CN111822402A - Camera self-cleaning mechanism - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention provides a camera self-cleaning mechanism, comprising: the camera comprises a connecting seat and a camera, wherein the top and the bottom of the right side of the connecting seat are hinged with a connecting rod through hinge points, a supporting plate is integrally formed on one side, away from the connecting seat, of the connecting rod, a camera lens is embedded in the center of the right side of the camera, a driving executing mechanism is arranged on one side, opposite to the connecting rod, of the connecting rod, a cleaning mechanism is arranged on the right side of the camera lens, and anti-collision mechanisms are arranged on the top and the. The stepping motor provides a driving source, the connecting rod and the supporting plate can be opened and closed through the matching of the limiting spring, the connecting slide block, the screw rod shaft and the electromagnetic actuator, so that the cleaning brush and the lens are attached and cleaned, and through the matching of the communicating pipe, the spray head and the water spray hole, cleaning liquid can be sprayed on the surface of the lens, so that the cleaning effect of the lens is improved, and meanwhile, the lubricating effect of the surface of the lens can also be improved.
Description
Technical Field
The invention relates to the field of automobile accessories, in particular to an automatic camera cleaning mechanism.
Background
The camera is divided into a wired mode and a wireless mode, the wired mode is simple and reliable, and wiring needs to be arranged in the vehicle body; the wireless mode does not need to be wired in the automobile body, and the installation is simple, but needs to increase wireless receiving module, because wireless receiving module receiving effect is not ideal yet, generally the camera of backing a car still adopts wired mode many.
In intelligent vehicle, the camera is the most commonly used sensor that is used for perception peripheral environment, however, because the vehicle environment of traveling is complicated, the camera lens of camera is as the core component that control light passes through, and the surface receives the pollution very easily, and the pollutant can directly be regarded as external partly formation of image on visual sensor to can lead to the camera to appear discerning interference, the algorithm is complicated, even misrecognition.
The camera mechanism and the automobile with the camera mechanism, which can be cleaned and hidden according to the disclosure of the search case (patent number: CN208360071U), can only be applied to common applications, such as automobile images, and the image interruption has a great risk for the automatic driving camera; according to the automatic cleaning camera disclosed by the retrieval case (patent number: CN208572213U), the structure is complex, the requirements on appearance and the like are met, and the automatic cleaning camera is easier to be dirty after water is sprayed; the camera module having a cleaning function disclosed in the search case (patent No. CN206436913U) is suitable for cleaning with light dust and is hard to react to contaminants such as viscosity and rainwater.
Therefore, it is necessary to provide an automatic camera cleaning mechanism to solve the above technical problems.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention provides an automatic camera cleaning mechanism, which solves the problems that the existing camera cleaning mechanism is complex in structure, influences the appearance of a camera, cannot clean most of pollution in time by contacting and matching with air flow and cleaning liquid, and cannot control cleaning at any time according to needs.
In order to solve the above technical problem, the present invention provides an automatic camera cleaning mechanism, comprising: the camera comprises a connecting seat and a camera, wherein the top and the bottom of the right side of the connecting seat are hinged with a connecting rod through hinge points, a supporting plate is integrally formed on one side, away from the connecting seat, of the connecting rod, a camera lens is embedded in the center of the right side of the camera, a driving executing mechanism is arranged on one side, opposite to the connecting rod, of the connecting rod, a cleaning mechanism is arranged on the right side of the camera lens, and anti-collision mechanisms are arranged on the top and the.
Preferably, the driving actuator comprises a connecting slider, a screw shaft and a stepping motor, the connecting slider is slidably connected to the surface of the connecting rod, the screw shaft is slidably connected to the back surface of the connecting slider, and the stepping motor is bolted to the opposite side of the screw shaft.
Preferably, the cleaning mechanism comprises a communicating pipe, a nozzle and a water spray hole, the communicating pipe is embedded in the inner cavity of the supporting plate, and one end, close to the lens, of the communicating pipe penetrates through the supporting plate and is communicated with the nozzle.
Preferably, the cleaning mechanism comprises a communicating pipe, a nozzle and a water spray hole, the communicating pipe is embedded in the inner cavity of the supporting plate, and one end, close to the lens, of the communicating pipe penetrates through the supporting plate and is communicated with the nozzle.
Preferably, the anti-collision mechanism comprises a bearing spring, a supporting spring and a protection frame, the bearing spring is bolted on the right sides of the top and the bottom of the camera, the supporting spring is bolted on the top and the bottom of the right side of the camera, and the protection frame matched with the cleaning brush is bolted on one sides of the supporting spring and the bearing spring, which are far away from the camera.
Preferably, the number of the communicating pipes and the number of the nozzles are two, and the communicating pipes and the nozzles are distributed in an inclined symmetrical state along the lens.
Preferably, supporting spring and carrier spring are located the both sides that the protection frame is in opposite directions respectively, the shape of protection frame sets up to the arc, the top integrated into one piece that the backup pad is in opposite directions has the location lug, the backup pad bottom in opposite directions is seted up with location lug joint complex constant head tank.
Preferably, the cleaning mechanism further comprises a cleaning brush and a groove, the cleaning brush is bonded to one side, close to the lens, of the supporting plate, and the groove is formed in the inner cavity of the cleaning brush.
Preferably, wiper mechanism still includes coupling spring and sponge brush, all bolted connections have coupling spring all around of recess inner chamber, coupling spring keeps away from one side bolt connection of recess and has the sponge brush, the hole for water spraying that uses with the shower nozzle cooperation is all seted up to the inner chamber of sponge brush, cleaning brush and recess, coupling spring's quantity is nine at least, coupling spring locates to become array column structure along the center of recess and distributes, the inner chamber of recess all bonds and has sealed the pad, the cross sectional area of sealed pad and the cross sectional area of sponge brush are the same.
Preferably, the driving actuating mechanism comprises a limiting spring and an electromagnetic actuator, the limiting spring is bolted to the opposite left side of the connecting rod, and the electromagnetic actuator is bolted to the opposite side of the back of the sliding block.
Preferably, the imaging identification method according to the first embodiment includes the steps of:
a sensor detection module, an image feature extraction module, an automobile travel computer, an identification and analysis module, a control module and a cleaning mechanism;
A. a sensor detection module: the camera senses the existence of stains on the surface of the camera through the shooting of the lens to shield optical transmission signals, such as dust particles, mosquito bodies and oil stain impurities on the surface of the lens, and shields and senses the optical scattering signals of the lens;
B. an image feature extraction module: carrying out image imaging processing on stains induced on the lens surface in advance, marking and extracting key picture information in the image, and removing conditions such as external light reflection, artificial shielding and the like;
C. a computer for automobile travel: then, the extracted key image information is transmitted to a vehicle-mounted computer for stroke operation, and the truth of the stains on the surface of the lens is detected;
D. the identification and analysis module: then, the processed image information is orderly classified in advance, and the classified image pictures are identified and compared one by one, so that the false conditions of external light reflection, artificial shielding and the like are further eliminated, and the authenticity of dust particles, mosquito bodies and oil stain impurity pictures on the surface of the lens is distinguished;
E. a control module: and then the information after identification and analysis is sent to the control module, the control module respectively controls the cleaning mechanism to start, and simultaneously the control module sends the induction instruction to the automobile hollow instrument panel to remind a driver of an icon.
Compared with the related art, the automatic cleaning mechanism for the camera provided by the invention has the following beneficial effects:
the invention provides an automatic cleaning mechanism for a camera,
1. the cleaning brush is driven by the supporting plate to clean the surface of the lens through the matching of the groove and the connecting spring, the cleaning effect of stains on the surface of the lens is further enhanced, the cleaning brush can be driven by the supporting plate to clean the surface of the lens through the matching of the bearing spring, the supporting spring and the protective frame, elastic buffering can be performed between the lens and the cleaning brush through the matching of the bearing spring, the supporting spring and the protective frame, the collision of the cleaning brush to the lens is avoided, the damage and the displacement of the camera are prevented, the structure is simple, the appearance of the camera is not influenced, most of stains on the surface of the lens can be cleaned in time by contacting and matching air flow and cleaning liquid, and meanwhile, the cleaning brush can be controlled to clean the lens at any time according to the requirement;
2. according to the invention, the communicating pipe and the spray head are distributed in an inclined symmetrical state along the lens, so that the cleaning liquid can be uniformly sprayed on the surface of the lens, the cleaning liquid is uniformly distributed on the surface of the lens, the protection frame is arranged in an arc shape, so that the cleaning brush can be protected in an auxiliary manner, the collision damage of the cleaning brush caused by the protection frame is avoided, the supporting plate in the closing process can be positioned through the positioning lug and the positioning groove, the supporting plate is prevented from being misplaced, the sealing treatment can be carried out between the sponge brush and the groove through the sealing gasket, the sponge brush can be uniformly and elastically damped by the connecting springs distributed in an array structure along the center of the groove, and meanwhile, the integral stress uniformity of the sponge brush is also enhanced.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a first embodiment of an automatic camera cleaning mechanism provided by the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the support plate of FIG. 1;
fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a second embodiment of the automatic camera cleaning mechanism provided by the present invention;
fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a third embodiment of the automatic camera cleaning mechanism provided by the invention;
FIG. 5 is a front view showing the construction of the washing brush and the recess shown in FIG. 4;
FIG. 6 is a front view of the sponge brush shown in FIG. 4;
fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a fourth embodiment of the automatic camera cleaning mechanism provided by the present invention.
Reference numbers in the figures: 1. a connecting seat; 2. hinging points; 3. a connecting rod; 4. a support plate; 5. a camera; 6. a lens; 7. driving the actuator; 71. a limiting spring; 72. connecting the sliding block; 73. a screw shaft; 74. a stepping motor; 75. an electromagnetic actuator; 8. a cleaning mechanism; 81. a communicating pipe; 82. a spray head; 83. cleaning brushes; 84. a groove; 85. a connecting spring; 86. a sponge brush; 87. a water spray hole; 9. an anti-collision mechanism; 91. a load bearing spring; 92. a support spring; 93. a protective frame; 10. a gasket; 11. positioning the bump; 12. and (6) positioning a groove.
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The invention is further described with reference to the following figures and embodiments.
Please refer to fig. 1, fig. 2, fig. 3, fig. 4, fig. 5, fig. 6 and fig. 7 in combination, wherein fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a first embodiment of an automatic cleaning mechanism for a camera according to the present invention; FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the support plate of FIG. 1; fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a second embodiment of the automatic camera cleaning mechanism provided by the present invention; fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a third embodiment of the automatic camera cleaning mechanism provided by the invention; FIG. 5 is a front view showing the construction of the washing brush and the recess shown in FIG. 4; FIG. 6 is a front view of the sponge brush shown in FIG. 4; fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a fourth embodiment of the automatic camera cleaning mechanism provided by the present invention. Camera self-cleaning mechanism includes: connecting seat 1 and camera 5, top and bottom on connecting seat 1 right side all articulate through hinge point 2 has connecting rod 3, one side integrated into one piece that connecting rod 3 kept away from connecting seat 1 has backup pad 4, the center department on camera 5 right side inlays and is equipped with camera lens 6, one side that connecting rod 3 is in opposite directions is provided with actuating mechanism 7, the right side of camera lens 6 is provided with wiper mechanism 8, top and bottom on camera 5 right side all are provided with anticollision institution 9.
The first embodiment:
as shown in fig. 1-2, when the vehicle imaging system detects that the camera 5 is contaminated and needs to be cleaned, the vehicle travel computer sends an instruction to the driving actuator 7, the driving actuator 7 controls the connecting rod 3 to adjust the position of the inward side, the connecting rod 3 drives the supporting plate 4 to move, and the supporting plate 4 drives the cleaning mechanism 8 arranged on the supporting plate 4 to close to the lens 6 correspondingly arranged to perform full cleaning up and down. In order to protect the lens 6 from damage and prevent the cleaning mechanism 8 from excessively colliding with the lens 6, and causing a loss, the driving actuator 7 includes a link slider 72, a screw shaft 73, and a stepping motor 74, as shown in fig. 1, the link slider 72 is slidably connected to a front surface of the link 3, the screw shaft 73 is slidably connected to a rear surface of the link slider 72, and the stepping motor 74 is bolted to a side of the screw shaft 73 opposite to the side, so that the stepping motor 74 controls the screw shaft 73 to move inward, and can open and close the link 3 and the support plate 4, thereby allowing the brush 83 to be attached to and cleaned from the lens 6. As shown in fig. 2, the cleaning mechanism 8 includes a communicating pipe 81, a nozzle 82, a cleaning brush 83, the communicating pipe 81 is connected to the nozzle 82, the nozzle ejects the cleaning liquid in the communicated portion, the cleaning brush 83 is matched to clean the lens 6, the communicating pipe 81 and the nozzle 82 are both two in number, the communicating pipe 81 and the nozzle 82 are both distributed along the lens 6 in an inclined symmetrical state, and the cleaning liquid can be uniformly sprayed on the surface of the lens 6, so that the cleaning liquid is uniformly distributed on the surface of the lens 6.
Second embodiment:
as shown in fig. 3, based on the anti-collision mechanism 9 provided by the first embodiment of the present invention and the anti-collision mechanism 9 provided by the second embodiment of the present invention, the difference is that the anti-collision mechanism 9 is interposed between the cleaning brush 83 and the lens 6, and mainly plays a role of collision protection, the anti-collision mechanism 9 includes a bearing spring 91, a supporting spring 92 and a protection frame 93, the bearing spring 91 is bolted to the right side of the top and the bottom of the camera 5, in order to play a role of bearing a force on one end of the protection frame 93 and avoid the protection frame 93 from tilting too much, the supporting spring 92 is bolted to the top and the bottom of the right side of the camera 5, and the protection frame 93 is prevented from tilting too much under the force and plays a role of supporting the angle under the force, as shown in fig. 3, the protection frame 93 used in cooperation with the cleaning brush 83 is bolted to both sides of the supporting spring 92, the protection frame 93 carries out the elastic buffer to the position of cleaning brush 83 and adjusts, prevents to laminate excessively between the cleaning brush 83 to the lens 6, avoids the cleaning brush 83 to cause the collision to the lens 6, prevents that damage and displacement from appearing in the camera 5, supporting spring 92 and carrier spring 91 are located the both sides that the protection frame 93 is opposite respectively, the shape of protection frame 93 sets up to the arc, can assist and protect cleaning brush 83, avoids the protection frame 93 to cause the collision damage to cleaning brush 83.
The third embodiment:
as shown in fig. 4-6, based on the cleaning mechanism 8 provided in the first embodiment of the present invention and the cleaning mechanism 8 provided in the third embodiment of the present invention, the difference is that the cleaning mechanism 8 further includes a groove 84, a connecting spring 85, a sponge brush 86 and a water spray hole 87, a communicating pipe 81 is embedded in the inner cavity of the supporting plate 4, one end of the communicating pipe 81 close to the lens 6 penetrates through the supporting plate 4 and is communicated with a spray head 82, so as to spray a cleaning liquid on the surface of the lens 6, improve the cleaning effect of the lens 6, and simultaneously increase the lubricating effect on the surface of the lens 6, a cleaning brush 83 is adhered to one side of the supporting plate 4 close to the lens 6, so as to pre-clean the surface of the lens 6, the groove 84 is opened in the inner cavity of the cleaning brush 83, a sealing gasket 10 is adhered to the inner cavity of the groove 84, the cross-sectional area, the cleaning device can be used for sealing the space between the sponge brush 86 and the groove, the connecting springs 85 are bolted on the periphery of the inner cavity of the groove 84, the number of the connecting springs 85 is at least nine, the connecting springs 85 are distributed along the center of the groove 84 in an array structure, the sponge brush 86 can be uniformly and elastically damped, the integral stress uniformity of the sponge brush 86 is enhanced, the elastic sponge brush 86 can be cleaned on the surface of the lens 6, the cleaning effect of stains on the surface of the lens 6 is further enhanced, the sponge brush 86 is bolted on one side, far away from the groove 84, of the connecting springs 85, the water spray holes 87 matched with the spray head 82 are formed in the inner cavities of the sponge brush 86, the cleaning brush 83 and the groove 84, cleaning liquid can be sprayed on the surface of the lens 6, the cleaning effect of the lens 6 is improved, and meanwhile the lubricating effect on the surface of the lens 6 can be increased.
The fourth embodiment:
as shown in fig. 7, based on the cleaning mechanism 8 according to the third embodiment of the present invention, the cleaning mechanism 8 according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention is different in that a limiting spring 71 is bolted to the left side of the link 3 facing each other, the limiting spring 71 is used to determine that the movement of the link 3 is adjusted between certain opening angles, so that the cleaning device 8 is more attached to the lens, an electromagnetic actuator 75 is provided on the side of the slider 72 facing each other, the electromagnetic actuator 75 receives an automobile command, and the electromagnetic actuator 75 controls the slider 72 and the support plate 4 to adjust.
The top integrated into one piece that backup pad 4 is in opposite directions has location lug 11, backup pad 4 bottom in opposite directions is seted up with location lug 11 joint complex constant head tank 12, can fix a position backup pad 4 closed in-process, avoids backup pad 4 dislocation to appear.
The imaging identification method based on the embodiment comprises the following steps:
a sensor detection module, an image feature extraction module, an automobile travel computer, an identification and analysis module, a control module and a cleaning mechanism;
A. a sensor detection module: the camera 5 shoots and senses the existence of dirt on the surface of the camera through the lens 6 to shield light transmission signals, such as dust particles, mosquito bodies and oil stain impurities on the surface of the lens 6, and shields and senses the light scattering signals of the lens 6;
B. an image feature extraction module: carrying out image imaging processing on stains induced on the surface of the lens 6 in advance, marking and extracting key picture information in the image, and removing the conditions of external light reflection, artificial shielding and the like;
C. a computer for automobile travel: then, the extracted key image information is transmitted to a vehicle-mounted computer for stroke operation, and the truth of stains on the surface of the lens 6 is detected;
D. the identification and analysis module: then, the processed image information is orderly classified in advance, and the classified image pictures are identified and compared one by one, so that the false conditions of external light reflection, artificial shielding and the like are further eliminated, and the authenticity of dust particles, mosquito carcasses and oil contamination impurity pictures on the surface of the lens 6 is distinguished;
E. a control module: and then the information after identification and analysis is sent to the control module, the control module respectively controls the cleaning mechanism 8 to start, and simultaneously the control module sends a sensing instruction to the automobile hollow instrument panel to remind a driver of an icon.
The working principle of the automatic camera cleaning mechanism provided by the invention is as follows:
when the automobile imaging system detects that the camera 5 is polluted and needs to be cleaned, the automobile stroke computer sends an instruction to the electromagnetic actuator 75, the electromagnetic actuator 75 stretches inwards, then slides on the surface of the connecting rod 3 through the slider 72, so that the electromagnetic actuator 75 drives the supporting plate 4 to move inwards, and in the process of attaching the cleaning brush 83 to the lens 6, the cleaning brush 83 is driven by the connecting rod 3 through the supporting plate 4 to attach and clean the lens 6 through elastic buffer matching of the limiting spring 71;
or the automobile stroke computer controls the stepping motor 74 to be started, the screw shaft 73 is controlled by the stepping motor 74 to move inwards, the screw shaft 73 is matched with the hinge point 2 in a hinged manner through the connecting seat 1, the connecting rod 3 is driven by the screw shaft 73 through the connecting slider 72 to be adjusted inwards, the connecting rod 3 drives the cleaning brush 83 to slowly attach to the surface of the lens 6 through the supporting plate 4 until the positioning bump 11 is inserted into the positioning groove 12, and the cleaning brush 83 and the lens 6 are completely attached and cleaned;
or the protective frame 93 performs slow elastic protection on the cleaning brush 83 through the elastic support of the bearing spring 91 and the supporting spring 92, then the cleaning liquid is uniformly sprayed to the surface of the lens 6 through the communicating pipe 81 by the spray head 82 through the matching of the water spraying holes 87, the cleaning brush 83 performs pre-cleaning on the lens 6 under the cleaning and lubricating matching of the cleaning liquid, and meanwhile, the cleaning brush 83 drives the sponge brush 86 to fully clean stains on the surface of the lens 6 through the elastic connection matching of the connecting spring 85.
Compared with the related art, the automatic cleaning mechanism for the camera provided by the invention has the following beneficial effects:
the invention provides a driving source through the stepping motor 74, can open and close the connecting rod 3 and the supporting plate 4 through the matching of the connecting slide block 72 and the screw rod shaft 73, thus making the cleaning brush 83 and the lens 6 attached and cleaned, can spray cleaning liquid to the surface of the lens 6 through the matching of the communicating pipe 81, the spray head 82 and the water spray hole 87, can increase the lubricating effect of the surface of the lens 6 while improving the cleaning effect of the lens 6, can pre-clean the surface of the lens 6 through the matching of the cleaning brush 83, can clean the surface of the lens 6 through the elastic sponge brush 86 through the matching of the groove 84 and the connecting spring 85, further enhances the cleaning effect of stains on the surface of the lens 6, can drive the cleaning brush 83 to the surface of the lens 6 through the supporting plate 4 through the matching of the limiting spring 71 and the electromagnetic actuator 75, and can drive the cleaning operation of the surface of the lens 6 through the supporting spring 91, the supporting spring 92 and the, the elastic buffering can be carried out between the lens 6 and the cleaning brush 83, the collision of the cleaning brush 83 to the lens 6 is avoided, the damage and the displacement of the camera 5 are prevented, the structure is simple, the appearance of the camera 5 is not influenced, most of stains on the surface of the lens 6 can be cleaned in time by contacting and matching air flow and cleaning liquid, and meanwhile, the cleaning brush 83 can be controlled to clean the lens 6 at any time according to needs.
The above description is only an embodiment of the present invention, and not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all modifications of equivalent structures and equivalent processes, which are made by using the contents of the present specification and the accompanying drawings, or directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are included in the scope of the present invention.
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1. The utility model provides a camera self-cleaning mechanism which characterized in that includes: connecting seat (1) and camera (5), top and bottom on connecting seat (1) right side all articulate through hinge point (2) have connecting rod (3), one side integrated into one piece that connecting rod (3) kept away from connecting seat (1) has backup pad (4), center department on camera (5) right side inlays and is equipped with camera lens (6), one side that connecting rod (3) is in opposite directions is provided with drive actuating mechanism (7), the right side of camera lens (6) is provided with wiper mechanism (8), top and bottom on camera (5) right side all are provided with anticollision institution (9).
2. The automatic camera cleaning mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the driving actuator (7) comprises a connection slider (72), a lead screw shaft (73) and a stepping motor (74), the connection slider (72) is slidably connected to a surface of the connecting rod (3), the lead screw shaft (73) is slidably connected to a back surface of the connection slider (72), and the stepping motor (74) is bolted to a side of the lead screw shaft (73) opposite to the side.
3. The automatic camera cleaning mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the cleaning mechanism (8) comprises a communicating pipe (81), a nozzle (82) and a water spraying hole (87), the communicating pipe (81) is embedded in the inner cavity of the support plate (4), and one end of the communicating pipe (81) close to the lens (6) penetrates through the support plate (4) and is communicated with the nozzle (82).
4. The automatic camera cleaning mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the anti-collision mechanism (9) comprises a bearing spring (91), a supporting spring (92) and a protective frame (93), the bearing spring (91) is bolted to the right sides of the top and the bottom of the camera (5), the supporting spring (92) is bolted to the top and the bottom of the right side of the camera (5), and the protective frame (93) used in cooperation with the cleaning brush (83) is bolted to one side of the supporting spring (92) and one side of the bearing spring (91) far away from the camera (5).
5. The automatic camera cleaning mechanism according to claim 3, wherein the number of the communicating pipes (81) and the number of the nozzles (82) are two, and the communicating pipes (81) and the nozzles (82) are distributed in an inclined symmetrical state along the lens (6).
6. The automatic camera cleaning mechanism according to claim 4, wherein the supporting spring (92) and the bearing spring (91) are respectively located on two opposite sides of the protection frame (93), the protection frame (93) is arc-shaped, positioning protrusions (11) are integrally formed on opposite tops of the supporting plate (4), and positioning grooves (12) which are in clamping fit with the positioning protrusions (11) are formed in opposite bottoms of the supporting plate (4).
7. The automatic camera cleaning mechanism according to claim 3, characterized in that the cleaning mechanism (8) further comprises a cleaning brush (83) and a groove (84), the cleaning brush (83) is adhered to one side of the supporting plate (4) close to the lens (6), and the groove (84) is formed in the inner cavity of the cleaning brush (83).
8. The automatic cleaning mechanism for the camera according to claim 7, wherein the cleaning mechanism (8) further comprises a connecting spring (85) and a sponge brush (86), the connecting spring (85) is bolted to the periphery of the inner cavity of the groove (84), the sponge brush (86) is bolted to one side, away from the groove (84), of the connecting spring (85), the inner cavities of the sponge brush (86), the cleaning brush (83) and the groove (84) are provided with water spray holes (87) matched with the spray head (82) for use, the number of the connecting springs (85) is at least nine, the connecting springs (85) are distributed along the center of the groove (84) in an array-shaped structure, the inner cavity of the groove (84) is bonded with a sealing gasket (10), and the cross sectional area of the sealing gasket (10) is the same as that of the sponge brush (86).
9. The automatic camera cleaning mechanism according to claim 2, wherein the driving actuator (7) comprises a limit spring (71) and an electromagnetic actuator (75), the limit spring (71) is bolted to the opposite left side of the connecting rod (3), and the electromagnetic actuator (75) is bolted to the opposite side of the back surface of the sliding block (72).
10. The automatic cleaning mechanism for camera head as claimed in claim 1, wherein the imaging recognition method in the first embodiment comprises the following steps:
a sensor detection module, an image feature extraction module, an automobile travel computer, an identification and analysis module, a control module and a cleaning mechanism;
A. a sensor detection module: the camera (5) shoots and senses the existence of dirt on the surface of the camera through the lens (6) to shield optical transmission signals, such as dust particles, mosquito bodies and oil stain impurities on the surface of the lens (6), and shields and senses the optical scattering signals of the lens (6);
B. an image feature extraction module: carrying out pre-image imaging processing on stains induced on the surface of the lens (6), marking and extracting key picture information in an image, and removing conditions such as external light reflection, artificial shielding and the like;
C. a computer for automobile travel: then, the extracted key image information is transmitted to a vehicle-mounted computer for stroke operation, and the truth of stains on the surface of the lens (6) is detected;
D. the identification and analysis module: then, the processed image information is orderly classified in advance, and the classified image pictures are identified and compared one by one, so that the false conditions of external light reflection, artificial shielding and the like are further eliminated, and the authenticity of dust particles, mosquito carcasses and oil stain impurity pictures on the surface of the lens (6) is distinguished;
E. a control module: and then the information after identification and analysis is sent to the control module, the control module respectively controls the cleaning mechanism (8) to start, and simultaneously the control module sends a sensing instruction to the automobile hollow instrument panel to remind a driver of an icon.
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