Telescopic camera mechanism and electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10514592-B2
Application number	US-201716314857-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 31, 2017
Priority date	Oct 26, 2016
Publication date	Dec 24, 2019
Grant date	Dec 24, 2019

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a telescopic camera mechanism, which includes a holder having a holding cavity, a camera is placed in the holding cavity, and a top of the camera is provided with a protective cover, the holder is further equipped with a protective cover movement component and a camera telescopic component, wherein the protective cover movement component includes a rotating motor, a screw rod, and a guide plate, the screw rod is connected to a lateral face of the holding cavity, the guide plate is sleeved on the screw rod, and a top end of the guide plate is fixedly connected to the protective cover, the camera telescopic component includes a support spring strip and a poke rod, wherein the support spring strip is connected to a bottom of the camera and is fixedly connected to the holder, and the poke rod is movably connected to the holder.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A telescopic camera mechanism, comprising a holder having a holding cavity, a camera placed in the holding cavity, a top of the camera provided with a protective cover, wherein the holder is further equipped with a protective cover movement component and a camera telescopic component, wherein
the protective cover movement component comprises a rotating motor, a screw rod, and a guide plate; the screw rod is connected to a lateral face of the holding cavity, the guide plate is sleeved on the screw rod, a top end of the guide plate is fixedly connected to the protective cover; driven by the rotating motor, the screw rod rotates to drive the guide plate to move on the screw rod along a direction close to or away from the holding cavity to drive the protective cover to move, such that the camera is sheltered or exposed;
the camera telescopic component comprises a support spring strip and a poke rod, the support spring strip is connected to a bottom of the camera and is fixedly connected to the holder, the poke rod is movably connected to the holder; when the guide plate moves such that the camera is entirely exposed, the guide plate applies an acting force to the poke rod to press against the support spring strip, such that the camera extends out of the holding cavity; when the guide plate moves towards the direction close to the holding cavity, the guide plate relieves the acting force applied to the poke rod, such that the support spring strip drives the camera to retract into the holding cavity;
the poke rod is rotatably connected to the holder through a rotating shaft, a first end of the poke rod extends to a relative upward side of the screw rod away from an end of the holding cavity, and a second end of the poke rod extends to a relative upward side of the support spring strip; when the guide plate presses against the first end of the poke rod, the second end of the poke rod presses against the support spring strip; when the guide plate relieves pressure against the first end of the poke rod, the second end of the poke rod relieves pressure against the support spring strip;
the protective cover comprises a left protective cover and a right protective cover, and the protective cover movement component comprises a left screw rod, a right screw rod, a left guide plate, and a right guide plate; wherein the left screw rod and the right screw rod are respectively connected to two opposite lateral faces of the holding cavity, the left guide plate is sleeved on the left screw rod and is connected to the left protective cover, the right guide plate is sleeved on the right screw rod and is connected to the right protective cover, and the left screw rod and the right screw rod are synchronously driven by the rotating motor; and

the poke rod comprises a left poke rod and a right poke rod, the left poke rod is positioned between the support spring strip and the left guide plate, and the right poke rod is positioned between the support spring strip and the right guide plate.

2. The telescopic camera mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the guide plate is provided with a screw hole fitting with the screw rod, the guide plate is sleeved on the screw rod through the screw hole, and the rotating motor is connected to the screw rod through a gear assembly.

3. The telescopic camera mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the left protective cover and the right protective cover, the left screw rod and the right screw rod, the left guide plate and the right guide plate, and the left poke rod and the right poke rod are bilaterally symmetrically assembled at two opposite sides of the holding cavity; two cameras configured towards opposite directions are placed in the holding cavity; wherein a top of each of the cameras is respectively provided with one protective cover, each of the cameras is correspondingly provided with the protective cover movement component and the camera telescopic component.

4. The telescopic camera mechanism according to claim 3 , wherein two protective cover movement components corresponding to the two cameras share the rotating motor.

5. A telescopic camera mechanism, comprising a holder having a holding cavity, a camera placed in the holding cavity, a top of the camera provided with a protective cover, wherein the holder is further equipped with a protective cover movement component and a camera telescopic component, wherein
the protective cover movement component comprises a rotating motor, a screw rod, and a guide plate; the screw rod is connected to a lateral face of the holding cavity, the guide plate is sleeved on the screw rod, a top end of the guide plate is fixedly connected to the protective cover; driven by the rotating motor, the screw rod rotates to drive the guide plate to move on the screw rod along a direction close to or away from the holding cavity to drive the protective cover to move, such that the camera is sheltered or exposed;
the camera telescopic component comprises a support spring strip and a poke rod, the support spring strip is connected to a bottom of the camera and is fixedly connected to the holder, the poke rod is movably connected to the holder; when the guide plate moves such that the camera is entirely exposed, the guide plate applies an acting force to the poke rod to press against the support spring strip, such that the camera extends out of the holding cavity; when the guide plate moves towards the direction close to the holding cavity, the guide plate relieves the acting force applied to the poke rod, such that the support spring strip drives the camera to retract into the holding cavity.

6. The telescopic camera mechanism according to claim 5 , wherein the guide plate is provided with a screw hole fitting with the screw rod, and the guide plate is sleeved on the screw rod through the screw hole.

7. The telescopic camera mechanism according to claim 5 , wherein the rotating motor is connected to the screw rod through a gear assembly.

8. The telescopic camera mechanism according to claim 5 , wherein the poke rod is rotatably connected to the holder through a rotating shaft, a first end of the poke rod extends to a relative upward side of the screw rod away from an end of the holding cavity, and a second end of the poke rod extends to a relative upward side of the support spring strip; when the guide plate presses against the first end of the poke rod, the second end of the poke rod presses against the support spring strip; and when the guide plate relieves pressure against the first end of the poke rod, the second end of the poke rod relieves pressure against the support spring strip.

9. The telescopic camera mechanism according to claim 5 , wherein the protective cover comprises a left protective cover and a right protective cover, and the protective cover movement component comprises a left screw rod, a right screw rod, a left guide plate, and a right guide plate; wherein the left screw rod and the right screw rod are respectively connected to two opposite lateral faces of the holding cavity, the left guide plate is sleeved on the left screw rod and is connected to the left protective cover, the right guide plate is sleeved on the right screw rod and is connected to the right protective cover, and the left screw rod and the right screw rod are synchronously driven by the rotating motor; and
the camera telescopic component comprises a left poke rod and a right poke rod, the left poke rod is positioned between the support spring strip and the left guide plate, and the right poke rod is positioned between the support spring strip and the right guide plate.

10. The telescopic camera mechanism according to claim 9 , wherein the left protective cover and the r

Assignees

• Jrd Communication Shenzhen Ltd

Inventors

• Xiao Junhui
• Huang Huilin

Classifications

• H04N23/51 Primary

  Housings · CPC title

• H04N23/50

  Constructional details · CPC title

• H04N23/55

  Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors; Mounting thereof · CPC title

• G01R1/02

  General constructional details · CPC title

• G03B17/04 Primary

  collapsible, foldable or extensible, e.g. book type · CPC title