Multi-Camera Module Case With Segmented Grooves
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing multi-camera modules face difficulties in easily detaching the case from the camera units during manufacturing defects or repairs, leading to potential damage to the camera units due to the case's complex attachment mechanism and varying thicknesses.
Innovation Solution
A multi-camera module design featuring a case with a tetragonal-shaped groove of varying depths around light-incident holes, allowing for easier separation by laser cutting, while maintaining sufficient rigidity through strategically thinner portions and adhesive application for secure coupling.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If the case is made with varying thicknesses to accommodate different camera units, then the structural integrity and rigidity are improved, but the ease of detachment and repair deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The case is divided into multiple thickness zones with grooves at specific positions, creating segmented regions of varying thickness. This segmentation allows the case to have different mechanical properties in different areas, enabling easy detachment at groove positions while maintaining overall structural integrity through thicker regions.
Solution Approach 2:
The case transitions from uniform thickness to non-uniform thickness with local variations. Thinner regions are created at specific locations where grooves are formed, while other regions maintain greater thickness for structural support. This local quality variation resolves the contradiction by providing both ease of detachment at thin regions and structural integrity in thicker regions.
2Stability of the object's composition
If the case is made uniformly thick for structural integrity, then the rigidity is improved, but the ease of laser cutting and detachment deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The case structure is segmented into different thickness zones, with grooves creating thinner regions that are easier to laser cut. This segmentation allows laser cutting to be performed more easily at groove positions while the overall case maintains sufficient rigidity through its non-uniform thickness distribution.
Solution Approach 2:
The case employs local quality variation by having different thicknesses at different positions. Regions with grooves have reduced thickness for easier laser cutting and detachment, while other regions maintain greater thickness for structural rigidity, resolving the contradiction between ease of manufacture and structural stability.
3Ease of operation
If the groove depth varies to facilitate easy detachment, then the ease of separation is improved, but the manufacturing precision requirements worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The groove structure is segmented into different depth zones corresponding to different camera unit positions. This segmentation allows each groove to be optimized for its specific location, facilitating easy detachment while the manufacturing process can focus on achieving consistent depths within each segmented region rather than across the entire case.
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AI summary
A multi-camera module includes a plurality of camera units, and a single case coupled to the plurality of camera units, wherein the case includes an upper surface portion surrounding an upper portion of the plurality of camera units, and wherein the upper surface portion includes a groove, the groove having different depths in accordance with a position corresponding to the plurality of camera units.