Image module and electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10841469-B2
Application number	US-201816186598-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 12, 2018
Priority date	May 22, 2018
Publication date	Nov 17, 2020
Grant date	Nov 17, 2020

Abstract

An image module is suitable for connecting a plate. The image module includes a first main body, a second main body, a first pivot portion and a second pivot portion. The second main body includes an image sensor. The first pivot portion is pivoted to the first main body and the second main body. The second pivot portion is pivoted to the second main body and the plate. The plate has a first side surface and a second side surface opposite to each other. The first main body and the second main body are pivoted through the first pivot portion and the second pivot portion between a first position, a second position and a third position on the first side surface and the second side surface of the plate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image module, suitable for connecting a plate, comprising:
a first main body;
a second main body, comprising an image sensor;
a first pivot portion, pivoted to the first main body and the second main body; and
a second pivot portion, pivoted to the second main body and the plate,
wherein the plate has a first side surface and a second side surface opposite to each other, the first main body and the second main body are pivoted through the first pivot portion and the second pivot portion between a first position, a second position and a third position on the first side surface and the second side surface of the plate,
wherein the first pivot portion is rotated on a first axis, the second pivot portion is rotated on a second axis, and the first axis and the second axis are parallel to each other.

2. The image module as recited in claim 1 , wherein the plate comprises a first connecting element and a second connecting element, the first main body comprises a third connecting element, and the third connecting element is suitable for connecting the first connecting element or the second connecting element.

3. The image module as recited in claim 2 , wherein when the first main body and the second main body are at the first position, the first main body is located on the first side surface of the plate, the third connecting element is connected to the first connecting element or the second connecting element, and a lens of the image sensor faces the first side surface of the plate to present a safe mode.

4. The image module as recited in claim 2 , wherein when the first main body and the second main body are at the second position, the first main body is located on the second side surface of the plate, the third connecting element is connected to the first connecting element, and the second main body and the plate are located on a same axis and expose the lens of the image sensor to present a first shooting mode.

5. The image module as recited in claim 2 , wherein, when the first main body and the second main body are at the third position, the first main body and the second main body are located on the second side surface of the plate, the third connecting element is connected to the second connecting element, and the lens of the image sensor faces away from the plate to present a second shooting mode.

6. The image module as recited in claim 1 , wherein a length of the first pivot portion is greater than or equal to a length of the second pivot portion.

7. An electronic device, comprising:
a first body, comprising a plate; and
an image module, connected to the first body and comprising:
a first main body;
a second main body, comprising an image sensor;
a first pivot portion, pivoted to the first main body and the second main body; and
a second pivot portion, pivoted to the second main body and the plate, wherein the plate has a first side surface and a second side surface opposite to each other, the first main body and the second main body are pivoted through the first pivot portion and the second pivot portion between a first position, a second position and a third position on the first side surface and the second side surface of the plate,

wherein the first pivot portion is rotated on a first axis, the second pivot portion is rotated on a second axis, and the first axis and the second axis are parallel to each other.

8. The electronic device as recited in claim 7 , further comprises:
a second body, electrically connected to the first body, wherein the first body further comprises a display panel disposed on the plate, the plate comprises a first connecting element and a second connecting element, the first main body comprises a third connecting element, and the second body comprises a fourth connecting element.

9. The electronic device as recited in claim 8 , wherein when the first main body and the second main body are at the first position, the second body is stacked on the first body, the first main body is located on a third side surface of the second body, the third connecting element is connected to the fourth connecting element, and a lens of the image sensor faces a fourth side surface connecting the first side surface with the second side surface of the first body to present a safe mode.

10. The electronic device as recited in claim 8 , wherein when the first main body and the second main body are at the second position, the first main body is located on the second side surface of the plate, the third connecting element is connected to the first connecting element, and the second main body and the plate are located on a same axis and expose a lens of the image sensor to present a first shooting mode.

11. The electronic device as recited in claim 8 , wherein when the first main body and the second main body are at the third position, the first main body and the second main body are located on the second side surface of the plate, the third connecting element is connected to the second connecting element, and a lens of the image sensor faces away from the plate to present a second shooting mode.

12. The electronic device as recited in claim 7 , wherein the first body further comprises a host computer and a display panel, the host computer is disposed between the plate and the display panel, the plate comprises a first connecting element and a second connecting element, the first main body comprises a third connecting element, the host computer comprises a fourth connecting element, and the second main body comprises a fifth connecting element.

13. The electronic device as recited in claim 12 , wherein when the first main body and the second main body are at the first position, the first main body is located on the second side surface of the plate, the second main body is located on a third side surface of the host computer, the fourth connecting element is connected to the fifth connecting element, and a lens of the image sensor faces the third side surface of the host computer to present a safe mode.

14. The electronic device as recited in claim 12 , wherein when the first main body and the second main body are at the second position, the first main body is located on the second side surface of the plate, the third connecting element is connected to the first connecting element, and the second main body and the plate are located on a same axis and expose a lens of the image sensor to present a first shooting mode.

15. The electronic device as recited in claim 12 , wherein when the first main body and the second main body are at the third position, the first main body and the second main body are located on the second side surface of the plate, the third connecting element is connected to the second connecting element, and a lens of the image sensor faces away from the plate to present a second shooting mode.

16. The electronic device as recited in claim 7 , wherein a length of the first pivot portion is greater than or equal to a length of the second pivot portion.

Assignees

• Tsai Meng Huan
• Pai Yun Tung
• Hsiao Yen Hua
• Wu Chia Hua
• Chen Kung Ju
• Sun Chia Chi
• Compal Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Tsai Meng-Huan
• Pai Yun-Tung
• Hsiao Yen-Hua
• Wu Chia-Hua
• Chen Kung-Ju
• Sun Chia-Chi

Classifications

• H04N23/57

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• H04N23/667

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• H04N23/54 Primary

  Mounting of pick-up tubes, electronic image sensors, deviation or focusing coils · CPC title

• H04N23/50

  Constructional details · CPC title

• G03B17/04

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