Astronomical Telescope Stand with Electronic Camera Calibration
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Solution Overview
Problem
The adjustment and calibration of astronomical telescopes, particularly after displacement, involve complex manual operations and require additional calibration steps, which can be cumbersome and time-consuming.
Innovation Solution
An astronomical telescope stand equipped with perpendicular rotating shafts, an electronic camera, and a display screen connected to a processor that includes modules for image parsing, electronic image generation, and coordinate correction, allowing for the generation and real-time updating of a simulated star map without manual calibration, facilitating intuitive star observation and data acquisition.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual calibration is used for the astronomical telescope, then the calibration can be performed after displacement, but the operation becomes difficult and complicated
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses an electronic camera to automatically capture images and a processor to automatically generate simulated star maps and calculate telescope coordinates, eliminating the need for manual calibration operations. The telescope system calibrates itself through automated image processing and coordinate computation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical calibration operations with an automated electronic system consisting of an electronic camera, processor, and display screen. The processor automatically processes images and calculates coordinates, substituting the mechanical manual adjustment process with electronic computation.
2Ease of operation
If automatic calibration is used for the astronomical telescope, then the operation becomes convenient, but manual calibration is still required after displacement
Solution Approach 1:
The system continuously performs automated calibration through image capture and processing. After displacement, the electronic camera automatically captures new images and the processor recalculates coordinates without requiring manual intervention, making the system adaptable to displacement events while maintaining operational convenience.
3Manufacturing precision
If image solving is performed to obtain center coordinate and field size, then clear simulated image can be obtained, but time is needed for processing
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary image capture and processing to generate the simulated star map before observation. The electronic camera captures images and the processor generates the simulated star map in advance, so that when observation is needed, the calibrated image is already ready for display, reducing the time loss during actual observation.
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AI summary
Disclosed are an astronomical telescope stand, an auxiliary calibration method for the astronomical telescope and an astronomical telescope system. The astronomical telescope includes at least two rotating shafts perpendicular to each other, each rotating shaft is provided with an encoder; an electronic camera shooting in the same direction as the telescope to be mounted; a display screen; a processor that connects with the encoder, the electronic camera and the display screen; the processor includes an image information parsing module, an electronic image generation module and a coordinate correction module. The telescope is mounted on the stand, and the electronic camera shoots the same image as the image observed by the telescope. The image information parsing module solves the image to obtain the center coordinate and the field size of the image. The electronic image generation module generates the simulated image according to the center coordinate and the field size.