Alignment member and a method for aligning a sensor board
AssigneeAxis AB
InventorsStig Frohlund, Andreas Karlsson Jägerman
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Abstract
An alignment member for alignment of a sensor board relative an optics unit where the alignment member is arranged to couple the sensor board to the optics unit. The alignment member comprises: a section formed by a thermoplastic material and arranged to support the sensor board; and a heating element which upon activation is arranged to transfer heat to the section such that the section at least partly is heated to a temperature being at least the glass transition temperature for the thermoplastic material for enabling alignment of the sensor board relative the optics unit. A camera arrangement comprises a sensor board, an optics unit, and an alignment member. A method for aligning a sensor board relative an optics unit.
Claims15
An alignment member for alignment of a sensor board relative an optics unit, the alignment member being arranged to couple the sensor board to the optics unit, the alignment member comprising:
- a section formed by a thermoplastic material and arranged to support the sensor board;
- and
- a heating element which upon activation is arranged to transfer heat to the section such that the section at least partly is heated to a temperature being at least the glass transition temperature for the thermoplastic material for enabling alignment of the sensor board relative the optics unit when coupled to each other via the alignment member.
A camera arrangement comprising:
- an optics unit;
- a sensor board;
- and
- an alignment member, wherein the sensor board is coupled to the optics unit via the alignment member;
- and
- wherein the alignment member comprises:
- a section formed by a thermoplastic material and arranged to support the sensor board;
- and
- a heating element which upon activation is arranged to transfer heat to the section such that the section at least partly is heated to a temperature being at least the glass transition temperature of the thermoplastic material for enabling alignment of the sensor board relative the optics unit.
A method for aligning a sensor board being coupled to an optics unit via an alignment member, the alignment member comprising a section formed by a thermoplastic material and being arranged to support the sensor board, the method comprising:
- activating a heating element comprised in the alignment member such that heat is transferred to the section for heating at least a part of the section to a temperature being at least the glass transition temperature for the thermoplastic material;
- aligning the sensor board relative the optics unit;
- and
- de-activating the heating element for allowing the section to cool to a temperature below the glass transition temperature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.