Multi-View Camera Rig with Stepping Motor Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current camera rigs for shooting multi-view images and videos are cumbersome and time-consuming to set up, especially when using multiple cameras, as they require individual adjustment of each camera to ensure precise alignment, leading to mechanical errors that impair the three-dimensional effect and increase production costs.
Innovation Solution
A camera rig with cam sockets, cam mounts, and an adjustment unit that includes a stepping motor and controller to simultaneously adjust the positions of multiple cameras relative to a subject using a wheel, allowing for easy and precise alignment of all cameras, along with an image and video processing method for correcting mechanical errors and enhancing the common viewing area.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If camera rigs are individually controlled, then each camera can be precisely adjusted, but as the number of cameras is increased, control becomes more burdensome and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple camera rigs into a single integrated rig structure where multiple cameras are mounted on a common platform. This allows simultaneous control of all cameras through a single operation, eliminating the need to individually adjust each camera rig while maintaining precise alignment through the shared mechanical structure
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple cameras are used to shoot multi-view images, then the three-dimensional effect is enhanced, but mechanical errors occur more frequently and impair the three-dimensional effect
Solution Approach 1:
By integrating multiple cameras into a single rig structure with shared mounting mechanisms and adjustment components, the patent reduces the total number of mechanical parts that can fail. The unified structure ensures consistent mechanical tolerance across all camera positions, reducing relative errors between cameras while maintaining multi-view imaging capabilities
3Measurement precision
If all camera rigs are individually adjusted to direct cameras to a subject, then precise alignment is achieved, but it takes a long time and requires special skills
Solution Approach 1:
The integrated rig structure allows a single adjustment operation to simultaneously direct all mounted cameras toward the subject. The shared mechanical adjustment mechanisms ensure that all cameras maintain proper alignment relative to each other and the subject, eliminating the need for individual adjustment of each camera rig and reducing both time and skill requirements
4Manufacturing precision
If cameras are arranged to maximize common area, then the three-dimensional image quality is improved, but the arrangement becomes complicated when the subject changes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent incorporates movable and adjustable components in the rig structure that allow rapid reconfiguration of camera positions and angles. This dynamic design enables the system to adapt to different subjects by adjusting the entire rig or individual camera mounts, maintaining optimal common area coverage without requiring complete rearrangement, thus reducing complexity while preserving image quality
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables efficient and cost-effective production of multi-view images and videos by simplifying the camera arrangement process, reducing mechanical errors, and minimizing the need for complex calibration, thereby facilitating the creation of high-quality three-dimensional content.
Implementation Method 1
an adjustment unit for adjusting the cam sockets such that all the cameras are directed to a subject, wherein the adjustment unit includes a stepping motor that is connected to each of the cam sockets to rotate the cam sockets
Data Source
AI summary
A camera rig for shooting multi-view images and videos includes a plurality of cam sockets, a plurality of cam mounts for fixing a plurality of cameras to the respective cam sockets, and an adjustment unit that adjusts the cam sockets such that all of the cameras are directed to a subject.