CN108401495B - Cloud platform camera, cloud platform device and unmanned vehicles - Google Patents

Cloud platform camera, cloud platform device and unmanned vehicles Download PDF

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CN108401495B
CN108401495B CN201780003968.1A CN201780003968A CN108401495B CN 108401495 B CN108401495 B CN 108401495B CN 201780003968 A CN201780003968 A CN 201780003968A CN 108401495 B CN108401495 B CN 108401495B
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Abstract

The invention provides a pan-tilt camera, which is applied to an unmanned aerial vehicle.A body (10) of the pan-tilt camera (100) comprises an installation surface (11) and a connection surface (12), wherein a pan-tilt connecting piece (40) is arranged on the connection surface (12) and is used for being connected with a pan-tilt (200); the holder camera (100) comprises a first image acquisition part (20) and a second image acquisition part (30), wherein the first image acquisition part (20) and the second image acquisition part (30) are arranged on the installation surface (11), and the first image acquisition part (20) and the second image acquisition part (30) are respectively matched with an image sensor corresponding to the inside of the camera body (10) of the holder camera (100) to complete image acquisition so as to output two paths of images. The pan-tilt camera provided by the embodiment of the invention can acquire images in different scenes, so that the application range of the pan-tilt camera is greatly expanded, and the acquired image content is richer and more comprehensive; in addition, the invention also provides a holder device and an unmanned aerial vehicle adopting the holder camera.

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Cloud platform camera, cloud platform device and unmanned vehicles
Technical Field
The embodiment of the invention belongs to the technical field of pan-tilt cameras, and particularly relates to a pan-tilt camera, a pan-tilt device adopting the pan-tilt camera and an unmanned aerial vehicle.
Background
The tripod head camera is arranged on the unmanned aerial vehicle through a tripod head, can be used for aerial photography of the unmanned aerial vehicle or target tracking and monitoring in special scenes and the like, and can provide stable and clear pictures in the flight process of the unmanned aerial vehicle; however, the existing pan-tilt camera has the problems of single application scene and single type of acquired images, and has limited user requirements and poor universality.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to solve the problems of single application scene and single type of acquired image of the existing pan-tilt camera, the embodiment of the invention provides a novel pan-tilt camera so as to improve the multi-scene application capability of the pan-tilt camera and meet the requirements of a user on multi-scene application and multi-type data acquisition to a greater extent; in addition, the embodiment of the invention also provides a holder device and an unmanned aerial vehicle adopting the holder camera.
On one hand, the embodiment of the invention provides a pan-tilt camera which is applied to an unmanned aerial vehicle, wherein a camera body of the pan-tilt camera comprises an installation surface and a connection surface, and a pan-tilt connecting piece is arranged on the connection surface and is used for being connected with a pan-tilt; the cloud platform camera includes first image acquisition portion and second image acquisition portion, first image acquisition portion and second image acquisition portion set up on the installation face, first image acquisition portion with second image acquisition portion cooperates respectively the image sensor that the inside corresponding of the fuselage of cloud platform camera accomplishes image acquisition to two way images of output.
The pan-tilt camera provided by the embodiment of the invention is provided with the two image acquisition parts, the two image acquisition parts can be configured to work independently and also can be configured to work in a split-work cooperation mode, and the two image acquisition parts are endowed with different structures and functions, so that the pan-tilt camera can acquire images in different scenes, the application range of the pan-tilt camera is greatly improved, meanwhile, the acquired image content is richer and more comprehensive, and the requirements of users can be met to a greater extent.
On the other hand, the embodiment of the invention also provides a holder device, which comprises a holder and the holder camera, wherein the holder comprises a first shaft arm, a second shaft arm, a pitching assembly and a rolling assembly; wherein one end of the first shaft arm is connected with the second shaft arm through the roll component, and one end of the second shaft arm is connected with a holder connecting piece of the holder camera through the pitch component; the pitching assembly comprises a pitching motor and is used for driving the holder camera to rotate; the roll component comprises a roll motor and is used for driving the second shaft arm, the pitching component and the holder camera to integrally rotate.
On the other hand, the embodiment of the invention also provides the unmanned aerial vehicle, which comprises an unmanned aerial vehicle body and a holder device, wherein the holder device comprises a holder and the holder camera, and the holder comprises a first shaft arm, a second shaft arm, a pitching assembly and a rolling assembly; one end of the first shaft arm is connected with the second shaft arm through the rolling component, one end of the second shaft arm is connected with a holder connecting piece of the holder camera through the pitching component, and the other end of the first shaft arm is fixed on the unmanned aerial vehicle body; the pitching assembly comprises a pitching motor and is used for driving the holder camera to rotate; the roll component comprises a roll motor and is used for driving the second shaft arm, the pitching component and the holder camera to integrally rotate.
According to the cradle head device and the unmanned aerial vehicle provided by the embodiment of the invention, on one hand, the adopted cradle head camera is provided with the two image acquisition parts which can be configured to work independently or work in a split-work cooperation manner, and the two image acquisition parts are endowed with different structures and functions, so that the cradle head camera can acquire images in different scenes, the application range is greatly improved, simultaneously, the acquired image content is richer and more comprehensive, and the requirements of users can be met to a greater extent.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a pan-tilt camera according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a body of the pan-tilt camera provided in fig. 1;
fig. 3 is a schematic view of a first image capturing part and a second image capturing part provided on a camera body of a pan/tilt head camera according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a holder connecting member according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a pan-tilt apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a pan/tilt head according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of an unmanned aerial vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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In order to make the technical solution of the present invention better understood by those skilled in the art, the technical solution in the embodiments of the present invention is clearly and completely described below. Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used in the description of the invention herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention.
Reference herein to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment can be included in at least one embodiment of the invention. The appearances of the phrase in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. It is explicitly and implicitly understood by one skilled in the art that the embodiments described herein can be combined with other embodiments.
Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a perspective view of a pan/tilt/zoom camera applicable to an unmanned aerial vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the pan/tilt/zoom camera includes a body 10, and a first image capturing part 20, a second image capturing part 30 and a pan/tilt/zoom connector 40 that are disposed on the body 10; further referring to fig. 2, the body 10 of the pan/tilt/zoom camera includes an installation surface 11 and a connection surface 12, the pan/tilt/zoom connector 40 is disposed on the connection surface 12, the pan/tilt camera is connected to the pan/tilt head through the pan/tilt connector 40, the first image capturing portion 20 and the second image capturing portion 30 are disposed on the installation surface 11, and the first image capturing portion 20 and the second image capturing portion 30 respectively cooperate with corresponding image sensors inside the body 10 of the pan/tilt camera to complete image capturing so as to output two images.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the first image capturing part 20 and the second image capturing part 30 are disposed on the same mounting surface 11 of the cradle head camera body 10, wherein the first image capturing part 20 and the second image capturing part 30 may be disposed in parallel, or may be separately and independently disposed, for example, as shown in fig. 1, in a situation where the first image capturing part 20 and the second image capturing part 30 are disposed in parallel on the same mounting surface 11 of the cradle head camera body 10, in a specific embodiment, the first image capturing part 20 and the second image capturing part 30 may be disposed horizontally in the same mounting surface 11, or disposed longitudinally in the same mounting surface 11, or may be disposed obliquely in the same mounting surface 11; referring to fig. 3, (a), (c), (e), (g) in fig. 3 are the case where the first image capturing section 20 and the second image capturing section 30 are juxtaposed in the same mounting surface 11, (b), (d), (f), (h) in fig. 3 are the case where the first image capturing section 20 and the second image capturing section 30 are separately and independently disposed in the same mounting surface 11, (a) is the schematic view where the first image capturing section 20 and the second image capturing section 30 are transversely juxtaposed in the same mounting surface 11, (c) is the schematic view where the first image capturing section 20 and the second image capturing section 30 are longitudinally juxtaposed in the same mounting surface 11, (e) and (g) are the schematic view where the first image capturing section 20 and the second image capturing section 30 are obliquely juxtaposed in the same mounting surface 11, and (b) is the schematic view where the first image capturing section 20 and the second image capturing section 30 are transversely separately and independently disposed in the same mounting surface 11, (d) the schematic view of the first image capturing unit 20 and the second image capturing unit 30 being separated and independently disposed in the same mounting surface 11 in the longitudinal direction, and (f) and (h) the schematic view of the first image capturing unit 20 and the second image capturing unit 30 being separated and independently disposed in the same mounting surface 11 in the oblique direction.
In another embodiment of the present invention, the first image capturing part 20 and the second image capturing part 30 are disposed on different mounting surfaces 11 of the cradle head camera body 10, and referring to fig. 2 again, the cradle head camera body 10 includes two adjacent mounting surfaces 11, and the first image capturing part 20 and the second image capturing part 30 may be respectively mounted on the two adjacent mounting surfaces 11, of course, in other embodiments, the cradle head camera body 10 may include two opposite mounting surfaces 11, and the first image capturing part 20 and the second image capturing part 30 may be respectively mounted on the two opposite mounting surfaces 11.
In the above embodiment, the first image capturing section 20 and the second image capturing section 30 may be independently detachable, respectively; in other embodiments, the first image capturing part 20 and the second image capturing part 30 may be an integral structure, and the first image capturing part 20 and the second image capturing part 30 may be detachably disposed on the mounting surface 11 of the main body 10 of the pan-tilt camera as a whole.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the body 10 of the pan-tilt camera is provided with the first image capturing part 20 and the second image capturing part 30, and the mounting surface 11 is further provided with a lens fixing member 50, in some embodiments, the first image capturing part 20 and the second image capturing part 30 correspond to the independent lens fixing member 50 respectively, so as to meet the requirement that the first image capturing part 20 and the second image capturing part 30 are independently fixed; in other embodiments, the lens holder 50 is provided with two lens fixing portions (not shown) for fixing the first image capturing portion 20 and the second image capturing portion 30, respectively.
Further, the lens fixing member 50 further includes a fixing portion (not shown), the lens fixing member 50 can be fixed on the mounting surface 11 of the body 10 of the pan/tilt camera by the fixing portion, specifically, the fixing portion may be a screw hole or a snap structure, so that the lens fixing member 50 can be fixed on the mounting surface 11 of the body 10 of the pan/tilt camera by a screw fixing manner or a snap manner, correspondingly, a fixing hole or a snap structure matched with the fixing hole is provided on the mounting surface 11 of the body 10 of the pan/tilt camera, as shown in fig. 2, a first fixing hole 111 for mounting the lens fixing member 50 is provided on the mounting surface 11 of the body 10 of the pan/tilt camera, and the number of the first fixing holes 111 can be freely set as required.
In the embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 2 again, a memory card mounting slot 112 is further disposed on the mounting surface 11 of the body 10 of the pan/tilt/zoom camera, and the memory card mounting slot 112 may be disposed on the same mounting surface 11 as the first image capturing part 20 and the second image capturing part 30, or may be mounted on a different mounting surface 11 from the first image capturing part 20 and the second image capturing part 30, for example, the mounting surface 11 where the first image capturing part 20 and the second image capturing part 30 are located is adjacent to the mounting surface 11 where the memory card mounting slot 112 is located as shown in fig. 2 in fig. 1.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the body 10 of the pan-tilt camera may be in the shape of a cube, a cylinder, or a spheroid.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the pan/tilt head connector 40 is integrated with the body 10 of the pan/tilt head camera.
In other embodiments of the present invention, the pan head attachment member 40 is removably secured to the attachment surface 12, as shown in fig. 4, the pan head attachment member 40 includes a horseshoe-shaped attachment bracket 41, and a fixing portion 411 and a limiting portion 412, which are arranged on the connecting frame 41, wherein the fixing portion 411 is used for installing and fixing the cradle head connecting piece 40 on the connecting surface 12 of the body 10 of the cradle head camera, and similarly, the fixing portion 411 may be a screw hole or a snap structure, so that the pan/tilt head connector 40 may be fixed on the connecting surface 12 of the body 10 of the pan/tilt head camera by a screw fixing manner or a snap fixing manner, and accordingly, a connecting surface 12 of the body 10 of the pan-tilt camera is provided with a fixing hole or a buckle structure matched with the connecting surface, as shown in fig. 2, a second fixing hole 121 for installing the pan/tilt head connecting member 40 is disposed on the connecting surface 12 of the body 10 of the pan/tilt head camera, and the number of the second fixing holes 121 can be freely set as required; and the spacing part 412 is used for the connection spacing of the cradle head and the cradle head connecting piece 40 so as to ensure the stability of the connection of the cradle head and the cradle head camera.
Optionally, the connecting surface 12 of the body 10 of the pan/tilt camera includes a first connecting surface and a second connecting surface which are opposite to each other, the first connecting surface and the second connecting surface are both provided with a pan/tilt connector 40, and the pan/tilt is connected to the pan/tilt connector 40 on the first connecting surface and the second connecting surface at the same time, it can be understood that the same pan/tilt connector 40 can be provided on the first connecting surface and the second connecting surface, and the pan/tilt connectors 40 with different structures can also be provided, for example, the pan/tilt connector 40 shown in fig. 4 is provided on the first connecting surface, and only one shaft hole is provided on the second connecting surface, and so on, and.
In the embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 2 again, the connection surface 12 of the body 10 of the pan-tilt camera is further provided with a data interface 122, and when the pan-tilt camera is mounted on the pan-tilt, the data interface 122 is connected with a corresponding interface on the pan-tilt so as to transmit image data collected by the pan-tilt camera to the unmanned aerial vehicle connected with the pan-tilt.
In the above embodiment, the first image capturing part 20 and the second image capturing part 30 may be one or two of an infrared thermal imaging lens and a visible light lens, that is, the first image capturing part 20 may be an infrared thermal imaging lens, the second image capturing part 30 may be a visible light lens, or both the first image capturing part 20 and the second image capturing part 30 may be an infrared thermal imaging lens; in the case that the first image acquisition part 20 is an infrared thermal imaging lens and the second image acquisition part 30 is a visible light lens, the unmanned aerial vehicle adopting the pan-tilt camera can fly to take aerial photos in the daytime and can also fly to take aerial photos at night, so that the multi-scene shooting requirement is met, different types of images can be acquired, and the acquisition requirement of diversified images is met; for the situation that the first image acquisition part 20 and the second image acquisition part 30 are both visible light lenses, under the environment with good light, the image acquisition can be carried out in different directions, and only one of the first image acquisition part and the second image acquisition part can be started to carry out unidirectional image acquisition, so that the requirements of multi-scene shooting and diversified image acquisition can be met; for the situation that the first image acquisition part 20 and the second image acquisition part 30 are both infrared thermal imaging lenses, under the environment with poor light, infrared image acquisition can be carried out in different directions, and one of the first image acquisition part and the second image acquisition part can also be started to carry out unidirectional infrared image acquisition, so that the requirements of multi-scene shooting and diversified image acquisition are also met; in other embodiments, the two paths of image videos acquired by the first image acquisition part 20 and the second image acquisition part 30 may be subjected to image fusion or picture-in-picture display, so as to provide a novel image display content.
Compared with the existing pan-tilt camera, the pan-tilt camera provided by the embodiment of the invention has the following advantages:
the pan-tilt camera provided by the embodiment of the invention is provided with the two image acquisition parts, the two image acquisition parts can be configured to work independently and also can be configured to work in a split-work cooperation mode, and the two image acquisition parts are endowed with different structures and functions, so that the pan-tilt camera can acquire images in different scenes, the application range of the pan-tilt camera is greatly improved, meanwhile, the acquired image content is richer and more comprehensive, and the requirements of users can be met to a greater extent.
Referring to fig. 5 and 6, the holder apparatus includes a holder camera 100 and a holder 200, the holder 200 includes a first shaft arm 210, a second shaft arm 220, a roll assembly 230 and a pitch assembly 240, one end of the first shaft arm 210 is connected to the second shaft arm 220 through the roll assembly 230, and one end of the second shaft arm 220 is connected to a holder connecting member 40 of the holder camera 100 through the pitch assembly 240; the pitching assembly 240 includes a pitching motor 241 for driving the pan/tilt head camera 100 to rotate; the roll assembly 230 includes a roll motor 231 for driving the second shaft arm 220, the pitch assembly 240 and the pan/tilt head camera 100 to rotate integrally.
The pan/tilt head apparatus further includes a yaw assembly 250, the other end of the first axis arm 210 is connected to the yaw assembly 250, and the yaw assembly 250 includes a yaw motor (not shown) for driving the first axis arm 210, the roll assembly 230, the second axis arm 220, the pitch assembly 240, and the pan/tilt head camera 100 to rotate integrally.
The pan/tilt head camera 100 is the pan/tilt head camera 100 described in the above embodiment, and referring to fig. 1 to 4 again, the pan/tilt head camera 100 includes a body 10, and a first image capturing part 20, a second image capturing part 30 and a pan/tilt head 200 connecting part 40 which are arranged on the body 10; further, the body 10 of the pan/tilt camera 100 includes an installation surface 11 and a connection surface 12, the connecting member 40 of the pan/tilt 200 is disposed on the connection surface 12, the pan/tilt camera 100 is connected to the pan/tilt 200 through the connecting member 40 of the pan/tilt 200, the first image collecting portion 20 and the second image collecting portion 30 are disposed on the installation surface 11, and the first image collecting portion 20 and the second image collecting portion 30 respectively cooperate with the corresponding image sensors inside the body 10 of the pan/tilt camera 100 to complete image collection so as to output two images.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the first image capturing part 20 and the second image capturing part 30 are disposed on the same mounting surface 11 of the body 10 of the pan/tilt head camera 100, wherein the first image capturing part 20 and the second image capturing part 30 may be disposed in parallel, or may be disposed separately and independently, for example, as shown in fig. 1, that is, in a case where the first image capturing part 20 and the second image capturing part 30 are disposed in parallel on the same mounting surface 11 of the body 10 of the pan/tilt head camera 100, in a specific embodiment, the first image capturing part 20 and the second image capturing part 30 may be disposed horizontally in the same mounting surface 11, or disposed longitudinally in the same mounting surface 11, or disposed obliquely in the same mounting surface 11;
in another embodiment of the present invention, the first image capturing part 20 and the second image capturing part 30 are disposed on different mounting surfaces 11 of the body 10 of the pan/tilt camera 100, and referring to fig. 2 again, the body 10 of the pan/tilt camera 100 includes two adjacent mounting surfaces 11, and the first image capturing part 20 and the second image capturing part 30 can be respectively mounted on the two adjacent mounting surfaces 11, of course, in other embodiments, the body 10 of the pan/tilt camera 100 can include two opposite mounting surfaces 11, and the first image capturing part 20 and the second image capturing part 30 can be respectively mounted on the two opposite mounting surfaces 11, in which case, the pan/tilt device drives the pan/tilt camera 100 to rotate through the pitching assembly 240, and the position switching of the first image capturing part 20 and the second image capturing part 30 in the heading direction of the unmanned aerial vehicle can be realized.
In the above embodiment, the first image capturing section 20 and the second image capturing section 30 may be independently detachable, respectively; in other embodiments, the first image capturing part 20 and the second image capturing part 30 may be an integral structure, and the first image capturing part 20 and the second image capturing part 30 may be detachably disposed on the mounting surface 11 of the main body 10 of the pan/tilt head camera 100 as a whole.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the body 10 of the pan/tilt head camera 100 is provided with the first image capturing part 20 and the second image capturing part 30, and the mounting surface 11 is further provided with a lens fixing member 50, in some embodiments, the first image capturing part 20 and the second image capturing part 30 correspond to the independent lens fixing member 50 respectively, so as to meet the requirement that the first image capturing part 20 and the second image capturing part 30 are independently fixed; in other embodiments, the lens holder 50 is provided with two lens fixing portions (not shown) for fixing the first image capturing portion 20 and the second image capturing portion 30, respectively.
Further, the lens fixing member 50 further includes a fixing position, through which the lens fixing member 50 can be fixed on the mounting surface 11 of the body 10 of the pan/tilt camera 100, specifically, the fixing position may be a screw hole or a snap structure, so that the lens fixing member 50 can be fixed on the mounting surface 11 of the body 10 of the pan/tilt camera 100 by a screw fixing manner or a snap manner, correspondingly, a fixing hole or a snap structure matched with the mounting surface 11 is provided on the mounting surface 11 of the body 10 of the pan/tilt camera 100, as shown in fig. 2, a first fixing hole 111 for mounting the lens fixing member 50 is provided on the mounting surface 11 of the body 10 of the pan/tilt camera 100, and the number of the first fixing holes 111 can be freely set as required.
In the embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 2 again, a memory card mounting slot 112 is further disposed on the mounting surface 11 of the body 10 of the pan/tilt/zoom camera 100, and the memory card mounting slot 112 may be disposed on the same mounting surface 11 as the first image capturing part 20 and the second image capturing part 30, or may be mounted on a different mounting surface 11 from the first image capturing part 20 and the second image capturing part 30, for example, the mounting surface 11 where the first image capturing part 20 and the second image capturing part 30 are located is adjacent to the mounting surface 11 where the memory card mounting slot 112 is located as shown in fig. 2 in fig. 1.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the body 10 of the pan/tilt head camera 100 may be in the shape of a cube, a cylinder, or a spheroid.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the connecting member 40 of the pan/tilt head 200 is an integral structure with the body 10 of the pan/tilt head camera 100. In some embodiments of the present invention, the connecting element 40 of the pan/tilt head 200 is detachably fixed on the connecting surface 12, as shown in fig. 4, the connecting element 40 of the pan/tilt head 200 includes a horseshoe-shaped connecting frame 41, and a fixing portion 411 and a position-limiting portion 412 which are arranged on the connecting frame 41, the fixing portion 411 is used for the mounting and fixing of the connecting element 40 of the pan/tilt head 200 on the connecting surface 12 of the body 10 of the pan/tilt head camera 100, and similarly, the fixing portion 411 may be a screw hole or a snap structure, so that the connecting element 40 of the pan/tilt head 200 can be fixed on the connecting surface 12 of the body 10 of the pan/tilt head camera 100 by a screw fixing manner or a snap manner, correspondingly, a fixing hole or a snap structure which is matched with the connecting element is arranged on the connecting surface 12 of the body 10 of the pan/tilt head camera, the number of the second fixing holes 121 can be freely set as required; the limiting portion 412 is used for limiting the connection between the cradle head 200 and the connecting member 40 of the cradle head 200, so as to ensure the stability of the connection between the cradle head 200 and the cradle head camera 100, wherein the connecting member connected with the rotating shaft of the pitch motor of the cradle head 200 is embedded in the middle area of the connecting frame, and the limiting portion 412 on the connecting member abuts against the limiting portion 412.
Optionally, the connecting surface 12 of the body 10 of the pan/tilt camera 100 includes a first connecting surface and a second connecting surface which are opposite to each other, the pan/tilt 200 connecting members 40 are disposed on the first connecting surface and the second connecting surface, and the pan/tilt 200 is connected to the pan/tilt 200 connecting members 40 on the first connecting surface and the second connecting surface at the same time, so as to improve the stability of the connection between the pan/tilt 200 and the pan/tilt camera 100, it can be understood that the same pan/tilt 200 connecting member 40 can be disposed on the first connecting surface and the second connecting surface, and the pan/tilt 200 connecting members 40 with different structures can also be disposed, for example, the pan/tilt 200 connecting member 40 shown in fig. 4 is disposed on the first connecting surface, and only one shaft hole is disposed on the second connecting surface, one end of the second shaft arm 220 of the pan/tilt 200 is connected to the pan/tilt 200 connecting, and the like, will not be described herein.
In the embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 2 again, the connection surface 12 of the body 10 of the pan/tilt head camera 100 is further provided with a data interface 122, and when the pan/tilt head camera 100 is installed on the pan/tilt head 200, the data interface 122 is connected with a corresponding interface on the pan/tilt head 200, so as to transmit the image data collected by the pan/tilt head camera 100 to the unmanned aerial vehicle connected with the pan/tilt head 200.
In the above embodiment, the first image capturing part 20 and the second image capturing part 30 may be one or two of an infrared thermal imaging lens and a visible light lens, that is, the first image capturing part 20 may be an infrared thermal imaging lens, the second image capturing part 30 may be a visible light lens, or both the first image capturing part 20 and the second image capturing part 30 may be an infrared thermal imaging lens; in the case that the first image acquisition part 20 is an infrared thermal imaging lens and the second image acquisition part 30 is a visible light lens, the unmanned aerial vehicle using the pan-tilt camera 100 can fly for aerial photography in the daytime and can fly for aerial photography at night, so that the multi-scene shooting requirement is met, images of different types can be acquired, and the acquisition requirement of diversified images is met; for the situation that the first image acquisition part 20 and the second image acquisition part 30 are both visible light lenses, under the environment with good light, the image acquisition can be carried out in different directions, and only one of the first image acquisition part and the second image acquisition part can be started to carry out unidirectional image acquisition, so that the requirements of multi-scene shooting and diversified image acquisition can be met; for the situation that the first image acquisition part 20 and the second image acquisition part 30 are both infrared thermal imaging lenses, under the environment with poor light, infrared image acquisition can be carried out in different directions, and one of the first image acquisition part and the second image acquisition part can also be started to carry out unidirectional infrared image acquisition, so that the requirements of multi-scene shooting and diversified image acquisition are also met; in other embodiments, the two paths of image videos acquired by the first image acquisition part 20 and the second image acquisition part 30 may be subjected to image fusion or picture-in-picture display, so as to provide a novel image display content.
The pan/tilt head camera 100 described in this embodiment can also refer to the related technical content of the pan/tilt head camera described in the foregoing embodiments.
According to the pan/tilt head device provided by the embodiment of the invention, on one hand, the pan/tilt head camera 100 adopted by the invention is provided with two image acquisition parts which can be configured to work independently or work in a split-work cooperation manner, and the pan/tilt head camera 100 can acquire images in different scenes by endowing the two image acquisition parts with different structures and functions, so that the application range is greatly improved, the acquired image content is richer and more comprehensive, and the requirements of users can be met to a greater extent, on the other hand, the pan/tilt head 200 adopted by the invention adopts a form that a double-shaft arm is alternately connected with a pitching assembly 240, a rolling assembly 230 and a yawing assembly 250 to form a two-shaft or three-shaft stability-increasing pan/tilt head 200, so that the stability-increasing function of the pan/tilt head camera 100 and the shooting space range are expanded, and the pan/tilt head 200 provided by the, the stability is higher.
An embodiment of the present invention further provides an unmanned aerial vehicle, as shown in fig. 7, the unmanned aerial vehicle includes an unmanned aerial vehicle body 1 and a pan-tilt apparatus 2, where the pan-tilt apparatus 2 includes a pan-tilt camera 100 and a pan-tilt 200, the pan-tilt 200 includes a first shaft arm 210, a second shaft arm 220, a pitch component 240 and a roll component 230, one end of the first shaft arm 210 is connected to the second shaft arm 220 through the roll component 230, one end of the second shaft arm 220 is connected to a pan-tilt connecting member 40 of the pan-tilt camera 100 through the pitch component 240, and the other end of the first shaft arm 210 is fixed to the unmanned aerial vehicle body 1; the pitching assembly 240 includes a pitching motor for driving the pan/tilt head camera 100 to rotate; the roll assembly 230 includes a roll motor for driving the second shaft arm 220, the pitch assembly 240 and the pan/tilt head camera 100 to rotate integrally.
Further, the holder device 2 further comprises a yaw assembly 250, the other end of the first shaft arm 210 is connected with the yaw assembly 250, and the yaw assembly 250 is fixed on the unmanned aerial vehicle body 1; the yaw assembly 250 includes a yaw motor for driving the first axis arm 210, the roll assembly 230, the second axis arm 220, the pitch assembly 240, and the pan-tilt camera 100 to rotate integrally. In some embodiments, a quick-release interface is adopted at a connection portion of the yaw assembly 250 and the unmanned aerial vehicle body 1, optionally, a sealing member is further disposed at the quick-release interface, so that the waterproof performance of the holder device 2 is improved, and the holder device 2 can be used in rain or in a humid environment.
In this embodiment, the related technical contents of the pan/tilt head camera 100 and the pan/tilt head device 2 may refer to the pan/tilt head camera and the pan/tilt head device provided in the foregoing embodiments, and are not described herein again.
According to the unmanned aerial vehicle provided by the embodiment of the invention, on one hand, the adopted pan-tilt camera 100 is provided with two image acquisition parts which can be configured to work independently or work in a split-work cooperation manner, and the pan-tilt camera 100 can acquire images in different scenes by endowing the two image acquisition parts with different structures and functions, so that the application range is greatly improved, the acquired images are richer and more comprehensive, and the requirements of users can be met to a greater extent, on the other hand, the adopted pan-tilt 200 adopts a form that a double-shaft arm is alternately connected with a pitching assembly 240, a rolling assembly 230 and a yawing assembly 250 to form a two-shaft or three-shaft stability-increasing pan-tilt 200, so that the stability-increasing function of the pan-tilt camera 100 can be realized, the shooting space range can be expanded, and the pan-tilt 200 provided by the invention has a simple structure and can realize multi-stage motion, the stability is higher.
It is to be understood that the above-described embodiments are merely illustrative of some, but not restrictive, of the broad invention, and that the appended drawings illustrate preferred embodiments of the invention without limiting its scope. This invention may be embodied in many different forms and, on the contrary, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete. Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes in the embodiments and modifications can be made, and equivalents may be substituted for elements thereof. All equivalent structures made by using the contents of the specification and the attached drawings of the invention can be directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields, and are also within the protection scope of the patent of the invention.

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1. A cloud platform camera is applied to an unmanned aerial vehicle and is characterized in that a machine body of the cloud platform camera comprises an installation surface and a connection surface, wherein a cloud platform connecting piece is arranged on the connection surface and is used for being connected with a pitching assembly of a cloud platform;
the pan-tilt camera comprises a first image acquisition part and a second image acquisition part, the first image acquisition part and the second image acquisition part are arranged on the installation surface, the first image acquisition part and the second image acquisition part are respectively matched with corresponding image sensors in the body of the pan-tilt camera to finish image acquisition so as to output two paths of images,
the first image acquisition part and the second image acquisition part are arranged on different installation surfaces on a body of the pan-tilt camera, and the positions of the installation surfaces on the course of the unmanned aerial vehicle can be switched under the rotation of the pan-tilt camera driven by the pitching assembly.
2. A pan-tilt camera according to claim 1, wherein the body of the pan-tilt camera is further provided with a lens holder on the mounting surface of the first image capturing part and the second image capturing part.
3. The pan-tilt camera according to claim 1, wherein the first image capturing portion and the second image capturing portion are independently detachable.
4. A pan-tilt camera according to claim 1, wherein the first image capturing unit and the second image capturing unit are integrally formed, and the first image capturing unit and the second image capturing unit are integrally detachably mounted on a mounting surface of a body of the pan-tilt camera.
5. A pan-tilt camera according to claim 1, wherein the connection faces comprise first and second opposing connection faces.
6. The pan-tilt camera according to claim 1, wherein the pan-tilt connector is integral with the body of the pan-tilt camera; or
The holder connecting piece is detachably fixed on the connecting surface.
7. A pan/tilt head camera according to claim 1, wherein the connecting surface is further provided with a data interface, and when the pan/tilt head camera is mounted on the pan/tilt head, the data interface is connected to a corresponding interface of the pan/tilt head.
8. The pan-tilt camera according to claim 1, wherein the first image capturing part is an infrared thermal imaging lens, and the second image capturing part is a visible light lens; or
The first image acquisition part and the second image acquisition part are both visible light lenses; or
The first image acquisition part and the second image acquisition part are both infrared thermal imaging lenses.
9. A holder device is characterized by comprising a holder and a holder camera,
the holder comprises a first shaft arm, a second shaft arm, a pitching assembly and a rolling assembly; wherein one end of the first shaft arm is connected with the second shaft arm through the roll component, and one end of the second shaft arm is connected with a holder connecting piece of the holder camera through the pitch component; the pitching assembly comprises a pitching motor and is used for driving the holder camera to rotate; the roll component comprises a roll motor and is used for driving the second shaft arm, the pitching component and the holder camera to integrally rotate;
the camera body of the pan-tilt camera comprises an installation surface and a connection surface, wherein a pan-tilt connecting piece is arranged on the connection surface and used for being connected with a pan-tilt; the pan-tilt camera comprises a first image acquisition part and a second image acquisition part, the first image acquisition part and the second image acquisition part are arranged on the installation surface, the first image acquisition part and the second image acquisition part are respectively matched with corresponding image sensors in the body of the pan-tilt camera to finish image acquisition so as to output two paths of images,
the first image acquisition part and the second image acquisition part are arranged on different installation surfaces on a body of the pan-tilt camera, and the positions of the installation surfaces on the course of the unmanned aerial vehicle can be switched under the rotation of the pan-tilt camera driven by the pitching assembly.
10. A holder device according to claim 9, wherein a lens mount is further provided on the mounting surface of the body of the holder camera on which the first and second image capturing sections are provided.
11. A head device according to claim 9, wherein said first and second image acquisition portions are respectively independently removable.
12. A holder device according to claim 9, wherein said first and second image capturing portions are of a unitary construction, said first and second image capturing portions being integrally removably arranged on an attachment surface of a body of said holder camera.
13. A head arrangement according to claim 9, wherein said attachment surfaces include first and second opposed attachment surfaces.
14. A pan and tilt head apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the pan and tilt head attachment member is of unitary construction with the body of the pan and tilt head camera; or
The holder connecting piece is detachably fixed on the connecting surface.
15. A holder device according to claim 9, wherein said attachment surface is further provided with a data interface, and when said holder camera is mounted on the holder, said data interface is connected to a corresponding interface on the holder.
16. A holder device according to claim 9, wherein said first image capturing portion is an infrared thermal imaging lens, and said second image capturing portion is a visible light lens; or
The first image acquisition part and the second image acquisition part are both visible light lenses; or
The first image acquisition part and the second image acquisition part are both infrared thermal imaging lenses.
17. A head apparatus according to any one of claims 9 to 16, further comprising a yaw assembly, the other end of the first shaft arm being connected to the yaw assembly.
18. An unmanned aerial vehicle is characterized by comprising an unmanned aerial vehicle body and a tripod head device, wherein the tripod head device comprises a tripod head and a tripod head camera,
the holder comprises a first shaft arm, a second shaft arm, a pitching assembly and a rolling assembly; one end of the first shaft arm is connected with the second shaft arm through the rolling component, one end of the second shaft arm is connected with a holder connecting piece of the holder camera through the pitching component, and the other end of the first shaft arm is fixed on the unmanned aerial vehicle body; the pitching assembly comprises a pitching motor and is used for driving the holder camera to rotate; the roll component comprises a roll motor which is used for driving the second shaft arm, the pitching component and the holder camera to integrally rotate,
the camera body of the pan-tilt camera comprises an installation surface and a connection surface, wherein a pan-tilt connecting piece is arranged on the connection surface and used for being connected with a pan-tilt; the pan-tilt camera comprises a first image acquisition part and a second image acquisition part, the first image acquisition part and the second image acquisition part are arranged on the installation surface, the first image acquisition part and the second image acquisition part are respectively matched with corresponding image sensors in the body of the pan-tilt camera to finish image acquisition so as to output two paths of images,
the first image acquisition part and the second image acquisition part are arranged on different installation surfaces on a body of the pan-tilt camera, and the positions of the installation surfaces on the course of the unmanned aerial vehicle can be switched under the rotation of the pan-tilt camera driven by the pitching assembly.
19. The unmanned aerial vehicle of claim 18, wherein a lens mount is further disposed on a mounting surface of the body of the pan-tilt camera on which the first image capturing portion and the second image capturing portion are disposed.
20. The UAV of claim 18 wherein the first and second image capture portions are each independently detachable.
21. The unmanned aerial vehicle of claim 18, wherein the first image capturing portion and the second image capturing portion are of an integral structure, and the first image capturing portion and the second image capturing portion are integrally detachably arranged on a mounting surface of a body of the pan-tilt camera.
22. The UAV of claim 18 wherein the connection face comprises first and second opposing connection faces.
23. The UAV of claim 18 wherein said pan-tilt connection is a unitary structure with a fuselage of said pan-tilt camera; or
The holder connecting piece is detachably fixed on the connecting surface.
24. The unmanned aerial vehicle of claim 18, wherein the connection surface is further provided with a data interface, and when the pan/tilt camera is mounted on the pan/tilt head, the data interface is connected with a corresponding interface on the pan/tilt head.
25. The unmanned aerial vehicle of claim 18, wherein the first image capture portion is an infrared thermal imaging lens and the second image capture portion is a visible light lens; or
The first image acquisition part and the second image acquisition part are both visible light lenses; or
The first image acquisition part and the second image acquisition part are both infrared thermal imaging lenses.
26. The unmanned aerial vehicle of any of claims 18-25, the pan and tilt head apparatus further comprising a yaw assembly, the other end of the first shaft arm being connected to the yaw assembly.
27. The UAV of any one of claims 18-25 wherein the pan-tilt apparatus further comprises a yaw assembly, the other end of the first shaft arm is connected to the yaw assembly, and the yaw assembly is fixed to the UAV body;
the yaw assembly comprises a yaw motor and is used for driving the first shaft arm, the roll assembly, the second shaft arm, the pitch assembly and the holder camera to integrally rotate.
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