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US 10,165,165 B2Granted
Electronic device for image photographing
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJae-Il Seo, Kijae Kim, Ji-Hoon Kim
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Abstract
An electronic device is provided which includes a housing, a first camera module disposed on a first portion of the housing to face in a first direction, and having a first lens cover protruding in a convex shape from an outer surface of the housing, and a second camera module disposed on a second portion of the housing, which is positioned to be opposite to the first portion of the housing, to face in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, and having a second lens cover protruding in a convex shape from an outer surface of the housing.
Claims17
An electronic device comprising:
- a housing having a sphere shape;
- a battery included in the housing;
- a first camera module disposed on a first portion of the housing to face in a first direction, and having a first lens cover protruding in a convex shape from an outer surface of the housing;
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- a second camera module disposed on a second portion of the housing, which is positioned to be opposite to the first portion of the housing, to face in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, and having a second lens cover protruding in a convex shape from an outer surface of the housing,
- wherein the battery is disposed to be substantially upright with respect to an optical axis of the first camera module and the second camera module at a substantial center of the housing,
- wherein the first camera module includes a first lens system configured to face the first lens cover and a first image sensor configured to face the first lens system,
- wherein the second camera module includes a second lens system configured to face opposite to the first lens system and face the second lens cover, and a second image sensor configured to face opposite to the first image sensor and face the second lens system,
- wherein the electronic device includes the battery and a printed circuit board, each of which is interposed between the first image sensor and the second image sensor such that a first surface of the battery faces the first image sensor and a second surface of the printed circuit board faces the second image sensor, and
- wherein the first camera module is connected to a first portion of the second surface of the printed circuit board by a first flexible circuit, and the second camera module is connected to a second portion of the second surface, which is parallel to the first portion of the second surface of the printed circuit board by a second flexible circuit.
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An electronic device comprising:
- a housing having a sphere shape;
- a battery included in the housing;
- a first lens cover disposed on a first portion of the housing to face in a first direction, and protruding in a convex shape from an external face of the housing;
- a second lens cover disposed on a second portion of the housing, which is opposite to the first portion of the housing, to face in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, and protruding in a convex shape from an external face of the housing;
- a first lens configured to face the first lens cover and having a first angle of view;
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- a second lens positioned to be opposite to the first lens, and configured to face the second lens cover, the second lens having a second angle of view,
- wherein the housing is configured in a shape that is disposed within first and second blind areas that do not interfere with first and second angles of view, respectively,
- wherein the battery is disposed to be substantially upright with respect to an optical axis of the first lens and the second lens at a substantial center of the housing,
- wherein a first camera module includes the first lens configured to face the first lens cover and a first image sensor configured to face the first lens,
- wherein a second camera module includes the second lens configured to face opposite the first lens and face the second lens cover, and a second image sensor configured to face opposite to the first image sensor and face the second lens,
- wherein the electronic device includes the battery and a printed circuit board, each of which is interposed between the first image sensor and the second image sensor such that a first surface of the battery faces the first image sensor and a second surface of the printed circuit board faces the second image sensor, and
- wherein the first camera module is connected to a first portion of the second surface of the printed circuit board by a first flexible circuit, and the second camera module is connected to a second portion of the second surface, which is parallel to the first portion of the second surface of the printed circuit board by a second flexible circuit.
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