CN112887538B

CN112887538B - Electronic device

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Publication number: CN112887538B
Application number: CN202110066791.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 吴兴勤
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-01-19
Filing date: 2021-01-19
Publication date: 2022-02-25
Anticipated expiration: 2041-01-19
Also published as: CN112887538A

Abstract

The application discloses electronic equipment, electronic equipment that discloses includes the equipment casing, the camera lens, actuating mechanism and removal connecting piece, actuating mechanism sets up in the equipment casing, and actuating mechanism links to each other with the camera lens, at least one of equipment casing and camera lens is provided with the guide way, the part that removes the connecting piece is located the guide way, and the camera lens passes through removal connecting piece and the portable cooperation of equipment casing, be provided with the flexible structure that can stretch out and draw back in the moving direction of camera lens in the guide way, flexible structure has extension state and shrink state, under the condition that flexible structure is in the shrink state, actuating mechanism drive camera lens removes along the guide way, under the condition that flexible structure is in extension state, flexible structure and removal connecting piece are at the spacing cooperation of moving direction of camera lens. The scheme can solve the problem that the service life of the electronic equipment is influenced due to the fact that the lens collides with components in the electronic equipment.

Description

Electronic device

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of shooting of electronic equipment, in particular to electronic equipment.

Background

With the increase of user demands, the shooting performance of electronic devices is continuously optimized. The more prominent expression is as follows: more and more electronic devices are equipped with camera modules capable of zooming. In a specific zooming process, the driving mechanism drives the lens to move, so that the aim of zooming is fulfilled.

In the electronic device disclosed in the related art, the driving mechanism is usually an electromagnetic driving mechanism, that is, the driving mechanism drives the lens to move by magnetic force during power-on, and after power-off, the constraint of the driving mechanism on the lens disappears, and the lens can move freely. In the using process of the user, the user shakes the electronic equipment, and then the user experience is influenced, wherein the sound is generated by collision between the lens and components in the electronic equipment. Meanwhile, the lens collides with components in the electronic device, which also affects the service life of the electronic device.

Disclosure of Invention

The application discloses an electronic device, which aims to solve the problem that the service life of the electronic device is influenced due to the fact that a lens collides with a component in the electronic device.

In order to solve the above problems, the following technical solutions are adopted in the present application:

the application discloses an electronic device, which comprises a device shell, a lens, a driving mechanism and a movable connecting piece, wherein the driving mechanism is arranged on the device shell, the driving mechanism is connected with the lens, at least one of the equipment shell and the lens is provided with a guide groove, the movable connecting piece part is positioned in the guide groove, the lens is movably matched with the equipment shell through the movable connecting piece, a telescopic structural piece which can be telescopic in the moving direction of the lens is arranged in the guide groove, the telescopic structural piece has an extension state and a contraction state, under the condition that the telescopic structural part is in the contraction state, the driving mechanism drives the lens to move along the guide groove, and under the condition that the telescopic structural part is in the extension state, the telescopic structural part is in limit fit with the movable connecting part in the moving direction of the lens.

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

in the electronic equipment disclosed in the application, can be provided with the telescopic structure that can stretch out and draw back in the moving direction of camera lens in the guide way, telescopic structure can have extension state and shrink state to make telescopic structure can extend or shrink along the moving direction of camera lens. Under the condition that telescopic structure is in the shrink state, actuating mechanism can drive the camera lens and remove along the guide way, move the connecting piece promptly and remove on the guide way with the guide way cooperation of leading, thereby make the camera lens can with the guide way cooperation of leading, and do reciprocating motion, under the condition that telescopic structure is in the extension state, move connecting piece and telescopic structure spacing cooperation, and meanwhile, move connecting piece and guide way spacing cooperation, thereby make the moving connecting piece move on spacing space and receive the restriction, thereby make telescopic structure and moving connecting piece at the spacing cooperation of moving direction of camera lens, and then make the camera lens can fix a position on equipment housing.

In the use of the function of making a video recording at electronic equipment, telescopic structure can be in the contraction state, the camera lens is reciprocating motion on the guide way through removing the connecting piece, thereby satisfy the user requirement of making a video recording of user, when the user stops to use electronic equipment's the function of making a video recording, telescopic structure can switch into the extension state, thereby make removal connecting piece and the spacing cooperation of telescopic structure, and then make the camera lens spacing on the equipment casing, when the user rocks electronic equipment, because the camera lens is spacing on the equipment casing, so the camera lens can not collide with other parts in the electronic equipment, thereby the life of extension camera lens and other parts, and then the life of extension electronic equipment.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic partial structural diagram of a first electronic device disclosed in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a portion of the structure of FIG. 1;

fig. 3 is a partial structural schematic view of a second electronic device disclosed in the embodiment of the present application, in which a telescopic structure is in an extended state;

fig. 4 is a partial structural schematic view of a second electronic device disclosed in the embodiment of the present application, in a state where a telescopic structure is in a retracted state;

fig. 5 is a partial structural schematic view of a third electronic device disclosed in the embodiment of the present application, in which a telescopic structure is in an extended state;

fig. 6 is a partial structural schematic view of a third electronic device disclosed in the embodiment of the present application, in a state where a telescopic structure is in a retracted state;

fig. 7 is a partial structural schematic view of a first electronic device disclosed in an embodiment of the present application, where a telescopic structure is in an extended state;

fig. 8 is a partial structural schematic view of a first electronic device disclosed in an embodiment of the present application, where a telescopic structure is in a contracted state;

fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a part of an electronic device disclosed in an embodiment of the present application.

Description of reference numerals:

100-equipment shell, 110-guide groove, 120-second rolling fit groove;

200-lens, 210-guide groove, 220-first rolling fit groove;

300-drive mechanism, 310-permanent magnet, 320-electromagnetic coil, 330-hall sensor;

400-moving the link;

500-flexible electrical connector, 510-elastic section, 520-attachment section;

600-a telescoping structure;

700-a rigid circuit board;

800-photosensitive chip;

900 — reflector.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present application more apparent, the technical solutions of the present application will be described in detail and completely with reference to the following specific embodiments of the present application and the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood that the embodiments described are only a few embodiments of the present application and not all embodiments. 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 application.

Technical solutions disclosed in the embodiments of the present application are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to fig. 1 to 9, an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a device housing 100, a lens 200, a driving mechanism 300, and a movable connector 400.

The apparatus housing 100 is a base for mounting the lens 200, the driving mechanism 300, and the moving link 400, and at the same time, can provide protection for the lens 200, the driving mechanism 300, and the moving link 400.

The electronic equipment disclosed by the embodiment of the application comprises the camera shooting functional device, the camera shooting functional device comprises the lens 200, the lens 200 is movably arranged in the equipment shell 100, the moving direction of the lens 200 is the optical axis direction of the lens, and the lens 200 can realize zooming of the camera shooting functional device through moving.

The drive mechanism 300 is disposed within the device housing 100, optionally the drive mechanism 300 is disposed within the device housing 100. The driving mechanism 300 may be connected to the lens 200, and the driving mechanism 300 drives the lens 200 to move along the optical axis direction thereof, so as to achieve the purpose of zooming.

At least one of the apparatus housing 100 and the lens 200 may be provided with a guide groove. In the case where the apparatus case 100 is provided with the guide groove, the apparatus case 100 is provided with the guide groove 110. In the case where the lens 200 is provided with a guide groove, the lens 200 is provided with a guide groove 210.

The moving connector 400 is partially located in the guide groove, i.e., the guide groove 110 and/or the guide groove 210, and the moving connector 400 moves relative to the guide groove, and the lens 200 may be movably engaged with the apparatus housing 100 by the moving connector 400.

The guide groove 110 and/or the guide groove 210 may be provided therein with a telescopic structure 600 that is telescopic in a moving direction of the lens 200, and specifically, the telescopic structure 600 may have an extended state and a retracted state, and the telescopic structure 600 extends or retracts in the moving direction of the lens 200 (i.e., in an optical axis direction of the lens 200), so as to switch between the extended state and the retracted state.

With the telescopic structure 600 in the contracted state, the driving mechanism 300 may drive the lens 200 to move along the guide groove 110 and/or the guide groove 210, so that the lens 200 may move in the guide direction of the guide groove by moving the connector 400;

under the condition that the telescopic structure 600 is in the extended state, the movable connector 400 is in limit fit with the telescopic structure 600, so that the movable connector 400 cannot move along the guide groove 110 or the guide groove 210, and therefore the telescopic structure 600 is in limit fit with the movable connector 400 in the moving direction of the lens 200, and the lens 200 can be positioned on the device housing 100.

When the camera function device of the electronic device is used, the telescopic structure 600 can be in a contracted state, and the lens 200 makes reciprocating motion on the guide groove by moving the connecting piece 400, so that the zooming requirement of the user for shooting is met. When the user stops using the camera function of the electronic device, the telescopic structure 600 is switched to the extended state, so that the movable connector 400 is in limit fit with the telescopic structure 600, and the lens 200 is limited on the device housing 100. When the user shakes the electronic device, the lens 200 is limited on the device housing 100, so that the lens 200 does not collide with other components in the electronic device, the service life of the lens 200 and other components can be prolonged, and the service life of the electronic device can be prolonged.

In the embodiment of the present application, the moving link 400 may be a slider, and the slider moves on the guide groove 110 and/or the guide groove 210. Of course, the moving connector 400 may have other structures, and in an alternative manner, the moving connector 400 may be a rolling body, the moving connector 400 may be in rolling fit with the guide groove 110 and/or the guide groove 210, and the moving connector 400 is in rolling fit with both the device housing 100 and the lens 200, the rolling body is in rolling fit with the guide groove 110 and/or the guide groove 210 in a point contact or line contact manner, during the rolling fit of the rolling body with the guide groove 110 and/or the guide groove 210, since a contact area between the rolling body and the guide groove 110 and/or the guide groove 210 is small, a friction force received by the rolling body is small, so that a resistance received by the driving mechanism 300 in a moving process of driving the lens 200 and the device housing 100 is small, and a moving motion of the lens 200 is smooth.

In the embodiment of the present application, in the case where one of the apparatus case 100 and the lens 200 is provided with the guide groove, specifically, the apparatus case 100 may be provided with the guide groove 110, or the lens 200 may be provided with the guide groove 210. In this case, in an alternative scheme, in the case where the device case 100 is provided with the guide groove 110, the lens 200 may be provided with a first rolling-fit groove 220 adapted to the shape of the moving connector 400, the moving connector 400 may be fitted in the first rolling-fit groove 220, specifically, a portion of the moving connector 400 may be fitted in the first rolling-fit groove 220, and the moving connector 400 is rolling-fitted in the first rolling-fit groove 220, in which case the moving connector 400 can be rolling-fitted with the lens 200 but cannot move relative to the lens 200, and can only move relative to the guide groove 110. Such a structure can improve the rolling stability of the movable connector 400 and prevent the movable connector 400 from being displaced randomly.

In another alternative, in the case that the lens 200 is provided with the guide groove 210, the lens 200 may be provided with a second rolling-fit groove 120 adapted to the shape of the moving connector 400, a portion of the moving connector 400 may be embedded in the second rolling-fit groove 120, and the moving connector 400 is rolling-fitted with the second rolling-fit groove 120. Similarly, in this case, the moving link 400 can be roll-fitted to the device case 100, but cannot move with respect to the device case 100 but can move with respect to the guide groove 210. Such a structure can improve the rolling stability of the movable connector 400 and prevent the movable connector 400 from being displaced randomly.

In the embodiment of the present application, in the case where the apparatus housing 100 is provided with the guide groove 110 and the lens 200 is provided with the guide groove 210, and in the case where the telescopic structure 600 is in the contracted state, the moving connector 400 is movably engaged with the guide groove 110 of the apparatus housing 100 and the guide groove 210 of the lens 200, respectively, in which case, the movement of the moving connector 400 is more flexible, thereby more facilitating the movement of the lens 200 with respect to the apparatus housing 100.

When the retractable structure 600 is in the extended state, the movable connector 400 is in a limit fit in a first limit space formed by the retractable structure 600 and the guide groove 110, and meanwhile, the movable connector 400 is in a limit fit in a second limit space formed by the retractable structure 600 and the guide groove 210, so that the fixed positioning of the movable connector 400 is ensured, and the positioning of the lens 200 is facilitated.

In the installation process of the moving link 400, an installer only needs to place the moving link 400 in the installation space formed by the guide groove 110 of the device case 100 and the guide groove 210 of the lens 200, thereby making the installation of the moving link 400 convenient and saving the installation time.

In the embodiment of the present application, the telescopic structure 600 may be a hydraulic telescopic structure, a pneumatic telescopic structure, or the like, and the embodiment of the present application does not limit the specific type of the telescopic structure 600. In an alternative, the structural member 600 may be an electro-mechanical structural member, such as a shape memory alloy member. Specifically, the retractable structure 600 can be switched between a retracted state and an extended state by turning on or off the power supply, so that the retractable structure 600 is easier to control and is convenient for a user to use, when the user uses the camera function of the electronic device, the retractable structure 600 is powered on, so that the retractable structure 600 is in the retracted state, and the lens 200 can move on the device housing 100; when the user stops using the image capturing function of the electronic device, the telescopic structure 600 is powered off, so that the telescopic structure 600 is in the extended state, and the lens 200 can be positioned on the device housing 100.

In the embodiment of the present application, the electronic device may further include a flexible electrical connector 500, the flexible electrical connector 500 includes an elastic section 510 and an attachment section 520, specifically, the attachment section 520 may be electrically connected to the elastic section 510, the elastic section 510 may be disposed between the lens 200 and the device housing 100, when the retractable structure 600 is in a retracted state, the lens 200 may move, the elastic section 510 may be stretched along with the movement of the lens 200, so as to prevent the elastic section 510 from being pulled apart during the movement of the lens 200 to cause electrical connection failure, and the attachment section 520 may be attached to the lens 200 and electrically connected to the retractable structure 600 disposed on the lens 200, the attachment section 520 moves along with the lens 200 and is attached to the lens 200, so that the attachment section 520 may be prevented from being entangled with other components during the movement of the lens 200. This structure of the flexible electrical connector 500 ensures the electrical connection of the telescopic structure 600 provided on the lens 200 without affecting the movement of the lens 200.

In a further technical scheme, elastic section 510 can be for bending the elastic section, specifically, the elastic section of bending can be spring-like structure, the elastic section of bending possesses elastic deformation's characteristics, when the elastic section of bending is in tensile state, the elastic section of bending can receive the contractile force that self deformation produced to make the elastic section of bending be in the state of comparatively tightening, thereby flexible when making the elastic section of bending move along with camera lens 200, thereby the removal of adaptation camera lens 200.

In the embodiment of the present application, the retractable structure 600 may be an electric retractable structure, and the retractable structure 600 may be switched between the retracted state and the extended state by turning on or off the electric retractable structure, during the installation of the telescopic structure 600, the telescopic structure 600 may be connected to the guide groove 210 or the guide groove 110 by means of bonding, screw connection, or the like, in an alternative manner, the inner side wall of the guide groove 210 or the guide groove 110 may be provided with a rigid circuit board 700, and the telescopic member 600 may be soldered on the rigid circuit board 700, and electrically connected with the rigid circuit board 700, since the connection strength between the telescopic member 600 and the rigid circuit board 700 can be improved by the welding process, the fixation of the telescopic member 600 on the rigid circuit board 700 is facilitated, thereby facilitating stable installation of the telescopic structure 600 in the guide groove 210 and/or the guide groove 110.

In the embodiment of the present application, the guide groove 110 and/or the guide groove 210 may include a first inner sidewall and a second inner sidewall sequentially arranged along the guiding direction thereof, the first inner sidewall and the second inner sidewall may be provided with the telescopic structure 600, and the movable connector 400 is located between the telescopic structure 600 arranged on the first inner sidewall and the telescopic structure 600 arranged on the second inner sidewall.

Specifically, when the telescopic structural member 600 is powered off, the telescopic structural members 600 of the first inner side wall and the second inner side wall are both in an extended state, the movable connecting member 400 is in contact with and in limit fit with the telescopic structural member 600 of the first inner side wall, and the movable connecting member 400 is in contact with and in limit fit with the telescopic structural member 600 of the second inner side wall; when the telescopic structure 600 is powered on, the telescopic structure 600 arranged on the first inner side wall and the telescopic structure 600 arranged on the second inner side wall are both in a contraction state, and the movable connecting piece 400 moves in a movement range formed by the telescopic structure 600 on the first inner side wall and the telescopic structure 600 on the second inner side wall.

The telescopic structure member 600 of the first inner sidewall and the telescopic structure member 600 of the second inner sidewall may be close to each other to be extended or far away from each other to be contracted, thereby improving the telescopic efficiency of the telescopic structure member 600.

In this embodiment, the electronic device further includes a photosensitive chip 800 and a reflector 900, specifically, the device housing 100 may be provided with a light inlet, the photosensitive chip 800, the lens 200, and the reflector 900 may be sequentially disposed in a first direction, the first direction intersects with a through direction of the light inlet, and the light inlet extends along a thickness direction of the electronic device. In a general case, an electronic device includes a display screen, and a direction perpendicular to the display screen may be considered as a thickness direction of the electronic device. When a user uses the image capturing function of the electronic device, the lens 200 can move toward or away from the reflector 900, and the reflector 900 can reflect the light passing through the light inlet into the lens 200, and then the light is finally sensed by the sensor chip 800 through the lens 200. The periscopic shooting structure can be formed, and is beneficial to the light and thin design of electronic equipment, and is also beneficial to providing a longer moving path for the lens 200, so that zooming in a wider range can be realized conveniently.

In the electronic device disclosed in the embodiment of the present application, the driving mechanism 300 can drive the lens 200 through a non-contact force, and specifically, the driving mechanism 300 is an electromagnetic driving mechanism. The driving mechanism 300 may include a permanent magnet 310 and an electromagnetic coil 320, the electromagnetic coil 320 may be disposed on the device case 100, the permanent magnet 310 may be disposed on the lens 200, and the electromagnetic coil 320 and the permanent magnet 310 are electromagnetically engaged with each other when the electromagnetic coil 320 is energized, so that the lens 200 can be driven to move. The moving direction of the lens 200 can be adjusted by changing the direction of energization of the electromagnetic coil 320. Since the electromagnetic coil 320 needs to be energized, the energization of the electromagnetic coil 320 is more easily achieved by disposing the electromagnetic coil 320 on the device case 100, rather than on the moving lens 200. Of course, the positions of the permanent magnet 310 and the electromagnetic coil 320 may be interchanged.

In a further technical solution, the driving mechanism 300 may further include a hall sensor 330, and the hall sensor 330 may detect an electromagnetic change caused in a moving process of the lens 200 to determine a displacement of the lens 200, so that a control module of the electronic device can control start and stop of the driving mechanism 300 according to the displacement of the lens 200.

The electronic device disclosed in the embodiment of the present application may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, an electronic book reader, a wearable device (e.g., smart glasses, a smart watch), a game machine, a medical apparatus, and the like, and the specific kind of the electronic device is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

In the embodiments of the present application, the difference between the embodiments is described in detail, and different optimization features between the embodiments can be combined to form a better embodiment as long as the differences 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 application and is not intended to limit the present application. Various modifications and changes may occur to those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present application should be included in the scope of the claims of the present application.

Claims

1. An electronic device is characterized by comprising a device shell, a lens, a driving mechanism and a movable connecting piece, wherein the driving mechanism is arranged on the device shell and is connected with the lens, at least one of the device shell and the lens is provided with a guide groove, part of the movable connecting piece is positioned in the guide groove, and the lens is movably matched with the device shell through the movable connecting piece;

a telescopic structural member which can be stretched in the moving direction of the lens is arranged in the guide groove, and the telescopic structural member has an extension state and a contraction state;

under the condition that the telescopic structural part is in the contracted state, the driving mechanism drives the lens to move along the guide groove;

under the condition that the telescopic structure part is in the extending state, the telescopic structure part is in limit fit with the movable connecting part in the moving direction of the lens, and then the lens is limited on the equipment shell.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the moving connector is a rolling body, the moving connector is in rolling engagement with the guide groove, and the moving connector is in rolling engagement with both the device housing and the lens.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2, wherein one of the apparatus housing and the lens is provided with the guide groove, wherein:

under the condition that the equipment shell is provided with the guide groove, the lens is provided with a first rolling matching groove matched with the shape of the movable connecting piece, and the movable connecting piece is embedded in the first rolling matching groove;

under the condition that the lens is provided with the guide groove, the equipment shell is provided with a second rolling matching groove matched with the shape of the movable connecting piece in shape, and the movable connecting piece is embedded in the second rolling matching groove.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein in a case where the apparatus housing and the lens are both provided with the guide grooves, the moving connectors are movably engaged with the guide grooves of the apparatus housing and the guide grooves of the lens, respectively, in a case where the telescopic structure is in the collapsed state.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the telescoping structure is an electro-mechanical structure that is switchable between the retracted state and the extended state by turning on and off the electrical power.

6. The electronic device of claim 5, further comprising a flexible electrical connector, wherein the flexible electrical connector comprises an elastic section and an attachment section, the attachment section is electrically connected to the elastic section, the elastic section is disposed between the lens and the device housing, and the attachment section is attached to the lens and electrically connected to the telescopic structure disposed on the lens.

7. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the resilient segment is a bent resilient segment.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the retractable structure is an electrical retractable structure, the retractable structure can be switched between the retracted state and the extended state by turning on or off the electrical retractable structure, a rigid circuit board is disposed on an inner side wall of the guide groove, and the retractable structure is welded on the rigid circuit board and electrically connected with the rigid circuit board.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the guide groove includes a first inner side wall and a second inner side wall sequentially arranged along a guiding direction thereof, the first inner side wall and the second inner side wall are both provided with the telescopic structures, the movable connector is located between the telescopic structures provided on the first inner side wall and the telescopic structures provided on the second inner side wall, and the telescopic structures of the first inner side wall and the telescopic structures of the second inner side wall can approach each other to extend or move away from each other to retract.

10. The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising a light sensing chip and a reflector, wherein the device housing has a light inlet, the light sensing chip, the lens and the reflector are sequentially disposed in a first direction, the first direction intersects with a penetrating direction of the light inlet, and the light inlet extends along a thickness direction of the electronic device.