Decorative Ring Light Guide for Camera Module Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile terminals lack enhanced decorative and functional elements that enrich user experience, particularly in terms of aesthetics and light effects, which are not adequately addressed by existing designs.
Innovation Solution
A decorative ring with a body portion, sidewall portion, and light guide portion that encloses the camera module, allowing light to transmit from the inner to the outer face, providing a mounting structure for the camera module while enhancing the device's aesthetic and light emission capabilities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If a traditional camera module housing is used, then the camera module can be accommodated, but the decorative effect and light emission capability are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The housing is merged with a light guide portion that enables light transmission from the inner face to the outer face. This integration combines the structural housing function with the light emission function into a single component, thereby improving illumination capability without proportionally increasing device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The housing serves multiple functions: it provides mechanical support and protection for the camera module, defines the accommodating region, and simultaneously acts as a light guide structure that transmits light to create decorative effects. This multi-functionality improves illumination capability while avoiding the need for separate dedicated light emission components
2Length of moving object
If the camera module size is reduced to enable thinner mobile terminal design, then the terminal thickness is reduced, but the camera module accommodation becomes more constrained
Solution Approach 1:
The housing extends in the thickness direction with a light guide portion that protrudes from the shell, utilizing the Z-axis dimension for light transmission. This allows the camera module to be accommodated in a compact volume while the light guide extends outward to maintain light emission functionality, effectively decoupling the accommodation volume from the overall terminal thickness
3Adaptability or versatility
If a decorative member with enhanced decorative effect is added, then the user experience is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The decorative function is merged into the housing structure itself through the light guide portion. The housing not only provides mechanical support but also serves as the decorative element that emits light to create visual effects. This integration enhances user experience without adding separate decorative components that would increase device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The housing structure performs multiple roles: mechanical support, camera module accommodation, and decorative light emission. By making the housing multi-functional, the design enhances user experience with rich decorative effects while avoiding the complexity increase that would result from adding dedicated decorative components
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution enhances user experience by creating a visually appealing light effect around the camera module, reducing the camera's spatial footprint, and enabling a thinner mobile terminal design while improving light transmission and bonding strength.
Implementation Method 1
the light guide portion enables light to transmit from a side where the inner face positioned to a side where the outer face positioned
Data Source
AI summary
Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a decorative ring, a functional module and a mobile terminal. The decorative ring includes a body portion, a sidewall portion and a light guide portion, wherein the sidewall portion encloses a peripheral side of the body portion to form a accommodating region, and the accommodating region is configured to accommodate a part of the camera module; and the decorative ring has an inner face and outer face opposite the inner face, the inner face defines the accommodating region, and the light guide portion enables light to transmit from the side where the inner face positioned to the side where the outer face positioned.