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US 8,013,934 B2Granted
Portable electronic device with camera module
AssigneeChi Mei Communication Systems, Inc.
InventorYi-Peng Lin
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Abstract
An exemplary portable electronic device includes: a main body, a camera module, a protecting cover, and a fill-in light emitting module. The camera module has a camera, and the camera module is disposed in the main body. The camera is exposed and positioned against an outer surface of the main body to take pictures. The fill-in light emitting module is fixed on the protecting cover. The protecting cover is movably connected to the main body adjacent to the camera for covering the camera or exposing the camera.
Claims13
A portable electronic device comprising:
- a main body defining an elongated guide hole, a pivoting hole adjacent to the guide hole, and a first hole;
- a camera module having a camera, the camera module being disposed in the first hole of the main body, wherein the camera can be exposed through the first hole in an outer surface of the main body to take pictures;
- a protecting cover comprising a cover and a pivotal shaft fixed to a bottom surface of the cover, the pivotal shaft being rotatably received in the pivoting hole;
- a control member connected to the protecting cover and slidably engaged in the guide hole;
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- a fill-in light emitting module fixed on the protecting cover, wherein sliding the control member causes the protecting cover to move relative to the first hole for covering the camera, the first hole is a mounting hole, the elongated guide hole, the pivoting hole and the mounting hole are aligned along a straight line, and the camera is exposed via the mounting hole.
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A portable electronic device comprising:
- a main body defining an elongated guide hole and a first hole;
- a camera module having a camera, the camera module being disposed in the first hole of the main body, wherein the camera can be exposed through the first hole in an outer surface of the main body to take pictures;
- a protecting cover;
- a control member connected to the protecting cover and slidably engaged in the guide hole;
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- a fill-in light emitting module fixed on the protecting cover, wherein sliding the control member causes the protecting cover to move relative to the first hole for covering the camera, the first hole is an engaging hole, the elongated guide hole is below the engaging hole, the camera module is disposed in the main body and exposes the camera via the engaging hole, the control member comprises a sliding member and a connecting member, the sliding member is slidably engaged in the elongated guide hole, and the connecting member interconnects with the protecting cover and the sliding member.
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A portable electronic device comprising:
- a main body defining an elongated guide hole and a first hole;
- a camera module having a camera, the camera module being disposed in the first hole of the main body, wherein the camera can be exposed through the first hole in an outer surface of the main body to take pictures;
- a protecting cover;
- a control member connected to the protecting cover and slidably engaged in the guide hole;
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- a fill-in light emitting module fixed on the protecting cover, wherein sliding the control member causes the protecting cover to move relative to the first hole for covering the camera, the first hole is an engaging hole, the guide hole is below the engaging hole, the camera module is disposed in the main body except exposing the camera via the engaging hole, the control member comprises a sliding member and a two-armed connecting member, the sliding member is slidably engaged in the elongated guide hole, and the two-armed connecting member interconnects with the protecting cover and the sliding member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.