JP2001103345A - Support member for prompter - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a support member for prompter offering ease of carrying by configuring the support member for a prompter, which supports the prompter consisting of a liquid crystal display device and a half mirror, into a 2-split structure consisting of a 1st support member and a 2nd support member so as to configure the 1st and 2nd support members in an overlapping enable way with an overlapping mechanism. SOLUTION: The support member 10 for a prompter is configured into a 2-split structure consisting of a 1st support base 24 supporting the liquid crystal display device 12 and the half mirror 14 and a 2nd support base 26 supporting an ENG camera 16. The 1st support base 24 and the 2nd support base 26 are configured in an overlapping enable way with a slide mechanism. Thus, the support base 10 is made compact and the weight balance is improved to offer ease of carrying.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a prompter for displaying an image of a news manuscript on a newscaster, and more particularly to a support member for a prompter for supporting the prompter on a camera platform.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A prompter disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 1-147970 or the like includes a transmission type liquid crystal display panel (hereinafter, referred to as a "liquid crystal panel") and a half mirror, and a news manuscript displayed on the liquid crystal panel. Is reflected by a half mirror toward a newscaster. The liquid crystal panel and the half mirror are fixed on a support (support member) detachably attached to a tripod head, and a television camera is disposed behind the half mirror. Is also detachably mounted on the support base. This allows the newscaster to comment on the news toward the television camera while viewing the image of the news manuscript reflected on the half mirror.

[0003] Prompter systems used for outdoor coverage sometimes change the coverage site frequently in a short period of time and are used. An ENG camera, which is a television camera that can be placed on the shoulder in consideration of the above, is applied.

According to such a prompter system, when changing the news gathering site, the ENG camera is detached from the support, and then the support is removed from the camera platform. And divided into three on a support base and a tripod,
I was carrying it to the next interview site.

[0005]

However, the above-described conventional prompter system is easy to carry an ENG camera or a tripod, but has a drawback that a support base on which a liquid crystal panel and a half mirror are supported is difficult to carry. Was. Because the support base is composed of a plurality of members including a front member that supports the liquid crystal panel and the half mirror, and a rear member that supports the ENG camera, the support base is a long object as a whole, This is because the weight of the front member is significantly heavier than the weight of the rear member, and the weight balance is poor.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a support member for a prompter which is easy to carry.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a display means for displaying an image, a half mirror for reflecting an image displayed on the display means in a predetermined direction, and a half mirror. In a support member for a prompter for supporting a prompter system including a television camera arranged on the back side of the image reflecting surface of the mirror on a camera platform, the support member is configured in a plurality of divided structures including a plurality of support members. The plurality of divided support members are configured to be overlapped by an overlapping mechanism.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, in a support member for a prompter for supporting a prompter system including a display means, a half mirror, and a television camera, the support member is formed into a plurality of divided structures including a plurality of support members. Since the plurality of support members are configured to be superimposable by the superposition mechanism, when the support members are carried, the plurality of support members are superimposed and carried. Thus, the supporting member according to the first aspect is compact and has a good weight balance, so that it is easy to carry.

The invention according to claim 2 is an invention in which a slide mechanism for slidably connecting a plurality of support members is employed as the overlapping mechanism. If this slide mechanism is used, the plurality of support members can be easily overlapped only by sliding the plurality of support members in the direction of relatively approaching.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the plurality of support members are configured in a two-part structure including a first support member and a second support member.
The supporting member supports the display means and the half mirror, and the second
This is an invention in which a television camera is supported by a support member. When carrying such a support member, first, the television camera is detached from the second support member, and then the second support member is superimposed on the first support member and carried. Thereby, the supporting member is compact and the weight balance is improved, so that the supporting member is easy to carry.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of a support member for a prompter according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a front view of a prompter support (support member) 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. A support 10 shown in FIG. 1 includes a prompter composed of a liquid crystal display device (display means) 12 and a half mirror 14,
An attachment member fixed to a substantially central portion of the lower surface of the support base 10 as a support member for supporting a prompter system including the ENG camera 16 indicated by an upper two-dot chain line on a camera platform 20 mounted on a tripod 18. It is detachably attached to the camera platform 20 via 22.

As shown in FIG. 2, the support base 10 includes a first support base (first support member) 24 formed in a frame shape and a second support base (second support member) 26 formed in a rectangular shape. And a two-segment structure. The liquid crystal display device 12 and the half mirror 14 of FIG. 1 are attached to the first support 24, and the ENG camera 16 is attached to the second support 26. The ENG camera 16 has a shoulder rest part 29A on the lower part.
The camera body 29 is formed at a predetermined position on the second support base 26 via an adapter member 28 shown in FIG. The adapter member 28 has a structure capable of adjusting the position with respect to the second support 26, and by using this structure, the position of the camera body 29 with respect to the second support 26 is adjusted. The position of the ENG lens 30 with respect to 14 in the front, rear, left and right directions is adjusted.

The liquid crystal display device 12 has a device main body 32 formed in a box shape as shown in FIG.
It is fixed to the lower part of the support 24. As shown in FIG. 2, a rectangular liquid crystal panel 34 is provided on the upper surface of the apparatus main body 32, and the liquid crystal panel 34 has a display surface facing upward through a rectangular opening 25 formed in the first support 24. It is attached in the state where it turned.

An image input terminal 36 is provided on a side surface of the device main body 32 of the liquid crystal display device 12, as shown in FIG. The video input terminal 36 is connected to a video output terminal 40 of the camera body 29 via a cable 38. The broadcast manuscript is placed in front of the half mirror 14 in advance.
The image is captured by the camera body 29 via the NG lens 30.
As a result, a video signal indicating the image of the broadcast document is input from the video output terminal 40 to the liquid crystal display device 12, and the video signal is stored in the image memory by the image processing device built in the liquid crystal display device 12, and is stored in the image memory. The image of the broadcast manuscript is displayed on the liquid crystal panel 34. The document image displayed on the liquid crystal panel 34 is reflected by the half mirror 14 to the upper left side in FIG. The apparatus main body 32
In addition to the video input terminal 36, a power source connector, an editing remote controller connector, a power switch and the like are provided. Therefore, when the power switch is turned on, the liquid crystal display device 12 is activated by the power supplied from the power supply unit via the power source connector. Then, the document image is displayed on the liquid crystal panel 34, and is remotely operated by a remote control signal from a remote control operation unit output via the editing remote control connector. The content of the remote operation is switching of a display image, and this remote operation is performed by a newscaster reading a document image.

Next, the mounting structure of the half mirror 14 will be described. The half mirror 14 is composed of a pair of poles 4 erected on a first support 24 as shown in FIGS.
2, 42 so as to be able to move up and down. A pair of poles 4
3, are fixed to ears 24A, 24A formed integrally with the first support 24 as shown in FIG. 3, and these poles 42, 42 are provided with sleeves 44 for moving the half mirror 14 up and down. It is fitted to the pole 42 so as to be able to move up and down. As shown in FIG. 4, a slit 46 is formed in the sleeve 44 in parallel with the axial direction of the sleeve 44, and a pair of ears 47 formed on both sides of the slit 46 is formed with a lever 48. The screw rod 50 is screwed. Therefore, when the screw rod 50 is rotated in the fastening direction by the lever 48, the width of the slit 46 is reduced, so that the sleeve 44 is pressed against and fixed to the pawl 42.

The sleeve 44 has a sleeve 4
The sleeve 52 having a smaller diameter than that of the sleeve 4 is integrally formed. The sleeve 52 is formed in a direction orthogonal to the sleeve 44 and has a substantially oval-shaped bracket 5.
The fourth shaft 56 is rotatably fitted. Bracket 54
Are mounted on both side surfaces of a box-shaped casing 58 to which the half mirror 14 of FIG. 1 is fixed. Thereby, the half mirror 14 is rotated about the shaft 56, and is rotated between the use position (inclination angle 45 °) in FIG. 1 and the folding position (inclination angle 0 °) shown in FIGS. Is done. Further, a stopper pin 60 for positioning the half mirror 14 at the use position in FIG. 1 is provided on the bracket 54 of FIG. 4, and a stopper plate 62 with which the stopper pin 60 abuts is provided on a side surface of the sleeve 52. The projection is formed. When the half mirror 14 is rotated from the folding position toward the use position, the stopper pin 60
Move clockwise around the axis 56 as shown in FIG. Then, when the half mirror 14 is rotated (inclined) by 45 °, the stopper pin 60 contacts the stopper plate 62,
Subsequent rotation is regulated. As a result, the half mirror 14 is automatically positioned at the use position at an inclination angle of 45 °.

As shown in FIG. 4, the sleeve 52 has a slot 64 as shown in FIG. 4, and a pair of ears 65 formed on both sides of the slot 64 have levers 66 formed thereon. The screw rod 68 is screwed. Accordingly, when the screw rod 68 is rotated in the fastening direction by the lever 66, the width of the slit 64 is reduced, and the sleeve 52 is pressed against the shaft 56 and fixed. This allows
The half mirror 14 is fixed at the use position or the folding position.

On the other hand, a stopper ring 70 is fitted over the pole 42. This stopper ring 70
When the upper portion of the sleeve 44 abuts on the lower portion of the half mirror 14, the height position of the sleeve 44, that is, the height position of the half mirror 14, is determined. The stopper ring 70 has a slit 72 similarly to the sleeves 44 and 52, and a screw 74 is screwed into a pair of ears 73 formed on both sides of the slit 72. Therefore, the screw 74
Is tightened, the width of the slit 72 becomes narrower, so that the stopper ring 70 is pressed against the pawl 42 and fixed. As a result, the half mirror 14 is raised to the height of the use position regulated by the stopper ring 70.

The height position of the half mirror 14 is set by the height position of the ENG lens 30 when the ENG camera 16 is mounted on the second support 26. Therefore, when the same ENG camera 16 is used, the height position is constant. If the stopper ring 70 is fixed to the pole 42 at a position corresponding to that position, the half mirror 14 can be moved from the folded position. When raising to the use position,
The height position does not need to be adjusted each time, but is adjusted automatically. Therefore, the trouble of adjusting the height position of the half mirror 14 can be saved.

As shown in FIG. 2, the first support 24 and the second support 26 constituting the support 10 are connected by a pair of holding plates 76,76. Holding plate 76, 76
Is mounted on the first support base 24 by a screw 80 provided with a lever 78 as shown in FIG. The holding plate 82 is formed with a holding piece 82 for holding the second support base 26 between the first support base 24 and the first support base 24.
A guide surface 84 is formed to guide the second support 26 slidably along the longitudinal direction of the second support 26. Therefore, when the screw 80 is loosened, the holding force of the holding plate 76 and the first support table 24 is released from the second support table 26, and the second support table 26 is moved along the guide surface 84 in the longitudinal direction of the second support table 26. Can be slid.

A guide groove 86 indicated by a broken line in FIG. 2 is formed on the lower surface of the second support 26 along the longitudinal direction of the second support 26. A pair of guide pins 88 and 90 projecting from the first support 24 are engaged with the guide grooves 86. As for the guide pin 88, the support base 10 is shown in FIGS.
The upper left end portion 86 of the guide groove 86 in FIG.
A is abutted. Thereby, the sliding of the second support 26 to the right in FIG. 2 with respect to the first support 24 is restricted, and the support 10 is held in the used state, and
The detachment of the second support 26 from the support 24 is also prevented.

On the other hand, the guide pin 90 is in contact with the upper right end portion 86B of the guide groove 86 in FIG. 2 when the support base 10 is in the superimposed state of FIGS. Thereby, the sliding of the second support 26 to the left in FIG. 6 with respect to the first support 24 is restricted, and the first support 24 and the second support 26 are held in an overlapped state. At the same time, the second support 26 is prevented from coming off from the first support 24.

In the superimposed state, the tip 26A of the second support 26 is connected to the first support 2 as shown in FIGS.
4 is located at a position protruding forward by a predetermined amount. Further, the rear end 26B of the second support 26 is located at a position protruding a predetermined amount behind the first support 24 as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, the protrusion amount of the second support stand 26 relative to the first support stand 24 is set to be substantially the same for both the front end portion 26A and the rear end portion 26B. The center of gravity of the second support 26 substantially coincides with the center of gravity of the liquid crystal display device 12 and the center of gravity of the half mirror 14. Thus, the support base 10 can be carried in a well-balanced manner by gripping the handle 15 provided at the center of the side surface of the first support base 24.

Mirror supporters 92, 92 are fixed to the tip 26A of the second support 26, and the upper end 58A of the casing 58 of the half mirror 14 is mounted on the mirror supporters 92, 92. Also, the mirror supporter 92,
A lock 94 is provided on the distal end portion 26A adjacent to the base 92. The lock 94 is engaged with a claw (not shown) provided on an upper end 58A of the casing 58, and
The rotation of is regulated. As a result, the half mirror 14 is held at the folded position.

In the prompter system shown in FIG. 1, the optical path of the original image formed between the liquid crystal display device 12 and the half mirror 14 is controlled by black light-shielding covers 100 and 116 shown by two-dot chain lines in FIG. The surroundings and the original image reflected by the half mirror 14 are clearly shown to the newscaster. Also, due to the characteristics of the transmissive liquid crystal panel 34, when external light enters the liquid crystal panel 34,
Since the displayed document image is difficult to see, the light-shielding flag 102 shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG.

FIG. 10 shows an extended form of the light shielding cover 100 when the prompter system is used, and FIG. 11 shows a folded state of the light shielding cover 100 when the half mirror 14 is folded.

The light-shielding cover 100 shown in these figures comprises a cover body 104 made of nylon having flexibility, and two reinforcing plates 108 and 110 shown in FIG. 12 for reinforcing the cover body 104.

As shown in FIGS. 10 to 12, the cover body 104 has an upper surface 114, side surfaces 116 and 116, and a back surface 1 as shown in FIG.
18 are provided. The upper surface portion 114 and the rear surface portion 118 are integrally formed, and the side surface portion 11
6 are formed separately. As shown in FIG. 10, a plurality of fixtures 112, 112,... Fixed to the side surface of the casing 58 are provided on the upper inclined side portion of the side surface portion 116, and the handle 15 is exposed below the side surface portion 116. An opening 116A for forming the opening 11A is formed.
A bonding member 116B that is attached to and detached from the device main body 32 of the liquid crystal display device 12 is provided below 6A.

The upper surface portion 114 is coated on the outside of the casing 58 of the half mirror 14, and as shown in FIG.
A metal or plastic reinforcing plate 108 is attached over the entire area in the width direction of the first embodiment. On the other hand, a reinforcing plate 110 made of metal or plastic is also attached to the back surface of the back part 118.

When the reinforcing plates 108 and 110 are attached to the above-described positions, the rear surface 118 is formed by making a boundary 119 between the rear surface 118 and the upper surface 114 a mountain fold line, and The edge 111 is folded as a mountain fold line. As a result, the light shielding cover 100 is
It is folded like

In this folded state, an upper surface portion 114 on which a reinforcing plate 108 is attached as shown in FIG.
And the rear part 118 to which is attached. Therefore, the half mirror 14 has two reinforcing plates 108 and 110
Therefore, even if the light-shielding cover 100 inadvertently collides with an obstacle when the support 10 is carried, the half mirror 14 can be protected from the impact. Further, in the present embodiment, since the reinforcing plates 108 and 110 are formed of metal or plastic, the protection power of the half mirror 14 can be improved as compared with a paper reinforcing plate.

The rear part 118 has an ENG lens insertion hole 113 as shown in FIG. An opening 115 shown in FIG. 12 is formed in the reinforcing plate 110 at a portion corresponding to the hole 113 for inserting an ENG lens.
The insertion of the ENG lens 30 (see FIG. 1) is permitted.
Further, a light-shielding cloth 117 is attached to the ENG lens insertion hole 113 in FIG. 11. When the tip of the ENG lens 30 is inserted into the opening 120 of the light-shielding cloth 117, the surrounding area of the opening 120 is formed. Around the opening 120 due to the restoring force of the rubber band (not shown) attached to the
It is closely attached to the periphery of the lens 30. Thereby, the back part 1
External light is prevented from entering the liquid crystal panel 34 from the liquid crystal panel 18.

FIG. 13 is an assembly diagram of the light-shielding flag 102. The light-shielding flag 102 includes a top plate 122 and two side plates 124, 124. The top plate 122 is attached to the upper end portion 58A of the casing 58 so as to be continuous with the upper surface portion 114 of the light shielding cover 100 shown in FIG. 10, and the side plate 124 of FIG. 124 are connected by a connecting tool (not shown).

The top plate 122 is divided into two small plates 126, 126 in consideration of portability.
26 and 126 are connected by a flexible tape 128 in a state where the opposing edges 126A are applied to each other. As a result, the top plate 122 is
The plate is rotated in the direction indicated by the upper arrow in FIG. 13 at the boundary of A, and the small plates 126 are folded together.

Thus, the top plate 122 is made compact and easy to carry. In addition, the small plates 126, 126
Adhesive tapes 130, 130 are attached to the surfaces facing each other. By bonding the adhesive tapes 130, 130 together, the top plate 122 is kept in a folded state. Therefore, the small plates 126, 126 folded while carrying the top plate 122 are not expanded. In the present embodiment, only the top plate 122 is configured in a two-part structure, but if the side plate 124 is also configured in the two-part structure, the portability is further facilitated.

FIG. 14 is a sectional view showing an embodiment in which an L-shaped stopper member 132 for preventing excessive insertion of the ENG lens 30 is attached to the casing 58 of the half mirror 14. This stopper member 132 is similar to that shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 5, it is attached inside the lens insertion opening 59 formed in the casing 58 and is provided immediately before the half mirror 14. With this, ENG
When the lens 30 is inserted through the opening 59 of the casing 58, the distal end portion 31 of the ENG lens 30 contacts the stopper member 132 immediately before contacting the half mirror 14, and further insertion is restricted. Further, the stopper member 132 can be mounted inside the opening 115 formed in the reinforcing plate 110 shown in FIG. Therefore, since the ENG lens 30 does not collide with the half mirror 14, the half mirror 14 can be protected from the ENG lens 30. Further, even if the ENG lens 30 is inserted into the openings 59 and 115 in a blind state, EN
Since the ENG lens 30 is positioned at a position where the distal end portion 31 of the G lens 30 is in contact with the stopper member 132, the positioning operation of the ENG lens 30 is facilitated.

Next, a description will be given of how to carry the support base 10 having the above-described structure.

First, after removing the ENG camera 16 from the second support 26 of the support 10 shown in FIG.
Remove the support base 10 from 0.

Next, by turning the levers 78, 78 in FIG. 8 to loosen the screws 80, 80, the holding plates 76, 76 and the first support 2
4, the holding of the second support 26 by the second support 26 is released, and the second support 26 is slid toward the first support 24 so that the second support 26 is placed on the first support 24 as shown in FIG. Overlaid. Then, turn the levers 78, 78 in the fastening direction,
The second support 26 is clamped and held between the holding plates 76 and 76 and the first support 24 and fixed.

Next, the lever 4 on the half mirror 14 side
By turning 8, 66, the screws 50, 68 of FIG. 4 are loosened, and the casing 58 of the half mirror 14 is lowered and tilted, and the upper end 58A of the casing 58 is placed on the mirror supporters 92, 92. Then, the upper end 58A of the casing 58 is locked by the lock 94. Thereby, the form of the support base 10 is changed from the use form of FIG. 1 to the portable form shown in FIG. Thereafter, the support 15 is carried by grasping the handle 15.

As described above, according to the support 10 of the present embodiment, the first support 24 on which the liquid crystal display device 12 and the half mirror 14 are supported, and the second support on which the ENG camera 16 is supported. 26 in a two-part structure.
Since the support base 24 and the second support base 26 are configured to be superimposable by the slide mechanism, the support base 10 is compact, and the weight balance of the support base 10 during carrying is improved, so that the carrying is easy. .

In this embodiment, since the slide mechanism is employed as the superposition mechanism, the first support 24
And the second support 26 can be easily overlapped.

In the present embodiment, the first support 24 and the second support
The support table 26 is configured to be slid and overlapped with each other. However, the present invention is not limited to this.
The second support 26 may be connected to the second support 26 via a hinge, and the first support 24 and the second support 26 may be relatively rotated and overlapped.

In the present embodiment, the first support 24
Although the two-divided structure including the and the second support 26 has been described, it is also possible to provide a third support and provide a three-divided structure.

[0046]

As described above, according to the support member for a prompter according to the present invention, the support member is divided into the first support member and the second support member, and the first support member and the second support member are separated. The slide mechanism or the superimposition mechanism is configured to be superimposable, and the support member is made compact and can be carried, so that it is easy to carry.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a supporter for a prompter according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Front view showing an example applied to a prompter system having a camera

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a supporter for a prompter shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a supporter for a prompter shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of a main part showing a configuration of a half mirror height adjusting structure of a prompter.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a support table showing a state in which a half mirror is folded.

FIG. 6 is a front view of the support table shown in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view of the operation of the tilt angle adjusting structure of the half mirror.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view of the second supporter, taken along line 8-8 in FIG. 2;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a state where the second support is superimposed on the first support.

FIG. 10 is an expanded view of the light-shielding cover showing a state where the light-shielding cover is attached to the prompter.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a state where the light shielding cover shown in FIG. 10 is folded.

FIG. 12 is a sectional view of the light shielding cover shown in FIG. 10;

FIG. 13 is an assembled perspective view of a light shielding flag.

FIG. 14 is a diagram in which a stopper member for preventing excessive insertion of an ENG lens is attached to a casing of a half mirror.

FIG. 15 is a perspective view of the stopper member shown in FIG. 14;

[Explanation of symbols]

10: Prompter support stand, 12: Liquid crystal display device, 1
4. Half mirror, 16 ENG camera, 24 first support, 26 second support, 30 ENG lens, 34
Liquid crystal panel, 42 ... pole, 44, 52 ... sleeve, 7
0: Stopper ring, 92: Mirror supporter, 100
... light shielding cover, 102 ... light shielding flag, 132 ... stopper member

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A display device for displaying an image, a half mirror for reflecting an image displayed on the display device in a predetermined direction, and a television camera disposed on the back side of the image reflecting surface of the half mirror. In a support member for a prompter for supporting the prompter system on a camera platform, the support member is configured in a plurality of divided structures including a plurality of support members, and the plurality of divided support members are overlapped by a superposition mechanism. A support member for a prompter, wherein the support member is configured to be able to be combined. 2. The superposition mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the superposition mechanism is a slide mechanism for slidably connecting the plurality of support members, and the plurality of support members are slid in a relatively approaching direction by the slide mechanism and superposed. Claim 1
The support member for a prompter according to the above. 3. The support member for a prompter according to claim 2, wherein said plurality of support members have a two-part structure including a first support member and a second support member. 4. The display device and the half mirror are supported by the first support member, and the television camera is supported by the second support member.
The support member for a prompter according to the above.