Rotation control structure of seedling condition monitoring spherical camera

The camera's rotation without blind spots is achieved through a rotating and conductive mechanism, solving the problems of wire tangling and water droplet condensation, and ensuring comprehensive and clear monitoring.

CN224065219UActive Publication Date: 2026-03-31SHANDONG FENGNONG TECHNOLOGY SERVICE CO LTD
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Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-05-08
Publication Date
2026-03-31

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Technical Problem

Existing spherical cameras are prone to tangling and breakage during rotation, and condensation on the lens in the morning affects monitoring performance.

Method used

A rotating mechanism and a conductive mechanism were designed to enable the camera to rotate without dead angles on the X and Y axes, and a protective mechanism was used to heat and evaporate water droplets on the lens.

Benefits of technology

It achieves omnidirectional monitoring by the camera and clear monitoring in the morning, avoiding the effects of wire tangling and water droplets.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a rotation control structure of a spherical camera for monitoring seedling conditions, which relates to the field of spherical cameras and comprises a mounting rack, a camera is rotatably mounted on the inner side of a connecting lug at the bottom end of the mounting rack, a rotating column is fixedly mounted at the top of the camera, a fixed column extending upwards is rotatably mounted in an inner cavity of the rotating column, and a rotating shaft is fixedly mounted in the inner cavity of the rotating column. The fixing column is fixedly connected with the support, a rotating mechanism connected with the rotating column is installed on the outer wall of the fixing column, a second stepping motor for driving the camera to rotate is installed on the outer side of one connecting lug of the mounting frame, and a conductive mechanism is installed between an inner cavity of the rotating column and the outer side of the other connecting lug of the mounting frame. By arranging the conductive mechanism, the camera can rotate on the X axis and the Y axis without dead angles, the monitoring range is further widened, and by arranging the protection mechanism, water drops condensed on the front protection glass can be heated and evaporated, and real-time monitoring can be conveniently carried out in the morning.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to the field of spherical camera, concretely is a kind of rotation control structure of seedling condition monitoring spherical camera. BACKGROUND

[0002] Spherical camera can rotate a certain angle around X axis, Y axis, to realize the monitoring of wide range, can be applied to agriculture, and the insect pests of seedling, growth are remotely monitored.But in prior art, the rotation of camera has certain angle limit, excessive rotation is easy to wind around wire, break, secondly in early morning, dew is easy to condense in lens part, affect early morning real-time monitoring. UTILITY MODEL CONTENT

[0003] The utility model aims at: in order to solve the problem in the background art, provide a kind of rotation control structure of seedling condition monitoring spherical camera.

[0004] To achieve the above object, the utility model provides the following technical scheme: a kind of rotation control structure of seedling condition monitoring spherical camera, including mounting bracket, the bottom end of the mounting bracket is connected with the inside rotation of ear and is installed with camera, the top of the camera is fixedly installed with rotating column, the inner chamber of the rotating column is rotationally installed with the fixed column extending upwards, the fixed column is fixedly connected with support, the outer wall of the fixed column is installed with the rotating mechanism connected with the rotating column, one connecting ear outside of the mounting bracket is installed with the second stepper motor for driving the rotation of the camera, the inner chamber of the rotating column is installed with the conducting mechanism outside another connecting ear of the mounting bracket, the shell part of the camera is installed with protection mechanism, the protection mechanism is aligned with the lens part of the camera.

[0005] As a further scheme of the utility model: the rotating mechanism includes the connecting frame fixedly installed on the outer wall of the fixed column, the top of the horizontal plate part of the connecting frame is fixedly installed with the first stepper motor, the output shaft bottom of the first stepper motor is fixedly installed with driving gear, the outer periphery of the driving gear is engaged with driven gear, the driven gear is interference fitted on the outer periphery of the rotating column, the outer side of the driving gear and the driven gear is provided with the protection shell fixedly connected with the connecting frame, the protection shell is rotationally connected with the rotating column.

[0006] As a further scheme of the utility model: the conducting mechanism includes the second conducting slip ring installed in the inner chamber of the rotating column, the fixed part of the second conducting slip ring is fixedly installed on the bottom end of the fixed column, and the rotating part of the second conducting slip ring is fixedly installed on the inner wall bottom end of the rotating column.

[0007] As a further scheme of the utility model: the conductive mechanism further includes a first conductive slip ring arranged outside one connecting lug of the mounting frame, the fixed part of the first conductive slip ring is fixedly connected with one fixed lug of the mounting frame, the rotating part of the first conductive slip ring is fixedly connected with one end of the camera, two electric output ports are arranged on the rotating part of the second conductive slip ring, the two output ports on the rotating part of the second conductive slip ring are electrically connected with the fixed part of the first conductive slip ring and the second stepper motor through wires.

[0008] As a further scheme of the utility model: the protection mechanism includes rear protection glass fixedly installed with the mounting frame shell, the front end of the rear protection glass is fixedly connected with front protection glass through transparent glass glue, one side of the rear protection glass and the front protection glass is opposite and is formed with installation groove for installing heating guide wire, two wire holes are arranged in the rear protection glass, the circuit board in the camera is electrically connected with the heating guide wire through wires, the wires pass through the two wire holes and are connected with both ends of the heating guide wire respectively.

[0009] Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the advantages that: 1, through setting up the conductive mechanism, can realize the camera in X axle, Y axle carries out the dead angle rotation without, further improve the monitoring range, secondly through setting up the protection mechanism, can carry out heating evaporation to the water drop on the front protection glass, convenient in the morning carries out real time monitoring. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0010] Figure 1 It is the structural schematic diagram of the utility model;

[0011] Figure 2 It is the camera installation schematic diagram of the utility model;

[0012] Figure 3 It is the rotating mechanism installation schematic diagram of the utility model;

[0013] Figure 4 It is the protection mechanism internal structure schematic diagram of the utility model. In the drawing: 1, mounting frame;2, camera;3, rotating column;4, fixed column;5, connecting frame;6, first stepper motor;7, protection shell;8, first conductive slip ring;9, second stepper motor;10, front protection glass;11, driving gear;12, driven gear;13, second conductive slip ring;14, rear protection glass;15, installation groove;16, heating guide wire;17, wire hole. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0014] With reference to the drawings of the embodiments of the present application, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor fall within the scope of the present application.

[0015] Please refer to Figures 1-4 In the embodiments of the present application, the rotating control structure of the seedling monitoring spherical camera includes a mounting frame 1, a camera 2 is rotatably installed on the inner side of the bottom end of the mounting frame 1, a rotating column 3 is fixedly installed on the top of the camera 2, an upwardly extending fixed column 4 is rotatably installed in the inner cavity of the rotating column 3, the fixed column 4 is fixedly connected with a support, a rotating mechanism connected with the rotating column 3 is installed on the outer wall of the fixed column 4, a No. 2 stepping motor 9 driving the camera 2 to rotate is installed on the outer side of one connecting lug of the mounting frame 1, a conductive mechanism is installed in the inner cavity of the rotating column 3 and the other connecting lug of the mounting frame 1, a protection mechanism is installed on the shell part of the camera 2, and the protection mechanism is aligned with the lens part of the camera 2.

[0016] In the present embodiment: first, in the process of monitoring the seedlings, the No. 2 stepping motor 9 can be started to drive the camera 2 to rotate around the X axis, or the rotating mechanism can be driven to drive the camera 2 to rotate around the Y axis through the mounting frame 1, so as to realize the camera 2 to take pictures at any position around, and the conductive mechanism is designed to ensure that the power circuit is connected during the arbitrary rotation of the camera 2, so as to ensure the dead angle monitoring;

[0017] In autumn and winter, the fog in the field is heavy, and water vapor is easy to adhere to the surface of the protection mechanism and condense into water droplets, which can easily cause the problem of unclear camera. At this time, the power circuit is connected, and the protection mechanism is powered on to evaporate the water droplets condensed on its surface, thereby facilitating the monitoring in the morning.

[0018] Please refer to Figure 1 , Figure 2 With Figure 3 The rotating mechanism includes a connecting frame 5 fixedly installed on the outer wall of the fixed column 4, a No. 1 stepping motor 6 is fixedly installed on the top end of the horizontal plate part of the connecting frame 5, a driving gear 11 is fixedly installed on the bottom end of the output shaft of the No. 1 stepping motor 6, a driven gear 12 is engaged with the outer periphery of the driving gear 11, the driven gear 12 is interference-fitted on the outer periphery of the rotating column 3, the outer sides of the driving gear 11 and the driven gear 12 are provided with a protection shell 7 fixedly connected with the connecting frame 5, and the protection shell 7 is rotatably connected with the rotating column 3.

[0019] In the embodiment, when the camera 2 rotates around the Y axis, the first stepping motor 6 is started to drive the driving gear 11 connected to the output end of the first stepping motor 6 to rotate, the driving gear 11 drives the driven gear 12 to rotate, the driven gear 12 drives the rotating column 3 to rotate, the rotating column 3 drives the camera 2 to rotate around the Y axis through the mounting frame 1, and the camera 2 rotates around the X axis driven by the second stepping motor 9, so that the camera 2 rotates without dead angle.

[0020] Please refer to Figure 1 , Figure 2 and Figure 3 , the conductive mechanism includes the second conductive slip ring 13 installed in the inner cavity of the rotating column 3, the fixed part of the second conductive slip ring 13 is fixedly installed at the bottom end of the fixed column 4, the rotating part of the second conductive slip ring 13 is fixedly installed at the bottom end of the inner wall of the rotating column 3, the conductive mechanism further includes the first conductive slip ring 8 arranged outside one connecting lug of the mounting frame 1, the fixed part of the first conductive slip ring 8 is fixedly connected with one fixed lug of the mounting frame 1, the rotating part of the first conductive slip ring 8 is fixedly connected with one end of the camera 2, two electric output ports are arranged on the rotating part of the second conductive slip ring 13, and the two output ports on the rotating part of the second conductive slip ring 13 are electrically connected with the fixed part of the first conductive slip ring 8 and the second stepping motor 9 through wires.

[0021] In the embodiment, when the camera 2 rotates, the external power supply delivers power to the fixed part of the second conductive slip ring 13, the fixed part of the second conductive slip ring 13 delivers power to the rotating part of the second conductive slip ring 13, then the power is delivered to the second stepping motor 9 and the fixed part of the first conductive slip ring 8 through the rotating part of the second conductive slip ring 13, the fixed part of the first conductive slip ring 8 delivers power to the rotating part of the first conductive slip ring 8, and then the rotating part of the first conductive slip ring 8 supplies power to the camera 2, so as to ensure normal operation of the device.

[0022] Please refer to Figure 4 , the protection mechanism includes the rear protective glass 14 fixedly installed on the shell of the mounting frame 1, the front protective glass 10 fixedly connected to the front end of the rear protective glass 14 through transparent glass glue, and the mounting groove 15 for mounting the heating wire 16 is formed on one side of the rear protective glass 14 and the front protective glass 10, two wire holes 17 are arranged in the rear protective glass 14, the circuit board in the camera 2 is electrically connected with the heating wire 16 through wires, and the wires pass through the two wire holes 17 and are connected with both ends of the heating wire 16 respectively.

[0023] In the embodiment, when the young seedling monitoring is carried out in the morning, the heating guide wire 16 is powered on to convert the electric energy into heat energy after the heating guide wire 16 is powered on, the heat energy is transmitted to the front protective glass 10 to carry out effective heating, the water drops condensed on the front protective glass 10 can be heated and evaporated, and the young seedling monitoring in the morning is realized.

[0024] The above merely describes a preferred specific implementation manner of the present application, but the protection scope of the present application is not limited to this, any skilled person in the art can make equivalent replacement or change according to the technical scheme and the inventive concept of the present application within the technical range disclosed by the present application, which should be covered in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A rotation control structure of a plant condition monitoring spherical camera, comprising a mounting frame (1), characterized in that, The bottom end of the mounting frame (1) is rotatably connected with a camera (2), the top of the camera (2) is fixedly connected with a rotating column (3), the inner cavity of the rotating column (3) is rotatably connected with an upwardly extending fixed column (4), the fixed column (4) is fixedly connected with a support, the outer wall of the fixed column (4) is provided with a rotating mechanism connected with the rotating column (3), one connecting lug of the mounting frame (1) is provided with a second stepping motor (9) for driving the camera (2) to rotate, the inner cavity of the rotating column (3) is provided with a conductive mechanism outside the other connecting lug of the mounting frame (1), the shell of the camera (2) is provided with a protection mechanism, and the protection mechanism is aligned with the lens of the camera (2).

2. The rotation control structure of the seedling monitoring spherical camera according to claim 1, wherein, The rotating mechanism comprises a connecting frame (5) fixedly connected to the outer wall of the fixed column (4), the top of the transverse plate of the connecting frame (5) is fixedly connected with a first stepping motor (6), the bottom end of the output shaft of the first stepping motor (6) is fixedly connected with a driving gear (11), the outer periphery of the driving gear (11) is engaged with a driven gear (12), the driven gear (12) is interference-fitted on the outer periphery of the rotating column (3), and the outer sides of the driving gear (11) and the driven gear (12) are provided with a protective shell (7) fixedly connected with the connecting frame (5). The protective shell (7) is rotatably connected with the rotating column (3).

3. The rotation control structure of the seedling condition monitoring spherical camera according to claim 2, characterized in that, The conductive mechanism comprises a second conductive slip ring (13) mounted in the inner cavity of the rotating column (3), the fixed portion of the second conductive slip ring (13) is fixedly connected to the bottom end of the fixed column (4), and the rotating portion of the second conductive slip ring (13) is fixedly connected to the inner wall bottom end of the rotating column (3).

4. The rotation control structure of the seedling condition monitoring spherical camera according to claim 3, characterized in that, The conductive mechanism further comprises a first conductive slip ring (8) provided outside one connecting lug of the mounting frame (1), the fixed portion of the first conductive slip ring (8) is fixedly connected with one fixed lug of the mounting frame (1), and the rotating portion of the first conductive slip ring (8) is fixedly connected with one end of the camera (2). The rotating portion of the second conductive slip ring (13) is provided with two electrical outlets, and the two outlets on the rotating portion of the second conductive slip ring (13) are electrically connected with the fixed portion of the first conductive slip ring (8) and the second stepping motor (9) through wires.

5. The rotation control structure of the seedling condition monitoring spherical camera according to claim 4, wherein, The protection mechanism comprises a rear protective glass (14) fixedly connected with the shell of the mounting frame (1), the front end of the rear protective glass (14) is fixedly connected with a front protective glass (10) through transparent glass glue, one side of the rear protective glass (14) opposite to the front protective glass (10) is formed with a mounting groove (15) for mounting a heating guide wire (16), two wire holes (17) are formed in the rear protective glass (14), and the circuit board in the camera (2) is electrically connected with the heating guide wire (16) through wires. The wires pass through the two wire holes (17) and are respectively connected with both ends of the heating guide wire (16).