Camera incorporating method and mobile electronic equipment with camera

• US 7,317,476 B2
• Filed: 11/19/2003
• Issued: 01/08/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Mobile Communications Limited (Fujitsu Limited)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Haruyama, Syunji
• Primary Examiner(s): Ye; Lin
• Assistant Examiner(s): HSU, AMY R
• Application Number:
  US10/715,465
• Publication Number:
  US 20040106440A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,511 Days
• Field of Search: 348/211.2, 348/373, 348/374, 348/376, 348/14.02, 348/552, 348/207.99, 368/10, 358/83, 455/550.1, 455/556.1, 455/566, 455/575.1, 455/90.3
• US Class Current: 348/211.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0264 for a camera module assembly
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/54 Mounting of pick-up tubes, electronic image sensors, deviation or focusing coils

Abstract

In a mobile electronic equipment, a main body has a flat bottom surface and a flat side which cooperatively form a frame and having a recess with rib slots on its side. A camera unit is constructed by connecting a flexible cable to a substrate on which a camera IC portion is mounted. A holder has a window portion through which the camera IC portion is passed and a cover portion which covers the camera unit and which has ribs engaging with the respective rib slots. The camera unit is housed in the recess together with the holder in which the camera IC portion is passed through the window portion, and the ribs are fitted into the respective rib slots to incorporate the camera unit into the main body.

Claims

1. A camera incorporating method comprising:

providing a main body having a flat bottom surface and a flat side which cooperatively form a frame and having a recess with rib slots on its side;

providing a camera unit constructed by connecting a flexible cable to a substrate on which a camera IC portion is mounted;

providing a holder having a window portion through which the camera IC portion is passed and a cover portion which covers the camera unit and which has ribs engaging with the respective rib slots; and

housing the camera unit in the recess together with the holder in which the camera IC portion is passed through the window portion, and fitting the ribs into the respective rib slots to incorporate the camera unit into the main body,

wherein the camera IC has a ground terminal, and the substrate has patterns connected to the ground terminal, each of the ribs has a conductive surface portion, and each of the ribs is abutted against the corresponding pattern to connect electrically the shield holder to the ground terminal of the camera IC.

2. The camera incorporating method according to claim 1, wherein each side portion of the camera unit is provided with a plurality of projections which abut against a side wall of the recess, and when the camera unit is accommodated in the recess, the projections abut against the side wall to set the camera unit in position.

3. A mobile electronic equipment comprising a main body having a flat bottom surface and a flat side which cooperatively form a frame and having a recess with rib slots on its side;

a camera unit constructed by connecting a flexible cable to a substrate on which a camera IC portion is mounted; and

a holder having a window portion through which the camera IC portion is passed and a cover portion which covers the camera unit and which has ribs engaging with the respective rib slots, the camera unit being housed in the recess together with the holder in which the camera IC portion is passed through the window portion, and the ribs being fitted into the respective rib slots to incorporate the camera unit into the main body,

wherein the cover portion has an inner shield layer, the camera IC has a ground terminal, and the substrate has patterns connected to the ground terminal, each of the ribs has a conductive surface portion, and each of the ribs is abutted against the corresponding pattern to connect electrically the inner shield layer to the ground terminal of the camera IC.

4. The mobile electronic equipment with the camera according to claim 3, wherein each side portion of the camera unit is provided with a plurality of projections which abut against a side wall of the recess, and when the camera unit is accommodated in the recess, the projections abut against the side wall to set the camera unit in position.

5. A camera incorporating method comprising:

providing a main body having a flat bottom surface and a flat side which cooperatively form a frame and having a recess with rib slots on its side;

providing a camera unit constructed by connecting a flexible cable to a substrate on which a camera IC portion is mounted;

providing a holder having a window portion through which the camera IC portion is passed and a cover portion which covers the camera unit and which has ribs engaging with the respective rib slots; and

housing the camera unit in the recess together with the holder in which the camera IC portion is passed through the window portion, and fitting the ribs into the respective rib slots to incorporate the camera unit into the main body, wherein the main body is provided with a connector, the flexible cable connects the connector to the substrate, and at least a part of the flexible cable is arranged between the substrate and a bottom surface of the recess in the main body.

6. The camera incorporating method according to claim 5, wherein at least a part of the flexible cable is folded between the substrate and the bottom surface of the recess in the main body.

7. The camera incorporating method according to claim 5, wherein the flat bottom surface of the main body and the side of the main body which is perpendicular to the bottom surface are conductive,

each side portion of the camera unit is provided with a plurality of projections which abut against the side, and when the camera unit is accommodated in the recess in the main body, the projections abut against the side to set the camera unit in position,

at least a part of the flexible cable is arranged between the substrate and the bottom surface of the recess in the main body, and

gaps are created between the camera unit and both the bottom surface and the side.

8. The camera incorporating method according to claim 5, wherein each side portion of the camera unit is provided with a plurality of projections which abut against a side wall of the recess, and when the camera unit is accommodated in the recess, the projections abut against the side wall to set the camera unit in position.

9. A mobile electronic equipment comprising a main body having a flat bottom surface and a flat side which cooperatively form a frame and having a recess with rib slots on its side;

a camera unit constructed by connecting a flexible cable to a substrate on which a camera IC portion is mounted; and

a holder having a window portion through which the camera IC portion is passed and a cover portion which covers the camera unit and which has ribs engaging with the respective rib slots, the camera unit being housed in the recess together with the holder in which the camera IC portion is passed through the window portion, and the ribs being fitted into the respective rib slots to incorporate the camera unit into the main body, wherein the main body is provided with a connector, and the flexible cable connects the connector to the substrate, and at least a part of the flexible cable is arranged between the substrate and a bottom surface of the recess in the main body.

10. The mobile electronic equipment with the camera according to claim 9, wherein each side portion of the camera unit is provided with a plurality ofprojections which abut against a side wall of the recess, and when the camera unit is accommodated in the recess, the projections abut against the side wall to set the camera unit in position.

11. A mobile electronic equipment comprising a main body having a flat bottom surface and a flat side which cooperatively form a frame and having a recess with rib slots on its side;

a camera unit constructed by connecting a flexible cable to a substrate on which a camera IC portion is mounted; and

a holder having a window portion through which the camera IC portion is passed and a cover portion which covers the camera unit and which has ribs engaging with the respective rib slots, the camera unit being housed in the recess together with the holder in which the camera IC portion is passed through the window portion, and the ribs being fitted into the respective rib slots to incorporate the camera unit into the main body, wherein at least a part of the flexible cable is folded between the substrate and the bottom surface of the recess in the main body.

12. The mobile electronic equipment with the camera according to claim 11, wherein each side portion of the camera unit is provided with a plurality of projections which abut against a side wall of the recess, and when the camera unit is accommodated in the recess, the projections abut against the side wall to set the camera unit in position.

13. A mobile electronic equipment comprising a main body having a flat bottom surface and a flat side which cooperatively form a frame and having a recess with rib slots on its side;

a camera unit constructed by connecting a flexible cable to a substrate on which a camera IC portion is mounted; and

a holder having a window portion through which the camera IC portion is passed and a cover portion which covers the camera unit and which has ribs engaging with the respective rib slots, the camera unit being housed in the recess together with the holder in which the camera IC portion is passed through the window portion, and the ribs being fitted into the respective rib slots to incorporate the camera unit into the main body, wherein the flat bottom surface of the main body and the side of the main body which is perpendicular to the bottom surface are conductive,

each side portion of the camera unit is provided with a plurality of projections which abut against the side, and when the camera unit is accommodated in the recess in the main body, the projections abut against the side to set the camera unit in position,

at least a part of the flexible cable is arranged between the substrate and the bottom surface of the recess in the main body, and

gaps are created between the camera unit and both the bottom surface and the side.

14. The mobile electronic equipment with the camera according to claim 13, wherein each side portion of the camera unit is provided with a plurality of projections which abut against a side wall of the recess, and when the camera unit is accommodated in the recess, the projections abut against the side wall to set the camera unit in position.