Imaging apparatus with a rotatable monitor
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsTakashi Kusatsugu, Yutaka Takahashi, Kenichi Kuroyanagi
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Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes an apparatus body, a monitor connected to the apparatus body, and a hinge mechanism including a support member. The supporting mechanism includes a mounting portion on a first end, the mounting portion being rotatably mounted on the apparatus body, and a supporting portion on a second end, the supporting portion supporting the monitor. The support member rotatably supports the monitor relative to the apparatus body. The support member of the hinge mechanism is disposed at substantially the same height as that of a viewfinder disposed on the apparatus body.
Claims17
An imaging apparatus, comprising:
- an apparatus body;
- a monitor connected to the apparatus body;
- and
- a hinge mechanism including
- a support member including a pair of support arms each having a mounting portion at one end and a supporting portion at the other end, the mounting portion of each of the support arms being rotatably mounted on the apparatus body and the supporting portion of each of the support arms including a mounting hole configured to rotatably support the monitor relative to the apparatus body;
- and
- a frame fixed to the apparatus body, the frame including first and second mounting pieces extending therefrom,
- wherein the mounting portion of each of the support arms is rotatably mounted on the frame,
- wherein the support member of the hinge mechanism is disposed at substantially the same height as that of a viewfinder disposed on the apparatus body;
- and
- wherein the frame supports the viewfinder such that the mounting portion of each of the pair of support arms is disposed between the mounting pieces and the viewfinder.
An imaging apparatus, comprising:
- an apparatus body;
- a monitor connected to the apparatus body;
- and
- a hinge mechanism including
- a support member including;
- a pair of support arms each having a mounting portion at one end and a supporting portion at the other end, the mounting portion of each of the support arms being rotatably mounted on the apparatus body and the supporting portion of each of the support arms configured to rotatably support the monitor relative to the apparatus body;
- and
- a frame fixed to the apparatus body;
- wherein the support member and frame are disposed at substantially the same height as that of a viewfinder disposed on the apparatus body;
- and
- wherein the viewfinder, the mounting portion of each of the support arms, and the frame are contained in an eyecup.
An imaging apparatus, comprising:
- an apparatus body;
- a monitor connected to the apparatus body;
- a hinge mechanism including
- a support member and a frame;
- a hinge cover coupled to the support member;
- and
- a shield member rotatably supported on the hinge cover;
- a flexible substrate connecting the camera body and the monitor, the flexible substrate extending through the hinge mechanism to the monitor;
- wherein the hinge cover is configured to prevent the flexible substrate from being exposed from the outside of the support member;
- and
- wherein the shield member is configured to shield the flexible substrate from the outside between an eyecup and the hinge cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.