# US 2021/0243375 A1 · Image capturing assemblies

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- Number: US 2021/0243375 A1
- Document ID: US20210243375A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 17/053,173
- Filed: 2018-09-26
- Published: 2021-08-05
- Earliest claimed: 2018-09-26
- Assignees: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Applicants: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Inventors: Po Cheng Liao; Jen-Hsun Hsieh; Po Cheng Liao; Chen Ee Eunice Goh
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210243375A1

## CPC

- G03B 17/04: collapsible, foldable or extensible, e.g. book type
- H04N 23/695: Control of camera direction for changing a field of view, e.g. pan, tilt or based on tracking of objects
- G03B 17/561: {Support related camera accessories}
- G06F 1/1686: {the I/O peripheral being an integrated camera}
- H04M 1/0264: {for a camera module assembly}
- H04N 23/50: Constructional details
- H04N 23/57: Mechanical or electrical details of cameras or camera modules specially adapted for being embedded in other devices
- H04M 1/0237: {Sliding mechanism with one degree of freedom}
- G03B: APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR (optical parts of such apparatus G02B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; apparatus for processing exposed photographic materials G03D)
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08)

## Abstract

An electronic device includes a body and an image capturing assembly mounted on the body. The image capturing assembly comprising an imaging device and a device control assembly coupled to the imaging device to control a movement of the imaging device along a central axis of the image capturing assembly to allow the imaging device to be positioned at multiple positions along the central axis of the image capturing assembly. The device control assembly includes a first guide member, a second guide member rotatably disposed within the first guide member, and an inner body movably disposed within the second guide member. In response to a rotational motion of the second guide member with respect to the first guide member, the inner body is to move in axial direction with respect to the second guide member to move the imaging device along the central axis of the image capturing assembly.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An electronic device comprising:
a body; and
an image capturing assembly mounted on the body, the image capturing assembly comprising:
an imaging device; and
a device control assembly coupled to the imaging device to control a movement of the imaging device along a central axis of the image capturing assembly, wherein the device control assembly is to allow the imaging device to be positioned at multiple positions along the central axis of the image capturing assembly, and wherein the device control assembly includes:
a first guide member;
a second guide member rotatably disposed within the first guide member; and
an inner body movably disposed within the second guide member, wherein, in response to a rotational motion of the second guide member with respect to the first guide member, the inner body is to move in an axial direction with respect to the second guide member to move the imaging device along the central axis of the image capturing assembly.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first guide member comprises:
a first top end;
a first base end; and
an inner wall having helical guiding tracks extending from the first base end to the first top end.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The electronic device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the second guide member comprises:
an inner wall having guiding slots;
a second top end to align with the first top end of the first guide member; and
a second base end, wherein in response to a rotational motion of the second base end with respect to the first base end, the second guide member is to rotate with respect to the first guide member.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The electronic device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the inner body comprises:
a third top end for mounting the imaging device; and
a plurality of lugs protruding from a third base end of the inner body, wherein each of the plurality of lugs is to extend through a corresponding guiding slot of the second guide member to engage with a corresponding helical guiding track to glide therein, and wherein, in response to the rotational motion of the second guide member with respect to the first guide member, the lug glides along the corresponding helical guiding track to move the inner body in an axial direction along the corresponding guiding slot with respect to the second guide member.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The electronic device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the inner body comprises:
a first lug protruding from the third base end of the inner body, wherein the first lug is to extend through a first guiding slot of the second guide member to engage with a first helical guiding track of the first guide member; and
a second lug protruding from the third base end of the inner body, wherein the second lug is to extend through a second guiding slot of the second guide member to engage with a second helical guiding track of the first guide member.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:
a first mounting bracket for mounting the imaging device at a third top end of the inner body;
an inner body top cover to couple the first mounting bracket with the third top end of the inner body; and
a second mounting bracket for mounting the image capturing assembly on the body.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The electronic device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the first mounting bracket comprises an orifice to receive the third top end of the inner body, and wherein a diameter of the third top end is lesser than an internal diameter of the orifice to allow the third top end of the inner body to freely rotate within the first mounting bracket in response to the rotational motion of the second guide member.

### Claim 8

An image capturing assembly comprising:
an imaging device; and
a device control assembly coupled to the imaging device to control a movement of the imaging device along a central axis of the image capturing assembly, the device control assembly comprising:
a first guide member having an inner wall, a first top end, and a first base end, the first guide member having a helical guiding track on the inner wall, extending from the first base end to the first top end;
a second guide member rotatably disposed within the first guide member, the second guide member having a guiding slot in a wall thereof; and
an inner body movably disposed within the second guide member, the inner body comprising:
a third top end for mounting the imaging device; and
a lug protruding from a third base end of the inner body, wherein the lug is to extend through the guiding slot of the second guide member to engage with the helical guiding track to glide therein, and wherein, in response to a rotational motion of the second guide member with respect to the first guide member, the lug glides along the helical guiding track to move the inner body in an axial direction along the guiding slot with respect to the second guide member.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The image capturing assembly as claimed in claim 8, wherein the second guide member includes:
a second top end to align with the first top end of the first guide member; and
a second base end, wherein the first base end of the first guide member is superposed over the second base end, and wherein the third base end of the inner body is movably disposed within the second base end of the second guide member in a default position of the imaging device, and in response to a rotational motion of the second base end with respect to the first base end, the second guide member is to rotate with respect to the first guide member.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The image capturing assembly as claimed in claim 8, wherein the lug is to simultaneously glide along the helical guiding track and the guiding slot to move the inner body to multiple positions in the axial direction along the guiding slot to allow the imaging device to be positioned at multiple positions along the central axis of the image capturing assembly.

### Claim 11 (depends on 8)

The image capturing assembly as claimed in claim 8, further comprising:
a first mounting bracket for mounting the imaging device at the third top end of the inner body, the first mounting bracket including an orifice to receive the third top end of the inner body; and
an inner body top cover to clamp the first mounting bracket with the third top end of the inner body.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The image capturing assembly as claimed in claim 11, wherein a diameter of the third top end is lesser than an internal diameter of the orifice to allow the third top end of the inner body to freely rotate within the first mounting bracket in response to the rotational motion of the second guide member.

### Claim 13

An electronic device comprising:
a body; and
an image capturing assembly comprising:
an imaging device; and
a device control assembly coupled to the imaging device to control a movement of the imaging device along a central axis of the image capturing assembly, the device control assembly comprising:
a first guide member having an inner wall, a first top end, and a first base end, the first guide member having helical guiding tracks on the inner wall, extending from the first base end to the first top end;
a second guide member rotatably disposed within the first guide member, the second guide member having guiding slots in a wall thereof; and
an inner body movably disposed within the second guide member, the inner body comprising:
a third top end for mounting the imaging device; and
a plurality of lugs protruding from a third base end of the inner body, wherein each of the plurality of lugs is to extend through a corresponding guiding slot of the second guide member to engage with the corresponding helical guiding track to glide therein, and wherein, in response to a rotational motion of the second guide member with respect to the first guide member.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The electronic device as claimed in claim 13, further comprising:
a first mounting bracket for mounting the imaging device at the third top end of the inner body, the first mounting bracket includes an orifice to receive the third top end of the inner body;
an inner body top cover to couple the first mounting bracket with the third top end of the inner body; and
a second mounting bracket for mounting the image capturing assembly on the body.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The electronic device as claimed in claim 14, wherein a diameter of the third top end is lesser than an internal diameter of the orifice to allow the third top end of the inner body to freely rotate within the first mounting bracket in response to the rotational motion of the second guide member.