Surveying and mapping unmanned aerial vehicle

By setting up cylinders, push plates, transparent shells and other structures on surveying and mapping drones, the camera protection and landing buffering are achieved, which solves the problem of poor shock absorption effect when the drone falls in the existing technology, and improves the stability of the equipment and landing safety.

CN222496669UActive Publication Date: 2025-02-18ZHONGBANG CITY INVESTMENT (SHENZHEN) IND CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202421329476.5
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-06-11
Publication Date
2025-02-18
Estimated Expiration
2034-06-11

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Technical Problem

The existing surveying and mapping drones have poor shock absorption when descending, which can easily lead to impact damage to components in the drone's fuselage.

Method used

By setting grooves, cylinders, push plates, transparent shells, protective covers, circular sleeves, torsion springs, limit plates and other structures on the lower surface of the drone body, the cylinders are used to push the push plates and transparent shells downwards, driving the push plates and transparent shells to move downwards. The protective cover rotates and the torsion spring is twisted to achieve camera protection and landing buffering.

Benefits of technology

It effectively avoids the phenomenon of damage caused by exposure to the outside world during landing, and improves the stability and landing buffering effect of the drone during emergency landing.

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Abstract

The utility model provides a surveying and mapping unmanned aerial vehicle which comprises an unmanned aerial vehicle body, a groove is formed in the lower surface of the unmanned aerial vehicle body, a concentric-square-shaped shell is fixedly installed in the groove, an air cylinder is fixedly installed on the top of the inner wall of the groove, and a push plate is fixedly installed at the bottom end of an output shaft of the air cylinder. The unmanned aerial vehicle comprises an unmanned aerial vehicle body, a push plate is fixedly installed on the lower surface of the unmanned aerial vehicle body, a transparent shell is fixedly installed on the lower surface of the push plate, a camera is fixedly installed on the lower surface of the push plate, the camera is located in the transparent shell, and four circular columns are fixedly installed on the lower surface of the unmanned aerial vehicle body. According to the unmanned aerial vehicle, the camera is conveniently folded and protected, the phenomenon that the camera is exposed to the outside to be damaged is effectively avoided, the unmanned aerial vehicle body is conveniently subjected to landing buffering through the arranged U-shaped supporting feet, a circular column, a damper and a spring, and the stability of the unmanned aerial vehicle body during emergency landing is improved.
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Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to a surveying and mapping unmanned aerial vehicle, in particular to a surveying and mapping unmanned aerial vehicle, and belongs to the technical field of unmanned aerial vehicles. Background Art

[0002] Unmanned aircraft, referred to as "drones", are unmanned aircraft controlled by radio remote control equipment and self-contained program control devices. There is no cockpit on the aircraft, but it is equipped with autopilots, program control devices and other equipment. The personnel on the ground, on ships or at the remote control station of the mother aircraft use radar and other equipment to track, locate, remotely control, telemeter and digitally transmit it. It can take off like an ordinary aircraft or be launched into the air with a booster rocket under radio remote control, or it can be carried into the air by the mother aircraft for flight. When recovered, it can automatically land in the same way as the landing process of an ordinary aircraft, or it can be recovered by parachute or interception net by remote control. It can be used repeatedly many times and is widely used in aerial reconnaissance, surveillance, communication, anti-submarine, electronic interference, etc. Before engineering construction, it is often necessary to use photography and drawing devices for reasonable planning and processing. By installing engineering-specific cameras on drones, engineering measurement can be achieved using drones;

[0003] A Chinese public patent (publication number: CN212766784U) discloses a camera protection structure for a surveying and mapping UAV, including a body, a mounting seat and a protective shell, four sets of propellers are evenly mounted on the outer wall of the body, and support feet are also mounted on both sides of the bottom wall of the body, the mounting seat is mounted in the middle of the bottom wall of the body through a rotating motor, and a camera device is mounted on the bottom of the mounting seat through bolts, a protective shell is mounted on the outer side of the mounting seat on the bottom wall of the body through screws, the camera device is located in the protective shell and a bottom plate is mounted between the bottom walls of the protective shell through screws, a through hole is opened on the outer wall of one side of the protective shell, an ultrasonic sensor is also embedded in the outer wall of the protective shell on one side of the through hole, and two sets of slide grooves are also opened on the same outer wall, a baffle cover is slidably arranged between the two slide grooves through a guide block, a drive motor is connected to one side of the baffle cover, and the baffle cover is adapted to the through hole. Compared with the prior art, the utility model further improves the protection effect of the camera device and reduces the loss of the device;

[0004] The UAV protects the camera equipment by setting a slidable and adjustable cover, which reduces the loss of the equipment. However, the shock absorption effect is poor when descending, which easily causes the components in the UAV body to be damaged by impact. Therefore, a surveying and mapping UAV is proposed. Utility Model Content

[0005] In view of this, the utility model provides a surveying and mapping UAV to solve or alleviate the technical problems existing in the prior art and at least provide a beneficial option.

[0006] The technical solution of the utility model is achieved as follows: a surveying and mapping UAV, comprising a UAV body, a groove is provided on the lower surface of the UAV body, a circular shell is fixedly installed inside the groove, a cylinder is fixedly installed on the top of the inner wall of the groove, a push plate is fixedly installed on the bottom end of the cylinder output shaft, a transparent shell is fixedly installed on the lower surface of the push plate, a camera is fixedly installed on the lower surface of the push plate, the camera is located inside the transparent shell, four circular columns are fixedly installed on the lower surface of the UAV body, the four circular columns are diagonally arranged, and two U-shaped legs are movably arranged on the lower surface of the UAV body, and the top ends of the two U-shaped legs are movably arranged inside the circular columns.

[0007] Further preferably, two circular rods are fixedly installed between the front side of the inner wall and the rear side of the inner wall of the circular shell, the two circular rods are symmetrically arranged, and circular sleeves are movably sleeved on the outer sides of the two circular rods, and protective covers are fixedly installed on the outer sides of the two circular sleeves, and a torsion spring is sleeved on the outer side of the circular rod, one end of the torsion spring is fixedly connected to the outer side of the circular rod, and the other end of the torsion spring is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the circular sleeve.

[0008] Further preferably, a limit plate is fixedly mounted on the left side and the right side of the inner wall of the circular shell, and the lower surface of the limit plate is in active contact with the upper surface of the protective cover.

[0009] Further preferably, a circular groove is opened at the bottom end of the circular column, a damper is fixedly installed on the top of the inner wall of the circular groove, a spring is wound around the outer side of the damper, the top of the spring is fixedly connected to the top of the inner wall of the circular groove, and the bottom ends of the damper and the spring are fixedly connected to the upper surface of the U-shaped support foot.

[0010] Further preferably, two guide blocks are fixedly installed on the outer side of the U-shaped support leg, the two guide blocks are symmetrically arranged, two guide holes are opened on the inner wall of the circular groove, the two guide holes are symmetrically arranged, the guide block is located inside the guide hole, and the outer side of the guide block is in active contact with the inner wall of the guide hole.

[0011] Further preferably, the two protective covers are in movably contact with each other at sides thereof that are close to each other.

[0012] The embodiment of the utility model has the following advantages due to the adoption of the above technical solution:

[0013] 1. The utility model is provided with a cylinder, a push plate, a transparent shell, a protective cover, a circular sleeve, a torsion spring and a limit plate. When the cylinder pushes the push plate to move downward, the transparent shell pushes the two protective covers to rotate in opposite directions, and the protective cover drives the circular sleeve to rotate. At this time, the torsion spring is twisted to release the protection of the camera. After use, the cylinder is started in the reverse direction, and the cylinder drives the push plate to move upward, and the push plate drives the camera to move upward. At this time, the thrust on the two protective covers is gradually reduced, and the twisted torsion spring is gradually reset until the camera is completely moved to the inside of the circular shell. At this time, the upper surface of the protective cover contacts the lower surface of the limit plate, which makes it easy to retract the camera for protection, and effectively avoids the phenomenon that the camera is exposed to the outside and caused by damage.

[0014] 2. The utility model provides U-shaped legs, circular columns, dampers and springs, which facilitate the landing of the UAV body and improve the stability of the UAV body during emergency landing.

[0015] The above summary is for the purpose of description only and is not intended to be limiting in any way. In addition to the illustrative aspects, embodiments and features described above, further aspects, embodiments and features of the utility model will be readily apparent by reference to the accompanying drawings and the following detailed description. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0016] In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings required for use in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present application. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without paying creative work.

[0017] Figure 1 This is the main axonometric structural diagram of the utility model;

[0018] Figure 2 This is a bottom-up axonometric structural diagram of the present utility model;

[0019] Figure 3 This is a main sectional isometric structural diagram of the utility model;

[0020] Figure 4 It is a side view partial cross-section axonometric structure diagram of the circular rod and U-shaped support leg connecting member of the utility model;

[0021] Figure 5 For the utility model Figure 3 A magnified structural diagram of part A.

[0022] Figure numerals: 1. UAV body; 2. circular column; 3. U-shaped support foot; 4. circular shell; 5. protective cover; 6. groove; 7. cylinder; 8. push plate; 9. transparent shell; 10. circular groove; 11. damper; 12. spring; 13. guide hole; 14. guide block; 15. circular rod; 16. torsion spring; 17. circular sleeve; 18. limit plate; 19. camera. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0023] In the following, only some exemplary embodiments are briefly described. As those skilled in the art will appreciate, the described embodiments may be modified in various ways without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. Therefore, the drawings and descriptions are considered to be exemplary and non-restrictive in nature.

[0024] The embodiments of the present utility model are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0025] like Figure 1-5 As shown, an embodiment of the utility model provides a surveying and mapping UAV, including a UAV body 1, a groove 6 is opened on the lower surface of the UAV body 1, a circular shell 4 is fixedly installed inside the groove 6, a cylinder 7 is fixedly installed on the top of the inner wall of the groove 6, a push plate 8 is fixedly installed on the bottom end of the output shaft of the cylinder 7, a transparent shell 9 is fixedly installed on the lower surface of the push plate 8, a camera 19 is fixedly installed on the lower surface of the push plate 8, and the camera 19 is located inside the transparent shell 9, four circular columns 2 are fixedly installed on the lower surface of the UAV body 1, and the four circular columns 2 are diagonally arranged, and two U-shaped legs 3 are movably arranged on the lower surface of the UAV body 1, and the top ends of the two U-shaped legs 3 are movably arranged inside the circular columns 2.

[0026] In one embodiment, two circular rods 15 are fixedly installed between the front side of the inner wall and the rear side of the inner wall of the circular shell 4. The two circular rods 15 are symmetrically arranged. The outer sides of the two circular rods 15 are movably sleeved with circular sleeves 17. The outer sides of the two circular sleeves 17 are fixedly installed with protective covers 5. The two protective covers 5 are movably contacted with each other on the sides close to each other. The outer sides of the circular rods 15 are sleeved with torsion springs 16. One end of the torsion spring 16 is fixedly connected to the outer side of the circular rods 15, and the other end of the torsion spring 16 is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the circular sleeve 17. When the cylinder 7 pushes the push plate 8 to move downward, the transparent shell 9 pushes the two protective covers 5 to rotate in opposite directions, and the protective covers 5 drive the circular sleeves 17 to rotate. At this time, the torsion spring 16 is twisted to release the protection of the camera 19.

[0027] In one embodiment, a limit plate 18 is fixedly installed on the left and right sides of the inner wall of the circular shell 4, and the lower surface of the limit plate 18 is in active contact with the upper surface of the protective cover 5. The protective cover 5 is limited by the set limit plate 18.

[0028] In one embodiment, a circular groove 10 is opened at the bottom end of the circular column 2, and a damper 11 is fixedly installed on the top of the inner wall of the circular groove 10. A spring 12 is wound around the outer side of the damper 11, and the top of the spring 12 is fixedly connected to the top of the inner wall of the circular groove 10. The bottom ends of the damper 11 and the spring 12 are fixedly connected to the upper surface of the U-shaped support foot 3.

[0029] In one embodiment, two guide blocks 14 are fixedly installed on the outer side of the U-shaped support leg 3, and the two guide blocks 14 are symmetrically arranged. Two guide holes 13 are opened on the inner wall of the circular groove 10, and the two guide holes 13 are symmetrically arranged. The guide block 14 is located inside the guide hole 13, and the outer side of the guide block 14 is in active contact with the inner wall of the guide hole 13. By setting the guide block 14 to cooperate with the guide hole 13, the U-shaped support leg 3 is limited.

[0030] The utility model is in operation: when it is necessary to carry out surveying and mapping operations, the cylinder 7 is started, so that the cylinder 7 pushes the push plate 8 to move downward, the push plate 8 moves downward and drives the transparent shell 9 and the camera 19 to move downward, the transparent shell 9 moves downward and gradually contacts the upper surfaces of the two protective covers 5, the transparent shell 9 pushes the two protective covers 5 to rotate in opposite directions, the two protective covers 5 rotate and drive the circular sleeve 17 to rotate, the torsion spring 16 is twisted while the circular sleeve 17 rotates, and at this time the transparent shell 9 continues to move downward until it moves out from the inside of the circular shell 4, and the camera 19 is moved downward. The surveying and mapping operation is completed under the action of the camera 19. After the surveying and mapping is completed, the cylinder 7 is started in the reverse direction, so that the cylinder 7 drives the push plate 8 to move upward, and the push plate 8 moves upward and also drives the transparent shell 9 and the camera 19 to move upward. At this time, the transparent shell 9 moves upward and gradually reduces the downward thrust on the two protective covers 5, and the twisted torsion spring 16 is gradually reset until the camera 19 is completely moved to the inside of the circular shell 4. At the same time, the upper surfaces of the two protective covers 5 are respectively in contact with the lower surfaces of the limit plate 18, and the camera 19 is protected under the action of the two protective covers 5;

[0031] When the UAV body 1 makes an emergency landing, the two U-shaped legs 3 first come into contact with the ground. At this time, the U-shaped legs 3 slide inside the circular column 2. The U-shaped legs 3 are cushioned by the combined action of the damper 11 and the spring 12, making it easier to cushion the landing of the UAV body 1.

[0032] The above is only a specific implementation of the utility model, but the protection scope of the utility model is not limited thereto. Any technician familiar with the technical field can easily think of various changes or substitutions within the technical scope disclosed by the utility model, which should be included in the protection scope of the utility model. Therefore, the protection scope of the utility model should be based on the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A surveying and mapping UAV, characterized by: The invention comprises an unmanned aerial vehicle body (1), wherein a groove (6) is provided on the lower surface of the unmanned aerial vehicle body (1), a circular shell (4) is fixedly installed inside the groove (6), a cylinder (7) is fixedly installed on the top of the inner wall of the groove (6), a push plate (8) is fixedly installed on the bottom end of the output shaft of the cylinder (7), a transparent shell (9) is fixedly installed on the lower surface of the push plate (8), a camera (19) is fixedly installed on the lower surface of the push plate (8), and the camera (19) is located inside the transparent shell (9), four circular columns (2) are fixedly installed on the lower surface of the unmanned aerial vehicle body (1), and the four circular columns (2) are arranged diagonally, and two U-shaped legs (3) are movably arranged on the lower surface of the unmanned aerial vehicle body (1), and the top ends of the two U-shaped legs (3) are movably arranged inside the circular columns (2).

2. A surveying and mapping UAV according to claim 1, characterized in that: Two circular rods (15) are fixedly installed between the front side and the rear side of the inner wall of the circular shell (4), the two circular rods (15) are symmetrically arranged, the outer sides of the two circular rods (15) are movably sleeved with circular sleeves (17), the outer sides of the two circular sleeves (17) are fixedly installed with protective covers (5), the outer sides of the circular rods (15) are sleeved with torsion springs (16), one end of the torsion springs (16) is fixedly connected to the outer sides of the circular rods (15), and the other end of the torsion springs (16) is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the circular sleeves (17).

3. A surveying and mapping UAV according to claim 2, characterized in that: Limiting plates (18) are fixedly mounted on the left side and the right side of the inner wall of the circular shell (4), and the lower surface of the limiting plates (18) is in active contact with the upper surface of the protective cover (5).

4. The surveying and mapping UAV according to claim 1, characterized in that: A circular groove (10) is provided at the bottom end of the circular column (2), a damper (11) is fixedly mounted on the top of the inner wall of the circular groove (10), a spring (12) is wound around the outer side of the damper (11), the top end of the spring (12) is fixedly connected to the top of the inner wall of the circular groove (10), and the bottom ends of the damper (11) and the spring (12) are fixedly connected to the upper surface of the U-shaped support foot (3).

5. A surveying and mapping UAV according to claim 4, characterized in that: Two guide blocks (14) are fixedly mounted on the outer side of the U-shaped support foot (3), and the two guide blocks (14) are symmetrically arranged. Two guide holes (13) are provided on the inner wall of the circular groove (10), and the two guide holes (13) are symmetrically arranged. The guide blocks (14) are located inside the guide holes (13), and the outer sides of the guide blocks (14) are in active contact with the inner walls of the guide holes (13).

6. A surveying and mapping UAV according to claim 2, characterized in that: The two protective covers (5) are in movable contact with each other at the sides thereof that are close to each other.

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  • Camera protection structure of surveying and mapping unmanned aerial vehicle

    CN212766784U