JP5178449B2 - Electronic equipment with external equipment storage - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic device including a storage unit for an external device, and more particularly to an electronic device such as a digital still camera including a storage unit for storing an external device such as a battery or a memory card.

Each electronic device such as a digital still camera has its own storage room so that external devices such as batteries for driving the device and memory cards for storing data can be stored inside the device. Many are equipped.
However, in recent years, electronic devices such as digital still cameras have been remarkably miniaturized, and with the progress of such miniaturization, it has become more difficult to secure a space for storing external devices such as batteries and memory cards. .

In order to cope with these problems, downsizing has conventionally been achieved by reducing the size of the battery and the memory card itself.
Alternatively, the overall size has been reduced by reducing the distance between the battery storage room and the memory card storage room and the distance between them and other components of the electronic device (for example, standing walls and lids). Yes.
For example, in Patent Document 1, a battery storage chamber and a memory card storage chamber are formed integrally, thereby reducing the distance between them and reducing the size.
Patent Document 2 proposes an electronic device that restricts an external device housed inside the device main body to a housed position, and releases the restriction so that the device can be discharged to the outside.
In this electronic device, the external device biased in the discharge direction is hooked with a lever that regulates the discharge to restrict the discharge, and the lever is retracted from the top surface of the external device to move the external device to a position where it can be removed. Is configured to do.
JP 2001-266823 A JP 2006-100103 A

As described above, downsizing of external devices such as batteries and memory cards has been promoted, but the interval between the storage chambers for storing each of the plurality of external devices and other configurations of the storage chamber and the electronic device main body. It is difficult to easily reduce the distance between the object and the object in order to ensure operability.
For example, in Patent Document 2, in order to move an external device to a position where the external device can be removed, it is necessary to directly operate a lever that restricts the discharge of the external device to a retracted position with a finger.
Therefore, in order to ensure operability, the lever cannot be made extremely small, and when the external device is thin, the lever may exceed the thickness of the external device, which prevents miniaturization. It becomes.

On the other hand, in Patent Document 1, a lever or the like that restricts the discharge of the external device is not provided as in Patent Document 2, and the external device is prevented from falling off by the cover of the storage chamber. It has the following problems.
As described above, when the battery compartment is prevented from falling off with the lid of the storage room, the battery falls out of the battery storage room at the moment when the lid of the storage room is opened, and the power supply to the device body of the battery is instantaneously cut off. May occur. For this reason, even if there is a need to supply power to the device body, such as during the writing of data to the memory card, the writing cannot be completed.

However, further downsizing of the device main body cannot be expected unless the storage chamber for storing the external device is downsized, including the mechanism for regulating the discharge of the external device described above. Moreover, when aiming at such a miniaturization, it is desired that an intended external device can be discharged independently from a plurality of external devices respectively stored in the storage chamber.
If the external devices such as batteries and memory cards are small and the space between them is narrow, when you push in to eject the external devices, you also press the wrong external device As a result, a plurality of external devices may be unintentionally discharged.
In particular, it is difficult to press an external device with a small thickness or width, or an external device with a small amount of protrusion during storage, and there is a risk that a plurality of external devices will be pressed by mistake.
In addition, it is difficult to press down only the surface exposed to the outside of the external device, even with respect to the external device stored at a position close to the rotating shaft of the standing wall of the electronic device main body or the cover of the storage chamber of the external device. At the same time, other external devices that are close to each other may be pressed.
In these cases, it is desirable that only the intended external device can be easily taken out alone.

  In view of the above problems, the present invention makes it possible to discharge an intended external device independently even when the interval between the storage chambers of each external device that houses a plurality of miniaturized external devices is reduced. An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic device including a storage unit for an external device.

The present invention provides an electronic device including an external device storage unit configured as follows.
An electronic device provided with a storage unit for an external device according to the present invention,
The storage unit of the external device has a structure in which a plurality of external devices are inserted in the same direction from the insertion port so that a storage unit for storing each external device is provided adjacently,
The storage unit for storing each external device pushes the external device on the insertion port side by pressing down the storage state release start position for releasing the storage state from the storage position in the storage unit of the external device. Having a guiding means for guiding to a non-storage position capable of discharging;
The guide means is provided at a position closer to the insertion port than a storage state release start position of one of the external devices, and a storage state release start position of the other external device,
The one external device is discharged separately from the other external devices.
In the present invention, in particular, the plurality of external devices are configured with external devices having different thicknesses,
Among the plurality of external devices having different thicknesses, the guide unit is provided with a storage state release start position of an external device having a small thickness closer to the insertion port than a storage state release start position of an external device having a large thickness. It can be set as the structure currently provided.
However, the present invention is not limited to the configuration of such an external device having a large thickness and an external device having a small thickness.
For example, in addition to these, any configuration may be used as long as it has a mode in which an external device that is in proximity may be accidentally pressed during a push-in operation for ejecting the external device. Is not to be done.

According to the present invention, even when the interval between the storage chambers of each external device that stores a plurality of miniaturized external devices is reduced, the intended external device can be discharged alone.
In particular, in the case of a downsized external device, if there is a risk of pressing an external device that is in close proximity during the push-in operation to eject the external device, only the intended external device can be easily It becomes possible to discharge.

Next, an electronic device provided with a storage unit for an external device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the storage unit for the external device is provided adjacent to a storage unit for storing each external device by inserting a plurality of external devices in the same direction from the insertion port. It has a structure.
Then, the storage unit for storing each of these external devices is pushed down until it exceeds the storage state release start position for releasing the storage state from the storage position in the storage unit of the external device,
Guiding means for guiding the external device to a non-retractable position on the insertion port side where the discharge is possible.
Further, the guide means is provided such that the storage state release start position of one of the plurality of external devices is closer to the insertion port than the storage state release start position of the other external devices, The one external device is configured to be discharged separately from the other external devices.

Specifically, it is configured such that it can be ejected by a guide means that alternately guides the storage position and the non-storage position in response to a pushing operation on each storage chamber.
For example, as a plurality of external devices, a memory card capable of storing various data in one external device is used, and a battery that is a power supply source for driving the electronic device is used in the other external device.
And it is comprised so that the maintenance state of these batteries and a memory card in the apparatus main body may be guided using a cam.
That is, such a cam is used to alternately guide the storage position stored in the storage chamber and the non-storage position that can be ejected in accordance with the pushing operation of the battery or the memory card.
In this case, the guide means is configured such that, among the plurality of external devices having different thicknesses, the insertion state opening start position of the external device having a small thickness is greater than the storage state release start position of the external device having a large thickness. Configured to be provided on the side.
As a result, when the external device with a small thickness is taken out, even if the external device with a large thickness is pressed, the external device with a small thickness is released from the stored state with the push-in position closer than the external device with a large thickness.
Since it is configured in this manner, an external device having a large thickness is not unintentionally taken out, and only an external device having a small thickness can be easily taken out.
The present invention is not limited to the configuration of the external device having a large thickness and the external device having a small thickness as described above.
For example, the storage part of the external device is configured to insert the plurality of external devices from an insertion port having standing walls with different heights, or an insertion port having only one standing wall,
As the guide means, there is a storage state release start position of the external device on the side where the standing wall is present on the side where the standing wall is higher among the standing walls having different heights or the one having the one standing wall. ,
It can be set as the structure provided in the said insertion port side rather than the accommodation state cancellation | release start position of the external apparatus of the side with a low standing wall or the side where a standing wall does not exist.
Further, the plurality of external devices are external devices having different pressing surfaces,
As the guide means, the distance from the storage position of the storage unit that stores the external device having a low pressing surface with respect to the insertion direction among the plurality of external devices having different pressing surfaces to the storage state release start position,
The distance from the storage position of the storage unit that stores the external device having a high pressing surface to the storage state release start position can be made smaller.
At that time, the distance from the storage position of the storage unit storing the external device having a high pressing surface to the storage state release start position is the storage position of the external device having the high pressing surface and the external device having the low pressing surface. The configuration is made smaller than the difference in height of the pressing surface.
Further, the plurality of external devices are external devices having different widths,
Among the plurality of external devices having different thicknesses, the guide unit is provided with a storage state release start position of a small external device closer to the insertion port than a storage state release start position of a large external device. It can be set as the structure currently provided.

In the following, a camera is configured as the electronic device, and a cam that alternately guides the storage position stored in the storage chamber and the non-storage position that can be ejected according to the pushing operation of the battery or the memory card is used as the guide means. The specific example will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 11 is a side view of the camera for explaining the present embodiment, and shows a state where the battery 102 is stored in the battery storage chamber 101 and the memory card 202 is stored in the memory card storage chamber 201.
FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a cam state in the camera of FIG. 11 in a state where the battery 102 and the memory card 202 are stored in the respective storage chambers.
In FIG. 12, reference numeral 105 denotes a cam member, and 105a denotes a cam formed on the cam member.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a cam that alternately guides the storage position stored in the storage chamber and the non-storage position that can be ejected according to the pushing operation of the battery or the memory card in the present embodiment.
4A is a diagram showing the shape of the cam 105a formed on the cam member 105 attached to the battery storage chamber, and FIG. 4B is a diagram showing the height difference of the cam 105a.

In this embodiment, the cam 105a is supported so as to be movable in the vertical direction including the α direction in FIG. 4A in conjunction with the pushing operation of the external device such as the battery 102 and the memory card 202, and is not shown. The spring is always urged in the α direction.
Reference numeral 301 denotes a guide pin that moves along the cam. When the battery 102 and the memory card 202 are in the non-storing position, the guide pin 301 stands by at a position A in FIG.

Next, the operation of the guide pin 301 that moves the cam 105a will be described with the state waiting at the position A in FIG.
When the battery 102 or the memory card 202 is pushed in, the guide pin 301 moves from the position A to the position C.
The bifurcation point (position B) is turned in the middle. However, since the cam 105a is higher than the position A in the α direction shown in FIG. 4A, the cam 105a is guided in the β direction where there is no step.
Further, when the battery 102 or the memory card 202 is pushed in, the guide pin 301 advances while climbing the slope formed between the position C and the position D.
After passing through the position D, the step at the position E is descended and the abutting position F is reached.
Further, even if the battery 102 or the memory card 202 is pushed in, the cam 105a is not formed any more, so the guide pin 301 does not advance any further.

Here, when the force that pushes in the battery 102 or the memory card 202 is released, the cam 105a tries to advance in the α direction in FIG. 4A by the biasing force of a spring (not shown).
At this time, the guide pin 301 returns to the position E with the step that has been lowered earlier, but the step does not climb, and therefore proceeds in the direction of the position G without the step.
When going down the step provided at the position G, the position H is reached. Here, the guide pin 301 stops at this position H because it cannot advance beyond the position H by the force in the biasing direction of the spring.
This position is a storage position for external devices such as the battery 102 and the memory card 202.

Here, when the external device is pushed in again, the guide pin 301 descends the step at the position I of the cam 105a and stops at the position J.
As with the position F, since the cam is not formed earlier than this, the guide pin 301 does not advance any further. This state is defined as a storage state release stop position.
As described above, the step at the position I is descended, but the state at which the step at the position I is descended is set as the storage state release start position.
When the pushing of the external device is stopped between the storage state release start position and the storage state release stop position, the guide pin 301 is moved to the position K of the cam 105a by the biasing force of a spring (not shown) and the step of the position I. Go in the direction.

It climbs up the slope formed between the position K and the position L, goes down the step at the position M, and reaches the end point position N.
As shown in FIG. 4A, the position N is the same as the position A.
Since the cam 105a is not formed before this, the guide pin 301 stops at the non-storage position of the position N (= position A).
Here, when the external device is pushed in again, it goes to the position B again and the same cycle as before is continued.
By the cycle described above, the external device is alternately guided from the non-storage state to the storage state and from the storage state to the non-storage state.

Next, the state where the battery and the memory card are alternately guided from the non-storage state to the storage state and from the storage state to the non-storage state will be further described with reference to FIGS.
In FIG. 11, the memory card 202 and the battery 102 are configured such that their storage portions can be closed by a common lid 401 (see FIG. 15), and here, the opened state is shown.
FIG. 12 shows the state of the cam 105a when only the battery is pushed in from the state of FIG.
FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a state of the cam 105a when both the battery 102 and the memory card 202 are pushed in from the state of FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, when the battery 102 is stored in the battery storage chamber 101 and the memory card 202 is stored in the memory card storage chamber 201, the battery 102 protrudes from the memory card 202.
First, the battery 102 is taken out. As described above, since the battery 102 has a larger amount of protrusion to the outside, it is possible to press only the battery 102.
As shown in FIG. 13, when the battery 102 is continuously pressed, the storage chamber 101 of the battery 102 is in a state where the vertex of the protruding portion of the battery 102 is outside the vertex of the protruding portion of the memory card 202. The release stop point (position J) of the cam 105a provided at the position is reached.
When the pressing of the battery 102 is stopped here, the guide pin 301a of the battery 102 is guided to the non-storage position of the position N.

On the other hand, at this stage, since the memory card 202 is not pressed, the memory card 202 is not guided to the non-storage position N of the cam 105a.
Next, the memory card 202 is taken out. As described above, since the memory card 202 is stored at a deeper position than the battery 102, the battery 102 is not intended even if it is attempted to push only the memory card 202. There is a possibility of pushing without.
When both the battery 102 and the memory card 202 are pressed, the result is as shown in FIG.
That is, the guide pin 301a provided in the battery storage chamber 101 and the guide pin 301b provided in the storage chamber 201 of the memory card 202 are moved from the position H to the position I of the cam 105a. To be guided to.
If the pressing is continued as it is, the guide pin 301b provided in the memory card storage chamber 201 reaches the abutting position of the position J as shown in FIG. This state is the storage state release stop position defined above, and the memory card 202 cannot be pushed any further.
If the pushing of the external device is stopped between the storage state release start position and the storage state release stop position, the guide pin 301 passes through the position K, position L, and position M of the cam 105a as described above, and the end position N The non-storage position is reached.

In such a configuration, as described above, the memory card 202 with a smaller thickness is configured such that the storage state release start position of the cam 105a is in front of the battery 102 with a larger thickness.
Therefore, even when both the battery 102 and the memory card 202 are pressed, the memory card 202 is released from the stored state before the battery 102, so that only the memory card 202 having a small thickness can be easily removed. Become.

Examples of the present invention will be described below.
[Example 1]
In the first embodiment, a configuration example of a camera to which the present invention is applied will be described.

FIG. 6 shows an exploded perspective view of the front side of the camera in the present embodiment.
FIG. 7 shows an exploded perspective view of the back side of the camera in the present embodiment.
6 and 7, reference numeral 1 denotes a front cover that covers the front side of the camera, 11 denotes a back cover that covers the back side, and 21 denotes a central cover that covers the central part.
A decorative plate 2 is attached to the front cover 1 to enhance the appearance design.
In addition, an autofocus auxiliary illumination window 3 and a fixing member 4 are bonded and fixed to the front cover 1.
A large hole 11a is provided in the back cover 11, and a substantially colorless and transparent window member 12 is fitted into the hole from the inside of the back cover 11, and the double-sided tape is applied to the surface created by scraping off the entire circumference. Is affixed to the back cover 11.
Further, the step in the window member 12 that has been scraped off is used to perform positioning in the plate thickness direction, thereby realizing smoothness of the appearance surface.
The window member 12 is coated with a curing agent on the surface to prevent scratches, and an anti-reflection coating is applied to reduce reflection of external light and improve the visibility of information displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 71. In addition, a fluorine coating is applied to make it easier to remove attached dirt.

Reference numeral 31 denotes a metal frame that increases the rigidity of the camera body, and fixes each unit, an exterior cover, and the like. Three types of reinforcing plates 32, 33, and 34 are fixed to the metal frame 31 by spot welding to protect the liquid crystal display unit 71 from impact and pressure.
Reference numeral 41 denotes a lens barrel unit that holds a photographic lens and the like, and a zoom motor for driving the lens barrel and a gear unit 42 including a gear are integrally assembled.
The lens barrel unit 41 is fixed to the metal frame 31 by four (three in the drawing) screws 43.
Reference numeral 44 denotes a finder unit used for determining the photographing range, and is fixed to the lens barrel unit 41 by a screw 45 from the upper surface.
A battery storage chamber 101 for storing the battery 102 is fixed to the metal frame by screws and 104.

As shown in FIG. 6, a flexible wiring board 62 is connected to a wiring board 61 on which main electrical components are mounted by a connector.
A battery contact piece 62a and a video / audio plug connector 62b are mounted on the battery housing chamber 101 side of the flexible wiring board 62, and are combined with recesses 101a and 101b provided in the battery housing chamber 101, respectively.
The battery housing chamber 101 has a triangular hole 101c. By aligning the hole 101c with a triangular mark (not shown) on the battery 102, the battery 102 can be inserted into the battery storage chamber 101 in the correct orientation.
In addition, a metal frame 31 is behind the triangular hole 101c provided in the battery storage chamber 101, and the metal color can be seen through the triangular hole 101c to improve the visibility of the triangular hole. Yes.

A strobe unit 51 is fixed to the metal frame 31 by screws 52 from the side.
Reference numeral 53 denotes a strobe light emitting portion, and a flexible wiring board 68 on which a strobe circuit is mounted is attached to a frame portion extending downward, and a strobe light emitting capacitor 68a is fixed.
The strobe unit 51 is located above the gear unit 42 assembled to the lens barrel unit 41 to realize an efficient layout.
Reference numeral 61 denotes a wiring board on which main electrical components such as a CPU, a memory, an image processing LSI, and a power supply circuit are mounted. A storage chamber 201 for storing a memory card 202 for storing video and audio and a USB connector 61a are mounted on the back surface. Has been.
The wiring board 61 on which the main electrical components are mounted is screwed to the metal frame 31 with screws 63 and 64. By hooking the wiring board 61 on which main electrical components are mounted on a claw (not shown) provided below the battery storage chamber 101, the bottom of the wiring board 61 is suppressed from floating.

An opening 101 d is provided on one surface of the battery storage chamber 101 and is closed by the memory card storage chamber 201.
Further, a microphone is mounted on the wiring board 61 on which main electrical components are mounted, and a rubber microphone bush is covered.
The microphone bush is compressed by the front cover 1 to shield the noise inside the camera body and improve the sound collection efficiency.
Reference numeral 66 denotes a flexible wiring board on which switches such as a release switch and a power switch are mounted. Reference numeral 67 denotes a speaker, the terminal portion of which is a copper provided on the flexible wiring board 66 on which switches are mounted. Conduction is achieved by contacting the exposed foil portion.
Reference numeral 71 denotes a liquid crystal display unit. The liquid crystal display unit 71 is sandwiched between a liquid crystal cover (not shown) and a resin spacer which is one of the components of the backlight unit 72.
And the liquid crystal display part 71 and the backlight unit 72 are integrated by hooking the nail | claw provided in the liquid-crystal cover to the recessed part provided in the resin spacer.
The unit in which the liquid crystal display unit 71 and the backlight 72 are integrated is fixed to the metal frame 31 by screws 73.

Reference numeral 81 denotes a rear inner formed by integrally molding various operation buttons 82 on the back, a storage portion 81a of the camera operation mode switching lever 84, an eyepiece window portion 81b of the finder, and a storage portion 81c of the speaker 67.
One of the various operation buttons 82 on the back is a light emitting button 82a having a light guide member 83 attached to the center thereof, and a tact switch 66a mounted on a flexible wiring board 66 on which switches are mounted. Is configured to be pressed by the light guide member 83.
A light emitting diode 66b is disposed beside the tact switch 66a, and light emitted from the light emitting diode 66b is guided to the surface of the light emitting button 82a through the light guide member 83.
The camera operating mode switching lever 84 is fitted into the storage portion 81a, sandwiches the back inner 81 with the holding metal plate 85, and is slidably fixed by welding.

The holding metal plate 85 is formed with an arm portion for sandwiching the knob portion of the operation mode changeover switch 66c mounted on the flexible wiring board 66 on which switches are mounted.
When the operation mode switching lever 84 of the camera is moved up and down with the back cover 11 incorporated, the knob of the operation mode switching switch 66c is interlocked by the arm portion.
The switch is assigned still image shooting, moving image shooting, and image reproduction for each predetermined position, and the operation mode can be changed by switching the operation mode switching lever 84 in the vertical direction.

Two holes are provided right next to the viewfinder eyepiece window 81b.
The light guide member 85 is positioned and fixed in the hole, and guides light emitted from the two light emitting diodes 66d mounted on the flexible wiring board 66 on which switches are mounted.
Reference numeral 87 denotes a cross button, which is lightly press-fitted into four bosses provided on the back inner 81 and fixed in position.
The speaker 67 is lightly press-fitted and fixed in a storage portion 81c provided on the inner back surface, and surrounds the periphery of the speaker 67 in the assembled state of the camera to prevent sound leakage.
The back inner 81 is positioned with respect to the back cover 11 by aligning the periphery of the storage portion 81 a of the operation mode switching lever and the viewfinder eyepiece window 81 b with the holes provided in the back cover 11.
Reference numeral 91 denotes an upper surface cover for holding the zoom lever 92, the release button 93, and the power button 94, and is disposed on the upper surface of the battery storage chamber 101 with a flexible wiring board 66 having switches mounted thereon.

Further, a concave portion 91a for accommodating a jack cover 95 for covering the USB connector 61a and the video / audio plug connector 62b is provided on the side of the upper surface cover 91.
The jack cover 95 is formed by two-color molding of soft resin and hard resin, the hinge part is made of soft resin so that it can be easily bent, and the appearance surface is made of hard resin to increase rigidity.
A side cover 96 covers the side of the camera. A hole 96a is formed substantially in the center, and the hole has a size that allows the strap holding member 97 to be inserted with a minimum clearance. The strap holding member 97 has a hole of a size that allows the strap string 98 to pass therethrough.
The side cover 96 is fixed to the metal frame 31 by screws 97 and 98 with the front cover 1, the back cover 11 and the strap holding member 97 sandwiched therebetween.
The center cover 21 is fixed to the metal frame 31 by screws (not shown). Similarly, the front cover 1 and the back cover 11 are fixed to the metal frame 31 from the side by screws 22 and 23 and from the bottom by screws 24 and 25, and the three covers 1, 11 and 21 are fastened to the metal frame 31. The cover is grounded.

Next, a configuration example in which these are guided according to the pushing operation of the battery or the memory card in the present embodiment will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS.
In this embodiment as well, the guide means for alternately guiding the storage position stored in the storage chamber and the non-storage position that can be ejected according to the pushing operation of the battery or the memory card is described in the embodiment with reference to FIG. Since the same cam as that shown in FIG.
The same reference numerals are given to the same configurations as those used in the embodiment in the drawings for explaining the present embodiment, and the description of the overlapping parts is omitted.
FIG. 1 shows a cam state when a battery and a memory card are pressed in the camera of this embodiment.
In FIG. 1, the same components as those used in the embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description of overlapping portions is omitted.
Reference numeral 103 is a battery pressing surface, and 203 is a memory card pressing surface.
FIG. 2 is a bottom perspective view of the camera in the present embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a side view of the camera in the present embodiment.
The battery 102 is stored in the battery storage chamber 101 and the memory card 202 is stored in the memory card storage chamber 201. The storage chamber cover 401 storing the battery 102 and the memory card 202 is a common cover. Configured and shown open.
FIG. 5 shows a state of the cam 105a in a state where the battery 102 and the memory card 202 are stored in the respective storage chambers.
FIG. 1 shows the state of the cam 105a when both the battery 102 and the memory card 202 are pushed in from the state of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 3, when the battery 102 is stored in the battery storage chamber 101 and the memory card 202 is stored in the memory card storage chamber 201, the battery 102 and the memory card 202 are arranged at substantially the same height.
First, when the battery 102 is taken out, as shown in FIG. 3, since the battery 102 has a certain thickness, it is possible to press only the battery 102, from the position H to the position N of the cam 105a described above. The battery 102 is guided to the non-storage position.
Next, the memory card 202 is taken out. As shown in FIG. 3, since the memory card 202 is thin and the distance to the battery 102 is short, even if it is attempted to push only the memory card 202, the battery 102 is intended. There is a possibility of pushing without.
When both the battery 102 and the memory card 202 are pressed, the pressing starts from the storage state before the pressing shown in FIG.
The guide pins 301a provided in the battery storage chamber 101 and the guide pins 301b provided in the memory card storage chamber 201 are guided from the position H of the cam 105a toward the position I.
If the pressing is continued as it is, the guide pin 301b provided in the memory card storage chamber 201 reaches the abutting position of the position J of the cam 105a as shown in FIG.
This state is the storage state release stop position defined above, and the memory card 202 cannot be pushed any further.

Here, when the pressing of the memory card 202 is stopped, the guide pin 301b is guided to the non-storage position of the position N of the cam 105a.
On the other hand, at this stage, the guide pin 301a provided in the battery storage chamber 101 is in a state where it has not yet lowered the step I at the position I of the cam 105a, that is, has not reached the storage state release start position.
When the pressing force is released in this state, the battery 102 is guided again to the storage state of the position 105 of the cam 105a.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the battery 102 and the memory card 202 can be inserted and removed independently.
However, the shape of the cam 105a can be modified as long as an operation result similar to that of the present embodiment can be obtained.
In this embodiment, the camera is described as an example. However, the device body can be applied to various electronic devices such as a video and a portable information terminal regardless of the camera.
Further, what is housed inside is not limited to the battery 102 and the memory card 202, and any device that can be included is applicable.
Further, the number of external devices need not be limited to two, and three or more external devices can be applied.

[Example 2]
In the second embodiment, a configuration example of a camera different from the first embodiment will be described. In the present embodiment, among the plurality of external devices, the side where the standing wall around the entrance of the storage unit adjacent to the longitudinal direction of the external device is higher, or the side where the standing wall exists (hereinafter referred to as the standing wall). When you take out the external device that is
A configuration example in the case where an external device on the side where the standing wall is low or on the side where the standing wall does not exist (hereinafter referred to as the side where the standing wall is low) is pushed down will be described.
In this embodiment, the external device with the higher standing wall is released from the stored state earlier when the push-in position is closer than the external device with the lower standing wall. It is configured that it is difficult for an external device on the lower side to be taken out.

This embodiment also relates to an electronic device that can store a plurality of external devices (102, 202) in separate storage units (101, 201) adjacent to each other from the same direction.
As in the first embodiment, the storage units (101, 201) have a storage position (position H) and a non-storage position (position N) with respect to the external devices (102, 202).
The external devices (101, 202) are also configured to be able to be discharged from the storage units (101, 201).
That is, it can be discharged by the guide means (105a) that guides to the non-storage position (position N) by pressing down from the storage position (position H) until the storage state release start position (position I) that releases the storage state is exceeded. It is configured.
And the height of the standing wall around the entrance of the storage unit (101, 201) provided in the electronic device adjacent to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of external devices (102, 202) is different or only one of them. In this configuration, a standing wall is formed.
The guide means (105a) is closer to the higher side of the standing wall (see 1a in FIG. 8) than the external device (102) on the side where the standing wall is lower (see 1b in FIG. 8). The external device (202) is characterized in that the storage state release start position (position I) is in the front position.
Or, compared with the external device (102) on the side (1b) where the standing wall does not exist among the plurality of external devices (102, 202),
The storage state release start position (position I) of the external device (202) close to the side (1a) where the standing wall is present is in the front position.

According to the configuration of the present embodiment, the storage state of the external device on the side where the standing wall around the entrance of the storage unit adjacent to the longitudinal direction of the external device is high is higher than the external device on the side where the standing wall is low. The push-in position is released at the previous stage.
Therefore, when an external device with a higher standing wall is taken out, even if the external device with a lower standing wall is pressed, the external device with a lower standing wall is unintentionally taken out. It is the composition that is hard to occur.

In the following description of the present embodiment, the same reference numerals are given to the same components as those used in the first embodiment, and the description of overlapping portions is omitted.
FIG. 8 is a side view illustrating the configuration of the camera of this embodiment.
The battery 102 is stored in the battery storage chamber 101, and the memory card 202 is stored in the memory card storage chamber 201. The storage chamber cover 401 storing the battery 102 and the memory card 202 is a common cover. Is shown open.
FIG. 9 shows a state of the cam 105a in a state where the battery 102 and the memory card 202 are stored in the respective storage chambers.
FIG. 10 shows the state of the cam 105a when both the battery 102 and the memory card 202 are pushed in from the state of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 8, in a state where the battery 102 is stored in the battery storage chamber 101 and the memory card 202 is stored in the memory card storage chamber 201, the battery 102 and the memory card 202 are arranged at substantially the same height.
First, when the battery 102 is taken out, as shown in FIG. 8, the battery 102 has a certain thickness, and there is no other obstacle such as a standing wall, so that only the battery 102 can be pressed. Is possible.
Then, the battery 102 is guided to the non-storage position by tracing from the position H to the position N of the cam 105a.
Next, when the memory card 202 is taken out, the thickness of the memory card 202 is substantially the same as that of the battery 102 as shown in FIG.
However, there is a standing wall 1a erected from the front cover 1 immediately next to it, and even if an attempt is made to push only the memory card 202, the standing wall 1a may be in the way and the battery 102 may be pushed unintentionally. .

Here, a case where both the battery 102 and the memory card 202 are pressed will be described.
At this time, the guide pin 301a provided in the battery storage chamber 101 and the guide pin 301b provided in the memory card storage chamber 202 from the storage state before the press shown in FIG. Guided towards position I.
If the pressing is continued as it is, 202 guide pins 301b provided in the memory card storage chamber 201 reach the abutting position of the position J of the cam 105a as shown in FIG.
This state is the storage state release stop position defined above, and the memory card 202 cannot be pushed any further.
Here, when the pressing of the memory card 202 is stopped, the guide pin 301b is guided to the non-storage position of the position N.
On the other hand, at this stage, the guide pin 301a provided in the battery storage chamber 101 is not yet down the step of the position I, that is, has not reached the storage state release start position, and the pressing force is released. The battery 102 is again guided to the storage state at the position H.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the battery 102 and the memory card 202 can be inserted and removed independently.
However, the shape of the cam 105a can be modified as long as the same operation result as in the present embodiment can be obtained.
In the present embodiment, the case where the thickness of the battery 102 and the memory card 202 is substantially the same has been described. However, the thicknesses need not be the same or substantially the same.
Moreover, although the standing wall 1a is erected from the front cover 1, any configuration of an electronic device that can be an obstacle such as a lid opening / closing shaft is applicable.
Furthermore, in the present embodiment, as in the first embodiment, the camera has been described as an example. However, the device body can be applied to various electronic devices such as a video and a portable information terminal regardless of the camera.
Further, what is housed inside is not limited to the battery 102 and the memory card 202, and any device that can be included is applicable.
Also, the number of external devices need not be limited to two, and can be three or more.

[Example 3]
In the third embodiment, a configuration example different from the above embodiments will be described.
In this embodiment, when a plurality of external devices are in the storage position, when the heights of the pressing surfaces of the external devices are different from each other,
When taking out an external device that is in the back (= low) position relative to the storage direction among the multiple external devices, also push down the external device in the relatively near (= high) position. A configuration example in the case where the error occurs is described.
In the present embodiment, the external device located at the back (= low) position relative to the storage direction is relatively compared to the external device located at the relatively near (= high) position,
The distance from the push start point to the position where the storage state is released is short, and the storage state is released first when the push position is at the front. It is configured so that it is difficult for a certain external device to be taken out.

In this embodiment, when a single external device located at the front (= high) position is pushed down relative to the storage direction, the external device located at the back (= low) position is pushed down. Is configured to not.
In other words, the distance from the storage position of the single external device at the relatively near (= high) position to the position where the storage state is released is made smaller than the difference in height between the storage positions of the two external devices.
As a result, it is unlikely that an external device at the back (= low) position is unintentionally taken out.

This embodiment also relates to an electronic device that can store a plurality of external devices (102, 202) in separate storage units (101, 201) adjacent to each other from the same direction.
As in the first embodiment, the storage units (101, 201) have a storage position (position H) and a non-storage position (position N) with respect to the external devices (102, 202).
Also in this embodiment, the external device (102, 202) is connected to the storage unit (101, 201).
It is configured to be ejectable by the guide means (105a) that guides to the non-storage position (position N) by pressing down from the storage position (position H) until the storage state release start position (position I) that releases the storage state is exceeded. ing.
The plurality of external devices (102, 202) are different in height of the pressing surface of each external device (102, 202) from the storage unit (101, 201) at the storage position (position H). It is configured as follows.
In this case, compared to the external device (102) at the front position, the external device (202) at the back position moves from the storage position (position H) to the storage state release start position (position I). It is characterized by shortening the distance.
Further, this embodiment is further characterized in that the distance from the pressing surface of the external device (102) at the front position to the pressing surface of the external device (202) at the back position is
That is, the distance from the storage position (position H) of the external device (102) at the front position to the storage state release start position (position I) is shortened.

According to the present embodiment, even when the external device at the front position is also pressed when taking out the external device at the back of the storage direction among the plurality of external devices, it is not intended. In addition, it is possible to prevent the external device located at the front side with respect to the storage direction from being taken out.
Further, according to the present embodiment, when the single external device at the front position is pressed, the external device at the back position with respect to the storage direction is not unintentionally taken out. it can.

In the following description of the present embodiment, the same components as those used in the first and second embodiments are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description of overlapping portions is omitted.
FIG. 11 is a side view illustrating the configuration of the camera in the present embodiment.
The battery 102 is stored in the battery storage chamber 101 and the memory card 202 is stored in the memory card storage chamber 201. The storage chamber lid 401 (see FIGS. 2 and 3) storing the battery 102 and the memory card 202 is shown. Is composed of a common lid and shows an open state.
FIG. 12 shows a state of the cam 105a in a state where the battery 102 and the memory card 202 are stored in the respective storage chambers.
FIG. 12 shows the state of the cam 105a when only the battery is pushed in from the state of FIG.
FIG. 13 shows the state of the cam 105a when both the battery 102 and the memory card 202 are pushed in from the state of FIG.
As shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, when the battery 102 is stored in the battery storage chamber 101 and the memory card 202 is stored in the memory card storage chamber 201, the battery 102 protrudes from the memory card 202.

First, the battery 102 is taken out. As described above, since the battery 102 has a larger amount of protrusion to the outside, it is possible to press only the battery 102.
As shown in FIG. 13, when the battery 102 is continuously pressed, the storage chamber 101 of the battery 102 is in a state where the vertex of the protruding portion of the battery 102 is outside the vertex of the protruding portion of the memory card 202. The release stop point (position J) of the cam 105a provided at the position is reached.
Here, when the pressing of the battery 102 is stopped, the guide pin 301a of the battery 102 is guided to the non-storage position of the position N.
On the other hand, at this stage, since the memory card 202 is not pressed, the memory card 202 is not guided to the non-storage position N of the cam 105a.

Next, the memory card 202 is taken out. As described above, since the memory card 202 is stored at a deeper position than the battery 102, the battery 102 is not intended even if it is attempted to push only the memory card 202. There is a possibility of pushing without.
When both the battery 102 and the memory card 202 are pressed, the pressing starts from the storage state before the pressing shown in FIG.
Then, the guide pin 301a provided in the battery storage chamber 101 and the guide pin 301b provided in the memory card storage chamber 201 are guided from the position H of the cam 105a toward the position I.

If the pressing is continued as it is, the guide pin 301b provided in the memory card storage chamber 201 reaches the abutting position of the position J as shown in FIG.
This state is the storage state release stop position defined above, and the memory card 202 cannot be pushed any further.
Here, when the pressing of the memory card 202 is stopped, the guide pin 301b is guided to the non-storage position of the position N.
On the other hand, at this stage, the guide pin 301a of the battery 102 has not yet lowered the position I, that is, has not reached the storage state release start position. The battery 102 is guided again.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the battery 102 and the memory card 202 can be inserted and removed independently.
However, the shape of the cam can be modified as long as the same operation result as in the present embodiment can be obtained.
Further, in the present embodiment, as in the first and second embodiments, the camera has been described as an example. However, the device body can be applied to various electronic devices such as a video and a portable information terminal regardless of the camera. is there.
Further, what is housed inside is not limited to the battery 102 and the memory card 202, and any device that can be included is applicable.
Also, the number of external devices need not be limited to two, and can be three or more.

[Example 4]
In the fourth embodiment, as a configuration example different from the above-described embodiments, a configuration example in the case where an electronic device having a small width (longitudinal direction of the electronic device) is taken out and an electronic device having a large width is pushed down will be described. .
In this case, the external device with a small width is released from the stored state in front of the external device with a large width, so that it is difficult for an external device with a large width to be taken out unintentionally. ing.

This embodiment also relates to an electronic device that can store a plurality of external devices (102, 202) in separate storage units (101, 201) adjacent to each other from the same direction.
As in the first embodiment, the storage units (101, 201) have a storage position (position H) and a non-storage position (position N) with respect to the external devices (102, 202).
Also in this embodiment, the external device (102, 202) is connected to the storage unit (101, 201).
It is configured to be ejectable by the guide means (105a) that guides to the non-storage position (position N) by pressing down from the storage position (position H) until the storage state release start position (position I) that releases the storage state is exceeded. ing.
The external device (202) with a smaller width is characterized in that the storage state release start position (position I) of the guide means (105a) is in front of the external device (102) with a larger width. .

  According to the present embodiment, when an electronic device with a small thickness is taken out, even if the electronic device with a large thickness is pressed, an external device with a large thickness can hardly be taken out unintentionally. Become.

In the following description of the present embodiment, the same components as those used in Embodiments 1, 2, and 3 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description of overlapping portions is omitted.
FIG. 15 is a bottom view for explaining the configuration of the camera in the present embodiment.
The battery 102 is stored in the battery storage chamber 101, and the memory card 202 is stored in the memory card storage chamber 201. The storage chamber cover 401 storing the battery 102 and the memory card 202 is a common cover. Is shown open.

As in the first and second embodiments, in the state where the battery 102 is stored in the battery storage chamber 101 and the memory card 202 is stored in the memory card storage chamber 201, the battery 102 and the memory card 202 are substantially the same height. Are lined up.
When only the battery 102 is taken out, it is wider than the memory card 202, so that a portion where the memory card is not close can be pressed.
The battery 102 is guided to the non-storage position by following the position H to the position N of the cam 105a described in the first embodiment.
On the other hand, when only the memory card 202 is taken out, the battery 102 is stored close to the entire width, so that it is difficult to press the battery card 202 alone, and the battery 202 may be pressed simultaneously.
When both the battery 102 and the memory card 202 are pressed, the same operation as the cam locus described in the first embodiment is performed.
That is, the guide pin 301a provided in the battery storage chamber 101 and the guide pin 301b provided in the memory card storage chamber 201 are guided from the position H to the position I of the cam 105a.

If the pressing is continued as it is, the guide pin 301b provided in the memory card storage chamber 201 reaches the abutting position of the position J of the cam 105a.
This state is the storage state release stop position defined above, and the memory card 202 cannot be pushed any further.
Here, when the pressing of the memory card 202 is stopped, the guide pin 301b is guided to the non-storage position of the position N of the cam 105a.
On the other hand, at this stage, the guide pin 301a provided in the battery storage chamber 101 is not yet down the step at the position I of the cam 105a.
In other words, the storage state release start position has not been reached, and when the pressing force is released, the battery 102 is guided again to the storage state at the position H of the cam 105a.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the battery 102 and the memory card 202 can be inserted and removed independently.
However, the shape of the cam 105a can be modified as long as the same operation result as in the present embodiment can be obtained.
Further, in the present embodiment, as in the first embodiment, the second embodiment, and the third embodiment, the camera has been described as an example. However, the device body is not limited to the camera, and various electronic devices such as a video and a portable information terminal are used. It is applicable to.
Further, what is housed inside is not limited to the battery 102 and the memory card 202, and any device that can be included is applicable.
Also, the number of external devices need not be limited to two, and can be three or more.

As a configuration other than the above-described embodiments, a configuration with a common lid can be employed.
For example, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the battery 102 is stored in the battery storage chamber 101, and the memory card 202 is stored in the memory card storage chamber 201, and the storage chamber in which the battery 102 and the memory card 202 are stored is stored. The lid 401 is a common lid.
By sharing in this way, it is possible to reduce the number of parts and to take out the intended external device from the battery and the memory card.

It is a figure which shows the state of the cam when the external apparatus in Example 1 of this invention is pressed down. It is a bottom perspective view for explaining the camera in Embodiment 1 of the present invention. It is a side view explaining the camera in Example 1 of the present invention. 4A and 4B are diagrams illustrating a cam according to the present embodiment, in which FIG. 4A illustrates a shape of a cam formed on a cam member attached to the battery storage chamber, and FIG. 4B illustrates a cam height difference. FIG. It is a figure which shows the state of the cam in the accommodation state of the external apparatus in Example 1 of this invention. It is a disassembled perspective view (front) explaining the camera in Example 1 of this invention. It is a disassembled perspective view (back surface) explaining the camera in Example 1 of the present invention. It is a side view explaining the camera in Example 2 of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the state of the cam in the accommodation state in the external apparatus in Example 2 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the state of the cam when the external apparatus in Example 2 of this invention is pressed down. It is a side view explaining the camera in Example 3 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the state of the cam in the accommodation state of the external apparatus in Example 3 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the state of the cam when only one external apparatus in Example 3 of this invention is pressed down. It is a figure which shows the state of a cam when the external apparatus in Example 3 of this invention is pressed down. It is a bottom view explaining the camera in Example 4 of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

1a: High standing wall 1b: Low standing wall 101: Battery storage chamber 102: Battery 103: Battery pressing surface 105a: Cam 201: Memory card storage chamber 202: Memory card 203: Memory card pressing surface 301a, 301b: Guide pins 401: Cover of storage room

Claims (8)

An electronic device having a storage unit for an external device,
The storage unit of the external device has a structure in which a plurality of external devices are inserted in the same direction from the insertion port so that a storage unit for storing each external device is provided adjacently,
The storage unit for storing each external device pushes the external device on the insertion port side by pressing down the storage state release start position for releasing the storage state from the storage position in the storage unit of the external device. Having a guiding means for guiding to a non-storage position capable of discharging;
The guide means is provided at a position closer to the insertion port than a storage state release start position of one of the external devices, and a storage state release start position of the other external device,
The electronic device is characterized in that the one external device is discharged separately from the other external devices. The plurality of external devices are external devices having different thicknesses,
The guide means is provided at a position closer to the insertion opening of a storage state release start position of an external device having a smaller thickness among the plurality of external devices having different thicknesses than a storage state release start position of an external device having a larger thickness. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the electronic apparatus is provided. The storage unit of the external device has a structure for inserting the plurality of external devices from an insertion port having standing walls with different heights, or an insertion port having only one standing wall,
The guide means has a storage state release start position of the external device on the side where the standing wall is present on the side where the standing wall is higher among the standing walls having different heights, or on the one having the one standing wall. ,
2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device is provided closer to the insertion port than the storage state release start position of the external device on the side where the standing wall is low or where the standing wall is not present. The plurality of external devices are external devices having different pressing surfaces,
The guide means has a distance from a storage position of a storage unit that stores the external device having a low pressing surface with respect to an insertion direction among a plurality of external devices having different pressing surfaces to a storage state release start position.
The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device is configured to be smaller than a distance from a storage position of a storage unit that stores the external device having a high pressing surface to a storage state release start position. The distance from the storage position of the storage unit that stores the external device having a high pressing surface to the storage state release start position,
The electronic device according to claim 4, wherein the electronic device is configured to be smaller than a difference in height of the pressing surface at a storage position between the external device having a high pressing surface and the external device having a low pressing surface. The plurality of external devices are external devices having different widths,
The guide means is provided such that a storage state release start position of an external device with a small width among the plurality of external devices with different thicknesses is closer to the insertion port than a storage state release start position of an external device with a large width. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the electronic apparatus is provided. The plurality of external devices are memory cards in which one external device can store various data, and the other external device is a battery that is a power supply source for driving the electronic device,
The memory card is configured by an external device including the guide unit that is positioned closer to the insertion port than the storage state release start position of the battery. The electronic apparatus of any one of Claim 1 to 6.   The electronic device according to claim 7, wherein each of the memory card and the battery is configured to be able to be closed by a common lid.

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