Electronic device, control method and control apparatus thereof, and terminal device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12411396-B2
Application number	US-202318335421-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 15, 2023
Priority date	Dec 21, 2020
Publication date	Sep 9, 2025
Grant date	Sep 9, 2025

Abstract

An electronic device is disclosed. A first driving mechanism is provided in an inner chamber, which is capable of driving a movable module to retract into or extend out of a housing through a through hole. The movable module includes a first bracket, a second driving mechanism, a second bracket rotatably disposed on the first bracket, a functional module including an anti-shake micro-cloud gimbal and a camera movably disposed on the anti-shake micro-cloud gimbal, and a third driving mechanism. The third driving mechanism is disposed on the second bracket, connected to the functional module, and drives the functional module to rotate around a first axis. The second driving mechanism is disposed on the first bracket, and drives the second bracket to rotate around a second axis. The functional module is rotatably disposed on the second bracket, and is capable of rotating with the second bracket.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device, comprising a housing, a first driving mechanism, and a movable module, wherein the housing has an inner chamber and a through hole communicating with the inner chamber, the first driving mechanism is disposed in the inner chamber, and the first driving mechanism is connected to the movable module and capable of driving the movable module to retract through the through hole into the housing or at least partially extend out of the housing; wherein
the movable module comprises a first bracket, a second driving mechanism, a second bracket, a functional module, and a third driving mechanism, wherein the functional module is rotatably disposed on the second bracket, the third driving mechanism is disposed on the second bracket, the third driving mechanism is connected to the functional module and drives the functional module to rotate around a first axis, the second bracket is rotatably disposed on the first bracket, the second driving mechanism is disposed on the first bracket, the second driving mechanism drives the second bracket to rotate around a second axis, the functional module is capable of rotating with the second bracket, and the first axis and the second axis intersect or lie on different planes;
the functional module comprises an anti-shake micro-cloud gimbal and a camera, the camera being movably disposed on the anti-shake micro-cloud gimbal; and
the electronic device has a first anti-shake state and a second anti-shake state, wherein in a case that the electronic device is in the first anti-shake state, at least one of the second driving mechanism or the third driving mechanism drives the functional module to rotate; and in a case that the electronic device is in the second anti-shake state, the camera is capable of rotating relative to the anti-shake micro-cloud gimbal;
wherein a base is provided in the housing, and an elastic structural member is provided between the first bracket and the base, wherein the elastic structural member is connected to a first side edge of the first bracket, the first driving mechanism is connected to a second side edge of the first bracket, and the first side edge and the second side edge are two side edges of the first bracket that face away from each other;
wherein the electronic device further comprises a guide member, wherein one end of the guide member is fixedly connected to the base, and the other end of the guide member is a free end; and the elastic structural member is sleeved on the guide member.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the second axis is an axis extending along a running direction of the through hole, and the second axis is perpendicular to the first axis.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the functional module further comprises a fill light assembly, wherein the fill light assembly is fixedly connected to the anti-shake micro-cloud gimbal, and a fill light direction of the fill light assembly is consistent with a shooting direction of the camera.

4. The electronic device according to claim 3 , wherein the third driving mechanism and the fill light assembly are disposed on a first side of the second axis, and the anti-shake micro-cloud gimbal and the camera are disposed on a second side of the second axis.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first side edge of the first bracket is provided with a sleeve member, wherein the sleeve member is sleeved on the guide member, and the elastic structural member is elastically located between the sleeve member and the base.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein a first circuit board is fastened in the housing, a second circuit board is provided on the first bracket, the second circuit board is electrically connected to the first circuit board via a first flexible electrical connector, the second bracket is rotatably engaged with the first bracket via a rotating shaft, the rotating shaft is a hollow shaft with a central hole, and the third driving mechanism and the functional module are electrically connected to the second circuit board via a second flexible electrical connector that runs through the central hole.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the third driving mechanism is capable of driving the functional module to switch between a first angle and a second angle; and in a case that the functional module is at the first angle, the functional module faces toward a first direction, and in a case that the functional module is at the second angle, the functional module faces toward a second direction; wherein the first direction and the second direction are opposite directions.

8. A control method of an electronic device, wherein the electronic device is the electronic device according to claim 1 , and the control method comprises:
receiving control information;
in a case that the control information is first control information, controlling at least one of the second driving mechanism or the third driving mechanism to drive the functional module to rotate; and
in a case that the control information is second control information, controlling the camera to rotate relative to the anti-shake micro-cloud gimbal.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the second axis is an axis extending along a running direction of the through hole, and the second axis is perpendicular to the first axis.

10. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the functional module further comprises a fill light assembly, wherein the fill light assembly is fixedly connected to the anti-shake micro-cloud gimbal, and a fill light direction of the fill light assembly is consistent with a shooting direction of the camera.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the third driving mechanism and the fill light assembly are disposed on a first side of the second axis, and the anti-shake micro-cloud gimbal and the camera are disposed on a second side of the second axis.

12. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the first side edge of the first bracket is provided with a sleeve member, wherein the sleeve member is sleeved on the guide member, and the elastic structural member is elastically located between the sleeve member and the base.

13. The method according to claim 8 , wherein a first circuit board is fastened in the housing, a second circuit board is provided on the first bracket, the second circuit board is electrically connected to the first circuit board via a first flexible electrical connector, the second bracket is rotatably engaged with the first bracket via a rotating shaft, the rotating shaft is a hollow shaft with a central hole, and the third driving mechanism and the functional module are electrically connected to the second circuit board via a second flexible electrical connector that runs through the central hole.

14. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the third driving mechanism is capable of driving the functional module to switch between a first angle and a second angle; and in a case that the functional module is at the first angle, the functional module faces toward a first direction, and in a case that the functional module is at the second angle, the functional module faces toward a second direction; wherein the first direction and the second direction are opposite directions.

15. A terminal device, comprising a processor, a memory, and a program or instructions stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor, wherein when the program or instructions are executed by the processor, the steps of the control method according to claim 8 are implemented.

Assignees

• Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jin Ming
• Cheng Dongcun
• Wang Wei

Classifications

• G03B2205/0053

  Driving means for the movement of one or more optical element · CPC title

• G03B2205/0007

  Movement of one or more optical elements for control of motion blur · CPC title

• H04M1/0264 Primary

  for a camera module assembly · CPC title

• G03B5/00

  Adjustment of optical system relative to image or object surface other than for focusing · CPC title

• H04N23/56

  provided with illuminating means · CPC title