CN216636851U

CN216636851U - Unmanned aerial vehicle cloud platform

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Publication number: CN216636851U
Application number: CN202123359229.9U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张子超; 王根; 莫双齐
Original assignee: Chengdu Bobei Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Chengdu Bobei Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-12-29
Filing date: 2021-12-29
Publication date: 2022-05-31
Anticipated expiration: 2031-12-29

Abstract

The utility model discloses a small unmanned aerial vehicle holder, which comprises an infinite rotating part, an L-shaped connecting part arranged below the infinite rotating part, and a shooting part arranged on the L-shaped connecting part, wherein the L-shaped connecting part is provided with a first connecting part and a second connecting part; the endless rotation part is in turn composed of an upper frame part and a lower frame part. The application provides a small unmanned aerial vehicle cloud platform, its simple structure, easily equipment is used, the effectual production and the use cost that reduces the product, can also make the YAW axle carry out unlimited angular rotation simultaneously for the cloud platform does not have the dead zone in the motion process and produces, and then can be better accomplish the location to the pursuit target.

Description

Unmanned aerial vehicle cloud platform

Technical Field

The application relates to unmanned aerial vehicle accessory field, specifically speaking relate to a small unmanned aerial vehicle cloud platform.

Background

Along with the development of unmanned aerial vehicle technology, unmanned aerial vehicle visual system also develops at a high speed, and when more and more unmanned aerial vehicles are used for all walks of life, unmanned aerial vehicle is also higher and higher to its visual system's dependence, consequently just needs the visual system that unmanned aerial vehicle carried on (hereinafter with unmanned aerial vehicle visual system for short "cloud platform") more nimble and advanced.

But be restricted by the restriction of structure commonly used at present, most unmanned aerial vehicle cloud platforms can't realize the unlimited angle rotation of driftage YAW axle, the rotation range of current YAW axle all is usually within 360 degrees, when unmanned aerial vehicle lasts to pursuit the moving target, can't last rotatory YAW axle will produce great influence to unmanned aerial vehicle's target tracking, because after the target removes the motion dead zone position to the cloud platform, the target will be lost to the cloud platform, consequently must rely on unmanned aerial vehicle to make the action thereby it is in the picture center to maintain the pursuit target all the time, but unmanned aerial vehicle again influences the course angle of unmanned aerial vehicle itself when making the action, thereby can't realize the continuous stable pursuit to the target under the unchangeable prerequisite of unmanned aerial vehicle course angle.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

To prior art not enough, this application provides a small-size unmanned aerial vehicle cloud platform, its simple structure, easily equipment is used, the effectual production and the use cost that reduces the product, can also make the YAW axle carry out unlimited angular rotation simultaneously for the cloud platform does not have the dead zone in the motion process and produces, and then can be better accomplish the location to the pursuit target.

A small unmanned aerial vehicle cloud platform comprises an infinite rotating part, an L-shaped connecting part arranged below the infinite rotating part, and a shooting part arranged on the L-shaped connecting part; the endless rotating part in turn consists of an upper frame part and a lower frame part.

Furthermore, the upper frame part consists of a main shaft upper frame, a bearing arranged in the main shaft upper frame, a driven gear sleeved at the lower part of the outer side of the main shaft upper frame, a main shaft rotor penetrating through an inner ring of the bearing, a main shaft stator arranged in the main shaft rotor, a flange plate used for fixing the bearing in the main shaft upper frame and a main shaft frame top cover matched with the main shaft upper frame; and the main shaft rotor is also provided with a conductive slip ring.

Preferably, the outer side of the upper spindle frame is further provided with a damping ball fixing support connected with the upper spindle frame in a surrounding manner, and a damping ball is arranged between the damping ball fixing support and the upper spindle frame.

Still further, the lower frame part is composed of a spindle lower frame, a YAW shaft motor arranged in the spindle lower frame, a driving gear arranged on an output shaft at the head part of the YAW shaft motor and meshed with a driven gear, an annular magnet arranged at the tail part of the YAW shaft motor, and a magnetic encoder matched with the annular magnet.

Furthermore, the L-shaped connecting part is composed of an L-shaped frame, a main control board arranged inside the L-shaped frame and a PCB dustproof cover arranged on the rear side of the L-shaped frame.

In addition, the shooting part consists of a camera shell, a camera arranged in the camera shell and the end part of the camera penetrates through the camera shell, a gyroscope arranged in the camera shell and an N-shaped frame arranged on the camera shell.

Preferably, the front end of the N-shaped frame is fixed on the left side and the right side of the camera housing respectively, and the rear end of the N-shaped frame is connected with the L-shaped frame; and the N-shaped frame is provided with a PITCH shaft and a PITCH shaft motor for driving the PITCH shaft.

Preferably, the main control board is simultaneously and electrically connected with the gyroscope, the magnetic encoder, the YAW shaft motor and the PITCH shaft motor.

Preferably, the conductive slip ring is connected with the power input end and the signal input end of the main control board.

Compared with the prior art, the method has the following beneficial effects:

(1) the damping ball fixing support is arranged to connect the cradle head with the main body of the unmanned aerial vehicle or other components, and when the main body of the unmanned aerial vehicle or other components vibrate, the damping balls can effectively reduce vibration, so that the stability of the cradle head during use is improved, and the positioning of the cradle head on a tracking target is further improved.

(2) The utility model is provided with the conductive slip ring, so that power and electric signals are allowed to be transmitted to the rotating structure from the static structure, the condition of limited rotation caused by arrangement of the electric wire is avoided, and the use flexibility of the product is greatly improved.

(3) The utility model has simple structure, is easy to assemble and use, effectively reduces the production and use cost of products, and simultaneously can lead the YAW shaft to rotate in an infinite angle, so that no dead zone is generated in the motion process of the holder, thereby better finishing the positioning of a tracking target.

Additional features of the present application will be set forth in part in the description which follows. Additional features of some aspects of the present application will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art in view of the following description and accompanying drawings, or in view of the production or operation of the embodiments. The features disclosed in this application may be realized and attained by practice or use of various methods, instrumentalities and combinations of the specific embodiments described below.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the application and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiment(s) of the application and together with the description serve to explain the application and not to limit the application. Like reference symbols in the various drawings indicate like elements. Wherein the content of the first and second substances,

fig. 1 is a perspective cross-sectional view of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a perspective partial exploded view of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a right side view of the present invention.

Description of the reference numerals: 1. a spindle frame top cover; 2. a main shaft upper frame; 3. a driving gear; 4. a flange plate; 5. a YAW shaft motor; 6. a conductive slip ring; 7. a ring magnet; 8. a PCB dust cover; 9. a magnetic encoder; 10. a main control board; 11. an L-shaped frame; 12. a gyroscope; 13. a camera back cover; 14. a damping ball fixing bracket; 15. a driven gear; 16. a main shaft lower frame; 17. an N-type frame; 18. a camera housing; 19. a camera.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical solutions better understood by those skilled in the art, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only partial embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

It should be noted that if the terms "first", "second", etc. are used in the description and claims of this application and in the above-described drawings, they are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It should be understood that the data so used may be interchanged under appropriate circumstances such that embodiments of the application described herein may be used. Furthermore, if the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not necessarily limited to those steps or elements expressly listed, but may include other steps or elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

In this application, if the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "front", "rear", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "center", "vertical", "horizontal", "lateral", "longitudinal", etc. are referred to, the indicated orientation or positional relationship is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings. These terms are used primarily to better describe the present application and its embodiments, and are not used to limit the indicated devices, elements or components to a particular orientation or to be constructed and operated in a particular orientation.

Moreover, some of the above terms may be used to indicate other meanings besides the orientation or positional relationship, for example, the term "on" may also be used to indicate some kind of attachment or connection relationship in some cases. The specific meaning of these terms in this application will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art as appropriate.

Furthermore, in this application, the terms "mounted," "disposed," "provided," "connected," "sleeved," and the like should be construed broadly if they are referred to. For example, it may be a fixed connection, a removable connection, or a unitary construction; can be a mechanical connection, or an electrical connection; may be directly connected, or indirectly connected through intervening media, or may be in internal communication between two devices, elements or components. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art as appropriate.

It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments in the present application may be combined with each other without conflict. The present application will be described in detail below with reference to the embodiments with reference to the attached drawings.

Example 1

As shown in fig. 1-4, a pan/tilt head for a small unmanned aerial vehicle comprises an infinite rotating part, an L-shaped connecting part disposed below the infinite rotating part, and a shooting part disposed on the L-shaped connecting part; the endless rotating part in turn consists of an upper frame part and a lower frame part.

The upper frame part consists of a main shaft upper frame 2, a bearing arranged in the main shaft upper frame 2, a driven gear 15 sleeved at the lower part of the outer side of the main shaft upper frame 2, a main shaft rotor penetrating through an inner ring of the bearing, a main shaft stator arranged in the main shaft rotor, a flange plate 4 used for fixing the bearing in the main shaft upper frame 2 and a main shaft frame top cover 1 matched with the main shaft upper frame 2; and the main shaft rotor is also provided with a conductive slip ring 6.

The conductive slip ring described above is an electromechanical device that allows power and electrical signals to be transmitted from a stationary structure to a rotating structure. The conductive slip ring can be used in any electromechanical system that requires rotation while transmitting power or signals. It can improve mechanical performance, simplify system operation, and eliminate the damageable wires hanging on the movable joint.

The outer side of the main shaft upper frame 2 is also provided with a damping ball fixing support 14 connected with the main shaft upper frame 2 in a surrounding mode, and a damping ball is arranged between the damping ball fixing support 14 and the main shaft upper frame 2.

The effect of shock attenuation ball fixed bolster is connected cloud platform and unmanned aerial vehicle main part or other parts, and when unmanned aerial vehicle main part or other parts took place vibrations, the shock attenuation ball can effectual reduction vibrations to stability when having improved the cloud platform and having used has further improved the location of cloud platform to the pursuit target.

The lower frame part consists of a spindle lower frame 16, a YAW shaft motor 5 arranged in the spindle lower frame 16, a driving gear 3 arranged on an output shaft of the head of the YAW shaft motor 5 and meshed with a driven gear 15, an annular magnet 7 arranged at the tail part of the YAW shaft motor 5 and a magnetic encoder 9 matched with the annular magnet 7.

The gear ratio of the driven gear to the driving gear is 2: 1. the annular magnet is used for providing a basis for judging the rotation angle for the magnetic encoder, and the magnetic encoder sends the detected rotation angle to the controller.

The L-shaped connecting part is composed of an L-shaped frame 11, a main control board 10 arranged inside the L-shaped frame 11 and a PCB dust cover 8 arranged on the rear side of the L-shaped frame 11.

The photographing section is composed of a camera housing 18, a camera 19 disposed in the camera housing 18 and having an end portion penetrating the camera housing 18, a gyroscope 12 disposed in the camera housing 18, and an N-shaped frame 17 disposed on the camera housing 18.

The gyroscope is the prior art, and is mainly used for detecting the integral attitude of the holder and sending data to the main control board, so that the main control board can correspondingly adjust each motion axis. The camera is the prior art, and those skilled in the art can complete the setting and use of the camera without creative labor, and the detailed description is omitted here.

The front end of the N-shaped frame 17 is respectively fixed on the left side and the right side of the camera shell 18, and the rear end of the N-shaped frame 17 is connected with the L-shaped frame 11; and a PITCH shaft motor for driving the PITCH shaft are arranged on the N-shaped frame 17.

The N-type frame is mainly used for controlling the camera to rotate in the vertical plane direction, the setting and using modes of the N-type frame are the prior art, mature application can be performed in the industry, and repeated description is omitted here.

The main control board 10 is simultaneously electrically connected with the gyroscope 12, the magnetic encoder 9, the YAW shaft motor 5 and the PITCH shaft motor.

The conductive slip ring 6 is connected with the power input end and the signal input end of the main control board 10.

During the use, according to the control of main control board, the rotation that camera shell carried out limited angle on vertical plane can be controlled to the PITCH axle motor, and then the height that can adjust the camera and shoot. According to the control of the main control board, the YAW shaft motor can control the cradle head to rotate around the YAW shaft stator by an infinite angle, and the horizontal shooting range can be adjusted. And the power supply and the signal transmission of each electric component are completed through the conductive slip ring.

Specifically, when the YAW shaft motor runs, the driving gear is driven to rotate, the driving gear is meshed with the driven gear, so that the driven gear is driven to rotate by the driving gear, but the driven gear is fixed on the upper frame of the main shaft and cannot rotate, so that the driving gear rotates around the driven gear, and the lower frame portion is driven to rotate around the driving gear.

It should be noted that all of the features disclosed in this specification, or all of the steps in any method or process so disclosed, may be combined in any combination, except for mutually exclusive features and/or steps.

In addition, the above-described embodiments are exemplary, and those skilled in the art, having benefit of this disclosure, will appreciate numerous solutions that are within the scope of the disclosure and that fall within the scope of the utility model. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the present specification and figures are illustrative only and are not intended to be limiting on the claims. The scope of the utility model is defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A small unmanned aerial vehicle cloud platform is characterized by comprising an infinite rotating part, an L-shaped connecting part arranged below the infinite rotating part, and a shooting part arranged on the L-shaped connecting part; the endless rotation part is in turn composed of an upper frame part and a lower frame part.

2. A pan/tilt head for a small unmanned aerial vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the upper frame part comprises a main shaft upper frame (2), a bearing arranged inside the main shaft upper frame (2), a driven gear (15) sleeved at the lower part of the outer side of the main shaft upper frame (2), a main shaft rotor penetrating through the inner ring of the bearing, a main shaft stator arranged in the main shaft rotor, a flange (4) for fixing the bearing in the main shaft upper frame (2), and a main shaft frame top cover (1) matched with the main shaft upper frame (2); and the main shaft rotor is also provided with a conductive slip ring (6).

3. A pan/tilt head for a small unmanned aerial vehicle according to claim 2, wherein the outer side of the main shaft upper frame (2) is further surrounded by a damping ball fixing support (14) connected with the main shaft upper frame (2), and a damping ball is arranged between the damping ball fixing support (14) and the main shaft upper frame (2).

4. A pan/tilt head for a small unmanned aerial vehicle according to claim 3, wherein the lower frame portion comprises a lower spindle frame (16), a YAW axis motor (5) disposed in the lower spindle frame (16), a driving gear (3) disposed on the output shaft of the head of the YAW axis motor (5) and engaged with the driven gear (15), a ring magnet (7) disposed at the tail of the YAW axis motor (5), and a magnetic encoder (9) engaged with the ring magnet (7).

5. A pan/tilt head for a drone according to claim 4, characterized in that said L-shaped connection portion is composed of an L-shaped frame (11), a main control board (10) arranged inside the L-shaped frame (11), and a PCB dust cover (8) arranged at the rear side of the L-shaped frame (11).

6. A pan/tilt head for a drone according to claim 5, characterized in that said shooting section consists of a camera housing (18), a camera (19) arranged inside the camera housing (18) and having its ends penetrating the camera housing (18), a gyroscope (12) arranged inside the camera housing (18), and an N-shaped frame (17) arranged on the camera housing (18).

7. A pan/tilt head for a drone according to claim 6, characterized in that the front end of said N-shaped frame (17) is fixed to the left and right sides of the camera housing (18), respectively, the rear end of said N-shaped frame (17) being connected to the L-shaped frame (11); and the N-shaped frame (17) is provided with a PITCH shaft and a PITCH shaft motor for driving the PITCH shaft.

8. A pan/tilt head for a drone according to claim 7, characterized in that said main control board (10) is electrically connected to the gyroscope (12), the magnetic encoder (9), the YAW axis motor (5) and the PITCH axis motor at the same time.

9. A pan/tilt head for a drone according to claim 8, characterized in that said conductive slip-ring (6) is connected to the power and signal inputs of the main control board (10).