RU179140U1 - FLOATING DEVICE FOR PHOTOGRAPHING - Google Patents

Abstract

The proposed floating device for photographing may include a buoyancy unit used to provide buoyancy, a power source unit used to supply power to electrical units, a unit for photographing under water, located or suspended under a buoyancy unit and used to photograph images under water, a drive unit used to bring the buoyancy unit into motion, and a control system used to control the operation of the electric kih nodes. Since in the floating photographing apparatus according to this utility model, the photographing assembly floats in a body of water, photographing from above is possible, and therefore a wide field of view can be obtained. In addition, a power supply unit and a drive unit are provided, so that a photographing device can monitor an object of interest, and therefore operating costs are reduced and the scope of application is expanded.

Description

The technical field to which the utility model relates.

This utility model relates to imaging technology, in particular, to a floating photographing device that can swim and take photographs underwater.

BACKGROUND

Currently, most of the fishing systems used for underwater detection borrow sonar imaging, through which it is difficult to obtain clear images.

In connection with the stimulation and popularization of digital imaging technologies, when searching for fish or finding it on the seabed, optical imaging devices, such as an underwater camera, have gradually been used. Since a device of this type is usually to be manipulated by a person (for example, a diver), the cost of operation is high, and the scope of use is limited.

Utility Model Essence

The floating photographing device proposed in this utility model may include a buoyancy unit used to provide buoyancy, so that the floating photographing device is capable of at least partially floating in or in water, a power source assembly, located in the buoyancy unit and used to supply power to the electrical components of the floating device for photographing, a unit for photographing under water, located or suspended under the nodes ohm imparting buoyancy and used for photographing images of underwater drive unit disposed in the node giving buoyancy and used to drive node impart buoyancy to move, and the control system used to control the operation of electrical components.

Since in the floating photographing apparatus according to this utility model, the photographing assembly floats in a body of water, photographing from above is possible, and therefore a wide field of view can be obtained. In addition, a power supply unit and a drive unit are provided, so that a photographing device can monitor an object of interest, and therefore operating costs are reduced and the scope of application is expanded.

Specific examples of this utility model will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

1 schematically shows the configuration of a floating photographing device according to Embodiment 1;

figure 2 schematically shows the configuration of a floating device for photographing according to option 2 implementation; and

figure 3 schematically shows the configuration of a floating device for photographing according to option 3 implementation.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

A floating device for photographing in accordance with this utility model can be made in the form of products having different shapes and suitable for different purposes in accordance with the needs of a real application, such as a camera for shooting fish, an underwater observation device or an underwater monitoring device and etc. Their detailed description will be presented below with reference to specific examples.

Option 1 implementation

Figure 1 schematically shows an embodiment of a floating device for photographing in accordance with this utility model, where the background wave represents water, and the same is under the device. The floating photographing apparatus 100 according to this embodiment may include a buoyancy assembly 110, a power supply assembly 120, an underwater photographing assembly 130, a drive assembly 140 and a control system (not shown).

The buoyancy assembly 110 can be used to provide buoyancy so that the photographing buoyant 100 can at least partially float in or in the water. In this embodiment, the buoyancy unit may be formed by objects that have a lower density than water, such as foam or wood, etc. In other embodiments, an inflatable rubber boat can also be used as a buoyancy assembly. In addition to achieving buoyancy due to the buoyancy generated by the material, in other embodiments, the buoyancy assembly can also achieve buoyancy due to the buoyancy generated by the structure. For example, a vessel-shaped buoyancy assembly is possible.

The power unit assembly 120 may be located in the buoyancy assembly 110 and used to supply power to the electrical components of the floating photographing device. In this utility model, the power supply assembly may preferably include the use of renewable energy as an energy source. Therefore, the power supply assembly may generally include an electric power generation unit and an energy storage unit. The power generation unit can be used to generate electrical energy using renewable energy. For example, a power generation unit may be selected from a solar cell, a solar energy generation unit, a wind energy generation unit, and a wave energy generation unit, etc. The energy storage unit can be used to accumulate renewable energy intended for use by the power generation unit, or to store electric energy generated by the power generation unit.

In this embodiment, the power supply assembly may include a photovoltaic panel 121 acting as a power generation unit, and a battery 122 acting as an energy storage unit. In other embodiments, the power generation unit may be a fuel cell, and the energy storage unit may accordingly be a fuel tank.

As a preferred embodiment, the power supply assembly according to this embodiment may further include a low-power alarm unit (not shown) that can be used to alert when the charging capacity of the power supply assembly is below a predetermined value to prevent loss of control of the floating device for taking pictures due to power shortages. A low-power alarm unit can provide alerts based on operational monitoring of the power supply or the remaining energy of the energy storage unit.

The underwater photographing unit 130 may be positioned under the buoyancy assembly and used to photograph underwater images. In other embodiments, the underwater photography unit may also be suspended under the buoyancy unit to be closer to the object to be photographed. The underwater photographing unit may preferably be a wide-angle camera with auto focus and / or zoom, a camera for dynamic shooting, capable of photographing during rotation, or a camera for panoramic shooting, etc.

As a preferred embodiment, the underwater photography unit according to this embodiment may further include an LED lighting unit 131 that can be used to emit visible light or infrared light to illuminate the photography area with the underwater photography unit. Since natural light under water is generally not very good, additional illumination with light emitting diodes (LEDs) will make it easier to obtain sharper images of higher quality.

The drive unit 140 may be located in the floating unit 110 and used to drive the buoyancy unit. A plurality of structural means that are electrically controlled by electricity and suitable for use in water can be used in the drive assembly. For example, in this embodiment, the drive unit may include an electric motor 141 and a mover 142 acting as a drive mechanism. An electric motor can be electrically connected to the power supply assembly and used to provide power take-off. The drive mechanism can be driven by an electric motor and used to generate a force of interaction with water in order to set the buoyancy unit in motion.

As a preferred embodiment, the drive assembly according to this utility model may further include an electrically controlled steering wheel 143 that can be electrically connected to the power supply assembly and used to change the direction of movement of the buoyancy assembly. Thus, it is possible to make more versatile swimming in water floating device for photographing.

The control system can be used to control the operation of electrical components, for which you can borrow many well-known control methods. For example, a control system can be implemented as a control circuit and / or control software and manage electrical components by executing commands. The person skilled in the art is well aware of the configuration that needs to be given to the software and hardware in order to realize the general control functions necessary for the operation of the mentioned nodes. The devices and wires that make up the control system can be concentrated in some physical place, such as on the integrated circuit board, or can, with the same success, be distributed among different components. All control functions can be implemented using a single processor, or you can implement a control function due to the interaction of multiple processors. In addition, with an increase or decrease in the number of electrical nodes, the control system can be introduced or eliminated from it the control functions and the overall coordination of the interaction of the nodes.

As a preferred embodiment, the floating photographing device according to this embodiment may further include a wireless communications unit 150 that can be located on the buoyancy assembly and used to communicate with external (ship or ground) equipment. The transmitted information may include images photographed by the unit for photographing under water, and control commands sent to the control system, etc. Wireless communication methods used by a wireless communication node may include, but are not limited to, infrared, WiFi, Bluetooth, GSM / GPRS / 3G / 4G, or other standard or specialized communication methods. The user can communicate with a floating device for photographing through a hand-held device (for example, a smartphone, tablet computer or a specialized terminal device, etc.) to obtain photographed images and to control the operation of the device for photographing, say, to adjust the zoom factor of the photographing unit under water, controlling the power output of the electric motor and adjusting the direction of the electrically controlled steering wheel, etc.

In addition, in a preferred embodiment, the floating photographing device according to this utility model may further include a bait 160, which may be located under the buoyancy assembly to better attract fish for photographing. In other embodiments, implementation, the bait can also be placed around the site for photographing under water.

In this utility model, the unit for photographing under water is located under the unit for making buoyancy, and the entire device, in essence, is a single unit and therefore compact and simple to implement a waterproof design. The floating photographing apparatus according to this embodiment is suitable for routine monitoring for fishing and observing in shallow water, and also has the advantage of simply processing information. If it is necessary to universally modify the units (for example, for transporting different shooting cameras), removable modular structures can also be used in the units.

Option 2 implementation

Figure 2 schematically shows another embodiment of a floating device for photographing according to this utility model. The floating photographing device 200 according to this embodiment may include a buoyancy assembly 210, a power supply unit 220, an underwater photography unit 230, a drive unit 240, a wireless communication unit 250, a bait 260, and a control system (not shown). With the exception of the differences described below, the description of the nodes may be similar to that given with reference to Embodiment 1, and its details will not be repeated again.

In this embodiment, the buoyancy assembly 210 may be a ship. The power supply unit 220 may include a wind power generator 211 acting as a power generation unit, and a battery 222 acting as an energy storage unit. The underwater photographing unit 230 may be suspended under the hull of the vessel, and the LED lighting unit 231 may be located on the underwater photographing unit 230. The drive unit 240 may include an electric motor 241, a paddle wheel 242 acting as a drive mechanism, and an electrically controlled steering wheel 243 used to control the direction. As the wireless communication unit 250, a unit suitable for long-distance wireless communication, such as a GSM / GPRS / 3G / 4G communication unit, can be selected. The bait 260 can be hung under the node 230 for photographing under water.

As a preferred embodiment, the floating photographing device according to this utility model may further include an electric shaft 270, which may be located in the buoyancy assembly 210. A cable can be wound around this electric shaft. The underwater photographing unit 230 may be suspended under a buoyancy assembly via a cable. The electric shaft 270 can be used to rewind or unwind the cable by rotating to change the depth at which the unit for photographing underwater is in the water, thereby providing universal photographing of images at different depths. In other embodiments, it is also possible to simply wrap the cable around an electric shaft without power, such as selecting a fishing trawl. The bait can be hung under the buoyancy hook by the hook at the end of the fishing trawl selection, and by changing the depth of the bait, you can attract fish in different layers of water or catch it.

In addition, in a preferred embodiment, the floating photographing device according to this utility model may further include a GPS positioning unit 280, which can be used to determine where the device is located, thereby facilitating positioning and control by the user. GPS positioning unit 280 may be integrally formed with wireless communication unit 250.

In addition, in a further preferred embodiment, the floating photographing device according to this embodiment may further include an active or passive sonar 290, which can be positioned under the ship’s hull and used to detect objects such as fish or abnormal objects (debris or organisms on the seabed, etc.). The active sonar in this case can be attributed to the sonar alarm equipment, which can actively transmit sound waves and is equipped with a sound wave detector, and the passive sonar in this case can be attributed to sonar equipment, which simply has a sound wave detector, but does not transmit sound waves.

In this embodiment, wind is used as a renewable energy source. For marine applications, the generation of electricity from wind energy gives a higher energy density and its duration than the generation of electricity from solar energy. Therefore, this embodiment is more suitable for deep sea fish search, fishing or detection in the sea (ocean).

Option 3 implementation

Figure 3 schematically shows another embodiment of a floating device for photographing according to this utility model. The floating photography device 300 according to this embodiment may include a buoyancy assembly 310, a power source assembly 320, an underwater photography assembly 330, a drive assembly 340, a wireless communication assembly 350, an electric shaft 370, a GPS positioning assembly 380, a sonar 390 and a control system (not shown). With the exception of the differences described below, the description of the nodes may be similar to that given with reference to embodiment 1 or 2, and their details will not be repeated again.

In this embodiment, the buoyancy assembly 310 may be a ship. The power source assembly 320 may include a wind power generator 311 acting as a power generation unit, and a battery 322 acting as a power storage unit. The underwater photographing unit 330 may be suspended under the hull of the vessel via an electric shaft 370, and the LED lighting unit 331 may be located on the underwater photographing unit 330. Drive assembly 340 may include an electric water pump 341, a water jet pipe 342 acting as a drive mechanism, and an electrically controlled steering wheel 343 used to control direction. As the node 350 wireless communication, you can choose a block suitable for long-distance wireless communication and can be made as a single unit with the positioning node 380 GPS. Sonar 390 may be located under node 330 for photographing under water.

In this embodiment, a floating generator of electric energy from wave energy is used as an energy source, pump and jet mechanisms are used in the driving system, and invisible infrared LED lighting is used as additional lighting. Therefore, the entire device as a whole has good camouflage and is therefore suitable for monitoring or construction on the seabed.

The principles and embodiments of this utility model are described above with reference to specific examples. However, it should be understood that the foregoing embodiments have been used above to facilitate understanding of this utility model, and should not be interpreted as limitations thereof. An ordinary person skilled in the art will be able to make changes to the above specific embodiments in accordance with the concepts of this utility model.

Claims (32)

1. A floating device for photographing, containing: a buoyancy unit used to provide buoyancy, so that a floating photographing device is capable of at least partially floating in or in water; a power source assembly located in the buoyancy assembly and used to supply power to the electrical components of the floating device for photographing; an underwater photographing unit located under the buoyancy unit and used to photograph underwater images; a drive unit located in the buoyancy unit and used to move the buoyancy unit; and control system used to control the operation of electrical components. 2. The device according to claim 1, in which drive unit contains: an electric motor electrically connected to the power supply assembly and used to provide power take-off; and a drive mechanism that is driven by an electric motor and is used to generate a force of interaction with water to set the buoyancy assembly in motion. 3. The device according to claim 2, in which the drive unit further comprises: an electrically controlled steering wheel electrically connected to the power supply assembly and used to change the direction of movement of the buoyancy assembly. 4. The device according to claim 1, in which power supply unit contains: an electric power generation unit used to generate electric energy using renewable energy; and an energy storage unit used to accumulate renewable energy intended for use by the electric power generation unit, or to store electric energy generated by the electric power generation unit. 5. The device according to claim 4, in which a power generation unit is selected from a solar cell, a unit for generating electricity from solar energy, a unit for generating electricity from wind energy, and a unit for generating electricity from wave energy. 6. The device according to claim 1, additionally containing: a wireless communication unit located in the buoyancy unit and used to communicate with external equipment, the transmitted information including images photographed by the unit for photographing under water, and control commands sent to the control system. 7. The device according to claim 1, additionally containing: an electric shaft located in the buoyancy unit, the cable being wound around the electric shaft, the underwater photography unit is suspended under the buoyancy unit by the cable, and the electric shaft is used to rewind or unwind the cable by rotating to change the depth at which it is in the water there is a site for photographing under water. 8. The device according to claim 1, additionally containing: a bait located under the buoyancy unit or around the underwater photography unit. 9. The device according to claim 1, in which the buoyancy unit is selected from objects of lower density than water, an inflatable rubber boat and a ship. 10. The device according to any one of claims 1 to 9, further comprising one of several of the following structural elements: the unit for photographing underwater further comprises an LED lighting unit used to emit visible light and / or infrared light to illuminate the photographing area with a unit for photographing underwater; the power supply unit further comprises a low-power alarm unit used to alert when the charging ability of the power supply unit is below a predetermined value; wherein the floating photographing device further comprises a GPS positioning unit used to determine the location of the device; and however, the floating device for photographing further comprises an active or passive sonar used to detect objects.

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