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Granted Patent B2
US 9,813,691 · App. 15/461,025 · Granted Nov 7, 2017

3D camera assembly having a bracket for cameras and mobile terminal having the same

Inventors: Ramchan Woo (Seoul, KR); Byungjoon Kim (Seoul, KR); Jinho Jang (Seoul, KR); Chiyoung Kim (Seoul, KR); Jaeyeol Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04N13/0239G06F1/1626G06F1/1643G06F1/1686H04N13/0253H04N5/2252H04N5/2257H04N5/23293H04N5/44H04N2213/001
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Patent No.
US 9,813,691
App. No.
15/461,025
Granted
Nov 7, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mobile terminal can include a front body including a touch screen, a rear body coupled to the front body and including first and second holes, first and second cameras corresponding to the first and second holes, a bracket including third and fourth holes corresponding to the first and second cameras, the bracket surrounding the first and second cameras, a main printed circuit board (PCB), a first camera PCB coupled to the first camera, a second camera PCB coupled to the second camera and separated from the first camera PCB, a first connector extended from the first camera PCB and electrically connected to the main PCB, and a second connector extended from the second camera PCB and electrically connected to the main PCB, in which the first camera is inserted into the third hole of the bracket and the second camera is inserted into the fourth hole of the bracket.

Claims (43)

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a front body including a touch screen located on a front side of the mobile terminal;

a rear body coupled to the front body and located at a rear side of the mobile terminal, the rear body including first and second holes;

first and second cameras for capturing an image, the first and second cameras corresponding to the first and second holes;

a bracket coupled to the first and second cameras and including third and fourth holes corresponding to the first and second cameras, the bracket surrounding each of the first and second cameras;

a main printed circuit board (PCB) including electronic components and electronic circuits for operation of the mobile terminal;

a first camera PCB coupled to the first camera;

a second camera PCB coupled to the second camera and separated from the first camera PCB;

a first connector extended from the first camera PCB and electrically connected to the main PCB; and

a second connector extended from the second camera PCB and electrically connected to the main PCB,

wherein the first camera is inserted into the third hole of the bracket and the second camera is inserted into the fourth hole of the bracket.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the bracket is formed as a unibody.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the bracket is positioned alongside an edge of the rear body, and

wherein a portion of the main PCB is positioned alongside another edge of the rear body.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3 , wherein the bracket is positioned between the edge of the rear body and the portion of the main PCB.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4 , wherein the first camera is disposed on a first camera coupling portion of the first camera PCB and the second camera is disposed on a second camera coupling portion of the second camera PCB.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the bracket is made of a metal.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the first and second cameras are positioned alongside of an edge of the rear body.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the bracket holds the first and second cameras.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the bracket includes a sidewall and the main PCB is located beside the sidewall of the bracket.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , further comprising a flash positioned between the first camera and the second camera.

11. A mobile terminal comprising:

a front body including a touch screen located on a front side of the mobile terminal;

a rear body coupled to the front body and located at a rear side of the mobile terminal, the rear body including at least one hole;

first and second cameras;

a bracket holding the first and second cameras and including third and fourth holes corresponding to the first and second cameras, the bracket surrounding each of the first and second cameras, and the third and fourth holes corresponding to the at least one hole of the rear body;

a main printed circuit board (PCB) including electronic components and electronic circuits for operation of the mobile terminal;

a first camera PCB coupled to the first camera;

a second camera PCB coupled to the second camera and separated from the first camera PCB;

a first connector extended from the first camera PCB and electrically connected to the main PCB; and

a second connector extended from the second camera PCB and electrically connected to the main PCB,

wherein the first camera is inserted into the third hole of the bracket and the second camera is inserted into the fourth hole of the bracket.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 11 , wherein the bracket is formed as a unibody.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 11 , wherein the bracket is positioned alongside an edge of the rear body, and

wherein a portion of the main PCB is positioned alongside another edge of the rear body.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 13 , wherein the bracket is positioned between the edge of the rear body and the portion of the main PCB.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 14 , wherein the first camera is disposed on a first camera coupling portion of the first camera PCB and the second camera is disposed on a second camera coupling portion of the second camera PCB.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 11 , wherein the bracket is made of a metal.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 11 , wherein the first and second cameras are positioned alongside an edge of the rear body.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 11 , wherein the bracket includes a sidewall and the main PCB is located beside the sidewall of the bracket.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 11 , further comprising a flash positioned between the first camera and the second camera.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 11 , wherein the at least one hole includes an elongated hole corresponding to the first and second cameras, and

wherein the elongated hole is elongated alongside an edge of the rear body.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2011-0077181 · Aug 3, 2011 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15276284 · Sep 26, 2016
Continuation 13310064 · Dec 2, 2011
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