CN114994852A

CN114994852A - Lens mounting structure, camera and sales counter

Info

Publication number: CN114994852A
Application number: CN202210708202.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 汤刚; 高美华; 钮峰; 平厚强; 任锴; 季燮元; 李亚军; 缑钢锋
Original assignee: Yuncong Technology Group Co Ltd
Current assignee: Yuncong Technology Group Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-06-21
Filing date: 2022-06-21
Publication date: 2022-09-02
Anticipated expiration: 2042-06-21
Also published as: CN114994852B

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of camera shooting, in particular to a lens mounting structure, a camera and a sales counter. The lens mounting structure comprises a shell, wherein a cavity for mounting the lens module is arranged in the shell, and at least two external interfaces for butt joint assembly with transmission interfaces of different lens modules are arranged on the shell wall of the shell. The invention has the beneficial effects that: set up two at least external interfaces so that match with different lens module on the shell, realize compatible multiple camera lens, improve the commonality and the utilization ratio of product.

Description

Lens mounting structure, camera and sales counter

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of camera shooting, in particular to a lens mounting structure, a camera and a sales counter.

Background

The shell structure of the existing cameras in the sales counter is only provided with a USB interface and can only be adapted to one lens, the sizes of the lenses of different manufacturers are different, and the existing camera shell can not be compatible with the lenses of various sizes at the same time.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above-mentioned shortcomings of the prior art, an object of the present invention is to provide a lens mounting structure, a camera and a sales counter, which are used to solve the problems that the lens mounting structure in the prior art can only be suitable for mounting a single specification lens and has poor compatibility.

In order to achieve the above and other related objects, the present invention provides a lens mounting structure, which includes a housing, a cavity for mounting a lens module is disposed in the housing, and at least two external interfaces for butt-jointing and assembling with transmission interfaces of different lens modules are disposed on a wall of the housing.

Optionally, the external interfaces are distributed along the length direction of the lens module.

Optionally, a detachable blocking piece is installed at the outer interface, and the blocking piece is used for blocking the outer interface.

Optionally, the lens mounting structure further includes a pad column assembly, and the lens module is supported and mounted in the cavity through the pad column assembly.

Optionally, the number of the pad column assemblies is two or more, and each group of pad column assemblies is arranged around the periphery of the lens module and fixed with the lens module through a locking member.

Optionally, the pad column assembly includes at least one pad column, and a length direction of the pad column is parallel to a length direction of the lens module.

Optionally, when the pad post assembly includes two or more pad posts, each pad post is overlapped along the length direction of the lens module to correspond to the length of the lens module.

Optionally, two adjacent pad columns are connected in a matched manner through a concave-convex structure or a threaded structure.

In order to achieve the above and other related objects, the present application further provides a camera, which includes a lens module and a lens mounting structure as described above, wherein the lens module is detachably mounted in the cavity, and the transmission interface of the lens module is in butt joint with at least one external interface.

In order to achieve the above objects and other related objects, the present application further provides a sales counter, which includes a counter body, and further includes the above camera, wherein the housing is connected to the counter body.

As described above, the lens mounting structure, the camera and the sales counter according to the present invention have at least the following advantageous effects: set up two at least external interfaces so that match with different lens module on the shell, realize compatible multiple camera lens, improve the commonality and the utilization ratio of product.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing the result of one embodiment of the lens mounting structure of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a side view of the lens mounting structure of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the lens mounting structure of FIG. 1 with a short lens mounted thereon;

fig. 4 is a schematic view showing a structure of the lens mount structure of fig. 1 when a long lens is mounted;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the camera of the present invention;

figure 6 shows an exploded view of the camera of figure 5;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of the sales counter of the present invention.

Description of reference numerals

100-a housing; 101-a cavity; 102-an external interface; 1021-a first external interface; 1022 — a second external interface; 1023-a third external interface; 1024 — a fourth external interface; 1025-fifth external interface; 1026-sixth external interface; 103-lens window; 200-a lens module; 201-lens; 202-a mounting plate; 203-a transmission interface; 300-a pillar assembly; 301-a spacer; 302-column base; 400-a retaining member; 500-cabinet body.

Detailed Description

The embodiments of the present invention are described below with reference to specific embodiments, and other advantages and effects of the present invention will be easily understood by those skilled in the art from the disclosure of the present specification. The invention is capable of other and different embodiments and of being practiced or of being carried out in various ways, and its several details are capable of modification in various respects, all without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Please refer to fig. 1 to 7. It should be noted that the drawings provided in the present embodiment are only for illustrating the basic idea of the present invention, and the components related to the present invention are only shown in the drawings rather than drawn according to the number, shape and size of the components in actual implementation, and the type, quantity and proportion of the components in actual implementation may be changed freely, and the layout of the components may be more complicated. The structures, proportions, sizes, and other dimensions shown in the drawings and described in the specification are for understanding and reading the present disclosure, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure, which is defined in the claims, and are not essential to the art, and any structural modifications, changes in proportions, or adjustments in size, which do not affect the efficacy and attainment of the same are intended to fall within the scope of the present disclosure. In addition, the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "middle" and "one" used in the present specification are for clarity of description, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and the relative relationship between the terms and the terms is not to be construed as a scope of the present invention.

Before describing embodiments of the present invention in detail, the present invention will be described in an application environment. The technology of the invention is mainly applied to the technical field of camera shooting, in particular to the technical field of lens installation of cameras in sales counter. Because the traditional lens mounting structure is only provided with a single external interface, in order to ensure that the lens module can be externally connected for data transmission, the transmission interface of the lens module needs to be aligned with the external interface, the traditional lens mounting structure can only adapt to the lens module with a single size specification, different shells need to be adopted for the lens modules with different specifications and sizes, a plurality of shell molds are needed, the mold opening cost is high, the development period is long, and the problems of poor universality, poor compatibility and the like of the traditional lens mounting structure are solved by arranging at least two external interfaces.

Referring to fig. 1 to 6, in an embodiment, the present application provides a lens mounting structure, which includes a housing 100, a cavity 101 is disposed in the housing 100 for mounting a lens module 200, and at least two external interfaces 102 are disposed on a wall of the housing 100 for being butt-assembled with transmission interfaces of lens modules of different lens modules, that is, each external interface 102 can be at least used for being butt-assembled with a transmission interface 203 of a lens module. By arranging at least two external interfaces 102 on the shell 100, each external interface is respectively matched with different lens modules, so that the transmission interface of the lens module can be connected with a joint, a cable or other parts positioned outside the shell through the external interface, and the compatibility and the universal matching performance of the lens mounting structure are improved.

Alternatively, different lens modules may be different in model, size or other types.

Optionally, the external interface 102 is disposed through a wall of the housing, and the external interface passes through the wall of the housing to communicate with the cavity, so that the transmission interface of the lens module is aligned with the external interface.

Optionally, the external interface 102 may be a USB interface (Universal Serial Bus interface, USB interface for short) or other interfaces. Further, the USB interface can be Type-A interface, Type-B interface, Type-C interface, miniUSB interface or microUSB interface, can set up according to the demand, and easy operation is convenient with external interface connection to external joint or cable, and the commonality is high.

Optionally, the number of the external interfaces 102 is 6, and includes a first external interface 1021, a second external interface 1022, a third external interface 1023, a fourth external interface 1024, a fifth external interface 1025, and a sixth external interface 1026. The number of the external interfaces 102 may be set according to requirements, and is not limited to 6.

Alternatively, the external connector of the lens module 200 may be a data line connector, a power line connector or other connectors.

Referring to fig. 1 to 6, in an embodiment, the external interfaces 102 are distributed along the length direction of the lens module 200, so that the external interfaces 102 are respectively matched with lens modules with different length sizes. Furthermore, a certain distance is reserved between two adjacent external interfaces so as to ensure the strength of the structure.

Alternatively, when the lens of the lens module 200 is a short lens, the lens module 200 is mounted at an external interface closer to the lens window 103, such as the sixth external interface 1026, the fifth external interface 1025 or other external interfaces slightly forward; when the lens of the lens module 200 is a long lens, the lens module 200 is mounted at an external interface far away from the lens window 103, such as the first external interface 1021, the third external interface 1021, or other external interfaces slightly behind.

Referring to fig. 1 to 6, in an embodiment, the external interface 102 is provided with a detachable blocking piece, the blocking piece is used for blocking the external interface, and each external interface is provided with a blocking piece corresponding to the external interface, so that each blocking piece is independently arranged, and the blocking pieces can be conveniently detached and installed according to requirements to expose a specific external interface. When the external interface is not needed, the external interface is shielded by the baffle plate, so that external impurities are prevented from entering the shell 100; when one external interface is needed, the blocking piece corresponding to the external interface is detached to expose the external interface.

Optionally, the separation blade can be connected through the joint mode with the external interface, and the dismouting is convenient fast.

Optionally, the separation blade can be made by rubber, has certain deformability, easy dismounting to the leakproofness is good.

Referring to fig. 3 to 6, in an embodiment, the lens mounting structure further includes a pad post assembly 300, and the lens module 200 is supported and mounted in the cavity 101 through the pad post assembly 300.

Optionally, the number of the pad post assemblies 300 is two or more, each set of the pad post assemblies 300 is disposed around the lens module 200, and the pad post assemblies 300 are fixed to the lens module 200 through the locking members 400. Further, the locker 400 may be a screw. Further, the cushion column assemblies 300 are four groups, the four groups of cushion column assemblies are distributed at four vertex angles and enclose a direction area, and the lens module 200 is located in the square area, so that the support is stable and firm.

Optionally, the pad post assembly 300 includes at least one pad post 301, a length direction of the pad post 301 is parallel to a length direction of the lens module 200, and a length of the pad post 301 may be set according to the length of the lens module.

Optionally, when the pad post assembly 300 includes two or more pad posts 301, the pad posts 301 in the same set of pad post assemblies are stacked along the length direction of the lens module 200 for corresponding to the length of the lens module. The length that places a plurality of pad posts 301 along lens module length direction overlapping and adjust the pad post subassembly so that match with the length of lens module, can increase and decrease the quantity of pad post according to the demand is nimble, and the adjustment is nimble convenient, and is with low costs.

Optionally, two adjacent pad posts 301 are connected through concave-convex structure or screw thread structure cooperation, connect simple and conveniently to it is stable to fold and establish, is difficult for breaking away from between two adjacent pad posts, and stable in structure is reliable. Specifically, a protrusion is convexly arranged at the end part of one of the two adjacent cushion columns, a groove is concavely arranged at the end part of the other cushion column, and the protrusion extends into the groove to enable the two adjacent cushion columns to be in butt joint through a concave-convex structure; or the end part of one of the two adjacent cushion columns is provided with an external thread, the end part of the other cushion column is provided with an internal thread, and the two adjacent cushion columns are connected in a threaded connection mode.

Optionally, the cushion columns of the cushion column assembly in the same group can be connected in series through locking pieces, for example, a connecting hole is formed in each cushion column, and one end of each locking piece penetrates through the mounting plate of the lens module and then penetrates through the connecting hole to connect the cushion columns in series, so that the cushion columns are prevented from being separated due to relative deflection.

Optionally, the pillar assembly further includes a pillar base 302, the pillar base 302 may be mounted on the bottom or the sidewall of the housing, a first end of the pillar near the pillar base may be connected to the pillar base through a concave-convex structure, a threaded structure, a locking member or other connection methods, and a second end of the pillar is connected to another adjacent pillar or to the mounting plate of the lens module. Wherein, when only one cushion column of a set of cushion column subassembly, the mounting panel that supports to post seat and lens module respectively at the both ends of this cushion column, the retaining member pass behind the mounting panel with the second end connection of cushion column, perhaps the retaining member passes behind mounting panel and the cushion column to be connected with the post seat. When a set of padding column subassembly includes two or more padding columns, the both ends of the padding column that is close to the column base are connected with column base and another adjacent padding column respectively, and the first end of the padding column that is close to the mounting panel is connected with another adjacent padding column, and the second end of the padding column that is close to the mounting panel is equipped with the screw hole, and the retaining member passes the mounting panel and stretches into the screw hole and hold the second end and the mounting panel with this padding column and be connected.

Optionally, the pad column 301 is a columnar structure, can be made of a rubber material, has certain strength so as to support the lens module, has certain elastic deformation performance, and can play a role in buffering and damping the lens module.

Above-mentioned embodiment just can be with the accurate assembly of lens module on the shell through the pad post of changing different length, pad post simple structure, and the manufacturing is convenient, and the pad post can also adopt general standard component, need not the independent die sinking, and is with low costs, and the wildcard nature is high.

Referring to fig. 1 to 6, in an embodiment, the present application further provides a camera, which includes a lens module 200, and further includes a lens mounting structure as in any of the above embodiments, the lens module 200 is detachably mounted in the cavity 101 of the housing 100, the transmission interface 203 of the lens module 200 is in butt-joint assembly with at least one external interface 102, so that an external connector can be connected with the transmission interface through the external interface, thereby implementing data transmission, charging or other operations, and the lens module is detachably mounted in the housing, thereby facilitating disassembly and replacement.

Optionally, when the lens module 200 is provided with a transmission interface 203, the transmission interface is assembled with one of the external interfaces in a butt joint manner; when two or more transmission interfaces are provided on the lens module 200, each transmission interface is respectively assembled with a corresponding external interface in a butt joint manner, or at least one transmission interface is assembled with one external interface in a butt joint manner, which is beneficial to adapting to the installation requirements of various lens modules.

Optionally, the transmission interface 203 of the lens module 200 and the external interface 102 may be detachably connected by an embedded manner, a clamping manner, or other manners. For example, the transmission interface 203 extends into the external interface 102 towards one end of the external interface, and is fitted with the external interface in an embedded manner; or one end of the transmission interface 203 facing the external interface is aligned with the external interface and is fixed by a buckle structure; or one end of the transmission interface 203 facing the external interface directly abuts against the inner side of the shell wall to align with the external interface, and when the lens module is fixed, the relative position between the transmission interface and the external interface naturally keeps relatively fixed.

Optionally, the lens module 200 includes a lens 201 and a mounting plate 202, the lens 201 is mounted on the mounting plate 202, one end of the lens 201 faces the lens window 103 on the housing 100, and the other end of the lens 201 is mounted on the mounting plate 202. Further, the mounting board 202 may be a PCB board for integrating other electronic components.

Referring to fig. 1 to 7, in one embodiment, the present application provides a sales counter, which includes a cabinet 500, and further includes a camera as in any of the above embodiments, and the housing 100 is connected to the cabinet 500.

According to the lens mounting structure, the camera and the sales counter, the at least two external interfaces are arranged so as to be compatible with the mounting requirements of lens modules with different specifications and sizes, the lens modules are mounted in the shell through the matching of the cushion column assemblies and the corresponding external interfaces, the shell can adapt to lenses with various sizes of different manufacturers, the compatibility is high, a new shell is produced without frequently opening the molds, the cost and the development period are greatly reduced, and the universality and the utilization rate of products are improved.

In the description of the present specification, reference to the description of the terms "present embodiment," "example," "specific example," 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 invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily 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.

The foregoing embodiments are merely illustrative of the principles and utilities of the present invention and are not intended to limit the invention. Any person skilled in the art can modify or change the above-mentioned embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Accordingly, it is intended that all equivalent modifications or changes which may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined in the appended claims.

Claims

1. A lens mounting structure characterized in that: the lens module comprises a shell, wherein a cavity for mounting the lens module is arranged in the shell, and at least two external interfaces for butt joint assembly with transmission interfaces of different lens modules are arranged on the shell wall of the shell.

2. The lens mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein: and the external interfaces are distributed along the length direction of the lens module.

3. The lens mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein: the detachable separation blade is installed to external interface department, the separation blade is used for sheltering from the external interface.

4. The lens mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein: the lens mounting structure further comprises a cushion column assembly, and the lens module is supported and mounted in the cavity through the cushion column assembly.

5. The lens mounting structure according to claim 4, wherein: the quantity of the cushion column assemblies is two or more groups, and each group of cushion column assemblies is arranged around the periphery of the lens module and fixed with the lens module through a locking piece.

6. The lens mounting structure according to claim 4, wherein: the cushion column assembly comprises at least one cushion column, and the length direction of the cushion column is parallel to the length direction of the lens module.

7. The lens mounting structure according to claim 4, wherein: when the pad post assembly comprises two or more pad posts, the pad posts are overlapped along the length direction of the lens module and are used for corresponding to the length of the lens module.

8. The lens mounting structure according to claim 7, wherein: and two adjacent pad columns are connected in a matched manner through a concave-convex structure or a threaded structure.

9. A camera comprises a lens module, and is characterized in that: a lens mounting structure as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the lens module is detachably mounted in the cavity, and the transmission interface of the lens module is in butt-joint fit with at least one of the external interfaces.

10. A sales counter, includes the cabinet body, its characterized in that: the camera of claim 9, further comprising the housing coupled to the cabinet.