Dual-Duct Camera Cooling Layout for Image Stabilization Space
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Solution Overview
Problem
Image pickup apparatuses face challenges in maintaining high image quality due to heat generation from electronic components, which can deteriorate performance, and incorporating both cooling and image stabilization functions often leads to increased size.
Innovation Solution
The apparatus is designed with a housing that divides into two spaces, featuring separate cooling units for the image sensor and main substrate, utilizing ducts and heat exchangers to rapidly cool these components while allowing for image stabilization mechanisms, thus maintaining a compact size.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If cooling function and image stabilization function are both incorporated into the image pickup apparatus, then image quality is improved through effective cooling and vibration cancellation, but the apparatus size increases
Solution Approach 1:
The internal space is divided into multiple regions: a first space for housing electronic components and a first cooling duct, and a second space for housing the image pickup unit and a second cooling duct. This segmentation allows independent cooling paths for different components, improving cooling efficiency while maintaining compact overall structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The image pickup unit is disposed within the housing in such a way that it divides the inner space, creating nested spatial relationships. The first and second cooling ducts are integrated into the housing structure, with ducts for electronic components and image pickup unit sharing the overall apparatus volume efficiently.
2Temperature
If a cooling fan is installed in the image pickup apparatus to forcibly air-cool the whole apparatus, then cooling performance is improved, but the apparatus size increases
Solution Approach 1:
The cooling system is segmented into multiple independent ducts: a first cooling duct for electronic components and a second cooling duct for the image pickup unit. Each duct has its own heat exchanger and flow path, allowing targeted cooling without requiring a single large cooling fan system.
Solution Approach 2:
Different cooling strategies are applied to different parts of the apparatus based on their specific thermal requirements. The first cooling duct with first heat exchanger addresses cooling needs of electronic components, while the second cooling duct with second heat exchanger addresses the image pickup unit, optimizing cooling efficiency for each component's location and thermal characteristics.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This configuration enables high-quality image capture by effectively cooling the image sensor and main substrate, preventing performance degradation while allowing for image stabilization without enlarging the device.
Implementation Method 1
The first duct includes a first heat exchanger that exchanges heat with the electronic component, and a first flow path through which air for cooling the electronic component via the first heat exchanger passes
Implementation Method 2
The second duct includes a second heat exchanger that exchanges heat with the image pickup unit, and a second flow path through which air for cooling the image pickup unit via the second heat exchanger passes
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AI summary
A small-sized image pickup apparatus which has space for locating a portion capable of applying image stabilization to an image pickup unit and is capable of capturing high-quality images by rapidly cooling an image sensor in the image pickup unit. The image pickup apparatus includes a housing, an image pickup unit disposed to divide an inner space of the housing into a first space and a second space, an electronic component, a first duct, and a second duct, where the second space is in front of the first space. The electronic component is in the first space. The first duct is in the first space, and includes a first heat exchanger that exchanges heat with the electronic component and a first flow path. The second duct is in the second space, and includes a second heat exchanger that exchanges heat with the image pickup unit, and a second flow path.