JPH11237687A - Aerial photographic device utilizing motor paraglider - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform photographing utilizing a motor paraglider simultaneously with controlling the motor paraglider with right and left hands holding a control stick by holding the release of the shutter of a camera in the hand grasping the control stick of the motor paraglider, releasing the shutter and performing photographing simultaneously with controlling the motor paraglider. SOLUTION: The camera 21 is mounted on a camera mount 4 attached to an upper harness 1 and fixed by a camera fixing screw. In the case of photographing, visual field attains wide view by utilizing a finder 7. The camera 21 is obtained by attaching a single lens reflex camera provided with a motor drive incorporating an automatic winding device, and the release 19 is attached to the shutter so that the shutter may be operated. In the case of controlling the motor paraglider, a harness main body on which the camera 21 is mounted is brought into contact with the breast and the release 19 of the camera 21 is held in the hand grasping the control stick, then photographing is performed while confirming the visual field through the finder 7.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an aerial photographing apparatus utilizing a highly safe motor paraglider for photographing a low altitude photograph during flight by a motor paraglider.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, aerial photographs of coastal areas, forests, rivers, roads, plains, urban areas, and sites under construction have been taken by airplanes, helicopters, large balloons, and the like. However, in each case, a preparation period until photographing is required, and a single flight fee is high.
In recent years, a variety of photographers have been required to shoot down to low altitudes (30 to 50 meters). Today, especially tourism, commercial photography, disaster research,
River management, natural observation, and other aerial photography are expected. However, there are no special rules for the operation of 300 meters or less that are not recognized as a problem under the Aviation Law.

[0003]

Conventional aerial photography methods have been airplanes, helicopters, large balloons, and the like. However, any of these methods requires a large amount of photographing area, and is expensive. Time is required. Aerial photography using large balloons requires a large amount of helium gas, so the cost is high, but the range of photography is narrow, and it is difficult to move on a day with heavy rain and lightning, and handling is complicated. Is not suitable for aerial photography because it requires time to move to keep it on a floating branch network. Since the present invention is a photography device utilizing human power and a motor paraglider, the range of photography can be freely selected at a high level for photography, so that photography can be carried out from a low altitude at a short time and at a low cost. Was expensive and required a lot of time to move and set up the location.
The present invention has been made to eliminate these disadvantages.

[0004]

The upper part of the harness (1) and the lower part of the harness (2) are connected by a hinge (11), and the upper part of the harness is (1) the lower part of the harness (2).
Attach the band (13) to the band attachment fitting (12) provided on the harness support pipe (3) attached to the camera, firmly fix it to the chest, attach the camera (21) to the camera attachment base (4), and attach the camera fixing screw ( This is a photographing device which is fixed in 6) and uses a release (19) as a shutter, and a motor paraglider operator holds the hand in his hand and shoots simultaneously with the operation.

On the upper part of the harness (1), there is provided a rectangular finder (7) for photographing which keeps the same effect as the finder of the camera. The position of the viewfinder (7) is fixed at the height of the eye position of the motor paraglider operator. The position is selected using a band (13) that fixes the harness to the chest. The operator of the motor paraglider checks the shooting position angle through the viewfinder (7) with the release (19) attached to the camera (21) and shoots. Can be done.

The upper part of the harness (1) the lower part of the harness (2) The camera mount (6) is made of aluminum in order to reduce the weight, but the harness support pipe (3) is made of a strengthened aluminum pipe. The viewfinder (7) is lightweight, but the angle-of-view adjustment rail (8) for moving the viewfinder (7) uses a reinforced aluminum pipe that has a certain strength.

Since the camera for photographing (21) requires automatic film winding, a single-lens reflex camera with a motor drive is used, and the camera is fixed to the camera mount (4) with the camera fixing screw (6). A release (19) is attached to use a release shutter for photographing, and the operator takes the hand holding the control stick of the motor paraglider operator to enable photographing at the same time as maneuvering.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In aerial photography using a motor paraglider, the camera operation has conventionally been performed with both hands removed from the control stick, but depending on the state of the airflow, the balance may be lost and the aircraft may stall and crash. High and very dangerous. The control column of a motor paraglider, unlike the control column of an airplane, has an important role of flying by being controlled by a left hand aileron (left turn) and a right hand aileron (right turn). Therefore, instead of taking the hand off the control stick and holding the camera with both hands as in the past,
The camera (21) is fixed in advance to a camera mount (4) provided on the harness with a fixing screw (6), and a finder (7) provided on the harness (1) determines a photographing position. Release (1) attached to camera (21)
9) is a device that can be extended to the hand holding the control stick to shoot simultaneously with the control.

[0009] This is a method of fixing the camera (21) to the chest instead of the method of holding the camera in the hand as in the prior art. However, when flying with a motor paraglider, a wide field of view is aimed at for safe flight. By using the hinge (11) attached between 1) and the lower part of the harness (2), the upper part of the harness (1) can be tilted 90 degrees forward to keep the maneuverability, the field of view and the safety. Immediately before the start of photographing, the upper part of the harness (1) is erected and the stopper (16) is fixed to the upper part (14) and the lower part (15) of the guide box.

At the time of photography at the destination, a camera (2
Shoot with the shutter release attached to 1).
The release (19) can be operated by holding the release lever (19) in the same way as the control stick operation by holding the hand holding either the left or right line control stick. Because it is possible to take a picture, the image quality is stable and a good aerial photograph can be taken.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings based on embodiments. As shown in FIG. 1, the harness is connected to the upper part (1) of the harness and the lower part (2) of the harness by a hinge (11). Drop stopper (16) for fixing the upper part of the harness (1) and the lower part of the harness (2)
At the same time, attach a harness support pipe (3) to help with chest attachment. A camera mount (4) for mounting the camera (21) is provided on the harness (1) and fixed with a camera fixing screw (6). An angle-of-view adjustment rail (8) is provided above the harness (1), and a finder (7) is attached. A holder (9) and a fixed lever (10) are provided to prevent the viewfinder (7) from fluctuating. A harness support pipe (3) is attached to the left and right of the harness. The harness support pipe (3) is provided with a band mounting bracket (12) for mounting the band (13).

As shown in FIG. 2, the harness, which is the main body, is divided into upper and lower parts, and the middle part is connected by a hinge (11) so that it can be freely bent and operated for safety during flight. In this case, a hinge (11) is provided to bend when flying after being worn on the chest.

As shown in FIG. 3, the upper and lower harnesses (1) and (2) are connected by hinges (11) and provided with drop stoppers (16) on the left and right to be integrated with each other. A guide box upper part (14) and a guide box lower part (15) are provided for fixing.

As shown in FIG. 4, the upper part (1) of the harness and the lower part (2) of the harness are bent, and release is stopped by the stopper (17) when the stopper (16) is lifted.

As shown in FIG. 5, a holder anti-rotation plate (20) for fixing the finder (7) for photographing is mounted below the finder (7).
To stabilize. The anti-rotation plate (2
A fixing lever (10) is provided to assist in moving the viewfinder (7) back and forth and to fix the movement when determining the position.

FIG. 6 is a front view of the angle-of-view adjustment rail (8) as viewed from the front. The outside of the angle-of-view adjustment rail (8) is fixed by a holder (9) and a fixing lever (10) to prevent movement. FIG.

As shown in FIG. 7, a finder (7) and an angle-of-view adjustment rail (8) to which the finder (7) is attached are fixed to the upper part of the harness (1) with a fixing lever (10). FIG. 4 is a view in which a camera (21) is attached to the camera (21), and a release (19) is attached to the camera (21) because a motor paraglider operator can safely take a picture on the camera (21).

As shown in FIG. 8, the camera (21) is mounted on the camera mount (4) mounted on the harness (1), and is fixed with the camera fixing screw (6). The camera uses a viewfinder (7) to take a wide view. The camera (21) is equipped with a single-lens reflex camera with a motor drive with a built-in automatic hoisting device, and the camera (21) has a shutter on the shutter so that it will not lose balance or stall and fall in the state of the downdraft of the shooting Is equipped with a release (19) so that it can be operated.

FIG. 9 shows a state in which, after being attached to the chest in order to widen the field of view during flight, the airplane is bent and then flew.

As shown in FIG. 10, when operating the motor paraglider, the harness main body with the camera (21) attached thereto is brought into close contact with the chest, and the release (1) is attached to the camera (21).
FIG. 9 is a view showing a state in which the user holds the release (19) in the hand holding the control stick with the 9) attached and confirms the field of view from the viewfinder (7) to take a picture.

[0021]

The aerial photography safety device utilizing the motor paraglider is easy to assemble and inexpensive. You can shoot down to low altitude (30 meters). Various photography such as sightseeing, commercial photography, disaster investigation, river management, nature observation can be performed. The photographing can be performed in a low-altitude photograph or in the sky, and the image quality can be improved.

For photographing utilizing a motor paraglider, a photographing using a release (19) as a shutter can be carried out while holding the control sticks in the left and right hands, and simultaneously photographing. The present invention was tested several times around Hokkaido. As a result, a good aerial photograph was obtained. During the test, the maximum was raised to 1000 meters and the minimum was lowered to 50 meters, and the result of repeating the still photography was the highest as an aerial photograph.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an entire safety device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a bent state during a flight according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration when the upper part of the harness (1) and the lower part of the harness (2) are erected.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a state in which a stopper (6) is attached when the harness is erected or bent.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a portion provided with a finder (7) of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a front view of an angle-of-view adjustment rail (8) to which a finder (7) of the present invention is attached.

FIG. 7 shows a camera (21) and a viewfinder (7).
FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a state in which is attached.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a use state of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a state in which the camera is totally bent after the camera is mounted.

FIG. 10 is a view showing a use state of the present invention in which a motor paraglider is worn, and a driver wearing a camera (2)
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of shooting with 1) and the release (19) held in the right hand.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Harness upper 2 Harness lower 3 Harness support pipe 4 Camera mounting stand 5 Stopper 6 Camera fixing screw 7 Viewfinder 8 Angle of view adjustment rail 9 Holder 10 Fixing lever 11 Hinge 12 Band mounting bracket 13 Band 14 Guide box upper 15 Guide box lower 16 Drop Stop stopper 17 Stopper 18 Screw 19 Release 20 Holder rotation prevention plate 21 Camera

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A harness (1) connected by a hinge (11).
And a lower part of the harness (2). A camera mount (4) is provided at a position below the upper part of the harness (1). A finder (7) for determining the position is provided, a total of four upper and lower band mounting brackets (12) are provided on the harness support pipe (3), and a band (13) is mounted on the band mounting bracket (12). An aerial photographing device utilizing a motor paraglider that secures (1) and the lower part of the harness (2) in close contact with the body. 2. A camera (21) is mounted on a camera mount (4) provided on a harness (1).
An aerial photographing apparatus utilizing a motor paraglider according to claim 1, wherein a release (19) is attached to the shutter of the motor paraglider, and the shutter is released simultaneously with the operation by holding the release with a hand holding the control stick of the motor paraglider. .