KR101120023B1 - Portable image pickup apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to provide a camera having a simple shape which is excellent in grip property for hand-held a portable photographing apparatus such as a camera at the time of shooting, and which does not occupy a large volume when not shooting. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention to achieve the object, the lens unit for injecting the light on the subject inside; And a handle part rotatably coupled to one side of the main body, the handle being fixed at a second position having a predetermined angle with the main body based on at least a first position parallel to the main body and a vertical line of a position where the main body is coupled with the main body. Provided is a portable photographing apparatus provided.

Description

Portable image pickup apparatus

1 is a perspective view of a digital camera according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating a front side when the handle of the digital camera of FIG. 1 is in a second position.

3 is a perspective view illustrating a rear side of the digital camera of FIG. 2.

4 is a plan view of the top of the digital camera of FIG. 2.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the front of the digital camera when the handle is in the first position.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of the lower portion of the digital camera of FIG. 5.

7 is an exploded perspective view illustrating an example of a coupling structure of the digital camera of FIG. 1.

8 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line VII-VII of FIG. 7.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

100: camera 110: main body

110L; Main body one side 112: Lens unit

118: liquid crystal monitor 120: hinge portion

121: hinge shaft hole 123: hinge shaft

130: handle portion 130B: handle portion

130F: Front of handle part 130H: Top of handle part

130R: Handle section back 130L: Handle section

130K: Outer end of the handle 132: Shutter button

136: hinge shaft 119: hinge shaft groove

134: mode dial 140: function button

L: horizontal virtual line

The present invention relates to a camera, and more particularly, to a camera having a structure that is excellent in storage grip when the camera does not capture the grip and grip the camera to take a picture or video.

In general, a camera is provided with a lens unit at the front center and a display is installed at the rear side. In recent years, cameras have become smaller and thinner. Therefore, when photographing a camera, one side of the camera is usually held with one hand, and the user grasps the subject while looking at the display and then presses the shutter using an index finger or the like.

In general, however, when the camera is photographed, a file or picture of a proper image can be obtained only when there is no camera shake.

However, in the case where the shape of the conventional camera is rectangular and there is no grip part of the handle shape, it is inconvenient to grab it by hand, and shake occurs when shooting.

In order to solve such a problem, recently, by forming a hand portion on the camera body to protrude slightly so as to resemble a hand grabbing shape, the rat is comfortable with the hand and is intended to prevent the occurrence of shaking during shooting. .

In this case, however, a part of the camera has a shape that protrudes outward. Therefore, when the camera falls or is impacted, stress concentration may occur on the protruding portion, and thus may be easily damaged. In addition, the overall shape of the camera does not become rectangular by the protruding portion of the camera. Therefore, the case for accommodating it should not have a simple shape. In addition, the camera occupies a large volume, which is inconvenient when storing the case or bag.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve various problems including the above problems, and has excellent grip property when the camera is held by the hand while taking a picture, and does not occupy a large volume when the picture is not taken. It aims to provide.

In order to achieve the above object, a portable photographing apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes: a main body in which a lens unit for injecting light onto a subject is formed in front; And rotatably coupled to one side of the main body, and fixed at a second position having a predetermined angle with the main body based on at least a first position parallel to the main body and a vertical line of a position at which the main body is coupled to the main body. It is provided with a handle portion that can be.

In this case, one side of the main body has an oblique shape gradually closer to the center of the main body from its rear edge to the front edge, and the corresponding surface corresponding to the one side of the main body of the handle portion has the same clearance as one side of the main body. The branch has an oblique shape, and the handle portion located at the first position is preferably rotated so as to be upside down and positioned at the second position.

Here, when the handle portion is located in the first position, the horizontal length of the front surface is preferably shorter than the horizontal length of the rear surface when the handle portion is located in the first position.

In addition, the handle portion may be hinged to the main body having a hinge axis that can rotate about a horizontal virtual line, in this case the hinge axis is hollow, along the inner space of the hinge axis, the main body and the handle It is preferable that a connection cable for transmitting a signal is arranged between the parts.

On the other hand, it is preferable that the shutter button is installed on the upper surface when the handle portion is located in the second position.

At least one side of the handle portion is preferably provided with at least one or more functional buttons.

The outer end of the handle portion is preferably a round shape.

Preferably, the portable imaging device is a digital camera.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to an embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings. Here, the digital camera is shown as a portable photographing apparatus. As the digital camera has recently become smaller in size, especially in the thickness before and after, it is not easy to hold the digital camera by hand. Therefore, digital cameras are particularly required to be structured to be easily held by hand. The present invention is not limited to this, but can be applied to a portable photographing apparatus that is in charge of photographing a general film camera or a cam cord.

1 is a perspective view showing a digital camera according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the front side when the handle portion of the digital camera of Figure 1 is in a second position, Figure 3 is a digital of Figure 2 4 is a perspective view showing the rear side of the camera, FIG. 4 is a plan view from the top of the digital camera of FIG. 2, FIG. 5 is a perspective view from the front side of the digital camera when the handle is in the first position, and FIG. Is a plan view from the bottom of the digital camera of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the camera 100, which is one of the portable photographing apparatuses according to an exemplary embodiment, includes a main body 110 and a handle 130.

The lens unit 112 is disposed in front of the main body 110. The lens unit 112 serves to inject the light on the front subject into the interior. The light on the subject thus introduced is photoelectrically converted by an imaging device such as a CCD and then digitized by an analog-to-digital converter, recorded on a recording medium under control of a CPU, or reproduced by a reproducing means.

In addition, a flash 113, a self-timer lamp 114, a viewfinder 115, and the like may be disposed in front of the main body 110. Here, the self-timer lamp 114 operates for a set time from the time when the shutter button 132 is pressed to the time when the shutter operates in the self-timer mode.

As shown in FIG. 3, a liquid crystal monitor 118 may be disposed behind the main body 110. In addition, a power button, an auto-focus lamp, a flash standby lamp, and the like may be disposed.

1, the handle 130 is installed to be rotatable in the main body 110. In this case, the handle 130 may have a thickness substantially the same as that of the main body 110, and may have a first position parallel to the main body 110 or a second position having a predetermined angle with the main body 110.

In this case, the handle 130 may be rotatably coupled to the main body 110 to be positioned at the first position or the second position by rotating the handle 130. That is, as shown in FIG. 1, by using the horizontal virtual line L including the coupling portion of the handle portion and the main body as the rotation axis, the handle portion may be inverted up and down to be positioned at the first position or the second position.

That is, the one side surface 110L of the main body has an oblique shape gradually closer to the center of the body from the rear edge to the front edge thereof, and corresponds to the surface 130L corresponding to the main body one side surface 110L of the handle 130. 7 is preferably formed in an oblique shape having the same clearance as one side of the main body, and the handle portion located in the first position is rotated so as to be upside down and positioned in the second position.

That is, as shown in Figures 2 to 4, when shown in the horizontal cross section the handle 130 is the main body so that it can be fixed in a second position having a predetermined angle (Θ) with the main body 110 May be coupled to 110. Therefore, during camera shooting, the handle 130 is rotated to the second position. As a result, the thickness of the front and rear of the handle 130 becomes thicker than that of the camera body 110, so that when the handle 130 is held by the hand, the shape of the handle 130 of the camera is easy to grab the hand. do. Therefore, the grip of the camera being held by the hand is excellent, and the shaking and the slipping that may occur during shooting can be prevented.

In this case, the horizontal length of the surface parallel to the front surface of the main body 130F when the handle 130 is located at the first position is the rear surface 130R when the handle 130 is positioned at the first position. Shorter than the horizontal length of is preferable.

In other words, when the handle portion is in the second position, the front surface 130F when the handle portion 130 is located in the first position is located close to the main body, the handle portion 130 is in the first position When the rear surface 130R is located far from the main body, it is preferable to have a shape that protrudes forward than the main body as a whole. As a result, when the handle 130 is located in the second position, the handle 130 ) Protrudes forward from the main body 110 at a predetermined angle Θ, so that the handle 130 can be easily held by the hand.

It is preferable that the outer end 130K disposed on the opposite side of the corresponding surface 130L of the handle portion has a rounded shape, and thus the hand holding the handle 130 can naturally wrap the handle portion. Therefore, the outer end shape of the handle portion may be formed into a concave portion and a convex portion in the shape of a finger.

In this case, in particular, as shown in Figures 2 and 4, it is preferable that the shutter button 132 is installed on the upper surface 130H of the handle portion in the second position, whereby the handle portion by hand ( After holding 130, the user can easily shoot by pressing the shutter button 132 with an index finger or the like.

On the other hand, when not photographed by the camera, as shown in Figure 5 and 6, by rotating the handle 130 to the first position, the main body 110 and the handle 130 is substantially in a straight line Can be deployed. This can make the whole camera slim. Therefore, it is easy to store the camera, the stress concentration is not generated in the handle portion 130 by the external impact is strong and the appearance is also excellent.

On the other hand, when the handle portion is located in the second position, the shutter button 132 may be arranged in parallel with the lower surface of the main body. That is, when the handle portion is rotated up and down is reversed, the handle portion upper surface 130H when the handle portion 130 is located in the second position is arranged in parallel with the lower surface of the main body, the handle portion 130 is located in the second position The lower surface 130B of the handle may be disposed in parallel with the upper surface of the main body.

Meanwhile, as illustrated in FIG. 1, the handle 130 may be provided with a mode dial 134. The mode dial 134 is any one of operation modes of the camera, for example, a simple shooting mode, a program shooting mode, a portrait shooting mode, a night view shooting mode, a manual shooting mode, a movie shooting mode, a personal loading mode, and a recording mode. It is used to select the operation mode. In this case, the mode dial 134 may be installed between the shutter button and the handle portion.

In addition, at least one side of the handle 130, it is preferable that at least one or more functional buttons 140, as shown in FIG. These function buttons 140 are used by the user to perform specific functions of the digital camera. This function button 140 is a function required for recording, playback or editing of the voice-memo button 141, the flash button 142, the macro button 143, and the self-timer button 144, and the like. Buttons.

 These function buttons 140, when grabbing the handle 130 located in the second position, it is preferable to be installed in the position where the finger touches, and thus can easily set each function in the state of holding the handle by hand have.

Meanwhile, the handle 130 is disposed on the main body 110 so as to be rotatable about a horizontal virtual line L. In this case, the handle 130 is the main body 110 and the hinge 120. By hinge can be combined. That is, the hinge shaft 136 may be formed to protrude from the handle portion, and the hinge shaft 136 may rotate.

As an example of this, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, a hinge shaft groove 119 is formed at the center of one side 110L of the main body 110 and a connection hole 116 is formed inside the hinge shaft groove. The hinge shaft 136 is installed on the corresponding surface 130L of the handle 130, and the hinge shaft 136 is inserted into the hinge shaft groove 119 so as to be rotatable. In this case, an elastic member 124 such as a leaf spring is interposed between the hinge shaft 136 and the hinge shaft groove 119 to elastically bias the hinge shaft 136 in the inner radial direction. At least one protruding member 125 is disposed in the elastic member 124, and the receiving shaft 136 has an accommodation hole at the same position as the protruding member 125 when the hinge shaft 136 is inserted into the hinge shaft groove 119. 137 may be formed. In this case, when the handle 130 is in the first position or the second position, the protrusion member 125 is accommodated in the hinge shaft groove 119. Therefore, when the handle 130 is in the first position or the second position, the handle 130 may be fixedly coupled to the main body 110, when the handle 130 is rotated by a predetermined force or more the handle 130 ) Can rotate. In this case, a bearing 122 may be installed in the hinge shaft groove 119 to support rotation of the hinge shaft 136.

Rotating structure of the present invention is not limited to this, as long as the structure capable of upside down the handle portion is included in the present invention.

In this case, in order to install the shutter button 132 and the function button 140 to the handle 130, the central processing unit and the shutter button 132 and the function button 140 to control the respective functions electrically Should be connected. Therefore, it is preferable that the connection cable 150 for connecting the button installed in the central processing unit and the handle 130 is accommodated in the hinge 120. That is, the connection cable 150 may be formed along the hollow portion and the connection hole 116 of the hinge shaft 136.

On the other hand, when the handle 130 is rotated to the second position may be to turn on the power automatically. As an example of this, when the rotation angle sensor is disposed in the hinge portion and the angle sensor recognizes that the handle 130 rotates by a predetermined angle or more, the rotation angle sensor sends this rotation signal to the central processing unit. The central processing unit, which has received the rotation signal, is automatically turned on by connecting a shutter switch. On the other hand, when the handle 130 is rotated to the first position can be turned off automatically. For example, in this case, the rotation angle sensor transmits the degree of rotation of the handle 130 to the central processing unit, and the central processing unit receiving the rotation signal is automatically powered off by removing the shutter switch. OFF.

According to the present invention having the structure as described above, the handle portion may protrude at a predetermined angle from the main body, it can be arranged to be parallel to the main body.

Therefore, the hand portion can be grasped easily and surely, thereby preventing the camera from slipping out of the hand during shooting, and the shaking caused by not grasping with the hand securely can be prevented. At the same time, when not photographing, the handle portion can be disposed in parallel with the main body, thereby reducing the volume of the camera, and can be easily stored in a case, and the stress concentration phenomenon does not occur even in an external impact.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, this is merely exemplary, and any person skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may have various modifications and equivalent other embodiments. Will understand. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

Claims (10)

A main body formed in front of the lens unit for injecting light onto a subject; And Is rotatably coupled to one side of the main body, and can be fixed at a second position having a predetermined angle with the main body based on at least a first position parallel to the main body and a vertical line of the position to be coupled with the main body A portable photographing apparatus comprising a handle portion. The method of claim 1, One side of the main body is a diagonal shape gradually closer to the center of the main body from its rear edge to the front edge, The corresponding surface corresponding to the one side of the main body of the handle portion is formed to have the same clearance as the one side of the main body, And the handle is rotated so as to be turned upside down, and positioned at a first position or a second position. The method of claim 2, And the front horizontal length when the handle portion is located at the first position is shorter than the rear horizontal length when the handle portion is positioned at the first position. The method of claim 1, The handle part has a hinge axis that can rotate about a horizontal virtual line is coupled to the main body and a portable imaging device. The method of claim 4, wherein The hinge axis is a hollow shape, And a connecting cable configured to transmit a signal between the main body and the handle part along the inner space of the hinge shaft. The method of claim 1, The shutter button is installed on the upper surface when the handle portion is located in the second position, characterized in that the portable photographing device. The method of claim 1, And at least one function button is installed on at least one side of the handle part. The method of claim 1, And the power is turned on when the handle part is rotated from the main body to the second position. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, The outer end of the handle portion is a portable imaging device, characterized in that the rounded shape. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, The portable photographing device is a digital camera.

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