The rotary-type camera apparatus of portable terminal
Technical field
The present invention relates to the rotary-type camera apparatus of portable terminal, in more detail, relate to a kind of in the rotary-type camera apparatus of portable terminal, camera apparatus can rotate and can firmly fix this rotation status, so that can take subject, and improved the rotary-type camera apparatus of portable terminal of user's sense of clicking from multiple angles.
Background technology
Generally speaking, portable terminal is used for wireless voice communication at first, but variation day by day along with functional area, portable terminal is when providing function of voice communication, images serve such as the Internet, multimedia not only can be provided, but also the camera that the variform that can take has been installed is also widely-used, so that can preserve into picture file to subject.
The portable terminal that camera apparatus has been installed has recently been released the portable terminal that rotary-type camera is installed in order to improve the convenience of shooting, so that can be by the certain angle rotation camera.The detailed structure of this camera apparatus will be described below.In addition, portable terminal generally is divided into straight plate (bar) type, cover type, flip-type and slide cover type, is that example describes with the most extensive recent universal flip-type portable terminal below.
Fig. 1 to Fig. 4 is portable terminal and camera apparatus figure thereof in the past, wherein, Fig. 1 is the structure side view that in the past had the portable terminal of camera apparatus, Fig. 2 is the end view of rotary-type camera apparatus of the portable terminal of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is the decomposition side view of the camera apparatus of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is from the sleeve pipe of Fig. 2 of another direction observation and the end view of rotating member.
As shown in the figure, the portable terminal that camera apparatus had been installed in the past is made of main body section (20) and turning cover part (30), and turning cover part (30) is formed at the upside of main body section (20), can utilize hinge member (40) opening/closing.
Above-mentioned main body section (20) comprises following several sections: fuselage cover (23), and it wraps required circuit parts such as carrying out the portable terminal Control on Communication; Rechargeable battery (22), it is installed on the back side of fuselage cover (23) and can takes off; Camera apparatus (30), it is installed on the upper end, front of fuselage cover (23).
Wherein, above-mentioned camera apparatus (10) is the rotary-type camera apparatus that can be rotated according to the position of subject, and it is made of following several sections: camera gun (11a), and it is convex type lens morphology, is used to gather the picture of subject; Camera module (11), it takes the picture of subject; Flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) (12), it is connected between camera module (11) and circuit part, so that can transmission signals; Rotating member (13), it is installed on above-mentioned camera module (11) inside and makes it and can rotate; Sleeve pipe (bushing) (14), it supports above-mentioned rotating member (13), and has rotation axis hole (14a), and the rotating shaft that forms in rotating member (13) one sides inserts this rotation axis hole (14a); Cover cap (15), it covers to inserting the hole (13c) of camera module (11) in the formation of rotating member (13) opposite side.
And keeping at a certain distance away at the outer cylinder of rotating member (13) is formed with a plurality of handle grooves (13a), and handle groove (13a) is laterally longer, so that user's rotation camera device (10) easily.
In addition, on above-mentioned cover cap (15), be formed with the elongated through hole (15a) that flexible printed circuit board (12) is passed, flexible printed circuit board (12) passes the through hole (15a) of cover cap (15), camera module (11) in inserting rotating member (13) reaches outside the rotating member (13), twine the outer cylinder of above-mentioned cover cap (15), be connected to the circuit part of main body section (20).
Above-mentioned turning cover part (20) has following several sections: turning cover part shell (32), and it is wrapped in the main liquid crystal display panel (not marking among the figure) that shows multiple information; Secondary LCDs (31), it provides basic end message at the front central portion of turning cover part shell (32); Continuant orifice (33), it is formed at the lower front face of turning cover part shell (32), can transmit the sound wave from the inner loud speaker of installing of turning cover part shell (32).
As above the rotary-type camera apparatus (10) of the portable terminal in the past of Gou Chenging is taken subject for convenience, structurally can rotate by the direction shown in the reference numeral 16.In the rotation axis hole (14a) of sleeve pipe (14), be formed with protuberance (14b), the fan-shaped protuberance (13b) that also has a rotating shaft (13c) terminal surface outwards to protrude from rotating member (13), utilize above-mentioned protuberance (13b, 14b) rotating range of the interference restriction rotating member (13) between.At this moment, protuberance (14b) from above-mentioned rotation axis hole (14a) protrusion, its width only accounts for half of rotation axis hole (14a) width, and rotating shaft (13a) terminal surface of rotating member (13) is contacted with the face of the medial surface formation crossover of above-mentioned protuberance (14b), in order to fixing rotation status.
But, utilize the fixture of the rotating member (13) that above-mentioned this contact realize to have such problem, that is, owing to depend on the interval and the crossover of each engagement,, cause quality decline so, sandwich during rotation or get loose along with the variation of their sizes.Simultaneously, flexible printed circuit board (12) is when twining cover cap (15) outer cylinder, be connected to circuit part from camera module (11), if by the required angle rotation rotating member (13) of user, because the elastic restoration power of flexible printed circuit board (12), then to be in a kind of labile state that can not keep rotation status, cause the user can not normally use the spinfunction of camera apparatus (10) in fact.
And, when user's rotation camera device and since be the terminal surface that only relies on rotating shaft (13c) with the medial surface of sleeve pipe (14) protuberance (14b) between face contact and prevent the phenomenon that dallies, so sense of rotation is uncertain, there is not sense of clicking during rotation, very inconvenient.
Summary of the invention
The present invention proposes in order to solve above-mentioned conventional art problem just, purpose is to provide a kind of rotary-type camera apparatus that is easy to control the portable terminal that rotates posture, this camera apparatus can rotate, so that can take subject from multiple angles, and the camera apparatus rotation time has sense of clicking, can stably fix the state that has rotated.
To achieve these goals, the present invention is directed to and have the camera module that comprises camera lens, make the rotating member of camera module rotation and support the rotary-type camera apparatus of portable terminal of the sleeve pipe of rotating member, a kind of rotary-type camera apparatus of portable terminal is provided, it has the camera module that comprises camera lens, make the rotating member of camera module rotation and the sleeve pipe of support rotating member, this rotating member is included in the hollow cylinder type outer cylinder of rotating member body, it is characterized in that also comprising: a plurality of card ribs, they are formed at the outer cylinder of above-mentioned rotating member; Roller arrangement, it comprises: resilient roller, it is installed on the back side of above-mentioned sleeve pipe, under the effect of elastic restoration power, then when suiting with above-mentioned card rib, applies power to a plurality of card ribs, and the while suits with it and rotates; The roller rotating shaft, it and resilient roller one are rotated; The roller fixed part, it is positioned at end, in order to the rotation of backing roll rotating shaft.
This is for camera apparatus can be rotated, and stably fixes its rotation status, so that can take subject from multiple angles.
And above-mentioned card rib is preferably at the outer cylinder of above-mentioned rotating member, the elongated slot that forms on the rotating shaft direction of above-mentioned rotating member along curved surface.
On the other hand, above-mentioned card rib also can be the outer cylinder at above-mentioned rotating member, the elongated raised that forms on the rotating shaft direction of above-mentioned rotating member along curved surface.
In addition, comprise elastomeric material in the above-mentioned resilient roller, this helps fixing above-mentioned rotating member.
And, preferably also comprise a through hole that is formed at the above-mentioned sleeve pipe back side, so that the back mounted resilient roller of above-mentioned sleeve pipe protrudes from the front of above-mentioned sleeve pipe, suit with the above-mentioned card rib of above-mentioned rotating member.
Description of drawings
Fig. 1 to Fig. 4 is portable terminal and camera apparatus figure thereof in the past, wherein,
Fig. 1 is the structure side view that in the past had the portable terminal of camera apparatus;
Fig. 2 is the end view of rotary-type camera apparatus of the portable terminal of Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 is the decomposition side view of the camera apparatus of Fig. 2;
Fig. 4 is from the sleeve pipe of Fig. 2 of another direction observation and the end view of rotating member;
Fig. 5 to Fig. 7 is the rotary-type camera apparatus figure of the portable terminal of one embodiment of the invention, wherein,
Fig. 5 is the end view of rotary-type camera apparatus of the portable terminal of one embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 6 is the end view from the rotary-type camera apparatus of Fig. 5 of another direction observation;
Fig. 7 is the decomposition side view of the rotary-type camera apparatus of Fig. 5.
Embodiment
With reference to the accompanying drawings, describe embodiments of the invention in detail.
But, in explanation process of the present invention,,, omitted detailed description thereof for well-known function or formation in order to make main idea of the present invention more clear.Simultaneously, for identical with structure noted earlier and be equivalent to identical part, given identical or be equivalent to identical reference marks, detailed description thereof is omitted in decision.
Fig. 5 to Fig. 7 is the rotary-type camera apparatus figure of the portable terminal of one embodiment of the invention, wherein, Fig. 5 is the end view of rotary-type camera apparatus of the portable terminal of one embodiment of the invention, Fig. 6 is that Fig. 7 is the decomposition side view of the rotary-type camera apparatus of Fig. 5 from the end view of the rotary-type camera apparatus of Fig. 5 of another direction observation.
As shown in the figure, the rotary-type camera apparatus (100) of the portable terminal of one embodiment of the invention, it is the rotary-type camera apparatus that can rotate by direction shown in the symbol 160 according to the position of subject, it is made of following several sections: camera module (110), and it takes the picture of subject; Flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) (120), it is connected between camera module (11) and circuit part, so that can transmission signals; Rotating member (130), it makes above-mentioned camera module (110) rotation; Sleeve pipe (140), it supports above-mentioned rotating member (130); Cover cap (150), it covers the hole (134) that forms at rotating member (130) opposite side.
Above-mentioned camera module (110) has camera gun (111) and takes required aperture etc. in order to take the picture of subject, and wherein, camera gun (111) is made of convex lens, so that gather the picture of subject.
Above-mentioned rotating member (130) is one side closed hollow cylindrical, and camera module (110) is inserted in the hollow cylinder, can press the rotation of direction one shown in the symbol 160 with camera module (110).Simultaneously, protrude from sealing one sidewall of rotating member (130) and to be formed with rotating shaft (133),, laterally be formed with a plurality of long bayonet slot (131) of performance card rib effect at the hollow cylinder outer cylinder that constitutes rotating member (130) body.On the other hand, above-mentioned bayonet slot (131) also has the effect of handle groove, when the user will use finger manipulation rotating member (130), can increase friction, is convenient to operation.In addition, be formed with circular through hole (132), make the camera gun (111) of camera module (110) can gather the picture of outside subject at the hollow cylinder outer cylinder center of rotating member.
Wherein, above-mentioned bayonet slot (131) is in order to bring into play the effect of card rib, form so that suit with resilient roller described later (173), because as long as suit with resilient roller (173) and have certain power, so, also can replace above-mentioned bayonet slot (131), constitute by laterally protrude the projection that forms at rotating member (130) outer cylinder.When being when constituting,, be preferably in the top formation curved surface of projection for smooth rotation with projection.
Above-mentioned sleeve pipe (140) plays the effect of support, and the rotating member (130) that is built-in with camera module (110) can be rotated, and sleeve pipe (140) is formed with a rotation axis hole (142) that inserts rotating member (130) rotating shaft (133), plays a supporting role.
Above-mentioned roller arrangement (170) is made of following several sections: resilient roller (173), it is installed on the back side of above-mentioned sleeve pipe (140), under the effect of elastic restoration power, the bayonet slot (131) to rotating member (130) applies certain power, and the while suits with it and rotates; Roller rotating shaft (171), it and resilient roller (173) one are rotated; Roller fixed part (172), it is positioned at end, in order to the rotation of backing roll rotating shaft.Wherein, resilient roller (173) must apply certain power to the bayonet slot (131) of rotating member (130) and suit with it, so the distance that the distance of the pivot between centers of the rotary middle spindle of resilient roller (173) and rotating member (130) cans be compared to resilient roller (173) radius and rotating member (130) radius sum most is little.In addition, resilient roller can all be formed by elastomeric material, also can innerly adopt injection-moulding plastic, just at the outer cylinder that suits with bayonet slot (131), employing has certain thickness elastomeric material and forms, can also externally adopt injection-moulding plastic, suit with bayonet slot (131), and between roller rotating shaft (171) and injection-moulding plastic thing, insert elastomeric material with rotating member (130).
And, the back side at sleeve pipe (140) body is formed with through hole (143), the part of resilient roller (173) is passed above-mentioned through hole (143), is exposed to the front of sleeve pipe (140), and the resilient roller of exposing (173) suits with the bayonet slot (131) of rotating member (130).At this moment, in rotating member (130) rotation, above-mentioned resilient roller (173) suits one by one with the bayonet slot (131) of rotating member (130), and it is applied certain power.This means that in this state rotating member (130) is if rotation just needs a certain amount of above moment of torsion.That is, the elastic force to each bayonet slot of above-mentioned resilient roller (173) (131) has played the fixedly effect of the rotation of rotating member (130).At this moment, a certain amount of moment of torsion preferably is arranged to the user can not feel the degree of inconvenience with when rotation finger, also wants simultaneously to prevent to rotate to the origin-location under the effect of the elastic restoration power of flexible printed circuit board (120).
The effect of above-mentioned cover cap (150) is to cover the hole (134) that hollow cylindrical rotating member (130) opposite side of sealing at one end forms, in order to be connected the flexible printed circuit board (120) that inserts transmission signals between interior camera module (110) of rotating member (130) and the portable terminal circuit part, central portion at cover cap (150) is formed with elongated through hole (151), so that flexible printed circuit board (120) passes.The flexible printed circuit board (120) that passes above-mentioned cover cap (150) through hole (151) twines the outer cylinder (152) of above-mentioned cover cap, is connected with circuit part.
As above the assembling process of the rotary-type camera apparatus (100) of the portable terminal of the one embodiment of the invention of Gou Chenging is as follows: insert the camera module (110) that is connected with flexible printed circuit board (120) in one side closed hollow cylindrical rotating member (130), cover cap (150) is incorporated on the hole (134) that rotating member (130) opposite side forms, goes up the through hole that forms so that flexible printed circuit board (120) is passed in cover cap (150).Then, the rotating shaft of rotating member (130) (1 33) is inserted the rotation axis hole (142) of sleeve pipe (140), at sleeve pipe (140) back side, the resilient roller of roller arrangement (170) (173) is installed on roller fixed part (172), so that resilient roller (173) applies certain power to the bayonet slot (131) of rotating member (130).
Below for example understand useful embodiment of the present invention, but scope of the present invention not merely is defined in specific embodiment as above, can in the scope of claims record, carries out suitable change.
Such as the above explanation of doing, the invention provides a kind of rotary-type photograph of portable terminal Machine, it is made of following several parts: a plurality of card ribs, they are formed at above-mentioned rotation structure The outer cylinder of part; Resilient roller, it is formed by elastomeric material, cuts with above-mentioned rotating member outer cylinder Merge rotation, if the rotation of above-mentioned rotating member then when suiting with above-mentioned card rib, is executed Add certain power. Therefore, the present invention has following effect: when the user rotates rotary-type camera During device, can improve sense of clicking, and it can rotate, in order to take quilt from multiple angles Take the photograph body, and can stably fix the state that has rotated.