Underwater Camera Assembly Quick Attachment Rail System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Underwater cameras lack efficient and quick attachment systems for accessories, limiting their usability in dynamic environments like fishing, where real-time monitoring of lures and fish activity is essential.
Innovation Solution
An underwater camera assembly with quick attachment rails allows for easy coupling and detachment of accessories, such as a camera positioning fin and trolling fin, providing a waterproof housing with snap-fit mechanisms for secure and stable operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional attachment methods are used for underwater camera accessories, then the camera can be used underwater, but the attachment and detachment of accessories is time-consuming and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The accessory attachment system is divided into separate modular components: a rail mounted on the camera housing and a corresponding engagement mechanism on the accessory. This segmentation allows the accessory to be quickly attached and detached without complex fastening procedures, directly resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and time loss.
Solution Approach 2:
The rail and engagement features are pre-configured on both the camera housing and accessories during manufacturing. This preliminary preparation eliminates the need for complex assembly operations in the field, allowing users to simply slide accessories onto pre-positioned rails and engage them with a simple motion, significantly reducing attachment time.
2Reliability
If accessories are permanently fixed to the camera housing, then the connection is secure, but the camera lacks adaptability for different fishing scenarios and accessories
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment system transitions from a static permanent fixation to a dynamic reversible connection. The rail-based system with engagement mechanisms allows accessories to be securely attached when needed and easily removed when configuration changes are required, simultaneously achieving connection security and configuration flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The rail system serves multiple functions: it provides secure mechanical attachment, allows for quick release, enables various accessory positions, and accommodates different accessory types. This multi-functionality resolves the contradiction by making the camera adaptable to different fishing scenarios while maintaining reliable connections.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple accessories are attached to the camera housing, then the camera functionality is enhanced, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of designing unique attachment mechanisms for each accessory type, the system uses a standardized rail interface that can accommodate multiple accessory types. This standardization reduces the overall system complexity while maintaining the ability to attach various accessories that enhance camera functionality.
Data Source
AI summary
An underwater camera assembly is configured to be dragged behind a boat underwater. The camera assembly includes a housing having a hollow interior that is configured to hold a camera in waterproof manner. The camera assembly includes at least one rail disposed along an outer surface of the housing and being configured to slidingly receive and interlockingly engage a first accessory (camera positioning fin). The camera assembly can further include a second accessory (trolling fin) that is also interlockingly, yet releasably, engaged to the housing.