Flexible Screen Module With Movable Camera for Full-Screen Imaging
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Solution Overview
Problem
The challenge of achieving a full-screen display in terminal devices is hindered by the presence of front-facing components like the front camera, which is difficult to miniaturize and complicates the design, especially in ensuring optimal imaging quality.
Innovation Solution
A flexible screen module with a camera component that can switch between rear and front positions, allowing for a full-screen display when not in use and enabling high-quality front-facing imaging when needed, utilizing a driving component to synchronize the screen and camera movement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a front camera is integrated on the front side of the mobile phone to enable front-facing imaging, then front photography function is achieved, but the screen area is reduced and screen-to-body ratio is lowered
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by making the camera component movable rather than fixed. The camera can dynamically switch between front-facing and rear-facing positions, allowing it to occupy screen space only when needed for front photography, thereby maintaining full-screen display when the camera is positioned at the rear.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes the dimensionality change principle by moving the camera component along the thickness dimension (z-axis) of the device. The camera can be positioned at different depths - protruding from the front when front photography is needed, or retracted to the rear when full-screen display is required, thus resolving the conflict between front camera functionality and screen area.
2Area of stationary object
If the front camera size is reduced to minimize screen occupation, then screen area is increased, but imaging quality deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the universality principle by designing a single camera component that serves multiple functions - it can act as both a front-facing camera and a rear-facing camera depending on its position. This eliminates the need for separate front and rear cameras, allowing the use of a larger, higher-quality camera sensor while maintaining full-screen display capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The dynamic positioning mechanism allows the same camera component to be optimally positioned for different photography scenarios. When front photography is needed, the camera protrudes to the front; when rear photography is needed, it positions at the rear, ensuring high imaging quality in both orientations without requiring two separate camera systems.
3Ease of operation
If a front camera is integrated on the front side, then front photography is enabled, but device complexity increases due to additional components and design constraints
Solution Approach 1:
By designing a single movable camera component that can function as both front and rear camera, the patent reduces device complexity. Instead of integrating separate front and rear cameras with their own optical paths and control systems, one universal camera component performs both functions, simplifying the overall device architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the front camera and rear camera functions into a single camera component. This consolidation eliminates the need for duplicate camera modules, reduces the number of components, and simplifies the device structure while maintaining both front-facing and rear-facing photography capabilities.
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AI summary
A flexible screen module includes: a flexible screen including a first display area and a second display area; a camera component and a driving component. The second display area includes a sub-area in which the camera component is arranged. The driving component is configured to drive the flexible screen and the camera component to move synchronously to enable the second display area to be switched between a first position and a second position. When the second display area is in the first position, the first display area serves as a front display area, the second display area serves as a back display area, the camera component acquires an image in back of the flexible screen module; when the second display area is in the second position, the sub-area serves as a part of the front display area, the camera component acquires an image in front of the flexible screen module.