WO2020138533A1

WO2020138533A1 - Smartphone gimbal for shooting video

Info

Publication number: WO2020138533A1
Application number: PCT/KR2018/016712
Authority: WO
Inventors: 이성식
Original assignee: 주식회사 파인데이
Priority date: 2018-12-26
Filing date: 2018-12-27
Publication date: 2020-07-02
Also published as: KR20200079663A

Abstract

The present invention relates to a smartphone gimbal used when shooting a video or the like using a smartphone, the smartphone gimbal comprising: a mounting part including a pair of holders between which a smartphone can be placed and fixed and which are coupled in such a manner that the spacing distance between the pair of holders can be adjusted in the up and down direction or the right and left direction of a center plate; a first operation part of which one end is connected to the rear surface of the center plate, and at the other end of which a first rotation unit is formed; a second operation part of which one end is connected to the first rotation unit, and at the other end of which a second rotation unit is formed; and a port part of which the lower end is a grip and the upper end is a connector unit coupled to the second rotation unit.

Description

Smartphone gimbal for video shooting

The present invention is a technology related to a smart phone gimbal used when shooting a video or the like using a smart phone.

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, the spread of portable electronic devices, including video recording functions such as smartphones, is becoming more common, and the use of such portable electronic devices makes it easier to take pictures or videos.

The image capturing apparatus of such a portable electronic device, for example, a camera module, has been developed to have high performance while being small in size in accordance with the trend of miniaturization of the portable electronic device.

However, with the miniaturization of the camera module, the user experiences a sharp decrease in the sharpness of the captured image even with small shaking as the pixel size of the image sensor becomes smaller. In addition, in a media era where a person produces a variety of contents, demand for video recording increases, and camera module shake caused by user movement during video recording may be a big problem.

Therefore, a gimbal device is required as a mounting means to automatically compensate for the shaking of the image taking device or the user's movement using a rotating means such as a motor, thereby helping to shoot a high quality image.

On the other hand, with the advent of the 1-person media era, anyone who owns a smartphone can broadcast one person, and in particular, there is a need and request to easily upload videos taken in real time to YouTube and so on. It is increasing.

However, most people have difficulty in editing the recorded video because they do not have any expertise in broadcasting, and also have difficulty when shooting videos.

As a prior art related to the present invention, Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1667394 entitled "Handling and Wearable Portable Terminal Stabilizer" is known. 1 is a perspective view of a gripping and wearable portable terminal shake correction device according to the prior art.

As shown, the portable terminal having a photographing function is mounted detachably mounted; A gimbal unit provided with a plurality of rotating means connected to the mounting unit to provide a driving force for rotating the mounting unit and the portable terminal mounted on the mounting unit in a roll, pitch, yaw axis ; The rear end of the gimbal part is fixed, and an angular velocity sensor that senses 3-axis motion and generates a signal corresponding thereto, and a controller that controls the driving of the gimbal part by receiving signals from the angular velocity sensor, and the angular velocity sensor, rotation means, and controller A body part incorporating a battery capable of supplying power to itself; And a handle part composed of a body fixed removably fixed to a rear end of the body part and a remote control coupled to be separated from the body, wherein the remote control is connected to the controller by wire or wireless to receive various signals for operation of the gimbal part. It is characterized by having an operation unit for input.

The present invention is to provide a smart phone gimbal that can be used universally by mounting a smart phone having different dimensions for each manufacturer.

In addition, the present invention is to provide a smart phone gimbal that allows the user to automatically edit in a desired form at the same time as shooting a video.

Smartphone gimbal for video shooting of the present invention to achieve the task as presented, a pair of holders to be fixed to fit the smartphone, but to adjust the distance between each other up and down or left and right of the center plate Fermented parts including; A first operation part having one end connected to the rear surface of the center plate and a first rotating part formed at the other end; A second operation part having one end connected to the first rotating part and a second rotating part formed at the other end; It characterized in that it comprises a; the lower side becomes a gripping portion, and the upper side is a post part that becomes a connector portion coupled to the second rotating portion.

Preferably, the center plate is provided with an adjustment lever that can adjust the mutual distance of the holder on the front or rear surface.

Preferably, an adjustment motor is provided on the rear surface of the center plate to adjust the distance between the holders, and the holder is provided with a pressure sensor so that when a smartphone is inserted between the holders, the set pressure value is recognized by the pressure sensor. Until the adjustment motor is operated until the smartphone is fixed by the holder.

Preferably, the gripping portion is provided with an operation button for controlling the first rotating portion and the second rotating portion, and an editing setting button for automatic editing during video recording.

The smart phone gimbal for video shooting according to the present invention has an effect that a smartphone of a variety of different sizes can be easily mounted to shoot a desired video.

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to broadcast a video in real time by automatically editing a combination of sounds such as various background music and sound effects when shooting a video.

1 is a perspective view of a gripping and wearable portable terminal shake compensation device according to the prior art.

2 is a perspective view of a smart phone gimbal for video shooting according to the present invention.

3 is a plan view of a smartphone gimbal.

Figure 4 is an exemplary view showing the operation structure of the holder.

5 is a configuration diagram of the grip portion.

6 is a conceptual diagram for the implementation of a smart phone gimbal according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, a smart phone gimbal for video recording according to the present invention will be described in more detail. However, the drawings and the detailed description thereof describe one possible example according to the technical spirit of the present invention, and the technical protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereto.

2 is a perspective view of a smart phone gimbal for video shooting according to the present invention, FIG. 3 is a plan view of a smart phone gimbal, FIG. 4 is an exemplary view showing the operation structure of the holder, and FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of the gripping part , Figure 6 is a conceptual diagram for the implementation of a smart phone gimbal according to the present invention.

As shown, the smart phone gimbal (A) of the present invention is to include a stationary part 100, a first operating part 200, a second operating part 300, a post part 400.

The mounting part 100 is made of a center plate 110 and a pair of holders 120, and is an element to fix the smartphone. More specifically, the plate-shaped center plate 110 is provided, the holder 120 forming a pair of top and bottom or left and right of the center plate 110 are combined, and the pair of holders 120 can adjust the separation distance between each other. It is configured to.

Positioning of the holder 120 connected to the center plate 110 can be largely made in two ways, either a manual method or an automatic method can be applied.

First, a description will be given of a case in which the position adjustment of the holder 120 is performed by a manual method.

In the case of this embodiment, to place the rotary adjustment lever 130 for adjusting the position of the holder 120 on the rear surface of the center plate 110, when the adjustment lever 130 is rotated, a pair of holders 120 move simultaneously It is configured to. For example, when the adjustment lever 130 is rotated to the right, the pair of holders 120 are separated from each other, and when rotated to the left, the distance between the holders 120 is reduced.

The adjustment lever 130 and the holder 120 form a connection structure of a rack-pinion method, so that the rotation of the adjustment lever 130 allows the two holders 120 to move simultaneously.

Each holder 120 is formed with a rack 121 at one end that is inserted into the center plate 110, and a c-shaped insertion groove 122 is formed at the other end, so that one side of the smartphone is inserted into the insertion groove 122. After lifting, if the distance between the two holders 120 is narrowed by operating the adjustment lever 130 so that the smartphone can be fixed, the smartphone is fixed by a pair of holders 120.

A pinion 131 coupled to the rack 121 is provided at an end of the adjustment lever 130 so that the holder 120 can move linearly by the rack-pinion combination.

As another form for adjusting the distance between the pair of holders 120, the adjustment motor 150 may be used. Specifically, the adjustment motor 150 is built into the rear surface of the center plate 110, but the adjustment motor 150 and the holder 120 are connected to each other so that the holder 120 can move according to the operation of the adjustment motor 150. And can be connected in a rack-pinion manner.

And the holder 120 has a U-shaped insertion groove 122, but when the pressure sensor 123 is installed in the insertion groove 122 to insert a smartphone into the insertion groove 122, the adjustment motor ( 150) is operated so that the adjustment motor 150 is operated until a predetermined set pressure value is reached by the pressure sensor 123, so that the smartphone can be automatically fixed by the holder 120.

Preferably, a holder adjustment button 410 for adjusting the position of the holder 120 is provided on the post part 400 to be described later, so that the control of the adjustment motor 150 can be easily performed.

In particular, in the case of the smart phone gimbal (A) of the present invention, since the position of the holder 120 can be adjusted, each manufacturer has an advantage that it can be universally used in different sizes of smart phones.

The first operation part 200 connected to the center plate 110 constituting the mounting part 100 is provided, and the first operation part 200 allows the mounting part 100 to be rotated about a first axis. do.

That is, one end of the first operation part 200 is to be connected to the rear surface of the center plate 110, and the first rotation part 210 is formed at the other end so that the mounting part 100 is rotated by the first rotation part 210. Can be operated.

Meanwhile, the second operation part 300 is provided, and one end of the second operation part 300 is connected to the first rotation part 210, and the second rotation part 310 is formed at the other end. The second operation part 300 may be rotated by the second rotation unit 310.

In addition, a post part 400 is provided, the lower end side of the post part 400 becomes the gripping part 400a, and a connector part 400b to which the second rotating part 310 is coupled is formed on the upper side.

The first rotation unit 210 and the second rotation unit 310 are provided with a predetermined motor (not shown) to control the attitude of the smartphone mounted on the mounting part 100 while the motor rotates forward and backward according to a control signal. do.

Of course, the first operation part 200 and the second operation part 300 are equipped with a gyro sensor and an acceleration sensor for position control so that posture control is possible in conjunction with a motor so that shaking can be minimized during video recording. It is composed.

The gripping portion 400a of the post part 400 is provided with an operation button 420 for controlling the first rotating portion 210 and the second rotating portion 310, and the aforementioned holder adjustment button 410 may be provided. In addition, an editing setting button 430 may be provided to set automatic editing during video recording.

In the case of the smart phone gimbal (A) for video shooting according to the present invention, a multi-sound function is provided in the smart phone gimbal itself, so that various sound effects can be applied simultaneously with the shooting.

To this end, the multi-sound playback unit 500 is built into the postpart 400, and various background music, sound effects, and the like can be reproduced according to user manipulation.

The smartphone is equipped with a dedicated video production app 600, and a user can mount a smartphone in a smartphone gimbal and activate the multi-sound function to shoot a video.

Video editing is performed to combine the background music or sound effects selected by the user with the captured video, and the edited video may be configured to be transmitted to a content server or a streaming server.

The multi-sound playback unit 500 provided in the postpart 400 is connected to a smartphone by wire or wirelessly to upload the selected sound to a dedicated video production app 600 embedded in the smartphone, especially the multi-sound playback unit There is a voice modulation function in 500, and when the user selects and activates the voice modulation function, the user's voice can be modulated and combined with the video.

On the other hand, preferably, since the multi-sound playback unit 500 is equipped with various sounds, the user can select two or more sounds when selecting the sound, and in this case, the recorded video is divided into a plurality of videos by the selected number of sounds. It can be produced and transmitted to a content server or a streaming server.

That is, it is possible to allow a plurality of videos to be edited to be one video but to create a different atmosphere.

More preferably, when the user selects a plurality of sound functions, priority is given so that the selected first sound is combined with the video so that it can be broadcast in real time through a streaming server, and the selected second sound is combined with the video and then the server. Or other storage.

The smart phone gimbal for video recording according to the present invention as described above allows a single media broadcaster to easily record a video, while minimizing shaking through posture control, and combining sound with video recording at the same time. It has the advantage of being able to be edited and edited in real time without the need for additional post-production.

The smartphone gimbal for video shooting of the present invention can be used as a useful tool for a single broadcaster.

Claims

A mounting part including a pair of holders to be fixed by inserting a smart phone, but coupled to adjust the separation distance between the top and bottom or left and right of the center plate;

A first operation part having one end connected to the rear surface of the center plate and a first rotating part formed at the other end;

A second operation part having one end connected to the first rotating part and a second rotating part formed at the other end;

The lower side becomes a gripping part, and the upper side is a post part that becomes a connector part coupled to the second rotating part; a smartphone gimbal for video recording.
According to claim 1,

Smartphone gimbal for video shooting, characterized in that the center plate is provided with an adjustment lever that can adjust the mutual distance of the holder on the front or back.
According to claim 1,

On the back of the center plate, an adjustment motor is built in to adjust the distance between the holders, and the holder is equipped with a pressure sensor until a set pressure value is recognized by the pressure sensor when a smartphone is inserted between the holders. Smartphone gimbal for video recording, characterized in that the adjustment motor is operated so that the smartphone can be fixed by the holder.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,

In the gripping portion,

Smart phone gimbal for video shooting, characterized in that the operation button for controlling the first and second rotating parts and an editing setting button for automatic editing during video shooting are provided.