3D camera assembly having a bracket for cameras and mobile terminal having the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9635227-B2
Application number	US-201615276284-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 26, 2016
Priority date	Aug 3, 2011
Publication date	Apr 25, 2017
Grant date	Apr 25, 2017

Abstract

A 3D camera and a mobile terminal having the same can include a front body including a touch screen; a rear body coupled to the front body, the rear body including first and second holes; first and second cameras for capturing an image, the first and second cameras corresponding to the first and second holes; a bracket coupled to the first and second cameras, the bracket including third and fourth holes corresponding the first and second cameras; a main printed circuit board (PCB) for operation of the mobile terminal; a camera PCB coupled to the first and second cameras; and a connector extended from the camera PCB and connected to the main PCB electrically. Also, the bracket surrounds each of the first and second cameras, and at least a portion of the bracket is surrounded by the main PCB.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mobile terminal comprising:
a front body including a touch screen located on a front side of the mobile terminal;
a rear body coupled to the front body and located at a rear side of the mobile terminal, the rear body including first and second holes;
first and second cameras for capturing an image, the first and second cameras corresponding to the first and second holes;
a bracket coupled to the first and second cameras, the bracket including third and fourth holes corresponding the first and second cameras;
a main printed circuit board (PCB) including electronic components and electronic circuits for operation of the mobile terminal;
a camera PCB coupled to the first and second cameras; and
a connector extended from the camera PCB, the connector connected to the main PCB electrically,
wherein the bracket surrounds each of the first and second cameras, and
wherein at least a portion of the bracket is surrounded by the main PCB.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein at least the portion of the bracket includes a sidewall.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2 , wherein the main PCB is located beside the sidewall.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the bracket includes a bridge between the first hole and the second hole.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4 , wherein the bracket is formed integrally.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 4 , wherein the bracket is made of a metal.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the connector is connected on a surface of the main PCB.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 7 , wherein the surface of the main PCB faces the rear body.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the connector is provided as a plurality of connectors.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9 , wherein the connectors are connected on a surface of the main PCB, and the surface of the main PCB faces the rear body.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Woo Ramchan
• Kim Byungjoon
• Jang Jinho
• Kim Chiyoung
• Kim Jaeyeol

Classifications

• H04N23/50

  Constructional details · CPC title

• H04N23/57

  Mechanical or electrical details of cameras or camera modules specially adapted for being embedded in other devices · CPC title

• H04N23/51

  Housings · CPC title

• H04N5/2252 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N5/2257

  Electricity · mapped topic