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Digital Camera Patent Abstract
A mobile device having a digital camera and an assembling method
for a ring is disclosed. The mobile device includes a housing, a
digital camera module and the ring, wherein the housing has a through
hole which a notch is formed therein. The digital camera module
has an arm. The ring is disposed in the through hole. Besides, one
side of the ring includes an extended part which is located on the
notch and forms a dynamic relationship with the arm.
Digital Camera Patent Claims
1. A mobile device with a digital camera module, comprising: a housing
having a through hole and a first notch and a second notch formed
in the through hole; a digital camera module including an arm; and
a ring having a first side formed thereon an extended portion and
a bump, wherein the extended portion is disposed in the first notch
and is interacted with the arm, and the bump is disposed in the
second notch.
2. The mobile device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the digital
camera module further includes a digital lens being adjusted to
the through hole.
3. The mobile device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ring has
a second side disposed thereon a driving portion so that the ring
is rotated by using the driving portion.
4. The mobile device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a block is
formed in the first notch, such that the block provides a drop height
when the extended portion of the ring passes the block.
5. The mobile device as claimed in claim 1, wherein two edges of
the first notch respectively have a hitch, such that the hitches
are kept the extended portion in the first notch when the extended
portion is disposed.
6. The mobile device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the through
hole further forms a plurality of openings, a plurality of protruding
portions disposed between the openings, and the first notch and
the second notch are disposed between the two of the protruding
portions.
7. The mobile device as claimed in claim 6, wherein a first side
of the ring further has a second bump, one of the protruding portions
further forms a third notch, and the second bump is disposed in
the third notch.
8. A mobile device with a digital camera module, comprising: a
housing having a through hole, wherein two openings are defined
around the through hole and corresponding to at least two protruding
portions, and two sides of each of the protruding portions respectively
include a hitch; a digital camera module coupled with the through
hole and including an arm; and a ring having a first side, an extended
portion and at least one bump disposed on the first side of the
ring, the bump disposed on the protruding portion, wherein the extended
portion is coupled with the arm.
9. The mobile device as claimed in claim 8, wherein a plurality
of notches are formed between the hitches of the protruding portions,
such that the extended portion is disposed in one of the notches,
and the bump is disposed in one of the other notches.
10. The mobile device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the digital
camera module further includes a digital lens being adjusted to
the through hole.
11. The mobile device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the ring has
a second side and a driving portion disposed on the second side,
such that a user is capable of rotating the ring by using the driving
portion.
12. The mobile device as claimed in claim 8, wherein a block is
formed in the first notch, such that the block provides a drop height
when the extended portion of the ring passes the block.
13. The mobile device as claimed in claim 8, wherein each of the
hitches has a hook.
14. A method of assembling a mobile device which includes a housing
having a through hole, two openings defined around the through hole
and corresponding to at least two protruding portions, two sides
of each of the protruding portions respectively including a hitch,
and a ring including a first side, an extended portion and at least
one bump, the method of assembling a mobile device comprising: passing
the extended portion of the ring through one of the openings of
the housing; and making the extended portion or the bump of the
ring cross the hitches of the housing, wherein the extended portion
or the bump is respectively movable corresponding to one of the
protruding portions.
15. The method as claimed in claim 14 wherein the mobile device
further includes a digital camera module coupled with the through
hole, and the digital camera module includes an arm coupled with
the extended portion of the ring, and wherein the method further
comprises rotating a second side of the ring to link the arm of
the digital camera module.
Digital Camera Patent Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention generally relates to a mobile device
and, more particularly, to a mobile device with a digital camera
and an assembly method thereof.
[0003] 2. Description of Related Art
[0004] Mobile phones are built with digital lenses for providing
a digital camera function, but conventional digital cameras configured
on the mobile phones do not support the optical zooming function.
In general, a digital zooming function can only be simulated by
graphic and image processing software which is capable of partially
enlarging or reducing sizes of images. This simulating software,
however, may cause blurred pictures.
[0005] Recently, the manual zooming digital camera modules are
provided on the mobile phones and it can photograph not only at
a regular distance but also at a close distance. Besides, the manual
zooming digital camera is capable of zooming-in or zooming-out function
by rotating a ring configured on the mobile phone.
[0006] The conventional manual zooming digital camera modules are
mainly assembled by three portions including a rotatable ring, a
housing, and a third section which can be a supporting or restraining
means. The third section and the housing construct a containing
space so that the rotatable ring can be disposed and rotated in
the containing space.
[0007] Nevertheless, the third section and the housing are coupled
by the hot-melt means or the adhesives, wherein additional tooling
is required in a hot-melt process, thus increasing the cost of manufacturing
the ring, and further the adhesives break easily. In addition, the
hot-melt means and adhesives may be not strong enough to bear external
force.
[0008] Accordingly, it is known that the third section in the conventional
mobile device will result in increasing the cost of manufacturing
the ring and the dimension of the mobile device. Therefore, it is
desirable to provide an improved mobile device to mitigate and/or
obviate the aforementioned problems.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0009] An object of the present invention provides a mobile device
with a digital camera module and an assembly method for reducing
the manufacturing cost and allowing easy assembly.
[0010] Another object of the present invention provides a mobile
device with a digital camera module and an assembly method for easily
assembling a ring on a housing of the mobile device, wherein the
ring is capable of rotating on the housing to provide zooming and
focusing functions.
[0011] In accordance with an object of the present invention, a
mobile device with a digital camera module is provided. The mobile
device includes a housing, a digital camera module, and a ring.
The housing has a through hole and a first notch and a second notch
formed in the through hole. The digital camera module includes an
arm. The ring has a first side forming an extended portion and a
bump, wherein the extended portion is disposed in the first notch
and is interacted with the arm, and the bump is disposed in the
second notch, such that the ring is assembled on the housing by
the extended portion and the bump.
[0012] In accordance with an object of the present invention, a
mobile device with a digital camera module is provided. The mobile
device includes a housing, a digital camera module, and a ring.
The housing forms a through hole, wherein a first notch and a second
notch are defined around the through hole. The digital camera module
includes an arm. The ring includes an extended portion and at least
one bump. The extended portion is disposed in the first notch and
is interacted with the arm, and the bump is disposed in the second
notch.
[0013] A block is disposed in the first notch to provide a drop
height when the extended portion of the ring passes the block. In
addition, two edges of the first notch respectively have a hitch,
such that the hitches are kept the extended portion in the first
notch when the extended portion is disposed.
[0014] The through hole further forms a plurality of openings,
and a plurality of protruding portions is disposed between the openings,
wherein the first notch and the second notch are disposed between
two of the protruding portions.
[0015] A second side of the ring includes a driving portion for
enabling users to control the ring. The first side of the ring further
includes a second bump, one of the protruding portions further forms
a third notch, and the second bump is disposed in the third notch.
[0016] In accordance with an object of the present invention, a
method of assembling a mobile device is provided. The mobile device
includes a housing having a through hole, two openings defined around
the through hole and corresponding to at least two protruding portions,
two sides of each of the protruding portions respectively including
a hitch, and a ring including a first side, an extended portion
and at least one bump. The method of assembling a mobile device
is characterized in including the steps of passing the extended
portion of the ring through one of the openings of the housing;
and making the extended portion or the bump of the ring cross the
hitches of the housing, wherein the extended portion or the bump
is respectively movable corresponding to one of the protruding portions.
[0017] Other objects, advantages, and novel features of the invention
will become more apparent from the following detailed description
when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0018] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of
the present invention;
[0019] FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the preferred embodiment of
the present invention;
[0020] FIG. 3 shows the ring attached to the housing of the present
invention;
[0021] FIG. 4a shows the ring and the housing of the present invention
before being assembled; and
[0022] FIG. 4b shows the assembly of the ring and the housing.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0023] The present invention provides a design to permit easy assembly
of a mobile device with a digital camera capable of manually zooming
and focusing during an image capturing process. FIG. 1 shows a mobile
device of a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The mobile
device 1 includes a housing 11 and a ring 13. In the embodiment,
the mobile device 1 can be a bar-type mobile phone. The housing
11 may be an upper cover of the mobile device 1, and the ring 13
is attached to the upper cover of the mobile device 1. In other
embodiments, the ring 13 may be disposed on a bottom cover of a
mobile device. The present invention is not limited in bar-type
phones, but also may be utilized in folding-type phones, sliding-cover
phones, smart phones, PDAs, or other mobile devices.
[0024] A driving portion 131 is formed on the surface of the ring
13, which enables a user to control a zooming-in and zooming-out
function. The driving portion 131 is used to drive the ring 13 and
is not limited in a specific form. For instance, the driving portion
131 can be a bulge with a regular or triangular shape. In other
embodiments, the driving portion 131 may be received in a recess
of the ring 13 so that a user may drive the ring 13 by the recess.
[0025] FIG. 2 shows an exploded view of the mobile device. The
mobile device includes the ring 13, the housing 11, and the digital
camera module 14. The housing has a through hole 111, wherein openings
1114, 1115, 1116 are formed around the through hole 111 and respectively
correspond to protruding portions 1111, 1112, 1113.
[0026] A first side 1301 of the ring 13 has the driving portion
131 thereon, and a second side 1302 of the ring 13 has an extended
portion 132, and bumps 133, 134. In the present embodiment, the
first side 1301 of the ring 13 is defined as an upper side, and
the second side 1302 of the ring 13 is defined as a bottom side.
In addition, the extended portion 132 further forms a hole 1321.
[0027] The digital camera module 14 includes an arm 141 and a lens
142, wherein the arm 141 includes a short pillar 1411 corresponding
to the through hole 1321 of the extended portion 132 of the ring
13. In addition, the arm 14 is interacted with the lens 142. When
the short pillar 1411 is engaged with the through hole 1321 of the
extended portion 132 of the ring 13, the extended portion 132 is
utilized to control the motion of the arm 141 for controlling the
zooming function of the digital camera 14. For instance, when the
arm 141 is rotated from a first position A to a second position
B, a focus of the lens 142 is changed to thus execute the zooming-in
function. On the other hand, when the arm 141 is rotated from the
second position B to the first position A, the digital camera 14
is capable of executing the zooming-out function.
[0028] According to the design provided by the present invention,
the ring 13 is allowed to be directly attached to the housing 11,
as shown in FIG. 3. The detailed steps of assembling the ring 13
and the housing 11 are described in the following and shown in FIGS.
4a and 4b.
[0029] FIG. 4a shows the ring 13 and the housing 11 before being
assembled. In the first embodiment, the housing 11 has openings
1114, 1115, 1116. During assembling the ring 13 and the housing
11, the extended portion 132 passes through one of the openings
1114, 1115, 1116 of the through hole 111. In the embodiment, the
extended portion 132 passes through the opening 1115, and the bumps
133, 134 are respectively disposed in the openings 1114 and 1116.
[0030] Next, as shown in FIG. 4b, two sides of each of the protruding
portions 1111, 1112, 1113 corresponding to the openings 1114, 1115,
1116 of the through hole 111 respectively have hitches 1121, 1122,
1123, 1124, 1125, 1126, and a notch is defined between each pair
of the hitches. For instance, a notch 1117 is formed between the
hitches 1121 and 1122 of the protruding portion 1111. Similarly,
the protruding portions 1112 and 1113 correspondingly have the notches
1118 and 1119.
[0031] As shown in FIG. 4b, the extended portion 132 crosses the
hitch 1121 and enters the notch 1117. Similarly, the bumps 133,
134 correspondingly cross the hitches 1123, 1125 and enter the notches
1118, 1119, wherein the extended portion 132 and the bumps 133,
134 are respectively disposed on the protruding potions 1111, 1112,
1113. Because of the hitches 1121, 1122, 1123, 1124, 1125, 1126,
the extended portion 132, the bumps 133, 134 are movably disposed
in the notches 1117, 1118, 1119. In another embodiment, the hitches
1121, 1123, and 1125 have hooks to constrain the extended portion
132 and the bumps 133, 134 moving in the notches 1117, 1118, and
1119.
[0032] Furthermore, the ring 13 and the housing 11 are capable
of being directly assembled. The notches 1117, 1118, 1119 support
the extended portion 132 and the bumps 133, 134, and thus the ring
13 is attached to the housing 11.
[0033] As described above, the second side 1302 of the ring 13
of the embodiment forms the extended portion 132 and the bumps 133,
134 corresponding to the notches 1117, 1118, 1119 of the through
hole 1111 of the housing 11 for coupling the ring 13 to the housing
11. Alternatively, the second side 1302 of the ring 13 is not only
formed an extended portion, but also formed one or more bumps depending
on different angles. Moreover, the shapes of the extended portion
132 and the bumps may also be modified according to different requirements.
[0034] In order to sense the change of the focus of the lens, a
block (not shown) may be disposed in the notch 1117 and the users
can feel a drop height when the extended portion 132 of the ring
13 passes the block. As mentioned above, the ring is coupled with
the through hole of the housing to reduce the manufacturing cost
and time.
[0035] Although the present invention has been explained in relation
to its preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that many other
possible modifications and variations can be made without departing
from the scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed.
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