Rotating Display Camera Follower for Stable Orientation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current electronic apparatus with a camera and display screen face issues when the display screen rotates, as the camera's attitude changes, affecting its functionality and user experience due to interference with the rotation.
Innovation Solution
An electronic apparatus design featuring a support bracket, a rotatably connected display assembly, a camera assembly located outside the display assembly's rotation plane, and a follower mechanism that synchronously translates the camera along the display assembly's outer edge in a designated linear direction, maintaining a constant distance and preventing the camera from flipping during rotation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If the camera is fixed at the top center of the display screen, then the structure is simple and compact, but the camera attitude changes when the display screen rotates, affecting camera functionality and user experience
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by making the camera assembly movable relative to the display screen through a follower mechanism. Instead of fixing the camera at the top center, the camera is positioned outside the display screen and can dynamically adjust its position along the outer edge. This allows the camera to maintain a consistent distance from the display edge while the display rotates, preventing the camera from flipping and maintaining proper shooting orientation throughout the rotation range.
2Ease of operation
If the camera is arranged outside the display assembly, then the camera does not interfere with display rotation, but the distance between camera and display edge varies during rotation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback through the follower mechanism that continuously monitors and responds to the display screen's rotation state. The follower is configured to follow the rotation of the display assembly and synchronously drive the camera assembly to translate along the outer edge. This feedback mechanism ensures the camera maintains a designated distance from the display edge at all times during rotation, providing stable positioning while allowing free rotation of the display.
3Stability of the object's composition
If the camera translates along the outer edge of the display assembly during rotation, then the camera maintains constant distance from display edge, but the mechanism increases device complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses the follower as an intermediary mechanism between the display assembly and the camera assembly. The follower is connected to both the camera assembly and the support bracket, and it translates along the outer edge of the display assembly. This intermediary component simplifies the overall mechanism by providing a straightforward translation path for the camera, avoiding the need for complex multi-axis positioning systems while maintaining stable camera positioning relative to the rotating display.
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AI summary
An electronic apparatus includes a support bracket, a display assembly rotatably connected to the support bracket, a camera assembly separately arranged at an outside of the display assembly and located at the plane formed by the rotation of the display assembly, and a follower connected to the camera assembly and the support bracket. During rotation of the display assembly, the follower is configured to follow the rotation of the display assembly to synchronously drive the camera assembly to translate relative to the display assembly along an outer edge of the display assembly in a designated linear direction, so that a distance between the camera assembly and the outer edge of the display assembly is kept at a designated distance.