JP2003242948A - Electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic device miniaturized by arranging a cell housing chamber and a recording medium housing chamber adjacent to each other, and by forming lids for both chambers into double structure to minimize the space in appearance occupied by the lid members, with reduced number of components and improved exchangeability of the recording media or the like, without damaging proper functions. <P>SOLUTION: The electronic device has the cell housing chamber detachably housing a plurality of cells, and the recording media housing chamber housing recording media. The cell housing chamber and the recording media housing chamber are arranged adjacent to each other, and the lids for both chambers are formed into double structure by applying the lid for the cell housing chamber as an inside lid, and applying the lid for the recording media housing chamber as an outside lid. The inside lid and the outside lid contact with each other when both lid members are closed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic apparatus such as an electronic image pickup apparatus for electronically recording a subject image picked up by an image pickup element on a recording medium or the like, and particularly to an opening of a battery storage chamber and a recording medium storage chamber. The present invention relates to an electronic device in which a cover member that covers a portion is improved to be downsized.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an electronic apparatus such as an electronic image pickup device is provided with a battery storage chamber in which a plurality of batteries are loaded and a recording medium storage chamber in which a recording medium for recording various information (subject image etc.) is loaded. Each of the openings has a lid member that can be opened / closed and provided with a lock mechanism at the closed position, and the lid members are arranged on different surfaces (positions) of the electronic device body. For example, there is an example in which the battery lid is disposed on the bottom surface of the electronic device body and the recording medium lid is disposed on the side surface of the electronic device body.

However, in the electronic apparatus such as the electronic image pickup device shown in the above-mentioned conventional example, when the battery cover and the recording medium cover are provided on different surfaces (positions), it is necessary to dispose the rotating shafts at different positions. There was a problem that the number of parts increased.

Therefore, as a technique for solving the above problems, for example, a technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-17991 is known. In the above publication, a recording medium rotating lid of a recording medium storage chamber is provided on a side surface of a grip portion of an electronic device body such as an electronic image pickup device, and a battery rotating lid of a battery storage chamber is provided on a rear surface of the grip portion. A technique is described in which the lid and the rotating shaft portion of the battery rotation lid are made common. Also,
In general, there is known a technique in which a lid member shared by a recording medium storage chamber and a battery storage chamber is provided on the bottom surface of the electronic device body.

[0005]

However, the recording medium rotating lid of the recording medium storage chamber is provided on the side surface of the grip portion of the electronic device body proposed in the above publication, and the battery rotating lid of the battery storage chamber is provided on the rear surface of the grip portion. In the technique of sharing the rotary shaft portion of the recording medium rotary lid and the battery rotary lid, the rotary shaft portion of the rotary lid is shared, but the lid members are arranged on different surfaces (positions). Therefore, an external space is required to provide the lid member on each of the side surface and the back surface of the grip portion. Also,
It is necessary to provide a lock mechanism for holding the lid member, which causes a problem that the device becomes large.

Further, in the technique of providing a lid member shared by the recording medium storage chamber and the battery storage chamber on the bottom surface of the electronic device body, when the recording medium is replaced, the battery pops out due to the elastic force of the battery contact piece on the inner side of the battery storage chamber. However, there is a problem in that operability is poor because it hinders replacement and there is a risk of dropping the battery.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and is an electronic device having a battery storage chamber for storing a plurality of removable batteries and a recording medium storage chamber for storing a recording medium. The storage chamber and the recording medium storage chamber are arranged in the vicinity, and the battery cover of the battery storage chamber is used as an inner cover, and the recording medium cover of the recording medium storage chamber is used as an outer cover, and the respective lid members are closed. The inner lid and the outer lid come into contact with each other when they are put into the state, and the outer space required by the lid member can be minimized to achieve miniaturization, and the original function is not impaired. It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic device capable of reducing the number of points and improving operability such as exchange of a recording medium.

[0008]

The present invention can solve the above-mentioned problems by providing the following constitutions.

(1) An electronic device having a battery storage chamber for storing a plurality of removable batteries and a recording medium storage chamber for storing a recording medium, wherein the battery storage chamber and the recording medium storage chamber are arranged in the vicinity. A double lid structure in which the battery lid of the battery storage chamber is the inner lid and the recording medium lid of the recording medium storage chamber is the outer lid, and when the respective lid members are closed, the inner lid and the outer lid are closed. An electronic device formed by abutting against each other.

(2) The electronic device according to the above item (1), wherein a protrusion is provided on the upper surface of the battery lid, and the protrusion abuts the recording medium lid.

(3) In the electronic device described in the above item (1), the rigidity of the recording medium cover is set higher than that of the battery cover.

(4) In the electronic device described in the above item (1), the electronic device comes into contact with the recording medium cover at the maximum value of the battery cover dimension tolerance.

(5) In the electronic device described in the above item (1), the battery lid and the recording medium lid have a common rotating shaft portion (hinge).

(6) An electronic device according to the above (5), wherein a rotating shaft portion shared by the battery cover and the recording medium cover is used as a strap mounting shaft.

[0015]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of an electronic image pickup apparatus as an example of an electronic apparatus according to the present invention will be described below.

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway front view showing the external appearance and internal configuration of an electronic image pickup apparatus as an example of an electronic apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an electronic type as an example of an electronic apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which a storage medium lid serving as an outer lid of the imaging device is opened and a battery lid serving as an inner lid is closed.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state in which both a storage medium lid serving as an outer lid and a battery lid serving as an inner lid of an electronic imaging device as an example of the electronic apparatus according to the present invention are opened. 3 is a side view showing a state in which a storage medium lid serving as an outer lid of the electronic image pickup apparatus as an example of FIG. 1 is opened, a battery lid is in a closed state, and a strap attachment state.

A description will be given below with reference to the drawings.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 is an electronic image pickup apparatus main body, and an opening 2 for a photographing optical system photographing lens is arranged on the front surface, and a subject image is formed on an image pickup element by an internal optical system thereof. .

At the upper right of FIGS. 1 to 3, there is provided a stroboscopic light emission window 4 which emits light as needed when the amount of light is insufficient during photographing. Liquid crystal display device (not shown) on the rear surface
It is used for confirmation of a subject image to be captured and reproduction and display of the captured image. 5 is a shutter button,
By operating the shutter button 5, the subject is imaged, and image data of the subject image is recorded on the recording medium 7 described later. A main battery 6 serves as a power source, and a recording medium 7
Can be inserted into and removed from the electronic image pickup apparatus main body 1. 8
Is a battery lid of the battery storage chamber, and 10 is a recording medium lid of the recording medium chamber. When the recording medium lid 10 is opened and the battery lid 8 is opened, the main battery 6 can be inserted and removed. Reference numeral 9 denotes an electrode plate made of a conductive member, which is brought into contact with and in contact with the main battery 6 to supply power to each part of the electronic image pickup device. Reference numeral 11 denotes a strobe charge capacitor for causing the strobe to emit light. Reference numeral 12 denotes a rotation shaft portion, and the recording medium lid 10 and the battery lid 8 rotate about the rotation shaft portion and can be opened / closed. 13 is a strap.

The layout of components of the electronic image pickup apparatus of this embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG.

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of an electronic image pickup device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in the figure, the electronic image pickup apparatus main body 1 has a substantially flat appearance, and includes a battery lid 8 and a recording medium lid 10.
Both indicate a closed state. Inside the electronic imaging device,
A plurality of (two in the figure) main batteries 6 are housed, and respective electrodes (a positive electrode of one battery and a negative electrode of the other battery) and an electrode plate 9 made of a conductive member are brought into contact with each other, and an electronic imaging device is provided. Power is supplied to each part. The battery lid 8 and the recording medium lid 10 are formed of an insulating plastic or the like, and the recording medium lid 10 has a thicker wall and higher rigidity than the battery lid 8 which is the inner lid, and both are in a closed state. At this time, the battery cover 8 plays a role of a member that abuts and reinforces the recording medium cover 10 so that the recording medium cover 10 presses the battery cover 8.

FIG. 2 is a schematic front perspective view of the electronic image pickup apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in the figure, the electronic image pickup apparatus main body 1 has a substantially flat external shape, and the recording medium lid 10 is in an open state and the battery lid 8 is in a closed state. The battery lid 8 is kept in a closed state by a lock mechanism (not shown) that operates at the closed position. A recording medium 7 is stored in the recording medium storage chamber, and a plurality of (not shown) main batteries 6 are stored in the battery storage chamber. At this time, only the recording medium 7 can be inserted and removed. The upper surface of the battery lid 8 has a substantially gourd-shaped protrusion 8
a is provided and contacts the recording medium cover 10 when the recording medium cover 10 is closed.

FIG. 3 is a schematic front perspective view of an electronic image pickup device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in the figure, the electronic image pickup apparatus main body 1 has a substantially flat external shape, and both the battery lid 8 and the recording medium lid 10 are in an open state. A recording medium 7 is stored in the recording medium storage chamber, and a plurality of (two in the drawing) main batteries 6 are stored in the battery storage chamber. At this time, both the recording medium 7 and the main battery 6 can be inserted and removed. The main battery 6 is biased in the pop-out direction by the elastic force of a battery contact piece (not shown) arranged on the inner side of the battery storage chamber.

FIG. 4 is a schematic side view of the electronic image pickup apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in the figure, the recording medium lid 10 is in the open state and the battery lid 8 is in the closed state. The battery lid 8 is kept in a closed state by a lock mechanism (not shown) that operates at the closed position. The recording medium 7 is placed inside the recording medium storage chamber.
And a plurality of (not shown) main batteries 6 are stored in the battery storage chamber. At this time, the recording medium 7
Only removable. The recording medium lid 10 is provided with a substantially circular protrusion 8a 'when the recording medium lid 10 is closed.
Abut. The recording medium lid 10 and the battery lid 8 share a rotating shaft portion (hinge) 12, and the strap 1 is attached to the rotating shaft portion.
3 is attached. The battery shaft 8 and the recording medium cover 10 do not have to be shared by the rotating shaft portion used as the mounting shaft of the strap 13.

Regarding the double lid structure according to the present invention,
It is needless to say that the present invention can be widely applied not only to the electronic image pickup apparatus in this embodiment but also to electronic devices using a battery and a recording medium.

Although the protrusions provided on the upper surface of the battery lid 8 are described as having a gourd shape 8a and a circular shape 8a ', the shape is not limited as long as there is no functional problem.

[0031]

As described above, according to the first invention,
In an electronic device having a battery storage chamber for storing a plurality of insertable / removable batteries and a recording medium storage chamber for storing a recording medium, the battery storage chamber and the recording medium storage chamber are arranged in the vicinity of the battery storage chamber. The battery lid is an inner lid, and the recording medium lid of the recording medium accommodating chamber is an outer lid, and the inner lid and the outer lid are in contact with each other when the respective lid members are closed.

According to a second invention, in the above electronic device,
It is characterized in that a protrusion is provided on the upper surface of the battery lid, and the protrusion abuts on the recording medium lid.

According to a third invention, in the above electronic device,
The rigidity of the recording medium cover is set higher than that of the battery cover.

According to a fourth invention, in the above electronic device,
It is characterized in that it comes into contact with the recording medium lid at the maximum value of the battery lid dimension tolerance.

According to a fifth invention, in the above electronic device,
It is characterized in that the battery cover and the recording medium cover have a common rotating shaft portion (hinge).

According to a sixth invention, in the above electronic device,
It is characterized in that the rotating shaft portion of the battery cover or the recording medium cover is used as the strap mounting shaft.

As a result of the first invention, a double lid structure is adopted in which the inner lid is the battery lid and the outer lid is the recording medium lid, and the inner lid and the outer lid are in contact with each other when the respective lid members are closed. This minimizes the exterior space required by the lid member,
Miniaturization can be achieved, and the original functions are not impaired,
It is possible to reduce the number of parts and facilitate the operability of replacing the recording medium.

As a result of the second aspect of the invention, since the projection on the upper surface of the battery lid is brought into contact with the recording medium lid, the minimum projection desired to be brought into contact makes dimensional control easy and the positioning accuracy of contact is improved. Can be improved.

As a result of the third aspect of the invention, by setting the rigidity of the recording medium lid higher than that of the battery lid, when the battery lid has a thin design for the convenience of the internal structure of the electronic device, the battery contact inside the battery storage chamber is Even if the pushing force (spring pressure) of one piece is received through the battery, it is possible to press the battery lid so as not to bend it with the recording medium lid having high rigidity.

As a result of the fourth aspect of the invention, it is possible to prevent useless pushing-up force from acting on the recording medium lid by setting the dimension tolerance to the maximum value in consideration of variation in dimension. .

As a result of the fifth aspect of the present invention, as the rotating shafts of the battery lid and the recording medium cover are made common, the assembling workability is improved and the number of the rotating shafts is reduced, so that the electronic device main body is reduced. The size can be reduced.

As a result of the sixth aspect of the invention, by using the rotating shaft portion of the battery lid or the recording medium lid as the strap mounting shaft, it is not necessary to separately provide a strap mounting member, and the number of parts is reduced and the electronic device main body is reduced. The size can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway front view showing an external appearance and an internal configuration of an electronic imaging device as an example of an electronic apparatus according to the invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which a storage medium lid as an outer lid of an electronic image pickup apparatus as an example of the electronic apparatus according to the present invention is opened and a battery lid as an inner lid is in a closed state.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which both a storage medium lid serving as an outer lid and a battery lid serving as an inner lid of an electronic image pickup device as an example of the electronic apparatus according to the invention are opened.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a state in which a storage medium lid, which is an outer lid of an electronic image pickup apparatus as an example of an electronic apparatus according to the present invention, is opened, a battery lid is closed, and a strap attachment state.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Electronic imaging device body 2 Aperture for shooting lens 3 Optical viewfinder 4 Strobe emission window 5 shutter button 6 Main battery 7 recording media 8 Battery lid 8a, 8a 'Battery lid-projection 9 electrode plate 10 Recording medium lid 11 Strobe capacitors 12 Rotating shaft 13 Strap

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An electronic device having a battery storage chamber for storing a plurality of insertable / removable batteries and a recording medium storage chamber for storing a recording medium, wherein the battery storage chamber and the recording medium storage chamber are arranged in the vicinity. Then, the battery lid of the battery storage chamber has an inner lid and the recording medium lid of the recording medium storage chamber has an outer lid, and when the respective lid members are closed, the inner lid and the outer lid are closed. An electronic device characterized by being brought into contact with each other. 2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein a protrusion is provided on an upper surface of the battery lid, and the protrusion abuts on the recording medium lid. 3. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the rigidity of the recording medium cover is set higher than that of the battery cover. 4. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device comes into contact with a recording medium cover at a maximum value of a battery cover dimension tolerance. 5. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein a rotation shaft portion (hinge) of the battery lid and the recording medium lid is configured in common. 6. The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein a rotating shaft portion shared by the battery lid and the recording medium lid is used as a strap mounting shaft.