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Mobile device, camera module, and mobile device system

US12047523B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Leica Camera AG · DE

Inventors

Malte Schmidt · Feucht, DE
Boris Pantel · Gräfelfing, DE
Florian Weiler · Waldgirmes, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 17, 2021
Grant date	Jul 23, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 27, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N23/57
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mobile device, preferably a cell phone, comprising a module holder for a camera module for capturing still images and/or moving images, said camera module having a coupling section and being releasably connectable to the module holder, wherein the module holder has a recess in which the coupling section is received when the camera module is connected to the mobile device. In the mobile device in accordance with the invention, provision is made that the recess of the module holder has a peripheral contour that is formed by a circular arc section and a secant section. The invention further relates to a corresponding camera module and to a mobile device system.

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