WO2016095170A1

WO2016095170A1 - Terminal device

Info

Publication number: WO2016095170A1
Application number: PCT/CN2014/094248
Authority: WO
Inventors: 尹帮实; 李瑞峰; 杨帆; 张建勇; 刘博�; 谭正平
Original assignee: 华为技术有限公司
Priority date: 2014-12-18
Filing date: 2014-12-18
Publication date: 2016-06-23
Also published as: CN105900409A

Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal device. The terminal device comprises a terminal device body and a camera assembly. The camera assembly comprises a camera and a rotation element. A groove, the size of which matches the size of the camera assembly, is formed in the back surface of the terminal device body from a first side to a second side opposite to the first side, and a hole is formed in a groove wall of the groove. The rotation element is disposed in the hole in a penetrating manner. A circuit lead-out wire of the camera is connected to a circuit board in the terminal device body through the hole. The camera assembly rotates relative to the terminal device body by using the rotation element as a rotation shaft. When the camera assembly is accommodated in the groove, the camera faces the direction right behind the terminal device; and when the camera assembly rotates out of the groove by 180°, the camera faces the direction right in front of the terminal device.

Description

Terminal Equipment

Technical field

The present invention relates to communication technologies, and in particular, to a terminal device.

Background technique

As the resolution of the camera of the terminal device continues to increase, more and more users choose to shoot through the camera of the terminal device.

In the prior art, the terminal devices are respectively provided with a front camera and a rear camera. The front camera is disposed on the top of the liquid crystal display (LCD), the frame area of the terminal device, and the rear camera is disposed in the back area of the LCD.

However, in the prior art, there is a problem that the frame area of the terminal device is large and the screen occupation is relatively small.

Summary of the invention

The present invention provides a terminal device for solving the problem that the frame area of the terminal device is large and the screen occupation is relatively small in the prior art.

In a first aspect, the present invention provides a terminal device, including: a terminal device body and a camera component;

The camera assembly includes a camera and a rotating component;

a rear surface of the terminal device body is provided with a groove matching the size of the camera assembly from a first side to a second side opposite to the first side, and the groove wall of the groove is disposed Hole

The rotating component is disposed in the hole, and the circuit lead wire of the camera is connected to the circuit board inside the terminal device body through the hole;

The camera assembly rotates relative to the terminal device body with the rotating component as a rotating shaft, and when the camera assembly is received in the groove, the camera faces directly behind the terminal device, and the camera assembly The camera faces directly in front of the terminal device when it is rotated 180° out of the groove.

In conjunction with the first aspect, in a first possible implementation of the first aspect, the rotating element a magnet is disposed at one end of the hole; a Hall device is disposed on the circuit board; and the Hall device and the magnet determine whether the camera is facing the rear of the terminal device or facing the Directly in front of the terminal.

In conjunction with the first aspect or the first possible implementation of the first aspect, in a second possible implementation of the first aspect, the circuit lead is a flexible circuit board FPC.

With reference to the first aspect, the first to the second possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the camera component and the camera are located There is a hand groove on the side.

With reference to the first aspect, the first to the third possible implementation manners of the first aspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the terminal device body is internally provided with a bracket The bracket includes a support structure that matches the size of the hole, and the rotating element penetrates the hole and penetrates the support structure.

In conjunction with the fourth possible implementation of the first aspect, in a fifth possible implementation of the first aspect, the bracket is secured to the interior of the terminal device body by a set screw.

The present invention provides a terminal device. When a camera assembly is disposed on a terminal device body, the camera assembly is received in a recess in the back of the terminal device body, and the camera is used as a rear camera; when the camera assembly is rotated 180° from the groove The camera acts as a front camera; avoids setting the front camera in the frame of the terminal device, and the frame of the terminal device no longer needs to accommodate the front camera; therefore, the frame size of the terminal device can be reduced, and the screen ratio can be increased; The device has a large border area and a small screen.

DRAWINGS

1 is a schematic structural diagram of a back surface of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a schematic structural diagram 1 of a terminal device when a camera assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention is received in a recess;

FIG. 3 is a second schematic structural diagram of a terminal device when the camera assembly according to the embodiment of the present invention is rotated 180° from a groove;

4 is a schematic structural view of a camera assembly of the present invention;

5 is a schematic structural view of a camera facing a front end of a terminal device according to the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural view of a connection between a camera assembly and a bracket according to the present invention.

Reference mark:

11: the terminal device body;

111: a groove;

1111: groove wall;

112: circuit board;

1121: Hall device;

113: bracket;

1131: support structure;

1132: fixing screws;

12: camera assembly;

121: camera;

1211: circuit lead line;

122: rotating the component;

1221: magnet;

123: Handcuffs.

detailed description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. It is a partial embodiment of the invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative efforts are within the scope of the present invention.

Terminal device embodiment 1

1 is a schematic structural diagram of a back side of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram 1 of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of a camera assembly according to the present invention; FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of the camera facing the terminal device in front of the terminal device; FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the structure of the camera assembly of the present invention; As shown in FIG. 5, the terminal device of this embodiment includes: a terminal device body 11 and a camera assembly 12; the camera assembly 12 includes a camera 121 and a rotating component 122; and a rear surface of the terminal device body 11 from the first side to the first side Relative number The two sides are provided with a groove 111 matching the size of the camera assembly 12, and the groove wall 1111 of the groove 111 is provided with a hole (not shown) adjacent to the first side; the rotating member 122 is worn In the hole, the circuit lead wire 1211 of the camera 121 is connected to the circuit board 112 inside the terminal device body 11 through the hole; the camera assembly 12 rotates relative to the terminal device body 11 with the rotating member 122 as a rotating shaft, and the camera assembly When the camera 121 is housed in the recess 111, the camera 121 faces directly behind the terminal device, and when the camera assembly 12 is rotated 180° out of the recess 111, the camera faces directly in front of the terminal device.

Optionally, the back surface of the terminal device body 11 is provided with a groove 111 matching the size of the camera assembly 12 from the top to the bottom, or a groove 111 is opened from the left to the right.

Optionally, the rotating element 122 may be a cylinder or a rectangular parallelepiped; the number of the rotating elements 122 may be one or two; when the number of rotating elements is greater than one, the shapes of the rotating elements may be the same or different.

Optionally, the shape of the groove 111 may be a rectangle, a square, or the like.

Optionally, the number of holes may also be one or two; alternatively, the number of holes may be the same as the number of rotating elements.

Wherein, when the camera faces directly in front of the terminal device, the camera can be used as a front camera; when the camera faces directly behind the terminal device, the camera can be used as a rear camera. use.

In the prior art, the front camera of the terminal device is disposed at the top of the LCD and the frame area of the terminal device, and the rear camera of the terminal device is disposed at the back region of the LCD. In an embodiment of the present invention, the terminal device includes: a terminal device body and a camera assembly; the camera assembly includes a camera and a rotating component; and a rear surface of the terminal device body is opposite to the first side from the first side a groove matching the size of the camera assembly is disposed, and a hole is formed in the groove wall of the groove; the rotating component is disposed in the hole, and the circuit lead wire of the camera passes through The hole is connected to a circuit board inside the terminal device body; the camera assembly rotates relative to the terminal device body with the rotating component as a rotating shaft, and when the camera assembly is received in the groove, The camera faces directly behind the terminal device, and when the camera assembly is rotated 180° out of the groove, the camera faces directly in front of the terminal device.

In the prior art, since the front camera of the terminal device is disposed at the top of the LCD and the frame area of the terminal device, the frame of the terminal device needs to be able to accommodate the front camera; therefore, the terminal is provided. The problem is that the border area is larger and the screen is smaller. In an embodiment of the invention, when the camera assembly is received in the recess of the back of the terminal device body, the camera functions as a rear camera; when the camera assembly is rotated 180° from the groove, the camera functions as a front camera; The front frame of the device is set to the front camera of the device. The frame of the terminal device no longer needs to accommodate the front camera. Therefore, the frame size of the terminal device can be reduced, and the screen ratio can be increased. The frame area of the terminal device is larger and the screen occupation is smaller. problem.

Terminal equipment embodiment 2

On the basis of the first embodiment of the terminal device: optionally, one end of the rotating component 122 penetrating the hole is provided with a magnet 1221; the circuit board 112 is provided with a Hall device 1121; the Hall device 1121 is correspondingly disposed with the magnet 1221. The Hall device 1121 is used to sense the magnet 1221 so that the terminal device can recognize whether the camera assembly 12 is accommodated in the groove 111 or rotated 180° out of the groove.

Optionally, when the camera assembly 12 is received in the recess 111, the N pole of the magnet 1221 faces the Hall device 1121, and when the camera assembly 12 is rotated 180° from the recess 111, the S pole of the magnet 1221 faces the Hall device. 1121; Alternatively, when the camera assembly 12 is received in the recess 111, the S pole of the magnet 1221 faces the Hall device 1121, and when the camera assembly 12 is rotated 180° from the recess 111, the N pole of the magnet 1221 faces the Hall device. 1121.

Optionally, when the camera assembly 12 is received in the recess 111, the magnet 1221 is adjacent to the Hall device 1121, and when the camera assembly 12 is rotated 180° out of the recess 111, the magnet 1221 is away from the Hall device 1121; or, the camera assembly When housed in the recess 111, the magnet 1221 is remote from the Hall device 1121, and when the camera assembly 12 is rotated 180° from the recess 111, the magnet 1221 is adjacent to the Hall device 1121.

In the present embodiment, it is judged whether the camera 121 is facing the rear of the terminal device or facing the front of the terminal device by the Hall device 1121 on the upper surface of the circuit board 112 and the magnet 1221 on the rotating member 122.

Optionally, the circuit lead 1211 can be a Flexible Printed Circuit Board (FPC).

Optionally, a handcuff groove 123 is disposed on the camera component 12 and the side where the camera 121 is located. This embodiment is easier to operate by setting the hand slot so that the user of the terminal device turns the camera assembly 12 out of the recess 111.

6 is a schematic structural diagram of a connection between a camera assembly and a bracket according to an embodiment of the present invention; optionally, The inside of the terminal body 11 is provided with a bracket 113. The bracket 113 includes a supporting structure 1131 matching the size of the hole, and the rotating member 122 passes through the hole and penetrates into the supporting structure 1131.

The number of support structures may be one or two.

Alternatively, the bracket 113 is fixed to the inside of the terminal device body 11 by a fixing screw 1132.

It should be noted that the bracket may be fixed to the front shell of the terminal device body by a fixing screw, or may be fixed to the rear shell of the terminal device body by a fixing screw.

When the camera assembly is received in the recess of the back of the terminal device body, the camera faces the rear of the terminal device, and the user can photograph the area behind the terminal device through the camera (that is, use the camera as a rear camera); when the user needs When the camera is shooting an area in front of the terminal (ie, using the camera as a front camera), the user only needs to rotate the camera assembly 180° out of the groove.

Optionally, when the user does not need to use the camera, the camera assembly can be accommodated in the groove to avoid damage to the camera assembly due to external force.

In this embodiment, when the camera assembly is disposed on the terminal device body, the camera assembly is received in the recess of the back of the terminal device body, the camera is used as the rear camera; when the camera assembly is rotated 180° from the groove, the camera As the front camera; avoiding the front camera in the frame of the terminal device, the frame of the terminal device no longer needs to accommodate the front camera; therefore, the frame size of the terminal device can be reduced, the screen ratio is increased; and the frame of the terminal device is solved. The problem is that the area is large and the screen is relatively small.

A person skilled in the art can understand that all or part of the steps of implementing the above method embodiments may be completed by using hardware related to the program instructions. The foregoing program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium, and the program is executed when executed. The foregoing steps include the steps of the foregoing method embodiments; and the foregoing storage medium includes: a medium that can store program codes, such as a ROM, a RAM, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are merely illustrative of the technical solutions of the present invention, and are not intended to be limiting; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those skilled in the art will understand that The technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may be modified, or some or all of the technical features may be equivalently replaced; and the modifications or substitutions do not deviate from the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention. range.

Claims

A terminal device, comprising: a terminal device body and a camera component;

The camera assembly includes a camera and a rotating component;

a rear surface of the terminal device body is provided with a groove matching the size of the camera assembly from a first side to a second side opposite to the first side, and the groove wall of the groove is disposed Hole

The rotating component is disposed in the hole, and the circuit lead wire of the camera is connected to the circuit board inside the terminal device body through the hole;

The camera assembly rotates relative to the terminal device body with the rotating component as a rotating shaft, and when the camera assembly is received in the groove, the camera faces directly behind the terminal device, and the camera assembly The camera faces directly in front of the terminal device when it is rotated 180° out of the groove.
The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein a magnet is disposed at one end of the hole through the hole; a Hall device is disposed on the circuit board; and the Hall device and the magnet are passed through It is judged whether the camera is facing the rear of the terminal device or facing the front of the terminal device.
The terminal device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the circuit lead line is a flexible wiring board FPC.
The terminal device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the camera assembly is provided with a handcuff groove on a side where the camera is located.
The terminal device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the inside of the terminal device body is provided with a bracket, and the bracket includes a supporting structure matching the size of the hole, the rotation After the element passes through the hole, it penetrates into the support structure.
The terminal device according to claim 5, wherein the bracket is fixed to the inside of the terminal device body by a fixing screw.