US 2003/0193587 A1 · Electronic camera

Abstract

An electronic camera includes: a body unit entirely covered by a resin cover member; a supporting member provided inside the cover member; a unit linking member for linking with another unit, one end of which is inserted inside the cover member through an opening formed at the cover member, the one end being supported by the supporting member inside the cover member; a metal reinforcement member provided along an outside portion of the cover member; and a retaining member that secures together the supporting member provided inside the cover member and the reinforcement member provided along an outside portion of the cover member with the cover member clamped between the supporting member and the reinforcement member.

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Dependent claims

An electronic camera comprising:

a body unit entirely covered by a resin cover member;
a supporting member provided inside said cover member;
a unit linking member for linking with another unit, one end of which is inserted inside said cover member through an opening formed at said cover member, said one end being supported by said supporting member inside said cover member;
a metal reinforcement member provided along an outside portion of said cover member;
and
a retaining member that secures together said supporting member provided inside said cover member and said reinforcement member provided along an outside portion of said cover member with said cover member clamped between said supporting member and said reinforcement member.

3 more elements

An electronic camera comprising:

a first body unit entirely covered by a resin cover member;
a second body unit entirely covered by a resin cover member;
a unit linking member used for linking said first body unit and said second body unit;
a first supporting member provided inside said cover member of said first body unit;
a second supporting member provided inside said cover member of said second body unit;
a metal first reinforcement member provided outside said cover member of said first body unit;
a metal second reinforcement member provided outside said cover member of said second body unit;
a first retaining member that secures together said first supporting member provided inside said cover member of said first body unit and said first reinforcement member provided outside said cover member of said first body unit, with said cover member of said first body unit clamped between said first supporting member and said first reinforcement member;
and
a second retaining member that secures together said first supporting member provided inside said cover member of said second body unit and said second reinforcement member provided outside said cover member of said second body unit, with said cover member of said second body unit clamped between said second supporting member and said second reinforcement member, wherein:
one end of said unit linking member is inserted inside said cover member of said first body unit through an opening formed at said cover member of said first body unit to be supported by said first supporting member inside said cover member of said first body unit;
another end of said unit linking member is inserted inside said cover member of said second body unit through an opening formed at said cover member of said second body unit to be supported by said second supporting member inside said cover member of said second body unit;
and
at least either end of said unit linking member is supported rotatably.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Description5,795 words

Summary1,170 words

#Japanese Patent Application No. 10-63348 filed Mar. 13, 1998

#1. Field of the Invention

#The present invention relates to an electronic camera such as a video camera or a digital still camera.

Brief description of the drawings11 figures

#FIG. 1 is an external view of the rear of an electronic camera 100 viewed diagonally from above

#FIG. 2 is an external view of the electronic camera 100 in a photographing state;

#FIG. 3 is an external view of a resin cover 30 of a display unit main body 20;

Detailed description4,422 words

#The following is a detailed explanation of the preferred embodiments of the present invention in reference to the drawings.

#FIG. 1 is an external view of the rear of an electronic camera 100 viewed diagonally from above. The electronic camera 100 is constituted of an image capture unit main body 10 and a display unit main body 20 (or body units).

#At the image capture unit main body 10, a photographing lens unit and an image capture element (not shown) are provided inside, with an opening portion 11 for the photographing lens provided at an upper surface 10b of a cover 10c. At the image capture unit main body 10, an image of the subject is formed on the image capture element by the photographing lens unit and the image of the subject is captured and the image is generated by the image capture element.

Facts

Application

10/421,879Filed 24 Apr 2003

Priority

JP 10-6334813 Mar 1998

Published

16 Oct 2003

Term ends

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Classification3 codes

H04N 23/50
Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors; Control thereof: constructional details
H04N 23/51
Constructional details: housings
H04N
Pictorial communication

Electronic camera

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