JP4285233B2 - Imaging device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an imaging device in which an accessory shoe to which an accessory device such as a flash device or a microphone device is detachably mounted is provided at the upper part of an outer case, and in particular, eliminates the amount of protrusion of the accessory shoe to the upper surface or protrudes. The present invention relates to an imaging apparatus that can reduce the amount, eliminate the possibility of being caught by an accessory shoe, and reduce the size of the entire apparatus.

  As a conventional imaging apparatus of this type, there is an apparatus described in Patent Document 1, for example. Patent Document 1 describes a slide lock device for an electronic viewfinder provided with a slide mechanism and a lock mechanism that are effective for photographing with a camera. The slide lock device for an electronic viewfinder described in Patent Document 1 is a device that combines an electronic viewfinder and a camera body, and includes a shoe provided on the electronic viewfinder, a shoe fixed to the camera body, and the shoe. A fixed rail having a slidable groove; a brake plate inserted in a gap between the fixed rail and the shoe; and a fixed screw screwed into the fixed rail to press the brake plate. It is characterized by.

  According to the slide lock device of the electronic viewfinder having such a configuration, since the brake plate is used for the fitting portion between the shoe and the fixed rail, the anxiety in terms of strength due to rattling is eliminated, and an image generated by rattling The effect of being able to eliminate the disturbance of the image and providing a stronger and clearer image is expected.

  As another conventional imaging apparatus, for example, there is an apparatus described in Patent Document 2. Patent Document 2 describes an electronic viewfinder. The electronic viewfinder described in Patent Document 2 is an electronic viewfinder that is detachably attached to a camera body, and includes a display unit that displays an image based on an image signal received from the camera body, and the display A finder unit in which a lens system for magnifying and observing the lens is housed in a housing and a peripheral surface of the finder unit so that the longitudinal direction of the battery is parallel to the optical axis of the lens system A battery mounting portion for mounting the battery, and an attachment portion for attaching the finder portion to the camera body, the attachment portion being detachably attached to an accessory shoe provided in the camera body, It is characterized by that.

  According to the electronic viewfinder having such a configuration, since the electronic viewfinder is attached using an accessory shoe that originally attaches an accessory such as a strobe, an easy-to-see finder can be easily attached and detached as necessary. it can. In particular, since the battery is arranged along the housing of the finder part, an effect that an overall compact shape can be achieved is expected.

However, in any of the imaging devices described in Patent Documents 1 and 2, the upper part of the accessory shoe protrudes upward from the upper surface of the camera body, so that a portion that is caught by the accessory shoe is formed. For this reason, there is a problem that the protruding portion of the accessory shoe not only makes the design look complicated, but also disturbs the operation of the imaging apparatus.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-98978 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-355618

  The problem to be solved is that when the upper part of the accessory shoe protrudes above the upper surface of the camera body, the image pickup device not only gives a complicated feeling from the appearance of the design by the protruding part of the accessory shoe, It is said that it is also in the way of operation of the imaging device.

  According to the first aspect of the present application, a viewfinder for recognizing an image of a subject input via a lens device housed in an exterior case, and an electronic device that can be attached to and detached from the exterior case. An accessory equipped with an accessory shoe is provided with a finder movement mechanism that moves the viewfinder toward and away from the accessory shoe, and the viewfinder is moved away from the accessory shoe by the movement of the finder movement mechanism. The most important feature is that an opening of the shoe is opened and an electronic device can be attached through the opening.

  The invention according to claim 2 of the present application is characterized in that the upper end portion of the accessory shoe is set at substantially the same height as the upper end portion of the viewfinder.

  The invention described in claim 3 of the present application is characterized in that the accessory shoe is arranged in front of the viewfinder on the upper surface portion of the exterior case.

  The invention described in claim 4 of the present application is characterized in that the viewfinder moving mechanism moves the viewfinder forward and backward in parallel with the optical axis direction of the lens device.

  According to the invention described in claim 1 of the present application, the insertion portion of the accessory shoe is opened by moving the viewfinder with the viewfinder moving mechanism, and the viewfinder is moved. Then, by inserting the attachment portion into the insertion port, the accessory shoe can be buried in the outer case and the occurrence of the protruding portion can be eliminated. Therefore, the accessory shoe can be prevented from protruding from the surface of the outer case, the design of the image pickup device can be refreshed, and the complicated appearance can be eliminated, and the operation of the image pickup device can be prevented from being disturbed. be able to.

  According to the invention described in claim 2 of the present application, it is possible to make the design of the imaging apparatus have a sense of unity by making the upper end of the accessory shoe substantially the same height as the upper end of the viewfinder. Thus, the entire imaging device can be reduced in size.

  According to the invention described in claim 3 of the present application, by arranging the viewfinder in front of the accessory shoe, the viewfinder is buried in the outer case together with the accessory shoe, and the entire imaging apparatus is reduced in size. be able to.

  According to the invention described in claim 4 of the present application, the electronic apparatus can be attached using the space that is created after the movement by moving the viewfinder forward and backward in parallel with the optical axis direction of the lens device by the finder moving mechanism. -The removal work can be performed, and the viewfinder can be returned to its original position, thereby making it impossible to drop off or take out the electronic equipment attached to the accessory shoe due to looseness.

  By adopting a configuration in which the accessory shoe does not protrude from the surface of the exterior case, there is no complicated feeling of appearance by refreshing the design of the imaging device, and an imaging device without a protruding part that disturbs the operation of the imaging device, Realized by simple structure.

  1 to 30 show an embodiment of the present invention. 1 to 4 are a perspective view, a front view, a plan view, and a side view of an embodiment of an image pickup apparatus showing a specific example of the electronic apparatus of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the same imaging device as viewed from the rear on the disc side, FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the same as seen from the front with the disc lid opened, and FIG. 8 is also mounted with a disc-shaped recording medium. 9 is a side view, and FIG. 10 is an explanatory view showing the image pickup apparatus.

  11 is an explanatory diagram showing a cross section of the main part of the viewfinder and accessory shoe of the imaging apparatus, FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram in which the viewfinder is moved, FIG. 13 is a perspective view of the viewfinder and the finder moving mechanism, and FIG. FIG. 15 is a perspective view of the viewfinder moving mechanism viewed from the upper surface side, FIG. 16 is a perspective view of the viewfinder moving mechanism viewed from the lower surface side, and FIG. FIG. 18 is a bottom view, a front view and a rear view of the finder moving mechanism, FIG. 19 is an exploded perspective view of the finder moving mechanism as viewed from the top side, and FIG. FIG. 21 is a perspective view of the viewfinder moving mechanism as viewed from the bottom surface side, FIG. 21 is a perspective view of the viewfinder moving mechanism removed from FIG. 16, and FIG. 22 is a bottom view of the viewfinder moving mechanism.

  23 is a plan view, a side view, and a bottom view of the slider of the finder moving mechanism, FIG. 24 is a perspective view of the holder body of the finder moving mechanism, FIG. 25 is a perspective view of the slider body, and FIG. 27 is a perspective view of a flash device showing a specific example of an electronic device, FIG. 28 is an explanatory diagram of a state in which the flash device of FIG. 27 is attached to the imaging device of FIG. 1, and FIG. 29 is a view of the imaging device of FIG. FIG. 30 is an explanatory diagram of a state in which the viewfinder is tilted by approximately 90 degrees, and FIG. 30 is an explanatory diagram of a state in which the viewfinder of the imaging apparatus of FIG.

  The image pickup apparatus 1 showing a specific example of the present invention described in FIGS. 1 to 10 uses a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) having a diameter of 8 cm as a specific example of a disc-shaped recording medium as an information storage medium, and is optically used. A simple image is converted into an electrical signal by a CCD (solid-state imaging device) and recorded on a DVD or displayed on a display device such as a liquid crystal monitor (hereinafter referred to as “disk type imaging device”). . However, the disc-shaped recording medium according to the image pickup apparatus 1 of the present invention is not limited to the DVD shown in this embodiment, and it is needless to say that a CD-ROM or other recordable optical disc can be used. For example, a disk-shaped recording medium of another recording system such as a magneto-optical disk or a magnetic disk can be applied. Further, the present invention is not limited to a disk-shaped recording medium having a diameter of 8 cm, and a disk-shaped recording medium having a diameter of 12 cm or other sizes can be applied.

  The disc type imaging device 1 includes a disc drive device 3 (see FIGS. 7 to 9) that rotates (drives) a DVD 2 that is detachably mounted, and records (writes) and reproduces (reads) information signals. A control circuit (not shown) that controls the drive of the disk drive device 3, a lens device 4 that takes an image of a subject as light and guides it to the CCD, an exterior case 5 in which these disk drive device 3 and the like are stored, and this exterior case 5 is provided with a disc lid 7 or the like that is rotatably attached to 5 and can open and close the disc storage portion 6.

  The outer case 5 is disposed in front of and behind the disk side panel 8, the center panel 9, and the display device side panel 10, and the lens device 4 in the optical axis direction. The front panel 11 and the rear panel 12 to be combined with each other and a partition panel not shown in the figure disposed inside the central panel 9, and these panels 8 to 12 constitute a hollow casing. The disk drive device 3 is elastically supported on the surface of the partition panel on the disk side panel 8 side via mount insulators provided at four locations. These panels 8 to 12 are configured to be assembled and disassembled by an adhering means including a fixing screw at an appropriate portion overlapped with each other or through another member.

  The lens device 4 is fixed in a state of being built in the upper part of the outer case 5, and the objective lens 15 penetrates the upper part of the front panel 11 forward and is exposed to the front surface. Although not shown, a CCD is disposed behind the lens device 4 in the exterior case 5, and an electronic viewfinder 16 showing a specific example of the viewfinder is disposed behind the CCD.

  The electronic viewfinder 16 is exposed at the upper part of the outer case 5 and is configured to be movable forward and backward by a predetermined distance in the optical axis direction of the lens device 4 by a finder moving mechanism. The electronic viewfinder 16 is configured such that the rear side can be rotated in the vertical direction with the front side as a rotation center. Thereby, the electronic viewfinder 16 adjusts the angle to an arbitrary angle within a predetermined angle range (about 90 degrees in this embodiment) from a horizontal state parallel to the optical axis of the lens device 4 to an upward state in which the rear portion is lifted upward. It is possible. The angle adjustment of the electronic viewfinder 16 can be performed at any position from the front end portion to the rear end portion of the viewfinder moving mechanism.

  Further, an accessory shoe 17 to which accessories such as a video light and an external microphone are detachably attached is attached to the upper part of the outer case 5. The accessory shoe 17 is disposed immediately before the electronic viewfinder 16 so that when the electronic viewfinder 16 is moved rearward, the insertion opening to the accessory shoe 17 is opened. The accessory can be attached in a state where the insertion port is opened. When the electronic viewfinder 16 is moved forward after the accessory is attached, the insertion port is closed and the accessory cannot be removed. The accessory shoe 17 is usually fitted with a shoe cap 18 that forms a lid that fills the space when not in use. The electronic viewfinder 16 and the accessory shoe 17 will be described in more detail later.

  Further, on the front surface of the front panel 11, a remote control light receiving unit 20, a microphone terminal, and a stereo built-in microphone 22 are arranged in order from the top. The remote control light receiving unit 20 is a receiving unit for remote control operation. The remote control light receiving unit 20 also serves as an infrared light emitting unit that emits infrared light used for automatically adjusting the focus. The microphone terminal includes a video terminal and an audio terminal, and these terminals are covered with a terminal cover 21 so as to be opened and closed.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the rear panel 12 of the outer case 5 is provided with a battery housing portion 25 to which a power battery 24 is detachably attached. The battery storage unit 25 is opened on the back and bottom surfaces of the rear panel 12, and the power battery 24 can be inserted obliquely from below and taken out in the same direction. Further, two support fittings 26a and 26b for hanging straps are attached to the rear panel 12. Of the two support fittings 26a and 26b, one support fitting 26a is arranged at the upper part of the right side, and the other support fitting 26b is arranged at the lower part of the left side.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a display device 28 is attached to the display device side panel 10 of the outer case 5 so that the posture can be changed. The display device 28 includes a flat liquid crystal monitor 29, a panel case 30 in which the liquid crystal monitor 29 is accommodated, and a panel support portion 31 that supports the panel case 30 with respect to the exterior case 5 so that the posture can be changed. Has been.

  The panel support unit 31 has a horizontal rotation function that allows the panel case 30 to be rotated about 90 degrees in the horizontal direction about the vertical axis, and the panel case 30 about 180 in the front-rear direction about the horizontal axis. It has a front / rear rotation function that can be rotated at a time. Thereby, the display device 28 is in the housed state shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the panel case 30 shown in FIG. 5 is rotated 90 degrees, the liquid crystal monitor 29 is opposed to the rear, and the state shown in FIG. The state where the case 30 is rotated 180 degrees and the liquid crystal monitor 29 is opposed to the front and the state of the intermediate position thereof can be arbitrarily taken.

  Further, the display device side panel 10 includes an inner operation unit 32 including a plurality of operation buttons that are covered with a panel case 30 so as to be freely opened and closed, and an outer operation unit 33 including a plurality of operation buttons disposed above the panel case 30. Is provided.

  As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the disk side panel 8 of the outer case 5 includes a side surface portion 8a to which the disk lid 7 is attached, an upper surface portion 8b and a lower surface portion 8c that are continuous above and below the side surface portion 8a, and a side surface. The disc housing 6 is opened on the front surface 8d side of the side surface portion 8a. The front surface portion 8d and the rear surface portion 8e are continuous to the left and right of the portion 8a. A portion from the substantially central portion of the upper surface portion 8b of the disk side panel 8 to the substantially central portion of the lower surface portion 8c through the front surface portion 8d is formed in a substantially semicircular frame shape. Further, a reinforcing portion 8f for the purpose of reinforcement or the like is formed on the inner side of the substantially semicircular frame-like portion so as to protrude inward.

  The disk storage unit 6 includes a fixed area having an opening for exposing a part of the disk drive device 3, and in this embodiment, the disk storage unit 6 is formed as an area having a size corresponding to a disk-shaped recording medium having a diameter of 8 cm. Yes. A table rotating device 35 of the disk drive device 3 is disposed at a substantially central portion of the disk storage portion 6, and the turntable 36 positioned at the central portion has a diameter of 8 cm showing a specific example of the disk-shaped recording medium. DVD2 can be mounted. The table rotating device 35 is fixed to a mechanical chassis 37 elastically supported by the partition panel described above, as shown in a part of FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the disk storage unit 6 in which the table rotating device 35 is disposed is covered with a disk lid 7 whose side surface is rotatably supported by the disk side panel 8 so as to be opened and closed. The disc lid 7 has a shape commensurate with the shape of the disc storage portion 6. The disc lid 7 has a flat surface 7 a that covers the opening side of the disc storage portion 6, and a continuous circumference over substantially the entire circumference of the outer peripheral edge of the flat surface portion 7 a. It has a surface portion 7b. The peripheral surface portion 7 b of the disc lid 7 is configured to fit with the outer peripheral side notch portion of the disc storage portion 6 of the disc side panel 8.

  The disk lid 7 shown in this embodiment has a shell shape in which approximately 5/6 (about 300 degrees) around the outer peripheral edge is circular (the circular portion may be approximately 3/4 or more of the whole). The remaining portion is a square portion 7c made of a straight line. A lid rotation shaft portion 39 serving as a rotation center for opening and closing the disk lid 7 is attached to the rectangular portion 7c. Although not shown, the lid rotation shaft portion 39 includes a support shaft that penetrates the rectangular portion 7c and a bearing member that has a pair of bearing pieces that support both ends of the support shaft in a fixed manner. The disk lid 7 is rotatably supported by being fixed to the panel 8. The lid rotation shaft portion 39 is provided with a stopper portion for setting a maximum opening angle (for example, 90 degrees) of the disc lid 7.

  Such a lid rotation shaft portion 39 is attached to the disk side panel 8 with the axial direction of the support shaft set in the vertical direction. As a result, the disc lid 7 is rotatably supported on the rear portion of the disc-side panel 8 via the lid rotation shaft portion 39. As a result, the disc cover 7 can be opened approximately 90 degrees to the side by front opening with the front of the disc type imaging device 1 as the front side. The lid rotation shaft portion 39 can stop the disc lid 7 at an arbitrary opening position within a certain opening angle range, and attach the disc lid 7 to the opening side when the opening angle is exceeded. A spring member is mounted so as to be biased.

  The central panel 9 overlapped with the disk side panel 8 is continuous with the upper surface part 9a interposed between the upper surface part 8b of the disk side panel 8 and the display device side panel 10, and from the upper surface part 9a to the front side. It consists of a front part 8b and a front part 9b interposed between the front panel 11. A constriction 42 that becomes a concave portion is set in a portion extending from a substantially central portion of the upper surface portion 9a of the central panel 9 to a lower portion of the front surface portion 8d by being inclined toward the display device side panel 10 that is the inner side. A grip portion 43 for gripping and holding the disc type image pickup device 1 is constituted by the arc-shaped portions of the disc side panel 8 and the central portion panel 9 having the constriction 42.

  A lid opening / closing mechanism for the disk lid 7 is provided between the central panel 9 and the disk side panel 8. This lid opening / closing mechanism has a function of locking the disk lid 7 in a state of closing the disk storage portion 6 in the closed state and a function of releasing the lock.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 6, a hand strap 60 is attached to the disk side panel 8 so as to surround the disk lid 7. The hand strap 60 supports the part of the user's hand that grips the grip portion 43 that is the grip portion of the outer case 5, and prevents the disk-type imaging device 1 from being removed.

  The hand strap 60 includes a support belt 61 having both ends fixed to the disk side panel 8 and a protective pad 62 that is attached to the support belt 61 and abuts against the back of the user's hand. One end of the support belt 61 is connected to a mounting bracket 63 fixed to the front lower portion of the disk side panel 8, and the other end is inserted inside through a through hole provided in the rear middle part of the disk side panel 8. It is fixed to the mounting bracket attached to.

  As shown in FIG. 6 and the like, a power button 64, a mode switching dial 65, and a recording button 66 are arranged at the rear part of the disk side panel 8. The mode switching dial 65 has a ring shape, and a power button 64 is accommodated in the hole. The power button 64 is composed of push-push type switch means, and the power supply from the power battery 24 is turned on and off by the pressing operation. The mode switching dial 65 is used to select an operation mode such as recording, and any mode can be selected from three modes of “still image mode”, “moving image mode”, and “view / edit mode” by rotating the mode dial 65. Can be selected. The recording button 66 includes push-push type switch means, and the start and stop of moving image shooting are repeated by the pressing operation.

  A shutter button 67 and a zoom lever 68 are disposed on the upper rear side of the disk side panel 8. The shutter button 67 is for photographing a still image, and one still image is photographed for each pressing operation by the pressing operation. The zoom lever 68 is for enlarging an image at the time of shooting or reproduction, and the magnification can be adjusted steplessly within a certain range according to the operation amount.

  As a material of the disk side panel 8, the center panel 9, the display device side panel 10, the front panel 11, and the rear panel 12 constituting the outer case 5, for example, ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene resin) is preferable. However, the present invention is not limited to ABS, and other engineering plastics can be applied, and metals such as aluminum alloys other than synthetic resins can also be used.

  As described above, the interior of the outer case 5 is partitioned in the left-right direction (the direction intersecting the optical axis of the lens device 4) by the partition panel, whereby the first chamber on the disc lid 7 side and the display device side are separated. A second chamber is formed. The partition panel is made of a plate-like member and is fastened and fixed inside the outer case 5 by a fixing screw. As the material of the partition panel, for example, stainless steel (SUS) is suitable, but it is possible to use steel steel, aluminum alloy and other metals, and engineering plastics other than metals can also be used.

  Although not shown, the disk drive device 3 is accommodated in the first chamber of the outer case 5, and the lens device 4, the control circuit unit, and the like are accommodated in the second chamber. Therefore, a plurality of support protrusions for supporting the disk drive device 3 are provided on one side of the partition panel, and a plurality of support pieces for supporting the lens device 4 and the printed circuit board are provided on the other side. Is provided. The control circuit unit includes, for example, a microcomputer, a storage device (RAM, ROM), a capacitor, a resistor, and other electronic components, and a printed board on which these electronic components are mounted.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the disk drive device 3 includes a mechanical chassis 37 attached to the partition panel, a table rotating device 35 fixed to the mechanical chassis 37, and an optical pickup showing a specific example of the pickup device. The apparatus 71 is provided. The mechanical chassis 37 is made of a conductive plate material, and is elastically supported by the partition panel via a plurality of mount insulators made of an elastic body made of an insulating material.

  Further, the insulator is made of a rubber-like elastic body formed in a cylindrical shape, and an annular groove that is continuous in the circumferential direction is provided in an axially middle portion of the outer peripheral surface thereof. A predetermined number (4 in the present embodiment) of the insulators is mounted by fitting an annular groove into a notch hole provided in the insulator receiving portion or the insulator receiving piece of the mechanical chassis 37. Then, after the center hole of the insulator is fitted to a plurality of support pins provided on the partition panel, each of the insulators is prevented from falling off by screwing a mounting screw to the tip of each support pin.

  The mechanical chassis 37 attached to the partition panel via such an insulator is constituted by a frame-like member having a sufficiently large strength. The conductor portions of the mechanical chassis 37 and the partition panel are electrically connected to each other by a ground member (not shown), and are configured to easily discharge static electricity or the like to the outside. The table rotating device 35 mounted on the mechanical chassis 37 includes a spindle motor fixed to the mechanical chassis 37 and a turntable 36 fixed to a rotating portion of the spindle motor.

  The turntable 36 includes a fitting portion 36a into which the center hole of the DVD 2 is fitted, and a placement portion 36b on which the peripheral edge of the center hole is placed. Further, the fitting portion 36a of the turntable 36 is provided with a plurality of engaging claws 36c that are engaged with the peripheral portion of the center hole of the DVD 2 and hold the DVD 2 in the circumferential direction. Each engaging claw 36c is urged radially outward by a spring, and the DVD 2 is positioned and fixed to the fitting portion 36a by the spring force of the spring.

  The optical pickup device 71 includes a biaxial actuator 74 having a pickup lens 74a facing the information recording surface of the DVD 2, a slide member 75 on which the biaxial actuator 74 is mounted, and the like. The slide member 75 is movable by being guided by two guide shafts not shown in the figure. The two guide shafts are parallel to each other across the spindle motor 72, and a pickup moving device is provided in the vicinity of one of the guide shafts.

  Although not shown, the pickup moving device includes a feed screw shaft that is engaged with a feed nut attached to the slide member 75 and a feed motor that uses the feed screw shaft as a rotation shaft. The feed screw shaft is set parallel to the guide shaft of the optical pickup device 71 and is rotatably supported by the mechanical chassis 37. Thus, by driving the feed motor and rotating the feed screw shaft, the optical pickup device 71 selectively moves in the direction approaching the turntable 36 and the direction away from the turntable 36 according to the rotation direction of the feed screw shaft. Moved. The disk drive device 3 is constituted by the mechanical chassis 37, the table rotating device 35, the optical pickup device 71, the pickup moving device, and other related mechanisms.

  By fixing the partition panel to which the disk drive device 3 having such a configuration is attached to a predetermined position in the outer case 5, as shown in FIG. It is disposed in the disk storage portion 6 of the disk side panel 8. The disk storage 6 is opened and closed by a disk lid 7, and the disk lid 7 is locked and unlocked by a lid opening / closing mechanism.

  Also, as shown in FIGS. 11 to 13, the electronic viewfinder 16 is attached to the disk type imaging apparatus 1 via a finder moving mechanism 160. The viewfinder moving mechanism 160 has a slide function that is slidable in the front-rear direction of the disk type imaging apparatus 1 and a tilt function that is capable of rotating the rear part in the vertical direction with the front end part as a rotation center. Yes. As a result, the electronic viewfinder 16 can be moved within a predetermined range in the front-rear direction of the disk-type imaging device 1 and can be rotated by a predetermined angle in the up-down direction at any position moved. . The tilt function shown in this embodiment is configured to be rotatable between a horizontal position that is parallel to the optical axis of the lens device 4 and a vertical position that is rotated approximately 90 degrees upward from the horizontal position.

  The electronic viewfinder 16 includes a housing including a base cabinet 161, a finder cabinet 162, and an eyecup cabinet 163 that are connected to each other. A base cabinet 161 is connected to one side of the finder cabinet 162, and an eye cup cabinet 163 is connected to the other side. An electronic display device 164 is built in the base cabinet 161, and an eyepiece lens and a diopter adjustment mechanism are built in the eye cup cabinet 163. The electronic display device 164 can be focused by adjusting the diopter of the diopter adjusting mechanism, thereby focusing on the user's eye looking through the eyepiece 16a set at the tip of the eyecup cabinet 163. Can do.

  The finder moving mechanism 160 has a configuration as shown in FIGS. In other words, the finder moving mechanism 160 includes a holder 166 having a U-shaped cross section, a slider 167 and a sliding plate 168 slidably held in a recess of the holder 166, and a shield fixed to the slider 167. A plate 169 and the like are provided.

  As shown in FIGS. 19 and 20, the holder 166 includes a holder main body 170 and an interior body 171 each having a U-shaped cross section, and is placed in a U-shaped recess of the holder main body 170. An interior body 171 is mounted so as to overlap. That is, as shown in FIG. 24, the holder main body 170 has a rectangular bottom surface portion 170a and side surface portions 170b and 170c formed so as to rise continuously on both sides in the width direction of the bottom surface portion 170a. In addition, a guide slot 172 that is continuous in the longitudinal direction is provided in a substantially central portion of the bottom surface portion 170a.

  Furthermore, a rectangular notch 173 is provided at one end in the longitudinal direction of the bottom surface 170a, and a flexible wiring board connected to the electronic display device 164 is inserted into the notch 173. The A positioning step 174a for positioning the interior body 171 is formed at the other end in the longitudinal direction of the bottom surface 170a. Further, support portions 174 b and 174 c for fixing and supporting the holder 166 to the exterior case 5 are provided on the side surface portions 170 b and 170 c. Reference numerals 174d and 174e are support portions for supporting a bridge plate (not shown).

  Similarly, the interior body 171 has a bottom surface portion 171a and left and right side surface portions 171b and 171c. A positioning portion 175 a that is engaged with the positioning step portion 174 a and a rectangular frame portion 175 b that is engaged with the notch portion 173 are provided on the bottom surface portion 171 a of the inner body 171. Further, a pair of slits 176 having one end opened at an end portion on the notch portion 173 side and the other end extending to the vicinity of the end portion on the positioning portion 175a side are provided on both side portions of the bottom surface portion 171a. . The pair of slits 176 form a tongue-like bottom surface portion 171a therein. A working hole 171d for caulking and fixing a guide pin 186, which will be described later, is provided in the front portion of the corner frame portion 175b of the bottom surface portion 171a.

  As shown in FIG. 19 and the like, guide rails 177 extending in the longitudinal direction are formed on the inner surfaces of the left and right side surface portions 171 b and 171 c of the interior body 171. The guide rails 177 are engaged with guide grooves 178 provided on both side surfaces of the sliding plate 168, whereby the sliding plate 168 is supported so as to be movable in the longitudinal direction with respect to the interior body 171. The sliding plate 168 is movable in the longitudinal direction in conjunction with the movement of the slider 167 within a predetermined range by the shielding plate 169. An engaging portion 168 a for limiting the movement of the sliding plate 168 is formed on the upper surface of the sliding plate 168.

  As shown in FIGS. 19 and 20, the slider 167 includes a slider main body 180 having a U-shaped cross section, a connecting body 181 also having a U-shaped cross section, and a shielding plate 169. It consists of and. As shown in FIG. 25, the slider main body 180 includes a bottom surface portion 180a and side surface portions 180b and 180c continuous to both side portions of the bottom surface portion 180a. The bottom surface portion 180a has a rectangular frame portion 175b of the interior body 171. A rectangular notch 180d to be engaged is formed. Then, sliding sheets 187 for smoothly sliding the slider 167 are attached to the lower surfaces of both side portions of the bottom surface portion 180a.

  Further, the left and right side surface portions 180b and 180c are respectively provided with bearing pieces 180e protruding to the opposite side to the bottom surface portion 180a. Each bearing piece 180e is provided with a bearing hole 182a and lock portions 182b, 182c, and 182d for locking the coupling body 181 at predetermined positions. Furthermore, each bearing piece 180e is provided with a stopper portion 182e for limiting the amount of rotation of the coupling body 181.

  The connecting body 181 includes a connecting portion 181a and support portions 181b and 181c continuous on both sides of the connecting portion 181a, and the base cabinet 161 is fixed to the connecting portion 181a by fixing means such as a fixing screw. Each support portion 181b, 181c is provided with a bearing hole 184a and a stopper piece 184b. After the pair of support portions 181b and 181c are arranged inside the pair of bearing pieces 180e and 180e, the shaft pin 185 is inserted into the bearing hole 182a and the bearing hole 184a overlapped with each other, and the connecting body 181 is slid by the slider body 180. It is connected to the pivotable. A leaf spring is mounted between the bearing pieces 180e and 180e and the support portions 181b and 181c to give an appropriate resistance during rotation.

  As shown in FIG. 19, the above-described shielding plate 169 is stretched over the slider body 180 so as to close the opening between the left and right side portions 180b and 180c and is integrally fixed. Both end portions of the shielding plate 169 are disposed so as to face the outside of the side portions 180b and 180c, and are formed as leaf springs 169a. The leaf spring 169a is pressed against the inner surface of the inner body 171 to generate a resistance with an appropriate strength.

  In addition, a through hole 180f is provided at a substantially central portion of the bottom surface portion 180a of the slider main body 180. One end of a guide pin 186 passes through the through hole 180f. The other end of the guide pin 186 passes through the guide elongated hole 172 of the holder body 170, and the slider body 180 is slidably attached to the holder body 170 by expanding both ends thereof by caulking. At this time, the bottom surface portion 180 a of the slider main body 180 is inserted on the lower side of the bottom surface portion of the bottom surface portion 180 a of the interior body 171 so as not to appear on the surface. This is realized by projecting upward through a pair of slits 176 and 176 provided on both side surfaces 180b and 180c of the slider body 180 on the bottom surface portion 180a of the interior body 171.

  Reference numeral 188 shown in FIGS. 19 and 20 is a pin cover for protecting the guide pin 186. An escape groove 188 a for avoiding contact with the head of the guide pin 186 is provided on the inner surface of the pin cover 188. The pin cover 188 is fixed to the bottom surface of the holder main body 170 by fixing means such as an adhesive. Reference numeral 191 denotes a wiring board cover that protects the flexible wiring board 190. The wiring board cover 191 is fixed to the bottom surface of the holder main body 170 by an adhering means such as an adhesive via a spacer 192 fixed to the base. The spacer 192 is made of adhesive paper having a thickness suitable for protecting the flexible wiring board 190.

  As the material of the holder main body 170, the slider main body 180, the connecting body 181 and the shielding plate 169, for example, a metal such as stainless steel or steel steel is preferable, but an engineering plastic having appropriate strength and rigidity may be used. it can. Moreover, as a material of the interior 171, the sliding plate 168, the pin cover 188, and the wiring board cover 191, for example, ABS resin and other engineering plastics are suitable, but metals such as stainless steel and steel steel are used. You can also. For example, by drawing a polyester (PET, PBT) sheet or a polycarbonate (PC) sheet, the cost and the number of processing steps can be reduced. In particular, in the case of the pin cover 188 and the wiring board cover 191, a molding resin is intentionally made. By drawing these sheets without using any material, it contributes to increasing the strength and reducing the thickness.

  The finder moving mechanism 160 having such a configuration is assembled as follows, for example. First, the slider 167 is assembled. This attaches the connecting body 181 and the shielding plate 169 to the slider body 180. That is, the pair of support portions 181b and 181c of the connecting body 181 and the leaf spring are interposed between the pair of bearing pieces 180e and 180e of the slider main body 180, and are respectively rotatably connected by the shaft pins 185. Then, the shielding plate 169 is attached to the slider body 180. As a result, the slider 167 is assembled as shown in FIGS. 19, 20, and 23 </ b> A to 23 </ b> C.

  Next, the slider 167 is assembled to the holder main body 170. At this time, the bottom surface portion 180a of the slider body 180 is inserted below the bottom surface portion of the interior body 171 and the pair of side surface portions 180b and 180c are fitted into a pair of slits 176 and 176 provided on the bottom surface portion of the interior body 171. The guide pin 186 is caulked and fixed from the work hole 171d of 171a. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 22A, the slider 167 is slidably connected to the holder main body 170 by the guide pins 186. Further, as shown in FIG. 22B, the pin cover 188 is fixed to the bottom surface of the holder main body 170 so as to hide the head of the guide pin 186. As a result, the finder moving mechanism 160 is assembled as shown in FIGS.

  The electronic display device 164 is mounted on the finder moving mechanism 160 assembled in this way. FIG. 14 shows this state. At this time, the connecting body 181 of the finder moving mechanism 160 is fixed to the base cabinet 161. Then, the flexible wiring board 190 connected to the electronic display device 164 is pulled out to the upper surface of the interior body 171 and is inserted into the opening 193 at the rear portion thereof so as to be along the lower surface of the holder main body 170 as shown in FIG. At this time, the end of the flexible wiring board 190 on the electronic display device 164 side is supported by applying a load with a reinforcing plate, so that no load is applied to the connector.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 16, the front end portion of the flexible wiring board 190 is protruded laterally from the midway portion of the wiring board cover 191. As a result, even when the connector insertion position moves slightly, the distal end portion of the flexible wiring board 190 can move, so that stress can be prevented from being applied to the connector insertion position. In addition, since the tip of the flexible wiring board 190 is sandwiched between the pin cover 188 and the wiring board cover 191 and is movable only within a certain gap, the flexible wiring board 190 may be caught in other parts. It is not rubbed and hurt.

  The accessory shoe 17 whose opening 230 is opened and closed by the finder moving mechanism 160 has a configuration as shown in FIG. That is, the accessory shoe 17 includes a shoe main body 231 formed by a single sheet metal member, and a connector member 232 attached integrally within the shoe main body 231.

  The shoe main body 231 includes a rectangular bottom surface portion 231a, a pair of side surface portions 231b continuous on both sides of the bottom surface portion 231a, a pair of upper surface portions 231c continuous with the side surface portions 231b, and each upper surface portion 231c. And a stopper portion 231d formed continuously on the insertion port 230 side. A side surface portion 231b is formed by bending both sides of the bottom surface portion 231a by 90 degrees and rising, and an upper surface portion 231c is formed by bending the upper portion of the side surface portion 231b by 90 degrees in the horizontal direction. And the stopper part 231d is formed by bending the edge part by the side of the insertion port 230 of the upper surface part 231c suitably angle (for example, 15 degree | times-45 degree | times).

  The connector member 232 includes a block-shaped connector main body 233, a plurality of connector terminals 234 built in the connector main body 233, a slide cover 235 for opening and closing the plurality of connector terminals 234, and the like. . A flexible wiring board 237 is connected to the connector terminal 234, and is connected to a power source such as the power battery 24 via the flexible wiring board 237. Thus, an accessory foot member such as a flash device is inserted from the insertion port 230, and the slide cover 235 is opened by the foot member and the connection terminal is brought into contact with the connector terminal 234. Can be supplied.

  FIG. 27 shows a flash device 240 showing a specific example of the accessory described above. The flash device 240 has a foot member that engages with the accessory shoe 17, and the foot member 241 is provided with an electrical contact, and can be electrically connected to the flash device 240 by contacting the electrical contact. A terminal 242 is provided. The foot member 241 can be inserted only in a predetermined direction, and a receiving member 243 is fixed to the foot member 241. The main body 244 of the flash device 240 is rotatably supported with respect to the receiving member 243, and the rotation of the main body 244 is temporarily locked at a predetermined position between the receiving member 243 and the main body 244. And a rotation mechanism 245 having a click mechanism for locking the rotation of the main body 244 when it is rotated 180 degrees from the predetermined position.

  Further, the flash device 240 is provided with a lock mechanism that locks the position of the foot member 241 with respect to the accessory shoe 17. The lock mechanism includes a pressing member and an operating member. A spiral cam groove is formed on one of these members, and an engaging protrusion that engages with the cam groove is provided on the other. By moving the actuating member in a predetermined direction, the pressing member moves and the position of the foot member 241 is locked. Further, a contact piece having a strong frictional force is provided on the pressing member of the lock member, and the contact piece comes into contact with the accessory shoe 17 to lock the foot member 241 by the frictional force between the contact piece and the accessory shoe 17. You can also As the material of the contact piece, synthetic rubber is suitable.

  The flash device 240 having such a configuration can be mounted on the disk type imaging device 1 as follows, for example. First, the electronic viewfinder 16 in the state as shown in FIG. Thereby, an insertion space portion 246 into which the foot portion 241 of the flash device 240 can be inserted is formed on the electronic viewfinder 16 side behind the accessory shoe 17. Therefore, the foot portion 241 is inserted into the insertion space portion 246 and the foot portion 241 is inserted into the insertion port 230 of the accessory shoe 17. At this time, the slide cover 235 is opened by the insertion operation of the foot portion 241, and the terminal 242 is connected to the connector terminal 234 of the connector member 232.

  As a result, power is supplied from the connector terminal 234 to the flash device 240 via the terminal 242. As a result, it is possible to shoot with the disk type imaging device 1 using the flash device 240. At this time, the upper surface portion 231c of the accessory shoe 17 is clamped by the rotation mechanism 245 and firmly fixed. Thereby, the drop-off due to the loosening of the tightening portion of the flash device 240 is prevented. FIG. 28 shows a state of the disk type imaging device 1 at this time.

  Further, the electronic viewfinder 16 of the disk type imaging apparatus 1 can tilt the eyepiece 16a upward because the finder moving mechanism 160 has a tilt function separately from the slide mechanism described above. FIG. 29 shows a state in which the electronic viewfinder 16 is tilted upward by approximately 45 degrees. FIG. 30 shows a state in which the electronic viewfinder 16 is tilted upward by approximately 90 degrees so as to look into the eyepiece portion 16a from substantially above to below. As described above, by making the view angle of the electronic viewfinder 16 variable, it is possible to perform photographing in various postures.

  According to the disk type imaging apparatus 1 shown in this embodiment, for example, the subject can be photographed by firmly holding the disk type imaging apparatus 1 with one hand in the state shown in FIG. In this case, the disk side panel 8 and the disk lid 7 of the outer case 5 serve as a grip for holding the disk type image pickup device 1 with one hand as it is, and substantially the entire grip is formed in a substantially circular shape. Therefore, stable shooting can be performed with the large grip portion 43. In addition, since the constriction 42 is set inside the grip portion 43, a sufficiently large gripping force can be generated by gripping the constriction 42 with each tip portion from the index finger to the little finger.

  The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above and shown in the drawings, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. For example, in the above-described embodiment, an example in which the present invention is applied to a disk-type imaging device using a DVD as a recording medium has been described. However, a disk-shaped recording medium of another recording method such as a magneto-optical disk or a magnetic disk can be used. In this case, the pickup device used for these is a magneto-optical pickup device, a magnetic pickup device or the like depending on the type of the recording medium.

It is a perspective view which shows one Example of the imaging device of this invention. It is a front view which shows one Example of the imaging device of this invention. It is a top view which shows one Example of the imaging device of this invention. It is a side view which shows one Example of the imaging device of this invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the imaging apparatus shown in FIG. 1 as viewed from the back side with the display device opened to the side. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the imaging apparatus shown in FIG. 1 as viewed from the back side with a power battery attached. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the imaging apparatus shown in FIG. 1 as viewed from the back side with a disc lid opened. FIG. 2 is a perspective view for explaining an interference state between an opened disc lid and a hand strap in the imaging apparatus shown in FIG. 1. It is a side view of the state which opened the disk cover of the imaging device shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the use condition which grasped the grip part of the imaging device shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which cut down the principal part which shows the state which pushed and shrunk the electronic viewfinder which concerns on the imaging device of this invention, and closed the insertion opening of the accessory shoe. It is explanatory drawing which cut | disconnected the principal part which shows the state which pulled out the electronic viewfinder which concerns on the imaging device of this invention, and opened the insertion opening of the accessory shoe. It is a perspective view which shows the electronic viewfinder which concerns on the imaging device of this invention. It is the perspective view which mounted the electronic display apparatus in the finder moving mechanism of the electronic viewfinder which concerns on the imaging device of this invention, and was seen from the plane side. It is the perspective view which looked at the finder moving mechanism of the electronic view finder which concerns on the imaging device of this invention from the plane side. It is the perspective view which looked at the finder moving mechanism of the electronic view finder which concerns on the imaging device of this invention from the bottom face side. 1 shows a viewfinder moving mechanism of an electronic viewfinder according to an imaging apparatus of the present invention, where FIG. 1A is a plan view, FIG. 1B is a left side view, and FIG. 1C is a right side view. 1 shows a viewfinder moving mechanism of an electronic viewfinder according to an image pickup apparatus of the present invention. FIG. 1A is a bottom view, FIG. 1B is a front view, and FIG. 1C is a rear view. It is the disassembled perspective view which looked at the finder moving mechanism of the electronic view finder which concerns on the imaging device of this invention from the plane side. It is the disassembled perspective view which looked at the finder moving mechanism of the electronic view finder which concerns on the imaging device of this invention from the bottom face side. It is the perspective view which looked at the finder moving mechanism of the electronic view finder which concerns on the imaging device of this invention from the bottom face side. 1A and 1B show a viewfinder moving mechanism of an electronic viewfinder according to an imaging apparatus of the present invention, in which FIG. A is a bottom view with a wiring board cover and a pin cover removed, and FIG. B is a bottom view with a pin cover attached. It is. 1A and 1B show a slider of an electronic viewfinder according to an imaging apparatus of the present invention, where FIG. A is a plan view, FIG. B is a side view, and FIG. C is a bottom view. It is a perspective view which shows the holder main body of the electronic viewfinder which concerns on the imaging device of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the slider main body of the electronic viewfinder which concerns on the imaging device of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the coupling body of the electronic viewfinder which concerns on the imaging device of this invention. It is a perspective view of the flash device which shows one specific example of the accessory which concerns on the imaging device of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state which mounted | wore the flash device shown in FIG. 27 with the accessory shoe of the imaging device of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state which inclined the electronic viewfinder of the imaging device of this invention upward about 45 degree | times from the state shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state which inclined the electronic viewfinder of the imaging device of this invention upward about 90 degree | times from the state shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Disc imaging device (imaging device), 2 ... DVD (disc-shaped recording medium), 3 ... Disc drive device, 4 ... Lens device, 5 ... Exterior case, 6 ... Disc storage part, 7 ... Disc lid, 8 ... Disc Side panel, 9 ... Center panel, 10 ... Display device side panel, 11 ... Front panel, 12 ... Rear panel, 16 ... Electronic viewfinder (viewfinder), 35 ... Table rotating device, 36 ... Turntable, 37 ... Mechanical chassis 71 ... Optical pickup device (pickup device), 73 ... Turntable,
160: Finder moving mechanism, 166: Holder, 167: Slider, 168 ... Slide plate, 169 ... Shield plate, 170 ... Holder body, 171 ... Interior body, 180 ... Slider body, 181 ... Linked body, 188 ... Pin cover, 190, 237 ... flexible wiring board, 191 ... wiring board cover, 240 ... flash device (accessory)

Claims (4)

A viewfinder for recognizing an image of a subject input through a lens device housed in an exterior case;
In an imaging device comprising: an accessory shoe attached to the exterior case and detachably mounted with an electronic device;
A finder movement mechanism for moving the viewfinder closer to and away from the accessory shoe is provided, and an opening for the accessory shoe is opened by moving the finder movement mechanism away from the accessory shoe. An image pickup apparatus characterized in that the electronic device can be mounted from an insertion opening.   The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an upper end portion of the accessory shoe is set at substantially the same height as an upper end portion of the viewfinder.   The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the accessory shoe is disposed in front of the viewfinder on an upper surface portion of the exterior case. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the viewfinder moving mechanism moves the viewfinder forward and backward in parallel with an optical axis direction of the lens device.

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