JP2007201736A - Sounding camera - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sounding camera, for which miniaturization can be achieved by efficiently arranging a sounding member such as a speaker using an idle space within a camera body. <P>SOLUTION: The sounding camera 1 comprises a camera body 11 including a photographing lens mirror barrel 19b, a speaker 17 arranged at a first plane of the camera body, and an outer member 10. The outer member 10 covers a second plane of the camera body different from the first plane, and comprises an aperture 10d at the position which covers the second plane and a projection 10g formed outwardly between the position facing the speaker and the first plane so as to configure space. Therein, the space is penetrated to the aperture. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a camera capable of sound generation, and more particularly to a camera capable of sound generation provided with a sound generation member such as a speaker for sound generation based on sound data recorded on a recording medium or the like.

  Conventionally, a light receiving surface of an image sensor such as a photographic film or a charge coupled device (CCD) in which a subject image formed based on a light beam from a subject incident on a photographing optical system is arranged at a predetermined position. A camera configured to form an image on top and record the subject image as image information or image data in a predetermined form is generally put into practical use and widely used.

  Such a conventional camera includes a sound collecting member such as a microphone for acquiring audio information (audio data) simultaneously with image acquisition or alone, and has a recording function capable of performing audio recording using this. There is something. In this type of camera, a soundable camera having a sound reproduction function can be provided by further including a sound generation member such as a speaker that generates sound based on sound data acquired by a recording function and recorded on a recording medium or the like. Various proposals have been made and put into practical use, for example, by JP-A-2005-24063.

  In addition, in a conventional camera, apart from the voice recording function, based on voice data recorded in advance, for example, guidance on operation methods, warnings on operation, etc., sound from a speaker or the like at appropriate times. A camera that can be used is also in practical use.

In the camera disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2005-240663, the sound generation member is provided on the upper surface side of the camera body.
JP-A-2005-24063

  In recent years, there has been a strong demand for miniaturization of cameras, while the components to be arranged for higher functionality have diversified. For this purpose, various devices have been considered in order to efficiently arrange various constituent members such as a sound generating member such as a speaker provided for a sound generating function inside the camera body.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described points, and an object of the present invention is to efficiently arrange sound generating members such as speakers using a free space inside the camera body in a camera capable of sound generation. Thus, it is to provide a camera capable of sound generation that can be reduced in size.

  In order to achieve the above object, a soundable camera according to the present invention comprises a camera body including a photographing lens barrel, a speaker disposed on a first surface of the camera body, and the camera. A second surface different from the first surface of the main body is covered, an opening is formed in a portion covering the second surface, and a space is provided between the portion facing the speaker and the first surface. It has a projecting portion directed outward so as to be formed, and the space has an exterior member formed so as to communicate with the opening.

  According to the present invention, in a camera capable of sound generation, it is possible to provide a soundable camera capable of realizing downsizing by efficiently arranging sound generating members such as speakers using an empty space inside the camera body. it can.

The present invention will be described below with reference to the illustrated embodiments.
1, 2, and 3 are views showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of the front side of the camera of the present embodiment. 2 is a partially exploded perspective view showing a state in which the front side exterior member is removed from the camera of FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line [III]-[III] in FIG.

  The soundable camera of this embodiment is an image sensor such as a charge coupled device (CCD) in which a subject image formed based on a light beam from a subject incident on a photographing optical system is arranged at a predetermined position. The subject image can be recorded on a predetermined recording medium as a predetermined form of image data (moving image or still image), and voice information can be collected simultaneously or independently with the recording of the image data. It is a so-called soundable digital camera (hereinafter simply referred to as a camera) configured to be able to sound and record it as sound data on the same recording medium, and to generate sound based on the recorded sound data.

  First, the outline of the configuration of the camera 1 of the present embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS.

  As shown in the drawing, the camera 1 of the present embodiment forms a basic structure with a front exterior member 10 that is a part of the exterior member, a camera body 11, and a rear cover member 12.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a waterproof member 21 made of rubber packing or the like is interposed between the mating surfaces of the camera body 11 and the rear cover member 12. The waterproof member 21 serves to prevent water and the like from entering the camera body 11. Due to the waterproof member 21, the camera 1 according to the present embodiment has a dustproof and splashproof specification.

  On the front side of the camera body 11 (referred to as the first surface in the camera body 11), there are a photographing lens unit 19, a flash light emitting device 15, a sound collection member 16 such as a microphone, a sound generation member 17 such as a speaker, and the like. Various components are arranged. In this case, a waterproof sheet 43 (only the sounding member 17 side is shown in FIG. 3 and the sound collecting member 16 side is not shown) is attached to the front side of the sound collecting member 16 and the front side of the sounding member 17. ing.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the front exterior member 10 is provided with openings corresponding to the above-described components. For example, the photographing lens window 10 a corresponding to the photographing lens unit 19, the light emitting window 10 b corresponding to the flash light emitting device 15, the sound collecting window 10 c corresponding to the sound collecting member 16, and the like. The opening 10d corresponding to the sounding member 17 is formed on one side surface of the front exterior member 10 (referred to as the second surface in the camera body 11). Details of the opening 10d for the sound generating member 17 will be described later.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the photographic lens unit 19 is disposed in a form that is integrally incorporated into a portion closer to the right side from a substantially central portion when viewed from the front surface of the camera body 11. The photographing lens unit 19 is a unit configured by a plurality of photographing lens barrels 19b and a photographing optical system 19a composed of a plurality of optical lenses held by the photographing lens barrels 19b. The photographic lens unit 19 is a so-called collapsible type in which a plurality of photographic lens barrels 19b are configured to be extendable and retractable by a drive motor (not shown).

  With respect to the gaps formed between the photographic lens barrels 19b of the photographic lens unit 19, waterproofing members 22 are provided at portions closer to the front surface. Due to the waterproof member 22, the photographing lens unit 19 in the camera 1 of the present embodiment also has a dustproof and splashproof specification.

  An imaging element 36 is disposed behind the photographing lens unit 19 and at a predetermined portion on the optical axis of the photographing optical system 19a. The image sensor 36 is mounted on an electric board (not shown) arranged along a direction orthogonal to the optical axis of the photographing optical system 19a.

  A display device 20 composed of an LCD or the like for displaying images and various types of information is disposed further behind the electric board on which the image sensor 36 is mounted. The display surface of the display device 20 is disposed toward the back side of the camera 1.

  The rear cover member 12 is provided with a display window 20 a formed of a transparent member at a portion facing the display surface of the display device 20.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a battery storage chamber 11c for storing a main power source battery 25 such as a rechargeable battery and a predetermined recording medium (see FIG. And a recording medium storage chamber 11b for storing (not shown).

  The wall surface on the front side of the battery storage chamber 11c is formed by a wall portion 11e that forms a part of the camera body 11, and a leaf spring member 35 that is attached to the wall portion 11e by screws 35a or the like. Further, a wall surface (back side) facing the wall portion 11 e of the battery storage chamber 11 c is formed by a partition wall member 31 fixed to the camera body 11.

  The partition wall member 31 is also a wall member for partitioning the battery storage chamber 11c and the recording medium storage chamber 11b. Accordingly, the partition wall member 31 also functions as a wall surface on the front side of the recording medium storage chamber 11b.

  One side surface of the battery storage chamber 11 c and the recording medium storage chamber 11 b is formed by the wall member 34, and the other side surface is formed by the wall member 33.

  Thus, a space formed by the wall portion 11e and the leaf spring member 35, the partition wall member 31, and a part of the wall members 33 and 34 forms a battery storage chamber 11c, which is a main power source. The battery 25 is accommodated.

  In this case, a battery and a recording medium opening (not shown) are formed on the bottom side of the camera 1 corresponding to the part where the battery storage chamber 11c and the recording medium storage chamber 11b are formed. ing. When the main power supply battery 25 is inserted into the battery storage chamber 11c from the battery and recording medium openings and the lid member 24 covering the battery and recording medium openings is closed, the main power supply battery 25 is closed. A signal contact formed at a predetermined portion on the outer surface of the battery is disposed at the inner back side of the battery storage chamber 11c, that is, a portion closer to the upper surface, and forms a wall surface of the recording medium storage chamber 11b, which will be described later. Electrical connection is ensured with respect to signal contacts (not shown) that are electrically connected to the electric substrate 23.

  On the other hand, a recording medium storage chamber 11b is formed in a portion near the back surface of the battery storage chamber 11c. The electric substrate 23 is disposed on the back side of the recording medium storage chamber 11b. Accordingly, the recording medium storage chamber 11b is formed by a space formed by the electric substrate 23, the partition wall member 31, and a part of the wall members 33 and 34, and a recording medium (not shown) is formed in this space. ) Is stored.

  In this case, a predetermined recording medium, for example, a small recording medium having a card shape is inserted into the recording medium storage chamber 11b from the battery and recording medium openings (not shown) provided on the bottom surface side of the camera 1. When the lid member 24 covering the battery and recording medium openings is closed, the signal contact formed at a predetermined portion on the outer surface of the recording medium stored in the recording medium storage chamber 11b is electrically It is electrically connected to signal contacts of a card slot portion (not shown) mounted on the substrate 23.

  A predetermined portion of the front exterior member 10 is formed so as to protrude forward, which is a portion facing the portion where the battery storage chamber 11c is formed. This protruding portion functions as a grip portion 10g that is held by the user when the camera 1 is used.

  The grip portion 10g is provided with a decorative plate 10f having a substantially L-shaped cross section. The short arm portion 10ff of the decorative board 10f is disposed so as to cover a part of the opening 10d (for the sound generating member 17) formed on one side surface of the front exterior member 10.

  As described above, since the grip portion 10g is formed so that a part of the front exterior member 10 protrudes forward, the front exterior member 10 and the camera body are formed at the grip portion 10g. A space portion is formed between the two. A sound generating member 17 is disposed in the space. The space portion communicates with an opening 10 d formed on the side surface of the front exterior member 10 through a side surface opening 11 d having a recess in the camera body 11.

  Here, the configuration of the portion where the sounding member 17 is disposed with respect to the camera body 11 will be described in more detail.

  As described above, the sound generating member 17 is disposed inside the grip portion 10g and is disposed on the front side of the camera body 11. In this case, a speaker housing portion 11 a is formed at a predetermined portion on the front side of the camera body 11 and facing the grip portion 10 g of the front exterior member 10. A sound generating member 17 is disposed in the speaker housing portion 11a.

  The inner diameter dimension of the speaker housing portion 11 a is formed so as to be slightly larger than the outer diameter dimension of the sound generating member 17. Further, the bottom side (part near the back surface) of the speaker storage portion 11a is configured by the leaf spring member 35 described above.

  The leaf spring member 35 is formed with a biasing force that biases the sound generation member 17 disposed inside the speaker storage portion 11a from the bottom side toward the front surface.

  On the other hand, a receiving portion 11aa that protrudes in the radial direction is formed on the peripheral portion on the front side of the speaker housing portion 11a so as to be slightly smaller than the outer diameter size of the sound generating member 17.

  Accordingly, the sounding member 17 is urged toward the front side by the urging force of the leaf spring member 35 in the state of being housed in the speaker housing portion 11a, but the sounding member 17 is moved forward by this urging force. The receiving portion 11aa at the peripheral edge of the front surface side of the speaker housing portion 11a is locked so as not to jump out. That is, the receiving portion 11aa serves to position the sound generating member 17 inside the speaker housing portion 11a. And as above-mentioned, the waterproof sheet 43 is affixed on the front side opening part of the speaker accommodating part 11a.

  As described above, the sound generating member 17 is disposed in the space between the front exterior member 10 and the camera body 11 inside the grip portion 10g. The space communicates with the opening 10d on one side of the front exterior member 10 and the side opening 11d of the camera body 11 as described above. Therefore, the sound produced from the sound producing member 17 is guided to the outside of the side of the camera 1 through the side opening 11d and the opening 10d.

  Note that the side opening 11d and the opening 10d are both formed in a long hole shape and substantially the same shape. The side opening 11d is provided with a strap fitting 18 for attaching a strap (a hanging string) made of a string-like member or the like so as to cover a part of the opening 11d.

  Therefore, when the front exterior member 10 is attached to the front side of the camera body 11 (see FIG. 1), an opening 10d having substantially the same shape is disposed with respect to the side opening 11d. At the same time, the strap bracket 18 on the camera body 11 side is arranged in a state where the short arm portion 10ff of the decorative plate 10f of the front exterior member 10 is overlapped.

  At this time, a strap insertion hole having two openings as shown in FIG. 1 and communicating with the inside is formed on one side surface of the camera 1.

  Since the strap insertion hole is formed by the side surface opening 11d and the opening 10d as described above, it communicates with the space formed inside the grip portion 10g.

  That is, since the space portion and the side surface opening 11d and the opening 10d forming the strap insertion hole are configured to communicate with each other, the sound generated from the sound generation member 17 disposed in the space portion is the side surface. The light is guided to the outside of the camera 1 through a strap insertion hole including the opening 11d and the opening 10d.

  On the other hand, since the space and the strap insertion hole (side opening 11d and opening 10d) communicate with each other, there is a possibility that water or the like may enter from the strap insertion hole toward the inside.

  In this case, as described above, since the waterproof sheet 43 is adhered to the front side opening of the speaker housing portion 11a on the front side of the sound generation member 17, the sound generation member 17 is reliably protected from dust and water. Will be.

  Note that operation members such as a shutter release button 13 and a power button 14 are disposed on the upper surface side of the camera 1 and on the upper surface side of the rear cover member 12.

  A main capacitor 37 for realizing light emission by the flash light emitting device 15 is disposed in the vicinity of the right end portion when viewed from the front of the camera body 11.

  As described above, according to the above-described embodiment, the front exterior member 10 that is a part of the exterior member of the camera 1 has one side surface (second surface) different from the front surface (first surface) of the camera body 11. ) And an opening 10d is formed in a portion covering the one side surface (second surface), and a space is formed between the portion facing the sounding member (speaker) 17 and the front surface (first surface). As described above, a grip portion 10g serving as a protruding portion directed outward is provided, and the space is formed so as to communicate with the opening 10d.

  In other words, the front exterior member 10 that forms the exterior of the camera 1 is located on the side of the photographic lens unit 19, and on the front surface of the camera 1, the grip portion 10 g that is a protrusion having a space on the back surface side. Are formed so as to cover at least a part of the front side and the side of the camera 1 and to have an opening 10d communicating with the space part in a part of the side.

  A sounding member (speaker) 17 is arranged at a position facing the space on the front side of the camera body 11.

  Accordingly, by forming the grip portion 10g so as to protrude forward, a predetermined space portion is formed between the front exterior member 10 and the camera body 11 inside the grip portion 10g. Thus, since the sound generating member 17 is disposed by effectively using this space portion, the dead space is effectively used, and thus the sound generating member 17 can be disposed inside while suppressing the enlargement of the camera 1. . Therefore, it is possible to realize downsizing of the camera 1 capable of sound generation.

  In the above embodiment, the present invention is applied to a digital camera capable of sound generation. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, in a camera using a photographic film as a recording medium, for example, a beep sound is simply generated. The present invention can be applied in the same manner to a camera having a sound generation function that only emits, and the same effect can be obtained.

1 is a perspective view illustrating an appearance of a front side of a camera according to an embodiment of the present invention. The camera of FIG. 1 WHEREIN: The partial exploded perspective view which shows the state which removed the front side exterior member. Sectional drawing which follows the [III]-[III] line | wire of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Camera 10 ... Front side exterior member 10d ... Opening 10g ... Grip part 11 ... Camera body 11a ... Speaker storage part 11aa ... Reception part 11b ... Recording medium storage room 11c ... Battery storage room 11d ... ... Side opening 11e …… Wall 12 …… Rear cover member 17 …… Sound generation member (speaker)
18 …… Strap bracket 19 …… Shooting lens unit 19a …… Shooting optical system 19b …… Shooting lens barrel 20 …… Display device 21, 22 …… Waterproof member 23 …… Electric substrate 35 …… Plate spring member 36 …… Image sensor 37 …… Main capacitor 43 …… Waterproof sheet

Claims (4)

In a camera that can produce sound,
A camera body including a taking lens barrel;
A speaker disposed on the first surface of the camera body;
A second surface different from the first surface of the camera body is covered, an opening is provided in a portion covering the second surface, and the portion facing the speaker is between the first surface and the first surface. An exterior member having a projecting portion directed outward to form a space, the space being formed to communicate with the opening;
A camera capable of sound generation, characterized by comprising: In a camera that can produce sound,
The side of the photographic lens is provided on the front surface of the camera, and has a protruding portion that forms a space on the back side, covers at least a part of the front and side of the camera, An exterior member that partially has an opening that communicates with the space and forms an exterior of the camera;
A camera capable of sound generation, characterized by comprising: In a camera that can produce sound,
A camera body having a taking lens barrel;
Located on the side of the photographic lens barrel and provided on the front surface of the camera, on the back surface side has a protrusion that forms a space, covers at least a part of the front and side of the camera, An exterior member that has an opening that communicates with the space in a part of the side, and that forms the exterior of the camera;
A speaker in the camera body and disposed in a portion facing the space;
A camera capable of sound generation, characterized by comprising:   3. A camera capable of sound generation according to claim 1, wherein the protruding portion forms a grip portion of the camera.

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