Modular Image Capture Booth With Integrated Camera Panels
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for a device capable of capturing images and creating three-dimensional images or renderings, which existing technologies have not adequately addressed.
Innovation Solution
A modular image capture booth comprising frame members and panels with integrated digital cameras, routers, lighting fixtures, and wiring that connect cameras to an image processing computer to construct three-dimensional images, with options for various panel configurations and materials like extruded aluminum or molded plastic, and the ability to assemble with or without mechanical fasteners.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If multiple digital cameras are integrated into panels to capture images for three-dimensional reconstruction, then the quality and capability of image capture is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system is divided into modular panels, each containing a subset of digital cameras. Each panel independently processes images from its cameras through integrated routers, and multiple panels work together to capture the complete three-dimensional scene. This segmentation distributes the computational and hardware complexity across multiple independent units.
Solution Approach 2:
Each panel is designed as a universal module that can function independently or in combination with other panels. The panels use standardized interfaces, identical router architectures, and interchangeable camera configurations, allowing the same hardware design to serve multiple positions in the booth structure.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the booth structure is made modular with interchangeable panels to enable flexible configurations, then the adaptability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The booth is constructed from discrete, interchangeable panels that can be independently assembled and configured. Each panel is a self-contained module with standardized connection interfaces, allowing flexible arrangement to create different booth shapes and sizes without requiring custom integration work for each configuration.
Solution Approach 2:
The system allows dynamic reconfiguration by changing the number, arrangement, and orientation of panels. Panels can be added, removed, or repositioned to adapt the booth to different spatial requirements and capture needs, with the modular design enabling parameter changes without fundamental redesign.
3Illumination intensity
If LED lighting fixtures are integrated into panels to provide comprehensive illumination, then the illumination quality is improved, but the use of energy increases
Solution Approach 1:
LED lighting fixtures are integrated directly into the panel structures where they are needed, providing localized illumination optimized for each specific capture zone. The lighting is distributed across multiple panels rather than concentrated in a single source, allowing precise control of illumination quality in different areas of the booth.
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AI summary
A modular image capture booth with a plurality of frame members having horizontal and vertical members for assembly into a frame for the modular image capture booth. Each of a plurality of panels attaches to the frame. The plurality of panels forms walls and a ceiling for the modular image capture booth. Each panel has openings adapted to receive a digital camera. Each panel includes a router, and includes one or more lighting fixtures, and wiring from each opening in the panel to the router. The wiring is arranged to connect each digital camera to the router. An image processing computer is connected to of each router. The image processing computer processes the image recorded by each camera to construct a three-dimensional image of an object in the modular image capture booth. In a particular embodiment the modular image capture booth is made from a plurality of interlocking panels.