CN218888581U - Intelligent camera and conference system using same - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides an intelligent camera and applied conference system of this camera, including shell, camera lens, image sensor, camera SoC, MCU module, control interface module, human body sensor, power module, the camera lens is installed on the shell, image sensor links to each other with the camera lens, the MCU module links to each other with camera SoC, human body sensor, control interface module communication respectively, power module links to each other with image sensor, camera SoC, MCU module, control interface module, human body sensor power supply respectively, human body sensor installs in the shell. The utility model discloses a combine human body sensor, make the smart camera have personnel and detect the function, make the meeting system can gather the personnel information in the target area.

Description

Intelligent camera and conference system using same

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a camera especially relates to a meeting system of intelligent camera and applied this camera.

Background

With the popularization of intelligent devices, various devices such as conference screens, electric curtains, lights, microphones and the like are often equipped in the existing conference rooms. When the conference is in different states, it is necessary that the environment devices of the conference room and the end devices such as audio and video devices are in corresponding working states, that is, different scene modes are required, such as an explanation mode, a discussion mode, a rest mode, and the like. For example, when being in the explanation state, the main speaker explains with the help of the meeting screen, and the meeting screen is watched to the participant, needs set up the scene into the explanation mode this moment, reduces indoor lighting luminance, and closed electric window curtain makes things convenient for the meeting personnel to see clearly the meeting screen. When the conference is in a discussion state, participants discuss with each other, at the moment, a scene needs to be set to a discussion mode, the illumination brightness of a conference room is recovered, a conference screen is in a delayed standby state, and discussion of participants is facilitated.

The conference state in the conference room has strong correlation with the number of people and the behavior of people, for example, when the number of people in the conference room is large, the conference is in progress, and when the number of people in the conference room is small, the conference is in a rest or stop state, but the information of people in the conference room cannot be intelligently identified by the existing conference equipment, and meanwhile, the scene switching needs to be completed by the central control host.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model provides a meeting system of intelligent camera and applied this camera to make the camera have the function of discernment personnel information and control end equipment.

The utility model provides an intelligent camera, including shell, camera lens, image sensor, camera SoC, MCU module, control interface module, human body sensor, power module, the camera lens is installed on the shell, image sensor links to each other with the camera lens, the MCU module links to each other with camera SoC, human body sensor, control interface module communication respectively, power module links to each other with image sensor, camera SoC, MCU module, control interface module, human body sensor power supply respectively, human body sensor installs in the shell.

Further, the human body sensor is located below the lens.

Further, the human body sensor comprises at least one of an infrared human body sensor and a human body microwave sensor.

Furthermore, the control interface module comprises at least one of a digital I/O interface, a weak current relay interface, a COM interface and an infrared emission rod interface.

The utility model discloses still disclose a conference system, including above-mentioned smart camera, equipment end, the equipment end includes the display, the smart camera sets up in the display top, the MCU module of smart camera links to each other with the equipment end communication.

Furthermore, the equipment end also comprises at least one of lamplight, a motorized window curtain and a microphone.

Furthermore, the conference system also comprises a user terminal, and the user terminal is in communication connection with the intelligent camera.

Further, the user terminal can be selected as a mobile phone or a remote controller.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model, through combining human body sensor, make the smart camera have personnel and detect the function, make the meeting system can gather the personnel information in the target area.

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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an intelligent camera according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a side view of the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a top view of a conference room according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1. A smart camera; 11. a housing; 12. a lens; 13. a body sensor; 2. a display; 3. provided is a motorized window shade.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical solutions of the present invention better understood, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments.

The embodiment of the utility model discloses smart camera 1, as shown in figure 1, including shell 11, camera lens 12, image sensor, camera SoC, MCU module, control interface module, human body sensor 13, power module, as shown in figure 2, 3, camera lens 12 is installed on shell 11, image sensor links to each other with camera lens 12, the MCU module links to each other with camera SoC, human body sensor 13, control interface module communication respectively, power module links to each other with image sensor, camera SoC, MCU module, control interface module, human body sensor 13 power supply respectively, human body sensor 13 installs in shell 11.

Wherein the image sensor is installed at the rear side of the lens 12 and collects image information of the lens 12. The housing 11 is a cylindrical structure, and the lens 12 is located at one end of the cylindrical structure. The lens 12 may capture an optical image and transmit the optical image to an image sensor. The image sensor converts the image optical signal transmitted from the lens 12 into an electrical signal, and transmits the electrical signal to the camera SoC. The camera SoC receives the image electric signal transmitted by the image sensor, and can realize the processing of amplification, correction, coding, storage, AI inference and the like by matching with the corresponding software function based on the requirement of a user. The image coded by the video coding unit is stored in an external storage device of the camera or is forwarded to the upper-level network equipment through an IP network interface unit. The control interface module receives the equipment control instruction sent by the MCU module, and sends the equipment control instruction to the terminal equipment controller or the control module of the terminal equipment through the corresponding type of control interface according to the appointed level signal and the network protocol, so that the function similar to that of a gateway is realized. The human body sensor 13 can identify whether a person is in the conference room, and transmits a signal to the MCU as a trigger signal for the camera to enter a working state.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a through combining human body sensor 13, make smart camera 1 have personnel and detect the function, can gather the personnel's information in the camera shooting region.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the human body sensor 13 is located below the lens 12.

Optionally, the human body sensor 13 includes at least one of an infrared human body sensor and a human body microwave sensor.

The human body sensor 13 is located below the lens 12, and the detection direction of the human body sensor 13 is the same as the direction of the lens 12.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a be located camera lens 12 below through setting up human body sensor 13, no matter how camera lens 12 changes, human body sensor 13's direction of detection is the same with camera lens 12 direction to ensure that human body sensor 13 can change along with the shooting regional change of camera lens 12, make human body sensor 13 can acquire the human body information in the camera lens 12 shooting region.

Optionally, the control interface module includes at least one of a digital I/O interface, a weak current relay interface, a COM interface, and an infrared emission rod interface.

The control interface module comprises a COM interface for downloading programs and a plurality of control interfaces for connecting the terminal equipment, wherein the control interfaces can be one or more of the following: digital I/O interface, weak current relay interface, COM interface (RS-232/422/485 protocol), and infrared emission bar interface. Each control interface comprises a conversion part of a level signal or a communication protocol, a control line led out of the shell and a physical interface at the tail part of the control line. In addition, the outgoing line at the tail part of the camera also comprises an IP network interface line and a power interface line.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a MCU module through setting up control interface module messenger intelligent camera 1 can link to each other with external equipment like control such as light, realizes the control to terminal equipment.

When the existing scene mode in the conference room needs to be switched, the participants need to adjust through user terminals such as a touch screen, a control panel, a PAD (PAD application program) and a mobile phone, and the whole switching process needs to be completed by the participants and the multilayer control equipment together.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a based on above-mentioned problem still disclose a conference system, as shown in fig. 4, including above-mentioned intelligent camera 1, equipment end includes display 2, intelligent camera 1 sets up in display 2 top, intelligent camera 1's MCU module passes through the control interface module and links to each other with the equipment end communication.

Optionally, the device side further includes at least one of a motorized window shade 3, a light, and a microphone.

Wherein, the equipment end comprises light, an electric curtain 3 and a microphone; the light is a lighting structure and is arranged at the top of the conference room; the electric curtain 3 is arranged beside the window, a motor driving structure is adopted, and the microphone is arranged on the table top of the conference room.

Optionally, the conference system further includes a user terminal, and the user terminal is in communication connection with the smart camera 1.

Optionally, the user terminal may be a mobile phone or a remote controller.

Taking a conference room as an example, the conference room is a medium conference room, one side of the conference room is provided with a display 2, and the display 2 can be a projector and a projection screen or a large display screen and can be used for displaying contents such as PPT (point to point) and the like. The smart camera 1 is mounted above the display 2, and photographs a seat area in a conference room.

The utility model discloses integrated intelligent camera of conference system 1, equipment end make conference system have human monitoring function, and cooperation camera SoC can realize acquireing and the analysis to the indoor personnel condition of meeting. The person skilled in the art can adopt human body action recognition software, people number recognition software and the like as required, fully utilize the performance of the SoC of the camera to achieve the purposes of recognizing human body action, people number information and the like, and realize automatic adjustment by combining specific personnel information. Furthermore, the utility model discloses the MCU module passes through control interface module and links to each other with the equipment end communication, realizes the control to the equipment end.

To illustrate the functions that can be achieved by the embodiment of the present invention, an example of the optional installation and operation process of the embodiment of the present invention is as follows:

s1 Preset scene

And presetting a control program in the MCU of the camera, wherein the control program comprises a plurality of scene modes and terminal equipment control information corresponding to the scene modes. The scene mode may be: a preparation mode, an explanation mode, a discussion mode, a rest mode, a shutdown mode, etc.;

s2 mounting equipment

The camera is hung above a projection screen or a display large screen of the conference room or is hung on the wall, and is used for directing the participants and the main conference table;

s3 identifying scenes

When a person enters the conference room, the camera MCU module receives a signal of the human body sensor 13; when the duration of the signal exceeds a set threshold, the trigger camera is switched from a dormant state to a working state, the camera starts to acquire and analyze images in the conference room, the number of people and behavior actions are identified, and a current required scene mode is inferred;

s4 switching scene

The camera SoC sends a scene demand instruction to the MCU module, the MCU module interprets the scene demand instruction into an equipment control instruction according to preset scene information, and sends the equipment control instruction to the terminal equipment controller or a control module of the terminal equipment through the control interface module to control the environment adjusting equipment and the audio and video equipment so as to complete scene switching; for example, the relay interface transmits a device control command to the external relay to control the light, the electric curtain 3, the electric projection screen and the like; directly transmitting a control instruction to a control module of the projector through a COM (component object model) interface to complete the control of the projector; transmitting a control command to the power supply controller through the COM interface to control light, the electric curtain 3, the electric projection screen and the like; and transmitting a device control command to a video matrix, a volume controller and the like through the COM interface to control devices such as conference audio and video and the like.

The camera provided by the embodiment of the utility model integrates the MCU module and the control interface module, and can control common conference equipment such as a projector, a projection screen, a large display screen, an electric curtain 3, light and the like; meanwhile, the MCU module is utilized to realize the adjustment of the equipment end, and the use of a central control host is avoided.

It should be finally noted that the above embodiments are only used for illustrating the technical solutions of the present invention and not for limiting the same, and although the present invention is described in detail with reference to the above embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that after reading the present specification, the technical personnel can still modify or equivalently replace the specific embodiments of the present invention, but these modifications or changes do not depart from the scope of the claims of the present application.

Claims (8)

1. The utility model provides an intelligent camera, its characterized in that, intelligent camera includes shell, camera lens, image sensor, camera SoC, MCU module, control interface module, human body sensor, power module, the camera lens is installed on the shell, image sensor links to each other with the camera lens, the MCU module links to each other with camera SoC, human body sensor, control interface module communication respectively, power module links to each other with image sensor, camera SoC, MCU module, control interface module, human body sensor power supply respectively, human body sensor installs in the shell.

2. The smart camera of claim 1, wherein the body sensor is located below the lens.

3. The smart camera of claim 1, wherein the body sensor comprises at least one of an infrared body sensor and a body microwave sensor.

4. The smart camera of claim 1, wherein the control interface module comprises at least one of a digital I/O interface, a weak current relay interface, a COM interface, and an infrared emitter bar interface.

5. A conference system, characterized in that, the conference system includes the intelligent camera of any one of claims 1-4, the equipment end includes a display, the intelligent camera is disposed above the display, the MCU module of the intelligent camera is connected with the equipment end through the control interface module.

6. The conferencing system of claim 5, wherein the device side further comprises at least one of lights, motorized window shades, and microphones.

7. The conferencing system of claim 5, further comprising a user terminal, the user terminal being communicatively coupled to the smart camera.

8. The conferencing system of claim 7, wherein the user terminal is a mobile phone or a remote controller.

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