KR20130064533A - Attachable patch-type camera - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An attachable patch-type camera is provided to acquire the image information of the user point of view without disturbing the activity of a user. CONSTITUTION: A patch-type camera(100) includes an attachment unit(110), an image information acquisition unit(120) and a communication unit(130). The attachment unit is attached to a user. The image information acquisition unit is formed on the attachment unit, and acquires the image information of the user point of view. The communication unit is formed on the attachment unit, and transmits the acquired image information to an external receiver. [Reference numerals] (110) Attachment unit; (120) Image information acquisition unit; (130) Communication unit; (140) Power supply unit

Description

Patch type camera {ATTACHABLE PATCH-TYPE CAMERA}

Embodiments of the present invention relate to a patch-type camera, and more particularly, to a patch-type camera that can be attached to the user's uniform to obtain image information of the user's point of view.

Existing sports athletics are relayed to viewers using broadcast equipment installed outside the stadium in order not to interfere with the athlete's sports activities.

However, viewers want a more realistic sports relay from realistic video and audio, and there are many limitations in relaying to meet the needs of viewers only by the broadcast equipment installed outside the stadium.

In addition, even when judging whether a player violates the game rules, there is a disadvantage in that accurate image reading is impossible only with images obtained from broadcasting equipment located outside the stadium.

In order to solve this problem, Korean Laid-Open Publication No. 2002-0080299 (Invention name: sports relay system using a sports equipment with a wireless transmission device) is a wireless transmission attached to the sports equipment, such as a ball (ball) We have proposed an exercise equipment and a broadcast relay system using the same so that the device directly collects and transmits the site sound inside the sports stadium.

However, the conventional broadcast relay system has a problem that the microphone is attached to the exercise equipment, and there is only a problem of obtaining the voice information around the exercise equipment, and when the exercise equipment is far away from the athlete, the voice information is not properly acquired. It does not have a problem.

In order to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, the present invention is to propose a patch-type camera that can be attached to the uniform of the user to obtain the image information of the user view.

Other objects of the present invention may be derived by those skilled in the art through the following examples.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention to achieve the above object, a patch-type camera attached to the user to obtain the image information of the user view, the attachment portion attached to the user; An image information acquisition unit formed on the attachment unit and acquiring image information of the user's viewpoint; And a communication unit formed on the attachment unit and transmitting the obtained image information to an external receiving device.

According to the present invention, there is an advantage in that it is possible to obtain image information of the user's viewpoint without disturbing the user's activity.

1 is a view showing the operation of a patch-type camera according to the present invention.
2 is a view showing a detailed configuration of a patch-type camera according to an embodiment of the present invention.

While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof are shown by way of example in the drawings and will herein be described in detail. It should be understood, however, that the invention is not intended to be limited to the particular embodiments, but includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention. Like reference numerals are used for like elements in describing each drawing.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a view showing the operation of the patch-type camera 100 according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the patch-type camera 100 according to the present invention may be attached to the player's uniform 10 to obtain image information of the player's viewpoint and transmit the image information to the external receiving device 20.

In this case, the patch-type camera 100 is attached to the athlete's uniform 10 in front of the athlete to obtain image information of the athlete's viewpoint.

In addition, the external receiving apparatus 20 processes the image information received from the patch-type camera 100 and provides it to a broadcaster so that the image information may be finally used for sports relaying.

Accordingly, the sports relay viewer can not only watch the sports with the images of various players 'viewpoints, but also designate an arbitrary athlete and watch the sports with the images of the designated athletes' viewpoints.

In addition, according to another embodiment of the present invention, it is also possible to additionally receive the voice information around the designated player, it is possible to watch sports more lively.

Meanwhile, in the present invention, for convenience of description, it is assumed that the patch-type camera 100 is attached to the player's uniform 10 to obtain image information of the player's viewpoint, but the present invention is not limited thereto. The patch-type camera 100 may be attached to a specific part of the user in various environments requiring information of the user's viewpoint.

2 is a view showing a detailed configuration of a patch-type camera 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the patch-type camera 100 may include an attachment unit 110, an image information acquisition unit 120, a communication unit 130, and a power supply unit 140. The image information acquisition unit 120, the communication unit 130, and the power supply unit 140 are all formed on the attachment unit 110. Hereinafter, the function of each component will be described in detail.

First, the attachment part 110 is provided with attachment means for attaching the patch-type camera 100 according to the invention to the uniform 10 of the athlete. For example, the attachment part 110 may be a fiber or Velcro tape coated with an adhesive that may be attached to the uniform 10.

Since the attachment portion 110 should not interfere with the movement of the athlete, it is preferable that the attachment portion 110 is made of a thin flexible material, such as the uniform 10.

Subsequently, the image information acquisition unit 120 acquires an image of a user's viewpoint and converts it into a digital signal, and may be formed on the attachment unit 110 as described above.

In order to process an image of a dynamic athlete's point of view due to the nature of an athletic event, the image information acquisition unit 120 is capable of at least VGA still image and CIF-class video recording, and covers a wide range of light from low to high illumination. The camera module may have a frame rate of 30 frames / sec or more. For example, the image information acquisition unit 120 may be a camera module including an image sensor such as a charge coupled device (CCD) or a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS).

In addition, a wide focus lens may be applied to the image information acquisition unit 120 to cover a wide range of focus from a proximity image to a far field image, such as a player's field of view, and to supply power to the patch-type camera 100. Since the power supply unit 140 is also ultra-thin, it is preferable that the image information acquisition unit 120 is a low power driving camera module.

And, since the image information acquisition unit 120 is formed on the attachment portion 110 should not interfere with the movement of the athlete, for example, the image information acquisition unit 120 may be produced in a total size 1cm * 1cm * 1cm (width * length * height). .

Next, the communication unit 130 is formed on the attachment unit 110 and transmits the image information obtained by the image information acquisition unit 120 to the external receiving device 20.

The communication unit 130 may be connected to the external receiving device 20 through a wireless network, where the wireless network may be a satellite network, a communication network, and a mobile communication network.

On the other hand, for efficient transmission of the image information, the image information obtained by the image information acquisition unit 120 may be compressed and then transmitted to the external receiving device 20 by the communication unit 130, as described below Since the supply unit 140 is formed to be extremely thin, a compression technique with less power consumption may be applied.

The compressed data may be transmitted through a low power consumption data transmission technique such as variable power consciousness, power conscious error correction code selection, and the like. However, various methods for low power data transmission are not limited thereto. It may be applied to the camera 100.

As described above, since the patch-type camera 100 is attached to the athlete's uniform 10 so as not to interfere with the movement of the athlete, the communication unit 130 is also preferably made of a flexible antenna.

The present invention relates to a patch-type camera 100 that can be attached to the athlete's uniform (10), since the configuration to be a sports relay by transmitting the acquired image information wirelessly, because it is a well known technique, more detailed description is omitted. Let's do it.

Subsequently, the power supply unit 140 is formed on the attachment unit 110 to supply power to the image information acquisition unit 120 and the communication unit 130.

The power supply unit 140 may be attached to the uniform 10 of the athlete and at the same time do not interfere with the movement of the athlete, it may be a battery made of a flexible material of the ultra-thin form.

In addition, the ultra-thin battery of the power supply unit 140 may be connected to a plurality of layers so that sufficient power may be supplied to the image information acquisition unit 120 and the communication unit 130.

On the other hand, the patch-type camera 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include a voice information acquisition unit for obtaining the voice information around the athlete or a gyro module for obtaining the position or movement information of the athlete, the voice The information acquisition unit and the gyro module may also be designed with a small size and low power so that the information acquisition unit and the gyro module may be formed on the attachment unit 110 together with other components.

In this case, the acquired voice information of the athlete's viewpoint and the athlete's position and motion information may be transmitted to the external receiving apparatus 20 by the communication unit 130, similarly to the image information described above, and may receive power from the power supply unit 140. Since it can be supplied, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

As described above, the patch-type camera 100 according to the present invention is attached to the athlete's uniform 10 so as not to interfere with the activity of the athlete, while acquiring the image of the athlete's viewpoint and transmitting the result to the external receiving apparatus 20, resulting in There is an advantage to enable more realistic sports relay.

In the present invention as described above has been described by the specific embodiments, such as specific components and limited embodiments and drawings, but this is provided to help a more general understanding of the present invention, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. For those skilled in the art, various modifications and variations are possible from these descriptions. Accordingly, the spirit of the present invention should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments described, and all of the equivalents or equivalents of the claims, as well as the following claims, belong to the scope of the present invention .

10: uniform 20: external receiving device
100: patch type camera 110: attachment portion
120: image information acquisition unit 130: communication unit
140: power supply

Claims (1)

In the patch-type camera attached to the user to obtain the image information of the user view,
An attachment portion attached to the user;
An image information acquisition unit formed on the attachment unit and acquiring image information of the user's viewpoint; And
A communication unit formed on the attachment unit and transmitting the obtained image information to an external receiving device
Patch type camera comprising a.

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