Detachable Camera Connector Layout for Narrow-Bezel Displays
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices with fixed cameras pose challenges in achieving an extremely narrow bezel design due to the space occupied by the camera and its supporting structure, affecting user experience.
Innovation Solution
A camera module with detachable connectors and a detection control circuit that determines forward or reverse mounting, allowing flexible camera positioning and power/voltage configuration based on mounting direction, enabling a narrow bezel design.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the camera is fixed in position at the top of the display screen, then the camera has stable support structure, but the display screen cannot achieve extremely narrow bezel effect
Solution Approach 1:
The camera system is divided into a detachable camera module and a display device, with the camera module able to be separated from the display device. This segmentation allows the camera to be positioned flexibly - attached when needed for stable support, detached when not needed to achieve narrow bezel effect, thus resolving the contradiction between structural stability and bezel width.
2Volume of moving object
If the camera is made thin and narrow, then the camera size is reduced, but the supporting structure still occupies space affecting narrow bezel design
Solution Approach 1:
The camera module is extracted from the integrated display structure and made into a detachable component. This extraction removes the supporting structure from the permanent display assembly, allowing the display to achieve narrow bezel design while the camera module can be attached only when needed, eliminating the space occupation issue.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the camera is detachable with forward and reverse mounting options, then the camera positioning flexibility is improved, but the connector complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The connector is designed with asymmetric contact pin arrangements where forward mounting connects contacts in one sequence and reverse mounting connects them in a different sequence. This asymmetric design enables the connector to distinguish between forward and reverse orientations through the detection control circuit, providing positioning flexibility while maintaining a relatively simple connector structure.
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AI summary
Disclosed is an electronic device, comprising: a camera module, which comprises a camera and a first connector, the first connector comprising first to M-th connecting contacts, wherein M is an integer; a display apparatus, which comprises a second connector, the second connector comprising first to N-th connecting pins, wherein N is an integer, and N≥1; and a detection control circuit, which is connected to the second connector, and is configured to determine in response to the first to M-th connecting contacts being mounted onto a-th to (a+M−1)th connecting pins among the first to N-th connecting pins that the camera is mounted onto the display apparatus in a front-facing manner, and to determine in response to the M-th to first connecting contacts being mounted onto b-th to (b+M−1)th connecting pins among the first to N-th connecting pins that the camera is mounted onto the display apparatus in a rear-facing manner.