US 12,284,304 B2
Camera bracket including audio signal path and electronic device including the camera bracket
Jaehong Jung, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Gyeongtae Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Yongseok Lee, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Jinman Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Souksu Jang, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Hyeyeong Choi, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Jiwoo Lee, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Mar. 6, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/597,064.
Application 18/597,064 is a continuation of application No. 18/136,447, filed on Apr. 19, 2023, granted, now 11,943,378.
Application 18/136,447 is a continuation of application No. 17/872,101, filed on Jul. 25, 2022, granted, now 11,641,415, issued on May 2, 2023.
Application 17/872,101 is a continuation of application No. 16/944,557, filed on Jul. 31, 2020, granted, now 11,399,085, issued on Jul. 26, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0093859 (KR), filed on Aug. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0267448 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G03B 17/56 (2021.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04R 1/08 (2006.01); H05K 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04M 1/0264 (2013.01) [G03B 17/561 (2013.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable communication device comprising:
a housing including a cover forming a rear surface of the portable communication device and having an opening formed therein;
a camera accommodated in the housing such that a lens of the camera at least partially faces the opening;
a camera bracket accommodated in the housing such that a protruding portion of the camera bracket is exposed via the opening to an outside of the portable communication device, the protruding portion including a recess formed at a side surface thereof;
a glass window covering a hole formed in the protruding portion of the camera bracket such that the lens is visible from the outside; and
a microphone accommodated in the housing such that a sound originating from the outside passes along at least a portion of the recess to be sensed by the microphone.