Underwater camera

Abstract

The invention relates to a camera, particularly an underwater camera which is composed of a horizontal and vertical movement mechanism, a seal housing and a camera module, wherein the horizontal and vertical movement mechanism is mainly composed of a main bracket, an auxiliary bracket, two gear wheels and two drive motors, wherein a camera module is fixed on the auxiliary bracket; the auxiliary bracket is installed on the main bracket; the main bracket and the first gear wheel are fixed together; and the center of the first gear wheel is provided with a conductive slip ring for power supply and signal switching/transmission. The camera carries out power supply and signal transmission/switching with the outside through the conductive slip ring in the horizontal and vertical rotation process, and the slip ring ensures the camera module not to power down or lose signals in the normal operation process so as to operate continuously, and also ensures that the brackets can continuously rotate by 360 degrees. Therefore, by using a simple mechanism, the camera can rotate by 360 degrees in the horizontal direction and +/-90 degrees in the vertical direction underwater, thereby implementing omnidirectional observation and widening the visual field underwater.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a camera, in particular to an underwater camera capable of omnidirectional observation. Background technique [0002] With the continuous development of people's production and life, underwater cameras, as a modern underwater surveillance equipment, are used more and more widely, such as diving competitions, aquaculture, environmental monitoring and so on. [0003] At present, there are roughly two types of underwater camera structures: a camera with a fixed camera lens and a camera with a camera lens that can rotate with the corresponding mechanism. A video camera with a fixed camera lens has a fixed and limited camera monitoring range, which is inconvenient to use. The camera whose camera lens can rotate with the corresponding mechanism, such as my country ZL200410009490.8 discloses an underwater camera system, and its rotating mechanism includes: a horizontal shaft, a horizontal motor, a horizontal gear reduction group, a v...

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The camera with a fixed camera lens has a fixed and limited camera monitoring range, which is inconvenient to use

The camera whose camera lens can rotate with the corresponding mechanism, such as my country ZL200410009490.8 discloses an underwater camera system, and its rotating mechanism includes: a horizontal shaft, a horizontal motor, a horizontal gear reduction group, a vertical shaft, a vertical motor, and a vertical gear reduction group etc., its complex structure

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