Camera Illumination Holder with Light Blocking Hole
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
In compact camera design, the separate placement of flash and auto-focus assist lamps increases the number of components and requires additional wire connections, complicating space efficiency and illumination performance.
Innovation Solution
A camera design featuring an illumination holder with a flash and an adjacent auxiliary light source, a light transmission cover with a transfer light blocking hole, and a light shielding plate to prevent light interference, allowing for efficient component placement and improved external appearance while reducing the number of components.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the flash and assist lamp are disposed separately, then the illumination functions are provided, but the number of components increases and space efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the flash and assist lamp into a single integrated illumination assembly where both light sources are mounted on the same holder and share common structural support. This merging reduces the total number of separate components while maintaining both illumination functions, directly resolving the contradiction between providing complete illumination functionality and reducing device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The illumination holder serves multiple functions: it supports both the flash and assist lamp, provides a common mounting structure, and facilitates integrated wiring. This multi-functionality reduces the overall component count while ensuring both illumination needs are met, addressing the contradiction between functional completeness and component reduction.
2Reliability
If the flash and assist lamp are disposed separately, then the illumination functions are provided, but additional wire connections are needed
Solution Approach 1:
By mounting both the flash and assist lamp on the same illumination holder, the patent creates a consolidated electrical connection point. Wires can be routed through the holder to reach both light sources, reducing the number of separate connection paths needed and simplifying the wiring infrastructure while maintaining both illumination functions.
3Device complexity
If the flash and assist lamp are placed adjacent to each other, then the number of components is reduced, but light interference may occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the light paths of the flash and assist lamp into separate, dedicated channels within the illumination holder. By providing individual light transmission paths or directional guides for each light source, the design allows adjacent placement while preventing light interference, thus resolving the contradiction between component reduction and interference prevention.
4Reliability
If separate locations are defined for flash and assist lamp, then the illumination functions are provided, but space efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the flash and assist lamp into a compact integrated assembly that occupies a single localized space on the camera body. This consolidated structure eliminates the need for separate spatial allocations for each light source, significantly improving space efficiency while maintaining both illumination functions through the shared holder structure.
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
The solution enables efficient component placement, reduces the number of components, and enhances light emitting performance by preventing light interference between the flash and auxiliary light source, thus improving the camera's external appearance and functionality.
Implementation Method 1
a light transmission cover formed of a light transmitting material coupled to the illumination holder cover the flash and the auxiliary light source
Implementation Method 2
a transfer light blocking hole at a location corresponding to a position between the flash and the auxiliary light source
Implementation Method 3
The light transmission cover may include a Fresnel lens that is disposed on a location corresponding to the flash so as to diffuse the first light emitted from the flash
Data Source
AI summary
Example cameras having illumination assemblies are disclosed. A disclosed camera includes an illumination holder disposed on a main body of the camera; a flash mounted on the illumination holder; an auxiliary light source mounted on the illumination holder adjacent to the flash; and a light transmission cover formed of a light transmitting material coupled to the illumination holder to cover the flash and the auxiliary light source, the illumination holder including a transfer light blocking hole at a location corresponding to a position between the flash and the auxiliary light source.