ELECTRONIC APPARATUS

• US 20150334275A1
• Filed: 05/11/2015
• Published: 11/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Ishikawa, Koji, Idera, Shuichi, Nakamori, Kanae
• Granted Patent: US 9,417,507 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/02 Bodies
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/00 Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors; Control thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/51 Housings
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/667 Camera operation mode switching, e.g. between still and video, sport and normal or high- and low-resolution modes

Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes a base member, a switch, an operation member, a movable member, and a pressing member, wherein the pressing member has a pressing portion configured to press the switch and a sliding portion which slides on the movable member being formed on the pressing member, wherein in a case where the operation member is linearly operated in a first or second direction, the pressing member moves in a third direction orthogonal to the first and second directions by sliding of the sliding portion of the pressing member on the movable member, and the pressing portion presses the switch.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a base member;

a switch;

an operation member configured to linearly move in a first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction with respect to the base member;

a movable member configured to linearly move integrally with the operation member, in a case where the operation member is linearly operated in the first direction or the second direction; and

a pressing member, configured to move in a third direction orthogonal to the first and second directions,

wherein the pressing member has a pressing portion configured to press the switch and a sliding portion which slides on the movable member, and

wherein in a case where the operation member is linearly operated in the first or second direction, the pressing member moves in the third direction by sliding of the sliding portion of the pressing member on the movable member, and the pressing portion presses the switch.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein a cam portion having cone-shape is formed in the movable member, and

wherein in a case where the operation member is linearly operated in the first or second direction, the pressing member moves in the third direction by sliding of the sliding portion of the pressing member on the cam portion, and the pressing portion presses the switch.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the movable member is attached to the base member so as to be movable only in the first direction, and

wherein the operation member is attached to the movable member so as to be movable only in the second direction.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising:

a first urging member configured to urge the movable member to a neutral position in a range where the movable member is able to move, the first urging member being arranged between the movable member and the base member; and

a second urging member configured to urge the operation member to a neutral position in a range where the operation member is able to be operated, the second urging member being arranged between the operation member and the movable member,

wherein the first urging member is arranged in a projection surface of the movable member in the base member, and

wherein the second urging member is arranged in the projection surface of the movable member in the operation member.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising a third urging member configured to urge the pressing member in a direction in which the pressing portion of the pressing member moves away from the switch.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the operation member has a ring shape,

wherein a restriction unit for restricting a rotation of the operation member with respect to the base member is formed in the operation member, and

wherein the restriction unit is arranged in such a manner that a distance from the pressing portion of the pressing member to the restriction unit is larger than a distance from the pressing portion of the pressing member to a center position of the ring shape of the operation member.

7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the restriction unit is arranged at a position that is nearly point symmetrical to the pressing portion of the pressing member with respect to the center position of the ring-shape of the operation member.

8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising:

a first guide portion configured to guide the movable member only in the first direction with respect to the base member; and

a second guide portion configured to guide the operation member only in the second direction with respect to the movable member,

wherein the second guide portion restricts a rotation of the base member of the operation member.

9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the cam portion of the movable member is formed in such a manner that operation amounts of the operation member required of the pressing portion of the pressing member to press the switch are different from each other between a case in which the operation member is linearly operated in the first direction and a case in which the operation member is linearly operated in the second direction.

10. The electronic apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the cam portion of the movable member is formed in such a manner that an operation amount of the operation member required of the pressing portion of the pressing member to press the switch becomes larger in the case in which the operation member is linearly operated in the first direction than in the case in which the operation member is linearly operated in the second direction.

11. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the switch is a two-stage switch for outputting a first signal and a second signal, the switch being pressed by the pressing portion of the pressing member by a first press amount so that the first signal is output and the switch being pressed by the pressing portion of the pressing member by a second press amount larger than the first press amount so that the second signal is output, and

wherein the cam portion of the movable member is formed in such a manner that an operation amount of the operation member in the first direction or the second direction until the switch outputs the first signal is different from an operation amount of the operation member in the first direction or the second direction until the switch outputs the first signal and then outputs the second signal.

12. The electronic apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the cam portion of the movable member is formed in such a manner that the operation amount of the operation member in the first direction or the second direction until the switch outputs the first signal is larger than the operation amount of the operation member in the first direction or the second direction until the switch outputs the first signal and then outputs the second signal.