JP2592469B2 - Electronic camera - Google Patents

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic camera, for example, an electronic camera capable of inserting and removing a recording medium such as a magnetic disk with respect to a predetermined position in a camera body by a driving force of a motor.

2. Description of the Related Art In an electronic camera for recording an image of a subject on a magnetic disk, for example, when a magnetic disk pack is pushed into a camera body to a certain extent from a pack insertion slot, the magnetic disk pack is then driven inside the camera body by a driving force of a motor. And loaded at a predetermined position. However, when the magnetic disk pack is loaded at a predetermined position in the camera body and the motor stops running due to, for example, a decrease in the power of the internal battery or some other failure, the magnetic disk pack can be removed. In such a case, the magnetic disk pack is generally taken out from a predetermined position inside the camera body by manually operating the operation knob for forced ejection.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] By the way, when the operation knob for eject is operated when it is not necessary, it may cause malfunction of the camera, damage the magnetic disk, or cause a recording error. There is a possibility that it may occur. Therefore, it is necessary to prevent the operation knob for eject from being carelessly operated. For this reason, it is conceivable to provide a lock mechanism, but it is not preferable because the configuration becomes complicated.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic camera in which an operation knob for ejection is provided at a position where it is not inadvertently operated to prevent a malfunction of the camera.

[Means and Actions for Solving the Problems] In the electronic camera of the present invention, the ejecting operation member for manually taking out the recording medium from the camera body does not project from the bottom surface of the camera body. In addition, it is arranged in a concave portion formed on the bottom surface.

FIG. 1 is an electronic camera showing an embodiment of the present invention.
The main body 11 of this electronic camera has a shape similar to that of a normal silver halide film camera, in which the size in the front-rear direction excluding the lens barrel 12 is shorter than the size in the up-down and left-right directions. A drive unit 13 for driving a magnetic disk to perform recording and reproduction on the disk is also provided in the camera body 11 in a vertical type. The drive unit 13 is fixed to the camera body 11 at a right corner that does not obstruct the position of the imaging optical system in the camera body 11.

A right side plate 11b of the camera body 11 is provided with a vertically long pack insertion opening 16 which matches a pack insertion opening (not shown) formed on the side end surface of the drive unit 13, and as shown in FIG. The bottom plate 11c of the camera body 11 is provided with a notch (recess) 17 for exposing the operation knob 15 for forced ejection provided on the bottom surface of the drive unit 13. The operation knob 15 is located in the notch 17 and the drive unit
The guide groove 13c formed in 13 is movable,
Its surface is located at a position where it does not protrude from the bottom plate 11c of the camera body 11, and the surface is subjected to a non-slip process so that it can be easily operated with a finger. The shutter release button 14 is provided at a position where the upper plate 11a of the camera body 11 is easily operated, and the finder window 18 is provided at a predetermined position on the rear plate 11d, unlike the case of a normal silver halide film camera. The same is true.

The schematic structure of a part of the mechanism of the drive unit 13 is shown in FIG.
13 includes a pack holder 21 for holding the magnetic disk pack 20. The pack holder 21 is driven by a drive mechanism (not shown) by a motor 22, and a pin 21a provided on a side surface.
Is moved down along the inclined guide groove 13a of the drive unit main body to move up and down in the unit main body.

In the electronic camera configured as described above, as shown in FIG.
16 and press the disk pack 20 into the pack holder 21 to some extent as shown in FIG.
After that, the magnetic disk pack 20 is drawn into the pack holder 21 by the driving force of the motor 22 in the drive unit 13 and at the same time, the pack holder 21 also descends along the guide groove 13a, whereby the FIG. As shown in (), the magnetic disk pack 20 is loaded at a predetermined position of the drive unit 13 in a state of being completely stored in the pack holder 21.

After the magnetic disk pack 20 is loaded in the predetermined position,
A photographing operation is performed by pressing down the shutter release button 14, and a subject image is recorded in conjunction with the photographing operation. When removing the magnetic disk pack 20, usually, by pressing an eject button (not shown),
The motor 22 in the drive unit 13 is driven to rotate in the reverse direction, and the magnetic disk pack 20 is automatically pushed out to the pack insertion slot 16.

Here, for example, if the power of the battery built in the camera body 11 has been reduced, the motor 22 does not drive even when the eject button is pressed, and the magnetic disk pack 20 comes out of the drive unit 13 to the pack insertion slot 16. I don't come. Therefore, in such a case, the bottom plate 11c of the camera body 11 is used.
Operation knob for forced ejection exposed from notch 17
By operating the finger 15 with a finger, the finger is slid in the direction of the pack insertion slot 16 as shown in FIG. Then, the magnetic disk pack 20 is pushed out of the camera body 11 from the pack insertion slot 16 by a mechanical ejection mechanism without using a motor. As described above, since the operation knob 15 is provided on the bottom plate 11c which is the position where the hand is hardly touched when the camera body 11 is gripped or operated in a normal state, it is particularly conscious as described above. Unless the forced eject operation is required, the eject operation is not erroneously performed.

[Effect of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, the ejecting operation member is disposed in the recess formed on the bottom surface of the camera body so that the ejecting operation member does not protrude from the bottom surface of the camera body. Therefore, the recording medium is not ejected unless operation is performed consciously, malfunction of the camera can be prevented, and operations such as photographing can be performed while being stably placed on a desk or the like. Further, the recording medium can be forcibly taken out even when the power of the built-in power supply drops or the motor breaks down.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a schematic configuration of an electronic camera according to an embodiment of the present invention as viewed from the back side, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a main part of the camera shown in FIG. 1 as viewed from the bottom side. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a schematic configuration of the drive unit in FIG. 1, and FIGS. 4A and 4B are side views of the drive unit showing a loaded state and a forced eject state of a magnetic disk pack, respectively. It is. 11 Camera body 11c Bottom plate (bottom surface) 15 Operation knob for forced ejection (operation member) 20 Magnetic disk pack (recording medium)

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. An ejecting operation member for manually removing a recording medium from a camera body is provided in a recess formed on the bottom surface of the camera body so that the ejecting operation member does not protrude from the bottom surface of the camera body. An electronic camera characterized by the following. 2. A recording medium according to claim 2, wherein said recording medium can be inserted and removed by a driving force of a motor, and said ejecting operation member is a forced ejection operation member for forcibly removing a recording medium in a camera body. The electronic camera according to claim 1.