Electronic device with double aperture regions

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12052486-B2
Application number	US-202217828068-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 31, 2022
Priority date	Jul 16, 2021
Publication date	Jul 30, 2024
Grant date	Jul 30, 2024

Abstract

An electronic device includes a display screen, a first aperture region and a second aperture region. The display screen is disposed on a surface of the electronic device. The first aperture region is disposed on the surface of the electronic device, and a visible light is able to enter into an internal portion of the electronic device through the first aperture region. The second aperture region is disposed on the surface of the electronic device, and the visible light is able to enter into the internal portion of the electronic device through the second aperture region. The display screen is disposed between the first aperture region and the second aperture region and configured to be a spacing maintained therebetween, and a shape of the first aperture region and a shape of the second aperture region are non-circular and mirror-symmetrical to each other.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device, comprising:
a display screen disposed on a surface of the electronic device;
a first aperture region disposed on the surface of the electronic device, wherein a visible light is able to enter into an internal portion of the electronic device through the first aperture region; and
a second aperture region disposed on the surface of the electronic device, wherein the visible light is able to enter into the internal portion of the electronic device through the second aperture region;
wherein the display screen is disposed between the first aperture region and the second aperture region and configured to be a spacing maintained therebetween, and a shape of the first aperture region and a shape of the second aperture region are non-circular and mirror-symmetrical to each other;
wherein the spacing between the first aperture region and the second aperture region is dAB, a shortest straight-line distance defined by the display screen is dmin, a longest straight-line distance defined by the display screen is dmax, and the following conditions are satisfied:
0.84× d min< dAB< 1.31× d max; and

0.47× d max< d min< d max.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a first imaging lens assembly located in the internal portion of the electronic device and facing the first aperture region, wherein the visible light passing through the first aperture region is able to enter into the first imaging lens assembly.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , further comprising:
a second imaging lens assembly located in the internal portion of the electronic device and facing the second aperture region, wherein the visible light passing through the second aperture region is able to enter into the second imaging lens assembly.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein a spacing between the first imaging lens assembly and the second imaging lens assembly is d′AB, the shortest straight-line distance defined by the display screen is dmin, the longest straight-line distance defined by the display screen is dmax, and the following condition is satisfied:
0.83× d min< d′AB< 1.29× d max.

5. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the second imaging lens assembly comprises:
a second image sensor disposed on an image surface of the second imaging lens assembly, wherein a second imaging area of the second image sensor is corresponding to the image surface, a geometric center of the second imaging area and a second optical axis of the second imaging lens assembly are misaligned, a second misalignment distance defined therebetween is dF2, a maximum image height of the second imaging lens assembly is 1.0F2, and the following condition is satisfied:
0≤ dF 2<(1.0 F 2)×1.1.

6. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the first imaging lens assembly comprises:
a first image sensor disposed on an image surface of the first imaging lens assembly, wherein a first imaging area of the first image sensor is corresponding to the image surface, a geometric center of the first imaging area and a first optical axis of the first imaging lens assembly are misaligned, a first misalignment distance defined therebetween is dF1, a maximum image height of the first imaging lens assembly is 1.0F1, and the following condition is satisfied:
0≤ dF 1<(1.0 F 1)×1.1.

7. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein a pixel size of the second image sensor is P2, and the following condition is satisfied:
0.1 μm< P 2<0.95 μm.

8. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the pixel size of the second image sensor is P2, and the following condition is satisfied:
0.1 μm< P 2<0.83 μm.

9. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the first optical axis and a second optical axis of the second imaging lens assembly are substantially parallel to each other.

10. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein a non-circular area of the first aperture region is shrunk from a circular area corresponding to a maximum radius defined by the first aperture region, the non-circular area of the first aperture region is A′, the circular area corresponding to the maximum radius defined by the first aperture region is A, and the following condition is satisfied:
0.2× A≤A′< 1.03× A.

11. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein a focal length of the first imaging lens assembly is efl1, a focal length of the second imaging lens assembly is efl2, and the following conditions are satisfied:
2.0 mm≤ efl 1≤4.2 mm,

2.0 mm≤ efl 2≤4.2 mm; and

0.8< efl 1/ efl 2<1.25.

12. An electronic device, comprising:
a display screen disposed on a surface of the electronic device;
a first aperture region disposed on the surface of the electronic device, wherein a visible light is able to enter into an internal portion of the electronic device through the first aperture region;
a second aperture region disposed on the surface of the electronic device, wherein the visible light is able to enter into the internal portion of the electronic device through the second aperture region;
a first imaging lens assembly located in the internal portion of the electronic device and facing the first aperture region; and
a second imaging lens assembly located in the internal portion of the electronic device and facing the second aperture region;
wherein the display screen is disposed between the first imaging lens assembly and the second imaging lens assembly and configured to be a spacing maintained therebetween, and a shape of a first opening of the first imaging lens assembly and a shape of a second opening of the second imaging lens assembly are non-circular and mirror-symmetrical to each other;
wherein the spacing between the first imaging lens assembly and the second imaging lens assembly is d′AB, a shortest straight-line distance defined by the display screen is dmin, a longest straight-line distance defined by the display screen is dmax, and the following conditions are satisfied:
0.84× d min< d′AB< 1.26× d max; and

0.47× d max< d min< d max.

13. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the first imaging lens assembly comprises:
a first image sensor disposed on an image surface of the first imaging lens assembly, wherein a first imaging area of the first image sensor is corresponding to the image surface, a geometric center of the first imaging area and a first optical axis of the first imaging lens assembly are misaligned, a first misalignment distance defined therebetween is dF1, a maximum image height of the first imaging lens assembly is 1.0F1, and the following condition is satisfied:
0≤ dF 1<(1.0 F 1)×1.1.

14. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein a pixel size of the first image sensor is P1, and the following condition is satisfied:
0.1 μm< P 1<0.95 μm.

15. The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the pixel size of the first image sensor is P1, and the following condition is satisfied:
0.1 μm< P 1<0.83 μm.

16. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the second imaging lens assembly comprises:
a second image sensor disposed on an image surface of the second imaging lens assembly, wherein a second imaging area of the second image sensor is corresponding to the image surface, a geometric center of the second imaging area and a second optical axis of the second imaging lens assembly are misaligned, a second misalignment distance defined therebetween is dF2, a maximum image height of the second imaging lens assembly is 1.0F2, and the following condition is satisfied:
0≤ dF 2<(1.0 F 2)×1.1.

17. The electronic

Assignees

• Largan Precision Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tseng Yu-Tai
• Chang Lin-An
• Chou Ming-Ta
• Tang Hsiang-Chi

Classifications

• H04M1/0264

  for a camera module assembly · CPC title

• G02B7/021

  for more than one lens · CPC title

• H04N23/54

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

• G06F1/163

  Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt · CPC title

• G06F1/1626

  with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs] · CPC title