Camera Testing in Extreme Temperatures Using Transparent Isolation Chamber
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for testing cameras in high and low temperature environments only verify if a camera can operate after being exposed, but not if it can function normally in real-time within these conditions, leading to a need for a device that can detect camera performance in extreme temperatures effectively.
Innovation Solution
A device comprising a high and low temperature cabinet, a parallel light tube component, a test box, and positioning tables, along with an image acquisition system, which allows for real-time performance testing of cameras by adjusting temperatures and positioning to ensure accurate results.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a camera is placed in a thermostatic chamber for temperature testing, then the camera can be exposed to extreme temperatures, but the testing cannot verify real-time operation performance in those temperature environments
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a transparent isolation chamber as an intermediary between the thermostatic chamber and the camera testing environment. This isolation chamber can be filled with temperature-controlled gas, allowing the camera to be tested in real-time under extreme temperature conditions while maintaining optical transparency for imaging. The intermediary structure enables both temperature exposure and real-time performance verification simultaneously.
2Ease of operation
If the camera is taken out from the thermostatic chamber for testing, then the camera can be tested at room temperature, but the test cannot verify whether the camera operates normally in the high and low temperature environments
Solution Approach 1:
The transparent isolation chamber serves as a mediator that allows the camera to remain inside the thermostatic chamber while enabling external observation and testing. This eliminates the need to repeatedly remove and reinsert the camera, maintaining both operational convenience and reliable verification of extreme temperature performance.
Solution Approach 2:
The isolation chamber enables continuous real-time testing of the camera under extreme temperature conditions without interruption. The camera operates continuously in the temperature environment while performance is monitored in real-time, eliminating the stop-start nature of traditional testing methods.
3Measurement precision
If real-time testing of camera in extreme temperatures is implemented, then accurate performance data can be obtained, but the testing system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The transparent isolation chamber serves multiple functions: it maintains temperature isolation, allows optical transmission for imaging, enables gas filling for temperature control, and provides structural support. This multi-functional design achieves real-time accurate testing without proportionally increasing system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The isolation chamber utilizes transparent materials that are both thermally isolatable and optically transmissive. These flexible transparent structures enable temperature control while maintaining optical access, achieving complex testing requirements through relatively simple material selection.
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
Enables real-time performance detection of cameras in extreme temperatures, ensuring product quality and user experience by providing accurate test results.
Implementation Method 1
a heating tube and a refrigerating tube of the high and low temperature cabinet are respectively connected to the test box
Implementation Method 2
a heating tube and a refrigerating tube of the high and low temperature cabinet are respectively connected to the test box
Data Source
AI summary
A device and system for testing a camera in high and low temperature environments. The device includes: a high and low temperature cabinet, a parallel light tube component, a test piece, a test box, a first positioning table, and a second positioning table, where the high and low temperature cabinet is connected to the test box, the test box is arranged on the first positioning table, the test piece is arranged in the parallel light tube component, the parallel light tube component is arranged on the second positioning table, and the parallel light tube component and the test box are arranged opposite to each other. The system includes: an image acquisition card, a display module, and an analysis module, where the image acquisition card is electrically connected to a camera module to be detected, the display module, and the analysis module for performing performance detection on the camera module.