JP2984278B2 - Portable information recording / reproducing device - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a portable information recording / reproducing device, and more particularly, to a relatively small portable information recording / reproducing device which is convenient to carry.

2. Description of the Related Art A recording medium called a memory card having a built-in semiconductor memory and a connector at the end of the card is already well known. As shown in FIG. 9, the memory card contains a semiconductor memory, a memory backup control unit, a backup power supply, and the like in a flat, thin case 101 having a rectangular shape. A rectangular lid 101a is detachably mounted near the end of the case 101, and a replaceable power supply for memory backup is stored in the lid 101a. A connector 101b is provided on one end surface of the case 101.

The memory card configured as described above can record the number of still images according to the memory capacity.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

By the way, the memory card configured as described above has a limited number of recordable cards when the card is of a thickness suitable for portable use. It is necessary to prepare.

Here, the difference between this memory card and the recording medium of a camera using a normal photosensitive film is that a normal silver halide film is rolled in a light-tight cylinder called a patrone having a black painted inside. While the memory card is wound and stored, the memory card has a semiconductor memory stored in a rectangular thin case, does not require light tightness, and both have different storage container shapes. The patrone containing the photosensitive film is placed in a plastic cylindrical case and then stored in a paper box so that the film inside is not exposed to light. Therefore, it is not preferable to hold the photosensitive film integrally with the camera and carry it as a spare film, since it becomes very bulky. However, since the memory card is formed in a flat shape as described with reference to FIG. The area is larger than that of the patrone, but the thickness is very thin, several mm.

On the other hand, electronic cameras have tended to be gradually reduced in size in recent years so as to be convenient for carrying. In order to perform the above, the camera body is often used by attaching a grip portion formed to be larger than a human hand.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances,
Provided is a portable information recording / reproducing apparatus which can carry a recording medium integrally with a main body of a recording / reproducing apparatus by holding a spare card-type information recording medium in a grip mounted on the main body of the recording / reproducing apparatus. For one purpose. In addition, it is possible to reduce the possibility that the recording medium to be carried integrally with the main body is not carried due to forgetting or misunderstanding, and to stably hold the recording medium when carrying the recording medium. It is an object of the present invention to provide a kind of portable information recording / reproducing device.

[Means and actions for solving the problems]

A portable information recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention includes a grip portion, and the grip portion allows a user to visually recognize a spare card type storage medium storage portion and the card type storage medium stored in the storage portion from outside. A transparent window configured to include a transparent member capable of being provided, and an elastic member for pressing the card-type storage medium. The card-type storage medium can be visually recognized from the outside in such a grip portion. It is kept as possible and stable.

〔Example〕

First, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

In the main body 1 of the electronic camera shown in FIG. 1, a grip portion 1a for grasping the main body 1 with a right hand is formed so as to protrude forward next to the lens barrel 2. In this electronic camera, the shape of the main body 1 is as compact as possible for convenience in carrying, so that the size of the grip portion 1a is small, and it is difficult to grip the electronic camera as it is. Therefore, although the main body 1 alone can be used, the grip 1a of the main body 1 is slightly more than the same grip 1a so that the camera body 1 can be more stably gripped and photographed. It is designed to be used with a large grip portion 3 attached.

The grip portion 3 is provided with respect to the grip portion 1a of the camera body 1.
The grip 1a is attached with screws 4 so as to cover the front and right sides. The front surface of the grip portion 1a of the camera body 1 facing the grip portion 3 is formed in a substantially curved shape, and the grip portion 1a
As shown in FIG. 2, the right side surface of the screw is formed on a rectangular flat surface 5 whose central portion is slightly vertically elongated, and a screw hole 7 into which the screw 4 is screwed is located near the edge 6b of the flat surface 5. Is provided. In addition, on the upper side and the left and right sides of the plane 5, edges 6a, 6b, 6c having surface shapes gradually lowering outward from the plane 5 are formed. That is, the flat surface 5 has a surface shape protruding toward the grip portion 3.

The outer shape of the grip portion 3 is formed into a smooth curved surface shape so that the grip portion 3 is easily gripped when the grip portion 3 is mounted on the camera body 1. The shape of the glue is
1a is formed in a surface shape corresponding to the front surface and the right side surface. That is, the surface of the grip portion 3 facing the front surface of the grip portion 1a is formed in a concave shape, and the surface of the grip portion 1a facing the right side surface is formed in the shape shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. . Next, the shape and internal configuration of the grip portion 3 will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS.

3 and 4, the grip portion 3 faces the right side surface of the grip portion 1a of the camera body 1.
A spare memory card 8 similar to that shown in the figure can be stored. That is, in the grip portion 3, the surface of the grip portion 1 a facing the plane 5 is a regulating surface 22 whose outer edge portion can be in close contact with the plane 5, and is formed inside the regulating surface 22 at a level lower than this. Memory card 8
There is provided a storage unit 9 for storing the information. Edges 10a, 10b, and 10c in three directions around the restricting surface are opposed to and close to edges 6a, 6b, and 6c of the main body 1, respectively.
It is formed in an inclined surface shape that gradually becomes higher toward the outside. A notch portion 11 for finger hanging for taking out the memory card 8 stored in the storage portion 9 is formed from a part inside the center of the edge portion 10a to the storage portion 9.

A through hole 12 for mounting the screw 4 is formed in the center of the regulating surface 22 near 10b, and a shaft portion of the screw 4 that is inserted through the through hole 12 from the outside of the grip portion 3 toward the regulating surface 22 side. It is protruding. An E-ring 13 for retaining is attached to the base of the shaft of the screw 4 exposed on the regulating surface 22 side, and is disposed in a concave portion 12b formed on the regulating surface 22 side. The head of the screw 4 is arranged in a concave portion 12a formed on the outer side of the grip portion 3 and a groove for rotating the screw 4 by a coin or the like.
The surface having 4a is exposed to the outside of the grip portion 3. Further, leaf springs 14 and 15 for stably holding the memory card 8 in the storage section 9 are disposed in the storage section 9. The leaf spring 14 is for pressing the memory card 8 in the thickness direction, and is disposed in a concave portion 16 formed on the bottom surface of the storage portion 9.
The central portion of the leaf spring 14 protrudes inside the storage portion 9 while the other end floats from the bottom surface of the storage portion 9 and is fixed. The leaf spring 15 is for pressing the memory card 8 in the surface direction, and is provided on the side surface of the storage portion 9 facing the notch portion 11. The other end reaches the other end of the same side surface, and the center of the leaf spring 15 therebetween projects into the storage portion 9. Further, a transparent window 21 made of transparent plastic or the like is embedded in the bottom of the storage unit 9 so that the outside of the grip unit 3 can know whether or not the memory card 8 is stored.

When the electronic camera configured as described above is carried, a spare memory card 8 is arranged in the memory card storage section 9 of the grip section 3. At this time, due to the urging force of the leaf spring 15, the memory card 8 is pressed against the side of the accommodating portion 9 where the notch 11 is formed, and the position in the surface direction is regulated. At this time, the memory card 8 is slightly lifted from the bottom surface of the storage section 9 by the urging force of the leaf spring 14, but the surface on which the memory card 8 is provided is held as it is by the holding section 1a of the camera body 1. When the grip part 3 is pressed against the grip part 1a in a state where the shaft of the screw 4 is aligned with the screw hole 7 on the same side, the memory card 8 resists the urging force of the leaf spring 14. Thus, the bottom surface of the storage unit 9 is pressed by the flat surface 5 of the holding unit 1a to limit the position in the thickness direction. Therefore, in this state,
When the head of the screw 4 is rotated by a coin or the like and tightened, the screw portion of the screw 4 is screwed into the screw hole 7,
The edges 10a, 6a, 6b, 6c of the grip 1a are attached to the edges 10a,
The camera body, 1 and the grip portion 3 are fixed in a state where 10b and 10c are in close contact with each other.

When the memory card 8 is taken out, if the screw 4 is rotated in a loosening direction, the grip portion 3 is detached from the camera body 1, so that the memory card 8 can be easily removed from the storage portion 9.
Can be taken out. At a travel destination or the like, a spare memory card can be taken out, and a recorded memory card can be stored in the storage unit 9 instead.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

The main body 31 of the electronic camera shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape that is long in the front-rear direction and is difficult to grasp as it is. It is used by attaching a camber-shaped grip part 33 formed in a curved shape. The memory card 8 is built in a grip portion 33 that is detachable from the main body 31. In FIGS. 5 and 6, reference numeral 32 denotes a photographing lens, and reference numeral 34 denotes a finder window.

On the right side surface of the camera body 31, the mounting surface 35 on which the grip portion 33 is mounted is a flat surface, and the four protruding pieces 38a to 38 Four mounting recesses 36a to 36d that engage with 38d are formed. Of the mounting recesses 36a to 36d, in the upper two mounting recesses 36a and 36b, as shown in FIG. 7, an upper wall surface is formed in an inclined shape, and a projection 40 is formed on a lower wall surface. ing. In the lower two mounting recesses 36c and 36d,
One end 41a of the locking member 41 protrudes from the upper wall surface. This locking member 41 is formed by bending an elongated metal plate as shown in FIG. 8, and the other end is connected to an operation button 43 arranged in a concave portion 42 on the bottom surface of the camera body 31. The locking member 41 has a guide elongated hole 41 formed in a vertical direction.
It is vertically movably attached to the camera body 31 by the step screws 44, 45 fitted to b, and the flatness is downwardly moved by a spring 47 stretched between the boss 46 on the camera body 31. The one end 41a is urged and projects into the mounting recesses 36c and 36d. When the operation button 43 is pushed up against the urging force of the spring 47, one end 41a of the locking member 41 is attached to the mounting recesses 36c, 36d.
Immersed in the upper wall surface and retracted from the mounting recesses 36c, 36d.

In addition, the grip portion 33 has four protruding pieces 38a to 38d.
Are provided with engaging holes 48a to 48d, respectively. Of these, the engagement holes 48a, 48b of the upper two projecting pieces 38a, 38b are, as shown in FIG. 7, the projections in the two mounting recesses 36a, 36b above the camera body 31. 40 is a shape to fit,
The engagement holes 48c, 48d of the two lower projecting pieces 38c, 38d are fitted with one end 41a of a locking member 41 projecting into the two mounting recesses 36c, 36d below the camera body 31. It is shaped.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, in the center of the mounting plane 37 of the grip part 33, a memory card storage part 49 having a surface opening of the memory card 8 is formed. There is also a space between the outer plate of the grip portion 33 and the back of the storage portion 49, and the memory card 8 stored in the storage portion 49 is provided on the bottom surface of the outer plate and the back surface of the storage portion 49. Leaf spring for stably holding by pressing in the thickness direction
50 are arranged. One end of the leaf spring 50 is fixed by being prevented from rotating by a boss 51 and a screw 52 formed on the bottom surface of the storage portion 49, and the other end is separated from the bottom surface of the storage portion 49 and is disposed in the storage portion 49. In one plane. On the outer plate of the grip portion 33, a see-through window 53 is provided for checking the presence or absence of the memory card 8 in the storage portion 49.

In the electronic camera configured as described above, when the memory card 8 is held, the memory card 8 is stored and arranged in the storage section 49 of the grip section 33. , 38b are respectively attached to two mounting recesses 36a, 36b above the camera body 31.
Then, the grip portion 33 is rotated clockwise around the tip portion as a fulcrum. Then, the projections 40 are engaged with the engagement holes 48a, 48b of the projecting pieces 38a, 38b, and then the two projecting pieces 38c, 38d below the grip portion 33 are connected to the camera body 31 respectively. Into the two mounting recesses 36c, 36d below, and push up one end 41a of the locking member 41 with the slightly inclined upper surface of the protruding pieces 38c, 38d to reach the back, and the engaging hole 48c , 48d coincide with the position immediately below the one end 41a, the one end 41a projects again and engages with the engagement holes 48c, 48d, whereby the grip portion 33 is fixed to the mounting surface 35 of the camera body 31.

In a state where the grip portion 33 is fixed to the camera body 31, the mounting surface 35 of the camera body 31 is in close contact with the mounting plane 37 of the grip portion 33, and is pushed up from the bottom surface of the storage portion 49 by the urging force of the leaf spring 50. The memory card 8 is stably held in close contact with the upper surface of the memory card 8.

When removing the memory card 8 held in this manner, the operation button 43 is pushed up, and in that state,
When the grip portion 33 is rotated in a direction in which the lower portion is separated from the mounting surface 35 of the camera body 31, the grip portion 33 is easily detached from the camera body 31, so that the memory card can be taken out from the storage portion 49 of the grip portion 33. Can be. In the present invention, examples of the recording medium that can be adopted include various recording media such as an optical card and a magnetic card in addition to the memory card having a built-in semiconductor memory described in each of the above-described embodiments. It goes without saying that the above embodiments can be applied to any recording medium.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, a spare card-type recording medium can be provided in the main body of the apparatus, so that the apparatus is convenient to carry and, even when carrying around, the holding of the recording medium is stabilized by the elastic member. Preparing a spare recording medium is necessary because it is unlikely that the holder will feel uncomfortable, and the holding status of the card-type recording medium can be directly viewed from the outside through the transparent window. There is no danger of forgetting, and in order to hold the spare recording medium effectively, the grip part formed larger than the human hand must be used effectively so that the device can be grasped securely. Therefore, there is an excellent effect that the outer diameter is not increased by the conventional device of this kind.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of an electronic camera showing one embodiment of the present invention with a grip portion removed, FIG. 2 is a side view of a grip portion of the camera body in FIG. 1, and FIG. Fig. 4 is a front view of a mounting surface of the grip portion with respect to the camera body in Fig. 1; Fig. 4 (A) is a cross-sectional view taken along line IV-IV in Fig. 3; FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line VV in FIG. 3, FIG. 5 is an external perspective view of an electronic camera according to another embodiment of the present invention with a grip mounted on a main body, and FIG. FIG. 7 is an external perspective view of the electronic camera shown in FIG. 5 with the grip part removed, FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the grip part and the main part of the main body shown in FIG. 5, and FIG. FIG. 9 is a side view of the locking member in FIG. 7, and FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the memory card. 1,31 Camera body 3,33 Grip unit 8 Memory card (card type information recording medium) 9,49 Memory card storage unit (holder unit)

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A portable information recording / reproducing apparatus provided with a grip portion, wherein the grip portion includes a storage portion for a spare card type storage medium, and the card type storage medium stored in the storage portion. And a transparent window configured to include a transparent member that makes the card-type storage medium visible from the outside, and an elastic member for pressing the card-type storage medium. Information recording / reproducing device.