CN112108410B - Image processing device for identity recognition - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses an image processing device for identity recognition, which comprises a shell and a face recognizer, wherein an electric telescopic rod is fixedly arranged on the inner wall of the shell, a lens cleaning mechanism is also fixedly arranged on the inner wall of the shell, a push rod of the electric telescopic rod is fixedly connected with a connecting plate, the connecting plate slides up and down along the inner wall of the shell, two connecting arms are hinged on the connecting plate, one ends, far away from the connecting plate, of the two connecting arms are hinged with a concave mounting plate, the face recognizer is fixedly arranged on the right side of the concave mounting plate, and an opening for the face recognizer to extend out is formed in the right side, close to the upper end, of the shell. The invention is convenient to store and release the face recognizer through the matching of the structures, and can automatically wipe the lens on the face recognizer after the face recognizer is stored and released.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of face recognition, in particular to an image processing device for identity recognition.
Background
The face recognizer is a biological feature recognition technology in the development of digital information, and is used for collecting images or video streams containing faces through a camera, automatically detecting and tracking the faces in the images, and further performing face positioning, face recognition preprocessing, memory storage and comparison on the detected faces so as to achieve the purpose of recognizing different people's identities. However, the lens of the traditional face recognizer is exposed outside, so that when the face recognizer is not used, a child easily touches the lens with fingers directly, and then easily leaves a fingerprint instrument on the lens, and further the accuracy of face recognition is influenced.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide an image processing device for identity recognition, which has the advantages of conveniently folding and unfolding a face recognizer and automatically wiping a lens on the face recognizer after the face recognizer is folded and unfolded, and solves the problem that the lens on the traditional face recognizer is exposed, so that a child easily directly touches the lens with fingers when the face recognizer is not used, and then easily leaves a fingerprint instrument on the lens, and further the accuracy of face recognition is influenced.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides the following technical scheme: the utility model provides an image processing apparatus for identification, includes casing and face identification ware, the inner wall fixed mounting of casing has electric telescopic handle, the inner wall of casing still fixed mounting has the clean mechanism of camera lens.
Electric telescopic handle's push rod fixedly connected with connecting plate, the connecting plate slides from top to bottom along the inner wall of casing, it has two linking arms, two to articulate on the connecting plate the one end that the connecting plate was kept away from to the linking arm articulates there is type of calligraphy mounting panel, face identification ware fixed mounting is on the right side of type of calligraphy mounting panel, the casing is close to its upper end's right side and sets up the opening that supplies face identification ware to stretch out, the ball mounting groove has all been seted up to the last lower extreme of type of calligraphy mounting panel, type of calligraphy mounting panel installs the ball through the ball mounting groove.
Preferably, the lens cleaning mechanism comprises a motor and a fixed disk, and the motor and the fixed disk are both fixedly installed in the shell.
Preferably, the spiral guide way that link up each other is seted up to the both sides of fixed disk, the cell wall sliding connection of spiral guide way has the transmission post, the right side fixedly connected with stopper of transmission post, the size of stopper is greater than the size of spiral guide way notch.
Preferably, the output shaft of the motor penetrates through the fixed disc and is fixedly connected with the linkage plate, sliding grooves which are communicated with each other are formed in two sides of the linkage plate, and the transmission column slides along the groove walls of the sliding grooves.
Preferably, the left side of the transmission column is fixedly connected with a bristle plate, and bristles of the bristle plate are abutted to a lens of the face recognizer.
Preferably, the right side of the connecting plate close to the lower end of the connecting plate is fixedly connected with a pressing plate, a time relay is fixedly installed in the shell, and the pressing plate presses a button of the time relay.
Preferably, the housing is provided with a dust outlet under the bristle plate, the right side of the housing is fixedly connected with a dust collection box, and a box opening of the dust collection box is aligned with the dust outlet.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects:
the face recognizer can be extended out of the opening to be used or retracted into the shell through the stretching of the push rod of the electric telescopic rod.
The motor, the fixed disc, the spiral guide groove, the transmission column, the limiting block, the linkage plate, the sliding groove, the brushing plate, the pressing plate and the time relay are arranged, so that the brushing plate can automatically wipe the lens on the face recognizer after the face recognizer is withdrawn every time, and the lens on the face recognizer can keep a clean effect when the face recognizer is used next time.
In conclusion, the face recognizer is convenient to fold and unfold, and the lens on the face recognizer can be automatically wiped after the face recognizer is folded and unfolded, so that the problem that the lens on the traditional face recognizer is exposed, a child easily directly touches the lens with fingers when the face recognizer is not used, and then a fingerprint instrument is easily left on the lens, and the accuracy of face recognition is influenced is solved.
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FIG. 1 is a front cross-sectional view of the structure of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a left side view of the motor, fixed disk, spiral guide slot, linkage plate, chute and bristle plate structure of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a left side view of the motor, fixed disk, spiral guide slot, drive post, linkage plate and chute arrangement of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a left side view of the structure of the fixed disk, spiral guide groove and drive post of the present invention.
In the figure: the automatic cleaning device comprises a shell 1, a face recognizer 2, an electric telescopic rod 3, a lens cleaning mechanism 4, a connecting plate 5, a connecting arm 6, a mounting plate 7 in a shape of Chinese character 'ao', an opening 8, a ball 9, a motor 10, a fixed disc 11, a spiral guide groove 12, a transmission column 13, a limiting block 14, a linkage plate 15, a sliding groove 16, a brush hair plate 17, a pressing plate 18, a time relay 19, a dust outlet 20 and a dust collection box 21.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1 to 4, the present invention provides a technical solution: the utility model provides an image processing apparatus for identification, includes casing 1 and face identification ware 2, and the inner wall fixed mounting of casing 1 has electric telescopic handle 3, and the inner wall of casing 1 still fixed mounting has clean mechanism 4 of camera lens.
The push rod of the electric telescopic rod 3 is fixedly connected with a connecting plate 5, the right side of the connecting plate 5 close to the lower end thereof is fixedly connected with a pressing plate 18, a time relay 19 is fixedly installed in the shell 1, the pressing plate 18 presses a button of the time relay 19, the time relay 19 is characterized in that when an input signal is added or removed, an output part needs to be delayed or limited to a specified time to close or open a controlled circuit relay of the connecting plate, then after the pressing plate 18 presses the button of the time relay 19, a signal is transmitted to the motor 10, so that the output shaft of the motor 10 rotates clockwise for a plurality of circles in the direction shown in figure 2 and then rotates anticlockwise for the same number of circles to stop (the motor 10 can be a servo motor, and because the servo motor can control the speed, the position precision is very accurate, a voltage signal can be converted into a torque and a rotating speed to drive a controlled object, and further according to the rotating speed of the output shaft of the servo motor, the effect of the number of the rotation cycles of the output shaft of the motor 10 is completed within the preset time of the time relay 19, the number of the rotation cycles of the motor 10 is determined by the number of the rotation cycles required by the sliding of the transmission column 13 to the spiral guide groove 12 in the figure 3), the connecting plate 5 slides up and down along the inner wall of the shell 1, two connecting arms 6 are hinged on the connecting plate 5, one ends of the two connecting arms 6 far away from the connecting plate 5 are hinged with a concave mounting plate 7, the face recognizer 2 is fixedly mounted on the right side of the concave mounting plate 7, the right side of the shell 1 near the upper end is provided with an opening 8 for the extension of the face recognizer 2, the upper end and the lower end of the concave mounting plate 7 are respectively provided with a ball mounting groove, the concave mounting plate 7 is provided with balls 9 through the ball mounting grooves, when in use, as shown in the figure 1, the connecting plate 5 synchronously moves upwards through the extension of the push rod of the electric telescopic rod 3, when the ball 9 butt that is close to the top is to the inner wall of casing 1, along with the continuation of electric telescopic handle 3 push rod stretch out and through the linkage of two linking arms 6, make concave type mounting panel 7 move right, make face identification ware 2's camera lens stretch out opening 8 so that survey the people's face then, when not using, through the shrink of electric telescopic handle 3 push rod, make the ball 9 butt inner wall of casing 1 that is close to the below, make concave type mounting panel 7 move left then, and along with the continuation shrink of electric telescopic handle 3 push rod, make whole mechanism return the state shown in figure 1.
The lens cleaning mechanism 4 comprises a motor 10 and a fixed disc 11, the motor 10 and the fixed disc 11 are both fixedly installed in the shell 1, two sides of the fixed disc 11 are provided with mutually communicated spiral guide grooves 12, the groove walls of the spiral guide grooves 12 are slidably connected with transmission columns 13, the right sides of the transmission columns 13 are fixedly connected with limit blocks 14, the size of the limit blocks 14 is larger than that of the notches of the spiral guide grooves 12, an output shaft of the motor 10 penetrates through the fixed disc 11 and is fixedly connected with a linkage plate 15, two sides of the linkage plate 15 are provided with mutually communicated slide grooves 16, the transmission columns 13 slide along the groove walls of the slide grooves 16, the left sides of the transmission columns 13 are fixedly connected with brushing plates 17, the brushing hairs of the brushing plates 17 are abutted to the lens of the face recognizer 2, after the face recognizer 2 is withdrawn, the pressing plate 18 is pressed to the button of the time relay 19 by the connecting plate 5 in the downward movement process, and then the time relay 19 transmits signals to the motor 10, the output shaft of the motor 10 rotates clockwise for a plurality of circles in the direction shown in fig. 2 and then rotates anticlockwise for the same number of circles to stop, the process of clockwise rotation of the output shaft of the motor 10 in the direction shown in fig. 2 enables the linkage plate 15 to rotate along with the output shaft of the motor 10, the rotation of the linkage plate 15 and the process of sliding along the groove wall of the chute 16 and the groove wall of the spiral guide groove 12 through the transmission column 13 enable the transmission column 13 to move along the track of the spiral guide groove 12, so that the brush hair plate 17 moves along with the movement track of the transmission column 13, the process of moving along the track of the spiral guide groove 12 through the brush hair plate 17 enables the brush hair plate 17 to wipe the lens on the face recognizer 2, further, when the face recognizer 2 is used next time, the lens on the face recognizer 2 can keep a clean effect, the dust outlet 20 is arranged under the brush hair plate 17 of the shell 1, a dust collection box 21 is fixedly connected to the right side of the housing 1, and a box opening of the dust collection box 21 is aligned with the dust outlet 20, so that dust wiped by the bristle plate 17 can fall into the dust collection box 21 through the dust outlet 20 to be collected for centralized cleaning.
In conclusion, the face recognizer 2 is convenient to fold and unfold, and the lens on the face recognizer 2 can be automatically cleaned after the face recognizer 2 is folded and unfolded, so that the problem that the lens on the traditional face recognizer 2 is exposed, a child easily directly touches the lens with fingers when the face recognizer is not used, and then a fingerprint instrument is easily left on the lens, and the accuracy of face recognition is influenced is solved.
The working principle is as follows: when the image processing device for identity recognition is used, as shown in figure 1, the connecting plate 5 synchronously moves upwards through the extension of the push rod of the electric telescopic rod 3, when the ball 9 close to the upper part is abutted to the inner wall of the shell 1, the concave mounting plate 7 moves rightwards along with the continuous extension of the push rod of the electric telescopic rod 3 and the linkage of the two connecting arms 6, then the lens of the face recognizer 2 extends out of the opening 8 so as to detect a face, when the image processing device is not used, the ball 9 close to the lower part is abutted to the inner wall of the shell 1 through the contraction of the push rod of the electric telescopic rod 3, then the concave mounting plate 7 moves leftwards and along with the continuous contraction of the push rod of the electric telescopic rod 3, so that the whole mechanism returns to the state shown in figure 1, the abutting plate 18 abuts against a button of the time relay 19 at the moment, and then the time relay 19 transmits a signal to the motor 10, the output shaft of the motor 10 rotates clockwise for a plurality of circles in the direction shown in fig. 2 and then rotates anticlockwise for the same number of circles to stop, the process of clockwise rotation in the direction shown in fig. 2 is performed through the output shaft of the motor 10, the linkage plate 15 rotates along with the output shaft of the motor 10, the transmission column 13 moves along the track of the spiral guide groove 12 through the rotation of the linkage plate 15 and the process of sliding along the groove wall of the sliding groove 16 and the groove wall of the spiral guide groove 12 through the transmission column 13, the bristle plate 17 moves along with the movement track of the transmission column 13, the process of moving along the track of the spiral guide groove 12 through the bristle plate 17 wipes the lens on the face recognizer 2 through the bristle plate 17, and then when the face recognizer 2 is used next time, the lens on the face recognizer 2 can keep a clean effect.
Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.
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1. An image processing apparatus for identity recognition, comprising a housing (1) and a face recognizer (2), characterized in that: an electric telescopic rod (3) is fixedly installed on the inner wall of the shell (1), and a lens cleaning mechanism (4) is also fixedly installed on the inner wall of the shell (1);
the push rod of the electric telescopic rod (3) is fixedly connected with a connecting plate (5), the connecting plate (5) slides up and down along the inner wall of the shell (1), two connecting arms (6) are hinged to the connecting plate (5), one ends, far away from the connecting plate (5), of the two connecting arms (6) are hinged to a concave mounting plate (7), the face recognizer (2) is fixedly mounted on the right side of the concave mounting plate (7), an opening (8) for the face recognizer (2) to stretch out is formed in the right side, close to the upper end of the shell (1), ball mounting grooves are formed in the upper end and the lower end of the concave mounting plate (7), and balls (9) are mounted on the concave mounting plate (7) through the ball mounting grooves; the lens cleaning mechanism (4) comprises a motor (10) and a fixed disc (11), and the motor (10) and the fixed disc (11) are both fixedly arranged in the shell (1); two sides of the fixed disc (11) are provided with mutually-communicated spiral guide grooves (12), the groove walls of the spiral guide grooves (12) are connected with transmission columns (13) in a sliding mode, the right sides of the transmission columns (13) are fixedly connected with limit blocks (14), and the size of the limit blocks (14) is larger than that of the notches of the spiral guide grooves (12); an output shaft of the motor (10) penetrates through the fixed disc (11) and is fixedly connected with a linkage plate (15), two sides of the linkage plate (15) are provided with mutually-communicated sliding grooves (16), and the transmission column (13) slides along the groove wall of each sliding groove (16); the left side of the transmission column (13) is fixedly connected with a brushing plate (17), and brushing of the brushing plate (17) is abutted against a lens of the face recognizer (2); the right side of the connecting plate (5) close to the lower end of the connecting plate is fixedly connected with a pressing plate (18), a time relay (19) is fixedly installed in the shell (1), and the pressing plate (18) presses a button of the time relay (19).
2. An image processing apparatus for identity recognition according to claim 1, wherein: the brush hair cleaning brush is characterized in that a dust outlet (20) is formed in the casing (1) and is located right below the brush hair plate (17), a dust collection box (21) is fixedly connected to the right side of the casing (1), and a box opening of the dust collection box (21) is aligned to the dust outlet (20).
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