Electronic apparatus and imaging apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9692948-B2
Application number	US-201514855437-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 16, 2015
Priority date	Jul 1, 2013
Publication date	Jun 27, 2017
Grant date	Jun 27, 2017

Abstract

A video camera includes a camera body provided with an opening; a panel unit configured to be pivotable with respect to the camera body between a use position and a storage position; and a lid configured to be pivotable with respect to the opening so as to open/close a battery box. The opening is provided on a surface adjacent to a storage position against which the bottom of the panel unit is brought into abutment at the storage position. The panel unit overhangs a surface in which the opening is provided by the pivot of the panel unit from the storage position to the use position, and the lid pivots relative to the opening to a position which does not interfere with the panel unit so as to open the opening.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:
a body incorporating a lens unit;
a display unit; and
a hinge unit configured to be pivotably connected to the body about a first rotary shaft and to be pivotably connected to the display unit about a second rotary shaft parallel to the first rotary shaft,
wherein the display unit is rotatable relative to the body via the hinge unit between a first use position, in which a display surface of the display unit faces a direction opposite to an object during a normal shooting of the object, a second use position, in which the display surface faces the object during self-shooting of the object, and a housing position, in which the display unit is stored in a predetermined position such that the display surface faces upward relative to an upper surface of the body, and
wherein, in a case where the display unit is stored in the predetermined position, the lens unit and the display unit do not overlap when viewed from a side of the body, and the lens unit and at least a part of the display unit overlap when viewed from an optical axis direction.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, when viewed from the side of the body, the first rotary shaft is located at a greater distance from the lens unit than the second rotary shaft in the state where the display unit is stored in the predetermined position.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein, when viewed from the side of the body, the second rotary shaft is located on a lens unit side with respect to a center of the display unit in the state where the display unit is stored in the predetermined position, and a distance between the second rotary shaft and an end portion of the display unit on the side where the lens unit of the display unit is disposed is less than a distance between the first rotary shaft and the second rotary shaft.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, when viewed from the side of the body, the second rotary shaft is located at a greater distance from the lens unit than the first rotary shaft in the state where the display unit is stored in the predetermined position.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein, when viewed from the side of the body, the second rotary shaft is located on a side opposite to the lens unit with respect to a center of the display unit in the state where the display unit is stored in the predetermined position, and a distance between the second rotary shaft and an end portion of the display unit on the side where the lens unit of the display unit is disposed is less than a distance between the first rotary shaft and the second rotary shaft.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a flexible substrate configured to electrically connect the body and the display unit,
wherein an opening for the flexible substrate is provided in the vicinity of the first rotary shaft of the body and an opening for the flexible substrate is also provided in the vicinity of the second rotary shaft of the display unit.

7. An imaging apparatus functioning as the electronic apparatus according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Yano Hiroshi

Classifications

• H04N23/531 Primary

  being rotatable or detachable · CPC title

• H04N23/631

  Graphical user interfaces [GUI] specially adapted for controlling image capture or setting capture parameters · CPC title

• G03B2217/002

  Details of arrangement of components in or on camera body · CPC title

• G03B13/02

  Viewfinders · CPC title

• H04N5/2251 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic