TWI418285B - Portable electronic device - Google Patents

Description

Portable electronic device

The present invention relates to a portable electronic device, and more particularly to a portable electronic device having an imaging function.

At present, portable electronic devices are not limited to the functions of call and general message management, but also develop toward multimedia communication, such as video, image and music, while portable electronic devices with camera functions can satisfy These requirements.

Conventional portable electronic devices usually have a main camera device disposed on the back side thereof to implement a photographing function, and an auxiliary camera device is disposed on the front side thereof to implement functions such as videophone or self-timer.

Although a camera device is respectively disposed on the front and the back of the portable electronic device to implement functions such as videophone and photographing, a lens protection cover is also required for the main camera device and the auxiliary camera device, thereby increasing the portability. Manufacturing cost of electronic devices.

In view of the above, it is necessary to provide a portable electronic device that is inexpensive to manufacture.

A portable electronic device includes a housing, a first lens disposed on the housing, and a second lens. The portable electronic device further includes an opening and closing module and a hinge a chain device, the second lens is disposed on the surface of the opening and closing module facing the housing, and the opening and closing module is slidably hinged to the housing by the hinge device to make the first lens and the second lens Also exposed or hidden.

Compared with the prior art, when the opening and closing module of the portable electronic device is in a closed state, the opening and closing module covers the first lens and the second lens to protect the first lens and the second lens from Damaged by the outside world. In addition, the opening and closing module can adjust the angle between the opening and closing module and the housing by rotating the hinge device relative to the housing, so that the portable electronic device can be supported by the opening and closing module. Standing on the support surface.

100‧‧‧Mobile Phone

283‧‧‧ hole wall

10‧‧‧Upper shell

284‧‧‧First stop rib

12‧‧‧ first surface

285‧‧‧second stop rib

14‧‧‧Display device

29‧‧‧ third surface

16‧‧‧Key area

292‧‧‧Chute

20‧‧‧ lower case

30‧‧‧Opening and closing module

22‧‧‧ bottom wall

32‧‧‧ fourth surface

24‧‧‧First side wall

322‧‧‧second lens

26‧‧‧Second side wall

324‧‧‧ third stop rib

28‧‧‧ second surface

40‧‧‧ Hinges

281‧‧‧ first shot

42‧‧‧ Fixed Department

282‧‧‧through hole

44‧‧‧Sliding body

1 is an exploded perspective view of a portable electronic device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the portable electronic device shown in FIG. 1; FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the opening and closing module of the portable electronic device shown in FIG. 3; FIG. 5 is a rotation angle of the opening and closing module of the portable electronic device shown in FIG. Schematic diagram of time.

The portable electronic device of the present invention can be a mobile phone, a PDA (personal digital assistant), a computer, or the like. This embodiment is described by taking a mobile phone as an example.

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 3, the mobile phone 100 includes an upper casing 10, a lower casing 20 combined with the upper casing 10, an opening and closing module 30, and a hinge device (not shown). The opening and closing module 30 is assembled on the lower casing 20 by the hinge device.

The upper casing 10 includes a first surface 12 away from the lower casing 20. A display device 14 is disposed in the middle of the first surface 12, and a button region 16 is disposed adjacent to the two ends of the first surface 12. .

As shown in FIG. 2 , the lower casing 20 includes a bottom wall 22 , a first sidewall 24 , and a second sidewall 26 . The first sidewall 24 and the second sidewall 26 are adjacent to each other and are disposed at the bottom. On the wall 22. The bottom wall 22 includes a second surface 28 remote from the upper casing 10 and a third surface 29 facing the upper casing 10. A first lens 281 is disposed in the bottom wall 22, and the first lens 281 exposes the second surface 28, and the first lens 281 can be used to implement the photographing function of the mobile phone 100.

The bottom wall 22 defines two through holes 282 on opposite sides of the first lens 281 to form two opposite hole walls 283 on the bottom wall 22. The through hole 282 is substantially parallel to the first side wall 24. A first stop rib 284 and a second stop rib 285 are protruded from the through hole 282. The first stop rib 284 and the second stop rib 285 respectively occupy the first stop rib 284 The two sides of the lens 281 are substantially parallel to the second side wall 26 . The first stop rib 284 and the second stop rib 285 are used to limit the sliding stroke of the opening and closing module 30 on the lower casing 20 . Referring to FIG. 1 again, the bottom wall 22 defines two sliding slots 292 along the hole wall 283 on the third surface 29, and the sliding slot 292 leads to the hole wall 283. The opening and closing module 30 can be Slide along the chute 292 on the lower casing 20.

The opening and closing module 30 is substantially a square plate-shaped body including a fourth surface 32 facing the first lens 281. A second lens 322 is disposed in the opening and closing module 30, and the second lens 322 exposes the fourth surface 32. The second lens 322 is located at one end of the opening and closing module 30 , and a third stop rib 324 is protruded from the other end of the opening and closing module 30 . The opening and closing module 30 is provided with one end of the third stop rib 324 fixed to the hinge device . Referring to FIG. 3, when the opening and closing module 30 is in a closed state, it covers the first lens 281 to protect the first lens 281 from the outside. The second lens 322 can be used to implement the video call function of the mobile phone 100.

Referring to FIG. 1 again, the hinge device includes two hinges 40. One end of each hinge 40 extends a fixing portion 42. The hinge 40 is fixed to the opening and closing module 30 by the fixing portion 42 and the other end is outward. A slider 44 having a substantially "L" shape in cross section is extended. The fixing portion 42 is a fixing piece, and the fixing manner of the hinge 40 and the opening and closing module 30 is screwed. The sliding body 44 is slidably received in the sliding slot 292.

Referring again to FIG. 1-3, when the opening and closing module 30 is assembled on the lower casing 20, the following steps can be performed: firstly, the opening and closing module 30 is placed on the second surface 28 of the lower casing 20 to cover The first lens 281 abuts the third stop rib 324 with the first stop rib 284; the sliding body 44 of the hinge 40 is slid into the sliding groove 292, and the hinge 40 is fixed The portion 42 is screwed together with the opening and closing module 30, that is, the assembly process is completed.

Referring to FIG. 3, when the opening and closing module 30 is opened, the opening and closing module 30 can be pulled in the direction indicated by the arrow A in FIG. 3, and at this time, the sliding body 44 slides in the sliding slot 292, and up to the When the third stop rib 324 is in contact with the second stop rib 285 (as shown in FIG. 4 ), the opening and closing module 30 is stopped. At this time, the opening and closing module 30 is in an open position, and the first lens 281 is The second lens 322 is exposed to the first lens 281 and the second lens 322. When the opening and closing module 30 needs to be closed, the actuation process is opposite to that when the opening and closing module 30 is opened, and will not be described in detail herein. In addition, since the opening and closing module 30 is disposed on the lower casing 20 by the hinge device, the opening and closing module 30 can be rotated in the direction indicated by the arrow B in FIG. 4, so that the opening and closing module 30 and the opening and closing module 30 are The lower case 20 At a certain angle (as shown in FIG. 5), the mobile phone 100 can be erected on the support surface such as the desktop by the support of the opening and closing module 30.

When the opening and closing module 30 of the mobile phone 100 is in the closed state, it covers the first lens 281 to protect the first lens 281 from the outside, and the second lens 322 is also subjected to the opening and closing mode. The protection of the group 30 allows the opening and closing module 30 to function as a camera protection device without separately providing a protection device to protect the first lens 281 and the second lens 322, thereby reducing the manufacturing cost of the mobile phone 100.

In summary, the present invention complies with the requirements of the invention patent and submits a patent application according to law. However, the above description is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and equivalent modifications or variations made by those skilled in the art in accordance with the spirit of the present invention are It should be covered by the following patent application.

100‧‧‧Mobile Phone

285‧‧‧second stop rib

10‧‧‧Upper shell

30‧‧‧Opening and closing module

20‧‧‧ lower case

322‧‧‧second lens

282‧‧‧through hole

324‧‧‧ third stop rib

284‧‧‧First stop rib

44‧‧‧Sliding body

Claims (8)

A portable electronic device includes a housing, a first lens disposed on the housing, and a second lens. The portable electronic device further includes an opening and closing module and a hinge device. The housing is provided with two sliding slots, the hinge device includes two hinges, one end of each of the hinges extends a sliding body, and the sliding body is slidably disposed in the sliding slot, the second The lens is disposed on the surface of the opening and closing module facing the housing, and the other end of each of the hinges is fixed to the opening and closing module, so that the opening and closing module is slidably hinged to the housing to make the first The lens and the second lens are simultaneously exposed or hidden. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the housing is symmetrically opened on two sides of the first lens, and the extending direction of the through hole and the opening and closing module are The sliding direction is parallel, and the sliding slot is opened on the surface of the housing away from the opening and closing module, and is electrically connected to the through hole. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the sliding body has an "L" shape in cross section. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the hinge device and one end of the opening and closing module are fixed with a fixing portion, and the fixing portion is fixed to the opening and closing module. The portable electronic device of claim 4, wherein the fixing portion and the opening and closing module are fixed by screwing. The portable electronic device of claim 5, wherein the housing is spaced apart from the surface of the opening and closing module by two first stop ribs, the first stop rib The method is for limiting a sliding stroke of the opening and closing module relative to the housing. The portable electronic device of claim 6, wherein the opening and closing module is disposed on the surface of the housing with a second stop rib that abuts the first stop rib. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the opening and closing module adjusts an angle between the opening and closing module and the housing by rotating the hinge device relative to the housing, so that The portable electronic device is supported by the opening and closing module and stands on the support surface.