CN115653411A - Modular container camera and container - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to the field of container cameras, in particular to a modularized container camera and a container. The modular container camera comprises a support, a camera and a door lock, wherein the support is used for being connected with a container, and the camera and the door lock are integrated on the support. Above-mentioned modularization packing cupboard camera is integrated on the support that is used for being connected with the packing cupboard with camera and lock, and camera and lock need not to install separately on the packing cupboard, have reduced the installation degree of difficulty and have maintained installation cost.

Description

Modular container camera and container

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of container cameras, in particular to a modularized container camera and a container.

Background

The prior counter is generally provided with a camera and a door lock, particularly an intelligent counter, the camera can acquire article information entering and exiting the counter, environmental information around the counter or other information, and the like, and the door lock can be used for locking or unlocking a door of the counter so as to ensure that the door can be opened or closed under specified conditions.

Most containers at present have the problem that the container door lock and the camera are separated, the door lock and the camera need to be installed independently, the installation is complex, and the maintenance and installation cost is high.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the disadvantages of the prior art, the invention aims to provide a modular container camera and a container, which are used for solving the problems of inconvenient installation and high cost of the camera and the door lock on the container in the prior art.

In order to achieve the above objects and other related objects, the present invention provides a modular container camera, comprising a bracket, a camera and a door lock, wherein the bracket is used for connecting with a container, and the camera and the door lock are integrated on the bracket.

Above-mentioned modularization packing cupboard camera is integrated on the support that is used for being connected with the packing cupboard with camera and lock, and camera and lock need not to install separately on the packing cupboard, have reduced the installation degree of difficulty and have maintained installation cost.

Optionally, the bracket includes an installation portion and a connection portion, the connection portion is used for being connected with the container, and the camera and the door lock are installed on the installation portion.

Optionally, a first window is arranged on the mounting portion, and a lens of the camera penetrates through the first window to collect image information.

Optionally, the first window is a transparent window or a through hole passing through the mounting portion.

Optionally, a second window corresponding to the door lock is arranged on the installation portion, and a locking structure of the door lock can extend out of the second window to be used for locking or unlocking the cabinet door of the container.

Optionally, the connecting portion with the installation department links to each other and is L type structure, the installation department is kept away from one side bending type of connecting portion form with the turn-ups that connecting portion are parallel.

Optionally, the camera is mounted on the support via a frame.

In order to achieve the above objects and other related objects, the present application further provides a container, which includes a container body and a door, and further includes the above-mentioned modular container camera, the modular container camera is installed on the top of the outer side of the container body, the image acquisition area of the camera covers the goods access area of the container body, and the door lock is matched with the door to lock or unlock the door.

Above-mentioned packing cupboard installs modularization packing cupboard camera at the top of the external side of cabinet, has solved the installation problem of camera and lock simultaneously to set up at least that one camera just can satisfy the image acquisition demand, reduced the use quantity of camera, simplified the structure, reduced installation maintenance cost.

Optionally, a boss extends from the top of the outer side of the cabinet body along the horizontal direction, the boss and the cabinet door are located on the same side of the cabinet body, the boss is located above the cabinet door, and a cavity for accommodating the modular container camera is arranged inside the boss.

Optionally, a third window is formed in the bottom of the cavity, and both the lens of the camera and the door lock are aligned with the third window.

Above-mentioned packing cupboard for the modularization packing cupboard camera can hide in the inside cavity of boss, is difficult for impaired, has satisfied the requirement of image acquisition and cabinet door switching, and the outward appearance is also neater and more pleasing to the eye moreover.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing the structure of a modular container camera according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 shows an exploded view of the modular container camera of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 shows a front view of the modular container camera of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 shows a cross-sectional view of the modular container camera of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the structure of a freight container according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a partial explosion of the cabinet and the modular container camera of FIG. 5;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of the cargo cabinet shown in fig. 5 with the door removed.

Description of reference numerals

100-modular container camera; 101-a scaffold; 1011-a mounting part; 1012-a connecting part; 1013-a first window; 1014-flanging; 1015-a second window; 102-a camera; 103-door lock; 1031-a locking structure; 104-a rack; 201-cabinet body; 2011-cargo hold; 202-cabinet door; 203-a boss; 2031-cavity; 2032-third window.

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.

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 container, in particular to an intelligent container, and aims to solve the problems that the existing intelligent container has complex camera installation, the camera and the door lock are separated, the camera and the door lock are both required to be installed independently, and the installation and maintenance cost is high.

Referring to fig. 1 to 7, in an exemplary embodiment, the application provides a modular container camera, which comprises a bracket 101, a camera 102 and a door lock 103, wherein the bracket 101 is used for connecting with a container, and the camera 102 and the door lock 103 are integrated on the bracket 101.

According to the modular container camera, the camera 102 and the door lock 103 are integrated on the same support 101, the camera 102 and the door lock 103 can be installed as long as the support 101 is connected with a container, the camera 102 and the door lock 103 do not need to be installed independently, the assembly and disassembly are simple and convenient, and the installation and maintenance cost is reduced.

Referring to fig. 1 to 4, in an exemplary embodiment, the bracket 101 includes a mounting portion 1011 and a connecting portion 1012, the connecting portion 1012 is used for connecting with a container, and the camera 102 and the door lock 103 are mounted on the mounting portion 1011. Wherein the mounting portion 1011 is connected to the connecting portion 1012.

Optionally, the connecting portion 1012 and the mounting portion 1011 are connected to form an L-shaped structure, and one side of the mounting portion 1011, which is far away from the connecting portion 1012, is bent to form a flange 1014 parallel to the connecting portion 1012. The flange 1014 and the connecting part 1012 have a height difference, so that the installation operation of the camera 102 and the door lock 103 is facilitated. Furthermore, when the opening of the bracket 101 faces upwards, the height of the top of the flange 1014 is lower than that of the top of the connecting part 1012, so that the firm reliability of connection can be ensured, and the assembly and disassembly operations of the door lock 103 and the phase 102 can be facilitated.

In the modular container camera in the above embodiment, the connecting portion 1012, the mounting portion 1011 and the flange 1014 can cooperate to form a slot, and the camera 102 and the door lock 103 are mounted in the slot, so that the positioning is convenient, and the rapid mounting is facilitated.

Referring to fig. 1 to 4, in an exemplary embodiment, a first window 1013 is provided on the mounting portion 1011, and the lens of the camera 102 can capture image information through the first window 1013.

Alternatively, the first window 1013 may be a transparent window. For example, the position of the first window 1013 may be supported by a transparent material, so that the camera 102 may acquire image information without being exposed outside, thereby avoiding the camera 102 being affected by an external environment, and the working environment is more stable and less prone to damage, which is beneficial to prolonging the service life and ensuring the usability of the camera.

Alternatively, the first window 1013 is a through hole passing through the mounting portion 1011, and the lens of the camera 102 may extend into or pass through the through hole. The lens of the camera 102 is inserted into the through hole or penetrates through the through hole, so that the area of the camera 102 for collecting images is increased, the coverage area is wider, and image collection in the designated area can be achieved by using fewer cameras. The camera 102 may be disposed obliquely, and a lens of the camera 102 extends into the through hole obliquely.

Referring to fig. 1-4, in an exemplary embodiment, a camera 102 is mounted on a support 101 via a frame 104. Install camera 102 on support 101 through frame 104, frame 104 can play the guard action to camera 102 for camera 102 can be stable installs on installation department 1011, guarantees camera 102's stability, and can also adapt to different installation environment through frame 104, reduces the requirement to the installation environment.

Optionally, the shape of the frame 104 may be designed according to the shape and the installation environment of the camera 102, and the frame 104 may be formed by bending a sheet metal part, so that the forming and manufacturing are simple, and the production cost is low. For example, the frame 104 may be a flat panel profile, a box profile, a dog-bone profile, or other profile.

Optionally, the camera 102 may be connected to the frame 104 by bolts or other connection methods, and the frame 104 may be connected to the mounting portion 1011 of the bracket 101 by bolts or other connection methods, so that the mounting and dismounting are simple and convenient.

Referring to fig. 1 to 4, in an exemplary embodiment, the mounting portion 1011 is provided with a second window 1015 corresponding to the door lock 103, and a locking structure of the door lock can extend out of the second window 1015 for locking or unlocking the door of the container.

Referring to fig. 1 to 4, in an exemplary embodiment, the door lock 103 may be connected to the mounting portion 1011 by bolts or other methods, so that the door lock is easy and convenient to assemble and disassemble.

Referring to fig. 1 to 4, in an exemplary embodiment, the door lock 103 includes a lock body and a locking structure 1031, and the locking structure 1031 is partially or completely installed on the lock body for locking or unlocking the door.

Optionally, the locking structure 1031 is partially mounted on the lock body, for example, the locking structure 1031 includes a male lock head and a female lock head, and the male lock head and the female lock head cooperate to lock or unlock. One of the I-shaped lock head and the female lock head can be a telescopic lock tongue, the other of the I-shaped lock head and the female lock head can be a lock groove matched with the lock tongue, one of the lock tongue and the lock groove can be arranged on the lock body, and the other of the lock tongue and the lock groove can be arranged on a cabinet door of a container; when the lock tongue extends into the lock groove, the cabinet door is locked and cannot be opened; when the spring bolt withdraws from the lock slot, the cabinet door is unlocked and can be opened. Or, worker's tapered end and female tapered end can be the electro-magnet, and the electro-magnet is installed respectively on the cabinet body of lock body and packing cupboard, controls whether adsorbing in order to realize the locking or the unblock of cabinet door of worker's tapered end and female tapered end through switching on and switching off.

Optionally, the locking structure 1031 is completely installed on the lock body, for example, the locking structure 1031 may be a retractable bolt, and when the cabinet door needs to be locked, the locking structure 1031 may extend out to block the outside of the top of the cabinet door to limit the opening of the cabinet door, so as to lock the cabinet door; when the cabinet door needs the unblock to make, locking structure 1031 can retract and relieve stopping to the cabinet door, and the unblock of cabinet door, cabinet door alright in order to open in a flexible way and close.

Optionally, the telescopic control of the bolt and the power on and power off control of the electromagnet in the above embodiments can be controlled by a controller. For example, can drive the flexible removal of spring bolt or bolt through the driving piece, the start-up of driving piece can be through controller control, and the controller starts or stops according to the start-stop condition control driving piece of predetermineeing, and specific start-stop condition can set up according to specific demand, for example start-stop condition can be for whether pay, whether have the goods to take out or other conditions. Similarly, the on-off control of the electromagnet is the same as the telescopic control principle of the lock tongue, and the details are not repeated here.

In some embodiments of the prior art, in order to ensure the normal operation of the container, the existing cameras of the sales container are complex to install and have a large number of cameras. For example, some containers are provided with two cameras inside the cabinet body, and are generally installed at the upper left corner and the upper right corner inside the cabinet body, or are installed at the lower left corner and the upper right corner inside the cabinet body, and these two installation methods not only need two cameras, but also the cameras need to be connected to the industrial personal computer at the top of the cabinet body, and the camera cables need to penetrate to the top of the cabinet body from the inside of the cabinet body, so that longer cables are needed, the wiring installation is also complicated, and the door lock and the camera of the cabinet door are separated, and the cameras and the door lock are installed independently, so that the operation is inconvenient. Still other containers have a camera mounted at the upper right corner of the interior of the cabinet body, and another camera mounted at the exterior of the cabinet body, but the same problems as above, two cameras are required, the installation and routing of the cameras mounted at the interior of the cabinet body are complicated, and the door lock of the cabinet door and the cameras still need to be separately installed.

Therefore, most of the existing containers have the problems of complex camera installation, more cameras, independent installation of the cameras and the door lock and the like, and the maintenance and installation cost is higher.

Referring to fig. 1 to 7, in an exemplary embodiment, the present application further provides a container, which comprises a cabinet body 201 and a cabinet door 202, and further comprises the modular container camera 100 as in any one of the above exemplary embodiments, the modular container camera 100 is installed on the top of the outer side of the cabinet body 201, the image capture area of the camera 102 covers the access opening area of the cabinet body 201, and the door lock 103 cooperates with the cabinet door 202 to lock or unlock the cabinet door 202.

The packing cupboard in the above-mentioned embodiment, install the modularization packing cupboard camera at the top in the cabinet body 201 outside, realized the installation of camera 102 and lock 103 simultaneously, the installation targets in place in one step, and installation easy operation is convenient to the modularization packing cupboard camera is located the top in the cabinet body 201 outside, not only walks the line simply, and monitoring range is extensive, has reduced spare part quantity, has simplified the structure, the cost is reduced.

Referring to fig. 5 to 7, in an exemplary embodiment, a cargo compartment 2011 is disposed in the cabinet 201, goods can be stored in the cargo compartment 2011, the cabinet door 202 can be rotatably connected to the cabinet, the cabinet door 202 can be turned over to open or close, and the door lock 103 can lock or unlock the cabinet door.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3 and fig. 6, in an exemplary embodiment, the bracket 101 is connected to the top of the outer side of the cabinet 201, wherein the bracket 101 may be connected to the cabinet 201 by bolts or other connection methods. The camera 102 and the door lock 103 can be installed at the same time by connecting the bracket 101 with the cabinet body 201, and the installation operation is simple and convenient.

Referring to fig. 1 to 7, in an exemplary embodiment, a boss 203 extends from the top of the outer side of the cabinet 201 along the horizontal direction, the boss 203 and the cabinet door 202 are located at the same side of the cabinet 201, the boss 203 is located above the cabinet door 202, and a cavity 2031 for accommodating the modular container camera 100 is provided inside the boss 203.

In the container in the embodiment, the modular container camera is installed in the cavity 2031 of the boss 203, so that the locking and unlocking of the cabinet door can be realized, and the image acquisition area of one camera 102 can fully cover the area of the goods taking port to ensure the accuracy of goods identification; and install the modularization packing cupboard camera in cavity 2031, avoid the modularization packing cupboard camera to expose externally, reduce the interference of external environment, be favorable to improving stability, reliability and the security of modularization packing cupboard camera to and the life of extension modularization packing cupboard camera, the outward appearance is also neater moreover.

Optionally, the boss only protrudes from one side of the cabinet body where the cabinet door is arranged, that is, the top and both sides of the boss are flush with the surface of the cabinet body.

Optionally, the cavity of the boss 203 may also be used for internal routing, installation of an illumination lamp, or installation of other devices according to requirements, and the cavity 2031 in the boss 203 may provide an installation space for other devices.

Optionally, the cavity 2031 may be a square cavity, and when the bracket 101 is installed in the cavity 2031, the opening of the bracket 101 faces upward, the connecting portion 1012 may be vertically disposed and connected to the sidewall of the cavity 2031, and the mounting portion 1011 may be horizontally disposed and connected to the bottom of the cavity 2031. The cavity adopts square cavity, is convenient for with L type support quick positioning assembly.

Optionally, the front side wall plate of the cavity 2031 can be detachably connected with the boss, and when the installation of the modular container camera is completed, the front side wall plate is connected with the boss, so that the installation operation is simple and convenient.

Referring to fig. 1 to 7, in an exemplary embodiment, a third window 2032 is formed at the bottom of the cavity 2031, and both the lens of the camera 102 and the door lock 203 are aligned with the third window 2032.

Optionally, the third window 2032 may be a through hole penetrating the bottom of the cavity 2031, through which a lens of the camera 102 may perform image acquisition, and the locking structure 1031 of the door lock 103 may be matched with the cabinet door 202 to lock or unlock the cabinet door.

The utility model provides a modularization packing cupboard camera and packing cupboard through adopting modularization packing cupboard camera, has reduced camera quantity, has simplified the line of walking to camera and lock need not independent installation, and the installation is simple, has saved the cost.

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. Those skilled in the art can modify or change the above-described 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 (10)

1. The modular container camera is characterized by comprising a support, a camera and a door lock, wherein the support is used for being connected with a container, and the camera and the door lock are integrated on the support.

2. The modular container camera of claim 1, wherein: the support includes installation department and connecting portion, connecting portion are used for being connected with the packing cupboard, the camera with the lock is installed on the installation department.

3. The modular container camera of claim 2, where: the camera comprises a mounting part and a camera lens, wherein the mounting part is provided with a first window, and the camera lens of the camera penetrates through the first window to collect image information.

4. The modular container camera of claim 3, wherein: the first window is a transparent window or a through hole penetrating through the mounting part.

5. The modular container camera of claim 2, wherein: the installation part is provided with a second window corresponding to the door lock, and the locking structure of the door lock can extend out of the second window to be used for locking or unlocking the cabinet door of the container.

6. The modular container camera of claim 2, where: connecting portion with the installation department links to each other and is L type structure, the installation department is kept away from one side bending type of connecting portion form with the turn-ups that connecting portion are parallel.

7. The modular container camera of any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein: the camera is mounted on the bracket through a frame.

8. The utility model provides a packing cupboard, includes the cabinet body and cabinet door, its characterized in that: further comprising the modular container camera of any one of claims 1 to 7 mounted on top of the outside of a cabinet, the image capture area of the camera covering the access opening area of the cabinet, the door lock cooperating with the cabinet door to lock or unlock the cabinet door.

9. A tank as claimed in claim 8, in which: the top of the outer side of the cabinet body is provided with a boss along the horizontal direction in an extending mode, the boss and the cabinet door are located on the same side of the cabinet body, the boss is located above the cabinet door, and a cavity used for containing a modularized container camera is arranged inside the boss.

10. A tank as claimed in claim 9, in which: and a third window is formed in the bottom of the cavity, and the lens of the camera and the door lock are both aligned to the third window.

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