JP3050309U - Shooting equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To provide a relatively large hood projecting to the front of a housing to enhance the illumination effect of a subject and to further prevent the housing from overturning. SOLUTION: Both ends of a substantially U-shaped frame 5 are attached to a housing 1.
A hood 8 is attached to the support shaft 6 so as to be rotatable at the upper end of the front surface of the hood 8 and is connected to the frame 5 above the frame 5. One end of a coil spring 10 is attached to the rear end of the hood 8. The other end is a light-shielding plate member 1 on the upper part of the housing 1.
1 to support the frame 5 and the hood 8 so as to be substantially horizontal.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

[Technical field to which the invention belongs]

 The present invention relates to a lighting device photographing device that illuminates a subject, and more particularly to a photographing device provided with a hood that reflects illumination light from the lighting device and prevents external light from entering.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 In general, in the field setting type shooting equipment for taking ID photos, it is necessary to eliminate the influence of external incident light by taking a person inside the box-shaped space and shooting. However, shooting equipment used as amusement machines is placed in game consoles, etc., and shooting is performed with a person standing upright. For the purpose of preventing the background from being reflected and enhancing the lighting effect, a banner having a shape surrounding the upper body of a person is provided.

[0003] Furthermore, the housing for housing the above-mentioned photographing equipment is generally higher than the height of the person and has a vertically long shape. If such a hanging curtain or a hood (photographing aid) is provided, the housing may fall over. In order to solve such a problem, conventionally, as shown in FIG. 7 (a), both ends of a substantially U-shaped frame for attaching a light-shielding curtain 71 to the upper surface of a housing 70 are conventionally used. In some cases, a stress relaxation portion 72a made of a coil spring is provided in the middle of the mounting. According to such a configuration, even if the hanging curtain 71 is gripped and pulled downward, the stress acts on the oblique force with respect to the housing 70 by the deformation of the stress relieving portion 72a formed of the coil spring. The effect is obtained by converting the force into force and preventing the case 70 from falling over.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

 The conventional photographing device equipped with a hood is configured as described above, and is quite useful in preventing the case from falling over. However, it is difficult to enhance the lighting effect using only a banner, and the light effect is reduced due to the incidence of light from the outside. Therefore, development of a more useful device has been desired. Further, in a photographing device having a configuration as shown in FIG. 7A, in order to further block the light incident from above the housing in order to further enhance the illumination effect, as shown in FIG. When the upper cover member 73 is to be attached to the frame 72, the load applied to the frame is increased, and the effect of preventing the case 70 from tipping over is reduced, and the upper part closer to the case 70 than the stress buffer 72a. However, there is a problem in that the lighting effect cannot be sufficiently enhanced because of insufficient coverage.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, and provides a photographing device that can obtain a sufficient lighting effect by using a hood that covers the upper part of a housing and that is useful for preventing the housing from overturning. The purpose is to:

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a photographing apparatus comprising: a housing for accommodating a photographing unit; a frame having respective ends rotatably attached to an upper end of a front surface of the housing; A hood that is connected to a frame, and one end of which is fixed to the hood and the other end is attached to the upper surface of the housing, so that the frame and the hood are supported so that they are substantially horizontal. It has flexible support means.

[0007] Further, according to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the imaging device according to the first aspect, wherein at least one of the front side and the top front of the housing is irradiated with light. Means.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the photographing apparatus according to the first aspect, wherein the supporting means biases the upper hood toward the upper surface of the housing. Therefore, the frame and the upper surface hood are configured using a spring member that supports the frame so as to be substantially horizontal.

[0009]

[Embodiment of the invention]

 Embodiment 1 FIG. A photographing device including a hood according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a photographing apparatus provided with a hood according to the first embodiment, FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway perspective view, and FIG. 3 is a side sectional view. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a housing having a width of 620 cm, a depth of 580 cm, and a height of 185 cm, and an operation panel for operating photographing equipment housed in the housing 1 is provided at the center of the front surface. 2, a shooting window 3 for taking a picture is provided above, and below the operation panel 2, a take-out for taking out a sheet in a state where the taken picture is printed on paper or the like. A mouth 4 is provided. Above the front surface of the housing 1, a substantially U-shaped frame 5 made of steel or the like and having both ends rotatably mounted on a support shaft 6 is provided with a hood (described later). The frame 5 is provided with three hanging curtains 7 so as to surround the front surface of the housing 1 from three directions. The frame 5 is provided with a hood 8 having a shape covering a region from a part of the upper surface of the housing 1 to a part of the frame 5 and a part of both side surfaces of the housing 1. It is fixed and installed. Further, a board unit 21 for performing an image synthesizing process is housed below the housing 1. Reference numeral 9 denotes an elliptical side cover attached to the side surface of the housing 1, which is used as a decorative board.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 10 denotes a coil spring as a support means, one end of which is fixed to the hood 8 and the other end of which is fixed to a light-shielding plate member 11 mounted near the upper surface of the housing 1. Normally, the hood 8 is urged toward the housing 1 so that the hood 8 is substantially horizontal. Numeral 12 denotes a CCD camera for imaging arranged on the rear side of the housing 1 so as to face the imaging window 3 mounted on the front surface of the housing 1, and 13 denotes the imaging window 3 and the CCD camera 12. A half mirror 14 disposed in a space between the CRT 14 and the CRT 14 is arranged such that its screen is directed to the upper surface of the housing 1. The half mirror 13 and the CRT 14 constitute monitoring means. It has become something. Reference numeral 15 denotes a printer unit that prints an image after photographing on a sheet of paper or the like and sends it to the take-out port 4, 16 denotes a lighting device such as a fluorescent lamp disposed inside the photographing window 3, and 17 denotes a light shielding plate. It is a lighting fixture such as a fluorescent lamp mounted on the upper surface of the member 11, and is arranged so that the irradiation light hits the inner surface of the hood 8 and is reflected. The hood 8 is formed of a white acrylic material in order to increase the reflection efficiency of illumination light.

Next, the operation of the photographing device having the above configuration will be described. First, at the time of photographing, a person stands in front of the photographing window 3 and operates the operation panel 2 to select a desired one of the backgrounds output from the CRT 14 and displayed on the half mirror 13 and then photographing. I do. That is, the image data of the person photographed by the CCD camera 12 via the photographing window 3 and the half mirror 13 and the image data of the selected background are subjected to the composite image processing through the substrate unit 21. At this time, the upper part of the photographing window 3 is covered with a hood 8, and light emitted by a lighting device 17 such as a fluorescent lamp attached to the upper surface of a light-shielding plate member 11 on the upper part of the housing 1 is irradiated with the hood 8. The light reflected from the inner surface of the light source 8 illuminates a person located below, thereby eliminating the influence of light from the outside and enhancing the lighting effect. Then, the photographed video is printed on a sheet such as paper in the printer unit 15 and sent to the take-out port 4.

Next, the operation when stress is applied to the hood 8 and the hanging curtain 7 will be described. When a downward stress is applied to the hood 8 or the hanging curtain 7 and the stress is larger than the urging force of the coil spring 10, the frame 5 rotates around the support shaft 6 as shown in FIG. 8 and the hanging curtain 7 are inclined together with the frame 5. At this time, the stress applied to the frame 5 acts as a lever using the support shaft 6 as a fulcrum and the coil spring 10 as an application point, and the position of the application point is the upper surface of the housing. On the other hand, in the conventional configuration shown in FIG. 7, the stress applied to the stress buffer portion 72a is turned obliquely downward and acts on the upper surface portion of the housing 70, which is the mounting portion of the frame 72. On the other hand, in the configuration according to the first embodiment, most of the applied stress is attached to the hood 8 by rotating the attachment portion of the frame 5 about the support shaft 6. Acting as a force to extend the coil spring 10 upward, the stress applied to the housing 1 is relieved by the extension of the coil spring 10 and is not immediately applied to the housing 1, so that the housing 1 is hard to fall. Become.

As described above, according to the first embodiment, both ends of the substantially U-shaped frame 5 are rotatably attached to the support shaft 6 at the upper end of the front surface of the housing 1, and are mounted above the frame 5. A hood 8 is arranged in connection with the frame 5, one end of a coil spring 10 is attached to the rear end of the hood 8, and the other end is attached to the upper surface of a light shielding plate member 11 on the upper part of the housing 1. In addition, since the frame 5 and the hood 8 are configured to be supported so as to be substantially horizontal, even when stress is applied to the frame 5, the frame 5 rotates about the support shaft 6 at the mounting portion thereof. Most of the applied stress becomes a force for extending the coil spring 10 attached to the hood 8 upward, and the stress applied to the housing 1 is relieved by the extension of the coil spring 10 and is not immediately applied to the housing 1. For the case 1 is less likely to overturn, and can provide a better effect than the conventional one.

Further, the space above the photographing window 3 is covered with a hood 8, and the light radiated by a lighting device 17 inside the hood 8 is reflected on the inner surface of the hood 8, so that a person located below can be seen. Because of the illuminating configuration, it is possible to eliminate the influence of external light entering from the upper part of the housing 1 and the like, and to obtain a high illumination effect.

In the first embodiment, one coil spring 10 is provided, but a plurality of coil springs may be used. As the constant of the coil spring, a value appropriately set according to parameters such as the length of the frame 5 and the weight of the hood 8 is used. As a guide, a load of about 5 kg is applied to the front surface of the frame 5. It should be large enough to start growing.

Although the luminaires 16 and 17 are provided on the front side and upper part of the housing, respectively, they may be provided on either one of them.

Embodiment 2 Next, a photographing device including a hood according to the second embodiment will be described. FIG. 5 is a partial side view showing a configuration of a photographing device including a hood according to the second embodiment. In FIG. 5, reference numeral 18 denotes a stopper which is attached near the upper part of both sides of the housing 1. The stopper 18 comes into contact with the bottom of the hood 8 so that the hood 8 is urged by the coil spring 10. The position of 8 is decided.

A plurality of mounting holes 19 for mounting the stopper 18 are provided on a side surface of the housing 1, and the position of the hood 8 when the hood 8 is biased changes depending on the mounting hole 19 used.

As described above, according to the second embodiment, the stopper 18 that comes into contact with the bottom of the hood 8 is provided on the side surface of the housing 1, and the mounting position of the stopper 18 is changed. Can be adjusted, the angle of the hood 8 can be adjusted to some extent according to the surrounding situation when the photographing device is installed.

In the first embodiment, the applied stress is balanced by adjusting the constant or number of the coil springs used. However, as shown in FIG. A weight 20 may be provided along the inner surface of the unit, for example, by attaching a sheet made of a metal having a high specific gravity, such as lead, to the sheet. By adjusting the weight of the weight 20, a larger stress is required as the stress until the hood 8 starts to rotate about the support shaft 6, in other words, although the stress shown in the first embodiment is large. The same effect as using a coil spring that is strong can be obtained.

[0021]

[Effect of the invention]

 As described above, according to the photographing device provided with the hood according to the present invention, the housing accommodating the photographing means, and the frame having each end rotatably attached to the upper end of the front surface of the housing. A hood connected to the frame above the frame, and one end of the hood fixed to the hood and the other end attached to the upper surface of the housing, so that the frame and the hood are substantially horizontal. The main part of the stress applied to the frame is the force to stretch the supporting means attached to the hood upward, and is applied to the housing. The stress is alleviated by the extension of the support means, and is not immediately applied to the housing, so that the housing is hardly overturned, and a more excellent overturn prevention effect than the conventional one can be obtained.

Further, in the photographing apparatus provided with the hood, since the illuminating means for irradiating light to at least one of the front side portion and the upper front portion of the housing is provided, the inside of the hood is illuminated by illumination. The reflected light is reflected on the inner surface of the hood to illuminate the person located below, eliminating the effects of external light entering from the top of the housing, etc., and obtaining a high lighting effect. There is an effect that can be.

Further, in the photographing apparatus provided with the hood, since the spring member is used as the support means, there is an effect that the apparatus can be manufactured at a low cost.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a configuration of a photographing device including a hood according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing a configuration of a photographing device including a hood according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a side cross-sectional view illustrating a configuration of a photographing device including the hood according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a partial side view for explaining the operation of the photographing device including the hood according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a partial side view showing a configuration of a photographing device including a hood according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a partial side view showing a configuration of a photographing device having a hood according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the device having a weight at a rear end of the hood.

FIG. 7 is a partial perspective view showing a configuration of a conventional photographing device including a hood.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 housing, 2 operation panel, 3 shooting window, 4
Outlet, 5 frame, 6 spindle, 7 banner, 8
Hood, 9 side cover, 10 coil spring, 11
Light shielding plate member, 12 CCD camera, 13 half mirror, 14 CRT, 15 printer unit, 16, 17
Lighting equipment, 18 stoppers, 19 mounting holes, 20
Weights, 21 board units.

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[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] October 9, 1996

[Procedure amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] Claim 10

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

Claims (10)

[Utility model registration claims] A housing for accommodating a photographing means; a frame having respective ends rotatably attached to an upper end of a front surface of the housing; and a frame arranged above the frame in connection with the frame. A hood, and one end thereof is fixed to the hood, and the other end is attached to the upper surface of the housing, so that the frame and the hood are provided with elastic support means for supporting the hood so as to be substantially horizontal. Characteristic shooting equipment. 2. The photographing device according to claim 1, further comprising: an illumination unit that irradiates light to at least one of a front side portion and a front upper portion of the housing. 3. The photographing device according to claim 1, wherein the supporting means urges the upper hood toward the upper surface of the housing so that the frame and the upper hood are substantially horizontal. A photographing device characterized in that the device is a spring member. 4. The photographing device according to claim 1, wherein said frame has a substantially U-shaped shape. 5. The photographing device according to claim 1, wherein a weight is provided at an end of the hood on the housing side. 6. The photographing device according to claim 1, further comprising a stopper for regulating a rotation angle of the frame. 7. The photographing device according to claim 1, wherein the hood is made of an acrylic material. 8. A housing for accommodating photographing means, a monitor provided in the housing for displaying an object, an illuminating means for illuminating the object, and an illuminating light emitted from the illuminating means to an inner surface thereof. A light reflecting means having a light reflecting portion for reflecting light. 9. The photographing device according to claim 8, wherein the illumination means is arranged on at least one of a front side portion and a front upper portion of the housing. 10. A housing for accommodating photographing means, a monitor provided in the housing for displaying a subject, an illuminating means for illuminating the subject, and an illumination light illuminated on the inner surface of the housing from the illuminating means. A light reflecting portion that has a light reflecting portion that reflects light from the upper surface of the housing and extends in the front direction; a holding device that is provided on the housing and holds the light reflecting device; One end is fixed to the light reflecting means, and the other end is attached to the housing,
The light reflecting means and the holding means are supported substantially horizontally, and are stretched when a predetermined stress or more is applied from the outside, whereby the light reflecting means and the holding means for causing the holding means to travel on a street are provided. An imaging device, comprising: