Magnetic Moving Module for Camera Privacy Protection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional electronic devices lack structural improvements to prevent privacy invasion, as users often cover camera lenses with stickers, making it inconvenient to use the camera and offering no inherent protection against unauthorized camera usage.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with a moving module comprising a carrier plate, magnetic member, elastic member, and electromagnet, which moves functional elements like the camera lens between operational and privacy modes, blocking the lens when privacy is needed and allowing its use when deactivated.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If users cover the camera lens with a sticker to prevent privacy invasion, then privacy protection is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates because it is inconvenient to remove the sticker to use the camera
Solution Approach 1:
The camera lens is made movable between an exposed position (for normal operation) and a covered position (for privacy protection). The lens can be dynamically repositioned along a movement trajectory to switch between these states, eliminating the need for static stickers while providing both privacy protection and ease of use.
Solution Approach 2:
A driving assembly acts as an intermediary mechanism between the control system and the camera lens. This assembly includes components such as a driving wheel, driving belt, or gear mechanism that mediates the movement of the lens, enabling smooth transitions between exposed and covered positions without requiring user manipulation of stickers.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If the camera lens is made movable to switch between exposed and covered positions, then privacy protection is improved, but device complexity increases due to the additional moving mechanism
Solution Approach 1:
The driving assembly is designed to be multi-functional, serving both as a support structure for the camera lens and as the actuation mechanism for moving the lens between positions. This integration reduces the number of separate components needed, thereby limiting the increase in device complexity while achieving privacy protection.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent describes alternative embodiments where complex mechanical driving mechanisms (such as motors, gears, or belts) can be replaced with simpler magnetic driving mechanisms. In these embodiments, a magnetic driving member interacts with a magnetic component on the lens assembly to achieve movement without requiring traditional mechanical actuation systems, thereby reducing overall device complexity.
3Device complexity
If a magnetic driving mechanism is used to move the camera lens, then device complexity is reduced, but manufacturing precision requirements increase to ensure proper alignment and operation
Solution Approach 1:
The housing structure is designed with pre-formed magnetic components or magnetic members integrated into the housing walls at specific positions. This preliminary arrangement of magnetic elements during housing manufacturing ensures that when the camera lens assembly is installed, the magnetic attraction forces are automatically aligned correctly, reducing the need for post-assembly adjustments and lowering manufacturing precision requirements for the moving mechanism itself.
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
Enables convenient and secure switching between operational and privacy modes, preventing unauthorized camera usage by physically blocking the lens during privacy mode and restoring functionality when needed.
Implementation Method 1
the electromagnet is activated, the magnetic member is attracted by a magnetic attraction from the electromagnet, and the carrier plate is moved from the first position to the second position
Implementation Method 2
the carrier plate is moved back to the first position by an elastic force provided by the elastic member
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure discloses an electronic device, which includes a housing having a plurality of openings, a plurality of functional elements and a moving module. The moving module includes a carrier plate, a magnetic member, an elastic member and an electromagnet. The carrier plate is movably disposed on the housing, and moved between a first position and a second position. The functional elements are disposed on the carrier plate. When the carrier plate is located at either the first position or the second position, each of the functional elements is corresponding to one of the openings. The magnetic member is disposed on a first end of the carrier plate. One end of the elastic member is connected to the housing, and the other end is fixed to a second end of the carrier plate. The electric magnet is adjacent to the first end of the carrier plate.