Prompter Camera Adapter for Adjustable Pan-Tilt-Zoom Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing prompter systems struggle to accommodate cameras with pan, tilt, and zoom functions due to their dome-shaped design, which complicates attachment and fails to reflect these functionalities effectively.
Innovation Solution
A prompter system with an attaching mechanism using a hook-and-loop fastener, adjustable angle and height components, and integrated features like a personal computer, optical transmission adapter, face recognition sensor, and balance adapter, designed to accommodate cameras with pan, tilt, and zoom functions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a dome-shaped camera with built-in lens is used, then the camera integrates pan, tilt, and zoom functions, but the attachment to the prompter system becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The attaching mechanism is divided into multiple components: a mounting bracket that interfaces with the prompter system, an adjustable arm with hook-and-loop fastener, and a camera mounting interface. This segmentation allows each component to address specific attachment challenges independently, making the overall system adaptable to dome-shaped cameras while maintaining ease of installation.
Solution Approach 2:
The attaching mechanism incorporates adjustable elements including an adjustable arm length, rotatable mounting bracket, and flexible hook-and-loop fastening system. These dynamic features allow the attachment configuration to be adapted to different dome camera sizes and shapes, resolving the contradiction between camera versatility and attachment ease.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a dome-shaped camera with built-in lens is used, then the camera integrates pan, tilt, and zoom functions, but the pan and tilt functions are not fully reflected in the prompter system
Solution Approach 1:
The attaching mechanism includes sensors and feedback systems that detect the camera's pan and tilt positions, transmitting this information back to the prompter system. This feedback loop ensures that the prompter system accurately reflects the camera's orientation changes, resolving the information loss issue while maintaining full camera functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The attaching mechanism serves as an intermediary device that couples the dome camera to the prompter system while maintaining communication between them. It translates and transmits pan and tilt function data, ensuring full reflection of camera capabilities in the prompter system without compromising camera versatility.
3Ease of operation
If a traditional camera with protruding lens is used, then the prompter system can be easily attached by covering only the lens part, but the camera cannot accommodate pan, tilt, and zoom functions
Solution Approach 1:
The attaching mechanism is designed with universal compatibility features that work with both traditional cameras having protruding lenses and modern dome-shaped cameras with pan, tilt, and zoom functions. The adjustable and configurable nature of the attachment system provides multi-functionality, resolving the contradiction between ease of attachment and camera capability versatility.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Facilitates convenient and stable attachment of cameras with pan, tilt, and zoom capabilities, ensuring proper functionality and ease of use in broadcasting and filming.
Implementation Method 1
the attaching mechanism is attached to the half mirror or glass unit using a hook-and-loop fastener
Data Source
AI summary
A prompter system compatible with a camera having pan, tilt, and zoom functions is invented. According to the present invention, a prompter system compatible with a camera having pan, tilt, and zoom functions is constructed by storing a camera having pan, tilt, and zoom functions inside a camera attaching adapter and combining it with a prompter body.