CN222981607U - Image acquisition equipment and vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

The present application discloses an image acquisition device and a vehicle, which relates to the field of vehicle auxiliary safety, and includes: a camera component, an adsorption component, a controller, a first communication module and a battery pack, wherein the camera component is connected to the adsorption component, the camera component is electrically connected to the controller, the controller is electrically connected to the first communication module, the battery pack is electrically connected to the camera component, the controller and the first communication module respectively, the first communication module is communicatively connected to the communication module in the human-computer interaction device of the towing vehicle, and the adsorption component is adsorbed on the target installation area of the towed vehicle. The present application adsorbs the camera component on the target installation area of the towed vehicle through the adsorption component connected thereto, collects an image of the rear view of the towed vehicle, and sends the image to the human-computer interaction device through the controller, the first communication module and the communication module of the human-computer interaction device, so that the driver of the towing vehicle obtains the rear view of the towed vehicle through the human-computer interaction device, thereby improving driving safety.

Description

Image acquisition equipment and vehicle

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of vehicle auxiliary safety, in particular to image acquisition equipment and a vehicle.

Background

Traction of a vehicle without drive force by means of a trailer hook is a common vehicle use. When the vehicle is not in traction, the driver views the rear view mainly through a rearview mirror outside a vehicle door, a rearview mirror in a vehicle cabin, a vehicle-mounted rearview camera and the like. However, when traction is performed, the towed vehicle is positioned behind the towing vehicle and is closer to the towing vehicle, resulting in the view of the rearview mirror or the vehicle-mounted rearview camera being blocked. Therefore, when a driver of the traction vehicle drives, the condition of the road behind the traction vehicle cannot be observed, and the driving safety is affected.

Disclosure of utility model

In view of the above problems, the present application provides an image capturing apparatus and a vehicle to achieve the purpose of improving driving safety. The specific scheme is as follows:

a first aspect of the present application provides an image acquisition apparatus comprising:

the camera shooting assembly, the adsorption assembly, the controller, the first communication module and the battery pack,

The camera shooting assembly is connected with the adsorption assembly, the camera shooting assembly is electrically connected with the controller, the controller is electrically connected with the first communication module, the battery pack is respectively electrically connected with the camera shooting assembly, the controller and the first communication module, and the first communication module is in communication connection with the communication module in the man-machine interaction equipment of the traction vehicle;

The suction assembly is suctionable to a target installation area of a towed vehicle.

In one possible implementation, the image capture device may be attached to a towing hook of a towing vehicle by the attachment assembly.

In one possible implementation, the camera assembly includes a camera device and a cradle head,

The camera equipment is movably mounted at the mounting position of the cradle head, the cradle head is electrically connected with the controller, and the base of the cradle head is connected with the adsorption component.

In one possible implementation, the shape of the suction assembly is adapted to the shape of the target mounting area.

In one possible implementation, the suction assembly is a magnetic suction device or suction cup.

In one possible implementation, the camera assembly further includes a protective gum cover,

The protective rubber sleeve is sleeved on the outer surface of the camera shooting assembly.

In one possible implementation, the camera assembly includes a camera device and a shock mount,

The camera equipment is fixedly arranged on the bearing surface of the damping support, and the base of the damping support is connected with the adsorption component.

In one possible implementation, the image acquisition apparatus further comprises a shelter,

The camera shooting component is movably arranged in the cavity of the shielding cabin.

In one possible implementation, the camera assembly is an assembly compatible with a white light camera mode and a low light camera mode.

A second aspect of the present application provides a vehicle comprising a human-machine interaction device and an image acquisition device as described above or in any of the implementations of the first aspect.

By means of the technical scheme, the image acquisition equipment and the vehicle are provided, the adsorption assembly capable of being adsorbed to the target installation area of the towed vehicle is configured, and the camera shooting assembly and the adsorption assembly are movably installed, so that the camera shooting assembly can be adsorbed to the target installation area of the towed vehicle, and further the controller is used for controlling the camera shooting assembly to acquire the rear image of the towed vehicle. And moreover, the first communication module is configured to be in communication connection with the communication module in the man-machine interaction equipment of the traction vehicle, and the rear image of the towed vehicle acquired by the camera shooting assembly is sent to the man-machine interaction equipment of the traction vehicle, so that a driver of the traction vehicle can observe the rear image of the towed vehicle through the man-machine interaction equipment, a visual field blind area caused by shielding of the towed vehicle is avoided, and the driving safety is improved.

Drawings

The above and other features, advantages, and aspects of embodiments of the present disclosure will become more apparent by reference to the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. The same or similar reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like elements. It should be understood that the figures are schematic and that elements and components are not necessarily drawn to scale.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an image acquisition device provided by the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a rear view of a towing vehicle when not in a towing state, according to the present application;

FIG. 3 is a rear view of a towing vehicle in a towing position according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a rear view of a towing vehicle in a towing position with an offset angle;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a rear view of a towed vehicle with an adsorbent assembly attached to the towed vehicle in accordance with the present application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the connection relationship between a cradle head, a camera device and an adsorption assembly provided by the application;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of a shock mount according to the present application;

Fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of an imaging assembly with a shelter according to the present application.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the present application will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present application. The terminology used in the description of the embodiments of the application herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments of the application only and is not intended to be limiting of the application.

Embodiments of the present application are described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. As one of ordinary skill in the art can know, with the development of technology and the appearance of new scenes, the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application is also applicable to similar technical problems.

The terms first, second and the like in the description and in the claims and in the above-described figures, are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the terms so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances and are merely illustrative of the manner in which embodiments of the application have been described in connection with the description of the objects having the same attributes. Furthermore, the terms "comprises," "comprising," and "having," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements is not necessarily limited to those elements, but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

A first aspect of the present application provides an image capturing apparatus, as shown in fig. 1, comprising:

The device comprises a camera shooting assembly 101, an adsorption assembly 102, a controller 103, a first communication module 104 and a battery pack 105, wherein the camera shooting assembly 101 is connected with the adsorption assembly 102, the camera shooting assembly 101 is electrically connected with the controller 103, the controller 103 is electrically connected with the first communication module 104, the battery pack 105 is electrically connected with the camera shooting assembly 101, the controller 103 and the first communication module 104 respectively, and the first communication module 104 is in communication connection with a communication module in man-machine interaction equipment of a towing vehicle. The suction assembly is suctionable to a target installation area of the towed vehicle.

It should be noted that, in an actual application scenario, the controller 103 and the first communication module 104 may be integrated in the image capturing assembly 101, so as to reduce the volume of the image capturing device and improve the deployment efficiency of the image capturing device.

The camera module 101 is a device for capturing an image of a road. The controller 103 is a device for controlling the switching of the image pickup unit 101 and buffering the road image. The first communication module 104 is a module for transmitting the collected road image to the man-machine interaction device.

It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that, in a practical application scenario, the first communication module 104 and the communication module in the man-machine interaction device may implement communication connection through a plurality of communication modes, where the types of communication modes include, but are not limited to, wireless personal area network (Wireless Personal Area Network, WPAN), wireless local area network (Wireless Local Area Network, WLAN), wired communication, and the like. When the communication mode is the WPAN, the communication module in the first communication module 104 and the man-machine interaction device communicatively connected thereto may be a Bluetooth (Bluetooth) communication module. When the type of the communication mode is the WLAN, the communication module in the first communication module 104 and the man-machine interaction device communicatively connected to the first communication module may be a Wi-Fi module. The specific types of the communication modules in the first communication module 104 and the man-machine interaction device and the types of the communication modes thereof are not excessively limited.

In one possible implementation, the first communication module may further configure a corresponding data transmission protocol for different communication modes, so as to improve data transmission efficiency, for example, a transmission control protocol (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protoco, TCP/IP), a user datagram protocol (User Datagram Protocol, UDP), a point-to-point protocol (Point to Point Protocol, PPP), and the like.

In one possible implementation, in order to improve the transmission efficiency of the collected road image, and thus improve the real-time performance of the man-machine interaction device in displaying the road image, the image capturing component may be a component with an image compression function. Specifically, the above-mentioned camera assembly may integrate a video encoding function to encode the collected road image data into digital signals (e.g., compressed formats such as h.264, h.265, h.263, etc.). The digital signal has the characteristic of small data volume relative to the video data, so that the transmission efficiency can be accelerated, and the real-time performance of the man-machine interaction equipment for displaying the road image can be improved.

In the practical application scenario, the human-computer interaction device of the towing vehicle is a device capable of displaying images and receiving an operation instruction of an occupant of the towing vehicle, for example, a navigation device with an image Display function, a central control device, a vehicle Head Up Display system (HUD), and the like. Through the man-machine interaction equipment, a driver can monitor the road condition in the rear view field of the towed vehicle, and the driving safety is improved. Meanwhile, under the condition that the narrow area rearview mirror is retracted, visual field complement can be performed through man-machine interaction equipment, so that accuracy and safety of vehicle control are improved.

In the actual application scenario, the target installation area of the towed vehicle may be located in an area on the surface of the towed vehicle or in the interior of the cabin, and after the adsorbing assembly is adsorbed to the target installation area, the image capturing assembly connected to the adsorbing assembly may capture an image of the road in the rear view of the towed vehicle. Such target mounting areas include, but are not limited to, a roof, an outside of a tail gate, a tail-boom coupler, a rear window, and the like. The present application does not excessively limit the position of the target mounting area.

In the actual application scenario, when the vehicle is not in the traction state, the schematic view of the rear view of the traction vehicle is shown in fig. 2, and the rear view of the driver, which is observed by the rearview mirror outside the vehicle door, the rearview mirror in the vehicle cabin, and the vehicle-mounted rearview camera, is the sector area in fig. 2. However, when the vehicle is in a towing state, a rear view of the towing vehicle is schematically shown in fig. 3, and a view area between a straight line L1 and a straight line L2 in the sector area is a blocked area caused by the towed vehicle. At this time, the driver cannot observe the road condition behind the towed vehicle in the shielded area, thereby endangering the driving safety. When the towing vehicle needs to perform driving actions such as turning and overtaking, an offset angle is generated between the towing vehicle and the towed vehicle because the towed vehicle is not rigidly connected with the towing vehicle. A rear view of the towing vehicle at this time is schematically shown in fig. 4, in which the view area between the straight lines L3 and L4 is a blocked area caused by the towed vehicle. As can be seen from comparison between fig. 3 and fig. 4, when the traction vehicle needs to perform driving actions such as turning and overtaking, the shielding area caused by the traction vehicle is larger than the shielding area when the traction vehicle is running, and the driver of the traction vehicle cannot observe the road condition in the shielding area, so that if the vehicle comes from the rear side, collision is very easy to occur, and the driving safety is reduced.

By configuring the image acquisition equipment shown in fig. 1, the application realizes the acquisition and display of the image of the rear view field of the towed vehicle, so that a driver of the towed vehicle can observe the image of the rear view field of the towed vehicle. Specifically, fig. 5 shows a schematic view of the rear view of the towed vehicle after the adsorption assembly is adsorbed to the towed vehicle. Wherein an image acquisition device 53 as shown in fig. 1 is adsorbed on top of the towed vehicle 52. The rear view image of the towed vehicle acquired by the image acquisition device 53 is a sector area 54. The image capturing device 53 transmits the image of the sector 54 to the man-machine interaction device of the towing vehicle 51, so that the driver of the towing vehicle 51 observes the road condition behind the towed vehicle 52 through the man-machine interaction device, and the driving safety is improved.

According to the application, the adsorption component capable of being adsorbed on the target installation area of the towed vehicle is configured, and the camera shooting component and the adsorption component are movably installed, so that the camera shooting component can be adsorbed on the target installation area of the towed vehicle, and the controller is used for controlling the camera shooting component to collect the rear image of the towed vehicle. And moreover, the first communication module is configured to be in communication connection with the communication module in the man-machine interaction equipment of the traction vehicle, and the rear image of the towed vehicle acquired by the camera shooting assembly is sent to the man-machine interaction equipment of the traction vehicle, so that a driver of the traction vehicle can observe the rear image of the towed vehicle through the man-machine interaction equipment, a visual field blind area caused by shielding of the towed vehicle is avoided, and the driving safety is improved.

In one possible implementation, the image capture device may be attached to a tractor hook of a towing vehicle by the attachment assembly 102.

It should be noted that, for the towing vehicle provided with the towing vehicle hook, the image acquisition device can be adsorbed on the towing vehicle hook of the towing vehicle through the adsorption component, so that the occupation of the image acquisition device to the internal space of the towing vehicle is avoided. Meanwhile, the problems of wind resistance and oil consumption increase caused by the fact that the image acquisition equipment is adsorbed on the surface of a traction vehicle can be avoided.

In one possible implementation, the trailer hook of the traction vehicle may be a fixedly installed trailer hook or a telescopic trailer hook with a telescopic function.

In one possible implementation, the camera assembly 101 includes a camera device and a cradle head,

The camera equipment movable mounting is in the mounted position of cloud platform, and the cloud platform is connected with the controller electricity, and the base and the absorption subassembly of cloud platform are connected.

The cradle head (Tripod head) is a device for fixing and supporting the image pickup device and controlling the image pickup device to rotate. Through with camera equipment movable mounting in the mounted position of cloud platform to when the cloud platform received the electrical control signal that the controller sent, control camera equipment and rotate, thereby enlarge camera equipment's image acquisition area, and then improve driving safety.

It should be noted that, in a practical application scenario, there are various connection manners of the pan-tilt, the image capturing apparatus and the adsorption component, and an exemplary method is provided herein:

Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a connection relationship among a pan/tilt head, an image capturing apparatus, and an adsorption assembly. Wherein the image pickup apparatus 61 is a spherical camera. The mounting position of the cradle head 62 is a groove of a hemispherical supporting structure, and the hemispherical supporting structure is connected with a supporting upright post with a motor, and the motor of the supporting upright post is used for driving the hemispherical supporting structure to rotate along the rotation direction of the motor. The adsorption component 63 is a rectangular magnetic adsorption box, and a magnet is arranged inside the magnetic adsorption box. The image pickup apparatus 61 is movably mounted in a hemispherical mounting position of the pan/tilt head 62, and in order to prevent the image pickup apparatus from sliding out of the mounting area, a magnetic attraction device and a mechanical locking device may be disposed in a groove of the pan/tilt head 62. The adsorption assembly 63 may be connected to the support posts of the pan-tilt 62 by means of a snap-fit or bolting. In order to expand the image field of the image capturing apparatus, an electrically driven roller contacting with the image capturing apparatus 61 may be disposed in the groove of the pan/tilt head 62 to drive the image capturing apparatus 61 to rotate in the groove. The rotation direction of the image pickup apparatus 61 in the recess is perpendicular to the rotation direction of the support column motor. After the controller sends an electric control instruction to the cradle head, the electric drive roller in the cradle head groove and the motor of the support upright post start to operate, so that the image pickup device points to the image acquisition area.

In one possible implementation, the cradle head may also be a cradle head with an anti-shake function, so as to avoid shake of an image collected by the image capturing device caused by vibration in a vehicle driving process, thereby improving the quality of the image collected by the image capturing device and further improving driving safety.

In one possible implementation, the electronic control instruction sent by the controller to the pan-tilt may be an instruction sent by the man-machine interaction device to the controller through its own communication module and first communication module. Specifically, the man-machine interaction device responds to the operation of a driver, generates an electric control instruction for controlling the cradle head to act based on a preset control logic, and sends the electric control instruction to the controller through a first communication module in communication connection with a communication module of the man-machine interaction device so as to trigger the controller to forward the electric control instruction to the cradle head.

In one possible implementation, the shape of the adsorbent assembly 102 is adapted to the shape of the target mounting area.

It should be noted that, because of differences in the vehicle body height, the vehicle body structure, and the like, the target installation areas corresponding to the towed vehicles of different vehicle types are different. For example, in a pick up (pick up) Vehicle type, an Off-Road Vehicle (ORV) type, or a Sport Utility (SUV) type, if the target installation area is provided on the roof of the towed Vehicle, the installation of the image capturing device is not facilitated due to the high Vehicle body of the Vehicle type, and a low view blind area exists in the image capturing device due to the high Vehicle body. Thus, for the above-described types of vehicle models, the target installation area may be provided at the back door of the above-described vehicle. However, since the back door surface is generally irregularly shaped and includes externally hung devices such as spare tire boxes, spare mailboxes, spare tool boxes, etc., the adsorption of the adsorption assembly on the ground plane is not favored. Therefore, the shape of the adsorption component is matched with the shape of the target installation area, so that the universal applicability of the image acquisition equipment to different vehicle types is improved.

In one possible implementation, the suction assembly 102 is a magnetic suction device or suction cup.

It should be noted that, by configuring the above-mentioned adsorption component as a magnetic adsorption device or a sucker, the application can realize rapid installation when traction demand is generated and rapid recovery when traction demand is not generated. Compared with a fixed mounting mode of drilling holes in a vehicle body, the magnetic adsorption device or the sucker is adopted, so that the surface of the vehicle body is not damaged, and the user experience is improved.

In one possible implementation, the camera assembly 101 further includes a protective gum cover that is disposed over the outer surface of the camera assembly.

The protective rubber cover may be made of a material having ductility and water resistance, such as rubber, synthetic resin, and silica gel. According to the application, the protective rubber sleeve is sleeved on the outer surface of the camera shooting assembly, so that the risk of damage to the camera shooting assembly caused by collision of splashed objects and the camera shooting assembly in the driving process is reduced while the waterproof performance of the camera shooting assembly is improved.

In one possible implementation, the camera assembly 101 includes a camera device and a shock mount, the camera device being fixedly mounted to a bearing surface of the shock mount, a base of the shock mount being coupled to the suction assembly.

The shock mount is a device for absorbing vibration generated from a vehicle to improve the quality of an image captured by the image capturing apparatus. In practical application, the types of the shock-absorbing brackets are various, and one of the following is provided in an exemplary manner:

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of a shock mount. Wherein the bearing surface 71 is connected to the base 73 by a support airbag 72. The support airbag 72 absorbs vibrations in all directions transmitted by the base 73 and counteracts the vibrations by squeezing, relaxing, shifting, twisting, etc. to ensure that the bearing surface 71 remains stable while the vehicle is traveling.

It should be noted that, since the shock mount is a device for connecting the image pickup apparatus and the adsorption assembly and filtering the vibration of the vehicle, it does not have a rotation function itself. Therefore, in order to secure an image pickup field of view of the image pickup apparatus, the above-described image pickup apparatus may be an apparatus having a wide-angle function.

In one possible implementation, the image acquisition device further comprises a shielding cabin, and the camera assembly is movably arranged in a cavity of the shielding cabin.

It should be noted that, when the image capturing device is adsorbed on the outer surface of the towed vehicle, the external strong light irradiates the lens of the image capturing component, or the rain and snow contaminates the lens of the image capturing component, which results in that the image capturing component cannot capture the road image. Therefore, the shielding cabin is configured, and the camera shooting assembly is movably arranged in the cavity of the shielding cabin, so that the shielding cabin is used for isolating external strong light and rain and snow, and the reliability of the camera shooting assembly for collecting road images is ensured.

It should be noted that, in an actual application scenario, the shielding cabin may be movably connected with the camera assembly by a clamping or bolting manner. The shielding cabin can have various shapes, and a schematic structure of the camera assembly with the shielding cabin is shown in fig. 8. The camera shooting assembly 1 is movably arranged in the cavity of the shielding cabin 2 through a clamping groove.

In one possible implementation, the camera assembly is an assembly that is compatible with a white light camera mode and a low light camera mode.

The application ensures that the camera shooting assembly can accurately collect road images of the rear view of the towed vehicle under various illumination conditions by configuring the camera shooting assembly to be an assembly compatible with a white light camera shooting mode and a low-light camera shooting mode, thereby improving driving safety and environmental adaptability. The white light image capturing mode refers to an image capturing mode in which visible light exists and the illumination intensity meets the image definition requirement, for example, when the vehicle is in daytime or under the condition that an outdoor light source is used for auxiliary illumination, the image capturing assembly can adopt the white light image capturing mode to acquire images. The above-mentioned low-light image capturing mode refers to an image capturing mode when no visible light exists or the illumination intensity does not satisfy the image sharpness requirement, for example, an image capturing mode in the case of night or no auxiliary illumination of an outdoor light source.

It is noted that relational terms such as first and second, and the like are used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. It should also be noted that the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising one does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises an element.

In this specification, each embodiment is described in a related manner, and identical and similar parts of each embodiment are all referred to each other, and each embodiment mainly describes differences from other embodiments. In particular, for system embodiments, since they are substantially similar to method embodiments, the description is relatively simple, as relevant to see a section of the description of method embodiments.

The foregoing is merely exemplary of the present application and is not intended to limit the present application. Various modifications and variations of the present application will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. which come within the spirit and principles of the application are to be included in the scope of the claims of the present application.

Claims (10)

1. An image capturing apparatus, comprising:

the camera shooting assembly, the adsorption assembly, the controller, the first communication module and the battery pack,

The camera shooting assembly is connected with the adsorption assembly, the camera shooting assembly is electrically connected with the controller, the controller is electrically connected with the first communication module, the battery pack is respectively electrically connected with the camera shooting assembly, the controller and the first communication module, and the first communication module is in communication connection with the communication module in the man-machine interaction equipment of the traction vehicle;

The suction assembly is suctionable to a target installation area of a towed vehicle.

2. The image capture device of claim 1, wherein the image capture device is adsorbable to a towing hook of a towing vehicle via the adsorption assembly.

3. The image capture device of claim 1, wherein the camera assembly comprises a camera device and a cradle head,

The camera equipment is movably mounted at the mounting position of the cradle head, the cradle head is electrically connected with the controller, and the base of the cradle head is connected with the adsorption component.

4. The image acquisition apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the shape of the suction member is adapted to the shape of the target mounting area.

5. The image acquisition apparatus of claim 1, wherein the suction assembly is a magnetic suction device or a suction cup.

6. The image capture device of claim 1, wherein the camera assembly further comprises a protective gum cover,

The protective rubber sleeve is sleeved on the outer surface of the camera shooting assembly.

7. The image capture device of claim 1, wherein the camera assembly comprises a camera device and a shock mount,

The camera equipment is fixedly arranged on the bearing surface of the damping support, and the base of the damping support is connected with the adsorption component.

8. The image acquisition apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a shelter,

The camera shooting component is movably arranged in the cavity of the shielding cabin.

9. The image capture device of claim 1, wherein the camera assembly is an assembly compatible with a white light camera mode and a low light camera mode.

10. A vehicle, comprising a human-machine interaction device and an image acquisition device according to any one of claims 1 to 9.