EP2318882A1 - Vorrichtung und verfahren zur lagestabilisierung von kameras, und zur herstellung von filmaufnahmen aus unbemannten flugkörpern - Google Patents
Vorrichtung und verfahren zur lagestabilisierung von kameras, und zur herstellung von filmaufnahmen aus unbemannten flugkörpernInfo
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- the invention relates to a position stabilization system for cameras and other imaging sensors or other payloads whose exact alignment is important. Especially on moving camera carriers such as vehicles, missiles and camera cranes, it is important to stabilize the alignment in order to achieve the best results in film or video recordings.
- Conventional precision camera-mounting devices include a pivoting platform and actuators that resets alignment to a setpoint via a loop.
- DE 195 99 41 A describes a stabilized platform for the stationary mounting of a camera tripod or the like, which includes gyros and associated potentiometers, and in which torque plates are used to align the camera.
- EP 1 061 338 A1 describes a device for spatial stabilization of sensors in which a sensor platform is mounted as a heavy pendulum in such a way that it is in a weakly stable, almost indifferent equilibrium.
- a cardan or ball joint or designed as an outer frame system gimbal is provided as storage.
- torque sensors and for measuring the relative position relative to the vehicle, in particular angle encoders are provided as drive.
- the momentary encoders can be constructed from a combination of position sensors and elastic coupling elements.
- WO 2004/067432 A2 describes a gimbal which can be swiveled in several axes, in which rapidly adjusting actuators for compensating vibrations and slow-acting actuators of different axial directions are provided for swiveling the camera.
- a "gimbal lock" can be avoided, i. the situation that when the camera inclines two axes come to lie parallel, which would lose one degree of freedom of the gimbal and could not follow a movement in the corresponding direction.
- a disadvantage of this device is the large number of required redundant axes and actuators concerned.
- US 6,154,317 A describes a camera suspension having a plurality of intermeshing universal joints, wherein gyro rotation rate sensors are mounted at different locations of the device to measure the respective rotation.
- gyro rotation rate sensors are mounted at different locations of the device to measure the respective rotation.
- One of these sensors is attached so that it goes along with all the movements of the camera.
- the disadvantage here is that not all movement axes are measured directly on the camera, but parts of the cardan are between the camera and some measuring sensors, which affects the accuracy.
- No. 5,897,223 A describes a spring-damped and stabilized platform in which yaw rate sensors join in the movements of the camera.
- the required mechanical control is very complex.
- the servomotors or encoders and their regulation must achieve an extremely high reaction speed, so that they can eliminate vibrations in the environment and none Control delays occur.
- the aim of the invention is to provide a low-cost and efficient system and a method for stabilizing the position of cameras, by which even rapid shocks and vibrations can be compensated.
- the term camera includes imaging sensors of any kind.
- the camera and any other moving devices are also referred to below as the payload.
- the motors are provided for driving the rotational movements taking place about the axes of rotation.
- the term motor, servo or drive includes any type of actuator, linkage or control. According to the invention, both the desired pivoting of the camera can take place, as well as the active compensation of environmental movements, whereby the environment moves and the camera is held still by the device.
- the camera with a suspension about at least two axes of rotation is rotatably connected to the environment, in particular a vehicle. Furthermore, motors are provided for driving the rotation axes taking place about the rotational movements. Further features of the device are:
- Rotation rate sensors for a plurality of the axes of rotation are provided on the camera or on a platform provided for receiving the camera such that they move together and their rotational movements are identical to those of the camera,
- a closed loop which includes the yaw rate sensors and a connected control circuit that controls the motors, and
- a crossfader controls, based on a measured or approximate signal indicative of the relative orientation of the axes of rotation to each other, the assignment, degree of coupling and / or direction of action of the signals on the signal path from the yaw rate sensors to the motors depending on the relative orientation of the signals Rotation axes variable.
- a device for position stabilization of a camera is provided with a bearing, which is rotatable about at least two axes of rotation and by means of which the camera with the environment, in particular a vehicle is connectable.
- the device further comprises motors for driving the rotational movements taking place about the axes of rotation, as well as stabilizing electronics, which includes rotation sensors which are mounted on the bearing so that they join in all movements of the camera.
- the stabilization electronics controls the motors, and is designed such that it controls the assignment, degree of coupling and / or the effective direction of the signals in the signal path from sensors to motors, depending on the relative orientation of the axes of rotation one behind the other, variable.
- signals of the rotary sensors can enter a control circuit of the stabilization electronics, which forms control signals from the signals and outputs them to the motors.
- signals on the signal path from the rotary sensors to the motors can be variably mixed under signals belonging to different axes of rotation, the coefficients of the mixture being respectively controlled by a signal indicating the relative orientation between the driving and measuring axis directions.
- a yielding coupling member may be provided at one point in the drive path or Anlenkungspfad the engine. It can be realized, for example, with an elastic connection. This can be provided between the motor shaft and output, or between the motor housing and the opposite side of the drive, ie point of attack or environment of the engine. In general, it can be provided at any point in the drive path or Anlenkungspfad the engine.
- the motor housing hang freely, the engine, for example, depends only on its shaft and is additionally moored by a spring with its surroundings.
- the sides of the control are arbitrary, ie the side of the motor housing can be assigned to the side of the camera or the vehicle.
- the device mechanically couples a camera to a vehicle or other supporting environment.
- the rotatable mounting may be a connection between a provided for receiving the camera platform with a provided for mounting to the environment or a vehicle connecting body.
- the term platform includes any body suitable for attachment.
- vehicle hereinafter includes any supporting environment, ie in particular a missile, a camera crane, another object or a camera operator carrying the device.
- the invention may be provided in unmanned missiles, particularly in ground-based model helicopters, quadrocopters, or similar submersible missiles.
- Any controllable drive device can be used as the motor, in particular electric motors or electromagnets, which can drive in one direction and one opposite direction, in particular linearly and / or rotationally.
- a pivot bearing can serve a multi-axis simultaneously rotatable bearing, or a gimbal arrangement of multiple bearings or joints.
- the invention is based on the finding that an improved position correction can take place when the signals are superimposed in dependence on the relative orientation of the axes of rotation in such a way that a change in the sense of direction of the action of individual motors resulting from changed axis orientations is taken into account accordingly.
- 3 axes of rotation are advantageous. It can also be provided more than 3 axes of rotation, which makes sense to avoid singularities in which in certain tilt angle combinations two axes are parallel and thus the camera would not be movable in all directions, if 2 of 3 axes are parallel.
- the axes of rotation are preferably close to the center of gravity. This may include in particular that the center of gravity of the camera, together with its moving parts from the respective axis of rotation has a distance of less than 10% of the longest dimension of the camera.
- the rotational movements of the camera should be completely independent of those of the environment. In particular, the camera should either stand still or perform defined controllable rotations. rotations may be in particular pan, pitch or roll. An influence or stabilization of translational movements is not necessarily included.
- the entire frame can be suspended soft springy, in addition to largely decouple vibrations.
- the linkage can be deliberately made soft by a resilient, in particular an elastic coupling.
- a coupling member can serve an elastic material, such as a spring, in particular coil spring or torsion spring, a rubber or foam part, a transmission with pulleys and a length-stretchable belt, or the like.
- short-term or rapid disturbances can be suppressed much better with the invention. This applies both to movements of the environment and to measuring fluctuations of the stabilization device as well as to irregularities or vibrations in the course of the motors. Furthermore, with much lesser demand on the rapidity of the sensors and in particular the actuators still a much faster compensation possible.
- the resonance frequency which results from elastic suspension on the one hand and mass (moment of inertia) of the pivotable parts on the other hand, designed lower than the majority of the occurring disturbing movements.
- this resonant frequency can be made much lower than the speed of a proposed control.
- the controller is designed by suitable adaptation of its parameters so that it can bridge the resulting additional mechanical 90 ° - phase delay. This is e.g. possible with known means of PID control. If the camera is to perform deliberate movements, these are limited in terms of their maximum possible acceleration. However, this is not a disadvantage, because the setpoints of the camera orientation are usually changed as steadily and slowly as possible anyway.
- Another advantage of the invention is that to achieve this quality neither costly torque sensor, nor special fast-reacting actuators of other types must be used.
- the term engine here includes any type of electromechanical actuator.
- commercial servomotors can advantageously be used.
- Such servos are designed as position dividers and can structurally combine the following components: a motor, a gear reduction between the motor and an output shaft, a position sensor on the output shaft, such as a motor. a rotary potentiometer, and an electronic control and drive unit, which compares a setpoint input signal with the measured value of the position sensor and drives the motor.
- FIG. 1 shows a device for stabilizing the position of a camera
- Fig. 3 is a block diagram of a position control
- 4a and 4b another device for position stabilization of a camera.
- FIG. 5 shows a block diagram of a digitally operating position control
- Figure 1 shows the mechanics of a first embodiment.
- Surrounding part 2 is intended for fixed or spring-mounted attachment to the environment, in particular a vehicle. It essentially reflects the movements of the environment and is therefore considered as part of the environment in the following.
- a designed as a gimbal frame consists of three angled portions or legs 3, 4, and 5, which are movable over three axes of rotation 6, 7, 8. Its last section 5 is provided for carrying the camera 1.
- a drive unit 12 For driving about the axis of rotation 7, a drive unit 12 is provided.
- This includes a servo motor 15 with an integrated gear, the output shaft is connected to the frame portion 4.
- the motor 15 In order to achieve a yielding coupling, the motor 15 is not fixedly connected to its other frame portion 3, but hangs freely on its output shaft. Only the coil springs 17 and 18 constitute a force connection between the frame section 3 and motor 15, and thus serve as yielding coupling in the transmission path.
- Short-term disturbances such as torque due to shock and vibration
- the yielding coupling in conjunction with the moment of inertia of the payload, even if they occur at any rate faster than the motors and control react.
- Prolonged disturbances are additionally compensated by the regulation via the engine.
- Figure 2 shows in cross-section a detail view with another embodiment of the yielding coupling. Shown are parts of a drive unit, as they can be used in Figure 1, for example, as a drive unit 13 and 11.
- Motor 15 drives via a pulley 22 and a belt 23 to a second pulley 24, which rotates about a ball bearing 26 on the output shaft 2.
- the output shaft 2 is in turn also rotatable about ball bearings 25.
- the coupling from the second pulley 24 to the output shaft 20 takes place only via a spring 17, which transmits the torsional forces and serves as a yielding coupling. This coupling takes place between pulley 26 and a collar 28.
- Figure 2 shows a way to balance the center of gravity on the axis of rotation.
- Axis 6 is a pan axis driven by pan motor unit 11.
- Axis 7 is a roll axis located mechanically behind the pan axis when starting from outside and driven by roll motor unit 12
- th axis 8 is a pitch axis, mechanically assigned to the nearest of the camera and driven by pitch motor unit 13.
- a position control in which the sensors 14 or sensor unit 14 for position detection join in the movements of the camera 1. These sensors may in particular be rotation rate sensors.
- the manipulated value of this position control can be used as the setpoint of the motor-side control.
- Position sensors can be arranged together for all three axes of rotation 6, 7, 8 so that they rotate together with the camera around all axes. This may mean, in particular, that they are not separated at individual or upstream sections of the cardan joint. If the camera 1, as shown in Figure 1, aligned horizontally or pivoted only at small angles, so correspond to the axes of rotation 6, 7,8 of the motor units 11, 12, 13 and the movements related to the camera 1 and in the sensor unit Then it is possible without further precautions to apply to each of the three sensor signals its own control circuit, in turn, by driving the motor associated with the respective axis 11, 12, 13 as an actuator , forms a closed loop control, whereby each control loop can stabilize the orientation of the camera 1 in the respective axis.
- the roll axis 7 acts as a lateral pivot axis with respect to the camera 1 (camera scan axis); and pan axis 6 acts as a roll axis with respect to the camera 1.
- intermediate states e.g.
- the orientation of the axes relative to each other changes, and in particular the orientation of the axes of the motors changes relatively to the axes of the rotary sensors and camera, and consequently changes the direction of action of the servomotors, based on the camera and sensors.
- existing state of the art eg US 6,154,317 A
- the relative orientation of the axes of rotation to one another is measured or estimated directly or indirectly, and that the assignment, degree of coupling and / or effective direction of the signals on the signal path from the rotation rate sensors to the motors is variably controlled in dependence on the relative orientation of the axes of rotation.
- the relative orientation of the roll axis associated with the sensor 42 and the pan axis relative to the motor axis 7 (roll) associated with the sensor 41 can be measured in the exemplary embodiments by measuring the tilt angle a occurring in the pitch axis 8.
- the relative orientation of the axes associated with the sensors with respect to the motor axes 6 (pan) can be measured by measuring both the tilt angle a and the roll angle b occurring in the motor axis 7 (roll).
- variable control may be done as a crossfade or a mixture with variable coefficients, the coefficients being controlled in dependence of the relative orientation of the axes of rotation.
- the variation may be in any fine steps or quasi-continuous, or approximated by a discrete number of stages, but always with a plurality of stages, corresponding to a variety of possible mixing factors.
- An inclination measured by an artificial horizon may be used, especially if one can assume an approximately horizontal orientation of the surroundings.
- rotary position sensors for example potentiometers or angle encoders, can be used on the axes of rotation 7 and 8.
- the manipulated variable with which the motors 13 (pitch) and 14 (roll) are activated can be used, in particular if these are position-adjusting servos.
- the crossfading of the signals within the control circuit can be controlled by these measured values.
- the position control can be done via measured rotation rates. Alternatively or additionally, the position control can also be carried out by using measured values of angles of inclination. As target values of the camera alignment can be provided either as rotation rate values or as angle values or as a combination of both.
- an artificial horizon may be provided, which includes three rotation rate sensors and an acceleration sensor measuring the direction of gravity.
- FIG. 3 shows a block diagram of an embodiment of a position control.
- Rotation rate sensors 41, 42, 43 are attached to the camera, sensor 41 being aligned with a pivot axis (pan or yaw), 42 with a roll axis and 43 with a pitch axis, and this orientation always refers to the camera ,
- Rotational gyroscopes can be electronic gyroscopes.
- Setpoints are received via a radio receiver 30 which correspond to the desired rotation rate of the camera movement in the said axes and are zero in the special case of standstill.
- the variable gain amplifiers 44, 45, and 46 may be conventional operational amplifiers or PIDs (proportional differentially integral) controllers.
- the control circuit may be constructed as a control unit 55, optionally also structurally combined with the sensors 41, 42, 43 of the sensor unit 14.
- a transducer 47 is provided for measuring a pitch angle a of the gimbal about its pitch axis 8.
- a potentiometer may be mounted on this axis, and / or an acceleration sensor may be accommodated in the sensor unit 14, which determines the inclination on the basis of Estimates gravity.
- the inclination measurement signal is represented or converted as a cosine value 48 and a sine value 49 of the inclination angle ⁇ .
- the crossfade circuit 50 varies the assignment of the manipulated variables from the regulators 44, 45 to the drive units 11, 12.
- the crossfading can be defined as a mixture with variable coefficients, in which case the coefficients are from the inclination angle ⁇ or generally from the axis angle ⁇ .
- Allocation reporting signal to be defined.
- the variation can consist of a potentiometer as shown, or of a mixing element with variable amplification factors.
- the cosine value 48 controls the proportions which the motor unit 11 receives from the regulators 44 and 45, with a transition between these values, depending on the cosine value 48.
- the part of the cross-fading circuit 50 shown as potentiometer 51 is provided.
- a cross-fading of the control value provided for drive unit 12 takes place in the part of the cross-fading circuit 50 shown as potentiometer 52, controlled by sine value 49.
- transitions correspond to the variable effects of the rotational movements that can be generated by the drive units as a function of the orientation of the axes of rotation relative to one another as a result of the multi-dimensionally changing axis orientations.
- the tilt angle and its sine value Zero and whose cosine is 1 control unit 44 is assigned to motor unit 11 and control unit 45 to motor unit 12.
- the yaw rate sensor 41 measuring the pan (pan) movement controls the yaw axis drive unit 11 and thus stabilizes this rotational position
- the yaw rate sensor 42 which controls the yaw rate controls the roll axis drive unit 12.
- the rotation movement measuring yaw rate sensor 42 controls the drive unit 11; when the camera is pointing downwards, it drives its rolling motion so that the rolling motion is stabilized correctly.
- the assignment is continuously blended depending on the angle.
- the blend can be realized as a mixture with variable coefficients.
- the coefficients may be sine and cosine values of the rotation.
- There may be included negative coefficients, whereby the direction of action of the described control is reversed.
- the action of the motor unit 11 acts in the opposite direction on the camera-side pivoting movement. Accordingly, the effective direction of the Pan yaw rate sensor 41 can be reversely coupled to the motor unit 11 by negative coefficients.
- the same can be provided with a transducer for the roll axis 7 for measuring a roll angle b for further blending of measured values to control values.
- a transducer for the roll axis 7 for measuring a roll angle b for further blending of measured values to control values.
- the influence of the high-axis motor 11 will shift to the pitch measurement and, accordingly, the pitch yaw-rate sensor will be used to drive the high-axis motor 11.
- It can be provided a matrix which includes the signal paths of the control of all three axes.
- the mixing or cross-fading can generally be provided on the measuring signals of the rotation rates and / or on the setting values or at any point on the signal path between the measuring transducer and the motor unit.
- the type of regulation known as PID can be realized by inserting the relevant known components.
- the control of the coefficients can be effected as a function of the axis alignment, for example by a measured roll and pitch angle.
- the mixture can be done as a vectorial rotation; the mixing coefficients may correspond to a rotary matrix.
- suitable coefficients can be represented for example from the measured pitch angle a and roll angle b according to the following matrix: from the sensor laterally scan (pan) (41) / roll (42) / pitch (43). .. to engine cos (a) -sin (a) sin (b) Pan (11) sin (a) cos (a) 0 Roll (12)
- the results in the right-hand column can be calculated as the sum of the remaining columns and fed to the corresponding motor as a control signal.
- a measured value of a rotary potentiometer attached to the pitch axis 8 between the two legs 4 and 5 can be used.
- the measured value of a rotary potentiometer fixed to the rolling axis 7 between the two legs 3 and 4 can be used.
- the following matrix additionally takes into account the influences of the rotation angle b measured around the roll axis on the assignment to the pan and roll drive. from side scan sensor (Pan) (41) / Roll (42) / Nick (43) ... to motor cos (a) • cos (b) -sin (a) • cos (b) sin (b) Pan ( 11) sin (a) • cos (b) cos (a) 0 roll (12)
- the signal processes described can be carried out analogously or digitally and in particular as program-controlled steps on a digital controller or microprocessor.
- the signals of the sensors 41, 42, 43 are passed into an AD converter, and numerically calculated, in particular software-controlled, from the signal values generated therefrom in subsequent steps.
- FIG. 5 shows an exemplary embodiment of a digitally operating control unit 32 as a block diagram.
- the microcontroller 70 includes an AD converter 57 and a multiplex switch 58, which programmatically connects the signals of the rotation rate sensors 41, 42, 43, and the transducer 47 cyclically to the AD converter 57.
- the digital measured values generated by the AD converter 57 can be routed via the data bus 61 into the CPU 59 and processed there in cyclic calculation, in accordance with the signal flow described in FIG.
- the calculated control values can be supplied to the motors 11, 12, 13 via an output port 62.
- the code stored in the program memory 60 which controls the processor steps, allows the described steps and method steps to be controlled.
- control amplifiers 44, 45, 46 can be implemented on the CPU (central processing unit, 59) of the controller as subtractions between predetermined setpoint values and the signal values (actual values).
- the control amplifiers 44, 45, 46 can be implemented on the CPU (central processing unit, 59) of the controller as subtractions between predetermined setpoint values and the signal values (actual values).
- the cross-fader / mixer devices drawn as potentiometers 51, 52 arithmetic operations such as multiplications and additions to the signal values can take place in the CPU of the controller or microprocessor.
- Their multiplication factors for the cross-fader 51 may be calculated, for example, as cos (a) in the upper branch and 1 cos (a) in the lower branch, and for the fader 52 as sin (a) in the upper branch and, and -sin (a) in the lower branch, or alternatively, for a more accurate calculation, the coefficients from one of the above matrices can be used and from this the control values (control values) can be generated.
- the digital controller may include other components such as input and output interfaces, e.g. for the signals, drive values and / or the loading of the calculation software and the setting of the calculation coefficients, a display device, a bus system, memory elements for storing the calculation software and / or other control programs.
- input and output interfaces e.g. for the signals, drive values and / or the loading of the calculation software and the setting of the calculation coefficients
- display device e.g. for the signals, drive values and / or the loading of the calculation software and the setting of the calculation coefficients
- memory elements for storing the calculation software and / or other control programs.
- a measured value of a roll inclination of the camera derived from the artificial horizon can be used for additional correction of the roll inclination of the camera, in particular for its automatic neutralization.
- a further closed control loop can be formed, wherein the measured value of the roll inclination is coupled counter-clockwise to a control value, for example by mixing the measured value in addition to the measured value of the camera roll rate obtained from sensor 42.
- the mixing factor can be so small that this correction takes place with a slower time response than the rest of the position control.
- An electronic device of the type described can also be provided separately from the cardan mechanism for the purpose of retrofitting.
- Figures 4a and 4b show a further mechanical embodiment of the invention, wherein Figure 4a shows a plan view and Figure 4b shows a view of the same device.
- the platform 5 carries on its one side the camera 1 and on its opposite side an electronic unit 33 consisting of power supply 31, radio receiver 30 and position control unit 32, which in turn contains the rotation rate sensors 41, 42, and 43 and according to Figure 3 may be constructed. Further, the pitching servo 13 is also mounted on the platform.
- a spring member or damping element 17, which consists of foam with elastic and damping properties is disposed between a lower plate 12b and an upper plate 13b, wherein the upper plate is attached to the mechanical output 13a of the pitching servo, the lower plate 12b on the mechanical Output (lever) 12a of a roll servo 12 is mounted.
- the foam between the plates is mounted at a position where the common spatial center of gravity of all parts of the device moving with the platform 5 is located.
- a provided for the pan (yaw) movement servo 11 may be additionally provided; whose housing can be connected via the arm 3 with the rest of the device e.g. be connected to roll servo 12 and turn this. In another embodiment, it is optionally possible to dispense with the roll servo 12.
- the spring member or damping element 17 is located serially in the mechanical transmission path between the environment and the camera. It can give in all 6 degrees of freedom, ie in all rotational movements of the 3 space axes and in all 3 translation axes. If the soft coupling is specifically intended for rotational movements, the spatial position of the elastic member is irrelevant, because its elasticity can be mechanically coupled, for example via axes, levers, etc. In addition, but at the same time Translational movements coupled or sprung over the same soft coupling element. The advantage is that with jerky movements and vibrations not only their rotational components, but also the mainly occurring translatory components can be cushioned and decoupled.
- the resilient part or damping element is as accurately as possible in the center of gravity, or in the case of several resilient parts, the overall effect of the suspension is as accurate as possible in the center of gravity.
- a suitable damping element may for example consist of a foam with a cubic or cylindrical shape.
- this attenuator allows a matched position control can better suppress and correct short-term or rapid disturbances than in a conventional hard coupling.
- the pitch servo 13 is provided as a single servo fixed on the moving platform 5; the damping element 17 is further "forward" on the transmission path, i. Inserted into the environment.
- this servo 13 may also be provided on the transmission path "before" the damping element 17.
- it may be mounted on the mechanical output (adjusting lever) of the RoII servo 12 via a dashed arm 4, and the upper plate 13b of the damping element 17 may not be attached to the output of the rolling servo 12 but to the platform 5.
- the resonance frequency which results from elastic suspension on the one hand and mass (moment of inertia) of the pivotable parts on the other hand, designed lower than the majority of the occurring disturbing movements.
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