JPH09214919A - Flexible arm stand type camera - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To keep an image pickup pattern horizontal at all times by providing an integrated CCD holder lens section with a weight provided thereto to a desk top microphone stand type camera having a flexible arm. SOLUTION: A stopper shaft holder 6 and a CCD holder 9 are fixed by a CCD holder screw 11 to have a flange section of a stopper shaft 8 in between. After the shaft 8 is inserted to a round hole of the holder 6, a stop release lever 5 is screwed and fixed to the shaft 8 and a lens 13 is screwed and fixed to the holder 9. Weights A7, B12 are fixed to the holders 6, 9 respectively so that a CCD image pickup element fixed to the holder 9 is placed horizontally and normally. When the CCD holder lens starts turning with gravity and comes to a standstill, the video pattern is adjusted horizontally and the turning is stopped by stopping the operation of the lever 5 simultaneously and then the horizontal posture of the video pattern is maintained.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention has a CCD function and automatically adjusts the horizontal direction of an image pickup screen without seeing the output screen of a monitor by simply rotating a CCD holder equipped with an arcuate weight. Flexible stand type camera device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional flexible arm stand type camera device, as shown in FIG. 3, a flexible arm (1) portion is freely movable. For this reason, the horizontal adjustment of the image pickup screen on the monitor (horizontal adjustment of the CCD image pickup device) when the subject is photographed is performed by manually moving the flexible arm while looking at the monitor in a realistic manner.

[0003]

However, in the microphone stand type camera device having the conventional flexible arm described above, once the flexible arm portion is bent, the image pickup screen is tilted, and the horizontal adjustment of the image pickup screen is required. To do this, I had to bother to check on the monitor screen. Further, the same problem occurs when the entire system including these camera device and monitor is set from the beginning. Therefore, in order to solve these problems, the present invention provides a camera device having a mechanism capable of automatically adjusting the horizontal level of an image pickup screen.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is intended to solve these problems, and in a flexible arm stand type camera device used in a video conference, a CCD that captures a subject as image data and the CCD A CCD holder provided at a substantially central portion, a weight portion provided on an outer cylinder portion of the CCD holder in a lower front direction of the CCD, and a stopper mechanism which is stationary by the biasing force of the CCD holder and a spring. And a release lever for releasing the CCD holder resting on the stopper mechanism. When taking a picture, the CCD holder is separated from the stopper mechanism by the release lever and is rotated in the weight direction. Providing a flexible arm stand type camera device that keeps the imaging screen horizontal To.

[0005]

As described above, according to the present invention, the weight is mounted on the CCD holder / lens portion so that the weight can be rotated in response to gravity, and the stopper mechanism that can stop the rotation is mounted on the table having the flexible arm. By providing the microphone stand type camera device, horizontal adjustment of the image pickup screen (horizontal adjustment of the CCD image pickup element portion) can be automatically performed.

[0006]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.
This will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a camera device of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the camera device after assembly. Referring to FIG. 1, a camera device according to the present invention includes a flexible arm (1), a stopper housing (2), a stopper screw (3), a stopper spring (4), a stop release lever (5), a stopper shaft holder (6), and a weight. A (7), stopper shaft (8), CCD holder (9), CCD
Image sensor (10), CCD holder screw (1
1), a weight B (12), and a lens (13). The stopper shaft holder (6) and the CCD holder (9) are fixed by the CCD holder screw (11) so as to sandwich the flange portion of the stopper shaft (8), and the round hole portion of the stopper shaft holder (6). And the shaft of the stopper shaft (8)
It is fitted so that it can rotate smoothly. After passing the stopper shaft (8) through the round hole of the stopper shaft holder (6), screw the stop release lever (5) onto the stopper shaft (8) to fix it, and further to the end of the stopper shaft (8). Stopper spring (4)
After attaching one end to the stopper screw (3) on the opposite side, screw the stopper screw (3) into the stopper housing (2) to fix it, and finally screw the lens (13) into the CCD holder (9). After fixing, the entire camera device of the present invention is completed. It should be noted that when the CCD holder / lens unit is integrated and the shaft of the stopper shaft (8) is rotated to stand still, the CCD
The weight A (7) and the weight B (12) are preliminarily attached to the stopper shaft holder (6) and the CCD holder (9), respectively, so that the CCD image sensor fixed to the holder (9) is horizontally and normally positioned. Attached and fixed. In this assembled state, the stopper spring (4) presses the end surface of the stopper shaft holder (6) against the end surface of the stopper housing (2), so that the integrated CCD holder / lens part is The rotation is stopped. Further, the stop release lever (5) is inserted up to near the inside of the groove provided in the stopper housing (2). For horizontal adjustment of the image pickup screen, the stop release lever (5) is operated from the inner side of the groove of the stopper housing (2) toward the end face, the end face of the stopper shaft holder (6) is released from being pressed, and the CCD holder lens The part starts to rotate in response to gravity, and when it comes to rest, the imaging screen is adjusted horizontally. At the same time, if the operation of the stop release lever (5) is stopped, the end surface of the stopper shaft holder (6) is pressed again. Since the rotation is stopped, the horizontal of the image pickup screen is maintained.

[0007]

As described above, according to the present invention, the flexible arm is provided by providing the desk-top microphone stand type camera device having the flexible arm with the integrated CCD holder / lens portion in which the weight is mounted so as to respond to gravity. Even if it is moved in various ways, the operation of the stop release lever allows the image pickup screen to be constantly adjusted horizontally and held without being confirmed on the monitor.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a camera device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an assembly diagram of a camera device of the present invention.

[FIG. 3] Conventional desk-top microphone stand type camera device

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Flexible Arm 2 Stopper Housing 3 Stopper Screw 4 Stopper Spring 5 Stop Release Lever 6 Stopper Shaft Holder 7 Weight A 8 Stopper Shaft 9 CCD Holder 10 CCD Image Sensor 11 CCD Holder Screw 12 Weight B 13 Lens

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a flexible arm stand type camera device used in a video conference, a CCD that captures an object as image data, a CCD holder in which the CCD is provided at a substantially central portion, and a CCD lower front direction. There is a weight portion provided on the outer cylinder of the CCD holder, a stopper mechanism that is stationary by the biasing force of the CCD holder and a spring, and a release lever for releasing the CCD holder that is stationary on the stopper mechanism. The CCD holder is separated from the stopper mechanism by the release lever when photographing,
A flexible arm stand type camera device characterized in that an image pickup screen is kept horizontal by rotating in the weight direction.