A system and method for providing remote video communications, and more specifically, a system and method for providing multi-point-of-view video chatting for a group of participants is disclosed. The client device having a microphone, a video capture device having speakers, a display device, a memory having instructions stored thereon, and a processor configured to execute the instructions on the memory to cause the electronic client device to implement the method. The method receives other user location and field of view data for other users within the multi-point-of-view video chatting environment, determines a current location and field of view of a current user the client device within the multi-point-of-view video chatting environment, receives current user streaming video and audio data from the microphone and video capture device of a current user of the client device, transmits the current location and field of view of a current user and the streaming video and audio data from the current user to the network server, receives current location and field of view of each of other users and the streaming video and audio data from each of other user from the network server, generates a visual map of the multi-point-of-view video chatting environment containing an avatar and a puck for the current user and each of the other users, generates a current user audio stream corresponding to a combination of all of the streaming audio data from the other users, and displays the visual map to a the current user and play the combination of all of the streaming audio data from the other users on the display device. The puck associated with each user is rendered at a position within the visual map and an orientation associated with the field of view associated with the corresponding user.

The present application provides a housing assembly and an electronic device, including a housing, a functional module disposed in the housing. The functional module includes at least a functional component and a rotating shaft, and the functional module is rotatable with respect to the rotating shaft, so that the at least a functional component is rotatable to a position outside the housing. By utilizing rotation of the functional module with respect to the rotating shaft, any of the functional components is rotatable to a position outside the housing, thereby increasing a screen ratio of the electronic device.

An electronic device is provided in this disclosure. The electronic device includes a body, a shaft sleeve, a function module, and a rotating resistance device. The shaft sleeve is fixed to the body. The function module includes a shaft portion rotatably disposed on the shaft sleeve. The rotating resistance device is disposed on the shaft sleeve or fixed to the body and is against the shaft portion of the flip function module to apply rotational resistance to the shaft portion of the function module, so that the function module stably stays at any position without being affected by an external force.

The invention relates to an operational communication-over-the-internet method and system in which take-over operations which are implemented within a software application are being sent over the internet from a sending user using a device with said software application to a second user's mobile device, in order to perform specific actions relating to specific features of the second user's mobile device, resulting in the second user's mobile device being jointly operated by both users.

A mobile terminal includes a display, a back cover, a middle frame, a rotation system, and a drive mechanism. A notch is disposed on a top of the back cover, and the rotation system is located at the notch. The rotation system includes a camera, and an outer surface of the rotation system and the back cover are spliced into an outer surface of the mobile terminal. The drive mechanism is configured to drive the rotation system to rise, fall, and rotate, such that the camera has functions of both a rear-facing camera and a front-facing camera.

A mobile device includes a camera module that can alternate between a retracted state and an extended state. In the retracted state, the camera module is retracted into a recess in a housing of the mobile device. In the extended state, the camera module extends from the housing. While in the extended state, one or more cameras of the camera module capture images. A processor of the mobile device stitches the images into a panoramic image that optionally provides a 360 degree view. While in the extended state, the camera module may optionally rotate or fold.

A shooting method and a terminal are provided. The method includes: receiving a first input performed by a user for M face images; in response to the first input, controlling a rotatable target camera to rotate and collect an image; performing facial recognition in a rotation process of the target camera; and performing at least one shooting operation and outputting at least one target image that includes M target persons, where each target person corresponds to one face image, and M is a positive integer greater than 1.

According to certain aspects of the disclosure, an electronic device comprises a housing including a first plate facing a first direction, a second plate facing a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a side member configured to surround a space between the first plate and the second plate; a camera module, at least part of which is disposed in the space; a printed circuit board disposed in the space; and a flexible printed circuit board connecting the camera module and the printed circuit board, wherein between a first position in which the at least part of the camera module is located in the space and a second position in which the at least part of the camera module is located outside the housing in a third direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction, the camera module moves in the third direction and rotates to face the first direction or the second direction, wherein the camera module includes a flexible printed circuit board frame configured to receive or shield at least part of the flexible printed circuit board, wherein the flexible printed circuit board includes: a rollable portion including a first distal end of the flexible printed circuit board and a rollable area, wherein the first distal end is connected to one area of the camera module, and at least part of the rollable area is wrapped or unwrapped in the same direction as the rotation of the camera module; a movable portion including a curved area and a second distal end of the flexible printed circuit board, wherein the second distal end extends from the curved area and is connected to the printed circuit board, and a position of the curved area is changed to correspond to the motion of the camera module in the third direction; and a connecting portion configured to connect the rollable portion and the movable portion, and wherein the flexible printed circuit board frame includes: a cylindrical area configured to receive or shield at least part of the rollable portion; and a planar area configured to receive or shield at least part of the movable portion and at least part of the connecting portion, wherein the at least part of the connecting portion is fixed to the planar area.

The present disclosure provides an electronic device, including: a first shell, a driven component, and a first control component, where the first control component is disposed in the first shell or on the driven component, an accommodation hole is formed on the first shell, and the driven component may be retracted into the first shell or may be at least partially protruded from the shell through the accommodation hole.

An electronic device and a method for controlling a camera module are provided according to implementations of the present disclosure. The electronic device includes a housing, a camera module, a pushing mechanism, and a reversing mechanism. The camera module disposed in the housing. The pushing mechanism is configured to drive the camera module to move from an inside of the housing to an outside of the housing. The reversing mechanism is configured to reverse the camera module when the camera module is moved to the outside of the housing.