Camera Holder Alignment Using Modular Connecting Pieces
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Solution Overview
Problem
The alignment of camera systems in panoramic setups is highly complex and costly due to the need for precise positioning of cameras to minimize parallax errors, requiring extensive mechanical adjustments and expensive calibration tools, which is time-consuming and impractical for live applications.
Innovation Solution
A holder with modular connecting pieces that rigidly connect camera housings and objectives along a common spatial direction, allowing for easier alignment and stabilization of cameras, reducing the need for extensive mechanical adjustments and calibration tools.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If exact mechanical positioning of cameras is performed to minimize parallax errors, then manufacturing precision is improved, but device complexity and time consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
A holder with multiple connecting pieces serves as an intermediary device between cameras and the support structure. These connecting pieces provide predefined connection points that automatically establish correct spatial relationships between cameras, eliminating the need for complex manual alignment procedures while maintaining high positioning precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The holder is divided into multiple modular connecting pieces, each designed to connect with specific camera housings or objectives. This segmentation allows for standardized, repeatable connections that simplify the alignment process while ensuring precise positioning of each camera element.
2Manufacturing precision
If exact mechanical positioning of cameras is performed to minimize parallax errors, then manufacturing precision is improved, but loss of time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The holder with connecting pieces is pre-configured with the correct geometric relationships and connection points before use. This preliminary preparation eliminates the need for time-consuming calibration procedures during actual camera system assembly, as the correct positioning is already established by the holder's structure.
3Reliability
If cameras are positioned to achieve parallax-free images, then image quality is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The holder acts as a mediating structure that enforces correct camera positioning through its physical geometry rather than requiring complex alignment mechanisms. The connecting pieces provide inherent guidance and constraint features that automatically position cameras in the correct spatial relationships for parallax-free imaging.
Data Source
AI summary
The alignment of a camera system is less expensive when using a holder with a plurality of connecting pieces, each implemented for connecting, fitting or clamping with a counterpart of a camera housing or an objective, a holder that is implemented such that the connecting pieces or holder modules of the holder, where the connecting pieces are held rigidly or merely at rotation axes, are held rigidly with respect to one another along at least one common spatial direction.