Tool-less Coupling Mechanism for Mobile Video Recorder Base
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current wireless cameras face limitations in portability, security, usability, and communication, making them less effective for event recording in various situations.
Innovation Solution
A mobile video camera apparatus with a housing, handle, image sensor, microphone, lens, encoder, battery, recording activation switch, and wireless communication device, featuring a tool-less coupling mechanism for secure attachment to a base, enabling real-time data transmission and recording with both wireless and wired connectivity to a video management system.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If wireless cameras are made portable for event recording, then mobility and adaptability are improved, but security and reliability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The camera system is divided into two functional segments: a portable camera unit for mobility and adaptability, and a stationary base unit for security and reliability. The camera unit can be freely positioned and removed, while the base provides secure mounting, power supply, and data management, thus resolving the contradiction between portability and security through spatial and functional segmentation.
Solution Approach 2:
The base unit acts as an intermediary between the portable camera and the video management system. It provides a secure anchor point and communication hub, allowing the camera to maintain reliability through its connection to the base while preserving portability when detached. The intermediary base resolves the security-portability contradiction by providing a stable intermediary platform.
2Ease of operation
If tool-less coupling mechanism is implemented for handle attachment, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The traditional mechanical tool-based fastening system is replaced with a tool-less coupling mechanism that uses simplified mechanical interlocks, spring-loaded latches, or snap-fit designs. This substitution eliminates the need for external tools while maintaining secure attachment, improving ease of operation with controlled complexity through standardized coupling interfaces.
3Adaptability or versatility
If both wireless and wired communication ports are provided, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The communication system is designed with universal multi-functionality, where a single communication module can operate in both wireless and wired modes. The system automatically selects or switches between communication methods based on availability and requirements, providing communication versatility without requiring completely separate independent systems, thus managing complexity through integrated multi-functional design.
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AI summary
A mobile video camera apparatus is provided having a mobile video camera device that includes a housing, a handle with a base engagement portion, a camera including an image sensor, a lens, and an encoder, a battery, a recording activation switch, an input relay connected to the camera, wherein activation of the recording activation switch by a user energizes the input relay, and the input relay provides a signal to the camera to begin recording data, a wireless communication device coupleable to the camera device for transmitting encoded data from the camera to the video management system and for receiving configuration commands from the video management system. The apparatus further including a base having a handle mount for receiving and securing the base engagement portion to the base, wherein the handle mount includes a tool-less coupling mechanism for securing and unsecuring the mobile video camera device to the base.