CN216437294U - Video camera - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a camera, which comprises a camera, a PCB, a metal shell, a plastic part and a wireless module; the camera and the PCB board all set up in metal casing, and metal casing's periphery wall has the mounting groove, and the plastic part sets up in the mounting groove, and wireless module sets up in plastic part and holding in the mounting groove, and the plastic part is used for keeping apart metal casing and wireless module, and wireless module and PCB board electricity are connected to notch transmission signal through the mounting groove. In the camera, the plastic part and the wireless module are accommodated in the mounting groove, and the wireless module does not protrude out of the metal shell, so that the appearance of the camera is regular, and the packaging and transportation of the camera are not influenced; and, the plastic part can guarantee that metal casing does not contact with wireless module, and wireless module passes through the notch transmission signal of mounting groove to metal casing can not influence wireless module's signal transmission.

Description

Video camera

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a supervisory equipment technical field especially relates to a camera.

Background

Along with the continuous development of security monitoring cameras, the security industry has more and more demand on the wireless camera. However, the metal housing of the camera often affects the transmission signal of the antenna.

Also what some cameras adopted is external antenna, but external antenna can influence the product outward appearance to can lead to the holistic volume of camera great.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of the above, there is a need to provide a camera that can ensure the regular appearance of the product while ensuring that the metal casing does not affect the transmission signal of the antenna.

The utility model provides a camera, including camera and PCB board, camera still includes: the camera and the PCB are both arranged in the metal shell, and the peripheral wall of the metal shell is provided with a mounting groove; the plastic part is arranged in the mounting groove; the wireless module is arranged on the plastic part and accommodated in the mounting groove, and the plastic part is used for isolating the metal shell from the wireless module; the wireless module is electrically connected with the PCB and transmits signals through the notch of the mounting groove.

In the camera, the plastic part and the wireless module are accommodated in the mounting groove, and the wireless module does not protrude out of the metal shell, so that the appearance of the camera is regular, and the packaging and transportation of the camera are not influenced; and, the plastic part can guarantee that metal casing does not contact with wireless module, and wireless module passes through the notch transmission signal of mounting groove to metal casing can not influence wireless module's signal transmission.

In one embodiment, the plastic part comprises a bottom wall and a side wall which are fixed with each other, and the bottom wall and the side wall are attached to the inner wall of the mounting groove.

So set up, diapire and lateral wall can prevent wireless module and mounting groove contact, strengthen the plastic part to the isolation between metal casing and the wireless module.

In one embodiment, the outer surfaces of the bottom wall and the side wall of the plastic part are flush with the outer peripheral wall of the metal shell.

So set up, the whole that plastic part and metal casing's surface is similar to a continuous formation is seen to visual effect, keeps the wholeness of outward appearance, reduces the segment difference.

In one embodiment, one of the plastic part and the inner wall of the mounting groove is provided with a first limiting part, and the first limiting part can be matched with the other one to limit the plastic part.

So set up, further guarantee that the plastic part can flush with metal casing's surface, the user assembly of being convenient for.

In one embodiment, the wireless module comprises a mounting part and a transmission part which are connected with each other, the mounting part is arranged on the bottom wall, and the outer surface of the transmission part is flush with the outer peripheral wall of the metal shell.

So set up, the installation department be used for with plastic part fixed connection, transmission portion is used for transmitting signal, transmission portion flushes the unity that can keep the outward appearance with metal casing's surface, reduces the segment difference.

In one embodiment, one of the plastic part and the wireless module is provided with a second limiting part, and the second limiting part can be matched with the other one to limit the wireless module.

So set up, further guarantee that wireless module can flush with the surface of plastic part, reduce the segment difference, the user assembly of being convenient for.

In one embodiment, the plastic part is provided with a first through hole, and the inner wall of the mounting groove is provided with a second through hole corresponding to the first through hole; the camera further comprises an electric connector electrically connected with the PCB, and the electric connector sequentially penetrates through the second through hole and the first through hole from the inside of the metal shell and is electrically connected with the wireless module.

So set up, wireless module carries out signal transmission and ground connection through electric connector and PCB board, avoids with metal casing direct contact.

In one embodiment, a first sealing element for sealing the first through hole is arranged between the plastic part and the wireless module; and a second sealing piece for sealing the second through hole is arranged between the plastic piece and the mounting groove.

So set up, seal first through-hole and second through-hole to can prevent inside and influence the normal use of other components in electric connector, PCB board and the metal casing of water or dust entering camera.

In one embodiment, the mounting groove is formed in the edge of the metal shell close to one side of the shooting direction of the camera.

So set up, the mounting groove is seted up and is close to the processing that camera shooting direction one side border can be convenient for metal casing and the assembly of wireless module and plastic part in metal casing.

In one embodiment, the number of the wireless modules is two, and the two wireless modules are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the outer circumferential wall of the metal shell.

So set up, guarantee the isolation between two wireless module, guarantee wireless module's radiation range simultaneously.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a camera provided by the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic partial structure diagram of a camera provided by the present invention;

fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of fig. 2 provided by the present invention;

fig. 4 is an enlarged schematic structural diagram of a point a in fig. 3 according to the present invention;

fig. 5 is a partial top view of a camera according to the present invention;

fig. 6 is a partial top view of the camera according to the present invention;

fig. 7 is a partial exploded view of the camera provided by the present invention.

Description of the main elements

10. A camera; 20. a PCB board; 30. a metal housing; 31. mounting grooves; 311. a second through hole; 40. a plastic part; 41. a bottom wall; 42. a side wall; 43. a first through hole; 50. a wireless module; 51. an installation part; 52. a transmission section; 61. a first limit piece; 62. a second limiting member; 70. an electrical connector; 81. a first seal member; 82. a second seal.

The present invention is further described in detail with reference to the drawings and the detailed description.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative work belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "mounted on" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When a component is referred to as being "disposed on" another component, it can be directly on the other component or intervening components may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "secured to" another element, it can be directly secured to the other element or intervening elements may also be present.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used in the description of the invention herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used herein, the term "or/and" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

In relevant prior art, the security industry is more and more to the wireless demand of camera, but, the metal casing of camera often can influence the transmission signal of antenna. Some cameras adopt all plastic shell to eliminate the influence of metal casing to antenna signal, but because industry level camera has the explosion-proof grade requirement, consequently still need use all metal casing. What also had some cameras to adopt is that the mode of external antenna is fixed at the shell of camera, but external antenna can influence product appearance to can lead to the holistic volume of camera great, packing and transportation difficulty.

In order to solve the above problem, as shown in fig. 1 to 7, the utility model provides a camera, this camera can also guarantee that the outward appearance of camera is regular when guaranteeing that metal casing does not influence antenna transmission signal.

As shown in fig. 1 to 4, in particular, the camera includes a camera 10, a PCB 20, a metal housing 30, a plastic part 40, and a wireless module 50; camera 10 and PCB board 20 all set up in metal casing 30, and metal casing 30's periphery wall has mounting groove 31, and plastic part 40 sets up in mounting groove 31, and wireless module 50 sets up in plastic part 40 and holding in mounting groove 31, and plastic part 40 is used for keeping apart metal casing 30 and wireless module 50, and wireless module 50 is connected with PCB board 20 electricity to notch transmission signal through mounting groove 31.

As described above, in the related art, in order to eliminate the influence of the metal shell on the antenna signal, part of the cameras are fixed on the shell of the camera in the manner of an external antenna, but the external antenna may affect the appearance of the product, and may cause the overall size of the camera to be large, and the packaging and transportation are difficult. In the camera provided by the embodiment of the present invention, since the peripheral wall of the metal casing 30 has the mounting groove 31, and the plastic part 40 and the wireless module 50 are both accommodated in the mounting groove 31, the wireless module 50 does not protrude from the metal casing 30, the appearance of the camera is ensured to be regular, and the packaging and transportation of the camera are not affected; in addition, the camera isolates the metal shell 30 from the wireless module 50 through the plastic part 40, so that the metal shell 30 is not in contact with the wireless module 50, the wireless module 50 transmits signals through the notch of the mounting groove 31, and the metal shell 30 does not influence the signal transmission of the wireless module 50.

As shown in fig. 2 to 4, in one embodiment, the mounting groove 31 is opened at an edge of the metal casing 30 close to one side of the shooting direction of the camera 10, the plastic part 40 includes a bottom wall 41 and two side walls 42 fixed to each other, the bottom wall 41 and the two side walls 42 are both attached to an inner wall of the mounting groove 31, and the wireless module 50 is disposed on the bottom wall 41. The bottom wall 41 and the side wall 42 can prevent the wireless module 50 from contacting the mounting groove 31, so as to enhance the isolation between the plastic part 40 and the metal casing 30 and the wireless module 50, and the mounting groove 31 is opened at the edge of the metal casing 30 close to the shooting direction of the camera 10, so as to facilitate the processing of the metal casing 30 and the assembly of the wireless module 50 and the plastic part 40.

In another embodiment, the mounting groove 31 may also be opened at a position far from the edge of the metal shell 30, the plastic part 40 includes two bottom walls 41 and two side walls 42 fixed to each other, the two bottom walls 41 and the two side walls 42 enclose a rectangular space, the plastic part 40 is accommodated in the rectangular space, and the bottom walls 41 and the side walls 42 are attached to the inner wall of the mounting groove 31. Of course, in other embodiments, the plastic member 40 may be fixed to the bottom wall 41, and the wireless module 50 is fixedly connected to the bottom wall 41 and does not contact the inner wall of the mounting groove 31.

Further, the wireless module 50 is fixedly connected with the bottom wall 41 of the plastic part 40 through screws, and the screws are not in contact with the metal shell 30; of course, the connection may be fixed by other means such as gluing or snapping, as long as the tightness of the connection between the wireless module 50 and the bottom wall 41 can be ensured. The bottom wall 41 of the plastic piece 40 is fixedly connected with the inner wall of the mounting groove 31 through screws; of course, the bottom wall 41 of the plastic member 40 and the metal shell 30 may be fixed by other means such as gluing or snapping, so long as the tightness of the connection between the bottom wall and the metal shell is ensured. All through other modes fixed connection such as screw between wireless module 50, plastic part 40 and the metal casing 30, need not carry out the secondary and mould plastics, reduce the cost of camera, convenient to use user dismantles and installs.

As shown in fig. 4, the wireless module 50 includes a mounting portion 51 and a transmission portion 52 connected to each other, the mounting portion 51 is disposed on the bottom wall 41 and is used for being fixedly connected to the plastic part 40, and the transmission portion 52 faces the notch of the mounting groove 31 and is used for transmitting signals; the outer surfaces of the bottom wall 41 and the side wall 42 of the plastic part 40 and the transmission part 52 of the wireless module 50 are flush with the outer peripheral wall of the metal shell 30, so as to form a continuous surface on the outer peripheral wall of the metal shell 30, that is, the transition directions of the outer surfaces of the bottom wall 41 and the side wall 42 are the same as the transition directions of the outer surfaces of the metal shell 30, and the transition directions of the outer surfaces of the transmission part 52 and the bottom wall 41 and the side wall 42 are the same, and the outer surfaces of the metal shell 30, the plastic part 40 and the wireless module 50 are similar to a continuously formed whole in visual effect, so that the uniformity and the integrity of the appearance are further maintained, and the step difference is reduced.

As shown in fig. 5, one of the plastic part 40 and the inner wall of the mounting groove 31 is provided with a first limiting member 61, and the first limiting member 61 can be matched with the other one to limit the plastic part 40, so as to further ensure that the plastic part 40 can be flush with the outer surface of the metal shell 30, reduce the step difference, and facilitate the assembly for users. In one embodiment, the bottom wall 41 of the plastic member 40 and the mounting groove 31 are limited by the first limiting member 61; the first limiting member 61 is a rib, and may be a rib provided on the bottom wall 41 of the plastic part 40 and facing the mounting groove 31, and a groove matched with the rib is provided on one side of the mounting groove 31 close to the bottom wall 41; or a rib facing the bottom wall 41 may be disposed on one side of the mounting groove 31 close to the bottom wall 41, and a groove matched with the rib may be disposed on the bottom wall 41 of the plastic part 40. Preferably, the ribs are uniformly distributed along the outer shape of the plastic part 40, so that each position of the plastic part 40 can be limited. Of course, the bottom wall 41 of the plastic member 40 may be limited from the mounting groove 31 by other means such as a snap fit, a magnetic attraction, etc.

In another embodiment, the side wall 42 of the plastic part 40 and the mounting groove 31 are limited by a first limiting member 61; wherein, the first position-limiting member 61 is a convex rib, which may be a convex rib facing the mounting groove 31 arranged on the side wall 42 at both sides of the plastic part 40, and a groove matched with the convex rib is arranged at both sides of the mounting groove 31; or, the two sides of the mounting groove 31 may be provided with a rib facing the sidewall 42, and the sidewall 42 of the plastic component 40 is provided with a groove matching with the rib. Of course, the side wall 42 of the plastic member 40 may be limited from the mounting groove 31 by other means such as a snap fit, a magnetic attraction, etc. In other embodiments, the mounting groove 31 may be limited together with the bottom wall 41 and the side wall 42 of the plastic member 40 by the above-mentioned various methods.

As shown in fig. 6, one of the plastic part 40 and the wireless module 50 is provided with a second limiting part 62, and the second limiting part 62 can be matched with the other one to limit the wireless module 50, so as to further ensure that the wireless module 50 can be flush with the outer surfaces of the plastic part 40 and the metal shell 30, reduce the step difference, and facilitate the assembly by a user. In one embodiment, the bottom wall 41 of the plastic part 40 and the wireless module 50 are limited by a second limiting member 62; the second limiting member 62 is a rib, which may be a rib provided on the bottom wall 41 of the plastic part 40 and facing the wireless module 50, and a groove matched with the rib is provided on one side of the mounting portion 51 of the wireless module 50 close to the bottom wall 41; a rib facing the bottom wall 41 may be disposed on one side of the mounting portion 51 of the wireless module 50 close to the bottom wall 41, and a groove engaged with the rib may be disposed on the bottom wall 41 of the plastic member 40. Preferably, the mounting portions 51 of the rib wireless module 50 are uniformly distributed in shape, so that each position of the wireless module 50 can be limited. Of course, the bottom wall 41 of the plastic member 40 may be limited to the mounting portion 51 of the wireless module 50 by other means such as a snap fit or a magnetic attraction.

In another embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, the second stopper 62 may be a protruding rib protruding toward the wireless module 50 on the bottom wall 41 of the plastic part 40, and the protruding rib abuts against the side of the mounting portion 51 of the wireless module 50 to prevent the wireless module 50 from being displaced and contacting the metal housing 30 in the assembled state. In other embodiments, the plastic member 40 and the mounting portion 51 of the wireless module 50 may be limited together in various manners as described above.

As shown in fig. 4 to 7, the plastic part 40 is provided with a first through hole 43, and the inner wall of the mounting groove 31 is provided with a second through hole 311 corresponding to the first through hole 43, that is, the first through hole 43 and the second through hole 311 are concentric circles, preferably, the diameters of the first through hole 43 and the second through hole 311 are equal, and when viewed from top to bottom, the first through hole 43 and the second through hole 311 are completely overlapped; the camera further includes an electrical connector 70 electrically connected to the PCB 20, the electrical connector 70 sequentially passes through the second through hole 311 and the first through hole 43 from the inside of the metal casing 30, and is electrically connected to the wireless module 50, and the wireless module 50 performs signal transmission and grounding with the PCB through the electrical connector 70, thereby avoiding direct contact with the metal casing 30.

Further, the electrical connector 70 may be a pogo pin connector, or may be another electrical connector such as a screw connector or a bayonet connector. The electric connector can be fixed on the PCB board through a screw, and can be fixed in other modes such as a buckle connection mode.

Preferably, the number of the electrical connectors 70 is two, the number of the first through holes 43 is two, the number of the second through holes 311 is two, the two electrical connectors 70 are respectively used for signal transmission and grounding, and the electrical connectors 70 used for signal transmission are disposed at positions close to the outer side of the camera, so that the signal strength and the working efficiency of the wireless module 50 are improved.

As shown in fig. 4, a first sealing member 81 for sealing the first through hole 43 is disposed between the plastic member 40 and the wireless module 50. The first sealing element 81 may be a sealing ring, one or both of the plastic part 40 and the wireless module 50 is provided with a sealing groove corresponding to the sealing ring, and the sealing groove is formed in the periphery of the first through hole 43, so that the sealing ring can be compressed when the wireless module 50 is mounted on the plastic part 40, and the first through hole 43 is waterproof; of course, the first through hole 43 may be sealed by other means such as oil seal between the wireless module 50 and the plastic member 40. A second sealing member 82 for sealing the second through hole 311 is disposed between the plastic member 40 and the mounting groove 31. The second sealing element 82 may be a sealing ring, one or both of the plastic part 40 and the inner wall of the mounting groove 31 is provided with a sealing groove corresponding to the sealing ring, and the sealing groove is formed in the periphery of the second through hole 311, so that the sealing ring can be compressed when the plastic part 40 is mounted in the mounting groove 31, and the second through hole 311 is waterproof; of course, the second through hole 311 may be sealed between the wireless module 50 and the plastic member 40 by other methods such as oil sealing. The first through hole 43 and the second through hole 311 are sealed, so that water or dust can be prevented from entering the camera to affect the normal use of the electrical connector 70, the PCB board 20 and other components in the metal shell 30.

As shown in fig. 3, in one embodiment, the number of the wireless modules 50 is two, and two wireless modules 50 are arranged at intervals along the circumferential wall of the metal shell 30, and preferably, two wireless modules 50 are symmetrically arranged, so that the isolation between the two wireless modules 50 is ensured, and meanwhile, no influence is generated on the performance of the wireless modules 50 no matter the camera rotates to any direction, so that the radiation range of the wireless modules 50 is ensured. In another embodiment, the number of wireless modules 50 may be one. Of course, in other embodiments, the number of the wireless modules 50 may be multiple, and the plurality of wireless modules 50 are uniformly spaced along the circumferential direction of the outer circumferential wall of the metal shell 30, as long as the isolation between every two wireless modules 50 can be ensured.

The technical features of the embodiments described above may be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the embodiments described above are not described, but should be considered as being within the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.

The above-mentioned embodiments only represent some embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is specific and detailed, but not to be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention. It should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit of the present invention, several variations and modifications can be made, which are within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be subject to the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1. A camera comprising a camera (10) and a PCB board (20), characterized in that the camera further comprises:

the camera (10) and the PCB (20) are arranged in the metal shell (30), and the peripheral wall of the metal shell (30) is provided with a mounting groove (31);

the plastic piece (40) is arranged in the mounting groove (31); and the number of the first and second groups,

the wireless module (50) is arranged on the plastic part (40) and is contained in the mounting groove (31), and the plastic part (40) is used for isolating the metal shell (30) from the wireless module (50); the wireless module (50) is electrically connected with the PCB (20) and transmits signals through the notch of the mounting groove (31).

2. The camera according to claim 1, wherein the plastic member (40) comprises a bottom wall (41) and a side wall (42) fixed to each other, and the bottom wall (41) and the side wall (42) are attached to an inner wall of the mounting groove (31).

3. The camera according to claim 2, characterized in that the outer surfaces of the bottom wall (41) and the side wall (42) of the plastic part (40) are flush with the peripheral wall of the metal casing (30).

4. The camera according to claim 3, wherein one of the plastic member (40) and the inner wall of the mounting groove (31) is provided with a first limiting member (61), and the first limiting member (61) can cooperate with the other one to limit the plastic member (40).

5. The camera according to claim 2, characterized in that the wireless module (50) comprises a mounting portion (51) and a transmission portion (52) connected to each other, the mounting portion (51) being provided at the bottom wall (41), an outer surface of the transmission portion (52) being flush with an outer peripheral wall of the metal housing (30).

6. The camera according to claim 5, characterized in that one of the plastic part (40) and the wireless module (50) is provided with a second stop (62), the second stop (62) being capable of cooperating with the other to stop the wireless module (50).

7. The camera according to claim 1, wherein the plastic part (40) is provided with a first through hole (43), and the inner wall of the mounting groove (31) is provided with a second through hole (311) corresponding to the first through hole (43);

the camera further comprises an electric connector (70) electrically connected with the PCB (20), wherein the electric connector (70) sequentially penetrates through the second through hole (311) and the first through hole (43) from the inside of the metal shell (30) and is electrically connected with the wireless module (50).

8. The camera according to claim 7, characterized in that a first sealing member (81) is provided between the plastic member (40) and the wireless module (50) for sealing the first through hole (43); and a second sealing element (82) for sealing the second through hole (311) is arranged between the plastic piece (40) and the mounting groove (31).

9. The camera according to claim 1, wherein the mounting groove (31) is opened at an edge of the metal shell (30) on a side close to a shooting direction of the camera (10).

10. The camera according to claim 1, wherein the number of the wireless modules (50) is two, and the two wireless modules (50) are circumferentially spaced along the outer circumferential wall of the metal housing (30).

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