JP2009037082A - Lens barrel - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mounting member with a holding member that accommodates a plurality of oscillation detecting means, thereby achieving a size reduction. <P>SOLUTION: The mounting member 1 is provided with spaces 34 and 35. Two oscillation gyro sensors 21 and 22 mounted on flexible printed wiring materials 25 are wrapped in elastic members 23 and 24 respectively and press-fitted into the spaces 34 and 35. Thus, the oscillation gyro sensors 21 and 22 are mounted on the mounting member 1. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a lens barrel that is attached to, for example, a single-lens reflex camera or the like and includes a shake detection unit that detects a shake amount for driving a shake correction mechanism.

  Conventionally, various apparatuses for correcting camera shake due to camera shake have been proposed. What is important when correcting image blur is a detecting means for detecting camera shake. A typical one is a plane perpendicular to the optical axis, and has two vertical and horizontal rotational shake detection means and horizontal and horizontal rotational shake detection means, within the same plane perpendicular to the optical axis in the lens barrel. In addition, these two-direction detecting means are arranged. Based on the detected shake signal, the shake correction optical member in the photographic optical system is displaced in two directions to eliminate the image shake and obtain a good photographic image.

  Examples of shake detection means for detecting camera shake include an angular displacement meter, an angular velocity meter, and an angular accelerometer. These shake detection means output false signals other than normal camera shake signals due to harmful vibrations other than camera shake, such as the impact of the mechanism required for shooting such as quick return mirrors of single-lens reflex cameras and shutter travel. There is a disadvantage that it ends up.

  Therefore, there is also a proposal related to an attachment method for removing harmful vibrations. For example, in Patent Document 1, harmful vibrations are caused by interposing an elastic member when fixing a holding means that houses a plurality of shake detection means to a housing. Propagation to the detection means.

  In addition, recent lens barrels are generally electronically controlled and require space for electronic equipment. However, as the mechanism becomes more complex due to downsizing and expansion of the zoom ratio, new corrections for camera shake have been made. Currently, it is difficult to install the device.

  Therefore, incorporating a plurality of shake detection means for vertical and horizontal rotational shakes and a holding mechanism thereof into the lens barrel may lead to an increase in the size of the lens barrel and an increase in restrictions on the optical system design.

  Various proposals have also been made in this regard. For example, in Patent Document 2, two orthogonal vibration gyro sensors are arranged in the same plane perpendicular to the optical axis other than the protrusion of the stepping motor for driving the diaphragm. Has been.

  In Patent Document 3, the drive means for adjusting the focus and the shake detection means are arranged in the same plane perpendicular to the optical axis direction in order to effectively use the space.

JP-A-7-270847 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-311862 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 8-94899

  However, each of the above-described conventional examples has the following problems. In Patent Document 1, a holding unit that houses a plurality of shake detection units is required, and the holding unit extends over the positions of the plurality of shake detection units, so that it is difficult to realize a lens barrel that is increased in size and aimed at downsizing.

  In Cited Documents 2 and 3, the influence on the degree of freedom of arrangement of the motor or the like is great at the time of designing each lens barrel, and it is not versatile, and the shape of the member to which the shake detecting means is attached is likely to be complicated. Further, by arranging the shake detection means in the vicinity of the motor or the like, there is a drawback that it becomes easy to pick up drive vibration of the motor or the like and an error signal is generated in a signal for shake correction. Furthermore, it is difficult to be a holding method of the detection means that can be used for various types of lens barrels, and each requires a dedicated design, which takes time and effort to develop.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a lens barrel that solves the above-described problems and is easy to configure and can be downsized.

  The technical features of the lens barrel according to the present invention for achieving the above object occur in an optical system for forming a subject image, a mount member for connecting the optical system to another device, and the optical system. A lens barrel having a plurality of shake detection means for detecting shake, and a holding means for holding the plurality of shake detection means is provided on the mount member.

  According to the lens barrel of the present invention, not only can it be used in various types, but a simple configuration is possible without impairing the degree of freedom of arrangement of the motor and the like. In addition, it is not necessary to configure the holding means for storing the plurality of shake detection means as separate parts, and the size can be reduced.

The present invention will be described in detail based on the embodiments shown in the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an interchangeable lens barrel, which is a longitudinal sectional view cut along a plane including an optical axis. The mount member 1 provided at the rear part of the lens barrel has a flange surface 1a for connecting to a camera body (not shown), a diameter fitting portion 1b, and a bayonet claw portion 1c for coupling. A fixed cylinder 2 fixed to the mount member 1 with a screw or the like is a base part of an interchangeable lens barrel, and a zoom ring 3 is engaged with the fixed cylinder 2 and supported so as to be rotatable around the optical axis.

  In the lens barrel, a front lens group L1, a camera shake correction lens L2, and rear lens groups L3 and L4 are arranged as an optical system for forming a subject image from the front along the optical axis. The front lens group L1 is a front lens group. The rear group lenses L3 and L4 are held by the lens barrel 4 and the rear group lens barrel 5 is held. The camera shake correction lens L2 constitutes a part of the camera shake correction unit 6. The camera shake correction unit 6 is fixed to the rear group barrel 5, and the camera shake correction lens L2 can be moved in a direction orthogonal to the optical axis by the camera shake correction unit 6. It has become.

  The front group barrel 4 is supported by the filter cylinder 7, and the filter cylinder 7 is engaged with the fixed cylinder 2 and the zoom ring 3 while being supported by the movable cylinder 8. An annular electric circuit board 9 is fixed to the fixed cylinder 2, and the electric circuit board 9 is disposed in the vicinity of the mount member 1. The mount contact 10 performs electrical communication and power supply with the camera body, and is connected to the electric circuit board 9 via a flexible printed wiring material. One end of the camera shake correction drive wiring 11 is connected to the electric circuit board 9, and the other end of the camera shake correction drive wiring 11 is connected to the camera shake correction unit 6, and control signals are transmitted and received.

  During operation, the front group barrel 4 and the rear group barrel 5 that respectively hold the front group lens L1 and the rear group lenses L3 and L4 advance and retract in the direction of the optical axis to perform zooming and focusing.

  2 is a front view of the mount member 1 as viewed from the left side of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. The first vibration gyro sensor 21 can detect rotational shake in one direction, and the second vibration gyro sensor 22 can detect rotational shake in a direction orthogonal to the first vibration gyro sensor 21. These vibration gyro sensors 21 and 22 are covered with elastic members 23 and 24, respectively, and fixed to the mount member 1.

  The mount member 1 has gyro fixing surfaces 1d and 1e, and gyro holding projections 1f and 1g at opposing positions. A surface 1h for fixing a gyro wiring to be described later is provided at an intermediate position that is equidistant from the two gyro fixing surfaces 1d and 1e.

  The first and second vibration gyro sensors 21 and 22 are respectively connected to lead-out portions including gyro wiring portions 25a and 25b of the gyro wiring 25 by soldering. The gyro wiring portions 25a and 25b are extended in the direction of each other and are integrated by one flexible printed wiring material 25c.

  A flexible printed wiring material 25d extends from the flexible printed wiring material 25c along the arc shape of the mount member 1, and a connection portion 25e for electrical connection to the electric circuit board 9 is provided at the end. Yes.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the connector 26 is mounted on the electric circuit board 9, and the connecting portion 25 e of the gyro wiring 25 is inserted into the connector 26, and the shake signals detected by the first and second vibration gyro sensors 21 and 22 are detected. Is transmitted to the electric circuit board 9.

  At the time of assembly, first, the vibration gyro sensors 21 and 22 are electrically connected to the circuit patterns of the gyro wiring portions 25a and 25b by soldering or the like.

  FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the shape of the elastic members 23 and 24, and FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the elastic members 23 and 24 in an assembled state. The vibration gyro sensors 21 and 22 and the gyro wiring portions 25a and 25b are respectively wrapped by elastic members 23 and 24 made of a foamable sheet member, and are fixed to the mount member 1 as shown in FIGS.

  Further, even when a strong impact or vibration is applied to the lens barrel, the elastic member 24 and the fixed surface 1e are disposed between the elastic member 23 and the fixed surface 1d so that the positions of the vibration gyro sensors 21 and 22 described above do not move. It is preferable to apply the adhesive 31 between these. The adhesive 31 may be applied anywhere, but if the adhesive 31 soaks into the elastic members 23 and 24 and hardens, the vibration absorbing performance of the elastic members 23 and 24 may deteriorate. It is preferable to select a rubber system having a high viscosity.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the gyro wiring portions 25 a and 25 b are placed on half the area of the elastic members 23 and 24, which are divided by the substantially central line BB. Adhesive material is attached to the inner surfaces 23a, 24a of the half of the elastic members 23, 24, and the fixing portions of the gyro wiring portions 25a, 25b are adhered.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 6, the elastic members 23 and 24 are bent along the center line BB in FIG. 5, and are placed on the upper surfaces of the vibration gyro sensors 21 and 22 to adhere to each other. Subsequently, the elastic member 23 is inserted into the space 34 serving as a holding means between the fixing surface 1d of the mount member 1 and the gyro holding projection 1f, and the elastic member 24 is similarly inserted between the fixing surface 1e and the gyro pressing projection 1g. It is inserted into the space part 35 of.

  At this time, the space 34 is set to a height smaller than the thickness of the assembled elastic member 23, and the elastic member 23 is moderately elastically deformed and press-fitted and fixed while being compressed. A stable position of the first vibration gyro sensor 21 is determined. The space 35 is similarly set, and the position of the second vibration gyro sensor 22 is stably determined by press-fitting the elastic member 24 while appropriately compressing the elastic member 24.

  Next, the flexible printed wiring member 25c is fixed to the surface 1h of the mount member 1 with a double-sided tape or the like. By this fixing, unnecessary vibrations of the gyro wiring portions 25c and 25d are not propagated to the vibration gyro sensors 22 and 23, and unnecessary vibrations propagating through the electric circuit board 9 through the connection portion 25e are also prevented. The

  The flexible printed wiring member 25d and the connecting portion 25e are connected to the connector 26 on the electric circuit board 9 fixed to the fixed cylinder 2 with screws or the like before the mount member 1 is fixed to the fixed cylinder 2 with screws or the like. Does not need to be fixed.

  In the above description, preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described. However, it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and various modifications and changes can be made within the scope of the present invention.

It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of an Example. It is the front view which looked at the mount member from the left side of FIG. It is sectional drawing cut | disconnected along the AA cross section of FIG. It is a perspective view of a mount member. It is a perspective view of an elastic member. It is a perspective view of the assembly state of an elastic member.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mount member 2 Fixed cylinder 3 Zoom ring 4 Front group lens barrel 5 Rear group lens barrel 6 Camera shake correction unit 7 Filter cylinder 8 Moving cylinder 9 Electric circuit board 21, 22 Vibration gyro sensor 23, 24 Elastic member 25 Gyro wiring 26 Connector 31 Adhesive 34, 35 Space L1 Front lens group L2 Camera shake correction lens L3, L4 Rear lens group

Claims (7)

  A lens barrel having an optical system for forming a subject image, a mount member for connecting the optical system to another device, and a plurality of shake detection means for detecting shakes generated in the optical system. A lens barrel characterized in that a holding means for holding the plurality of shake detecting means is provided on the mount member.   The lens barrel according to claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of shake detection units is supported by an elastic member, and the elastic member is held by the holding unit.   Two of the plurality of shake detection means are fixed to a flexible printed wiring material and arranged at different positions in a plane orthogonal to the optical axis of the optical system, and the flexible printed wiring material is attached to each of the shake detection means. A fixed part, a drawer part connected to each of the shake detection means, and a plurality of the drawer parts at one intermediate position between the two shake detection means and connected to another electric circuit board The lens barrel according to claim 2, comprising a connecting portion.   The lens barrel according to claim 3, wherein the shake detection unit and the fixed portion of the flexible printed wiring material are both wrapped by the elastic member, and are pressed into the holding unit by elastic deformation of the elastic member.   2. The lens barrel according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of shake detection units are vibration gyro sensors that detect angular velocities around at least two axes orthogonal to the optical axis of the optical system.   The elastic member is made of a foamable sheet member. After the flexible printed wiring material is attached to a half area of the elastic member, the elastic member is folded back at the center, and then the upper surface of the shake detecting means is determined by the remaining half area. The lens barrel according to claim 3, wherein the lens barrel is covered.   The lens barrel according to claim 4, wherein the shake detection unit covered by the elastic member is press-fitted and fixed after an adhesive is applied to the holding unit.

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