Image pickup apparatus and image pickup system that are capable of efficiently cooling recording medium while suppressing increase in size
An image pickup apparatus capable of efficiently cooling a recording medium while suppressing an increase in size is provided. The image pickup apparatus includes a gripping portion, a medium slot that is provided in inside of the gripping portion, an intake port, an exhaust port, a cooling duct that connects the intake port and the exhaust port, and a first heat transfer member that transfers heat from the medium slot to the cooling duct. The cooling duct includes a cooling fan that flows air into inside of the cooling duct from the intake port toward the exhaust port, and an intake side duct that is connected to the intake port and is provided so as to at least partially overlap the medium slot in the gripping portion when viewed from an optical axis direction of the image pickup apparatus.
1 . An image pickup apparatus comprising:
a gripping portion;
a medium slot that is provided in inside of the gripping portion;
a first intake port;
a second intake port;
an exhaust port;
a cooling duct that connects first and second the intake ports and the exhaust port;
a first heat transfer member that transfers heat from the medium slot to the cooling duct;
a board on which the medium slot is mounted;
a heat generating element that is mounted on the same surface of the board as a surface on which the medium slot is mounted; and
a second heat transfer member that transfers heat from the heat generating element to the cooling duct, and
wherein the cooling duct includes
a cooling fan that flows air into inside of the cooling duct from first and second the intake ports toward the exhaust port; and
an intake side duct that is connected to the first and second intake ports and is provided so as to at least partially overlap the medium slot in the gripping portion when viewed from an optical axis direction of the image pickup apparatus,
wherein the cooling duct includes a first flow path through which air flowing in from the first intake port when the cooling fan is driven flows and a second flow path through which air flowing in from the second intake port when the cooling fan is driven flows,
the medium slot is cooled by air flowing through the first flow path, and the heat generating element is cooled by air flowing through the second flow path,
the first heat transfer member is disposed between the medium slot and the cooling duct in the optical axis direction, and
the second heat transfer member is disposed between the heat generating element and the cooling duct in the optical axis direction.
2 . The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the first heat transfer member includes
a thin plate-like base portion; and
a plurality of fins protruding from one surface of the base portion,
the cooling duct includes an opening for causing the plurality of fins to protrude toward the inside of the cooling duct, and
the opening is airtightly closed by the base portion being sandwiched between the cooling duct and the medium slot.
3 . The image pickup apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the first heat transfer member is disposed so that the plurality of fins are substantially parallel to a direction in which air flows in the inside of the cooling duct.
4 . The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a board on which the medium slot is mounted, and
wherein an image pickup device is mounted on a surface of the board opposite to a surface on which the medium slot is mounted.
5 . The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the first heat transfer member and the second heat transfer member are made of heat dissipating rubber.
6 . The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
an opening area of the second intake port is larger than an opening area of the first intake port.
7 . The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
at least the two medium slots are disposed in series along the first flow path.
8 . The image pickup apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein
the at least the two medium slots are disposed side by side so as to be adjacent to each other in a height direction of the image pickup apparatus.
9 . The image pickup apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein
the first flow path is formed so that air flows in from a width direction of the image pickup apparatus, and the air flowing in flows in the height direction of the image pickup apparatus.
10 . The image pickup apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein
the at least the two medium slots are disposed substantially parallel to an image pickup surface of an image pickup device included in the image pickup apparatus.
11 . The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the first and second intake ports are provided on a bottom surface of the image pickup apparatus, and the exhaust port is provided on a side surface of the image pickup apparatus.
12 . The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a rigid-flexible printed circuit board on which the medium slot is mounted, and
wherein the rigid-flexible printed circuit board includes
a first rigid portion;
a second rigid portion; and
a first flexible portion that connects the first rigid portion and the second rigid portion,
the medium slot is mounted on the first rigid portion, and
the second rigid portion constitutes a part of the cooling duct.
13 . The image pickup apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein
the first rigid portion and the second rigid portion are disposed opposite to each other in the optical axis direction,
the first flexible portion connects the first rigid portion and the second rigid portion in a state of being bent approximately 180 degrees, and
each of the first rigid portion, the second rigid portion, and the first flexible portion has a continuous copper pattern formed in an area other than a circuit.
14 . The image pickup apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein
the copper pattern is provided on a surface of the second rigid portion that forms an inner wall of the cooling duct.
15 . The image pickup apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein
fins are mounted on a surface of the second rigid portion that forms an inner wall of the cooling duct.
16 . The image pickup apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein
an operation member is mounted on a surface of the second rigid portion that becomes an outer wall of the cooling duct.
17 . The image pickup apparatus according to claim 12 , further comprising:
a third rigid portion; and
a second flexible portion that connects the first rigid portion and the third rigid portion in a state of being bent approximately 180 degrees, and
wherein the third rigid portion constitutes a part of the cooling duct.