Wireless Camera Touch Control via Intermediary Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional camera controlling techniques are inconvenient due to the need to manually operate multiple cameras with separate lens and display modules, making it difficult to simultaneously control and monitor image quality, especially when using a wireless controller without a display function.
Innovation Solution
A camera device without an image displaying function that uses a touch navigation module to control a lens module, allowing for parameter adjustment via a portable electronic device with a vision displaying module, enabling single-handed operation and improved user experience through optical, capacitance, or radio frequency detection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a wireless controller without display function is used to control the camera, then the camera operation is simplified and single-handed operation is enabled, but the user cannot watch the display panel to confirm image quality
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a portable electronic device (smartphone or tablet) as an intermediary between the camera and the user. This device receives images from the camera via wireless transmission and displays them on its own screen, allowing the user to confirm image quality without needing a display panel on the camera itself. This resolves the contradiction by enabling single-handed camera operation while preserving image quality verification through the intermediary device's display capability.
2Reliability
If conventional mechanical buttons and rotary rings are used for camera control, then the camera structure is functional, but sensitivity and accuracy decrease due to long-term use and attrition
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces mechanical buttons and rotary rings with a touch navigation module that uses optical or capacitance sensing technology. This eliminates physical contact components that suffer from attrition and wear over time. The touch module detects finger gestures through electromagnetic fields or optical changes, maintaining high sensitivity and accuracy indefinitely without the degradation problems of mechanical systems, thus resolving the contradiction between reliability and duration of use.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple cameras with separate lens and display modules are used for remote control, then each camera can capture images independently, but manipulation becomes inconvenient requiring two hands
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the camera's control functions with a portable electronic device that serves as both the controller and the display unit. Instead of requiring separate operation of master and slave cameras, the system merges the control interface and image display into a single handheld device, while the camera module handles image capture. This integration enables single-handed operation while preserving the ability to capture images, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and ease of operation.
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
Simplifies camera operation by replacing mechanical buttons and rotary rings with touch navigation, enhancing sensitivity, accuracy, and reliability, allowing for convenient parameter adjustment and image capture without the need for direct camera handling.
Implementation Method 1
The touch navigation module utilizes optical detection, capacitance detection or radio frequency detection to detect the click amount and the shift direction of the input command
Implementation Method 2
The touch navigation module utilizes optical detection, capacitance detection or radio frequency detection to detect the click amount and the shift direction of the input command
Implementation Method 3
The touch navigation module utilizes optical detection, capacitance detection or radio frequency detection to detect the click amount and the shift direction of the input command
Data Source
AI summary
A camera device without an image displaying function which is adapted to assemble with a portable electronic device with a vision displaying module is disclosed in the present invention. The camera device is electrically connected to the portable electronic device via wire/wireless connection. The camera device includes a base, a lens module and at least one touch navigation module. The base includes a surrounding component whereinside the lens module is disposed. The lens module includes a lens assembly and a digital processing unit. The touch navigation module is disposed on an outer surface of the surrounding component and electrically connected to the lens module. The touch navigation module detects an input command to trigger the lens assembly to capture an image, or controls parameters of an adjustable mode of the lens assembly via the digital processing unit.