Patent ID: 8055297
Filing Date: 2011-11-08
Classification: H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A portable electronic device, comprising: a housing having an image pickup window; and a main body accommodated in the housing, the main body comprising at least two lens modules, a rotatable base, and a driving element, the rotatable base carrying the at least two lens modules thereon, the driving element configured for driving the rotatable base to rotate a non-negative integer multiple of an angle unit β to selectively allow any one of the at least two lens modules to be aligned with the image pickup window; wherein the rotatable base has a toothed hole defined at the center thereof, the rotatable base at the toothed hole is meshed with a transmission element, an included angle α is defined by two lines connecting centers of two adjacent of the at least two lens modules to a center of the toothed hole of the rotatable base, and the included angle α is 360 degrees divided by the number of the at least two lens modules; and wherein an optical axis of each of the at least two lens modules is perpendicular to an axis associated with the rotatable base.