KR20030016453A - Apparatus for controlling three-dimension photography mechanism - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A control device of a three-dimensional photographing system is provided to obtain a three-dimensional image by automatically and consecutively photographing an object. CONSTITUTION: A rotation mechanism secures an object(4) to be photographed and rotates the object according to predetermined rotation frequency. A vertical transfer mechanism mounts a digital camera(14) toward the object and transfers the digital camera vertically. A rotation driving element is driven to rotate the rotation mechanism. A vertical transfer driving element is driven to vertically transfer the vertical transfer mechanism. Illuminating elements(8a,8b,8c) illuminate the object secured on the rotation mechanism. A main board(24) controls lighting of the illuminating elements, controls the digital camera to consecutively photograph the object, being synchronized with a rotational angle of the rotation mechanism and a vertical transfer angle of the vertical transfer mechanism.

Description

Apparatus for controlling three-dimension photography mechanism}

The present invention relates to a control device for a three-dimensional imaging device, and more particularly, to control a three-dimensional imaging device for controlling a three-dimensional imaging device that three-dimensionally photographs a rotating photographed object by moving the camera up and down. Relates to a device.

In general, for the sale of goods through online shopping malls, the demonstration of goods through exhibitions or exhibitions of various manufacturing and trading companies, and the introduction of products on shopping television broadcasting, in order to overcome blind spots that consumers cannot directly look at the goods. It is to provide a high resolution still image image of the appearance of the product.

On the other hand, in the case of a high-resolution still image photographed to show the appearance of the product can only express one-sided appearance of the product, the problem is that it is insufficient to satisfy the understanding and satisfaction of the product of the consumer. have.

In order to solve this problem, recently, a three-dimensional photographing system has been developed and applied to photograph a product's overall appearance in a three-dimensional manner through a video camera and to produce a video file. The produced video file is used to check the appearance of the product three-dimensionally in an internet shopping mall.

On the other hand, such a three-dimensional photographing system is provided with a separate studio, a plurality of lighting devices for illuminating the recording by using a large space of the studio is installed, as well as the overall appearance of the photographed state with the back screen as a background is arranged In order to take a three-dimensional image by using a photographing camera, operating equipment for moving the photographed object should be installed.

The 3D image photographed by the photographing camera allows the operator to delete unnecessary backgrounds through a separate computer device and to reprocess only the necessary image part.

However, in such a conventional three-dimensional imaging system, the operator must manually turn on the lighting device manually, and operate expensive operation equipment for moving the photographed object by a complicated process as well as manually photographing the photographing camera. Since it should be performed as a, there is a disadvantage that it is difficult to obtain a three-dimensional image of the desired shooting point and size.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional circumstances, and an object thereof is to enable continuous shooting for the production of a three-dimensional image synchronously in a rotational state of a photographic object and in a transport state of an up / down direction of a camera. It is to provide a control device of a three-dimensional imaging device for controlling.

1 is a view showing the configuration of a three-dimensional imaging device to which the control device according to the present invention is applied,

Figure 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the control device of the three-dimensional imaging device according to the present invention,

3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the control device of the three-dimensional imaging device according to the present invention.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

6: turntable motor, 10: sensor unit,

14: digital camera, 16: vertical feed motor,

20: computer body, 22: function input unit,

24: main board, 28: input port,

30a to 30c: data input / output port, 32: hard disk drive,

34: network interface card (NIC), 40: main control unit,

42: turntable drive control unit, 44, 48: relay output unit,

46: Vertical feed drive control unit.

According to the present invention for achieving the above object, in the three-dimensional imaging apparatus having a digital camera for three-dimensionally photographing a predetermined object, a rotation mechanism for seating the image and rotated according to a predetermined number of revolutions And a vertical transfer mechanism for vertically moving in the up / down direction by mounting the digital camera toward the photographed object, rotation driving means driven to rotate the rotation mechanism, and vertically moving the vertical transfer mechanism vertically. Vertical transfer driving means driven to transfer, lighting means for illuminating the photographed object seated on the rotation mechanism, and controlling the lighting of the lighting means, the rotation angle of the rotation mechanism and the vertical of the vertical transfer mechanism The digital camera continuously shoots recordings in synchronization with the transport angle Provided is a control device for a three-dimensional imaging device composed of three-dimensional imaging control means for controlling to.

Hereinafter, the present invention configured as described above will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

That is, Figure 1 is a view showing the configuration of a three-dimensional imaging mechanism to which the control device according to the present invention is applied.

As shown in FIG. 1, according to the three-dimensional photographing mechanism to which the control apparatus of the present invention is applied, the turntable 2 on which the predetermined photographing object 4 is seated has a circular shape to facilitate rotation of the photographing object 4. It rotates by the rotation drive of the turntable motor 6, and is interlocked.

At the lower end of the turntable 2, three-wavelength fluorescent lamps 8a are installed to remove the shadows generated by the photographed material 4, and the turntable 2 passes illumination light generated from the three-wavelength fluorescent lamps 8a. It is made of a milky white translucent resin material.

In addition, a spot lamp 8b and a back screen lamp 8c are respectively provided on both sides of the turntable 2 to illuminate the photographed object 4 as a whole.

In addition, the lower end of the turntable 2 is provided with a sensor unit 10 for detecting the rotation angle of the turntable 2, the sensor unit 10 of various sensing methods such as optical sensors or magnetic sensors Any sensor may be employed.

In the same figure, one side of the turntable 2 is coupled to a digital camera 14 for continuously photographing the photographed object 4, and the digital camera 14 is synchronized with the rotation angle of the turntable 2. Vertical photographing angle adjusting bar 12 for transferring in the up / down direction is installed.

The digital camera 14 is a rotation angle of the turntable 2 from the sensor unit 10 by a predetermined angle, such as 10 °, the vertical shooting angle adjustment bar 12 is moved upward or downward by a predetermined angle Each photographed object 4 seated on the turntable 2 is photographed one by one every time it is transferred to, thereby photographing the overall appearance of the photographed object 4 by performing continuous photographing over time. One multiple image (e.g. 36 images) is produced.

2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the control device of the three-dimensional imaging device according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the control device of the three-dimensional imaging device according to the present invention includes a computer main body 20, a function input unit 22, a signal input / output unit 38, a main control unit 40, and a turntable driving control unit ( 42), the relay output section 44, the vertical transfer drive control section 46, and the relay output section 48.

In the figure, the computer main body 20 includes a main board 24 having a central processing unit (CPU) 26, an input port 28, a plurality of data input / output ports 30a to 30c, and a hard disk drive. 32, a network interface card 34, and a communication port 36.

In the computer main body 20, the main board 24 executes a three-dimensional photographing control program by data calculation processing of the central processing unit 26, and takes photographs according to user settings received from the function input unit 22. The rotation speed of (4) and the adjustment state of the vertical conveying angle of the digital camera 14 are controlled, and the hard disk drive receives the entire image file of the photographed object 4 photographed continuously from the digital camera 14. 32).

Here, the main board 24 trims each shot image file received from the digital camera 14 through the data input / output port 30a according to the execution of the 3D shooting control program. The image size of the trimming processing by the three-dimensional image capturing control program is determined by the user's operation of the function input unit 22 as stored in the drive 32.

The main board 24 has a three-wavelength fluorescent lamp 8a, a spot lamp 8b, and a back screen lamp 8c through the data input / output port 30a according to the start of the three-dimensional photographing by the user operation of the function input unit 22. ), The rotation drive of the turntable motor 6 and the vertical transfer motor 16 are controlled through the data input / output port 30c, and the digital camera 14 is photographed through the data input / output port 30b. To control the operation.

In addition, in the main board 24, when the continuous shooting of the digital camera 14 is completed and the entire three-dimensional image file is trimmed and stored in the hard disk drive 32, the plurality of image files are stored in a network interface card ( 34) enables on-line transmission to other networked computer terminals or web servers that are connected over the Internet.

The hard disk drive 32 stores image files continuously shot from the digital camera 14 in a state in which a system operating program such as Windows or Linux and a program for controlling 3D shooting are stored.

The network interface card 34 is for interfacing web information data that can be exchanged via an internet communication network. The network interface card 34 includes a LAN card or a modem.

In the same figure, the function input unit 22 performs an input for user setting the rotation speed of the turntable 2 and the vertical transfer angle of the digital camera 14 for three-dimensional photographing of the photographed object 4, and 3 For inputting the start and end of the dimensional imaging, it is composed of a keyboard and a mouse device.

The main controller 40 receives a control command from the main board 24 through the signal input / output unit 38 to adjust the rotation speed of the turntable 2 and the vertical transfer angle of the digital camera 14. It generates a control signal for.

The turntable driving control unit 42 is controlled by the main control unit 40 and rotates the turntable motor 6 according to a preset rotational speed according to the rotation angle sensing state of the turntable 2 from the sensor unit 10. The relay output unit 44 is controlled to drive.

Here, when the turntable driving control unit 42 receives a detection signal according to the detection of the rotation angle of the turntable 2 from the sensor unit 10, the main control unit 40 receives an information signal according to the detection result of the rotation angle. The main controller 40 transmits a control command according to the rotation angle detection from the sensor unit 10 to the main board 24 through the signal input / output unit 38.

The vertical transfer driving control unit 46 transfers the vertical photographing angle adjusting bar 12 according to a preset vertical transfer angle under the control of the main control unit 40, through a relay output unit 48. It will rotate (16).

Each of the relay outputs 44 and 48 is relay-switched by control signals from the turntable drive controller 42 and the vertical feed drive controller 46 to each turntable motor 6 and the vertical feed motor 16. Supply the driving power.

Next, the operation of the present invention made as described above will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 3.

First, when a predetermined photographing object 4 is installed on the top surface of the turntable 2 (step S10), the rotation speed of the turntable 2 and the number of rotations according to the characteristics of the photographing object 4 by the user input of the function input unit 22 and The vertical transfer angle range of the digital camera 14 is set, and the main board 24 of the computer main body 20 controls three-dimensional photographing from the hard disk drive 32 under the arithmetic processing of the central processing unit 26. The program is executed to set input items input by the user by the function input unit 22 (step S11).

In this state, the main board 24 side of the computer main body 20 determines whether the function input unit 22 has performed a function input for starting a photographing operation under the execution of the three-dimensional photographing control program (step S12).

As a result of the determination, when the function input unit 22 determines that the function input for initiating the three-dimensional photographing operation has been performed, the three-wavelength fluorescent lamp 8a for illuminating the turntable 2 through the data input / output port 30a is performed. And the spot lamp 8b and the back screen lamp 8c are turned on and the turntable 2 is rotated at a preset rotation speed through the data input / output port 30c, and the digital camera 14 is preset. It generates a control command to be transferred in the up / down direction according to the vertical transfer angle. At the same time, in the main board 24 of the computer main body 20, the digital camera 14 rotates the turntable 2 and the rotation angle of the turntable 2 through the data input / output port 30b under execution of a three-dimensional imaging control program. It is controlled to perform the photographing operation continuously in synchronization with the vertical conveying angle of the vertical photographing angle adjusting bar 12 (step S13).

Accordingly, the main control unit 40 receives a control command from the three-dimensional photographing control program executed by the main board 24 through the signal input / output unit 38, and then the turntable driving control unit 42 and the vertical transfer driving control unit. A control signal for driving control of 46 is generated.

The turntable drive control unit 42 is controlled by the main control unit 40 and rotates the turntable motor 6 through the relay output unit 44 so that the turntable 2 is rotated at a preset rotational speed. At the same time, the vertical transfer drive control unit 46 rotates the vertical transfer motor 16 through the relay output unit 48 under the control of the main control unit 40 so that the digital camera 14 rotates. The mounted vertical photographing angle adjusting bar 12 is vertically transported in the upper or lower direction according to the preset conveying angle.

Meanwhile, the sensor unit 10 detects the state in which the turntable 2 is rotated by a predetermined angle unit, for example, 10 °, and generates a rotation angle detection signal accordingly, and the turntable driving control unit 42 generates the sensor. In addition to adaptively driving the turntable motor 6 in response to a detection signal from the unit 10, an information signal for the rotation angle detection result is output to the main control unit 40, and the main control unit 40. When receiving the result information signal according to the sensor detection transmits the control command according to the rotation angle detection to the computer main body 20 through the signal input and output unit 38.

Accordingly, the main board 24 of the computer main body 20 synchronizes with the digital camera in synchronization with a detection result of a predetermined angle unit of the turntable 2 detected from the sensor unit 10 according to execution of a three-dimensional imaging control program. The shooting point of time (14) is adjusted.

Subsequently, the main board 24 trims an image file captured and transmitted from the digital camera 14 at an image size set by a user operation of the function input unit 22 under execution of a three-dimensional photographing control program. To be stored in the hard disk drive 32 (step S14).

In this state, the main board 24 determines whether or not the shooting is finished as the image file photographed from the digital camera 14 is received according to the number of sheets set in the three-dimensional shooting control program (step S15). .

As a result of the determination, when it is determined that continuous three-dimensional photographing by the digital camera 14 is finished, the network interface card 34 stores a plurality of digital image files trimmed and stored in the hard disk drive 32. The transmission is transmitted to a remote computer terminal or a web server connected on the Internet communication network (step S16).

It is a matter of course that the present invention having the above-described embodiments can be variously modified and implemented without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention without departing from the embodiments.

As described above, according to the present invention, in order to obtain a three-dimensional image by continuously photographing the recording in synchronization with the rotation angle of the turntable on which the recording is seated and the vertical transfer angle of the digital camera, manual operation of the operator This becomes unnecessary and has an effect of easily acquiring a captured image having a desired shooting point and size.

Claims (7)

In the three-dimensional imaging device having a digital camera for taking a three-dimensional shooting of a predetermined object, A rotation mechanism for seating the photographed object and rotating it at a predetermined rotation speed; A vertical transfer mechanism for mounting the digital camera toward the photographed object and vertically moving it in an up / down direction, Rotary drive means driven to rotate the rotation mechanism; Vertical transfer driving means driven to vertically transfer the vertical transfer mechanism in an up / down direction; Lighting means for illuminating the photographed object seated on the rotation mechanism; In addition to controlling the lighting of the lighting means, and in accordance with the rotation angle of the rotation mechanism and the vertical transfer angle of the vertical transfer mechanism is configured to three-dimensional imaging control means for controlling the digital camera to shoot the photographing continuously Control device of a three-dimensional photographing mechanism. 2. The rotation driving control unit according to claim 1, wherein the rotation driving unit generates a driving control signal for rotating the rotation mechanism at a predetermined rotation speed by the control of the three-dimensional photographing control unit, and the rotation driving control unit. And a relay output unit which is relay-switched by control, and a rotation drive motor driven by being supplied with power by switching of the relay output unit to rotate the rotation mechanism. According to claim 1, wherein the vertical transfer drive means is a vertical transfer drive control unit for generating a drive control signal for vertical transfer of the vertical transfer mechanism by the control of the three-dimensional imaging control means, and the drive of the vertical transfer drive control unit And a relay output unit for relay switching by control, and a vertical transfer motor driven by being supplied with power by switching of the relay output unit to vertically transfer the vertical transfer mechanism in the up / down direction. Control device of photographing apparatus. The vertical control mechanism according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the three-dimensional photographing control means controls the lighting of the lighting means, and the rotational speed of the rotation mechanism set by the user input of the function input unit and the vertical of the vertical transfer mechanism. And a main controller for controlling the continuous shooting of the digital camera synchronously according to the feeding angle, and a main controller for controlling the rotation driving controller and the vertical transfer driving controller according to the control of the computer apparatus. Control device for 3D imaging equipment. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the computer device is configured to receive a plurality of image files photographed continuously from the digital camera, trim them to a set image size, and store the image files in a hard disk drive. The 3D photographing apparatus of claim 5, wherein the computer apparatus is configured to transmit a plurality of consecutive 3D image files stored on the hard disk drive online through an information communication network as the continuous photographing of the digital camera ends. Control device of the appliance. The method of claim 4, further comprising a sensor unit for detecting the rotation angle of the rotation mechanism, And the computer device is configured to control a photographing time point of the digital camera in synchronization with a rotation angle of a rotation mechanism detected from the sensor unit.