An underwater communication device and method for remotely controlling automation equipment

Abstract

The present invention relates to the field of underwater image communication devices, and in particular to an underwater communication device and method for remotely controlling automated equipment. An underwater communication method for remotely controlling automated equipment of the present invention uses an underwater communication device for remotely controlling automated equipment, and lowers a remote image communication module in a protective shell into any underwater terrain through an iron chain for shooting. The automated unmanned diving equipment does not need to approach the shooting area, and will not cause excessive fright to aquatic creatures. In addition, a lighting lamp is provided on the protective shell through a flap. By controlling the flip angle of the flap, the far and near lighting modes of the lighting lamp can be simply switched without carrying a variety of lighting lamp types. An underwater communication device and method for remotely controlling automated equipment of the present invention overcome the technical problem that the existing automated unmanned diving equipment is equipped with too many types of lights, which is not conducive to moving in narrow underwater terrains and will also frighten aquatic creatures.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the field of underwater image communication devices, and in particular to an underwater communication device and method for remotely controlling automation equipment. Background Art

[0002] With the development of automated unmanned diving equipment, remote control devices and remote image communication modules are installed on the automated unmanned diving equipment, so that the automated unmanned diving equipment can be remotely controlled by using image observation. In order to facilitate lighting observation, automated unmanned diving equipment is usually equipped with two or more types of lights, namely high beam and low beam. Too many types of lights will cause the unmanned diving equipment to be larger in size, which is not only not conducive to moving and shooting in narrow underwater terrain, but also large moving objects in the water will scare the aquatic creatures and affect the efficiency of shooting the aquatic creatures. Summary of the invention

[0003] In order to overcome the shortcomings that too many types of lights carried on automated unmanned diving equipment are not conducive to movement in narrow underwater terrain and may also scare aquatic creatures, the present invention provides an underwater communication device and method for remotely controlling automated equipment.

[0004] An underwater communication device for remotely controlling automated equipment comprises a main electrically controlled reel, an iron chain, a protective shell, a remote image communication module, a fixed ring, a flap, a first torsion spring, a push plate, a flip control assembly, an illuminating lamp and an intercepting grid; an iron chain is wound around the reeling component of the main electrically controlled reel; a protective shell is fixedly connected to the outer end of the iron chain; a remote image communication module is installed in the protective shell; a wireless data transmission module is installed in the remote image communication module; a fixed ring is fixedly connected to the protective shell; a plurality of flaps are rotatably connected to the fixed ring, and all the flaps together form a closed protective cylinder in their initial state; a first torsion spring is fixedly connected between the flap and the fixed ring; a push plate is fixedly connected to the flap; a flip control assembly for controlling the flipping state of the flap is connected in the protective shell; a illuminating lamp is connected to the flap; and an intercepting grid for protecting the remote image communication module is fixedly connected to the flap.

[0005] As a further preferred scheme, the flip control assembly includes a spur gear ring, a motor, a spur gear, a swivel and a push rod; a threaded groove structure is provided inside the protective shell; a spur gear ring is screwed on the threaded groove of the protective shell; a motor is installed inside the protective shell; a spur gear is fixedly connected to the output shaft of the motor; the spur gear is meshed with the spur gear ring; a swivel is rotatably connected to the spur gear ring; push rods corresponding to the number and position of push plates are slidably connected inside the protective shell; all push rods are commonly fixed to the swivel.

[0006] As a further preferred solution, a sealing sleeve is fixedly connected to the outer surface of each push rod, and the sealing sleeve corresponds to the position of the adjacent push plate; the sealing sleeve is slidably connected to the protective shell.

[0007] As a further preferred solution, a focusing sheet is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the flap.

[0008] As a further preferred solution, a second torsion spring is fixedly connected between the lighting lamp and the corresponding flap.

[0009] As a further preferred embodiment, all the blocking grids are initially tightly attached together in a closed state to form a conical protective grid.

[0010] As a further preferred solution, the flap is provided with a hollow groove structure.

[0011] As a further preferred solution, the protective shell is provided with a guide groove structure penetrating from front to back, and the outer surface of the remote image communication module is exposed in the guide groove structure.

[0012] As a further preferred solution, a screen is fixedly connected to the guide groove structure of the protective shell.

[0013] An underwater communication method for remotely controlling automated equipment includes the following steps:

[0014] Step 1: Navigation shooting: the main electric control reel is mounted on the automated unmanned diving equipment for navigation, while the remote image communication module shoots the underwater environment. At this time, all flaps are closed to form a protective sleeve to allow the lighting to illuminate the high beam;

[0015] Step 2: hovering and lowering. After the automated unmanned diving equipment sails to the designated shooting location, the main electronically controlled reel lowers the remote image communication module to any terrain in the water.

[0016] Step three, hovering shooting, the remote image communication module is lowered to start shooting, at this time all flaps are unfolded and the lighting is switched to low beam illumination.

[0017] The invention discloses an underwater communication method for remotely controlling automated equipment. The invention uses an underwater communication device for remotely controlling automated equipment. The device can control an iron chain through a main electric control reel to lower a remote image communication module in a protective shell to any underwater terrain, so that the remote image communication module can be freely photographed in a narrow terrain. At this time, the automated unmanned diving equipment does not need to approach the shooting area, and will not cause excessive fright to the aquatic creatures. In addition, a lighting lamp is provided on the protective shell through a flap. By controlling the flip angle of the flap, the far and near lighting modes of the lighting lamp can be simply switched without carrying a variety of lighting lamp types. In addition, a blocking grid plate for protecting the remote image communication module is provided on the flap. The flip state of the blocking grid plate can also be switched during the process of controlling the flip angle of the flap. The invention discloses an underwater communication device and method for remotely controlling automated equipment. The device and method overcome the technical problems that the existing automated unmanned diving equipment is equipped with too many types of lights, which is not conducive to movement in narrow underwater terrains and will also frighten the aquatic creatures. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0018] Figure 1 A schematic diagram of a navigation shooting mode of the present invention is described according to an embodiment;

[0019] Figure 2 A three-dimensional diagram of a protective shell and a remote image communication module according to an embodiment of the present invention is described;

[0020] Figure 3 A perspective view of a flip control assembly of the present invention is described according to an embodiment;

[0021] Figure 4 A cross-sectional view of a protective shell is provided to describe the present invention according to an embodiment;

[0022] Figure 5 A perspective view of a barrier grille according to an embodiment of the present invention is described;

[0023] Figure 6 A three-dimensional diagram of a lighting lamp according to an embodiment of the present invention is described;

[0024] Figure 7 The following is a schematic diagram of describing a hovering shooting mode of the present invention according to an embodiment.

[0025] Figure numerals: 11-main electric reel, 12-iron chain, 13-auxiliary electric reel, 14-limiting rope, 15-insertion column, 2-protective shell, 201-slot, 202-threaded groove, 203-guide groove, 21-screen, 3-remote image communication module, 4-fixing ring, 41-flap, 4101-hollow groove, 42-first torsion spring, 43-push plate, 44-spur gear ring, 45-motor, 46-spur gear, 47-swivel ring, 48-push rod, 49-sealing sleeve, 51-lighting lamp, 52-second torsion spring, 53-focusing sheet, 6-blocking grid. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0026] The technical solution is further described below in conjunction with specific embodiments. It should be noted that the words indicating directions such as up, down, left, and right mentioned in this article are only for the position of the structure shown in the corresponding drawings. The serial numbers of the parts in this article, such as first, second, etc., are only used to distinguish the objects described and do not have any order or technical meaning. The words such as connection and coupling in this application include direct and indirect connection (coupling) unless otherwise specified.

[0027] Example 1

[0028] An underwater communication device for remotely controlling automated equipment, such as Figure 1-Figure 6 As shown, it includes a main electric control reel 11, an iron chain 12, an auxiliary electric control reel 13, a limit pull rope 14, a plug post 15, a protective shell 2, a remote image communication module 3, a fixing ring 4, a flap 41, a first torsion spring 42, a push plate 43, a flip control component, a lighting lamp 51, a second torsion spring 52, a focusing sheet 53 and a blocking grid 6; the reeling part of the main electric control reel 11 is wound with an iron chain 12; the unreeled end of the iron chain 12 is fixedly connected to the protective shell 2 ; Two auxiliary electric retractors 13 are installed on the main electric retractor 11; a limit pull rope 14 is wound around each reeling part of the two auxiliary electric retractors 13; the unreeled ends of the two limit pull ropes 14 are fixedly connected to the protective shell 2; two plug posts 15 are fixedly connected to the main electric retractor 11; two slots 201 structures corresponding to the two plug posts 15 are opened on the protective shell 2; a remote image communication module 3 is installed in the protective shell 2; the remote image communication module 3 is A wireless data transmission module is installed; a fixing ring 4 is fixedly connected to the protective shell 2; a number of flaps 41 are rotatably connected to the fixing ring 4 through a rotating shaft, and all the flaps 41 initially form a closed protective cylinder; two first torsion springs 42 are fixedly connected between each flap 41 and the fixing ring 4; a push plate 43 is fixedly connected to each flap 41; a flip control component for controlling the flipping state of the flap 41 is connected to the protective shell 2; an illuminating lamp 51 is rotatably connected to each flap 41 through a rotating shaft, and the illuminating lamp 51 is initially in a straight forward irradiation state; two second torsion springs 52 are fixedly connected between each illuminating lamp 51 and the corresponding flap 41; a condenser 53 is fixedly connected to the inner wall of each flap 41; a blocking grid 6 for protecting the remote image communication module 3 is fixedly connected to each flap 41; all the blocking grids 6 are initially tightly together in a closed state, and together form a conical shield to protect the grid.

[0029] like Figure 3 and Figure 4As shown, the flip control assembly includes a spur gear ring 44, a motor 45, a spur gear 46, a swivel 47, a push rod 48 and a sealing sleeve 49; a threaded groove 202 structure is provided in the protective shell 2; a spur gear ring 44 is screwed on the threaded groove 202 of the protective shell 2; a motor 45 is installed in the protective shell 2; a spur gear 46 is fixedly connected to the output shaft of the motor 45; the spur gear 46 is meshed with the spur gear ring 44; a swivel 47 is rotatably connected to the spur gear ring 44; push rods 48 corresponding to the number and position of the push plates 43 are slidably connected in the protective shell 2; all push rods 48 are fixedly connected to the swivel 47 together; a sealing sleeve 49 is fixedly connected to the outer surface of each push rod 48, and the sealing sleeve 49 is tightly attached to the sliding channel between the push rod 48 and the protective shell 2 to prevent impurities outside the protective shell 2 from entering the sliding channel to damage the fast-running motor 45 and the spur gear ring 44, and the sealing sleeve 49 corresponds to the position of the adjacent push plate 43; the sealing sleeves 49 are all slidably connected to the protective shell 2.

[0030] The method for using the navigation shooting mode of the underwater communication device for remotely controlling automation equipment of the present invention is as follows.

[0031] After the main electric control winder 11 is installed on the automated unmanned diving equipment, the remote image communication module 3 is used to shoot the surrounding conditions of the navigation route of the automated unmanned diving equipment. At the same time, the remote control device carried on the automated unmanned diving equipment is used to remotely control the automated unmanned diving equipment in the water. During navigation, all flaps 41 form a ring-shaped protective cylinder in a closed state. At this time, all lighting lamps 51 together form a ring-shaped lighting device to illuminate the long distance ahead. At the same time, the focusing plates 53 on all flaps 41 together form a ring-shaped focusing device to converge the light emitted by all lighting lamps 51, further increasing the lighting distance of all lighting lamps 51 to the front, so that the remote image communication module 3 can shoot the long distance in the water more clearly, provide good long-distance observation conditions for the navigation of the automated unmanned diving equipment, and improve the navigation speed of the automated unmanned diving equipment under good long-distance observation conditions.

[0032] like Figure 2 and Figure 5As shown, a hollow groove 4101 structure is provided on both sides of each flap 41; when all flaps 41 are in a closed state and move forward with the protective shell 2 in the water, the gravel intercepted by the blocking grid plate 6 will be stuck between the flap 41 and the blocking grid plate 6, among which the smaller gravel will directly flow out from the hollow groove 4101 structure of the flap 41 with the water flow, thereby reducing the amount of gravel stuck between the flap 41 and the blocking grid plate 6, thereby reducing the obstruction of the remote image communication module 3 caused by the stuck gravel. When all flaps 41 are switched to the expanded state, all flaps 41 are flipped outward and away from each other, and the stuck gravel will also lose the obstruction of the flap 41 and the blocking grid plate 6 and fall directly downward, and will no longer cause obstruction to the shooting work of the remote image communication module 3.

[0033] When the remote image communication module 3 is sailing with the automated unmanned diving equipment to shoot, all the blocking grids 6 are initially in a closed state and tightly pressed together to form a conical protective grid, which intercepts the gravel flowing toward the remote image communication module 3 in the water flow, thereby protecting the remote image communication module 3. The protective shell 2 is firmly stuck on the plug 15 of the main electric control reel 11 through the slot 201, so that the remote image communication module 3 in the protective shell 2 will not be affected by the impact of the water flow and will not shake greatly during the navigation process, thereby ensuring the remote image communication module 3. The shooting work of the remote image communication module 3 runs stably. In addition, due to the hollow groove 4101 structure provided between all the flaps 41, the water flow between all the flaps 41 can be blocked and discharged outward in time, so the water flow will not form a large resistance to the advancing flap 41, and blocking grid plates 6 are also provided between all the flaps 41 to protect the remote image communication module 3. Therefore, there is no need to additionally install a transparent glass cover between the front sides of all the flaps 41, which effectively avoids the risk of scratching or breaking the additional glass cover by gravel.

[0034] The method for using the hovering shooting mode of an underwater communication device for remotely controlling automated equipment of the present invention is as follows.

[0035] After the automated unmanned diving equipment carries the remote image communication module 3 and sails to the designated shooting location, the automated unmanned diving equipment stops sailing and starts the hovering hold mode, allowing the automated unmanned diving equipment to remain hovering at its current location. Then, the main electric-controlled reel 11 and the auxiliary electric-controlled reel 13 respectively release the iron chain 12 and the limit pull rope 14 downward, and the iron chain 12 and the limit pull rope 14 together release the remote image communication module 3 in the protective shell 2 downward to any terrain in the water. There is no need for the automated unmanned diving equipment to follow the remote image communication module 3 downward into a narrow terrain. The protective shell 2 is only equipped with one type of lighting 51, so the overall size of the protective shell 2 is relatively small, so that the shooting position of the remote image communication module 3 in the protective shell 2 can be selected more freely, and will not cause excessive fright to the surrounding aquatic creatures, thereby improving the shooting efficiency of the remote image communication module 3 for aquatic creatures.

[0036] When the iron chain 12 and the limit pull rope 14 jointly release the remote image communication module 3 in the protective shell 2 downward to any terrain in the water for shooting, the motor 45 drives the spur gear 46 to rotate, and the spur gear 46 engages the spur gear ring 44 to rotate. At the same time, the spur gear ring 44 drives the swivel 47 to move forward along the threaded groove 202 of the protective shell 2, and the swivel 47 drives the push rod 48 and the sealing sleeve 49 to be pushed forward. All push rods 48 push the corresponding flaps 41 to flip outward and switch to the expanded state. The flap 41 drives the first torsion spring 42 to twist, so that the focusing piece 53 on the flap 41 is away from the lighting lamp 51 and no longer aligned for light convergence processing. In this process, the flap 41 drives the lighting lamp 51 upward away from the remote image communication module 3. At the same time, the second torsion spring 52, which is initially in a twisted state, drives the lighting lamp 51 to flip toward the remote image communication module 3. Figure 7 As shown, the lighting lamp 51 is placed away from the remote image communication module 3 but still maintains a state of illuminating the front. This processing method can prevent the light emitted by all the lighting lamps 51 from converging to the distance. At the same time, the lighting range of all the lighting lamps 51 around the front of the remote image communication module 3 is increased, and the lighting lamp 51 is switched from the high beam lighting mode to the low beam lighting mode, so that the remote image communication module 3 can shoot a larger range of underwater environments at a close distance, and the flap 41 will also drive the blocking grid 6 to flip outward away from the remote image communication module 3, so that the blocking grid 6 will not block the shooting of the remote image communication module 3, thereby improving the shooting effect of the remote image communication module 3 on the underwater environment.

[0037] Example 2

[0038] On the basis of Example 1, Figure 1-Figure 6As shown, the left and right sides of the protective shell 2 of this embodiment are each provided with a guide groove 203 structure that runs through the front and back, and the outer surface of the side wall of the remote image communication module 3 is exposed in the guide groove 203 structure; a screen 21 is fixedly connected to the front and rear sides of the two guide grooves 203 structures of the protective shell 2; when the remote image communication module 3 is shooting in water, water flows through the screen 21 and the guide groove 203 structure of the protective shell 2, and the side wall of the remote image communication module 3 is directly water-cooled, which greatly reduces the heat generated by the remote image communication module 3 during continuous shooting.

[0039] The above is a detailed introduction to the present application. Specific examples are used in this article to illustrate the principles and implementation methods of the present application. The description of the above embodiments is only used to help understand the method of the present application and its core idea. At the same time, for general technical personnel in this field, according to the idea of ​​the present application, there will be changes in the specific implementation methods and application scope. In summary, the content of this specification should not be understood as a limitation on the present application.

Claims

1. An underwater communication device for remotely controlling automated equipment, comprising: a main electric-controlled reel (11); an iron chain (12) wound around a reeling component of the main electric-controlled reel (11); Its characteristics are: The invention comprises a protective shell (2); the outer end of the iron chain (12) is fixedly connected to the protective shell (2); a remote image communication module (3) is installed in the protective shell (2); a wireless data transmission module is installed in the remote image communication module (3); a fixing ring (4) is fixedly connected to the protective shell (2); a plurality of flaps (41) are rotatably connected to the fixing ring (4), and all the flaps (41) together form a closed protective cylinder in an initial state; a first torsion spring (42) is fixedly connected between the flap (41) and the fixing ring (4); a push plate (43) is fixedly connected to the flap (41); a flip control component for controlling the flip state of the flap (41) is connected in the protective shell (2); an illuminating lamp (51) is connected to the flap (41); and a blocking grid (6) for protecting the remote image communication module (3) is fixedly connected to the flap (41); The flip control assembly comprises a spur gear ring (44); a thread groove (202) structure is provided in the protective shell (2); the spur gear ring (44) is screwed on the thread groove (202) of the protective shell (2); a motor (45) is installed in the protective shell (2); a spur gear (46) is fixedly connected to the output shaft of the motor (45); the spur gear (46) is meshed with the spur gear ring (44); a rotating ring (47) is rotatably connected to the spur gear ring (44); push rods (48) corresponding in number and position to the push plates (43) are slidably connected in the protective shell (2); all the push rods (48) are fixedly connected to the rotating ring (47).

2. The underwater communication device for remotely controlling automation equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: A sealing sleeve (49) is fixedly connected to the outer surface of each push rod (48), and the sealing sleeve (49) corresponds to the position of the adjacent push plate (43); the sealing sleeve (49) is slidably connected to the protective shell (2).

3. The underwater communication device for remotely controlling automation equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: A light collecting sheet (53) is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the flap (41).

4. The underwater communication device for remotely controlling automation equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: The flap (41) is rotatably connected to a lighting lamp (51); a second torsion spring (52) is fixedly connected between the lighting lamp (51) and the corresponding flap (41).

5. The underwater communication device for remotely controlling automation equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: All the blocking grids (6) are initially in a closed state and tightly pressed together to form a conical protective grid.

6. The underwater communication device for remotely controlling automation equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: The flap (41) is provided with a hollow groove (4101) structure.

7. The underwater communication device for remotely controlling automation equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: The protective shell (2) is provided with a guide groove (203) structure penetrating from front to back, and the outer surface of the remote image communication module (3) is exposed in the guide groove (203) structure.

8. The underwater communication device for remotely controlling automation equipment according to claim 7, characterized in that: The guide groove (203) structure of the protective shell (2) is fixedly connected with a screen (21).

9. An underwater communication method for remotely controlling automated equipment, the method using an underwater communication device for remotely controlling automated equipment as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8 to perform shooting, characterized in that: The following usage steps are included: Step 1: Navigation photography, where the main electric control reel (11) is mounted on the automated unmanned diving device for navigation, while the remote image communication module (3) photographs the underwater environment. At this time, all flaps (41) are closed to form a protective sleeve to allow the lighting lamp (51) to perform high beam illumination; Step 2: hovering and lowering: after the automated unmanned diving equipment sails to the designated shooting location, the main electric control reel (11) lowers the remote image communication module (3) to any terrain in the water; Step three, hovering shooting, the remote image communication module (3) is lowered to start shooting, at which time all the flaps (41) are unfolded to allow the lighting lamp (51) to perform low beam illumination.

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