Rotating Functional Module for Screen Ratio Optimization
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Solution Overview
Problem
The increasing integration of functional components such as front cameras and infrared sensors on mobile phone screens reduces the screen ratio of electronic devices, necessitating a solution to enhance screen utilization.
Innovation Solution
A housing assembly with a rotatable functional module, comprising a holding plate and a rotating shaft, allows functional components like camera modules, flashes, or sensors to be positioned outside the housing, increasing the screen ratio by enabling their rotation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If functional components (camera, sensor, flash) are configured on the mobile phone screen, then the device achieves more functions, but the screen ratio is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts functional components (camera module, sensor, flash) from the screen area and relocates them to a rotating module positioned at the side of the housing. This extraction removes the obstruction from the screen, thereby increasing screen ratio while preserving all functional capabilities through the relocated components.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a rotating module that can dynamically adjust its position between a first position (where functional components are exposed outside the housing) and a second position (where they are retracted inside the housing). This dynamic mechanism allows the screen to occupy the full front surface when needed while providing access to functional components when required.
2Area of stationary object
If functional components are placed inside the housing, then the screen ratio is improved, but the components become inaccessible
Solution Approach 1:
The rotating module enables dynamic positioning of functional components between an exposed state (first position) and a retracted state (second position). When the module rotates to the first position, camera, sensor, and flash become accessible outside the housing for operation, while rotating to the second position retracts them inside to maximize screen ratio.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of placing functional components only in the planar screen area or fixed inside the housing, the patent utilizes a third dimension by extending the housing laterally and positioning the rotating module at the side. This spatial reconfiguration allows components to be both accessible and non-obstructive to the screen.
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AI summary
The present application provides a housing assembly and an electronic device, including a housing, a functional module disposed in the housing. The functional module includes at least a functional component and a rotating shaft, and the functional module is rotatable with respect to the rotating shaft, so that the at least a functional component is rotatable to a position outside the housing. By utilizing rotation of the functional module with respect to the rotating shaft, any of the functional components is rotatable to a position outside the housing, thereby increasing a screen ratio of the electronic device.