Rotating Peripheral Camera Assembly With Air Circulation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing camera systems struggle to efficiently monitor multiple points without incurring high installation and management costs, as pan-tilt equipment often requires multiple cameras, leading to increased costs and complexity.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus that adjusts the position of peripheral cameras along the periphery of a central camera, utilizing a base with a rotational axis, a peripheral assembly, and an air circulator to circulate air, allowing for independent rotation and air circulation to manage heat and prevent dew condensation, enabling wide-range monitoring.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If multiple cameras are used to monitor multiple points, then monitoring coverage is improved, but installation and management costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple cameras into a single integrated apparatus where a central camera and peripheral cameras work together as one system. The peripheral cameras are mounted on a rotating platform that can be positioned around the central camera, allowing all cameras to be controlled and managed as a single unit rather than separate installations, thereby reducing management complexity while maintaining wide monitoring coverage.
Solution Approach 2:
The rotating platform serves multiple functions: it positions peripheral cameras around the central camera for wide-area monitoring, enables pan-tilt operations to adjust photographing directions, and provides a unified control mechanism for all cameras. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate pan-tilt equipment for each camera, lowering overall system complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If pan-tilt equipment is mounted on each camera to change photographing direction, then photographing direction flexibility is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of mounting pan-tilt equipment on each individual camera, the patent combines all pan-tilt functions into a single rotating platform that controls the peripheral cameras collectively. This unified approach maintains the ability to change photographing directions while reducing the total number of pan-tilt mechanisms required, thereby decreasing overall device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The rotating platform serves as a universal control mechanism that can adjust the photographing direction of multiple peripheral cameras simultaneously or independently. This single multi-functional unit replaces what would otherwise require multiple separate pan-tilt equipment sets, one for each camera, thus reducing complexity while maintaining directional flexibility.
3Ease of manufacture
If cameras are fixed in position, then installation simplicity is improved, but monitoring coverage is restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from fixed camera positions to a dynamic rotating platform that can reposition peripheral cameras around the central camera. This dynamic positioning capability allows the system to adapt to different monitoring requirements and expand coverage area while maintaining relatively simple installation, as the cameras are mounted on a modular rotating structure rather than requiring complex fixed mounting for each position.
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
Facilitates efficient monitoring of multiple points with reduced installation and management costs by allowing independent rotation and air circulation, improving heat dissipation and preventing condensation, thus enhancing camera system performance.
Implementation Method 1
an air circulator configured to circulate air in a base space formed by the base and the sealing cover
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus for adjusting an attitude of a device, the apparatus including a base portion providing a rotational axis for the device, a peripheral assembly of the device disposed in a ring along a periphery of the rotational axis, a sealing cover coupled to the base and sealing the peripheral assembly, and an air circulator configured to circulate air in a base space formed by the base and the sealing cover. The base includes a base cover, and a base ring provided inside the base cover and supporting the peripheral assembly of the device, where the base cover is coupled to the sealing cover and forms the base space. The base further includes a support panel provided between the base cover and the base ring and supports a substrate, where the base cover is coupled to the sealing cover and forms the base space.