CN212657504U

CN212657504U - Camera device

Info

Publication number: CN212657504U
Application number: CN202021996104.XU
Authority: CN
Inventors: 杨俊�
Original assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Priority date: 2020-09-11
Filing date: 2020-09-11
Publication date: 2021-03-05
Anticipated expiration: 2030-09-11

Abstract

The application mainly relates to a camera device, wherein, camera device includes first casing subassembly, the second casing subassembly, electric slip ring, camera subassembly and first drive assembly, electric slip ring includes stator and rotor, the stator is fixed to be set up in first casing subassembly, rotor and second casing subassembly fixed connection, camera subassembly sets up in the second casing subassembly, and with rotor electric connection, first drive assembly sets up in first casing subassembly, and dispose to drive the rotor and rotate for first casing subassembly with driving second casing subassembly and camera subassembly. The application provides a camera device is equipped with electric slip ring, because electric slip ring's rotor both can rather than stator electric connection, can realize 360 rotations for the stator again for camera device both can realize camera subassembly's 360 rotations, can avoid again among the correlation technique camera subassembly walk the line structure and appear quality problems such as stranded conductor, broken string.

Description

Camera device

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of electronic equipment, in particular to a camera device.

Background

With the increasing popularity of electronic devices, electronic devices have become indispensable social and entertainment tools in people's daily life, and users have higher and higher requirements for electronic devices. Taking an electronic device such as an image pickup apparatus as an example, not only a utility can be served in the form of an electronic eye or the like, but also a home can be used for providing services such as real-time monitoring, remote medical care, and the like.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The embodiment of the application provides a camera device, wherein, camera device includes first casing subassembly, the second casing subassembly, electric slip ring, camera subassembly and first drive assembly, electric slip ring includes stator and rotor, the stator is fixed to be set up in first casing subassembly, rotor and second casing subassembly fixed connection, camera subassembly sets up in the second casing subassembly, and with rotor electric connection, first drive assembly sets up in first casing subassembly, and configure to and to drive the rotor and rotate for first casing subassembly with driving second casing subassembly and camera subassembly.

The beneficial effect of this application is: the application provides a camera device is equipped with electric slip ring, because electric slip ring's rotor both can rather than stator electric connection, can realize 360 rotations for the stator again for camera device both can realize camera subassembly's 360 rotations, can avoid again among the correlation technique camera subassembly walk the line structure and appear quality problems such as stranded conductor, broken string.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments are briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is an exploded schematic view of an embodiment of an image pickup apparatus provided in the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the imaging apparatus of FIG. 1 along the XZ plane;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the electrical slip ring of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of the electrical slip ring of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of an embodiment of the driven wheel of FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural view of an embodiment of the rotor of FIG. 2;

fig. 7 is an exploded schematic view of another embodiment of the image pickup apparatus provided in the present application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the imaging apparatus of FIG. 7 taken along the XZ plane;

fig. 9 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the imaging apparatus of fig. 7 taken along the XY plane.

Detailed Description

The present application will be described in further detail with reference to the following drawings and examples. It is to be noted that the following examples are only illustrative of the present application, and do not limit the scope of the present application. Likewise, the following examples are only some examples and not all examples of the present application, and all other examples obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art without any inventive work are within the scope of the present application.

Reference in the specification to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment can be included in at least one embodiment of the specification. It is explicitly and implicitly understood by one skilled in the art that the embodiments described herein can be combined with other embodiments.

Referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2 together, fig. 1 is an exploded schematic view of an embodiment of an image pickup apparatus provided in the present application, and fig. 2 is a schematic view of a cross-sectional structure of the image pickup apparatus in fig. 1 along an XZ plane. It should be noted that: the X, Y and Z directions of the image capturing device are schematically shown in FIG. 1, mainly for the purpose of illustrating XY, XZ and YZ planes, so as to facilitate the corresponding description hereinafter. Therefore, all directional indicators (such as up, down, left, right, front, and rear … …) in the embodiment of the present application are mainly used to explain the relative positional relationship between the components, the movement, and the like in a specific posture (as shown in fig. 1), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indicator is changed accordingly.

As shown in fig. 1, camera device 10 may include a first housing assembly 11, a second housing assembly 12, an electrical slip ring 13, a camera head assembly 14, and a first drive assembly 15. Wherein the second housing assembly 12 can be assembled with the first housing assembly 11, and the electrical slip ring 13 can be accommodated in the first housing 11 and the second housing 12. Further, camera assembly 14 may be disposed within second housing assembly 12, and first drive assembly 15 may be disposed within first housing assembly 11 and configured to drive second housing assembly 12 and camera assembly 14 to rotate relative to first housing assembly 11. With such an arrangement, when the camera device 10 is placed on a desktop or hung on a wall, the camera device 10 can adjust the shooting angle of the camera assembly 14 according to actual use requirements. The present embodiment will be described by way of example with the imaging device 10 placed on a table (for example, XY plane).

As shown in fig. 2, the first case assembly 11 may include a bottom case 111 and a top case 112. The top case 112 may be assembled and connected to the bottom case 111 through one or a combination of clamping, gluing, and the like.

In some embodiments, in conjunction with fig. 2, the bottom shell 111 may include a bottom wall 1111 and an annular side wall 1112. One end of the annular sidewall 1112 is connected to the bottom wall 1111 to enclose the first chamber 1113. At this time, the first driving assembly 15 may be disposed within the first chamber 1113. Further, the bottom case 111 may further include a mounting wall 1114 disposed in the first chamber 1113, and one end of the mounting wall may be fixed to the bottom wall 1111 and the other end of the mounting wall may extend away from the bottom wall 1111. The mounting wall 1114 may be used to house the main circuit board 16, among other things, as will be discussed later herein.

It should be noted that: the bottom shell 111 (specifically, the annular sidewall 1112) may further have a USB interface, an indicator light, and other structural members, so that the camera device 10 can achieve functions of charging, data transmission, and the like.

In some embodiments, in conjunction with fig. 2, the top shell 112 may include a top wall 1121 and an annular connecting wall 1122. One end of the top wall 1121 is connected to the annular connecting wall 1122, and the other end of the top wall 1121 is gradually expanded, so that the top wall 1121 can form a spherical structure. In this case, the top case 112 may be flared in overall structure.

Therefore, when the top shell 112 is assembled and connected with the bottom shell 111, specifically, one end of the annular side wall 1112 facing away from the bottom wall 1111 may be assembled and connected with one end of the top wall 1121 facing away from the annular connecting wall 1122. At this time, the annular connecting wall 1122 may be closer to the bottom wall 1111 than the top wall 1121, so that most of the structure of the top case 112 may be located within the first chamber 1113.

Further, as shown in fig. 2, the second housing assembly 12 may include a front case 121 and a rear case 122. The rear housing 122 may be assembled and connected to the front housing 121 through one or a combination of assembling manners such as clamping, gluing, and the like, and a second cavity 123 may be formed, where the second cavity 123 may be used to provide structural members such as the camera assembly 14. In one embodiment, with reference to fig. 1, the front housing 121 and the rear housing 122 (i.e., the second housing component 12) may be spherical in overall structure after being assembled and connected. At this time, as shown in fig. 2, the second housing component 12 and the first housing component 11 can be engaged with each other in a manner of a sphere and a sphere, so that the second housing component 12 is partially recessed in the first housing component 11, which not only increases the structural compactness of the camera device 10, but also shields the internal structure of the camera device 10, thereby improving the appearance of the camera device 10. In other embodiments, the second housing component 12 may be cuboidal in shape, or the like, in its overall configuration.

It should be noted that: the front shell 121 can also be used as a protective shell of the camera assembly 14, and the camera assembly 14 can also collect light through the front shell 121 to form an image.

Generally, since the first driving assembly 15 and the camera assembly 14 are respectively disposed in different housing assemblies, and corresponding routing structures (e.g., wires) are required to transmit power, control commands, and the like, there may be a risk of twisting, breaking, and the like in the routing structure of the camera assembly 14 during the rotation. For example: in the process of implementing a large-angle (e.g. 360 °) rotation of the camera assembly 14 by the camera device 10, if the camera assembly 14 always rotates in one direction or always rotates back and forth in two opposite directions, the routing structure is easily "tightened" to generate a large internal stress, and thus quality problems such as wire twisting and wire breaking occur. In this regard, the present application realizes a large-angle rotation between the first housing assembly 11 and the second housing assembly 12 (and the camera assembly 14) through the electrical slip ring 13, so as to improve the quality problems of the stranded wires, the broken wires, and the like.

As an example, the electrical slip ring 13 may include a stator 131 and a rotor 132. The rotor 132 may be electrically connected to the stator 131, and may rotate 360 ° with respect to the stator 131. Further, the stator 131 may be fixedly disposed in the first housing component 11, the rotor 132 may be fixedly connected to the second housing component 12, and the camera assembly 14 is electrically connected to the rotor 132. In other words, rotor 132, second housing assembly 12, and camera head assembly 14 may be considered relatively stationary. At this time, the first driving assembly 15 is configured to drive the rotor 132 to rotate, so as to drive the second housing assembly 12 and the camera assembly 14 to rotate relative to the first housing assembly 11. So set up, this application both can realize the large-angle rotation (also be the 360 rotations of camera subassembly 14) between first casing subassembly 11 and the second casing subassembly 12 (and camera subassembly 14) through electric slip ring 13, can realize camera subassembly 14 again and walk the line structure, and then can improve above-mentioned stranded conductor, quality problems such as broken string effectively.

Further, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the image pickup apparatus 10 may further include a main circuit board 16. The main circuit board 16 may be fixedly disposed in the first housing assembly 11 and electrically connected to the stator 131. Illustratively, the main circuit board 16 may be fixedly disposed on the mounting wall 1114 and may be disposed in substantially parallel opposition to the rotor 132. Further, the first driving component 15 may be electrically connected to the main circuit board 16 to execute corresponding action commands under the control of the main circuit board 16. Of course, in other embodiments, the main circuit board 16 may also be fixedly disposed within the second housing assembly 12; accordingly, the electrical slip ring 13 may be mainly used to improve quality problems of twisted wires, broken wires, and the like of the routing structure of the first driving assembly 15.

Referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of the electrical slip ring in fig. 2.

As shown in fig. 3, the stator 131 may include a fixing member 1311, a conductive ball 1312, and an elastic member 1313. The fixing member 1311 may be fixed to the main circuit board 16, and the conductive balls 1312 and the elastic member 1313 may be disposed in the fixing member 1311. Further, the conductive balls 1312 are exposed to the fixing member 1311 at the supported portion of the elastic member 1313, and thus contact the rotor 132. Accordingly, a ring-shaped metal piece 1321 is provided on the rotor 132 to contact the conductive balls 1312. The number of the annular metal sheets 1321, the pitch thereof, and other parameters correspond to the number of the conductive balls 1312, the pitch thereof, and other parameters one to one. So configured, the rotor 132 can be electrically connected to the stator 131, and can also rotate 360 ° relative to the stator 131. Meanwhile, the fixing member 1311 and/or the elastic member 1313 have conductivity, so that the conductive balls 1312 and the main circuit board 16 are electrically connected, and the rotor 132 and the main circuit board 16 are electrically connected. In this embodiment, the fixed member 1311 and the elastic member 1313 are exemplarily described as having conductivity. With this arrangement, the conductivity of the stator 131 can be improved, and the conductivity of the electrical slip ring 13 can be increased.

In some embodiments, the fixing member 1311 may have a tubular shape, and may extend in a radial direction of the rotor 132. At this time, the conductive balls 1312 and the elastic member 1313 may be installed in the fixing member 1311, and the three may form a structure similar to pogo-PIN, and the conductive balls 1312 may be in contact with the rotation member 132 by being pushed by the elastic member 1313. Further, an end of the fixing member 1311 facing away from the rotor 132 may be fixedly disposed on the main circuit board 16 and electrically connected to the main circuit board 16. In addition, the other end of the fixing member 1311 facing away from the main circuit board 16 can limit the conductive balls 1312 to prevent the conductive balls 1312 from falling out of the fixing member 1311 under the propping of the elastic member 1313.

In other embodiments, the fixing member 1311 may also be cylindrical and may be sleeved outside the rotor 132. Wherein the fixing member 1311 may be provided with a tubular through hole. At this time, the conductive balls 1312 and the elastic member 1313 may be installed in the tubular through holes of the fixing member 1311, and the conductive balls 1312 may be similarly brought into contact with the rotation member 132 by being pushed by the elastic member 1313. Further, the fixing member 1311 may be fixedly disposed on the bottom case 111, and may be electrically connected to the main circuit board 16 through a routing structure such as a wire.

Further, in any of the above embodiments, the elastic member 1313 may be a spring or other structural member capable of providing elastic force, which is not listed here.

Referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of the electrical slip ring in fig. 2.

As shown in fig. 4, the stator 131 may be a conductive reed. Wherein the stator 131 may be curved. At this time, one end of the stator 131 may be fixedly disposed on the main circuit board 16, and the other end may be in contact with the rotor 132. Similarly, a ring-shaped metal plate 1321 is provided on the rotor 132 to contact the conductive balls 1312. The number of the annular metal sheets 1321, the pitch thereof, and other parameters correspond to the number of the conductive balls 1312, the pitch thereof, and other parameters one to one. So configured, the rotor 132 can be electrically connected to the stator 131, and can also rotate 360 ° relative to the stator 131. Further, when the stator 131 contacts the rotor 132, a certain elastic deformation may occur, so that the stator 131 can be elastically pressed against the rotor 132 through the elastic deformation of the stator, thereby increasing the conductivity of the electrical slip ring 13.

It should be noted that: the number of the conductive balls or conductive strips in the stator 131 and the distance between the conductive balls or conductive strips can be reasonably designed according to actual use requirements, and is not limited herein.

Referring again to fig. 2, the first driving assembly 15 may include a first driving member 151, a driving pulley 152, and a driven pulley 153. The first driving member 151 is disposed in the first housing assembly 11, the driving wheel 152 is connected to the first driving member 151, and the driven wheel 153 is engaged with the driving wheel 152 and is fixedly connected to the rotor 132. Further, the first driving member 151 may be a motor or other structural members capable of providing power, which is not listed here. As an example, the first driving assembly 151 may be fixedly disposed on the bottom case 111, and the driven wheel 153 may also realize a fixed connection between the rotor 132 and the second housing assembly 12 in addition to being engaged with the driving wheel 152. So configured, in the process that the first driving element 151 provides power to drive the driving wheel 152 to rotate, the driving wheel 152 drives the driven wheel 153 to rotate therewith, and further drives the rotor 132, the second housing assembly 12 and the camera assembly 14 to rotate relative to the first housing assembly 11.

It should be noted that: in other embodiments, the first drive element 151 may also be directly connected to the rotor 132. At this time, the axial direction of the output shaft of the first driver 151 and the axial direction of the rotor 132 may coincide.

Further, as shown in fig. 2, the first drive assembly 15 may also include a rolling bearing 154. Wherein, the outer ring of the rolling bearing 154 can be fixedly connected with the first housing assembly 11, and the inner ring of the rolling bearing 154 can be fixedly connected with the second housing assembly 12 or the driven wheel 153. Illustratively, the outer race of the rolling bearing 154 may be fixedly connected with the top housing 112 (specifically, the annular connecting wall 1122), and the inner race of the rolling bearing 154 may be fixedly connected with the second housing assembly 12. At this time, the driven wheel 153 is partially embedded in the second housing assembly 12. Of course, in other embodiments, the inner ring of the rolling bearing 154 may be fixedly connected to the driven wheel 153. At this time, the second housing member 12 is partially embedded in the driven wheel 153. With this arrangement, the second housing assembly 12 and the first housing assembly 11 can be assembled and connected via the rolling bearing 154, so as to increase the structural compactness and reliability of the image pickup device 10; a rolling connection may also be formed between the second housing assembly 12 and the first housing assembly 11 to reduce friction during relative movement between the two, thereby prolonging the service life of the imaging device 10.

Referring to fig. 5 and 6 together, fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of an embodiment of the driven wheel in fig. 2, and fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of an embodiment of the rotor in fig. 2.

As shown in fig. 5, the driven wheel 153 may include a cylindrical main body portion 1531, an annular engaging portion 1532, and an annular bearing portion 1533. The annular engaging portion 1532 is fixedly disposed on an outer wall of the cylindrical body portion 1531, and the annular receiving portion 1533 is fixedly disposed on an inner wall of the cylindrical body portion 1531. In this case, the annular receiving portion 1533 may divide the internal space of the cylindrical body portion 1531 into two communicating sections. Further, referring to fig. 2, an end of the cylindrical main body portion 1531 away from the annular engaging portion 1532 may also be fixedly connected to the second housing component 12, that is, the driven wheel 153 may be partially embedded in the second housing component 12.

As shown in fig. 6, the rotor 132 may include a conductive body part 1322 and a fixing part 1323 connected to the conductive body part 1322. The annular metal sheet 1321 is fixed around the conductive body 1322. Fixed connection 1323 is located at one end of conductive body 1322, and may protrude from conductive body 1322 in a radial direction of conductive body 1322. In other words, in conjunction with fig. 2, the rotor 132 may be T-shaped.

Further, referring to fig. 2, the conductive body 1322 may be disposed through the annular bearing portion 1533, and may form a gap 1534 between the cylindrical body 1531 and the driven wheel 153 in the radial direction. At this time, the fixing portion 1323 may be located on a side of the annular bearing portion 1533 away from the first driving member 151, and may be fixedly connected to the annular bearing portion 1533 and/or an inner wall of the cylindrical main body portion 1531. In the present embodiment, the fixing portion 1323 is exemplarily connected to the annular bearing portion 1533. In other words, the rotor 132 may be inserted into the driven portion 153 and may be hung on the ring-shaped bearing portion 1533; a gap 1534 may also be formed therebetween. Based on this, as shown in fig. 2, the stator 131 may be partially located within the gap 1534. With this arrangement, the size of the electrical slip ring 13 can be reduced, and the structural compactness of the imaging apparatus 10 can be increased.

Referring to fig. 7 and 8 together, fig. 7 is an exploded schematic view of another embodiment of the image pickup apparatus provided by the present application, and fig. 8 is a schematic view of a cross-sectional structure of the image pickup apparatus of fig. 7 along the XZ plane.

The main differences from the above described embodiment are: in this embodiment, as shown in fig. 7, the image pickup apparatus 10 may further include a second driving assembly 17 disposed in the second housing assembly 12. The second driving assembly 17 may be electrically connected to the rotor 132 and configured to drive the camera assembly 14 to rotate relative to the second housing assembly 12. In other words, taking the example that the camera device 10 is placed on a desktop (e.g., XY plane), the camera device 10 can achieve both 360 ° rotation of the camera assembly 14 in the horizontal direction and rotation of the camera assembly 14 in the vertical direction, thereby further increasing the shooting angle of the camera assembly 14.

As shown in fig. 8, the second drive assembly 17 may include a second drive member 171 and a link 172. The second driving member 172 may be disposed in the second housing assembly 12 and may be electrically connected to the rotor 132 to receive power, control commands, etc. from the main circuit board 16. In this case, the second driving member 171 may be a motor or other structural members capable of lifting power, which is not listed here. Further, one end of the link 172 may be connected to the second driving member 171, and the other end of the link 172 may be fixedly connected to the camera head assembly 14. Thus, the second driving member 171 can drive the camera assembly 14 to rotate relative to the second housing assembly 12 through the connecting rod 172. The angle range of the rotation of the camera assembly 14 can be any value within the closed interval [40 °, 50 ° ].

It should be noted that: the routing structures of the camera assembly 14 and the second driving assembly 17 are provided with a certain margin to prevent the routing structures from being torn off when the second driving assembly 17 drives the camera assembly 14 to rotate relative to the second housing assembly 12.

In some embodiments, the output shaft of the second driver 171 may be fixedly connected to the second housing assembly 12, and the housing of the second driver 171 may be fixedly connected to the link 172. At this time, when the second driving member 171 is powered, the housing rotates, and the connecting rod 172 and the camera assembly 14 rotate relative to the second housing assembly 12. Further, the number of the connecting rods 172 may be two, the two connecting rods 172 may be fixedly connected to the housing of the second driving member 171, and a projection of one end of the two connecting rods 172, which faces away from the camera head assembly 14, and the output shaft of the second driving member 171 on the XZ plane may be collinear, so as to increase stability of the second driving member 171 driving the camera head assembly 14 to rotate relative to the second housing assembly 12 through the connecting rods 172.

In other embodiments, the output shaft of the second driver 171 may be fixedly connected to the connecting rod 172, and the housing of the second driver 171 may be fixedly connected to the second housing assembly 12. At this time, during the process of supplying power to the second driving member 171, the housing is relatively fixed, and the output shaft thereof drives the connecting rod 172 and the camera assembly 14 to rotate relative to the second housing assembly 12.

In any of the above embodiments, the axial direction of the output shaft of the second driver 171 and the axial direction in which the camera head assembly 14 rotates relative to the second housing assembly 12 may coincide. Of course, in other embodiments, a gear structure is further disposed between the second driving member 171 and the connecting rod 172, that is, the second driving member 171 drives the gear structure to rotate, and the gear structure drives the connecting rod 172. At this time, the axial direction of the output shaft of the second driver 171 and the axial direction in which the camera head assembly 14 rotates with respect to the second housing assembly 12 may be parallel.

Referring to fig. 9, fig. 9 is a schematic cross-sectional structure of the imaging device of fig. 7 along the XY plane.

Referring to fig. 8, camera assembly 14 may include a camera housing 141 and a camera 142. The camera housing 141 may be fixedly connected to the connecting rod 172, and the camera 142 may be relatively fixed to the camera housing 141. The arrangement is such that the second driving assembly 17 can drive the camera assembly 14 to rotate relative to the second housing assembly 12, so as to adjust the shooting angle of the camera 142. Further, the camera 142 may be electrically connected to the rotor 132 to receive power, control commands, etc. from the main circuit board 16.

Further, the camera assembly 14 may further include an infrared filter 143 to filter infrared light. The infrared filter 143 is disposed on the optical path of the camera 142 to improve the imaging quality of the camera 142.

As shown in fig. 9, the camera housing 141 may be hinged to the second housing component 12 (specifically, the rear shell 122), so that the camera housing 141 can rotate relative to the second housing component 12, that is, both can form a structure similar to a rotating shaft, thereby increasing the stability of the second driving component 17 driving the camera assembly 14 to rotate relative to the second housing component 12. Further, referring to fig. 8, the camera housing 141 and the second housing assembly 12 (specifically, the front shell 121) are spliced and partially overlapped to prevent structural members in the second housing assembly 12 from being exposed, thereby increasing the appearance of the camera device 10.

Further, as shown in fig. 8 and 9, the camera head assembly 14 may further include a sub circuit board 144. The sub circuit board 144 may be fixedly connected to the camera housing 141 and electrically connected to the rotor 132, and the camera 142 and the second driving member 171 may be electrically connected to the sub circuit board 144 respectively. In other words, the camera assembly 142 and the second driving member 171 can be electrically connected to the main circuit board 16 through the sub circuit board 144 and the electrical slip ring 13. In addition, the camera 142 can also be fixedly connected with the sub circuit board 144, that is, the sub circuit board 144 corresponds to a fixing bracket of the camera 142.

It should be noted that: compared to the main circuit board 16, the function of the sub circuit board 144 can be more single, such as managing the rotation of the second driving member 171, taking pictures by the camera 142, and the like.

The above description is only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not intended to limit the scope of the present application, and all equivalent devices or equivalent processes that can be directly or indirectly applied to other related technologies, which are made by using the contents of the present specification and the accompanying drawings, are also included in the scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A camera device is characterized by comprising a first shell assembly, a second shell assembly, an electric slip ring, a camera assembly and a first driving assembly, wherein the electric slip ring comprises a stator and a rotor, the stator is fixedly arranged in the first shell assembly, the rotor is fixedly connected with the second shell assembly, the camera assembly is arranged in the second shell assembly and is electrically connected with the rotor, and the first driving assembly is arranged in the first shell assembly and is configured to drive the rotor to drive the second shell assembly and the camera assembly to rotate relative to the first shell assembly.

2. The camera device of claim 1, further comprising a main circuit board fixedly disposed within the first housing assembly and electrically connected to the stator, wherein the first driver assembly is electrically connected to the main circuit board.

3. The camera device according to claim 2, wherein the stator includes a fixing member, a conductive ball and an elastic member, the fixing member is fixed to the main circuit board, the conductive ball and the elastic member are mounted in the fixing member, the conductive ball is exposed to the fixing member at a portion of the elastic member supported by the fixing member, and is then in contact with the rotor, and the fixing member and/or the elastic member have conductivity, so that the conductive ball is electrically connected to the main circuit board.

4. A camera device according to claim 3, characterized in that the fixing member is tubular and that its end facing away from the rotor is fixedly arranged on the main circuit board.

5. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said stator is a conductive reed, one end of which is fixedly provided on said main circuit board, and the other end of which is in contact with said rotor.

6. The camera device of claim 1, wherein the first driving assembly includes a first driving member disposed within the first housing assembly, a driving wheel coupled to the first driving member, and a driven wheel engaged with the driving wheel and fixedly coupled to the rotor.

7. The camera device of claim 6, wherein the first drive assembly further comprises a rolling bearing, an outer race of the rolling bearing being fixedly connected to the first housing assembly, and an inner race of the rolling bearing being fixedly connected to the second housing assembly or the driven wheel.

8. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the driven wheel includes a cylindrical main body portion, an annular engaging portion and an annular bearing portion, the annular engaging portion is fixedly disposed on an outer wall of the cylindrical main body portion, the annular bearing portion is fixedly disposed on an inner wall of the cylindrical main body portion, the rotor includes a conductive main body portion and a fixing portion connected to the conductive main body portion, the conductive main body portion is inserted into the annular bearing portion and forms a gap with the cylindrical main body portion in a radial direction of the driven wheel, the fixing portion is located on a side of the annular bearing portion facing away from the first driving member and is fixedly connected to the annular bearing portion and/or the inner wall of the cylindrical main body portion, and the stator portion is located in the gap.

9. The camera device of claim 2, further comprising a second drive assembly disposed within the second housing assembly, the second drive assembly being electrically coupled to the rotor and configured to drive the camera assembly to rotate relative to the second housing assembly.

10. The camera device of claim 9, wherein the second driving assembly comprises a second driving member and a connecting rod, the second driving member is disposed in the second housing assembly and electrically connected to the rotor, one end of the connecting rod is connected to the second driving member, and the other end of the connecting rod is fixedly connected to the camera assembly.

11. The imaging apparatus of claim 10, wherein the output shaft of the second driving member is fixedly connected to the second housing assembly, and the housing of the second driving member is fixedly connected to the link.

12. The camera device of claim 10, wherein the camera assembly comprises a camera housing and a camera, the camera housing is fixedly connected to the connecting rod, and the camera is fixed relative to the camera housing and electrically connected to the rotor.

13. The camera device of claim 12, wherein the camera assembly further comprises a secondary circuit board, the secondary circuit board is fixedly connected to the camera housing and electrically connected to the rotor, the camera is fixedly connected to the secondary circuit board, and the camera and the second driving member are electrically connected to the secondary circuit board respectively.