Camera Mount System With Vacuum Anchoring And Damping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing camera mounts lack versatility and stability when securing cameras to various moving vehicles of different sizes and shapes, and fail to provide easy assembly, adjustment, and vibration damping.
Innovation Solution
A camera mount system featuring an adjustable frame with elongated members and vacuum-operated anchoring devices that are pivotable around specific axes, combined with a damping mechanism and vibration isolation system for secure and flexible attachment to diverse surfaces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If a camera mount uses a fixed rigid structure, then stability is improved, but adaptability to different vehicle surfaces and orientations deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The camera mount is divided into multiple independent components: a base unit with vacuum anchoring devices, an adjustable arm with hinge joints, and a camera holder. These segmented parts can be independently positioned and oriented to adapt to different vehicle surfaces while maintaining overall structural stability through controlled connections.
Solution Approach 2:
The mount incorporates dynamic elements including vacuum-operated anchoring devices that can attach/detach on demand, hinge joints that enable angular adjustment, and a telescopic or articulated arm that can extend/retract. These dynamic features allow the mount to adapt its configuration to various surfaces and orientations while maintaining stability when locked into position.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a camera mount uses multiple adjustable components, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The vacuum anchoring devices serve multiple functions: they provide secure attachment to surfaces, enable angular adjustment through pivotability, and allow quick deployment and retrieval. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate adjustment mechanisms, simplifying the overall device while maintaining flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical fastening systems (screws, clips, latches) with vacuum-based anchoring devices. This substitution eliminates complex mechanical assembly and disassembly mechanisms, reducing device complexity while maintaining secure attachment and adjustability capabilities.
3Ease of operation
If a camera mount uses vacuum anchoring devices, then ease of deployment is improved, but reliability on certain surfaces deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The vacuum anchoring devices are designed to be dynamically adjustable in their orientation and position. They can pivot around specific axes to optimize contact with different surface geometries, ensuring reliable vacuum attachment across varied surfaces while maintaining ease of deployment through their simplified actuation mechanism.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The system provides high stability, ease of operation, and flexible configurations, allowing secure camera attachment to different vehicles while minimizing vibration, and enabling quick assembly and disassembly.
Implementation Method 1
at least two vacuum-operated anchoring devices removably attached to the frame
Implementation Method 2
a damping mechanism attached to the frame for holding the camera and dampening vibration on the camera
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AI summary
A camera mount that can provide high stability, ease of operation, and flexible configurations for different applications and installation scenarios. The camera mount has an improved attachment mechanism that provides multiple locking positions and strengthened positioning pins. The camera mount has a plurality of anchoring devices capable of securing the camera mount on different curved surfaces.