JP4821176B2 - Digital camera - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a digital camera provided with a strap mounting bracket.

The digital camera includes a strap mounting bracket in the vicinity of an intermediate height at the end of the camera body (see Patent Document 1).
JP-A-2005-31250

  The conventional digital camera has a problem that since the strap mounting bracket protrudes in the vicinity of the intermediate height at the end of the camera body, the strap mounting bracket is obstructive and impairs the appearance of the camera.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a digital camera capable of obtaining a good appearance without causing the strap mounting bracket to become obtrusive.

The invention according to claim 1 includes a strap mounting bracket disposed adjacent to an operation portion provided near the end of the camera body, and when the strap is attached to the strap through hole in the strap mounting bracket, the strap Is arranged so as to protrude from the rear surface and the side surface of the camera body so as not to interfere with the operation portion .

A second aspect of the present invention is the first aspect of the present invention, wherein the strap mounting bracket is arranged so as to be seen integrally with an adjacent operation portion.

A third aspect of the present invention is the first aspect of the present invention, wherein the strap mounting bracket is disposed adjacent to a zoom operation portion provided near an end portion of an upper portion of the rear surface of the camera body . It is characterized by .

The invention according to claim 4 is the invention according to claim 3, wherein the operation portion is a zoom operation portion, and the strap mounting bracket is formed to have the same width as the width in the vertical direction of the zoom operation portion. The one end of the zoom operation unit is arranged so as to coincide with the adjacent end.

The invention according to claim 5 is the invention according to claim 4, wherein the zoom operation unit has a configuration in which a wide-angle button and a telephoto button are arranged side by side, adjacent to the zoom operation unit, and the zoom operation unit A base portion having the same width as the vertical width of the operation portion; and a strap attachment portion projecting from the outer surface of the base portion, and from the outer surface of the camera body when the base portion is fixed to the camera body. wherein the height of the top portion of the strap attachment portion is Tsu Do from the button surface of the extended surface comparable to or higher than even the set molded article of the zoom operation unit.

The invention according to claim 6 is the invention according to claim 5 , wherein the base portion of the strap attachment bracket has an outer surface height of a portion on the zoom operation portion side of the zoom operation portion on the strap attachment bracket side. The strap mounting portion is formed in a shape approximately the same as the button surface height when the button of the button is pressed, and the strap mounting portion corresponds to the position of the finger when the button on the strap mounting bracket side is pressed. It is formed in the position received from the edge part direction of this .

The invention according to claim 7 is the invention according to claim 6, wherein the strap attachment portion of the strap attachment bracket is formed such that a side surface on the zoom operation portion side is a curved surface that rises gently from the outer surface of the base portion. It is formed in a shape.
The invention according to claim 8 is the invention according to claims 4 to 7, wherein the zoom operation unit includes a wide-angle button and a telephoto button arranged side by side.

According to the present invention , adjacent operation parts can be guarded by the strap mounting bracket, and damage to the operation parts due to an impact when the camera is accidentally dropped or hit against an obstacle can be prevented .

  1 to 3 show an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a perspective view seen from the rear side of a digital camera, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are enlarged front views of a strap mounting bracket arrangement portion of the digital camera. It is an enlarged plan view.

  This digital camera is a thin camera having a length in the left-right direction of 80 to 90 mm, a height of 50 to 60 mm, and a thickness between the front and rear surfaces of 15 to 25 mm, and the left and right end portions are each formed on a semi-cylindrical surface. An imaging lens that protrudes from the front surface of the camera body 1 in conjunction with the power ON and is retracted and stored in the camera body 1 in conjunction with the power OFF; A solid-state imaging device disposed facing the lens, a power supply unit, various control circuits and the like (none of them are shown) are mounted, and a monitor display unit 2, a menu key 3 and a zoom are mounted on the rear surface of the camera body 1. An operation unit 4 is provided, and a shutter button 5 is provided on the upper surface of the camera body 1.

  The monitor display unit 2 is provided in a portion of the rear surface of the camera body 1 excluding a region on the right end side when viewed from the rear surface side, and the menu key 3 is provided near an intermediate height of the region on the right end side. The zoom operation unit 4 is provided above the menu key 3, that is, near the right end of the upper part of the rear surface of the camera body, and the shutter button 5 is provided near the right end of the upper surface of the camera body. .

  The zoom operation unit 4 is composed of a wide-angle button 4a and a telephoto button 4b arranged side by side on the left and right sides, and the contour shape thereof is a horizontally long rectangular shape.

  The wide-angle button 4a and the telephoto button 4b of the zoom operation unit 4 are formed by integrally molding both of them, and the left-side wide-angle button 4a is inserted into an opening (not shown) provided on the rear surface of the camera body 1. When pressed, the left end side tilts in a direction to sink into the camera body 1 side, and when the right telephoto button 4b is pressed, the right end side tilts in a direction to sink into the camera body 1 side. The wide-angle button 4a and the telephoto button 4b may be separate parts that are pressed independently.

  Although not shown in the drawing, in the right end region on the rear surface of the camera body 1, an imaging / playback selection key and a still image are placed at an appropriate place other than the arrangement portion of the menu key 3 and the zoom operation unit 4. A moving image selection key or the like is provided, and a power switch or the like is provided on the upper surface of the camera body 1.

  The digital camera further includes a strap mounting bracket 6, which is disposed adjacent to the zoom operation unit 4 provided near the end of the camera body 1.

  The strap mounting bracket 6 is disposed so as to be seen integrally with the zoom operation unit 4, and is an extended surface of the operation surface of the zoom operation unit 4 with respect to the outer surface of the camera body 1, that is, the wide-angle button 4 a and the telephoto. The button 4b protrudes slightly higher than the extended surface L of the button surface.

  In this embodiment, the strap attachment bracket 6 is formed to have the same width as the vertical width of the zoom operation unit 4, and one end thereof is made to coincide with the adjacent end of the zoom operation unit 4, so that the zoom operation is performed. It arrange | positions so that the part 4 may be seen integrally.

  The strap mounting bracket 6 has a base portion 6a having the same width as the vertical width of the zoom operation portion 4, and a strap mounting portion 6b protruding from the outer surface of the base portion 6a. The base portion 6a The height from the outer surface of the camera body to the top of the strap attaching portion 6b when the lens is fixed to the camera body 1 is about 0.5 to 2 mm from the extended surface L of the button 4a, 4b surface of the zoom operation portion 4. It consists of a molded product set high.

  The base portion 6a of the strap mounting bracket 6 is formed in a shape that curves along a curved surface on the rear side from an intermediate portion (intermediate portion of the semi-cylindrical surface) of the semi-cylindrical end portion of the camera body 1. A strap through-hole for attaching a strap (not shown) formed on the outer surface of the central portion in the length direction of the base portion 6a (the direction along the left-right direction of the camera body 1) substantially the same as the width of the base portion 6a. The strap attaching part 6b provided with 7 projects.

  The base portion 6a has a shape in which the height of the outer surface of the portion on the zoom operation portion 4 side is approximately the same as the button surface height when the telephoto button 4b on the strap mounting bracket 6 side of the zoom operation portion 4 is pressed. The strap attaching portion 6b is formed at a position for receiving the finger from the direction of the end of the camera body 1 in correspondence with the position of the finger when the telephoto button 4b is pressed.

  Note that this digital camera captures the right-hand part of the camera body 1 with the right hand, and the wide-angle button of the zoom operation unit 4 with the thumb A of the right hand as shown by a virtual line (two-dot chain line) in the figure. Since the zoom adjustment is performed by pressing the 4a or telephoto button 4b and the shutter button 5 is pressed with the index finger B, the strap mounting portion 6b of the strap mounting bracket 6 receives the thumb A from the end of the camera body 1. Is formed.

  Further, the strap attachment portion 6b is formed in a shape in which the side surface on the zoom operation portion 4 side and the side surface on the opposite side are formed into curved surfaces that rise gently from the outer surface of the base portion 6a.

  The strap mounting bracket 6 has a camera body fixing pin (not shown) projecting from the camera body facing surface of the base portion 6a. The strap mounting bracket 6 attaches the camera body fixing pin to the camera body. It is fixed to the camera body 1 by inserting a stop ring into a fixing groove provided in an end portion protruding into the camera body 1 of the fixing pin.

  In this digital camera, since the strap mounting bracket is disposed adjacent to the end of the zoom operation unit 4 provided near the end of the upper portion of the rear surface of the camera body, the strap mounting bracket 6 is connected to the zoom operation unit. 4 looks like a design element to decorate.

  In addition, since this strap mounting bracket 6 is disposed at the upper corner of one end (right end) of the camera body 1, the strap mounting bracket is disposed near the middle height of the end of the camera body. Compared to a conventional digital camera, the strap mounting bracket 6 is less noticeable.

  Therefore, this digital camera can obtain a good appearance in which the strap mounting bracket 6 is not obstructive.

  In this embodiment, the zoom operation unit 4 has a configuration in which a wide-angle button 4 a and a telephoto button 4 b are arranged side by side, and is adjacent to the zoom operation unit 4 in the vertical direction of the zoom operation unit 4. A base portion 6a having the same width as the width; and a strap attachment portion 6b protruding from the outer surface of the base portion 6a, and the strap from the outer surface of the camera body when the base portion 6a is fixed to the camera body 1 Since the strap mounting bracket 6 made of a molded product in which the height to the top of the mounting portion 6b is set higher than the extended surface of the button surface of the zoom operation portion 4 is disposed, the zoom operation portion 4 and the strap The mounting bracket 6 can be seen as a unit to obtain a good appearance, and the zoom operation unit 4 is guarded by the strap mounting bracket 6 so that the camera can be accidentally dropped or obstructed. It is possible to prevent damage of the zoom operation unit 4 due to an impact when or bumped into.

  The strap mounting bracket 6 is made of a material having the same texture as the contour portion of the zoom operation portion 4 and the wide-angle and telephoto buttons 4a and 4b or the contour portion and the buttons 4a and 4b, or has the same color. It is desirable that the zoom operation unit 4 and the strap mounting bracket 6 be further integrated with each other.

  In addition, in this embodiment, when the base portion 6a of the strap attachment bracket 6 is pressed and the telescopic button 4b on the strap attachment bracket 6 side of the zoom operation portion 4 is pressed with the outer surface height of the zoom operation portion 4 side portion thereof. The strap mounting portion 6b is made to correspond to the position of the finger (thumb) A when the telephoto button 4b is pressed, and the finger A is attached to the end of the camera body 1. Since it is formed at a position to be received from the direction of the part, the photographer is made to recognize by touch that the finger A is on the telephoto button 4b on the strap mounting bracket 6 side, and to make sure that the telephoto button 4b is pressed. Can do.

  In this embodiment, the strap attachment portion 6b of the strap attachment bracket 6 is formed in a shape in which the side surface on the zoom operation portion 4 side is formed into a curved surface that rises gently from the outer surface of the base portion 6a. The strap attachment portion 6b can receive the finger A with a good fit.

  In the above embodiment, the strap mounting bracket 6 is connected to the outer surface of the camera body 1 from the extended surface (the extended surface of the wide angle button 4a and the telephoto button 4b) of the operation surface of the zoom operation unit 4. However, the protrusion height of the strap mounting bracket 6 with respect to the outer surface of the camera body 1 is an extension surface L of the operation surface of the zoom operation unit 4 as in the other embodiment shown in FIG. If the protruding height of the strap mounting bracket 6 is equal to or higher than the extended surface L of the operation surface of the zoom operation unit 4, the zoom operation unit 4 is guarded by the strap mounting bracket 6. In addition, the zoom operation unit 4 can be prevented from being damaged due to an impact.

  In the above-described embodiment, the strap mounting bracket 6 is disposed adjacent to the zoom operation unit 4 provided near the end of the upper portion of the rear surface of the camera body. You may arrange | position at the edge part of the upper surface of the said camera body 1 adjacent to the other operation part provided near the edge part, for example, the shutter button 5 provided near the edge part of the camera body upper surface.

  Further, the digital camera of the above embodiment is provided with the zoom operation unit 4 near the end of the upper part of the rear surface of the camera body, and includes a shutter button and a zoom dial near the end of the upper surface of the camera body. A shutter / zoom operation unit may be provided, and a strap mounting bracket may be disposed adjacent to the operation unit, and any one of the menu key 3, the imaging / playback selection key, the still image / video selection key, etc. The operation unit may be provided near the end of the rear surface of the camera body, and the strap mounting bracket may be disposed adjacent to the operation unit.

  When the strap mounting bracket is disposed adjacent to the operation unit such as the shutter button 5, shutter / zoom operation unit, menu key 3, imaging / playback selection key, still image / moving image selection key, the strap mounting bracket is adjacent It is desirable to provide it so that it can be seen integrally with the operation section to be performed. By doing so, a better appearance can be obtained.

  Further, it is desirable that the strap mounting bracket protrudes from the outer surface of the camera body to the same extent as or higher than the extended surface of the operation surface of the adjacent operation unit. The operating portion to be guarded can be guarded by the strap mounting bracket, and damage to the operating portion due to impact can be prevented.

The perspective view seen from the back surface side of the digital camera which shows one Example of this invention. The enlarged front view of the strap attachment bracket arrangement | positioning part of the said digital camera. FIG. 3 is an enlarged plan view of a strap mounting bracket arrangement portion of the digital camera. The enlarged plan view of the strap attachment bracket arrangement | positioning part of the digital camera which shows the other Example of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Camera body, 2 ... Monitor display part, 3 ... Menu key, 4 ... Zoom operation part, 4a ... Wide-angle button, 4b ... Telephoto button, 5 ... Shutter button, 6 ... Strap attaching bracket, 6a ... Base part, 6b ... Strap attachment part, 7 ... Strap through hole.

Claims (8)

With strap mounting brackets placed adjacent to the operation part provided near the end of the camera body ,
When the strap is attached to the strap through hole in the strap mounting bracket, the strap mounting bracket is disposed so as to protrude from the rear and side surfaces of the camera body so that the strap does not interfere with the operation portion. A digital camera.   The digital camera according to claim 1, wherein the strap mounting bracket is disposed so as to be seen integrally with an adjacent operation unit. The strap mounting bracket, the digital camera according to claim 1, characterized in that it is disposed adjacent to the zoom operation portion provided at an end portion near the upper portion of the camera body rear. The operation unit is a zoom operation unit,
The strap attachment fitting has the same width as the vertical width of the zoom operation unit, claims characterized in that it is arranged to match the one end to the adjacent end of the zoom operation unit Item 4. The digital camera according to Item 3 . The strap mounting bracket includes a base portion having the same width as the vertical width of the zoom operation unit, and said base portion strap attachment portion projecting from the outer surface of fixing the base unit to the camera body The height from the outer surface of the camera body to the top of the strap attachment portion is a molded product set to be equal to or higher than the extension surface of the button surface of the zoom operation portion, The digital camera according to claim 4 . The base portion of the strap mounting bracket is formed in a shape in which the height of the outer surface of the portion on the zoom operation unit side is approximately the same as the button surface height when the button on the strap mounting bracket side of the zoom operation unit is pressed, strap attachment portion, the the position of the finger in correspondence of the time the button is pressed the strap mounting bracket side, claim 5, characterized in that it is formed at a position which receives the fingers from the end direction of the camera body The digital camera described in 1. The digital camera according to claim 6 , wherein the strap attachment portion of the strap attachment bracket is formed in a shape in which a side surface on the zoom operation portion side is formed into a curved surface that gently rises from the outer surface of the base portion. The digital camera according to any one of claims 4 to 7, wherein the zoom operation unit includes a wide-angle button and a telephoto button arranged side by side.

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