Magnifying Lamp Camera Integration for Image Capture Sharing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing magnifying lamps struggle with easy image capture and sharing capabilities, limiting their functionality.
Innovation Solution
A magnifying lamp incorporating a camera with adjustable positioning, coupled with a light source and communication capabilities, allowing for image capture and sharing with external devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a camera is incorporated into the magnifying lamp, then image capture capability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the camera, magnifying lens, and light source into a single integrated lamp head assembly. This merging of components resolves the technical contradiction by incorporating image capture capability into the existing magnifying lamp structure, thereby improving versatility without proportionally increasing overall device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The lamp head is designed to perform multiple functions: magnification through the lens, illumination through the light source, and image capture through the camera. This multi-functionality approach allows a single device to serve multiple purposes, improving adaptability while maintaining reasonable device complexity.
2Ease of operation
If the camera is made adjustable and independently rotatable, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The camera is mounted on a rotatable mechanism that allows it to be independently adjusted and rotated relative to the lamp head. This dynamic positioning capability improves ease of operation by enabling users to orient the camera at different angles, while the rotation mechanism is integrated into the existing lamp structure to minimize additional complexity.
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
Enables easy image capture and sharing of inspected objects, enhancing user interaction and functionality.
Implementation Method 1
the light source comprises a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on the lamp head
Implementation Method 2
a magnifying lens
Data Source
AI summary
A magnifying lamp with a camera, and a system comprising the magnifying lamp are provided. The magnifying lamp includes a lamp head including a magnifying lens, a light source, and the camera, and an arm supporting the lamp head. The camera is capable of capturing a still image or a video. The magnifying lamp further includes a port or other connection for communicating with an external device to send image data from the camera to the external device.