Quick-Swap Camera Mount Coupling for Rapid Top Mount Changeovers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Switching between different types of top-mounted camera mounts is time-consuming, causing delays in filming and increasing production costs due to the complexity of disconnection and reconnection processes.
Innovation Solution
A quick swap top mountable camera mount system featuring a quick swap mounting plate with male alignment elements and a quick swap handheld top mount with a quick release and lock mechanism, allowing for rapid decoupling and recoupling between different mount types, including a low mode mount, reducing the number of stages required for changeover.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If traditional mounting plates and fasteners are used for camera mounts, then secure connection is achieved, but switching between different mount types takes several minutes causing production delays
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting system is divided into separate functional components: a standardized mounting plate that remains attached to the camera, and interchangeable top mounts that can be quickly swapped. This segmentation allows the time-consuming disconnection from the camera to be eliminated, as only the top mount portion needs to be changed while the mounting plate stays in place.
Solution Approach 2:
The standardized mounting plate acts as an intermediary component between the camera and various top mounts. By introducing this intermediate element with standardized interfaces, the system enables quick connection and disconnection without requiring reattachment to the camera itself, thus reducing changeover time while maintaining secure connections.
2Reliability
If multiple mounting stages and fasteners are used to ensure secure attachment, then connection reliability is improved, but the number of steps required for changeover increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting plate is designed with universal compatibility to work with multiple different top mount types through standardized interfaces. This multi-functionality allows a single mounting plate to securely attach various mounts without requiring different attachment mechanisms for each type, thereby maintaining reliability while reducing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The complex multi-stage fastening process is extracted and consolidated into a single standardized interface on the mounting plate. By removing the need for multiple fasteners and stages, the system maintains secure attachment through the simplified standardized connection, reducing changeover complexity while preserving connection reliability.
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AI summary
In contrast to the traditional transitions used in systems that switch over a camera with a handheld top mount (110) to a low mode mount (112), a quick swap top mountable camera mount system includes a quick swap handheld top mount (110), a quick swap mounting plate (118), and a quick swap low mode mount (112). Unlike traditional methods and components, fewer pieces are required to be removed and replaced due, in part, to the use of quick swap coupling elements (140), which allow various types of mounts to quickly and easily decouple from the quick swap mounting plate (118).