Spiral-Wound Container for Camera Thermal Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Image-taking apparatuses face challenges when operating in extreme temperature and humidity conditions, leading to excessive heating or cooling of electronic components and potential condensation or frost on optical parts, which can degrade image quality.
Innovation Solution
A container with a spiral-wound casing and a delivery duct for conveying a temperature-regulating gas, which maintains a stable temperature within the container, reducing the risk of condensation or frost on the optical parts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If the image-taking apparatus is inserted into a container with a transparent window to protect it from harmful environmental conditions, then the protection from harmful gases is improved, but excessive heating or cooling of the electronic components occurs due to temperature differential
Solution Approach 1:
A spiral-shaped path filled with temperature-regulating gas acts as an intermediary layer between the external environment and the image-taking apparatus. This mediator absorbs or releases heat as needed, preventing excessive temperature changes from reaching the electronic components while maintaining the protective enclosure.
Solution Approach 2:
The container maintains an inert atmospheric environment within the housing that is controlled for both chemical inertness (protecting from harmful gases) and thermal stability (preventing excessive heating or cooling). The temperature-regulating gas creates a thermally stable inert atmosphere that protects both chemically and thermally.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If the image-taking apparatus is housed in a container with controlled temperature and humidity, then protection from environmental damage is improved, but condensate or frost forms on the optical parts due to temperature differential
Solution Approach 1:
The spiral path with temperature-regulating gas serves as a thermal buffer that prevents the optical parts from experiencing extreme temperature differentials with the external environment. This intermediary layer ensures that the optical surfaces remain at temperatures that prevent condensation and frost formation while still providing environmental protection.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts the temperature parameters within the container by introducing temperature-regulating gas through the spiral path. This parameter control ensures that the internal environment maintains temperatures above the dew point, preventing condensate or frost formation on optical surfaces while protecting from external environmental damage.
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 container effectively maintains the image-taking apparatus at a stable temperature, preventing damage from extreme environmental conditions and minimizing condensation or frost on the optical parts, thereby ensuring consistent image quality.
Implementation Method 1
a delivery duct coupled to said housing configured to convey a temperature-regulating gas at a given temperature into said housing and into said spiral-shaped path
Implementation Method 2
a sheet wound on itself in a spiral so as to define between its own facing surfaces a spiral-shaped path
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AI summary
A container for video or photographic image-taking apparatuses comprising a casing that includes a housing for housing an image-taking apparatus. The casing includes a transparent window, an inner surface of which faces a lens of the image-taking apparatus. The casing further includes a sheet wound on itself in a spiral so as to define between its own facing surfaces a spiral-shaped path. The housing being comprised in the innermost turn of the spiral-shaped path. The container further includes a delivery duct coupled to the housing that is configured to convey a temperature-regulating gas at a given temperature into the housing and into the spiral-shaped path.