UNIVERSAL HEAD FOR VIDEO CAMERA

• Main Author: MIYAJIMA EIJI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 01.02.2016
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USINGWAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FORPROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; BLASTING; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ELECTROGRAPHY; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; FRAMES, CASINGS, OR BEDS OF ENGINES OR OTHER MACHINES ORAPPARATUS NOT SPECIFIC TO AN ENGINE, MACHINE, OR APPARATUSPROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; HEATING; HOLOGRAPHY; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS; STANDS OR SUPPORTS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; WEAPONS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a universal head for a video camera, in which the video camera rotates in a pan direction freely without an operation by a human being, and the video camera can image the surrounding of it, and imaging in which a rotation speed in the pan direction is varied irregularly, can be performed, during vehicle traveling.SOLUTION: A universal head 10 for a video camera is used for attaching a video camera 30 to a vehicle. When the vehicle starts to travel, acceleration acts to the video camera 30. Loads on one weight 16 and the other weight 17 are applied to a rotation board 13 unequally, so that when the acceleration acts during vehicle traveling, the video camera 30 fixed to the rotation board 13 rotates freely in a pan direction. When the video camera 30 is installed to a dash board by the universal head 10, during vehicle traveling, the video camera 30 can image not only a front direction and side direction of the vehicle, but also inside of the vehicle. In addition, rotation speed of the video camera 30 fixed to the rotation board 13 in the pan direction is varied according to magnitude of acceleration of the vehicle, so that, a moving image with variation is obtained.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】車両走行中、人が操作しなくてもビデオカメラがパン方向に自由に回転してビデオカメラの周囲を撮影でき、かつパン方向の回転速度も不規則に変化する撮影を可能にするビデオカメラ用雲台を提供する。【解決手段】ビデオカメラ用雲台１０を用いてビデオカメラ３０を車両に取り付け、車両を走らせると、ビデオカメラ３０に加速度が作用する。一方のウェイト１６の荷重と他方のウェイト１７の荷重が回転盤１３にアンバランスに加わるようにしたので、車両走行時に加速度が作用すると、回転盤１３に固定したビデオカメラ３０がパン方向へ自由に回転する。この雲台１０でビデオカメラ３０をダッシュボードに設置すれば、車両走行中、ビデオカメラ３０で車両の前方や側方だけでなく、車内も撮影できる。また、回転盤１３に固定したビデオカメラ３０のパン方向の回転速度は車両の加速度の大小で変動するので、変化に富んだ動画を撮影できる。【選択図】図１