Mobile phone having a rotational camera lens housing
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsTae-Joong Kim, Jong-Cheon Wee, Hyon-Myong Song, Hong-Bae Kim, Jae-Shik Kim
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Abstract
A mobile phone having a rotational camera lens housing is provided. The mobile phone includes a first housing and a second housing. A hinge housing rotatably connects the first housing to the second housing, a rotational camera lens housing is contained in the hinge housing, and an exposurer in the hinge housing exposes a camera lens at least twice according to the rotation of the camera lens housing.
Claims42
A mobile phone comprising:
- a first housing;
- a second housing;
- a hinge housing for rotatably connecting the first housing to the second housing;
- a rotational camera lens housing contained in the hinge housing;
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- an exposurer formed in the hinge housing, for exposing a camera lens in a plurality of positions according to the rotation of the camera lens housing.
A mobile phone comprising:
- a first housing;
- a second housing for rotating in an advancing and receding direction to and from the first housing around a first hinge axis, facing the first housing, and turning crosswise to the first housing around a second hinge axis, which is perpendicular to the first hinge axis;
- a hinge housing extended along the first hinge axis between the first and second hinge housings;
- a rotational camera lens housing rotatably contained in the hinge housing, for rotating around a third hinge axis perpendicular to the first hinge axis and spaced a predetermined distance from the second hinge axis;
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- an exposurer formed in the hinge housing, for exposing a camera lens at a plurality of positions according to the rotation of the camera lens housing around the third hinge axis.
A camera lens assembly for a mobile phone, comprising:
- a cylindrical camera lens hinge arm at a side portion of the mobile phone, for providing a first hinge axis defined lengthwise and a third hinge axis perpendicular to the first hinge axis;
- a camera lens housing contained in the camera lens hinge arm, for rotating around the first and third hinge axes;
- a first control knob rotatably engaged with an end of the camera lens hinge arm, for rotating the camera lens housing around the first hinge axis;
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- a second control knob rotatably engaged on an outer circumferential surface of the camera lens hinge arm, for rotating the camera lens housing around the third hinge axis.
The camera lens assembly of claim 28, wherein the first control knob is positioned on the first hinge axis and rotates around the first hinge axis, and the second control knob is positioned on the third hinge axis and rotates around the third hinge axis.
A camera lens assembly for a mobile phone, comprising:
- a cylindrical camera lens hinge arm at a side portion of the mobile phone, for providing a first hinge axis defined lengthwise and a third hinge axis perpendicular to the first hinge axis;
- a first rotational member engaged rotatably around the first hinge axis in the camera lens hinge arm;
- a camera lens housing engaged with the first rotational member rotatably around the third hinge axis;
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- a second rotational member linked to the first rotational member via the camera lens housing, for moving along the first hinge axis and rotating the camera lens housing around the third hinge axis.
A mobile phone comprising:
- a first housing;
- a second housing connected to the first housing rotatably around a hinge axis extended in one direction;
- a hinge housing for rotatably connecting the first housing to the second housing;
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- a rotational camera lens housing contained in the hinge housing,
- wherein the camera lens housing rotates within the hinge housing to enable photographing along the hinge axis and in a direction perpendicular to the hinge axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.