JPH031767A - Camera integrated vtr - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make the entire VTR small by arranging a VTR deck to a grip side of a VTR main body, a camera lens to the front part opposite to the grip and arranging a view finder from the upper part to the rear part. CONSTITUTION:A VTR deck is arranged to a grip 3 of a VTR main body 2 and a camera lens 6 is arranged to the front part opposite to the grip 3 of the VTR main body 2 and the view finder 9 is arranged from the upper part to the rear part. Thus, the VTR deck part, the camera lens and the view finder are arranged more compact and the entire length is considerably decreased more than a conventional VTR. Thus, the entire size of the camera integrated VTR is considerably reduced.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application fields] The present invention relates to a camera-integrated VTR.

[Summary of the Invention] The present invention provides a camera-integrated VTR having a grip section on one side of the VTR body for gripping the VTR body, in which a VTR deck section is disposed on the grip section side of the VTrt body; By disposing the camera/lens section on the front opposite to the grip section of the VTI'1 main body, and disposing the viewfinder from the top to the rear, the VTR deck section, camera/lens section, By making the viewfinder more compact, the overall size of the V'rR can be further reduced.

[Conventional technology] For example, an 8 mm camera-integrated VTR is known.

This can be concretely explained using Figures 15 and 16.
100 is a camera-integrated VTR, which includes the VTR body +
The right side of 01 is a grip section 102 for holding the VTR main body 101, and the opposite side is a VTR deck section 103 consisting of a well-known cassette holder (not shown), a tape loading mechanism, a single rotation head drum, and the like. In addition, the front part 101 of this V'r R main body 101
A camera/lens section 104 and a microphone 105 are disposed on the front surface of the VTR body 101, and a viewfinder 106 is disposed from the top of the VTR main body 101 on the side of the grip section 102 to the rear.

The viewfinder 106 includes a viewfinder main body 107 consisting of a pair of upper and lower cases, and a C (not shown) housed within the viewfinder main body 107.
It is roughly composed of an RT (cathode ray tube), an eyepiece barrel 110 having a diopter adjustment means 108, an eye cap 109, and the like.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 16, the VTR main body 101
There is a start/stop button type recording button I on the back side 102a of the grip part 102 at the position where the thumb touches.
ll is arranged. This recording button ill is located at a vertically long recess 10 formed on the back surface 102a of the Kitaki grip section 102.
Slide button (operation button) that slides downward to - in 2b
The slide button 112 makes it appear and disappear, and by covering the recording button 111 with the slide button 112, unnecessary recording can be prevented.

Incidentally, reference numeral 113 in FIG. 16 is a grip belt provided on the side surface of the grip portion 102.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the conventional camera-integrated VTR 100, the v'rn deck part 103 is provided on the opposite side of the grip part 102 of the VTf1 main body 101, and the grip part 102
There are no other buttons on the side other than the recording button 111, and the various operation buttons are located on the upper surface of the front part 101a that protrudes with a step in front of the VTR main body 101, and on the VTR deck part 103.
Since a large number of buttons are provided on the side surfaces, it is difficult to operate the various operation buttons, and since the front part 101a of the VTR main body 101 protrudes forward, the camera-integrated V T
The R100 had the drawback of becoming longer and larger as a whole.

Therefore, the present invention provides a camera-integrated VTR that is compact and allows easy operation of operation buttons.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In a camera-integrated VTR having a grip portion for gripping the VTR body on one side of the VTR body, a VTR deck portion is disposed on the grip portion side of the VTR body, while A camera/lens section is disposed at the front of the VTR body opposite to the grip section, and a viewfinder is disposed from the top to the rear.

[Operation: A VTR deck part is arranged on the grip part side of the VTR main body, while a camera/lens part is arranged in the front part on the opposite side of the grip part of the VTR main body, and a viewfinder is arranged from the top to the rear part. The above VTR deck part and camera lens part.

The viewfinder has been made more compact and its overall length has been shortened, making it possible to miniaturize the entire camera-integrated VTR.

[Example] Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

In Figures 1 to 6, 1 is an 8mm camera-integrated VTR.
The VTR main body 2 is formed into a substantially rectangular parallelepiped.

The right side of this VTR main body 2 serves as a grip section 3 for holding the V'l'' IN main body 2, and the approximately central portion 4a of the left side surface 4 on the opposite side of this grip section 2 has a semi-cylindrical shape. A v'r R deck part 5 is disposed from the lower part to the upper part of the grip part 3.In the approximately central part 4a of the left side surface 4, V
A viewfinder 9 is provided which protrudes in the fj direction and extends from the front to the rear of the upper part of the left side surface 4 for checking the image being recorded.

The upper part of the grip part 3, that is, the upper part of the VTR deck part 5, is provided with an opening It for inserting and removing the tape cassette IO. This opening II can be opened and closed by a lid body 12 having a cross-section having a cross-section. In detail,
The lid body 12 includes a pair of rod-shaped pins 1 disposed at a predetermined position inside the upper surface 2a of the VTR main body 2 and spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance.
3, 13, and a link 14 disposed on the front side of the opening 11, it can be manually rotated upward within a range of about 90°. Further, the lid body 12 has a locking mechanism 1.
5 allows the opening 11 to be kept closed. This locking mechanism 15 is connected to the side surface 12 of the lid body 12.
A lock button 16 that has an operating portion 16ilL protrude outward from a rectangular hole 12b formed in a, and slides along the inner surface of the lid body 12 via a pair of guides 17a and 17b provided on the inner surface side; The end locking part 1 of this lock button 16
A coil spring 18 biases the coil spring 6b so that it is always engaged with the engaging portion 2b formed on the front side of the opening 11 of the VTR main body 2.
It is made up of. Then, as shown in Figure 10,
By pushing the operating portion 16a of the lock button 16 in the direction of the arrow in the figure against the biasing force of the coil spring 18, the distal end locking portion 16b of the lock button 16 locks into the engaging portion 2b of the VTR main body 2.
The locked state of the lid body 12 is released by moving away from the lid body 12. In addition, since the tip locking portion 16b of the lock button 16 is slightly tapered, by pressing the top surface 12c of the lid body 12 a little forcefully from above, it is biased by the coil spring 18 in the opposite direction to the above arrow. The lock button 16 moves a little in the direction of the arrow to lock the closed state of the lid I2 by returning after engaging the end locking portion 16b/+ (the engaging portion 2b of the VTR main body 2) of the lock button 16. It has become.

Further, on the top surface 12c of the lid body 12, a camera lens section 6 is provided.
A zoom operation button 20 is provided for moving a lens barrel section 8 having a zoom lens 7 in the front and rear directions. The zoom operation button 20 has a pair of operating surfaces 20a and 20b whose upper surfaces are inclined in a substantially V-shape, and a pair of substantially V-shaped supporting plates 21. The rack is rotatable like a so-called saw saw by means of a rod-shaped shaft 22 passed between the racks 21 and 21. Then, by pressing either one of the pair of operation surfaces 20a, 20b of the zoom operation button 20, the protrusions 20c, 20d formed on the back surface of each operation surface 20a, 20b protrude from the back plate 19. Push the pair of bush-type zoom-up and zoom-down switches 23 and 24 provided to turn on/off each of the above switches 23 and 24.
It's supposed to turn off. In this case, when one operation surface 20a of the zoom operation button 20 is pressed, the lens barrel section 8 of the camera lens section 6 comes forward via the zoom up switch 23 to zoom up. ing. Moreover, when the other operation surface 20b is pressed,
The lens barrel section 8 of the camera/lens section 6 is recessed via a zoom-down switch 24 to zoom down.

The VTR deck section 5 includes a cassette holder 32 (not shown) that holds and attaches the tape cassette IO to a pair of reel stands 31 and 31 of the chassis 30 disposed within the grip section 3. It is generally composed of a tape loading mechanism, a rotary head drum 33 rotatably supported by the chassis 30, and the like. A rectangular cassette cover 34 that also serves as a side plate of the grip portion 3 is attached to the power set and top holder 32, and this cassette lid 34
One of the reel stands 31 can be seen through a transparent window 35 provided in the. The cassette holder 32 and the cassette lid 34 are arranged near one end of the opening 11 of the V'l'R body 2, and when the lid 12 is closed, there is a cassette eject button (not visible from the outside).
Through a drive mechanism (not shown) driven by the eject button (eject button) 36, the eject button moves upward and then rotates outward, or moves outward in parallel, as shown by the one-dot chain line and the two-dot chain line in Fig. 4. This makes it easy to take in and out the tape cassette IO.

Furthermore, a start/stop button-type recording button 40 is located at the position where the thumb touches on the back surface 3a of the grip portion 3.
It is arranged. This recording button 40 is connected to the grip portion 3
It can be locked/unlocked by an operating lever 42 rotatably supported in a cylindrical recess 41 integrally formed on the back surface 3a. To be more specific, the recording button 40 is made of resin, and includes an operating section 40a formed in a cylindrical shape, a shaft section 110b integrally extending downward from the operating section 40a,
A pair of claw portions 40 integrally extend downward from the operating portion 40a.
c, 40c. Bottom 41a of the recess 41
A circular central hole 41b is formed in the center of the
Around this central hole 41b, there are pairs of large and small engagement holes 41.
c, 41c, 41d, and 41d are formed at 90° intervals.

The operating lever 42 is made of resin and is formed into a substantially annular cylindrical shape.
b is integrally molded in a protruding manner, and a cylindrical shaft portion 42c into which the shaft portion 40b of the recording button 40 is inserted is integrally molded under the lower surface of the body portion 42a. Further, the recording button 40 is located around the shaft portion 42c at the bottom of the body portion 42a.
A pair of insertion locking holes 42d, 42d are formed into which the pair of claw portions 40c, 40c are inserted and locked. The recording button 40 is biased upward within the body 42a of the operating lever 42 via the compression coil spring 43, and the tip hooks of the pair of claws 40c, 40c are pressed against the lower surface of the bottom of the body 42a. Until it locks, move downward i':l
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A pair of bottle portions 42e, 42e are formed protruding from the bottom surface of a. This pair of bottles? A pair of holes 44a, 44a of a ring-shaped temporary spring 44 are fitted into the holes 2e, 42e. The recording button 40, the operating lever 42, the compression coil spring 43, and the leaf spring 44 generally constitute a start/stop type recording switch mechanism 45.

Record button 40 above. Operation lever 42. Compression coil spring 43
The temporary spring 44 is assembled, and the shaft portion 42c of the operating lever 112 is inserted into the center hole 41b of the recess 41.
At this time, a pull-out stopper 42f integrally molded protruding from the lower part of the shaft portion 42c is engaged with a knob holder (not shown) attached below the four parts 41, so that the pull-out can be prevented. . A pair of locking portions 44b, 44b formed in an inverted V shape on the plate spring 44 are connected to the recessed portion 41.
The recording button 40 is in a locked state when it is locked in the pair of small engagement holes 41d and 41d (in FIG. The record button 40 is in the locked state when the black dots and dots match). From this state, when the operating lever 42 is rotated in the direction of the arrow as shown in FIG. 11, the record button 40 is locked.
is in the unlocked state (the record button 40 is in the unlocked state when the black dot a applied to the operation lever 42 matches the black dot C applied to the back surface 3a), and the pair of claws of the record button 40 40c, 40c are a pair of large engagement holes 4 in the recess 41
1c, 41c, and the shaft portion 40b of the recording button 40 is in a state where it can move downward. This state is the recording standby state, and when the recording button 40 is pushed downward against the biasing force of the compression coil spring 43 from this state, the shaft portion 40b or the not-shown start/stop type recording switch is activated. Recording/recording can be stopped by turning it on/off. The recording switch is of a start/stop type, with one button acting as a start switch to issue an instruction to start recording, and two buttons acting as a stop switch giving an instruction to stop recording.

In addition, if recording is not necessary, if the operating lever 42 is placed in the state shown by the solid line shown in FIG. 11, the pair of claws 40c, 40c of the recording button 40 will hit the bottom 41a of the recess 4I, and the recording button 40 will be lowered. The recording switch cannot be turned on/off using the camera.

Further, the grip belt 46 is suspended between a pair of locking portions 3b and 3c integrally formed at the lower side of the grip portion 3. The grip belt 46 also includes a zoom lens 7 of the lens barrel section 8 of the camera/lens section 6.
A lens cap 47 is attached to cover the lens.

Moreover, the electronic viewfinder 9 is VTI? It is disposed so as to rotate approximately 90 degrees from a horizontal state to an upright state at a stepped portion 4b formed on the upper side of the left side surface 4 of the main body 2. To be more specific, the electronic viewfinder 9 includes a cylindrical viewfinder main body 50 consisting of a pair of upper and lower cabinets 50a and 50b, and a cylindrical viewfinder main body 50 that is housed within the viewfinder main body 50 and formed on the front surface of the distal end 50c side. CR where the tube surface is exposed through the rectangular hole 50d
It is generally composed of a cathode ray tube ('r) 51 and an eyepiece barrel section 60 that is disposed to be movable forward and backward with respect to the distal end section 50c of the viewfinder main body 50.

The viewfinder main body 50 has a shaft portion 52 formed protrudingly formed on the side surface of its base portion, and the VTI” is connected to a fitting portion 4c formed on the left side surface 4 of the main body 2 so as to rotate within a predetermined range of approximately 90°. In addition, a recess 50e is formed in the lower part of the lower cabinet 50b of the viewfinder main body 50.The upper surface of the stepped part 4b of the VTR main body 2 corresponding to the recess 50e is A convex portion 4e is formed.When the electronic viewfinder 9 is in a horizontal state, the concave portion 5 of the viewfinder main body 50 is formed.
The electronic viewfinder 9 is prevented from moving outward by engaging the convex portion 4e of the stepped portion 4b with the convex portion 0e. Further, in the center of the upper surface of the stepped portion 4b, an edit switch 53 is provided so as to be slidable when the electronic viewfinder 9 is in a horizontal state.

11tj The eyepiece barrel portion 60 is, as shown in FIG.
It is slidably provided on the outer circumferential surface of the tip tfJ50c of the viewfinder main body 50, and protrudes from the outer circumferential surface of the tip 50c into L-shaped lead holes 61b formed at four equal intervals in the large diameter portion 61a. A cylindrical finder boulder 61 into which four pin portions 54 are inserted, and a pair of locking portions 61d of a pair of flange portions Glc formed on the large diameter portion 61a of this finder holder 61. Hole (i2
a, 62a, and a cylindrical finder cover 62 that covers the finder holder 61, and a lens holder 64 that is rotatably fitted into the small diameter portion 61e of the finder holder 62 and has a lens 63 fitted therein. and,
A pair of T-shaped notches Glf are rotatably fitted to the outer peripheral surface of the small diameter portion 61e of the upper finder holder 61, and are formed diagonally on the outer peripheral surface of the lens holder 64 from a pair of T-shaped notches Glf formed in the small diameter portion 61e. Lead grooves 64λ, 64a
a diopter adjustment ring (diopter adjustment means) 65 with a pair of pin parts 65a, 65a protruding from the inner peripheral surface, and a pair of pin parts 65a protruding from the outer peripheral surface of the small diameter part 61e of the finder holder 61; The eyecap holder 66 has a pair of engagement holes 66a, 66a that are engaged with the engagement portions 61g, 61g, and a rubber eyecap 67 that is fitted into the eyecap holder 66. There is.

When the finder holder 61 has finished retracting (shrinking) relative to the viewfinder main body 50, the first protrusion 61b' formed in each lead hole 61 locks each pin 54 of the viewfinder main body 50. The second protrusion 61b'' formed in each lead hole 61 maintains the state in which the viewfinder body 50 has finished advancing (extending) relative to the viewfinder body 50. It can be maintained by locking the pin 54. Also, a pair of thrust grooves 64b, 64b extending in the axial direction are formed on the outer peripheral surface of the lens holder 64, and each thrust 'Ir
l 64 a is engaged with a pair of thrust protrusions 61 h, 61 h that protrude from the inner peripheral surface of the small diameter portion 61 e of the finder holder 61 so as to extend in the thrust direction.

As a result, when the diopter adjustment ring 65 is rotated clockwise and counterclockwise, the lens 63 is focused on the CRT 51 by moving back and forth with respect to the lens holder 64 or finder holder 61. It looks like this.

Further, a microphone 70 is attached to the upper front surface of the V'r R body 2, and a video input/output terminal 71 and an audio input/output terminal 72 are attached to the front part of the grip section 3. In addition, a V
Various operation buttons 7S for the TR system are installed, and various operation buttons 7 for the camera/lens system are installed approximately in the center 4a of the left side surface 4.
4 is for installation. Furthermore, a battery 75 is attached to the back of the VTR body 2. In addition, the reference numeral 76 in FIG.
6 is a battery lock release button, and reference numeral 77 in FIG. 6 is a tripod mounting screw hole provided at the center of the bottom surface 2c of the VTR body 2.

According to the camera-integrated VTRl of the above embodiment, v'r
A VTR deck section 5 is disposed on the side of the grip section 3 of the R main body 2, while a camera/lens section 6 is disposed on the front part of the VTR main body 2 on the opposite side from the grip section 3, and a camera/lens section 6 is disposed on the front side of the VTR main body 2 on the side opposite to the grip section 3. Since the finder 9 is installed, the above V
TI (deck part 5, camera/lens part 6, viewfinder 9) can be made more compact, and the total length can be significantly shortened compared to the conventional camera. The overall size can be significantly reduced.

In particular, the eyepiece tube part 60 of the viewfinder 9 is provided so as to be movable forward and backward with respect to the viewfinder main body 50,
When not in use, close the eye cap 67 as shown in Figure 2.
can be shortened to near the battery 75 side of the VTR main body 2, and the size of the entire set can be made even smaller than conventional ones, making it easy to carry.

Also, when shooting from a low angle, viewfinder 9
To easily adjust the diopter of a CRT 51 by standing the eyepiece vertically, keeping the eye away from the eye cap 9, and slightly moving the eyepiece barrel 60 forward and backward with respect to the viewfinder body 50. This allows you to easily adjust the angle of view.

In addition, sufficient space can be taken on the left side surface 4 of the VTR main body 2, which is the opposite side of the grip part 3, to arrange various operation buttons, etc., so the arrangement and size of various operation buttons can be adjusted. The degree of freedom can be increased.

Further, since the zoom operation button 20 is provided on the upper surface of the grip portion 3, the operability can be further improved, and the usability can be greatly improved.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 5, when the operating portion 42b of the operating lever 42 that unlocks the recording button 40 during recording comes to the standby position, it comes to the position of the user's thumb, so this operating portion 42b It can be used as a finger rest and is easy to use.

Effect 1 of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, while the VTR deck section is disposed on the grip section side of the VTR main body, the VTR
The camera/lens section is placed at the front of the R body on the opposite side from the grip section, and the viewfinder is placed from the top to the rear, making the VTR deck section, camera/lens section, and viewfinder more compact. Therefore, the overall size of the camera-integrated VTR can be further reduced.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a camera-integrated Vi
``R's plan view, Figure 2 is the right side view, Figure 3 is the left side view, Figure 4 is the front view, Figure 5 is the rear view, Figure 6 is the bottom view, Figure 7 is the same side view. is a front view of the lid body, FIG. 8 is a side view showing a partial cross section of the main part of the lid body, FIG. 9 is a front view of the fluid, FIG. 1θ is a sectional view of the locking mechanism of the lid body, and FIG. 11 12 is an exploded perspective view of the main part of the viewfinder, 13 is a partially sectional side view of the eyepiece barrel, and 14 is a grip belt, holder, and lens. 15 is a perspective view of a conventional camera-integrated VTR, and FIG. 16 is a rear view of the same. 1. Camera-integrated VTR, 2-VTR body, 3.
Grip part, 5...VTR deck part, 6...Camera...
Lens section, 9...Front view of one person outside the viewfinder Figure 4 Kidney YXJ Figure 5 Front view of the beneficial body Figure 10 Figure 11 Installation of the 7゛ belt and lens kit Figure E Rear view of the conventional example +00 Needle view of the conventional example Figure 15 Procedural amendment (voluntary) Display of the May 18, 1990 incident Patent application No. 136356 of 1999 Name of the invention Camera-integrated VTR Correction Relationship with the case filed by the applicant (218) Contents of the amendment to the drawings of the Suiseikai Building, 1-29 Akashi-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, embedded at Sony Corporation, 104

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) In a camera-integrated VTR having a grip section on one side of the VTR body for gripping the VTR body, a VTR deck section is disposed on the side of the grip section of the VTR body, while a grip section of the VTR body A camera-integrated VTR characterized in that a camera/lens section is disposed at the front opposite to the camera lens section, and a viewfinder is disposed from the top to the rear.