JPH09139871A - Camera equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To support the camera equipment stably and to simply match the position with respect to an object. SOLUTION: In the camera equipment, a boss 10a provided to a camera base 10 is fitted to an insertion hole 15a made to a bottom of a camera body 11 to support the camera body 11 to the camera base 10 freely turnably in the horizontal direction. Then an upper cabinet 14 and a lower cabinet 15 of the camera body 11 have a projection 12b formed to both side faces of a lens cabinet 12 inbetween to support the lens cabinet 12 freely turnably in the vertical direction.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a camera device used in a video conference system or the like in the field of multimedia utilizing video display equipment.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, information transmission by bidirectional communication has been performed in the field of information equipment. Among them, not only text information but also video and still image information from cameras has been increasing, and it has become an important information transmission means.

A terminal device used in a video conference system or the like is used by combining a video camera 1 and a CCD camera device 2 as shown in FIG. The transmitted information is displayed on the cathode ray tube (hereinafter referred to as CRT) 3 of the image display device 1, and the CCD camera device 2 captures the transmitted image.

In the case of a video conference, conventionally, the CCD camera device 2 is placed on the top surface of the front cabinet 4 of the image display device 1, the cable 5 of the CCD camera device 2 is connected to a computer (not shown), and a telephone line is connected. I used to interact with each other.

Since the image display device 1 has the set base 6 capable of changing the orientation of the CRT 3 in the horizontal and vertical directions, the orientation of the image display device 1 can be changed and used.

Further, depending on the position of the captured subject,
Positioning is performed by moving the mounting position of the CCD camera device 2.

[0007]

However, CCDs
Since the camera device 2 is not fixed to the video display device 1, when the direction of the video display device 1 is changed, the CCD camera device 2 may be dropped or damaged due to it.

Further, when changing the orientation of the image display device 1, it is necessary to operate it with sufficient caution, and there is a problem that it is difficult to use. It is an object of the present invention to provide a camera device that can stably hold the camera device even when the orientation of the image display device is changed, and that allows easy alignment with a subject.

[0009]

A camera device according to claim 1 is a camera device which is used as a terminal device for two-way communication in combination with a video display device, the camera device being attached to a casing of the video display device. A camera stand, a camera body pivotally supported on the camera stand, and a lens cabinet for mounting a camera lens on the camera body, and the lens cabinet is pivotally supported on the camera body. Is characterized by.

Specifically, it can be realized by rotatably supporting the camera body on the camera base in the horizontal direction and rotatably supporting the lens cabinet on the camera body in the vertical direction.

More specifically, a boss portion provided on the camera base is fitted into an insertion hole formed in the bottom portion of the camera body to pivotally support the camera body horizontally with respect to the camera base. This can be realized by sandwiching the protrusions formed on both side surfaces of the lens cabinet between the upper cabinet and the lower cabinet of the camera body and pivotally supporting the lens cabinet in the vertical direction with respect to the camera body.

[0012]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.
This will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the camera device 7 used as a terminal device for two-way communication in combination with the video display device 1 is configured as follows.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the camera device 7 is mounted on the rear cabinet 9 of the image display device 1 with a mounting screw 8 and a camera base 10 which is rotatably supported by the camera base 10. The camera body 11 and the camera body 11
And a lens cabinet 12 to which a camera lens is attached. The lens cabinet 12 is the camera body 1
It is pivotally supported with respect to 1.

In the internal structure of the camera body 11, the circuit board 13 is fixed to the mounting boss 14a of the upper cabinet 14 with screws 16 as shown in FIG. The lens block 17 is fixed to the mounting boss 12a of the lens cabinet 12 with a screw 18 as shown in FIG. The lens block 17 and the circuit board 13 are flexible cables 19
Are connected in the circuit. Cylindrical projections 12b are located on the same center on the left and right side surfaces of the lens cabinet 12 and are sandwiched between the upper cabinet 14 and the lower cabinet 15. On the front surface of the lens cabinet 12, there is an oval projection 12c that can be operated with a finger. Reference numerals 15a and 15b are fitting holes for inserting the lower cabinet 15 into the camera stand 10, and either one can be selected depending on the position of the camera body 11. Further, the camera base 10 is integrally provided with a substantially cylindrical boss 10a having a hook and having a hook.

The operation of the camera device configured as described above will be described. First, the camera base 10 is fixed to the rear cabinet 9 with mounting screws 8. Camera stand 1 at this time
The front portion of 0 is in contact with the top portion of the front cabinet 4 without backlash. The camera body 11 has the fitting hole 15a of the lower cabinet 15 and the substantially cylindrical boss 1 of the camera stand 10.
The installation is completed by inserting it into 0a. The fitting with the substantially cylindrical boss 10a is performed by utilizing the elasticity of the threaded portion and the hook portion formed at the tip portion. Further, since it has a substantially cylindrical shape, the camera body 11 can be artificially changed from the outside as shown in FIG.
And as shown in FIG. 9, it can be horizontally rotated in the arrow A direction.

As shown in FIG. 5, the cylindrical projections 12b on the left and right side surfaces of the lens cabinet 12 are the upper cabinet 14,
The lower cabinet 15 has a bearing structure, and the front projection 12c of the lens cabinet 12 is on the same axis.
By pushing up and down with a finger, it can be vertically rotated in the direction of arrow B as shown in FIGS. 1 and 6 and 7.

In the above description, the substantially cylindrical boss 10a of the camera base 10 is set by being inserted into the fitting hole 15a of the camera body 11, but when a large object is projected, as shown in FIG. Fitting hole 15b of camera body 11
The set position of the camera body 11 can be changed by inserting the substantially cylindrical boss 10a of the camera base 10 into the.

[0018]

As described above, according to the present invention, there is provided a camera device which is used as a terminal device for two-way communication in combination with a video display device, the camera base being attached to the casing of the video display device. , A camera body pivotally supported on the camera base and a lens cabinet for mounting a camera lens on the camera body are provided, and the lens cabinet is pivotally supported on the camera body.
It is possible to realize an excellent camera device that can stably hold the camera device even when the orientation of the image display device is changed, and that can easily align the camera lens with the subject.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of an embodiment of a camera device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view of the camera device of the same embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line YY of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line XX of FIG.

5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line ZZ of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of a lens according to the first embodiment when it is rotated upward.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a main part in a state where the lens in the same embodiment is rotated downward.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of the camera device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a plan view showing a state in which the camera body according to the same embodiment is horizontally rotated.

FIG. 10 is a plan view showing a state where the camera position of the camera body is moved backward and horizontally rotated in the same embodiment;

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a video display device including a conventional camera device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Video Display Device 7 Camera Device 10 Camera Stand 11 Camera Body 12 Lens Cabinet 14 Upper Cabinet 15 Lower Cabinet 15a, 15b Fitting Hole 17 Lens Block

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A camera device used as a terminal device for two-way communication in combination with a video display device, comprising: a camera base attached to a casing of the video display device; A camera device in which a camera body pivotally supported and a lens cabinet for mounting a camera lens on the camera body are provided, and the lens cabinet is pivotally supported with respect to the camera body. 2. The camera device according to claim 1, wherein a camera body is rotatably supported by a camera base in a horizontally rotatable manner, and a lens cabinet is vertically supported by a camera body in a vertically rotatable manner. 3. A boss portion provided on the camera base is fitted into an insertion hole formed in a bottom portion of the camera body to pivotally support the camera body in a horizontal direction with respect to the camera base. 3. The camera device according to claim 2, wherein the upper cabinet and the lower cabinet sandwich a projection formed on both sides of the lens cabinet to pivotally support the lens cabinet in a vertical direction with respect to the camera body.