Development of Magnetically Levitated Platform for Camera Slider Applications

开发用于相机滑块应用的磁悬浮平台

• 批准号: 445282-2012
• 负责人: Khamesee, MirBehrad
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: University of Waterloo
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Engage Grants Program
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2012-01-01 至 2013-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=511136
• 关键词: Development; Magnetically; Levitated; Platform; Camera

The main objective of this project is to develop a novel magnetic carriage platform for positioning of advanced cameras. Professional photographers often need to take sequential shots from different viewing angles with time intervals from seconds to hours. Examples are documentary movies on wildlife that can provide valuable information to scientists as well as to be shown in popular TV programs like National Geographic. The environment of photography is sometime harsh, extreme weather, and might take several days to complete a process of photography such as time-lapse photography. Moreover, the camera equipment is heavy and each time it should be precisely relocated to capture desired shots. This process can be fully automated by developing a novel magnetic carriage platform for positioning of advanced cameras, which is the goal of this project. A magnetically levitated magnetic carriage platform can provide significant advantages as it is virtually frictionless, low maintenance (eliminating mechanical moving mechanism such as gears and belts), reliable operation with higher accuracy than conventional sliders, and silence operation which is important in some applications such as in wildlife photography.

本项目的主要目标是开发一种用于先进相机定位的新型磁性托架平台。专业摄影师经常需要从不同的视角连续拍摄，时间间隔从几秒钟到几个小时不等。例如关于野生动物的纪录片可以为科学家提供有价值的信息，也可以在国家地理等受欢迎的电视节目中播放。摄影的环境有时是恶劣的、极端的天气，可能需要几天的时间才能完成一个摄影过程，如延时摄影。此外，摄影设备很重，每次都应该精确地重新定位，以捕捉所需的镜头。通过开发一种用于定位先进相机的新型磁性托架平台，这一过程可以完全自动化，这是本项目的目标。磁悬浮磁悬浮平台可以提供显著的优势，因为它几乎没有摩擦，维护成本低(不需要齿轮和皮带等机械移动机构)，比传统滑块具有更高精度的可靠操作，以及静音操作，这在某些应用中非常重要，例如在野生动物摄影中。