Imaging Device With Detachable Grip And Central Sensor
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional stationary imaging devices are designed for fixed shooting and struggle with hand-held shooting, leading to instability and potential lens obstruction, making hand-held shooting difficult without additional equipment.
Innovation Solution
A camera design featuring a detachable grip part and central imaging sensor placement, allowing for easy transition between fixed and hand-held shooting styles while preventing finger interference with the lens.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the stationary imaging device is designed for fixed shooting with a box-like housing, then the device structure is simple and stable for fixed shooting, but the device becomes unstable and difficult to hold for hand-held shooting
Solution Approach 1:
The imaging device is divided into two separate functional components: a box-like camera main body optimized for fixed shooting and a grip part optimized for hand-held shooting. The grip part can be attached to or detached from the camera main body, allowing the device to be segmented into a stable box configuration for fixed shooting or combined with the grip for stable hand-held operation.
2Ease of manufacture
If the imaging sensor is positioned in the box-like housing for fixed shooting, then the device is optimized for stationary use, but the user's fingers may touch or cover the lens during hand-held shooting
Solution Approach 1:
The grip part serves as an intermediary element between the user's hand and the camera main body. By providing a dedicated grip structure, the user's fingers are positioned away from the lens area, preventing direct contact that could cause focus shifts, aperture changes, or lens obstruction while maintaining comfortable hand-held operation.
3Device complexity
If the device is designed as a simple box camera for fixed shooting, then the device complexity is low, but additional equipment is necessary to enable hand-held shooting
Solution Approach 1:
The grip part is designed as a universal accessory that can be attached to the box-like camera main body to enable hand-held shooting. This single additional component provides multi-functionality, allowing the same camera main body to be used for both fixed shooting (box configuration) and hand-held shooting (with grip attached), eliminating the need for multiple specialized devices.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables stable and comfortable hand-held shooting by attaching a grip part that supplies power and maintains camera settings, while allowing for fixed shooting by detaching the grip and using a tripod, thus enhancing user flexibility.
Implementation Method 1
an imaging sensor that is disposed inside the housing and that converts light into an electric signal
Data Source
AI summary
An imaging device includes a camera main body, an imaging sensor, a grip part, and an output part. A camera main body includes a housing, and an imaging sensor is disposed inside the housing. The imaging sensor converts light into an electric signal. A grip part is attachable and detachable to/from the housing. An output part outputs an imaged image based on the electric signal. In an attachment and detachment direction of the grip part, the imaging sensor is disposed in a central portion of the housing.