TWM458043U - Photographing apparatus and multi photographing apparatuses - Google Patents

Abstract

A photographing apparatus includes a photographing unit, a positioning unit, a processing unit and a signal transmitting unit. The photographing unit captures an image. The positioning unit generates a positioning time signal. The processing unit coupled the photographing unit and the positioning unit receives an enabling signal and the positioning time signal. The processing unit processes the image according to the enabling signal and the positioning time signal and outputs the processed image. The signal transmitting unit is coupled to the processing unit and is suitable to couple to an external apparatus, and outputs the processed image to the external apparatus.

Description

Photography device and multi-photographic device

A multi-photographic device, and more particularly to a photographic device and a multi-photographic device that provide simultaneous image recording.

As technology advances, the range of photographic devices is becoming more widespread. The photographing device can be used, for example, for a driving recorder, so that the user can take a traffic condition in front of or behind the car when driving, so that it can be photographed by the driving recorder when an accident or the like needs to be read. Instant image to clarify responsibility. Alternatively, the photographing device can be applied, for example, to a competition venue in order to make the ranking of the contestant more accurate.

For a general driving recorder, the camera device configured is started to perform image recording after the user starts up. In order to be more clearly responsible for the occurrence of the accident, the user needs to install more photographic devices for the driving recorder to record the multi-directional images.

However, since the photographing device of the driving recorder immediately performs image recording after the user starts up, the starting time of each photographing device is different, and each set time is different, so that the images acquired by the respective photographing devices are corresponding. The timeline is not the same. As a result, the time axes of the recorded images of the respective imaging devices are not synchronized, and a misjudgment may occur in the interpretation of the images recorded by the respective imaging devices of the driving recorder. Therefore, there is still room for improvement in the photographic apparatus.

The present invention provides a photographic device and a multi-photographic device for providing a shadow Like the function of simultaneous recording.

A photographing device disclosed in the present invention comprises a photographing unit, a positioning unit, a processing unit and a signal transmission unit. The photography unit is used to capture images. The positioning unit is configured to generate a positioning time signal. The processing unit is coupled to the camera unit and the positioning unit for receiving the enable signal and the positioning time signal, and correspondingly processing the image according to the enabling signal and the positioning time signal, and outputting the processed image. The signal transmission unit is coupled to the processing unit and is adapted to be coupled to the external device for outputting the processed image to the external device.

In an embodiment, the aforementioned photographing unit comprises a charge coupled device photographic lens or a complementary metal oxide semiconductor photographic lens.

In an embodiment, the positioning unit comprises a global positioning system chip.

A multi-photographic device disclosed in the present invention comprises a plurality of cameras and a host. The aforementioned cameras respectively include a photographing unit, a positioning unit, a processing unit and a signal transmission unit. The photography unit is used to capture images. The positioning unit is configured to generate a positioning time signal. The processing unit is coupled to the camera unit and the positioning unit for receiving the enable signal and the positioning time signal, and correspondingly processing the image according to the enabling signal and the positioning time signal, and outputting the processed image. The signal transmission unit is coupled to the processing unit for outputting the processed image. The host is coupled to the signal transmission unit for receiving the processed image and storing the processed image.

In an embodiment, the aforementioned photographing units respectively include a charge coupled device photographic lens or a complementary metal oxide semiconductor photographic lens.

In an embodiment, the aforementioned positioning units each comprise a global positioning system chip.

The photographic device and the multi-imaging device disclosed in the present invention detect whether both the enable signal and the positioning time signal are received by the processing unit as a basis for corresponding processing of the image. Then, the photographing device can further transmit the processed image to the external device (or the host) through the transmission unit to perform image storage and subsequent processing operations. In this way, the recorded images can be recorded at the same time or at the same time to achieve the synchronization on the time axis, which can effectively avoid the image recording error caused by the image recording being out of synchronization, thereby increasing the use. Convenience.

The features and implementations of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

100‧‧‧Photographing device

110‧‧‧Photographic unit

120‧‧‧ Positioning unit

130‧‧‧Processing unit

140‧‧‧Signal transmission unit

200‧‧‧Multiple camera

210, 220, 230‧‧‧ camera

240‧‧‧Host

Figure 1 is a schematic view of the novel photographic apparatus.

Figure 2 is a schematic view of the novel multi-photographic apparatus.

In the various embodiments listed below, the same reference numerals will be used to refer to the same or similar elements.

Please refer to "Figure 1" for a schematic view of the new type of photographic device. The photographing apparatus 100 of the present embodiment includes a photographing unit 110, a positioning unit 120, a processing unit 130, and a signal transmission unit 140.

The photographing unit 110 is used to capture an image. The photographing unit 110 includes, for example, a charge coupled device (CCD) photographic lens or a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) photographic lens for capturing an image.

Further, the photographing unit 110 further includes a shutter. That is to say, when the photographing unit 110 performs image capturing on an object, images of different exposure amounts can be obtained according to the setting of the shutter speed. For example, the faster the shutter speed is, the less light the ambient light source enters the photographing unit 110, and the less the exposure amount, so that the image captured by the photographing unit 110 is darker. vice versa.

The positioning unit 120 is configured to generate a positioning time signal. In this embodiment, the positioning unit 120 includes, for example, a Global Positioning System (GPS) chip for connecting with a satellite to obtain a positioning coordinate, thereby performing a positioning function on the photographing device 110. The user can know the location of the photographing device 100 through the aforementioned positioning coordinates.

In addition, after the positioning unit 120 is connected to the satellite, the positioning unit 120 is connected. The time synchronization signal provided by the satellite is received, and the signal is synchronized according to the time to generate a corresponding positioning time signal. That is to say, the positioning time signal generated by the positioning unit 120 and the time synchronization signal provided by the satellite can be synchronized on the time axis. The positioning time signal is, for example, Pulse Per Second (PPS), that is, the positioning unit 120 generates one pulse wave signal every one second.

The processing unit 130 is coupled to the camera unit 110 and the positioning unit 120 for receiving the enable signal and the positioning time signal, and correspondingly processing the received image according to the enabling signal and the positioning time signal to output the processed image. . The enabling signal is used, for example, as a basis for controlling the image capturing apparatus 100 to start image recording, and the enabling signal can be generated, for example, by a user pressing a button disposed on the photographing device 100 or by a user operating a remote controller. produce.

In this embodiment, when the processing unit 130 receives the enable signal, the processing unit 130 starts to control the photographing unit 110 to capture the image, that is, the photographing device 100 starts image recording. Moreover, the processing unit 130 receives the positioning time signal, for example, every 1 second, receives one pulse wave signal. Then, the processing unit 130 records the generation time in the currently captured image according to the generation time of the positioning time signal.

For example, when the enable signal is generated at 9:30 and 1.5 seconds, the processing unit 130 receives the enable signal, and controls the photographing unit 110 to capture the image, so that the photographing device 100 starts recording the image. Then, when the positioning time signal is generated at 9:30:2, the processing unit 130 records the generation time of the 9:30:2 second in the currently captured image. Thereafter, when the positioning time signal is generated at 9:30:3, the processing unit 130 records the generation time of the 9:30:3 second in the currently captured image. The rest is analogous.

The signal transmission unit 140 is coupled to the processing unit 130 and is adapted to be coupled to an external device for outputting the processed image to the external device. In this embodiment, the signal transmission unit 140 can be connected to the external device by way of wire or wireless, for example, by transmitting the image to the external device through a wired or wireless manner, so that the external device stores the image in a storage device and performs corresponding Follow-up.

In this way, since the processed image has the generation time corresponding to the positioning time signal, and the generation time is synchronized with the time provided by the satellite, the time of the image recorded by the photographing apparatus 100 is more accurate, so as to increase the convenience in use. . Therefore, when the user wants to know the state of the image recorded by the photographing device 100, only the external device needs to input the desired time, and the external device can read the image corresponding to the time in the storage device according to the time. And displayed on a display unit for the user to watch.

In another embodiment, when the processing unit 130 receives the enable signal, the processing unit 130 does not control the photographing unit 110 to capture the image, that is, the photographing device 100 does not start image recording. Then, when the processing unit 130 receives the positioning time signal, for example, receiving the first pulse signal generated by the positioning unit 130, the processing unit 130 controls the photographing unit 110 to start capturing the image according to the positioning time signal.

For example, when the enable signal is generated at 9:30 and 1.5 seconds, the processing unit 130 receives the enable signal, and does not control the photographing unit 110 to capture the image, that is, the photographing device 100 does not perform image recording. Then, when the positioning time signal is generated at 9:30:2, the processing unit 130 controls the photographing unit 110 to capture the image according to the generation time of the 9:30:2, that is, the photographing device 100 starts recording the image. In this way, the time when the photographing apparatus 100 starts recording the image can be synchronized with the time provided by the satellite, so that the photographing apparatus 100 records the time of the image more accurately, so as to increase the convenience of use.

Please refer to "Figure 2" for a schematic diagram of the multi-photographic device of the present invention. The multi-photographic apparatus 200 of the present embodiment includes cameras 210, 220, 230 and a host computer 240. The cameras 210, 220, and 230 include a photographing unit 110, a positioning unit 120, a processing unit 130, and a signal transmission unit 140, respectively. For the coupling relationship between the photographic unit 110, the locating unit 120, the processing unit 130 and the signal transmission unit 140 and related operations, reference may be made to the description of the embodiment of FIG. 1 , and therefore no further details are provided herein. Further, the cameras 210, 220, and 230 can correspond to the photographing apparatus 110 of the embodiment of "Fig. 1".

The host 240 is coupled to the signal transmission unit 140 of each camera 210, 220, 230 for receiving images and storing images. In this embodiment, the foregoing host 240 is, for example, a computer. For example, the cameras 210, 220, and 230 are coupled to each other to capture images recorded by the cameras 210, 220, and 230, and stored in a storage device, such as a hard disk, for reading by the user. The images stored in the storage device are taken to know the status of the images recorded by the cameras 210, 220, and 230.

The foregoing describes the coupling relationship of the components of the multi-photographic apparatus 200 and related operations, which will be exemplified below.

Since the positions of the cameras 210, 220, and 230 are different, the time for the user to press the buttons configured by the cameras 210, 220, and 230 is different, that is, the generation time of the enable signals is different, so the cameras 210, 220, and 230 receive The time to enable the signal may vary. Alternatively, the user generates the enable signal to the cameras 210, 220, 230 by operating the shake control, but the positions of the cameras 210, 220, 230 are different, so that the generation time of the enable signals is also different, so the cameras 210, 220 The time at which 230 receives the enable signal is not necessarily the same. Further, the shutter speed settings of the cameras 210, 220, and 230 are not necessarily the same.

In one embodiment, assume that the camera 210 receives the enable signal, for example, at 9:30, 1.5 seconds, the camera 220 receives the enable signal, for example, at 9:30, 2.3 seconds, and the camera 230 receives the signal, for example, at 9:30:2.7 seconds. To the enable signal, the positioning unit 120 of the camera 210, 220, 230 generates a positioning time signal, for example, at 9:30:1, 9:30:2, 9:30:3, .

Therefore, the camera 210 starts video recording at 9:30 and 1.5 seconds, the camera 220 starts video recording at 9:30 and 2.3 seconds, and the camera 230 starts video recording at 9:30 and 2.7 seconds. Moreover, the processing unit 130 of the camera 210 receives the positioning time signals, for example, at 9:30:2, 9:30:3, ..., and records the time in the currently captured image. The processing unit 130 of the cameras 220, 230, for example, receives the positioning time signals at 9:30:3, 9:30, 4, ..., and records these times in the currently captured image.

In addition, the photographing units 110 of the cameras 210, 220, and 230 respectively perform image capturing according to the shutter speed set by them, so that the same target and the ambient light source are the same. Under the condition, the multi-photographic device 200 acquires images corresponding to different shutter speeds, and the images may correspond to the same time, for example, 9:30:3, 9:30, 4, ..., and so on.

Then, the processing unit 130 of the camera 210, 220, 230 processes the image captured by the shooting unit 110 (for example, an image corresponding to different shutter speeds), and records the generation time of the positioning time signal in the currently captured image. And processing the processed images to the host 240 through the signal transmission unit 140 for image storage and subsequent related processing. In this way, the images recorded by the cameras 210, 220, and 230 can be corresponding to the same time, so as to achieve synchronization on the time axis, which can effectively avoid image synchronization errors caused by image recording, thereby increasing the convenience of use. .

That is to say, the user can input the time by the host 240, and the host 240 can read the image and display it on a display unit according to the time, so as to know the recorded by each camera 210, 220, 230. Image status.

For example, when the time input by the user is 9:30:2, the host 240 only displays the image recorded by the camera 210. Then, when the time when the host 240 plays the image reaches 9:30:3, the host 240 will add the images recorded by the display cameras 220 and 230, that is, the host 240 will simultaneously display the images recorded by the cameras 210, 220, and 230. . In this way, the user can know that 9:30:2, and the cameras 220, 230 have not started recording images.

In addition, when the time input by the user is 9:30:3, the host 240 displays the images recorded by the cameras 210, 220, and 230 at the same time, and the user can know that the cameras 210, 220, and 230 have been Start recording an image.

In another embodiment, it is assumed that the camera 210 receives the enable signal, for example, at 9:30, 1.3 seconds, and the camera 220 receives the enable signal, for example, at 9:30:1.5, and the camera 230 is, for example, at 9:30: 1.8. Receiving the enable signal, but the cameras 210, 220, 230 do not perform the operation of image recording, and the positioning unit 120 of the cameras 210, 220, 230 is, for example, 9:30:1, 9:30:2 , 9:30:3, ..., generate positioning time signal. .

Next, when the processing unit 130 of the cameras 210, 220, 230 is at 9:30 When the positioning time signal is received in 2 seconds, the processing unit 130 of the cameras 210, 220, and 230 controls the camera unit 110 of the cameras 210, 220, and 230 to capture images according to the positioning time signal. That is, the cameras 210, 220, and 230 start the operation of image recording. Moreover, the photographing units 110 of the cameras 210, 220, and 230 respectively perform image capturing according to the shutter speed set by the cameras 210, so that the multi-photographic apparatus 200 can be at the same time under the same target and the same ambient light source ( That is, 9:30:2), shooting is started and images corresponding to different shutter speeds are obtained.

Thereafter, the processing unit 130 of the cameras 210, 220, and 230 receives the images captured by the photographing unit 110 (for example, images corresponding to different shutter speeds), and transmits the images to the host 240 through the signal transmission unit 140 for image storage. And subsequent related processing. In this way, the cameras 210, 220, and 230 start image recording to achieve synchronization on the time axis (that is, synchronized with the time provided by the satellite), which can effectively avoid image recording errors caused by image recording, thereby increasing the use of images. Convenience.

In the foregoing embodiment, the number of cameras is exemplified by three, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and the user may adjust the number of cameras according to the needs thereof, for example, two or more, and refer to the foregoing description. The operation can also achieve synchronization on the time axis of image recording.

The photographic device and the multi-imaging device provided by the embodiment of the present invention receive the enable signal and the positioning time signal by the processing unit as a basis for corresponding processing of the image. That is, the processing unit controls the photographing unit to start capturing images according to the enabling signal, and the processing unit records the time in the currently captured image according to the generation time of the positioning time signal, or the processing unit has a positioning time according to the positioning time. Signal, control the camera unit to start capturing images. Then, the photographing device can further transmit the processed image to the external device (or the host) through the transmission unit to perform image storage and subsequent processing operations. In this way, the recorded images can be recorded at the same time or at the same time to achieve the synchronization on the time axis, which can effectively avoid the image recording error caused by the image recording being out of synchronization, thereby increasing the use. Convenience.

Although the present invention is disclosed above in the foregoing embodiments, it is not intended to be limiting. In the present invention, any skilled person skilled in the art can make some modifications and refinements without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of patent protection of the present invention is defined by the scope of the patent application attached to the present specification. quasi.

100‧‧‧Photographing device

110‧‧‧Photographic unit

120‧‧‧ Positioning unit

130‧‧‧Processing unit

140‧‧‧Signal transmission unit

Claims (6)

A photographic device includes: a photographic unit for capturing an image; a locating unit for generating a positioning time signal; and a processing unit coupled to the photographic unit and the positioning unit for receiving a consistent signal and Locating the time signal, and correspondingly processing the image according to the enabling signal and the positioning time signal, and outputting the processed image; and a signal transmission unit coupled to the processing unit and adapted to be coupled An external device for outputting the processed image to the external device. The photographing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the photographing unit comprises a charge coupled device photographing lens or a complementary metal oxide semiconductor photographing lens. The photographing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the positioning unit comprises a global positioning system chip. A multi-photographic device comprising: a plurality of cameras, each of the cameras comprising: a camera unit for capturing an image; a positioning unit for generating a positioning time signal; a processing unit coupled to the camera unit and the camera unit The positioning unit is configured to receive the consistent energy signal and the positioning time signal, and perform corresponding processing on the image according to the enabling signal and the positioning time signal, and output the processed image; and a signal transmission unit, The processing unit is coupled to output the processed image; and a host coupled to the signal transmission units for receiving the processed images and storing the processed images. The multiple photographing apparatus of claim 4, wherein the photographing units respectively comprise a charge coupled device photographing lens or a complementary metal oxide semiconductor photographing lens. The multi-photographic device of claim 4, wherein the positioning units each comprise a global positioning system chip.