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Granted Patent B2
US 12,069,355 · App. 17/545,102 · Granted Aug 20, 2024

Microphone structure and electronic device including the same

Inventor: Gidae Kim (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H04N23/54H04N23/51H04N23/57H05K1/18H05K2201/10083H05K2201/10151
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Patent No.
US 12,069,355
App. No.
17/545,102
Granted
Aug 20, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device according to various embodiments may comprise: a camera module including at least one camera, a camera housing disposed to cover the camera module in a first direction, a microphone module including at least one microphone disposed in the camera housing in a second direction opposite to the first direction, a first path formed in the camera housing in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction, and a second path formed in the camera housing to connect the first path and the microphone module.

Claims (49)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a camera module comprising at least one camera;

a camera housing disposed to cover the camera module in a first direction;

a microphone module including at least one microphone disposed in the camera housing in a second direction opposite to the first direction;

a first path formed in the camera housing in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction; and

a second path formed in the camera housing to connect the first path and the microphone module,

wherein the camera housing comprises a body and a window disposed on the body, and

wherein the second path is formed by the window closing a space formed in at least a part of the body in the first direction.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the camera housing further comprises: an adhesive member disposed between the body and the window to fix the window to the body,

wherein at least a portion of the window is formed of a material having first light transmittance,

wherein the adhesive member comprises an adhesive material having second light transmittance, and

wherein the first light transmittance is greater than the second light transmittance.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the second path is formed by the adhesive member closing a space formed in at least a part of the body in the first direction.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a printed circuit board spaced apart from the camera housing in the second direction and having at least a partial area overlapping the camera housing when viewed from the first direction or the second direction.

5. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein at least a portion of the microphone module is disposed between the camera housing and the printed circuit board.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein in the first path and the second path, a material having a light transmittance less than a predetermined value is disposed in a portion adjacent to the first path.

7. A microphone structure comprising:

a microphone module including at least one microphone;

a conduit formed in a camera housing disposed in a first direction with respect to the microphone module to cover a camera module disposed adjacent to the microphone module and configured to transmit external sound to the microphone module; and

a printed circuit board at least a portion of which is disposed in a second direction opposite to the first direction with respect to the microphone module and to which the microphone module is electrically connected,

wherein the conduit comprises:

a first path formed in the camera housing in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction; and

a second path connecting the first path and the microphone module,

wherein the camera housing comprises a body and a window disposed on the body, and

wherein the second path is formed by the window closing a space formed in at least a part of the body in the first direction.

8. The microphone structure of claim 7 , wherein the camera housing in which the conduit is formed further comprises an adhesive member disposed between the body and the window to fix the window to the body,

wherein at least a portion of the window is formed of a material having a first light transmittance,

wherein the adhesive member comprises an adhesive material having a second light transmittance, and

wherein the first light transmittance is greater than the second light transmittance.

9. The microphone structure of claim 8 , wherein the second path of the conduit is formed by the adhesive member covering a space formed in at least a part of the body.

10. The microphone structure of claim 7 , wherein the printed circuit board extends to a portion where the camera housing is disposed so that the camera housing and a partial region overlap.

11. The microphone structure of claim 7 , wherein in the first path and the second path, a material having a light transmittance less than a predetermined value is disposed in a portion adjacent to the first path.

12. An electronic device comprising:

a camera module including at least one camera;

a microphone module including at least one microphone;

a camera housing disposed to cover the camera module and the microphone module, the camera housing covering the camera module in a first direction;

a cover at least a portion of which is disposed adjacent to the camera housing and disposed to cover one surface of the electronic device;

a first path formed in the camera housing at a portion where the camera housing and the cover face each other; and

a second path formed in the camera housing to connect the first path and the microphone module,

wherein the camera housing comprises a body and a window disposed on the body, and

wherein the second path is formed by the window closing a space formed in at least a part of the body in the first direction.

13. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the camera housing further comprises an adhesive member disposed between the body and the window to fix the window to the body,

wherein at least a portion of the window is formed of a material having a first light transmittance,

wherein the adhesive member comprises an adhesive material having a second light transmittance, and

wherein the first light transmittance is greater than the second light transmittance.

14. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the second path is formed by the adhesive member covering a space formed in at least a part of the body.

15. The electronic device of claim 12 , further comprising a printed circuit board spaced apart from the camera housing in a second direction and having at least a partial area overlapping the camera housing when viewed from the second direction.

16. The electronic device of claim 15 , wherein at least a portion of the microphone module is disposed between the camera housing and the printed circuit board.

17. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein in the first path and the second path, a material having a light transmittance less than a predetermined value is disposed in a portion adjacent to the first path.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE CORRECT TILTE SHOULD READ "MICROPHONE STRUCTURE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME" PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 058332 FRAME: 0460. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jan 6, 2022
From: KIM, GIDAE
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058650/0597 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2021
From: KIM, GIDAE
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058332/0460 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0180477 · Dec 22, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2021018336 · Dec 6, 2021
Related Publication 20220201165A1 · Jun 23, 2022
Cited By (1)
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