introduction of light guides, it can reduce The opening size of the small rear shell improves the integrity of the rear shell.

Description of drawings

In order to illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application more clearly, the following briefly introduces the drawings that are used in the description of the embodiments. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application. For those of ordinary skill in the art, other drawings can also be obtained from these drawings without creative effort.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of an electronic device provided by the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an embodiment in the direction II-II in FIG. 1 of the present application;

3 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a display screen provided by the present application;

4 is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of the display screen provided by the present application;

5 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a light guide column provided by the present application;

6 is a schematic cross-sectional view of another embodiment in the direction II-II in FIG. 1 of the present application;

7 is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of a light guide column provided by the present application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a light guide member in another embodiment of the present application.

Detailed ways

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present application. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are only used to explain the present application, but not to limit the present application. In addition, it should be noted that, for the convenience of description, the drawings only show some but not all the structures related to the present application. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative work fall within the protection scope of the present application.

Reference herein to an "embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment can be included in at least one embodiment of the present application. The appearances of the phrase in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor a separate or alternative embodiment that is mutually exclusive of other embodiments. It is explicitly and implicitly understood by those skilled in the art that the embodiments described herein may be combined with other embodiments.

Please refer to FIG. 1 , which is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of an electronic device provided by the present application.

The electronic device according to the embodiment of the present application includes a panel 10 , a camera 20 and a light guide 30 . The light of the object to be photographed passes through the panel 10 and enters the light guide 30 , and then enters the camera 20 disposed inside the electronic device through the light guide 30 . middle.

The electronic device may be any of a number of electronic devices including, but not limited to, cellular phones, smart phones, other wireless communication devices, personal digital assistants, audio players, other media players, music recorders, Video recorders, cameras, other media recorders, radios, medical equipment, calculators, programmable remote controls, pagers, netbook computers, personal digital assistants (PDAs), portable multimedia players (PMPs), Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG-1 Or MPEG-2) audio layer 3 (MP3) players, portable medical equipment and digital cameras and combinations thereof, and other equipment including a display screen 40 screens. This embodiment is described by taking the electronic device being a smartphone as an example.

The panel 10 can be the front glass plate of the electronic device. In this case, the camera 20 is the front camera 20. The panel 10 blocks the lens 21 of the camera 20. Due to the blockage of the panel 10, the camera 20 cannot be seen by the naked eye on the appearance of the electronic device. It can be seen that without the action of other components, the light of the object to be photographed cannot pass through the panel 10 and directly reach the lens 21 of the camera 20, so that the function of taking pictures cannot be completed.

The panel 10 can also be the rear shell of the electronic device. At this time, the camera 20 is the rear camera 20, and the panel 10 blocks the camera 20. Due to the blockage of the panel 10, the camera 20 cannot be seen by the naked eye on the appearance of the electronic device. Without the action of other components, the light of the object to be photographed cannot pass through the panel 10 and directly reach the lens 21 of the camera 20, so that the function of taking pictures cannot be completed. In the following embodiments, the panel 10 is a front glass plate, and the camera 20 is the front camera 20 as an example for explanation.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 . FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an embodiment in the direction II-II in FIG. 1 of the present application.

The panel 10 is provided with a light-transmitting area 11, and the light-transmitting area 11 allows the light of the object to be photographed to pass through. The light guide 30 is aligned with the light-transmitting area 11 and extends to the lens 21 of the camera 20 . The light of the object to be photographed passes through the light-transmitting area 11 and then enters the light guide 30 , and is transmitted to the light guide 30 through at least one total reflection of the light guide 30 . At the lens 21 of the camera 20 (marked by the dotted arrow in FIG. 2 ). It is worth noting that the panel 10 does not necessarily have only the light-transmitting area 11 that can transmit light. The light-transmitting area 11 is only named here for the convenience of description, and specifically refers to the panel 10 that allows the light of the object to be photographed to pass through to the camera 20 Area.

Specifically, the light-transmitting area 11 includes a light-transmitting incident surface 112 and a light-transmitting exit surface 114. The light of the object to be photographed passes through the light-transmitting incident surface 112 to enter the panel 10, and then passes through the light-transmitting exit surface 114 to exit the panel. 10 shots. More specifically, the light-transmitting incident surface 112 and the light-transmitting exit surface 114 may be parallel or non-parallel to each other, the light-transmitting incident surface 112 may coincide with the front surface of the panel 10 , and the light-transmitting exit surface 114 may be parallel to the front surface of the panel 10 . The rear surfaces coincide.

It should be noted that the light-transmitting area 11 allows the light of the object to be photographed to pass through, and the light-transmitting area 11 may be a light-transmitting hole provided on the panel 10 , or the light-transmitting area 11 may be formed by a light-transmitting material on the panel 10 . Physical area.

The light-transmitting area 11 can be circular (as shown in FIG. 1 ), the light-transmitting area 11 can also be a square, and the light-transmitting area 11 can also be a semicircle, a parabola, an ellipse or a part of an ellipse, a triangle, a star. shape and other shapes, which are not listed here. The light-transmitting area 11 may be disposed at the edge of the panel 10 and communicated with the edge of the panel 10 (as shown in FIG. 1 ), and the light-transmitting area 11 may also be disposed at the non-edge of the panel 10 and communicated with the edge of the panel 10 are separated from each other, which is not limited here.

The camera 20 receives the light of the object to be photographed, and then converts the light of the object to be photographed into electrical signals, so that the electronic device acquires the image information of the object to be photographed. The camera 20 can be used in the process of the user taking pictures or videos, the camera 20 can also be used in the process of the user scanning the face to pay, the camera 20 can also be used in the process of video chat, and the camera 20 can also be used in other application scenarios, Not listed here.

The camera 20 includes a lens 21, and the lens 21 is used for receiving the light of the object to be photographed. The lens 21 may be disposed on one surface of the camera 20, and the lens 21 is formed by laminating a plurality of lenses. The camera 20 further includes a processing module for processing the light of the object to be photographed acquired by the lens 21 , and the processing module can convert the light information of the object to be photographed into electrical signals. Therefore, it can be understood that the area of the lens 21 is smaller than that of the camera 20. Preferably, the camera 20 only needs to project the light of the object to be photographed onto the lens 21 to enable the camera 20 to obtain the light information of the object to be photographed. The projection on the panel 10 partially overlaps with the light-transmitting area 11 of the panel 10 , and the light-transmitting area 11 of the panel 10 may be much smaller than the surface area of the lens 21 of the camera 20 .

The light guide member 30 includes a light guide incident surface 302 and a light guide exit surface 304 . The light guide incident surface 302 faces the light transmission exit surface 114 , and the light guide exit surface 304 faces the lens 21 of the camera 20 .

In one embodiment, the light-guiding incident surface 302 of the light-guiding member 30 is in contact with the light-transmitting exiting surface 114 of the light-transmitting area 11 , so that the light of the object to be photographed passes through the light-transmitting area 11 and directly enters the light-guiding member 30 , Specifically, the light guide incident surface 302 can be attached to the light transmission exit surface 114 , and the light of the object to be photographed entering the light guide member 30 is emitted from the light guide exit surface 304 to the lens 21 .

Optionally, the light-transmitting exit surface 114 or the light-guiding incident surface 302 can be provided with an ink layer with a certain light-transmitting effect, and the light transmittance of the ink layer is in the range of 40%-80%. At this time, the light information of the photographed object is It can normally enter the light guide column through the ink layer, and the human eye cannot normally recognize the existence of the light guide column, which further improves the aesthetics of the electronic device. It can be understood that, in the implementation where the light-transmitting exit surface 114 or the light-guiding incident surface 302 is provided with an ink layer with a certain light-transmitting effect, the brightness of the light of the photographed object after passing through the ink layer will be lost or attenuated. The present application compensates for the attenuation part caused by the light brightness passing through the ink layer through a software algorithm.

In this embodiment, the light guide member 30 can guide the light of the object to be photographed from the light-transmitting area 11 to the lens 21, so that the camera 20 may not be arranged at the position corresponding to the light-transmitting area 11, and the camera 20 can be arranged freely It has a large degree, which is convenient for the overall layout of the components in the electronic device. Secondly, the light-transmitting area 11 of the panel 10 is no longer limited by the volume of the lens 21 of the camera 20. The size of the light-transmitting area 11 of the panel 10 is only related to the size of the light guide 30. The light-transmitting area 11 of the panel 10 can do It is small, thereby improving the overall aesthetics of the electronic device. For example, when the camera 20 is the front camera 20, due to the introduction of the light guide member 30, the area of the light transmission area 11 can be reduced to significantly increase the screen ratio of the electronic device; when the camera 20 is the rear camera 20, because the light guide The introduction of the component 30 can reduce the size of the opening of the rear shell and improve the integrity of the rear shell.

In addition, the light-guiding incident surface 302 is in contact with the light-transmitting exit surface 114, and the light of the object to be photographed passes through the light-transmitting and exiting surface 114 and then directly passes through the light-guiding incident surface 302 and enters the light guide member 30, so that the light of the photographed object passes through the light-transmitting exit surface 114. The light will not be attenuated too much in the process of entering the light guide member 30 from the light transmission area 11, so that the light intensity of the object to be photographed entering the light guide member 30 is closer to the intensity of ambient light, ensuring that the object to be photographed is picture quality. In some embodiments, the areas of the light guide incident surface 302 and the light transmission exit surface 114 may be equal. Specifically, the light guide incident surface 302 and the light transmission exit surface 114 have the same shape and size, so that the light guide incident surface is equal in size and shape. 302 can receive the light of the photographed object passing through the light-transmitting and exiting surface 114 to the maximum extent.

The light guide exit surface 304 is disposed corresponding to the lens 21 , and the light of the object to be photographed can pass through the light guide exit surface 304 to exit the light guide member 30 and enter the lens 21 . Specifically, the light guide exit surface 304 is set corresponding to the lens 21 . In the embodiment of the present application, the light guide exit surface 304 is aligned with the lens 21 , and the light guide exit surface 304 is attached to the lens 21 to reduce the exposure of the object to be photographed. The attenuation of light between the light guide exit surface 304 and the lens 21 further improves the detection accuracy of the camera 20 . Of course, the light guide exit surface 304 can also be spaced apart from the lens 21 by a predetermined distance, and the predetermined distance can be selected according to the overall layout of the electronic device.

Optionally, the electronic device further includes a display screen 40 , and the display screen 40 is disposed between the panel 10 and the camera 20 . The display screen 40 includes a display area, and the display area includes image pixels for displaying video, image, text, icon and other data information. The display screen 40 may be an OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode) display screen 40 or a flexible OLED display screen 40 or a liquid crystal display screen 40 (Liquid Crystal Display, LCD).

In some embodiments, the display screen 40 is provided with a through groove 41 at a position corresponding to the light transmission area 11 , and the area of the through groove 41 may be greater than or equal to the area of the light transmission area 11 .

The through groove 41 can be a notch formed on the edge of the display screen 40 , and the number of the notch can be one or more, and the specific number of the notch is determined according to the number of the light guide members 30 . The shape of the notch can be a semicircle, a parabola (as shown in FIG. 3 ), a rectangle, an ellipse or a part of an ellipse, a triangle, a star, and the like.

The through grooves 41 may also be through holes spaced apart from the edge of the display screen 40 . The number of through holes may be one or more, and the shape of the through holes is not limited, and may be circular (as shown in FIG. 4 ), regular hexagon, regular octagon, rectangle, ellipse, triangle, star and other shapes.

Please refer to FIG. 2 and FIG. 5 . FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a light guide column provided by the present application.

The light guide member 30 includes an incident column 32 and a reflection column 34 , the light guide incident surface 302 is arranged on the front end surface of the incident column 32 , the light guide exit surface 304 is arranged on the rear end surface of the reflection column 34 , and the incident column 32 faces the light transmission area 11 . The reflection column 34 is connected with the incident column 32 and extends toward the lens 21 of the camera 20 to face the lens 21. A reflection surface 306 is provided on the peripheral surface of the reflection column 34 to reflect the light of the object to be photographed inside the light guide column.

The light guide 30 is a columnar solid structure, and the light of the photographed object propagates in the light guide 30 without damage. Specifically, the interior of the light guide 30 can be formed of transparent materials such as transparent glass, transparent plastic, etc. The light of the object to be photographed propagates in the solid light guide member 30, and the advantage compared with the propagation of light in the air is that the energy loss caused by the dust in the air to the light of the object to be photographed is avoided, thereby improving the quality of the object to be photographed. The light transmits the energy to the lens 21 of the camera 20 , thereby improving the shooting quality of the camera 20 . The surface of the light guide 30 may be coated with a reflective coating such as metal (eg, aluminum, silver, etc.), and when the light of the object to be photographed travels in the light guide 30, the reflective coating may reflect the light of the object to be photographed. The light rays may help confine the light within the light guide 30 . The light guide incident surface 302 and the light guide exit surface 304 are not coated with a reflective coating to allow the light of the object to be photographed to enter or exit the light guide member 30 .

The light guide incident surface 302 is disposed on the incident column 32 , and the incident column 32 passes through the through groove 41 so that the light guide incident surface 302 is in contact with the light transmission exit surface 114 . Specifically, the light guide incident surface 302 is disposed on the top surface of the incident column 32 , and the light guide incident surface 302 can completely occupy the top surface of the incident column 32 to reduce the volume of the incident column 32 . In some embodiments, the outer wall of the incident column 32 is abutted against the inner wall of the through slot 41, so that the incident column 32 is arranged more compactly in the through slot 41, thereby reducing the size of the through slot 41 and increasing the area of the display area to improve the In addition, the screen ratio of the electronic device can also play a role in limiting the position of the incident column 32 . The shape of the incident column 32 can be matched with the shape of the inner wall of the through slot 41 . Specifically, when the inner wall of the incident column 32 is arc-shaped, the shape of the incident column 32 can be set to a cylindrical shape, which is in contact with the incident column 32 . When the inner wall of the beam is straight, the shape of the incident column 32 can be set as a rectangular parallelepiped, so that the incident column 32 and the through slot 41 fit more closely and further reduce the size of the through slot 41 .

In other embodiments, the diameter of the light guide column 30 gradually increases from the incident column 32 to the reflection column 34, so that the area of the light guide incident surface 302 is reduced on the premise of ensuring the normal transmission of the light of the photographed object, thereby reducing the The size of the opening of the small through-slot 41 .

5 , the reflective column 34 extends from the end of the incident column 32 away from the light-guiding incident surface 302 toward the lens 21 . The reflective column 34 is provided with a light-guiding reflective surface 306 , and the light of the object to be photographed can be reflected by the light-guiding reflective surface. 306 reflects and exits the reflective column 34 . After the light of the object to be photographed enters from the light guide incident surface 302 , the light of the object to be photographed is emitted from the light guide exit surface 304 after being repeatedly reflected by the light guide reflection surface 306 .

In this embodiment, the light guide incident surface 302 and the light guide exit surface 304 are parallel or approximately parallel to each other, and the light of the photographed object is transmitted to the lens 21 of the camera 20 through two total reflections in the light guide 30 .

Please refer to FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 , FIG. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view of another embodiment in the direction II-II in FIG. 1 of the present application, and FIG. 7 is a schematic structural view of another embodiment of the light guide column provided by the present application.

In this embodiment, the light guide incident surface 302 and the light guide exit surface 304 are perpendicular or approximately perpendicular to each other, and the light of the photographed object is transmitted to the lens 21 of the camera 20 through a total reflection in the light guide member 30 . In FIGS. 6 and 7 , the dashed arrows represent the propagation paths of the light rays of the photographed object.

Please refer to FIG. 8 , which is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of the light guide column provided by the present application.

The light guide 30 further includes a fixing base 36, the fixing base 36 is connected with the reflection column 34, and the fixing base 36 can be fixedly connected with the front shell, the rear shell, the circuit board or other parts in the electronic device, so that the light guide 30 can pass through. The fixing base 36 is firmly fixed inside the electronic device. In this embodiment, the fixing base 36 is in a sheet shape, so as to increase the bonding area between the fixing base 36 and the casing.

The above description is only an embodiment of the present application, and is not intended to limit the scope of the patent of the present application. Any equivalent structure or equivalent process transformation made by using the contents of the description and drawings of the present application, or directly or indirectly applied to other related technologies Fields are similarly included within the scope of patent protection of this application.

Claims (12)

1. a kind of electronic device characterized by comprising

Panel is provided with transparent area；

Camera, the camera lens of the camera is for obtaining the light for being photographed object, and the camera lens of the camera is in the panel On projection at most partly overlap with the transparent area；And

Light guide is column entity structure, and the light guide is directed at the transparent area and extends at the camera lens of the camera, Wherein, the light for being photographed object enters the light guide after passing through the transparent area, and via the light guide at least one Secondary total reflection is transferred at the camera lens of the camera.

2. electronic device according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the light guide includes incident column, the incidence column It abuts to the transparent area, so that the light for being photographed object is directly entered the incident column after passing through the transparent area.

3. electronic device according to claim 2, which is characterized in that the light guide further includes from the incident column to institute The reflection pillar extended at the camera lens of camera is stated, is provided with reflecting surface in the reflection pillar, the light for being photographed object can At the camera lens of the reflective surface to the camera.

4. according to claim 1 to electronic device described in 3 any one, which is characterized in that the transparent area includes that light transmission enters Face and transmissive exit face are penetrated, the light for being photographed object passes through the light transmission plane of incidence to enter the panel and pass through described To project from the panel, the light guide includes the guide-lighting plane of incidence and guide-lighting exit facet in transmissive exit face, and the leaded light enters Penetrate face and the transmissive exit face contact, camera lens of the leaded light exit facet towards the camera, the light for being photographed object Line can pass through the guide-lighting exit facet to project the camera lens into the camera.

5. electronic device according to claim 4, which is characterized in that the leaded light plane of incidence and the guide-lighting exit facet phase Mutually parallel, the light for being photographed object is transferred to the camera lens of the camera in the light guide by total reflection twice.

6. electronic device according to claim 4, which is characterized in that the leaded light plane of incidence and the guide-lighting exit facet phase Mutually vertical, the light for being photographed object is transferred to the camera lens of the camera in the light guide by primary total reflection.

7. electronic device according to claim 3, which is characterized in that the light guide further includes fixing seat, the fixation Seat is connect with the reflection pillar, and the fixing seat is for fixing the light guide.

8. electronic device according to claim 2, which is characterized in that the electronic device further includes display screen, described aobvious Display screen is arranged between the panel and the camera, and the display screen offers logical in position corresponding with the transparent area Slot, the incidence column pass through the through slot to contact with the transparent area.

9. electronic device according to claim 8, which is characterized in that the through slot is the edge for being formed in the display screen On notch.

10. electronic device according to claim 8, which is characterized in that the through slot is the edge phase with the display screen The through-hole at interval.

11. according to electronic device described in claim 8 to 10 any one, which is characterized in that it is described incidence column outer wall with The inner wall of the through slot offsets, to realize the limit to the incident column.

12. electronic device according to claim 4, which is characterized in that the transmissive exit face is described guide-lighting incident Face is provided with light transmittance ink layer within the scope of 40%-80%.