CN218594585U

CN218594585U - Shooting support and flight system

Info

Publication number: CN218594585U
Application number: CN202222344752.2U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王超瑞; 高飞
Original assignee: Insta360 Innovation Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Insta360 Innovation Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-09-02
Filing date: 2022-09-02
Publication date: 2023-03-10
Anticipated expiration: 2032-09-02

Abstract

The utility model relates to a shoot support and flight system. The shooting bracket comprises a bracket main body, a lens module and a descending device; the holder body has a first sidewall and a second sidewall; the lens module is arranged on the first side wall; the parachute assembly is disposed on the second side wall and includes a parachute. Shoot the support through integrated landing device in the support main part, carry on the unmanned aerial vehicle who shoots the support meets during emergency at the flight in-process, the parachute is opened to the landing gear for unmanned aerial vehicle can cushion the descending with shooting the support, reduces unmanned aerial vehicle and shoots the support and receive the damage probability, reduces simultaneously and injures other people by a crashing object and injures the condition emergence of ground equipment by a crashing object, has improved the security of unmanned aerial vehicle when meeting emergency at the flight in-process by a wide margin.

Description

Shooting support and flight system

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an aircraft technical field especially relates to a shoot support and flight system.

Background

The shooting support is used for being carried on the unmanned aerial vehicle to use to obtain the panoramic video at high altitude visual angle, and unmanned aerial vehicle does not appear in the shooting picture, and it is effectual to shoot. When unmanned aerial vehicle broke down or met emergency, unmanned aerial vehicle was out of control easily and had the risk of crashing, when unmanned aerial vehicle lost the power supply, probably took place unmanned aerial vehicle and shoot the support together from the condition that the high altitude falls, led to the fact unmanned aerial vehicle and the damage of shooting the support, probably injure other people and injure ground equipment by a crashing object even.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

Based on this, provide a shoot support, aim at improving the security of carrying this unmanned aerial vehicle who shoots the support.

A camera stand, comprising:

a holder body having a first sidewall and a second sidewall;

the lens module is arranged on the first side wall; and

and the parachute is arranged on the second side wall.

In one embodiment, the shooting support further comprises a parachute device, the parachute device comprises a parachute, a slot cover and a trigger mechanism, a lateral slot is formed in the second side wall, and the parachute is accommodated in the lateral slot; the cover covers the lateral groove, and the trigger mechanism is arranged in the lateral groove and used for opening the cover and opening the parachute.

In one embodiment, the first sidewall is disposed opposite the second sidewall.

In one embodiment, the shooting bracket further comprises a positioning device, and the positioning device is arranged on the bracket main body.

In one embodiment, the stent body comprises:

a frame member;

a first side frame member rotatably connected to the side frame member, the first side wall being formed on the first side frame member;

a second side frame member disposed opposite to the first side frame member and rotatably connected to the side frame member, the second side wall being formed on the second side frame member; and

and the connecting structure is connected with the first side frame piece and the second side frame piece, so that the support main body is arranged in a surrounding manner.

In one embodiment, the first side frame member comprises a first splicing part, the second side frame member comprises a second splicing part, and the first splicing part is provided with a limiting part; connection structure is including rotating piece and hasp spare, it is rotatable to rotate the piece and locate on the second concatenation portion, the one end of hasp spare with it rotates to rotate the connection, the other end of hasp spare is equipped with the buckling parts, the buckling parts can be followed rotate the rotation and with spacing portion snap-fit or separation to concatenation or separation first concatenation portion with second concatenation portion.

In one embodiment, the shooting support further comprises a controller, and the controller is electrically connected with the falling device and used for controlling the opening of the falling device.

In one embodiment, the shooting support further comprises a posture sensor, the posture sensor is electrically connected with the controller, and the controller is used for controlling the landing device to be opened according to the posture detected by the posture sensor.

The utility model provides a flight system, includes unmanned aerial vehicle and shoots the support, shoot the support mounting in unmanned aerial vehicle, it includes to shoot the support:

a holder body having a first sidewall and a second sidewall;

the lens module is arranged on the first side wall; and

a landing gear, the landing gear is located the second lateral wall, the landing gear includes the parachute.

The utility model provides a flight system, includes unmanned aerial vehicle and shoots the support, shoot the support install in unmanned aerial vehicle, it includes to shoot the support:

a holder body having a first sidewall and a second sidewall;

the lens module is arranged on the first side wall; and

the landing device is arranged on the second side wall and comprises a parachute;

wherein, unmanned aerial vehicle includes main control unit, main control unit with landing device electric connection, and be used for control opening of landing device.

Above-mentioned shoot support, through integrated landing device in the support main part, carry on this unmanned aerial vehicle who shoots the support and meet the proruption situation at the flight in-process, the parachute is opened to the landing device for unmanned aerial vehicle can cushion the descending with shooting the support, reduces unmanned aerial vehicle and shoots the support and receive the damage probability, reduces simultaneously and injures his people by a crashing object and injures the condition emergence of ground equipment by a crashing object, has improved unmanned aerial vehicle's security when meeting the proruption situation at the flight in-process by a wide margin.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a photographing bracket according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the photographing support shown in FIG. 1 from another perspective;

FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of the camera stand of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an exploded view of the camera stand of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing a structure of the parachute device of the photographing bracket of FIG. 1 when it is opened;

fig. 6 is a schematic frame of a flight system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic frame of a flight system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the above objects, features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein, as those skilled in the art will be able to make similar modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", and the like, indicate the orientation or positional relationship based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

Furthermore, 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 to implicitly indicate the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "fixed" are to be construed broadly and may, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or they may be connected internally or in any other suitable relationship, unless expressly stated otherwise. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations by those skilled in the art.

In the present application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the first feature may be directly on or directly under the second feature or indirectly via intermediate members. Also, a first feature "on," "over," and "above" a second feature may be directly or diagonally above the second feature, or may simply indicate that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature may be directly under or obliquely under the first feature, or may simply mean that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" or "disposed on" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present. As used herein, the terms "vertical," "horizontal," "upper," "lower," "left," "right," and the like are for purposes of illustration only and do not denote a single embodiment.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, fig. 1 shows a schematic structural view of a photographing bracket according to an embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 2 shows a schematic structural view of another viewing angle of the photographing bracket according to fig. 1, an embodiment of the present invention provides a photographing bracket 100, which includes a bracket main body 200, a lens module 300 and a landing device 400. The holder body 200 has a first sidewall 201 and a second sidewall 202, the lens module 300 is disposed on the first sidewall 201, and the falling unit 400 is disposed on the second sidewall 202. The parachute apparatus 400 comprises a parachute. Through integrated landing gear 400 on support subject 200, carry on this unmanned aerial vehicle who shoots support 100 when the in-process of flying meets emergency, the parachute is opened to landing gear 400, guarantee that unmanned aerial vehicle and shooting support 100 can cushion the descending and protected unmanned aerial vehicle and shoot support 100, reduce unmanned aerial vehicle and shoot support 100 simultaneously and injure his people and injure the condition emergence of ground equipment by a crashing object, the security of unmanned aerial vehicle when meeting emergency has been improved by a wide margin at the in-process of flying.

Referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a schematic block diagram of the photographing bracket of the embodiment, and the photographing bracket 100 further includes a controller 500, and the controller 500 is electrically connected to the falling device 400. The controller 500 can control the parachute apparatus 400 to operate when the airplane is out of control or in other emergency situations, so as to open the parachute, thereby ensuring that the airplane and the shooting bracket 100 thereon land smoothly, and avoiding the damage of the airplane due to the explosion. It should be noted that, in other embodiments, the parachute device 400 is an independent device, and is not electrically connected to the controller 500, and is provided with a wireless receiving module, and is activated by receiving a remote control signal through the wireless receiving module to open the parachute; alternatively, the parachute device 400 is provided with a control module, and the control module determines the flight status through its sensor to control the opening of the parachute.

In this embodiment, the photographing bracket 100 further includes a posture sensor 502, and the posture sensor 502 is also called a pose sensor, which is a sensor capable of detecting a spatial posture. Which is electrically connected to the controller 500, the controller 500 can control the landing gear 400 to open according to the gesture detected by the gesture sensor 502. The attitude sensor 502 can detect whether the device is in an out-of-control state while ensuring the anti-shake algorithm of the camera module 300 for shooting video. When it is detected that the magnitude of the posture is large or it is determined that the posture cannot be corrected, the controller 500 controls the parachute of the parachute device 400 to be opened. Therefore, the shooting support 100 does not need to add an additional sensor, the utilization rate of components is improved, and the cost is saved. It is understood that, in other embodiments, the shooting support 100 may be further provided with a wireless receiving module, the wireless receiving module is electrically connected to the controller 500 and is configured to receive a remote control signal, and the controller 500 may start the parachute device 400 according to the remote control signal to open the parachute; or, this shoot controller 500 and the unmanned aerial vehicle electric connection of support 100, the signal control that comes according to the unmanned aerial vehicle transmission descends device 400 work.

Referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 is an exploded view of the photographing bracket of the embodiment, the photographing bracket 100 further includes a main board 504 and a power source 506, and the main board 504 and the power source 506 are both disposed in the bracket body 200. The controller 500 is provided on the motherboard 504. The attitude sensor 502 may be, but is not limited to, an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU). The attitude sensor 502 may be disposed on the motherboard 504, in the lens module 300, or disposed at a suitable position of the holder body 200 through a single board, the lens module 300 is electrically connected to the controller 500 through the motherboard 504, and the single board is electrically connected to the motherboard 504.

Two spaced inner cavities 203 are arranged in the first side wall 201 of the bracket main body 200, a power supply 506 is arranged in one inner cavity 203, a main board 504 is arranged in the other inner cavity 203, and the two inner cavities 203 are covered by the same side cover 204 to form a closed inner space. Since the lens module 300, the main board 504 and the power source 506 are disposed on the same side, electrical connection therebetween is facilitated. In addition, in order to facilitate wiring and avoid the wires from being exposed, a wiring slot (not shown) is further disposed in the bracket body 200 for various wires to electrically connect different modules.

In order to position the photographing bracket 100 after landing, the photographing bracket 100 further includes a positioning device 508, and the positioning device 508 is disposed on the bracket body 200, so that a user can quickly determine the position of the photographing bracket 100 through the positioning device 508, thereby facilitating the user to retrieve the machine. In this embodiment, the positioning device 508 may be, but is not limited to, a buzzer, which is disposed on the main board 504 and electrically connected to the controller 500, and a user may use the sound emitted by the buzzer to position the shooting bracket 100 after landing. It should be noted that in other embodiments, the positioning device 508 may also be a positioning sensor or other positioning instrument.

Referring to fig. 5 in conjunction with fig. 4, fig. 5 is a schematic structural view illustrating the parachute of the parachute opening apparatus of the photographing bracket of the present embodiment, the second side wall 202 of the bracket main body 200 is provided with a lateral groove 206, and the parachute 410 is accommodated in the lateral groove 206. The parachute device 400 further comprises a slot cover 420 and a trigger mechanism 430, wherein the slot cover 420 covers the lateral slot 206, and the trigger mechanism 430 is arranged in the lateral slot 206 and used for opening the slot cover 420 and opening the parachute 410. The trigger mechanism 430 is electrically connected with the controller 500, the controller 500 opens the slot cover 420 by controlling the trigger mechanism 430 to expose the parachute 410, and the parachute 410 folded in the lateral slot 206 is automatically opened under the action of gravity and air resistance. It should be noted that in other embodiments, the lowering device 400 can be a separate device that is directly attached to the outer surface of the second sidewall 202; alternatively, the parachute apparatus 400 is launched in an ejection manner, i.e., its trigger 430 ejects the parachute 410 and strikes the slot cover 420 to eject the lateral slot 206.

In this embodiment, the triggering mechanism 430 includes an electric push rod having a retractable push rod 432, and the chute cover 420 is pushed open by the extension of the push rod 432, thereby exposing the parachute 410. It should be noted that, in other embodiments, the triggering mechanism 430 may be an electromagnetic telescopic mechanism, and drives the push rod to move by the extension and contraction of the electromagnetic control spring, so as to eject the slot cover 420; the trigger mechanism 430 may also be other electrically controlled telescoping mechanisms.

Further, the parachute device 400 further comprises a fixing member 440, the fixing member 440 is fixed in the lateral groove 206, the parachute 410 and the triggering mechanism 430 are both disposed on the fixing member 440, and the parachute line 450 of the parachute 410 is fixedly connected to the fixing member 440. The fixing member 440 may be fixed in the lateral groove 206 by a screw locking, however, the fixing manner is not limited thereto.

In this embodiment, the first sidewall 201 and the second sidewall 202 are disposed at two opposite sides, that is, the landing device 400 and the lens module 300 are disposed at two opposite sides of the stand body 200, so as to balance the weight at the two sides of the stand body 200, thereby avoiding the center of gravity shift of the photographing stand 100, and further improving the safety during flight. It is understood that in other embodiments, the first side wall 201 and the second side wall 202 can be two adjacent or connected sides of the bracket body 200.

Referring to fig. 2 and 4, the stand body 200 includes a frame member 210, a first side frame member 220, a second side frame member 230, and a connecting structure 240. The first side frame member 220 is rotatably connected to the side frame member 210, and the first side wall 201 is formed on the first side frame member 220. The second side frame 230 is disposed opposite to the first side frame 220 and rotatably connected to the side frame 210, and the second side wall 202 is formed on the second side frame 230. The connecting structure 240 connects the first side frame member 220 and the second side frame member 230 to form the stand body 200 in a surrounding manner. Because this support main part 200 is to enclosing the form setting, and can enclose the corresponding structure of cover unmanned aerial vehicle, and through interference fit and fixed connection, and then will shoot support 100 and install on unmanned aerial vehicle, need not additionally to set up the structure of connecting both, further alleviateed the weight of shooting support 100.

Further, the first side frame member 220 includes a first side portion 222 and a first splicing portion 224, the first side wall 201 is formed on the first side portion 222, and the first side portion 222 is rotatably connected to the side frame member 210. The second side frame member 230 includes a second side portion 232 and a second splicing portion 234, the second side wall 202 is formed on the second side portion 232, and the second side portion 232 is rotatably connected to the side frame member 210. The connecting structure 240 splices and connects the first splice 224 and the second splice 234. The first splicing part 224 and the second splicing part 234 may be butt-jointed or overlapped. This connection structure 240 has the concatenation to form the effect of enclosing the column structure concurrently and tightly overlaps the effect on unmanned aerial vehicle with support main part 200.

The first side frame member 220 is rotatably connected to one side of the side frame member 210 via a first rotating shaft 212, and the second side frame member 230 is rotatably connected to the other side of the side frame member 210 via a second rotating shaft 214. Two internal cavities 203 are provided in the first side portion 222 of the first side frame member 220 and the lateral slot 206 opens into the second side portion 232 of the second side frame member 230.

Further, support main part 200 is the frame shape setting, can alleviate support main part 200's weight, reduces unmanned aerial vehicle's load, can improve unmanned aerial vehicle's security equally. In order to better cup joint support main part 200 on unmanned aerial vehicle's corresponding structure, the partial frame of the support main part 200 of frame-like can suitably be crooked, and suitable radius or chamfer in inboard corner, and the corresponding structure of interference fit unmanned aerial vehicle better, the steadiness of improvement installation.

In this embodiment, the first splicing portion 224 is provided with a limiting portion 226. The connecting structure 240 includes a rotating member 242 and a locking member 244, the rotating member 242 is rotatably disposed on the second splicing portion 234, one end of the locking member 244 is rotatably connected to the rotating member 242, the other end of the locking member 244 is provided with a buckling portion 246, and the buckling portion 246 can be in snap fit with or separated from the limiting portion 226 along with the rotation of the rotating member 242, so as to splice or separate the first splicing portion 224 and the second splicing portion 234. The connecting structure 240 can tightly clamp the first side frame member 220 and the second side frame member 230, so as to prevent the first side frame member and the second side frame member from separating and falling off due to flight vibration; moreover, only need rotate connecting structure 240's rotation piece 242, can lock or loosen first concatenation portion 224 and second concatenation portion 234, convenience of customers installs fast, dismantles support main part 200 on unmanned aerial vehicle.

Further, the rotating member 242 is rotatably connected to a connecting structure (not numbered) on the second splicing portion 234 via a rotating shaft (not numbered), and has a locking position and an unlocking position. When the rotating member 242 rotates to the locking position, it drives the buckling portion 246 of the locking member 244 to move toward the limiting portion 226, so that the buckling portion 246 is limited by the limiting portion 226 to realize the snap fit, and at this time, the first splicing portion 224 and the second splicing portion 234 are tightly attached; when the rotating member 242 rotates to the unlocking position, it drives the engaging portion 246 of the locking member 244 to move away from the limiting portion 226, so that the engaging portion 246 is separated from the limiting portion 226, and at this time, the first splicing portion 224 and the second splicing portion 234 can rotate to open. It should be noted that, in other embodiments, the connection structure 240 may be a screw connection structure, an elastic snap connection structure (which may be integrally formed with the first splicing portion 224 and the second splicing portion 234), a magnetic attraction connection structure, or other connection structures.

In this embodiment, the limiting portion 226 is a curved or bent protruding structure, and the fastening portion 246 is a matching groove structure, the protruding structure and the groove structure can be mutually held and locked. Obviously, in other embodiments, the buckling portion 246 may be provided as a curved or bent convex structure, and the limiting portion 226 may be correspondingly provided as a concave structure.

In this embodiment, the material of the bracket body 200 includes but is not limited to light materials such as plastic and aluminum alloy. The lens modules 300 at least have a panoramic shooting function, the number of the lens modules 300 can be, but is not limited to, two, the two lens modules 300 are respectively arranged at one end of the first side portion 222, and are arranged oppositely up and down, and the power source 506 and the main board 504 are located between the two lens modules 300.

Referring to fig. 6, fig. 6 shows a schematic block diagram of a flight system according to an embodiment of the present invention, an embodiment of the present invention provides a flight system 600, which includes a shooting support 100 and an unmanned aerial vehicle 700, wherein the shooting support 100 is installed on the unmanned aerial vehicle 700. The specific structure of the shooting support 100 refers to the above embodiments, and since the flight system 600 of the present embodiment adopts all technical solutions of all the above embodiments, all beneficial effects brought by the technical solutions of the above embodiments are also achieved, and are not described in detail herein.

Referring to fig. 7, fig. 7 shows a schematic block diagram of a flight system according to another embodiment of the present invention, and the flight system 600 of this embodiment mainly has the following differences from the flight system 600 of the previous embodiment:

the drone 700 of the flight system 600 of this embodiment includes a main controller 702, and the main controller 702 is electrically connected to the landing device 400 of the shooting support 100, and is used for controlling the opening of the landing device 400. That is, the unmanned aerial vehicle 700 and the photographing bracket 100 may be connected in communication, the main controller 702 may directly control the landing device 400, and the sensors and the remote control device of the unmanned aerial vehicle 700 may be fully utilized.

Specifically, the main controller 702 may be coupled with sensors of the drone 700 to turn on the landing gear 400 based on the status of the drone 700 as detected by the sensors. Alternatively, the main controller 702 may be combined with a remote control device of the drone 700, and control the landing device 400 to turn on when receiving a remote control signal.

As for other aspects of the flight system 600 of the present embodiment, which are substantially the same as other aspects of the flight system 600 of the previous embodiment, specific contents thereof can refer to the description of the previous embodiment, and are not repeated herein.

The technical features of the embodiments described above may be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the embodiments described above are not described, but should be considered as being within the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.

The above-mentioned embodiments only represent some embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is specific and detailed, but not to be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention. It should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit of the present invention, several variations and modifications can be made, which are within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be subject to the appended claims.

Claims

1. A camera stand, comprising:

a holder body comprising a first sidewall and a second sidewall;

the lens module is arranged on the first side wall; and

and the parachute is arranged on the second side wall.

2. The shooting support according to claim 1, further comprising a landing gear, the landing gear including the parachute, a chute cover and a trigger mechanism, the second sidewall having a lateral slot in which the parachute is received; the cover covers the lateral groove, and the trigger mechanism is arranged in the lateral groove and used for opening the cover and opening the parachute.

3. The photographic support of claim 1, wherein the first sidewall is disposed opposite the second sidewall.

4. The camera stand of claim 1, further comprising a positioning device disposed on the stand body.

5. The photographic support of claim 1, wherein the support body comprises:

a frame member;

6. The photographic mount of claim 5, wherein the first side frame member includes a first splice portion, the second side frame member includes a second splice portion, and the first splice portion is provided with a limit portion; connection structure is including rotating piece and hasp piece, it is rotatable to rotate the piece and locate on the second concatenation portion, the one end of hasp piece with rotate the piece and rotate and connect, the other end of hasp piece is equipped with buckling parts, buckling parts can follow rotate the rotation of piece and with spacing portion buckle cooperation or separation to concatenation or separation first concatenation portion with the second concatenation portion.

7. The photographic support of any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising a controller for controlling the opening of the parachute.

8. The shooting support according to claim 7, further comprising a posture sensor electrically connected to the controller, wherein the controller is configured to control the parachute to open according to the posture detected by the posture sensor.

9. A flight system, comprising:

an unmanned aerial vehicle; and

shoot the support, shoot the support install in unmanned aerial vehicle, its characterized in that, shoot the support for claim 1 to 8 any one shoot the support.

10. A flight system, comprising:

a drone, the drone including a master controller; and

the shooting support is installed on the unmanned aerial vehicle, and is characterized in that the shooting support is the shooting support in any one of claims 1 to 6;

wherein the main controller is used for controlling the opening of the parachute.