Camera, stand, and camera unit having camera and stand

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10184606-B2
Application number	US-201715642541-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 6, 2017
Priority date	Jul 13, 2016
Publication date	Jan 22, 2019
Grant date	Jan 22, 2019

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a camera including a light receiving section and a camera body incorporating the light receiving section. An outside surface of the camera body has, at least on a portion thereof, a curve surface curving around a rotation centerline extending along a left-right direction, and the curve surface is formed at least at portions positioned opposite to each other around the rotation centerline when the camera body is seen in the left-right direction. Also disclosed herein is a stand including a camera holding section configured to hold the outside of the camera. The camera holding section is formed so as to enclose the outside surface of the camera at an angle of at least 180 degrees when seen in the left-right direction, and the camera holding section has an inside surface formed so as to make the camera rotatable around the rotation centerline.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A camera comprising:
a light receiving section;
a camera body incorporating the light receiving section; and
a cable including a base section connected to a rear side of the camera body, wherein:
an outside surface of the camera body has, at least on a portion thereof, a curve surface curving around a rotation centerline extending along a left-right direction, the curve surface being arranged inside a holding section of a stand,
the curve surface, when the camera body is seen in the left-right direction, is formed at least at portions positioned opposite to each other around the rotation centerline,
the camera body is arranged with a first engaging section configured to regulate a rotation of the camera body around the rotation centerline in a state where the first engaging section is engaged with a second engaging section of the stand, and
the first engaging section is arranged at the base section of the cable.

2. The camera according to claim 1 , wherein the curve surface is formed over an angle of at least 180 degrees around the rotation centerline.

3. The camera according to claim 2 , wherein
the curve surface is formed cylindrical, and
the outside surface of the camera body has the curve surface at least at one portion in the left-right direction.

4. The camera according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first engaging section is arranged at a right side and a left side of the base section of the cable.

5. The camera according to claim 1 , wherein
the camera body is configured by a right-side housing section and a left-side housing section that are unitized in the left-right direction,
the right-side housing section is cylindrical opening in a left direction, and
the left-side housing section is cylindrical opening in a right direction.

6. A stand comprising:
a camera holding section configured to hold an outside of a camera;
the camera holding section being formed so as to enclose an outside surface of the camera at an angle of at least 180 degrees when the camera holding section is seen in a left-right direction;
the camera holding section having an inside surface formed so as to make the camera rotatable around a rotation centerline extending along the left-right direction, wherein:
the camera has a cable including a base section connected to a rear side of the camera body,
the camera body is arranged with a first engaging section configured to regulate a rotation of the camera body around the rotation centerline in a state where the first engaging section is engaged with a second engaging section of the stand, and
the first engaging section is arranged at the base section of the cable.

7. The stand according to claim 6 , wherein
the inside surface of the camera holding section has a curve surface curving around the rotation centerline, and
the curve surface is formed at least at portions positioned opposite to each other around the rotation centerline when the camera holding section is seen in the left-right direction.

8. The stand according to claim 7 , wherein the curve surface is formed over an angle of at least 180 degrees around the rotation centerline when the camera holding section is seen in the left-right direction.

9. The stand according to claim 6 , wherein
the camera holding section includes a right-side section and a left-side section spaced from each other in the left-right direction, and
the right-side section and the left-side section are configured so as to sandwich a base section of a cable extending backward from the camera.

10. The stand according to claim 9 , wherein a left-side rim of the right-side section and a right-side rim of the left-side section each have a second engaging section that is engaged with a first engaging section arranged on the base section of the cable.

11. A camera unit comprising:
a camera having a light receiving section, a camera body accommodating the light receiving section, and a cable including a base section connected to a rear side of the camera body; and
a stand having a camera holding section configured to hold an outside of the camera body, wherein:
the camera holding section is formed so as to enclose an outside surface of the camera body at an angle of at least 180 degrees when the camera holding section is seen in a left-right direction,
at least one of an inside surface of the camera holding section and the outside surface of the camera body has a curve surface curving around a rotation centerline extending along the left-right direction,
the camera body is arranged with a first engaging section configured to regulate a rotation of the camera body around the rotation centerline in a state where the first engaging section is engaged with a second engaging section of the stand, and
the first engaging section is arranged at the base section of the cable.

12. The camera unit according to claim 11 , wherein the inside surface of the camera holding section and the outside surface of the camera body each have the curve surface.

13. The camera unit according to claim 11 , wherein
the camera holding section is arranged with a second engaging section,
the camera body is arranged with a first engaging section configured to regulate a rotation of the camera body around the rotation centerline in a state where the first engaging section is engaged with the second engaging section of the camera holding section, and
the first engaging section of the camera body is opposed to the second engaging section of the camera holding section in the left-right direction.

14. The camera unit according to claim 11 , wherein
the camera body has, on the outside surface thereof, a projecting section shifted upward relative to a center in an up-down direction of the camera body, and
the stand has a stopper that is caught by the projecting section of the camera body if an attitude of the camera body is reverse in the up-down direction.

Assignees

• Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc

Inventors

• Nokuo Taichi
• Tadano Katsuhisa
• Kawashima Kenji

Classifications

• G03B17/02

  Bodies · CPC title

• F16M11/10 Primary

  around a horizontal axis {(F16M11/12 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• F16M13/022

  repositionable · CPC title

• G06F1/1686

  the I/O peripheral being an integrated camera · CPC title

• F16M11/041

  Allowing quick release of the apparatus · CPC title