Shutter apparatus and imaging apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10708513-B2
Application number	US-201816207537-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 3, 2018
Priority date	Dec 21, 2017
Publication date	Jul 7, 2020
Grant date	Jul 7, 2020

Abstract

A shutter apparatus includes a blade unit configured to open and close an opening used for exposure, a blade moving member configured to move the blade unit between an open position and a closed position of the opening, an urging member configured to urge at least one of the blade unit and the blade moving member in a direction from the closed position to the open position of the opening; and a blade cam member configured to contact the blade moving member as the blade unit moves from the closed position to the open position of the opening.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A shutter apparatus comprising:
a blade unit configured to open and close an opening used for exposure;
a blade moving member ( 203 ) configured to move the blade unit between an open position and a closed position of the opening;
an urging member ( 241 ) configured to urge at least one of the blade unit and the blade moving member in a direction from the closed position to the open position of the opening; and
a blade cam member ( 205 ) configured to contact the blade moving member as the blade unit moves from the closed position to the open position of the opening,
wherein as the blade unit moves from the closed position to the open position of the opening, the blade moving member separates from the blade cam member after the blade unit moves, and the blade moving member again contacts the blade cam member after the blade unit passes through a center of the opening.

2. The shutter apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the blade cam member includes a first cam that includes a first portion having a cylindrical surface shape and a second portion having a planar shape, and
wherein as the blade unit moves from the closed position to the open position of the opening, the blade moving member moves from the first portion to the second portion of the first cam.

3. The shutter apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising a blade lock member configured to restrict the blade cam member from moving,
wherein the blade cam member includes a second cam engaged with the blade lock member and configured to restrict the blade moving member from moving when the blade unit is located at the open position of the opening.

4. The shutter apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a driving member ( 202 ) configured to drive the blade moving member from the open position to the closed position of the opening; and
a drive cam member ( 204 ) configured to move the driving member from the closed position to the open position of the opening and to engage the driving member as the blade unit moves from the closed position to the open position of the opening.

5. The shutter apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the blade moving member contacts the driving member when the blade unit completes moving to the open position.

6. The shutter apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the driving member and the blade moving member are coaxially rotatably supported.

7. The shutter apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the drive cam member and the blade cam member are coaxially rotatably supported.

8. An imaging apparatus comprising:
a shutter apparatus according to claim 1 ; and
an image sensor configured to capture an image of an object through the shutter apparatus.

9. An imaging apparatus comprising:
a shutter apparatus according to claim 4 ;
an image sensor configured to capture an image of an object via the shutter apparatus;
a first detector configured to detect a position of the drive cam member;
a second detector configured to detect a position of the blade unit; and
at least one processor or circuit configured to function as a first control unit configured to control driving of the drive cam member and the blade cam member.

10. The imaging apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the first control unit controls the drive cam member and the blade cam member in a live-view state so that the first detector detects that the drive cam member is located at a position for engaging the driving member and the second detector detects that the blade unit is located at the open position.

11. The imaging apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor or circuit configured to function as a second control unit configured to control driving of the image sensor, and
wherein the second control unit stops capturing an image by the image sensor, when the first detector does not detect a position at which the drive cam member is not engaged with the driving member or when the second detector does not detect that the blade unit completes moving to the closed position.

12. The imaging apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein as the blade unit moves from the closed position to the open position of the opening, the first controller controls the drive cam member and the blade cam member based on the first detector and the second detector so as to accelerate a rotational speed of the blade cam member, after the blade moving member contacts the blade cam member.

13. The imaging apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein at least one of the first detector and the second detector is a non-contact detector.

14. An imaging apparatus comprising:
a shutter apparatus according to claim 5 ;
an image sensor configured to capture an image of an object via the shutter apparatus;
a detector configured to detect a position of the blade unit; and
at least one processor or circuit configured to function as a control unit configured to control driving of the blade cam member.

15. The imaging apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein as the blade unit moves from the closed position to the open position of the opening, the control unit controls the blade cam member based on a detection result of the detector so that a speed of the blade moving member contacting the driving member is smaller than a speed of the blade cam member passing through the opening.

16. The imaging apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein as the blade unit moves from the closed position to the open position of the opening, the control unit controls the blade cam member based on a detection result of the detector so that a speed of the blade moving member contacting the driving member is smaller than a speed of the blade moving member separating from the blade cam member after the blade moving member contacts the drive member.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Imai Rentaro

Classifications

• H04N23/73 Primary

  by influencing the exposure time · CPC title

• G03B9/42 Primary

  with adjustable slot; with mechanism controlling relative movement of plates to form slot · CPC title

• G03B19/12

  Reflex cameras with single objective and a movable reflector or a partly-transmitting mirror · CPC title

• G03B9/18

  More than two members · CPC title

• H04N5/2353 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic