A flipping device and a photographing device

Abstract

The application relates to a turnover device which comprises a rotatable mechanical arm, a cooperation mechanism and a material carrying mechanism, the cooperation mechanism is located in the working range of the rotatable mechanical arm, and the cooperation mechanism is located in the working range of the material carrying mechanism; wherein the material carrying mechanism is used for carrying the material to the cooperation mechanism; the cooperation mechanism is used for obtaining the material from the material carrying mechanism and moving the material to the working range of the rotatable mechanical arm; one end of the rotatable mechanical arm is provided with a rotatable material capturing part, the rotatable mechanical arm is used for capturing the material from the cooperation mechanism through the material capturing part and rotating the material capturing part to turn over the material. Through cooperation of the rotatable mechanical arm, the cooperation mechanism and the material carrying mechanism, the application realizes automatic turnover of the material, can reduce the burden of mechanical operation of the operator and improves the work efficiency.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of automation, in particular to a turnover device and a shooting device. BACKGROUND

[0002] With the upgrading of user consumption, the user's trial and update cycle of electronic equipment is getting shorter and shorter, and the inventory and category richness of second-hand electronic equipment are gradually scaled. Second-hand transaction platforms emerge as the times require, and the value of second-hand electronic equipment is realized again through recycling second-hand electronic equipment. In particular, the scale of second-hand transaction of second-hand mobile phones, tablets and other electronic equipment is getting larger and larger.

[0003] Second-hand electronic equipment needs to be photographed for detection before being resold. Taking a smart phone as an example, the display screen, back and four sides of the smart phone need to be photographed. In order to achieve this purpose, the existing solution is to set multiple workstations on the shooting device, or manually cooperate with the phone to turn over during shooting, so as to complete the all-round photographing detection, resulting in that such shooting device is generally large in size and low in automation. SUMMARY

[0004] In view of the technical problems existing in the prior art, the present application provides a turnover device, which comprises: a rotatable mechanical arm, a cooperation mechanism and a material carrying mechanism, the cooperation mechanism is located within the working range of the rotatable mechanical arm, and the cooperation mechanism is located within the working range of the material carrying mechanism; wherein the material carrying mechanism is used to transport the carried material to the cooperation mechanism; the cooperation mechanism is used to obtain the material from the material carrying mechanism and move the material to the working range of the rotatable mechanical arm; one end of the rotatable mechanical arm has a rotatable material capturing part, and the rotatable mechanical arm is used to capture the material from the cooperation mechanism through the material capturing part and rotate the material capturing part to turn over the material.

[0005] The turnover device as described above, wherein the rotatable mechanical arm is further used to place the turned-over material on the material carrying mechanism, so that the material carrying mechanism transports the turned-over material to the next working process.

[0006] The turnover device as described above, wherein the material carrying mechanism comprises: a base and a rotatable part provided on the base; wherein the rotatable part can rotate with the base as a reference.

[0007] The turnover device as described above, wherein the material carrying mechanism comprises: a material capturing unit provided on the rotatable part; the material capturing unit can rotate with the rotatable part as a reference.

[0008] The turnover device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the base is mounted on a slide rail, one end of the slide rail extending into the working range of the cooperating mechanism.

[0009] The turnover device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the cooperating mechanism comprises a support portion and a movable portion disposed on the support portion, the movable portion having a movement range on the support portion overlapping with the movement range of the material capturing portion on the rotatable mechanical arm.

[0010] The turnover device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the cooperating mechanism comprises a support frame, a lifting portion disposed on the support frame, and a material capturing unit disposed on the lifting portion, wherein the lifting portion is capable of lifting in a vertical direction, and the lifting portion is capable of moving laterally along a crossbeam of the support frame, so as to enable the material capturing unit on the lifting portion to enter the working range of the material capturing portion on the rotatable mechanical arm.

[0011] The turnover device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the rotatable mechanical arm comprises at least a first rotation axis and a second rotation axis; wherein, when the material moves into the working range of the rotatable mechanical arm, the rotatable mechanical arm rotates around the first rotation axis, so as to enable the material capturing portion to approach and capture the material; the material capturing portion is mounted on the second rotation axis, and the material capturing portion rotates around the second rotation axis to turn over the material.

[0012] The turnover device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the material capturing portion of the rotatable mechanical arm comprises a vacuum suction cup.

[0013] According to another aspect of the present application, a photographing device is provided, comprising the turnover device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, and a photographing apparatus for photographing the material.

[0014] The photographing device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, further comprising a photographing moving module, the photographing apparatus being disposed on the photographing moving module, the photographing moving module being configured to move the photographing apparatus to adjust the photographing range of the photographing apparatus.

[0015] The photographing device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, further comprising an illuminating device for providing an illuminating environment for the photographing apparatus.

[0016] The photographing device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, further comprising a conveying belt for conveying the material before photographing to the material carrying mechanism, and receiving the material after photographing, and conveying the material after photographing to a downstream.

[0017] The shooting device as described above further comprises a control box, which comprises one or more of an industrial computer, an air pump and a power module; wherein the shooting device is arranged on the control box, the industrial computer is used to control the working timing of the shooting device, the air pump is used to drive the shooting device to move to a preset range, and the power module is used to provide electric energy for the shooting device.

[0018] The shooting device as described above further comprises an operation module, which comprises a display unit used to display the shooting progress and the current shooting material information, and an operation unit used to adjust the working parameters of one or more of the rotatable mechanical arm, the cooperation mechanism, the material bearing mechanism and the shooting device.

[0019] The present application realizes the automatic turning of the material through the cooperation of the rotatable mechanical arm, the cooperation mechanism and the material bearing mechanism, which can reduce the burden of the mechanical operation of the operator and improve the working efficiency. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0020] Hereinafter, the preferred embodiments of the present application will be further described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

[0021] Figure 1 is a perspective structural schematic view of a turning device according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0022] Figure 2 is a perspective structural schematic view of a rotatable mechanical arm according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0023] Figure 3 is a perspective structural schematic view of a cooperation mechanism according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0024] Figure 4A and 4B respectively show the schematic views of two working states of a material bearing mechanism according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0025] Figure 5 is a perspective structural schematic view of a shooting mechanism according to an embodiment of the present application; and

[0026] Figure 6 is a perspective structural schematic view of a shooting device according to an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0027] In order to make the purposes, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described clearly and completely below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are some but not all of the embodiments of the present application. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative work fall within the protection scope of the present application.

[0028] In the following detailed description, reference can be made to the various drawings that form a part of the present disclosure and are used to illustrate certain embodiments of the present application. In the drawings, like reference numerals describe substantially similar components throughout the several views. Various specific embodiments of the present application are described in sufficient detail below to enable one of ordinary skill in the relevant art to practice the technical solutions of the present application. It should be understood that other embodiments can also be utilized or structural, logical or electrical changes can be made to the embodiments of the present application.

[0029] To solve the above problems, the present application provides a turnover device, which comprises a rotatable mechanical arm, a cooperation mechanism and a material carrying mechanism, the cooperation mechanism is located in the working range of the rotatable mechanical arm, and the cooperation mechanism is located in the moving range of the material carrying mechanism; wherein the material carrying mechanism is used to transport the carried material to the cooperation mechanism; the cooperation mechanism is used to obtain the material from the material carrying mechanism and move the material to the working range of the rotatable mechanical arm; one end of the rotatable mechanical arm has a rotatable material capturing part, and the rotatable mechanical arm is used to capture the material from the cooperation mechanism through the material capturing part and rotate the material capturing part to turn over the material.

[0030] In the turnover device of the embodiments of the present application, the rotatable mechanical arm, the cooperation mechanism and the material carrying mechanism work together to complete the turnover operation of the material. During the operation process, when the material needs to be turned over, the cooperation mechanism obtains the material from the material carrying mechanism, the material capturing part on the rotatable mechanical arm contacts the material on the cooperation mechanism to obtain the material and turn it over, and the rotatable mechanical arm can put the turned-over material back on the material carrying mechanism. The present application realizes the automatic turnover of the material through the cooperation of the rotatable mechanical arm, the cooperation mechanism and the material carrying mechanism, reduces the burden of mechanical operation of the operator, and improves the work efficiency. The material can be any object that needs to be photographed, and in the photographing scene of electronic devices, it can be, for example, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, an electronic reader, a smart watch, etc.

[0031] According to the embodiment of the present application, the material carrying mechanism comprises a base and a rotatable part arranged on the base, wherein the rotatable part is rotatable relative to the base. The material carrying mechanism can realize rotation at multiple angles through the rotatable part, so that the material can realize conversion of multiple surfaces at the same station, facilitating subsequent work.

[0032] According to the embodiment of the present application, the material carrying mechanism comprises a material capturing unit arranged on the rotatable part, wherein the material capturing unit is rotatable relative to the rotatable part. The material capturing unit is used to hold the material and rotates relative to the rotatable part, further increasing the degree of freedom of the material carrying mechanism and realizing multi-angle shooting.

[0033] According to the embodiment of the present application, the base is mounted on a slide rail, and one end of the slide rail extends to the working range of the cooperative mechanism. The slide rail is used to transport the material on the material carrying mechanism to the working range of the cooperative mechanism, realizing rapid transfer of the material and improving the turnover efficiency of the material.

[0034] According to the embodiment of the present application, the cooperative mechanism comprises a support part and a movable part arranged on the support part, and the movement range of the movable part on the support part overlaps with the movement range of the material capturing part on the rotatable mechanical arm. When the movement range of the movable part on the support part overlaps with the movement range of the material capturing part on the rotatable mechanical arm, the material on the movable part can be transferred to the material capturing part of the rotatable mechanical arm, so that the material can be turned over on the material capturing part of the rotatable mechanical arm.

[0035] According to the embodiment of the present application, the cooperative mechanism comprises a support frame, a lifting part arranged on the support frame, and a material capturing unit arranged on the lifting part, wherein the lifting part is vertically movable, and the lifting part can move laterally along the crossbeam of the support frame, so that the material capturing unit on the lifting part can enter the working range of the material capturing part on the rotatable mechanical arm. The lifting part can move laterally and vertically, improving the capturing range of the material and reducing the difficulty of capturing the material. Moreover, the cooperative mechanism can serve multiple material carrying mechanisms to work simultaneously, improving the turnover efficiency of the material.

[0036] According to the embodiment of the present application, the rotatable mechanical arm can optionally comprise a first rotation axis and a second rotation axis; wherein when the material moves into the working range of the rotatable mechanical arm, the rotatable mechanical arm rotates around the first rotation axis to enable the material capturing part to approach and capture the material; the material capturing part is installed on the second rotation axis, and the material capturing part rotates around the second rotation axis to overturn the material. The rotatable arm realizes the purpose of obtaining and overturning the material through the cooperation of the first rotation axis and the second rotation axis. Those skilled in the art should understand that the first rotation axis and the second rotation axis can also complete other work, such as carrying the material, etc.

[0037] According to the embodiment of the present application, the material capturing part of the rotatable mechanical arm can optionally comprise a vacuum chuck. The material capturing part can obtain the material through the vacuum chuck driven by a pneumatic cylinder. Further, the vacuum chuck can be in contact with the wider side of the material, and hold the material through suction force, thereby reducing damage to the surface of the material.

[0038] Based on the overturning device of the above embodiment, the present application further proposes a shooting device comprising the above overturning device and a shooting equipment for shooting the material. On the basis of the overturning device, the shooting equipment is added to enable the material to be shot in all directions at the same station, thereby reducing the size of the shooting device and improving the automation degree of the shooting device.

[0039] According to the embodiment of the present application, the shooting device can optionally further comprise a shooting moving module, and the shooting equipment is arranged on the shooting moving module, and the shooting moving module is used to drive the shooting equipment to move to adjust the shooting range of the shooting equipment. The shooting moving module can adjust the shooting equipment to the best shooting range, thereby improving the shooting effect of the shooting equipment.

[0040] According to the embodiment of the present application, the shooting device can optionally further comprise an illuminating device for providing an illuminating environment for the shooting equipment. The illuminating device can improve the shooting quality of the shooting equipment.

[0041] According to the embodiment of the present application, the shooting device can optionally further comprise a conveying belt for conveying the material before shooting to the material bearing mechanism, receiving the material after shooting, and conveying the material after shooting to the downstream. The conveying belt can be used to convey the material to realize batch automatic shooting of the material pictures, thereby improving the shooting efficiency.

[0042] According to the embodiment of the present application, optionally, the shooting device further comprises a control box comprising one or more of an industrial computer, an air pump and a power module; wherein the shooting device is arranged on the control box, the industrial computer is used to control the working timing of the shooting device, the air pump is used to drive the shooting device to move to a preset range, and the power module is used to provide power for the shooting device. The control box is used to accommodate various mechanisms, and the layout is reasonable, thereby reducing the volume of the shooting device. In addition, the control box also provides a working platform for the overturning device and the shooting mechanism.

[0043] According to the embodiment of the present application, optionally, the shooting device further comprises an operation module comprising a display unit for displaying the shooting progress and the current shooting material information, and an operation unit for adjusting the working parameters of one or more of the rotatable mechanical arm, the cooperation mechanism, the material bearing mechanism and the shooting equipment. The display unit on the operation module can obtain the working state of the shooting device in time, and the staff can stop in time through the operation unit when a problem occurs, thereby reducing the loss.

[0044] The implementation mode of the overturning device of the present application is described above through multiple embodiments, and the specific structure and working process of the embodiment of the present application are described illustratively through multiple specific examples.

[0045] Figure 1 is a three-dimensional structure schematic diagram of an overturning device according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in the figure, the overturning device 100 comprises a rotatable mechanical arm 10, a cooperation mechanism 20 and a material bearing mechanism 30. The rotatable mechanical arm 10, the cooperation mechanism 20 and the material bearing mechanism 30 can be arranged on the same platform, and the material bearing mechanism 30 is arranged below the cooperation mechanism 20. The rotatable mechanical arm 10, the cooperation mechanism 20 and the material bearing mechanism 30 can all move and hold the material, and the material moves and rotates among the rotatable mechanical arm 10, the cooperation mechanism 20 and the material bearing mechanism 30 to realize overturning. The overall design of the device is reasonable, the structure is compact, and the material can be overturned automatically without manual intervention, and the degree of automation is high. The components in the overturning device are described in detail below.

[0046] Figure 2 is a three-dimensional structure schematic diagram of a rotatable mechanical arm according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in the figure, the rotatable mechanical arm 10 comprises a base 101, a rotating seat 102, a cooperation arm 103, a rotating part 104, a rotating arm 105 and a material capturing part 106. Among them, the rotating seat 102 is fixed on the base 101, the cooperation arm 103 is movably connected with the rotating seat 102 and the rotating part 104 respectively, and the rotating arm 105 is movably connected with the rotating part 104 and the material capturing part 106 respectively.

[0047] The base 101 comprises two support plates and a base plate, the base plate is fixedly connected with one end of the two support plates respectively, forming a "C" type structure. The other end of the two support plates can be fixedly connected with the control box 50, so that the base 101 forms a hollow structure, which can accommodate the conveying belt, and the rotatable mechanical arm 10 can conveniently carry the materials on the conveying belt.

[0048] The rotating seat 102 comprises a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism (not shown), which can be arranged inside the rotating seat 102, and the driving mechanism can drive the rotating shaft to rotate in the vertical direction of the rotating seat 102. The rotating seat 102 is rotatably connected with one end of the collaborative arm 103 by the rotating shaft. The rotating part 104 can be an irregular box structure, which can comprise two rotating shafts and driving mechanisms (not shown) inside, and the driving mechanisms can drive the rotating shafts to rotate in the vertical direction. The two rotating shafts can be arranged at the bottom of the rotating part 104, and are rotatably connected with the collaborative arm 103 and the rotating arm 105 respectively.

[0049] When the driving mechanism is a motor drive, the motor can be arranged in the rotating seat 102 and the rotating part 104; when the driving mechanism is a cylinder drive, the rotating seat 102 and the rotating part 104 comprise a gas circuit connected with the cylinder. Those skilled in the art should understand that other driving structures can also be applied in the scheme of the present application, which is not limited herein.

[0050] In one embodiment, the rotatable mechanical arm 10 comprises a cable tube 107, which is movably connected with the rotating seat 102 and the rotating part 104 respectively, for accommodating the cable. The rotating seat 102 and the rotating part 104 are electrically connected by the cable, for transmitting the signal for controlling the rotation of the rotating seat and / or the rotating part 104. The cable is accommodated by the cable tube 107, which can effectively avoid the problem of entanglement of the cable during rotation, and reduce the failure rate.

[0051] The rotating arm 105 comprises a first part 1051 and a second part 1052, and the first part 1051 is perpendicular to the second part. The rotating part 104 is rotatably connected with the first part 1051, and the rotating part 104 can drive the first part 1051 to rotate with the vertical direction as the rotation axis; the second part 1052 is rotatably connected with one end of the material capturing part 106, and the second part 1052 can drive the material capturing part 106 to rotate with the horizontal direction as the rotation axis.

[0052] The other end of the material capturing part 106 comprises a vacuum suction cup, which can hold the material by the suction force of the suction cup. The material capturing part 106 comprises a gas circuit pipe connected with the vacuum suction cup, for sucking the gas near the vacuum suction cup. The gas circuit pipe can be arranged on the material capturing part, or can be directly connected with the cylinder.

[0053] Based on the above, the rotatable mechanical arm 10 utilizes the cooperation of the base 101, the rotating seat 102, the cooperative arm 103, the rotating part 104, the rotating arm 105, and the material capturing part 106 to form a multi-axis robot, which expands the range of the multi-axis robot to obtain materials and can be applied to more scenes.

[0054] Figure 3 It is a perspective structural schematic diagram of the cooperative mechanism according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in the figure, the cooperative mechanism 20 includes a support frame 201, a lifting part 202, an illuminating device 203, and a material capturing unit 204. The lifting part 202 is installed on the crossbeam of the support frame 201, and the material capturing unit 204 is installed on the lifting part 202. The lifting part 202 can move the material capturing unit 204 on the support frame 201 in the transverse direction or the longitudinal direction.

[0055] In the present embodiment, the number of the lifting parts 202 is 2. In other embodiments of the present application, the number of the lifting parts 202 can be 1, 3, or more. The number of the lifting parts 202 can be consistent with the number of the material carrying mechanisms.

[0056] Specifically, the lifting part 202 includes a base and a lifting unit. The base is provided with a longitudinal sliding rail, and the lifting unit is installed on the longitudinal sliding rail and can be lifted along the longitudinal sliding rail. The support frame 201 includes two longitudinal beams and a crossbeam, forming a “door” shape structure. The crossbeam is provided with a sliding rail, and the base of the lifting part 202 is installed on the sliding rail, so that the lifting part 202 can move in the transverse direction along the crossbeam. The material capturing unit 204 is arranged at the lower end of the lifting unit of the lifting part 202. The material capturing unit 204 includes a vacuum chuck for holding materials. The lifting part 202 can be driven by a pneumatic cylinder or an electric motor. Multiple lifting parts are arranged on the crossbeam, and multiple material carrying mechanisms are arranged, which can realize multi-thread parallel operation and improve work efficiency.

[0057] In the present embodiment, the cooperative mechanism 20 is provided with the illuminating device 203, which is arranged on the crossbeam of the support frame 201. The illuminating device 203 includes an adjustable support frame and a light source. The adjustable support frame is arranged on the side opposite to the lifting part, and the two sides are provided with arc-shaped holes for fixing the light source and adjusting the angle of the light source. The light source can be, for example, an LED light source, a halogen lamp, a high-frequency fluorescent lamp, etc.

[0058] Figure 4A and 4B respectively show the schematic diagrams of two working states of the material carrying mechanism according to the embodiments of the present application, Figure 4BThe material held in the middle is a smart phone 307. As shown in the figure, the material carrying mechanism 30 includes a slide rail 301, a base 302, a rotatable part 303, a rotating motor 304, and a material capturing unit 305. The base 302 is arranged on the slide rail 301, the rotatable part 303 is arranged on the base 302, the rotating motor 304 is arranged on the rotatable part 303, and the material capturing unit 305 is arranged on the rotating motor 304.

[0059] The base 302 can be driven to slide along the slide rail 301 by a driving mechanism 306. The driving mechanism 306 can be a motor or an air cylinder, which is not limited here. The driving mechanism 306 receives a driving signal and can transport the base 302 to a designated position.

[0060] The base 302 and the rotatable part 303 are both in a "C" shape structure, the size of the base 302 is larger than that of the rotatable part 303, the rotatable part 303 is rotatably nested in the base 302, the direction of the rotating shaft is parallel to the extension direction of the slide rail 301, and the rotatable part 303 can be rotated under the drive of the driving mechanism 307. The driving mechanism 307 can be a servo motor or other power source motor, which is not limited here. The rotating motor 304 is in a cylindrical structure, the rotating motor 304 is rotatably installed in the rotatable part 303, and the rotating motor 304 can drive the material capturing unit 305 to rotate, and the rotating shaft of the material capturing unit 305 is perpendicular to the rotating shaft of the rotatable part 303. The material capturing unit 305 includes a vacuum chuck for holding the material.

[0061] Based on the material carrying mechanism 30 of the embodiment of the present application, taking the smart phone as an example, referring to Figure 4A and Figure 4B , the rotatable part 303 rotates with the base 302 as the reference, so that the phone on the material capturing unit 305 changes from the state of facing the right side of the slide rail (as shown in Figure 4A ) to the state of facing upward (as shown in Figure 4B ). Moreover, the rotating motor 304 rotates with the rotatable part 303 as the reference, so that the phone shown in Figure 4B rotates in the horizontal plane, Figure 4B and the state shown is that the long side of the phone is parallel to the slide rail 301. In this way, by using the nested installation mode of multiple rotating mechanisms, the arbitrary angle of the material on the material vacuum chuck can be adjusted. In order to improve the work efficiency, multiple material carrying units 30 can be arranged side by side, and multiple material carrying units 30 can work in parallel, so that the work efficiency is improved.

[0062] In one embodiment, a photographing mechanism can be installed on the above-described turnover device for multi-angle and omnidirectional photographing of the material before and / or after turnover in the turnover device. Taking the material as an electronic device for example, the obtained electronic device pictures can be uploaded to a detection system to detect whether the appearance of the electronic device is complete, where the defects are, and the like, and can also be uploaded to an e-commerce platform for second-hand transaction. Those skilled in the art should understand that the obtained pictures can also be used for other purposes.

[0063] Figure 5 is a perspective structural schematic diagram of a photographing mechanism according to one embodiment of the present application. As shown in the figure, the photographing mechanism 40 includes a support frame 401, a motion module 402, and a photographing device 403. In use, the support frame 401 can be installed near the slide rail 301 in the material carrying mechanism 30 for facilitating photographing of the material. The motion module 402 is arranged on the support frame 401, and the photographing device 403 is arranged on the motion module. The support frame 401 adopts a door-shaped structure; the motion module 402 can adopt a structure and function similar to the lifting part 202 in the cooperation mechanism 20 described above, so that the motion module 402 can carry the photographing device 403 to move in the horizontal and vertical directions, facilitating photographing of the material.

[0064] As an example, the photographing device 403 can include a line-scan camera 4031 and / or an area-array camera 4032. The line-scan camera 4031 can obtain a "line" image of the material. Multiple "line" images obtained by the line-scan camera 4031 can be synthesized into one picture for detecting whether the appearance of the material has defects. The area-array camera 4032 can obtain an overall appearance view of the material and can quickly obtain multiple views of the material. In one embodiment, the line-scan camera 4031 and the area-array camera 4032 can respectively photograph two materials on two material carrying mechanisms 30 to obtain multiple images. In another embodiment, the line-scan camera 4031 and the area-array camera 4032 can alternately photograph one material on the same material carrying mechanism 30 to obtain multiple types of images.

[0065] Figure 6 is a perspective structural schematic diagram of a photographing device according to one embodiment of the present application. As shown in the figure, the photographing device further includes a control box 50, a conveying belt 60, an operation module 70, and a sealing box 80. The conveying belt 60 is arranged above the control box 50 to transport the material before photographing to the material carrying mechanism and receive the material after photographing, and then transport the material after photographing out. The operation module 70 is arranged outside the sealing box; and the sealing box 80 is arranged above the control box 50. The sealing box 80 seals the turnover device or the photographing device inside to eliminate external interference and improve the photographing quality of the photographing device.

[0066] The control box 50 includes an industrial computer, an air pump and a power module. The industrial computer, the air pump and the power module are arranged inside the control box 50 to avoid physical and electrical injury to the staff. In addition, one or more of the industrial computer, the air pump and the power module are centralized inside the control box 50 to reduce the volume of the shooting device. In one embodiment, one or more of the flipping device and the shooting mechanism are arranged on the control box 50. The upper surface of the control box 50 provides a working platform for the flipping device and the shooting mechanism to provide power and electrical energy.

[0067] The operation module 70 includes a display unit 701, a display unit 702 and an operation unit 703. The display unit 701 is used to display the device status of the shooting device, such as the working parameters of the modules such as the industrial computer, the air pump, etc., such as the working voltage, the air pump pressure and other parameters. The display unit 702 is used to display the shooting progress of the shooting device and the information of the current shooting material. Each material corresponds to its own ID, and the photographed picture is associated with the ID of the material. The operation unit 703 is used to adjust the working parameters of one or more of the rotatable mechanical arm, the cooperation mechanism, the material carrying mechanism and the shooting mechanism. The working parameters include the movement speed, the movement position and the movement time of the movement module, etc.

[0068] For example, referring to Figure 1 and Figure 6 The working process of the shooting device for taking pictures of the mobile phone is described. The suction cup of the rotatable mechanical arm 10 contacts the front face of the mobile phone on the conveying belt 60, holds and carries the mobile phone to the suction cup 305 of the material carrying mechanism 30. The shooting mechanism 40 moves the shooting device, adjusts the angle, and obtains the appearance picture of the mobile phone. The material carrying mechanism 30 stops rotating after rotating the mobile phone to a preset angle and position, and the shooting device takes pictures again until each face and angle is photographed, and the flipping operation is performed. The material carrying mechanism 30 carries the mobile phone to below the cooperation mechanism 20, and the cooperation mechanism 20 moves the lifting part 202 to contact the front face of the mobile phone to obtain the mobile phone. The rotatable mechanical arm 10 moves the suction cup to contact the back face of the mobile phone and obtains the mobile phone, rotates the arm to realize the flipping of the mobile phone. The rotatable mechanical arm 10 places the rotated mobile phone on the suction cup of the material carrying mechanism 30, and takes pictures of the back face of the mobile phone again. When the shooting is completed, the rotatable mechanical arm 10 carries the mobile phone from the material carrying mechanism 30 to the conveying belt 60 and carries it to the downstream to complete the shooting.

[0069] The above embodiments are only for illustrating the present application and are not a limitation of the present application. Those skilled in the related art can make various changes and modifications without departing from the scope of the present application, therefore, all equivalent technical solutions shall belong to the disclosed scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A flipping device, comprising: The system includes a rotatable robotic arm, a cooperating mechanism, and a material handling mechanism. The cooperating mechanism is located within the working range of the rotatable robotic arm, and the material handling mechanism is located within the working range of the material handling mechanism. The material carrying mechanism is used to transport the carried materials to the cooperating mechanism; The cooperating mechanism is used to obtain the material from the material carrying mechanism and carry the material to the working range of the rotatable robotic arm; wherein, the cooperating mechanism includes a support frame, a lifting part disposed on the support frame, and a material capturing unit disposed on the lifting part, wherein the lifting part is capable of vertical movement and can move laterally along the crossbeam of the support frame, so that the material capturing unit on the lifting part can enter the working range of the material capturing part on the rotatable robotic arm; the material capturing unit on the lifting part is used to hold the material, and the material capturing unit on the lifting part is in contact with a first surface of the material; One end of the rotatable robotic arm has a rotatable material capturing part, which is used to capture the material from the cooperating mechanism through the material capturing part. The material capturing part contacts the second surface of the material, and the material capturing part is rotated to flip the material. The first surface and the second surface of the material are arranged opposite to each other. The rotatable robotic arm is also used to place the flipped material onto the material carrying mechanism, so that the material carrying mechanism can transport the flipped material to the next workflow, so as to reach the shooting range of the shooting device.

2. The flipping device according to claim 1, wherein, The material carrying mechanism includes: a base and a rotatable part disposed on the base; wherein the rotatable part is capable of rotating with respect to the base.

3. The flipping device according to claim 2, wherein, The material carrying mechanism includes a material capturing unit disposed on the rotatable part; the material capturing unit is capable of rotating with the rotatable part as a reference.

4. The flipping device according to claim 2, wherein, The base is mounted on a slide rail, one end of which extends into the working range of the cooperating mechanism.

5. The flipping device according to claim 1, wherein, The cooperative mechanism includes a support and a movable part disposed on the support, the range of movement of the movable part on the support overlaps with the range of movement of the material capturing part on the rotatable robotic arm.

6. The flipping device according to claim 1, wherein, The rotatable robotic arm includes at least a first rotating axis and a second rotating axis; wherein, when the material moves into the working range of the rotatable robotic arm, the rotatable robotic arm rotates around the first rotating axis to bring the material capturing part close to and capture the material; the material capturing part is mounted on the second rotating axis, and the material capturing part rotates around the second rotating axis to flip the material.

7. The flipping device according to claim 1, wherein, The material capture unit of the rotatable robotic arm includes a vacuum suction cup.

8. A photographing apparatus, comprising the flipping device as described in any one of claims 1-7 and a photographing device for photographing materials.

9. The shooting device according to claim 8 further includes a shooting movement module, wherein the shooting device is disposed on the shooting movement module, and the shooting movement module is used to drive the shooting device to move in order to adjust the shooting range of the shooting device.

10. The shooting apparatus according to claim 8 further includes a lighting device for providing a lighting environment for the shooting apparatus.

11. The shooting apparatus according to claim 8 further includes a conveyor belt for transporting the material before shooting to the material carrying mechanism, receiving the material after shooting, and transporting the material after shooting to the downstream.

12. The shooting device according to claim 8 further includes a control box, which includes one or more of an industrial computer, an air pump, and a power module; wherein the shooting device is disposed on the control box, the industrial computer is used to control the working sequence of the shooting device, the air pump is used to drive the shooting device to move to a preset range, and the power module is used to provide electrical energy to the shooting device.

13. The shooting device according to claim 8, further comprising: The operation module includes: A display unit is used to display the shooting progress and current shooting material information; and The operating unit is used to adjust the operating parameters of one or more of the rotatable robotic arm, the cooperating mechanism, the material handling mechanism, and the shooting equipment.

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