Camera housing

• US 20070040931A1
• Filed: 08/11/2006
• Published: 02/22/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nikon Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nikon Corporation
• Inventors: Nishizawa, Akio
• Granted Patent: US 7,679,674 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/373
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/08 Waterproof bodies or housings

Abstract

Providing a camera housing which is suitably used to house a camera with a liquid crystal monitor having a touch panel and is capable of preventing the touch panel from being broken. The camera housing includes, an external operation unit provided outside the camera housing, a contact member provided inside the camera housing for operating the touch panel by contacting the touch panel, and an elastic member provided between the external operation unit and the contact member for transmitting pressing force which is applied on the external operation unit to the contact member.

Claims

1. A camera housing for housing a camera with a display portion having a touch panel, comprising:

an external operation unit provided outside said camera housing;

a contact member provided inside the camera housing for operating said touch panel by contacting said touch panel; and

an elastic member provided between said external operation unit and said contact member for transmitting pressing force which is applied on said external operation unit to said contact member.

2. A camera housing according to claim 1, wherein said elastic member is adapted to restrict the pressing force to be transmitted to said contact member.

3. A camera housing according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said contact member is formed of transparent resin.

4. A camera housing according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said external operation unit and said elastic member are provided at positions off a portion which faces said display portion in said camera housing when said camera is housed in said camera housing.