JPH10112836A - Video tape recorder - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To stand independently at the single use in a dockable video tape recorder. SOLUTION: A video camera VC is organized on the front side of a VTR body 1 in a freely attachable and detachable manner, and a connector box part 8 is provided projectingly on the rear bottom of the body 1. Legs 9a and 9b are provided to stand alone for itself on the bottom of the body 1 and also in front of the part 8, and the legs 9a and 9b are placed not so as to interfere with shoulder pads 10 of the video camera VC.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a video tape recorder with a detachable video camera.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a video tape recorder for recording video signals taken by a video camera, a video tape recorder integrated into a video camera or a form independent of the video camera is used only with a signal cable. Some are connected, and others are configured so as to be separated and combined with the video camera (so-called dockable video tape recorders). This so-called dockable video tape recorder has an advantage that the applicable range of photographing is wide because the video camera and the video tape recorder can be combined or separated according to the photographing situation or the like.

FIG. 5 shows a conventional dockable video tape recorder. In FIG. 5, the VTR main body 20 has a substantially rectangular shape and incorporates a video tape recording / reproducing means. A video camera VC is detachably provided on the front side of the VTR main body 20, and a battery unit 21 is detachably provided on the rear side of the VTR main body 20. or,
A connector box 22 is provided on the rear bottom surface of the VTR body 20.
The connector box 22 is provided with a video signal output terminal, a synchronization signal input terminal, and the like. V
The front bottom surface side of the TR main body 20 is opened as a space for the shoulder pad 10 of the video camera VC.

[0004]

However, when the video tape recorder is used separately from the video camera VC, the balance is poor because the connector box portion 22 projects from the rear bottom surface of the VTR body 20 as shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, it cannot stand alone. Therefore, there is a problem that the usability during maintenance with the side panel of the VTR body 20 opened is poor.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a video tape recorder which can stand alone when used alone and has good maintainability.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a video tape recorder having a VTR body incorporating a video tape recording / reproducing means.
A video camera is detachably provided on the front side of the main body, and a connector box portion is provided so as to protrude from the rear bottom surface of the VTR main body, and is provided on the bottom side of the VTR main body and in front of the connector box portion. , Provided with a stand-alone leg.

Therefore, when used alone, the video tape recorder can stand on its own because the VTR body is supported by the connector box at the rear of the VTR body and the legs in front of it.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 4 show one embodiment of the present invention. 1A is a schematic right side view of a video tape recorder, and FIG. 1B is a schematic right side view showing a video tape recorder equipped with a video camera VC.
(C) is a schematic bottom view of the video tape recorder, FIG. 2 is a right side view of the video tape recorder, FIG. 3 is a left side view thereof,
FIG. 4 shows a front view thereof.

In FIG. 1 to FIG. 4, the VTR main body 1 of the video tape recorder has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and has built-in video tape recording / reproducing means. Left and right side surfaces of the VTR main body 1 are covered with side panels 2 and 3, respectively. These side panels 2 and 3 are attached with screws 4. A large notch 2a is formed in the upper center of the right side panel 2, and the cassette insertion portion 5 is inserted into the notch 2a.
Is provided. A side pad 6 is provided on a front upper portion of the left side panel 3.

A video camera VC mounting portion 7 is provided on the front side of the VTR main body 1, and the video camera VC can be freely attached and detached by the mounting portion 7. Video camera V
In the mounting state of C, the connector of the video camera VC is connected to the connector 7a of the video tape recorder, and the connection is automatically made automatically. On the rear side of the VTR main body 1, a battery unit (not shown) is detachably configured.

Further, a connector box 8 protrudes from the rear bottom surface of the VTR body 1. The connector box 8 has a video signal output terminal t ₂ , a synchronization signal input terminal t ₁ , and a time code input terminal t _3. , And a time code output terminal t ₄ are provided. VTR body 1
A pair of left and right legs 9 for stand-alone operation is provided on the bottom side of the connector box and in front of the connector box portion 8.
The pair of left and right legs 9 a and 9 b are provided integrally with the cover of the connector box 8. Also, a pair of left and right legs 9
The space between a and 9b is configured as a space, and is configured so as to allow the shoulder pad 10 of the video camera VC to enter when the video camera VC is mounted and not to interfere with the shoulder pad 10.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described. When the video tape recorder is used separately from the video camera VC, as shown in FIG. 1A, a connector box 8 at the rear of the VTR main body 1 and a pair of legs 9a, 9a, In order to support the VTR main body 1 with the video tape recorder 9b, the video tape recorder can stand alone. Therefore, ease of use (serviceability) at the time of maintenance performed by opening the side plates 2 and 3 is good. In addition, when used as a single unit because it can be self-sustaining, it becomes more convenient to use as a portable video tape recorder.

Further, since the pair of legs 9a, 9b is configured not to interfere with the shoulder pad 10 of any video camera VC, as shown by a virtual line in FIG. A video camera VC having the shoulder pad 10 located at the rear can also be mounted, so that the range of selection of the video camera VC can be widened and the video camera VC can be adapted to miniaturization of future video cameras. Also, shoulder pad 1
Since the zero position can be freely changed, the overall weight balance can be changed.

[0014]

As described above, according to the present invention, there is provided a VTR main body having a built-in means for recording / reproducing a video tape, and a video camera is detachably provided on the front side of the VTR main body. A connector box portion is provided so as to protrude from the rear bottom surface of the VTR body, and a stand-alone leg is provided on the bottom surface side of the VTR body and in front of the connector box portion. Since it can stand alone when used alone, there is an effect that workability with the side panel opened is improved and maintainability is improved. Further, the present invention is not only used as a video tape recorder mounted on a video camera, but also as a portable video tape recorder.

[0015] Further, by providing the legs in a position where the video camera is mounted and not interfering with the shoulder pad of the video camera, there is an effect that the range of selection of the video camera to be mounted is widened.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1A is a schematic right side view of a video tape recorder, FIG. 1B is a schematic right side view showing a video tape recorder equipped with a video camera, and FIG. 1C is a schematic bottom view of the video tape recorder (embodiment) ).

FIG. 2 is a right side view of the video tape recorder (the embodiment).

FIG. 3 is a left side view of the video tape recorder (the embodiment).

FIG. 4 is a front view (embodiment) of the video tape recorder.

FIG. 5 is a right side view of a video tape recorder (conventional example).

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a state in which the video tape recorder alone cannot stand alone (conventional example).

[Explanation of symbols]

1 VTR body, 8 Connector box, 9a, 9b
... legs, 10 ... shoulder pads, VC ... video camera.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A video tape recording / reproducing means having a built-in VTR main body. A video camera is detachably provided on a front side of the VTR main body, and a connector box portion is provided on a rear bottom surface of the VTR main body. A video tape recorder, wherein the video tape recorder is provided so as to protrude, and a stand-alone unit is provided on the bottom side of the VTR main body and in front of the connector box unit. 2. The video tape recorder according to claim 1, wherein the leg portion is provided in a position where the video camera is mounted and does not interfere with a shoulder pad of the video camera.