CN115285031A

CN115285031A - In-cabin monitoring camera, camera body and car

Info

Publication number: CN115285031A
Application number: CN202210647538.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 吴双; 张住财; 张志武; 张英泽; 黎阳
Original assignee: Longitudinal Science And Technology Xiamen Co ltd; Zongmu Technology Shanghai Co Ltd
Current assignee: Longitudinal Science And Technology Xiamen Co ltd; Zongmu Technology Shanghai Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-06-08
Filing date: 2022-06-08
Publication date: 2022-11-04

Abstract

The invention provides an in-cabin monitoring camera which comprises a camera body, an optical filter and a lens, wherein the camera body comprises a first bearing part and a second bearing part which is adjacent to the first bearing part and higher than the first bearing part, the lens is arranged on the first bearing part, and the optical filter is arranged on the second bearing part. The monitoring camera in the cabin does not need to be provided with a lens mount, and is favorable for reducing the structural complexity and the cost.

Description

Monitoring camera in cabin, camera body and car

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the field of automobile parts, relates to image acquisition equipment, and particularly relates to an in-cabin monitoring camera, a camera body and an automobile.

Background

In recent years, in order to meet the demands of users, many automobile manufacturers equip an in-cabin monitoring camera in an automobile cabin. Unlike other cameras carried on automobiles, such as rear-view cameras, around-view cameras, and the like, in-cabin monitoring cameras are generally installed at appropriate positions in the cabin of the automobile for monitoring passengers, articles, and drivers in the automobile. In specific application, images or videos acquired by the monitoring camera in the cabin can be fed back to a control system of the automobile in real time so that the control system can perform corresponding algorithm control. However, the conventional in-cabin monitoring camera usually adopts a lens mount structure to fix the lens, which increases the structural complexity of the in-cabin monitoring camera and also increases the cost.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above-mentioned shortcomings of the prior art, an object of the present invention is to provide an in-cabin monitoring camera, a camera body and an automobile, which are used to solve the problem of fixing a lens by using a lens mount structure in the prior art.

In order to achieve the above and other related objects, a first aspect of the present invention provides an in-cabin monitoring camera, which includes a camera body, an optical filter, and a lens, wherein the camera body includes a first bearing portion and a second bearing portion adjacent to and higher than the first bearing portion, the lens is disposed on the first bearing portion, and the optical filter is disposed on the second bearing portion.

In an embodiment of the first aspect, the optical filter is detachably disposed on the second carrying portion.

In an embodiment of the first aspect, the second carrying part has an accommodating space, a buckle is disposed on one side of the optical filter facing the second carrying part, and a slot matched with the buckle is disposed on an inner wall of the accommodating space.

In an embodiment of the first aspect, one side of the optical filter facing the second carrier portion has at least two connecting portions, and a terminal of each connecting portion is bent upward to form the buckle.

In an embodiment of the first aspect, the camera body further includes a rear cover, and the rear cover is provided with one or more first connection structures, and each of the first connection structures is configured to be connected to an external structure.

In an embodiment of the first aspect, the rear cover is further provided with a heat sink.

In an embodiment of the first aspect, one or more second connection structures are disposed on a side surface of the camera body, and each of the second connection structures is configured to be connected to an external structure.

In an embodiment of the first aspect, the in-cabin monitoring camera further comprises a PCBA board and a lamp panel, wherein the PCBA board and the lamp panel are fixed on the camera body through screws.

A second aspect of the present invention provides a camera body, where the camera body includes a first bearing portion and a second bearing portion adjacent to and higher than the first bearing portion, the first bearing portion is used for bearing a lens, and the second bearing portion is used for bearing an optical filter.

A third aspect of the invention provides an automobile comprising an in-cabin monitoring camera according to any one of the first aspects of the invention.

As described above, the in-cabin monitoring camera, the camera body and the automobile provided in one or more embodiments of the present invention have the following beneficial effects:

the monitoring camera comprises a camera body, a light filter and a lens, wherein the lens is arranged on a first bearing part of the camera body. Compared with the prior art, the in-cabin monitoring camera does not need to be provided with a lens seat to fix the lens, so that the in-cabin monitoring camera has lower complexity and cost.

In addition, in the under-deck monitoring camera, the light filter can set up in the second of camera body bears the weight of the portion through removable mode such as buckle connection, and this kind of mode is favorable to improving assembly efficiency.

Further, in the in-cabin monitoring camera, the rear cover of the camera body can be provided with a first connecting structure, and the side surface of the camera body can be provided with a second connecting structure. This first connection structure and second connection structure can realize being connected of under-deck monitoring camera and exterior structure, therefore the user can be conveniently be connected under-deck monitoring camera and the buckle or the support of car cabin interior trim.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an in-cabin monitoring camera according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of an exemplary embodiment of an in-cabin surveillance camera according to the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of an in-cabin monitoring camera according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 shows an exploded view of the in-cabin surveillance camera according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Description of the element reference

1. Monitoring camera in cabin

111. A first bearing part

112. Second bearing part

1121. Clamping groove

113. Main body

114. Second connecting structure

115. Back cover

1151. First connecting structure

1152. Heat sink

116. Heat dissipation rib

117. Dustproof rubber mounting groove

12. Lens barrel

13. Optical filter

131. Fastener

132. Connecting part

14. Lamp panel

15 PCBA board

21 22, 23 screw

24 AA glue

S containing space

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention more apparent, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings of the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be obtained by a person skilled in the art without making any creative effort based on the embodiments of the present invention, belong to the protection scope of the present invention. Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention, presented in the figures, is not intended to limit the scope of the invention, as claimed, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the invention. All other embodiments, which can be obtained by a person skilled in the art without any inventive step based on the embodiments of the present invention, are within the scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, 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", and the like, indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, merely for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element so referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed in a particular orientation, and be operated, and thus, are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.

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 to implicitly indicate 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 invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically defined otherwise.

The conventional camera for monitoring the cabin usually adopts a lens mount structure to fix a lens, so that the structural complexity of the camera for monitoring the cabin is increased, and the cost is increased. At least in view of the above problems, the present invention provides an in-cabin monitoring camera. The monitoring camera in the cabin comprises a camera body, an optical filter and a lens, wherein the lens is arranged on a first bearing part of the camera body. Compared with the prior art, the in-cabin monitoring camera provided by the invention does not need to be provided with a lens seat to fix the lens, so that the complexity and the cost are lower.

The cabin monitoring camera provided by the invention will be described in detail by means of specific embodiments and the attached drawings.

Referring to fig. 1, in an embodiment of the present invention, an in-cabin monitoring camera 1 includes a camera body, a lens 12 and a filter 13. The camera body includes a first bearing portion 111, a second bearing portion 112, and a main body 113. The second bearing portion 112 is adjacent to the first bearing portion 111, and the second bearing portion 112 is higher than the first bearing portion 111. The lens 12 is disposed on the first supporting portion 111, and the filter 13 is disposed on the second supporting portion 112.

As can be seen from the above description, the lens 12 in the present embodiment can be directly disposed on the first bearing portion 111 of the camera body, and therefore, the present embodiment does not need to additionally dispose a lens mount to fix the lens 12. Compared with the prior art, the in-cabin monitoring camera 1 provided by the embodiment has fewer components, and is lower in structural complexity and cost.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the upper portion of the lens 12 is a circular connector matching the shape of the lens 12.

Alternatively, the lens 12 may be fixed on the first bearing portion 111 by glue, but the invention is not limited thereto.

Preferably, in this embodiment, the optical filter 13 may be processed by a coating process to increase its light transmittance, so as to improve the quality of the image or video collected by the monitoring camera 1 in the cabin.

In the related art, the optical filter is usually adhered to the camera body by glue, however, in this way, the optical filter needs to be fixed by glue dispensing, and the assembly process is complicated. To address this problem, in an embodiment of the invention, the filter 12 may be detachably disposed on the second carrying portion 112.

Optionally, referring to fig. 2, in the present embodiment, the second carrying portion 112 has an accommodating space S therein. The filter 13 is provided with a buckle 131 on a side facing the second bearing part 112, and a clamping groove 1121 matched with the buckle 131 is disposed inside the accommodating space S. The filter 13 can be detachably connected to the second supporting portion 112 by snapping the fasteners 131 into the fastening slots 1121.

Optionally, in the present embodiment, the filter 13 is made of a plastic material, and the plastic material has good plasticity. The filter 13 has two connecting portions 132 on one side facing the second supporting portion 112, and the ends of the connecting portions 132 are bent upward to form buckles 131.

Referring to fig. 3, in an embodiment of the invention, the camera body further includes a rear cover 115. The rear cover 115 is provided with two first connection structures 1151 in this embodiment, the first connection structures 1151 being used for connection with an external structure, such as a connection rack in a vehicle cabin. In the embodiment, the first connecting structure 1151 is a screw hole, but the invention is not limited thereto. In some other embodiments, the rear cover may also be provided with a plurality of first connecting structures, and other first connecting structures besides screw hole positions may also be provided.

Optionally, the rear cover 115 may further include a plurality of heat dissipation grooves 1152, and the heat dissipation grooves 1152 are used for assisting the in-cabin monitoring camera 1 to dissipate heat, so as to avoid performance degradation caused by overheating of the in-cabin monitoring camera 1.

In an embodiment of the present invention, two second connecting structures 114 may be disposed on a side surface of the camera body, and the second connecting structures 114 are used for connecting with an external structure, such as an interior trim of a vehicle cabin. In this embodiment, the second connecting structure 114 may be a buckle structure protruding from the camera body, but the invention is not limited thereto. In some other embodiments, one second connection structure may be disposed on a side surface of the camera body, or two or more second connection structures may be disposed on the side surface of the camera body. In addition, in other embodiments, other second connection structures besides the snap structure may also be disposed on the side surface of the camera body.

Referring to fig. 4, in an embodiment of the present invention, the in-cabin monitoring camera 1 may further include a lamp panel 14 and a PCBA board 15, where the lamp panel 14 may be, for example, an LED lamp panel. Lamp plate 14 can set up in the camera originally internally through screw 21 is fixed in this embodiment, and PCBA board 15 can set up in the camera originally internally through screw 22 is fixed.

In an embodiment of the invention, the rear cover 115 may be fixed on the main body 113 of the camera body by screws 23.

In an embodiment of the invention, the lens 12 may be disposed on the first bearing portion 111 of the camera body through the AA glue 24.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the camera body is further provided with heat dissipation ribs 116. This heat dissipation rib 116 sets up between PCBA board 15 and lamp plate 14 for promote the heat dispersion of under-deck monitoring camera 1.

Preferably, the heat dissipation ribs 116 may be integrally formed with the camera body.

In an embodiment of the present invention, a dustproof rubber mounting groove 117 is further disposed in the camera body. This dustproof rubber mounting groove 117 is used for installing dustproof rubber, and this dustproof rubber is used for promoting the inside dustproof performance of in-cabin monitoring camera 1.

Based on the description of the monitoring camera in the cabin, the invention also provides a camera body. The camera body comprises a first bearing part and a second bearing part. The second bearing part is adjacent to the first bearing part and is higher than the first bearing part. The first bearing part is used for bearing the lens, and the second bearing part is used for bearing the optical filter.

Based on the description of the monitoring camera in the cabin, the invention also provides an automobile which comprises the monitoring camera in the cabin, and the monitoring camera in the cabin is fixedly arranged in the automobile cabin.

In summary, in one or more embodiments of the present invention, an in-cabin monitoring camera is designed based on the variability of the camera body. The monitoring camera in the cabin comprises a camera body, an optical filter and a lens, wherein the lens is arranged on a first bearing part of the camera body. Compared with the prior art, the monitoring camera in the cabin does not need to be provided with a lens seat to fix the lens, so that the complexity and the cost are lower. In addition, the rear cover of the cabin interior monitoring camera can be provided with a first connecting structure, the side face of the camera body of the cabin interior monitoring camera can be provided with a second connecting structure, and a user can conveniently connect the cabin interior monitoring camera with a buckle or a support of a vehicle cabin interior trim based on the first connecting structure and/or the second connecting structure.

Furthermore, in one or more embodiments of the present invention, an optical filter with a buckle is designed based on the characteristics of the plastic material of the optical filter, and the buckle of the optical filter is matched with the slot of the camera body to realize the buckle connection of the optical filter and the camera body.

Therefore, the invention effectively overcomes various defects in the prior art and has high industrial utilization value.

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 can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and technical spirit of the present invention be covered by the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. The monitoring camera in the cabin is characterized by comprising a camera body, an optical filter and a lens, wherein the camera body comprises a first bearing part and a second bearing part which is adjacent to the first bearing part and higher than the first bearing part, the lens is arranged on the first bearing part, and the optical filter is arranged on the second bearing part.

2. The on-board monitoring camera according to claim 1, wherein the optical filter is detachably disposed on the second carrier portion.

3. The camera according to claim 2, wherein the second supporting portion has a receiving space, a buckle is disposed on a side of the optical filter facing the second supporting portion, and a slot matching with the buckle is disposed on an inner wall of the receiving space.

4. The cabin monitoring camera according to claim 3, wherein the side of the optical filter facing the second bearing part is provided with at least two connecting parts, and the tail end of each connecting part is bent upwards to form the buckle.

5. The cabin monitoring camera according to claim 1, wherein the camera body further comprises a rear cover provided with one or more first connecting structures, each first connecting structure for connecting with an external structure.

6. The cabin monitoring camera according to claim 5, wherein the rear cover is further provided with a heat dissipation groove.

7. The cabin monitoring camera according to claim 1, wherein one or more second connecting structures are provided on a side surface of the camera body, each of the second connecting structures being configured to be connected to an external structure.

8. The in-cabin monitoring camera of claim 1, further comprising a PCBA board and a lamp panel, wherein the PCBA board and the lamp panel are fixed on the camera body through screws.

9. The camera body is characterized by comprising a first bearing part and a second bearing part, wherein the second bearing part is adjacent to the first bearing part and higher than the first bearing part, the first bearing part is used for bearing a lens, and the second bearing part is used for bearing an optical filter.

10. An automobile, characterized in that the automobile comprises the in-cabin monitoring camera according to any one of claims 1 to 8, and the in-cabin monitoring camera is fixedly arranged in an automobile cabin of the automobile.