IP Camera Heat Conduction Path Design
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional IP cameras face heat dissipation issues due to their reduced size, leading to malfunction, failure, or damage from accumulated waste heat, as existing designs fail to effectively dissipate heat generated by image capturing and electronic components.
Innovation Solution
The IP camera incorporates a metallic heat conduction path comprising a heat conducting component, a base, and a supporting structure with a high coefficient of heat conductivity (>5 W/m*K) to provide an uninterrupted heat conduction path between heat generating components and the base, enhancing heat dissipation efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If the housing size is reduced, then the IP camera becomes more compact and portable, but heat dissipation efficiency deteriorates leading to accumulation of waste heat
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a heat conducting component as an intermediary between the heat generating component and the base. This mediator (heat conducting component with thermal conductivity ≥10 W/m·K) bridges the thermal path, enabling efficient heat transfer from the compact housing interior to the external environment through the base, thus resolving the heat dissipation problem in reduced-size housings
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the heat dissipation function from the housing structure itself and relocates it to the base through the heat conducting component. By separating the heat generation (inside housing) from heat dissipation (through base to supporting plane), the design allows compact housing while maintaining effective heat removal pathways
2Productivity
If computational efficiency is improved, then processing capability increases, but waste heat generation increases leading to malfunction or damage
Solution Approach 1:
The patent converts the harmful waste heat generated by high-performance computational components into a manageable thermal flow. By establishing a dedicated heat conduction path through the heat conducting component and base to the supporting plane, the previously harmful heat accumulation is transformed into a controlled thermal dissipation process that enables sustained high computational efficiency
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
This solution effectively dissipates heat generated by the camera's components, preventing malfunctions and damage by ensuring efficient heat transfer and dissipation, thereby improving the camera's operational reliability and longevity.
Implementation Method 1
The heat conducting component and the supporting structure are used to provide an uninterrupted heat conduction path between the heat generating component and the base, and a coefficient of heat conductivity of the uninterrupted heat conduction path is greater than 5 W/m*K
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AI summary
The IP Camera of the present invention includes a housing, a heat conducting component, a base and a supporting structure. The heat conducting component is disposed inside the housing to directly contact a heat generating component. The base can be put on or fixed onto a supporting plane, so as to hold a weight of the IP Camera by the supporting plane. An end of the supporting structure extends through the housing to directly contact the heat generating component, and the other end of the supporting structure extends into the base. The heat conducting component and the supporting structure are used to be an uninterrupted heat conduction path between the heat generating component and the base, and a coefficient of heat conductivity of the uninterrupted heat conduction path is greater than 5W/m*K, so that the IP Camera has preferred heat dissipating efficiency.