Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to solve the technical problems in the prior art and provides a lifting type roof camera structure and a vehicle.
In order to solve the technical problems in the prior art, the invention adopts the technical scheme that: provided is an elevating camera structure, including: a shell, a cover plate, a camera component, a lifting component and a driving motor,
an accommodating cavity is formed in the shell, the camera assembly, the lifting assembly and the driving motor are arranged in the accommodating cavity,
the cover plate is arranged at the top of the shell, and a first matching hole used for matching with the camera assembly is formed in the cover plate;
the camera assembly is connected with the driving motor through the lifting assembly, and the driving motor is used for driving the lifting assembly to drive the camera assembly to move between a hidden position and an unfolded position; when the camera assembly is located at the hiding position, the camera assembly is accommodated in the accommodating cavity; when the camera assembly is located at the unfolding position, the camera assembly protrudes out of the first matching hole, and a camera of the camera assembly is exposed above the cover plate, so that shooting is realized.
Further, when the camera assembly is accommodated in the accommodating cavity, the top of the camera assembly is flush with the cover plate.
When the camera needs to work, the driving motor drives the lifting assembly to ascend to drive the camera assembly to ascend to an unfolding position, the camera assembly protrudes out of the first matching hole in the shell, and the camera of the camera assembly is exposed in the external environment above the cover plate so as to achieve shooting; when the camera does not need to work, the driving motor drives the lifting assembly to descend to drive the camera assembly to descend to a hidden position, at the moment, the whole camera assembly is accommodated in the shell, and the top of the camera assembly can be parallel and level to the automobile body. Therefore, the integral shape of the automobile is ensured to be beautiful and lines are smooth while the function of the roof camera is increased, and the air resistance brought by the camera structure is reduced under the non-use working condition, so that the energy consumption of the running of the automobile is reduced.
Furthermore, a first sealing element is arranged between the first matching hole and the camera assembly and is positioned on the inner wall of the first matching hole, so that water, dust and the like in the external environment are prevented from entering the shell, and wind noise can be effectively reduced.
Further, the camera assembly comprises a camera mounting seat and a camera arranged in the camera mounting seat, and a second matching hole matched with the camera is formed in the side wall of the camera mounting seat.
Furthermore, the quantity of camera is a plurality of, and is a plurality of the camera interval sets up in the camera mount pad, be provided with on a plurality of lateral walls of camera mount pad with camera matched with second mating holes to realize multi-angle range's shooting.
Further, the quantity of camera is four, four camera interval evenly distributed and respectively with a lateral wall of camera mount pad is relative, be provided with respectively on the lateral wall all around of camera mount pad with camera matched with second mating holes to realize the shooting of wider scope.
Furthermore, the lifting assembly comprises a rack and a transmission gear, the rack is arranged on the camera assembly along the vertical direction, the rack is meshed with the transmission gear, the transmission gear is connected with an output shaft of the driving motor, and the driving motor drives the transmission gear to rotate, so that the transmission rack drives the camera assembly to ascend or descend.
Further, the apron is established including the lid the portion of closing at casing top and protrusion in the extension at casing edge, be formed with in the portion of closing the lid first mating holes, the extension is used for when over-and-under type camera structure installs on the automobile body and the mounting groove joint on the automobile body.
Further, a second sealing element is arranged at a position, connected with the mounting groove, of the extending portion, preferably, the second sealing element is annular, so that water, dust and the like in the external environment are prevented from entering the vehicle from the connection position of the cover plate and the vehicle body, and wind noise can be effectively reduced.
Further, the outer wall of the shell is provided with a drain pipe, one end of the drain pipe is communicated with the accommodating cavity, and the other end of the drain pipe is communicated with the external environment, so that water in the shell can be discharged out of the automobile when the camera assembly is in lifting motion.
Further, the driving motor is a waterproof motor.
The invention also provides a vehicle which comprises a vehicle controller and the lifting type camera structure, wherein the vehicle controller is connected with the driving motor of the lifting type camera structure, and the vehicle controller is used for controlling the output of the driving motor to control the camera assembly to move between the hidden position and the unfolded position.
According to the lifting type camera structure and the vehicle, the lifting structure is configured for the camera assembly to drive the camera to lift, the lifting type camera structure is installed on the roof, the camera structure can be hidden under the non-use working condition and cannot protrude out of the roof, the integral shape of the vehicle is attractive, lines are smooth while the function of the roof camera is increased, the damage to the appearance of the shape due to the function requirement is reduced, the air resistance caused by the protrusion of the camera structure under the non-use working condition is reduced, the energy consumption of vehicle operation is reduced, the integral structure is simple, the assembly and the arrangement are convenient when the lifting type camera structure is used on the vehicle, and the cost is low.
Detailed Description
The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
Example (b):
the embodiment provides a lifting type camera structure which can be mounted on the roof of a vehicle to realize the function of a roof camera. As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the elevating camera structure includes: the camera comprises a shell 1, a cover plate 2, a camera component 3, a lifting component and a driving motor 5, wherein an accommodating cavity is formed in the shell 1, the camera component 3, the lifting component and the driving motor 5 are arranged in the accommodating cavity, the cover plate 2 is arranged at the top of the shell 1, and a first matching hole used for matching with the camera component 3 is formed in the cover plate 2; the camera assembly 3 is connected with the driving motor 5 through the lifting assembly, and the driving motor 5 is used for driving the lifting assembly to drive the camera assembly 3 to move between the hidden position and the unfolded position.
When the camera assembly 3 is located at the hiding position, as shown by a dotted line part in fig. 1, the camera assembly 3 is accommodated in the accommodating cavity, at this time, the top of the camera assembly 3 is flush with the cover plate 2, and the camera assembly 3 is in a non-use working condition;
when the camera assembly 3 is located at the unfolding position, as shown by the camera assembly 3 shown in a solid line part in fig. 1, the camera assembly 3 protrudes out of the first matching hole, and the camera 32 of the camera assembly 3 is exposed above the cover plate 2, so that shooting is realized.
When the camera 32 needs to work, the driving motor 5 drives the lifting assembly to ascend to drive the camera assembly 3 to ascend to an unfolding position, at the moment, the camera assembly 3 protrudes out of the first matching hole in the shell 1, and the camera 32 of the camera assembly 3 is exposed in the external environment above the cover plate 2, so that shooting is realized; when the camera 32 does not need to work, the driving motor 5 drives the lifting assembly to descend to drive the camera assembly 3 to descend to a hidden position, at the moment, the whole camera assembly 3 is accommodated in the shell 1, and the top of the camera assembly 3 can be parallel and level to the vehicle body. Therefore, the integral shape of the automobile is ensured to be beautiful and lines are smooth while the function of the roof camera is increased, and the air resistance brought by the camera structure is reduced under the non-use working condition, so that the energy consumption of the running of the automobile is reduced.
In this embodiment, a first sealing member 6 is disposed between the first fitting hole and the camera assembly 3, and is used to prevent water, dust, and the like in the external environment from entering the housing 1, and effectively reduce wind noise. Preferably, the first sealing element 6 is a sealing ring, and the sealing ring is arranged on the inner wall of the first matching hole.
In a possible embodiment, the first sealing element 6 may also be a sealant coated on the inner wall of the first mating hole.
In this embodiment, the camera assembly 3 includes a camera mounting seat 31 and a camera 32 disposed in the camera mounting seat 31, and a second fitting hole matched with the camera 32 is disposed on a side wall of the camera mounting seat 31.
In a possible embodiment, the number of the cameras 32 is multiple, the multiple cameras 32 are arranged in the camera mounting seat 31 at intervals, and the multiple side walls of the camera mounting seat 31 are provided with second matching holes matched with the cameras 32, so that shooting in a multi-angle range is realized. For example, the number of the cameras 32 is four, the four cameras 32 are uniformly distributed at intervals and are respectively opposite to one side wall of the camera mounting seat 31, and second matching holes matched with the cameras 32 are respectively formed in the peripheral side walls of the camera mounting seat 31, so that 360-degree panoramic shooting is realized.
As shown in fig. 3, in this embodiment, the lifting assembly includes a rack 42 and a transmission gear 41, the rack 42 is fixedly disposed on an outer side wall of the camera mounting seat 31 along a vertical direction, the rack 42 is engaged with the transmission gear 41, the transmission gear 41 is connected to an output shaft of the driving motor 5, the driving motor 5 drives the gear to rotate, and since positions of the driving motor 5 and the transmission gear 41 in the vertical direction are not changed, the transmission gear 41 is engaged with the rack 42 in a counterclockwise or clockwise rotation process, and applies an upward or downward force to the rack 42, so that the rack 42 drives the camera assembly 3 to ascend or descend.
In a possible embodiment, the rack 42 is disposed at the bottom of the camera head mounting seat 31, the rack 42 is engaged with the transmission gear 41, the transmission gear 41 is connected with an output shaft of the driving motor 5, and the driving motor 5 drives the gear to rotate, so that the rack 42 drives the camera head assembly 3 to ascend or descend.
In a possible embodiment, the lifting assembly comprises a lifting top column, one end of the lifting top column is connected with the bottom of the camera mounting seat 31, the other end of the lifting top column is connected with the bottom of the shell 1, and the driving motor 5 is electrically connected with the lifting top column to drive the camera assembly to ascend or descend.
In this embodiment, apron 2 is established including the lid the portion of closing at 1 top of casing and protrusion in the extension at 1 edge of casing, be formed with in the portion of closing the lid first mating holes, the extension is used for when over-and-under type camera structure installs on the automobile body with the mounting groove joint on the automobile body. Preferably, a second sealing element 7 is arranged at a position where the extending part is connected with the mounting groove, and the second sealing element 7 is a sealing glue distributed annularly, so that water, dust and the like in the external environment are prevented from entering the vehicle from the connection position of the cover plate 2 and the vehicle body, and wind noise can be effectively reduced.
In a possible embodiment, the second sealing element 7 is a sealing ring, a groove for accommodating the sealing ring is arranged on one side of the extension portion of the cover plate 2 facing the vehicle body, the sealing ring is in interference fit with the groove, specifically, one side of the sealing ring is embedded into the groove, the other side of the sealing ring protrudes out of the groove and is used for abutting against a mounting groove on the vehicle body, when the lifting camera structure is mounted on the vehicle body, the second sealing element 7 between the cover plate 2 and the mounting groove is compressed, so that sealing is realized, water, dust and the like in the external environment are effectively prevented from entering the vehicle from the joint of the cover plate 2 and the vehicle body, and wind noise can be effectively reduced.
In this embodiment, the outer wall of the housing 1 is provided with a drain pipe 8, one end of the drain pipe 8 is communicated with the accommodating cavity, and the other end of the drain pipe 8 is communicated with the external environment, so that water brought into the housing 1 when the camera assembly 3 is lifted can be discharged outside the vehicle. Preferably, the driving motor 5 is a waterproof motor to solve the waterproof problem of the motor, avoid damage and improve the reliability and stability of the lifting camera structure.
The embodiment of the invention also provides a vehicle, which comprises a vehicle controller and the lifting camera structure, wherein the vehicle is provided with a mounting part for mounting the lifting camera structure, the mounting part comprises a mounting groove for mounting the lifting camera structure, when the lifting camera structure is mounted in the mounting groove, a cover plate 2 of the lifting camera structure is flush with a vehicle body, the vehicle controller is connected with a driving motor 5 of the lifting camera structure, and the vehicle controller is used for controlling the output of the driving motor 5 so as to control the camera assembly 3 to move between a hidden position and an unfolded position.
When the roof camera needs to be used, a user or a vehicle control system automatically triggers a roof camera control module, so that the vehicle controller controls the output of the driving motor 5 to control the camera assembly 3 to ascend to a deployed position, as shown by the camera assembly 3 shown by a solid line part in fig. 1, the camera assembly 3 protrudes out of the first matching hole, and at the moment, the camera 32 of the camera assembly 3 is exposed above the cover plate 2, so that shooting is realized;
when the roof camera does not need to be used, a user or a vehicle control system automatically triggers the roof camera control module, so that the vehicle controller controls the output of the driving motor 5 to control the camera assembly 3 to descend to a hidden position, like the camera assembly 3 shown in a dotted line part in fig. 1, the camera assembly 3 is integrally contained in the containing cavity, at the moment, the top of the camera assembly 3 is flush with the cover plate 2, namely, the lifting camera structure is flush with the roof, so that the lifting camera structure is hidden under the non-use working condition and cannot protrude out of the roof, the air resistance caused by the protrusion of the camera structure under the non-use working condition is reduced, and the energy consumption of vehicle running is reduced.
In order to meet the requirements of the overall shape and smooth lines of an automobile, and reduce the damage to the appearance of the shape due to functional requirements, the lifting structure is configured for the camera assembly to drive the camera to lift, and the lifting camera structure is arranged on the roof, so that the overall shape and smooth lines of the automobile are guaranteed while the function of the roof camera is increased, the camera structure can be hidden under the non-use working condition and cannot protrude out of the roof, the air resistance caused by the protrusion of the camera structure under the non-use working condition is reduced, the energy consumption of the vehicle is reduced, the integral structure is simple, the assembly and the arrangement are convenient when the lifting camera structure is used on the vehicle, and the cost is low.
While the invention has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.