Adjustable Video Camera Stand with Dual Illuminance Switching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional video cameras are limited in their installation locations, making them unsuitable for diverse monitor thicknesses and sizes, and they struggle to adapt to different environments, particularly for patients who cannot comfortably use cameras fixed to monitors or ceilings during video conferencing and telemedicine.
Innovation Solution
A video camera with an adjustable stand that includes a leg bracket and hinges, allowing for flexible mounting on various surfaces, including floors and walls, and equipped with multiple cameras that can switch between visible and infrared modes based on illuminance levels for improved adaptability and functionality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a web camera is fixed to a monitor top bezel using a clip, then the camera can be easily installed on monitors, but it cannot be applied to monitors with diverse thicknesses and decreasing bezel sizes
Solution Approach 1:
The stand structure incorporates rotatable hinges that allow dynamic adjustment of the camera body angle and height. The first hinge enables rotation of the camera body relative to the stand, while the second hinge allows adjustment of the support leg angle, providing adaptability to various monitor configurations without requiring multiple specialized stands.
Solution Approach 2:
The stand is designed with a universal leg bracket that can be coupled to monitors of diverse thicknesses and bezel sizes. The adjustable support legs and rotatable hinges enable the same stand structure to accommodate different monitor types, making it applicable to both traditional and modern thin-bezel monitors without modification.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a home camera is installed on a ceiling or table for indoor monitoring, then it can detect users and gestures, but it cannot be used by patients who are lying down
Solution Approach 1:
The camera body can be rotated and adjusted to various angles using the hinges in the stand. This allows the camera to be positioned at optimal angles for different usage scenarios, including ceiling mounting for general monitoring or adjusted to face bedridden patients, thereby improving ease of operation for specific user groups.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a single camera is used in a video camera, then the device is simple, but it cannot properly adapt to different illuminance conditions
Solution Approach 1:
The video camera incorporates different types of camera modules (visible light camera and infrared camera) to capture images under different illuminance conditions. Each camera module is optimized for its specific lighting environment, with the infrared camera capable of capturing images in complete darkness, thereby adapting to local lighting conditions.
4Adaptability or versatility
If the camera body is fixed in a single position, then the structure is simple, but the angle and height cannot be adjusted for different mounting scenarios
Solution Approach 1:
The stand incorporates rotatable hinges that enable dynamic adjustment of the camera body angle and height. The first hinge allows rotation of the camera body, while the second hinge enables adjustment of the support leg angle, providing adaptability to various mounting scenarios without requiring multiple fixed-configuration stands.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure relates to a camera having two or more cameras responsible for different illuminances. The present disclosure includes a first camera, a second camera, an illuminance sensor sensing an ambient light illuminance or a subject illuminance, an interface unit configured to connect to an external device, and a controller configured to photograph a first camera image through a first camera, photograph a second camera image through a second camera by performing a first camera operation switch when an illuminance sensed through the illuminance sensor is equal to or smaller than a first illuminance, photograph the first camera image through the first camera by performing a second camera operation switch when the illuminance sensed through the illuminance sensor is equal to or greater than a second illuminance higher than the first illuminance, and control one of the photographed first and second images to be transmitted to the external device through the interface unit.