Imaging apparatus stand

• US 9,804,480 B2
• Filed: 12/01/2016
• Issued: 10/31/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2016
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: Tachibana, Seiji, Kanamura, Toshiaki, Hasegawa, Hirokazu, Hashimoto, Marie, Miyahara, Akihiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Perkey, W B
• Application Number:
  US15/366,757
• Publication Number:
  US 20170277019A1
• Time in Patent Office: 334 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 23/04 supported from table, floor or wall
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 23/042 Book-rests or note-book holders resting on tables releasably mounted A47B23/02
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 23/06 characterised by association with auxiliary devices, e.g. line indicators, leaf turners, lampholders, book or page holdersspot indicators, leaf turners, per se B42D9/00
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/041 Allowing quick release of the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/046 adapted to upward-downward translation movement
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/18 with mechanism for moving the apparatus relatively to the stand
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2014 around a vertical axis F16M11/2035 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/00 Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles heads thereof F16M11/02 ; undercarriages thereof F16M11/20 ; adapted to be stuck in the ground A45F3/44 ; sockets or holders for poles or posts E04H12/22; Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles supports for measuring instruments G01D11/30; supports for casings of remote control switching devices H01H9/025
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/022 repositionable
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 15/02 Illuminating scene
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/561 Support related camera accessories
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 29/00 Combinations of cameras, projectors or photographic printing apparatus with non-photographic non-optical apparatus, e.g. clocks or weapons; Cameras having the shape of other objects combinations with flash apparatus G03B15/03

Abstract

An imaging apparatus stand includes a first member having an L shape, a second member similarly having an L shape, an adjustment section which raises and lowers the first member, and a third member rotatably coupled to a portion of the second member provided extending at right angle to the second member. The first member includes a stage provided extending at right angle thereto. On the stage, a tablet terminal is placed such that its camera section is directed downward. The adjustment section raises and lowers the first member, i.e., the stage by an operation knob being operated. The third member functions as a leg portion for making the imaging apparatus stand self-supporting. On the lower surface of the stage of the first member, a lighting device using an LED as a light emitting element is provided.

Claims

1. An imaging apparatus stand comprising:

a first member which includes a stage configured to have an imaging apparatus placed thereon such that an imaging direction of the imaging apparatus is oriented toward pages of an opened book;

a second member which supports the first member;

a third member which rotatably supports the first member via the second member; and

an adjustment section which is interposed between the first member and the second member and enables the first member to be vertically movable,

wherein the third member is detachably fixable to a holding table which holds the opened book, and

wherein the third member is configured to restrict a movement of a page turning apparatus for turning the pages of the opened book toward a page-turning end point, by a shape when the third member is fixed to the holding table.

2. The imaging apparatus stand according to claim 1, wherein the second member supports the first member in a vertical direction,

wherein the third member enables the first member to be rotatable by supporting the second member such that the second member is rotatable in a horizontal direction, and

wherein the first member, the second member, and the third member are configured to form a U shape when the second member is rotated with respect to the third member, to have an accommodable form in which the U shape is configured to surround side surfaces of the holding table.

3. The imaging apparatus stand according to claim 1, wherein the stage is configured to extend substantially diagonally to the pages of the opened book.

4. The imaging apparatus stand according to claim 1, wherein the stage has an oval opening section formed along a longitudinal direction, and

wherein the stage is configured to have the imaging apparatus placed on an upper surface thereof such that the imaging direction of the imaging apparatus is oriented toward the pages of the opened book via the opening section formed in the stage.

5. The imaging apparatus stand according to claim 1, wherein the stage includes a sheet that prevents the imaging apparatus from coming in direct contact with an upper surface of the stage.

6. The imaging apparatus stand according to claim 5, wherein the sheet is made of a material having at least an anti-slipping property or a shock absorption property.

7. The imaging apparatus stand according to claim 1, further comprising:

a lighting device provided on a lower surface of the stage.

8. An imaging apparatus stand comprising:

a stage section configured to have an imaging apparatus placed thereon such that an imaging direction of the imaging apparatus is oriented toward a holding table where an opened book is placed; and

a pedestal section which is connected to the stage section via a supporting member which supports the stage section and extends in a predetermined direction from the pedestal section,

wherein the pedestal section is formed to be removably insertable into the holding table, and

wherein the pedestal section is configured to restrict a movement of a page turning apparatus for turning pages of the opened book toward a page-turning end point, by a shape when the pedestal section is inserted into the holding table.