CN212723627U

CN212723627U - Camera device and photographing system including the same

Info

Publication number: CN212723627U
Application number: CN202021609464.XU
Authority: CN
Inventors: 崔殷寿
Original assignee: Hanwha Techwin Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hanhua Vision Co ltd
Priority date: 2019-08-05
Filing date: 2020-08-05
Publication date: 2021-03-16
Anticipated expiration: 2030-08-05
Also published as: AU2020210270A1; KR20210016864A

Abstract

Provided are a camera apparatus and a photographing system including the same, the camera apparatus including: a base on which a camera module is mounted; a cover rotatably connected to the base around a center of the base as a rotation center shaft, including a cut part formed on one side, and covering the camera module; a guide coupled to one side of the base; and a press coupling member penetratingly coupled to the base and the guide from the other side of the base facing away from the one side of the base to which the guide is coupled in a built-in screw manner and capable of simultaneously contacting the base and the cover, wherein the press coupling member presses the cover toward the base and fixes a position of the cover on the base when the press coupling member is coupled to the guide. The camera apparatus and the photographing system can prevent an event that the press coupling member is suddenly separated from the guide and the base and the cover and the camera module are dropped and damaged from occurring and provide work convenience.

Description

Camera device and photographing system including the same

This application claims the benefit of korean patent application No. 10-2019-.

Technical Field

One or more embodiments relate to a camera apparatus and a photographing system including the same, and more particularly, to a camera apparatus having a structure capable of preventing a cover, in which a cut part is formed, from rotating on a base, and a photographing system including the same.

Background

The reference herein to a patent document or any other matter which is determined to be prior art is not to be taken as an admission that the document or other matter is known or that the information it contains was part of the common general knowledge as at the priority date of any of the claims.

In general, Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) refers to a system that obtains an image by photographing a specific location using a modular camera and transmits the obtained image to a specific recipient.

In detail, the CCTV includes a modular camera installed in a specific place and a computer device receiving information on an image through a monitor remote from the modular camera via a wired/wireless network, and the modular camera is installed at an office, a house, a hospital, a public building requiring security, a road, and a lane, and is mainly used for security purposes.

The CCTV camera is hung on a ceiling and photographs a predetermined photographing area, and a cover in which a specific area is cut is used to cover the CCTV camera. The CCTV camera may rotate and capture an image through a cut region of the cover, and in case of changing a photographing region, change a position of the cut region by rotating the cover.

In the conventional camera apparatus, when the position of the cutting region is changed and determined, the cover needs to be fixed to prevent the cover from further rotating. However, when the coupling of the coupling member is released, since the coupling member for fixing the cover is not fixed, the cover or the camera may fall to the ground and be damaged, or may fall onto an operator and cause a safety accident.

Korean patent publication No. 10-0958408 (registration on 5/10/2010, title: camera module assembly and surveillance camera having the same) discloses a surveillance camera.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model discloses the problem that will solve lies in how to prevent that lid or camera module from dropping ground and damaging, perhaps drops the operator on one's body and lead to the incident.

One or more embodiments provide a camera apparatus in which a cover is prevented from rotating on a base when a bonding member is pressed to press the cover to maintain a fixed position of a cutting part.

One or more embodiments also provide a camera apparatus in which a guide shares a center with a mount formed at a base to facilitate pressing of a coupling member and to improve work convenience.

However, these issues are exemplary, and the scope of one or more embodiments is not limited in this respect.

Additional aspects will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the disclosed embodiments.

According to one or more embodiments, there is provided a camera apparatus including: a base on which a camera module is mounted; a cover rotatably connected to the base around a center of the base as a rotation center shaft, including a cut part formed on one side, and covering the camera module; a guide coupled to one side of the base; and a press coupling member penetratingly coupled to the base and the guide from the other side of the base, which is opposite to the one side of the base to which the guide is coupled, in a built-in screw manner and capable of simultaneously contacting the base and the cover, wherein the press coupling member is configured to press the cover toward the base and fix a position of the cover on the base when the press coupling member is coupled to the guide.

The guide may include a guide body placed on the base and sharing a center with the base

The camera apparatus may further include: and a guide coupling member penetrating the guide body and coupled to the base.

A plurality of guide-engaging members may be provided, which may be conformally disposed about a center of the guide body.

The press coupling member may include: a press coupling body coupled to the base and the guide; and a press coupling head having a relatively larger size than a diameter of the press coupling body, connected to an end of the press coupling body, and capable of simultaneously contacting the base and the cover.

According to one or more embodiments, there is provided a camera apparatus including: a base on which a camera module is mounted; a cover rotatably connected to the base around a center of the base as a rotation center shaft, including a cut part formed on one side, and covering the camera module; a guide coupled to one side of the base; a press coupling member penetratingly coupled to the base and the guide from the other side of the base, which is opposite to the one side of the base to which the guide is coupled, and capable of simultaneously contacting the base and the cover, wherein the press coupling member is configured to press the cover toward the base and fix a position of the cover on the base when the press coupling member is coupled to the guide; and a press coupling hole formed in the base, sharing a center with the guide, and screw-coupled to the press coupling member.

According to one or more embodiments, there is provided a camera apparatus including: a base on which a camera module capable of capturing an image is mounted; a cover rotatably connected to the base and covering the camera module; a guide coupled to one side of the base; and a press coupling member penetratingly coupled to the base and the guide in a built-in screw manner and capable of simultaneously contacting the base and the cover, wherein the press coupling member is configured to press the cover toward the base and fix a position of the cover on the base when the press coupling member is coupled to the guide.

The camera module may be formed in a dome shape, may be operated by a signal applied from the outside, may be angularly adjustable to change a photographing region, and may include a lens for photographing the photographing region and receiving a light source.

The camera module may further include: an imaging device configured to convert the light source into an electrical signal; and an image processor configured to process the signal generated by the imaging device to generate image data.

According to one or more embodiments, there is provided a photographing system including: a camera device in which a camera module is mounted; and a base fixed in position to an external position and coupled to the camera apparatus, wherein the camera apparatus includes: a cover rotatably connected to the base, including a cut portion formed on one side, and covering the camera module; a guide coupled to one side of the base; and a press coupling member penetratingly coupled to the base and the guide in a built-in screw manner from the other side of the base facing away from the one side of the base to which the guide is coupled and capable of simultaneously contacting the base and the cover, and a cable electrically connected to an external device is installed in the base and connected to the camera module.

Other aspects, features and advantages will become apparent from the following drawings and detailed description.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to prevent the press coupling member from being suddenly separated from the guide and the base and the cover and the camera module from being dropped and damaged, and to provide work convenience.

Drawings

The above and other aspects, features and advantages of the particular embodiments disclosed will become more apparent from the following description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:

fig. 1 is a perspective view of a camera device according to an embodiment;

fig. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a camera device according to an embodiment;

fig. 3 is a partially enlarged view illustrating a state in which a base is separated from a fixing plate according to an embodiment;

fig. 4 is a perspective view of a guide according to an embodiment;

fig. 5 is a partial enlarged view of one surface of the base facing the guide according to an embodiment;

fig. 6 is a partially enlarged view illustrating a state in which a fixing plate according to an embodiment is placed on a base;

fig. 7 is a view illustrating a state in which a guide is coupled to a base according to an embodiment;

fig. 8 is a sectional view illustrating a state in which the press coupling member is coupled to the guide according to the embodiment; and

fig. 9 is a sectional view illustrating a state in which the coupling between the press coupling member and the guide is released according to the embodiment.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the like elements throughout. In this regard, the present embodiments may have different forms and should not be construed as limited to the description set forth herein. Accordingly, the embodiments are described below in order to explain aspects of the specification by referring to the figures only. As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items. When a statement such as "at least one of … …" is placed after a list of elements, that entire list of elements is modified and individual elements in the list are not modified.

One or more embodiments may include different embodiments and modifications, and the embodiments thereof are shown in the drawings and will herein be described in detail. The effects and features of one or more embodiments and methods of implementing the same will become apparent from the following description of the embodiments taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. However, one or more embodiments are not limited to the embodiments described below, and may be implemented in various ways.

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. In the drawings, the same elements are denoted by the same reference numerals, and a repetitive explanation thereof will not be given.

It will be understood that, although the terms first, second, etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, these elements should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one element from another.

As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

It will be further understood that the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising," when used herein, specify the presence of stated features or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features or components.

The size of elements in the drawings may be exaggerated for convenience of explanation. In other words, since the size and thickness of the components are arbitrarily illustrated in the drawings for convenience of explanation, the following embodiments are not limited thereto.

Hereinafter, a camera apparatus according to one or more embodiments will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a camera device according to an embodiment. Fig. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a camera device according to an embodiment. Fig. 3 is a partially enlarged view illustrating a state in which the base is separated from the fixing plate according to the embodiment. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a guide according to an embodiment. Fig. 5 is a partially enlarged view of one surface of the base facing the guide according to the embodiment. Fig. 6 is a partially enlarged view illustrating a state in which a fixing plate according to an embodiment is placed on a base. Fig. 7 is a view illustrating a state in which a guide is coupled to a base according to an embodiment. Fig. 8 is a sectional view illustrating a state in which the press coupling member is coupled to the guide according to the embodiment. Fig. 9 is a sectional view illustrating a state in which the coupling between the press coupling member and the guide is released according to the embodiment.

Referring to fig. 1 to 9, a camera apparatus 1 according to an embodiment may include a base 100, a cover 200, a fixing plate 300, a press coupling member 400, a guide 500, and a guide coupling member 600.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3 and 5 to 9, a base 100 according to an embodiment is a component on which a camera module 10 is mounted, and may be fixed to an external location such as a ceiling.

The camera module 10 may be rotatably mounted on the base 100 according to an embodiment, and a cover 200, which will be described later, may cover the camera module 10 and may be connected to the base 100 to be rotatable about a center of the base 100 as a rotation center axis.

Referring to fig. 1, a camera module 10 may obtain an image related to an area in which a camera apparatus 1 according to an embodiment is mounted. The camera module 10 operates by a signal applied from the outside, and can change a photographing region and capture an image of the photographing region by rotating in a vertical direction and a horizontal direction.

The camera module 10 according to the embodiment may include a lens, an imaging device, and an image processor. A lens (not shown) receives the light source, an imaging device (not shown) converts the light into an electrical signal, and an image processor (not shown) may generate image data by processing the signal generated by the imaging device.

The lens according to the embodiment can be rotated inside the camera module 10, and thus the photographable area can be flexibly adjusted.

Although not shown in the drawings, the camera module 10 may further include a driver that generates rotational motion in vertical and horizontal directions to change a photographing region, and a controller that supplies power, communicates with the outside, and controls the operation of the camera module 10.

Since the construction of the camera module 10 mounted on the base 100 corresponds to a technique known in the art, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Referring to fig. 2, 3, 6, and 8, a fixing plate 300, which will be described later, may be provided on the base 100 according to an embodiment.

In detail, the fixing plate 300 is placed on the base 110 formed on the base 100, and may simultaneously contact the base 100 and the cover 200.

Since the fixing plate 300 according to the embodiment presses the cover 200 toward the base 100, friction between the base 100 and the cover 200 increases, thereby preventing the cover 200 from rotating on the base 100.

Referring to fig. 2, 3, 6, and 8, the base 110 according to the embodiment may be formed on the base 100, and thus the fixing plate 300 may be placed on the base 110.

A press coupling hole 111 may be formed in the base 110, and the press coupling member 400 may pass through the press coupling hole 111 and be coupled to a guide 500, which will be described later. A spiral groove may be formed on an inner circumferential surface of the press coupling hole 111, and thus the press coupling member 400 may be screw-coupled to the press coupling hole 111.

Referring to fig. 2, 3, 5, and 8, a guide coupling hole 113 according to an embodiment is formed outside the press coupling hole 111, and a guide coupling member 600, which will be described later, may be coupled to the guide coupling hole 113.

The number of the guide coupling holes 113 may correspond to the number of the guide coupling members 600. When two guide coupling members 600 are provided as in one or more embodiments, two guide coupling holes 113 are formed, and the two guide coupling members 600 may be screw-coupled to the two guide coupling holes 113, respectively.

A spiral groove may be formed on an inner circumferential surface of the guide coupling hole 113, and thus the guide coupling hole 113 and the guide coupling member 600 may be screw-coupled to each other.

Fig. 5 shows a second surface of the base 110 facing the first surface of the base 110 on which the fixing plate 300 is placed, viewed from above (upper side in fig. 1) and shows the second surface in fig. 2 viewed from above (upper side in fig. 2).

Referring to fig. 5, 8 and 9, according to an embodiment, the extension part 112 may be formed on a coupling path of the base 110, more particularly, on a coupling path of the pressing coupling member 400. The extension part 112 is connected (i.e., connected) to the press coupling hole 111, and may have a relatively large diameter compared to the press coupling hole 111.

Accordingly, the press coupling member 400 (more specifically, the region 411 of the press coupling body 410 having the thread) may freely move in the vertical and horizontal directions within a space (i.e., a space in which the extension part 112 is formed) between the press coupling hole 111 formed in the base 110 and a guide 500 (more specifically, the hole 511 of the guide body 510, in which the guide coupling member 600 is screw-coupled) which will be described later.

Further, even when the operator unscrews the pressing coupling member 400 from the hole 511 formed in the guide body 510, the pressing coupling member 400 can move in the vertical and horizontal directions in the extension part 112.

Further, since the region 411 having the thread of the press coupling body 410 is caught by the press coupling hole 111, the press coupling member 400 is temporarily fixed to the base 100, and the cover 200 can be rotated on the base 100.

Referring to fig. 3 and 6, on a first surface of the base 110 on which the fixing plate 300 according to the embodiment is placed, the mounting ribs 115 may protrude in an outward direction along both sides of the fixing plate 300 to be placed.

A pair of mounting ribs 115 are disposed apart from and facing each other, and the fixing plate 300 may be placed between the pair of mounting ribs 115.

The distance between the pair of mounting ribs 115 may be equal or relatively large compared to the width of the fixing plate 300.

Since the pair of mounting ribs 115 protrude from the base 110, the fixing plate 300 placed between the pair of mounting ribs 115 can be prevented from moving in a horizontal direction (horizontal direction in fig. 6).

Further, the press coupling hole 111 formed at the center of the base 110 and the fixing plate 300 (more specifically, the plate hole 311 formed in the plate main body 310) are arranged to share the center.

Referring to fig. 2, 3 and 6, by providing the mounting rib 115 according to the embodiment, the position of the base 100 may be fixed to an external position (e.g., a ceiling) as shown in fig. 1, and the centers of the fixing plate 300 and the press coupling hole 111 may be aligned when the press coupling member 400 passes through the fixing plate 300 and the base 110.

Further, the mounting ribs 115 may allow the press coupling members 400 to be easily inserted into the press coupling holes 111 and the plate holes 311 formed in the fixing plate 300, thereby improving the convenience of a worker mounting the camera device 1.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3, one surface of the base 110 on which the fixing plate 300 is mounted according to an embodiment may be formed to be flat.

One surface of the base 110 on which the fixing plate 300 is mounted may be in surface contact with the fixing plate 300, and a mounting bent portion 117 having a predetermined curvature and having a bent surface may be formed at an outer end portion of the one surface of the base 110.

Referring to fig. 2, the outer end portion of the one surface of the base 110 refers to an end portion in a direction away from the center of the base 100, and may be formed to correspond to a shape of a curved surface of an inner circumferential surface of a plate curved portion 330 formed at the fixing plate 300, which will be described later.

Since the mounting bent portion 117 is formed at the base 110, when the operator places the fixing plate 300 on the base 110, the plate bent portion 330 formed at the fixing plate 300 is in surface contact with the mounting bent portion 117 formed at the base 110.

Further, the plate hole 311 formed in the fixing plate 300 and the press-coupling hole 111 formed in the base 110 are concentrically aligned.

Referring to fig. 5, the boss groove 119 may be formed on the other surface (the top surface in fig. 5) facing the base 100, more specifically, the other surface facing one surface of the base 110 in surface contact with the fixing plate 300.

Referring to fig. 4, a guide boss 530 is formed on one surface (a bottom surface in fig. 4) of a guide body 510, which will be described later, to protrude toward the base 100, more particularly, toward a boss groove 119 formed in the base 110, wherein the guide boss 530 may be inserted into the boss groove 119.

Referring to fig. 4 and 5, as the guide boss 530 is inserted into the boss groove 119, the guide 500 may be inserted and coupled to the base 110, and the centers of the hole 511 formed in the guide 500 (more specifically, the guide body 510), the press coupling hole 111 formed in the base 110, and the plate hole 311 formed in the fixed plate 300 may be disposed on the same line.

Further, since the centers of the hole 511, the press coupling hole 111, and the plate hole 311 formed in the guide body 510 are aligned, the operator can easily screw-couple the press coupling member 400 to the hole 511 and the press coupling hole 111, thereby improving work convenience.

Referring to fig. 4 and 5, the number of boss grooves 119 according to an embodiment may correspond to the number of guide bosses 530. In one or more embodiments, two guide bosses 530, and thus two boss slots 119, are formed. However, one or more embodiments are not limited thereto, and various modifications may be made therein. For example, three or more guide bosses 530 and three or more boss grooves 119 may be formed.

Referring to fig. 4 and 5, when the plurality of boss grooves 119 are formed, the plurality of boss grooves 119 may be conformally arranged around the center of the press coupling hole 111 and the extension part 112.

Therefore, the guide 500 may be prevented from rotating clockwise or counterclockwise around the boss groove 119, as compared to the case where the single boss groove 119 and the single guide boss 530 inserted into the boss groove 119 are formed.

At least one base hole (not shown) may be formed in one surface of the base 100 facing the camera module 10 according to the embodiment.

Accordingly, a cable (not shown) for electrical communication with the outside or a wiring (not shown) for receiving electricity from the outside may pass through the base hole and penetrate the base 100, and the cable or the wiring may be electrically connected to the camera module 10.

Referring to fig. 1, 2, 8, and 9, a cover 200 according to an embodiment is connected to a base 100 to be rotatable around the center of the base 100, a cut part 210 may be formed on one side of the cover 200, and the cover 200 may cover a camera module 10.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, a cut part 210 may be formed on one side of the cover 200 according to the embodiment, and the camera module 10 may capture an image of the outside through an area opened by the cut part 210.

Referring to fig. 1, the camera module 10 is formed in a dome-shaped shape and may be rotated in a vertical direction (in fig. 1) along an area in which the cut part 210 is formed. Since the cut portion 210 is formed, shooting in the side direction of the camera apparatus 1 is enabled, and the camera apparatus 1 cannot capture an image of the outside through an area without the cut portion 210.

Referring to fig. 1, whether the camera module 10 according to the embodiment can be rotated and photographed in a vertical direction (in fig. 1) is determined according to a position where the cut part 210 is formed.

When the cover 200 according to the embodiment is rotated clockwise or counterclockwise around the center of the base 100 as the rotation center axis, the position of the cutting part 210 is changed, and thus the photographing region of the camera apparatus 1 may be changed.

The operator can adjust the position of the cutting part 210 by holding the cover 200 with one hand and rotating the cover 200 on the base 100 fixed to an external position such as a ceiling.

The top surface (in fig. 1) of the cover 200 according to the embodiment may contact the base 100, more specifically, the bottom surface (in fig. 1) of the base 100, and the fixing plate 300 may cover both the base 100 and the cover 200.

Referring to fig. 8 and 9, when the press coupling member 400 according to the embodiment is screw-coupled to the base 110 and the guide 500 and presses the fixing plate 300 toward the base 100 and the cover 200, frictional force between the base 100 and the cover 200 and frictional force between the cover 200 and the fixing plate 300 increase, and the cover 200 may be prevented from rotating on the base 100.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, although the cutting part 210 is formed in the shape of a curved surface having a predetermined curvature in the cover 200 according to the embodiment, one or more embodiments are not limited thereto, and various modifications are made as long as one side of the cover 200 is cut and the camera module 10 can be rotated along the cutting part 210.

Referring to fig. 2, 3, 6 and 8, a fixing plate 300 according to an embodiment is provided on the base 100 to be able to simultaneously contact the base 100 and the cover 200, and may include a plate main body 310 and a plate bending part 330.

Referring to fig. 3, the plate body 310 according to the embodiment is flatly placed on the base 100, more specifically, on the base 110, and may be in surface contact with the base 110.

The plate body 310 according to the embodiment may simultaneously contact the base 100 (more specifically, the base 110) and the cover 200. Plate holes 311 are formed in the plate main body 310, and pressing the coupling member 400 may penetrate the plate holes 311.

Referring to fig. 8, when the press coupling member 400 passes through the plate hole 311 and is screw-coupled to the press coupling hole 111 and the hole 511 formed in the guide body 510, the plate body 310 moves upward (in fig. 8), and the press coupling head 430 of the press coupling member 400 causes the plate body 310 to press the base 110 and the cover 200.

When the plate body 310 simultaneously contacts and presses the base 110 and the cover 200, the frictional force between the cover 200 and the base 100 increases, and thus the cover 200 may be prevented from rotating on the base 100.

When the fixing plate 300 (more specifically, the plate main body 310) presses the cover 200 toward the base 100 (upward direction in fig. 8), the position of the cover 200 is fixed on the base 100. In other words, the position of the cut part 210 formed in the cover 200 is fixed.

Referring to fig. 3, the plate bending part 330 according to the embodiment is connected to an end of the plate main body 310 while forming a predetermined angle with respect to the plate main body 310, wherein an inner circumferential surface of the plate bending part 330 may be formed as a curved surface having a predetermined curvature to be able to contact the mounting bending part 117.

Accordingly, when an operator attempts to mount the fixing plate 300 on the base plate 110, the plate main body 310 is in surface contact with the base plate 110 and the plate bending part 330 is in surface contact with the mounting bending part 117 formed at the base plate 110, thereby aligning the center of the plate hole 311 formed in the plate main body 310 and the center of the press-coupling hole 111 formed in the base plate 110.

When the centers of the plate hole 311 and the press coupling hole 111 are aligned, the operator may easily pass the press coupling member 400 through the plate hole 311 and screw-couple the press coupling member 400 to the press coupling hole 111 and the hole 511 formed at the center of the guide body 510.

Referring to fig. 2, 6, 8 and 9, the press coupling member 400 according to the embodiment may be penetratingly coupled to the base 100 and the guide 500 by penetrating the fixing plate 300. The press coupling member 400 may include a press coupling body 410 and a press coupling head 430.

The press coupling member 400 may be penetratingly coupled to the base 100 and the guide 500 in a built-in screw type.

In the present specification, the term "built-in screw" means that a screw thread is formed along a circumferential surface of the press coupling member 400 (more specifically, the press coupling body 410) in a longitudinal direction, a spiral groove is formed along an inner circumferential surface of the press coupling hole 111 formed in the base 100 (more specifically, the base 110) and an inner circumferential surface of the hole 511 formed in the guide 500 (more specifically, the guide body 510), and the press coupling member 400 is screw-coupled to the base 100 and the guide 500.

One press coupling member 400 according to the embodiment may be provided, and since only one press coupling member 400 penetrates and is screw-coupled to the base 100 and the guide 500, the press coupling member 400 simultaneously contacts the base 100 and the cover 200, and the position of the cover 200 on the base 100 may be fixed by pressing the cover 200 toward the base 100.

Referring to fig. 2, 6, 8 and 9, the press coupling body 410 according to the embodiment may penetrate the fixing plate 300 (more specifically, the plate body 310) and may be screw-coupled to the base 100 and the guide 500.

Referring to fig. 2 and 8, a thread may be formed along an outer circumferential surface of a predetermined region of the press coupling body 410, which is separated from the press coupling head 430.

In detail, in the press-bonding body 410, a region (upper region in fig. 8) separated from the press-bonding head 430 is a region 411 having a thread of the press-bonding body 410, and a region (lower region in fig. 8) connected to the press-bonding head 430 is a region 413 having no thread of the press-bonding body 410.

Referring to fig. 9, when the screw coupling between the hole 511 formed at the center of the guide body 510 and the region 411 having the thread of the press coupling body 410 is released, the region 413 having no thread of the press coupling body 410 moves in a downward direction (in fig. 9) along the press coupling hole 111.

When the pressing coupling member 400 moves, the pressing force of the fixing plate 300 applied to the cover 200 may be removed.

However, when the region 411 of the press-coupling body 410 having the screw thread reaches the press-coupling hole 111, the screw thread is caught by the spiral groove formed in the inner circumferential surface of the press-coupling hole 111, thereby preventing the press-coupling member 400 from being completely separated from the base 100 (more specifically, the base 110).

Therefore, in the case where the position of the cover 200 (more specifically, the cut portion 210) is changed in order to change the photographing region of the camera module 10 in the camera apparatus 1 hung on the ceiling, the press bonding member 400 needs to be released, wherein the cover 200 and the camera module 10 can be prevented from falling onto the operator or the floor due to the entire press bonding member 400 being separated from the base 110. A detailed description thereof will be given below.

Referring to fig. 2, 6 and 8, the press-bonding head 430 according to the embodiment has a relatively larger diameter than the press-bonding body 410, and may be connected to an end of the press-bonding body 410.

In detail, the press-bonding head 430 may be separated from the region 411 having the thread of the press-bonding body 410, and may be connected to the region 413 having no thread of the press-bonding body 410.

The fixing plate 300 (more specifically, the plate main body 310) may be caught on the press coupling head 430 to prevent the fixing plate 300 from falling onto the operator.

Further, since the press coupling body 410 is screw-coupled to the press coupling hole 111 and the hole 511 formed at the center of the guide body 510, the press coupling head 430 presses the board body 310 and the cover 200, which are in surface contact with the press coupling head 430, toward the base 100, and the frictional force generated between the cover 200 and the base 100 may prevent the cover 200 from rotating on the base 100.

The press coupling member 400 according to the embodiment is penetratingly coupled to the base 100 and the guide 500 in a built-in spiral manner in a direction (i.e., an upward direction (in fig. 2)) from a second end (a lower end in fig. 2) of the base 100 opposite to a first end (an upper end in fig. 2) of the base 100 to which the guide 500 is coupled without fixing the plate 300, and the press coupling member 400 may simultaneously contact the base 100 and the cover 200.

Further, when the press coupling member 400 is coupled to the guide 500, the press coupling member 400 may press the cover 200 toward the base 100, thereby fixing the position of the cover 200 on the base 100.

When the position of the cover 200 is fixed on the base 100, the position of the cut part 210 formed in the cover 200 for the camera module 10 to capture an image therethrough may be fixed.

The press coupling body 410 according to the embodiment may be formed in a size of M3 × L8 (spiral section of 3.5 mm), and the diameter of the press coupling head 430 may be about 5.5mm to about 12 mm.

Therefore, even in the absence of the fixing plate 300, one surface of the press coupling head 430 may simultaneously contact the base 100 and the cover 200, press the cover 200 toward the base 100, and fix the position of the cover 200 on the base 100.

When the fixing plate 300 is not provided, the press coupling body 410 may be directly screw-coupled to the base 100 and the guide 500. Compared to the case where the fixing plate 300 is provided and the press coupling head 430 simultaneously contacts the base 100 and the cover 200, the configuration of the press coupling body 410 and the effect in the case where the fixing plate 300 is not provided are the same as those of the case where the fixing plate 300 is provided except that the diameter and the sectional area of the press coupling head 430 become relatively large, and thus a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Referring to fig. 2, 4, 7, and 8, the guide 500 according to the embodiment is coupled to the other side of the base 100 opposite to the side of the base 100 on which the fixing plate 300 is disposed, and may include a guide body 510 and a guide boss 530.

The guide body 510 according to the embodiment is to be mounted on the base 100, and may share a central axis with the base 100 (more specifically, the base 110) and the fixing plate 300 (more specifically, the plate body 310).

Accordingly, the press coupling member 400 may penetrate through the plate hole 311 formed in the plate main body 310, penetrate through the press coupling hole 111 formed in the base 110 by being screw-coupled thereto, and be screw-coupled to the hole 511 formed at the center of the guide main body 510.

Referring to fig. 4, a hole 511 to which the press coupling member 400 is screw-coupled may be formed in a central portion of the guide body 510, and a hole 513 through which the guide coupling member 600 passes may be formed outside the hole 511, the hole 511 being formed at the center of the guide body 510.

The number of the plurality of holes 513 through which the guide coupling member 600 penetrates may be set to correspond to the number of the guide coupling members 600. In one or more embodiments, two holes 513 are formed to correspond to the two guide combining members 600, but the one or more embodiments are not limited thereto and various modifications may be made therein, for example, one hole 513 or three or more holes 513.

Referring to fig. 4, a plurality of holes 513 through which the guide coupling member 600 according to an embodiment passes may be conformally arranged around a hole 511 formed at the center of the guide body 510.

Referring to fig. 8, a diameter of a hole 513 formed in the guide body 510 for the guide-coupling member 600 according to an embodiment to pass through may be larger than a diameter of a body (not denoted by reference numeral) of the guide-coupling member 600 on which a thread is formed.

Accordingly, the guide coupling member 600 may penetrate through the hole 513 formed in the guide body 510 and be screw-coupled to the spiral groove formed on the inner circumferential surface of the guide coupling hole 113, the guide coupling hole 113 being formed in the base 100.

Referring to fig. 2, 7 and 8, the guide coupling member 600 according to the embodiment may penetrate the guide body 510 and be coupled to the base 100 so as to be screw-coupled to the guide coupling hole 113 formed in the base 110.

A plurality of guide coupling members 600 according to an embodiment may be conformally arranged around a central portion of the guide body 510.

Referring to fig. 7 and 8, two guide coupling members 600 according to the embodiment are provided, and two holes 513 formed in the guide body 510 may also be provided corresponding thereto.

Referring to fig. 4, a hole 513 through which the guide coupling member 600 passes may be formed on both sides of a hole 511, the hole 511 being formed at the center of the guide body 510 such that the press coupling member 400 is coupled to the hole 511.

In detail, two holes 513 are disposed in the guide body 510 for screw-coupling the guide coupling member 600 thereto, and the guide coupling member 600 may pass through the holes 513 and screw-couple to the holes 113 formed in the base 110.

Referring to fig. 5, 7 and 8, the guide coupling member 600 according to the embodiment may penetrate the guide body 510 disposed on a second surface (a top surface in fig. 8) of the base 110, which faces away from a first surface (a bottom surface in fig. 8) of the base 110 on which the fixing plate 300 is placed, and be coupled to the guide coupling hole 113.

Accordingly, the guide body 510 may be disposed to contact the base 110, the hole 511 formed in the guide body 510 and the press coupling hole 111 formed in the base 110 may share a center, and the press coupling member 400 may penetrate the fixing plate 300 and be sequentially screw-coupled to the press coupling hole 111 and the hole 511 formed in the guide body 510.

The operation mechanism and effects of the camera apparatus 1 according to the embodiment as described above will be described.

Referring to fig. 1, an operator fixes a base 100 to a position of a camera apparatus 1 or to a position such as a ceiling in a place where photographing of the camera apparatus 1 is required.

The camera module 10 is mounted on the base 100, and the cover 200 is placed on the base 100 to cover the camera module 10. The cover 200 has an upper portion (in fig. 1) contacting a bottom surface (in fig. 1) of the base 100, and may rotate clockwise or counterclockwise around a center of the base 100 as a rotation center axis.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, a cut part 210 in which a predetermined area is cut may be formed in the cover 200 according to an embodiment, and thus the camera module 10 may be rotated in vertical and horizontal directions through the area in which the cut part 210 is formed.

In the camera apparatus 1 according to the embodiment, an area in which the camera module 10 can rotate in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction and an image is captured corresponds to an area in which the cut part 210 is formed on the cover 200. Therefore, when the area in which the camera module 10 rotates and captures an image is changed, the position of the cut part 210 formed in the cover 200 also needs to be changed.

The position of the cutting part 210 may be changed by rotating the cover 200 on the base 100 around the center of the base 100 as a rotation center axis, and after determining the position of the cutting part 210, it is necessary to fix the position of the cover 200 to prevent the cover 200 from further rotating on the base 100 to change the position of the cutting part 210.

Referring to fig. 2, 8 and 9, the fixing plate 300 according to the embodiment is provided on the base 100 (more specifically, the base 110) to be able to simultaneously contact the base 100 and the cover 200, and may include a plate main body 310 and a plate bending part 330.

The operator mounts the plate main body 310 on the base 110 and passes the press coupling member 400 through the press coupling hole 111 formed on the plate main body 310.

The press coupling member 400 is screw-coupled to a press coupling hole 111 formed in the base 110, and is screw-coupled to a guide 500, more particularly, to a hole 511 formed at the center of a guide body 510, the guide 500 being coupled to the other surface of the base 110 opposite to the surface on which the fixing plate 300 is mounted.

Accordingly, when the press coupling member 400 is screw-coupled to the base 110 and the guide 500, the fixing plate 300 (more specifically, the plate body 310) simultaneously contacts the cover 200 and the base 110 formed on the base 100.

At this time, the plate body 310 presses the cap 200 toward the base 100 side (upward direction in fig. 2), and the frictional force between the cap 200 and the base 100 increases.

When the frictional force between the cover 200 and the base 100 is increased, the cover 200 may be prevented from rotating on the base 100.

The plate bending part 330 according to the embodiment is connected to an end of the plate main body 310, and corresponds to a shape of the mounting bending part 117 formed on the base 110. Accordingly, when the mounting bent portion 117 and the plate bent portion 330 are surface-contacted on the bent surface while the operator places the fixing plate 300 on the base plate 110, the center of the plate hole 311 formed in the plate main body 310 and the center of the press coupling hole 111 formed in the base plate 110 are automatically aligned, thereby facilitating penetration and screw coupling of the press coupling member 400.

Referring to fig. 2, 4, 5, 7, and 8, the guide 500 may be coupled to another surface of the base 110, the other surface of the base 110 facing away from one surface of the base 110 on which the fixing plate 300 is placed.

Referring to fig. 4, the guide 500 may include a guide body 510 and a guide boss 530, and the boss groove 119 may be formed in the form of a groove on one surface (a top surface in fig. 5) of the base 110 facing the guide 500.

When the guide boss 530 is inserted into the boss groove 119, the guide body 510 may be in surface contact with the base 110, and the center of the hole 511 formed at the center of the guide body 510 and the centers of the press coupling hole 111 and the extension part 112 formed at the base 110 may be aligned. Accordingly, the operator can easily align the centers of the guide 500 and the base 110, thereby improving the work convenience of screw-coupling the press coupling member 400 to the press coupling hole 111 and the hole 511 formed at the center of the guide body 510.

Further, when the guide boss 530 is inserted into the boss groove 119, the centers of the holes 513 formed on both sides of the hole 511 formed at the center of the guide body 510 and the center of the guide coupling hole 113 formed in the base 110 may be aligned, thereby improving the work convenience of an operator screw-coupling the guide coupling member 600 to the hole 513 formed in the guide body 510 and the guide coupling hole 113 formed in the base 110.

Referring to fig. 4, a spiral groove is not formed on an inner circumferential surface of the hole 513, and the hole 513 is formed on both sides around a central portion of the guide body 510 according to the embodiment.

However, one or more embodiments are not limited thereto, and various modifications may be made. For example, a spiral groove may be formed along an inner circumferential surface of the hole 513 like the guide coupling hole 113, and may be screw-coupled to the guide coupling member 600.

Referring to fig. 2, 8 and 9, when the guide coupling member 600 according to the embodiment is screw-coupled to the guide coupling hole 113 formed in the base 110, the guide 500 may be installed in surface contact with the base 110.

Referring to fig. 2 and 8, the press coupling member 400 passes through the fixing plate 300 (more specifically, a plate hole 311 formed in the plate main body 310) mounted on the base 110, and is primarily screw-coupled to the press coupling hole 111 formed in the base 110.

The press-bonding member 400 includes a press-bonding body 410 and a press-bonding head 430, wherein the upper portion of the press-bonding body 410 is a region 411 having a thread of the press-bonding body 410, and a region 413 having no thread of the press-bonding body 410 is formed between the region 411 having a thread of the press-bonding body 410 and the press-bonding head 430.

Accordingly, in the press-coupling member 400, the region 411 having the thread of the press-coupling body 410 passes through the press-coupling hole 111, and may remain placed on the base 110 before the press-coupling member 400 is unscrewed in a direction opposite to the screw-coupling direction.

The operator may continuously rotate the press coupling member 400 in the screw coupling direction, and, when the press coupling member 400 passes through the press coupling hole 111 and moves in the upward direction (in fig. 8), the press coupling member 400 contacts a hole 511 formed at the center of the guide 500 (more specifically, the guide body 510).

The hole 511 formed at the center of the guide body 510 is coaxial with the guide coupling hole 113 formed in the base 110 and the plate hole 311 formed in the plate body 310, and the region 411 having the thread of the press coupling body 410 is secondarily screw-coupled to the hole 511 formed at the center of the guide body 510.

When the press coupling member 400 is screw-coupled to the hole 511 formed at the center of the guide body 510 and moves upward (in fig. 8), the press coupling head 430 presses the fixing plate 300 upward.

When the fixing plate 300 (more specifically, the plate main body 310) moves upward (in fig. 8), the plate main body 310 presses the cover 200 toward the base 100 (upward direction in fig. 8).

Accordingly, the frictional force between the cover 200 and the base 100 is increased, and thus the cover 200 can be prevented from rotating on the base 100.

Further, since the cover 200 is prevented from rotating on the base 100, the position of the cut part 210 is fixed, and thus the camera module 10 may rotate in the vertical and horizontal directions in the position where the cut part 210 is formed and capture an image of the corresponding area.

Referring to fig. 1, the camera apparatus 1 according to the embodiment may need to change a photographing region due to circumstances. The operator may temporarily remove the pressing force of the cover 200 by releasing the coupling of the pressing coupling member 400 from the guide 500, and change the position of the cutting part 210 by rotating the cover 200 on the base 100.

Referring to fig. 2, 8 and 9, the operator may release the coupling of the pressing coupling member 400 from the hole 511 formed at the center of the guide body 510.

When the region 411 having the thread of the press coupling body 410 is separated from the hole 511 formed at the center of the guide body 510, the pressing force of the press coupling member 400 to the cover 200 may be removed.

Referring to fig. 9, the non-threaded region 413 of the press coupling body 410 passes through the extension portion 112 and the press coupling hole 111 formed in the base 110 and moves downward (in fig. 9).

At this time, the region 411 having the thread of the press coupling body 410 is caught by the press coupling hole 111 including the spiral groove formed on the inner circumferential surface thereof, and the press coupling member 400 cannot pass through the press coupling hole 111 formed in the base 110 unless the operator releases the coupling between the thread of the press coupling member 400 and the spiral groove of the press coupling hole 111.

Accordingly, when the pressing coupling member 400 is released by an instant force during work using a device like a power drill, it is possible to prevent an event that the pressing coupling member 400 is suddenly separated from the guide 500 and the base 100 on which the base 110 is formed and the cover 200 and the camera module 10 are dropped and damaged.

In addition, it is possible to prevent a safety accident that may occur due to the cover 200 and the camera module 10 falling onto the operator.

Further, in order to prevent the cover 200 and the camera module 10 from falling, a separate strap and an assembly for mounting the strap, which are connected to the hand of the operator, are not required.

Since the press coupling member 400 is unscrewed from the guide 500 and the base 100 in two steps, the operator can unscrew the press coupling member 400 without considering the unscrewed portion of the press coupling member 400, and thus, the work convenience can be improved.

Further, in the camera device 1 according to one or more embodiments, the guide boss 530 protrudes from one surface of the guide body 510 facing the base 100 toward the base 100, and when the guide boss 530 is inserted into the boss groove 119 formed at the base 110, the hole 511 formed at the center of the guide body 510 and the center of the guide coupling hole 113 formed in the base 110 are aligned.

Further, when the hole 511 formed at the center of the guide body 510 and the center of the guide coupling hole 113 are aligned, the operator may pass the guide coupling member 600 through the susceptor 100 and easily screw-couple the guide coupling member 600 to the hole 511 formed at the center of the guide body 510, and thus, the work convenience may be improved.

Hereinafter, the configuration, operation mechanism, and effect of the photographing system according to the embodiment will be described. Referring to fig. 1 to 9, a photographing system according to an embodiment may include a camera apparatus 1 and a base 100. The camera apparatus 1 is an apparatus in which the camera module 10 is installed, and the camera apparatus 1 may include a cover 200, a fixing plate 300, a press coupling member 400, a guide 500, and a guide coupling member 600.

The base 100 is fixed to an external position, and may be combined with the camera apparatus 1. Since the specific configurations, operation mechanisms and effects of the cover 200, the fixing plate 300, the press coupling member 400, the guide 500 and the guide coupling member 600 have been described above, detailed descriptions thereof will be omitted.

According to one or more embodiments, the pressing coupling member presses the cover toward the base to increase a frictional force generated between the cover and the base, thereby preventing the cover from rotating on the base.

Further, when the guide is coupled to the base, the center of the hole formed in the guide and the center of the press coupling hole formed in the base are aligned, and thus the press coupling member can be easily coupled to the base. Therefore, the work convenience can be improved.

It is to be understood that the embodiments described herein are to be considered in a descriptive sense only and not for purposes of limitation. Descriptions of features or aspects within each embodiment should generally be considered as available for other similar features or aspects in other embodiments. While one or more embodiments have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure as defined by the following claims.

Claims

1. A camera apparatus, characterized in that the camera apparatus comprises:

a base on which a camera module is mounted;

a cover rotatably connected to the base around a center of the base as a rotation center shaft, including a cut part formed on one side, and covering the camera module;

a guide coupled to one side of the base; and

a press coupling member penetratingly coupled to the base and the guide from the other side of the base facing away from the one side of the base to which the guide is coupled in a built-in screw manner and capable of simultaneously contacting the base and the cover,

wherein the press coupling member is configured to press the cover toward the base and fix a position of the cover on the base when the press coupling member is coupled to the guide.

2. The camera device according to claim 1, wherein the guide includes a guide body placed on the base and sharing a center with the base.

3. The camera device according to claim 2, further comprising: a guide coupling member penetrating the guide body and coupled to the base.

4. The camera device according to claim 3, wherein a plurality of guide engaging members are provided and are conformally arranged around the center of the guide body.

5. The camera device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the press bonding member includes:

a press coupling body coupled to the base and the guide; and

a press coupling head having a relatively larger size than a diameter of the press coupling body, connected to an end of the press coupling body, and capable of simultaneously contacting the base and the cover.

6. A camera apparatus, characterized in that the camera apparatus comprises:

a base on which a camera module is mounted;

a guide coupled to one side of the base;

a press coupling member penetratingly coupled to the base and the guide from the other side of the base, which is opposite to the side of the base to which the guide is coupled, and simultaneously contactable with the base and the cover, wherein the press coupling member is configured to press the cover toward the base and fix a position of the cover on the base when the press coupling member is coupled to the guide; and

a press coupling hole formed in the base, sharing a center with the guide, and screw-coupled to the press coupling member.

7. A camera apparatus, characterized in that the camera apparatus comprises:

a base on which a camera module capable of capturing an image is mounted;

a cover rotatably connected to the base and covering the camera module;

a guide coupled to one side of the base; and

a press coupling member penetratingly coupled to the base and the guide in a built-in screw manner and capable of simultaneously contacting the base and the cover,

8. The camera device according to claim 7, wherein the camera module is formed in a dome shape, is operated by a signal applied from the outside, is angularly adjustable to change a photographing region, and includes a lens for photographing the photographing region and receiving a light source.

9. The camera device of claim 8, wherein the camera module further comprises: an imaging device configured to convert the light source into an electrical signal; and an image processor configured to process the electrical signal generated by the imaging device to generate image data.

10. A camera system, characterized in that the camera system comprises:

a camera device in which a camera module is mounted; and

a base positionally fixed at an external position and coupled to the camera device,

wherein the camera device includes: a cover rotatably connected to the base, including a cut part formed on one side, and covering the camera module; a guide coupled to one side of the base; and a press coupling member penetratingly coupled to the base and the guide in a built-in screw manner from the other side of the base facing away from the side of the base to which the guide is coupled, and capable of simultaneously contacting the base and the cover, and

a cable electrically connected to an external device is mounted in the base and connected to the camera module.