JP2006186453A - Video camera - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem of a recording media emergency eject configuration in a video camera that since a product is disassembled for ejection so that a client cannot operate the product easily during operation, e.g. recording/reproduction, in order to protect a recording medium, a long time is required for disassembling the product because several components must be removed. <P>SOLUTION: In the video camera comprising an engaging device for locking a lid being opened/closed in order to load/unload a recording medium, and a plurality of enclosure components exposed to the outside in order to make a housing, the engaging device is exposed when a predetermined one of the plurality of enclosure components is removed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a video camera.

  As background art in this technical field, for example, there is JP-A-2004-253752. In this publication, there is a description “It is aimed to reduce the size of electronic devices” as a problem. Further, as a solving means, in an electronic apparatus having an electronic element that generates heat and an electronic element that has a lower operating environment temperature than a temperature generated from the electronic element, a supporting means that supports a casing of the electronic apparatus, and the supporting means And a heat conducting means for conducting heat by the heat generating electronic element disposed between the heat generating electronic element and the heat generating electronic element.

JP 2004-253752 A

  In recent years, video cameras using optical disks as recording media have appeared. Such a video camera includes an opening / closing lid (cover) that opens and closes when a recording medium is attached and detached. As an engagement mechanism for closing the open / close lid, an engagement claw extended from the open / close lid side is engaged with an engagement claw of an engagement device on the main body side. Further, when the engagement device is disengaged and the open / close lid is opened, the engagement claw is electrically disengaged by operating a take-out knob or the like. For example, the engagement is released by shifting the position of the engagement claw of the engagement device with a motor or the like.

  This engagement mechanism is provided with a recording medium emergency ejection mechanism so that the recording medium can be forcibly removed even if the recording medium cannot be removed by normal operation due to a failure or a malfunction. In such a configuration for emergency removal of recording media in a video camera, the customer can easily remove the recording media in consideration of the protection of the recording media so as not to damage the recording media etc. while the customer tries to take out the recording media unnecessarily. In order to prevent this, a service person or the like uses a tool or the like to disassemble and take out the product.

  On the other hand, an exterior part for making a box of a video camera is divided into a plurality of exterior housing blocks composed of one or more exterior parts. It consists of a front side housing block with a lens opening and a microphone, a liquid crystal display side housing block with a liquid crystal display that can be opened and closed, and a case that surrounds the recording device and an open / close lid (cover) that opens and closes when taking out the recording media. In general, a grip-side housing block, a top-side housing block provided with an external microphone and a light attachment portion, and a rear-side housing block provided with a viewfinder and a battery attachment portion are generally used. Here, each exterior housing block and each exterior component are fixed by fixing means such as screwing, fitting, and adhesion. Here, the engagement mechanism is provided at the upper part of the video camera, and is configured by a claw extending from the disk cover side that is an opening / closing lid that opens and closes and an engagement device on the disk mounting device side (for example, Patent Document 1 [FIG. 1]).

  The configuration of emergency recording media extraction in the video camera having the above configuration will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is an enlarged view of a set of a conventional top cover removal portion.

  In order to forcibly open the disc cover 47, first, since the hood 40 and the filter screw piece 41 are fixed in a screw form, the hood 40 is rotated and removed from the filter screw piece 41. Hereinafter, the filter screw piece 41, the lens cover 42, the L case 43, which are attached with three screws, the cold shoe 44, which is attached with three screws, the top cover 45 and the six exterior parts are removed. The slider 46 of the combined device is exposed to the outside. Service personnel use tools such as a screwdriver to remove the screws and disassemble them in this order. Here, the service person can release the engagement of the locking claw by moving the slider 46, and can open the grip cover 47 and take out the mounted recording medium.

  However, in the above-described recording medium emergency ejection configuration, since there is no consideration for the trouble of forcibly removing the recording medium in the event of a malfunction, six parts must be removed in the conventional technique. Therefore, there is room for improvement in that it takes time to take out the recording medium.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an engagement device for locking an opening / closing lid that opens and closes in order to attach and detach a recording medium, and in a video camera constituted by a plurality of exterior parts, it is engaged only by removing one exterior part. By adopting a structure in which the device is exposed, it is possible to easily release the engagement and open the opening / closing lid even in an emergency, and to provide a video camera that can take out the recording medium without taking time and effort.

  The above object can be achieved by the invention described in the claims.

  According to the present invention, the recording medium can be easily taken out.

  Hereinafter, the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. First, the exterior configuration of the video camera according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of the video camera of the present embodiment, FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view of the grip cover that opens and closes when the recording medium of the present embodiment is taken out, and FIG. 3 displays an image of the present embodiment. FIG. 4 is a rear perspective view when an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display: liquid crystal display panel) is opened.

  The video camera according to this embodiment includes a front side housing block including a lens unit 1, a microphone unit 2, a hood 3, a lens cover 14, a front case 15 for attaching the lens cover 14, and the like, an LCD unit 5, and an LCD. A grip-side housing block composed of a liquid crystal display-side housing block composed of a fulcrum portion 6 and the like, a grip portion 11, and a grip cover 13 that is an open / close lid for attaching / detaching a recording medium, and a top cover 16, a top housing block including an external microphone and a light mounting portion 19 and a rear housing block including an EVF (Electric View Finder) unit 4 and the like. Here, the exterior parts are the hood 3, the grip cover 13, the lens cover 14, the front case 15, the top cover 16 disposed on the upper part of the video camera, and an external microphone and light mounting part 19.

  The user puts his / her finger on the grip part 11 and holds the video camera, and takes a picture with the lens part 1 facing the subject. Video and audio are captured and collected through the lens unit 1 and the microphone unit 2. The hood 3 mounted in front of the lens unit 1 can be attached by the screw type of the front case 15 and M37. When the optical performance is to be changed, the hood 3 is removed and the M37 conversion lens is mounted. It is possible. The EVF unit 4 and the LCD unit 5 display images and the like during shooting and playback. The LCD unit 5 can be opened / closed and rotated by the LCD fulcrum unit 6 and can be adjusted to an arbitrary angle suitable for the use state. When the LCD unit 5 is closed, a playback operation button 7 mainly used at the time of playback is arranged on an adjacent surface, and a shooting operation button 8 mainly operated at the time of shooting is displayed on the surface that appears when the LCD unit 5 is opened. Has been placed. The mode switching knob 9 switches the power on / off and switches between the moving image mode and the still image mode. The recording button 10 is a recording start / stop button. An R case 23 which is an exterior part of the grip portion 11 protects a drive device (not shown) for recording on a recording medium to be mounted. When the recording medium is replaced, by operating the take-out knob 12, the engagement claw of the engagement device for engaging the engagement claw extended from the grip cover 13 described later slides and extends from the grip cover 13. The engagement with the engagement claw is released, the grip cover 13 is opened, and the recording medium can be taken out and replaced.

  Next, the configuration of the exterior parts and the exterior housing block of the video camera will be further described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is an exploded view of the video camera of this embodiment.

  The front housing block 25 is composed of a front case 15 which is an exterior component, a hood 3 and a lens cover 4, and the liquid crystal display side housing block 26 is composed of an L case 21 which is an exterior component, an LCD case 22, and the like. The grip-side housing block 27 is an engagement device for engaging the grip cover 13 with the grip cover 13, which is an exterior component, the R case 23, and a drive device 30 for recording and reproducing data by driving a recording medium. 31 and the like, the top housing block 28 is composed of a top cover 16 that is an exterior component, an external microphone and a light mounting portion 19 and the like, and the rear housing block 29 is a rear case 24 that is an exterior component. It consists of

  Here, when the video camera is assembled, the top cover 16 is disposed at a position where the engagement device 31 is covered. The top cover 16 is an exterior part to be assembled last when assembling the set, and is an exterior part to be removed first when disassembling. The top cover 16 is an exterior part that can be detached independently according to this embodiment. In an emergency, the slider of the engagement device 31 is exposed by removing only the top cover 16 and is engaged by sliding manually. Since the engagement of the claw is released, the engagement of the grip cover 13 is released, and the grip cover 13 is opened, the recording medium can be taken out.

  Next, a method for releasing the engagement of the top cover 16 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 is a top cover removal view of this embodiment, and FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of the top cover removal portion of this embodiment.

  When the screw 20 is removed and the engagement with the engagement hole 23a of the R case 23 is removed, the top cover 16 can be removed upward. When the top cover 16 is removed, the engaging device 31 is exposed on the surface. Here, by manually sliding the slider 17 of the engagement device 31 in the C direction, the engagement is released and the grip cover 13 is opened. As described above, the engagement device 31 can be exposed to release the engagement and the grip cover 13 can be opened simply by removing the top cover 16, so that the recording medium can be easily taken out without trouble.

  Furthermore, the shape and attachment / detachment method of the top cover 16 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 7A is a front perspective view of the top cover 16 of the present embodiment, FIG. 7B is a rear perspective view of the top cover 16 of the present embodiment, and FIG. 8A is a top cover mounting portion of the present embodiment. FIG. 8 (b) is a cross-sectional front view of the top cover mounting portion of this embodiment.

  The top cover 16 is engaged with the lens cover 14, an engagement rib 16 a for engaging with the engagement hole 23 a of the R case 23, and an engagement for engaging with the L case 21. Ribs 16d are provided. Furthermore, an engagement hole 16b for penetrating the external microphone and the light attachment portion 19 and a screw tightening hole 16e for stably fixing the top cover 16 are provided.

  Here, the top cover 16 is rotated and assembled. The engagement rib 16 a of the top cover 16 is inserted into the inner diameter portion of the lens cover 4, and rotates in the direction of arrow D as a rotation fulcrum of the top cover 16. Furthermore, when the top cover 16 is rotated, the engaging hole 16b is configured so as to extend along the attachment portion 19 of the external microphone or the light so that the position in the left-right direction can be determined and incorporated as a rotation guide. ing. Thereafter, the screw 20 is screwed and fixed to the external microphone or the light mounting portion 19. With such a configuration, it can be easily attached and detached simply by rotating along the attachment portion 19 of the external microphone or light. Further, in the final stage of the rotation operation, the engagement ribs 16c and 16d of the top cover 16 are inserted into the engagement holes 23a provided in the R case 23 and the holes (not shown) provided in the L case 21, thereby being stably held. It is the composition which becomes. After the top cover 16 is assembled, it is fixed with screws 20. Here, the engagement ribs 16c, 16d, the engagement holes 23a, and the holes (not shown) provided in the L case 21 are in contact with each other, so that even when stress is applied to the top cover 16 in the direction of displacement, the top cover 16 moves. There is no configuration. As a result, even if stress is applied in the direction of displacement, there is no fear of disconnection or damage. Note that the method of removing the top cover 16 is the reverse of the assembling method, and the screw 20 is removed and rotated with the engaging rib A16a as a fulcrum.

  Next, the configuration and disengagement of the engagement device 31 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a detailed view of the engagement device of this embodiment.

  The two engagement claws 18a of the hook plate 18 attached to the grip cover 13 are respectively engaged with the two engagement claws 31a of the engagement device 31, and the grip cover 13 is in a closed state. Here, when the slider 17 of the engagement device 31 is manually slid in the direction of arrow C, the engagement between the engagement claw 18a and the engagement claw 31a is released, the hook plate 18 is released, and the grip cover 13 is opened. . As a result, the recording medium can be taken out.

  The video camera configured as described above can easily take out a recording medium in an emergency.

  The present embodiment includes an engagement device for locking an opening / closing lid that opens and closes for attaching and detaching a recording medium, and a plurality of exterior parts exposed to the outside for making a box body. When one predetermined exterior part in the exterior part is removed, a part or the whole of the engaging device is exposed. With this configuration, in the event of an emergency, the engagement device is exposed to the outside by simply removing one exterior part, the engagement can be released, and the opening / closing lid can be opened, so that the recording medium can be easily removed without much effort. .

  Further, the predetermined exterior component is a top cover having a hole penetrating an attachment portion of an external microphone or a light. With this configuration, the engagement device is exposed by simply removing the top cover at the top of the video camera, so that workability is improved and labor is further saved.

  Further, the top cover is attached to the exterior component with a single screw. With this configuration, the engagement device is exposed only by removing one screw with a screwdriver, further saving labor.

  Further, the predetermined exterior component is an exterior component that is attached at the end of the assembly sequence when the video camera is assembled. When disassembling, the assembling sequence is configured so that the exterior part to be removed first is the top cover, so that the engagement device is exposed and the engagement is released simply by removing the top cover which is one exterior part. And the opening / closing lid can be easily opened.

  In the present embodiment, the reason why the top cover 16 is arranged on the upper part of the camera is that the bottom of the camera is usually in a stable shape, so that the engagement means can be easily released.

Front perspective view of the video camera of this embodiment Rear perspective view when the grip cover that opens and closes when removing the recording medium of the present embodiment is opened Rear perspective view when the LCD unit of the present embodiment is opened Top cover removal drawing of this embodiment Enlarged view of the top cover removal part of this embodiment Top cover perspective view of this embodiment Cross-sectional view of the top cover mounting part of this embodiment Detailed view of the engagement device of the present embodiment Exploded view of the video camera set of this example Prior art top cover removal diagram

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Lens part, 2 ... Microphone part, 3 ... Hood, 4 ... EVF part, 5 ... LCD part,
6 ... LCD fulcrum, 7 ... Playback operation button, 8 ... Shooting operation button, 9 ... Mode switching knob,
10 ... Recording button, 11 ... Grip part, 12 ... Extraction knob, 13 ... Grip cover,
14 ... Lens cover, 15 ... Front case, 16 ... Top cover,
16a ... engagement rib A, 16b ... engagement hole, 16c ... engagement rib C, 16d ... engagement rib D,
16e ... Screw tightening hole, 17 ... Slider, 18 ... Hook plate, 18a ... Engagement claw,
19 ... External microphone and light mounting part, 20 ... Screw, 21 ... L case,
22 ... LCD case, 23 ... R case, 23a ... engagement hole, 24 ... rear case,
25 ... front side housing block, 26 ... liquid crystal side housing block,
27: Grip side housing block, 28 ... Top side housing block,
29 ... Rear side housing block, 30 ... Drive device, 31 ... Engagement device, 31a ... Engagement claw,
40 ... Hood, 41 ... Filter screw piece, 42 ... Lens cover, 43 ... L case,
44 ... Cold shoe, 45 ... Top cover, 46 ... Slider, 47 ... Grip cover

Claims (12)

A disc recording / reproducing apparatus for recording / reproducing information on a disc,
An exterior component constituting the exterior of the recording / reproducing apparatus;
An opening / closing lid for attaching and detaching the disk;
Engagement means for holding the open / close lid;
Have
It becomes possible to release the engagement of the engagement means by removing one of the exterior parts.
Disc recording / playback device. The disk recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 1,
The exterior component is held in the disk recording / reproducing device by a screw.
Disc recording / playback device. The disc recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,
The exterior component is disposed on the upper part of the disk recording / reproducing device.
Disc recording / playback device. The disc recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
The exterior part has a hole,
Disc recording / playback device. A disc recording / reproducing apparatus for recording / reproducing information on a disc,
An exterior component constituting the exterior of the recording / reproducing apparatus;
An opening / closing lid for attaching and detaching the disk;
Engagement means for holding the open / close lid;
Have
Of the exterior parts, the engagement of the engagement means can be released by removing the exterior part assembled last.
Disc recording / playback device. The disc recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 5,
The exterior part assembled at the end is held in the disk recording / reproducing apparatus by screws,
Disc recording / playback device. The disk recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 5 or 6,
The exterior part assembled at the end is arranged on the upper part of the disk recording / reproducing apparatus.
Disc recording / playback device. The disk recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein
The exterior part assembled at the end has a hole,
Disc recording / playback device. An engagement device for locking an open / close lid that opens and closes to attach and detach the recording medium;
A plurality of exterior parts exposed outside to make a box,
A video camera composed of
When one predetermined exterior part of the plurality of exterior parts is removed, a part or the whole of the engaging device is exposed.
Video camera. The video camera according to claim 9, wherein
The predetermined exterior component is a top cover having a hole penetrating an attachment portion of an external microphone or light.
Video camera. The video camera according to claim 9 or 10,
The top cover is attached to the exterior component with one screw,
Video camera. The video camera according to claim 9, wherein
The predetermined exterior component is an exterior component that is attached at the end of the assembly sequence when the video camera is assembled.
Video camera.

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