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US 10,708,398 B2Granted
Terminal device
AssigneeHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
InventorsBangshi Yin, Ruifeng Li, Jianhong Luo, Xiulan Liu, Yan Wang, Jiuliang Gao, Fan Yang, Tao Wang, Hui Li
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Abstract
A terminal device includes a screen, a first camera, and a movement mechanism. The first camera is disposed on a movable component of the movement mechanism, the movement mechanism is disposed on the back of the screen, and the movable component is configured to drive the first camera to move from the back of the screen to a position at which the first camera can be seen from in front of the terminal device.
Claims20
A mobile phone, comprising:
- a screen;
- a housing configured to accommodate the screen and a first camera, wherein the housing comprises a rear cover behind a back of the screen;
- and
- a space within the housing between the screen and the rear cover,
- wherein when the first camera is in a first position, the first camera is retracted into the space and is between the screen and the rear cover,
- wherein an orthogonal projection of the first camera onto a plane of the screen lies at least partially within the screen,
- wherein the first camera does not extend from any surface of the rear cover,
- wherein the rear cover has no convex part for the first camera,
- wherein the first camera is extended from the space and is viewable from in front of the mobile phone as a forward-facing camera when the first camera is in a second position,
- wherein the space has an opening on a top of the housing,
- wherein the first camera is retracted into the space or extended from the space through the opening,
- wherein a height of an extended part of the first camera is larger than a distance between a top edge of the screen and a top edge of the housing when the first camera is in the second position;
- wherein the top edge of the screen is an edge of the screen nearest the opening, and
- wherein the top edge of the housing is an edge of the housing nearest the opening.
11 more elements
An electronic device, comprising:
- a screen;
- a first camera coupled to the screen;
- a housing configured to accommodate the screen and the first camera, wherein the housing comprises a rear cover behind a back of the screen;
- and
- a space within the housing between the screen and the rear cover,
- wherein when the first camera is in a first position, the first camera is retracted into the space and is between the screen and the rear cover,
- wherein an orthogonal projection of the first camera onto a plane of the screen lies at least partially within the screen,
- wherein the first camera does not extend from any surface of the rear cover,
- wherein the rear cover has no convex part for the first camera,
- wherein the first camera is extended from the space and is viewable from in front of the electronic device as a forward-facing camera when the first camera is in a second position,
- wherein the space has an opening on a top of the housing,
- wherein the first camera is retracted into the space or extended from the space through the opening,
- wherein a height of an extended part of the first camera is larger than a distance between a top edge of the screen and a top edge of the housing when the first camera is in the second position;
- wherein the top edge of the screen is an edge of the screen nearest the opening;
- and
- wherein the top edge of the housing is an edge of the housing nearest the opening.
13 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.