Multifunctional robot camera control console

Abstract

The present invention relates to the fields of photographic equipment, robot products and related mechanical electronics and control technologies in the field of broadcasting and television, and in particular to a multifunctional robot camera control console, which solves the use problem of the control console and comprises a hardware control system assembly and a software control system assembly. The hardware control system assembly at least comprises an aluminum alloy main body shell, an aluminum alloy bottom plate, a three-degree-of-freedom Hall rocker assembly, a three-axis analog spherical control handle, a focus control module, a liquid crystal touch screen assembly, and a physical button circuit board assembly. The industrial computer mainboard assembly is fixed to the aluminum alloy bottom plate by bolts, and adopts two sets of control systems, namely, touch control and physical button main and standby systems. The start buttons are distinguished by color and are equipped with corresponding physical buttons to ensure the safety of program production and reduce misoperation. Both sets of systems can control the horizontal and up and down movements of the robot rocker arm, the horizontal and pitch movements of the pan / tilt head, and the focus and zoom movements of the camera.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the fields of photographic equipment, robot products and related mechanical electronics and control technology in the field of broadcasting and television, and in particular to a multifunctional robot camera control console. Background Art

[0002] Due to the high quality requirements of the radio and television industry for picture quality (such as 4K and 8k quality), the existing manual shooting technology cannot meet the requirements of high-precision picture quality and the remuneration is high. It is impossible to shoot for a long time without rest and cannot solve the problem of picture shaking. The studio currently needs standardized lenses to solve the problems of video quality and efficiency. The existing shooting equipment cannot be standardized and automated. The operation is complicated and not user-friendly. The operator needs to have high professional quality and operation skills. And it cannot transmit data with high precision with the studio VR and AR system. The existing equipment cannot realize the control of multiple robot camera equipment by one device at the same time. The radio and television industry now advocates the "one-person studio concept". At present, the lighting system, switcher, and some peripheral equipment are gradually automated, so the studio camera equipment needs automated equipment to match it. Summary of the invention

[0003] In view of the deficiencies in the existing technology, the present invention provides a multifunctional robot camera control console.

[0004] In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the technical scheme adopted by the present invention is: a multifunctional robot camera control console, including a hardware control system assembly and a software control system assembly, wherein the hardware control system assembly at least includes an aluminum alloy main body shell, an aluminum alloy bottom plate, a three-degree-of-freedom Hall rocker assembly, a three-axis simulation spherical control handle, a focus control module, a liquid crystal touch screen assembly, a physical button circuit board assembly, an industrial computer mainboard assembly, a power module, a video capture card and an I / O interface;

[0005] The aluminum alloy main body shell is connected to the aluminum alloy bottom plate by bolts, the three-degree-of-freedom Hall rocker assembly, the three-axis simulation spherical control handle, the focus control module, the liquid crystal touch screen assembly, and the physical key circuit board assembly are all fixed on the aluminum alloy main body shell, and the industrial computer mainboard assembly is fixed to the aluminum alloy bottom plate by bolts;

[0006] The software control system assembly is based on the architecture of X86 and ModbusTCP communication, and the software control system assembly at least includes Windows operating system, C++ language environment and Basic motion control card language environment.

[0007] The three-degree-of-freedom Hall rocker assembly at least includes a rocker fixing seat, a Hall rocker, a 485 communication interface and a power supply interface.

[0008] The three-axis simulated spherical control handle at least includes a horizontal pitch control assembly and a zoom control assembly;

[0009] The focus control module includes a focus encoder, a focus encoder fixing seat, a focus rotation axis and a focus knob;

[0010] The LCD touch screen assembly includes an LCD touch screen and an LCD touch screen driver board;

[0011] The physical key circuit board assembly includes RGB LED three-color physical keys and an ARM architecture master control circuit board;

[0012] The industrial computer mainboard assembly comprises a CPU, a graphics card, a memory, a cooling fan, a network port, a USB port, a 485 serial port, a 232 serial port, a power supply interface and an HDMI interface.

[0013] The horizontal pitch control assembly includes a horizontal control encoder ball housing fixing seat, a horizontal damping adjustment nut, a conical horizontal rotating flange, a pitch control encoder, a ball housing, a pitch control encoder fixing flange, a pitch control encoder connecting shaft, a grinding disc, a damping adjustment shaft, a ball cover, an upper gasket, a lower gasket and a locking nut;

[0014] The zoom control assembly comprises a counterweight, a zoom encoder housing, a signal on-off button, a torsion spring, a zoom knob, a rubber handle, a zoom encoder, a zoom encoder fixing seat and a zoom encoder shaft connecting seat.

[0015] The pitch control encoder is fixed to the pitch control encoder fixing flange by bolts, the pitch control encoder fixing flange is fixed to the ball housing by bolts, the pitch control encoder connecting shaft is fixed to the shaft of the pitch control encoder by a top screw, and the joint between the grinding plate and one end of the flange of the pitch encoder connecting shaft and the damping adjustment shaft is filled with damping grease.

[0016] The ball housing is connected to the conical horizontal rotating flange by bolts, the conical horizontal rotating flange is embedded in the horizontal damping adjusting nut, the horizontal damping adjusting nut is fixedly assembled on the horizontal control encoder ball housing fixing seat, and the upper gasket and the lower gasket tighten and fix the conical horizontal rotating flange by locking nuts.

[0017] The zoom encoder is fixed on the zoom encoder fixing seat, the zoom encoder fixing seat is fixedly connected to the zoom encoder housing, a counterweight is fixed to the front end of the zoom encoder housing, a rubber handle is fixed to the rear end of the zoom encoder housing, the axis of the zoom encoder and the zoom encoder axis connecting seat are fixed by a top screw, the zoom knob and the zoom encoder axis connecting seat are fixed by bolts, and the zoom knob and the zoom encoder axis connecting seat are rotated left and right to reset by a torsion spring.

[0018] The video acquisition card is provided with a single-channel or multi-channel SDI signal acquisition module.

[0019] The I / O interface is respectively connected with the three-axis simulation spherical control handle, the physical button circuit board assembly and the Basic motion control card.

[0020] The network port in the industrial computer mainboard assembly is connected to the network port of the peripheral device, the 485 serial port is connected to the three-degree-of-freedom Hall rocker interface, the CPU is connected to the 232 serial port, the HDMI interface is connected to the liquid crystal touch screen driver board, and the focus encoder, zoom encoder, horizontal control encoder, and pitch control encoder are connected to the ARM architecture master control circuit board.

[0021] Beneficial effects of the present invention: The multifunctional robot camera control console provided by the present invention adopts two control systems, namely, touch control and physical button control. The start button is distinguished by color and equipped with corresponding physical buttons to ensure the safety of program production and reduce misoperation. Both systems can control the horizontal and up and down movement of the robot rocker arm, the horizontal and pitch movement of the pan / tilt head, and the focus and zoom movement of the camera. The program scenes are scientifically managed, and 10 programs and 512 scenes can be preset. Different program scenes correspond to independent background operations, which are easy to call.

[0022] The six-axis simulation control console of the present invention solves the problem of remotely controlling the operation of the robot equipment with six degrees of freedom. The feel and damping fully simulate the traditional broadcast-level equipment, which makes it easy for customers to get started and improves the efficiency of program production. The electric following and automatic operation intelligent switching of the present invention can control the automatic camera equipment through the software interface and can also be controlled through the six-axis simulation console. The present invention solves the problem of filming, remote control shooting at a long distance and in a special position through intelligent automatic control; solves the control shooting of the camera with high precision and intelligent automatic lens; adopts the video card face recognition technology to capture the facial features and let the robot track follow the Automatically judge the running speed according to people's emotions; light recognition function, the control panel screen display buttons and physical button RGB indicator lights show different colors according to the robot's running status; zoom and focus, the zoom knob integrated on the joystick has moderate damping and can be easily operated with the thumb; the focus knob is located on the left panel, and the operation is simple and easy to use; unlimited control, the red button on the zoom lever can pause the connection function between the joystick and the robot. When the gimbal is controlled at a large angle, the joystick position is limited. You can press the pause button to reset the joystick position for easy control; one-to-many control, a robot control panel can be connected and controlled with multiple robots. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0023] Figure 1 The figure is a schematic diagram of the overall appearance of the robot camera control console of the present invention;

[0024] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the robot camera control console interface of the present invention;

[0025] Figure 3 It is a cross-sectional view of the horizontal pitch control assembly of the three-axis simulated spherical control handle of the robot camera control console of the present invention;

[0026] Figure 4 It is a cross-sectional view of the zoom control assembly of the three-axis simulated spherical control handle of the camera control console of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0027] like Figure 1-Figure 4 As shown, the multifunctional robot camera control console includes a hardware control system assembly and a software control system assembly, wherein the hardware control system assembly at least includes an aluminum alloy main body shell A, an aluminum alloy bottom plate B, a three-degree-of-freedom Hall rocker assembly C, a three-axis analog spherical control handle D, a focus control module E, a liquid crystal touch screen assembly F, a physical button circuit board assembly G, an industrial computer mainboard assembly, a power module, a video capture card and an I / O interface;

[0028] The aluminum alloy main body shell A is connected to the aluminum alloy bottom plate B by bolts, the three-degree-of-freedom Hall rocker assembly C, the three-axis simulation spherical control handle D, the focus control module E, the liquid crystal touch screen assembly F, and the physical key circuit board assembly G are all fixed on the aluminum alloy main body shell A, and the industrial computer mainboard assembly is fixed to the aluminum alloy bottom plate B by bolts;

[0029] The software control system assembly is based on the architecture of X86 and ModbusTCP communication, and the software control system assembly at least includes Windows operating system, C++ language environment and Basic motion control card language environment.

[0030] The three-degree-of-freedom Hall rocker assembly C at least includes a rocker fixing seat 22, a Hall rocker, a 485 communication interface and a power interface.

[0031] The three-axis simulated spherical control handle D at least includes a horizontal pitch control assembly and a zoom control assembly;

[0032] The focus control module E comprises a focus encoder, a focus encoder fixing seat 22, a focus rotation axis and a focus knob;

[0033] The LCD touch screen assembly F includes an LCD touch screen and an LCD touch screen driver board;

[0034] The physical key circuit board assembly G includes RGB LED three-color physical keys and an ARM architecture master control circuit board;

[0035] The industrial computer mainboard assembly comprises a CPU, a graphics card, a memory, a cooling fan, a network port, a USB port, a 485 serial port, a 232 serial port, a power supply interface and an HDMI interface.

[0036] The horizontal pitch control assembly includes a horizontal control encoder 1, a ball housing fixing seat 2, a horizontal damping adjustment nut 3, a conical horizontal rotating flange 4, a pitch control encoder 5, a ball housing 6, a pitch control encoder fixing flange 7, a pitch encoder connecting shaft 8, a grinding disc 9, a damping adjustment shaft 10, a ball cover 11, an upper gasket 12, a lower gasket 13 and a locking nut 14;

[0037] The zoom control assembly includes a counterweight 15, a zoom encoder housing 16, a signal on / off button 17, a torsion spring 18, a zoom knob 19, a rubber handle 20, a zoom encoder 21, a zoom encoder fixing seat 22 and a zoom encoder 21 shaft connecting seat 23.

[0038] The pitch control encoder 5 is fixed to the pitch control encoder fixing flange 7 by bolts, the pitch control encoder fixing flange 7 is fixed to the ball housing 6 by bolts, the pitch encoder connecting shaft 8 is fixed to the shaft of the pitch control encoder 5 by a top screw, and the grinding plate 9 is filled with damping grease at the joint between the pitch encoder connecting shaft 8 and one end of the flange of the damping adjustment shaft 10.

[0039] The spherical shell 6 is connected to the conical horizontal rotating flange 4 by bolts, the conical horizontal rotating flange 4 is embedded in the horizontal damping adjustment nut 3, the horizontal damping adjustment nut 3 is fixedly assembled on the horizontal control encoder 1 and the spherical shell fixing seat 2, and the upper gasket 12 and the lower gasket 13 are tightened and fixed to the conical horizontal rotating flange 4 by the locking nut 14.

[0040] The zoom encoder 21 is fixed on the zoom encoder fixing seat 22, the zoom encoder fixing seat 22 is fixedly connected to the zoom encoder housing 16, the counterweight 15 is fixed to the front end of the zoom encoder housing 16, the rubber handle 20 is fixed to the rear end of the zoom encoder housing 16, the axis of the zoom encoder 21 and the zoom encoder 21 axis connecting seat 23 are fixed by a top screw, the zoom knob 19 and the zoom encoder 21 axis connecting seat 23 are fixed by bolts, and the zoom knob 19 and the zoom encoder 21 axis connecting seat 23 are rotated left and right by a torsion spring 18 to achieve reset.

[0041] The video acquisition card is provided with a single-channel or multi-channel SDI signal acquisition module.

[0042] The I / O interface is respectively connected to the three-axis simulation spherical control handle D, the physical button circuit board assembly G and the Basic motion control card.

[0043] The network port in the industrial computer mainboard assembly is connected to the network port of the peripheral device, the 485 serial port is connected to the three-degree-of-freedom Hall rocker interface, the CPU is connected to the 232 serial port, the HDMI interface is connected to the LCD touch screen driver board, and the focus encoder, zoom encoder 21, horizontal control encoder 1, and pitch control encoder 5 are connected to the ARM architecture master control circuit board.

[0044] The multifunctional robot camera control console has external interfaces including 4 USB ports A7, 2 Ethernet ports A2 / A3, a 30-pin plug A1, an SDI video input interface A4, an SDI video output interface A5, and a 220V power interface A6.

[0045] Working principle: 1. Three-degree-of-freedom electronic control of the rocker arm. The 485 communication protocol in the three-degree-of-freedom Hall rocker assembly C communicates with the industrial computer mainboard assembly, and transmits the data to the robot camera rocker arm through modbus TCP, thereby realizing the control of the robot camera rocker arm's XYZ space three-degree-of-freedom movement through the rocker;

[0046] 2. The camera pan / tilt has 4-DOF tracking technology. The three-axis simulated spherical control handle D cooperates with the focus control module E to collect data corresponding to the four encoders through the ARM architecture master control circuit board, and communicates the data with the industrial computer through 232. The industrial computer transmits the data to the robot camera pan / tilt through modbus TCP. Through basic language programming, the pan / tilt, pitch, focus, and zoom following movements are realized. The movement speed and acceleration of the three-axis simulated spherical control handle D are completely consistent with those of the camera pan / tilt, without delay. The control damping simulates the cameraman's operating feel through the mechanical structure to achieve precise, smooth, and jitter-free control.

[0047] 3. Physical button one-key start technology. The physical button circuit board assembly G integrates 21 physical RGB LED programmable physical buttons. Through the ARM architecture master control circuit board ARM chip programming environment, it realizes communication with the 232 serial port of the industrial computer motherboard assembly to control the position of the one-key start scene corresponding to the software interface. And three colors are defined as three operating indication states to reduce user misoperation.

[0048] The control principle of the multifunctional robot camera control console for one or multiple robot devices, and the detailed function implementation are as follows:

[0049] Through the software interface and the agreed modbusTCP protocol, 1. The robot rocker arm can be controlled with 7 degrees of freedom, the pan / tilt head with 4 degrees of freedom, and the tripod with 5 degrees of freedom. 2. The scene can be started and the scene points can be saved with one button, and the button positions can be colored. 3. Functions such as emergency stop and reset can be realized. 4. The function of switching between multiple cameras can be realized. 5. The electronic control and automatic control that simulate the cameraman's hand feel can be seamlessly switched. 6. Through the video capture card, the function of presenting multi-channel or single-channel video images on the software interface can be realized, and the corresponding button position can be screenshot when storing points. 7. The device under the Windows system architecture can save or start the scene through the built-in mouse and keyboard configurable shortcut keys. 8. The access control instructions compatible with the centralized control equipment are realized. 9. The programming of multi-camera and multi-sequence scenes can be realized, which can be run according to the timeline.

[0050] Beneficial effects of the present invention: a multifunctional robot camera control console provided by the present invention adopts two control systems of touch and physical buttons as main and standby systems. The start buttons are distinguished by color and are equipped with corresponding physical buttons to ensure the safety of program production and reduce misoperation; both systems can control the horizontal and up and down movement of the robot rocker arm, control the horizontal and pitch movement of the pan / tilt head, and control the focus and zoom movement of the camera; program scenes are scientifically managed, 10 programs and 512 scenes can be preset, and different program scenes correspond to independent background operations, which are easy to call; the six-axis simulation control console of the present invention solves the problem of remotely controlling the operation of the robot equipment with 6 degrees of freedom, and the feel and damping fully simulate the traditional broadcast-level equipment, so that customers can easily get started and improve the efficiency of program production; the electric following and automatic operation intelligent switching of the present invention can control the automated camera equipment through the software interface, and can also be controlled through the six-axis simulation console ; The present invention solves the problems of film and television shooting, remote control shooting at long distances and special locations through intelligent automatic control; solves the control shooting of high-precision, intelligent and fully automatic lenses of cameras; adopts video card face recognition technology to capture facial features, so that the robot trajectory can automatically judge the speed of operation according to people's emotions; light recognition function, the control console screen display buttons and physical button RGB indicator lights, display different colors according to the running status of the robot; zoom and focus, the zoom knob integrated on the joystick has moderate damping and can be easily operated with the thumb; the focus knob is located on the left panel, and the operation is simple and easy to use; unlimited control, the red button on the zoom lever can pause the connection function between the joystick and the robot. When the pan-tilt head is controlled at a large angle, the position of the joystick is limited, and the pause button can be pressed to reset the position of the joystick for easy control; one-to-many control, a robot control console can be connected and controlled with multiple robots.

[0051] In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "center", "up", "down", "front", "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inside" and "outside" indicate directions or positional relationships based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, rather than indicating or implying that the device or element referred to must have a specific direction, be constructed and operated in a specific direction, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation on the present invention. At the same time, the basic principles, main features and advantages of the present invention are shown and described above, which should be understood by technicians in this industry.

Claims

1. Multifunctional robot camera control console, characterized in that: It includes a hardware control system assembly and a software control system assembly, wherein the hardware control system assembly at least includes an aluminum alloy main body shell, an aluminum alloy bottom plate, a three-degree-of-freedom Hall rocker assembly, a three-axis analog spherical control handle, a focus control module, an LCD touch screen assembly, a physical button circuit board assembly, an industrial computer mainboard assembly, a power module, a video capture card and an I / O interface; The aluminum alloy main body shell is connected to the aluminum alloy bottom plate by bolts, the three-degree-of-freedom Hall rocker assembly, the three-axis simulation spherical control handle, the focus control module, the liquid crystal touch screen assembly, and the physical key circuit board assembly are all fixed on the aluminum alloy main body shell, and the industrial computer mainboard assembly is fixed to the aluminum alloy bottom plate by bolts; The software control system assembly is based on the architecture of X86 and ModbusTCP communication, and the software control system assembly at least includes Windows operating system, C++ language environment and Basic motion control card language environment; The three-degree-of-freedom Hall rocker assembly at least includes a rocker fixing seat, a Hall rocker, a 485 communication interface and a power interface; The three-axis simulated spherical control handle at least includes a horizontal pitch control assembly and a zoom control assembly; The focus control module includes a focus encoder, a focus encoder fixing seat, a focus rotation axis and a focus knob; The LCD touch screen assembly includes an LCD touch screen and an LCD touch screen driver board; The physical key circuit board assembly includes RGB LED three-color physical keys and an ARM architecture master control circuit board; The industrial computer mainboard assembly includes a CPU, a graphics card, a memory, a cooling fan, a network port, a USB port, a 485 serial port, a 232 serial port, a power supply port and an HDMI port; The horizontal pitch control assembly includes a horizontal control encoder ball housing fixing seat, a horizontal damping adjustment nut, a conical horizontal rotating flange, a pitch control encoder, a ball housing, a pitch control encoder fixing flange, a pitch control encoder connecting shaft, a grinding disc, a damping adjustment shaft, a ball cover, an upper gasket, a lower gasket and a locking nut; The zoom control assembly includes a counterweight, a zoom encoder housing, a signal on / off button, a torsion spring, a zoom knob, a rubber handle, a zoom encoder, a zoom encoder fixing seat and a zoom encoder shaft connecting seat; The pitch control encoder is fixed to the pitch control encoder fixing flange by bolts, the pitch control encoder fixing flange is fixed to the ball housing by bolts, the pitch control encoder connecting shaft is fixed to the shaft of the pitch control encoder by jackscrews, and the joint between the grinding disc, the pitch encoder connecting shaft and one end of the flange of the damping adjustment shaft is filled with damping grease; The ball housing is connected to the conical horizontal rotating flange by bolts, the conical horizontal rotating flange is embedded in the horizontal damping adjusting nut, the horizontal damping adjusting nut is fixedly assembled on the ball housing fixing seat of the horizontal control encoder, and the upper gasket and the lower gasket are tightened and fixed to the conical horizontal rotating flange by locking nuts; The zoom encoder is fixed on the zoom encoder fixing seat, the zoom encoder fixing seat is fixedly connected to the zoom encoder housing, a counterweight is fixed to the front end of the zoom encoder housing, a rubber handle is fixed to the rear end of the zoom encoder housing, the axis of the zoom encoder and the zoom encoder axis connecting seat are fixed by a top screw, the zoom knob and the zoom encoder axis connecting seat are fixed by bolts, and the zoom knob and the zoom encoder axis connecting seat are rotated left and right to reset by a torsion spring.

2. The multifunctional robot camera control console as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: The video acquisition card is provided with a single-channel or multi-channel SDI signal acquisition module.

3. The multifunctional robot camera control console as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that: The I / O interface is respectively connected with the three-axis simulation spherical control handle, the physical button circuit board assembly and the Basic motion control card.

4. The multifunctional robot camera control console as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that: The network port in the industrial computer mainboard assembly is connected to the network port of the peripheral device, the 485 serial port is connected to the three-degree-of-freedom Hall rocker interface, the CPU is connected to the 232 serial port, the HDMI interface is connected to the liquid crystal touch screen driver board, and the focus encoder, zoom encoder, horizontal control encoder, and pitch control encoder are connected to the ARM architecture master control circuit board.

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