CN114710607A

CN114710607A - Camera shooting assembly and pet feeding device

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Publication number: CN114710607A
Application number: CN202210330742.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 郑泽桦; 钱阳明
Original assignee: Ubtech Robotics Corp
Current assignee: Ubtech Robotics Corp
Priority date: 2022-03-30
Filing date: 2022-03-30
Publication date: 2022-07-05

Abstract

The application discloses subassembly and pet feeding device make a video recording relates to the pet and raises the auxiliary assembly field. The camera shooting assembly comprises a detection element, a camera shooting module, a light supplementing element and a controller. The detection element is used for detecting whether the pet enters the pet feeding device. The camera shooting module comprises a camera, an image sensor and an optical filter switcher, and an infrared optical filter of the optical filter switcher is located between the camera and the image sensor. The light supplementing element comprises at least one visible light supplementing unit. The controller is respectively electrically connected with the detection element, the camera module and the light supplementing element. When the detection element detects that the pet enters the pet feeding device, the controller controls the camera and the visible light supplementing unit to be started so as to identify the pet. The camera shooting assembly can clearly know which pet enters the pet feeding device, and is convenient to identify and monitor.

Description

Camera shooting assembly and pet feeding device

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of pet feeding auxiliary equipment, in particular to a camera shooting assembly and a pet feeding device.

Background

With the continuous improvement of living standard of people, people are pursuing more spiritual life, wherein, many people select a way of raising pets to increase the color of life. Cats are preferred animals for pet care because of their own attributes.

The relevant product of automatic cat litter basin is more and more, and present automatic cat litter basin generally installs the camera in automatic cat litter basin and observes the business turn over and the life state of cat, and the camera of present automatic cat litter basin is exposed to the sun easily when shooing, perhaps the unable accurate discernment animal surface characteristic of the image of shooing, and the user can't accurately know through the picture which in the specific many animals of the same kind is only in automatic cat litter basin, has reduced user's experience and has felt.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of this, the purpose of this application is in order to overcome the not enough among the prior art, and this application provides a subassembly and pet breeding device make a video recording to at least, solve among the prior art automatic cat litter basin through the problem that the image of shooing can't accurately discern animal surface feature.

The present application provides:

a camera assembly for a pet food device, the camera assembly comprising:

the detection element is used for detecting whether the pet enters the pet feeding device or not;

the camera shooting module comprises a camera, an image sensor and a light filter switcher, wherein an infrared light filter of the light filter switcher is positioned between the camera and the image sensor;

the light supplementing element comprises at least one visible light supplementing unit;

the controller is electrically connected with the detection element, the camera module and the light supplementing element respectively;

when the detection element detects that the pet enters the pet feeding device, the controller controls the camera and the visible light supplementing unit to be started so as to identify the pet.

In addition, according to the camera shooting assembly of the application, the following additional technical characteristics can be provided:

in some embodiments of this application, the light filling component still includes at least one infrared light filling unit, works as the camera discernment when the pet finishes, controller control infrared light filling unit is opened and is controlled visible light filling unit closes, the controller simultaneous control the light filter switch switches its visible light filter extremely the camera with between the image sensor.

In some embodiments of this application, the module of making a video recording still includes the lens holder, be provided with on the lens holder and be used for the installation the mounting hole of camera and be provided with the installation visible light filling unit with the light trough of infrared light filling unit, the light trough with the mounting hole interval sets up.

In some embodiments of the present application, the camera is in the lens holder is last along the downward sloping setting of horizontal direction, just the shooting direction of camera respectively with visible light filling unit with the direction of illumination of infrared light filling unit forms and predetermines the angle.

Further, the irradiation direction of the visible light supplementary lighting unit is the same as the irradiation direction of the infrared supplementary lighting unit.

In some embodiments of the present application, the preset angle is 0 to 90 degrees.

In some embodiments of the present application, the preset angle is 30 degrees.

In some embodiments of the present application, there are two light troughs, one visible light supplementary lighting unit is installed in one light trough, and one infrared supplementary lighting unit is installed in the other light trough;

the two lamp slots are positioned on two opposite sides of the camera.

In some embodiments of the present application, a first transparent layer and a second transparent layer are respectively disposed on the lens holder, a counter bore groove coaxial with the mounting hole is disposed on the lens holder, and the first transparent layer is located in the counter bore groove and is used for protecting the camera;

the second transparent layer is arranged in the lamp groove and is positioned on the light emitting side of the light supplementing element.

In some embodiments of the present application, the first transparent layer and the second transparent layer are made of glass or plastic.

The application also provides a pet feeding device, which comprises a cabin body and the camera shooting component in any one of the above embodiments, wherein the camera shooting component is arranged in the cabin body.

In some embodiments of this application, the internal limited chamber that holds that is formed with of storehouse, just offer the exit that is used for the pet to come in and go out on the storehouse body, exit with hold the chamber intercommunication, it is used for holding to hold the pet to hold the chamber, the module of making a video recording with the light filling component is located respectively hold the intracavity with the one side relative is imported and exported.

Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of this application are: the application provides a subassembly of making a video recording, works as detecting element detects the pet and gets into when the pet is raised in the device, controller control the camera with visible light filling unit opens. When the camera shoots, the visible light is emitted by the visible light supplementing unit, the infrared light in the environment is filtered by the infrared light filter, and only the visible light is allowed to penetrate, so that the imaging on the image sensor is color imaging, and then the pet is identified, which pet enters the pet feeding device can be clearly known, and the identification and the monitoring are convenient.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings that are required to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below, it should be understood that the following drawings only illustrate some embodiments of the present application and therefore should not be considered as limiting the scope, and for those skilled in the art, other related drawings can be obtained from the drawings without inventive effort.

FIG. 1 illustrates a perspective view of a camera assembly in some embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 2 illustrates a perspective view of a camera assembly shown in some embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic sectional view taken along line A-A in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the structure of FIG. 2 along line B-B;

FIG. 5 is another perspective view of the camera assembly shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 illustrates an exploded view of a camera assembly in some embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 7 illustrates a perspective view of a lens holder of a camera assembly in some embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of a camera module of the camera assembly of some embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 9 illustrates a schematic diagram of a camera assembly in some embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 10 illustrates a circuit diagram of a filter switcher of an imaging assembly in some embodiments of the present application;

fig. 11 illustrates a schematic structural view of a pet food device according to some embodiments of the present application.

Description of the main element symbols:

100-a camera assembly; 10-a detection element; 20-a camera module; 21-a camera; 22-an image sensor; 23-a filter switcher; 24-a lens holder; 241-mounting holes; 2411-a counter sink; 242-lamp trough; 25-a first transparent layer; 26-a second transparent layer; 30-a light supplement element; 31-a visible light supplementary lighting unit; 32-an infrared light supplement unit; 40-a controller; 200-a pet raising device; 201-a cabin body; 202-a receiving cavity; 203-import and export.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present application, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are exemplary only for the purpose of explaining the present application and are not to be construed as limiting the present application.

In the description of the present application, it is to be understood that the terms "center," "longitudinal," "lateral," "length," "width," "thickness," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "clockwise," "counterclockwise," "axial," "radial," "circumferential," and the like are used in the orientations and positional relationships indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the present application and for simplicity in description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the referenced devices or elements must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and are therefore not to be considered limiting of the present application.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present application, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

In this application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly and can include, for example, fixed connections, removable connections, or integral parts; can be mechanically or electrically connected; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art as appropriate.

In this application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the first feature "on" or "under" the second feature may be directly contacting the first and second features or indirectly contacting the first and second features through intervening media. Also, a first feature "on," "over," and "above" a second feature may be directly or diagonally above the second feature, or may simply indicate that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature may be directly under or obliquely under the first feature, or may simply mean that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

Example one

As shown in fig. 2 to 4, the embodiment of the present application provides a camera assembly 100, which is mainly used in a pet food device 200 to identify and monitor the status of a pet in the pet food device 200. The pet raising device 200 raises a pet such as a cat. The camera module 100 includes a detection device 10, a camera module 20, a light supplement device 30 and a controller 40.

The detecting member 10 is used for detecting whether a pet enters the pet raising device 200.

It should be noted that the weight detecting sensor may be used as the detecting element 10, and the weight detecting sensor may be disposed on the pet raising device 200 to detect the weight of the pet before and after entering the pet raising device 200, so as to identify whether the pet enters the pet raising device 200. Of course, the detecting element 10 may also use a radar or infrared sensor to detect whether the pet enters the pet raising device 200.

The camera module 20 includes a camera 21, an image sensor 22 and a filter switch 23, wherein an infrared filter of the filter switch 23 is located between the camera 21 and the image sensor 22.

The light supplement element 30 includes at least one visible light supplement unit 31. The controller 40 is electrically connected to the detection element 10, the camera module 20, and the light supplement element 30, respectively.

It should be noted that the light supplement element 30 may be a lamp source set, and the visible light supplement unit 31 may use a white light supplement lamp or other light supplement lamps capable of illuminating visible light. The image sensor 22 is a photo-sensing chip.

When the detecting element 10 detects that a pet enters the pet feeding device 200, the controller 40 controls the camera 21 and the visible light supplementary lighting unit 31 to be turned on, so as to identify the pet.

Referring to fig. 8 and 9 together, the camera module 100 provided in the embodiment of the present application is applied to a pet feeding device 200, and specifically, when the detecting element 10 detects that a pet enters the pet feeding device 200, the controller 40 controls the camera 21 and the visible light supplement unit 31 to be turned on; when the camera 21 takes a picture, the visible light supplementary lighting unit 31 emits visible light, the infrared light filter filters infrared light in the environment, and only visible light is allowed to penetrate, so that the image on the image sensor 22 is a color image, and the pet is identified, which pet enters the pet raising device 200 can be clearly known, and identification and monitoring are facilitated.

As shown in fig. 1, fig. 2 and fig. 4, in an embodiment of the present application, optionally, the light supplement element 30 further includes at least one infrared light supplement unit 32. It is understood that the infrared fill light unit 32 may use an infrared fill light.

Referring to fig. 10, when the pet is identified by the camera 21, the controller 40 controls the infrared light supplement unit 32 to be turned on and controls the visible light supplement unit 31 to be turned off, and the controller 40 controls the filter switcher 23 to switch the visible light filter between the camera 21 and the image sensor 22.

In this embodiment, specifically, when the detecting element 10 detects that a pet enters the pet feeding device 200, the controller 40 controls the camera 21 and the visible light supplementary lighting unit 31 to be turned on; the visible light supplementary lighting unit 31 emits visible light, the camera 21 takes a picture, the infrared light filter filters infrared light in the environment, and only visible light is allowed to penetrate through the infrared light filter, so that the image on the image sensor 22 is a color image, and the pet is identified and distinguished.

When a pet is identified, the controller 40 controls the infrared light supplement unit 32 to be turned on and controls the visible light supplement unit 31 to be turned off, and the infrared light supplement unit 32 emits infrared light. At this time, the controller 40 simultaneously controls the optical filter switcher 23 to switch the visible light filter between the camera 21 and the image sensor 22, and the visible light filter filters the visible light, so that the light emitted by the infrared light supplement unit 32 is received by the image sensor 22 to generate a black-and-white image, and further the pet entering the pet feeding device 200 is monitored, and the overall cost of the camera module 100 is reduced under the monitoring of the pet. In addition, the camera 21 and the infrared light supplement lamp can be ensured not to affect the pet after working for a long time.

Referring to fig. 10, it should be noted that the filter switch 23 can be selected from a dual-filter switch 23, and the dual-filter switch 23 includes a visible light filter, an infrared light filter and a switch. The working principle is that a circuit control board and a switcher are used. When the light in the daytime is sufficient, the circuit control board drives the switcher to switch to the infrared light filter to work, and the camera 21 shoots real colors. When light was not enough night, the automatic moving away of switch infrared optical filter, visible light optical filter began work, can respond to the supplementary light of infrared light filling lamp evening, made camera 21 make full use of to all light to improve the low light performance of the module of making a video recording 20, so that make the whole picture clear nature.

As shown in fig. 5 to 7, in an embodiment of the present application, the camera module 20 further includes a lens holder 24.

The lens holder 24 is provided with a mounting hole 241 for mounting the camera 21 and a lamp groove 242 for mounting the visible light supplementary lighting unit 31 and the infrared supplementary lighting unit 32, and the lamp groove 242 and the mounting hole 241 are arranged at intervals.

Optionally, the number of the light troughs 242 is equal to the sum of the numbers of the visible light supplementary lighting units 31 and the infrared supplementary lighting units 32.

In this embodiment, specifically, the camera 21 is fixedly inserted into the mounting hole 241 of the lens holder 24, so as to facilitate the mounting of the camera 21. The visible light supplementary lighting unit 31 is installed in one of the light grooves 242, and the infrared supplementary lighting unit 32 is installed in the other light groove 242. That is, the visible light supplementary lighting unit 31 and the infrared supplementary lighting unit 32 are respectively installed in different lamp slots 242, so that the visible light supplementary lighting unit 31 and the infrared supplementary lighting unit 32 are not easily interfered with each other when being irradiated to emit light.

As shown in fig. 4 and 7, in the above embodiment of the present application, optionally, two light troughs 242 are provided, one visible light supplementary lighting unit 31 is installed in one light trough 242, and one infrared supplementary lighting unit 32 is installed in the other light trough 242.

Wherein, the two lamp slots 242 are located at two opposite sides of the camera 21. In this way, a visible light supplement unit 31 (white light supplement lamp) may be installed at one side of the camera 21, and an infrared supplement unit 32 (infrared supplement lamp) may be installed at the other side of the camera 21, so that the white light supplement lamp and the infrared supplement lamp are oppositely disposed at two opposite sides of the camera 21.

In this embodiment, the white light supplement lamp and the infrared light supplement lamp are disposed at positions convenient for supplementing light to the part of the pet feeding device 200 accommodating the pet, and simultaneously, supplementing light to the camera 21 during shooting.

It should be noted that the number of the light trough 242 may be two, four, or five, and the like, and specifically may be determined according to the sum of the numbers of the visible light supplementary lighting unit 31 and the infrared supplementary lighting unit 32.

As shown in fig. 3, in the above embodiment of the present application, further, the camera 21 is disposed on the lens holder 24 in a manner of being inclined downward along a horizontal direction, and a shooting direction of the camera 21 forms a preset angle θ with an irradiation direction of the visible light supplementary lighting unit 31 and an irradiation direction of the infrared supplementary lighting unit 32.

The irradiation direction of the visible light supplementary lighting unit 31 is the same as the irradiation direction of the infrared supplementary lighting unit 32.

Specifically, the irradiation direction of the visible light supplementary lighting unit 31 and the irradiation direction of the infrared supplementary lighting unit 32 are directed straight forward. That is, the irradiation directions of the white light supplement lamp and the infrared supplement lamp are set to direct light towards the respective front, namely the light is directed along the horizontal direction in front of the white light supplement lamp or the infrared supplement lamp. And the shooting direction of the camera 21 is shooting obliquely downward in the horizontal direction.

Like this, when can avoiding closely shooing, light that light filling component 30 (white light filling lamp and infrared light filling lamp) sent out can not direct reflection to camera 21 center after hitting the pet, prevents to arouse to overexpose to lead to discerning unclear, does benefit to the discernment to the pet.

As shown in fig. 3, in the above embodiment of the present application, optionally, the preset angle θ is 0 to 90 degrees. Specifically, the preset angle θ formed by the shooting direction of the camera 21 and the irradiation directions of the visible light supplementary lighting unit 31 and the infrared supplementary lighting unit 32 may be 0 degree, 20 degrees, 30 degrees, 45 degrees, 60 degrees, 70 degrees, 80 degrees, 90 degrees, and the like, so as to avoid an over-exposure phenomenon caused by shooting of the camera 21 when the supplementary lighting element 30 emits light.

In the present embodiment, preferably, the preset angle θ is 30 degrees. That is, the shooting direction of the camera 21 and the irradiation directions of the visible light supplementary lighting unit 31 and the infrared supplementary lighting unit 32 form a preset angle of 30 degrees. Like this, when camera 21 closely shoots, light that light filling component 30 sent hits the pet after can not direct reflection to camera 21 center, avoids arousing to overexpose and leads to the unclear problem of discernment to ensure that camera 21 shoots clearly, light filling component 30 can not influence the imaging quality, does benefit to the discernment to the pet.

As shown in fig. 4, in an embodiment of the present application, a first transparent layer 25 and a second transparent layer 26 are optionally disposed on the lens holder 24. The lens holder 24 is provided with a counter bore groove 2411 coaxial with the mounting hole 241, and the first transparent layer 25 is located in the counter bore groove 2411 and used for protecting the camera 21.

The second transparent layer 26 is disposed in the light trough 242 and located at the light emitting side of the light compensating element 30.

Optionally, the first transparent layer 25 and the second transparent layer 26 are made of glass or plastic.

In this embodiment, the first transparent layer 25 of the camera 21, the second transparent layer 26 of the white light supplement lamp, and the second transparent layer 26 of the infrared supplement lamp are separately designed and mounted while the light groove 242 and the mounting hole 241 are spaced apart. The light emitted by the white light supplement lamp and the infrared supplement lamp is ensured not to be transmitted to the upper side of the camera 21 through the first transparent layer 25 and the second transparent layer 26, the problem of photographing blurring is caused, and the photographing definition is improved.

Example two

As shown in fig. 11, an embodiment of the present application further provides a pet feeding device 200, where the pet feeding device 200 includes a cabin 201 and the camera module 100 in any of the above embodiments, and the camera module 100 is disposed in the cabin 201 and is used for shooting and monitoring a pet entering the cabin 201.

The pet feeding device 200 provided in this embodiment has the camera module 100 in the first embodiment, and therefore, has all the advantages of the camera module 100 in the first embodiment, which are not described herein again.

In one embodiment of the present application, specifically, a containing cavity 202 is defined in the bin body 201, and an access opening 203 for pet to come in and go out is opened on the bin body 201. The inlet and outlet 203 is communicated with the accommodating cavity 202, the accommodating cavity 202 is used for accommodating the pet, and the camera module 20 and the light supplement element 30 are respectively positioned on one side of the accommodating cavity 202 opposite to the inlet and outlet 203.

In this embodiment, the camera module 20 and the light supplement element 30 are respectively located at one side of the accommodating cavity 202 opposite to the inlet and outlet 203, so that light supplement and shooting are facilitated for pets entering the accommodating cavity 202, and further, the movement of the pets in the cabin 201 can be monitored. To sum up, the embodiment of the present application provides a camera module 100 and a pet feeding device 200, when the detecting element 10 detects that a pet enters the pet feeding device 200, the controller 40 controls the camera 21 and the visible light supplementary lighting unit 31 to be turned on. When the camera 21 takes a picture, the visible light supplementary lighting unit 31 emits visible light, the infrared light filter filters infrared light in the environment, and only visible light is allowed to penetrate, so that the image on the image sensor 22 is a color image, and the pet is identified, which pet enters the pet raising device 200 can be clearly known, and identification and monitoring are facilitated. When a pet is identified, the controller 40 controls the infrared light supplement unit 32 to be turned on and controls the visible light supplement unit 31 to be turned off, and the infrared light supplement unit 32 emits infrared light. Therefore, the pet entering the pet feeding device 200 is monitored, and the overall cost of the camera assembly 100 is reduced under the monitoring of the pet. In addition, the camera 21 and the infrared light supplement lamp can be ensured not to influence the pet after long-time work.

In the description herein, reference to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples," etc., means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the application. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above are not necessarily intended to refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples. Furthermore, various embodiments or examples and features of different embodiments or examples described in this specification can be combined and combined by one skilled in the art without contradiction.

Although embodiments of the present application have been shown and described above, it is understood that the above embodiments are exemplary and should not be construed as limiting the present application, and that variations, modifications, substitutions and alterations may be made to the above embodiments by those of ordinary skill in the art within the scope of the present application.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a subassembly of making a video recording for pet feeding device, its characterized in that includes:

2. The camera assembly according to claim 1, wherein the light supplement element further includes at least one infrared light supplement unit, and when the camera recognizes that the pet is finished, the controller controls the infrared light supplement unit to be turned on and controls the visible light supplement unit to be turned off, and the controller simultaneously controls the optical filter switcher to switch the visible light filter thereof between the camera and the image sensor.

3. The camera assembly according to claim 2, wherein the camera module further comprises a lens holder, the lens holder is provided with a mounting hole for mounting the camera and a lamp groove for mounting the visible light supplement unit and the infrared supplement unit, and the lamp groove and the mounting hole are arranged at an interval.

4. The camera assembly according to claim 3, wherein the camera is disposed on the lens holder in a manner of being inclined downward along a horizontal direction, and a shooting direction of the camera forms a preset angle with an irradiation direction of the visible light supplement unit and an irradiation direction of the infrared supplement unit.

5. The camera assembly of claim 4, wherein the predetermined angle is 0 to 90 degrees.

6. The camera assembly of claim 5, wherein the predetermined angle is 30 degrees.

7. The camera assembly according to claim 3, wherein the number of the lamp slots is two, one of the visible light supplementary lighting units is installed in one of the lamp slots, and one of the infrared supplementary lighting units is installed in the other lamp slot;

the two lamp slots are positioned on two opposite sides of the camera.

8. The camera assembly according to claim 3, wherein a first transparent layer and a second transparent layer are respectively disposed on the lens holder, and a counter bore groove coaxial with the mounting hole is disposed on the lens holder, and the first transparent layer is located in the counter bore groove;

9. A pet food device comprising a housing and the camera assembly of any one of claims 1 to 8, the camera assembly being disposed within the housing.

10. The pet feeding device according to claim 9, wherein a containing cavity is defined in the bin body, an inlet and an outlet for the pet to come in and go out are formed in the bin body, the inlet and the outlet are communicated with the containing cavity, the containing cavity is used for containing the pet, and the camera module and the light supplement element are respectively located on one side of the containing cavity opposite to the inlet and the outlet.