Reversible Multi-Lens System for Mobile Camera Versatility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mobile devices' onboard cameras face design constraints that limit their weight, size, quality, and versatility, resulting in inadequate photographic capabilities and lower image quality due to limitations in lens systems and attachment structures.
Innovation Solution
A reversible multi-lens system that can be removably attached to mobile devices, featuring interchangeable lenses for both user-facing and outward-facing cameras, allowing for automatic alignment and easy switching between different optical enhancements without manual adjustment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If interchangeable lens components are provided for mobile devices, then versatility and feature choices are improved, but device complexity and incompatibilities in attachment structures increase
Solution Approach 1:
The retainer portion is designed with a universal attachment structure that can accommodate multiple lens components with different functions (wide-angle, telephoto, macro, etc.). The standardized attachment interface allows a single retainer to work with various interchangeable lenses, providing multi-functionality without requiring different attachment mechanisms for each lens type.
Solution Approach 2:
The camera system is divided into separate, interchangeable lens components rather than a fixed integrated unit. Each lens can be independently attached or detached from the retainer portion, allowing users to segment the optical system according to specific photographic needs while maintaining a common mounting interface.
2Device complexity
If fixed lens systems are used in mobile devices, then device complexity is reduced, but photographic quality and image options deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The lens system transitions from a static, fixed configuration to a dynamic, reconfigurable system. The interchangeable lens components can be swapped to change optical characteristics (focal length, aperture, field of view), allowing the camera to adapt its photographic quality and capabilities based on the specific imaging task rather than being constrained by a single fixed lens design.
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AI summary
A multi-lens system can be configured to be selectively attachable to a mobile electronic device having a user-facing onboard camera lens and an outward-facing onboard camera lens. The multi-lens system can attach to the mobile electronic device in at least a first position and a second position. The first lens component in the first position is configured to be in optical alignment with the user-facing onboard camera lens and simultaneously the second lens component is configured to be in optical alignment with the outward-facing onboard camera lens. The first lens component in the second position is configured to be in optical alignment with the outward-facing onboard camera lens and simultaneously the second lens component is configured to be in optical alignment with the user-facing onboard camera lens. A portable attachment accessory can be configured to be selectively attachable to a lens system that is configured to receive a portion of a mobile electronic device.