Electronic device with rotatable camera, control method, and control apparatus

1. An electronic device with a rotatable camera, comprising:

a camera assembly;

a drive assembly;

a rotating assembly;

a control circuit electrically connected to the drive assembly, and configured to control the drive assembly to drive the rotating assembly to rotate; and

a housing;

wherein the housing is a polyhedron and one face of the polyhedron is provided with a groove;

wherein the groove extends to an edge of the face and a bottom of the groove is recessed with respect to the edge; and

wherein the camera assembly is provided in the groove, is attached to the rotating assembly, and is rotatable around the edge.

2. The electronic device with the rotatable camera according to claim 1 , wherein under control of the control circuit, a target angle is formed between the camera assembly and the bottom of the groove, and the target angle is any angle between 0° and 180° .

3. The electronic device with the rotatable camera according to claim 1 , further comprising a working face and a rear face opposite to the working face, wherein the groove is located in the rear face, and the camera assembly is configured to act as a working-face camera assembly of the electronic device after the camera assembly is rotated by 180 degrees.

4. The electronic device with the rotatable camera according to claim 1 , wherein the drive assembly is a stepper motor.

5. The electronic device with the rotatable camera according to claim 4 , wherein

the rotating assembly is a rotating rod or a gear shaft, and the rotating rod or the gear shaft is parallel to the edge;

the camera assembly comprises an attaching portion, and the attaching portion is used to attach the camera assembly to the housing; and

one end of the rotating assembly is inserted in the attaching portion, and another end is attached to a main shaft of the stepper motor.

6. The electronic device with the rotatable camera according to claim 5 , wherein the camera assembly comprises at least one camera lens and at least one flashlight.

7. The electronic device with the rotatable camera according to claim 6 , wherein the camera assembly comprises three camera lenses and one flashlight, the three camera lenses and the flashlight are sequentially arranged in a direction perpendicular to the rotating rod or the gear shaft, and the flashlight is located on a side proximate to the rotating rod or the gear shaft.

8. The electronic device with the rotatable camera according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic device comprises a mobile phone and a display.

9. A control method of the electronic device with the rotatable camera according to claim 1 , comprising:

acquiring a status of the camera assembly, and displaying a start-rotation instruction interface or a stop-rotation instruction interface according to the status; and

starting or stopping a rotation of the camera assembly according to a received instruction.

10. The control method according to claim 9 , wherein the displaying the start-rotation instruction interface or the stop-rotation instruction interface according to the status comprises:

displaying the start-rotation instruction interface when the status is a stopped state;

displaying the stop-rotation instruction interface when the status is a rotating state,

wherein the status comprises the stopped state and the rotating state.

11. The control method according to claim 10 , wherein the displaying the start-rotation instruction interface when the status is a stopped state comprises:

when the stopped state is a rear-facing stopped state, displaying a start-rotation instruction for rotating to become a front-facing camera;

when the stopped state is a front-facing stopped state, displaying a start-rotation instruction for rotating to become a rear-facing camera; and

when the stopped state is an intermediate stopped state, displaying a start-rotation instruction comprising a rotate-to-front sub-instruction and a rotate-to-rear sub-instruction,

wherein the stopped state comprises the rear-facing stopped state, the intermediate stopped state, and the front-facing stopped state, the rear-facing stopped state is a stopped state in which an angle between the camera assembly and the bottom of the groove is 0° , the front-facing stopped state is a stopped state in which the angle between the camera assembly and the bottom of the groove is 180° , and the intermediate stopped state is a stopped state in which the angle between the camera assembly and the bottom of the groove is more than 0° and less than 180° .

12. The control method according to claim 11 , wherein the starting or stopping the rotation of the camera assembly according to the received instruction comprises:

controlling the camera assembly to rotate in a direction away from the bottom of the groove when the instruction is the start-rotation instruction for rotating to become the front-facing camera or the rotate-to-front sub-instruction;

controlling the camera assembly to rotate in a direction toward the bottom of the groove when the instruction is the start-rotation instruction for rotating to become a rear-facing camera or the rotate-to-rear sub-instruction; and

stopping the rotation of the camera assembly when the instruction is a stop-rotation instruction.

13. A control apparatus of the electronic device with the rotatable camera according to claim 1 , comprising:

an interface display circuit, configured to acquire a status of the camera assembly, and display a start-rotation instruction interface or a stop-rotation instruction interface according to the status; and

an operation circuit, configured to start or stop a rotation of the camera assembly according to a received instruction.

14. An electronic device with a rotatable camera, comprising:

a camera assembly;

a drive assembly;

a rotating assembly;

a control circuit electrically connected to the drive assembly, and configured to control the drive assembly to drive the rotating assembly to rotate; and

a housing;

wherein the housing is a polyhedron, one face of the polyhedron is provided with a groove, the groove extends to an edge of the face, and the groove has a non-uniform depth in a direction perpendicular to a direction of extension of the edge; and

wherein the camera assembly is provided in the groove, is attached to the rotating assembly, and is rotatable around the edge.

15. The electronic device with the rotatable camera according to claim 14 , wherein under control of the control circuit, a target angle is formed between the camera assembly and a bottom of the groove, and the target angle is any angle between 0° and 180° .

16. The electronic device with the rotatable camera according to claim 14 , further comprising a working face and a rear face opposite to the working face, wherein the groove is located in the rear face, and the camera assembly is configured to act as a working-face camera assembly of the electronic device after the camera assembly is rotated by 180 degrees.

17. The electronic device with the rotatable camera according to claim 14 , wherein the drive assembly is a stepper motor.

18. The electronic device with the rotatable camera according to claim 17 , wherein

the rotating assembly is a rotating rod or a gear shaft, and the rotating rod or the gear shaft is parallel to the edge;

the camera assembly comprises an attaching portion, and the attaching portion is used to attach the camera assembly to the housing; and

one end of the rotating assembly is inserted in the attaching portion, and another end is attached to a main shaft of the stepper motor.

19. A control method of the electronic device with the rotatable camera according to claim 14 , comprising:

acquiring a status of the camera assembly, and displaying a start-rotation instruction interface or a stop-rotation instruction interface according to the status; and

starting or stopping a rotation of the camera assembly according to a received instruction.

20. A control apparatus of the electronic device with the rotatable camera according to claim 14 , comprising:

an interface display circuit, configured to acquire a status of the camera assembly, and display a start-rotation instruction interface or a stop-rotation instruction interface according to the status; and

an operation circuit, configured to start or stop a rotation of the camera assembly according to a received instruction.