CN217935715U - Lens shielding device and camera equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides a lens shielding device and camera equipment, the lens shielding device comprises a shell, a protective cover and a driving mechanism, a light transmission part is arranged on the shell wall of the shell, and a camera facing the light transmission part is accommodated in the shell; the protective cover is arranged at the light transmission part; the driving mechanism is arranged on the shell, is in power coupling connection with the protective cover and is used for driving the protective cover to translate; under the condition that the protective cover is at the first position, the protective cover covers the light transmission part; and under the condition that the protective cover is at the second position, the protective cover is staggered with the light transmission part. The utility model discloses a optimize the visor by rotary motion for horizontal motion, the visor just can not have the ascending displacement of direction of height like this to the influence to whole quick-witted height and appearance design has been reduced.

Description

Lens shielding device and camera equipment

Technical Field

The embodiment of the utility model provides a relate to electronic equipment technical field, in particular to camera lens shelter from device and camera equipment.

Background

With the development of internet office, teaching, medical treatment and the like, the demand for real-time video transmission is increasing, such as video conference, video teaching, remote medical consultation and the like, which all need a device with a camera. The novel camera protection device brings convenience to people and brings certain hidden danger, in a security occasion, when the camera does not need to be opened, the camera is possibly opened under the attack of malicious software, malicious persons can obtain important information of the security occasion, the camera needs to be physically protected, and even most of camera equipment in the current market does not have physical protection.

Referring to fig. 1 to 4, a toggle switch 4a and a protective cover 5a are fixed on a front case 1a of the device, the toggle switch 4a can be toggled left and right on the front case 1a of the device, the protective cover 5a can rotate along a protective cover rotating shaft 6a, and the toggle switch 4a drives the protective cover 5a to rotate when being toggled left and right to open and close the protective cover 5a. Because the protective cover 5a is opened by rotation, and the protective cover 5a is displaced upwards after being opened, if the height of the whole camera is low, the protective cover 5a is easy to interfere with the upper wall of the front shell 1a of the equipment, and if the edge chamfer between the upper wall and the front wall of the front shell 1a of the equipment is large, the protective cover 5a is easy to interfere with the edge, thereby limiting the diversity of product appearance, so the design of the protective cover of the existing camera equipment can influence the height dimension and the appearance design of the whole camera.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An embodiment of the utility model provides a camera lens shelters from device and camera equipment, and the visor design that aims at solving current camera equipment can influence the problem of the performance of the high dimension of complete machine and appearance design.

In order to solve the above technical problem, an embodiment of the present invention provides a lens shielding device, including:

the shell wall of the shell is provided with a light-transmitting part, and a camera with a lens facing the light-transmitting part is accommodated in the shell;

the protective cover is arranged at the light transmission part; and (c) a second step of,

the driving mechanism is arranged on the shell and is in power coupling connection with the protective cover, and the driving mechanism is used for driving the protective cover to translate;

wherein the protective cover covers the light-transmitting portion when the protective cover is in the first position; when the protective cover is in the second position, the protective cover is offset from the light-transmitting portion.

The utility model discloses a optimize the visor by rotary motion for horizontal motion, the visor just can not have the ascending displacement of direction of height like this to the influence to whole quick-witted height and appearance design has been reduced.

Preferably, in the lens barrier apparatus, the driving mechanism includes:

the rack is arranged along the translation direction of the protective cover and is connected with the protective cover; and the number of the first and second groups,

and the gear is in meshed transmission with the rack and is used for driving the rack to slide along the translation direction by rotating the gear so as to drive the protective cover.

Preferably, in the lens shielding apparatus, the gear is rotatably connected to an inner wall of the housing, an avoiding hole is formed in the wall of the housing corresponding to the gear, and a part of the gear protrudes out of the housing from the avoiding hole.

Preferably, in the lens shielding apparatus, the shell wall of the housing includes a first shell wall and a second shell wall that are adjacent to each other, and the light-transmitting portion and the avoiding hole are respectively disposed on the first shell wall and the second shell wall.

Preferably, in the lens blocking device, a mounting bracket is disposed in the housing, the mounting bracket is provided with a sliding groove extending along the translation direction, and the rack is slidably disposed at the sliding groove.

Preferably, in the lens barrier apparatus, the protective cover is located on one side of the rack in a groove width direction of the chute, and the protective cover is located on one side of the rack in a groove depth direction of the chute;

the one end of rack with the visor is connected through the arm of buckling, the arm of buckling includes first connecting portion and second connecting portion, first connecting portion with the second connecting portion are respectively along the groove width direction and the groove depth direction of spout extend the setting, the both ends of first connecting portion are connected respectively the rack with the one end of second connecting portion, the second connecting portion are kept away from the one end of first connecting portion is connected the visor.

Preferably, in the lens shielding apparatus, a mounting column is convexly disposed on an inner wall of the housing, and the mounting bracket is fixedly mounted at the mounting column by a screw.

Preferably, in the lens barrier device, a through hole is formed in a wall of the housing, and the through hole forms the light transmission portion.

Preferably, in the lens barrier apparatus, the protective cover is disposed inside the housing.

In order to achieve the above object, the utility model also provides a camera device, include:

the lens shielding device is the lens shielding device; and (c) a second step of,

the camera is arranged in the shell of the lens shielding device, and the lens of the camera faces the light transmission part on the shell.

Drawings

One or more embodiments are illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings, which correspond to the figures in which like reference numerals refer to similar elements and which are not to scale unless otherwise specified.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a camera device with physical protection in the prior art, in which a protective cover is closed;

fig. 2 is a schematic view of an internal structure of the camera apparatus in fig. 1;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a camera device with physical protection in the prior art, in which a protective cover is opened;

fig. 4 is a schematic view of an internal structure of the camera apparatus in fig. 3;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a camera device in an embodiment of the present invention, in which the protective cover is in the first position;

fig. 6 is a schematic view of the internal structure of the camera apparatus in fig. 5;

fig. 7 is a second schematic structural diagram of the camera device in the embodiment of the present invention, wherein the protective cover is in the second position;

fig. 8 is a schematic view of the internal structure of the camera apparatus in fig. 7;

fig. 9 is an exploded view of the camera device of fig. 1.

Description of the prior art reference numbers:

reference numerals	Name (R)	Reference numerals	Name (R)
				1a	Front shell of equipment	4a	Toggle switch
2a	Equipment backshell	5a	Protective cover
				3a	Camera head	6a	Protective cover rotating shaft

The utility model discloses the drawing reference number explains:

the realization, the functional characteristics and the advantages of the utility model are further explained by combining the embodiment and referring to the attached drawings.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that, if directional indications (such as upper, lower, left, right, front and rear \8230;) are involved in the embodiments of the present invention, the directional indications are only used to explain the relative positional relationship between the components in a specific posture (as shown in the attached drawings), the motion situation, etc., and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indications are changed accordingly.

In addition, if there is a description relating to "first", "second", etc. in the embodiments of the present invention, the description of "first", "second", etc. is for descriptive purposes only and is not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the feature. In addition, the technical solutions in the embodiments may be combined with each other, but it must be based on the realization of those skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, the combination of the technical solutions should not be considered to exist, and is not within the protection scope of the present invention.

The utility model provides a camera lens shelters from device, this camera lens shelter from device can be applicable to the discontinuity and need carry out the camera equipment of physics protection to the camera, and this camera equipment includes but not limited to conference system camera, will use this camera lens to shelter from the device to apply to system camera to explain as the example below. Fig. 5 to 9 show a preferred embodiment of the present invention, which utilizes the lens shielding device.

Referring to fig. 5, 7 and 9, in the present embodiment, the lens shielding apparatus 100 includes a housing 1, a protective cover 2 and a driving mechanism 3, a light-transmitting portion 11 is disposed on a wall of the housing 1, and a camera 200 facing the light-transmitting portion 11 and used for accommodating a lens 210 is disposed in the housing 1; the protective cover 2 is arranged at the light transmission part 11; the driving mechanism 3 is arranged on the shell 1, and the driving mechanism 3 is in power coupling connection with the protective cover 2 and is used for driving the protective cover 2 to translate; wherein, under the condition that the protective cover 2 is at the first position, the protective cover 2 covers the light-transmitting part 11; when the protective cover 2 is in the second position, the protective cover 2 is displaced from the light transmission portion 11.

Specifically, a housing cavity (not shown in the figure) is formed inside the housing 1, the camera 200 can be fixedly mounted in the housing cavity of the housing 1, and the lens 210 of the camera 200 fixedly mounted in the housing 1 is directed toward the light-transmitting portion 11. The light can pass through the light-transmitting portion 11, so that the light can pass through the housing 1 from the light-transmitting portion 11 and be projected onto the lens 210 of the camera 200, so that the camera 200 can normally perform shooting. There are various directions for disposing the light-transmitting portion 11, for example, at least a part of the wall of the housing 1 may be disposed in a transparent manner, and the transparent wall is disposed opposite to the lens 210 to form the light-transmitting portion 11; for another example, referring to fig. 5, 7 and 9, a through hole (not shown in the drawings) may be formed in the wall of the housing 1, and the through hole forms the light-transmitting portion 11, so that the arrangement manner of forming the light-transmitting portion 11 by opening the hole is relatively simple.

The lens 210 of the camera 200 faces the transparent portion 11 means that the transparent portion 11 and the lens 210 face each other in the optical axis direction of the lens 210. The direction of the light-transmitting portion 11 may be the same as the direction of the lens 210, and the direction of the light-transmitting portion 11 may be deviated at a certain angle with respect to the direction of the lens 210. The direction of the light-transmitting portion 11 is generally the same as or approximately the same as the direction of the lens 210, and the light-transmitting portion 11 is defined as being disposed forward, that is, the optical axis direction of the lens 210 is forward and backward, and the light-transmitting portion 11 is located in front of the lens 210.

The driving mechanism 3 can drive the protective cover 2 to translate, i.e. the protective cover 2 can move back and forth along a straight line between the first position and the second position. The translation direction of the protective cover 2 and the optical axis direction of the lens 210 are generally perpendicular or approximately perpendicular, and the translation direction of the protective cover 2 is defined as left-right direction, and the first position is located at the left side of the second position. The protective cover 2 is disposed at the transparent portion 11, that is, the protective cover 2 is located at the front side of the lens 210, and the protective cover 2 can function as a light shield. When the camera 200 is not needed to be used, the protective cover 2 is horizontally moved to the first position by the driving mechanism 3, the protective cover 2 is positioned right in front of the lens 210, and shooting cannot be performed even if the camera 200 is opened due to the shielding effect of the protective cover 2; when the camera 200 needs to be used, the driving mechanism 3 translates the protection cover 2 to the second position from left to right, the protection cover 2 and the lens 210 are staggered from left to right, the protection cover 2 does not shield the lens 210, and the part of the housing 1 except the light-transmitting part 11 does not shield the lens 210, so that the camera 200 is opened, and normal shooting can be performed.

Because the movement mode of the protective cover 2 is horizontal translation, the protective cover 2 does not have displacement in the vertical direction (namely the height direction of the whole machine), and the influence of the protective cover 2 on the height of the whole machine is reduced, so that the height space of the whole machine can be optimized, the influence of the protective cover 2 on appearance design is also reduced, more play freedom is brought to the appearance design, and the edge of a product can be a straight edge, a round edge and the like.

The utility model discloses a optimize visor 2 for horizontal motion by rotary motion, visor 2 just can not have the ascending displacement of direction of height like this to the influence to whole quick-witted height and appearance design has been reduced.

Specifically, referring to fig. 5, 7 and 9, in the present embodiment, the front wall of the housing 1 is perpendicular to the optical axis direction of the lens 210, and the light-transmitting portion 11 is disposed on the front wall of the housing 1.

Optionally, referring to fig. 9, in the present embodiment, the housing 1 includes a front shell 16 and a rear shell 17 that are joined together, the light-transmitting portion 11 is disposed on a front wall of the front shell 16, and the camera 200 is fixedly mounted on a rear wall of the rear shell 17.

Further, referring to fig. 5 and 9, in the present embodiment, a bracket 161 is disposed on the lower wall of the front shell 16, and the bracket 161 is disposed to facilitate installation of the whole device.

The orientation of the protective cover 2 and the orientation of the lens 210 are generally the same or approximately the same, that is, the orientations of the protective cover 2 and the light-transmitting portion 11 may be the same, and the shapes of the protective cover 2 and the light-transmitting portion 11 are generally the same, for example, referring to fig. 9, in the present embodiment, both the protective cover 2 and the light-transmitting portion 11 are arranged in a circular shape.

The protective cover 2 is disposed at the light-transmitting portion 11, the protective cover 2 is located at the front side of the lens 210, and the protective cover 2 may be disposed outside the housing 1 or disposed inside the housing 1. If the protective cover 2 is disposed outside the housing 1, that is, the protective cover 2 is located at the front side of the light-transmitting portion 11, the protective cover 2 can move left and right along the outer wall surface of the front wall of the housing 1; when the protective cover 2 is provided in the housing 1, that is, when the protective cover 2 is positioned between the translucent portion 11 and the lens 210, the protective cover 2 can move left and right along the inner wall surface of the front wall of the housing 1. Optionally, referring to fig. 5, fig. 7 and fig. 9, in the present embodiment, the protection cover 2 is disposed in the housing 1, so that the influence on the appearance design of the whole device is small.

The protective cover 2 is driven left and right by the driving mechanism 3, the driving mechanism 3 has various arrangement directions, for example, the driving mechanism 3 can adopt a toggle type switch structure in the prior art, and the protective cover 2 is driven left and right by toggling the switch left and right; for another example, referring to fig. 6, fig. 8 and fig. 9, in the present embodiment, the driving mechanism 3 includes a rack 31 and a gear 32, the rack 31 is disposed along the translation direction of the protection cover 2, and the rack 31 is connected to the protection cover 2; the gear 32 is in meshed transmission with the rack 31 and is used for driving the rack 31 to slide along the translation direction by rotating the gear 32 so as to drive the protective cover 2.

Specifically, the rack 31 is disposed in the left-right direction, and the rack 31 can slide left and right, so that the protective cover 2 is moved left and right by the rack 31. The gear 32 can rotate along the front-back axis, and when the gear 32 rotates clockwise (viewed from front to back), the gear 32 drives the rack 31 to slide leftwards, so as to drive the protective cover 2 to move leftwards; when the gear 32 rotates counterclockwise (from front to back), the gear 32 drives the rack 31 to slide rightward, thereby moving the protective cover 2 rightward.

The driving gear 32 is driven to rotate in multiple setting modes, for example, the driving gear 3 further comprises a motor, a motor driving circuit and a motor driving switch, the motor and the motor driving switch are arranged on the shell 1, a driving shaft of the motor is connected with the gear 32, the motor driving circuit is electrically connected with the motor and is used for driving the motor to rotate forward and backward, the motor driving circuit is not networked, and a user can control the motor driving circuit through the motor driving switch to control the motor to rotate forward and backward.

For example, referring to fig. 5 and 7, in the present embodiment, the gear 32 can be rotatably connected to an inner wall of the housing 1, the wall of the housing 1 is provided with an avoiding hole 12 corresponding to the gear 32, and a portion of the gear 32 protrudes out of the housing 1 from the avoiding hole 12.

Specifically, the bottom of the gear 32 is located in the housing 1 and meshed with the rack 31, the top of the gear 32 extends out of the housing 1 from the avoiding hole 12, the top of the gear 32 extends out of the outer edge of the avoiding hole 12, and a user can rotate the gear 32 by operating the top of the gear 32.

Alternatively, referring to fig. 5 and 9, in the present embodiment, the housing walls of the housing 1 include a first housing wall 13 and a second housing wall 14 that are adjacent to each other, and the light-transmitting portion 11 and the avoiding hole 12 are respectively disposed on the first housing wall 13 and the second housing wall 14.

Specifically, the first housing wall 13 is a front wall of the front housing 16, the second housing wall 14 is an upper wall of the front housing 16, the first housing wall 13 is perpendicular to the second housing wall 14, the first housing wall 13 is disposed forward, and the second housing wall 14 is disposed upward.

The rack 31 is disposed in the housing 1, and optionally, referring to fig. 6 and fig. 8, in the present embodiment, a mounting bracket 4 is disposed in the housing 1, the mounting bracket 4 is provided with a sliding groove 41 extending along the translation direction, and the rack 31 is slidably disposed at the sliding groove 41. By arranging the mounting bracket 4, the rack 31 is convenient to be slidably mounted in the housing 1, and the sliding groove 41 can play a role of guiding the rack 31.

Alternatively, referring to fig. 9, in the present embodiment, both ends of the sliding groove 41 penetrate through the mounting bracket 4, so that the rack 31 is conveniently installed in the sliding groove 41.

Optionally, referring to fig. 9, in the present embodiment, the inner wall of the housing 1 is provided with a mounting post 15 in a protruding manner, and the mounting bracket 4 is fixedly mounted at the mounting post 15 by a screw (not shown in the figure). The mounting bracket 4 is fixedly mounted through the mounting column 15 and the screw connector, so that the mounting bracket 4 is convenient and labor-saving to disassemble and assemble.

Further, referring to fig. 9, in the present embodiment, two mounting columns 15 are arranged at left and right intervals, two connecting lugs 42 are arranged at the bottom of the mounting bracket 4 corresponding to the two mounting columns 15, and each connecting lug 42 is fixedly connected with a corresponding mounting column 15 through a screw connector.

Alternatively, referring to fig. 6, 8 and 9, in the present embodiment, the protective cover 2 is located at one side of the rack 31 in the groove width direction of the chute 41, and the protective cover 2 is located at one side of the rack 31 in the groove depth direction of the chute 41; one end of the rack 31 is connected with the protective cover 2 through the bending arm 5, the bending arm 5 comprises a first connecting portion 51 and a second connecting portion 52, the first connecting portion 51 and the second connecting portion 52 are respectively extended along the groove width direction and the groove depth direction of the sliding groove 41, two ends of the first connecting portion 51 are respectively connected with one end of the rack 31 and one end of the second connecting portion 52, and one end of the second connecting portion 52 far away from the first connecting portion 51 is connected with the protective cover 2.

Specifically, the groove opening of the slide groove 41 faces upward, the groove width direction of the slide groove 41 is the front-rear direction, and the groove depth direction of the slide groove 41 is the up-down direction. The gear 32 is located on the upper side of the mounting bracket 4, the protective cover 2 is located on the lower front side of the mounting bracket 4 and the rack 31, and the right end of the rack 31 is connected to the upper end of the protective cover 2 by the bending arm 5, and the protective cover 2, the mounting bracket 4, the rack 31, and the gear 32 are arranged such that the internal structure of the lens barrier apparatus 100 becomes more compact and the movement of the rack 31 and the protective cover 2 is not easily interfered with. Wherein, optionally, the rack 31, the protective cover 2 and the bending arm 5 may be integrally formed.

The utility model provides a camera equipment please refer to fig. 5, fig. 7 and fig. 9, and this camera equipment 1000 includes that the camera lens shelters from device 100 and camera 200, and the camera lens shelters from the technical scheme that device 100 adopted above-mentioned embodiment, consequently has the beneficial effect that the technical scheme of above-mentioned embodiment brought.

Specifically, the camera 200 is provided in the housing 1 of the lens blocking apparatus 100, and the lens 210 of the camera 200 faces the light-transmitting portion 11 on the housing 1. The camera 200 may be a intermittent demand camera and the camera device 1000 includes, but is not limited to, a conference system camera.

When the camera 200 is not needed to be used, the protective cover 2 is horizontally moved to the first position from the left to the right by the driving mechanism 3 in the lens shielding device 100, and the protective cover 2 is located right in front of the lens 210, so that even if the camera 200 is opened, shooting cannot be performed due to the shielding effect of the protective cover 2; when the camera 200 needs to be used, the driving mechanism 3 translates the protective cover 2 to the second position from left to right, the protective cover 2 and the lens 210 are staggered from left to right, the protective cover 2 does not shield the lens 210, and the part of the shell 1 except the light-transmitting part 11 does not shield the lens 210, so that the camera 200 is opened, and normal shooting can be performed.

The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, not so limiting the patent scope of the present invention, all of which are in the utility model discloses a conceive, utilize the equivalent structure transform that the content of the specification and the attached drawings did, or directly/indirectly use all to include in other relevant technical fields the patent protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. A lens barrier apparatus, comprising:

the shell wall of the shell is provided with a light-transmitting part, and a camera with a lens facing the light-transmitting part is accommodated in the shell;

the protective cover is arranged at the light transmission part; and the number of the first and second groups,

the driving mechanism is arranged on the shell, is in power coupling connection with the protective cover and is used for driving the protective cover to translate;

wherein, under the condition that the protective cover is at the first position, the protective cover covers the light-transmitting part; when the protective cover is in the second position, the protective cover is offset from the light-transmitting portion.

2. The lens barrier apparatus of claim 1, wherein the driving mechanism comprises:

the rack is arranged along the translation direction of the protective cover and is connected with the protective cover; and the number of the first and second groups,

and the gear is in meshed transmission with the rack and is used for driving the rack to slide along the translation direction by rotating the gear so as to drive the protective cover.

3. The lens barrier apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the gear is rotatably connected to a wall of the housing, the wall of the housing is formed with an escape hole corresponding to the gear, and a portion of the gear protrudes out of the housing from the escape hole.

4. The lens shielding apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the housing wall includes a first wall and a second wall adjacent to each other, and the light-transmitting portion and the avoiding hole are respectively disposed in the first wall and the second wall.

5. The lens barrier apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein a mounting bracket is provided in the housing, the mounting bracket being provided with a slide groove extending along the translational direction, the rack being slidably provided at the slide groove.

6. The lens barrier apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein the protective cover is positioned at a side of the rack in a groove width direction of the chute, and the protective cover is positioned at a side of the rack in a groove depth direction of the chute;

the one end of rack with the visor is connected through the arm of buckling, the arm of buckling includes first connecting portion and second connecting portion, first connecting portion with the second connecting portion are respectively along the groove width direction and the groove depth direction of spout extend the setting, the both ends of first connecting portion are connected respectively the rack with the one end of second connecting portion, the second connecting portion are kept away from the one end of first connecting portion is connected the visor.

7. The lens shielding apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein the inner wall of the housing is provided with a mounting post, and the mounting bracket is fixedly mounted at the mounting post by a screw member.

8. A lens barrier apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein a wall of the housing has a through hole, and the through hole forms the light transmission portion.

9. A lens blocking device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the protective cover is disposed within the housing.

10. A camera apparatus, comprising:

a lens barrier apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 9; and the number of the first and second groups,

the camera is arranged in the shell of the lens shielding device, and the lens of the camera faces the light transmission part on the shell.

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