Camera Structure for Unified Appearance Across Multiple Lens Sizes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Differing sizes of lens assemblies in multiple cameras mounted on an electronic device result in varying camera barrel and body sizes, leading to reduced unity and aesthetics, increased machining costs, and complexity.
Innovation Solution
A camera structure design where cameras share a unified camera window with identical transparent and decoration areas, and decoration units with matching diameters, presenting a unified external appearance and improving aesthetics.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If lens assemblies of different sizes are used in multiple cameras, then each camera can have optimized optical specifications, but the camera barrels and bodies will have different sizes reducing unity and aesthetics
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the camera system into modular components: lens assemblies with different optical specifications are housed in standardized camera barrels of uniform size. Each lens assembly is a separate module that can be independently optimized while maintaining overall system uniformity through the standardized barrel structure.
Solution Approach 2:
Different lens assemblies with specific optical properties are placed in specific camera barrels based on functional requirements, while the barrels themselves maintain uniform external dimensions. This allows local optimization of optical characteristics without compromising the global aesthetic unity of the device.
2Adaptability or versatility
If camera barrels of different sizes are used to accommodate different lens assemblies, then each camera can be optimized for its function, but machining costs and difficulties increase
Solution Approach 1:
A single standardized camera barrel design serves multiple functions by accommodating different lens assemblies with varying optical specifications. This universal barrel structure can be mass-produced through standardized machining processes, reducing manufacturing complexity and cost compared to producing multiple specialized barrel types.
Solution Approach 2:
The internal parameters of the standardized camera barrel (such as mounting positions, clearance spaces) are designed with sufficient flexibility to accommodate different lens assembly sizes and shapes, while the external dimensions remain constant. This allows one barrel design to serve multiple optical configurations without requiring custom machining for each variant.
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AI summary
An example electronic device may include a first camera including a first camera barrel accommodating a first lens assembly; a second camera including a second camera barrel accommodating a second lens assembly; a cover housing arranged to substantially cover the first camera and the second camera and including a first opening corresponding to the first camera barrel of the first camera and a second opening corresponding to the second camera barrel of the second camera; a camera window including a first transparent region formed in a portion thereof corresponding to the first opening and a second transparent region formed in a portion thereof corresponding to the second opening; a first decoration part disposed at the inner circumference of the first opening of the cover housing and having an inclination formed at the inner circumferential portion thereof; and a second decoration part disposed at the inner circumference of the second opening of the cover housing and having an inclination formed at the inner circumferential portion thereof, wherein the first transparent region and the second transparent region of the camera window may have the same diameter, and the first decoration part and the second decoration part may have the same diameter.