JP2010134351A5 - - Google Patents

Claims (10)

A lens cover that is rotatable in a direction in which the photographing lens is exposed from a closed position that covers the photographing lens;
A rotating shaft that rotatably supports the lens cover in a plane orthogonal to the optical axis of the photographing lens;
Detecting that the rotation shaft has stopped at any one of a plurality of predetermined positions in addition to the closed position, and detecting the stop position of the lens cover based on the detected stop position of the rotation shaft. Position detecting means for
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2. A digital camera according to claim 1, wherein different operation modes are set for the stop positions of the lens cover detected by the position detection means. An image display panel is provided on the back of the camera body provided with the photographing lens on the front, and the photographed image is displayed at the first stop position when the lens cover is rotated from the closed position. 2. The digital camera according to claim 1, wherein a playback mode to be displayed is set. 3. The digital camera according to claim 2, wherein when the lens cover is in the first stop position, at least part of effective light incident on the photographing lens is blocked by the lens cover. The digital camera according to claim 1, wherein the operation mode at the maximum rotation position of the lens cover is a still image shooting mode. The stop position where the moving image shooting mode is set is provided between the stop position where the playback mode is set and the maximum rotation position where the still image shooting mode is set. 4. The digital camera according to 4. The lens cover is slidable vertically and horizontally when rotated to a predetermined rotation position, and four types of operation signals are obtained by movement in the respective sliding directions. 5. The digital camera according to any one of 5. The digital camera according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the lens cover is located in a right hand grip portion at the maximum rotation position and becomes a finger engagement of a right finger when gripped. A rotating shaft that rotatably supports the lens cover, and two sliders that hold the lens cover so as to be slightly movable in two directions perpendicular to each other on a plane perpendicular to the optical axis of the photographing lens, A spring that self-resets the slider and a switch that is turned on when the lens cover is moved in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis, and includes a cross key switch mechanism that is turned on by operating the lens cover;
When the lens cover is operated at the first stop position and the cross key switch mechanism is turned on, a menu is set, and when the still image shooting mode or the movie shooting mode is set at the stop position. 8. The digital camera according to claim 7, wherein zooming of the taking lens is performed when operated. The photographing lens is a zoom lens,
The lens cover has the closed position, a first open position that exposes the photographing lens, and a second open position that is further rotated from the first open position. Is pivotally supported between the open positions of
The position detecting means detects a rotation angle of the lens cover between the first open position and the second open position, and outputs the rotation angle as position information of the lens cover,
2. The digital camera according to claim 1, wherein zooming of the taking lens is performed based on position information output from the position detection means. The digital camera according to claim 9, wherein the first open position and the second open position are a wide end and a tele end of the zooming.