Road flow monitoring device capable of being used for aerial photography of small unmanned aerial vehicle
By installing a road traffic monitoring device with laser rangefinders and cameras on drones, the problem of drones being unable to identify the size of objects being photographed has been solved, enabling efficient and accurate monitoring and control of road traffic.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202422434067.8
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-10-09
- Publication Date
- 2025-10-24
- Estimated Expiration
- 2034-10-09
AI Technical Summary
Existing drones cannot apply ranging technology to urban traffic monitoring, nor can they identify the size of the objects they are photographing, thus limiting the use of road monitoring.
Design a small drone aerial photography device that includes a laser ranging component and a camera component. By combining laser ranging and camera functions, it can measure road width and vehicle size.
It enables efficient and accurate monitoring and control of road traffic flow, allowing traffic controllers to obtain congestion distance and road width in real time and provide timely guidance.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The utility model belongs to the road traffic monitoring technical field, concretely relates to a road flow monitoring device for small unmanned aerial vehicle aerial photography. BACKGROUND
[0002] With the rapid advancement of urbanization, the number of motor vehicles in China is also growing rapidly, and with the surge in the flow of goods, road traffic monitoring is particularly important.
[0003] The monitoring system of the existing urban traffic road sets monitoring points and installs fixed front-end video and audio acquisition equipment at key places and intersections of urban traffic roads to obtain video images and transmit them to the traffic command center through various ways (optical fiber, dedicated line, etc.), store, process and publish information, so that traffic command and management personnel can make judgments on traffic violations, traffic congestion, traffic accidents and other emergencies, and adjust the system control parameters and command and dispatch strategies accordingly.
[0004] In addition, the existing unmanned aerial vehicle also has a ranging function, which uses different technical principles to measure the distance of the surrounding environment or target. Unmanned aerial vehicle ranging technology can be applied in many fields, such as surveying, exploration, remote sensing monitoring, environmental monitoring, etc. Through the use of unmanned aerial vehicle ranging technology, higher precision and higher efficiency data collection and monitoring services can be realized, providing better technical support for geographic spatial information application.
[0005] However, the existing unmanned aerial vehicle has not yet applied the monitoring of urban traffic roads and the distance measurement and control related to roads. The unmanned aerial vehicle cannot identify the size of the photographed object (road width, length, vehicle size, etc.). If the unmanned aerial vehicle can apply ranging to traffic road monitoring, it can greatly expand the use of road monitoring and more accurately monitor and regulate traffic. SUMMARY
[0006] To achieve the above purpose, the utility model provides a road flow monitoring device for small unmanned aerial vehicle aerial photography, which can apply ranging to road flow monitoring, thereby more efficiently and accurately monitoring and regulating traffic.
[0007] The road flow monitoring device for small unmanned aerial vehicle aerial photography includes a main body, installation racks are arranged on the left and right sides of the main body near the front, and an elastic cord hole is arranged on the upper side of the main body; a laser ranging assembly and a camera assembly are arranged in the main body, and the laser ranging assembly and the camera assembly are arranged side by side.
[0008] Further, an elastic motor is arranged in the main body, an output shaft of the elastic motor is provided with a winch, an elastic cord is arranged on the winch, and one end of the elastic cord extends out of the elastic cord hole.
[0009] Further, the laser ranging assembly comprises a laser ranging assembly body, a laser transmitter arranged in front of the laser ranging assembly body, and a laser receiver arranged below the laser transmitter, and the laser ranging assembly body is further provided with a laser ranging core system.
[0010] Further, the camera assembly comprises a camera body and a camera lens arranged in front of the camera body, and the camera body is further provided with a camera core system.
[0011] The road flow monitoring device for small unmanned aerial vehicle aerial photography provided by the utility model has the advantages that not only can the video information of the road be shot through the camera, but also has the ranging function, the width, distance and size of the vehicle of the road can be measured, the traffic control personnel can obtain the congestion distance and width of the road in the first time, and the traffic can be guided in the first time.
[0012] The utility model will be described in detail below in combination with the drawings and embodiments. DRAWINGS
[0013] Figure 1 It is a schematic view of the road flow monitoring device for small unmanned aerial vehicle aerial photography arranged on the unmanned aerial vehicle.
[0014] Figure 2 It is a structural schematic view of the road flow monitoring device for small unmanned aerial vehicle aerial photography Figure One .
[0015] Figure 3 It is a structural schematic view of the road flow monitoring device for small unmanned aerial vehicle aerial photography Figure Two .
[0016] Figure 4 It is a structural schematic view of the road flow monitoring device for small unmanned aerial vehicle aerial photography Figure Three .
[0017] Figure 5 The laser ranging assembly structural schematic view.
[0018] Figure 6 The camera assembly structural schematic view.
[0019] The reference signs are explained as follows: 1, main body; 2, mounting frame; 3, telescopic rope hole; 4, ranging assembly; 5, camera assembly; 6, laser ranging assembly body; 7, laser transmitter; 8, laser receiver; 9, camera body; 10, camera lens; 11, telescopic motor; 12, winch. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0020] In order to further illustrate the technical means and effects taken by the utility model to achieve the predetermined purpose, the specific implementation, structural features and effects of the utility model will be described in detail below in combination with the drawings and examples.
[0021] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the utility model will be described clearly and completely below in combination with the drawings in the embodiments of the utility model. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the utility model, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the utility model, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor fall within the scope of protection of the utility model.
[0022] In the description of the utility model, it should be understood that the orientation or position relationship indicated by the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "alignment", "overlap", "bottom", "inner", "outer" and the like is the orientation or position relationship shown in the drawings, which is only for the convenience of describing the utility model and simplifying the description, and does not indicate or imply that the indicated device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation on the utility model.
[0023] The terms "first" and "second" are only for the purpose of description, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of the indicated technical features. Therefore, the features defined with "first" and "second" can explicitly or implicitly include one or more features; in the description of the utility model, unless otherwise specified, the meaning of "multiple" is two or more.
[0024] Example 1
[0025] The embodiment provides a road flow monitoring device for small unmanned aerial vehicle aerial photography, which can apply ranging to road flow monitoring, so that traffic monitoring and regulation are more efficient and accurate. Figures 1-6
[0026] The road traffic monitoring device for small unmanned aerial vehicle aerial photography, including main body 1, the left and right sides of main body 1, close to the front, are provided with mounting bracket 2, mounting bracket 2 is convenient for installing the road traffic monitoring device for small unmanned aerial vehicle aerial photography on small unmanned aerial vehicle, screw connection hole is arranged on mounting bracket 2, and the device is fixed on unmanned aerial vehicle by screw, simultaneously, the connecting mode between main body 1 and mounting bracket 2 is rotary connection, and main body 1 can rotate with mounting bracket 2 connection as the center, the upper portion of main body 1 is provided with telescopic rope hole 3, and telescopic rope hole 3 is located at the rear of the upper portion of main body 1, laser ranging assembly 4 and camera assembly 5 are arranged in main body 1, laser ranging assembly 4 and camera assembly 5 are arranged side by side, and wiring socket is further arranged at the rear of main body 1, and the electrical connection of the traffic monitoring device and unmanned aerial vehicle can be realized through the wiring socket, so that the transmission of data is carried out.
[0027] Further, telescopic motor 11 is arranged in main body 1, telescopic motor 11 is fixedly arranged in main body 1 by screw, the output shaft of telescopic motor 11 is provided with winch 12, telescopic rope is arranged on winch 12, one end of telescopic rope is stretched out of telescopic rope hole 3, and one end of telescopic rope stretched out of telescopic rope hole 3 is fixedly connected with small unmanned aerial vehicle, so that winch 12 can be driven to rotate by telescopic motor 11, so that the height of the rear side of main body 1 is changed, and the levelness of main body 1 can be adjusted, so that the video of different inclination angles or the distance of different areas can be realized.
[0028] Further, laser ranging assembly 4 includes laser ranging assembly body 6, laser emitter 7 arranged in front of laser ranging assembly body 6, and laser receiver 8, laser receiver 8 is arranged below laser emitter 7, and laser ranging assembly body 6 is further provided with laser ranging movement system.
[0029] Further, camera assembly 5 includes camera body 9, camera lens 10 arranged in front of camera body 9, and camera movement system is further arranged in camera body 9.
[0030] Laser ranging assembly 4 and camera assembly 5 adopt existing mature laser range finder or camera, as long as the structure is arranged to meet the demand of the road traffic monitoring device for small unmanned aerial vehicle aerial photography on ranging and video shooting.
[0031] In summary, the road traffic monitoring device for small unmanned aerial vehicle aerial photography can not only shoot the video information of road by camera, but also has ranging function, can measure the width, distance and size of vehicle, and is convenient for traffic control personnel to obtain the congestion distance of road and the width of road in the first time, so that traffic relief operation can be carried out in the first time.
[0032] The above is further detailed description of the utility model in combination with specific preferred embodiments, and cannot be deemed as limitation of the specific implementation of the utility model to these descriptions. For ordinary skilled persons in the technical field to which the utility model belongs, without departing from the concept of the utility model, a number of simple deductions or substitutions can be made, and all of them shall be deemed as belonging to the protection scope of the utility model.
Claims
1. A road traffic monitoring device for use in aerial photography by a small unmanned aerial vehicle, characterized in that: Including the main body (1), both sides of the main body (1) near the front are provided with mounting racks (2), and the upper portion of the main body (1) is provided with a telescopic rope hole (3); the main body (1) is provided with a laser ranging assembly (4) and a camera assembly (5), and the laser ranging assembly (4) and the camera assembly (5) are arranged side by side; the main body (1) is provided with a telescopic motor (11), the output shaft of the telescopic motor (11) is provided with a winch (12), the winch (12) is provided with a telescopic rope, and one end of the telescopic rope extends out of the telescopic rope hole (3); the laser ranging assembly (4) comprises a laser ranging assembly body (6), a laser emitter (7) arranged in front of the laser ranging assembly body (6), and a laser receiver (8), wherein the laser receiver (8) is arranged below the laser emitter (7), and the laser ranging assembly body (6) is further provided with a laser ranging movement system; the camera assembly (5) comprises a camera body (9), and a camera lens (10) arranged in front of the camera body (9), and the camera body (9) is further provided with a camera movement system.