Portable electronic device and camera module thereof
A portable electronic device includes a flat display, a transparent window, an optical element, an optical zoom lens set and an image sensing element. The flat display includes a display panel with a viewing direction. The transparent window, the optical element, the optical zoom lens set and the image sensing element are all configure in the outer frame of the flat display. The transparent window and the optical element correspond to each other and align in the viewing direction. The optical zoom lens set includes multiple lenses configured at one side of the optical element. The lenses move along a focusing direction to modify the focusing length. The focusing direction is substantially perpendicular to the viewing direction. The image sensing element is configured at one side of the optical zoom lens set, thereby allowing the light to pass through the transparent window, by the optical element guided to the optical zoom lens set, then passing through the lenses, and finally focusing on the image sensing element.
1. A portable electronic device, comprising:
a display having least one outer frame and an exposed display panel, the display having a viewing direction; and
a camera module located at a horizontal lateral side edge of the display, comprising:
at least one transparent window, being configured on the outer frame of the display;
an optical element, being configured in the outer frame of the display at the horizontal lateral side edge thereof and corresponding to the transparent window;
a single lens assembly comprising an optical zoom lens set, configured at one side of the optical element, the optical zoom lens set comprising a plurality of lenses disposed along the horizontal lateral side edge of the display, the lenses moving along a focusing direction to modify the focal length, wherein the focusing direction is substantially perpendicular to the viewing direction so that the optical zoom lens set operates without interfering with the display panel;
a rotation motor located along the horizontal lateral edge of the display at an opposite side to the single lens assembly with the optical element connected in between thereof; and
an image sensing element, configured in the outer frame of the display at the horizontal lateral side edge thereof and at one side of the optical zoom lens set;
wherein the light passes through the transparent window, by the optical element guided to the optical zoom lens set, passing through the lenses, and finally focuses on the image sensing element;
wherein the display comprises a first surface and a second surface facing different directions, and the transparent window comprises a first window and a second window configured on the first surface and the second surface respectively; and
wherein the optical element is a vertical angle prism with a light entrance surface, and the vertical angle prism is rotatable by the rotation motor so that the light entrance surface is parallel to the first window or the second window.
2. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first surface and the second surface are opposite to each other.
3. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first surface and the second surface are adjacent to each other.
4. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a circuit board configured in the display, wherein the optical zoom lens set and the circuit board are electrically connected with each other.
5. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the transparent window is a continuous U-shaped transparent section extending from one side of the outer frame of the display to the opposite side and incorporating the first window and the second window.
6. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first window and the second window face in opposite directions.
7. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first window and the second window face in perpendicular directions.
8. A camera module configured in a portable electronic device with a display, the display having at least one outer frame, an exposed display panel and a viewing direction, the camera module located at a horizontal lateral side edge of the display and comprising:
at least one transparent window, configured on the outer frame of the display;
an optical element, being configured in the outer frame of the display at the horizontal lateral side edge thereof and corresponding to the transparent window;
a single lens assembly comprising an optical zoom lens set, being configured at one side of the optical element and comprising a plurality of lenses disposed along the horizontal lateral side edge of the display, the lenses moving a focusing direction to modify the focal length, wherein the focusing direction is substantially perpendicular to the viewing direction so that the optical zoom lens set operates without interfering with the display panel;
a rotation motor located along the horizontal lateral edge of the display at an opposite side to the single lens assembly with the optical element connected in between thereof; and
an image sensing element, configured in the outer frame of the display at the horizontal lateral side edge thereof and at one side of the optical zoom lens set;
wherein the light passes through the transparent window, by the optical element guided to the optical zoom lens set, passing through the lenses, and finally focuses on the image sensing element;
wherein the display comprises a first surface and a second surface facing different directions, and the transparent window comprises a first window and a second window configured on the first surface and the second surface respectively; and
wherein the optical element is a vertical angle prism with a light entrance surface, and the vertical angle prism is rotatable by the rotation motor so that the light entrance surface is parallel to the first window or the second window.
9. The camera module as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the first surface and the second surface are opposite to each other.
10. The camera module as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the first surface and the second surface are adjacent to each other.
11. The camera module as claimed in claim 8 further comprising a circuit board configured in the display, wherein the optical zoom lens set and the circuit board are electrically connected with each other.
12. The camera module as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the transparent window is a continuous U-shaped transparent section extending from one side of the outer frame of the display to the opposite side and incorporating the first window and the second window.
13. The camera module as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the first window and the second window face in opposite directions.
14. The camera module as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the first window and the second window face in perpendicular directions.