CN115356885A

CN115356885A - Rabbit cage camera

Info

Publication number: CN115356885A
Application number: CN202210835526.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 邹青青; 冷卫强; 李秋华; 韦维
Original assignee: Shenzhen Weiji Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Weiji Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-07-15
Filing date: 2022-07-15
Publication date: 2022-11-18

Abstract

The invention relates to a camera rabbit cage, which comprises a support arm assembly and a driving assembly, wherein the support arm assembly comprises a plurality of support arms which are sequentially connected, the plurality of support arms can be enclosed to form an accommodating space, and two adjacent support arms are defined as a first support arm and a second support arm; the driving assembly comprises a moving piece and a reset piece, and the moving piece is limited on the first supporting arm and the second supporting arm in the circumferential direction; the movable piece can overcome the reset force of the reset piece along the axial direction and move relative to the first support arm and the second support arm so as to relieve the limit of the movable piece on the first support arm in the circumferential direction and enable the first support arm to rotate relative to the second support arm; the reset piece can release reset force to drive the moving piece to move along the axial direction and enable the moving piece to limit the first support arm in the circumferential direction; the circumferential direction is parallel to the rotating direction of the first supporting arm relative to the second supporting arm, and the axial direction is vertical to the circumferential direction. The camera rabbit cage expansion installation position adjusting device realizes the angle adjustment of the camera rabbit cage expansion installation position, and can assist a camera to realize high-difficulty shooting work.

Description

Rabbit cage camera

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of photographic accessories, in particular to a camera rabbit cage.

Background

The camera rabbit cage is used for sleeving the camera in the camera rabbit cage so as to expand the use function of the camera and assist the camera to realize various high-difficulty shooting operations, and is a choice of a shooting enthusiast. Conventional camera rabbit cages are rigid structures and the angle of the camera or other photographic extension accessory is not adjustable when mounted to the camera rabbit cage.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention provides a camera rabbit cage, which aims to solve the problem that the use of the camera rabbit cage is limited due to the fact that the angle of a camera or other photography expansion accessories is not adjustable when the camera or other photography expansion accessories are installed on the camera rabbit cage.

In order to solve the technical problems, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:

the invention provides a camera rabbit-hutch, comprising:

the support arm assembly comprises a plurality of support arms which are connected in sequence, the support arms can enclose a containing space for mounting a camera, and two adjacent support arms are defined as a first support arm and a second support arm;

the driving assembly is arranged between the first supporting arm and the second supporting arm and comprises a moving part and a resetting part, and the moving part is limited on the first supporting arm and the second supporting arm in the circumferential direction; the movable piece can overcome the reset force of the reset piece along the axial direction and move relative to the first support arm and the second support arm so as to relieve the limit of the movable piece on the first support arm in the circumferential direction and enable the first support arm to rotate relative to the second support arm; the reset piece can release reset force to drive the movable piece to move along the axial direction and enable the movable piece to limit the first support arm in the circumferential direction; the circumferential direction is parallel to the rotating direction of the first supporting arm relative to the second supporting arm, and the axial direction is perpendicular to the rotating direction of the first supporting arm relative to the second supporting arm.

In one embodiment, one of the first support arm and the movable member is provided with a clamping groove, the other one of the first support arm and the movable member is provided with clamping blocks, and at least one of the clamping blocks and the clamping grooves is multiple and is arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction; the clamping block can be clamped in the clamping groove, so that the movable piece is limited in the first support arm in the circumferential direction, and the first support arm is limited to rotate.

In one embodiment, the second support arm is provided with a sliding groove for accommodating the movable member, one of the movable member and the sliding groove is provided with a guide groove extending along the axial direction, and the other one of the movable member and the sliding groove is provided with a guide block extending along the axial direction, and the guide block is slidably arranged in the guide groove.

In one embodiment, the reset piece is located in the sliding groove and is arranged between the movable piece and the second supporting arm; the reset piece comprises an elastic piece, and the reset force is elastic force; or the resetting piece comprises a magnetic piece, and the resetting force is magnetic force.

In one embodiment, the camera rabbit cage further comprises a threaded connector, the threaded connector is arranged through the first support arm and the second support arm, and the threaded connector is in threaded connection with one of the first support arm and the second support arm.

In one embodiment, the threaded connection is in damped connection with the other of the first support arm and the second support arm.

In one embodiment, the driving assembly further includes a driving member, the driving member exposes the first supporting arm or the second supporting arm, the driving member is connected to the movable member, and the driving member can drive the movable member to move along an axial direction against a restoring force.

In one embodiment, the driving member comprises a button and an elastic sheet, the elastic sheet is connected with the button, and one end, far away from the button, of the elastic sheet is provided with a clamping hook; the first supporting arm is provided with a through hole, the radial size of the elastic sheet is smaller than that of the through hole, the elastic sheet can carry the clamping hook to penetrate through the through hole when being radially deformed, and when the clamping hook penetrates through the through hole, the elastic force of the elastic sheet drives the clamping hook to be axially limited at the end part of the through hole; the button can drive the clamping hook to move along the axial direction through the elastic sheet so as to drive the moving part.

In one embodiment, two adjacent support arms are rotatable to switch the camera rabbit cage between a first state and a second state; when the support arm is in the first state, the length extension directions of two adjacent support arms are vertical; when the support arm is in the second state, the length extension directions of any two support arms are parallel, and two adjacent support arms are overlapped.

In one embodiment, the camera rabbit cage is further switchable to a third state in which any two of the support arms extend in the same direction.

In one embodiment, each support arm in the support arm assembly is provided with an adapter structure for mounting a photographic extension accessory.

According to the technical scheme, the embodiment of the invention at least has the following advantages and positive effects:

according to the camera rabbit cage disclosed by the embodiment of the invention, the camera can be arranged in the accommodating space, so that the use function of the camera can be expanded through the camera rabbit cage. The supporting arms used for enclosing to form the accommodating space can rotate, so that the angle of a camera or other photographing expansion accessories arranged on the supporting arms can be adjusted to the optimal state at any time according to the use requirement, and the camera can be assisted to realize high-difficulty photographing work by means of the adjustment of the angle of the supporting arms. In addition, the invention adopts a driving mode of axially moving the movable piece to unlock and lock the rotation of the supporting arm, and is more convenient and faster compared with a mode of pre-tightening threads.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the structures shown in the drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a photographing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a rabbit cage of a camera in the photographing apparatus shown in FIG. 1 in a second state;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a rabbit cage of a camera in the photographing apparatus shown in FIG. 1 in a third state;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the camera rabbit cage of the photographing apparatus of FIG. 1 in another state;

fig. 5 is an exploded view of the photographing apparatus shown in fig. 1;

fig. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the structure at a in fig. 1.

The reference numerals are explained below:

100. a photographing device; 101. a switching structure; 1. a camera rabbit cage; 10. an accommodating space; 11. a support arm assembly; 111. a support arm; 111a, a first support arm; 111b, a second support arm; 1111. a card slot; 1112. a chute; 1113. a guide block; 1114. mounting grooves; 1115. a through hole; 12. a drive assembly; 121. a movable member; 1211. a clamping block; 1212. a guide groove; 13. a threaded connection; 122. a reset member; 123. a drive member; 1231. a button; 1232. a spring plate; 1233. a hook is clamped; 2. a camera.

Detailed Description

Exemplary embodiments that embody features and advantages of the invention are described in detail below. It is to be understood that the invention is capable of other embodiments and that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the scope of the invention and the description and drawings are to be regarded as illustrative in nature and not as restrictive.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, features defined as "first", "second", may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the described features. In the description of the present application, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

In the description of the present application, it is to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "disposed," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood in a specific case by those of ordinary skill in the art.

Referring to fig. 1, the present invention provides a shooting device 100, where the shooting device 100 includes a camera rabbit-hutch 1 and a camera 2, and the camera rabbit-hutch 1 is used to sleeve the camera 2 therein to expand the functions of the camera 2, and is also used to assist the camera 2 in implementing various shooting operations with high difficulty. The use function of the extension on the camera rabbit cage 1 can be realized by installing various photographic extension accessories on the camera rabbit cage 1, and the photographic extension accessories can be a support frame, a photographic lamp, a microphone, a light supplement lamp, a flash lamp and the like.

The camera rabbit cage 1 comprises an arm assembly 11 and a drive assembly 12. The support arm assembly 11 includes a plurality of support arms 111 connected end to end in sequence, the plurality of support arms 111 can enclose an accommodating space 10 for installing the camera 2, the accommodating space 10 is a non-closed space with an opening at a side edge as shown in fig. 1, and of course, the accommodating space 10 may also be a closed space with a circumferential closed loop. Fig. 1 illustrates that the number of the supporting arms 111 is three, and it is understood that the number of the supporting arms 111 may be more than three in other embodiments. For the sake of understanding, the present invention defines the adjacent two support arms 111 as a first support arm 111a and a second support arm 111b.

Two adjacent support arms 111 are rotatable to switch the camera rabbit cage 1 between the first state and the second state. In a first state, referring to fig. 1, the length extending directions of two adjacent support arms 111 are vertical, and fig. 1 illustrates that three support arms 111 enclose an accommodating space 10 for installing a camera 2, and the camera 2 located in the accommodating space 10 is covered and protected by the support arms 111, so that a photography extension accessory for assisting the camera 2 to shoot can be installed on the support arms 111 around the camera 2. It should be noted that, although fig. 1 illustrates the plurality of support arms 111 enclosing to form a substantially frame-shaped structure in the first state, the Z-shaped structure formed by the three support arms 111 enclosing should also be understood as the camera rabbit cage 1 in the first state. When the second state, refer to fig. 2, the length extending direction of any two support arms 111 is parallel at this moment, and two adjacent support arms 111 are overlapped each other on the length extending direction of perpendicular to support arm 111, and the support arm 111 after overlapping is established can reduce the size of camera rabbit-hutch 1 by a wide margin, and convenience of customers accomodates and carries.

Each support arm 111 in the arm assembly 11 is provided with a docking structure 101, the docking structure 101 is used for mounting a photographic extension accessory, the docking structure 101 includes but is not limited to a mounting hole, a mounting shaft, a dovetail block, a dovetail groove, a quick-mounting plate, etc., for example, fig. 1 illustrates that the docking structure 101 includes at least a mounting hole. The adapter structure 101 arranged on each supporting arm 111 can maximize the space of the camera rabbit cage 1, and if the integrity of the local appearance of the camera rabbit cage 1 is considered, the adapter structure 101 can be arranged on part of the supporting arms 111 according to the requirement.

Referring to fig. 3, the camera rabbit-hutch 1 can also be switched to a third state, in which the longitudinal extension directions of any two supporting arms 111 are the same, and it should be emphasized that the longitudinal extension directions are the same, which means that the two supporting arms are parallel, and the two supporting arms are also required to extend in the same direction. The camera rabbit cage 1 in the third state is substantially linear rod-shaped and can be used as a camera extension arm.

In the process of directly switching from the first state shown in fig. 1 to the third state shown in fig. 3, the camera rabbit cage 1 can also be switched to another use state, referring to fig. 4, in which the length extension directions of at least two support arms 111 are the same, and at least one other support arm 111 is perpendicular to the aforementioned at least two support arms 111, in which state the photographic accessories placed side by side with the camera 2 can be expanded.

The driving assembly 12 is disposed between two adjacent supporting arms 111, the driving assembly 12 is configured to limit the relative rotation of the two adjacent supporting arms 111, and the driving assembly 12 is further configured to release the relative rotation of the two adjacent supporting arms 111. That is, the driving unit 12 is disposed between the first support arm 111a and the second support arm 111b, and is used to restrict and release the relative rotation of the first support arm 111a and the second support arm 111b.

Referring to fig. 5 and 6, the driving assembly 12 includes a movable element 121 and a restoring element 122, wherein the movable element 121 is circumferentially limited on the first supporting arm 111a and the second supporting arm 111b, which means that the first supporting arm 111a and the second supporting arm 111b limited by the movable element 121 cannot rotate relatively along the circumferential direction. In an embodiment, fig. 5 and fig. 6 show that the first supporting arm 111a is provided with a locking slot 1111, the movable element 121 is provided with a locking block 1211, and the locking block 1211 can be locked to the locking slot 1111, so that the movable element 121 is circumferentially limited on the first supporting arm 111a to limit the rotation of the first supporting arm 111a. It is understood that in other embodiments, the locking slot 1111 may be disposed on the movable member 121, and the locking block 1211 is disposed on the first supporting arm 111a correspondingly. In the present application, the "circumferential direction" refers to a direction in which the first support arm 111a rotates relative to the second support arm 111b, and the "axial direction" refers to a direction perpendicular to the circumferential direction.

The reset element 122 is disposed between the movable element 121 and the second support arm 111b, or the reset element 122 is disposed between the movable element 121 and the first support arm 111a. The movable element 121 can overcome the reset force of the reset element 122 in the axial direction and move relative to the first support arm 111a and the second support arm 111b, so that the limit of the movable element 121 to the first support arm 111a in the circumferential direction is released, and the first support arm 111a can rotate relative to the second support arm 111b. Fig. 6 illustrates that the second support arm 111b is provided with a sliding groove 1112 for accommodating the movable element 121, and at this time, the reset element 122 is located in the sliding groove 1112 and is disposed between the movable element 121 and the second support arm 111b. The movable member 121 is provided with a guide groove 1212 extending in the axial direction, a groove wall of the sliding groove 1112 is provided with a guide block 1113 extending in the axial direction, and the guide block 1113 is slidably disposed in the guide groove 1212, so that the rotation of the second support arm 111b relative to the movable member 121 in the circumferential direction is always limited by the movable member 121. The guide block 1113 may also be disposed on the movable member 121, and the guide groove 1212 is disposed on the sliding groove 1112.

As described above, when the movable element 121 releases the restriction of the circumferential movement of the first support arm 111a, the restoring member 122 accumulates the restoring force. After the external force pulling the movable element 121 is removed, the reset element 122 can release the reset force to drive the movable element 121 to move along the axial direction and enable the movable element 121 to limit the first support arm 111a in the circumferential direction again, and at this time, the first support arm 111a cannot rotate along the circumferential direction again. It should be noted that the restoring member 122 may include an elastic member, such as a spring, an elastic rubber pad, etc., and the restoring member 122 may be stretched to accumulate an elastic force or the restoring member 122 may be compressed to accumulate an elastic force. The reset element 122 may also include a magnetic element, and the reset force generated by the reset element 122 is a magnetic force.

In order to ensure that the first supporting arm 111a can rotate to different angles and be positioned with respect to the second supporting arm 111b, at least one of the clip 1211 and the clip slot 1111 may be provided in a plurality and arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction, and the number of the clip 1211 and the clip slot 1111 may be set as required.

In one embodiment, the camera rabbit cage 1 further comprises a threaded connector 13, the threaded connector 13 is disposed through the first support arm 111a and the second support arm 111b, and the threaded connector 13 is in threaded connection with one of the first support arm 111a and the second support arm 111b, so that when the driving assembly 12 releases the limitation of circumferential rotation, the first support arm 111a can rotate relative to the second support arm 111b to realize rotational connection. Fig. 6 illustrates that the threaded connection member 13 is inserted into the second support arm 111b and is threaded with the first support arm 111a, but the threaded connection member 13 may also be inserted into the first support arm 111a and is threaded with the second support arm 111b. Alternatively, the present invention may be configured without the threaded connection 13, and in this case, the present invention employs a polished rod that is axially immovable relative to the first support arm 111a and the second support arm 111b for limiting.

The threaded connection 13 may also be in damping connection with the other one of the first support arm 111a and the second support arm 111b, and at this time, when the first support arm 111a and the second support arm 111b rotate relatively, the first support arm 111a and the second support arm 111b can be adjusted and positioned steplessly in the circumferential direction, so as to avoid unstable positioning of the support arm 111 caused by intermittent stop of rotation during the process of rotating the support arm 111. This may be implemented by screwing the threaded connector 13 to the first support arm 111a, and then by damping the threaded connector 13 to the second support arm 111b. When the screw-coupling member 13 is screw-coupled with the second support arm 111b, the screw-coupling member 13 is damping-coupled with the first support arm 111a. It should be noted that a damping material may be provided between the threaded connection 13 and the support arm 111 to establish a damping connection.

In one embodiment, the driving assembly 12 further includes a driving element 123, the driving element 123 exposes the first supporting arm 111a or the second supporting arm 111b for applying an external force, the driving element 123 is connected to the movable element 121, and the driving element 123 drives the movable element 121 to move axially against a reset force. In this embodiment, the driving element 123 penetrates through the first supporting arm 111a and is connected to the movable element 121, the driving element 123 serves as a force applying source, and the driving element 123 can move axially in a reciprocating manner, so that the movable element 121 can move axially in a reciprocating manner.

The driving member 123 includes a button 1231 and an elastic sheet 1232, the elastic sheet 1232 is connected to the button 1231, one end of the elastic sheet 1232, which is away from the button 1231, is provided with a hook 1233, the first supporting arm 111a is provided with a through hole 1115, the radial size of the elastic sheet 1232 is smaller than the radial size of the through hole 1115, the elastic sheet 1232 can carry the hook 1233 to pass through the through hole 1115 when radially deforming and bending, when the hook 1233 crosses the through hole 1115, the resilience of the elastic sheet 1232 drives the hook 1233 to be axially limited at the end of the through hole 1115, and the button 1231 can drive the hook 1233 to move along the axial direction to drive the moving part 121 through the elastic sheet 1232. The elastic sheet 1232 is arranged at the end of the button 1231, so that the installation is very convenient, the button 1231 is prevented from being separated from the first support arm 111a in the using process, and the normal use of the camera rabbit cage 1 is prevented from being influenced.

It should be noted that, the above is merely described as an example of a possible implementation manner in which the driving element 123 drives the movable element 121 to move, in other embodiments, the driving element 123 may also be configured as a knob, the knob is axially limited on the second supporting arm 111b, the knob may be in threaded connection with the movable element 121, and by rotating the knob, the knob can drive the movable element 121 to reciprocate along the axial direction, so as to implement the limitation and the limitation release.

One side of the first support arm 111a facing away from the second support arm 111b is provided with a mounting groove 1114, the button 1231 is mounted in the mounting groove 1114, when the first support arm 111a cannot rotate, the button 1231 is exposed in the mounting groove 1114, and the button 1231 can slide in the mounting groove 1114 to retract into the mounting groove 1114. The installation groove 1114 can prevent the button 1231 from being exposed to the outside to affect the aesthetic sense.

According to the camera rabbit-hutch 1 provided by the embodiment of the invention, the camera 2 can be arranged in the accommodating space 10, so that the use function of the camera 2 can be expanded through the camera rabbit-hutch 1. The plurality of supporting arms 111 for enclosing the accommodating space 10 can rotate, so that the angle of the camera 2 or other photographing expansion accessories mounted on the supporting arms 111 can be adjusted to an optimal state at any time according to the use requirement, and the camera 2 can be assisted to realize high-difficulty photographing work by means of the adjustment of the angle of the supporting arms 111. In addition, the invention adopts a driving mode of axially moving the movable part 121 to unlock and lock the rotation of the supporting arm 111, and is more convenient for a user to operate by one key compared with the traditional thread pre-tightening mode, and is more convenient and faster.

While the present invention has been described with reference to several exemplary embodiments, it is understood that the terminology used is intended to be in the nature of words of description and illustration, rather than of limitation. As the present invention may be embodied in several forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof, it should also be understood that the above-described embodiments are not limited by any of the details of the foregoing description, but rather should be construed broadly within its spirit and scope as defined in the appended claims, and therefore all changes and modifications that fall within the metes and bounds of the claims, or equivalence of such metes and bounds are therefore intended to be embraced by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A camera rabbit cage, comprising:

the support arm assembly comprises a plurality of support arms which are connected in sequence, the support arms can enclose to form an accommodating space for mounting a camera, and two adjacent support arms are defined as a first support arm and a second support arm;

the driving assembly is arranged between the first supporting arm and the second supporting arm and comprises a moving part and a resetting part, and the moving part is limited on the first supporting arm and the second supporting arm in the circumferential direction; the movable piece can overcome the reset force of the reset piece along the axial direction and move relative to the first support arm and the second support arm so as to relieve the limit of the movable piece on the first support arm in the circumferential direction and enable the first support arm to rotate relative to the second support arm; the reset piece can release reset force to drive the moving piece to move along the axial direction and enable the moving piece to limit the first supporting arm in the circumferential direction; the circumferential direction is parallel to the rotating direction of the first supporting arm relative to the second supporting arm, and the axial direction is perpendicular to the rotating direction of the first supporting arm relative to the second supporting arm.

2. The camera rabbit cage according to claim 1, wherein one of the first support arm and the movable member is provided with a plurality of clamping grooves, and the other one of the first support arm and the movable member is provided with clamping blocks, and at least one of the clamping blocks and the clamping grooves is arranged at intervals in the circumferential direction; the clamping block can be clamped in the clamping groove, so that the movable piece is limited in the first support arm in the circumferential direction, and the first support arm is limited to rotate.

3. The camera rabbit cage according to claim 1, wherein the second support arm is provided with a sliding groove for receiving the movable member, one of the movable member and the sliding groove is provided with a guide groove extending along the axial direction, and the other is provided with a guide block extending along the axial direction, and the guide block is slidably disposed in the guide groove.

4. The camera rabbit cage according to claim 3, wherein the reset member is located in the sliding groove and disposed between the movable member and the second support arm; the reset piece comprises an elastic piece, and the reset force is elastic force; or the resetting piece comprises a magnetic piece, and the resetting force is magnetic force.

5. The camera rabbit cage according to claim 1, further comprising a threaded connector, wherein the threaded connector is disposed through the first support arm and the second support arm, and the threaded connector is threadedly connected with one of the first support arm and the second support arm.

6. The camera rabbit cage of claim 5, wherein the threaded connection is in damped connection with the other of the first support arm and the second support arm.

7. The camera rabbit cage according to claim 1, wherein the driving assembly further comprises a driving member, the driving member exposes the first support arm or the second support arm, the driving member is connected to the movable member, and the driving member can drive the movable member to move along an axial direction against a restoring force.

8. The camera rabbit cage according to claim 7, wherein the driving member comprises a button and a spring plate, the spring plate is connected with the button, and a hook is arranged at one end of the spring plate, which is far away from the button; the first supporting arm is provided with a through hole, the radial size of the elastic sheet is smaller than that of the through hole, the elastic sheet can carry the clamping hook to penetrate through the through hole when being radially deformed, and when the clamping hook penetrates through the through hole, the elastic force of the elastic sheet drives the clamping hook to be axially limited at the end part of the through hole; the button can drive the clamping hook to move along the axial direction through the elastic sheet so as to drive the moving part.

9. A camera rabbit cage according to any one of claims 1-8, wherein two adjacent support arms are rotatable to switch the camera rabbit cage between a first state and a second state; when the support arm is in the first state, the length extension directions of two adjacent support arms are vertical; when the support arm is in the second state, the length extension directions of any two support arms are parallel, and two adjacent support arms are overlapped.

10. A camera rabbit cage according to claim 9 wherein said camera rabbit cage is further switchable to a third state in which any two of said support arms extend in the same direction.

11. The camera rabbit cage according to claim 10, wherein each of the support arms in the support arm assembly is provided with an adapter structure for mounting a photographic extension accessory.