KR101856972B1

KR101856972B1 - wearable camera

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Publication number: KR101856972B1
Application number: KR1020150181736A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 이성찬; 박석출; 류병철
Original assignee: (주)네모
Priority date: 2015-12-18
Filing date: 2015-12-18
Publication date: 2018-05-14
Also published as: KR20170073161A

Abstract

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a wearable camera, and more particularly, to a wearable camera having a body having a pair of legs integrally formed, One end of which is coupled to the body and the other end of which is projected downwardly, A docking portion coupled to be pivotally rotated by a hinge shaft protruding out of the ear cap of the grip portion; And a camera module which is inserted into the inner space of the docking unit. The camera module can remove / attach the camera module separately, can photograph the surroundings without shaking, freely adjust the view direction of the camera module, And a sufficient use time of the module can be ensured.

Description

Wearable camera}

The present invention relates to a wearable camera. More specifically, the present invention relates to a wearable camera capable of separately attaching and detaching a camera module separately, taking an ambient environment in an integrated state without flow, freely adjusting a view direction of the camera module, And a wearable camera capable of ensuring a sufficient use time of the camera module.

Generally, a wearable camera refers to a camera that is mounted on a person's head or ear and is capable of freely using both hands while shooting the surrounding environment.

For example, a camera module may be installed in an ear-set or a goggle-type body, and the camera can be photographed while freely using both hands as long as the earphone is mounted on the ear. (Korean Laid Open Publication No. KR10-2005-0089371 A)

However, such a wearable camera has a limitation that it should always be mounted on the ear,

In recent years, a wearable camera in which a mount part is formed on a body made of an ear-set type and a camera module is detachably mounted on the mount part has appeared. (Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1254468)

However, such wearable cameras have various problems such as inconsistent focus due to different physical conditions of wearer.

In other words, the wearer may be a man or a woman, and since the thickness of the neck, the size of the head, or the shape of the face are different for each person, the wearable camera worn completely is in close contact with the body But it will be mounted in a slightly spaced apart position.

Therefore, when the user moves, the wearable camera moves together,

At this time, the wearable camera continuously photographed the surrounding environment in a state of being shaken by the spaced space, and there was a problem in quality such as shooting an image which is out of focus or inclined to one side.

Further, even if the wearable camera has a camera module mounted on the body, it is difficult to adjust the view direction because the camera module shoots while moving in a predetermined direction,

The size of the camera module mounted on the body is also miniaturized and the size of the battery to be mounted is also small, and the use time is short, which limits the use thereof.

KR 10-1254468 B1 KR 10-2005-0089371 A

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a camera module which can attach and detach only a camera module to a body,

The view direction of the camera module can be freely adjusted and sufficient time for use can be ensured.

To this end, the present invention comprises a body 10 integrally injection-molded with a pair of fastening legs 11 which are curved upwardly and backwardly in a longitudinal direction while being widened in left and right directions;
A soft guide base 20 fitted to the guide groove 12 formed at the lower end of the body 10 so as to be brought into close contact with the body by frictional force while giving a comfortable fit when worn;
The receiving space 31 is formed at one side so that the engaging piece 15 formed at the end of the tightening leg 11 is engaged while being inserted into the receiving space 31 and the other side is expanded in the downward direction, A grip part (30) having an ear cap attached to the periphery thereof;
A docking portion 40 pivotally coupled by a hinge shaft protruding out of the ear cap of the grip portion 30;
A camera module 2 which is inserted into the interior space 1 of the docking unit 40;
A side wall 13 facing the guide groove 12 and a side wall 13 located outside the other side wall 14 are cut between the pair of fastening legs 11 and are vertically extended A battery compartment (50) formed with a guide wall (16) and secured to the guide wall (16) while being assembled integrally;
So that the view direction of the camera module can be freely adjusted and the docking unit 40 can be freely adjusted by the battery mounted on the battery room 50. In addition, And the camera module 2 mounted on the camera module 2 is further supplied with power, thereby ensuring a sufficient use time of the camera module.
The battery chamber 50 of the present invention includes a side wall 13 formed to face each other with respect to the guide groove 12 and a part of the one side wall 13 located outside the other side wall 14, And a pair of engagement pieces 17 protruding in the backward direction in the left and right directions are provided at opposite left and right ends of one side wall 13 of the incised portion, For example,
The lower case is open and the upper case 51 in which the notched grooves 51a are formed on the left and right sides is inserted into the guide wall 16 and the engaging piece 17 in a sliding manner, The battery module may be integrally assembled to the body while the battery module 52 is coupled to the camera module 2 so that the camera module 2 mounted on the docking portion 40 may be supplied with additional power to secure sufficient time for using the camera module. .
Further, the present invention is characterized in that the hinge shaft (34) forms a fixed shaft (34b) extending outward in a layered state on one side of a rotating column (34a) having a smaller diameter than the through hole (33) The fixed shaft 34b is fixed to the fixing hole of the docking unit 40. The other side of the hinge shaft 34 forms a curved surface 34c which gradually increases in diameter outward and forms a curved surface, The cap 34c is assembled in a state of being in tight contact with the inner projecting surface 35 of the ear cap 32 while being seated on the fixing bracket 36. Between the support 34c and the projecting surface 35 of the ear cap, And a soft rubber cap 37 having a high coefficient of friction is mounted.

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The present invention is characterized in that a gripping part is connected to a pair of fastening legs which are curved upward and leftward, and a camera module rotatably coupled to the gripping part so as to be fitted inside the inner space of the docking part is removable The view direction of the camera module can be easily adjusted,

Especially, through the band connecting between the flexible guide base and the pair of fastening legs at the bottom of the fastening leg,

It is possible to support the photographing of the surrounding environment in a unified state without shaking,

The battery chamber, which is formed between the pair of fastening legs, can sufficiently ensure sufficient use time of the camera module.

1 is a perspective view of a wearable camera according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is an exploded perspective view of a wearable camera according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a band < RTI ID = 0.0 >
FIG. 4 is a view showing an operation state of the wearable camera according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
6 is an exploded perspective view of an ear cap according to an embodiment of the present invention;
7 is an exploded perspective view of a battery chamber according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is an operational state view of a fixing band according to an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a perspective view showing a wearable camera according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a view showing a state in which a body, a guide stand and a grip of a wearable camera according to an embodiment of the present invention are disassembled. 1 shows a camera module detached from a docking unit of the wearable camera of FIG.

The battery 10 includes a body 10 having a pair of fastening legs 11 which are curved upwardly and rightwardly and laterally about a center of the battery chamber 50,

And a gripping portion 30 which is engaged with the gripping portion.

At this time, the fastening leg 11 has the guide groove 12 formed at the lower end according to the embodiment, and the one side wall 13 and the other side wall 14 are formed facing each other,

The soft guide base 20 is fitted in the guide groove 12,

The pair of fastening legs 11 can be tightly fixed to each other while ensuring the maximum comfortable feeling by the flexible guide base 20 when the back of the wearer is wrapped around the back of the wearer.

The body 10 may be integrally injection molded with the fastening leg 11 and the guide base 20 by a double injection method according to the embodiment,

The guide base (20) forms a support base (21) in close contact with the lower end of the tightening leg,

A guide piece 22 which is vertically elongated in the vertical direction is formed at the upper portion of the support base 21 so as to be detachably coupled to the guide groove 12 of the tightening leg 11,

The user can wrap the ball and the ear around the wearer by the gripping piece 23 protruding and curved in the downward direction so as to be firmly fixed to each other by the comfortable feeling and the frictional force.

The grip portion 30, which is connected to the tightening leg 11,

One end of the fastening leg is extended along the fastening leg 11 of the body and a receiving space 31 is formed at the rear end thereof so that the fastening piece 15 formed at the end of the fastening leg is inserted into the accommodation space 31 Respectively.

The other side of the grip portion 30 is formed with an ear cap 32 expanded in a downward direction. Inside the ear cap 32, an ear can be heard between the ear and the cheekbones according to the embodiment in a bone conduction manner A bone conduction earphone 38 is formed.

The ear cap 32 is connected to a docking unit 40 located laterally by a hinge shaft 34 protruding out of the through hole 33,

The camera module 2 is inserted into or detached from the interior space 41 of the docking unit 40. The camera module 2 is inserted into the interior space 41,

The camera module 2 is inserted into the inner space 41 in a state in which the button 3 formed on the outer side and the lens formed on the tip end are exposed to the outside of the docking unit 40, While it is possible to photograph the surrounding environment while easily handling the module 2,

It is possible to take a picture of a specific region enlarged and taken out from the docking unit 40 while being held in the hand of the user, or to enlarge a region which can not be visually recognized by being inserted into a wall or a gap.

FIGS. 4 and 5 illustrate a camera module mounted in the docking unit rotating in the vertical direction and moving in the lateral direction, and FIG. 6 is a view showing an ear cap connected to the docking unit.

The ear cap 32 of the present invention is formed with a through hole 33 on a curved protruded surface 35 and a hinge shaft 34 is assembled so as to protrude out of the through hole 33 And the docking unit 40 is connected to the other side of the hinge shaft 34.

The hinge shaft 34 has a shape in which one side and the other side of the hinge shaft 34 are different from each other around a rotary column 34a having a smaller diameter than the through hole 33,

One side of the hinge shaft 34 is extended outward to form a fixed shaft 34b and the fixed shaft 34b is fixed to the fixing hole of the docking unit 40. [

The other side of the hinge shaft 34 forms a curved curved surface 34c with its diameter gradually increasing toward the outside. The pedestal 34c is mounted on the fixed bracket 36, (35) of the base member (32).

At this time, the fixing bracket 36 forms a hemispherical contact surface 36a, and a slide hole 36b is formed in the contact surface 36a. The slide hole 36b is formed with a pedestal 34c, The projection 34d formed in the lower portion of the pedestal 34c is inserted into the slide hole 36b when the hinge shaft 34 rotates and the protrusion 34d formed in the lower portion of the pedestal 34c is inserted into the slide hole 36b. As shown in Fig.

Between the pedestal 34c and the projecting surface 35 of the ear cap 32, a rubber cap 37 of high friction coefficient and softness is fitted and fixed.

Therefore, when the docking unit 40 is rotated in the vertical direction, the hinge shaft 34 seated on the fixing bracket 36 rotates. At this time, the support 34c formed at the lower end of the hinge shaft 34 The projection 34d is rotated while moving along the slide hole 36b formed in the contact surface 36a.

At this time, the hinge shaft 34 is separated by the difference between the diameter of the rotating column 34a and the diameter of the through hole 33, and the pedestal 34a and the protruding surface 35 can freely rotate vertically and horizontally However,

At this time, when the movement of the camera module 2 is stopped, the camera module 2 is kept stopped by the frictional force of the rubber cap 37 mounted between the projecting surface 35 and the pedestal 34c, So that it is possible to easily adjust the direction.

7 is a view showing a battery chamber according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The battery compartment 50 is opened by one side wall 13 facing the body 10 with the guide groove 12 therebetween, and the other side wall is provided with guide walls 16 ),

A pair of engaging pieces 17 projecting in the rear direction are formed so as to be widened to the left and right at the left and right side ends of the one side wall 13 which is opened.

The upper case 51 having the grooves 51a formed in the left and right side surfaces is inserted into the guide wall 16 and the engaging piece 17 of the body 10 formed in this way in a sliding manner,

The lower case 52 corresponding to the lower portion is engaged with the guide wall 16 and the engagement piece 17 accommodated in the upper case 51,

So that the battery room 50 protruding in the rear direction is formed.

At this time, a space 51c opened in the rear direction is formed in the upper case 51,

A detachable battery 53 and a substrate are installed in the opened inner space,

And a rear case 54 having a locking protrusion formed on the inner side thereof This protects the built-in battery.

At this time, the cable connected to the board may protrude out of the battery room and be connected to the camera module. However, the cable may go inside the grip part along the guide groove, go out into the inside space of the docking part through the hinge shaft, will be.

Therefore, the present invention is extended to the camera module 2 mounted on the docking part 40 by the battery room 50 formed between the pair of tightening legs 11, thereby extending the use time of the camera module 2 It is possible to do it.

8 is a view showing a fixing band formed to pivot on a pair of fastening legs.

The fixed bands 60 are formed with an assembly column 18 having threaded holes in the respective fastening legs 11 and a rubber ring 61 attached to the rim of the assembly column 18, .

At both ends of the fixing band 60, which is long and curved in the left and right directions, a receiving groove 60a having a screw hole is formed,

The rubber ring 61 and the assembling post 18 are accommodated in the receiving groove 60a,

The fixing band 60 is fixed by the frictional force of the rubber ring 61 between the assembly pillar 18 and the receiving groove 61a while moving in the vertical direction so that the load of the battery room It can be distributed.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the grip portion 30 is connected to a pair of fastening legs 11 which are curved upwardly and leftward, and the docking portion 40 is provided on the grip portion 30, (2) is detachably attachable,

It is possible to provide a comfortable fit feeling and at the same time being firmly fixed to the lower end of the tightening leg 11 by means of the soft guide base 20 and the fixing band 60 so that the surrounding environment can be photographed without shaking,

The one side wall 13 of the body 10 is cut to form the battery room 50 between the pair of tightening legs 11 so that the use time of the camera module 2, .

1. Wearable camera 2: Camera module
3: Button 10: Body
11: fastening leg 12: guide groove
13: one side wall 14: other side wall
15: engaging piece 16: guide wall
17: Coupling piece 18: Assembly column
20: guide 21: support
22: guide piece 23: grip piece
30: grip part 31: accommodation space
32: Ear cap 33: Through hole
34: Hinge shaft 34a:
34b: fixed shaft 34c: pedestal
34d: projection 35: projecting surface
36: fixed bracket 36a: close face
36b: slide hole 37: rubber cap 38: bone conduction earphone
40: docking portion 41: inner space
50: battery chamber 51: upper case
51a,: incised groove 51c: open space
52: lower case 53: battery
54: rear case 60: fixing band
61: Rubber ring

Claims

A body 10 integrally injection-molded with a pair of tightening legs 11 which are curved upwardly and backwardly in a longitudinal direction while being widened in left and right directions;
A soft guide base 20 fitted to the guide groove 12 formed at the lower end of the body 10 so as to be brought into close contact with the body by frictional force while giving a comfortable fit when worn;
The receiving space 31 is formed at one side so that the engaging piece 15 formed at the end of the tightening leg 11 is engaged while being inserted into the receiving space 31 and the other side is expanded in the downward direction, A grip part (30) having an ear cap attached to the periphery thereof;
A docking portion 40 pivotally coupled by a hinge shaft protruding out of the ear cap of the grip portion 30;
A camera module 2 which is inserted into the interior space 1 of the docking unit 40;
A side wall 13 facing the guide groove 12 and a side wall 13 located outside the other side wall 14 are cut between the pair of fastening legs 11 and are vertically extended A battery compartment (50) formed with a guide wall (16) and secured to the guide wall (16) while being assembled integrally;
And the camera module 2 mounted on the docking unit 40 can be freely adjusted by the battery mounted on the battery room 50. In addition, ), The camera module can be sufficiently supplied with power, thereby ensuring sufficient use time of the camera module.

The method according to claim 1,
The battery chamber 50 has a side wall 13 and a side wall 13 formed outside the other side wall 13 and partially cutting the side wall 13 outwardly of the guide groove 12, Formed guide wall 16,
A pair of engaging pieces 17 projecting in the backward direction are formed to face each other at left and right ends of one side wall 13 of the incised portion,
The lower case is open and the upper case 51 in which the notched grooves 51a are formed on the left and right sides is inserted into the guide wall 16 and the engaging piece 17 in a sliding manner, (50) is integrally assembled to the body (10) while the battery pack (52) is assembled.

The method according to claim 1,
The hinge shaft 34 is formed with a fixed shaft 34b extending outward in a layered manner on one side of the rotating column 34a having a diameter smaller than that of the through hole 33. The fixed shaft 34b And the other side of the hinge shaft 34 forms a curved curved surface while gradually increasing its diameter toward the outside and the curved surface of the curved surface of the cradle 34c Is mounted in tight contact with the inner projecting surface 35 of the ear cap 32 in a state of being placed on the fixed bracket 36 and a friction coefficient between the support 34c and the projecting surface 35 of the ear cap is high Characterized in that a soft rubber cap (37) is mounted.

The method of claim 3,
A slide hole 36b is formed in the close contact surface 36a and the slide hole 36b is formed in a lower portion of the pedestal 34c And the projection (34d) is inserted into the slide hole (36b) so as to guide the rotation of the hinge shaft (34).

The method according to claim 1,
The guide base 20 includes a support base 21 which is curved upwardly and backwardly along the tightening leg 11 so as to be closely attached to the lower end of the tightening leg 11 when mounted, And a grip piece (23) curved downward at the lower end of the upper portion of the guide base (20) to wrap the back of the ear of the wearer are formed integrally with the guide piece (22) camera.

The method according to claim 1,
The clamping leg 11 is provided with an assembling column 18 having a screw hole formed therein and a rubber ring 61 is mounted on the assembling column 18 and a fixing band 60, And the rubber ring 61 and the assembling post 18 are received and axially coupled to the inside of the receiving groove so that the fixing band 60 supports the back of the wearer and the load of the body Is dispersed.

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