CN210807463U

CN210807463U - Video camera

Info

Publication number: CN210807463U
Application number: CN202020207722.5U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 朱文俊; 许煌志
Original assignee: Shenzhen Chunshenghai Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Chunshenghai Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-02-25
Filing date: 2020-02-25
Publication date: 2020-06-19
Anticipated expiration: 2030-02-25

Abstract

The utility model relates to a camera, include: the USB2.0 camera shooting device comprises a plurality of USB2.0 camera shooting components and a USB3.0 image controller, wherein the USB2.0 camera shooting components are used for collecting and transmitting image signals, and each USB2.0 camera shooting component comprises a USB2.0 interface; the USB3.0 image controller is connected with the corresponding USB2.0 camera shooting component through a USB2.0 interface, and the USB3.0 image controller is used for receiving image signals collected by the corresponding USB2.0 camera shooting components through a plurality of USB2.0 interfaces; the USB3.0 image controller comprises a USB3.0 interface, and the USB3.0 interface is used for connecting an external device and is used for enabling the USB3.0 image controller to receive image signals sent by the plurality of USB2.0 camera shooting components to synchronously transmit the image signals to the external device. The camera is matched with the USB3.0 image controller with the USB3.0 interface through the plurality of USB2.0 camera shooting assemblies, so that the camera can fully utilize the USB3.0 interface with higher bandwidth, and the effect of synchronously transmitting a plurality of image signals collected by the USB2.0 camera shooting assemblies to the same external equipment is realized.

Description

Video camera

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an integrated circuit technical field especially relates to a camera.

Background

The existing camera has certain limitation, only one collected image signal can be input to external equipment through a data transmission interface of the existing camera at each time, a plurality of image signals collected by the camera cannot be synchronously input to the external equipment, and the actual requirement of a user for quickly obtaining images is difficult to meet.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

Based on this, it is necessary to provide a camera capable of synchronously transmitting image signals acquired by a plurality of USB2.0 camera modules to the same external device.

A camera, comprising:

the USB2.0 camera shooting components are used for collecting and transmitting image signals, and each USB2.0 camera shooting component comprises a USB2.0 interface; and

the USB3.0 image controller is connected with the corresponding USB2.0 camera shooting component through the USB2.0 interface, and the USB3.0 image controller is used for receiving the image signals collected by the corresponding USB2.0 camera shooting components through the plurality of USB2.0 interfaces; the USB3.0 image controller comprises a USB3.0 interface, and the USB3.0 interface is used for connecting an external device and is used for the USB3.0 image controller to receive the image signals sent by the plurality of USB2.0 camera components and synchronously transmitting the image signals to the external device.

In one embodiment, the USB2.0 camera module includes:

the image sensor is used for acquiring the image signal; and

the USB2.0 image controller comprises a USB2.0 interface, the USB2.0 image controller is connected with the image sensor through the USB2.0 interface, and the USB2.0 image controller is used for receiving the image signals collected by the image sensor through the USB2.0 interface.

In one embodiment, the image sensor includes an image sensor interface, the image sensor is connected to the USB2.0 image controller through the image sensor interface, and the image sensor interface is configured to transmit the image signal acquired by the image sensor to the USB2.0 image controller.

In one embodiment, the image sensor further comprises a microcontroller, the microcontroller is connected with the USB2.0 image controller, and the microcontroller is configured to control an operation process in which the USB2.0 image controller receives the image signal acquired by the image sensor through the USB2.0 interface.

In one embodiment, the USB2.0 camera module further includes a USB2.0 cache module, the USB2.0 cache module is connected to the USB2.0 image controller, and the USB2.0 cache module is configured to temporarily store the image signal received by the USB2.0 image controller.

In one embodiment, the image processing device further comprises a USB3.0 cache module, the USB3.0 cache module is connected to the USB3.0 image controller, and the USB3.0 cache module is configured to temporarily store the image signal received by the USB3.0 image controller.

In one embodiment, the USB3.0 cache module is connected to the USB2.0 cache module, and the USB3.0 cache module is configured to receive the image signal temporarily stored by the USB2.0 cache module, and transmit the image signal received by the image signal and sent by the USB2.0 cache module to the USB3.0 image controller.

In one embodiment, the number of USB2.0 camera components is adjustable.

In one embodiment, the image signals respectively acquired by the plurality of USB2.0 camera modules are independent of each other; or the image signals respectively collected by the plurality of USB2.0 camera shooting components can be integrated into a whole.

In one embodiment, the USB3.0 interface is further configured to transmit a relevant signal output by the external device to the USB3.0 image controller.

Above-mentioned camera, through mutually supporting of a plurality of USB2.0 camera components and USB3.0 image controller that has the USB3.0 interface, thereby make the camera can the USB3.0 interface of make full use of higher bandwidth, realize the effect of a plurality of image signal synchronous transmission to same external equipment of gathering by the USB2.0 camera components, and because the USB2.0 camera components passes through USB2.0 interface and USB3.0 image controller, thereby can effectively prolong the transmission distance of the image signal of camera output, and then can effectively overcome the short defect of image signal transmission distance of traditional camera output.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating the assembled connection of a camera to an external device according to an embodiment;

fig. 2 is a schematic connection diagram of the internal structure of the camera in one embodiment.

Detailed Description

In order to facilitate understanding of the present invention, the present invention will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings. The preferred embodiments of the present invention are shown in the drawings. The invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present. The terms "vertical," "horizontal," "left," "right," and the like as used herein are for illustrative purposes only and do not represent the only embodiments.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used herein in the description of the invention is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

As shown in fig. 1, a video camera 100 in an embodiment includes a plurality of USB2.0 camera modules 110 and a USB3.0 image controller 120, where the USB2.0 camera modules 110 are used to capture and transmit image signals, and the USB2.0 camera modules 110 include a USB2.0 interface 111; the USB3.0 image controller 120 is connected to the corresponding USB2.0 camera module 110 through the USB2.0 interface 111, and the USB3.0 image controller 120 is configured to receive image signals collected by the corresponding USB2.0 camera modules 110 through the USB2.0 interfaces 111; the USB3.0 image controller 120 includes a USB3.0 interface 122, and the USB3.0 interface 122 is used for connecting to the external device 200 and for allowing the USB3.0 image controller 120 to receive and synchronously transmit the image signals sent by the plurality of USB2.0 camera modules 110 to the external device 200.

In the above-mentioned video camera 100, the plurality of USB2.0 camera modules 110 are matched with the USB3.0 image controller 120 having the USB3.0 interface 122, so that the video camera 100 can make full use of the USB3.0 interface 122 with a higher bandwidth, and achieve the effect of synchronously transmitting a plurality of image signals collected by the USB2.0 camera modules 110 to the same external device 200, and because the USB2.0 camera modules 110 are connected with the USB3.0 image controller 120 through the USB2.0 interface 111, the transmission distance of the image signals output by the video camera 100 can be effectively extended, and further the defect that the transmission distance of the image signals output by the conventional video camera 100 is short can be effectively overcome.

As shown in fig. 1, in an embodiment, the USB2.0 camera assembly 110 includes an image sensor 112 and a USB2.0 image controller 113, the image sensor 112 is used to capture an image signal, and in an embodiment, the image sensor 112 is a CMOS image sensor; the USB2.0 image controller 113 includes a USB2.0 interface 111, the USB2.0 image controller 113 is connected to the image sensor 112 through the USB2.0 interface 111, and the USB2.0 image controller 113 is configured to receive the image signal collected by the image sensor 112 through the USB2.0 interface 111. Specifically, the plurality of image sensors 112 respectively correspond to the USB2.0 interfaces 111 of the plurality of USB2.0 image controllers 113 one by one.

In an embodiment, the image sensor 112 includes an image sensor interface 114, the image sensor 112 is connected to the USB2.0 image controller 113 through the image sensor interface 114, and the image sensor interface 114 is configured to transmit the image signal collected by the image sensor 112 to the USB2.0 image controller 113. In one embodiment, the image sensor interface 114 may be a DVP interface or a MIPI interface.

As shown in fig. 2, in an embodiment, the camera 100 further includes a microcontroller 130, the microcontroller 130 is connected to the USB2.0 image controller 113, and the microcontroller 130 is configured to control an operation process in which the USB2.0 image controller 113 receives the image signal collected by the image sensor 112 through the USB2.0 interface 111. Specifically, the microcontroller 130 can independently control the operation process of each USB2.0 image controller 113 receiving the image signal collected by each corresponding image sensor 112 through each corresponding USB2.0 interface 111.

As shown in fig. 2, in an embodiment, the USB2.0 camera module 110 further includes a USB2.0 cache module 115, the USB2.0 cache module 115 is connected to the USB2.0 image controller 113, and the USB2.0 cache module 115 is configured to temporarily store an image signal received by the USB2.0 image controller 113. Specifically, the USB2.0 cache module 115 includes a plurality of USB2.0 cache modules 115, the plurality of USB2.0 cache modules 115 are respectively corresponding to the plurality of USB2.0 image controllers 113 one by one, and each USB2.0 cache module 115 is configured to temporarily store the image signal received by each corresponding USB2.0 image controller 113.

Further, the camera 100 further includes a USB3.0 buffer module 140, the USB3.0 buffer module 140 is connected to the USB3.0 image controller 120, and the USB3.0 buffer module 140 is configured to temporarily store the image signal received by the USB3.0 image controller 120. Specifically, the USB3.0 buffer module 140 is connected to the USB2.0 buffer module 115, and the USB3.0 buffer module 140 is configured to receive the image signal temporarily stored by the USB2.0 buffer module 115, and transmit the image signal received by the image signal and sent by the USB2.0 buffer module 115 to the USB3.0 image controller 120.

As shown in fig. 2, more specifically, the USB3.0 buffer module 140 is connected to the plurality of USB2.0 buffer modules 115, and the USB3.0 buffer module 140 is configured to receive the image signals temporarily stored by the plurality of USB2.0 buffer modules 115, and synchronously transmit the image signals received by the image signals and sent by the plurality of USB2.0 buffer modules 115 to the USB3.0 image controller 120.

In one embodiment, the number of the USB2.0 camera assemblies 110 can be adjusted to achieve the effect that the camera 100 captures different numbers of image signals and inputs synchronously with respect to the same external device 200. In one embodiment, the image signals respectively acquired by the USB2.0 camera assemblies 110 are independent of each other. It is understood that in other embodiments, the image signals respectively collected by the USB2.0 camera assemblies 110 can be integrated.

In one embodiment, the USB3.0 interface 122 is further used for transmitting the related signals output by the external device 200 to the USB3.0 image controller 120. The external device 200 may be a terminal device such as a computer or a projector connected to the USB3.0 interface 122 of the video camera 100.

The technical features of the above embodiments can be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the above embodiments are not described, but should be considered as the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.

The above examples only represent some embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but not to be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention. It should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit of the present invention, several variations and modifications can be made, which are within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be subject to the appended claims.

Claims

1. A camera, comprising:

2. The camera of claim 1, wherein the USB2.0 camera assembly comprises:

the image sensor is used for acquiring the image signal; and

3. The camera according to claim 2, wherein the image sensor comprises an image sensor interface, the image sensor is connected to the USB2.0 image controller through the image sensor interface, and the image sensor interface is used for transmitting the image signal collected by the image sensor to the USB2.0 image controller.

4. The camera according to claim 2, further comprising a microcontroller, wherein the microcontroller is connected to the USB2.0 image controller, and the microcontroller is configured to control an operation process of the USB2.0 image controller receiving the image signal acquired by the image sensor through the USB2.0 interface.

5. The camera according to claim 2, wherein the USB2.0 camera module further comprises a USB2.0 buffer module, the USB2.0 buffer module is connected to the USB2.0 image controller, and the USB2.0 buffer module is configured to temporarily store the image signal received by the USB2.0 image controller.

6. The camera according to claim 5, further comprising a USB3.0 buffer module, wherein the USB3.0 buffer module is connected to the USB3.0 image controller, and the USB3.0 buffer module is configured to temporarily store the image signal received by the USB3.0 image controller.

7. The camera according to claim 6, wherein the USB3.0 buffer module is connected to the USB2.0 buffer module, and the USB3.0 buffer module is configured to receive the image signal temporarily stored by the USB2.0 buffer module, and transmit the image signal received by the image signal and sent by the USB2.0 buffer module to the USB3.0 image controller.

8. The camera of claim 1, wherein the number of USB2.0 camera assemblies is adjustable.

9. The camera according to claim 1, wherein the image signals respectively acquired by the plurality of USB2.0 camera modules are independent of each other; or the image signals respectively collected by the plurality of USB2.0 camera shooting components can be integrated into a whole.

10. The camera of claim 1, wherein the USB3.0 interface is further configured to transmit the relevant signal output by the external device to the USB3.0 image controller.