Camera device of inspection robot and inspection robot

Abstract

The utility model provides an inspection robot and the camera device of inspection robot, the camera device includes shell and lens, shell includes main shell part and the shielding part that is movably arranged in the main shell part, the lens is installed in the front end of main shell part, the main shell part is provided with the receiving groove that is used for receiving the shielding part, and the receiving groove is used for receiving the shielding part. The shielding part can move between a shielding position and a storage position relative to the main shell part, when the shielding part is located at the shielding position, at least part of the shielding part extends out of the storage groove and shields the upper portion of the lens, and when the shielding part is located at the storage position, the shielding part is stored in the storage groove. The camera device can extend the shielding part to the shielding position to shield rain and snow and protect the lens in rainy and snowy weather, and can retract the shielding part to the storage position to be stored in the absence of rainy and snowy weather, so that the lens is not shielded, the light is better, the visual angle is increased, and the shooting effect is improved.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of robot, especially relates to a camera device of inspection robot and inspection robot. BACKGROUND

[0002] With the continuous development of new energy technology, the new installed capacity of photovoltaic power generation is expanding, and photovoltaic energy has become an important part of the new energy structure. Photovoltaic power stations are generally located in remote areas such as the wild, and the photovoltaic equipment covers a wide area and is exposed to the outdoor environment for a long time, so it needs to face relatively severe weather conditions. During the operation of the photovoltaic power station, data collection and routine maintenance and other inspection work need to be carried out. If artificial inspection is relied on, there are problems such as low efficiency, long inspection time, great safety hazards, limited monitoring and diagnosis capabilities, and increased operation and maintenance costs. Therefore, inspection robots have appeared on the market to replace artificial inspection, which can effectively avoid the above problems.

[0003] The inspection robot is generally equipped with a camera, which is usually arranged at the top of the inspection robot to obtain a better field of view. Because the photovoltaic power station covers a wide area and is mostly built in remote areas such as the wild, the outdoor weather is changeable, and it needs to face rain and snow weather frequently. In order to protect the camera, a rain shelter is fixedly arranged on the top of the camera shell and extends forward, which can shield rain and snow to protect the lens of the camera. However, the rain shelter blocks part of the view and light of the camera while shielding rain and snow for the camera, which affects the view range and camera quality of the camera. SUMMARY

[0004] In view of the above situation, it is necessary to provide a camera device of an inspection robot and an inspection robot to effectively solve the above problems.

[0005] The utility model discloses a camera device, including shell and lens, the shell includes main shell part and the sheltering portion of activity setting in main shell part, the lens is installed in the front end of main shell part, main shell part is provided with the receiving groove for receiving sheltering portion, sheltering portion can be relative to main shell part and is active between sheltering position and receiving position, when sheltering portion is located in sheltering position, sheltering portion at least partial extension receiving groove and sheltering in the upper of lens, when sheltering portion is located in receiving position, sheltering portion is received in receiving groove.

[0006] As a preferred embodiment, the main shell part is a cylindrical structure, the rear end of the main shell part is a closed structure, the internal space of the main shell part is used for installing components and parts of the camera device, and the front end of the main shell part is an open structure, and the lens is installed on the open structure.

[0007] As a preferred embodiment, the receiving groove is arranged inside the sidewall of the main shell part, and the slot of the receiving groove extends to the front end surface of the main shell part, and the shielding part is telescopically inserted into the receiving groove.

[0008] As a preferred embodiment, the receiving groove extends along the length direction of the main shell part, and the shape of the receiving groove is adapted to the shape of the shielding part.

[0009] As a preferred embodiment, the shielding part is flat or arc-shaped.

[0010] As a preferred embodiment, one of a limiting sliding groove and a limiting sliding rail is arranged on the inner wall of the receiving groove, and the other of the limiting sliding groove and the limiting sliding rail is arranged on the outer wall of the shielding part, and the limiting sliding rail and the limiting sliding groove are slidably limitedly matched.

[0011] As a preferred embodiment, a sealing ring is arranged between the shielding part and the receiving groove, and the sealing ring is fixedly arranged on the inner wall of the receiving groove or the outer wall of the shielding part.

[0012] As a preferred embodiment, the camera device comprises a driving mechanism connected with the shielding part, for driving the shielding part to move between the shielding position and the receiving position.

[0013] As a preferred embodiment, the driving mechanism is installed in the receiving groove, and the driving mechanism comprises a motor and a lead screw drivingly connected with the motor, and one end of the shielding part located in the receiving groove is provided with a screw hole, and the lead screw is threadedly connected with the screw hole to drive the shielding part to move between the shielding position and the receiving position.

[0014] The utility model discloses a second aspect provides a kind of inspection robot, including robot main body and as described above camera device, the camera device is installed in the top of the robot main body and with the robot main body electrical connection.

[0015] Compared with the prior art, the utility model provides a kind of camera device and inspection robot of inspection robot, which includes shell and lens, shell includes main shell part and the shield part of movable setting in main shell part, lens is installed at the front end of main shell part, main shell part is provided with the receiving slot for receiving shield part, shield part can be moved relative to main shell part between shield position and receiving position, when shield part is located in shield position, shield part at least partially extends receiving slot and is shielded above lens, when shield part is located in receiving position, shield part is received in receiving slot.The camera device of the present application can extend the shield part to the shield position to shield rain and snow and protect the lens when encountering rainy and snowy weather, and can retract the shield part to the receiving position when there is no rainy and snowy weather, so that the lens is not blocked, the light is better and the viewing angle is increased, and the shooting effect is improved. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0016] The disclosure of the utility model will become more easily understood with reference to the accompanying drawings. Those skilled in the art will readily understand that these drawings are merely for the purpose of illustrating the technical solutions of the utility model, and are not intended to limit the scope of protection of the utility model.

[0017] In the drawings:

[0018] Figure 1 is the perspective view of the inspection robot in an embodiment of the utility model.

[0019] Figure 2 is the exploded view of the camera device in an embodiment of the utility model.

[0020] Figure 3 is the rear view of the shield part of the camera device in an embodiment of the utility model. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0021] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the utility model will be described clearly and completely below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the utility model. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the utility model, not all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the utility model, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor are within the scope of protection of the utility model.

[0022] It should be noted that when an element is considered to be "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or a middle element can exist simultaneously. When an element is considered to be "provided on" another element, it can be directly provided on the other element or a middle element can exist simultaneously.

[0023] Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs. The terminology used in the description herein is for describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the application. As used in this description, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" include plural references unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

[0024] Referring to Figure 1 As shown in the drawings, the utility model provides a kind of inspection robot 100, which can be applied to photovoltaic power station, wind power plant and the like scene to carry out intelligent inspection work.The inspection robot 100 includes robot main body 110 and camera device 120, camera device 120 is installed on the top of robot main body 110 and is electrically connected with robot main body 110.In the embodiment, the inspection robot 100 is a robot dog, therefore, robot main body 110 further includes body part 111 and four walking feet 112 arranged at the bottom of body part 111, and camera device 120 is arranged at the top of body part 111.In other embodiments, the inspection robot 100 can also be other types of robots such as tracked robots.

[0025] Wherein, referring to Figure 2 As shown in the drawings, camera device 120 includes shell 130 and lens 140, shell 130 includes main shell part 1301 and shielding part 1302 movably arranged on main shell part 1301, lens 140 is installed at the front end of main shell part 1301, main shell part 1301 is provided with receiving groove 1303 for receiving shielding part 1302, shielding part 1302 can be moved relative to main shell part 1301 between shielding position and receiving position, when shielding part 1302 is located at shielding position, shielding part 1302 at least partially extends out of receiving groove 1303 and shields above lens 140, when shielding part 1302 is located at receiving position, shielding part 1302 is received in receiving groove 1303.The camera device 120 of the present application can extend shielding part 1302 to shielding position to shield rain and snow and protect lens 140 when encountering rainy and snowy weather, and can retract shielding part 1302 to receiving position to be stored when there is no rainy and snowy weather, so that lens 140 is not shielded, the light is better and the viewing angle is increased, and the shooting effect is improved.

[0026] In the shown embodiment, the camera 120 is cuboid in shape, the main shell 1301 is cuboid and in the form of a cylinder, specifically, the rear end of the main shell 1301 is closed, the internal space of the main shell 1301 is used to mount various components of the camera 120, the front end of the main shell 1301 is open, the lens 140 is mounted on the open structure, and the open structure can be designed in the form of a circle or a square according to the shape of the lens 140. The receiving groove 1303 is arranged inside the side wall of the main shell 1301, and the groove opening of the receiving groove 1303 extends to the front end face of the main shell 1301, that is, the groove opening of the receiving groove 1303 and the open structure are both located on the front end face of the main shell 1301, and the groove opening of the receiving groove 1303 is located above the open structure or the lens 140, and the shielding part 1302 is telescopically inserted into the receiving groove 1303.

[0027] Preferably, the receiving groove 1303 extends along the length direction of the main shell 1301, and the shape of the receiving groove 1303 is matched with the shape of the shielding part 1302. The length of the shielding part 1302 is less than the length of the main shell 1301, and is about 1 / 5 of the length of the main shell 1301. The shielding part 1302 can be in the form of a flat plate or an arc, and the shape of the receiving groove 1303 can be designed to match the shape of the shielding part 1302. In the present embodiment, please refer to Figure 3 As shown, the shielding part 1302 is designed in the form of an arc, which can better shield rain and snow to protect the lens 140, and the shielding part 1302 includes an upper top plate 1304 and side wing arc plates 1305 connected to opposite ends of the upper top plate 1304, and the upper top plate 1304 and the two side wing arc plates 1305 are, for example, integrally formed.

[0028] Preferably, in order to facilitate the sliding connection between the shielding part 1302 and the receiving groove 1303, one of a limiting sliding groove (not shown in the figure) and a limiting sliding rail 1307 is arranged on the inner wall of the receiving groove 1303, and the other one of the limiting sliding groove and the limiting sliding rail 1307 is arranged on the outer wall of the shielding part 1302, and the limiting sliding rail 1307 and the limiting sliding groove are slidably limited and matched. In the embodiment, two limiting sliding grooves are arranged, and the two limiting sliding grooves are respectively arranged on the opposite two side walls of the receiving groove 1303. Correspondingly, two limiting sliding rails 1307 are arranged, and the two limiting sliding rails 1307 are respectively arranged on the outer side walls of the two side wing arc-shaped plates 1305 of the shielding part 1302. The limiting sliding rail 1307 and the limiting sliding groove both extend along the length direction of the main shell part 1301, and the limiting sliding rail 1307 and the limiting sliding groove are both located inside the receiving groove 1303 and away from one side of the opening structure. That is, when the shielding part 1302 is located at the shielding position, located at the receiving position, or located between the shielding position and the receiving position, the limiting sliding rail 1307 and the limiting sliding groove are both hidden inside the receiving groove 1303, so as to avoid the limiting sliding rail 1307 and the limiting sliding groove being exposed and affecting the appearance. Through the limiting and matching of the limiting sliding rail 1307 and the limiting sliding groove, the shielding part 1302 can be prevented from shaking during movement, and the movement stability of the shielding part 1302 is enhanced.

[0029] Preferably, a sealing ring (not shown in the figure) is further arranged between the shielding part 1302 and the receiving groove 1303. The sealing ring is made of, for example, silica gel, and can be fixedly arranged on the inner wall of the receiving groove 1303 or the outer wall of the shielding part 1302. The sealing ring can block the gap between the outer wall surface of the shielding part 1302 and the inner wall surface of the receiving groove 1303, so as to play a waterproof and dustproof role, avoid water from seeping into the inside of the receiving groove 1303, and the sealing ring can be arranged close to one end of the opening structure of the receiving groove 1303.

[0030] In the shown embodiment, the telescopic movement of the shielding part 1302 between the shielding position and the receiving position is controlled by a driving mechanism. The driving mechanism can automatically realize the telescopic movement control of the shielding part 1302 between the shielding position and the receiving position according to a rain and snow sensing device, such as a sensor. For example, the driving mechanism is electrically connected with a controller and a battery inside the robot body 110. When the sensor senses that it is raining or snowing, the controller controls the driving mechanism to start and drive the shielding part 1302 to move from the receiving position to the shielding position. When the sensor does not sense that it is raining or snowing, the controller controls the driving mechanism to start and drive the shielding part 1302 to move from the shielding position to the receiving position. Specifically, the camera device 120 includes a driving mechanism, which is drivingly connected with the shielding part 1302 and is used to drive the shielding part 1302 to move between the shielding position and the receiving position.

[0031] Preferably, the drive mechanism is installed at the end of the storage slot 1303 away from the opening structure. The drive mechanism includes a motor 1309 and a lead screw 1310 driven by the motor 1309. The end of the blocking part 1302 located within the storage slot 1303 is provided with a screw hole 1311. Both the lead screw 1310 and the screw hole 1311 extend along the length of the blocking part 1302 or the storage slot 1303. The lead screw 1310 is threaded into the screw hole 1311 to drive the blocking part 1302 to move between the blocking position and the storage position. It is understood that in other embodiments, the drive mechanism may also have other design methods. For example, the drive mechanism can drive the blocking part 1302 to move between the blocking position and the storage position via gear transmission.

[0032] It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that this invention is not limited to the details of the exemplary embodiments described above, and that it can be implemented in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics of this invention. Therefore, the embodiments should be considered exemplary and non-limiting in all respects, and the scope of this invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the foregoing description. Thus, all variations falling within the meaning and scope of equivalents of the claims are intended to be encompassed within this invention. No reference numerals in the claims should be construed as limiting the scope of the claims. Furthermore, it is clear that the word "comprising" does not exclude other elements or steps, and the singular does not exclude the plural. Multiple elements or computer devices recited in the computer device claims may also be implemented by the same element or computer device through software or hardware. The terms "first," "second," etc., are used to indicate names and do not indicate any particular order.

[0033] Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of this utility model and are not intended to limit it. Although this utility model has been described in detail with reference to preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that modifications or equivalent substitutions can be made to the technical solutions of this utility model without departing from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of this utility model.

Claims

1. A camera device of a patrol robot, characterized by, The camera device comprises a shell and a lens, the shell comprises a main shell part and a shielding part movably arranged on the main shell part, the lens is arranged on the front end of the main shell part, the main shell part is provided with a receiving groove for receiving the shielding part, the shielding part can move relative to the main shell part between a shielding position and a receiving position, when the shielding part is in the shielding position, the shielding part at least partially extends out of the receiving groove and shields above the lens, when the shielding part is in the receiving position, the shielding part is received in the receiving groove.

2. The camera device of the patrol robot according to claim 1, characterized in that, The main shell part is a cylindrical structure, the rear end of the main shell part is a closed structure, the internal space of the main shell part is used for mounting components of the camera device, the front end of the main shell part is an open structure, and the lens is arranged on the open structure.

3. The camera device of the patrol robot according to claim 2, characterized in that, The receiving groove is arranged inside the side wall of the main shell part, and the groove opening of the receiving groove extends to the front end face of the main shell part, and the shielding part is telescopically inserted into the receiving groove.

4. The camera device of the patrol robot according to claim 3, characterized in that, The receiving groove extends along the length direction of the main shell part, and the shape of the receiving groove is matched with the shape of the shielding part.

5. The camera of claim 4, wherein, The shielding part is flat or arc-shaped.

6. The camera device of the patrol robot according to claim 3, characterized in that, One of a limiting sliding groove and a limiting sliding rail is arranged on the inner wall of the receiving groove, the other of the limiting sliding groove and the limiting sliding rail is arranged on the outer wall of the shielding part, and the limiting sliding rail and the limiting sliding groove are slidably limited and matched.

7. The camera device of the patrol robot according to claim 3, characterized in that, A sealing ring is arranged between the shielding part and the receiving groove, and the sealing ring is fixedly arranged on the inner wall of the receiving groove or the outer wall of the shielding part.

8. The camera device of any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein, The camera device comprises a driving mechanism connected with the shielding part, for driving the shielding part to move between the shielding position and the receiving position.

9. The camera device of the patrol robot according to claim 8, characterized in that, The driving mechanism is arranged in the receiving groove, and the driving mechanism comprises a motor and a lead screw drivingly connected with the motor, one end of the shielding part in the receiving groove is provided with a screw hole, and the lead screw is threadedly connected with the screw hole to drive the shielding part to move between the shielding position and the receiving position.

10. A patrol robot characterized by comprising: The camera device of the inspection robot according to any one of claims 1 to 9 is arranged on the top of the robot body and electrically connected with the robot body.

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