Electronic Apparatus Camera Support for Unified Module Design
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic apparatuses with multiple camera modules of varying sizes suffer from reduced design quality due to the lack of unification.
Innovation Solution
An electronic apparatus design featuring a support member with an annular portion between supports for camera modules of different sizes, ensuring unified alignment and coverage, using a first and second support base with an annular portion to maintain design quality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If camera modules of different sizes are arranged in the electronic apparatus, then the functionality and imaging capabilities are improved, but the design quality and unification of the apparatus are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by providing different sized window portions for different image-capturing sections while maintaining a unified support structure. The first window portion has a first size corresponding to the first image-capturing section, and the second window portion has a second size corresponding to the second image-capturing section. This allows each component to have the appropriate local dimensions for its function while the overall support member maintains design unity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements the nesting principle by placing the second support inside or adjacent to the first support structure. The support member includes a first support for the first window portion and a second support for the second window portion, where the second support is positioned within the overall support structure. This nested arrangement allows different sized components to be integrated harmoniously while maintaining a unified external appearance and structural coherence.
2Adaptability or versatility
If camera modules of different sizes are installed, then the imaging functionality is enhanced, but the structural unification and aesthetic cohesion are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by designing a unified support member that serves multiple functions: it provides structural support for both the first and second window portions, maintains the positional relationship between different sized camera modules, and ensures aesthetic cohesion. The support member includes a first support and a second support that work together as an integrated structure, allowing the same support system to accommodate different sized components while maintaining overall structural unity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If camera modules with different sizes are arranged to have specified positional relationships, then the multi-ocular imaging capability is improved, but the design quality is reduced due to loss of unification
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements merging by combining the first support and second support into a unified support member structure. The support member includes both supports that are positioned to hold different sized window portions in their respective specified positions. By merging the support functions into a single integrated component rather than separate supports, the patent maintains design quality and unification while still accommodating the multi-ocular imaging requirements with different sized camera modules.
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AI summary
[Object] To provide an electronic apparatus of which a design quality will not be reduced even when the electronic apparatus includes camera modules having different sizes.[Solving Means] An electronic apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an apparatus body, a first window portion, a second window member, and a support member. The apparatus body includes a first image-capturing section, a second image-capturing section, and a housing that includes an attachment hole through which the first image-capturing section and the second image-capturing section are exposed. The first window portion covers the first image-capturing section, and the second window member includes a second window portion that covers the second image-capturing section. The support member includes a first support that includes a first support base that supports a peripheral edge portion of the first window portion, the first support closing the attachment hole; and a second support that is formed integrally with the first support base, the second support supporting a peripheral edge portion of the second window member, the second support closing the attachment hole. The first support includes an annular portion that is provided to a peripheral edge of the first support base and arranged between the first support base and the second support.