CN219493666U

CN219493666U - Suspension camera device

Info

Publication number: CN219493666U
Application number: CN202320140817.3U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李悦; 刘智; 程蕾; 支光明
Original assignee: Xi'an Leitong Science & Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Xi'an Leitong Science & Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2023-01-17
Filing date: 2023-01-17
Publication date: 2023-08-08
Anticipated expiration: 2033-01-17

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a hang camera device relates to the camera equipment field, hangs camera device and includes: the first frame comprises a control driver, a wireless transmission assembly for signal transmission and a stand column; the suspension mechanism is used for being suspended at the bearing point and comprises a suspension point; the second frame is positioned at the lower part of the first frame and comprises a pitching mechanism, a mounting frame and a camera shooting device, wherein the pitching mechanism is connected with the mounting frame and drives the camera shooting device to move, the camera shooting device is mounted on the camera shooting device mounting frame, and the pitching mechanism comprises a first motor; the azimuth mechanism is positioned between the first frame and the second frame and drives the second frame to move, and the azimuth mechanism comprises a second motor and a photoelectric encoder. The method and the device can improve the adjustable range of the shooting angle of the shooting device and the simplicity of operation to a certain extent.

Description

Suspension camera device

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of image capturing apparatuses, and in particular, to a suspended image capturing apparatus.

Background

With the development of multimedia technology and image processing technology, the requirements of users on video images are gradually increased, so that flexible and various shooting angles are required to be provided for the image pickup device to achieve good shooting effects.

In a video shooting scene, most of shooting devices are that shooting equipment such as a camera and a video camera is arranged on equipment such as a tripod and a bent arm, and then the shooting angle of the shooting device is manually adjusted; however, there is still a certain lifting space for the adjustable range of the shooting angle of the image pickup device and the simplicity of operation.

Disclosure of Invention

An object of the embodiments of the present disclosure is to provide a hanging image pickup apparatus, so as to improve an adjustable range of a photographing angle of the image pickup apparatus and the simplicity of operation at least to some extent. The technical scheme of the present disclosure is as follows:

according to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a suspension imaging apparatus including:

the first frame comprises a control driver, a wireless transmission assembly for signal transmission and a stand column;

the suspension mechanism is used for being suspended at the bearing point and comprises a suspension point;

the second frame is positioned at the lower part of the first frame and comprises a pitching mechanism, a mounting frame and image pickup equipment, wherein the pitching mechanism is connected with the mounting frame and drives the mounting frame to move, the image pickup equipment is mounted on the mounting frame, and the pitching mechanism comprises a first motor;

the azimuth mechanism is positioned between the first frame and the second frame and drives the second frame to move, the azimuth mechanism comprises a second motor and a photoelectric encoder, the second motor and the first motor are driven by the control driver, and the photoelectric encoder measures the rotation angle of the azimuth mechanism.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a damper is provided between the suspension mechanism and the column and the suspension mechanism is movable up and down along the column, the damper being used to eliminate chatter.

In one exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the pitch mechanism rotates the mounting bracket in a vertical direction and the position of the mounting bracket relative to the pitch mechanism is adjustable.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a gyro sensor is provided on the mounting frame, and the gyro sensor is used for acquiring motion information of the image capturing apparatus.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the control driver includes a power supply for supplying power, a driving unit for transmitting driving information to drive the first motor and the second motor, a control signal decoder for decoding a control signal, and a video optical transceiver for converting a video signal photographed by the photographing apparatus into an optical signal.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the control driver and the azimuth mechanism, the pitch mechanism respectively realize signal transmission through a bus ring.

In one exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the wireless transmission component includes an omni-directional antenna for receiving or communicating wireless signals.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the first frame and the second frame are formed by splicing aluminum-type pipe materials.

In an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, the mounting frame is formed by splicing weight-reducing aluminum profiles.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the azimuth mechanism may be continuously rotated in a horizontal direction by 360 ° and the elevation mechanism may be pitch-adjusted in a range of-120 ° to 45 °.

The technical scheme provided by the exemplary embodiment of the disclosure at least brings the following beneficial effects:

in the suspension camera device provided by the exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, the first frame comprises a control driver, a wireless transmission component for signal transmission and a stand column; the suspension mechanism is used for suspending at the bearing point and comprises a suspension point; the second frame is positioned at the lower part of the first frame and comprises a pitching mechanism, a mounting frame and image pickup equipment, wherein the pitching mechanism is connected with the mounting frame and drives the mounting frame to move, the image pickup equipment is arranged on the mounting frame, and the pitching mechanism comprises a first motor; the azimuth mechanism is positioned between the first frame and the second frame and drives the second frame to move, and comprises a second motor and a photoelectric encoder, wherein the second motor and the first motor are driven by a control driver, and the photoelectric encoder measures the rotation angle of the azimuth mechanism. On the one hand, the pitching mechanism and the azimuth mechanism can realize larger-range angle change, and the shooting angle of the shooting equipment can be adjusted based on the movement of the pitching mechanism and the azimuth mechanism, so that the adjustable range of the shooting angle of the shooting device is improved; on the other hand, shooting at multiple angles can be realized by adjusting the rotation angles of the pitching mechanism and the azimuth mechanism, so that the simplicity of the operation of the image pickup device is improved; in yet another aspect, the suspension mechanism for suspending from the load bearing point may suspend the imaging device from the target location, not only facilitating placement of the imaging device, but also facilitating movement.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the disclosure.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the disclosure and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure. It will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art that the drawings in the following description are merely examples of the disclosure and that other drawings may be derived from them without undue effort.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a front structure of a hanging image pickup apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment;

fig. 2 is a schematic side view of a hanging image pickup apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment;

fig. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating an operation principle of a suspension imaging apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment.

The reference numerals are explained as follows:

100. suspending the image pickup device; 1. controlling a driver; 2. a first frame; 3. a damper; 4. a suspension mechanism; 5. an azimuth mechanism; 6. a second frame; 7. a pitch mechanism; 8. a mounting frame; 9. a hanging point; 10. a column; 11. an image pickup apparatus.

Detailed Description

Example embodiments will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the exemplary embodiments can be embodied in many forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the concept of the example embodiments to those skilled in the art. The same reference numerals in the drawings denote the same or similar structures, and thus detailed descriptions thereof will be omitted. Furthermore, the drawings are merely schematic illustrations of the present disclosure and are not necessarily drawn to scale.

Although relative terms such as "upper" and "lower" are used in this specification to describe the relative relationship of one component of an icon to another component, these terms are used in this specification for convenience only, such as in terms of the orientation of the examples described in the figures. It will be appreciated that if the device of the icon is flipped upside down, the recited "up" component will become the "down" component. When a structure is "on" another structure, it may mean that the structure is integrally formed with the other structure, or that the structure is "directly" disposed on the other structure, or that the structure is "indirectly" disposed on the other structure through another structure.

The terms "a," "an," "the," "said" and "at least one" are used to indicate the presence of one or more elements/components/etc.; the terms "comprising" and "having" are intended to be inclusive and mean that there may be additional elements/components/etc. in addition to the listed elements/components/etc.

In the present application, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the term "coupled" is to be construed broadly, and for example, "coupled" may be either fixedly coupled, detachably coupled, or integrally formed; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium.

In video shooting, such as movie shooting, sports broadcasting, advertisement shooting, etc., the range of shooting angles of the camera is often required to be as large as possible, and the scene can be shot in all directions, so as to achieve a good shooting effect.

In the related art, when shooting video, the shooting equipment can be arranged on auxiliary equipment such as a tripod, then the shooting angle is manually adjusted, but the adjustable range of the shooting angle is smaller and can only be generally arranged at the corner position of a shooting scene, so that the shooting equipment is inconvenient to move, and the video shooting effect still needs to be further improved; the imaging device may be disposed on a rocker or the like, and then the movement of the rocker is controlled to perform multi-angle shooting, but the operation of the rocker is complex, and the vision of a viewer is easily disturbed when the rocker is used for shooting.

In view of the foregoing, an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides a hanging camera device, which can achieve multi-angle shooting, is simple and convenient to operate, is convenient to set and move, and can be applied to video shooting scenes such as movie shooting, sports event rebroadcasting, advertisement shooting, concert live shooting, and evening live shooting, so as to improve shooting effects, obtain good video images, and further improve viewing experience of users.

Fig. 1 is a schematic front view of a hanging image pickup apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment, and fig. 2 is a schematic side view of a hanging image pickup apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment, the hanging image pickup apparatus 100 including:

a first frame 2, the first frame 2 comprising a control driver 1, a wireless transmission assembly for signal transmission, a column 10;

a suspension mechanism 4 for suspending from a load bearing point, the suspension mechanism comprising a suspension point 9;

the second frame 6 is positioned at the lower part of the first frame 2, the second frame 6 comprises a pitching mechanism 7, a mounting frame 8 and a camera device 11, the pitching mechanism 7 is connected with the mounting frame 8 and drives the mounting frame 8 to move, the camera device 11 is mounted on the mounting frame 8, and the pitching mechanism 7 comprises a first motor;

the azimuth mechanism 5, azimuth mechanism 5 is located between first frame 2 and second frame 6 just azimuth mechanism 5 drives second frame 6 moves, azimuth mechanism 5 includes second motor, photoelectric encoder, the second motor with first motor is by control driver 1 drives, photoelectric encoder measures azimuth mechanism's rotation angle.

In the suspension imaging apparatus provided in the present exemplary embodiment, on the one hand, the pitching mechanism and the azimuth mechanism can realize a wide range of angle changes, and the imaging device can adjust the shooting angle based on the movements of the pitching mechanism and the azimuth mechanism, thereby improving the adjustable range of the shooting angle of the imaging apparatus; on the other hand, shooting at multiple angles can be realized by adjusting the rotation angles of the pitching mechanism and the azimuth mechanism, so that the simplicity of the operation of the image pickup device is improved; in yet another aspect, the suspension mechanism for suspending from the load bearing point may suspend the imaging device from the target location, not only facilitating placement of the imaging device, but also facilitating movement.

Next, in an exemplary embodiment, the above-described suspended image pickup apparatus will be described in detail.

As described in fig. 1 and 2, the suspension imaging apparatus 100 may include: the control actuator 1, the first frame 2, the suspension mechanism 4, the azimuth mechanism 5, the second frame 6, the pitch mechanism 7, the mount 8, the suspension point 9, the upright 10, and the image pickup apparatus 11.

Wherein the first frame 2 may comprise a control driver 1, a wireless transmission assembly for signal transmission, a column 10; the first frame 2 is generally provided at the upper part of the suspension imaging apparatus; the wireless transmission component can be used for transmitting control signals and video signals shot by the camera equipment 11; the upright may be used to secure the suspension mechanism 4, and illustratively, the upright may be cylindrical in shape, cubic in shape, or the like.

The suspension means 4 are intended to be suspended from a load-bearing point, said suspension means 4 comprising a suspension point 9. The suspension mechanism 4 may be used to suspend the suspension camera device at the target bearing point; illustratively, the load bearing points may be hooks, rope buckles, and the like.

The second frame 6, the second frame 6 is located first frame 2 lower part, the second frame 6 includes pitch mechanism 7, mounting bracket 8, camera equipment 11, pitch mechanism 7 connects mounting bracket 8 and drive the motion of mounting bracket 8, camera equipment 11 install in on the mounting bracket 8, pitch mechanism 7 includes first motor. The pitching mechanism 7 rotates through the rotation of a first motor, and the first motor can be a direct-drive torque motor or other motors such as a servo motor; the pitching mechanism 7 can realize rotation in the vertical direction, thereby causing the image pickup apparatus 11 to realize a change in shooting angle in the vertical direction; the image pickup apparatus may be a video camera, a network camera, or other image pickup apparatuses.

The azimuth mechanism 5, azimuth mechanism 5 is located between first frame 2 and second frame 6 just azimuth mechanism 5 drives second frame 6 moves, azimuth mechanism 5 includes second motor, photoelectric encoder, the second motor with first motor is by control driver 1 drives, photoelectric encoder measures azimuth mechanism's rotation angle. The azimuth mechanism 5 can realize rotation in the horizontal direction, thereby causing the image pickup apparatus 11 to realize a change in the shooting angle in the horizontal direction.

The hanging camera device can be divided into an upper part and a lower part, wherein the upper part mainly comprises a first frame and a hanging mechanism, and the lower part mainly comprises a second frame and an azimuth mechanism; in order to increase the stability of the suspended camera device, the mass center of the suspended camera device should be moved downwards as much as possible, and the suspended camera device is long and narrow in the vertical direction.

In an exemplary embodiment, the camera suspension device may further include: a console; the console may be used to transmit control signals to the control driver via the wireless transmission assembly and to receive video signals from the wireless transmission assembly. Specifically, a handle console, an upper industrial personal computer and a lower processor are arranged in the console; the handle control console can comprise a direction handle and can be used for sending voltage signals acquired by the direction handle to the lower processor when an operator manipulates the direction handle; the upper industrial personal computer can comprise a man-machine interaction interface, the man-machine interaction interface can be used for simulating and displaying the shooting angle of the suspension shooting device and the shooting picture, and the upper industrial personal computer can be used for storing and calling data, displaying the data, controlling a system and the like; the lower processor can analyze the voltage signals sent by the handle console, determine the rotation angles of the pitching mechanism and the azimuth mechanism, convert the rotation angles into control signals of the driving motor and send the control signals to the control driver through the wireless transmission assembly, and then control the driver to send the control signals to the first motor and the second motor, so that the pitching mechanism and the azimuth mechanism rotate to target angles, and further the shooting device shoots the target angles; in addition, the control console, the control driver, the azimuth mechanism and the pitching mechanism can also transmit signals through other methods in the prior art.

In an exemplary embodiment, referring to fig. 1 and 2, a damper 3 is disposed between the suspension mechanism 4 and the upright 10, and the suspension mechanism 4 is movable up and down along the upright 10, and the damper is used for eliminating chatter. The hanging mechanism can move up and down along the upright post, so that the whole hanging camera device can be kept stable by adjusting the position of the hanging mechanism when camera equipment of different models is used, and the swinging frequency is in a controllable range. In addition, a damper is arranged between the suspension mechanism and the upright post, so that possible high-frequency vibration is eliminated, and the pressure of the device is reduced; preferably, the damper is an adjustable damper.

In an exemplary embodiment, a gyro sensor is provided on the mounting frame, and the gyro sensor is used for acquiring motion information of the image capturing apparatus. The motion information can comprise information such as shooting angle and rotation speed of the image pickup equipment, the gyroscope sensor compares the motion information of the given image pickup equipment with the motion information of the actual image pickup equipment after acquiring the motion information of the image pickup equipment, and then the compared motion information is transmitted to the control driver through the bus ring, and the control driver judges whether to drive the second motor to rotate correspondingly after carrying out information processing; in addition, signal transmission between the gyro sensor and the respective parts of the control driver may be performed by other methods in the related art.

In an exemplary embodiment, the gyro sensor may be further used to acquire angle information of the suspendable image pickup device. Specifically, the azimuth mechanism, the pitching mechanism and the upright post are kept stable in an inertial space generally, when no interference moment acts, the relative inertial space of the suspension camera device is kept at the original azimuth all the time, however, when the suspension camera device deviates from the original azimuth due to the interference moment, the angle of the gyroscope sensor sensitive device is changed, an amplified angle change signal is fed back to the control driver through the bus ring, then the angle change signal is transmitted to the control console through the wireless transmission assembly, and the information processing is carried out on the control console to judge whether the second motor needs to generate a compensation moment so as to generate a control signal; the second motor generates compensation moment to compensate the disturbance moment, so that the suspension camera device is kept stable, and the stability of the whole device is ensured on the visual axis of the optical system, so that shake is reduced, and a good video image is shot.

In an exemplary embodiment, the control driver includes a power supply, a driving unit, a control signal decoder, and a video optical transceiver, where the power supply is used for supplying power, the driving unit is used for sending driving information to drive the first motor and the second motor, the control signal decoder is used for decoding a control signal, and the video optical transceiver is used for converting a video signal captured by the image capturing device into an optical signal.

Specifically, the driving controller receives a control signal sent by the console through the wireless transmission component, then the control signal decoder decodes the control signal, the driving unit generates driving information according to the decoded control signal, the driving information is transmitted to the first motor and the second motor through the bus ring, and then the first motor and the second motor rotate to enable the azimuth mechanism and the pitching mechanism to rotate, so that multi-angle shooting of the image pickup device is realized; the power supply is used for supplying power to each power utilization unit of the suspension camera device, and is preferably a lithium battery, and of course, the power supply can be other types of power supplies; the video optical transceiver converts the video signal shot by the shooting equipment into an optical signal and then transmits the optical signal to the control console through the wireless transmission assembly.

In an exemplary embodiment, the wireless transmission component may be further configured to receive a control signal sent by the console to the image capturing apparatus, and then transmit the control signal of the image capturing apparatus to the image capturing apparatus through the communication cable, where the image capturing apparatus may perform focusing, zooming, and other operations according to the control signal.

In one exemplary embodiment, the wireless transmission component may include an omni-directional antenna that may be used to receive or communicate wireless signals. The omni-directional antenna can realize multi-angle signal transmission and reception, so that the effect of signal transmission is improved.

In one exemplary embodiment, the first frame and the second frame are formed from aluminum tubing. The aluminum-type pipe material is adopted for splicing and forming, so that the weight of the hanging camera device is lighter, the rigidity of the first frame and the second frame can be ensured to meet the requirement, and of course, the first frame and the second frame can also be spliced and formed by adopting other materials such as steel-type pipe materials; in addition, the cables among the components can be arranged in the aluminum-type pipe material according to the trend, so that the outside of the hanging camera device is concise and attractive.

In an exemplary embodiment, the mounting frame may be formed by splicing weight-reducing aluminum profiles; the weight-reducing aluminum profile is used for reducing the weight of the whole device, and the mounting frame can be spliced and formed by other materials such as steel profiles; in addition, the mounting frame can be used for mounting common types of image pickup equipment; and the mounting frame is connected with the pitching mechanism, and the front and back positions and the upper and lower positions of the mounting frame relative to the pitching mechanism can be adjusted, so that after the different types of image pickup equipment are installed, the load centroid of the pitching mechanism can be adjusted, so that the centroid of the load centroid is overlapped with the central axis of the pitching mechanism as much as possible, and the load of the first motor is reduced.

In an exemplary embodiment, a gyro sensor may be disposed on the mounting frame, where the gyro sensor is used to collect a position change of the image capturing apparatus and transmit the position change to the console, and the console determines whether to generate a control signal to drive the first motor and the second motor after performing information analysis, so as to implement stable photographing of the image capturing apparatus.

In one exemplary embodiment, the azimuth mechanism may be continuously rotated 360 ° in the horizontal direction, and the pitch mechanism may be pitch-adjusted in the range of-120 ° to 45 °. Of course, the adjustable angles of the azimuth and elevation mechanisms may be other ranges. Wherein, a photoelectric encoder can be arranged on the azimuth mechanism, and the photoelectric encoder is used for acquiring the rotation angle of the azimuth mechanism; in addition, the control driver realizes signal transmission with the azimuth mechanism and the pitching mechanism through the confluence ring respectively so as to acquire the motion information of the azimuth mechanism and the pitching mechanism; preferably, the converging ring is a light converging ring, and the optical fiber converging ring is also called an optical fiber rotary joint, is a passive device capable of transmitting optical signals on one or more optical fibers between a rotating part and a static part, and has the advantages of large bandwidth, small noise, low crosstalk, no electromagnetic interference, small size and light weight compared with an electric slip ring for transmitting electric signals in common mode; of course, the bus ring may be any other type of bus ring, such as a disk bus ring, a differential bus ring, etc., and the present exemplary embodiment is not limited thereto.

In one exemplary embodiment, the pitching mechanism may be disposed at the lower end of the second frame and at both sides of the second frame, thereby coordinating the entire apparatus, facilitating the counterweight to reduce the load of the second motor; one end of the pitching mechanism can be provided with a photoelectric encoder for acquiring the rotation angle information of the pitching mechanism; in addition, if the pitch mechanism does not need to achieve 360 ° rotation, it may not be signaled through the bus ring, but rather through a common communication cable.

In an exemplary embodiment, referring to fig. 3, the principle of operation of a suspended camera device is shown. The suspension camera device can comprise a horizontal rotating shaft and a vertical rotating shaft, is suspended on 4 traction wires, and can change the position of the suspension camera device through the movement of the traction wires; the function of the horizontal rotating shaft can be realized by the azimuth mechanism, and the function of the vertical rotating shaft can be realized by the pitching mechanism; the suspension camera device can realize horizontal rotation through rotation of the horizontal rotating shaft, and can realize pitching adjustment in the vertical direction through rotation of the vertical rotating shaft; when the vertical rotating shaft rotates, the image pickup device can also rotate in the vertical direction, and when the horizontal rotating shaft rotates, the image pickup device can also adjust the shooting angle in the horizontal direction, so that the omnibearing shooting of the image pickup device can be realized. Illustratively, the horizontal rotation axis may achieve 360 ° continuous rotation, and the vertical rotation axis may enable the image capturing apparatus to achieve pitch adjustment in the range of 120 ° to 45 °.

Other embodiments of the disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the disclosure disclosed herein. This application is intended to cover any adaptations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosure following, in general, the principles of the disclosure and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the disclosure pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the disclosure being indicated by the following claims.

It is to be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the precise arrangements and instrumentalities shown in the drawings, and that various modifications and changes may be effected without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present disclosure is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A suspension imaging apparatus, comprising:

2. The suspended camera device according to claim 1, wherein a damper is provided between the suspension mechanism and the column and the suspension mechanism is movable up and down along the column, the damper being for eliminating chatter.

3. The suspended camera device of claim 1, wherein the pitch mechanism rotates the mount in a vertical direction and a position of the mount relative to the pitch mechanism is adjustable.

4. The suspended image pickup apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a gyro sensor for acquiring motion information of the image pickup device is provided on the mount.

5. The suspended image pickup apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control driver includes a power supply for supplying power, a driving unit for sending driving information to drive the first motor and the second motor, a control signal decoder for decoding a control signal, and a video optical terminal for converting a video signal photographed by the image pickup device into an optical signal.

6. The suspended image pickup apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control driver and the azimuth mechanism and the elevation mechanism respectively realize signal transmission through a bus ring.

7. The suspended camera device of claim 1, wherein the wireless transmission component comprises an omni-directional antenna for receiving or delivering wireless signals.

8. The suspended camera device of claim 1, wherein the first frame and the second frame are formed from aluminum tubing.

9. The suspended camera device of claim 1, wherein the mounting frame is formed by splicing weight-reducing aluminum profiles.

10. The suspended imaging device according to claim 1, wherein the azimuth mechanism is continuously rotatable in a horizontal direction by 360 ° and the elevation mechanism is elevation-adjustable in a range of-120 ° to 45 °.