JPH11352566A - Digital still camera - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a digital still camera in which the display part of a liquid crystal display device is protected so as to be viewed well at all times. SOLUTION: In this digital still camera 1 incorporated with a liquid crystal display device 2 for displaying image information, etc., a tempered glass 3 for covering the display part 21 is arranged on the front side of the display part 21 of the liquid crystal display device 2, at a fixed interval from the display part 21. Then, the reinforcing glass 3 is fixed with a rubber member 31 provided around the front side of the display part or in a state in which the glass 3 is interposed by a metallic member and the rubber member.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a digital still camera, and more particularly to protection of a liquid crystal display of a digital still camera.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional digital still camera,
In a display unit of a liquid crystal display device that displays image information and the like built in a camera, a protective member such as glass for protecting the display unit is not provided.

[0003]

As described above, the display section of the liquid crystal display device is directly exposed on the outer surface of the digital still camera, and the display section itself has a small mechanical strength. When pressed or flawed, the display on the display unit becomes difficult to see. Since the display portion of the liquid crystal display device is exposed as described above, dust and dirt are likely to adhere to the display portion, and therefore the display portion needs to be cleaned. As a result, the display portion is further damaged. There was a problem that it would be attached.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems. That is, an object of the present invention is to provide a digital still camera in which a display unit of a liquid crystal display device is protected so that it can always be seen clearly.

[0005]

The object of the present invention is achieved by adopting the following constitution.

That is, in a digital still camera having a built-in liquid crystal display device for displaying image information and the like, a tempered glass covering the display portion is disposed on the front side of the display portion of the liquid crystal display device. Still camera.

[0007] Further, the digital still camera is characterized in that the tempered glass is arranged at a predetermined gap from the display unit.

The digital still camera is characterized in that the tempered glass is fixed via a rubber member provided around the front side of the display unit.

The digital still camera is characterized in that the tempered glass is sandwiched and fixed between a metal member and the rubber member.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, a digital still camera according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
Although described in detail with reference to FIG. 3, the present invention is not limited to the embodiment described below.

The digital still camera according to the present embodiment is
An image sensor such as a CCD is built in instead of a film. The subject light image formed on the image sensor surface is converted into an electric signal, and the electric signal is displayed on a display unit of a built-in liquid crystal display device. This is a camera for viewing, or recording this electric signal on a floppy disk, IC memory, or the like, and then displaying it as an image on a personal computer or the like to view or perform image processing.

FIGS. 1A and 1B are views of a digital still camera according to the present embodiment. FIG. 1A is a front view of the camera, and FIG. 1B is a rear view of the camera. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the digital still camera.
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line XX of FIG. 1B, and is a cross-sectional view of peripheral members centering on the liquid crystal display device of the digital still camera according to the present embodiment. FIG. 3 is a front view of the tempered glass.

1 to 3, a digital still camera 1 of the present embodiment is a digital still camera having a built-in liquid crystal display device 2 for displaying image information and the like, and a display unit 21 of the liquid crystal display device 2. On the front side of the display unit 21
The digital still camera is characterized in that a tempered glass 3 covering the camera is arranged.

The tempered glass 3 has been subjected to a chemical tempering treatment and has a higher strength than ordinary glass. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the outer hatched portion of the tempered glass 3 is painted black to make the image range more clear. In the present embodiment, the tempered glass having a thickness t1 of 2.1 mm of the tempered glass 3 is used, but preferably has a thickness of 2 mm or more in terms of strength. In addition, this high-strength tempered glass 3 is disposed on the front side of the display unit 21 of the liquid crystal display device 2 on the rear side of the camera so as to cover the display unit 21, from the viewpoint of protecting the liquid crystal display device 2. It is effective. The arrangement of the tempered glass 3 is also preferable from the viewpoint of dust prevention.

The tempered glass 3 is provided on the display unit 2.
1 and a predetermined gap, the display unit 21
The gap between the glass and the tempered glass 3 is preferably small in order to view the display on the liquid crystal display device 2, but is most preferably about 1 mm.

The tempered glass 3 has a square-shaped rubber member disposed on the front side of the display unit 21 of the liquid crystal display device 2 around a square-shaped recess provided in the rear cover 4. It is fixed via the rubber packing 31, and such fixing is preferable not only from the viewpoint of dust prevention but also from the viewpoint of preventing breakage when an excessive force is applied to the tempered glass 3.

The tempered glass 3 is made of a metal member, for example, a black-shaped holding plate 32 made of a steel plate having a thickness of 0.8 mm and having a spring property and having been subjected to a blackening treatment for rust prevention and reflection prevention. The metal plate is sandwiched between the pressing plate 32 of the metal member and the rubber-shaped rubber packing 31 of the rubber member, and is attached to the rear cover 4. This is preferable because no excessive force is applied to the tempered glass 3.

With such a configuration,
In the present embodiment, the gap c1 between the display unit 21 and the pressing plate 32 is 0.3 mm, and the thickness t2 of the pressing plate 32 is 0.8 m.
m, the gap c2 between the display unit 21 and the tempered glass 3 is c2 = c1 + t2 = 0.3 + 0.8 = 1.1 mm, which is close to the above-mentioned most preferable value of about 1 mm, which is appropriate.

In the digital still camera 1 configured as described above, since the display unit 21 of the liquid crystal display device 2 is protected by the tempered glass 3, there is no flaw, dust, dirt, etc. You can make it look good.

The camera of the present embodiment is a waterproof camera, and the liquid crystal display section is viewed through the tempered glass 3 as described above.
In a frame shape, there is also a design reason to show the rear cover rubber 5 on the outside thereof, and the structure is as described above. However, in the waterproof camera, the liquid crystal display device section has such a structure, There is no need for a waterproof structure.

In FIG. 1A, reference numeral 6 denotes a rotary power switch.
The state of the two-dot chain line where is indicated is power-on. This rotary power switch is easy to attach a waterproof packing, and is preferable as a power switch of a waterproof camera having the above-described liquid crystal display device as in the present embodiment.

[0022]

According to the present invention, there is provided a digital still camera in which the display section of a liquid crystal display device is protected so that it can always be seen clearly.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram of a digital still camera of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the digital still camera, and is a cross-sectional view taken along line XX of FIG. 1 (b).

FIG. 3 is a front view of the tempered glass.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Digital still camera 2 Liquid crystal display device 21 Display part 3 Tempered glass 31 Rubber packing 32 Holding plate 4 Rear cover 5 Rear cover rubber

Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁶ Identification symbol FI H04N 5/225 H04N 5/225 F 5/66 102 5/66 102A

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A digital still camera having a built-in liquid crystal display device for displaying image information and the like, wherein a tempered glass covering the display portion is arranged on the front side of a display portion of the liquid crystal display device. Still camera. 2. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the tempered glass is arranged at a predetermined gap from the display unit.
A digital still camera according to item 1. 3. The digital still camera according to claim 1, wherein the tempered glass is fixed via a rubber member provided around a front side of the display unit. 4. The digital still camera according to claim 3, wherein the tempered glass is fixed by being sandwiched between a metal member and the rubber member.