WO2018099263A1

WO2018099263A1 - Highly interchangeable photography system

Info

Publication number: WO2018099263A1
Application number: PCT/CN2017/110679
Authority: WO
Inventors: 高洪涛; 姚英; 马蕊; 路培璎; 梁晨; 陈飞飞
Original assignee: 维高时代（北京）科技有限公司
Priority date: 2016-12-02
Filing date: 2017-11-13
Publication date: 2018-06-07
Also published as: CN106686288A; CN106686288B

Abstract

Provided in the present invention is a highly interchangeable photography system, comprising a load, a framework structure, and a guide rail connecting member, the load being secured to the framework structure by means of an interface unit, the guide rail connecting member connecting to a base, the interface unit being universal and being suitable for use with different loads, and the guide rail connecting member being capable of securing different framework structures to the base. The present invention can implement different mounting modes for different loads without changing the internal mechanical interface, thus being highly interchangeable. In the present invention, the internal interfaces are all the same, and therefore design of different interfaces is unnecessary; only the load plate needs to be designed, and the other parts are all the same. During the assembly process, the other parts can be assembled, and then different load plates are mounted according to different loads, different load plates having the same mechanical interface; workload is thus reduced.

Description

Highly interchangeable photography system

Technical field

The present invention relates to a photographic system, and more particularly to a photographic system having high interchangeability.

Background technique

The existing gyro-stabilized high-definition photographic system in the prior art mostly adopts a structure in which the load is directly connected to the pedestal, thereby causing a suitable pedestal to be assembled for different loads, thereby causing a base when different loads are interchanged. The seat does not fit the problem. At the same time, when the photographic system is connected to the carrier, the connection between the different photographic systems and the carrier is also different, resulting in no free interchange between different photographic systems and carriers. As a result, the processing cost of the enterprise increases, which is not conducive to the assembly process of the production department.

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to adopt a highly interchangeable mechanical interface structure, thereby enabling interchangeability between different photographic systems, thereby saving cost, improving assembly efficiency in the production department, and high interchangeability.

Summary of the invention

It is an object of the present invention to provide a highly interchangeable photographic system comprising a load, a frame structure and a rail connection, the load being fixed to the frame structure by an interface unit, the rail connection being connected to the base, The interface unit described is versatile and can be adapted to different loads, and the rail connector can secure different frame structures to the base.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the interface unit is a load panel, the frame structure includes a pitch frame and a U-shaped arm, and the pitch frame is installed in a U-shaped opening of the U-shaped arm, and the load is The panel has a positioning screw hole, and the load panel is connected to the load through a positioning rail, and the positioning rail is combined with the positioning screw hole to connect the load to the load panel.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the load panel and the pitch frame are connected by screws.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, there is further provided a camera connector, the camera connector being coupled to the load, the camera connector having a slit circular hole that can be slid into the positioning rail.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the load includes a camera body and a camera lens, the camera connector includes a camera lens connector and a camera body connector, and the camera lens connector is mounted on the camera a camera lens for connecting the camera lens to the load panel, the camera body connector being mounted on the camera body for connecting the camera body Go to the load panel as described.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the camera lens connector has an upper half ring and a lower half ring, and the upper half ring and the lower half ring are fixed by screws or holding. On the camera lens as described.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the rail connecting member comprises a carrier side rail and a photographing system side rail, and the photographing system side rail is connected to the carrier side rail through a chute.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the track connecting member has a carrying handle, and both ends of the photographic system side rail are provided with a threaded hole, and the carrying handle is coupled with the threaded hole, thereby The carrying handles are mounted on both ends of the side rails of the photographic system.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, there is further provided a slide rail button and a pressing block, wherein the photographic system side rail slides into the carrier side rail, and the slide rail button and the pressing block are used to make The carrier side rail is fixed to the photographic system side rail.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, there is further provided a front cover and a rear cover, wherein the front cover and the rear cover are mounted on front and rear surfaces of the frame structure, and the front end surface and the rear end surface have the same structure and can In addition, the front cover and the rear cover are hemispherical surfaces, and the hemispherical surface has a through hole, and the through hole is provided with a metal flange.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, there is also a weight ball crown, the load includes a camera body and a camera lens, the front cover and the associated camera lens are fixed, and the back cover is matched with the camera Heavy ball crown is fixed.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the weight ball crown is a spherical crown structure, and an edge of the weight ball crown is provided with a hole that cooperates with a thread of the metal flange section, and the weight ball The crown is fixedly connected to the metal flange by a screw.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, there is further provided an annular metal weight ring, and the inner surface of the weight ball crown is provided with a threaded hole with a decreasing diameter for mounting the annular metal weight ring of a corresponding diameter.

The invention can carry out different installation modes for different loads under the condition that the internal mechanical interface is unchanged, has high interchangeability, and the internal interfaces of the invention are the same, without different interface design, only the load panel is designed. Yes, the rest of the parts are the same. In the assembly process, other components can be assembled. Finally, different load panels are installed according to different loads. Different load panels and mechanical interfaces are consistent, which reduces the workload. The front and rear covers are all hemispherical and the ball crown is removed. The front cover and the rear cover are completely identical. The metal flange is used as the interface in the mask. When the mask is used as the front cover, different lengths of the lens can be connected. When the mask is used as the back cover, the weight ball crown is connected, which is flexible and versatile. The rail connector is adapted to the connection between different photographic systems and the base, providing a quick-to-install, accurate positioning universal connection.

DRAWINGS

1 is a schematic view showing a mounting position of a load interface type according to the present invention;

2 is a schematic view showing another installation position of a load interface type according to the present invention;

3 is a schematic diagram of a load interface connection of the present invention;

4 is a schematic structural diagram of a load interface according to the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of another load interface according to the present invention; FIG.

6 is a schematic structural view of a camera lens connector component of the present invention; FIG. 7 is another schematic structural view of a camera lens connector component of the present invention; FIG. 8 is a schematic structural view of the rail connector of the present invention;

Figure 9 is a schematic view showing the mounting structure of the rail connecting member of the present invention;

Figure 10 is a schematic view showing the assembly of the load weight structure of the present invention;

Figure 11 is a schematic view showing the structure of a load weight according to the present invention;

Among them, the reference numerals are as follows:

1 frame structure

1a pitch frame

1b U-arm

2 rail connector

3 load panel

4 positioning guide

5 camera lens connector

5a upper half ring

5b lower half ring

5c access hole

5d slit

5e camera body connector

6 Positioning threaded holes

7 load

7a camera lens

7b camera body

8 carrier side rail

9 Photographic system side rails

10 slide button

11 clamp

11a first pressure block

11b second clamp

11c third clamp

12 carrying handle

13 Photographic system

14 U-arm

15 front cover

16 back cover

17 weight ball crown

18 ring metal weight ring

19 threaded holes

detailed description

The present invention provides a highly interchangeable photographic system comprising a load 7, a frame structure 1 and a rail connector 2, wherein the load 7 is fixed to the frame structure 1 and connected to a base (not shown) by a rail connector 2. The load 7 of the present invention is connected to the frame structure 1 through an interface unit, which has versatility and can be adapted to different types of loads 7. Similarly, the rail connector 2 of the present invention is also versatile and can fix different frame structures to Pedestal.

The structure of the interface unit of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS. 1-7.

The frame structure 1 of the present invention includes a pitch frame 1a and a U-shaped arm 1b, and the pitch frame 1a is mounted in a U-shaped opening of the U-shaped arm 1b. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the pitch frame 1a is provided according to different loads. There are different structures of the load panel 3, the load panel 3 is the interface unit fixed by the load 7 and the frame structure, and FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 respectively are two types of load panels. The two load panels differ in that they are used to connect different cameras, the difference being that the positioning rails 4 of Figures 1, 2 and 3 have different positions of the positioning screw holes 6 on the load panel, as shown in Figures 1 and 4. The load panel 3 of the pitch frame 1a is used to connect the SONY camera, and the load panel 3 of the pitch frame 1a shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 5 is used to connect the RED camera. FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 respectively relate the two loads to the load panel 3 A schematic view of the mounting position fixed to the pitch frame 1a after the connection, the connection structure of the different load panel 3 and the pitch frame 1a is the same, both are screw connections, and the positions of the screws are the same, thereby improving the versatility of the connection between the load panel and the pitch frame 1a. .

The interface unit of the present invention will be described below by means of one of the cameras. Referring to Figures 3 and 6, 7, the load 7 of the photographing system of the present invention is basically a camera lens 7a and a camera body 7b, which are disposed on the camera lens 7a. There is a camera lens connector 5, and the camera lens connector 5 has a two-half-ring structure as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7. The upper half ring 5a is protruded from the upper half ring 5a for the positioning guide 4 to slide in. The access hole 5c, the access hole 5c is a through hole provided with a slit 5d, and the structure of the lower half ring 5b is the same, and the access hole with the slit 5d for sliding the positioning guide 4 is also protruded. 5c, the upper half ring 5a and the lower half ring 5b are engaged with each other, and are fixed to the camera lens 7a by screws or holding means, thereby constituting the camera lens connecting member 5a and fixing the camera lens 7a. It should be noted that the protruding distances of the access holes 5c protruding from the upper half ring 5a and the lower half ring 5b may be the same or different, and the access holes on the lower half ring 5b may be used according to actual needs. The 5c setting has a longer extension to accommodate other components in the lower part of the camera lens.

Similarly, the camera body 7b side also has a camera body connector 5e, and the camera body connector 5e has a protruding insertion hole 5c having a slit 5d for sliding the positioning guide 4 into the access hole 5c. The structure of the access hole 5c of the camera body connector 5e is the same as that of the access hole 5c of the camera lens connector 5, and will not be described in detail.

The above-described slit 5d is used to position the camera lens 7a and the camera body 7b, and then the notch is screwed, thereby locking the positioning guide 4 with respect to the camera lens 7a and the camera body 7b to prevent positional change.

The front cover 15 and the rear cover 16 on the front and rear end faces of the pitch frame 1a of the frame structure of the present invention have the same structure and can be interchanged, thereby improving product versatility, and the camera lens 7a and the front cover 15 are fixed, and the weight ball is fixed. The crown 17 and the rear cover 16 are fixed.

The following describes the structure of the

masks

15, 16 in detail by taking the front cover 15 or the rear cover 16 as an example. As shown in FIG. 10, the mask 15 of the present invention is made of carbon fiber and has a hemispherical surface. The center of the spherical surface is provided with a through hole, the through hole is provided with a metal flange, the metal flange has a ring structure, and the metal flange has a ring structure. A thread 81 for connecting the weight ball crown 17 is distributed on the end surface, and the inner surface of the annular structure of the metal flange 8 has an internal thread connecting the camera lens 7a.

As shown in FIG. 11, the weight ball crown 17 of the present invention has a spherical crown structure, and the ball crown edge has a hole matching the thread of the metal flange end face of the back cover, and the weight ball crown 17 is passed through the metal flange by a screw. Fixed on the rear cover 16, the inner surface of the spherical crown of the weight ball crown is distributed with a threaded hole 19 with a decreasing diameter for mounting a ring metal weight ring 18 of a corresponding diameter, and the weight can be installed according to actual requirements. The ring 18 or a plurality of annular metal weight rings 18, as shown in the drawings of the present embodiment, are mounted with two annular metal weight rings 18.

As shown in Figs. 8 and 9, the rail connecting member 2 of the present invention comprises a carrier side rail 8, a photographing system side rail 9, a slide rail 10, a pressing block 11, a carrying handle 12, and a photographing system 14. Wherein the carrier side rail 8 is connected to the carrier base (not shown), the photographic system side rail 9 is connected to the photographic system 13, and the carrier side rail 8 and the photographic system side rail 9 can be passed through, for example, a dovetail slot or a T-slot. The structure is combined with each other, and the slide button 10 and the pressing block 11 are disposed on the side of the moving carrier side rail 8 for combining the moving carrier side rail 8 and the photographic system side rail 9 to fix the relative positions of the two rails to prevent the rail from occurring. Inciting.

The slide button 10 of the present invention has a thin rod of a full threaded rod, and the carrier side rail 8 and the side edges of the photographic system side rail 9 have embedded grooves for embedding the pressure block 11 with a lateral direction in the groove Through hole for full threaded rod passing through the slide button, the compact 11 of the present invention can be divided into a first press block 11a, a second press block 11b and a third press block 11c, wherein the first press block 11a is located on the slide The rail button 10 is opposite to the penetration side of the through hole of the groove, and the second pressing block 11b and the third pressing block 11c are located on the passing side of the through hole of the slide button 10 with respect to the groove, and the third pressing block 11c The upper threaded portion is screwed to the full threaded rod of the slide button 10, so that the carrier side rail 8 and the photographing system side rail 9 can be relatively fixed.

The both ends of the photographing system side rail 8 of the present invention are provided with screw holes, and the transport handle 12 is coupled to the photographing system side rail 9 through the screw holes, thereby constituting a transport handle capable of transporting the photographing system 13. The assembled photographing system is transported to the motion carrier using the transport handle 12, and the handle 12 can be removed after the photographing system side rail 9 connected to the photographing system 13 is slid into the carrier side rail 8.

The load panel 3 of the present invention has the same interface to the pitch frame 1a, and is screw-connected, so that it is only necessary to adapt different load panels when mounting different cameras, and the structure has high interchangeability.

The photographing system according to the present invention may be all photographing systems of the industry, and preferably may be a gyro stabilized high definition photographing system.

The method of using the load panel of the present invention is as follows:

At the time of installation, the load 7 is first connected to the load panel 3, and then the load panel 3 is connected to the pitch frame 1a of the frame structure 1. The load 7 mentioned here is a general term for the camera lens 7a and the camera body 7b mentioned above.

The two different load panels use the same interface, the pitch frame 1a remains the same, and the load panel can be replaced for different optical loads, but the internal mechanical interface remains the same.

Specifically, the order in which the parts are installed is:

1. The upper half ring 5a and the lower half ring 5b of the camera lens connector 5 are hung on the camera lens 7a, and the camera lens connector 5 is fixed to the camera lens 7a by screw fastening or holding;

2. Fixing the camera body connector 5e to the camera body 7b;

3. The positioning guide rail 4 is screwed and fixed in the positioning threaded hole 6 on the load panel 3;

4. Mounting the camera lens 71 on the load panel 3, wherein the positioning guide 4 is slid into the access hole 5c of the camera lens connector 5a fixed on the camera lens 7a, and after determining the position, the notch is pre-tightened with a screw;

5. Mounting the camera body 7b on the other side of the load panel 3, wherein the positioning guide 4 is slid into the access hole 5c of the camera body connector 5e fixed on the camera body 7b, and after the position is determined, the screw is pre-tightened. mouth;

6. The formed load module is mounted on the pitch frame 1a by screwing.

The position of the threaded holes on the pitch frame for connecting the fixed load panel is determined. When the load panel 3 is designed, the corresponding threaded holes are positioned exactly the same. When adapting to different cameras, such as red or SONY or other optical systems, there is no need to redesign the tilt frame, just redesign the load panel, and load panels with cameras, positioning guides, camera connectors, boards and other components, etc. As a whole, the load module is constructed, and after the entire load module is installed, it is completely loaded into the tilt frame. This installation method simplifies the installation steps and is easy to operate. This modular design thinking makes the load modules highly interchangeable.

The invention has the beneficial effects that different installation modes can be performed for different loads without changing the internal mechanical interface, and the internal interface is the same, and different interface designs are not required. Simply design the load panel, the rest of the parts are the same, in the assembly process, to assemble other components, and finally install different load panels according to different loads, different load panels, mechanical interfaces are consistent, reducing The amount of work.

The front and rear covers of the present invention have the same structure, all of which are formed by one-time casting of carbon fiber materials, light weight, high strength, corrosion resistance, and the front and rear covers are hemispherical surfaces to remove a spherical crown, realizing the front cover and the rear cover. It is completely consistent. The mask is equipped with a metal flange as the interface. When the mask is used as the front cover, it can be connected to different lengths of the lens. When the mask is used as the back cover, the weight ball crown is connected, which is flexible and versatile.

The rail connector of the present invention is adapted to the connection between different photographic systems and the pedestal, and is capable of providing a quick-installing, accurate positioning universal connection structure.

It should be emphasized that the structures described in the above embodiments are not limited in any form, and any simple modifications, equivalent changes and modifications made in accordance with the technical essence of the present invention are still in the technical solution of the present invention. Within the scope.

Claims

A highly interchangeable photographic system comprising a load, a frame structure and a rail connection, the load being fixed to the frame structure by an interface unit, the rail connection being connected to the base, the interface unit having a universal It can be applied to different loads, and the rail connector can fix different frame structures to the base.
A photographing system according to claim 1, wherein said interface unit is a load panel, said frame structure comprises a pitch frame and a U-shaped arm, said pitch frame being mounted on said U-arm U In the type of opening, the load panel has a positioning screw hole, the load panel is connected to the load through a positioning rail, and the positioning rail is combined with the positioning screw hole to load the load and the load Panel connection.
The photographing system according to claim 2, wherein said load panel is coupled to said pitch frame by screws.
The camera system of claim 2 further comprising a camera connector, said camera connector being coupled to said load, said camera connector having a slitted aperture for sliding into the positioning rail.
The photographic system of claim 4 wherein said load comprises a camera body and a camera lens, said camera connector comprising a camera lens connector and a camera body connector, said camera lens connection Mounted on the camera lens for connecting the camera lens to the load panel, the camera body connector being mounted on the camera body for The camera body is connected to the load panel.
A photographic system according to claim 5, wherein said camera lens connector has an upper half ring and a lower half ring, said upper half ring and said lower half ring being screwed or A tightly held manner is attached to the camera lens.
The photographing system according to claim 1, wherein said rail connecting member comprises a carrier side rail and a photographing system side rail, and said photographing system side rail is coupled to said carrier side rail through a chute.
The photographing system according to claim 7, wherein the rail connecting member has a carrying handle, and both ends of the photographing system side rail are provided with a threaded hole, and the carrying handle is coupled with the threaded hole, thereby The transport handles described above are attached to both ends of the side rail of the photographing system.
A photographing system according to claim 7, further comprising a slide rail and a pressing block, said photographic system side rail sliding into said carrier side rail, said slide rail button and said press block, The carrier side rail is fixed to the photographic system side rail.
A photographing system according to claim 1, further comprising a front cover and a rear cover, said front cover and said rear cover being mounted on front and rear surfaces of said frame structure, said front end face and said rear end face being identical in structure The front cover and the rear cover are hemispherical, and the hemispherical surface has a through hole, and the through hole is provided with a metal flange.
A photographing system according to claim 10, further comprising a weighted ball crown, said load comprising a camera body and a camera lens, said front cover being fixed to an associated camera lens, said back cover being said The weight ball is fixed in the crown.
The photographic system according to claim 11, wherein the weight ball crown is a spherical cap structure, and an edge of the weight ball crown is provided with a hole that cooperates with a thread of the metal flange section, the weight The spherical cap is fixedly connected to the metal flange by a screw.
The photographic system of claim 11 further comprising an annular metal weight ring, said inner surface of said weight ball crown being provided with a threaded hole of decreasing diameter for mounting said annular metal weight ring of corresponding diameter.