CN213656277U - Hand-held cloud platform - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a handheld cloud platform. The handheld cloud platform includes cloud platform portion, handle portion and flexible display screen. The cloud platform part is used for bearing the shooting device. Handle portion and cloud platform portion mechanical coupling are connected and are equipped with the battery compartment that is used for accomodating the battery, and the battery is used for supplying power so that cloud platform portion can drive the shooting device motion for cloud platform portion to the gesture of shooting device is shot in the adjustment. The flexible display screen is mechanically coupled to the handle portion and is electrically connectable to a battery within the battery compartment such that the battery is capable of powering the flexible display screen. The flexible display screen can selectively be in a storage state or an expansion state relative to the handle portion, and when the storage state, at least part of the flexible display screen is in a bending state to reduce the space occupied by the flexible display screen, and the space occupied by the flexible display screen when the storage state is smaller than the space occupied when the expansion state is. Therefore, the flexible display screen has a larger display area when in the unfolded state, so that a user can obtain more picture information.

Description

Hand-held cloud platform

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a cloud platform technical field, in particular to handheld cloud platform.

Background

At present, handheld shooting products such as handheld cloud platforms are usually embedded with a small display screen to show shooting pictures for users. However, the user can only view the shot picture through the small screen, some picture information is missed, and the user experience is poor.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model discloses an embodiment provides a handheld cloud platform.

The utility model discloses embodiment's handheld cloud platform includes:

a cloud platform part for carrying a photographing apparatus;

the handle part is mechanically coupled with the cloud platform part and is provided with a battery bin for containing a battery, and the battery is used for supplying power to the cloud platform part so that the cloud platform part can drive the shooting device to move, and therefore the posture of the shooting device is adjusted;

a flexible display screen mechanically coupled to the handle portion and electrically connectable to a battery within the battery compartment such that the battery can power the flexible display screen;

the flexible display screen can be selectively in a storage state or a spreading state relative to the handle portion, at least part of the flexible display screen is in a bending state when in the storage state so as to reduce the space occupied by the flexible display screen, and the space occupied by the flexible display screen when in the storage state is smaller than the space occupied when in the spreading state.

The utility model discloses in embodiment's handheld cloud platform, flexible display screen can be selectively in the state of accomodating or expansion state, and when the state of accomodating, flexible display screen's at least part is bending state to reduce the space that flexible display screen occupy, and the space that flexible display screen occupy when the state of accomodating is less than the space that occupies when the expansion state. Therefore, when a screen needs to be viewed through a larger screen, the flexible display screen can be unfolded to be in an unfolded state to obtain a larger display area, so that a user can obtain more screen information to improve user experience. Meanwhile, the user can operate on the flexible display screen with a large area to effectively avoid the influence on the monitoring of the picture on the screen when the user operates the flexible display screen, and the user can directly operate each part of the handheld tripod head through the flexible display screen to control the parts without arranging additional mechanical keys or rollers to realize control, so that the handheld tripod head is free from the design limitation of the traditional mechanical keys, more designable spaces or further compressed product volumes are released, and the structure of the handheld tripod head is simplified.

In some embodiments, the flexible display screen includes a first display portion and a second display portion connected to the first display portion; the second display portion may be flush with the first display portion in the expanded state, and the second display portion may be bent with respect to the first display portion in the stored state.

In some embodiments, the handle portion includes a first wall and a second wall connected to the first wall, the first display portion being mounted to the first wall; when the storage state is realized, the second display part is bent and extends from the first display part to the second wall.

In some embodiments, the second display portion includes a first sub-region and a second sub-region, the first sub-region and the second sub-region are respectively connected to two ends of the first display portion, the second wall includes a first portion and a second portion, the first portion and the second portion are oppositely disposed at a distance and are connected to two ends of the first wall;

when the storage state is achieved, the first sub-area extends from one end of the first display portion to a first portion of the second wall in a bending mode, and the second sub-area extends from the other end of the first display portion to a second portion of the second wall in a bending mode.

In some embodiments, the handle portion further includes a third wall disposed opposite the first wall and connected to the second wall;

when the storage state is realized, the second display part is bent from the first display part and extends to the third wall.

In some embodiments, in the storage state, the second display portion is bent and extended from the first display portion and stacked on the first display portion.

In some embodiments, the first display portion and the second display portion are hinged by a hinge.

In some embodiments, in the stowed state, at least a portion of the flexible display screen is rolled into a rolled state; in the unfolded state, at least a portion of the flexible display is stretched into a planar state.

In some embodiments, the flexible display screen is entirely wrapped around the inside of the handle portion in the stowed state.

In some embodiments, the flexible display screen includes a third display portion and a fourth display portion connected to the third display portion; when the handle is in the storage state, the third display part is arranged on the wall of the handle part, and the fourth display part is wound to be in the rolling state and is abutted against the wall of the handle part.

In some embodiments, the handle portion is provided with a reel on which the flexible display screen is wound.

In some embodiments, the reel includes a latch for locking the flexible display in the deployed state.

In some embodiments, a control member for extending and/or retracting the flexible display screen is disposed on the handle portion; or the flexible display screen is provided with a control indication key for unfolding and/or accommodating the flexible display screen.

In some embodiments, an edge of the flexible display screen is provided with a guide for guiding the flexible display screen from one of the stowed and deployed states to the other.

In some embodiments, the handle portion includes a first body and a second body connected to the first body in a quick-release manner, the battery compartment is disposed in the second body, and the flexible display screen is connected to the first body.

The embodiment of this application still provides a handheld cloud platform, its characterized in that includes:

the cloud platform part is used for bearing a shooting device, and the posture of the shooting device can be adjusted through the cloud platform part;

the handle part is in mechanical coupling connection with the tripod head part, and is provided with a battery bin for containing a battery, and the battery is used for supplying power to the tripod head part;

a flexible display screen mechanically coupled to the handle portion and electrically connectable to a battery within the battery compartment such that the battery can power the flexible display screen;

the control part is used for acquiring user operation on the flexible display screen and controlling the handheld cloud platform to execute a control instruction corresponding to the user operation according to the user operation, and the control instruction is used for controlling at least one of the following components: the cloud platform portion, the battery, the camera.

Additional aspects and advantages of embodiments of the invention 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 embodiments of the invention.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a handheld pan/tilt head according to some embodiments of the present invention;

fig. 2 is another schematic structural view of a handheld pan/tilt head according to some embodiments of the present invention;

fig. 3 is an exploded schematic view of a handheld pan/tilt head according to some embodiments of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a further schematic structural view of a handheld pan/tilt head according to certain embodiments of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic view of another structure of a handheld pan/tilt head according to some embodiments of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic flow chart of a control method of a handheld pan/tilt head according to some embodiments of the present invention;

fig. 7 is another schematic flow chart of a control method of a handheld pan/tilt head according to some embodiments of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic flow chart of a control method of a handheld pan/tilt head according to some embodiments of the present invention.

Description of the main element symbols: the handheld tripod head 100, the platform part 10, the handle part 20, the first wall 21, the second wall 22, the first portion 221, the second portion 222, the third wall 23, the flexible display screen 30, the first display part 31, the second display part 32, the first sub-area 321, the second sub-area 322, and the control part 40.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are exemplary only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implying any number of technical features indicated. Thus, features defined as "first", "second", may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the described features. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; may be mechanically connected, may be electrically connected or may be in communication with each other; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations by those skilled in the art.

The following disclosure provides many different embodiments or examples for implementing different features of the invention. In order to simplify the disclosure of the present invention, the components and arrangements of specific examples are described below. Of course, they are merely examples and are not intended to limit the present invention. Furthermore, the present invention may repeat reference numerals and/or reference letters in the various examples, which have been repeated for purposes of simplicity and clarity and do not in themselves dictate a relationship between the various embodiments and/or arrangements discussed. In addition, the present disclosure provides examples of various specific processes and materials, but one of ordinary skill in the art may recognize applications of other processes and/or use of other materials.

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are exemplary only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, a handheld tripod head 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a tripod portion 10, a handle portion 20 and a flexible display 30. The platform unit 10 is used to carry the imaging apparatus 200, and the platform unit 10 can adjust the posture of the imaging apparatus 200. The handle 20 is mechanically coupled to the platform portion 10, and the handle 20 is provided with a battery compartment for accommodating a battery (not shown) for supplying power to the platform portion 10 so that the platform portion 10 can move the camera device 200, thereby adjusting the posture of the camera device 200. Flexible display 30 is mechanically coupled to handle portion 20, and flexible display 30 is electrically connectable to a battery within the battery compartment such that the battery can power flexible display 30.

Wherein, flexible display screen 30 can be selectively in a storage state or an expansion state relative to handle portion 20, and when flexible display screen 30 is in the storage state, at least a part of flexible display screen 30 is in a bending state to reduce the space occupied by flexible display screen 30, and the space occupied by flexible display screen 30 in the storage state is smaller than the space occupied in the expansion state, fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of flexible display screen 30 in the storage state, and fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of flexible display screen 30 in the expansion state.

The utility model discloses in handheld cloud platform 100 of embodiment, flexible display screen 30 can be selectively in the state of accomodating or the state of expansion, and when the state of accomodating, at least part of flexible display screen 30 is the bending state to reduce the space that flexible display screen 30 occupy, and the space that flexible display screen 30 occupy when the state of accomodating is less than the space that occupies when the state of expansion. Like this, compare in traditional embedded mode that has less display screen to shoot the picture in order to show, the utility model discloses in embodiment's handheld cloud platform 100, when the picture is looked over through great screen to needs, can expand flexible display screen 30 and be the expansion state in order to obtain great display area to make the user can obtain more picture information and experience in order to improve user's use.

It is to be understood that the handheld pan/tilt head 100 of the present invention can be a single-axis pan/tilt head or a multi-axis pan/tilt head, such as a dual-axis pan/tilt head and a tri-axis pan/tilt head, and is not limited thereto.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, in some embodiments, the flexible display 30 includes a first display portion 31 and a second display portion 32 connected to the first display portion 31. When the flexible display 30 is in the expanded state, the second display portion 32 can be flush with the first display portion 31 (as shown in fig. 2), and when the flexible display 30 is in the stored state, the second display portion 32 can be bent with respect to the first display portion 31 (as shown in fig. 1).

So, when expanding flexible display screen 30, first display portion 31 and second display portion 32 parallel and level can constitute a comparatively level and have great display area's display screen to provide bigger display area, and then can show more picture information to the user, improved user experience. When not needing bigger display area, only need buckle second display portion 32 first display portion 31 relatively to make flexible display screen 30's occupation space less, conveniently carry and accomodate.

It is understood that, in some embodiments, the second display portion 32 may be bent and extended from the first display portion 31 and stacked on the first display portion 31 in the storage state. Like this, under the state of accomodating, second display part 32 is buckled and is piled up on first display part 31 relative first display part 31, can reduce the occupation space of flexible display screen 30 to a certain extent to reduce handheld cloud platform 100's occupation space, convenience of customers carries and accomodates.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, in some embodiments, handle portion 20 includes a first wall 21 and a second wall 22 connected to first wall 21, and first display portion 31 is mounted on first wall 21. In the storage state, the second display portion 32 is bent from the first display portion 31 to extend to the second wall 22. It should be appreciated that in some embodiments, flexible display 30 may be maintained in a stowed position relative to handle portion 20, for example, with second display portion 32 fixedly mounted to second wall 22, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

As such, on the one hand, the first display portion 31 is mounted on the first wall 21, and the second display portion 32 is bent relative to the first display portion 31 and extends to the second wall 22, so that the first display portion 31 covers the first wall 21 to a greater extent, so that the flexible display screen 30 can also cover the edge portion of the first wall 21, and the display area is increased, and on the other hand, the second display portion 32 is bent to the second wall 22, so that when the user holds the handle portion 20 with one hand, the user can perform one-hand operation on the second display portion 32 to control the posture of the cloud platform portion 10, so as to adjust the posture of the photographing device 200 or control the power supply state of the battery or adjust the photographing mode of the photographing device 200 or perform other functional operations.

Specifically, in the embodiment shown in fig. 1 to 3, first wall 21 is a front wall facing a user when the user grips handle section 20, and second wall 22 is a side wall of handle section 20. In the related art, a small display screen is embedded in the front wall of the handle portion to display a picture, and the edge position of the front wall is not covered by the display screen, so that the display area is small. In the embodiment of the present invention, the first display portion 31 is installed on the first wall 21, and the second display portion 32 is bent from the first display portion 31 to extend onto the second wall 22, so that the flexible display screen 30 can also cover the edge portion of the first wall 21, thereby effectively increasing the display area.

Further, referring to fig. 2 and 3, in some embodiments, the second display part 32 includes a first sub-region 321 and a second sub-region 322, the first sub-region 321 and the second sub-region 322 are respectively connected to two ends of the first display part 31, the second wall 22 includes a first portion 221 and a second portion 222, and the first portion 221 and the second portion 222 are disposed opposite to each other at an interval and are connected to two ends of the first wall 21.

In the storage state, the first sub-region 321 extends from one end of the first display portion 31 to the first portion 221 of the second wall 22, and the second sub-region 322 extends from the other end of the first display portion 31 to the second portion 222 of the second wall 22.

In this way, the second display portion 32 includes a first sub-area 321 and a second sub-area 322 located at two sides of the first display portion 31, and the two sub-areas respectively extend to the first portion 221 and the second portion 222, and when the user holds the handle portion 20, the user can control the posture of the platform portion 10 by operating the fingers on the first sub-area 321 and the second sub-area 322 to control the posture of the photographing apparatus 200 or directly control the working state of the photographing apparatus 200, such as directly controlling the photographing apparatus 200 to take a photograph or the like or perform other functional operations.

Specifically, in such an embodiment, first portion 221 and second portion 222 are two side walls connected on either side of first wall 21 (i.e., the front wall of handle portion 20), respectively.

Further, in some embodiments, handle portion 20 may also include a third wall 23 disposed opposite first wall 21 and connected to second wall 22. In the accommodated state, the second display portion 32 is bent and extended from the first display portion 31 to the third wall 23.

In this way, the flexible display 30 may be substantially disposed around the handle portion 20, thereby further increasing the display area of the handheld tripod head 100 to obtain more image information.

Specifically, in another such embodiment, the third wall 23 is a wall surface disposed opposite to the first wall 21, when the user holds the handle portion 20, the first wall 21 faces the side where the user is located, and the third wall 23 faces the side where the picture to be photographed is located, that is, the rear wall of the handle portion 20, so that the user standing on the side where the picture to be photographed is located can view the picture information through the second display portion 32 on the third wall 23, thereby improving the user experience.

For example, when the handheld tripod head 100 is used to photograph a person, the photographed person can also observe the picture information photographed by the photographing device 200 through the display part on the third wall 23, thereby improving the user experience. For another example, when the user uses the handheld cradle head 100 to perform self-shooting, the user can also observe the picture shot by the shooting device 200 through the display part on the third wall 23, so that the user can timely know the shooting information so that the user can adjust the shooting position and the shooting angle, and the user experience is improved.

In some embodiments, the first display part 31 and the second display part 32 may be hinged by a hinge.

In this way, the hinge of the rotation shaft can stably fix and connect the second display portion 32 of the first display portion 31, and the second display portion 32 can be stably and reliably bent with respect to the first display portion 31 due to the hinge of the rotation shaft.

Referring to fig. 4 and 5, in some embodiments, at least a portion of the flexible display 30 is wound into a rolled state (as shown in fig. 4) when the flexible display 30 is in the stored state. When the flexible display 30 is in the unfolded state, at least a portion of the flexible display 30 is stretched into a planar state (as shown in fig. 5).

Thus, when the flexible display screen 30 is in the unfolded state, at least a part of the flexible display screen is stretched into a planar state, the display area of the flexible display screen is large, more picture information can be provided, and user experience is improved. When the flexible display screen 30 is in the storage state, at least a part of the flexible display screen is wound into a winding state, and the occupied space is small, so that the flexible display screen is convenient for a user to store and carry. Like this, can adopt great flexible display screen 30 to carry out the rolling and can not make the space that flexible display screen 30 occupy great and influence the accomodation and the carrying of handheld cloud platform 100, also can obtain bigger display area simultaneously.

Further, in some embodiments, the flexible display 30 may include a third display portion and a fourth display portion connected to the third display portion. In the stored state, the third display portion is provided on the wall of the handle portion 20, and the fourth display portion is wound in the rolled state and abuts against the wall of the handle portion 20.

As such, the third display portion is disposed on the wall of the handle portion 20, and regardless of whether the flexible display screen 30 is in the unfolded state or the accommodated state, the third display portion can be used for displaying and receiving user operations to control the operating state of the handheld tripod head 100 and adjust operating parameters of the handheld tripod head 100, such as adjusting the posture of the tripod portion 10 to adjust the posture of the photographing device 200, as well as controlling whether the battery supplies power to the flexible display screen 30 and the tripod portion 10, as well as directly adjusting the photographing mode and photographing parameters of the photographing device 200, and the like, without providing mechanical keys, rollers, and other elements on the handle portion 20, thereby simplifying the structure of the handheld tripod head 100.

In some embodiments, handle portion 20 may be provided with a reel (not shown) on which flexible display screen 30 is wound.

In this way, the reel can wind the flexible display 30, so that the flexible display 30 is in a storage state to reduce the occupied space of the flexible display 30, and when the flexible display 30 needs to be unfolded to obtain a larger display area, the flexible display 30 can be at least partially stretched into a planar state by means of electric driving or manual pulling.

Specifically, in such an embodiment, the winding shaft may be disposed on a wall of the handle portion 20, the third display portion is fixedly mounted on the wall of the handle portion 20, and the fourth display portion is wound on the winding shaft, and in the storage state, the fourth display portion is wound on the winding shaft and abuts against the handle portion 20, and at this time, the fourth display portion is in the winding state. When the flexible display screen 30 needs to be unfolded to the unfolded state, the fourth display portion can be pulled by an electric driving manner or a manual pulling manner, so that the fourth display portion overcomes the restoring force applied by the scroll to at least partially unfold the fourth display portion to the planar state, and the handheld cradle head 100 obtains a larger display area.

In some embodiments, flexible display 30 may also be entirely wrapped around the inside of handle portion 20 in the stowed state.

Thus, in the storage state, the flexible display screen 30 is located inside the handle portion 20, and does not occupy additional space, so that the volume of the handheld tripod head 100 can be smaller, and the handheld tripod head is convenient to carry and store.

It is understood that, in such an embodiment, when the flexible display 30 is required to display more picture information collected by the camera device 200, the flexible display 30 only needs to be at least partially pulled out from the handle portion 20.

Specifically, in such an embodiment, a reel may be provided inside handle portion 20, an opening is provided in handle portion 20 for allowing flexible display 30 to extend out, in the storage state, flexible display 30 is substantially completely stored inside handle portion 20 under the action of the reel, and when it needs to be unfolded, flexible display 30 may be at least partially pulled out from handle portion 20 by means of electric driving or manual pulling.

In some embodiments, the reel may include a latch for locking the flexible display 30 in the deployed state.

In this manner, the locking member can lock the flexible display 30 when the flexible display 30 is in the deployed state, so that the flexible display 30 can remain in the deployed state without being retracted into the handle portion 20 due to the restoring force applied by the reel.

Specifically, in one example, the locking member may be an abutting member disposed on the handle portion 20, and after the flexible display screen 30 is pulled out from the handle portion 20, the abutting member abuts against the flexible display screen 30 so as to limit the position of the flexible display screen 30, so as to fix the flexible display screen 30 in the unfolded state.

In one possible embodiment, the locking member may include a push rod and an elastic member, a limiting groove may be formed on the flexible display 30, and when the flexible display 30 is in the unfolded state, the elastic member drives the push rod to extend into the limiting groove and abut against an inner wall of the limiting groove, so as to limit the flexible display 30. Of course, in other embodiments, the locking member may have other structures, for example, the locking member may be a snap structure disposed on the handle portion 20, and when the flexible display 30 is in the unfolded state, the flexible display 30 may be locked by the snap structure so as to prevent the flexible display 30 from retracting under the action of the reel, and thus lock the flexible display 30 in the unfolded state.

In some embodiments, controls for deploying and/or stowing flexible display screen 30 may be provided on handle portion 20.

Therefore, the control piece can drive the flexible display screen 30 to be unfolded or stored, and therefore the flexible display screen 30 can be switched between the unfolding state and the storage state.

Specifically, in such embodiments, the control member may be a driving member, such as a motor or the like, disposed within handle portion 20, which may drive flexible display 30 to move to switch flexible display 30 between the deployed state and the stowed state. In one example, the handle portion 20 may be provided with a control button electrically connected to the driving member, and a user may press the control button to control an operating state of the driving member, so as to deploy or stow the flexible display 30.

In some embodiments, control indication keys are provided on the flexible display 30 that enable the flexible display 30 to be deployed and/or stowed.

In this way, the user can switch the flexible display 30 between the extended state and the retracted state by touching or pressing the control indication key on the flexible display 30.

Specifically, in one possible embodiment, a virtual control key may be provided on the third display portion of the flexible display 30, and a user may control whether the fourth display portion is unfolded by touching or pressing the virtual control case, so as to switch the flexible display 30 between the unfolded state and the stored state.

In some embodiments, the edges of the flexible display 30 are provided with guides for guiding the flexible display 30 from one of the stowed and deployed states to the other.

In this way, the guide may guide the movement of the flexible display screen 30, thereby ensuring stability and accuracy of the movement of the flexible display screen 30.

Specifically, in one possible embodiment, flexible display 30 may include a display portion mounted on a guide slidably coupled to handle portion 20, the guide sliding relative to handle portion 20 as flexible display 30 moves, thereby guiding flexible display 30 to move in one direction to enable flexible display 30 to stably move from one of a stowed state and a deployed state to the other.

In some embodiments, handle portion 20 includes a first body and a second body that is detachably connected to the first body, the battery compartment is disposed in the second body, and flexible display 30 is connected to the first body.

So, with the battery setting in the second is originally internal, flexible display screen 30 sets up on first body, when needing to be changed the battery or change flexible display screen 30, can take apart first body and second body fast and change, and need not through complicated dismantlement and installation, and is simple convenient.

It should be noted that the first body and the second body are quick-release connected, for example, detachably connected by a screw connection or a snap connection. It will be appreciated that a battery disposed within the second body may be electrically connected to the flexible display 30 to power the flexible display 30 when the first and second bodies are coupled together, for example, in one embodiment, electrical contact contacts may be disposed on both the first and second bodies, and the first and second bodies are electrically contacted by the contact contacts when coupled together, thereby enabling the battery to power the flexible display 30. When the two are separated, the battery and the flexible display screen 30 are disconnected, and the battery stops supplying power.

Referring to fig. 1 and fig. 6, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a control method for a handheld cradle head 100, including the steps of:

s01: acquiring user operation on the flexible display screen 30 of the handheld cloud deck 100;

the handheld tripod head 100 includes a tripod portion 10 and a handle portion 20, the tripod portion 10 is used for carrying the photographing device 200, and the handle portion 20 is mechanically coupled to the tripod portion 10; the handle part 20 is provided with a battery compartment for receiving a battery, the flexible display screen 30 is mechanically coupled to the handle part 20, and the flexible display screen 30 can be electrically connected to the battery in the battery compartment, the battery is used for supplying power to the platform part 10 and the flexible display screen 30.

S02: controlling the handheld cloud deck 100 to execute a control instruction corresponding to the user operation according to the user operation, wherein the control instruction is used for controlling at least one of the following components: the cloud deck 10, a battery, and the photographing device 200.

Referring to fig. 1, in some embodiments, the handheld cradle head 100 further includes a control unit 40, and the steps S01 and S02 can be implemented by the control unit 40. That is, the control portion 40 can be used to obtain the user operation on the flexible display 30 and control the handheld tripod head 100 to execute the control instruction corresponding to the user operation according to the user operation, and the control instruction is used to control at least one of the following components: the cloud deck portion 10, the battery, the photographing device 200, and specifically, the control portion 40 may include a processor or a controller on the handheld cloud deck 100. It should be understood that, in some embodiments, the handheld cradle head may further include other functional components, and the control method provided by the present invention may further include controlling the handheld cradle head 100 to execute a control command corresponding to the user operation according to the user operation, where the control command is used to control the other functional components to implement the corresponding functional operation.

In the control method of the handheld cloud deck 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the user can control the cloud deck portion 10, the battery and at least one component of the photographing apparatus 200 by performing a single operation or a series of operations on the flexible display screen 30, for example, the posture of the cloud deck portion 10 can be controlled by the user operation on the flexible display screen 30 to adjust the posture of the photographing apparatus 200, and for example, the power-on state of the flexible display screen 30 and the power-on state of the cloud deck portion 10 can be controlled by the on-off state of the battery, and for example, the photographing mode of the photographing apparatus 200 can be directly adjusted. In this way, the user can directly control each component of the handheld cloud deck 100 by operating on the flexible display screen 30, without setting additional mechanical keys or rollers to realize control, and the structure of the handheld cloud deck 100 is simplified.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the user operation and the control command are in a one-to-one correspondence relationship, and the correspondence relationship between the user operation and the control command may be preset in the manufacturing process of the handheld cradle head 100, or may be defined by the user, which is not limited herein. That is, in some embodiments, the correspondence between user operations and control instructions can be customized by the user. In this way, the user can customize the operation and the corresponding control instruction on the flexible display screen 30, which improves the user experience, for example, the user can customize the sliding operation on the flexible display screen 30 to correspond to the control instruction for controlling the movement of the platform part 10 to change the posture.

Referring to fig. 2 and 7, in some embodiments, the flexible display 30 can be selectively placed in a retracted state or an extended state relative to the handle portion 20, and the flexible display 30 includes a first display portion 31 and a second display portion 32 connected to the first display portion 31; in the expanded state, the second display portion 32 can be flush with the first display portion 31, and in the stored state, the second display portion 32 can be bent with respect to the first display portion 31, and step S01 includes the steps of:

s011: the user operation on the second display section 32 is acquired.

In some embodiments, the step S011 can also be implemented by the controller 40, that is, the controller 40 is configured to obtain the user operation on the second display portion 32.

In this way, the user can operate on the second display portion 32 to control the handheld cradle head 100 to execute the control instruction corresponding to the user operation without affecting the display image on the first display portion 31, so that the user can be effectively prevented from affecting the image monitoring on the flexible display screen 30 when performing the finger operation.

In addition, in the storage state, the second display portion 32 is bent relative to the first display portion 31, so that when the user holds the handle portion 20 with one hand, the user can perform one-hand operation on the second display portion 32, thereby avoiding that the user needs to perform two-hand operation to greatly drive the handheld cradle head 100 to move and even change the holding position of the handheld cradle head 100 to cause shaking, and further influencing the imaging quality.

In some embodiments, flexible display 30 is selectively positionable in a stowed position or a deployed position relative to handle portion 20, flexible display 30 including a third display portion and a fourth display portion coupled to the third display portion; the third display portion is disposed on a wall of the handle portion 20 in the stored state, and the fourth display portion is wound in a rolled state and abuts against the wall of the handle portion 20, and step S01 may include:

the user operation on the third display section is acquired.

In some embodiments, the above steps may also be implemented by the control unit 40, that is, the control unit 40 is configured to obtain the user operation on the third display unit.

Thus, when the flexible display screen 30 is in the unfolded state, it has a larger display area, so that the user can acquire more picture information to monitor the picture. In such a state, the user can operate on the third display portion to control the handheld cradle head 100 to execute the control instruction corresponding to the user operation without affecting the display image on the fourth display portion, so that the user can be effectively prevented from affecting the image monitoring on the flexible display screen 30 when performing finger operation. In addition, under the state of accomodating, the fourth display part is in the rolling state, thereby the user also can operate in the third display part and control handheld cloud platform 100 and carry out corresponding instruction, has improved user experience.

Referring to fig. 1, 2 and 8, in some embodiments, flexible display 30 is disposed around four walls of handle portion 20. Wherein the portion of the flexible display 30 disposed on the front wall is used for displaying images, and the portions of the flexible display 30 disposed on the side walls and the rear wall are used for receiving user operations, the step S01 may include the steps of:

s013: user operations on portions of the flexible display screen 30 provided on the side walls and the rear wall are acquired.

Referring to fig. 8, in some embodiments, the step S013 can also be implemented by the control portion 40, that is, the control portion 40 can be used to obtain user operations on the portions of the side walls and the rear wall of the flexible display 30.

As such, the portion of flexible display 30 located on the front wall of handle portion 20 for displaying images, which bypasses the entire front wall, may increase the display area to a certain extent relative to embedding flexible display 30 in handle portion 20 to enable the user to obtain a greater amount of screen information from flexible display 30.

Meanwhile, when holding the handle 20, the user can control the handheld cradle head 100 to execute a corresponding control command by operating on the side wall and the rear wall of the flexible display screen 30, without affecting the monitoring of the picture on the flexible display screen 30, thereby improving the user experience.

In addition, in such an embodiment, when the user holds the handle portion 20 with one hand, the user can perform one-hand operation on the portions of the side wall and the rear wall, so as to avoid that the user needs to perform two-hand operation to largely drive the handheld tripod head 100 to move and even change the holding position of the handheld tripod head 100 to cause shaking, thereby affecting the imaging quality.

Note that, the two side walls in the present embodiment may correspond to the first portion 221 and the second portion 222 of the second wall 22 in the foregoing embodiment, respectively, the rear wall corresponds to the third wall 23 in the foregoing embodiment, and the front wall corresponds to the first wall 21 in the foregoing embodiment.

In some embodiments, the control instructions include adjusting control parameters of the handheld tripod head 100 and/or changing a shooting mode of the shooting device 200.

Specifically, the control parameters of the handheld tripod head 100 include the attitude parameters of the tripod part 10, the photographing parameters of the photographing device 200, the power supply parameters of the battery, and the brightness of the flexible display screen 30. For example, if it is detected that the user performs a corresponding operation on the flexible display 30 by corresponding the operation of the user to the attitude parameter of the platform portion 10, the handheld tripod head 100 correspondingly changes the attitude parameter of the platform portion 10 to adjust the attitude of the photographing device 200, and it can be understood that the attitude parameter of the platform portion 10 includes a roll angle, a pitch angle and a yaw angle, specifically, taking the handheld tripod head 100 as an example, the platform portion 10 may include a roll shaft assembly, a pitch shaft assembly and a yaw shaft assembly, and the handheld tripod head 100 may generate a control command according to the user operation to control any one or more of the roll shaft assembly, the pitch shaft assembly and the yaw shaft assembly to move to adjust at least one of the roll angle, the pitch angle and the yaw shaft assembly of the platform portion 10, so as to drive the photographing device 200 to move to adjust the attitude of the photographing device 200.

For another example, by corresponding the user operation to the brightness of the flexible display 30, if it is detected that the user performs the corresponding operation on the flexible display 30, the handheld cradle head 100 generates the corresponding control command to adjust the brightness of the flexible display 30.

In some embodiments, the handheld tripod head 100 further comprises a speaker, the control instruction is further used for controlling the speaker, and the control parameter of the handheld tripod head 100 further comprises the volume of the speaker.

In this way, the volume of the speaker can be adjusted by performing corresponding operations on the flexible display 30, without setting mechanical keys with complicated structures to adjust the volume. Specifically, in one possible embodiment, a touch area for adjusting the volume of the speaker is formed on the flexible display 30, and when the user touches or presses the touch area, the handheld tripod head 100 can adjust the volume of the speaker according to the touch operation.

In some embodiments, handle portion 20 has an adjustable length, the control instructions are also used to control handle portion 20, and the control parameters of handheld tripod head 100 further include the length of handle portion 20.

In this manner, the length of the handle portion 20 can be adjusted by operating on the flexible display 30.

Specifically, in one possible embodiment, the handle portion 20 may include two telescopic portions capable of sliding and extending relatively and a driving motor electrically connected to the control portion 40, and upon receiving a corresponding operation of a user on the flexible display 30, the control portion 40 controls a movement state of the driving motor, so as to control the telescopic portions to extend and retract to adjust the length of the handle portion 20.

In some embodiments, the shooting mode includes at least one of taking a picture, recording a video, delaying a time, panning, night scene, beauty, auto focus, HDR, pan-tilt lock, face following.

As such, corresponding control instructions may be generated by user manipulation on the flexible display screen 30 to cause the capture mode to enter any one or more of the above-described modes.

Specifically, in some embodiments, a corresponding touch or virtual key press may be provided in an area of the flexible display 30 on the side wall or the rear wall, so as to control the photographing apparatus 200 to enter different photographing modes.

In some embodiments, the user operation includes at least one of a sliding operation, a pressing operation, and a rotating operation.

In this way, the user can control the pan/tilt head unit 10, the battery and the photographing device 200 by performing simple sliding operation, pressing operation and rotating operation on the flexible display 30, which is simple and convenient,

in some embodiments, the sliding operation includes a radial sliding around a center point of the operation interface, and the rotating operation includes a clockwise and counterclockwise rotation around the center point.

Specifically, referring to fig. 1, in an example, the handle portion 20 includes two side walls connected to two sides of the front wall, that is, a first wall 21 and a second wall 22 in fig. 1, when the user holds the handle portion 20, the user can perform pressing operation on different positions on a portion of the flexible display 30 located on one side wall to adjust the volume of the speaker of the handheld cradle head 100 or adjust the brightness of the flexible display 30, and at the same time, the user can perform sliding operation or rotating operation on a portion of the flexible display 30 located on the other side wall to control the cradle head portion 10, so as to change the posture of the cradle head portion 10 to change the shooting angle of the shooting device 200, for example, the user can slide on the flexible display 30 in the thickness direction of the handle portion 20 to control the rolling shaft assembly of the cradle head portion 10 to rotate, can slide on the flexible display 30 in the height direction of the handle portion 20 to control the pitching shaft assembly of the cradle head portion 10 to rotate, the flexible display 30 can rotate around the center of the operation interface to control the yaw axis assembly of the platform part 10 to rotate, it is understood that in some embodiments, the counterclockwise rotation means the forward rotation of the motor of the yaw axis assembly, and the clockwise rotation means the reverse rotation of the motor of the yaw axis assembly, of course, in other embodiments, the two may be opposite, and the invention is not limited thereto.

In addition, in the above example, the user controls the roll and pitch shaft assemblies to rotate by sliding operations in different directions, and controls the yaw shaft assembly to rotate by rotating operations. It is understood that, in other embodiments, the rotation of the pitch axis assembly and the yaw axis assembly may be controlled by sliding operations in different directions, and the rotation of the roll axis assembly may be controlled by rotating operations, which is not limited herein, and only the sliding operations and the rotating operations need to be in one-to-one correspondence with the three axis assemblies of the pan and tilt head portion 10. Furthermore, in some embodiments, the handheld tripod head 100 may also be a single-axis tripod head or a double-axis tripod head, and in such embodiments, the sliding operation or the rotating operation may also be performed corresponding to the corresponding axis assembly to control each axis assembly, and the specific description is not limited herein.

The present invention further provides a computer readable storage medium storing computer instructions, which when executed by one or more processors, implements the control method of the handheld tripod head 100 according to any one of the above embodiments.

For example, the computer instructions may be executable by a processor to perform a control method of:

s01: acquiring user operation on the flexible display screen 30 of the handheld cloud deck 100; and

s02: controlling the handheld cloud deck 100 to execute a control instruction corresponding to the user operation according to the user operation, wherein the control instruction is used for controlling at least one of the following components: the cloud deck 10, a battery, and the photographing device 200.

In the description of the present specification, reference to the description of the terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an illustrative embodiment," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples" or the like means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present invention. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

Moreover, any process or method descriptions in flow charts or otherwise described herein may be understood as representing modules, segments, or portions of code which include one or more executable instructions for implementing specific logical functions or steps in the process, and the scope of the preferred embodiments of the present invention includes additional implementations in which functions may be executed out of order from that shown or discussed, including substantially concurrently or in reverse order, depending on the functionality involved, as would be understood by those reasonably skilled in the art of the present invention.

The logic and/or steps represented in the flowcharts or otherwise described herein, such as an ordered listing of executable instructions for implementing logical functions, can be embodied in any computer-readable medium for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device, such as a computer-based system, processor-containing system, or other system that can fetch the instructions from the instruction execution system, apparatus, or device and execute the instructions. For the purposes of this description, a "computer-readable medium" can be any means that can contain, store, communicate, propagate, or transport the program for use by or in connection with the instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. More specific examples (a non-exhaustive list) of the computer-readable medium would include the following: an electrical connection (electronic device) having one or more wires, a portable computer diskette (magnetic device), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), an optical fiber device, and a portable compact disc read-only memory (CDROM). Additionally, the computer-readable medium could even be paper or another suitable medium upon which the program is printed, as the program can be electronically captured, via for instance optical scanning of the paper or other medium, then compiled, interpreted or otherwise processed in a suitable manner if necessary, and then stored in a computer memory.

It should be understood that portions of the present invention may be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, or a combination thereof. In the above embodiments, various steps or methods may be performed by software or firmware stored in a memory and executed by a suitable instruction execution system. For example, if implemented in hardware, as in another embodiment, any one or combination of the following techniques, which are known in the art, may be used: a discrete logic circuit having a logic gate circuit for performing a logic function on a data signal, an application specific integrated circuit having an appropriate combinational logic gate circuit, a Programmable Gate Array (PGA), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), or the like.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all or part of the steps carried out in the above method may be implemented by hardware related to instructions of a program, which may be stored in a computer readable storage medium, and the program, when executed, includes one or a combination of the steps of the method embodiments.

In addition, each functional unit in the embodiments of the present invention may be integrated into one processing module, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one module. The integrated module can be executed in the form of hardware or in the form of a software functional module. The integrated module, if executed in the form of a software functional module and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may also be stored in a computer readable storage medium.

The storage medium mentioned above may be a read-only memory, a magnetic or optical disk, etc. Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it is understood that the above embodiments are exemplary and should not be construed as limiting the present invention, and that variations, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the above embodiments by those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the scope of the present invention.

Claims (15)

1. A handheld pan and tilt head, comprising:

a cloud platform part for carrying a photographing apparatus;

the handle part is mechanically coupled with the cloud platform part and is provided with a battery bin for containing a battery, and the battery is used for supplying power to the cloud platform part so that the cloud platform part can drive the shooting device to move, and therefore the posture of the shooting device is adjusted;

a flexible display screen mechanically coupled to the handle portion and electrically connectable to a battery within the battery compartment such that the battery can power the flexible display screen;

the flexible display screen can be selectively in a storage state or a spreading state relative to the handle portion, at least part of the flexible display screen is in a bending state when in the storage state so as to reduce the space occupied by the flexible display screen, and the space occupied by the flexible display screen when in the storage state is smaller than the space occupied when in the spreading state.

2. A handheld holder according to claim 1, wherein the flexible display comprises a first display portion and a second display portion connected to the first display portion; the second display portion may be flush with the first display portion in the expanded state, and the second display portion may be bent with respect to the first display portion in the stored state.

3. A handheld holder according to claim 2, wherein the handle portion comprises a first wall and a second wall connected to the first wall, the first display portion being mounted on the first wall; when the storage state is realized, the second display part is bent and extends from the first display part to the second wall.

4. A handheld tripod head according to claim 3, wherein said second display portion comprises a first sub-region and a second sub-region, said first sub-region and said second sub-region being respectively connected to two ends of said first display portion, said second wall comprises a first portion and a second portion, said first portion and said second portion being disposed in spaced opposed relation and being connected to two ends of said first wall;

when the storage state is achieved, the first sub-area extends from one end of the first display portion to a first portion of the second wall in a bending mode, and the second sub-area extends from the other end of the first display portion to a second portion of the second wall in a bending mode.

5. A handheld holder according to claim 3, wherein the handle portion further comprises a third wall disposed opposite the first wall and connected to the second wall;

when the storage state is realized, the second display part is bent from the first display part and extends to the third wall.

6. A handheld tripod head according to claim 2, wherein in the stowed position, the second display portion extends from the first display portion in a bent manner and is stacked on the first display portion.

7. A handheld tripod head according to claim 2, wherein the first display portion and the second display portion are hinged by a hinge.

8. A handheld head according to claim 1, wherein in the stowed condition at least part of the flexible display is wound into a rolled condition; in the unfolded state, at least a portion of the flexible display is stretched into a planar state.

9. A handheld tripod head according to claim 8, wherein in said stowed condition, said flexible display screen is fully wrapped around the inside of said handle portion.

10. A handheld holder according to claim 8, wherein the flexible display comprises a third display portion and a fourth display portion connected to the third display portion; when the handle is in the storage state, the third display part is arranged on the wall of the handle part, and the fourth display part is wound to be in the rolling state and is abutted against the wall of the handle part.

11. A handheld tripod head according to claim 8, wherein said handle portion is provided with a roller on which said flexible display screen is windingly arranged.

12. A handheld head according to claim 11, wherein the reel comprises a lock for locking the flexible display in the deployed state.

13. A handheld head according to claim 1, wherein the handle portion is provided with controls for deploying and/or stowing the flexible display screen; or the flexible display screen is provided with a control indication key for unfolding and/or accommodating the flexible display screen; or, the edge of the flexible display screen is provided with a guide member for guiding the flexible display screen from one state to the other state of the storage state and the unfolding state.

14. A handheld holder according to claim 1, wherein the handle portion comprises a first body and a second body that is detachably connected to the first body, the battery compartment is disposed in the second body, and the flexible display screen is connected to the first body.

15. A handheld pan and tilt head, comprising:

the cloud platform part is used for bearing a shooting device, and the posture of the shooting device can be adjusted through the cloud platform part;

the handle part is in mechanical coupling connection with the tripod head part, and is provided with a battery bin for containing a battery, and the battery is used for supplying power to the tripod head part;

a flexible display screen mechanically coupled to the handle portion and electrically connectable to a battery within the battery compartment such that the battery can power the flexible display screen;

the control part is used for acquiring user operation on the flexible display screen and controlling the handheld cloud platform to execute a control instruction corresponding to the user operation according to the user operation, and the control instruction is used for controlling at least one of the following components: the cloud platform portion, the battery, the camera.

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