JP2505892Y2 - Video camera - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial application] The present invention relates to a video camera, and more particularly to a video camera provided with a so-called electronic viewfinder.

[Prior Art] Recent video cameras use a so-called electronic viewfinder as a finder. In particular, in a video camera with an integrated VTR (hereinafter referred to as an integrated camera), it is necessary to immediately play back the recorded video signal and check the recording, so that the playback signal may be displayed on the electronic viewfinder. Is extremely effective.

On the other hand, in order to improve the operability of such an electronic viewfinder, by rotating the electronic viewfinder structure through 180 ° or more, it is possible to shoot while viewing the viewfinder from both the left side and the right side of the camera. A camera is also proposed.

[Problems to be solved by the invention] However, as described above, the electronic viewfinder structure is used.
In the case of a video camera configured to rotate over 180 ° or more, the electronic viewfinder structure needs to be attached to the upper part of the camera, but the position where the microphone is attached is limited accordingly. That is, there are cases where the microphone cannot be attached to a position above the camera that is suitable for collecting sound. Also, if the microphone is installed too close to the photographer, it will be difficult to pick up sound from the subject, and if it is installed too far from the photographer, the photographer will add explanations to the subject. I can no longer work.

Further, in a system in which a video camera is operated by a wireless remote controller, the position at which a receiving unit for receiving a signal from the wireless remote controller is provided is also limited, and the receiving range of the receiving unit is narrowed. Therefore, if the camera can be remotely controlled only from a certain direction, a problem will occur.

The present invention has been made in the background as described above, and provides a video camera having a structure in which the electronic viewfinder structure is rotated over 180 ° or more, and a video camera having a microphone with a very simple structure is provided. The purpose is to do.

[Means for Solving the Problems] For such a purpose, in the video camera of the present invention, the first structure that can be rotated by 180 ° or more with respect to the camera body, and the rotation of the first structure. A second structure which is connected to the first structure in a direction perpendicular to the axis and is rotatable by 180 ° or more about a rotation axis parallel to the vertical direction, and the second structure in the vertical direction. A third structure connected to the first structure on the opposite side to the connected side, wherein the first structure is between a surface to which the second structure and the third structure are connected. A reception unit of a wireless remote controller for controlling the operation of the camera is provided on the surface, and the second structure has an electronic viewfinder unit visible in a direction perpendicular to a rotation axis of the second structure. The structure of No. 3 is a robot whose mounting direction can be reversed with respect to the first structure. Configured Te provided et the black phone unit.

[Operation] According to the video camera configured as described above, since the microphone is attached to the electronic viewfinder portion, the microphone is inevitably attached to the upper portion of the camera body, which enables good sound collection. It was In addition, even if the electronic viewfinder unit turns and the direction of the first structure is reversed, the microphone mounting direction can be reversed, so that the sound of both the subject side and the photographer side can be emphasized. It is extremely convenient for shooting.

[Embodiment] A video camera according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the whole of an integrated camera as one embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is a camera body, 2 is a lens unit, 3 is a steering handle, and 4a, 4b and 4c are operation panels, respectively. 5 is a battery, 6 is a swivel support corresponding to the first structure of the present invention, 7 is a rotary unit corresponding to the second structure of the present invention, 8 is an eyepiece, and 9 is an infrared signal from a wireless remote controller. The light receiving portion 10 is a unidirectional microphone unit corresponding to the third structure.

The lower end of the swivel support portion 6 is provided with a mounting portion that is recessed into the mounting portion of the camera body, which allows the swivel support portion 6 to rotate 180 ° or more in the horizontal direction with respect to the camera body 1. I'm running. The swivel support 6 and the rotation unit 7 are arranged in a direction perpendicular to the swivel surface of the swivel support 6.
It can be rotated 360 °. A small CRT display is built in the rotary unit 7, and an image can be projected toward the rotary end side of the rotary unit 7.
Further, a deflection unit for deflecting the image projected from the CRT display by 90 ° is built in on the rotary end side of the rotary unit, whereby the projected image can be viewed from the eyepiece.

Further, the microphone unit 10 has a structure in which the mounting direction can be reversed as described later.

FIGS. 1 (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E) are diagrams showing possible variations of the integrated camera of FIG. FIG. 1 (A) shows a state of storage, in which the swivel support portion 6 is swung so that the rotary unit 7 is parallel to the camera body 1 as shown. When the support portion 6 is rotated 90 ° from this state as shown in FIG. 1 (B), the eyepiece 8 is placed at the position of the right eye, and the user can take a picture while looking through the funder with the right eye. In FIG. 1 (B), the microphone unit 10 faces the subject side, but if the mounting direction is reversed, it is possible to give the photographer side directivity.

Next, when the support portion 6 is rotated 180 ° from the state shown in FIG. 1 (B), the state shown in FIG. 1 (C) is obtained. At this time, the eyepiece 8 is facing the subject side, but the rotating unit 7 is
By turning 0 °, the state shown in Fig. 1 (D) is reached,
The eyepiece 8 faces the photographer side. However, since the CRT display is turned upside down at this time, it is necessary to detect the rotation of this rotation unit on the camera body side to reverse the image displayed on the CRT display. Also, the direction of the microphone unit 10 is reversed, so if necessary,
As shown in FIG. 1 (E), it is necessary to reverse the mounting direction.

Further, when the operation of the camera is controlled by the wireless remote controller (not shown), the electronic viewfinder is not used, and thus the support portion 6 may be oriented in any direction. Assuming that the support portion 6 can be rotated 180 ° from the state shown in FIG. 1B to the state shown in FIG. The sound collection directivity at the time of use is completely free to the user.

Furthermore, when using the wireless remote controller, the direction of the light receiving unit 9 can be freely changed. The infrared light receiving portion of this type generally has a light receiving range of about 100 °, and even if the supporting portion 6 has a swiveling range of 180 °, the light receiving range is 280 ° or more, which poses practically no problem.

Next, the mounting structure of the microphone unit to the swivel support portion 6 will be described with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 3, 11 is a sound collecting part, 12 is a support, 13 is a sound collecting part base, 14 and 15 are mounting claws on the microphone side, 16 and 17 are mounting claws on the swivel supporting part 6, 18, 19 and 20 are mounting holes, and 21 is a microphone jack.

As shown in the figure, the mounting claws 14, 15 and 16, 17, and the mounting holes 18, 19 and 20 are targeted mainly at the jack 21, so that the microphone unit can be mounted in the opposite direction. ing. That is, from the state shown in FIG. 3, the mounting claw 15 may be mounted so as to mesh with the mounting claw 16 through the mounting hole 19 and the mounting claw 14 through the mounting hole 20 so as to mesh with the mounting claw 17.

In the integrated camera as described above, the microphone can be oriented to either the photographer's side or the subject's side, regardless of whether the microphone is viewed from the left eye side or the right eye side. When the finder is not used, the pointing direction of the microphone can be freely determined.
Furthermore, when using the wireless remote controller, the remote controller can be used from a very wide direction with respect to the camera.

[Advantage of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, the structure rotatable with respect to the camera body is divided into three parts, and
A wireless remote control receiver that is not used when holding the camera is provided in the middle structure (first structure), and the structure (second and third structures) is arranged on both sides of this structure Electronic viewfinder Since the unit and the microphone unit are provided, in addition to the receiving unit of the wireless remote controller, the electronic viewfinder unit and the microphone can be provided as a movable structure in the structure rotatable with respect to the camera.

In addition, since the structure is divided into three structures as described above, the first structure is provided in spite of having three structural elements.
The structures can be rotated so that these structures can be stored within the thickness of the camera when not in use, and a compact camera structure can be achieved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIGS. 1 (A) to 1 (E) are views for illustrating a usage state of a video camera according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the entire video camera of FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a mounting structure of a microphone unit on the video camera of FIG. 2. In the figure, 1 is a camera body, 2 is a lens unit, 3 is a steering handle, 6 is a swivel support corresponding to the first structure of the present invention, 7 is a rotary unit corresponding to the second structure of the present invention, 8 Is an eyepiece, 9 is a light receiving unit for receiving infrared signals from the wireless remote controller, and 10 is a unidirectional microphone unit corresponding to the third structure.

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of utility model registration request] Claim: What is claimed is: 1. A first structure which is rotatable by 180 degrees or more with respect to a camera body, and a first structure which is connected to the first structure in a direction perpendicular to a rotation axis of the first structure and which is arranged in the vertical direction. A second structure which is rotatable by 180 ° or more about a rotation axis parallel to the third structure, and a third structure which is connected to the first structure on the side opposite to the side where the second structure is connected in the vertical direction. The first structure is provided with a wireless remote control receiver for controlling the operation of the camera on a surface between the surfaces where the second structure and the third structure are connected to each other. The second structure has an electronic viewfinder section that is visible in a direction perpendicular to the rotation axis of the second structure, and the third structure has a mounting direction that can be reversed with respect to the first structure. A video camera characterized by being provided as a microphone unit.