JP2020101644A - Shutter unit and imaging device - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a shutter apparatus with which it is possible to effectively suppress a bound that occurs due to the fact that a blade drive member is made to consist of two bodies, and an imaging device provided with the same.SOLUTION: The shutter unit comprises: a bottom plate provided with an opening; a blade member capable of moving between a shield state for shielding the opening and a retreat state for retreating from the opening; a first drive member capable of moving integrally with the blade member and urged in a first direction in order for the blade member to move from the retreat state to the shield state; a second drive member connected to the first drive member, with the first drive member urged to move in a second direction which is opposite the first direction; a first lock member for locking the first drive member in order to suppress a bound of the first drive member when the blade member has moved from the shield state to the retreat state; and a second lock member for locking the first drive member in order to suppress a bound of the first drive member that occurs when the blade member is in the retreat state.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

The present invention relates to a shutter unit and an image pickup apparatus including the shutter unit.

Conventionally, a focal plane shutter has been used in an image pickup apparatus such as a digital single-lens reflex camera or a mirrorless camera. In order to improve the continuous shooting speed, the drive member that drives the blade is integrated into a member that interlocks with the blade and a member that is charged by the charging member, and the next shooting preparation is performed during transfer of shooting data from the image sensor. Focal-plane shutters that perform operations are known. Patent Document 1 discloses a focal-plane shutter that includes a bounce restraining member that restrains a bounce in returning travel of a blade in addition to the above-described configuration.

JP, 2005-106042, A

However, in the focal plane shutter of Patent Document 1, since the bounce restraining member is driven in conjunction with the charge member, it is possible to restrain only the bounce when the blades are traveling back. For example, a charge bound that may occur when the blade driving member is charged by the charging member against the biasing force of the spring, or a set that may occur when the blade driving member is released from the set for the next shooting after the setting is completed. Release bounce cannot be suppressed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a shutter device that can effectively suppress the bounce that occurs when the blade driving member is made into two bodies, and an imaging device including the shutter device.

A shutter unit according to one aspect of the present invention includes a main plate having an opening, a blade member movable between a shielded state that shields the opening and a retracted state that retracts from the opening, and the shutter unit moves integrally with the blade member. A first drive member that is capable of being urged in the first direction so that the blade member moves from the retracted state to the shielded state; and the first drive member is connected to the first drive member. Bounce between the second drive member biased to move in the second direction, which is the opposite direction to the direction, and the first drive member when the blade member moves from the shielded state to the retracted state For locking the first drive member for locking the first drive member and the first drive member for suppressing the bouncing of the first drive member that occurs when the blade member is in the retracted state. And a second locking member that does.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a shutter device that can effectively suppress the bounce that occurs when the blade driving member is made into two bodies, and an imaging device including the shutter device.

It is a figure explaining the composition of the imaging device concerning the embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view of a focal plane shutter. It is an exploded perspective view of a focal plane shutter. It is an exploded perspective view of a main plate unit. It is an exploded perspective view of an actuator unit. It is a figure which shows a mode that a charge system parts group is attached to a main plate. It is a figure which shows the positional relationship of a slide lever and its peripheral components. FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a rear drive lever and a shutter rear curtain. It is explanatory drawing of a front drive lever and a shutter front curtain. It is an exploded perspective view of a cover plate unit. It is an exploded perspective view of an MG base plate unit. It is an exploded perspective view of a rear drive lever unit. It is an exploded perspective view of a front drive lever unit. It is a figure which shows the standby state of a focal plane shutter. It is a figure showing the state where the locking part of the 1st locking lever was evacuated outside the drive locus of the locked part of the front blade lever. It is a figure which shows a mode that the locked part of a front blade lever gets over the locking part of a 2nd locking lever. It is a figure which shows the state which the front blade lever rotated counterclockwise from the state of FIG. It is a figure showing the state where it was released. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a state in which the front drive lever, the front blade lever, and the shutter front curtain are united and are rotating clockwise. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a state in which the leading drive lever, the leading blade lever, and the shutter front curtain have completed traveling. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a state where the rear drive lever and the shutter rear curtain have completed traveling. It is a figure which shows the state in which a slide lever starts a downward movement. It is a figure which shows the state which a rear drive lever starts a charge. It is a figure which shows a charge completion state. It is a figure which shows the state which started the charge of the front drive lever in the state in which the front blade lever was locked. 7 is a time chart showing the operation of each component during shutter operation. 7 is a time chart showing the operation of each component during shutter operation.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In each of the drawings, the same members are designated by the same reference numerals, and duplicated description will be omitted.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a lens-interchangeable image pickup apparatus (camera system) which is an example of an image pickup apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1A is a central cross-sectional view of the lens-interchangeable image pickup device. FIG. 1B is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the lens-interchangeable image pickup device.

The lens-interchangeable image pickup device includes an image pickup device 1 and a lens unit 2 attached to the image pickup device 1. The image pickup apparatus 1 and the lens unit 2 are electrically connected to each other via an electric contact 11 and communicate with each other. The operation of each unit of the image pickup apparatus 1 is controlled according to a user operation on the operation detection unit 10, so that a still image and a moving image can be captured.

The lens-interchangeable image pickup device has an image pickup means, an image processing means, a recording/reproducing means, and a control means. The image pickup unit includes a photographing optical system 3 having a plurality of lenses, an image pickup element 6, and a focal plane shutter (shutter unit; hereinafter, shutter) 1000. Reference numeral 4 in the drawing denotes an optical axis of the photographing optical system 3. The image processing means includes an image processing unit 7. The recording/reproducing means includes a memory means 8 and a display means 9. The display unit 9 includes a rear display device 9a and an EVF 9b. The rear display device 9a is a touch panel and is connected to the operation detection unit 10. The control unit includes a camera system control circuit 5, an operation detection unit 10, a lens system control circuit 12, and a lens driving unit 13. The lens driving unit 13 can drive the focus lens, the shake correction lens, the diaphragm, and the like included in the photographing optical system 3.

The image pickup means is an optical processing system that forms an image of light from an object on the image pickup surface of the image pickup device 6 via the image pickup optical system 3. The photographing optical system 3 is appropriately adjusted based on the focus evaluation amount/appropriate exposure amount obtained from the image sensor 6. As a result, the image sensor 6 is exposed by the object light having an appropriate light amount, and a subject image is formed in the vicinity of the image sensor 6. Further, the shutter 1000 controls the exposure amount to the image sensor 6 by running a shutter front curtain (first blade member) 700 and a shutter rear curtain (second blade member) 800, which will be described later.

The image processing unit 7 has an A/D converter, a white balance adjustment circuit, a gamma correction circuit, an interpolation calculation circuit, and the like inside, and generates an image for recording. Further, the image processing unit 7 has a color interpolation processing means, and performs color interpolation (demosaicing) processing from the signals of the Bayer array to generate a color image. Further, the image processing unit 7 compresses an image, a moving image, a sound and the like by using a predetermined method.

The memory means 8 has a storage unit. The camera system control circuit 5 outputs to the storage section of the memory means 8 and causes the display means 9 to display an image to be presented to the user.

The camera system control circuit 5 generates and outputs a timing signal at the time of imaging. Further, the camera system control circuit 5 controls the image pickup means, the image processing means, and the recording/reproducing means in response to an external operation. For example, the camera system control circuit 5 controls driving of the image sensor 6, operation of the image processing unit 7, compression processing, and the like when the operation detection unit 10 detects pressing of a shutter release button (not shown). Further, the camera system control circuit 5 controls the information display device for displaying information by the display means 9.

The camera system control circuit 5 calculates an appropriate focus position and aperture value based on the signal from the image sensor 6. That is, the camera system control circuit 5 determines the exposure condition (F number, shutter speed, etc.) by performing the photometric operation and the focus detection operation based on the signal from the image sensor 6. The camera system control circuit 5 issues a command to the lens system control circuit 12 via the electrical contact 11, and the lens system control circuit 12 appropriately controls the lens driving means 13.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the shutter 1000. FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the shutter 1000. The shutter 1000 has a main plate unit 900 as a basic support. Each component is mounted on the main plate unit 900.

The base plate unit 900 and the partition plate 20 form a traveling space for the shutter rear curtain 800. The cover plate unit 600 and the partition plate 20 form a traveling space for the shutter front curtain 700. The base plate unit 900 has an opening 910a formed therein. The partition plate 20 and the cover plate unit 600 are provided with an opening 20a and an opening 610a, respectively, which overlap the opening 910a. At the time of shooting, the light flux that has passed through the lens unit 2 sequentially passes through the opening 910a, the opening 20a, and the opening 610a to expose the image sensor 6. In the following description, the "opening" means the overlapping of the openings 20a, 610a, 910a.

Further, on the main plate unit 900, the flexible substrate 30, the actuator unit 100, the MG main plate unit 200, the charge system component group 300, the front drive lever unit 400, and the rear drive lever unit 500 are mounted. The leading drive lever unit 400 has a leading drive lever (second driving member) 410 and a leading blade lever (first driving member) 420, as described later.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the main plate unit 900. A group of small parts is incorporated in the main plate 910. The phase detection photo interrupter unit (phase detection unit) 920 detects the phase of the front curtain charge cam gear 317, which will be described later. The slide lever cushioning member 930 relaxes the impact when the slide lever 330 described later is operated by a spring. The half-moon rubber 940 is used as a cushioning member of the rear drive lever unit 500. The rubber cover 950 and the half-moon rubber 960 are combined and used as a cushioning member of the pre-driving lever unit 400. The rubber cover 950 is less sticky than the half-moon rubber 960, and is arranged so that the leading blade lever 420 can easily follow the leading drive lever 410 at the charge start timing. The arm rubber 970 is used to reduce the impact of the shutter front curtain 700 when the traveling is completed. The arm rubber cover 980 is used to protect the surface of the arm rubber 970 such as preventing dust from adhering. The blade tip rubber 990 is used to reduce the impact of the shutter front curtain 700 and the shutter rear curtain 800 when the traveling is completed.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the actuator unit 100. The actuator cover 110 covers the actuator coil 120, the actuator yoke 130, and the rotor 140 to prevent dust from entering, and holds the rotor 140 together with the actuator base 150 so as to be rotatable. The actuator coil 120 applies a rotational force to the rotor 140 via the actuator yoke 130. The first locking lever (first locking member) 160 is rotatably supported on the first locking lever rotation shaft 910 b of the main plate 910. The second locking lever (second locking member) 170 is rotatably supported on the second locking lever rotation shaft 910c of the main plate 910. The operated portion 160a of the first locking lever 160 engages with the rotor operating portion 140a of the rotor 140. The locking portion 160b of the first locking lever 160 engages with the locked portion 170b of the second locking lever 170. The locking portion 160c of the first locking lever 160 can lock the locked portion 420c of the leading blade lever 420 described later. The locking portion 170a of the second locking lever 170 can lock the locked portion 420d of the leading blade lever 420 described later. The first locking lever 160 and the second locking lever 170 move in conjunction with the operation of the rotor 140 due to the energization of the actuator coil 120. Specifically, when the first locking lever 160 is located inside the drive region of the leading blade lever 420 (a position where the leading blade lever 420 can be locked), the second locking lever 170 is the leading blade lever. It is located outside the driving area of 420. Further, when the second locking lever 170 is located inside the drive region of the leading blade lever 420 (a position where the leading blade lever 420 can be locked), the first locking lever 160 drives the leading blade lever 420. Located outside the area.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing how the charge system component group 300 is assembled to the main plate 910. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the positional relationship between the slide lever (charge member) 330 and its peripheral components. FIG. 7A is a diagram of the slide lever 330 and its peripheral components as viewed from above. FIG. 7B is a diagram of the slide lever 330 and its peripheral components as viewed from below. FIG. 7C is a perspective view of the slide lever 330. The charge is an operation of transmitting the power of the motor 320 to the front drive lever unit 400 or the rear drive lever unit 500 via a gear or the like, and returning each lever unit from the traveling completion position to the traveling start position against the spring force. Is. A pinion gear 311 is attached to the motor 320, and the torque generated by the motor 320 is transmitted to the gear group via the pinion gear 311. The first gear 312 is rotatably supported by the first gear shaft 910d of the main plate 910 and meshes with the pinion gear 311. The second gear 313 is rotatably supported by the second gear shaft 910 e of the main plate 910 and meshes with the first gear 312. The first gear 312 and the second gear 313 are covered with a gear cover 319 so as not to project in the thrust direction.

The second gear 313 has two small gears 313a and 313b. The small gear 313a is connected to the idle gear 314. The idle gear 314 has an engaging portion 314a that engages with the idle gear 315 and the phase plate 316, and is rotatably supported by the idle gear shaft 910f of the main plate 910. The idle gear 314, the idle gear 315, and the phase plate 316 can rotate integrally. The idle gear 315 is connected to the front curtain charge cam gear 317. The cam 317a of the leading charge cam gear 317 drives the slide lever 330 in the guide direction by the shafts 341 and 342, so that the leading charge cam gear 317 can indirectly charge the leading drive lever 410. The small gear 313b is connected to the trailing curtain charge cam gear 318. The rear curtain charge cam gear 318 can directly charge the rear drive lever 510. Both the leading-curtain charge cam gear 317 and the trailing-curtain charge cam gear 318 are rotatably supported by the cam gear shaft 910g of the main plate 910 and rotate in opposite directions. In the present embodiment, the slide lever 330 charges the front curtain charge, and the rear curtain charge cam gear 318 does not charge the rear curtain charge instead of the slide lever 330.

The slide lever 330 is held so as to be movable in the direction guided by the shafts 341 and 342 fixed to the main plate 910. The roller 360 is rotatably held by the slide lever 330 and functions as a cam follower of the cam 317a. The roller cover 370 holds the roller 360 so that it does not fall off the slide lever 330. The roller 380 is rotatably held by the slide lever 330 and pushes the pre-driving lever 410. The roller cover 390 holds the roller 380 so as not to fall off the slide lever 330. The slide lever 330 moves in the direction away from the gear group by the torque of the motor 320, and moves in the direction toward the gear group by the slide lever return spring 350. When the slide lever 330 moves in the direction away from the gear group, the cam portion 330a provided on the slide lever 330 unlocks the trailing curtain bound lock lever 620, which will be described later.

In the present embodiment, the gear connection path from the second gear 313 is divided and the charge paths for the front curtain charge and the rear curtain charge are made different. As a result, it becomes possible to perform the operation of charging the trailing curtain after the charging of the leading curtain is almost finished. Also, since the number of gears required for trailing curtain charging is less than the number of gears required for leading curtain charging, the gear efficiency of trailing curtain charging is when the leading and trailing curtain charges are performed with one slide lever. Improve compared to.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of the rear drive lever unit 500 and the shutter rear curtain 800. The rear drive lever 510 is pivotally supported on the rear drive shaft 910h so as to be capable of reciprocating rotation. The rear sub-arm 860 is pivotally supported on the rear sub-arm shaft 910i so as to be capable of reciprocating rotation. The rear drive lever 510 is fitted to the fitting portion 850b at the center of rotation so as to be integrally operable with the rear main arm 850. A rear drive pin 510b, which will be described later and is fitted into the drive pin cover 590, is provided at a portion separated from the rotation center of the rear drive lever 510 by a predetermined distance, and fits with the fitting portion 850a. The rear drive pin 510b is protected by a drive pin cover 590 described later. In the shutter rear curtain 800, a rear main arm 850, a rear sub-arm 860, a rear first blade 810, a rear second blade 820, a rear third blade 830, and a rear fourth blade 840 form a parallel link. The blades and the arms are pivotally supported by blade swaging 880. The rear rattling spring 870 is a spring for closing the backlash of the rear drive lever unit 500 and the shutter rear curtain 800, and biases the shutter rear curtain 800 counterclockwise. The main spring 520 is a torsion spring for operating the rear drive lever unit 500 and the shutter rear curtain 800, and biases the shutter rear curtain 800 in the clockwise direction. By incorporating the fixed end of the main spring 520 into the adjuster gear 530, the spring force can be adjusted by the adjuster worm 260 described later.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of the front drive lever unit 400 and the shutter front curtain 700. The front drive lever 410 is pivotally supported on the front drive shaft 910k so as to be capable of reciprocating rotation. The front sub-arm 760 is pivotally supported on the front sub-arm shaft 910j so as to be capable of reciprocating rotation. The leading drive lever 410 is fitted to the fitting portion 750b at the center of rotation so as to be integrally operable with the leading main arm 750. The drive pin 420b of the leading blade lever 420, which will be described later, is provided at a portion separated from the center of rotation of the leading blade lever 420 by a predetermined distance, and fits with the fitting portion 750a. The drive pin 420b is protected by a drive pin cover 480 described later. In the shutter front curtain 700, a front main arm 750, a front sub-arm 760, a first blade #710, a second blade #720, a third blade #730 and a fourth blade #740 form a parallel link. Each blade and each arm is pivotally supported by a blade caulking dowel 780. The leading backlash spring 770 is a spring for closing the backlash between the leading drive lever unit 400 and the shutter front curtain 700, and urges the shutter front curtain 700 counterclockwise. In addition, the leading backlash spring 770 biases the leading blade lever 420 to the leading drive lever 410 via the shutter leading curtain 700. The main spring 430 is a torsion spring for operating the front drive lever unit 400 and the shutter front curtain 700, and biases the shutter front curtain 700 in the clockwise direction. By incorporating the fixed end of the main spring 430 into the adjuster gear 440, the spring force can be adjusted by the adjuster worm 260 described later.

FIG. 10 is an exploded perspective view of the cover plate unit 600. The trailing curtain bound lock lever 620 is pivotally supported by the trailing curtain bound lock lever shaft 610b to prevent re-exposure due to a jump when the trailing curtain is running. The bound lock spring 640 engages the rear curtain bound lock lever 620 and the rear drive lever 510 after the locking portion 620b of the rear curtain bound lock lever 620 is pushed away by the locked portion 510a of the rear drive lever 510 described later. Rotate to the stop position. The bound lock release lever 630 is pivotally supported by the bound lock release lever shaft 610c and rotates counterclockwise in conjunction with the charge start operation of the slide lever 330. With the rotation of the bound lock release lever 630, the operating portion 630b acts on the operated portion 620a of the trailing curtain bound lock lever 620 to rotate the trailing bound lock lever 620 in the clockwise direction to engage the trailing drive lever 510. Evacuate to a non-stop position.

FIG. 11 is an exploded perspective view of MG base plate unit 200. The MG base plate 210 is a component made of sheet metal and holds the yoke 220, the coil 230, the photo interrupter holder 240, the photo interrupter holder 250, and the adjuster worm 260. The photo interrupter holder 240 is attached to the MG base plate 210 with screws 270. When the coil 230 is energized, the yoke 220 and the coil 230 become an electromagnet, and can adsorb a front armature 460 and a rear armature 550 described later.

FIG. 12 is an exploded perspective view of the rear drive lever unit 500. The rear armature 550 is caulked and held so as to sandwich the rear drive lever 510 and the armature spring 540 by locally deforming the tip of the rear armature shaft 560. Since a plurality of components are involved in the charging operation of the rear drive lever unit 500, it is difficult to accurately align the rear armature 550 with the position of the suction surface of the yoke 220 due to the tolerance. In the present embodiment, the armature spring 540, the rear armature 550, and the rear armature shaft 560 are used in order to absorb the excess charge after adding a common difference in advance as a charge stroke to give a surplus. ing. Specifically, the armature unit including the rear armature 550 and the rear armature shaft 560 can be moved by a minute amount in the direction in which the armature spring 540 is compressed with respect to the rear drive lever 510. The roller 580 functions as a cam follower of the cam 318a of the trailing curtain charge cam gear 318. The roller cover 570 prevents the roller 580 from falling off. The rear drive pin 510b engages with the shutter rear curtain 800 and is fitted into a drive pin cover 590 made of metal to increase the surface hardness as a measure against dust generation. The PI light shielding unit 510c is used to detect an operation with a photo interrupter (not shown).

FIG. 13 is an exploded perspective view of the pre-driving lever unit 400. The front drive lever unit 400 is integrated into a front drive lever 410 and a front blade lever 420. The pre-driving lever 410 has a cam follower 410c that receives a charge from the roller 380. Further, the front drive lever 410 holds the armature spring 450, the front armature 460, and the front armature shaft 470. The leading blade lever 420 has a drive pin 420b that fits with the fitting portion 750a of the shutter front curtain 700. The drive pin 420b is fitted in a drive pin cover 480 made of metal to increase the surface hardness as a measure against dust generation. The shutter front curtain 700 is interlocked with the operation of the front blade lever 420. The leading blade lever 420 is fitted to the leading blade lever fitting shaft 410 a of the leading drive lever 410, and is biased counterclockwise by the biasing force of the leading rattling spring 770. The locked portion 420c of the leading blade lever 420 is locked by the locking portion 160c of the first locking lever 160 when the shutter front curtain 700 is retracted from the opening (retracted state). The locked portion 420d of the leading blade lever 420 is locked by the locking portion 170a of the second locking lever 170 when the shutter front curtain 700 is in a state of blocking the opening (shielding state). There is a transition timing from the state in which the pre-driving lever 410 is held by the slide lever 330 to the state in which the electromotive force is held by the electromagnet including the yoke 220 and the coil 230. At this time, the front drive lever 410, the front blade lever 420, and the shutter front curtain 700 rotate slightly due to the excess charge stroke. At that time, the second locking lever 170 prevents the leading blade lever 420 and the shutter front curtain 700 from bouncing. The PI light-shielding section 420e is used to detect an operation with a photo interrupter (not shown).

A series of operations of the shutter 1000 at the time of shooting will be described below with reference to FIGS. 14 to 27. Each of FIGS. 14 to 25 is composed of large and small figures, but the small figure on the upper right is such that the state of the rear curtain charge cam gear 318, which is on the back side of the sheet with respect to the front curtain charge cam gear 317, can be seen. It is the figure which showed the curtain charge cam gear 317 in a non-display. 26 and 27 are timing charts showing the movement of each component during the shutter operation, and the figure numbers are added to the timings of the respective states of FIGS. 14 to 25.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a standby state of the shutter 1000. The cam follower 410c is locked by the roller 380 so as to prevent the forward drive lever 410 from rotating in the clockwise direction by the biasing force of the main spring 430. The slide lever 330 is locked by a cam 317a so as to prevent the slide lever return spring 350 and the main spring 430 from moving upward due to the urging force. The locked portion 420c is locked by the locking portion 160c so as to prevent the front blade lever 420 from rotating counterclockwise by the biasing force of the front backlashing spring 770. The shutter front curtain 700 is in the retracted state, and the light flux from the lens unit 2 is guided to the image sensor 6. Further, the roller 580 is locked by the cam 318a so as to prevent the rear drive lever 510 from rotating in the clockwise direction by the urging force of the main spring 520.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a state in which the locking portion 160c is retracted to the outside of the drive locus of the locked portion 420c by energizing the actuator coil 120. After that, the leading blade lever 420 and the shutter front curtain 700 start rotating counterclockwise.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing how the locked portion 420d gets over the locking portion 170a. By this operation, the second locking lever 170 is pushed out of the drive locus of the leading blade lever 420. However, in the actuator coil 120, the first locking lever 160 moves to the outside of the driving locus of the leading blade lever 420 (the second locking lever 170 moves to the inside of the driving trail of the leading blade lever 420). To return to the original position by continuing to energize.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a state where the leading blade lever 420 has rotated counterclockwise from the state of FIG. The leading blade lever 420 rotates until the leading drive lever contact portion 420a provided on the leading blade lever 420 contacts the leading blade lever contact portion 410b of the leading drive lever 410 by the biasing force of the leading backlash spring 770. To do. When the leading drive lever contact portion 420a contacts the leading blade lever contact portion 410b, the leading blade lever 420 and the shutter front curtain 700 try to bounce due to repulsion of traveling. At this time, the leading blade lever 420 is bound-locked by the locked portion 420d being locked by the locking portion 170a.

FIG. 18 shows a state in which the set is released in preparation for the exposure operation. That is, the leading blade charge cam gear 317 and the trailing blade charge cam gear 318 are rotated to a position where the leading drive lever 410 and the trailing drive lever 510 can travel. The slide lever 330 is moved in the direction of retreating from the preceding drive lever 410 by the urging force of the slide lever return spring 350. Further, the cam 318a is retracted to the outside of the traveling locus of the rear drive lever 510. Each of the front drive lever 410 and the rear drive lever 510 is biased in the clockwise direction, but is attracted and held by energizing the coil 230. After that, the actuator coil 120 is energized so that the engaging portion 170a moves to the outside of the drive locus of the engaged portion 420d until the energization of the coil 230 is cut off.

After that, the shutter 1000 cuts off the power supply to the coil 230 at a predetermined interval, and the exposure of the image sensor 6 is started. The second control of the image pickup apparatus 1 is performed by changing the interval at which the energization of the front coil 230 and the rear coil 230 is cut off.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a state in which the leading drive lever 410, the leading blade lever 420, and the shutter front curtain 700 are integrally rotating in the clockwise direction. The actuator coil 120 is energized so that the locking portion 160c locks the locked portion 420c. The leading blade lever 420 pushes away the first locking lever 160 and continues to rotate clockwise. However, since the actuator coil 120 is continuously energized so that the locking portion 160c locks the locked portion 420c, the first locking lever 160 reaches the position where the leading blade lever 420 can be locked. Return.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a state where the leading drive lever 410, the leading blade lever 420, and the shutter front curtain 700 have completed traveling. The leading blade lever 420 is cushioned by the half-moon rubber 960. The shutter front curtain 700 is buffered by the arm rubber 970 and the blade tip rubber 990. However, the impact upon completion of traveling is large, and the front drive lever 410, the front blade lever 420, and the shutter front curtain 700 repel. At this time, since the locking portion 160c receives the locked portion 420c, it is possible to prevent the shutter front curtain 700 from unintentionally entering the opening.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a state where the rear drive lever 510 and the shutter rear curtain 800 continue rotating clockwise from the state of FIG. 19 to complete the traveling. In this process, as shown in the lower right diagram, the locked portion 510a of the rear drive lever 510 pushes away the locking portion 620b of the rear curtain bound lock lever 620. However, the trailing curtain bound lock lever 620 rotates to a position where the trailing drive lever 510 is locked by the biasing force of the bound lock spring 640. The rear drive lever 510 and the shutter rear curtain 800 are respectively buffered by the meniscus rubber 940 and the blade tip rubber 990, but the impact at the time of completion of traveling is large and they tend to bounce. At this time, since the locking portion 620 receives the locked portion 510a, the bound can be suppressed.

After the exposure operation by the shutter front curtain 700 and the shutter rear curtain 800 is completed and a predetermined time has elapsed, the motor 320 is restarted to be charged in preparation for the next shooting. Before energizing the motor 320, the actuator coil 120 releases the lock of the leading blade lever 420 by the first locking lever 160 so that the leading drive lever 410 and the leading blade lever 420 rotate integrally. To be energized. When the power supply to the motor 320 is restarted, the leading curtain charge cam gear 317 rotates counterclockwise and the trailing curtain charge cam gear 318 rotates clockwise.

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a state in which the cam 317a comes into contact with the roller 360 and the slide lever 330 starts moving downward. When the motor 320 continues to be energized, the leading-curtain charge cam gear 317 continues to rotate counterclockwise and the trailing-curtain charge cam gear 318 continues to rotate clockwise. In this process, the cam portion 330a displaces the bound lock lever release portion 630a and unlocks the trailing curtain bound lock lever 620.

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing a state in which the cam 318a contacts the roller 580 and the rear drive lever 510 starts charging. The actuator coil 120 is energized so that the locking of the leading blade lever 420 by the second locking lever 170 is released. This is because the second locking lever 170 comes into contact with the leading blade lever 420 that is only biased by the leading drive lever 410 by the biasing force of the leading rattling spring 770, so that the leading blade lever 420 moves the leading blade lever 420. This is to avoid being late for 410.

As described above, the leading drive lever unit 400 is integrated into the leading drive lever 410 and the leading blade lever 420, and the leading blade lever 420 is merely biased by the leading drive lever 410 by a spring having a weak biasing force. .. Therefore, the leading blade lever 420 follows the leading drive lever 410 later, and the amount of overlap between the shutter front curtain 700 and the shutter rear curtain 800 decreases. This becomes remarkable as the frame speed is increased. If a sufficient amount of overlap between the shutter front curtain 700 and the shutter rear curtain 800 is not ensured, the sensor during reading may be exposed to light. However, at the timing of the state of FIG. 23, most of the charge of the front drive lever 410 has been completed, and the front armature 460 is close to the yoke 220. The shutter front curtain 700 is in a substantially light-shielded state, and the shutter rear curtain 800 is also in a light-shielded state. In other words, the light-shielding state is close to the double light-shielding state, and a sufficient light-shielding state is secured for the image sensor 6 during image reading. Therefore, even if the leading blade lever 420 lags behind the charging operation of the leading drive lever 410 at a high frame speed, the possibility of exposing the image sensor 6 during charging is considerably low. As described above, in the present embodiment, both the front drive lever 410 and the rear drive lever 510 are not charged by the straight advance lever like the slide lever 330. In the present embodiment, the front drive lever 410 on the side far from the gear group is charged by the straight-ahead lever in consideration of space saving, while the rear drive lever 510 on the side close to the gear group is charged by another charging means. As a result, the front driving lever 410 can be sufficiently charged and then the rear driving lever 510 can be charged, so that it is possible to secure a sufficient light-shielding state of the imaging element 6 during charging.

FIG. 24 is a diagram showing a charge completed state. The front drive lever 410 is held by the slide lever 330 at a position rotated in the maximum counterclockwise direction. The rear drive lever 510 is held by the rear curtain charge cam gear 318 at a position rotated in the maximum counterclockwise direction. The actuator coil 120 is energized so that the leading blade lever 420 is locked by the second locking lever 170. This is because the front drive lever 410 and the front blade lever 420 are vigorously charged, and after the front armature 460 contacts the yoke 220, the front drive lever unit 400 is prevented from bouncing caused by the reaction force that charges the armature spring 450. Is.

After that, the power supply to the motor 320 is continued and the state of FIG. 17 is restored. The locking of the leading blade lever 420 by the second locking lever 170 is maintained. This is to prevent the leading blade lever 420 from bouncing when the leading drive lever 410 rotates slightly clockwise when shifting from the mechanical holding state to the energization holding state. After the bounding of the leading blade lever 420 is settled, the locking of the leading blade lever 420 by the second locking lever 170 is released, the setting release is completed, and the state shown in FIG. 18 is obtained. The operation described above is the operation A in FIG. In the case of continuous shooting, the operation B (shooting-charging operation-set cancellation) of FIG. 26 is repeated.

In the case of single shooting, as shown in FIG. 26, after the setting is released, only the shutter front curtain 700 is moved to the state of FIG. 20, and the leading blade lever 420 is locked by the first locking lever 160. .. The rear drive lever unit 500 is kept energized, and the shutter rear curtain 800 does not run. FIG. 25 is a diagram showing a state in which the leading drive lever 410 has started to be charged while the leading blade lever 420 is locked. Then, the charge of the pre-driving lever 410 is continued. Since the rear drive lever unit 500 is kept energized, it is not necessary to charge the rear drive lever 510. When the phase detection photo interrupter unit 920 detects the standby phase of the front curtain charge cam gear 317, the motor 320 is stopped. At this time, it returns to the standby state of FIG. The above operation is operation C in FIG.

In addition, in this embodiment, the phase detection photo interrupter unit 920 detects the phase of the front curtain charge cam gear 317, but the present invention is not limited to this. When the number of teeth of the second gear 313 matches the number of teeth of the trailing charge cam gear 318, the phase detection photointerrupter unit 920 sets the phase of the trailing charge cam gear 318 by providing a phase plate coaxially with the second gear 313. It may be detected.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the first locking lever 160 is used to suppress the bound of the leading blade lever 420 at the timing of FIG. 20 in FIG. At the timing shown in FIG. 20, the actuator coil 120 is continuously energized. Therefore, even if the first locking lever 160 is flipped off by the leading blade lever 420, the locking portion 160c immediately returns to the position where the locked portion 420c can be locked, and bounce can be suppressed. ..

Further, the second locking lever 170 interlocking with the first locking lever 160 is used to suppress the bound of the leading blade lever 420 at the timings of FIGS. 17 and 24 in FIG. At the first timing of FIG. 17, the energization of the actuator coil 120 is continued. Therefore, even if the second locking lever 170 is flipped off by the leading blade lever 420, the locking portion 170a immediately returns to the position where the locked portion 420d can be locked, and bounce can be suppressed. .. Further, in the present embodiment, in order to prevent the leading blade lever 420 from contacting the second locking lever 170 at the timing of FIG. 23, the actuator coil 120 is energized once to move the second locking lever 170 first. The blade lever 420 is moved outside the drive locus. Then, at the timing of FIG. 24, the actuator coil 120 is energized again to move the second locking lever 170 to the inside of the drive locus of the leading blade lever 420, thereby realizing a smooth charging operation and suppressing bounce. can do. At the second timing of FIG. 17, the second locking lever 170 moved to the inside of the driving locus of the leading blade lever 420 in FIG. 24 is used as it is, so that the bounce at the time of releasing the setting can be suppressed. After that, since the actuator coil 120 is energized to move the second locking lever 170 to the outside of the drive locus of the leading blade lever 420 before the next operation, unnecessary waiting time does not occur.

As described above, in the present embodiment, by using the second locking lever 170 at three different timings, the leading drive lever unit 420 is integrated into the leading drive lever 410 and the leading blade lever 420. It is possible to effectively suppress the bounce caused by

Although the slide lever 330 is used as the charging unit in the present embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this. It is not always necessary to make a straight movement, and a link lever or the like can be used instead.

Hereinafter, with reference to FIG. 27, a shooting mode for displaying an image on the display unit 9 between continuous shooting frames will be described. FIG. 27 is a time chart of each component during the shutter operation.

The movement from the release to the aperture open state (the shutter front curtain 700 retracted from the opening) in FIG. 27 is the same as the movement from the release to the aperture open state in FIG.

In FIG. 27, when the aperture is opened, the light flux that has passed through the lens unit 2 strikes the image sensor 6, so that an image can be displayed (live view) on the display unit 9. By performing live view between continuous shooting frames, it is possible to improve the moving body tracking performance during continuous shooting (the visibility of the subject on the display unit 9 and the autofocus performance).

Energization of the motor 320 is started at a predetermined timing from the start of live view, the front curtain charge cam gear 317 is rotated counterclockwise, and the rear curtain charge cam gear 318 is rotated clockwise. At this time, since the first locking lever 160 remains locked to the leading blade lever 420, only the leading drive lever 410 is charged, as shown in FIG. Since the rear drive lever unit 500 is kept energized, it is not necessary to charge the rear drive lever 510. After that, the processing time for preparing for the next shooting such as the lens driving for autofocus and the driving time of the diaphragm passes. Then, the actuator coil 120 is energized at a predetermined timing before and after the end of the live view, and the locking of the leading blade lever 420 by the first locking lever 160 is released as shown in FIG. From the state of FIG. 16 to the state of FIG. 18, the state returns to the set release state. The above operation is operation D in FIG.

After that, the operation shifts to the photographing operation, the charging operation is performed while the image information is read from the image sensor 6, and then the setting is released again (operation B in FIG. 27). When further continuous shooting is performed, operation D and operation B in FIG. 27 are repeated. When the photographing is ended, after the operation B of FIG. 27, the operation C of FIG.

As described above, in the shooting mode in which an image is displayed on the display unit 9 between continuous shooting frames, the next shooting preparation is started (the energization of the motor 320 is started) during live view. Then, the actuator coil 120 is energized at a predetermined timing before and after the end of the live view, and the shutter front curtain 700 is returned to the traveling start position by the biasing force of the front backlashing spring 770. As a result, since the motor 320 is energized and the shutter front curtain 700 is returned to the traveling start position at the same time as the end of the live view, the next shooting can be performed, so that the continuous shooting frame speed can be improved.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and various modifications and changes can be made within the scope of the gist thereof.

160 First locking lever (first locking member)
170 Second locking lever (second locking member)
410 Leading drive lever (second drive member)
420 Leading blade lever (first driving member)
700 shutter front curtain (blade member)
910 Main plate 1000 Focal plane shutter (shutter unit)

Claims (10)

A main plate having an opening,
A blade member movable between a shielded state that shields the opening and a retracted state that retracts from the opening,
A first drive member that is movable together with the blade member and is biased in a first direction so that the blade member moves from the retracted state to the shielded state;
A second drive member coupled to the first drive member and urged to move the first drive member in a second direction opposite to the first direction;
A first locking member that locks the first drive member in order to prevent the first drive member from bouncing when the blade member moves from the shielded state to the retracted state;
A second locking member that locks the first driving member in order to suppress the bouncing of the first driving member that occurs when the blade member is in the retracted state. Shutter unit. The shutter unit according to claim 1, wherein the first locking member and the second locking member are engaged with each other and move in conjunction with each other. The driving device further includes a driving unit that engages with the first locking member and drives the first locking member to move the first locking member and the second locking member in an interlocking manner. The shutter unit according to claim 2, wherein: The shutter unit according to claim 3, wherein the driving unit includes a coil that applies a rotational force to the rotor via a rotor and a yoke that engage with the first locking member. When the first locking member is located inside the drive track of the first drive member, the second locking member is located outside the drive track,
The first locking member is located outside the drive locus when the second locking member is located inside the drive locus, according to any one of claims 1 to 4. The shutter unit described. When the blade member moves from the shielded state to the retracted state, the first locking member causes the first driving member that moves in the second direction to move outside the driving locus of the first driving member. 6. After being moved to, the first drive member moves to the inside of the drive locus in order to suppress the bounding of the first drive member in the first direction. The shutter unit described. A charge member for moving the second drive member from the travel completion position to the travel start position against the biasing force applied to the second drive member,
The second locking member is configured to drive the first driving member so that the blade member moves from the retracted state to the shielded state when the second driving member is located at the traveling start position by the charging member. When the member moves in the first direction, the first driving member moving in the first direction moves the member to the outside of the driving locus of the first driving member, and then the first driving member moves. The shutter unit according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the shutter unit moves inside the drive locus to lock the bouncing in the second direction. A charge member for moving the second drive member from the travel completion position to the travel start position against the biasing force applied to the second drive member;
The second locking member is configured such that the first drive member moves the first drive member to the first state so that the blade member moves from the retracted state to the shielded state by moving the second drive member by the charge member. When moving in the direction, after being positioned outside the drive locus of the first drive member so as not to come into contact with the first drive member, bounce of the first drive member in the second direction is suppressed. The shutter unit according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the shutter unit moves to the inside of the drive locus for this purpose. A charge member for moving the second drive member from the travel completion position to the travel start position against the biasing force applied to the second drive member,
The second locking member is configured such that the blade member is moved to the outside of the drive locus of the second driving member in a state where the second driving member is located at the traveling start position. Located inside the drive locus of the first drive member in order to prevent the first drive member from bouncing in the second direction before the movement from the shielded state to the retracted state is started. The shutter unit according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that: An image pickup apparatus comprising the shutter unit according to claim 1.