Extendable Pole Observation Device with Rotorcraft Stabilization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing high-place observation devices face instability when extending poles to great heights, as they can bend and oscillate due to gusts and air currents, making fixed-point observation challenging, especially at heights of several tens of meters.
Innovation Solution
A high-place observation device featuring a long rod-shaped body with a floating force generating means, such as a rotorcraft or gas balloon, and a maintaining mechanism like a winding mechanism with a reel, allows for stable positioning and fixation of the rod-shaped body at desired heights, suppressing bending and swinging.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Length of moving object
If the pole is extended to a height position of several tens of meters to image the target object, then the observation height is improved, but the pole bends and oscillates due to gusts and air currents, making stable observation difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The pole is divided into multiple pole pieces that can be extended and contracted independently. This segmentation allows the pole to achieve greater height while maintaining structural stability, as each segment can be managed separately to reduce oscillation and bending at extreme heights.
Solution Approach 2:
The pole structure is designed to be dynamically extendable and contractible, allowing it to adapt its length based on observation requirements. The pole can be extended to reach high positions for imaging and then contracted or adjusted to minimize the effects of wind and air currents, thereby maintaining stability during operation.
2Stability of the object's composition
If the pole diameter is increased to reduce bending and oscillation, then the stability is improved, but the device complexity and weight increase
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of using a single thick pole, the structure is segmented into multiple pole pieces of varying diameters. This allows optimization of each segment's thickness based on its specific structural requirements, achieving necessary stability without uniformly increasing the overall device complexity and weight.
Solution Approach 2:
Different pole pieces have different diameters optimized for their specific positions and functional requirements. The pole pieces closer to the base can be thicker for structural support, while upper sections can be thinner, reducing overall weight and complexity while maintaining stability where most critical.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables stable fixed-point observation of target objects at high places by maintaining the rod-shaped body's position despite environmental influences like gusts and air currents, ensuring consistent imaging.
Implementation Method 1
a rotorcraft connected to the rod-shaped body for positioning the rod-shaped body to a desired height position by extending and contracting the rod-shaped body via a floating force generated by the rotation of a plurality of rotary blades
Implementation Method 2
a gas balloon connected to the rod-shaped body for positioning the rod-shaped body to a desired height position in collaboration with the rotorcraft
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AI summary
A high-place observation device for stably performing a fixed-point observation of a target object from a high place is provided. The high-place observation device provides [Solution] Provides a long pole which is formed to extend and contract freely and which stands on the installation surface, a rotorcraft for positioning the pole to a desirable height position by extending and contracting the pole by a floating force in a connected state, a winding mechanism which fixes and maintains the height position of the pole to the height position set by the rotorcraft, and a camera attached to the rotorcraft.