Surveillance camera system
A surveillance camera system includes a camera portion; a base portion supporting the camera portion to be rotatable, and including a main circuit board; a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) connecting the camera portion to the main circuit board, and including a first end portion connected to the camera portion, a second end portion connected to the main circuit board, and a conductive line extension portion disposed between the first end portion and the second end portion, wherein a plurality of slits are arranged in the conductive line extension portion; and a first binding member and a second binding member respectively surrounding a part of the conductive line extension portion and being spaced apart from each other.
1. A surveillance camera system comprising:
a camera portion;
a base portion supporting the camera portion to be rotatable, and comprising a main circuit board;
a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) connecting the camera portion to the main circuit board, and comprising a first end portion connected to the camera portion, a second end portion connected to the main circuit board, and a conductive line extension portion disposed between the first end portion and the second end portion, wherein a plurality of slits are arranged in the conductive line extension portion; and
at least one binding member surrounding a part of the conductive line extension portion,
wherein the plurality of slits comprise slits having varying lengths, and
wherein the lengths of the plurality of slits increase as the plurality of slits are arranged farther away from a center line of the FPCB, and the center line is a line extending along a lengthwise direction of the FPCB.
2. The surveillance camera system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of slits are a plurality of openings having widths substantially equal to one another.
3. A surveillance camera system comprising:
a camera portion;
a base portion supporting the camera portion to be rotatable, and comprising a main circuit board;
a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) connecting the camera portion to the main circuit board, and comprising a first end portion connected to the camera portion, a second end portion connected to the main circuit board, and a conductive line extension portion disposed between the first end portion and the second end portion, wherein a plurality of slits are arranged in the conductive line extension portion; and
at least one binding member surrounding a part of the conductive line extension portion,
wherein the plurality of slits comprise slits having varying lengths, and
wherein distances between the plurality of slits and the first end portion decrease as the plurality of slits are arranged farther away from a center line of the FPCB, and the center line is a line extending along a lengthwise direction of the FPCB.
4. A surveillance camera system comprising:
a camera portion;
a base portion supporting the camera portion to be rotatable, and comprising a main circuit board;
a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) connecting the camera portion to the main circuit board, and comprising a first end portion connected to the camera portion, a second end portion connected to the main circuit board, and a conductive line extension portion disposed between the first end portion and the second end portion, wherein a plurality of slits are arranged in the conductive line extension portion; and
at least one binding member surrounding a part of the conductive line extension portion,
wherein a width of a region where the plurality of slits are arranged in the FPCB is greater than each of a width of the first end portion and a width of the second end portion, and the width of the region is a width in a direction substantially perpendicular to a lengthwise direction of the FPCB.
5. A surveillance camera system comprising:
a camera portion;
a base portion supporting the camera portion to be rotatable, and comprising a main circuit board;
a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) connecting the camera portion to the main circuit board, and comprising a first end portion connected to the camera portion, a second end portion connected to the main circuit board, and a conductive line extension portion disposed between the first end portion and the second end portion, wherein a plurality of slits are arranged in the conductive line extension portion; and
a first binding member and a second binding member respectively surrounding a part of the conductive line extension portion and being spaced apart from each other,
wherein the plurality of slits are arranged throughout a first region surrounded by the first binding member, a second region surrounded by the second binding member, and a third region between the first region and the second region in the FPCB.
6. The surveillance camera system of claim 5 , wherein the FPCB comprises a plurality of branches separated from one another by the plurality of slits in at least a partial area, and the plurality of branches are separated from one another in the third region.
7. The surveillance camera system of claim 6 , wherein the plurality of branches are stacked so that surfaces of the plurality of branches sequentially contact one another in at least the first region and the second region respectively by the first binding member and the second binding member.
8. The surveillance camera system of claim 7 , wherein each of the plurality of branches has a width of 5 mm or less.
9. The surveillance camera system of claim 5 , further comprising a plurality of auxiliary slits arranged between the first region and the first end portion, and separated from the plurality of slits.
10. The surveillance camera system of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of auxiliary slits comprise slits having varying lengths.
11. The surveillance camera system of claim 10 , wherein the lengths of the plurality of auxiliary slits decrease as the plurality of auxiliary slits are arranged farther away from a center line of the FPCB, and the center line is a line extending along a lengthwise direction of the FPCB.
12. The surveillance camera system of claim 5 , wherein the FPCB comprises a reinforcing region arranged between the second region and the second end portion and having a rigidity greater than rigidities of other regions of the FPCB.
13. The surveillance camera system of claim 12 , wherein a length of the reinforcing region at a first portion adjacent to a center line of the FPCB is greater, in a lengthwise direction of the FPCB, than a length of the reinforcing region at a second portion farther away than the first portion from the center line.
14. The surveillance camera system of claim 1 , wherein the FPCB comprises:
a flexible substrate;
a plurality of conductive lines arranged on the flexible substrate and extending in a lengthwise direction of the FPCB; and
an insulating cover covering the plurality of conductive lines,
wherein the plurality of slits are a plurality of openings formed in a region corresponding to a space between the plurality of conductive lines of the insulating cover and the flexible substrate.
15. The surveillance camera system of claim 5 , wherein a region in the FPCB between the second binding member and the second end portion comprises:
a fourth region in which the plurality of slits are arranged; and
a fifth region arranged between the fourth region and the second end portion, the fifth region having a constant width
wherein a length d of the fourth region in a lengthwise direction of the FPCB and a width L of the fifth region in a direction perpendicular to the lengthwise direction satisfies a condition 0.5<d/L<2, and
wherein the lengthwise direction denotes a direction of a line connecting the first end portion to the second end portion.
16. The surveillance camera system of claim 5 , wherein a region in the FPCB between the first binding member and the first end portion comprises:
a fourth region in which the plurality of slits are arranged; and
a fifth region arranged between the fourth region and the second end portion, the fifth region having a constant width,
wherein a length d of the fourth region in a lengthwise direction of the FPCB and a width L of the fifth region in a direction perpendicular to the lengthwise direction satisfies a condition 0.5<d/L<2,
wherein the lengthwise direction denotes a direction of a line connecting the first end portion to the second end portion.
17. The surveillance camera system of claim 1 , wherein the camera portion comprises a lens system and an image sensor receiving light that has passed through the lens system to convert the light into an electric signal, and the first end portion of the FPCB is connected to the image sensor.
18. The surveillance camera system of claim 1 , wherein the camera portion is supported by the base portion, to be capable of panning, tilting, and rolling with respect to the base portion.