Panoramic microphone tracking camera device

Abstract

The utility model discloses a panoramic microphone tracking camera device, which comprises a base and a rotary table, a plurality of panoramic camera modules and microphones in one-to-one correspondence are arranged on the base in the circumferential direction, the rotary table is rotatably arranged on the base, a high-definition camera is arranged at the upper end of the rotary table, a circumferential driving mechanism and a pitching driving mechanism are arranged in the base, and the circumferential driving mechanism and the pitching driving mechanism are arranged on the rotary table. The high-definition camera is driven by the circumferential driving mechanism to rotate in the horizontal plane in the circumferential direction and driven by the pitching driving mechanism to pitch in the vertical plane. According to the utility model, the panoramic and close-up picture high-definition output can be realized through the driving of the circumferential driving mechanism to circumferentially rotate in the horizontal plane and the driving of the pitching driving mechanism to pitch in the vertical plane, so that the distortion is small, and the picture definition is high.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to camera technical field, concretely relates to a panoramic microphone tracking camera device. BACKGROUND

[0002] Now, video conference has become the important communication and cooperation mode of modern office. With the expansion of the scale of meeting room and the diversification of seat layout, the traditional camera equipment is difficult to comprehensively cover all the participants, especially difficult to achieve panoramic picture and speaker close-up simultaneously.

[0003] The prior art adopts 360° camera, the 360° camera in the scheme is synthesized through 2-4 camera modules, and the close-up of the speaker can be realized according to sound source positioning. However, since the speaker close-up is cut from the 360° picture, there is serious distortion, and there are obvious picture processing traces in the picture overlapping area, and high-definition close-up cannot be achieved. UTILITY MODEL CONTENT

[0004] In view of the above defects, the technical problem to be solved by the utility model is to provide a panoramic microphone tracking camera device to solve the inconvenient load adjustment problem of the prior art.

[0005] Therefore, the utility model provides a panoramic microphone tracking camera device, which comprises:

[0006] A plurality of panoramic camera modules are arranged on the circumference of the shell of the base, and a microphone corresponding to each panoramic camera module is arranged on the shell.

[0007] A turntable is rotatably arranged on the base, and a high-definition camera is arranged on the upper end of the turntable, wherein the high-definition camera comprises a high-definition camera module.

[0008] A circumferential driving mechanism and a pitching driving mechanism are arranged in the shell of the base, the turntable and the high-definition camera are driven to rotate circumferentially in the horizontal plane by the circumferential driving mechanism, and the high-definition camera is driven to pitch in the vertical plane by the pitching driving mechanism.

[0009] Based on the above technical scheme, the base is provided with a high-definition camera, which can be driven to rotate circumferentially in the horizontal plane by the circumferential driving mechanism and to pitch in the vertical plane by the pitching driving mechanism, so that high-definition output of panoramic and close-up pictures can be realized, the distortion is small, and the picture clarity is high.

[0010] In the above technical solution, preferably, the shell further has a control module, the control module collects sound signals of each microphone in real time, and drives the high-definition camera to rotate circumferentially and / or pitch according to the sound signals of each microphone.

[0011] In the above technical solution, preferably, the circumferential driving mechanism comprises a first motor, an output shaft of the first motor is arranged along a vertical direction, a first gear is arranged on the output shaft, an inner ring gear is arranged on an inner wall of a lower end of the rotating table, and the first gear is coupled with the inner ring gear to drive the rotating table and the high-definition camera to rotate circumferentially in a horizontal plane.

[0012] In the above technical solution, preferably, the first gear is coupled with the inner ring gear through an intermediate gear.

[0013] In the above technical solution, preferably, a shaft hole is arranged on a side wall of the upper end of the rotating table towards the center of the base, a rotating shaft is arranged radially on an outer shell of the high-definition camera, and the rotating shaft is arranged to rotate in the shaft hole; the pitching driving mechanism comprises a second motor, an output shaft of the second motor is arranged horizontally, a belt pulley is arranged on the output shaft of the second motor, and the belt pulley is connected with the rotating shaft through a synchronous belt to drive the high-definition camera to pitch in a vertical plane.

[0014] In the above technical solution, preferably, the first motor and the second motor are fixed on a mounting plate, the mounting plate is fixed in the shell, and the control module is arranged on the mounting plate and connected with each microphone and the first motor and the second motor.

[0015] According to the panoramic microphone tracking camera device, the problem of serious distortion of a speaker close-up in the prior art is solved, and high-definition close-up cannot be achieved.

[0016] The base has a plurality of panoramic camera modules arranged circumferentially, a rotating table is arranged to rotate on the base, an upper end of the rotating table has a high-definition camera, the high-definition camera is driven to rotate circumferentially in a horizontal plane by a circumferential driving mechanism and to pitch in a vertical plane by a pitching driving mechanism, and thus high-definition output of panoramic and close-up pictures can be achieved, distortion is small, and picture clarity is high.

[0017] Further, the shell further has a microphone corresponding to each panoramic camera module, the high-definition camera is driven to rotate circumferentially and / or pitch according to sound signals of each microphone, a speaker is tracked automatically, and the quality and efficiency of office work and meetings are further improved. Attached Figure Description

[0018] To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of this utility model or the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments of this utility model or the prior art will be briefly introduced and explained below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of this utility model. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative effort.

[0019] Figure 1 A schematic diagram of the panoramic microphone tracking camera device provided by this utility model;

[0020] Figure 2 for Figure 1 The diagram shows a rear-view view of the panoramic microphone tracking camera device, in which a portion of the turntable housing is cut out.

[0021] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the circumferential drive mechanism and the pitch drive mechanism in this utility model;

[0022] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the high-definition camera in this utility model after tilting upwards;

[0023] Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram of the high-definition camera in this utility model viewed from below.

[0024] Figures 1-5 The correspondence between the parts is as follows:

[0025] Base 10, turntable 20, HD camera 30, mounting plate 40;

[0026] 11. Housing; 12. Panoramic camera module; 13. Microphone;

[0027] High-definition camera module 31, hinge 32;

[0028] First motor 41, first gear 42, internal gear ring 43, intermediate gear 44;

[0029] Second motor 51, pulley 52, timing belt 53. Detailed Implementation

[0030] The technical solutions of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings of the embodiments. Obviously, the embodiments described below are only some embodiments of the present utility model, and not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present utility model, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative effort are within the protection scope of the present utility model.

[0031] In order to make the technical scheme and implementation mode of the utility model clearer, the following introduces several preferred embodiments for realizing the technical scheme of the utility model.

[0032] It should be noted that the direction words such as "inner, outer", "front, back" and "left, right" in this paper are described based on the product use state as the reference object. Obviously, the use of corresponding direction words does not constitute a limitation on the protection scope of the scheme.

[0033] The utility model provides a kind of panoramic microphone tracking camera device, as shown in Figure 1 、 Figure 2 、 Figure 3 It includes base 10 and rotating table 20 rotatingly arranged on base 10, and a plurality of panoramic camera modules 12 are arranged on the circumference of the shell 11 of base 10, and a microphone 13 corresponding to each camera module is further arranged on the shell 11. The plurality of panoramic camera modules 12 are used to collect 360-degree panoramic pictures, and the plurality of microphones 13 form a microphone array for collecting live sound. In this embodiment, four panoramic camera modules 12 are arranged on the base 10, and are evenly distributed along the circumference, so that 360-degree panoramic pictures can be collected.

[0034] The upper end of the rotating table 20 is provided with a high-definition camera 30, and the high-definition camera 30 has a high-definition camera module 31.

[0035] The shell 11 of the base 10 is provided with a circumferential driving mechanism and a pitch driving mechanism, and the rotating table 20 and the high-definition camera 30 are driven to rotate circumferentially in the horizontal plane by the circumferential driving mechanism, and the high-definition camera 30 is driven to pitch in the vertical plane by the pitch driving mechanism, as shown in Figure 4 、 Figure 5 .

[0036] The shell 11 is further provided with a control module, which collects the sound signals of each microphone 13 in real time, and drives the high-definition camera 30 to rotate circumferentially and / or pitch according to the sound signals of each microphone 13.

[0037] In one embodiment, the circumferential driving mechanism includes a first motor 41, the output shaft of the first motor 41 is arranged in the vertical direction, and a first gear 42 is arranged on the output shaft, and an inner ring gear 43 is arranged on the inner wall of the lower end of the rotating table 20, and the first gear 42 is coupled with the inner ring gear 43 to drive the rotating table 20 and the high-definition camera 30 to rotate circumferentially in the horizontal plane.

[0038] In one embodiment, the first gear 42 is coupled with the inner ring gear 43 through an intermediate gear 44, which can be conveniently configured with a proper reduction ratio to facilitate accurate control of the angle of the pan-tilt camera 30 in the circumferential direction.

[0039] The upper end of the turntable 20 is provided with a shaft hole on the side wall facing the center of the base 10, and the housing of the pan-tilt camera 30 is provided with a rotating shaft 32 arranged in the radial direction, which is rotatably arranged in the shaft hole.

[0040] The tilt driving mechanism includes a second motor 51, the output shaft of which is horizontally arranged and provided with a belt pulley 52, which is connected with the rotating shaft 32 on the housing 23 through a synchronous belt 53 to drive the pan-tilt camera 30 to tilt in the vertical plane.

[0041] The first motor 41 and the second motor 51 are respectively fixed on the mounting plate 40, which is fixed in the housing 11.

[0042] The mounting plate 40 is further provided with a control module, the first motor 41, the second motor 51 and the microphones 13 are respectively connected with the control module, the control module determines the current speaker according to the sound signals of the microphones 13, and controls the first motor 41 and the second motor 51 to rotate, so that the pan-tilt camera 30 rotates to the position corresponding to the microphone 13 receiving the voice, thereby making the pan-tilt camera 30 face the current speaker.

[0043] The determination of the current speaker according to the sound signals of the microphones 13 is realized by using the prior art, for example, it can be determined according to whether the microphones 13 output audio signals, which will not be described here.

[0044] The tilt control of the pan-tilt camera 30 is also realized by using the prior art, for example, the position of the head of the speaker in the picture can be adjusted to adjust the tilt of the pan-tilt camera 30 in the vertical plane, which will not be described here.

[0045] In combination with the description of the above specific embodiments, the panoramic microphone tracking camera device provided by the present application has the following advantages compared with the prior art:

[0046] Firstly, the tracking of the speaker is realized by one device, and the panoramic picture and the close-up of the speaker are considered, which has a simple structure, low cost and convenient use compared with multiple independent cameras cooperating with a professional video matrix or splicer.

[0047] Secondly, a plurality of panoramic cameras are arranged on the base in the circumferential direction, and a pan-tilt camera is arranged on the base, which can be rotated and adjusted in the circumferential direction, and can be rotated to the position of the current speaker according to the sound signals of the microphones on the base to collect the front close-up of the current speaker, thereby improving the quality and efficiency of office and meeting.

[0048] Thirdly, compared with the prior art of cutting out the speaker close-up from the 360-degree picture, the panoramic and close-up picture output by the application has high definition, small distortion and high picture clarity.

[0049] Finally, it should be noted that the terms "comprising", "containing" or any other variation thereof used herein are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not only include those elements, but also includes other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article or apparatus. Without more limitations, the element defined by the statement "comprising a" does not exclude the presence of additional identical elements in the process, method, article or apparatus that includes the element.

[0050] The utility model is not limited to the above best embodiment, any person should know the structural change made under the enlightenment of the utility model, any technical scheme with the same or similar utility model falls into the protection scope of the utility model.

Claims

1. A panoramic microphone tracking camera apparatus, characterized by, The utility model relates to a panoramic camera with high definition camera, comprising: a base, a plurality of panoramic camera modules are arranged along the circumference of the shell of the base, and a microphone corresponding to each panoramic camera module is further arranged on the shell; a rotating table is rotatably arranged on the base, and a high definition camera is arranged on the upper end of the rotating table, wherein the high definition camera has a high definition camera module; a circumferential driving mechanism and a pitching driving mechanism are arranged in the shell of the base, the rotating table and the high definition camera are driven to rotate circumferentially in a horizontal plane by the circumferential driving mechanism, and the high definition camera is driven to pitch in a vertical plane by the pitching driving mechanism.

2. The surround microphone tracking camera apparatus of claim 1, wherein, a control module is further arranged in the shell, the control module collects the sound signals of the microphones in real time, and drives the high definition camera to rotate circumferentially and / or pitch according to the sound signals of the microphones.

3. The surround microphone tracking camera apparatus of claim 2, wherein, the circumferential driving mechanism comprises a first motor, the output shaft of the first motor is arranged in a vertical direction, a first gear is arranged on the output shaft, an inner gear ring is arranged on the inner wall of the lower end of the rotating table, and the first gear is coupled with the inner gear ring to drive the rotating table and the high definition camera to rotate circumferentially in a horizontal plane.

4. The surround microphone tracking camera apparatus of claim 3, wherein, the first gear is coupled with the inner gear ring through an intermediate gear.

5. The surround microphone tracking camera apparatus of claim 3, wherein, an axle hole is arranged on the side wall of the upper end of the rotating table towards the center of the base, a rotating shaft is arranged radially on the shell of the high definition camera, and the rotating shaft is rotatably arranged in the axle hole; the pitching driving mechanism comprises a second motor, the output shaft of the second motor is arranged horizontally, a belt pulley is arranged on the output shaft of the second motor, and the belt pulley is connected with the rotating shaft through a synchronous belt to drive the high definition camera to pitch in a vertical plane.

6. The surround microphone tracking camera apparatus of claim 5, wherein, the first motor and the second motor are respectively fixed on a mounting plate, the mounting plate is fixed in the shell, the control module is arranged on the mounting plate and connected with the microphones, the first motor and the second motor respectively.

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