JP2020123869A - Camera cover and opening/closing operation tool - Google Patents

Abstract

To achieve low cost and easy handling according to the needs of a monitoring camera user, shield the monitoring camera at any time, and reduce the stress and financial burden on the monitoring camera user.SOLUTION: A camera cover 1 of a monitoring camera 11 is a camera cover that shields the existing monitoring camera 11 provided on a ceiling portion 10 in a room, and includes a pedestal portion 2, a housing portion 3, a shielding door 4, and a pair of connecting members 5. The pedestal portion 2 can be attached to the ceiling portion 10 while the monitoring camera 11 is surrounded. The housing portion 3 houses the monitoring camera 11 in an openable manner while being attached to the pedestal portion 2. The shielding door 4 enables the monitoring camera 11 to be shielded and opened by being pressed from the outside while being supported by the pedestal portion 2 so as to be housed in the housing portion 3.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a camera cover that shields a surveillance camera.

In recent years, surveillance cameras have been installed in facilities such as hospitals and welfare facilities for the safety management of users of the facilities. On the other hand, the user may have a fear that the privacy of his/her own privacy may be violated by the shooting by the surveillance camera. In this case, it suffices to stop the power supply to the surveillance camera so that the photographing is not performed, but since the appearance of the surveillance camera cannot be judged from the external appearance, the anxiety of the user is not dispelled.

In order to eliminate such anxiety, for example, the surveillance camera device disclosed in Patent Document 1 is provided with an opening/closing cover that can shield the body of the camera when shooting is not performed, so that the privacy of the user is improved. It has become possible to recognize that it has not been infringed.

JP, 2013-222187, A

In the surveillance camera of Patent Document 1, since the camera body can be shielded by the opening/closing cover, the user's anxiety that privacy may be invaded is reduced.

However, since the opening/closing cover is opened/closed by electric control, the number of parts of the opening/closing cover increases and a power source is indispensable for opening/closing. Therefore, the initial cost and maintenance cost of the surveillance camera are high, which is an economic burden on the user. Further, since the opening/closing cover is an accessory to the camera, it cannot be easily applied to an existing surveillance camera that does not have a camera cover.

In view of the above-mentioned circumstances, the present invention arbitrarily shields the surveillance camera at any time while improving the low cost and the handleability in accordance with the needs of the surveillance camera user, thereby making the surveillance camera user's stress and economical. The challenge is to reduce the burden.

Then, one mode of the present invention is a camera cover which shields a surveillance camera with which a ceiling part was equipped, and a pedestal part which can be attached to the ceiling part in the state of enclosing the surveillance camera, and a pedestal part which is attached to this pedestal part. A housing portion that accommodates the surveillance camera in an open state in a releasable state, and a shielding door that shields and opens the surveillance camera by pressing from the outside while being supported by the pedestal portion so as to be accommodated in the accommodation portion, Equipped with.

One aspect of the present invention includes, in the camera cover, a pair of connecting tools for connecting and disconnecting an edge portion of the shielding door and the pedestal portion by pressing from below the shielding door.

According to an aspect of the present invention, in the camera cover, an opening that can be closed by the shielding door is formed in the housing portion, and the shielding door is rotatably supported by the pedestal portion. I'm standing.

In one aspect of the present invention, in the camera cover, an urging member that urges the rotation of the shielding door so that the opening is opened, and a rotation reduction unit that reduces the urged rotation. Is further provided.

According to an aspect of the present invention, in the camera cover, a positioning hole for attachment to the pedestal portion is formed in the housing portion.

In one aspect of the present invention, in the camera cover, a top portion of the shielding door is formed substantially horizontal.

According to an aspect of the present invention, in the camera cover, a mounting hole having a long hole is formed in a peripheral portion of the pedestal portion along the peripheral portion.

In one aspect of the present invention, in the camera cover, an edge portion of the pedestal portion is provided with a stop portion that stops the shield door when the shield door is stored in the storage portion.

In one aspect of the present invention, in the camera cover, a passive portion that receives a pressure when the surveillance camera is shielded is provided at an edge portion of the shielding door.

In one aspect of the present invention, in the camera cover, the shielding door includes an operation unit that receives pressure when the surveillance camera is opened.

In one aspect of the present invention, a first magnet portion that is capable of magnetic contact with an opening/closing operation tool that operates the shielding door is provided at the top of the housing portion.

In one aspect of the present invention, in the camera cover, the operation section includes a magnet capable of magnetically contacting the opening/closing operation tool.

One aspect of the present invention is an opening/closing operation tool for the camera cover, which includes an operation metal fitting that can make magnetic contact with the first magnet portion.

In one aspect of the present invention, in the opening/closing operation tool, a pressing portion that presses the operation portion is formed at a tip end portion of the operation fitting.

In one aspect of the present invention, in the opening/closing operation tool, the operation fitting is a second magnet portion that magnetically repels the first magnet portion on a surface that does not face the first magnet portion when the shield door is operated. Is provided.

According to the present invention described above, it is possible to arbitrarily shield the surveillance camera at any time while improving the low cost and handleability according to the needs of the user of the surveillance camera. The burden can be reduced.

The side view of the camera cover which is one embodiment of the present invention. The front view of the said camera cover. The bottom view of the said camera cover. The perspective view explaining the handling of the camera cover. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a housing portion and a shielding door when the camera cover is open. (A) is a vertical cross-sectional view illustrating a state in which the operating fitting of the opening/closing operation rod is interposed between the first magnet portion of the housing portion and the passive portion of the shielding door, and (b) shows the camera cover by the opening/closing operation rod. A vertical cross-sectional view for explaining the state of the housing portion and the shielding door when closed, (c) is a plan view of the opening/closing operation rod, and (d) is a vertical cross-sectional view for explaining the opening operation of the shielding door by the opening/closing operation rod. ..

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

The camera cover 1 of the present embodiment shown in FIG. 1 is a camera cover that shields an existing surveillance camera 11 arranged near a corner of the ceiling 10 in the room illustrated in FIG. The housing 3, the shielding door 4, and the pair of connecting tools 5. Hereinafter, examples of the pedestal portion 2, the housing portion 3, the shielding door 4, and the connecting tool 5 will be described.

(Pedestal part 2)
The pedestal 2 can be attached to the ceiling 10 while surrounding the surveillance camera 11.

The pedestal portion 2 is made of a substantially donut plate-shaped steel material as illustrated in FIG. 3, and has an opening 20 in which the surveillance camera 11 of FIG. 1 can be arranged. As the steel material, a well-known steel material exemplified by stainless steel is applied.

The peripheral edge portion 21 of the pedestal portion 2 is a fitting portion 22 that is fitted into the housing portion 3 by processing the steel material, a pair of first support portions 23 that rotatably supports the shielding door 4, and the positioning protrusions of FIG. 1. The second support portion 24 that supports the portion 29 and the third support portion 25 that supports the connector 5 are provided.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the peripheral edge portion 21 is provided with a stop portion 26 that stops the rotation of the shielding door 4 when the shielding door 4 is housed in the housing portion 3. The restraint portion 26 is formed in a cylindrical shape by an elastic member exemplified by urethane rubber, and is fixed on the peripheral edge portion 21 of the pedestal portion 2 by a fixing tool such as a screw.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a mounting hole 27 for a fixing screw (not shown) screwed to the ceiling portion 10 is appropriately arranged and formed in the peripheral edge portion 21. The mounting hole 27 is formed in an arcuate long hole shape along the circumferential direction of the pedestal portion 2, and a circular hole 271 having a diameter larger than the width diameter of the mounting hole 27 is formed on one end side of the long hole. There is.

Further, as shown in the figure, the peripheral edge portion 21 is formed with a fixing hole 28 for a fixing screw (not shown) for fixing the housing portion 3 to the pedestal portion 2. The fixing hole 28 is an arc-shaped long hole similar to the mounting hole 27, but is shorter than the mounting hole 27.

(Accommodation part 3)
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the accommodating portion 3 accommodates the surveillance camera 11 so that it can be opened while being attached to the pedestal portion 2.

The housing 3 is made of a substantially hemispherical steel material in which the surveillance camera 11 is opened and an opening 30 that can be closed by the shielding door 4 is formed. As the steel material, a well-known steel material exemplified by stainless steel is applied as in the pedestal portion 2. It should be noted that the opening 30 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is opened in a roughly spherical shape, but the opening of the camera cover of the present invention may be any one as long as it can open the surveillance camera. It is not limited to the illustrated embodiment.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 1, the top portion 31 of the housing portion 3 is formed substantially horizontally. Furthermore, a positioning hole 32 that fits with the positioning protrusion 29 of the pedestal 2 is formed near the edge of the housing 3.

(Shield door 4)
As shown in FIG. 1, the shielding door 4 can be accommodated in the accommodating portion 3, while the surveillance camera 11 can be shielded. In particular, the shielding door 4 of the present aspect allows the surveillance camera 11 to be opened and shielded by opening and closing the opening 20 of the housing portion 3 while being rotatably supported by the pedestal portion 2. ..

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the shielding door 4 is made of a substantially spherical spherical steel material. A well-known steel material exemplified by stainless steel is applied to this steel material, like the pedestal portion 2 and the housing portion 3. Further, the top portion 41 of the shielding door 4 is formed to be substantially horizontal, like the housing portion 3.

Further, the shielding door 4 is moved from the position A shown in FIG. 1 to the position B in the pair of first support portions 23 of the pedestal portion 2 via the biasing member 6 and the rotation reduction portion 7 shown in FIG. Is rotatably supported within the range of 90°.

The urging member 6 urges the shielding door 4 so that the opening 30 of the housing portion 3 changes from the closed state to the open state. A well-known spring such as a scissor spring is applied to the biasing member 6 shown in FIG.

The rotation deceleration unit 7 decelerates the rotation of the shielding door 4 biased by the biasing member 6. As the rotation speed reduction unit 7, for example, a known rotary damper is applied.

(Connector 5)
The pair of connecting tools 5 connects and disconnects the edge portion 40 of the shielding door 4 and the pedestal portion 2 by pressing the shielding door 4 from the outside. As shown in FIG. 1, one of the pair of connecting tools 5 is provided on the inner surface of the central portion of the edge portion 40 of the shielding door 4 shown in FIG. 5, and the other connecting tool 5 is provided. 5 is supported by the third support portion 25 of the pedestal portion 2 shown in FIG.

As the pair of connecting tools 5, for example, those which can be attached to and detached from each other by a known push-type latch mechanism are applied.

In order to improve the operability of the connecting tool 5, an operation portion 42 that receives a pressing force of an opening/closing operation rod operated by a user who opens/closes the camera cover 1 is provided at a portion near the edge of the shielding door 4. Be equipped. The operation unit 42 is operated in a state of being connected by engagement or magnetic contact with the tip of the opening/closing operation rod.

When a magnetic contact method is adopted for the opening/closing operation rod, the accommodation unit 3 and the shielding door 4 corresponding to the opening/closing operation rod include the accommodation unit 3 and the shielding door 4 shown in FIG.

In the accommodating portion 3 of the figure, a first magnet portion 33 is provided at a central portion along the opening portion 30 (FIGS. 1 and 2) of the top portion 31. The first magnet portion 33 is capable of magnetic contact with a portion near the tip of the opening/closing operation rod 8 illustrated in FIG.

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, at the central portion of the edge portion 40 of the shielding door 4, there is a passive portion 43 that receives the pressure of the tip portion of the opening/closing operation rod 8 when the camera cover 1 is closed. It is provided so as to project outward from 40.

(Opening/closing operation rod 8)
The opening/closing operation rod 8 illustrated in FIG. 6 is a magnetic contact type opening/closing operation tool. The opening/closing operation rod 8 includes an operation body 81 and an operation fitting 82. The operation main body 81 is composed of a rod-shaped member operated by a user. The operation fitting 82 is made of a plate-shaped steel material attached to the tip of the operation body 81, and is capable of magnetic contact with the first magnet portion 33 of the housing portion 3.

The operation fitting 82 has a tip end portion that presses the operation portion 42 of the shielding door 4 when the camera cover 1 is opened and pushes the passive portion 43 when the camera cover 1 is closed. In addition, a pressing portion 83 that abuts on the operating portion 42 of the shielding door 4 and presses the operating portion 42 when the camera cover 1 is opened is cut out at the tip portion. Further, the operation fitting 82 includes a second magnet portion 84 that magnetically repels the first magnet portion 33 on the surface that does not face the first magnet portion 33 when the shield door 4 is operated.

(Handling example of camera cover 1)
An example of handling the camera cover 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. Here, the handling of the camera cover 1 applied to the existing surveillance camera 11 arranged at the corner of the ceiling 10 in the room shown in FIG. 4 will be described.

An example of a procedure for attaching the camera cover 1 will be described.

First, with the surveillance camera 11 shown in FIG. 4 positioned in the range of the opening 20 of the pedestal portion 2, the peripheral edge portion 21 of the pedestal portion 2 is attached to the ceiling portion 10 with a fixing screw. At the time of this attachment, the fixing screw is temporarily fixed to the ceiling portion 10 while being inserted into the circular hole 271 of the attachment hole 27 of the pedestal portion 2. Next, the pedestal portion 2 is rotated in the circumferential direction, and the position of the connector 5 of the pedestal portion 2 is adjusted appropriately within the range of the entire length of the mounting hole 27. Then, the fixing screw is tightened, and further, the fixing screw inserted into the fixing hole 28 is tightened, whereby the pedestal portion 2 is completely fixed to the ceiling portion 10. Then, when the positioning protrusion 29 of the pedestal portion 2 and the positioning hole 32 of the housing portion 3 are fitted together, the fitting portion 22 of the pedestal portion 2 fits into the housing portion 3, and the surveillance camera 11 is housed in the housing portion 3. The camera cover 1 is attached to the ceiling portion 10.

Hereinafter, examples 1 and 2 of opening and closing the camera cover 1 will be described.

(Opening/closing operation example 1)
When the camera cover 1 is closed by using the opening/closing operation rod 8 shown in FIG. 6, the operation metal fitting 82 is attached to the first magnet of the camera cover 1 by the operation of the operation body 81 by the user as shown in FIG. When interposed between the portion 33 and the passive portion 43, the operating fitting 82 makes magnetic contact with the first magnet portion 33. As a result, the operation fitting 82 is positioned with respect to the shield door 4 when the camera cover 1 is opened to closed. Next, when the operation fitting 82 is addressed to the passive portion 43 of the shielding door 4 by the operation of the operation body 81, and further, the operation fitting 82 is pushed up toward the ceiling portion 10 as shown in FIG. The passive portion 43 receives the pressure of the operation fitting 82, and the edge portion 40 of the shielding door 4 rotates in the arrow direction and is guided to the pedestal portion 2 side. Then, as shown in FIG. 1, when the connector 5 on the shielding door 4 side comes into contact with the connector 5 on the pedestal 2 side, the two connectors 5 are connected to each other, and the opening 30 of the accommodating portion 3 is closed. The surveillance camera 11 is closed by the shielding door 4, and the surveillance camera 11 is shielded by the camera cover 1.

When the camera cover 1 is opened without using the opening/closing operation rod 8, if the top portion 41 or the operation portion 42 of the shielding door 4 is pressed from below, the connecting tool 5 on the shielding door 4 side and the pedestal portion 2 side are closed. The connection tool 5 is detached. At this time, the shielding door 4 shown in FIG. 1 is biased in the direction A to B by the biasing member 6 and is housed in the housing part 3. Then, when the shielding door 4 housed in the housing portion 3 is blocked by the blocking portion 26, the opening 30 of the housing portion 3 is opened and the surveillance camera 11 is opened from the opening 30.

(Opening/closing operation example 2)
When the camera cover 1 is closed using the opening/closing operation rod 8 shown in FIG. 6, the opening 30 of the housing portion 3 is closed by the shielding door 4 by the same closing operation as in the opening/closing operation example 1 described above, and monitoring is performed. The camera 11 is shielded by the camera cover 1.

When the camera cover 1 is opened by using the opening/closing operation rod 8, first, as shown in FIG. It is addressed to the operation unit 42. Next, when the operating portion 42 is pressed by the operating metal fitting 82 in the direction of the arrow shown in FIG. 3D, the connecting tool 5 on the shield door 4 side is detached from the connecting tool 5 on the pedestal portion 2 side. At this time, the shielding door 4 shown in FIG. 1 is urged by the urging member 6 in the direction from A to B, is accommodated in the accommodating portion 3, and is restrained by the restraining portion 26. As a result, the opening 30 of the housing 3 is opened, and the surveillance camera 11 is opened from the opening 30.

(Effect of this embodiment)
In the camera cover 1, the pedestal 2 can be attached to the ceiling 10 while surrounding the surveillance camera 11, so that it can be applied to the existing surveillance camera 11. Further, the accommodating portion 3 accommodates the surveillance camera 11 in an openable manner while being attached to the pedestal portion 2. Further, since the shielding door 4 can be accommodated in the accommodating portion 3 and is rotatably supported by the pedestal portion 2, the shielding camera 4 shields the surveillance camera 11 from the opening portion 30 of the accommodating portion 3 so as to be openable. In particular, when the opening 30 of the accommodation unit 3 is closed by the shielding door 4, the user can visually confirm that the surveillance camera 11 is shielded by the shielding door 4. Further, since the pair of connecting tools 5 can connect and disconnect the shield door 4 and the pedestal portion 2 by pressing from below the shield door 4, the shield door 4 can be operated without electrical control. Can be done easily.

Therefore, according to the camera cover 1 of this aspect, the surveillance camera 11 can be arbitrarily shielded at any time while improving the low cost and the handling property according to the needs of the user of the surveillance camera 11. Therefore, the stress on the user of the surveillance camera 11 and the financial burden can be reduced.

Further, the shielding door 4 urged by the urging member 6 so that the opening 30 of the housing portion 3 is changed from the closed state to the open state is rotated under the deceleration control by the rotation deceleration unit 7, so that the shielding door 4 is shielded. The door 4 can be operated quietly and smoothly.

Furthermore, since the positioning hole 32 that fits with the positioning protrusion 29 of the pedestal portion 2 is formed in the accommodation portion 3, the accommodation portion 3 can be easily positioned with respect to the pedestal portion 2, and the workability of attaching the camera cover 1 is improved. improves.

Further, since the top 41 of the shielding door 4 is formed substantially horizontally, it becomes easy to receive a pressure from below the shielding door 4, and the opening operation of the shielding door 4 can be efficiently performed.

Further, since the mounting hole 27 is formed in the peripheral edge portion 21 of the pedestal portion 2, the direction of the opening portion 30 of the housing portion 3 can be adjusted in the circumferential direction of the camera cover 1, so that the opening direction of the camera cover 1 can be arbitrarily set. Can be set to.

Further, the shielding door 4 urged by the urging member 6 is abutted and supported on the peripheral portion 21 of the pedestal portion 2 by the stop portion 26, so that the shielding door 4 is opened when the camera cover 1 is in the open state. 4 is stably supported by the accommodating portion 3.

In the shield door 4, when the surveillance camera 11 is opened from the shield (when the shield door 4 is opened), the operation unit 42 can be pressed from below the shield door 4, so that the camera Workability when opening the cover 1 is improved.

In addition, at the edge of the shielding door 4, when the surveillance camera 11 is changed from the open state to the shielding state (when the shielding door 4 is closed), the passive portion 43 of the opening/closing operation rod 8 moves from below the shielding door 4. Since the pressing force can be received, workability in closing the camera cover 1 is improved.

Further, at the top 31 of the housing portion 3, since the opening/closing operation rod 8 used when making the shielding state can come into magnetic contact with the first magnet portion 33, the camera cover 1 is opened to closed. In this case, the operation fitting 82 can be easily positioned with respect to the shielding door 4.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6A, a second magnet portion 84 that magnetically repels the first magnet portion 33 is arranged on the surface of the operation fitting 82 that does not face the first magnet portion 33 when the camera cover 1 is operated. Therefore, erroneous insertion of the operation fitting 82 between the first magnet portion 33 and the passive portion 43 is prevented.

At the tip of the operation fitting 82, the pressing portion 83 can contact the operation portion 42, so that the operability of the operation fitting 82 when opening the camera cover 1 is stable.

If the operating portion 42 is made of a magnet that can be brought into magnetic contact with the operating fitting 82, the operating fitting 82 is likely to come into contact with the operating portion 42, so that the operability of opening the camera cover 1 by the opening/closing operating rod 8 is further improved. ..

(Another embodiment of the present invention)
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and can be implemented in various modes within the scope of the claims of the present invention. That is, the shielding door of the camera cover of the present invention may be capable of shielding and opening the surveillance camera by pressing from the outside. Therefore, the present invention is not limited to the above-described aspects of FIGS. 1 to 3 and, as another aspect, for example, the shielding door 4 is pressed in the circumferential direction of the accommodating portion 3 so that it can be accommodated in the accommodating portion 3. There is a mode in which the camera 11 is opened and closed, and this mode also belongs to the technical scope of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Camera cover 2... Pedestal part, 20... Opening part, 21... Peripheral part, 22... Fitting part, 23... A pair of 1st support parts, 24... 2nd support part, 25... 3rd support part, 26... Stopping part, 27... Mounting hole, 28... Fixing hole, 29... Positioning projection part 3... Housing part, 30... Opening part, 31... Top part, 32... Positioning hole, 33... First magnetic part 4... Shielding door, 40 ... edge part, 41... top part, 42... operation part, 43... passive part 5... pair of connecting tools 6... biasing member 7... rotation deceleration part 8... opening/closing operation rod, 81... operation body part, 82... operation metal fitting , 83... Pressed part, 84... Second magnetic part 10... Ceiling part 11... Surveillance camera

Claims (15)

A camera cover for shielding the surveillance camera provided on the ceiling,
A pedestal part that can be attached to the ceiling part while surrounding the surveillance camera,
An accommodating portion that accommodates the surveillance camera so that the surveillance camera can be opened while being attached to the pedestal portion,
A shielding door that shields and opens the surveillance camera by pressing from the outside while being supported by the pedestal portion so as to be accommodated in the accommodation portion;
A camera cover characterized by having. The camera cover according to claim 1, further comprising a pair of connecting tools for connecting and disconnecting an edge portion of the shielding door and the pedestal portion by pressing from below the shielding door. An opening that can be closed by the shielding door is formed in the accommodation portion,
The camera cover according to claim 1, wherein the shielding door is rotatably supported by the pedestal portion. A biasing member that biases the rotation of the shielding door so that the opening is opened;
The camera cover according to claim 3, further comprising: a rotation speed reduction unit that reduces the biased rotation. The camera cover according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the accommodation portion has a positioning hole for attachment to the pedestal portion. The camera cover according to claim 1, wherein a top portion of the shielding door is formed substantially horizontally. The camera cover according to claim 1, wherein a mounting hole having a long hole shape is formed in a peripheral portion of the pedestal portion along the peripheral portion. The edge part of the said pedestal part was equipped with the stop part which stops the said shielding door when the said shielding door is accommodated in the said accommodating part, It is characterized by the above-mentioned. The listed camera cover. 9. The camera cover according to claim 1, wherein a passive portion that receives a pressure when the surveillance camera is shielded is provided at an edge portion of the shielding door. The camera cover according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the shielding door includes an operation unit that receives a pressure when the surveillance camera is opened. The camera cover according to claim 10, wherein a top magnet of the housing portion is provided with a first magnet portion that can come into magnetic contact with an opening/closing operation tool that operates the shielding door. The camera cover according to claim 11, wherein the operation unit includes a magnet capable of magnetically contacting the opening/closing operation tool. The opening/closing operation tool for the camera cover according to claim 11 or 12,
An opening/closing operation tool comprising an operation fitting capable of magnetically contacting the first magnet portion. The opening/closing operation tool according to claim 13, wherein a pressing portion for pressing the operation portion is formed at a tip end portion of the operation fitting. 15. The operation metal fitting comprises a second magnet portion magnetically repelling the first magnet portion on a surface not facing the first magnet portion when the shield door is operated. The opening/closing operation tool described in.

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