Cleaning Robot Rotatable Camera Design for Enlarged Viewing Coverage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cleaning robots have a limited camera angle of view, resulting in a poor user experience due to their inability to capture images of a larger area effectively.
Innovation Solution
A cleaning robot system with a camera rotationally connected to the housing, driven by a motor and gear set, allowing the camera to rotate around a rotation axis, thereby enlarging its angle of view and improving user experience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed camera is used in the cleaning robot, then the device complexity is reduced, but the angle of view is limited resulting in poor user experience
Solution Approach 1:
The camera is made rotatable relative to the housing through a rotation mechanism driven by a motor and gear set. This dynamic configuration allows the camera to change its viewing angle and direction, transforming from a fixed to a movable structure, thereby resolving the contradiction between limited angle of view and increased device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The camera system is designed to perform multiple functions: it can capture images at different angles, track moving objects, and provide comprehensive environmental monitoring. By enabling the camera to rotate and cover multiple directions, a single camera unit achieves the functionality that would otherwise require multiple fixed cameras, thus improving adaptability without proportionally increasing complexity.
2Area of stationary object
If a single fixed camera is used, then the manufacturing cost is reduced, but the ability to capture images of larger area is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The rotation mechanism enables a single camera to dynamically adjust its field of view to cover different areas. By rotating the camera around a rotation axis, the system can capture images of a larger overall area without requiring multiple cameras, thus maintaining ease of manufacture while expanding coverage area.
Solution Approach 2:
The camera system adds rotational freedom in another dimension (angular position) to expand the coverage area. Instead of placing multiple cameras in different spatial positions, the invention rotates a single camera to sweep across multiple areas, effectively using temporal-spatial coverage to achieve larger area monitoring.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The enlarged camera angle of view enables the capture of images over a larger area, enhancing the user experience by providing a more comprehensive view of the environment during the cleaning process.
Implementation Method 1
the power component includes a motor and a gear set and is connected to the camera via the gear set, and the motor is configured to drive the camera to rotate around a rotation axis via the gear set
Data Source
AI summary
A cleaning robot includes a housing, a camera rotationally connected to the housing, and power component mounted on the housing. The power component includes a motor and a gear set, and is connected to the camera via the gear set, and the motor is configured to drive the camera to rotate around a rotation axis via the gear set. The present disclosure also provides a cleaning robot system.