KR101120089B1 - Portable image pickup apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a camera having an excellent grip property for hand-held camera during shooting and a shape that does not occupy a large volume when not shooting. According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the main body having a lens portion and a hollow for injecting light on the subject therein; It is inserted into the hollow portion of the main body is rotatably coupled, the handle portion which 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 imaginary line formed along the top and bottom Provided is a portable photographing apparatus.

Description

Portable image pickup apparatus

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

FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating a rear side of the digital camera of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a plan view illustrating the case where the handle of the digital camera of FIG. 1 is in a first position.

FIG. 4 is a plan view from above of a case where the handle of the digital camera of FIG. 1 is in a second position.

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

Description of the Related Art

100: camera 110: main body

112: lens unit 116: shutter button

120: hinge portion 121: hinge shaft hole

123: hinge shaft 130: handle portion

117: Mode dial 118: LCD monitor

140: function button 150: connecting cable

L: vertical 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 is dropped or 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 image photographing apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises: a main body having a lens portion and a hollow portion for injecting light onto a subject; It is inserted into the hollow portion of the main body is rotatably coupled, and may 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 imaginary line formed along the upper and lower sides. It is provided with a handle portion.

In this case, the handle portion is preferably formed to be hinged to the hollow portion of the body by a hinge portion.

On the other hand, the grip portion protruding forward of the handle portion located in the second position is formed to have a convex round shape in the transverse cross section, when the handle portion is located in the first position, the inner portion corresponding to the grip portion of the hollow portion Preferably, the transverse cross section has a concave round shape so as to have a constant clearance with the front end.

On the other hand, it is preferable that at least one or more functional buttons are installed on at least one side of the handle portion.

In addition, when the handle portion is rotated from the main body to the second position it is preferable that the power is turned on.

On the other hand, the handle portion fixed to the second position is preferably rotated at an angle of 20 ° to 100 ° from the handle fixed to the first position.

Hereinafter, with reference to an embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings the present invention will be described in more detail. 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 front side of a digital camera according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a perspective view showing a rear side of the digital camera of Figure 1, Figure 3 is a case where the handle portion is in the first position 4A and 4B are respectively a perspective view of the digital camera when the handle portion is in the second position and a plan view of the upper portion of the digital camera.

As shown in FIG. 1, the digital camera 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a main body 110 and a handle 130.

The lens unit 112 may be 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 116 is pressed to the time when the shutter operates in the self-timer mode.

As shown in FIG. 2, a liquid crystal monitor 118 may be disposed behind the main body 110, and although not shown, a power button, an auto-focus lamp, a flash standby lamp, and the like may be disposed.

The hollow part 111 is formed in the main body 110 in the side of the part where the liquid crystal monitor 118 is located. The hollow part 111 is formed at a position where a finger can touch when holding the side of the body 110 by hand. In this case, the handle 130 is inserted into the hollow portion 111 so as to be rotatable.

In this case, the handle 130 is substantially the same thickness as the main body 110, as shown in Figure 3, and may have a first position parallel to at least the main body 110. Therefore, when not photographed by the camera, by rotating the handle 130 to the first position, the main body 110 and the handle 130 may be disposed substantially in a straight line.

That is, since the entire camera can be slimmed, it is easy to store the camera, and the stress is not concentrated on the handle 130 due to an external impact, thereby making it strong, and its appearance is also excellent.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 4, the hollow part 111 may be fixed at a second position having a predetermined angle Θ with the main body 110 based on the vertical virtual line L formed along the upper and lower sides. Can be coupled to. That is, when the camera is photographed, the handle 130 is rotated to the second position, and then the handle 130 is held by the hand. As a result, the shape of the handle 130 of the camera is thicker than that of the main body 110, thereby making it easier to grab the handle 130 by hand. Therefore, the grip property of holding the camera by hand is excellent. As a result, it is possible to prevent shaking or slipping which may occur during shooting.

In this case, the grip portion 130F protruding forward of the handle portion 130 located in the second position is preferably formed to have a convex round shape in the horizontal cross section thereof, thereby holding the handle portion 130 by hand. The grip property can be improved by providing a sufficient contact surface at the time. In addition, when the handle portion 130 is located in the first position, the inner portion 111F corresponding to the grip portion of the hollow portion 111 has a round shape in which the transverse cross section is concave so as to have a constant clearance with the grip portion. It is preferable to have, because when the handle portion 130 is received is good in appearance, because it can be stored smoothly.

2 and 3, a shutter button 116 may be installed on the handle 130 of the main body 110. Therefore, it is possible to take a picture while easily pressing the shutter button 116 with an index finger or the like after the handle 130 is gripped by hand at the time of shooting.

In addition, it is preferable that at least one or more function buttons 140 are installed on at least one side of the handle 130. 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 functional buttons 140 may be installed on the side that is the position where the finger touches when grabbing the handle 130 located in the second position. On the other hand, it is located on the opposite side of the grip portion 130F and is relatively flat, and when the handle portion 130 is in the second position, it may be disposed on the surface located on the rear side of the main body. The function buttons can be selected while checking the state of the subject.

On the other hand, the handle 130 is disposed so as to be rotatable in the main body 110 as described above, in this case the handle 130 may be hinged by the main body 110 and the hinge 120. As an example of this, as shown in FIG. 5, the hinge shaft hole 121 is formed above and below the hollow part 111 of the main body 110, and the hinge shaft 123 is disposed above and below the handle 130. ) Is formed to protrude, and the hinge shaft 123 is rotatably inserted into the hinge shaft hole 121. That is, a vertical virtual line L is generated along the center of the hinge axis 123 and thus rotates about the hinge axis.

In this case, although not shown in the drawings, an elastic member such as a spring may be interposed between the hinge shaft 123 and the hinge shaft hole 121. This elastic member is to be rotated only when the handle 130 is rotated by a predetermined force or more. The present invention is not limited thereto, and the handle part 130 corresponds to the present invention as long as it can rotate at a predetermined angle from the main body 110.

On the other hand, in order to install the shutter button 116 and the function button 140 to the handle 130, a central processing unit (not shown) and the shutter button 116 and the function button 140 for controlling the respective functions. Must be electrically connected to the Therefore, it is preferable that a connection cable 150 such as an FPCB connecting the button installed in the central processing unit and the handle 130 is accommodated in the hinge 120. As an example of this, as shown in FIG. 5, the hollow portion 123H is formed inside the hinge shaft 123, and the connection cable 150 has the hollow portion 123H of the hinge shaft 123. Through it can be connected to the central processing unit of the body.

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, if the rotation angle sensor is disposed in the hinge portion, the rotation angle sensor recognizes that the handle 130 is rotated by a predetermined angle or more, the rotation angle sensor sends this rotation signal to the central processing unit. The central processor receives the rotation signal, and the power is automatically turned on by connecting the 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 does not connect the shutter switch, thereby automatically. The power is turned off.

On the other hand, the handle portion 130 fixed to the second position is preferably rotated at an angle of 20 ° to 100 ° from the handle portion fixed to the first position, the angle is the handle portion 130 This is because the angle can be grasped smoothly. On the other hand, the handle 130 is more preferably installed to be able to adjust the angle according to the size of the finger, for example, one for this, a plurality of elastic bodies protruding while elastically biased toward the inside of the hinge shaft hole In this case, when the handle 130 is not turned by a predetermined force or more, the handle 130 may be fixed by the elastic body.

According to the present invention having the structure as described above, the handle portion may protrude from the main body at a predetermined angle, it may be arranged to be parallel to the main body when it is not necessary to protrude.

Therefore, by easily and surely grasping the handle portion with the hand, the camera can be prevented from sliding 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 (8)

A main body having a lens portion and a hollow portion for injecting light onto a subject; It is inserted into the hollow portion of the main body is rotatably coupled, and may 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 imaginary line formed along the upper and lower sides. Portable imaging device characterized in that it has a handle portion. The method of claim 1, And the handle part is hinged to the hollow part of the main body by a hinge part. The method of claim 2, The handle portion is a hollow cylinder shape and has a hinge axis formed along the center of the vertical virtual line, The main body has a built-in central processing unit for controlling each function, And a connection cable connecting the inside of the hinge shaft and the central processing unit through the hollow of the hinge shaft. The method of claim 1, The grip portion protruding forward of the handle portion located in the second position is formed to have a round shape with its transverse cross section convex, And the inner part corresponding to the grip part of the hollow part has a concave round shape in a transverse cross section so as to have a constant clearance with the front end when the handle part is located in the first position. 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 6, And the handle portion fixed to the second position is rotated at an angle of 20 ° to 100 ° from the handle fixed to the first position. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, The portable image capturing apparatus is a digital camera.

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