Rotatable Camera Assembly for Full-Screen Mobile Phones
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Solution Overview
Problem
Full-screen mobile phones face challenges in placing a front-facing camera unit effectively, leading to lower resolution and inferior imaging quality compared to rear-facing cameras.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with a rotatable camera assembly, driven by a stepper motor, that can rotate around a fixed axis between 0° and 180°, allowing the camera to function as both front-facing and rear-facing, thereby optimizing space and improving imaging quality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a front-facing camera unit is placed in a conventional mobile phone, then the device can provide front-facing camera functionality, but the resolution and imaging quality are lower compared to rear-facing cameras
Solution Approach 1:
The camera assembly is made rotatable around a fixed axis, allowing it to dynamically change orientation between front-facing and rear-facing positions. This dynamic configuration enables the single high-resolution camera to adapt to different shooting scenarios, resolving the contradiction between providing front-facing functionality and maintaining high imaging quality.
Solution Approach 2:
The single camera assembly is designed to perform multiple functions by rotating to different positions. When rotated to the front, it serves as a front-facing camera; when rotated to the rear, it serves as a rear-facing camera. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate front and rear cameras while maintaining high imaging quality in both orientations.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a front-facing camera unit is added to a full-screen mobile phone, then front-facing camera functionality is provided, but the space utilization of the device is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
A single camera assembly is designed to serve both front-facing and rear-facing camera functions by rotating to different positions. This eliminates the need for separate front and rear camera units, thereby saving space and improving overall space utilization in the full-screen mobile phone design.
Solution Approach 2:
The rotatable camera assembly dynamically repositions itself between front and rear orientations, allowing one camera unit to replace what would traditionally require two separate fixed camera units. This dynamic design optimizes space usage while maintaining full camera functionality.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a rotatable camera assembly is implemented, then space utilization is improved and imaging quality is enhanced, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
A rotatable mechanism is introduced to enable the camera assembly to change orientation dynamically. This single dynamic component replaces what would otherwise require multiple static camera units, reducing overall structural complexity while improving adaptability and space utilization.
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
The rotatable camera solution addresses the placement challenge of front-facing cameras in full-screen devices, enhancing space utilization and image quality by enabling the camera to serve both functions and expand its shooting angle.
Implementation Method 1
the drive assembly is a stepper motor
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic device with a rotatable camera, a control method, and a control apparatus are provided. The electronic device with the rotatable camera includes a camera assembly, a drive assembly, a rotating assembly, a controller, and a housing, where the housing is a polyhedron, one face of the polyhedron is provided with a groove, the groove extends to an edge of the face, the controller is electrically connected to the drive assembly, and is configured to control the drive assembly to drive the rotating assembly to rotate, and the camera assembly is provided in the groove, is attached to the rotating assembly, and is rotatable around the edge.