Pull-rod type digital camera

• US 9,843,708 B2
• Filed: 05/18/2016
• Issued: 12/12/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Winners' Sun Plastic & Electronic (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd
• Original Assignee: Winner's Sun Plastic & Electronic Company Limited
• Inventors: Li, Zhengliang
• Primary Examiner(s): Hogue, Dennis
• Application Number:
  US15/157,438
• Publication Number:
  US 20160261782A1
• Time in Patent Office: 573 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/06 allowing pivoting
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/28 Undercarriages for supports with one single telescoping pillar
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/04 for supporting on, or holding steady relative to, a person, e.g. by chains , e.g. rifle butt or pistol grip supports, supports attached to the chest or head apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them G03B
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/563 Camera grips, handles means in general for steadying hand-held apparatus F16M13/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/50 Constructional details

Abstract

This patent application relates to a digital camera field, in particular, to a kind of pull-rod type digital camera. The pull-rod type digital camera includes a shooting assembly and a control assembly. The shooting assembly includes a camera, and the digital camera further includes a telescopic rod. One end of the telescopic rod is arranged movably inside the control assembly, and the other end is rotationally connected with the shooting assembly, through which the shooting assembly can be separated from the control assembly to a certain distance when stretching the telescopic rod, and it is convenient to take a selfie and carry out other operations by rotating the shooting assembly to a proper position.

Claims

1. A pull-rod type digital camera, comprising:

a shooting assembly; and

a control assembly,

wherein the shooting assembly comprises a camera;

the digital camera further comprises a telescopic rod, one end of the telescopic rod is arranged movably inside the control assembly, and the other end of the telescopic rod is rotationally connected with the shooting assembly;

the control assembly comprises a control handle and a display, and the display is rotationally connected with the control handle;

the control handle is provided with a function key and a universal ball, the function key at least comprises a power key, a shutter key, a focusing key and a menu key, the display is connected with the control handle by rotating the universal ball, the function key is covered by the display and is shown by a rotation of the display; and

wherein the telescopic rod comprises several telescopic joints, and a top telescopic joint is rotationally connected with the shooting assembly, a bottom telescopic joint is movably arranged inside the control handle;

the top telescopic joint is longer than the control handle, and other telescopic joints match with the control handle in length.

2. The digital camera according to claim 1, wherein the control handle is provided with a memory card slot.

3. The digital camera according to claim 2, wherein the control handle is also provided with a USB interface.

4. The digital camera according to claim 1, wherein the top telescopic joint is connected with the shooting assembly by a hinge.

5. The digital camera according to claim 1, wherein the digital camera further comprises a microphone arranged on the control handle.