Gimbal photographing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11500271-B2
Application number	US-202017092074-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 6, 2020
Priority date	Jul 31, 2017
Publication date	Nov 15, 2022
Grant date	Nov 15, 2022

Abstract

A gimbal photographing device includes a body including a supporting wall and a side wall adjacent to the supporting wall, a folding mechanism connected to the body and configured to rotate around a rotation axis, and a gimbal camera connected to the folding mechanism and having an expanded state and a folded state. In response to the folding mechanism driving the gimbal camera to rotate to the expanded state, at least a portion of the folding mechanism abuts against the supporting wall. In response to the folding mechanism driving the gimbal camera to rotate to the folded state, the gimbal camera fits to the side wall of the body.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A gimbal photographing device comprising:
a body including a supporting wall;
a folding mechanism connected to the body and configured to rotate around a rotation axis; and
a gimbal camera connected to the folding mechanism and having an expanded state and a folded state;
wherein:
in response to the folding mechanism driving the gimbal camera to rotate to the expanded state, at least a portion of the folding mechanism abuts against the supporting wall; and
in response to the folding mechanism driving the gimbal camera to rotate to the folded state, the gimbal camera departs from the supporting wall.

2. The gimbal photographing device according to claim 1 , wherein the rotation axis is parallel to the supporting wall.

3. The gimbal photographing device according to claim 1 , wherein the folding mechanism includes a rotating portion and a bent portion, a first end of the bent portion being connected to the rotating portion, a second end of the bent portion being connected to the gimbal camera.

4. The gimbal photographing device according to claim 3 , wherein the rotating portion is connected to the supporting wall, and is configured to rotate around the rotation axis to drive the gimbal camera to rotate relative to the body.

5. The gimbal photographing device according to claim 4 , wherein:
the rotating portion includes an abutting surface at an end of the rotating portion away from the gimbal camera, the abutting surface being configured to abut against the support wall when the gimbal camera is in the expanded state; and
the gimbal camera includes a fitting surface at an end of the gimbal camera near the rotation axis, the fitting surface being configured to fit to the sidewall of the body when the gimbal camera is in the folded state.

6. The gimbal photographing device according to claim 3 , wherein the bent portion is obliquely disposed with respect to the rotating portion along an oblique direction, and the gimbal camera is connected to the bent portion along the oblique direction from the rotating portion.

7. The gimbal photographing device according to claim 3 , wherein the bent portion and the rotating portion are integrally formed into an L-shaped structure.

8. The gimbal photographing device according to claim 3 , wherein a length of the rotating portion is smaller than a length of the body and is greater than a distance between the rotating portion and the side wall of the body.

9. The gimbal photographing device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a rotating shaft assembly connected to the supporting wall and including:
a rotating shaft disposed along the rotation axis, the folding mechanism being pivotally connected to the rotating shaft.

10. The gimbal photographing device according to claim 9 , wherein the rotating shaft assembly further includes:
two supporting members connected to the supporting wall and oppositely disposed along the rotation axis, two ends of the rotating shaft being connected to the two supporting members, respectively.

11. The gimbal photographing device according to claim 10 , wherein the rotating shaft assembly further includes:
a shaft bracket disposed on the supporting member, the rotating shaft being fixed to the shaft bracket; and
two shaft seats disposed on the two ends of the rotating shaft, respectively, each of the two shaft seats being fixed to the shaft bracket by a fastener.

12. The gimbal photographing device according to claim 9 , wherein:
the rotating shaft assembly further includes:
a positioning shaft disposed coaxially with the rotating shaft; and
two supporting members connected to the supporting wall and oppositely disposed along the rotation axis, one of the two supporting members being connected to the rotating shaft, and another one of the two supporting members being connected to the positioning shaft; and

one side of the folding mechanism is pivotally connected to the rotating shaft, and another side of the folding mechanism is pivotally connected to the positioning shaft.

13. The gimbal photographing device according to claim 9 , wherein two sides of the folding mechanism fit to the two supporting members, respectively.

14. The gimbal photographing device according to claim 1 , wherein the gimbal camera includes:
a three-axis gimbal stand including:
a translation axis assembly movably connected to the folding mechanism, a rotation axis of the translation axis assembly being perpendicular to the rotation axis of the folding mechanism;
a rolling axis assembly movably connected to the translation axis assembly; and
a pitching axis assembly movably connected to the rolling axis assembly; and

a camera mounted at the pitching axis assembly.

15. The gimbal photographing device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a button disposed on the supporting wall and configured to operate the gimbal camera in the expanded state for photographing.

16. The gimbal photographing device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a button disposed on the side wall of the body and configured to:
operate the gimbal camera in the folded state for photographing, or
adjust a photographing angle or a photographing mode of the gimbal camera in the expanded state.

17. The gimbal photographing device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the folding mechanism includes a supporting base connected to the body and the gimbal camera; and
a width of the body is larger than a width of the supporting base.

18. The gimbal photographing device according to claim 17 , wherein:
the gimbal camera includes:
a three-axis gimbal stand including:
a translation axis assembly movably connected to the supporting base;
a rolling axis assembly movably connected to the translation axis assembly; and
a pitching axis assembly movably connected to the rolling axis assembly; and

a camera mounted at the pitching axis assembly; and

the supporting base has an elongated shape extending along a longitudinal direction perpendicular to a rotation axis of the translation axis assembly.

19. The gimbal photographing device according to claim 17 , further comprising:
a display screen mounted at the body.

20. The gimbal photographing device according to claim 17 , further comprising:
a button disposed on the body and configured to operate the gimbal camera.

Assignees

• Sz Dji Osmo Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Liu Yifen
• Hu Dengfeng
• Zhao Tianfei

Classifications

• H04N23/50

  Constructional details · CPC title

• G03B17/561 Primary

  Support related camera accessories · CPC title

• F16M11/18

  with mechanism for moving the apparatus relatively to the stand · CPC title

• F16M11/2042

  constituted of several dependent joints · CPC title

• F16M11/38

  by folding {, e.g. pivoting or scissors tong mechanisms} · CPC title