Panoramic Camera Mount With Leveling Base for Precise Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing panoramic camera mounts are cumbersome and time-consuming to adjust, leading to difficulties in properly aligning images for panoramic photography, especially when trying to eliminate parallax and ensure accurate centering on a rotatable mount.
Innovation Solution
A panoramic gimbal device with adjustable clamps, rails, and a leveling base that allows for precise alignment and secure mounting of cameras, reducing parallax and simplifying the process of capturing panoramic images by using a combination of clamps, rails, and a leveling mechanism that includes a rotatable locking system and O-ring for stability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional panoramic camera mounts are used, then camera mounting is achieved, but adjustment is cumbersome and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a dynamic adjustment mechanism where the camera mount allows for quick rotation and positioning adjustments. The mount includes a rotatable section with degree markings that can be easily rotated to different angles and locked into position, enabling rapid repositioning without cumbersome procedures.
Solution Approach 2:
The camera mount is divided into multiple functional sections: a base section, a rotatable section, and a camera-holding section. Each section can be independently adjusted and positioned, allowing for modular and efficient alignment of the camera without requiring adjustment of the entire mounting system at once.
2Measurement precision
If traditional panoramic camera mounts are used, then camera mounting is achieved, but image alignment precision is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The mount includes pre-marked degree indications on the rotatable section and a plumb line with degree markings that provide preliminary alignment guidance before final camera positioning. These pre-established reference marks enable precise angular measurement and alignment without requiring complex adjustment procedures during the imaging process.
Solution Approach 2:
A plumb line serves as an intermediary alignment tool, hanging vertically to provide a reference for true vertical orientation. The plumb line has degree markings that allow the user to accurately set and verify angular positions, mediating between the rotatable mount and the camera to ensure precise alignment.
3Measurement precision
If complex adjustment mechanisms are added to improve alignment, then alignment precision improves, but device bulkiness increases
Solution Approach 1:
The rotatable section serves multiple functions: it provides the mounting interface for the camera, enables angular adjustment, displays degree markings for measurement, and includes a locking mechanism for securing the position. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate adjustment mechanisms, reducing overall device bulkiness while maintaining alignment precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The degree markings are directly integrated into the rotatable section itself rather than being separate components. The plumb line is combined with degree markings on its surface, merging the vertical reference function with the angular measurement function in a single element, thereby reducing device complexity and bulkiness.
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AI summary
A support for an imaging device includes a first rotatable assembly supportable by a support that rotates in a generally horizontal plane and a horizontal locking member. The imaging device includes a second rotatable assembly that rotates in a generally vertical plane. imaging device includes an interconnection structure that interconnects the first rotatable assembly to the second rotatable assembly such that the second rotatable assembly is rotatable around the first rotatable assembly at an elevation higher than the first rotatable assembly and offset laterally from the first rotatable assembly. imaging device includes the first rotatable assembly including a panning structure that rotates the support in the generally horizontal plane and a leveling base that is rotatable in a non-coplanar manner relative to the panning structure.