CN112887553A - Camera shooting assembly and electronic equipment - Google Patents

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CN112887553A
CN112887553A CN202110089562.8A CN202110089562A CN112887553A CN 112887553 A CN112887553 A CN 112887553A CN 202110089562 A CN202110089562 A CN 202110089562A CN 112887553 A CN112887553 A CN 112887553A
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Abstract

The application discloses subassembly and electronic equipment make a video recording, the subassembly that makes a video recording includes: a lens assembly; the lens assembly is arranged on the base; the image sensor is arranged on the base, and the lens assembly and the image sensor are arranged at intervals along the optical axis direction of the lens assembly; the base is movably arranged on the bracket; the driving structure is connected with the base, and the driving structure can drive the base to move. In the shooting process, the inclination angle of the base can be adjusted through the base activity driven by the driving structure, and then the inclination angle of the lens component and the image sensor is adjusted, so that the image entering the camera shooting component still falls into the original position of the image sensor, and the quality of the shot image is improved.

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Camera shooting assembly and electronic equipment
Technical Field
The application belongs to the technical field of camera shooting, and particularly relates to a camera shooting assembly and electronic equipment.
Background
At present, mobile phone photographing and video recording become the most frequent functions of people, and people also put forward higher requirements on the camera. Shaking is easily caused during photographing, and imaging is unstable during shaking, resulting in poor quality of photographed images.
Disclosure of Invention
The embodiment of the application aims to provide a camera shooting assembly and electronic equipment, and aims to solve the problem that the quality of a shot image is poor due to the fact that shake is easily caused in the shooting process.
In order to solve the technical problem, the present application is implemented as follows:
in a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an image capturing assembly, including:
a lens assembly;
the lens assembly is arranged on the base;
the image sensor is arranged on the base, and the lens assembly and the image sensor are arranged at intervals along the optical axis direction of the lens assembly;
the base is movably arranged on the bracket;
the driving structure is connected with the base, and the driving structure can drive the base to move.
Wherein, still include:
the rotating shaft is arranged on the bracket;
the supporting seat is movably arranged on the rotating shaft, and the base is arranged on the supporting seat.
Wherein, still include: the protection seat is provided with a cavity with an opening at one side, the support is arranged in the cavity and connected with the protection seat, and the base and the image sensor are positioned in the cavity.
Wherein the driving structure comprises:
a coil connected to the base;
and the magnet is arranged at the position, corresponding to the coil, on the protective seat, and the coil and the magnet can be attracted magnetically under the condition that the coil is electrified.
The coil is provided with a plurality of coils which are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the base, and each coil corresponds to one magnet.
Wherein, still include: the coil is arranged on the first circuit board, and the coil is electrically connected with the first circuit board.
Wherein, still include: the detection structure is used for detecting the position and/or the jitter offset of the base and is connected with the base;
and the control module controls the driving structure to drive the base to move according to the position and/or the jitter offset.
Wherein, still include: a second circuit board electrically connected with the image sensor.
Wherein, still include: and the optical filter is arranged between the lens assembly and the image sensor.
In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device, which includes the camera module in the foregoing embodiment.
The camera shooting assembly according to the embodiment of the application comprises: a lens assembly; the lens assembly is arranged on the base; the image sensor is arranged on the base, and the lens assembly and the image sensor are arranged at intervals along the optical axis direction of the lens assembly; the base is movably arranged on the bracket; the driving structure is connected with the base, and the driving structure can drive the base to move. In the subassembly of making a video recording of this application, the camera lens subassembly with image sensor follows the optical axis direction interval of camera lens subassembly sets up, the drive structure can drive the base activity, at the shooting in-process, when shooting equipment shake, through the drive structure drive the inclination of base can be adjusted in the base activity, and then adjusts the camera lens subassembly with image sensor's inclination for the image that gets into the subassembly of making a video recording still falls into image sensor's original position, and the image skew that causes is trembled to the hand from this offsets, guarantees that equipment still can keep forming images stably in hand trembles the environment, avoids the formation of image unstability that leads to at the shake in-process, improves the quality of shooing the image.
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FIG. 1 is an exploded view of a camera assembly in an embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a camera module according to an embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the support base during installation;
FIG. 4 is an exploded view of the support base and the protection base;
FIG. 5 is another schematic structural diagram of a camera module according to an embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 6a is a diagram illustrating a photographing process without shaking;
FIG. 6b is a diagram illustrating shaking during photographing;
fig. 6c is a schematic diagram of the camera module in the present application after anti-shake during shooting.
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A lens assembly 10;
a base 20;
an image sensor 30;
a bracket 40; a rotating shaft 41; a support base 42; a protective seat 43;
a coil 44; a magnet 45; a first circuit board 46; a second circuit board 47; a glue layer 48;
an optical filter 50; a jig 60.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present application. 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.
The terms first, second and the like in the description and in the claims of the present application are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the data so used is interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of the application are capable of operation in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein. In addition, "and/or" in the specification and claims means at least one of connected objects, a character "/" generally means that a preceding and succeeding related objects are in an "or" relationship.
The following describes the imaging assembly provided in the embodiments of the present application in detail through specific embodiments and application scenarios thereof with reference to fig. 1 to 6 c.
As shown in fig. 1 to 5, the camera module according to the embodiment of the present application includes a lens module 10, a base 20, an image sensor 30, a bracket 40 and a driving structure, wherein the lens module 10 is disposed on the base 20, the image sensor 30 is disposed on the base 20, the lens module 10 and the image sensor 30 are disposed at intervals along an optical axis direction of the lens module 10, and the lens module 10 and the image sensor 30 can be fixed on the base 20, because the lens module 10 and the image sensor 30 are relatively fixed together without relative movement, performance such as imaging stability and impact resistance can be greatly improved, and sealing and dust prevention can be well achieved; the base 20 is movably disposed on the support 40, for example, the base 20 can move on the support 40 in multiple dimensions, so as to adjust the inclination angle of the base 20 as required, so that the image is located at the original imaging position, and the imaging position is prevented from shifting, thereby achieving the anti-shake effect; the driving structure is connected with the base 20, and the driving structure can drive the base 20 to move in multiple dimensions.
In the subassembly of making a video recording of this application, can drive base 20 activity through the drive structure, in the shooting process, when shooting equipment shake, the inclination of base 20 can be adjusted in the activity of drive structure drive base 20, and then adjust lens subassembly 10 and image sensor 30's inclination, make the image that gets into the subassembly of making a video recording still fall into image sensor's original position, the image skew that causes is trembled with the hand from this offsets, guarantee that equipment still can keep the formation of image stable in the environment is trembled to the hand, avoid the formation of image unstability that leads to at the shake in-process, improve the quality of shooing the image.
In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1 to 5, the image capturing assembly further includes a rotation shaft 41 and a support 42, wherein the support 42 may be made of plastic or SUS304, the rotation shaft 41 is disposed on the bracket 40, the bracket 40 may be plate-shaped, the rotation shaft 41 may be column-shaped, the rotation shaft 41 may be perpendicular to the bracket 40, and the rotation shaft 41 may be welded to the bracket 40. The supporting seat 42 is movably disposed on the rotating shaft 41 in multiple dimensions, for example, the supporting seat 42 may be plate-shaped, and the thickness may be selected according to the requirement, for example, the thickness is 0.2cm, and the supporting seat 42 has a supporting function. Be equipped with the through-hole on the supporting seat 42, rotation axis 41 wears in the through-hole, and the radial dimension of through-hole is greater than rotation axis 41's radial dimension for supporting seat 42 can move about in a plurality of dimensions direction, so that adjust supporting seat 42's inclination, base 20 establishes on supporting seat 42, and then adjusts base 20's inclination, thereby is convenient for realize the anti-shake of multidimension degree direction. The image sensor 30 may be located on a side of the base 20 close to the supporting base 42, and the image sensor 30 may be connected to the supporting base 42 through a glue layer 48. Wherein, an axis of the rotation shaft 41 and an axis of the lens assembly 10 and the image sensor 30 may be collinear, the rotation shaft 41 may serve as a rotation center of the support base 42, and the support base 42 may rotate around the rotation shaft 41.
In other embodiments, as shown in fig. 1 to 5, the image capturing assembly further includes a protective seat 43, the protective seat 43 may be in a square or rectangular parallelepiped shape, a cavity with an opening on one side is formed on the protective seat 43, the cavity may be in a square, rectangular parallelepiped or cylindrical shape, the bracket 40 is disposed in the cavity and connected to the protective seat 43, and the bracket 40 may be connected to a bottom side wall of the cavity, for example, by spot welding to connect the bracket 40 to the bottom side wall of the cavity. The base 20 and the image sensor 30 are located in the chamber, and the base 20 and the image sensor 30 are protected from external influences. The base 20 and the image sensor 30 may be spaced apart from the inner sidewall of the chamber to facilitate movement of the base 20. The edge of the bottom side wall of the cavity of the protective seat 43 may be provided with a plurality of openings, for example, four openings, and the plurality of openings may be uniformly spaced along the edge of the bottom side wall, so as to facilitate the installation of other components. When the device is installed, the jig 60 can pass through the opening to lift the supporting seat 42, so that the supporting seat 42 is in a horizontal state, and the supporting seat 42 is ensured to be in the horizontal state when the rotating shaft 41 is fixed.
In the embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 1, the driving structure includes a coil 44 and a magnet 45, wherein the magnet 45 may be a permanent magnet, the coil 44 is connected to the base 20, the magnet 45 is disposed on the protective seat 43 at a position corresponding to the coil 44, and when the coil 44 is energized, the coil 44 and the magnet 45 may magnetically attract each other, and the base 20 may move by the magnetic attraction between the coil 44 and the magnet 45, so as to adjust the tilt angle of the base 20.
In the embodiment of the present application, the coil 44 has a plurality of coils 44, for example, two or four coils 44, the plurality of coils 44 are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the base 20, each coil 44 corresponds to one magnet 45, when the coil 44 is energized, the energized coil 44 and the magnet 45 are magnetically attracted, when one or more coils 44 are energized, the magnetic attraction between the energized coil 44 and the magnet 45 can be controlled by the magnitude of the applied voltage, and then the corresponding coil 44 is energized according to the tilt condition of the base 20, so as to apply an acting force to the base 20, so that the base 20 can move, and thus the adjustment of the tilt angle of the base 20 is achieved.
In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the coils 44 have four coils, one magnet 45 for each coil 44, and the protective seat 43 may be square, with one magnet 45 disposed on each inner sidewall. When the shake occurs during shooting, different voltages may be applied to the two coils 44 opposite to each other, for example, as shown in fig. 5, different voltages are applied to the coils 44 on the left and right sides, so that the magnetic attraction forces between the coils 44 on the left and right sides and the corresponding magnets 45 are different, so that the left side of the base 20 is inclined downward and the right side is inclined upward, and thus the adjustment of the inclination angle of the base 20 is achieved. When the current of the right coil 44 is increased and the current of the left coil 44 is decreased, the left side of the base 20 is inclined downwards under the action of the coil 44 and the magnet 45, so that the module can rotate leftwards; and vice versa to rotate to the right. The rotation of the base 20 to the diagonal position can also be achieved by applying voltages to different coils according to actual requirements, thereby achieving rotation in more dimensions.
Optionally, as shown in fig. 1, fig. 2 and fig. 5, a first circuit board 46 is further included, the first circuit board 46 may extend around the circumference of the base 20, the first circuit board 46 may be a flexible circuit board, the coil 44 is disposed on the first circuit board 46, the coil 44 is electrically connected to the first circuit board 46, a voltage may be applied to the coil 44 through the first circuit board 46, and voltages of different magnitudes and directions may be applied as needed, so that the tilt angle of the base 20 may be adjusted.
In an embodiment of the present application, the camera assembly further includes: the detection structure and the control module, the detection structure may be used to detect the position and/or the jitter offset of the base 20, the detection structure may include a gyroscope, and the detection structure is connected with the base 20; the control module controls the driving structure to drive the base 20 to move according to the position of the base 20 and/or the shaking offset, so that the inclination angle of the base 20 is adjusted to a required position. For example, the detection structure can measure the camera inclination angle caused by hand shake to obtain shake offset, the control module predicts the image offset caused by inclination according to the inclination angle, and then the control module controls the driving structure to drive the base 20 to move, so that the inclination angle of the base 20 is adjusted to a required position, and image offsets with the same size and opposite directions are generated in translation relative to the image sensor, thereby offsetting the image offset caused by hand shake, and ensuring that the camera can still keep stable imaging in the hand shake environment.
In the use, shake appears when the equipment (for example cell-phone) that has the subassembly of making a video recording in this application under the shooting condition, the inclination that detects the structure and tremble the equipment that leads to with the hand measures, the control module group can predict the image offset that the slope leads to according to this angle, then control module group control exports two different electric currents to coil 44, because magnet 45 is a permanent magnetite, the magnetic force size that the left and right sides magnetic field force produced because the electric current size of coil 44 is different, order about base 20 and rotate certain angle slope to the left side, make the image that gets into the module of making a video recording still fall into the original position on image sensor 30, the image offset that causes is trembled with the hand from this, guarantee equipment still can keep the formation of image stable in the environment is trembled.
In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, 2 and 5, the camera assembly further includes a second circuit board 47, the second circuit board 47 may be a hard circuit board or a soft and hard circuit board, the second circuit board 47 is electrically connected to the image sensor 30, and the second circuit board 47 may have a function of transmitting signals. The second circuit board 47 can electrically connect the image processor 30, the detection structure and the coil 44 with the whole equipment, and has the function of transmitting signals. The position of the flexible board on the second circuit board 47 may adopt a multi-layer bending structure, which may reduce the influence of the flexible board on the rotation of the base 20 and the like.
Alternatively, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the image pickup assembly further includes an optical filter 50, the optical filter 50 is disposed between the lens assembly 10 and the image sensor 30, and the optical filter 50 may be disposed on the base 20 to filter unwanted light. For example, the filter 50 may be an infrared filter, and unwanted infrared light may be filtered by the infrared filter.
During shooting, as shown in fig. 6a, the image shot without shaking is sharp; as shown in fig. 6b, when shake occurs during shooting, a shake offset a occurs, which causes imaging to shift, and the imaging offset is b, which further causes blurring of the shot image due to shake; as shown in fig. 6c, when the camera module in the present application is used for shooting, and shake occurs during shooting, the inclination angle of the base 20 is adjusted to make the image fall on the original position c of the image sensor 30, so that the shot image is clear, and the quality of the shot image is improved.
An embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device, including the camera module described in the above embodiment. The electronic equipment with the camera shooting assembly in the embodiment has a good anti-shake function during shooting, and shooting quality is improved. The electronic equipment can be related to cameras such as a tablet personal computer, a notebook computer and a vehicle event data recorder, so that the equipment has a multi-dimensional anti-shaking function while having the advantages of a fixed-focus camera, and can realize anti-shaking more quickly and accurately.
While the present embodiments have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise embodiments described above, which are meant to be illustrative and not restrictive, and that various changes may be made therein by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

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1. A camera assembly, comprising:
a lens assembly;
the lens assembly is arranged on the base;
the image sensor is arranged on the base, and the lens assembly and the image sensor are arranged at intervals along the optical axis direction of the lens assembly;
the base is movably arranged on the bracket;
the driving structure is connected with the base, and the driving structure can drive the base to move.
2. The camera assembly of claim 1, further comprising:
the rotating shaft is arranged on the bracket;
the supporting seat is movably arranged on the rotating shaft, and the base is arranged on the supporting seat.
3. The camera assembly of claim 1, further comprising:
the protection seat is provided with a cavity with an opening at one side, the support is arranged in the cavity and connected with the protection seat, and the base and the image sensor are positioned in the cavity.
4. The camera assembly of claim 3, wherein the drive structure comprises:
a coil connected to the base;
and the magnet is arranged at the position, corresponding to the coil, on the protective seat, and the coil and the magnet can be attracted magnetically under the condition that the coil is electrified.
5. The camera assembly of claim 4, wherein the coil has a plurality of coils spaced apart along a circumference of the base, one magnet for each coil.
6. The camera assembly of claim 4, further comprising:
the coil is arranged on the first circuit board, and the coil is electrically connected with the first circuit board.
7. The camera assembly of claim 1, further comprising:
the detection structure is used for detecting the position and/or the jitter offset of the base and is connected with the base;
and the control module controls the driving structure to drive the base to move according to the position and/or the jitter offset.
8. The camera assembly of claim 1, further comprising:
a second circuit board electrically connected with the image sensor.
9. The camera assembly of claim 1, further comprising:
and the optical filter is arranged between the lens assembly and the image sensor.
10. An electronic device comprising the camera assembly of any one of claims 1-9.
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