Single Lens Omnidirectional Camera Module Reducing Blind Zones
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional monitoring cameras have limited viewing angles, resulting in blind zones and increased installation costs due to the need for multiple cameras to compensate, making it difficult to efficiently monitor wide areas with a single camera.
Innovation Solution
A synchronous camera lens module using a single optical lens with a refraction portion, horizontal portion, reflection coating, omnidirectional lens, and lens array, configured to refract and reflect light to achieve 360° viewing, replacing the conventional lens module for wide-angle photography.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If multiple cameras are installed to remove blind zones, then the viewing angle coverage is improved, but the installation cost and device complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple camera functions into a single lens module that can capture images in multiple directions simultaneously. The lens module integrates multiple optical paths and imaging elements to achieve 360-degree coverage without requiring multiple separate camera installations, thereby reducing device complexity while maintaining comprehensive viewing angle coverage.
Solution Approach 2:
The lens module is designed to perform multiple functions within a single device, including capturing images in different directions, providing wide-angle coverage, and eliminating blind zones. This multi-functional design replaces what would traditionally require multiple specialized cameras, reducing installation complexity while achieving comprehensive surveillance coverage.
2Device complexity
If a single lens is used for wide-angle photographing, then the installation cost is reduced, but the viewing angle and blind zone coverage deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The lens module is segmented into multiple functional components including different optical paths, imaging elements, and light-guiding structures. Each segment contributes to capturing images from specific directions, and their integration within a single lens module achieves comprehensive 360-degree coverage while maintaining cost-effectiveness of single-lens installation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extends the viewing capability from traditional two-dimensional plane imaging to three-dimensional omnidirectional imaging. By incorporating multiple optical paths and imaging elements oriented in different spatial dimensions, the single lens module achieves 360-degree coverage, effectively adding dimensional capability without requiring multiple separate camera installations.
3Ease of manufacture
If conventional lens modules are used, then the manufacturing process is simple, but the blind zone cannot be minimized
Solution Approach 1:
The lens module employs a nested structure where multiple imaging elements and light-guiding components are arranged concentrically or in layered configurations. This nesting approach allows compact integration of complex optical functions within a single manufacturable module, maintaining manufacturing simplicity while achieving comprehensive blind zone coverage through multi-directional imaging capabilities.
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
The solution provides a cost-effective and efficient way to minimize blind zones by enabling a single lens to capture images in all directions, simplifying manufacturing and reducing installation costs while maintaining high image resolution.
Implementation Method 1
a refraction portion 120 formed to refract incident light
Implementation Method 2
a reflection coating 150 which is formed in the horizontal portion to reflect the incident light reflected from an inner reflection coating
Implementation Method 3
an inner concave 210 refracting the incident light reflected through the reflection coating again to provide the incident light to a lens array
Implementation Method 4
an inner reflection coating 230 which is formed in the inner refraction portion to reflect the incident light incident from the refraction portion to the reflection coating
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention relates to a synchronous camera lens module photographing in all directions with a single lens, and more particularly, to a synchronous camera lens module which replaces only a lens module of a conventional monitoring camera by providing a synchronous camera lens module using a single optical lens capable of performing wide-angle photographing to photograph in all directions with the single lens which is high economically and in efficiency and can minimize a blind zone.