CN118129043A

CN118129043A - Image pickup apparatus

Info

Publication number: CN118129043A
Application number: CN202410572941.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 戚建成; 姜龙; 李焕臻; 王天晴
Original assignee: Goertek Inc
Current assignee: Goertek Inc
Priority date: 2024-05-10
Filing date: 2024-05-10
Publication date: 2024-06-04

Abstract

The invention discloses a camera device, which relates to the technical field of image equipment, and comprises a camera and a bracket, wherein the camera is provided with a slot; the bracket comprises a base and a rotating shaft, wherein the base is provided with a mounting groove, and a first damping piece is arranged in the mounting groove; the two ends of the rotating shaft are respectively an elastic end and a hinged end, the hinged end is provided with a ball head, the ball head is hinged in the mounting groove through the ball head, and the first damping piece is used for generating damping force to the ball head; the elastic end stretches into the slot and is hinged with the slot, so that the camera can swing relative to the bracket. According to the invention, the hinge end of the rotating shaft is in spherical hinge with the base, so that the rotating shaft can rotate along any direction, and meanwhile, the elastic end of the rotating shaft and the camera can swing relatively, so that the camera can rotate along any direction, the degree of freedom of the camera is improved, and the visual field range of the camera is improved.

Description

Image pickup apparatus

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of image equipment, in particular to an image pickup device.

Background

With the advent of smart home technology surge, various smart home entries were made, in which the camera was a home device that can be recorded and played back, improving user's security, and it is also popular in the smart home field, and the camera is usually set as a rotatable camera in order to improve its field of view.

However, the camera in the prior art can only rotate along one direction, and cannot be compatible with multi-directional angle adjustment such as vertical and horizontal, so that the degree of freedom of the camera is insufficient, and the visual field range is insufficient.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention mainly aims to provide an imaging device, which aims to solve the problem of insufficient visual field range caused by insufficient freedom degree of a camera in the prior art.

In order to achieve the above object, an imaging apparatus according to the present invention includes:

The camera is provided with a slot;

The support comprises a base and a rotating shaft, wherein a mounting groove is formed in the base, and a first damping piece is arranged in the mounting groove; the two ends of the rotating shaft are respectively an elastic end and a hinged end, the hinged end is provided with a ball head, the ball head is hinged in the mounting groove in a ball manner, and the first damping piece is used for generating damping force on the ball head; the elastic end stretches into the slot and is hinged with the slot, so that the camera can swing relative to the bracket.

In an embodiment, the elastic end is elastically deformed to extend into the slot, and after extending into the slot, the elastic end is restored and abutted against the slot, and the elastic end is hinged with the side wall of the slot through a connecting column.

In an embodiment, the axial direction of the rotating shaft and the axial direction of the connecting column form an included angle, and the camera can swing around the axial direction of the connecting column relative to the rotating shaft through the connecting column.

In an embodiment, the rotating shaft is recessed from the elastic end to the hinge end to form a groove, the groove divides the elastic end into two elastic arms, so that the two elastic arms can move in opposite directions to be narrowed or move in opposite directions to be restored, the two elastic arms are respectively provided with a connecting column on one side, which is away from the groove, of each elastic arm, and the two connecting columns are oppositely arranged and are used for being rotationally connected with the side wall of the slot.

In an embodiment, the slot has two opposite slot side walls, the two slot side walls are in one-to-one correspondence with the two elastic arms, each slot side wall is recessed in a direction away from the other slot side wall to form a guide channel, and one end of the guide channel, which faces the notch of the slot, forms a notch for the corresponding elastic arm to enter the guide channel.

In an embodiment, the guide channels are inclined, so that the distance between the two guide channels is gradually reduced inwards from the notch of the slot, and when the elastic end stretches into the slot, the elastic arms are extruded to narrow the elastic end.

In an embodiment, a connecting hole for inserting the connecting column is formed in the slot corresponding to each connecting column, the connecting hole is located at one end of the guiding channel far away from the notch, the distance between the bottom walls of the two connecting holes is greater than the distance between the two guiding channels, and the hole side wall of the connecting hole is used for abutting against the connecting column.

In an embodiment, the bracket further comprises a support wedge, wherein the support wedge is used for being inserted into the groove and respectively abutted with the two elastic arms so as to tightly abut the elastic arms with the corresponding groove side walls.

In an embodiment, at least one positioning groove is formed in a side wall of each elastic arm, which faces the groove, the positioning groove is located at the edge of the elastic arm, one side of the positioning groove is open, a positioning block is arranged at a position of each supporting wedge corresponding to each positioning groove, and the positioning block penetrates through the corresponding opening of the positioning groove and is in plug-in fit with the positioning groove.

In an embodiment, a first limiting protrusion is disposed on a side wall of one of the elastic arms facing the groove, a first limiting groove is disposed on a side wall of the other elastic arm facing the groove, and a second limiting groove for being in plug-in fit with the first limiting protrusion and a second limiting protrusion for being in plug-in fit with the first limiting groove are disposed on the supporting wedge respectively.

In an embodiment, a second damping member is disposed in the slot corresponding to each of the connection columns, and the second damping member is configured to generate a damping force on the connection column corresponding to the second damping member.

In an embodiment, the base comprises an upper shell and a lower shell which are fastened with each other, a containing cavity is defined between the upper shell and the lower shell, a ball hinge seat is installed in the containing cavity, and the contact surfaces of the ball hinge seat and the ball head are matched with the shape of the ball head.

In an embodiment, the upper shell is formed with a protruding portion, the protruding portion protrudes upwards and is wrapped at the bottom of the ball head, and the protruding portion and the corresponding lower shell enclose the mounting groove.

In an embodiment, the camera includes a housing and a lens mounted on one side of the housing, and the slot is formed on a side of the housing facing away from the lens.

According to the technical scheme, the camera is connected with the rotating shaft, the elastic end of the rotating shaft is hinged and matched with the camera, so that the shell can swing relative to the support, meanwhile, the ball head at the other end of the rotating shaft is in spherical hinge fit with the base, so that the rotating shaft can rotate relative to the base along any circumferential direction, and the degree of freedom of the camera is greatly improved through the matching of the ball head and the elastic end, so that the visual field range of the camera is improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings that are required in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and other drawings may be obtained according to the structures shown in these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of an image capturing apparatus according to the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of an exploded structure of an embodiment of an image capturing apparatus according to the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a camera of the image pickup device provided by the invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic view of an explosion structure of a stand of an image pickup device according to the present invention at a viewing angle;

Fig. 5 is a schematic view of an exploded structure of a stand of an image pickup apparatus according to another aspect of the present invention;

Fig. 6 is an exploded view of a base of the camera device according to the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic bottom view of a base of the image capturing apparatus according to the present invention.

Reference numerals illustrate:

100. An image pickup device; 1. a camera; 10. a housing; 11. a slot; 12. a guide channel; 13. a connection hole; 2. a bracket; 20. a base; 201. an upper case; 202. a lower case; 203. a ball-hinge support; 204. a mounting groove; 205. an anti-slip pad; 21. a rotating shaft; 22. an elastic end; 221. a groove; 222. an elastic arm; 223. a connecting column; 224. a positioning groove; 225. the first limiting protrusion; 226. a first limit groove; 23. a hinged end; 231. ball head; 24. a support wedge; 241. a positioning block; 242. the second limiting bulge; 243. and the second limit groove.

The achievement of the objects, functional features and advantages of the present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in conjunction with the embodiments.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present invention will be made clearly and fully with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is evident that the embodiments described are only some, but not all embodiments of the invention. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the invention without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the invention.

It should be noted that, if directional indications (such as up, down, left, right, front, and rear … …) are included in the embodiments of the present invention, the directional indications are merely used to explain the relative positional relationship, movement conditions, etc. between the components in a specific posture, and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indications are correspondingly changed.

In addition, if there is a description of "first", "second", etc. in the embodiments of the present invention, the description of "first", "second", etc. is for descriptive purposes only and is not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In addition, if "and/or" and/or "are used throughout, the meaning includes three parallel schemes, for example," a and/or B "including a scheme, or B scheme, or a scheme where a and B are satisfied simultaneously. In addition, the technical solutions of the embodiments may be combined with each other, but it is necessary to base that the technical solutions can be realized by those skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, the combination of the technical solutions should be considered to be absent and not within the scope of protection claimed in the present invention.

In the prior art, the camera can only rotate along one direction and cannot be compatible with multi-directional angle adjustment such as vertical and horizontal, so that the degree of freedom of the camera is insufficient, and the visual field range is insufficient. The rotation of the lens can be realized by the driving structure in part of the electronic camera, but the cost is high and the structure is complex.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the present invention provides a camera device 100, which includes a camera 1 and a bracket 2, wherein the camera 1 is provided with a slot 11; the bracket 2 comprises a base 20 and a rotating shaft 21, wherein a mounting groove 204 is formed in the base 20, and a first damping piece is arranged in the mounting groove 204; the two ends of the rotating shaft 21 are respectively an elastic end 22 and a hinged end 23, the hinged end 23 is provided with a ball head 231, so as to be ball-hinged in the mounting groove 204 through the ball head 231, and the first damping piece is used for generating damping force to the ball head 231; the elastic end 22 extends into the slot 11 and is hinged with the slot 11 so that the camera 1 can swing relative to the bracket 2.

In the use, the user can be through holding camera 1, and rotate camera 1 to through the ball pivot cooperation between the bulb 231 of pivot 21 and the mounting groove 204 nimble whole angle of adjusting, after adjusting to required angle, first damping piece produces damping force to bulb 231 so that bulb 231 is fixed in this angle department, prevent to produce the skew because of the self gravity of casing 10 and pivot 21, rethread rotates camera 1 in order to swing camera 1 relative support 2 this moment, realize the casing 10 further angle adjustment through the cooperation between elastic end 22 and the slot 11, thereby realized the nimble adjustment of arbitrary direction of camera 1.

According to the technical scheme, the camera 1 is connected with the rotating shaft 21, the elastic end 22 of the rotating shaft 21 is hinged to the camera 1, so that the shell 10 can swing relative to the support 2, meanwhile, the ball head 231 at the other end of the rotating shaft 21 is in spherical hinge fit with the base 20, so that the rotating shaft 21 can rotate relative to the base 20 in any circumferential direction, and the degree of freedom of the camera 1 is greatly improved through the fit of the ball head 231 and the elastic end 22, so that the visual field range of the camera is improved. Meanwhile, the application can realize the adjustment of any angle of the camera 1 through the design of the elastic end 22 and the hinged end 23 of the rotating shaft 21, and compared with the complex structure and high price in the electronic camera, the camera 100 has simpler and more stable structure and lower cost.

In one embodiment, the elastic end 22 is elastically deformed to extend into the slot 11, and is restored and abutted against the slot 11 after extending into the slot 11, and the elastic end 22 is hinged to the side wall of the slot 11 through the connecting post 223.

Through compressing elastic end 22 deformation to through elastic restoring force of elastic end 22 itself after inserting slot 11, with make elastic end 22 support tightly with slot 11, thereby realize can with the pivot between 21 fixed, then realize camera 1's rotation through spliced pole 223 and slot 11's articulated relation, prevent that camera 1 breaks away from in the rotation process, thereby improved camera 1's stability, simultaneously elastic end 22's design still is convenient for dismouting camera 1 and pivot 21, and is simple in structure, assembly efficiency is high.

Further, the axial direction of the rotating shaft 21 and the axial direction of the connecting column 223 form an included angle, and the camera 1 can swing around the axial direction of the connecting column 223 relative to the rotating shaft 21 through the connecting column 223.

The axial direction of the rotating shaft 21 and the axial direction of the connecting column 223 are different, so that the rotatable angle range of the camera 1 is improved, and the flexibility and the visual field range are further improved.

Referring to fig. 1, 3 and 4, in an embodiment, the rotating shaft 21 is recessed from the elastic end 22 toward the hinge end 23 to form a groove 221, the groove 221 divides the elastic end 22 into two elastic arms 222, so that the two elastic arms 222 can move toward each other to be narrowed or move away from each other to be restored, a connecting post 223 is disposed on a side of the two elastic arms 222 facing away from the groove 221, and the two connecting posts 223 are disposed opposite to each other and are used for rotationally connecting with a groove sidewall of the slot 11.

The elastic end 22 is divided into two elastic arms 222 which are arranged at intervals through the groove 221, the groove 221 provides deformation space for the elastic arms 222, the two elastic arms 222 can move in opposite directions through pressing and incline towards the groove 221 so as to narrow the width of the whole elastic end 22, so that the elastic end 22 can be inserted into the slot 11 of the camera 1, the elastic arms 222 are released after the elastic end 22 is inserted into the slot 11, the elastic arms 222 are restored in the direction deviating from the groove 221 after being not pressed, the connecting column 223 is abutted against the slot 11, locking between the elastic end 22 and the camera 1 is achieved, stability of the camera 1 is improved, the elastic end 22 is divided into the elastic arms 222 through the groove 221, and the camera is deformable, simple and stable in structure, low in cost and simple in assembly.

Referring to fig. 3, specifically, the slot 11 has two opposite slot side walls, the two slot side walls correspond to the two elastic arms 222 one by one, each slot side wall is recessed away from the other slot side wall to form a guide channel 12, and one end of the guide channel 12 facing the slot opening of the slot 11 forms a notch for the corresponding elastic arm 222 to enter the guide channel 12. It can be appreciated that the guide channel 12 forms a notch towards all of the notch, so that the two elastic arms 222 can respectively extend into the guide channel 12 through the two notches, so that the elastic arms 222 extending into the slot 11 can travel along a designed route and abut against the slot 11, so that the positions of the two elastic arms 222 entering into the slot 11 are accurate and symmetrical, and the stability of the support of the camera 1 is improved.

Further, the guide channels 12 are inclined such that the distance between the two guide channels 12 gradually decreases inwardly from the notch of the slot 11 to press the two elastic arms 222 to narrow the elastic end 22 when the elastic end 22 is inserted into the slot 11. The distance between the two guiding channels 12 is gradually reduced inwards from the notch, so that the two elastic arms 222 can be contracted by being extruded by the guiding channels 12 in the process of being inserted into the slot 11, the elastic ends 22 are not required to be additionally pressed, and convenience is improved.

Further, a connecting hole 13 for inserting the connecting post 223 is provided in the slot 11 corresponding to each connecting post 223, the connecting hole 13 is located at one end of the guiding channel 12 far away from the slot, the distance between the bottom walls of the two connecting holes 13 is larger than the distance between the two guiding channels 12, and the hole side wall of the connecting hole 13 is used for abutting with the connecting post 223. The connecting hole 13 is located the one end that the notch was kept away from to the guide way 12, and the distance between the hole bottom wall of two connecting holes 13 is greater than the distance between two guide ways 12 for when the elastic end 22 stretches into connecting hole 13 corresponding position department, the oppression that two elastic arms 222 received disappears, restoring force makes two elastic arms 222 remove towards the direction that deviates from each other, until the hole bottom wall butt with connecting hole 13, the hole lateral wall butt of spliced pole 223 and connecting hole 13 this moment makes spliced pole 223 all limited in the axial of spliced pole 223 and the axial of pivot 21, thereby improved the connection stability between camera 1 and the pivot 21.

In one embodiment, a second damping member is disposed in the slot 11 corresponding to each connection post 223, and the second damping member is used for generating a damping force on the connection post 223 corresponding thereto. The second damping member generates a damping force to the connection post 223, so that after a user rotates the housing 10 according to the requirement, the relative angle between the housing 10 and the connection post 223 is kept fixed, and the housing 10 is prevented from generating offset rotation under the action of gravity.

It can be appreciated that the first damping member and the second damping member are both rubber damping members, and the first damping member is located between the ball head 231 and the ball socket 203 and is respectively abutted against the ball head 231 and the ball socket 203, and the second damping member is sleeved outside the connecting column 223 and is respectively abutted against the wall of the connecting column 223 and the connecting hole 13, so that the damping force generated by the first damping member and the second damping member can ensure that the angle of the rotating shaft 21 and the angle of the housing 10 are fixed under the action of no external force.

Referring to fig. 3 and 4, in an embodiment, the bracket 2 further includes a supporting wedge 24, where the supporting wedge 24 is used to be inserted into the groove 221 and respectively abut against the two elastic arms 222, so as to tightly abut the elastic arms 222 against the corresponding side walls of the groove. The elastic arms 222 are abutted against the corresponding groove side walls through the supporting wedges, so that the elastic arms 222 cannot move in opposite directions to be separated from the slots 11 under the action of external force, the situation that the connection between the shell 10 and the rotating shaft 21 is broken due to accidental collision is avoided, and the stability and the safety of the shell 10 are improved.

Further, at least one positioning groove 224 is formed in a side wall of each elastic arm 222 facing the groove 221, the positioning groove 224 is located at an edge of the elastic arm 222 and is formed in an open mode on one side, a positioning block 241 is arranged at a position, corresponding to each positioning groove 224, of the supporting wedge, and the positioning block 241 penetrates through the open mode of the corresponding positioning groove 224 and is in plug-in fit with the positioning groove 224. The supporting wedge is matched with the groove 221 accurately through the matching of the positioning block 241 and the positioning groove 224, so that the assembly accuracy is simplified, meanwhile, the positioning block 241 and the positioning groove 224 can play a limiting role to a certain extent, the friction force between the supporting wedge and the groove 221 is improved, the supporting wedge is prevented from being separated from the groove 221, and the stability of the supporting wedge is improved.

In another embodiment, a first limiting protrusion 225 is disposed on a side wall of one of the elastic arms 222 facing the groove 221, a first limiting groove 226 is disposed on a side wall of the other elastic arm 222 facing the groove 221, and a second limiting groove 243 for plugging and matching with the first limiting protrusion 225 and a second limiting protrusion 242 for plugging and matching with the first limiting groove 226 are disposed on the supporting wedge. Through the grafting cooperation relation between first spacing protruding 225, the spacing protruding 242 of second, the spacing groove of first 226 and the spacing groove of second 243, improved the connection stability between support wedge and the recess 221, avoid supporting the wedge to deviate from in the recess 221, and then improved the connection stability between casing 10 and the pivot 21.

Referring to fig. 5, in an embodiment, the base 20 includes an upper shell 201 and a lower shell 202 fastened to each other, a receiving cavity is defined between the upper shell 201 and the lower shell 202, a ball hinge seat 203 is installed in the receiving cavity, and a contact surface of the ball hinge seat 203 and the ball head 231 is adapted to a shape of the ball head 231.

Further, the upper case 201 is formed with a protrusion protruding upward and surrounding the bottom of the ball 231, and the protrusion and the corresponding lower case 202 enclose the mounting groove 204. The bottom of the ball 231 is provided with the protruding part Bao Sheyu of the upper shell 201, which plays a role in guiding and limiting the ball 231, prevents the ball 231 from separating from the mounting groove 204 in the rotation process, and improves the stability of the rotating shaft 21.

Referring to fig. 6, in an embodiment, an annular anti-slip pad 205 is disposed at the bottom of the base 20, and the anti-slip pad 205 is disposed around the base 20 near the periphery. By arranging the anti-slip pad 205 at the bottom of the base 20, the friction between the base 20 and the plane on which the camera 1 is placed is improved, so that the overall stability of the camera 100 is improved, and the camera 100 is prevented from toppling over.

In an embodiment, the camera 1 includes a housing 10 and a lens mounted on one side of the housing 10, and the slot 11 is formed on a side of the housing 10 facing away from the lens. The lens is located on one side of the shell 10 away from the slot 11, so that the adjustable angle of the camera 1 is more abundant, and the rotation shaft 21 does not influence shooting of the lens.

The foregoing description is only exemplary embodiments of the present invention and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention, and all equivalent structural changes made by the description of the present invention and the accompanying drawings or direct/indirect application in other related technical fields are included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An image pickup apparatus, comprising:

The camera is provided with a slot;

2. The camera device of claim 1, wherein the elastic end is elastically deformed to extend into the slot, and is restored to abut against the slot after extending into the slot, and the elastic end is hinged to a slot side wall of the slot through a connecting post.

3. The camera device of claim 2, wherein the axis of the shaft is disposed at an angle to the axis of the connecting post, and the camera head is capable of swinging about the axis of the connecting post relative to the shaft via the connecting post.

4. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the rotation shaft is recessed from the elastic end toward the hinge end to form a groove, the groove divides the elastic end into two elastic arms so that the two elastic arms can move toward each other to be narrowed or move away from each other to be restored, the two elastic arms are respectively provided with the connection posts on one sides thereof facing away from the groove, and the two connection posts are disposed opposite to each other and are used for rotational connection with the groove side walls of the slot.

5. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the slot has two opposite slot side walls, the two slot side walls are in one-to-one correspondence with the two elastic arms, each slot side wall is recessed away from the other slot side wall to form a guide channel, and one end of the guide channel facing the slot opening of the slot forms a notch for the corresponding elastic arm to enter the guide channel.

6. The camera device of claim 5, wherein the guide channels are inclined such that a distance between the two guide channels is gradually reduced inward from a notch of the slot to press the two elastic arms to narrow the elastic end when the elastic end is extended into the slot.

7. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 6, wherein a connecting hole for inserting the connecting post is provided in the slot corresponding to each of the connecting posts, the connecting hole is located at an end of the guide passage away from the notch, a distance between bottom walls of the two connecting holes is larger than a distance between the two guide passages, and a hole side wall of the connecting hole is used for abutting against the connecting post.

8. The imaging apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein said bracket further comprises a support wedge for insertion into said recess and abutting against each of said two resilient arms to urge said resilient arms against corresponding side walls of the recess.

9. The image pickup device according to claim 8, wherein at least one positioning groove is formed in a side wall of each elastic arm facing the groove, the positioning groove is located at an edge of the elastic arm, one side of the positioning groove is arranged in an open mode, a positioning block is arranged at a position, corresponding to each positioning groove, of the supporting wedge, and the positioning block penetrates through the corresponding opening of the positioning groove and is in plug-in fit with the positioning groove.

10. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 8, wherein a first limit projection is provided on a side wall of one of the elastic arms facing the recess, a first limit groove is provided on a side wall of the other elastic arm facing the recess, and a second limit groove for mating with the first limit projection in a plugging manner and a second limit projection for mating with the first limit groove are provided on the support wedge, respectively.

11. The image pickup apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 10, wherein a second damper is provided in the slot corresponding to each of the connection posts, the second damper being configured to generate a damping force to the connection post corresponding thereto.

12. The image pickup apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the base includes an upper case and a lower case fastened to each other, and a housing chamber is defined between the upper case and the lower case, and a ball-hinge seat is installed in the housing chamber, and a contact surface of the ball-hinge seat and the ball head is adapted to a shape of the ball head.

13. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the upper case is formed with a protruding portion protruding upward and surrounding a bottom of the ball head, and the protruding portion and the corresponding lower case enclose the mounting groove.

14. The image pickup apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the camera includes a housing and a lens mounted on a side of the housing, the slot being provided on a side of the housing facing away from the lens.