| JP2002148708A | 2002-05-22 | |||
| US6453125B2 | 2002-09-17 | |||
| US20020159775A1 | 2002-10-31 | |||
| JP2001024912A | 2001-01-26 |
| 1. | A LCD hood in a digital camera, comprising : a hood having a material such as a rubber attached to its bottom, wherein the rubber is closely adhered to the peripheral of a LCD of the digital camera, and the hood has a rectangular tube shape same as the shape of the LCD whereby light is prevented from being incident to the LCD in order for the LCD to be clearly seen; a vertical guide element integrally attached to one side of the hood, wherein the vertical guide element includes a rectilinear groove for a sliding motion and a hanging protrusion for fixing the location of the vertical guide element ; a guide element having a square protrusion formed in an insertion hole, and a hanging uneven element for fixing the location of the vertical guide element by means of the hanging protrusion, wherein the square protrusion is mated with the rectilinear groove and the hanging uneven element is formed on both inner sides ; a link connected to a lower portion of the guide element and having a pair of flat bars, wherein the flat bars have rectilinear through grooves formed therein, for making the hood move on a plane at right angles to the vertical guide element, and the through grooves of the flat bars are connected by a pin ; a lever connected to a lower portion of the pin, wherein the lever has a cam for closely adhering the pair of the flat bars in order to fix the motion of the hood connected to the link ; and a screw for coupling the link to a spiral flute to which a triangular pole of the digital camera is connected, wherein the screw has a spiral flute for coupling the triangular pole again. |
| 2. | A LCD hood in a digital camera, comprising: a hood having a rectangular tube shape closely adhered to the peripheral of a LCD in the digital camera in order to prevent an object from not being well displayed on the LCD due to external light; a guide holder including a vertical guide element for movably supporting both sidewalls of the hood in the vertical direction, and a horizontal guide element formed on the vertical guide element, wherein the horizontal guide element has a first slot hole formed in the longitudinal direction; a base guide element having a second slot hole formed in the longitudinal direction, and a through hole formed at its one side; a triangular pole coupling screw connected to the through hole in an idle manner and screwed to a triangular pole coupling hole ; and a fastening screw having a movable screw that moves along the first slot hole, wherein the movable screw penetrates the second slot hole and is then screwed to the movable screw. |
| 3. | The LCD hood in the digital camera as claimed in claim 2, wherein the hood further comprises a movementlimit means for limiting the movement of the vertical direction. |
| 4. | The LCD hood in the digital camera as claimed in claim 3, wherein a rack bar in which a sawtooth is formed in the vertical direction is disposed on both sidewalls of the hood, a stopper inserted into the sawtooth, and a spring for resiliently biasing the stopper in the direction of the rack bar are provided, and the movementlimit means comprises a guide bar closely adhered to a stopper groove having built a spring in, wherein the guide holder can move along the guide in the vertical direction. |
Background Art In a common camera, a user takes an object after viewing it through an eye lens of the camera. On the contrary, in a digital camera, a user takes an object after viewing the object displayed on a LCD. Thus, there is an advantage that images taken can be instantly viewed in a digital camera. In such a digital camera, however, as light is incident to the LCD in the daytime or in the light and thus reflects the eyes, saturation of an object emerging from the LCD itself gets bleary, which makes it difficult to clearly see the object.
Disclosure of Invention Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of
the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a LCD hood in a digital camera, wherein the LCD hood is closely adhered to a LCD of the digital camera, whereby light is prevented from being incident to the LCD in the daytime or in the light and an object can thus be clearly seen.
To achieve the above objects, according to the present invention, there is provided a LCD hood in a digital camera comprises a hood having a material such as a rubber attached to its bottom, wherein the rubber is closely adhered to the peripheral of a LCD of the digital camera, and the hood has a rectangular tube shape same as the shape of the LCD whereby light is prevented from being incident to the LCD in order for the LCD to be clearly seen; a vertical guide element integrally attached to one side of the hood, wherein the vertical guide element includes a rectilinear groove for a sliding motion and a hanging protrusion for fixing the location of the vertical guide element; a guide element having a square protrusion formed in an insertion hole, and a hanging uneven element for fixing the location of the vertical guide element by means of the hanging protrusion, wherein the square protrusion is mated with the rectilinear groove and the hanging uneven element is formed on both inner sides; a link connected to a lower portion of the guide element and having a pair of flat bars, wherein the flat bars have
rectilinear through grooves formed therein, for making the hood move on a plane at right angles to the vertical guide element, and the through grooves of the flat bars are connected by a pin; a lever connected to a lower portion of the pin, wherein the lever has a cam for closely adhering the pair of the flat bars in order to fix the motion of the hood connected to the link ; and a screw for coupling the link to a spiral flute to which a triangular pole of the digital camera is connected, wherein the screw has a spiral flute for coupling the triangular pole again.
According to-another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a LCD hood in a digital camera comprises a hood having a rectangular tube shape closely adhered to the peripheral of a LCD in the digital camera in order to prevent an object from not being well displayed on the LCD due to external light; a guide holder including a vertical guide element for movably supporting both sidewalls of the hood in the vertical direction, and a horizontal guide element formed on the vertical guide element, wherein the horizontal guide element has a first slot hole formed in the longitudinal direction; a base guide element having a second slot hole formed in the longitudinal direction, and a through hole formed at its one side; a triangular pole coupling screw connected to the through hole in an idle manner and screwed to a triangular pole coupling hole; and a
fastening screw having a movable screw that moves along the first slot hole, wherein the movable screw penetrates the second slot hole and is then screwed to the movable screw.
According to still another aspect of the present invention, the hood further comprises a movement-limit means for limiting the movement of the vertical direction.
According to still another aspect of the present invention, a rack bar in which a saw-tooth is formed in the vertical direction is disposed on both sidewalls of the hood, a stopper inserted into the saw-tooth, and a spring for resiliently biasing the stopper in the direction of the rack bar are provided, and the movement-limit means comprises a guide bar closely adhered to a stopper groove having built a spring in, wherein the guide holder can move along the guide in the vertical direction.
Brief Description of Drawings Further objects and advantages of the invention can be more fully understood from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which: FIG. 1 is a dismantled perspective view illustrating a LCD hood in a digital camera according to a first embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a side view shown to explain how a lever in a LCD hood of a digital camera is operated according to a first embodiment of the present invention ; FIG. 3 is a side view shown to explain how a lever in a LCD hood of a digital camera is operated according to a. first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a dismantled perspective view illustrating a LCD hood in a digital camera according to a second embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 5 is an extracted view of a structure in which a rack bar and a stopper are combined in FIG. 4; and FIG. 6 is an extracted view of a structure in which a base guide element and a horizontal guide element are combined in FIG. 4.
Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention The present invention will now be described in detail in connection with preferred embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings.
First Embodiment Referring to FIG. 1 a LCD hood 5 in a digital camera 1 according to a first embodiment of the present invention has a rubber 9 attached to its bottom. The rubber 9 has a rectangular
cross section, which is mated with the shape of the LCD, and is closely adhered to the peripheral of the LCD. Further, the LCD hood 5 further includes an adjustment means for fixing the LCD hood to a spiral flute 42 to which a triangular pole of the digital camera 1 is fixed in order to adjust the position of the digital camera 1.
This adjustment means includes a vertical guide element 10 and a guide element 14 for adjusting the height of the hood 5, and a link 19 for allowing the adjustment means to move on a plane vertical to the height direction. A lever 30 for fixing the hood 5 when the position of the hood 5 is identical to the LCD, and a screw 40 for fixing the link 19 to the spiral flute 42 to which the triangular pole of the digital camera is fixed, are connected by an auxiliary means.
The vertical guide element 10 being the adjustment means for adjusting the height is integrally attached to a lateral side of the hood 5. The guide element 10 is thus inserted to the guide element 14, so that the hood 5 makes a sliding motion.
A rectilinear groove 11 for a sliding motion and a hanging protrusion 12 for preventing the motion are formed in the vertical guide element 10. The inside of the lateral side of the hood 5 in which the hanging protrusion 12 is formed is penetrated so that it has an elastic force by which the hanging protrusion 12 is inwardly
pushed and is then restored by a predetermined force.
The guide element 14 into which the vertical guide element 10 is inserted is coupled to the link 19. The hood 5 further includes a square protrusion 15 inserted into the rectilinear groove 11 of the vertical guide element 10 and a hanging uneven element 17 for preventing the bood 5 from easily moving by the hanging protrusion 12.
The link 19 includes an upper flat bar 23 to which the guide element 14 is connected, and a lower flat bar 23 connected to the upper flat bar 23 by means of a pin 27. Each of the upper flat bar 23 and the lower flat bar 23 has a through groove 25 formed therein, through which the pin 27 penetrates. Thus, the upper flat bar 23 and the lower flat bar 23 can make a sliding motion reciprocally through the through groove 25. A lever 30 for closely adhering the upper flat bar 23 and the lower flat bar 23 to fix the location of the hood 5. is hinged to a lower portion of the pin 27. A cam 35 formed at a portion where the lever 30 is connected to the pin 27 is brought into contact with the bottom of the lower flat bar 23. If the lever 30 rotates, the length of the pin 27, which penetrates the upper flat bar 23 and the lower flat bar 23, is shortened due to a difference in a thickness that the lever 30 rotary axis of the cam 35 and the lower flat bar 23 and the cam 35 are brought into contact
with each other. Consequently, the upper flat bar 23 and the lower flat bar 23 are closely adhered each other. The spiral flute 42 for allowing the triangular pole to be attached thereto, is formed in a screw 40 for fixing the link 19 to the spiral flute 42 of the digital camera 1 via the end of the upper flat bar 23.
Meanwhile unexplained reference numeral 45 designates a clamp ring 45 for making the screw 40 connected to the link 19 even before the screw 40 is attached to the spiral flute 42 through the link 19.
As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, in the LCD hood 5 in the digital camera according to the first embodiment of the present invention, if the lower flat bar 23 of the link 19 is attached to the spiral flute 42 formed at the lower side of the digital camera 1 by means of the screw 40, the height of the hood 5 is adjusted according to the guide element 14 in order for the LCD of the digital camera to be clearly seen, and the location of the hood 5 is fixed by adjusting the link 19 onto a plane location and turning over the lever 30, it is possible to preclude light from being incident to the LCD of the digital camera.
Second Embodiment FIG. 4 is a dismantled perspective view illustrating a LCD hood in a digital camera according to a second embodiment of the
present invention, FIG. 5 is an extracted view of a structure in which a rack bar and a stopper are combined in FIG. 4 and FIG. 6 is an extracted view of a structure in which a base guide element and a horizontal guide element are combined in FIG. 4.
Referring to FIG. 4 to FIG. 6 the LCD hood in the digital camera according to the present invention includes a hood 120 closely adhered to the peripheral of a LCD 111 in order to prevent an object from not being well displayed on the LCD 111 due to external light, a guide holder 130 for supporting both sidewalls of the hood 120 in the vertical direction, a base guide element 140 attached to the bottom of the digital camera 110, a triangular pole coupling screw 150 for fixing the base guide element 140 to a triangular pole coupling hole 112, and a fastening screw 160 that moves along the base guide element 140 and connects the guide holder 130 to the base guide element 140.
The hood 120 has a rectangular tube shape closely adhered to the circumference of the LCD 111. Furthermore, a lens 121 for expanding the screen of the LCD 111 may be disposed in the hood 120.
Also, it is preferred that a flexible rubber adhesion ring 122 closely adhered to the edge portion of the LCD 111 is disposed in the hood 120. Such a rubber adhesion ring 122 is made of a plastic (ABS) material and is attached to the hood 120 by means of
ultrasonic deposition.
Meanwhile, a rack bar 123 and a guide bar 124 are disposed on both sidewalls of the hood 120, respectively, in the vertical direction. A saw-tooth 123a is formed in the rack bar 123.
The guide holder 130 includes a vertical guide element 131 that movably supports the both sidewalls of the hood 120 in the vertical direction, and a horizontal guide element 132 formed on the top of the vertical guide element 131.
A guide groove to which the rack bar 123 and the guide bar 124 are slidingly connected is formed at the vertical guide element 131.
Furthermore, a stopper 133 inserted into the saw-tooth 123a of the rack bar 123 is formed on the inner sidewall of the vertical guide element 131. The stopper 133 is resiliently biased toward the rack bar 123 by means of a spring 134 in a state where the stopper 133 is inserted into a stopper groove 135 formed on the inner sidewall of the vertical guide element 131. Therefore, as the front of the stopper 133 is inserted into the saw-tooth 123a of the rack bar 123, the hood 120 does not slide from the vertical guide element 131.
A first slot hole 132a is formed in the horizontal guide element 132 in the longitudinal direction. A movable screw 160a. which moves along the first slot hole 132a without deviating from it, is disposed in the first slot hole 132a. The movable screw 160a
penetrates a second slot hole 140a of the base guide element 140, which will be described later, and is then connected to the fastening screw 160.
The base guide element 140 has the second slot hole 140a formed in the longitudinal direction, and a through hole 140b formed at the end of the base guide element 140.
The triangular pole coupling screw 150 is connected to the through hole 140b in an idle manner and is screwed to the triangular pole coupling hole 112. The triangular pole coupling screw 150 is connected to the through hole 140b by means of a known coupling washer 151 so that the triangular pole coupling screw 150 does not deviate from the through hole 140b.
In the fastening screw 160, the movable screw 160a, which moves along the first slot hole 132a, penetrates the second slot hole 140a and is then screwed to the movable screw 160a.
How to operate the LCD hood of the digital camera constructed above will now. be described.
The triangular pole coupling screw 150 through the through hole 140b is first connected to the triangular pole coupling hole 112 of the digital camera.
Next. the hood 120 is moved in the vertical direction, so that the location of the hood 120 is adjusted corresponding to the LCD
111 on the vertical guide element 132. The fastening screw 160 is unfastened to move the guide holder 130 so that the rubber adhesion ring 122 of the hood 120 is closely adhered to the edge of the LCD 111. The fastening screw 160 is then fastened and is fixed at an optimal location.
Industrial Applicability As described above, the present invention has effects that a LCD hood can be adjusted corresponding to the location of a LCD disposed depending on a product and light incident to the LCD can be precluded to provide a clear screen.
Furthermore, as a hood can be varied in the horizontal, the vertical, and the front and rear direction, there is an effect that the hood is applicable to any kind and size of a digital camera.
While the present invention has been described with reference to the particular illustrative embodiments, it is not to be restricted by the embodiments but only by the appended claims. It is to be appreciated that those skilled in the art can change or modify the embodiments without departing from the scope and spirit of the present invention.
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