TWI817420B - Video system - Google Patents

Abstract

A video system includes a base, a support, a host and an audio-visual device. An end of the support is disposed on the base and connected to the base. The host is disposed on the support. The video device is rotatably disposed at another end of the support and in signal connection with the host, wherein the audio-visual device includes a first part and a second part, the first part is rotatably connected to the support, and the second part is rotatably connected to the first part. The second part includes a camera.

Description

Video system

The present invention relates to a video system, and in particular, to a video system for online interaction.

With the evolution of the times, modern people have higher and higher demands for online interactions (such as video conferencing and distance courses), so the research on video systems is becoming more and more important. Usually, the video system can be directly operated by a mobile phone, tablet, laptop, or all-in-one (AIO) computer with a lens, or the computer can be connected to a TV screen.

However, using mobile phones, tablets, or computers with lenses may have problems such as screen size limitations or limited viewing angles. If the computer is connected to a TV, an additional video lens may be required, which may be inconvenient to use. Therefore, there is still an urgent need to improve the video system to make it easier for users to use.

The present invention relates to a video system that can provide users with a more convenient and comfortable usage experience.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a video communication system is provided. The video system includes a base, a support, a host and a video device. One end of the support member is disposed on the base and is pivotally connected to the base. The host is installed on the support. The video device is rotatably installed on the other end of the support and is connected to the host via a signal. The video device includes a first part and a second part, the first part is rotatably pivoted to the support member, the second part is rotatably pivoted to the first part, and the second part includes a lens.

In order to have a better understanding of the above and other aspects of the present invention, examples are given below and are described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings:

10,20:Video stand

10A, 20A: Video system

12,22:Screen

14:Control device

110:Pedestal

112:Support

114:Host

116:Video device

118:Protrusion

116A:Part 1

116B:Part 2

120: Elastic parts

1141: Front-end part

1142:Backend part

D1: first direction

D2: second direction

D3: Third direction

R1: first shooting range

R2: Second shooting range

U1, U2: User

α: included angle

Figure 1 shows a front view of a video stand according to an embodiment of the present invention; Figure 2A shows a front view of a video system according to an embodiment of the present invention; Figure 2B shows a video system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 3 shows a side view of the video system and the user according to one embodiment of the present invention; Figure 4 shows a side view of the video system and the user according to one embodiment of the present invention; Figure 5 shows a side view of a video system and a user according to one embodiment of the present invention; Figure 6 shows a front view of a video stand according to another embodiment of the present invention; Figure 7A shows a video system according to another embodiment of the present invention A front view of the system; and Figure 7B shows a side view of a video system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The following describes several embodiments of the present disclosure with reference to the accompanying drawings to describe the relevant configurations and manufacturing methods. Relevant structural details (such as spatial configuration) are as described in the following embodiments. However, the present disclosure is not limited to the described aspects, and the present disclosure does not show all possible embodiments. The same or similar reference numerals in the embodiments are used to identify the same or similar parts. Furthermore, other implementation aspects not proposed in this disclosure may also be applicable. Persons in relevant fields may make practical observations without departing from the spirit and scope of this disclosure. The structures of the examples are changed and modified to meet the needs of practical applications. The drawings have been simplified to clearly illustrate the contents of the embodiments, and the dimensional proportions in the drawings are not drawn to the same proportions as the actual product. Therefore, the description and illustrations are only used to describe the embodiments and are not used to limit the scope of the present disclosure.

Furthermore, the ordinal numbers used in the description and claims, such as "first", "second", etc., are used to modify the elements of the claim. They themselves do not imply and represent that the claim element has any previous ordinal numbers. It does not represent the order between a certain request component and another request component, or the order in the manufacturing method. The use of these ordinal numbers is only used to enable one request component with a certain name to be able to communicate with another request component with the same name. Make a clear distinction.

Current video devices have some common problems. For example, it is difficult to adjust the screen and video lens to a suitable angle and height, which is especially difficult for school-age children. If it is necessary to connect a video device (such as a laptop) to a large screen, it is inconvenient. For example, the most commonly used volume and lens switching functions during video recording may not be ergonomic in terms of hardware, making it difficult for users to adjust the screen. It is difficult to operate, especially the ergonomics of school-age children. The video stand provided by the present invention and the video system using the same can solve the above problems. The video stand integrates multiple functions into an integrated machine in the form of a frame, so that the shooting angle of the lens and the sound collecting angle of the microphone can be better adjusted. , the use of volume and lens switching is also more ergonomic.

According to an embodiment, the present invention provides a video stand 10 and a video system 10A using the same, as shown in Figures 1 to 2B. Figure 1 shows a front view of a video stand 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 2A shows a front view of a video system 10A according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 2B illustrates a side view of the video system 10A according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1 , the video stand 10 includes a base 110 , a support 112 , a host 114 and a video device 116 . One end of the support member 112 is disposed on the base 110 and is pivotally connected to the base 110 . Specifically, the support member 112 is rotatably and pivotally connected to the opposite sides of the base 110 (for example, the left and right sides in Figure 1) through two elastic members 120 (shown in Figure 2B). As shown in Figure 1, the support member 112 includes a first rod 1121, a second rod 1122 and a third rod 1123 connected to each other to form a U-shaped structure. The second rod 1122 is disposed on the first between the rod member 1121 and the third rod member 1123. The first rod 1121 and a second rod 1122 are parallel to each other and extend along the first direction D1 respectively. That is, the extending direction of the first rod 1121 and the second rod 1122 can be regarded as a vertical direction. The second rod 1122 extends along the second direction D2. The second direction D2 intersects with the first direction D1, for example, they are perpendicular to each other. That is, the extending direction of the second rod 1122 can be regarded as a horizontal direction. However, the invention is not limited thereto. . The first rod 1121 , the second rod 1122 and the third rod 1123 can be used as handles above the host 114 and the video device 116 to facilitate the user to move the video bracket 10 (and the screen mounted thereon) by holding the handles. The ends of the first rod 1121 and the third rod 1123 are pivotally connected to opposite sides of the base 110 . As shown in Figure 2B, the first rod 1121 and the third rod 1123 of the support member 112 form an included angle α with the base 110. Under the default situation, the included angle α is essentially 90 degrees, but in this case The invention is not limited to this. The user can rotate the support member 112 or the base 110 in the first direction D1 according to the usage requirements, so that the included angle α can be greater than 90 degrees, such as 100 degrees, 110 degrees, or 120 degrees. When the support member 112 or the base 110 is released, , the elastic member 120 can provide rebound force. The elastic member 120 is, for example, a spring, but the invention is not limited thereto.

Referring to FIG. 1 , the video device 116 and the host 114 are installed on the support member 112 , for example, between the first rod member 1121 and the third rod member 1123 . As shown in Figures 1 and 2B, the video device 116 is rotatably installed on the other end of the support 112 and is connected to the signal Host 114. In detail, the video device 116 includes a first part 116A and a second part 116B. The first part 116A is rotatably and pivotally connected to the support member 112 , and the second part 116B is rotatably and pivotally connected to the first part 116A. The two ends of the first part 116A of the video device 116 are rotatably connected to the first rod 1121 and the third rod 1123. For example, the first part 116A of the video device 116 can be pivotally connected to the first rod 1121 and the third rod 1123. The pivot axis of the three rods 1123 serves as the rotation axis and rotates (for example, vertically) in the first direction D1 to adjust the appropriate angle. In Figure 2B, the first portion 116A can protrude forward along a third direction D3, which is, for example, perpendicular to the first direction D1 and the second direction D2. In this embodiment, the second part 116B includes a lens 1161 and two microphones 1162, but the number is not limited to this. Microphone 1162 is adjacent to lens 1161 . The second part 116B can be rotated in the first direction D1 (for example, vertically rotated) relative to the first part 116A. That is, while the second part 116B is rotated, the lens 1161 and the microphone 1162 can be rotated synchronously to adjust appropriately. Angle. To be more precise, as the second part 116B of the video device 116 rotates, the angle at which the microphone 1162 receives sound and the shooting angle of the lens 1161 are jointly adjusted.

It can be seen from this that the video device 116 of this case can have a two-stage adjustment function. The shooting angle of the lens 1161 and the sound collection angle of the microphone 1162 can be adjusted by rotating the first part 116A and the second part 116B. Compared with the rotation of the first part or the second part to adjust the angle, the video device 116 of this case provides more feasibility for angle adjustment, which is more conducive for the user to adjust the video device 116 (such as the lens 1161 and the microphone) 1162) Adjust to the required angle of use.

Please refer to Figures 1 to 2B. The host 114 includes a front-end part 1141 and a back-end part 1142. The front end portion 1141 is connected to the rear end portion 1142, and the volume of the front end portion 1141 is, for example, smaller than the volume of the rear end portion 1142. Front-end part 1141 It may be an integral structure with the rear end portion 1142 . In one embodiment, the front-end part 1141 has an interface (not shown) for electrically coupling to a screen 12, and the back-end part 1142 includes a central processing unit, a battery, or/and other suitable device. In another embodiment, the backend part 1142 includes an interface (not shown), a central processing unit, a battery, or/and other suitable devices. The interface (not shown) can be connected via an external connection (such as a high-resolution A multimedia interface transmission line (HDMI transmission line) is electrically coupled to a screen 12 . When the screen 12 is not in use, the screen 12 can be removed from the front part 1141 of the host 114, and the video stand 10 can be placed in a corner without taking up too much space.

Please refer to Figures 2A and 2B at the same time. In addition to the above-mentioned video bracket 10, the video system 10A also includes a screen 12 and a control device 14. The screen 12 can be removably or detachably fixed on the front end portion 1142 of the host 114 through magnet adsorption.

In one embodiment, the back of the screen 12 may have magnet devices at different positions, such as a magnet device at an upper position, a middle position, and a lower position. The front part 1141 may have another magnet device. The magnet device of the screen 12 is in contact with the front part 1141 . The magnets attach to each other. When the height of the screen 12 needs to be adjusted, it can be achieved by attaching the magnet device at the front end portion 1141 to the magnet devices at different positions on the back of the screen 12 (as shown in Figure 4). In this embodiment, the screen 12 can be connected to the host 114 via an HDMI transmission line signal.

In one embodiment, there is a magnet device on the back of the screen 12 and another magnet device on the front part 1141. The magnet device on the back of the screen 12 and the magnet device on the front part 1141 are attracted to each other. When the height of the screen 12 needs to be adjusted, the host 114 moves relative to the support 112 in the first direction D1 (for example, the vertical direction) to jointly adjust the height of the screen 12 . For example, the inner surfaces of the first rod 1121 and the third rod 1123 of the support member 112 There are rails (not shown) on the side, and the main unit 114 can be sandwiched between the rails of the first rod 1121 and the third rod 1123 to slide on the rails and be adjusted to a suitable height, as shown in Figure 5 . In this embodiment, the screen 12 can be directly connected to the host 114 through an interface (not shown) signal of the front end portion 1141 .

In one embodiment, the screen 12 is, for example, a touch screen. Users can choose to replace the screen 12 with different sizes according to their needs.

The control device 14 is movably disposed around the host 114 and is connected to the host 114 via wireless signals. For example, the control device 14 can be placed on the base 110, as shown in Figures 2A and 2B. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, as long as the control device 14 is placed at a location that can signally connect to the host 114 and is convenient for the user to use. That’s it. The control device 14 may include control buttons (not shown) and light signals (not shown). The user can control the usage mode through the control buttons (not shown) on the control device 14, such as opening the lens 1161 and closing the lens. 1161. Turn on the microphone 1162, turn off the microphone 1162, adjust the volume of the microphone 1162 or other suitable usage modes. Since the control device 14 can be moved to a suitable position arbitrarily, when the user needs to adjust the microphone volume or switch lenses and needs to use the control device 14, the operation can be fully ergonomic.

Figure 3 shows a side view of the video system 10A and the user U1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Please refer to Figure 3. The first part 116A of the video device 116 can be rotated relative to the support 112 to adjust the angle, and the second part 116B can also be rotated relative to the first part 116A to adjust the resolution. Therefore, through the first part 116A and The two-stage rotation of the second part 116B provides greater flexibility in adjusting the angle, which allows the shooting angle of the lens 1161 and the sound collecting angle of the microphone 1162 to be adjusted to a usage angle suitable for the user U1. When the user U1 needs the lens 1161 to shoot portraits, he can use the first part 116A And/or the rotation (eg, upward rotation) of the second part 116B adjusts the shooting range of the lens 1161, such as having the first shooting range R1. When the user U1 needs the lens 1161 to capture objects (such as documents) on the desktop, the shooting range of the lens 1161 can be adjusted by rotating the first part 116A and/or the second part 116B (such as downward rotation), for example, with The second shooting range R2.

Figure 4 shows a side view of the video system 10A and the user U2 according to an embodiment of the present invention. According to an embodiment, under normal use conditions, the magnet device at the front end portion 1141 can be attached to the magnet device at the middle position on the back of the screen 12, as shown in Figure 2B. Please refer to Figure 4. When the user U2 is of short stature and needs to adjust the screen 12 downward, the magnet device on the front part 1141 can be changed to be attached to the magnet device at the upper position on the back of the screen 12, thereby moving the screen 12 Move downward to match the viewing height of user U2.

Figure 5 shows a side view of the video system 10A and the user U2 according to an embodiment of the present invention. According to an embodiment, under normal usage conditions, the host 114 is disposed at a height as shown in Figure 2B. Please refer to Figure 5. When the user U2 is short and needs to adjust the screen 12 downward, the host 114 sandwiched between the tracks of the first rod 1121 and the third rod 1123 can be slid downward. , thereby moving the screen 12 downward to match the viewing angle height of the user U2.

As shown in Figures 4 and 5, the user U2 can place the control device 14 at a suitable location according to the needs, such as close to the user U2, so that the user can operate the control device 14 in an ergonomic manner.

Figure 6 shows a front view of a video stand 20 according to another embodiment of the present invention. Figure 7A shows a front view of a video system 20A according to another embodiment of the present invention. Figure 7B illustrates a side view of a video system 20A according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The video stand 20 is similar to the video stand 10 described above. The same components use the same component symbols and have the same structure and function, which will not be described again. The difference between the video stand 20 and the video stand 10 is that the video stand 20 further includes a protruding portion 118 .

As shown in Figures 6 and 7B, the protruding portion 118 is connected to the second part 116B of the video device 116, for example, below the lens 1161 and the microphone 1162, and has a function similar to a hook, helping the video bracket 20 to be hung on another On the screen 22 (as shown in Figures 7A and 7B), the video stand 20 takes up less space on the desktop during use. In this embodiment, the width of the protruding portion 118 in the second direction D2 is equal to the width of the video device 116 in the second direction D2. However, the invention is not limited thereto, as long as the protruding portion 118 can provide sufficient supporting force to assist The video stand 20 can be hung on another screen. In some embodiments, if there is no need to use the protruding part 118, the protruding part 118 can be stored in the second part 116B of the video device 116. At this time, the appearance of the video stand 20 is just like the video stand 10. See The protruding part 118 is not reached; if there is a need to use the protruding part 118, just open the protruding part 118 to protrude from the video device 116. When the video stand 20 does not need to be combined with the screen 22, the video stand 20 can be placed independently in a corner without taking up too much space.

Please refer to Figures 7A and 7B. In addition to the above-mentioned video bracket 20, the video system 20A further includes a screen 22 and a control device 14 (shown in Figures 2A and 2B). The screen 22 is, for example, a television screen. When the user needs to participate in rhythm classes or other usage scenarios that require television imaging, the video bracket 20 can be combined with the screen 22 for use. For example, by individually rotating the first part 116A and the second part 116B of the video device 116, the protruding part 118 is hooked on the upper edge of the screen 22, so that the video bracket 20 is suspended above the screen 22, and is formed by rotating the base 110 to increase the space between the support member 112 and the base 110 The included angle α (for example, greater than 90 degrees) allows the two elastic members 120 to provide elasticity to sandwich the base 110 behind the screen 22 so that the video bracket 20 can be firmly coupled to the screen 22 .

In one embodiment, the host 114 of the video stand 20 can be connected to the screen 22 via an HDMI transmission line signal.

In one embodiment, the host 114 of the video stand 20 can be signal-connected to the screen 22 through wireless communication.

In summary, the present invention provides a video stand and a video system using the same. The video stand includes a base, a support, a host and a video device. The support member is arranged on the base and pivotally connected to the base. The host is installed on the support. The video device is rotatably mounted on the support and is connected to the host via signals. The video device includes a first part and a second part. The first part is rotatably connected to the support and the second part is rotatably connected to the second part. part, the second part consists of one shot. In addition to the above-mentioned video bracket, the video system also includes a screen. The present invention uses a video bracket to integrate multiple functions into an integrated machine in the form of a frame. In particular, the video device can have a two-stage adjustment function. The shooting angle of the lens and the sound pickup angle of the microphone can be adjusted by rotating the first part and the second part. Compared with only adjusting the first part or the second part by rotating the As for the comparative example of adjusting the angle, the video device of this case provides more flexibility in adjusting the angle and can better meet the user's needs, so it can provide the user with a more convenient and comfortable use experience.

In summary, although the present invention has been disclosed above through embodiments, they are not intended to limit the present invention. Those with ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention belongs can make various modifications and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be determined by the appended patent application scope.

10:Video stand

10A: Video system

12:Screen

14:Control device

110:Pedestal

112:Support

114:Host

116A:Part 1

116B:Part 2

120: Elastic parts

1141: Front-end part

1142:Backend part

D1: first direction

D2: second direction

D3: Third direction

α: included angle

Claims (8)

A video system, including: a base; two elastic members; a support member, one end of which is provided on the base and rotatably pivoted to opposite sides of the base through the two elastic members; a host machine, Installed on the support member; and a video device, rotatably installed on the other end of the support member and signally connected to the host, wherein the video device includes a first part and a second part, the first part has a rotatable pivot Connected to the support member, the second part is rotatably pivoted to the first part, and the second part includes a lens. The video system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the support member includes a first rod, a second rod and a third rod connected to each other to form a U-shaped structure, and the second rod is disposed on the Between the first rod and the third rod, the ends of the first rod and the third rod are pivotally connected to the opposite sides of the base. The video system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the host and the video device are disposed between the first pole and the third pole. The video system as described in claim 1 further includes a screen installed on the video bracket. The video system as claimed in claim 4, further comprising a protrusion connected to the second part of the video device, through which the video device The first part and the second part are respectively rotated to hook the protruding part to the upper edge of the screen, so that the video bracket is suspended above the screen, and by rotating the base, the two elastic members Provide elasticity to clamp the base behind the screen. The video system of claim 4, wherein the host includes a front-end part and a back-end part, and the front-end part has an interface for electrically coupling to the screen. The video system of claim 1, wherein the second part of the video device further includes a microphone, the microphone is adjacent to the lens, and the microphone is jointly adjusted to receive sound as the second part of the video device rotates angle and the shooting angle of the shot. The video system as claimed in claim 1 further includes a control device that is movably disposed around the host and is connected to the host in a wireless manner.

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