Image capturing device
View Patent ↗The image capturing device according to the present invention is configured so that only the lens barrel having the entrance window and the refractive optical system can be expanded and contracted. Therefore, the structure can be simplified. In addition, the entrance window is located at the in-use position where the entrance window protrudes from the image capturing device body when the lens barrel is expanded, and is located at the not-in-use position where the entrance window is housed in the image capturing device body when the lens barrel is contracted. Therefore, the size of the camera can be reduced. Furthermore, when the image capturing device is not in use, the entrance window is housed in the image capturing device body. Therefore, any barrier is not needed, and the structure can be simplified.
1. An image capturing device, comprising:
an image capturing device body;
a lens barrel having an entrance window and a refractive optical system that bends subject light incident from the entrance window to form an image thereof on an imaging element, the lens barrel being housed in the image capturing device body in such a manner that the lens barrel is capable of protruding from and retracting into the image capturing device body;
an image taking button disposed on the image capturing device body; and
a plate which is integrally formed on the lens barrel and covers the image taking button when the lens barrel is housed in the image capturing device body,
wherein the lens barrel is capable of being expanded and contracted along an optical axis extending toward the imaging element, the entrance window is located at an in-use position where the entrance window protrudes from the image capturing device body when the lens barrel is expanded, and the entrance window is located at a not-in-use position where the entrance window is housed in the image capturing device body when the lens barrel is contracted,
an optical axis of the entrance window is substantially perpendicular to the optical axis along which the lens barrel and the entrance window move when the lens barrel is expanded and contracted, and
the entrance window faces the same direction as a front face of the image capturing device body.
2. The image capturing device according to claim 1 , wherein the entrance window protrudes outward from an upper surface or side surface of the image capturing device body when the lens barrel is expanded.
3. The image capturing device according to claim 1 , wherein, when the lens barrel is expanded, a zoom lens disposed in the lens barrel moves along the optical axis to change the focal length.
4. The image capturing device according to claim 2 , wherein, when the lens barrel is expanded, a zoom lens disposed in the lens barrel moves along the optical axis that extends toward the imaging element to change the focal length.
5. The image capturing device according to claim 1 , wherein the entrance window has an integrally formed optical finder, and the optical finder is moved along with the entrance window between the in-use position and the not-in-use position.
6. The image capturing device according to claim 2 , wherein the entrance window has an integrally formed optical finder, and the optical finder is moved along with the entrance window between the in-use position and the not-in-use position.
7. The image capturing device according to claim 3 , wherein the entrance window has an integrally formed optical finder, and the optical finder is moved along with the entrance window between the in-use position and the not-in-use position.
8. The image capturing device according to claim 4 , wherein the entrance window has an integrally formed optical finder, and the optical finder is moved along with the entrance window between the in-use position and the not-in-use position.
9. The image capturing device according to claim 1 , wherein the entrance window has an integrally formed stroboscopic light-emitting part, and the stroboscopic light-emitting part is moved along with the entrance window between the in-use position and the not-in-use position.
10. The image capturing device according to claim 2 , wherein the entrance window has an integrally formed stroboscopic light-emitting part, and the stroboscopic light-emitting part is moved along with the entrance window between the in-use position and the not-in-use position.
11. The image capturing device according to claim 3 , wherein the entrance window has an integrally formed stroboscopic light-emitting part, and the stroboscopic light-emitting part is moved along with the entrance window between the in-use position and the not-in-use position.
12. The image capturing device according to claim 4 , wherein the entrance window has an integrally formed stroboscopic light-emitting part, and the stroboscopic light-emitting part is moved along with the entrance window between the in-use position and the not-in-use position.
13. The image capturing device according to claim 5 , wherein the entrance window has an integrally formed stroboscopic light-emitting part, and the stroboscopic light-emitting part is moved along with the entrance window between the in-use position and the not-in-use position.
14. The image capturing device according to claim 6 , wherein the entrance window has an integrally formed stroboscopic light-emitting part, and the stroboscopic light-emitting part is moved along with the entrance window between the in-use position and the not-in-use position.
15. The image capturing device according to claim 7 , wherein the entrance window has an integrally formed stroboscopic light-emitting part, and the stroboscopic light-emitting part is moved along with the entrance window between the in-use position and the not-in-use position.
16. The image capturing device according to claim 8 , wherein the entrance window has an integrally formed stroboscopic light-emitting part, and the stroboscopic light-emitting part is moved along with the entrance window between the in-use position and the not-in-use position.
17. The image capturing device according to claim 1 , wherein the entrance window and the refractive optical system are capable of simultaneously moving along the optical axis that extends toward the imaging element.
18. The image capturing device according to claim 1 , wherein the refractive optical system protrudes from the image capturing device body when the lens barrel is expanded, and the refractive optical system is housed in the image capturing device body when the lens barrel is contracted.
19. An image capturing device, comprising:
an image capturing device body;
a lens barrel which is housed in the image capturing device body in such a manner that the lens barrel is capable of protruding from and retracting into the image capturing device body;
an entrance window which is comprised by the lens barrel, the entrance window being at an in-use position where the entrance window protrudes from the image capturing device body when the lens barrel is expanded, and the entrance window being at a not-in-use position where the entrance window is housed in the image capturing device body when the lens barrel is contracted;
an imaging element;
a refractive optical system which includes a prism for bending subject light incident from the entrance window to form an image thereof on the imaging element, the prism protruding from the image capturing device body when the lens barrel is expanded, and the prism being housed in the image capturing device body then the lens barrel is contracted;
an image taking button disposed on the image capturing device body; and
a plate which is integrally formed on the lens barrel and covers the image taking button when the lens barrel is housed in the image capturing device body, wherein:
when the lens barrel is expanded and contracted, the lens barrel and the entrance window move along an optical axis which is substantially perpendicular to an optical axis of the entrance window, and a contraction of the lens barrel shortens a distance between the imaging element and the prism, and
the entrance window faces the same direction as a front face of the image capturing device body.