Telescoping Camera Mast With Collapsible Base for Stable Elevated Shooting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Professional photographers and videographers face challenges in capturing entire events due to limited vantage points, and existing elevated platforms are often flimsy and unsafe, especially in windy conditions.
Innovation Solution
A portable camera support device with a collapsible base assembly and telescoping mast assembly that provides an adjustable elevated vantage point, allowing for stable and secure photography or videography from varying heights, with a handle for easy rotation and compact storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If a portable camera support device is designed to provide elevated vantage point, then photography and videography quality is improved, but device portability and ease of transportation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The camera support device is divided into multiple collapsible sections including telescoping mast segments and foldable base legs. Each section can be independently collapsed or extended, allowing the device to transition between a compact portable state and an extended elevated state for high-quality photography and videography
Solution Approach 2:
The device incorporates dynamic components including telescoping mast sections that can extend and retract, and base legs that can fold and unfold. This dynamic structure allows the device to adapt between compact configuration for transportation and extended configuration for elevated camera positioning, resolving the contradiction between portability and photography quality
2Stability of the object's composition
If existing elevated platforms are constructed to provide stable support, then camera stability is improved, but device portability and safety deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The base assembly is segmented into multiple collapsible legs that can be configured to provide a wide stable footprint when deployed, yet folded compactly when not in use. This segmentation allows the device to achieve both stability during operation and portability during transportation, eliminating the need for permanent fixed platforms
Solution Approach 2:
The device uses dynamic telescoping mast sections with locking mechanisms that provide stable support at elevated heights while maintaining the ability to collapse to a compact size. The base legs similarly transition between extended stable positions and folded compact positions, ensuring both camera stability and device portability without compromising safety
3Length of stationary object
If telescoping mast assembly is extended to increase height, then elevated vantage point is improved, but device complexity and setup time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mast assembly is divided into multiple telescoping sections that nest within each other. Each section can be independently extended or retracted, allowing for gradual height adjustment and compact storage. The segmented design reduces overall complexity compared to a single long mast while enabling the same extended height capability
Solution Approach 2:
The telescoping mast sections are nested within each other in a concentric arrangement, with smaller sections inside larger ones. This nesting configuration minimizes the stored height when collapsed and simplifies the extension process, as each section slides out sequentially, reducing setup time and mechanical complexity
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AI summary
A portable camera support device for elevated photography and videography is disclosed herein. The portable camera support device includes a base assembly, the base assembly including a plurality of collapsible legs extending downwardly from a central hub; a telescoping mast assembly adjustably coupled to the central hub of the base assembly, the telescoping mast assembly including a plurality of telescoping pole members; and a camera mount coupled to an upper end of the telescoping mast assembly, the camera mount configured to attach a camera to the upper end of the telescoping mast assembly. The portable camera support device is configured to provide an elevated vantage point for the camera from which to photograph and/or record a desired area.