ELECTRONIC APPARATUS

• US 20180338075A1
• Filed: 05/16/2018
• Published: 11/22/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Tagaya, Akira
• Granted Patent: US 10,834,299 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/08 Waterproof bodies or housings
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 31/00 Associated working of cameras or projectors with sound-recording or sound-reproducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1605 Multimedia displays, e.g. with integrated or attached speakers, cameras, microphones
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/55 Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors; Mounting thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/56 provided with illuminating means
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/18 Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/083 Special constructions of mouthpieces

Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes a housing in which an opening is formed, a microphone disposed inside the housing and configured to collect sound from the opening, a light emitter disposed inside the housing and configured to emit light from the opening, and a buffer member configured to block the opening. The buffer member has a base portion, a first portion facing the microphone, and a second portion facing the light emitter. The first portion is a cut portion of the base portion. The second portion is a portion protruding from the base portion.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a housing having an opening;

a microphone disposed inside the housing and configured to receive sound from the opening;

a light emitter disposed inside the housing and configured to emit light through the opening; and

a first member configured to block the opening,

wherein the first member has a base portion, a first portion facing the microphone, and a second portion facing the light emitter,

wherein the first portion is a recessed portion of the base portion, and

wherein the second portion is a portion protruding from the base portion.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first portion has a thickness of t1, the second portion has a thickness of t2, and the base portion has a thickness of t3, and whereby t1≤

t2<

t3.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second portion is formed to be substantially hemispheric, and the thickness of the second portion increases toward the center of the hemisphere.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least one reinforcement rib is formed either inside of the first portion or inside of the second portion.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a substrate holding member configured to hold a substrate,

wherein the substrate holding member has a light blocking wall disposed between the microphone and the light emitter.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the first member has a slit which is formed between the first portion and the second portion, and wherein the slit is configured to receive the light blocking wall.

7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the microphone and the light emitter are disposed on a same surface of a substrate.

8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the microphone and the light emitter are disposed on a side of a substrate which faces away from the first member.

9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the opening includes a sound aperture for the microphone and a light emission hole for the light emitter.

10. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the housing has a lens for capturing an image, and an imaging device.

11. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a housing having an opening;

a microphone configured to receive sound from the opening;

a light emitter configured to emit light through the opening;

a substrate configured to be electrically connected to the microphone and the light emitter; and

a first member disposed between the housing and the substrate and configured to block the opening,

wherein the first member has a first portion facing the microphone, a second portion facing the light emitter, and a third portion, and

wherein the first portion, the second portion, and the third portion are different in thickness.

12. The electronic apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the third portion is a planar portion, the second portion is a portion protruding from the third portion, and the first portion is a recessed portion of the third portion.

13. The electronic apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the first portion has a thickness of t1, the second portion has a thickness of t2, and the third portion has a thickness of t3, and whereby t1≤

t2<

t3.

14. The electronic apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the second portion is formed to be substantially hemispheric, and the thickness of the second portion increases toward the center of the hemisphere.

15. The electronic apparatus according to claim 11, wherein at least one reinforcement rib is formed either inside of the first portion or inside of the second portion.

16. The electronic apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising a substrate holding member configured to hold the substrate,

wherein the substrate holding member has a light blocking wall disposed between the microphone and the light emitter.

17. The electronic apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the first member has a slit which is formed between the first portion and the second portion, and wherein the slit is configured to receive the light blocking wall.

18. The electronic apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the microphone and the light emitter are disposed on a same surface of the substrate.

19. The electronic apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the microphone and the light emitter are disposed on a side of the substrate which faces away from the first member.

20. The electronic apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the opening includes a sound aperture for the microphone and a light emission hole for the light emitter.

21. The electronic apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the first member has at least one buffering rib arranged to contact the housing.

22. The electronic apparatus according to claim 21, wherein the buffering rib is formed along the outer surface of the first member.

23. The electronic apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the first member has a microphone holding portion for holding the microphone.

24. The electronic apparatus according to claim 23, wherein the microphone holding portion is formed to have a substantially ring shape, and has at least one support portion provided inside the microphone holding portion to contact the microphone.