Floating Action Camera Mount With Adjustable Counterweight
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing floating camera mounts are limited in their ability to reorient the camera view dynamically and maintain stability, especially in varying water conditions, as they are often designed to maintain an upright position and lack adjustable positioning systems for changing the camera's orientation.
Innovation Solution
A floating action camera mount with a vessel equipped with repositionable weights and a scalable port, allowing the camera to be oriented in any direction by adjusting the weights along a positioning track, and the option to inflate or deflate the vessel for reduced size and weight, with a sealable port for adding ballast for increased stability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the buoy is designed to maintain a generally upright position, then the camera can be easily positioned at the top, but the mount cannot dynamically reorient the camera view in different directions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a movable counterweight that can be repositioned along the buoy to change the center of gravity, thereby reorienting the camera view in different directions while maintaining buoyant equilibrium. This allows dynamic orientation adjustment without complex mechanical actuators.
Solution Approach 2:
The buoy is designed with a movable counterweight system that allows dynamic reconfiguration of the center of gravity during operation. This enables the mount to transition from a static upright position to various oriented positions, providing adaptability without requiring complex active control mechanisms.
2Ease of operation
If the camera is attached away from the center of buoyancy, then the camera can be positioned for optimal viewing, but the buoy becomes unstable and prone to tipping
Solution Approach 1:
A movable counterweight is positioned on the opposite side of the camera attachment point to balance the center of gravity. This allows the camera to be attached away from the center of buoyancy for optimal viewing angles while the counterweight prevents the buoy from tipping, maintaining operational stability.
3Reliability
If the vessel is inflated for optimal camera mounting, then buoyancy and stability are improved, but the size and weight increase for transport
Solution Approach 1:
The vessel can be inflated or deflated based on operational requirements. When inflated, it provides optimal buoyancy and stability for camera mounting; when deflated, it reduces size and weight for convenient transport and storage, allowing parameter adjustment to match different operational phases.
4Adaptability or versatility
If repositionable weights are added to change camera orientation, then viewing flexibility is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The counterweight is designed to be movable along the buoy structure, allowing users to reposition it to change the center of gravity and adjust the camera viewing direction. This simple dynamic mechanism provides viewing flexibility without requiring complex automated positioning systems.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables the camera to be oriented towards any point of interest and improves image capture stability by allowing adjustable positioning and reduced size/weight during transport, while maintaining buoyancy and stability through ballast addition.
Implementation Method 1
A floating action camera mount includes a vessel and a positioning weight. The positioning weight can be adjustably positioned along the vessel between at least a first weight location and a second weight location. In the first weight location, the vessel can be oriented in a first direction. In the second weight location, the vessel can be oriented in a second direction.
Implementation Method 2
a sealable port for adding ballast for increased stability
Implementation Method 3
A floating action camera mount with a vessel equipped with repositionable weights and a scalable port, allowing the camera to be oriented in any direction by adjusting the weights along a positioning track, and the option to inflate or deflate the vessel for reduced size and weight
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AI summary
Devices and methods disclosed here can include a floating action camera mount. The floating action camera mount can include a vessel having an exterior surface. The vessel can be floatable in a liquid. A camera mount can be coupled to the exterior surface of the vessel for attaching an action camera to the floating action camera mount. At least one positioning weight can be coupled along the vessel. For instance, the positioning weight can be adjustably positionable along the exterior surface of the vessel between a first weight location and a second weight location. In the first weight location, the vessel, and correspondingly the camera mount, can be positioned in a first orientation with respect to a surface of the liquid. In the second weight location, the vessel, and correspondingly the camera mount, can be positioned in a second orientation with respect to the surface of the liquid.