CN113566063A

CN113566063A - Tripod head camera

Info

Publication number: CN113566063A
Application number: CN202110839404.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 戚富强; 田伟; 关宏杰
Original assignee: Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-07-23
Filing date: 2021-07-23
Publication date: 2021-10-29

Abstract

The application provides a pan-tilt camera. This cloud platform camera includes top cap subassembly, moves the casing and shoots the subassembly in the ring. The top cover assembly comprises a hoisting structure arranged at the top, and the hoisting structure is used for hoisting the pan-tilt camera. The annular moving shell is assembled below the top cover assembly, the central part of the annular moving shell is rotatably connected with the top cover assembly, the rotating angle of the annular moving shell is 360 degrees, and a shooting assembly accommodating cavity which is opened to the periphery of the annular moving shell is formed in one side of the annular moving shell, which faces towards the top cover assembly. The shooting component is assembled in the shooting component accommodating cavity and configured to be capable of tilting relative to the annular moving shell. According to the scheme, the shooting area of the shooting assembly is increased, so that the pan-tilt camera can adapt to more shooting scenes.

Description

Tripod head camera

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of monitoring, in particular to a cloud deck camera.

Background

Pan-tilt cameras can achieve a wider shooting range, for example, full coverage of the surrounding environment. Some current cloud platform cameras can set up power device and transmission in the inside of cloud platform, drive transmission by power device, and then drive the camera and rotate, realize shooting 360 full coverages in scope.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides an improved cloud deck camera, can adapt to many scenes and shoot.

A pan-tilt camera comprising:

the top cover assembly comprises a hoisting structure arranged at the top, and the hoisting structure is used for hoisting the pan-tilt camera;

the circular moving shell is assembled below the top cover component, is rotatably connected with the top cover component at the central part, has a rotation angle of 360 degrees, and is provided with a shooting component accommodating cavity which is opened towards the periphery of the circular moving shell at one side of the circular moving shell facing the top cover component; and

the shooting assembly is assembled in the shooting assembly accommodating cavity and is configured to tilt relative to the annular moving shell.

Optionally, one side of the circular motion shell facing away from the top cover component is formed with an orientation containing cavity sunken in the top cover component, the containing cavity area and the shooting component containing cavity area are staggered in the rotating shaft direction of the circular motion shell, the pan-tilt camera further comprises a circular motion driving component, the circular motion driving component is assembled in the containing cavity and is in transmission connection with the circular motion shell to drive the circular motion shell to rotate relative to the top cover component.

Optionally, the ring-motion driving assembly comprises a ring-motion motor, a ring-motion transmission assembly and a speed reducer, the ring-motion transmission assembly comprises a driving part and a driven part which are in transmission connection, the ring-motion motor is connected with the driving part, the driven part is connected with the ring-motion shell, the speed reducer comprises an input end and an output end, the input end is in transmission connection with the driving part, and the output end is in transmission connection with the driven part.

Optionally, the ring-motion transmission assembly is set as a gear transmission assembly, the driving part is a driving gear, the driven part is a driven gear, the speed reducer comprises a first reduction gear and a second reduction gear which are coaxial and relatively fixed, the number of teeth of the first reduction gear is less than that of teeth of the second reduction gear, the first reduction gear serves as the output end and is in meshing transmission with the driven gear, and the second reduction gear serves as the input end and is in meshing transmission with the driving gear.

Optionally, the ring moves the casing orientation the top surface of top cap subassembly be equipped with accept the connecting hole of chamber intercommunication, the top cap subassembly orientation the central point of the bottom surface of ring moves the casing puts the department and is equipped with the connecting axle, the cloud platform camera still including assemble in swivel bearing in the connecting hole, swivel bearing's outer lane with ring moves casing fixed connection, swivel bearing's inner circle with connecting axle fixed connection under the effect of ring moves drive assembly's drive force, ring moves the casing and centers on the connecting axle rotates.

Optionally, a plurality of shooting assembly accommodating cavities are formed, the shooting assembly accommodating cavities are distributed around the rotating shaft of the annular moving shell, and a plurality of shooting assemblies are assembled in each shooting assembly accommodating cavity in a one-to-one correspondence manner; and/or

The top surface of the annular moving shell facing the top cover component is provided with a bulge, and the height of the bulge protruding out of the top surface is gradually reduced from the center of the annular moving shell to the edge; and/or

The bottom surface of the shooting assembly accommodating cavity is provided with an inclined surface, and the inclined surface gradually declines from the center of the annular moving shell to the edge.

Optionally, the pan tilt camera further comprises a U-shaped support assembled in the accommodating cavity of the shooting assembly, an opening of the U-shaped support faces the top cover assembly, the shooting assembly is accommodated in the opening, the U-shaped support comprises a first support body and a second support body, the first support body and the second support body are oppositely arranged in the width direction of the opening, the shooting assembly is rotatably connected to the first support body and the second support body, and the extension direction of the rotating shaft is the arrangement direction of the first support body and the second support body, so that the shooting assembly can rotate relative to the annular moving shell in a pitching motion.

Optionally, the pan/tilt/zoom camera further comprises a main board assembly, a circular motion driving assembly for driving the circular motion housing to rotate relative to the top cover assembly, and a tilt driving assembly for driving the shooting assembly to tilt, a containing cavity which is sunken towards the top cover component is formed on one side of the annular moving shell back to the top cover component, the annular moving drive component and the main board component are both contained in the containing cavity, and along the rotating shaft direction of the circular motion shell, the circular motion driving component is closer to the top cover component than the main board component, the lead wire of the circular motion driving component connected with the main board component is electrically connected with one side surface of the main board component facing the top cover component, and a wire connected with the main board assembly by the pitching driving assembly penetrates into the accommodating cavity from the lower part of the main board assembly and is electrically connected to the surface of one side of the main board assembly back to the top cover assembly.

Optionally, the pan/tilt/zoom camera further includes a U-shaped bracket assembled in the shooting assembly accommodating cavity, an opening of the U-shaped bracket faces the top cover assembly, the U-shaped bracket includes a first bracket body and a second bracket body oppositely arranged in a width direction of the opening, a mounting hole penetrating through the annular moving housing is formed in a bottom surface of the shooting assembly accommodating cavity, the U-shaped bracket includes a mounting structure protruding from a bottom, and the mounting structure is inserted into the mounting hole;

the shooting subassembly include the shell with accept in lens subassembly in the shell, the shell include towards the first side cap of first support body and towards the second side cap of second support body, first support body include with first side cap normal running fit's first normal running fit structure, the second support body include with second side cap normal running fit structure, every single move drive subassembly assemble in the shell, with first normal running fit structure transmission is connected, the lens subassembly be used for with mainboard subassembly electricity is connected the wire is worn to locate second normal running fit structure with in the U-shaped support, follow wear out in the mounting structure, with accept the intracavity the mainboard subassembly electricity is connected.

A pan-tilt camera comprising:

the circular moving shell is assembled below the top cover component, is rotatably connected with the top cover component at the central part, has a rotation angle of 360 degrees, and is provided with a shooting component accommodating cavity which is opened towards the periphery of the circular moving shell at one side of the circular moving shell facing the top cover component;

the shooting assembly is assembled in the shooting assembly accommodating cavity and is configured to tilt relative to the annular moving shell;

the panoramic shooting assembly comprises an assembly shell and a plurality of lens assemblies accommodated in the assembly shell, wherein the assembly shell comprises a first circular end and a second circular end which are distributed along the rotating shaft direction of the annular moving shell, the diameter of the first circular end is larger than that of the second circular end, the first circular end is connected to the lower end of the annular moving shell and is relatively fixed with the annular moving shell, and the plurality of lens assemblies are distributed around the rotating shaft of the annular moving shell; and

and the ball machine assembly is movably assembled at the second round end of the panoramic shooting assembly.

Optionally, the transmission assembly is moved in the ring sets up to gear drive assembly, the initiative part is the driving gear, driven part is driven gear, the reduction gear includes coaxial and relatively fixed first reduction gear and second reduction gear, the number of teeth of first reduction gear is less than the number of teeth of second gear, first reduction gear is regarded as the output, with driven gear meshing transmission, second reduction gear is regarded as the input, with driving gear meshing transmission.

Optionally, the ring moves the casing orientation top cap subassembly top surface be equipped with accept the connecting hole of chamber intercommunication, the top cap subassembly orientation the central point of the bottom surface of ring moves the casing puts the department and is equipped with the connecting axle, the cloud platform camera still including assemble in swivel bearing in the connecting hole, swivel bearing's outer lane with the ring moves casing fixed connection, swivel bearing's inner circle with connecting axle fixed connection under the effect of ring moves drive assembly's drive force, the ring moves the casing around the connecting axle rotates.

Optionally, the pan/tilt/zoom camera further comprises a main board assembly, a circular motion driving assembly for driving the circular motion housing to rotate relative to the top cover assembly, and a tilt driving assembly for driving the shooting assembly to tilt, a containing cavity which is sunken towards the top cover component is formed on one side of the annular moving shell back to the top cover component, the annular moving drive component and the main board component are both contained in the containing cavity, and along the rotating shaft direction of the circular motion shell, the circular motion driving component is closer to the top cover component than the main board component, the lead wire of the circular motion driving component connected with the main board component is electrically connected with one side surface of the main board component facing the top cover component, and a wire connected with the pitching driving assembly and the main board assembly penetrates into the accommodating cavity and is electrically connected to the surface of one side of the main board assembly back to the top cover assembly.

The technical scheme provided by the application can at least achieve the following beneficial effects:

the application provides a cloud platform camera, wherein, it can rotate for the top cap subassembly to follow the ring movable casing to shoot the subassembly to realize shooting the subassembly and shoot with every single move at 360 of circumferential direction, increased the shooting region who shoots the subassembly, make this cloud platform camera can adapt to more scenes of shooing.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a pan-tilt camera shown in an exemplary embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a top view of the pan and tilt camera shown in FIG. 1 with the head assembly removed;

FIG. 3 is an isometric view of the pan and tilt camera shown in FIG. 1 with the cover assembly removed;

FIG. 4 is an exploded view of the fill light assembly;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a pan-tilt camera portion;

FIG. 6 is an exploded view of the swivel housing and cap assembly swivel connection;

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the rotational connection of the swivel housing and cap assembly;

FIG. 8 is an exploded view of the retarder;

FIG. 9 is an exploded view of the camera assembly and the U-shaped bracket;

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of the camera assembly and the U-shaped bracket;

FIG. 11 is an exploded view of the camera assembly horizontally pivotally connected to the pivoting housing;

FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of the camera assembly horizontally pivotally coupled to the pivoting housing;

FIG. 13 is a schematic view of the main panel assembly assembled to the articulating housing;

FIG. 14 is a schematic view of the wire routing of the camera assembly;

fig. 15 is an exploded view of the pan-tilt camera shown in fig. 1.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The embodiments described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all embodiments consistent with the present application. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with aspects of the present application.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the application. Unless otherwise defined, technical or scientific terms used herein shall have the ordinary meaning as understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs. As used in this application, the terms "first," "second," and the like do not denote any order, quantity, or importance, but rather are used to distinguish one element from another. Similarly, the terms "a" or "an" and the like do not denote a limitation of quantity, but rather denote the presence of at least one, and if only "a" or "an" is denoted individually. "plurality" or "a number" means two or more. Unless otherwise specified, "front", "back", "lower" and/or "upper", "top", "bottom", and the like are for ease of description only and are not limited to one position or one spatial orientation. The word "comprising" or "comprises", and the like, means that the element or item listed as preceding "comprising" or "includes" covers the element or item listed as following "comprising" or "includes" and its equivalents, and does not exclude other elements or items. The terms "connected" or "coupled" and the like are not restricted to physical or mechanical connections, but may include electrical connections, whether direct or indirect.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a pan-tilt camera 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application.

The embodiment of the present application provides a pan/tilt camera 100, where the pan/tilt camera 100 includes a top cover assembly 10 located at the top, a circular moving housing 20 assembled below the top cover assembly 10, and a shooting assembly 30 assembled to the circular moving housing 20. The pan/tilt/zoom camera 100 further includes a panoramic shooting assembly 40 and a dome camera assembly 50, wherein the panoramic shooting assembly 40 is assembled below the annular housing 20, and the dome camera assembly 50 is assembled below the panoramic shooting assembly 40.

The top cover assembly 10 comprises a hoisting structure 11 arranged at the top, and the hoisting structure 11 is used for hoisting the pan-tilt camera 100. The application does not specifically limit the implementation of the hoisting structure 11, and in some embodiments, the hoisting structure 11 may be a quick coupler that is installed in cooperation with an external hoisting support, and the hoisting structure 11 may be disposed at a central position of the top cap assembly 10.

The circular moving shell 20 is rotatably connected with the top cover assembly 10 at the central part, the rotating angle is 360 degrees, and the rotating mode is continuous rotation. A photographing module accommodating chamber 200 opened to the periphery of the loop housing 20 is formed at one side of the loop housing 20 facing the cover assembly 10, and the photographing module 30 is assembled in the photographing module accommodating chamber 200 and configured to be tiltable with respect to the loop housing 20. As can be seen from the above description, the camera assembly 30 can rotate 360 ° relative to the cover assembly 10 following the ring housing 20 to implement 360 ° shooting and pitching shooting in the circumferential direction, so that the shooting area of the camera assembly 30 is increased, and the pan-tilt camera 100 can adapt to more shooting scenes.

Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a top view of pan and tilt camera 100 shown in fig. 1 with cover assembly 10 removed.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 2, a plurality of the photographing assembly accommodating chambers 200 are formed, and a plurality of the photographing assembly accommodating chambers 200 are disposed around the rotation axis O of the ring housing 20. Correspondingly, a plurality of shooting assemblies 30 are arranged, and the shooting assemblies 30 are arranged in the shooting assembly accommodating cavities 200 in a one-to-one correspondence manner. Like this, the quantity of shooting subassembly 30 increases, and a plurality of shooting subassemblies 30 can shoot the image in different position respectively, and image mosaic effect is better. In the embodiment shown in fig. 2, the front end of the camera module 30 extends out of the camera module accommodating cavity 200, so that the camera module 30 can avoid the camera view from being blocked.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 2, the photographing member accommodating chamber 200 penetrates up to the top surface of the swiveling housing 20, that is, the photographing member accommodating chamber 200 is opened toward the side where the top cover member 10 is located, whereby the volume of the photographing member accommodating chamber 200 can be increased and the structure of the swiveling housing 20 can be simplified.

Referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is an isometric view of pan and tilt camera 100 shown in fig. 1 with cover assembly 10 removed.

In one embodiment, the top surface of the ring gear housing 20 facing the top cover assembly 10 is provided with a protrusion 201, and the height of the protrusion 201 protruding from the top surface is gradually reduced from the center position of the ring gear housing 20 to the edge position, that is, the upper surface of the protrusion 201 is not flush, and the lower the position closer to the edge is, thereby avoiding water accumulation on the top surface of the ring gear housing 20. In addition, the protrusions 201 may also increase the strength of the top of the orbital housing 20.

In one embodiment, the looping movement housing 20 includes a base 202 and a side wall 203 which are commonly enclosed into the shooting component accommodating cavity 200, the shooting component 30 is assembled on the base 202, the upper surface of the base 202 forms a bottom surface 2020 of the shooting component accommodating cavity 200, a side surface of the side wall 203 facing the shooting component accommodating cavity 200 forms a side elevation 2030 of the shooting component accommodating cavity 200, and a middle area of the side elevation 2030 is recessed toward a central position of the looping movement housing 20 to increase the volume of the shooting component accommodating cavity 200.

In one embodiment, the bottom surface 2020 is provided as an inclined surface which is gradually inclined downward from the center of the orbiting shell 20 toward the edge, thereby preventing water from being accumulated in the photographing module accommodating chamber 200.

Referring to fig. 1 and 3, the pan/tilt camera 100 further includes a light supplement assembly 60, and the light supplement assembly 60 is assembled at an edge of the circular moving housing 20 and is arranged side by side with the shooting assembly 30. The light supplement assembly 60 can provide illumination for the photographing assembly 30, so as to improve the brightness of the photographing area. In this embodiment, the light supplement assemblies 60 are disposed in a plurality, and the plurality of light supplement assemblies 60 are distributed around the rotation axis O of the annular moving casing 20. In the embodiment shown in fig. 1 and 3, a light supplement assembly 60 is disposed between two adjacent shooting assemblies 30, and the shooting assemblies 30 and the light supplement assembly 60 are disposed at intervals in a direction around the rotation axis O of the circular moving housing 20.

Referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 is an exploded view of the fill light assembly 60.

The fill light assembly 60 includes a fill light 61, a light transmissive member 62, a light transmissive member pressing plate 63, and a sealing ring 64. The outer marginal end of the ring moves casing 20 and is formed with the light filling lamp and accepts the chamber 2040, and the light filling lamp 61 is accepted in the light filling lamp and accepts the chamber 2040, and the setting of chamber 2040 is accepted around the light filling lamp to the sealing washer 64, and light-transmitting piece clamp plate 63 is connected with ring moves casing 20, with light-transmitting piece 62 and the centre gripping of sealing washer 64 between light-transmitting piece clamp plate 63 and ring move casing 20, and light-transmitting piece clamp plate 63 can be connected with ring moves casing 20 through the screw.

In one embodiment, the light filling lamp 61 can include the lamp plate and assemble in the LED lamp of lamp plate, and the lamp plate can pass through the fix with screw and accept in the chamber 2040 at the light filling lamp, and the assembly of LED lamp is at the lamp plate towards a side surface of light-transmitting part 62. The light-transmitting member 62 may be made of light-transmitting glass, and the light-transmitting member pressing plate 63 is provided with a light-transmitting hole 630 through which light is emitted.

The pan/tilt/zoom camera 100 may further include a decoration cover 65, wherein the decoration cover 65 is assembled to the annular moving housing 20 and disposed at a front end of the light supplement assembly 60. The decoration cover 65 can cover the connection structure between the light supplement component 60 and the annular moving shell 20, so as to beautify the appearance of the pan/tilt camera 100. The decorative cover 65 is provided with a light-transmitting window 650 through which light passes.

Referring to fig. 3 and 5, fig. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating a part of the structure of the pan/tilt camera 100.

In one embodiment, the portion of the ring housing 20 excluding the photographing assembly accommodating chamber 200 is protruded toward the cap assembly 10 to form a protrusion 2050, and a top of the protrusion 2050 is provided with a protrusion 201. In the embodiment shown in fig. 3, the revolving housing 20 is provided as a circular housing, three shooting-assembly accommodating chambers 200 are provided, the three shooting-assembly accommodating chambers 200 are evenly distributed around the rotation axis of the revolving housing 20, and the projecting portion 2050 is substantially in the shape of a chevron. The light supplement assembly 60 is assembled at the radial outer end of the protruding portion 2050, and the center of the protruding portion is rotatably connected to the top cover assembly 10.

A receiving cavity 2060 recessed toward the top cover assembly 10 is formed on a side of the annular moving casing 20 facing away from the top cover assembly 10, and the receiving cavity 2060 is opened downward. Along the extending direction of the rotating shaft of the looping movement housing 20, the area where the accommodating cavity 2060 is located is opposite to the area where the protruding part 2050 is located, and is staggered with the area where the shooting component accommodating cavity 200 is located in the direction around the rotating shaft of the looping movement housing 20.

The pan/tilt/zoom camera 100 further comprises a circular driving assembly 80, and the circular driving assembly 80 is accommodated in the accommodating cavity 2060. The fixed part of the circular motion driving component 80 is assembled in the circular motion shell 20, and the movable part of the circular motion driving component 80 is in transmission connection with the circular motion shell 20 to drive the circular motion shell 20 to rotate relative to the top cover component 10. So, the ring moves drive assembly 80 and sets up in acceping the chamber 2060, can realize the rotation of ring movement casing 20 on the one hand, and on the other hand can also make full use of the inside space of ring movement casing 20, improves space utilization, makes the interior structure overall arrangement of cloud platform camera 100 compacter.

Referring to fig. 6 to 8, fig. 6 is an exploded view of a rotary connection structure between the movable housing 20 and the top cover assembly 10. Fig. 7 is a sectional view showing a rotation coupling structure of the ring housing 20 and the cap assembly 10. Fig. 8 is an exploded view of the decelerator 83.

In one embodiment, the ring motion driving assembly 80 includes a ring motion motor 81, a ring motion transmission assembly 82 and a speed reducer 83, and the ring motion motor 81 may be fixedly connected to the ring motion housing 20 by a screw. The transmission assembly 82 includes a driving portion 821 and a driven portion 822, the motor 81 is connected to the driving portion 821, the driven portion 822 is fixedly connected to the housing 20, the speed reducer 83 includes an input end 830 and an output end 831, the input end 830 is in transmission connection with the driving portion 821, and the output end 831 is in transmission connection with the driven portion 822. The power output from the ring motor 81 is transmitted to the ring housing 20 through the driving part 821, the reducer 83 and the driven part 822 in sequence, so that the ring housing 20 is rotated by 360 ° with respect to the head cover assembly 10. The speed reducer 83 can reduce the rotating speed of the circular motion motor 81, increase the transmission ratio and improve the self-locking capacity of the circular motion driving assembly 80.

In a specific embodiment, the circular motion transmission assembly 82 is configured as a gear transmission assembly, the driving portion 821 is configured as a driving gear, the driven portion 822 is configured as a driven gear, the speed reducer 83 includes a first speed reduction gear 832 and a second speed reduction gear 833 which are coaxially disposed and relatively fixed, the number of teeth of the first speed reduction gear 832 is less than that of the second speed reduction gear 833, wherein the first speed reduction gear 832 is used as an output end 831 and is engaged with the driven gear, the second speed reduction gear 833 is used as an input end 830 and is engaged with the driving gear, the driving gear and the second speed reduction gear 833 are engaged to rotate to realize a first speed reduction, and the first speed reduction gear 832 is engaged with the driven gear to rotate to realize a second speed reduction.

As shown in fig. 6 and 7, a connection hole 2070 communicating with the accommodating cavity 2060 is disposed on one side of the circular motion housing 20 facing the top cover assembly 10, a connection shaft 12 is disposed at a central position of one side of the top cover assembly 10 facing the circular motion housing 20, the pan/tilt camera 100 further includes a rolling bearing 850 assembled in the connection hole 2070, an outer ring of the rolling bearing 850 is fixedly connected to the circular motion housing 20, an inner ring of the rolling bearing 850 is fixedly connected to the connection shaft 12, and the outer ring and the inner ring of the rolling bearing 850 are relatively rotated by the driving of the circular motion motor 81, so that the circular motion housing 20 is relatively rotated with respect to the top cover assembly 10. The rolling bearing 850 may act as a rotational support to allow more flexibility in the rotation of the orbiting shell 20 relative to the head assembly 10 and to reduce wear at the rotating structure.

One side of the rolling bearing 850 close to the top cover assembly 10 is provided with an oil seal 851 and an oil seal pressing plate 852, and one side far away from the top cover assembly 10 is provided with a bearing pressing plate 853, a bearing washer 854, a snap spring 855 and a bearing end cover 856. Oil seal pressing plate 852 is arranged around connecting hole 2070 and connected to the edge of connecting hole 2070, and oil seal 851 is clamped between rolling bearing 850 and oil seal pressing plate 852 to prevent leakage of lubricating oil in rolling bearing 850. The bearing pressing plate 853 can be fixedly connected with the annular moving shell 20 through a screw and pressed on the outer ring of the rolling bearing 850. The bearing end cover 856 surrounds the connecting hole 2070, and can be fixedly connected with the looping casing 20 through screws, the bearing washer 854 is clamped between the rolling bearing 850 and the bearing end cover 856, and the clamp spring 855 is clamped at one end of the connecting shaft 12 extending out of the rolling bearing 850.

As shown in fig. 8, the decelerator 83 further includes a fixing frame 834, the first deceleration gear 832 and the second deceleration gear 833 may be provided as an integrated structure, the first deceleration gear 832 includes a first shaft body 8320 located at a central position and protruding, the second deceleration gear 833 includes a second shaft body 8330 located at a central position and protruding, and the first shaft body 8320 is coaxial with the second shaft body 8330. The first shaft 8320 is rotatably connected to the revolving casing 20, the second shaft 8330 is rotatably connected to the fixing frame 834, and the fixing frame 834 may be fixedly connected to the revolving casing 20 through screws, so as to ensure that the speed reducer 83 obtains stable support.

Specifically, the first shaft 8320 may be rotatably connected to the orbiting casing 20 through the first bearing 835, an outer ring of the first bearing 835 is fixed to the orbiting casing 20, the first shaft 8320 penetrates an inner ring of the first bearing 835 and is fixed to the inner ring of the first bearing 835, and a screw penetrates the first shaft 8320 and is pressed against the inner ring of the first bearing 835. The fixing frame 834 has a through hole 8340, a second bearing 836 is assembled in the through hole 8340, an outer ring of the second bearing 836 is fixed to the fixing frame 834, and a second shaft body 8330 penetrates the second bearing 836 and is fixed to an inner ring of the second bearing 836. The second bearing 836 presses the outer race of the second bearing 836 via the bearing pressure plate 837, and the screw penetrates the second shaft body 8330 to press the inner race of the second bearing 836, thereby ensuring the flexible rotation of the first and

second shaft bodies

8320 and 8330.

Referring to fig. 3, 9 and 10, fig. 9 is an exploded view of the camera module 30 and the U-shaped bracket 90. Fig. 10 is a sectional view of the photographing assembly 30 and the U-shaped bracket 90.

In one embodiment, the pan/tilt head camera 100 further includes a U-shaped bracket 90 assembled in the shooting assembly receiving cavity 200, an opening of the U-shaped bracket 90 faces the top cover assembly 10, and the shooting assembly 30 is received in the opening. The U-shaped bracket 90 includes a first bracket body 91 and a second bracket body 92 which are oppositely disposed along the width direction of the opening, the photographing assembly 30 is rotatably connected to the first bracket body 91 and the second bracket body 92, and the extending direction of the rotating shaft L is the arrangement direction of the first bracket body 91 and the second bracket body 92, so that the pitching movement of the photographing assembly 30 relative to the ring moving housing 20 is realized.

In one embodiment, the pitch angle of the camera assembly 30 ranges from 0 to 40 °, the angle of the camera assembly 30 when in a horizontal position is 0 °, and the camera assembly 30 can be rotated downward 40 ° from 0 °. For example, the tilt angle of the photographing assembly 30 may be set to 5 °, 8 °, 10 °, 15 °, 20 °, 25 °, 30 °, 35 °, 40 °.

The shooting assembly 30 includes a housing 31 and a lens assembly 32, the housing 31 forms an accommodating cavity 313a, and the lens assembly 32 is accommodated in the accommodating cavity 313 a. The outer casing 31 includes a front cover 311, a rear cylinder 312, a first side cover 313 and a second side cover 314, wherein the first side cover 313 is assembled on the rear cylinder 312 and faces the first frame 91, and the second side cover 314 is assembled on the rear cylinder 312 and faces the second frame 92. The front cover 311, the rear barrel 312, the first side cover 313 and the second side cover 314 together enclose an accommodation cavity 313 a. The pan/tilt/zoom camera 100 further comprises a tilt/tilt driving assembly 70, wherein the tilt/tilt driving assembly 70 is accommodated in the accommodating cavity 313a and is used for driving the shooting assembly 30 to rotate relative to the U-shaped support 90 by a rotation axis L.

The first frame body 91 comprises a first rotating matching structure which is matched with the first side cover 313 in a rotating mode, the second frame body 92 comprises a second rotating matching structure which is matched with the second side cover 314 in a rotating mode, and the pitching driving assembly 70 is assembled in the outer shell 31 and is in transmission connection with the first rotating matching structure, so that the shooting assembly 30 rotates relative to the U-shaped support 90 through the rotating shaft L.

The pitch driving assembly 70 includes a pitch motor 701 and a pitch transmission assembly 702, the pitch transmission assembly 702 includes a driving portion 7020 and a driven portion 7021 which are in transmission connection, the pitch motor 701 is assembled to the first side cover 313, and a motor shaft of the pitch motor 701 is connected to the driving portion 7020. The driven portion 7021 is connected to the first rotation-fitting structure of the first housing 91. In the embodiment shown in fig. 8 and 9, the driving portion 7020 is configured as a driving gear, the driven portion 7021 includes a base portion 70210 and a gear tooth portion 70211 (see fig. 10), the base portion 70210 is connected to the first rotation matching structure, and the gear tooth portion 70211 is in meshing transmission with the driving gear.

In one embodiment, the first frame body 91 includes a first rotation shaft 910, the first rotation shaft 910 is formed as a first rotation fitting structure, the first side cover 313 is provided with a first rotation coupling hole 3130, and the first rotation shaft 910 passes through the first rotation coupling hole 3130 and is fixedly coupled to the base portion 70210. When the pitching motor 701 outputs power, the driving gear is in meshing transmission with the gear tooth portion 70211, and since the driven portion 7021 and the first rotating shaft 910 are fixed, the first side cover 313 rotates relative to the first frame 91, thereby implementing the pitching motion of the photographing assembly 30.

The first rotation coupling hole 3130 may be internally provided with a third bearing 315, an outer ring of the third bearing 315 is fixed to the first side cover 313, and an inner ring of the third bearing 315 is fixed to the first rotation shaft 910, thereby rotatably supporting the first rotation shaft 910. An oil seal 316 and an oil seal pressing plate 317 are arranged on one side of the third bearing 315, a bearing pressing plate 318 is arranged on the other side of the third bearing 315, and the oil seal 316 and the third bearing 315 are clamped between the oil seal pressing plate 317 and the bearing pressing plate 318. The oil seal pressing plate 334 may be coupled with the first side cover 313 by screws, and the bearing pressing plate 335 may be coupled with the first side cover 313 by screws. A first rear cylinder seal 319 may be provided between the first side cover 313 and the rear cylinder 312, and the first rear cylinder seal 319 is sandwiched between the first side cover 313 and the rear cylinder 312 to sealingly engage the first side cover 313 and the rear cylinder 312.

In one embodiment, the second frame 92 includes a second rotation coupling hole 920, and the second rotation coupling hole 920 is formed as a second rotation coupling structure. The second side cover 314 includes a second rotation shaft 3140, and the second rotation shaft 3140 is rotatably inserted into the second rotation connection hole 920. The second rotating shaft 3140 may rotate in the second rotating connection hole 920 by the driving force of the pitch driving assembly 70.

The fourth bearing 320 may be disposed in the second rotation connection hole 920, an outer ring of the fourth bearing 320 is relatively fixed to the second frame body 92, and an inner ring of the fourth bearing 320 is fixed to the second rotation shaft 3140, thereby rotatably supporting the second rotation shaft 3140. An oil seal 321 and an oil seal pressing plate 322 are provided on one side of the fourth bearing 320, a bearing pressing plate 323 and a bearing pressing ring 324 are provided on the other side of the fourth bearing 320, and the oil seal 321 and the fourth bearing 320 are sandwiched between the oil seal pressing plate 323 and the bearing pressing plate 323. The oil pressing plate 323 may be fixed to the second side cover 314 by screws, and the bearing pressing plate 323 may be fixed to the second side cover 314 by screws. The second rotation shaft 3140 passes through the oil seal 321 and the fourth bearing 320, and is fixedly connected to the bearing pressing ring 324. A second rear cylinder seal 325 may be disposed between the second side cover 314 and the rear cylinder 312, with the second rear cylinder seal 325 being sandwiched between the second side cover 314 and the rear cylinder 312 to sealingly engage the second side cover 314 with the rear cylinder 312.

The U-shaped bracket 90 further includes a connecting bracket body 93 connecting the first bracket body 91 and the second bracket body 92, the connecting bracket body 93 is connected to the bottom of the first bracket body 91 and the second bracket body 92, and the first bracket body 91, the second bracket body 92 and the connecting bracket body 93 form a U-shaped structure together. In one embodiment, the connection frame 93 is integrally provided with the second frame 92, and the connection frame 93 extends from the bottom of the second frame 92 toward the first frame 91 to be connected with the first frame 91.

The U-shaped bracket 90 further includes a first side decorative cover 94, a second side decorative cover 95 and a bottom decorative cover 96, wherein the first side decorative cover 94 is assembled on one side of the first bracket body 91 facing away from the first side cover 313 for shielding the outer surface of the first bracket body 91 to beautify the appearance. The second side decorative cover 95 is assembled on a side of the second frame 92 opposite to the second side cover 314, and is used for shielding the outer surface of the second frame 92 to beautify the appearance. The bottom decorative cover 96 is assembled at the bottom of the connection frame body 93, and is used for shielding the bottom surface of the connection frame body 93 and beautifying the appearance, wherein two ends of the bottom decorative cover 96 are respectively connected with the first side decorative cover 94 and the second side decorative cover 95. The first side decorative cover 94 and the first frame 91 include but are not limited to screw connection, and the second side decorative cover 95 and the second frame 92 include but are not limited to screw connection. The bottom decorative cover 96 and the connection frame 93 include, but are not limited to, screw connection.

The camera assembly 30 further comprises a front cover light-compensating lamp 35 assembled on the front cover 311, a transparent glass 36 and a decorative ring 37, the front cover light-compensating lamp 35 can be fixed on the front cover 311 through screws, the number of the front cover light-compensating lamps 35 is not limited, and the front cover light-compensating lamps 35 can be respectively arranged on two sides of the lens assembly 32. The transparent glass 36 may be fixed at the window of the front cover 311 by dispensing. The lens assembly 32 is fixed to the front cover 311 by screws, the decorative ring 37 is fixed to the front end of the front cover 311 by a snap, and the front cover 311 is connected to the rear barrel 312 by screws.

Referring to fig. 11 and 12, fig. 11 is an exploded view of the camera module 30 horizontally and rotatably connected to the ring housing 20. Fig. 12 is a sectional view showing the photographing assembly 30 horizontally rotatably coupled to the orbiting housing 20.

In one embodiment, the photographing assembly 30 may be configured to horizontally rotate with respect to the circulating housing 20, and the range of the horizontal rotation angle is ± 60 °, that is, in the horizontal direction, the range of the angle that the photographing assembly 30 can rotate to the left from the middle position is 0 to 60 ° and the range of the angle that the photographing assembly 30 can rotate to the right is 0 to 60 °, so that the degree of freedom of the photographing assembly 30 is further improved, and the flexibility of photographing is improved.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 11, the movable ring housing 20 is provided with a horizontal rotation hole 203a, and the horizontal rotation hole 203a is provided on the bottom 2020 of the camera module accommodating chamber 200 and penetrates through the movable ring housing 20. The U-shaped bracket 90 includes a shaft 901 extending from the bottom, and the shaft 901 is rotatably inserted into the horizontal rotation hole 203 a. The pan/tilt/zoom camera 100 further includes a horizontal driving assembly 88, the horizontal driving assembly 88 is assembled below the circular motion housing 20, and includes a horizontal driving motor 880 and a horizontal transmission assembly 881, the power output by the horizontal driving motor 880 is transmitted to the rotating shaft 901 through the horizontal transmission assembly 881, so that the U-shaped bracket 90 and the photographing assembly 30 rotate together around the rotating shaft S.

In one embodiment, the horizontal transmission assembly 881 is configured as a gear transmission assembly, the horizontal transmission assembly 881 includes a driving gear 8810 and a driven gear 8811 that are engaged with each other, the driving gear 8810 is connected to the horizontal driving motor 880, and the driven gear 8811 is connected to the rotating shaft 901.

A fifth bearing 204 can be arranged in the horizontal rotating hole 203a, one side of the fifth bearing 204 is provided with an oil seal 205 and an oil seal pressing plate 206, and the other side of the fifth bearing 204 is provided with a bearing pressing plate 207 and a bearing end cover 208. The oil seal 205 and the fifth bearing 204 are clamped between the oil seal pressing plate 206 and the bearing pressing plate 207, and the rotating shaft 901 passes through the oil seal 307 and the fifth bearing 204 and is connected with the bearing end cover 208 and the driven gear 8811. When the horizontal driving motor 880 rotates, the driving gear 8810 is engaged with the driven gear 8811, and the driven gear 8811 drives the rotating shaft 901 to rotate synchronously, so that the U-shaped bracket 90 and the shooting assembly 30 rotate horizontally relative to the circular motion housing 20.

Referring to fig. 7 and 13, fig. 13 is a schematic view illustrating the main plate assembly 75 assembled to the ring housing 20.

The pan/tilt/zoom camera 100 further includes a main board assembly 75, and the main board assembly 75 is assembled in the accommodating cavity 2060 and shares a cavity with the circular motion driving assembly 80. Along the extending direction of the rotation axis O of the ring motion housing 20, the ring motion driving component 80 is closer to the top cover component 10 than the main board component 75, the wires connected to the ring motion driving component 80 and the main board component 75 are electrically connected to the surface of the main board component 75 facing the top cover component 10, the wires connected to the pitch motion driving component 70 and the main board component 75 penetrate into the accommodating cavity 2060 from the lower side of the main board component 75, and are electrically connected to the surface of the main board component 75 facing away from the top cover component 10. In this way, the ring motion driving component 80 and the main board component 75 are arranged along the depth direction of the accommodating cavity 2060, so that the accommodating cavity 2060 can be fully utilized, and the electrical connection between the ring motion driving component 80 and the pitch driving component 70 is conveniently realized. The center of the main board assembly 75 is provided with a through hole for placing a finger, so that the main board assembly 75 can be conveniently installed in the accommodating cavity 2060.

Referring to fig. 9, 13 and 14, fig. 14 is another sectional view of the photographing assembly 30 and the U-shaped bracket 90.

The wires 703 of the tilt driving assembly 70 connected to the main board assembly 75 are led out from the lens assembly 32 and electrically connected to the main board assembly 75. In one embodiment, the conductive wire 703 is inserted into the second rotation fitting structure and the U-shaped bracket 90, and penetrates through the receiving cavity 2060 from the bottom of the U-shaped bracket 90 to be electrically connected to the side of the main board assembly 75 opposite to the top cover assembly 10. Specifically, the U-shaped bracket 90 includes a mounting structure 902 protruding from the bottom, the U-shaped bracket 90 is mounted to the ring moving housing 20 through the mounting structure 902, and the mounting structure 902 may employ the rotating shaft 901 as described above, so that the U-shaped bracket 90 is rotatably connected to the ring moving housing 20. In other embodiments, the U-shaped bracket 90 may be fixedly coupled to the articulating housing 20, in which case the mounting structure 902 may be configured as a fixed mount or the like. The mounting structure 902 is formed on the bottom trim cover 96 and is disposed on the bottom of the bottom trim cover 96.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 9, the second rotation connecting hole 920 of the second frame 92 is formed as a second rotation matching structure, and the wire 703 passes through the second rotation connecting hole 920 and the U-shaped bracket 90, passes through the mounting structure 902, and is electrically connected to the motherboard assembly 75 in the receiving cavity 2060.

In order to facilitate the wiring of the wire 703, the second rotating shaft 3140 of the second side cover 314 may be configured to be a hollow structure, the second frame body 92 is provided with a wire passing hole 921 communicated with the second rotating connecting hole 920, the bottom decorative cover 96 is provided with a wire passing cavity 960 communicated with the wire passing hole 921, and the wire 703 passes through the hollow portion of the second rotating shaft 3140, passes through the wire passing hole 921 and the wire passing cavity 960, and passes out of the mounting structure 902. Wherein, can set up side cap sealing washer 98 between second side trim cover 95 and the second support body 92, side cap sealing washer 98 centre gripping is between second side trim cover 95 and second support body 92, can set up end trim cover sealing washer 99 between connecting support body 93 and end trim cover 96, and end trim cover sealing washer 99 centre gripping is between connecting support body 93 and end trim cover 96, and the space that makes wire 703 wear to establish is the confined space.

Referring to fig. 15, fig. 15 is an exploded view of the pan/tilt camera 100.

The panorama shooting assembly 40 includes a assembly case 41 and a plurality of lens assemblies (not shown) housed therein, and in order to distinguish from the lens assemblies in the foregoing, the lens assembly in the panorama shooting assembly 40 is named a second lens assembly. The assembly housing comprises a first circular end 410 and a second circular end 411 distributed along the extending direction of the rotating shaft O of the annular moving housing 20, the diameter of the first circular end 410 is larger than that of the second circular end 411, the first circular end 410 is connected to the lower end of the annular moving housing 20 and is kept relatively fixed with the annular moving housing 20, and the plurality of second lens assemblies are distributed around the rotating shaft O of the annular moving housing 20.

The dome assembly 50 is movably assembled to the second circular end 411 of the panorama shooting assembly 40. In one embodiment, the dome assembly 50 may be configured for rotational and/or tilting motion relative to the panorama assembly 40. Wherein, the rotation angle can be set to 360 degrees, the rotation mode is continuous rotation, and the range value of the pitching angle can be set to-10 to 90 degrees. That is, the optical axis of the ball machine assembly 50 is at the middle position when it is horizontal, the range value of the angle that can be rotated upward is 0 to 10 °, and the range value of the angle that can be rotated downward is 0 to 90 °.

The above description is only exemplary of the present application and should not be taken as limiting the present application, as any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present application should be included in the scope of protection of the present application.

Claims

1. A pan-tilt camera, comprising:

2. A pan/tilt/zoom camera according to claim 1, wherein a receiving cavity recessed toward the cover assembly is formed on a side of the movable ring housing facing away from the cover assembly, a region of the receiving cavity is staggered with a region of the shooting assembly receiving cavity about a rotation axis of the movable ring housing, and the movable ring housing further comprises a movable ring driving assembly assembled in the receiving cavity and drivingly connected to the movable ring housing to drive the movable ring housing to rotate relative to the cover assembly.

3. The pan-tilt camera according to claim 2, wherein the circular motion driving assembly comprises a circular motion motor, a circular motion transmission assembly and a speed reducer, the circular motion transmission assembly comprises a driving portion and a driven portion which are in transmission connection, the circular motion motor is connected with the driving portion, the driven portion is connected with the circular motion housing, the speed reducer comprises an input end and an output end, the input end is in transmission connection with the driving portion, and the output end is in transmission connection with the driven portion.

4. A pan-tilt-zoom camera according to claim 3, wherein the circular motion transmission assembly is a gear transmission assembly, the driving portion is a driving gear, the driven portion is a driven gear, the speed reducer comprises a first speed reduction gear and a second speed reduction gear which are coaxial and relatively fixed, the number of teeth of the first speed reduction gear is less than that of the second speed reduction gear, the first speed reduction gear is used as the output end and is in meshing transmission with the driven gear, and the second speed reduction gear is used as the input end and is in meshing transmission with the driving gear.

5. The pan/tilt camera according to claim 2, wherein the top surface of the circular motion housing facing the top cover assembly is provided with a connecting hole communicating with the receiving cavity, the top cover assembly is provided with a connecting shaft facing the center of the bottom surface of the circular motion housing, the pan/tilt camera further comprises a rotating bearing assembled in the connecting hole, an outer ring of the rotating bearing is fixedly connected with the circular motion housing, an inner ring of the rotating bearing is fixedly connected with the connecting shaft, and the circular motion housing rotates around the connecting shaft under the driving force of the circular motion driving assembly.

6. The pan-tilt camera according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a plurality of the photographing assembly accommodating chambers are formed, the plurality of the photographing assembly accommodating chambers are distributed around the rotating shaft of the circulating housing, and the plurality of the photographing assemblies are assembled in the photographing assembly accommodating chambers in a one-to-one correspondence manner; and/or

7. The pan/tilt head camera according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising a U-shaped bracket assembled in the accommodating cavity of the photographing assembly, wherein an opening of the U-shaped bracket faces the top cover assembly, the photographing assembly is accommodated in the opening, the U-shaped bracket comprises a first bracket body and a second bracket body oppositely arranged in a width direction of the opening, the photographing assembly group is rotatably connected to the first bracket body and the second bracket body, and an extending direction of a rotating shaft is an arrangement direction of the first bracket body and the second bracket body, so that the photographing assembly can perform a pitching motion relative to the annular moving housing.

8. The pan/tilt head camera according to claim 1, wherein the pan/tilt head camera further comprises a main board assembly, a rotational driving assembly for driving the rotational housing to rotate relative to the top cover assembly, and a tilt driving assembly for driving the photographing assembly to tilt, a housing cavity recessed toward the top cover assembly is formed on a side of the rotational housing facing away from the top cover assembly, the rotational driving assembly and the main board assembly are both housed in the housing cavity, and along a rotation axis direction of the rotational housing, the rotational driving assembly is closer to the top cover assembly than the main board assembly, a wire connected to the main board assembly of the rotational driving assembly is electrically connected to a side surface of the main board assembly facing the top cover assembly, and a wire connected to the main board assembly of the tilt driving assembly penetrates into the housing cavity from below the main board assembly, the electric connection is in the mainboard subassembly and is back to one side surface of top cap subassembly.

9. The pan/tilt head camera according to claim 8, further comprising a U-shaped bracket assembled in the photographing assembly accommodating chamber, wherein the opening of the U-shaped bracket faces the cover assembly, the U-shaped bracket comprises a first bracket body and a second bracket body oppositely arranged in the width direction of the opening, a mounting hole penetrating through the annular moving housing is formed in the bottom surface of the photographing assembly accommodating chamber, the U-shaped bracket comprises a mounting structure protruding from the bottom, and the mounting structure is inserted into the mounting hole;

10. A pan-tilt camera, comprising: