KR101711433B1 - Easily fixed on the ceiling and the floor panorama camera system using the pole - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a panorama camera system easily fixed to the ceiling and the floor using a pole. The panorama camera system comprises: a lower pole fixed to the floor; an upper pole fixed to the ceiling; a rotation unit, the lower and upper ends of which are attached to the upper end of the lower pole and the lower end of the upper pole, respectively and able to rotate right and left; and a camera connected to the rotation unit and capturing an image while being rotated by the rotation unit. According to the present invention, the panorama camera system has a structure where the lower and upper poles can be adjusted in length to the upper and lower sides of the rotation unit so as to be attached to the floor and the ceiling, respectively, and can get source images for producing a 360-degree omnidirectional panorama image through capturing only four cuts by rotating a camera, which is equipped with a fisheye lens having a 180-degree angle of view, at 90-degree intervals.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates to a panoramic camera system,

The present invention relates to a panoramic camera system, and more particularly, to a panoramic camera system having a structure in which a lower pole and an upper pole can be attached to a floor and a ceiling, respectively, The present invention relates to a panoramic camera system that is easy to fix on a ceiling and a floor by using a pole capable of obtaining a source image capable of producing a 360-degree panoramic image by capturing only four cuts by rotating the mounted camera at intervals of 90 degrees.

Generally, in order to take a panoramic shot from a camera, attach the camera to a panoramic rotator and set a nodal point (No Parallax Point or Nodal Point) that matches the camera and lens combination. Thereafter, a photographer sets photographing angles of the subject at random and photographs the photographs successively to acquire a plurality of photographs, and then connects and edits a plurality of photographs so as to produce a panoramic effect.

In other words, the photographer sets the range of the panorama photographing target, shoots the first photograph, sets the next range from the end of the first photographing range to shoot the second photograph, and then continues the third and fourth photographing And the like.

Since the panoramic effect (quality) varies depending on the skill of the photographer, the lateral spacing of the right and left photographing ranges is not uniform, so that the photographing may be overlapped or overlapped , And when the photographing height of the camera is different, the joints may not be vertically aligned when a plurality of photographs are connected.

On the other hand, although a tripod can be used to assist in panoramic photographing, even when a tripod is used, the imaging range setting on the left and right is performed manually by the photographer.

On the other hand, when shooting with a digital camera, a separate task of downloading the image data to the computer and compositing and editing the panoramic image is added.

Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2002-73872 discloses an apparatus having a panoramic photographing function on a tripod as a separate apparatus for assisting in panoramic photographing.

In such a conventional apparatus, the auxiliary device provided on the tripod rotates the camera, and the structure of the tripod itself becomes complicated and the weight becomes heavy.

In addition, the photographer must directly adjust the horizontal position of the tripod, and it is impossible to photograph in a narrow space due to the volume occupied by the tripod.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been conceived to solve the problems described above, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a structure in which a lower pole and an upper pole can be attached to a floor and a ceiling, A panoramic camera system that can be easily fixed to the ceiling and the floor is provided by using a pole to obtain a source image capable of producing a 360-degree panoramic image by capturing only four cuts by rotating the camera equipped with a fisheye lens at 90 degrees intervals .

In addition, since the lower pole and the upper pole are made of a monopod, the weight of the tripod is remarkably reduced compared to a conventional tripod, and the pole is easy to move and has a much smaller volume. Therefore, Which can be easily fixed to the panoramic camera system.

The present invention also provides a panoramic camera system that can be easily fixed to the ceiling and the floor by using a pole that can transmit images taken by a camera to a portable multimedia device and can be quickly uploaded on the web, .

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a panoramic camera system that can be easily fixed to the ceiling and the floor using the pole according to the present invention includes a lower pole fixed to the ground, an upper pole fixed to the ceiling, And a camera mounted on the upper end of the upper pole and rotatably mounted on the lower end of the upper pole, the camera being connected to the rotation unit and being rotated by the rotation unit.

In addition, the lower pole is adjustable in length downward, and the upper pole is adjustable in length upward.

The rotation unit may include a fixed plate fixed to an upper end of the lower pole, a rotation unit coupled to an upper portion of the fixed plate, the rotation unit fixed to the upper portion and rotated left and right, And the other side includes a connection frame connected to a lower end of the upper pole.

The rotation unit may include a housing, a rotation motor installed inside the housing, and a receiver for driving the rotation motor and receiving an imaging signal of the camera.

The rotation motor is a stepping motor rotated by 90 degrees, and the camera is photographed by one rotation per 90 degrees rotation of the rotation motor.

In addition, the fixing plate may further include a sensing unit for sensing that the rotation motor is rotated by 90 degrees.

Further, the lens of the camera is a fish-eye lens.

In addition, the image photographed by the camera is transmitted to a portable multimedia device using wireless communication.

In addition, an image transmitted to the portable multimedia device is corrected by a program installed in the portable multimedia device.

In addition, the camera may receive a photographing signal from the portable multimedia device, and the rotation motor may receive a rotation signal from the portable multimedia device.

In addition, the housing further includes a horizontal droplet for showing the user that the housing is horizontal with respect to the ground.

The connection frame may include a first horizontal frame connected to the rotation unit and extending in the horizontal direction, a vertical frame extending upwardly from the end of the first horizontal frame, And a second horizontal frame folded and connected to a lower end of the upper pole.

In addition, the first horizontal frame, the vertical frame, and the second horizontal frame are formed in a " C "shape so that the installation space and the field of view of the camera lens are ensured when the camera is installed in the rotation unit .

In addition, the rotation unit is rotated left and right independently of the camera so that the connection frame prevents the vision of the camera lens from being obscured.

As described above, according to the present invention, the lower pole and the upper pole can be attached to the floor and the ceiling, respectively, and the length of the lower pole and the upper pole can be adjusted up and down. By rotating the image at 90-degree intervals, it is possible to obtain a source image capable of producing a 360-degree panoramic image by capturing only four cuts.

In addition, since the lower pole and the upper pole are made of a monopod, the weight of the tripod is remarkably reduced compared with that of the conventional tripod, so that the tripod is easy to move and the volume is much smaller.

In addition, the present invention is advantageous in that it is possible to transmit an image taken by a camera to a portable multimedia device, and thus it is possible to provide a convenience to quickly upload the image on a web.

In addition, the present invention is advantageous in that it is possible to transmit an image taken by a camera to a portable multimedia device, and thus it is possible to provide a convenience to quickly upload the image on a web.

1 is a front view showing an entire panoramic camera system which can be easily fixed to a ceiling and a floor using a pole according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
2 is an exploded front view of a panoramic camera system which is easy to fix on a ceiling and a floor using a pole according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a rotating part of a panoramic camera system which is easily fixed to a ceiling and a floor using a pole according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram showing a camera of a panoramic camera system which is easily fixed to a ceiling and a floor using a pole according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, rotated by 90 degrees.
FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing that a panoramic camera system, which is easy to fix on a ceiling and a floor using a pole according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, is connected to a portable multimedia device via wireless communication.
FIG. 6 is a panoramic camera system which can be fixed to ceiling and floor using a pole according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is photograph data obtained by correcting the photographed image in FIG.
FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view of a rotating part of a panoramic camera system which is easy to fix on a ceiling and a floor using a pole according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The same reference numerals shown in the drawings denote the same members. In describing the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted so as to avoid obscuring the subject matter of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an entire panoramic camera system which can be easily fixed to a ceiling and a floor using a pole according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a ceiling and a ceiling using a pole according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a rotating part of a panoramic camera system which is easy to fix on a ceiling and a floor using a pole according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of a panoramic camera system FIG. 5 is a conceptual view showing a camera of a panoramic camera system which is easily fixed to a ceiling and a floor using a pole according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, And a panoramic camera system that is easy to fix on the floor, has been shown to be connected to a portable multimedia device via wireless communication FIG. 6 is a panoramic camera system which is easily fixed to the ceiling and the floor using a pole according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 shows photographs taken at 90 degrees, FIG. It is the corrected photograph material.

A panoramic camera system that can be easily fixed to a ceiling and a floor using a pole according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a lower pole 100, an upper pole 200, a rotation unit 300, and a camera 400.

First, the lower pole 100 and the upper pole 200 will be described.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the lower pole 100 and the upper pole 200 may be rod-like members, and may be formed of a plurality of rod members whose lengths are adjusted.

The length of the lower pole 100 is adjustable downward, and the length of the upper pole 200 is adjustable upward.

The lower pole 100 and the upper pole 200 may be made of a metal material such as aluminum or synthetic resin and the lower pole 100 and the upper pole 200 may be made of the same material having the same shape. .

The lower end of the lower pole 100 may be fixed to the ground surface and the upper end of the upper pole 200 may be fixed to the ceiling in contact with the ceiling.

As described above, the lower pole 100 and the upper pole 200, which are respectively fixed to the ground and the ceiling, are provided with fixing members 110 and 210 of rubber material having excellent elasticity and high friction coefficient, It may be desirable to facilitate the operation.

A rotating part 300 to be described later is rotatably installed between the upper part of the lower pole 100 and the lower part of the upper pole 200.

Next, the rotation unit 300 will be described.

The rotating part 300 is a member that is installed at the lower end of the lower pole 100 and the upper end of which is rotatably installed at the lower end of the upper pole 200. The rotating part 300 is rotated The fixing unit 310, the rotation unit 320, and the connection frame 330, as shown in FIG.

The fixing plate 310 is a plate-shaped member fixed to the upper end of the lower pole 100. The fixing plate 310 is constrained to be rotated to the left and right to sense the rotation of the rotation unit 320. [

3, a scale 311 is displayed on the side surface of the fixing plate 310. The scale 311 indicates whether the user rotates the rotary motor 322 by 90 degrees, It serves to make it visible to the naked eye.

In addition, a sensing unit (not shown) for sensing whether the housing 321 is rotated by 90 degrees is provided inside the fixing plate 310, or more specifically, inside the scale 311.

The sensing portion may be, for example, an encoder type that senses the rotation of the housing 321 in a contact manner, but is not limited thereto.

3, the rotation unit 320 is a member including a housing 321, a rotation motor 322, and a transmission / reception unit 323. The housing 321 is connected to the outside of the rotation motor 322 And a transmission / reception unit 323 may be installed in the housing 321. The transmission /

A horizontal droplet 324 may be provided on the upper surface of the housing 321. The horizontal droplet 324 is a member that allows the user to see that the housing 321 is horizontal with respect to the ground.

A camera 400 may be connected to the upper portion of the housing 321. A bolt is provided on the upper portion of the housing 321 so that the camera 400 is bolted to a hole (not shown) (400) is fixed to the upper portion of the housing (321).

Here, the camera 400 may be a high-definition DSLR camera, but may be a digital camera.

The rotating shaft 325 of the rotating motor 322 is extended downward to be connected to the upper end of the upper pole 200, And the housing 321 can be rotated at the same time by the rotation of the rotation motor 322.

Further, the rotation motor 322 may be controlled to rotate by 90 degrees or a step motor may be adopted.

The power supply unit 326 may be a battery that is used in the market. The power supply unit 326 may include a rotation motor 322 and a transmission / It is possible to provide power necessary for the power supply unit 323.

The transmission and reception unit 323 is a member provided in the housing 321 and receives a photographing signal of the camera 400 installed on the upper part of the housing 321 for driving the rotation motor 322. The transmission and reception unit 323 includes a rotation motor 322, (400) may be connected to the transmission / reception unit (323) via a connection cable (not shown), respectively.

The transmission / reception unit 323 may receive an operation signal from a remote controller (not shown) or the like, but may be connected to a portable multimedia device (e.g., a smart phone, a tablet PC, etc.) An operation signal can be input.

The transmitting and receiving unit 323 can transmit an image photographed by the camera 400 to the portable multimedia device 10 and can transmit the image to the portable multimedia device 10 by wireless communication. It may be transmitted using Bluetooth.

The camera 400 may be connected to the portable multimedia device 10 or a PC (not shown) via a connection cable (not shown) as well as a wireless communication.

When the image data is transmitted to the portable multimedia device 10 by wireless communication as described above, the image is optimized (stitching, stitching, or the like) through a dedicated program installed in the portable multimedia device 10 ).

The connection frame 330 is a member that is connected to the housing 321 at one side and is rotatably connected to the lower end of the upper pole 200. The connection frame 330 has a substantially " .

The connection frame 330 is formed in a substantially C shape in order to secure a space for installing the camera 400 in the rotation unit 320 and at the same time, In order to secure the field of view of the camera 400 in the course of the rotation of the camera 400 by the rotation of the rotation motor 322.

The connection frame 330 includes a first horizontal frame 331, a vertical frame 333 and a second horizontal frame 332. One end of the first horizontal frame 331 is connected to the housing 321 A vertical frame 333 is integrally connected to the other end portion.

The vertical frame 333 is bent and extended in the longitudinal direction (vertical direction) at one end of the first horizontal frame 331, and the second horizontal frame 332 is integrally connected at the other end thereof.

The second horizontal frame 332 is connected to the lower end of the upper pole 200, one end of which extends in the vertical frame 333 and is laterally bent.

The vertical frame 333 is composed of a first vertical frame 334 and a second vertical frame 335 so that the camera 400 of various sizes can be coupled to the upper portion of the rotation unit 320, Is preferably adjustable.

The rotation unit 300 may be mounted on the camera 400 to prevent an error in the photographed image due to the visibility of the camera 400 lens to be described later by the connection frame 330, It is preferable to rotate leftward and rightward separately from the left-right direction.

Accordingly, it is preferable that the upper portion of the housing 321, to which a camera 400 will be fixed, to be described later, is rotatable to the left and right with respect to the body of the housing 321, and can be selectively fixed.

Finally, the camera 400 will be described.

The camera 400 is a member fixedly mounted on the upper portion of the housing 321. The camera 400 rotates simultaneously with the housing 321 rotated by the rotation motor 322 to take an image.

As shown in FIG. 4, the camera 400 is rotated by 90 degrees to one side and is photographed by a signal input to the transceiver unit 323. The camera 400 of the present invention includes a fish- Eye lens).

The fisheye lens is an ultra-wide angle lens whose angle is more than 180 degrees, and is capable of photographing a subject in one circle.

FIG. 6 shows photographs taken by the fish-eye lens while the rotary motor 322 is moved by 90 degrees, and FIG. 7 shows photographs obtained by stitching and moving images taken by 90 degrees.

The camera 400 photographs the first cut by the signal inputted to the transmitting / receiving unit 323 (0 degrees), and continuously photographs at 90, 180, and 270 degrees while continuously rotating by 90 degrees. You can collect photographic data.

Thereafter, a 360-degree omnidirectional image as shown in FIG. 7 can be obtained through a stitching operation for correcting the images of the four captured images.

Hereinafter, the 360 degree panoramic image is captured using the panoramic camera system which is easy to fix on the ceiling and the floor using the pole according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

First, a camera 400 having a fisheye lens with a view angle of 180 degrees is fixed to the upper portion of the housing 321, and then a No-Parallax Point is aligned in advance.

In the present invention, a fisheye lens with a 180 degree angle of view acquires an omnidirectional image of 360 degrees four times by 90 degrees, whereby overlapping portions are generated.

If you duplicate a shot, you can recognize duplicates in a program that corrects with panorama images, overlapping overlapping sections, and create a single panorama.

Due to this specificity, the data on the image of the overlapping region should be photographed identically.

To capture the same image of overlapping images, the camera must be rotated about the entrance pupil of the lens, and the image point is called the nodal point.

3 and 4, the camera 400 lens is disposed in a straight line with the lower pole 100 and the upper pole 200, so that the camera 400 is fixed at a predetermined position It is preferable to be able to take an image in the image capturing apparatus.

The camera 400 should be coupled to the upper surface of the housing 323 at a position deflected to one side so that the camera 400 can take an image at a predetermined position.

The camera 400 fixed to the housing 321 is connected to the rotation motor 322. At this time, the connection frame 330 is coupled to the camera 400 in a direction in which the lens of the camera 400 is not blocked.

Thereafter, the upper portion of the connection frame 330 and the lower end of the upper pole 200 are connected, and the lower pole 100 is connected to the lower portion of the rotation unit 320, respectively.

Thereafter, the point of the space to be photographed is selected, and the lower pole 100 is positioned at the bottom of the point. Then, the length of the lower pole 100 is adjusted according to the height of the desired camera 400.

Then, while checking the level of the housing 321, the length of the upper pole 200 is increased and fixed to the ceiling, and then the first cut is photographed.

After rotating the rotary motor 322 by 90 degrees, the second cut is photographed again, the third cut is photographed in the same order, and the photographed image is stitched.

8 is an exploded perspective view of a rotating part of a panoramic camera system which is easily fixed to a ceiling and a floor using a pole according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 8, a housing 321 And a fixing band 341 is formed at the end of the fixing bar 340. The fixing bar 340 is fixed to the upper surface of the fixing bar 340. [

The fixing bar 340 extends upward from the upper surface of the housing 321 so that the camera 400 fixed to the fixing band 341 does not come into direct contact with the housing 321.

8, when the top surface of the housing 321 is circular, it is preferable that the fixing bar 340 is disposed to be deflected to one side.

This is because the camera 400 lens is disposed in a straight line with the lower pole 100 and the upper pole 200 to facilitate setting of the nodal point.

The fixing band 341 formed at the end of the fixing bar 340 is a member coupled with the outer circumferential surface of the camera 400 and generally has the same ring shape as the shape of the outer circumferential surface of a typical camera 400 It is preferable to increase the contact area with the outer circumferential surface of the camera 400 lens.

In addition, when the length of the fixing band 341 is adjusted, the fixing band 341 can be easily coupled to and disassembled from the camera 400, You can do it.

Optimal embodiments have been disclosed in the drawings and specification. Although specific terms are used herein, they are used for the purpose of describing the present invention only and are not used to limit the scope of the present invention described in the meaning of the claims or the claims. Therefore, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Accordingly, the true scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical idea of the appended claims.

10-Portable multimedia devices
100-bottom pole 110-fastening member
200-upper pole 210-fastening member
300-
310-fixed plate 311-scale
320-rotating unit 321-housing
322-rotation motor 323-transmission /
324 - horizontal droplet 325 - rotation axis
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330-connection frame 331-first horizontal frame
332-Second horizontal frame 333-Vertical frame
334-first vertical frame 335-second vertical frame
340-fixing bar 341-fixing band
400-camera

Claims (13)

A lower pole fixed to the ground,
An upper pole fixed to the ceiling,
A lower end of the lower pole and a lower end of the upper pole,
And a camera connected to the rotation unit and photographing while being rotated by the rotation unit,
The rotation unit includes:
A fixing plate fixed to an upper end of the lower pole,
A rotation unit coupled to an upper portion of the fixing plate, the rotation unit being fixed to the upper portion and rotated leftward and rightward;
And a connecting frame connected to the lower end of the upper pole, the other end being connected to the rotating unit,
The connection frame includes:
A first horizontal frame connected to the rotation unit and extending in the lateral direction,
A vertical frame extending upwardly from an end of the first horizontal frame,
And a second horizontal frame bent at an upper end of the vertical frame and connected to a lower end of the upper pole,
The upper part of the rotation part to which the camera is fixed is rotated to the left and right with respect to the body of the rotation part so that the connection frame is prevented from obscuring the field of view of the camera lens,
Wherein the first horizontal frame, the vertical frame, and the second horizontal frame are formed in a " C "shape so as to secure the installation space and the field of view of the camera lens when the camera is installed in the rotation unit. A panoramic camera system that is easy to fix on the ceiling and floor using. The method according to claim 1,
The lower pole is adjustable in length downward,
Wherein the upper pole is adjustable in length to the upper side, and the pole is easily fixed to the ceiling and the floor using the pole. delete The method according to claim 1,
The rotation unit includes:
A housing,
A rotation motor installed inside the housing,
And a transmission / reception unit receiving the photographing signal of the camera. The panoramic camera system according to claim 1, The method of claim 4,
The rotation motor is a step motor rotated by 90 degrees,
Wherein the camera is photographed at a rate of one rotation per 90 degrees of rotation of the rotary motor. The method of claim 5,
In the fixing plate,
The panoramic camera system according to claim 1, further comprising a sensing unit for sensing that the rotation motor is rotated by 90 degrees. The method of claim 5,
Wherein the lens of the camera is a fisheye lens, and is easily fixed to the ceiling and the floor using the pole. The method of claim 7,
Wherein the image captured by the camera is transmitted to a portable multimedia device using a wireless communication, wherein the panoramic camera system is easy to fix on the ceiling and the floor using the pole. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the image transmitted to the portable multimedia device is corrected by a program installed in the portable multimedia device, the panoramic camera system being easy to fix on the ceiling and floor using the pole. The method of claim 8,
The camera may receive a photographing signal from the portable multimedia device,
Wherein the rotation motor is capable of receiving a rotation signal from the portable multimedia device, and is easy to fix on the ceiling and the floor using a pole. The method of claim 4,
In the housing,
The panorama camera system according to claim 1, further comprising horizontal droplets for indicating to the user that the housing is horizontal with respect to the ground. delete delete

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