FR3048323A1 - NOMADIC AUDIOVISUAL RECORDING AND PROCESSING DEVICE - Google Patents

Abstract

Nomadic recording and audiovisual processing device comprising: - a mobile box whose upper part is equipped with at least video recording means and audio recording means; - Input / output connection ports, characterized in that the upper part: - is movable between, on the one hand, a retracted position, wherein said video recording means are housed inside the box and on the other hand, an extended position, wherein said means are operable; - Is removable and able to record video signals at 360 ° C, connecting means being provided for the exchange of signals between said upper part and the computer means.

Description

The present invention is in the field of audiovisual processing devices, for example audiovisual recording and broadcasting. The invention more particularly relates to a nomadic audiovisual recording device comprising a mobile box whose upper part is equipped with at least video recording means and audio recording. Said device further comprises computer storage means, computer processing means of audio and / or video signals to be recorded and input / output connection ports.

Secondarily, the device of the invention can conqporter video and audio broadcast means.

Such a device will find a particular application in the field of events. Indeed, during the course of an event, it is desirable to find solutions, automatic and autonomous, recording and broadcast on demand. For example, the device of the invention is useful for use in conducting professional or private meetings, indoor or outdoor sports events, cultural or political.

There are many videoconferencing devices with cameras capable of filming an event, but most of them are not designed to record and broadcast sound and images independently, quickly and in real time.

In addition, the design, organization and variety of events to cover often require very large devices, including several modules, including computer, cameras or sound recording devices. In most cases, these devices are bulky and difficult to transport and move to the scene of the event. In addition, depending on the desired angle of engagement, adjustment of the position of cameras and sound recording devices is required, which often has to be performed by a specialized technician.

Sometimes multiple modules at different locations are needed to cover the entire event.

In addition, storage, transport and storage of known recording devices are tedious for the organizers who cover these events.

Overcoming these disadvantages amounts to finding an alternative solution to existing devices, which offer the same functionalities as these, namely both the capture and the retransmission of video and audio signals, during an event indoors or outdoors. , autonomously and being compact, so easy to transport and easily deployable and adjustable on site.

The present invention aims to overcome the previously mentioned drawbacks of the state of the art, by providing a compact and comprehensive solution for the acquisition of video and audio data. For this purpose, the device of the invention comprises: - a mobile box whose upper part is equipped with at least video recording means and audio recording means; and - input / output connection ports.

Said device has the advantage of allowing first and foremost the recording, during and after the event, offset or simultaneous, all or part of the images and / or sound.

The mobile box facilitates the work of operators who will be able to move and transport more easily the device on the scene of the event to cover. The box will notably be able to be positioned at strategic locations to allow an adequate recording if appropriate or optimal dissemination of the event to cover.

Specifically to the invention, the upper part of the box: - is movable between, on the one hand, a retracted position, wherein said video recording means are housed inside the box, and, on the other hand, on the other hand, an extended position, in which said means are able to operate, is removable and capable of recording video signals at 360.degree. C., connection means being provided for the exchange of signals between said upper part and the computer means. .

Secondarily, it comprises computer storage means and computer processing means of the audio and / or video signals to be recorded.

Advantageously, said computer storage means make it possible to store and store the recorded data, whereas the computer means for processing the audio and video signals allow all the operations that may be necessary on these recorded signals with a view to their transfer, whether live or not, editing etc ...

Furthermore, the upper part may optionally comprise video broadcasting means and audio broadcasting means that complete the possibilities of the system by allowing it to possibly restore the recorded data. In the absence of such means, the broadcast to another room or in the room can be provided by an IP device transmitting the collected videos to a broadcasting device (overhead projector, screen).

Advantageously, the mobility of the upper part of the box has the effect of reducing the size of the device of the invention in space and thus facilitate its storage and transport, when no operator uses it.

In addition, the fact that the upper part is removable relative to the box allows the user a greater scope of action on the scene of the event, not only to record videos for example at a meeting, but still to project audio-visual information, by posing it in both cases simply on a table.

Indeed, the upper part can be completely dissociated from its box while continuing to perform its role of recording or retransmission of videos especially through the connecting means. They allow the exchange of signals between said upper part dissociated from its box, and the rest of the system, in particular the computer means present within said box.

Thus according to the invention, the upper part can be placed by the operators in a first place while the box can be in a second place quite distinct, for practical reasons or, at least for the box, according to the space available in the premises. The first place is chosen to allow an optimal recording and / or distribution at the scene of the event, while the second place is for example located near a power supply.

In particular, according to other features of the device of the invention: - the upper part consists of a removable turret, - the periphery of the turret is equipped with cameras able to record video signals on the entire periphery of the turret.

This turret can be positioned anywhere on the scene of the event, in order to obtain the appropriate shooting height at an angle of 360 ° C and cover the event at best to be able to broadcast it live or not . Removability is also very advantageous, as already underlined, in the perspective of a projection. The cameras on the entire periphery of the turret have the effect of filming 360 ° C.

According to other characteristics of the invention: the box consists of uprights fixed on a plate forming the lower base of the box, the uprights being connected by walls delimiting an interior volume of the hollow box, perforated shelves are fitted inside the box. box to support at least said computer means, fan-type indoor air ventilation means being placed on the lower plate.

Thus, the interior of the box allows to store, store and classify on the shelves the computer means necessary to control, process and trigger the recording and / or broadcasting of videos and / or sound, and even other signal processing .

The presence of the ventilation means is absolutely necessary in view of the potential concentration of electronic components and circuits, having the effect of allowing air circulation inside the box, and from the inside to the outside to dissipate the heat emanating from the electronics. This circulation of air therefore secondarily allows the cooling of the interior volume of the box. This cooling in the temperature helps to avoid damage, by overheating, of the means and computer hardware during use of the device of the invention.

The perforated parts of the shelves contribute to the circulation of air within the box and through the shelves, resulting in a reduction and control of the internal temperature of the box.

According to other features of the device of the invention: the turret is secured to radial tabs facing inwardly of the volume defined by the box, said tabs each being connected to a post by a sliding mechanical connection in a vertical direction, each upright comprises a vertical slide in which a radial rod provided with a control member accessible from the outside of the box is slidable, said rod cooperating with a tab and the upright so as to block the tab relative to the upright; in at least two discrete positions located at the two ends or in the vicinity of the two ends of the slideway; - According to one possibility, the rod is threaded and cooperates with a threaded orifice of the tab, the control member being an external knurled knob; alternatively, the threaded rod, provided with an external knurled knob cooperates with a threaded hole made in a pin, the rod / pin assembly forming a shaft movable axially in a through-hole of the leg, a compression spring being interposed between a shoulder of the free end of the pin and the inner face of the tab, pressing the knurled knob against the post to block the tab at at least two points of the slide; - According to yet another variant, the slide has an enlarged portion at its upper part, the lower edge constitutes a shoulder, the rod being fixed to the leg and the control member being pivotable to bear on the shoulder when the rod reaches the level of the enlarged portion.

Thus, the height of the turret relative to the box is adjustable and adjustable, so as to change the shooting height and sound at an angle of 360 ° C, when using the device. The adjustment can be done manually or automatically by acting on said knurled buttons. The position of each knurled knob along the slide determines the height of the turret relative to the casing. Accordingly, the shooting height and / or sound is adjustable in a fixed position adequate to cover the event when using the device in operation. . Conversely, when it does not work and the operator does not wish to use the device of the invention, the recording turret is advantageously retracted within the box, the device then having a small footprint, which facilitates its movement. , its storage and storage.

According to an additional feature of the invention, the plate forming the lower base of the box is equipped with means for moving the casing type casters.

Thus, the user can move and manipulate easily and effortlessly the device of the invention on the scene of the event to be covered. Other characteristics and advantages of the invention will emerge from the following detailed description of non-limiting embodiments of the invention, with reference to the appended figures, in which: FIG. 1 schematically represents a view of the device of FIG. audiovisual recording and broadcasting of the invention in which the upper part is in the retracted position; FIG. 2 diagrammatically represents a view of the audiovisual recording and broadcasting device of the invention in which the upper part is in the deployed position; - Figure 3 schematically shows a view of the box of the device of the invention according to a preferred embodiment of the invention; - Figure 4 shows schematically a view of the interior of the box with three perforated shelves according to the particular embodiment of Figure 3; - Figure 5 schematically shows a view of the box of the device of the invention provided with input / output connection ports; FIGS. 6A, 6B and 6C show schematically an amount of the box of the device of the invention according to a first embodiment having a control member without a spring; FIGS. 7A, 7B and 7C show schematically an amount of the box of the device of the invention according to a second embodiment having a spring-loaded control member; - Figures 8A, 8B and 8C show schematically an amount of the box of the device of the invention according to a third embodiment with a slide provided with a shoulder.

The present invention relates to a device 1 for recording and broadcasting audiovisual, as visible in Figure 1 and Figure 2.

Said device 1 comprises a box 2 whose upper part 3 is removable.

Preferably, the upper part 3 consists of a removable turret 3.

Advantageously, said box 2 has a hollow interior volume as visible in Figures 3, 4 and 5, so as to internalize the elements necessary for the operation of the device 1, such as computer means, electrical cables or connection.

According to the invention, said box 2 consists of uprights 4 interconnected by walls 21.

Said uprights 4 are fixed on a plate 22 by one of their end.

According to a feature of the invention, the plate 22 is perforated so as to allow air to circulate between the internal volume of the box 2 and the outside of said box 2.

Said plate 22 forming the lower base of the box 2, represents the bottom of the box 2 and is in the lower part of the latter in opposition to its upper part 3. The uprights assembly 4, walls 21 and plate 22 delimits the hollow interior volume of the caisson 2.

According to a particular embodiment of the device 1, visible in Figure 1 and Figure 2, the box 2 consists of four uprights 4 interconnected by four walls 21 surmounting in the lower part a plate 22.

According to the invention, said casing 2 is movable because the plate 22 forming its lower base is equipped with displacement means 23 of the caster type.

Thus, the chamber 2 of the device of the invention is easily movable by the users at the scene of the event to be covered.

In order to be able to record and retransmit what happens during the event to be covered, the device 1 of the invention comprises audio recording means 7 and audio broadcasting means 8. These means make it possible to record and retransmit sound signals.

Preferably, the audio recording means 7 consist of a few judiciously placed microphones.

Preferably, the audio broadcasting means 8 consist of loudspeakers, whose diffusion power is variable according to the volume of the place in which the event must be rebroadcast.

Advantageously, the audio recording means 7 and the audio diffusion means 8 are present at the removable upper part 3 of the box 2.

According to another embodiment, the audio recording means 7 and / or the audio diffusion means 8 are present on the walls 21 of the box 2.

According to the invention, the device 1 also comprises computer storage means 9A and computer processing means 9B audio and / or video signals, as well as input / output connection ports 10 visible in FIG. 5.

Thus, the computer storage means 9A make it possible to keep the audio and / or video recordings on a medium. The computer processing means 9B make it possible to process said recordings, for example to modify the signals to improve their quality, in particular with a view to their replay in real time during the event or later.

Preferably, the computer storage means 9A consist of at least one hard disk.

According to the invention, the computer means 9A, 9B are present within the hollow interior volume of the box 2, so as to limit as much space space in the means of the device 1 of the invention.

In addition, said hollow interior volume of the box 2 comprises at least one shelf 11 supporting at least said computer means 9A, 9B. According to a particular embodiment visible in Figures 3, 4 and 5, the interior volume of the box 2 comprises three shelves 11 that can support the computer means, the storage means or any other type of accessory used to cover an event with the device of the invention.

In order to prevent the computer means 9A, 9B from overheating during operation, the device 1 of the invention may also comprise ventilation means 12 for the air contained in the interior volume of the box 2.

Preferably, these ventilation means 12 consist of at least one fan placed on the lower plate 22.

Advantageously, the shelves 11 are perforated so as to allow the circulation of air between two adjacent shelves 11.

Thus, when using the device, the activation of the ventilation means 12 present on the plate 22 and / or the presence of the openwork shelves 11, generate a circulation and a renewal of the air within the interior volume of the box 2. As a consequence of the air circulation phenomenon, the computer means 9A, 9B present within said box 2 do not overheat.

According to the invention, the input or output connection ports 10, necessary for the power supply of the various recording means or else the computer means 9A, 9B, and signal transmission, are present at the level of the lower part of the box 2.

Advantageously, according to the invention, the mobile box 2 of the audiovisual recording and broadcasting device 1 is equipped on its upper part 3 with at least video recording means 5 and at least video broadcasting means 6. .

Advantageously, the video recording means may consist of cameras 5.

Preferably, the video broadcasting means 6 may consist of a projector 6.

In other words, if the upper part 3 consists of a removable turret 3, said turret is equipped with said recording means 5 of the video signals and / or said video broadcasting means 6.

According to a specificity of the invention, the upper part 3, preferably the turret 3, is removable and capable of recording video signals at 360 ° C.

More specifically, the periphery of the turret 3 is equipped with several cameras 5 able to record video signals on the entire periphery of the turret 3, as shown in FIG.

Preferably, the cameras 5 are present on the periphery of the turret 3 at regular intervals.

According to a particular embodiment, the turret 3 has on its periphery at least three cameras 5, preferably six cameras distributed at regular intervals. Alternatively, the turret may be rotatably provided, and the number of cameras substantially decreased.

Thus, the upper part 3 will allow cameras 5 to film and record the environment at an angle of 360 ° C, and cover a 360 ° C area of the event to be filmed.

The upper part 3, advantageously the turret 3, being removable, the transmission of the videos is possible through connecting means, preferably without wires, that comprise said device 1. These connecting means are intended for the exchange of signals between said upper portion 3 and said computer means.

According to a particular embodiment, said connection means may consist of a WIFI or Bluetooth type connection.

Thus, even if the upper part 3 is dissociated and not present on the box 2, the signals recorded by this part 3 are redirected, recorded and processed by the computer means 9A, 9B present in particular in the box 2. The box 2 and the upper part 3 can function while being located in separate locations on the event site.

According to a feature of the device 1 of the invention, in addition to being removable and fully separable from the box 2, the upper part 3 is movable on the box 2.

In other words, when the upper part 3 cooperates with said box 2, the position of said part 3 relative to the box 2 is adjustable and adjustable at a fixed position chosen by the operator.

According to the invention, the upper part 3 is movable between, on the one hand, a retracted position visible in FIG. 1, in which said recording means 5 and said video broadcasting means 6 are housed inside the caisson 2, and, secondly, an extended position visible in Figure 2, wherein said means 5, 6 are operable.

The retracted position of the turret 3 fully compact the device 1 when it is not in operation. The deployed position, in turn, makes it possible to increase and adjust the recording field of the video signals, in particular by adjusting the shooting height relative to the casing 2.

According to the invention, and as visible in Figures 6A, 7A and 8A, the turret 3 is secured to radial lugs 13 facing inwardly of the volume defined by the box 2. Said tabs 13 being each connected to a post 4 by a sliding mechanical connection in a vertical direction.

In this way, the mechanical connection allows a vertical displacement of the turret 3 in the direction of the inside or the outside of the interior volume of the box 2. Said sliding mechanical connection consequently allows the turret 3 to move between its retracted position. and its deployed position relative to the casing 2.

As can be seen in FIGS. 6c, 7C and 8C, the vertical displacement of the turret 3, between a retracted position and an extended position, is possible by the presence on each upright 4 of a vertical slideway 41 into which a rod can slide 43 radial to the center of the turret 3.

Said rod 43 is provided with a control member 42 accessible from outside the box 2 by a user.

Preferably, the control member 42 consists of a knurled knob 42 projecting outside the box 2.

In this way, an operator will be able to act manually on the control member 42 to partially or completely retract or deploy said turret 3 with respect to the interior volume of said box 2.

Preferably, the retraction of the turret 3 in the caisson 2 where its deployment is mechanical and is done manually by an operator through the aforementioned mechanisms.

According to another embodiment, the retraction or deployment of the turret 3 relative to the box 2 is remotely controlled, and therefore automated.

According to a first particular embodiment represented by FIGS. 6Ά to 6C and a second particular embodiment represented at 7A to 7C, said rod 43 is threaded and cooperates with a threaded orifice of the tab 13.

According to said first embodiment visible in FIGS. 6Ά to 6C, the control member 42 of said rod 43 is able to slide along the entirety of the vertical slideway 41. The screwing of the rod 43 via of the control member 42, will allow to block the member 42 against the upright 4 at any level along the vertical slide 41. In this way, an operator will be able to adjust the vertical deployment height of the turret 2 with respect to the interior volume of the chamber 2. This first embodiment makes it possible to precisely adjust the height of the video recording means 6 and thus to film the event at best according to the appropriate height of registration.

According to the second embodiment of the device of the invention visible in FIGS. 7A to 7C, the upper part 3 can preferably adopt two distinct fixed positions: a first deployed position and a second retracted position within the interior volume of the box 2 .

In this second embodiment, said rod 43 cooperates with both a tab 13 and the upright 4, so as to block the lug 13 relative to the upright 4 in at least two extreme positions which may correspond to circular openings in the slide. Each of these two positions is located at the two ends 411, 412 or in the vicinity of the two ends of the slideway 41.

In all cases, the end 411 of the slide 41, the closest in distance from the plate 22, corresponds to a position in which the control member 42 is in the low position, that is to say a position in which the upper part 3 is retracted within the internal volume of the box 2. In contrast, the end 412 of the slide 41, the furthest away from the plate 22, corresponds to a position in which the control member 42 is in the high position, that is to say a position in which the upper portion 3 is deployed relative to the box 2.

For the second embodiment, the rod 43 is also threaded and provided with an external knurled knob 42.

Specifically to this second embodiment, the rod 43 cooperates with a threaded orifice made in a pin 45.

According to the invention, the rod 43 and the pin 45 together form a axially movable shaft in a through-hole of the tab 13.

More specifically, the blocking of the knurled button 42, on the end 411 or on the end 412 of the slideway 41, is possible thanks to a restoring force in the direction of the axis of the shaft pressing the button 42 against the amount 4. This restoring force will thus block the tab 13 in at least two points 411 or 412 of the slide 41.

Advantageously, this restoring force is exerted by a compression spring 44 which is interposed between a shoulder of the free end 451 of the pin 45 and the inner face 131 of the tab 13.

According to the invention, the pin 45 has a free end 451 as opposed to the end on which are screwed the rod 43 and the button 42.

The term "inner face 131" of the tab 13, the face which gives on the internal volume of the box 2, as opposed to the "outer face" of the tab 13 on which comes into contact with the knurled button 42.

Thus, in this second embodiment, the user to change the position of the turret from its retracted position to its deployed position, and vice versa, will pull the button 42 to compress the spring 44 and move said button 42 to the one or other of the ends 411, 412 of the slideway 41, for example between the circular openings. By releasing the button 42, the turret 3 will adopt a fixed position, deployed or retracted, in the slideway 41.

According to a third embodiment visible in FIGS. 8A to 8C, the slideway 41 comprises an enlarged portion 4121 at its upper part farthest from the plate 22. This enlarged portion 4121 has a horizontal lower edge which constitutes a shoulder. The latter is intended to support the control member 42 which pivots when the rod 43 arrives at the enlarged portion 4121.

In this third embodiment, the rod 43 is fixed to the lug 13, and the control member 42 is pivotable to bear on said shoulder of the enlarged portion 4121.

Thus, when the control member 42 is resting on the shoulder of the enlarged portion 4121, the upper part 3, that is to say the turret 3, is in the deployed position relative to the internal volume of the box 2 On the other hand, when the control member 42 is not resting on said shoulder of the enlarged portion 4121, the upper part 3, that is to say the turret 3, is in the fully or partially retracted position. within the interior of the chamber 2.

The device 1 of the invention therefore has the advantage of being compact, mobile, it allows a precise adjustment of the angle and frame of shooting and sound recording of the event that one wishes to cover .

Claims (13)

1. Device (1) nomadic recording and audio-visual processing comprising: - a mobile box (2) whose upper part (3) is equipped with at least video recording means (5) and audio recording means (7); input / output connection ports (10), characterized in that the upper part (3): is movable between, on the one hand, a retracted position, in which said video recording means (5) are housed inside the box (2) and, secondly, an extended position, wherein said means (5) are operable; is removable and capable of recording video signals at 360 ° C, connection means (9C) being provided for the exchange of signals between said upper part (3) and computer means (9A, 9B). 2. Device (1) nomadic recording and audiovisual processing according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises computer storage means (9A) and computer processing means (9B) audio and / or video signals to save. 3. Device (1) for recording and audiovisual processing according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the upper part (3) comprises video broadcasting means (6) and audio broadcasting means (8). . 4. Device (1) nomadic recording and audiovisual processing according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the upper part (3) consists of a removable turret (3). 5. Device (1) nomadic recording and audiovisual processing according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the periphery of the turret (3) is equipped with cameras (5) capable of recording video signals on the entire periphery of the turret (3). 6. Device (1) nomadic recording and audiovisual processing according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the box (2) consists of uprights (4) fixed on a plate (22) forming the lower base of the box (2), the uprights (4) being connected by walls (21) defining an interior volume of the box (2) hollow. 7. Device (1) for nomadic recording and audio-visual processing according to the preceding claim, characterized in that perforated shelves (11) equip the interior of the box (2) to support at least said computer means (9A, 9B), ventilation means (12) of the fan-type indoor air being placed on the bottom plate (22). 8. Device (1) nomadic recording and audiovisual processing according to any one of claims 4 to 7, characterized in that the turret (3) is secured to lugs (13) radial oriented towards the inside of the volume delimited by the box (2), said tabs (13) each being connected to a post (4) by a sliding mechanical connection in a vertical direction. 9. Device (1) nomadic recording and audiovisual processing according to the preceding claim, characterized in that each upright (4) comprises a vertical slide (41) in which a rod (43) radial provided with a control member (42) accessible from outside the box (2) is slidable, said rod (43) cooperating with a tab (13) and the upright (4) so as to block the tab (13) relative to the amount ( 4) in at least two discrete positions located at both ends or in the vicinity of both ends of the slide (41). 10. Device (1) nomadic recording and audio-visual processing according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the rod (43) is threaded and cooperates with a threaded orifice of the lug (13), the control member (42). ) being an outside knurled knob (42). 11. Device (1) nomadic recording and audiovisual processing according to claim 10, characterized in that the rod (43) threaded with an external knurled knob (42) cooperates with a threaded hole made in a pin ( 45), the pin (43) / pin (45) assembly axially movable in a through hole of the leg (13), a compression spring (44) being interposed between a shoulder of the free end (451). ) of the pin (45) and the inner face (131) of the tab (13) pressing the knurled knob (42) against the upright (4) to lock the tab (13) at at least two points of the slide (41). ). 12. Device (1) nomadic recording and audiovisual processing according to claim 9, characterized in that the slide (41) has an enlarged portion (4121) at its upper part whose lower edge constitutes a shoulder, the rod ( 43) being fixed to the lug (13) and the control member (42) being pivotable to bear on the shoulder when the rod (43) arrives at the enlarged portion (4121). 13. Device (1) nomadic recording and audiovisual processing according to any one of claims 6 to 12, characterized in that the plate (22) forming the lower base of the box (2) is equipped with moving means ( 23) of the casing (2) of the caster type.