JPH09211631A - Camera - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a print wiring board, by which the trouble of electrically connection between print wiring boards can be eliminated and which costs low. SOLUTION: Operating buttons 30a-30e are provided on the inside of a cover member 26 which is hinged on a camera body 3 having a built-in photographing mechanism to be freely opened and closed. A sub-flexible wiring board 36 provided on the cover member 26 is integrated with a main flexible wiring board 37 provided on the camera body 3. A connecting part 38 for connecting the sub-flexible wiring board 36 to the main flexible wiring board 37 is elastically deformed when the cover member 26 is opened. The cover member 26 is energized in the closing direction by the above elasticity.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a camera in which a lid member is attached to a surface of a camera body so as to be openable and closable.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Many general cameras are equipped with a date mechanism, a self-timer mechanism, etc., for recording the photographing date on a photographic film. A date button and a self-timer button for operating and setting these are provided on the outer surface of the camera body, and are used when it is desired to record the shooting date or to perform timer shooting.

Some of the cameras described above use a lid member. The lid member is attached to the camera body so as to be openable and closable, and covers the operation button when the lid member is closed and exposes the operation button when the lid member is opened. The lid member is operated when the button is not used. By covering the buttons, it is possible to prevent accidental operation of the operation buttons.

In the camera using the lid member as described above, it is desired that the outer surface of the lid member and the surface of the camera body have a high sense of unity in the closed state of the lid member. It was placed behind the surface of the body and it was difficult to operate the buttons. Therefore, in order to obtain good operability, it is preferable to provide the operation button on the door member so that it is completely exposed to the outside of the camera body when the operation button is opened.

[0005]

However, when the operation button is provided on the door member, a strip-shaped jumper, a flexible board, or the like is used to connect the printed wiring board for detecting the operation input to the body side. I have to attach it. There was a problem that it took time to connect and the manufacturing cost increased.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and connects a sub-flexible wiring board provided on a door member and a main flexible wiring board provided on a camera body by using a belt-shaped jumper or a flexible substrate. It is an object of the present invention to provide a camera having a configuration that does not require doing.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, in the camera of the present invention, a main flexible wiring board on which a circuit component for electrically controlling photographing is mounted is built in the camera body, and A lid member that can be opened and closed is attached to the surface, and an operation button is provided on the inner surface of the lid member. When the lid member is closed, the operation button is covered with the lid member and stored. A camera in which a button is operably exposed, wherein a sub-flexible wiring board which is incorporated in a lid member and has a circuit pattern for detecting an operation input of an operation button is integrally formed with a main flexible wiring board. It is a thing.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the connecting portion that integrally connects the main flexible wiring board and the sub flexible wiring board is bent between the camera body and the lid member, and the lid member is elasticized by the bending portion. It was designed to be biased in either the opening or closing direction.

Since the sub-flexible wiring board having the circuit pattern for detecting the operation input is formed integrally with the main flexible wiring board, it is possible to save the trouble of soldering a jumper or the like between the flexible wiring boards or connecting the connectors.
Further, the elasticity of the connecting portion urges the lid member in either the opening or closing direction, so that a spring for urging the lid member becomes unnecessary.

[0010]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Referring to FIG. 3, which shows a front perspective view of a camera in which operation buttons used for photographing are arranged inside a lid member provided in a camera body, a camera body incorporating a shutter device and a film feeding device. Above the front surface of 3, the finder objective window 13 and the autofocusing projection window 1
1, a light receiving window 10, a photometric window 12, a strobe light emitting window 14, and a finger hook detection panel 16 are provided. A release button 15 is provided on the top of the camera body 3.

A zoom lens barrel 18 is provided at the center of the front surface of the camera body 3. When a power button (not shown) is turned on, the zoom lens barrel 18 projects from the state where it is stored inside the camera body 3 as shown in the figure. The zoom lens barrel 18 incorporates a taking lens 17 which is a zoom lens. The zoom lens barrel 18 is stored inside the camera body 3 when the power button is turned off.

FIG. 1 is a rear perspective view of the camera. A finder viewing window 21 is provided above the rear surface of the camera body 3. A projecting portion 22 is formed on the left side of the rear surface of the camera body 3 so as to project therein, and a battery used as a power source for film feeding is built therein. At the center of the camera body 3, a liquid crystal display panel 23 and a photographing mode switch 25 are provided.

A lid member 26 having a hinge structure is provided on one side surface of the camera body 3 so as to be openable and closable, and a storage portion 21 for storing the lid member 26 at a closed position is provided on the same side surface. On the inner surface of the lid member 26, operation buttons 30a to 30e used for photographing are arranged. The lid member 26 is
The operation buttons 30a to 30e are thus movable between a closed position (see FIG. 2A) where the button operation is prohibited and an open position (see FIG. 2B) where the button is exposed. A magnet 27 is provided on the outer edge of the lid member 26, and the magnet 27 is magnetically attached to the iron plate 28 provided in the storage portion 21 to lock the lid member 26 at the closed position. Further, the lid member 26 is configured so that a click (not shown) provided in the lid member 26 enters a click hole (not shown) provided in the storage portion 21 and is locked at the open position.

As shown in FIG. 1, five photographing modes are displayed by marks 32a to 32e immediately above the display panel 23. The automatic light emission mode, the red-eye reduction mode,
It indicates forced flash mode, macro mode, and telephoto mode. The display panel 23 displays a ▲ mark at a position indicated by a dotted line immediately below the marks 32a to 32e to show the set shooting mode.

For example, as shown in the figure, when the ▲ mark is displayed below the mark 32a, the automatic light emission mode is set. When the shutter release is half-pressed, the light is measured by the photometric element arranged at the back of the photometric window 12, and the flash is emitted when the brightness of the photographing environment at that time is below a certain value.

Other shooting modes will be described. When the red-eye reduction mode is set, the main flash is fired after a predetermined time has elapsed since the flash fired the pre-flash when the shutter was released. When the forced light emission mode is set, the strobe light is emitted for each shooting regardless of the brightness of the shooting environment. Further, when the telephoto mode is set, the telephoto zoom is performed. When the macro mode is set, macro zoom is performed. It should be noted that the ▲ mark moves laterally by one mode each time the photographing mode changeover switch 25 is pressed, and the photographing mode can be changed by operating the photographing mode changeover switch 25.

Operation buttons 30a to 3 provided on the lid member 26
0e is for date imprint setting, print number setting, select title setting, self-timer setting, and motor rewind driving in order from the top, and each of them has a mark "D", "PQ", "ST", "T", "MR" are printed.

The roles of the operation buttons 30a to 30e will be briefly described. When the operation button 30a for setting the date imprinting is pressed, the date at the time of photographing displayed on the display panel 23 is used as date data and magnetically recorded one frame at a time when the film is advanced one frame after photographing. When this date data is read by the printer, the printer prints a dated print photograph corresponding to this data.

The operation button 30b for setting the number of prints is used to set the number of prints. This operation button 30
Each time the user presses b, the number of prints displayed on the cover panel 23 is added. This number of prints is magnetically recorded as the number-of-prints data at the time of shooting in the same manner as the date data described above. Then, when the print count data is read by the printer during print processing,
Print the number of prints set by the printer. Therefore, when a group photo or the like is taken, it is convenient to set the number of prints for the number of people and take the image.

Operation buttons 30 for setting the select title
c is a plurality of preset message types (“I LOVE YOU”, “HAPPY BIRT”).
From "HDAY", "Congratulations", etc.), select the message you want to imprint on the photo film. Operation button 30
Each time the user presses c, a message is displayed on the display panel 23 alternately. When one of them is selected and photographed, message data corresponding to the message displayed on the display panel 23 is magnetically recorded on the photo film. When the message data is read by the printer, the print photo with the message set by the printer is printed.

Operation button 30d for setting self-timer
Sets the timer time. Each time the operation button 30d is pressed, the timer time is displayed instead of the display panel 23, such as 10 seconds and 20 seconds. When one of them is selected and the release button 15 is pressed, the shutter is driven after the time displayed on the display panel 23.
Further, when the operation button 30e for driving the motor rewind is pressed, the spool rotates around the film even during shooting, and the photo film is wound around the cartridge. An arrow indicating that the film winding and feeding is being performed during the film winding is displayed on the display panel 23.

As shown in FIG. 1, the camera body 3 includes
A main flexible wiring board 37 in which circuit components for electrically controlling during shooting, a capacitor 32 and a transformer 33, a circuit for a strobe device, a circuit for detecting a finger hook, and the like are mounted is incorporated. The switch cover 26 incorporates a sub-flexible wiring board 36 on which a circuit pattern for detecting an operation input of the operation buttons 30a to 30e is mounted. The sub flexible wiring board 36 and the main flexible wiring board 37 are integrally formed of one flexible wiring board.

FIG. 2 shows a sectional view of the lid member and its surroundings. The lid member 26 includes the sub-flexible wiring board 3
6, the button component 30 in which conductive rubber is formed on the surface facing the sub-flexible wiring board 36, and the operation panel 34 are assembled. The connecting portion 38 connecting the main flexible wiring board 37 and the sub flexible wiring board 36 is
As shown in the drawing, each portion is bent and routed between the camera body 3 and the lid member 26. Straight part 38 of connection part 38
a is a wall surface portion 3a extended from the front surface of the camera body 3.
And a wall portion 3b extending from the front surface of the camera body 3 is passed through a gap 34, and is screwed to the wall portion 3a. When the lid member 26 is in the open position, it is elastically deformed as illustrated. To be done.

The operation of the camera described above will be described below. When the camera is not used, the lid member 26 is closed and the operation buttons 30a to 30e are hidden. Lid member 26
There is no protrusion on the outer surface of the magnet 27 and the magnetized plate 2
Since 8 and 8 are adsorbed and locked, they will not be opened accidentally.

When the button operation is performed, a finger is put on the lid member 26 to raise it. Accordingly, the straight portion 38 of the connecting portion 38
Although a is elastically deformed and the lid member 26 is urged in the closing direction by the elasticity of the linear portion 38a, the lid member 26 is click-stopped at the open position by the click mechanism (not shown) described above.
When the button operation is finished and the lid member 26 is closed, the lid member 26 is pushed in the closing direction to release the click stop of the lid member 26. When the click stop is released, the lid member 26 falls down in the closing direction due to the elasticity of the linear portion 38a, and when the closing position is approached, the magnet 27 and the magnetic plate 28 are attracted and locked in the closing position.

In this way, the straight portion 38 of the connecting portion 38 is
Since the lid member 26 can be closed by a one-touch operation due to the elasticity of a, a good operation feeling can be obtained.
Further, a spring for urging the lid member, which has been conventionally required, is not required.

Another embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG. The connecting portion 58 is arranged so as to be a straight line when the lid member 46 is in the open position and curved when the lid member 46 is in the closed position so that the lid member 46 is biased in the opening direction. The lid member 46 is locked at the closed position by using the above-mentioned magnet attraction or a click mechanism (not shown).
By locking a finger on a knob 46a provided on the outer surface of the lid member 46, these locks are released and the lid member 46 is opened with one touch. Reference numerals 50 and 5 in the figure
Reference numerals 4 represent button parts and operation panels, respectively.

The camera for carrying out the present invention is not limited to the one in which the lid member is provided on the side surface of the camera body, and for example, the camera may be one in which the lid member is provided on the upper surface or the back surface of the camera body. May be.

[0029]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the sub-flexible wiring board having the circuit pattern for detecting the operation input is formed integrally with the main flexible wiring board, a jumper is provided between the flexible wiring boards. It is possible to save the labor of soldering and connecting the same with a connector, and to reduce the manufacturing cost. Further, the elasticity of the connection portion between the sub-flexible wiring board and the main flexible wiring board urges the switch cover in either the opening direction or the closing direction, so that a spring for urging the lid member is not required and the number of parts is reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a rear side partial perspective view of a camera provided with the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a main part of a camera provided with the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front perspective view of a film unit with a lens.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of an essential part showing another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3 Camera body 26 Lid member 36 Sub flexible wiring board 37 Main flexible wiring board 38 Connection part

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A main flexible wiring board on which a circuit component for electrically controlling during photographing is mounted is built in a camera body, and a lid member which can be freely opened and closed is axially attached to the surface of the camera body. An operation button is provided on an inner surface of the camera, the operation button is covered with the lid member when the lid member is closed, and the operation button is operably exposed when the lid member is opened. A camera, wherein a sub-flexible wiring board, which is incorporated in the main flexible wiring board, is formed integrally with the main flexible wiring board and has a circuit pattern for detecting an operation input of the operation button. 2. A connecting portion integrally connecting the main flexible wiring board and the sub flexible wiring board is bent between the camera body and the lid member, and the elasticity of the bent portion causes the lid member to be opened or closed in any direction. The camera according to claim 1, wherein the camera is biased to the crab.