IP Library Granted Patent US 10,593,489
Granted Patent B2
US 10,593,489 · App. 15/884,035 · Granted Mar 17, 2020

Pressing switch mechanism and wearable camera

Inventors: Yasuhito Oomori (Kanagawa, JP); Tatsuya Tobimatsu (Fukuoka, JP); Noboru Takada (Fukuoka, JP); Eiji Takahashi (Fukuoka, JP); Izumi Sato (Fukuoka, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic i-PRO Sensing Solutions Co., Ltd.
H01H13/48H01H13/84H04N5/2252H01H13/04H01H2215/004H01H2215/006H01H2215/03H01H2217/004H01H2221/05H01H2231/046
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Patent No.
US 10,593,489
App. No.
15/884,035
Granted
Mar 17, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pressing switch mechanism includes a housing, a board that is accommodated in the housing, a switch portion that is fixed to the board and generates a click feeling according to pressing a pressed portion in a direction approaching the board, and an operation plate which includes a bowl-shaped recessed surface that is recessed from a surface of the housing, of which an outer peripheral edge is supported by the housing, which is displaceably bent in the direction approaching the board, and in which a bottom wall portion of the recessed surface protruding inward the housing is in contact with the pressed portion.

Claims (58)

1. A wearable camera comprising:

a housing;

a board disposed in the housing;

a capture that is disposed on a front surface of the housing and, which, in operation, images an object;

a recording switch that is disposed on the front surface of the housing and, which, in operation, receives an imaging start operation from a user;

a space having a predetermined volume provided between the board and the recording switch; and

a switch portion fixed to the board that starts recording of the capture by the imaging start operation of the recording switch,

wherein when the imaging start operation is input, the recording switch propagates a click sound and a click vibration of the switch portion, and the recording switch vibrates.

2. The wearable camera of claim 1 ,

wherein the capture is positioned at an upper portion of the front surface of the housing, and

wherein the recording switch is positioned at a lower portion of the front surface of the housing.

3. The wearable camera of claim 1 ,

wherein the recording switch is disposed to have a largest area on the front surface of the housing.

4. The wearable camera of claim 1 ,

wherein the recording switch includes an outer peripheral edge formed in a circular shape, and

wherein the outer peripheral edge is accommodated in a circular hole formed in the housing and supported by the housing.

5. The wearable camera of claim 1 ,

wherein the recording switch includes an outer peripheral edge formed in a polygonal shape, and

wherein the outer peripheral edge is accommodated in and supported by the housing.

6. The wearable camera of claim 4 ,

wherein the recording switch and the outer peripheral edge are formed integrally with and supported by the housing using an elastomer-based resin material.

7. The wearable camera of claim 4 ,

wherein the recording switch includes an annular flange portion on the outer peripheral edge, and

wherein the annular flange portion is fixed to and supported by the housing.

8. The wearable camera of claim 4 ,

wherein the recording switch includes an annular ring thick portion in a vicinity of the outer peripheral edge and a flange portion,

wherein when the recording switch is pressed down, the annular ring thick portion is elastically deformed with respect to the flange portion, and

wherein the recording switch approaches the board.

9. The wearable camera of claim 4 ,

wherein the recording switch includes a bowl-shaped recessed surface that is recessed from a surface of the housing and is freely bent in a direction approaching the board.

10. The wearable camera of claim 1 ,

wherein the recording switch is made of an elastic resin material having a rubber elasticity around a room temperature.

11. The wearable camera of claim 1 ,

wherein the recording switch is made of a metal member.

12. The wearable camera of claim 1 ,

wherein the board is fixed in a sandwiched state between the housing and a housing back lid, and

wherein the switch portion is fixed to the board at a position facing a bottom wall portion of a recessed surface of the recording switch.

13. The wearable camera of claim 1 ,

wherein the board is fixed at a position separated from the recording switch by a predetermined distance.

14. The wearable camera of claim 1 ,

wherein a bottom wall portion of a recessed surface of the recording switch includes a pressing protrusion that protrudes toward the board, and

wherein the pressing protrusion is in contact with a pressed portion of the switch portion in a state where the board is fixed between the housing and a housing back lid.

15. A wearable camera comprising:

a housing;

a housing back lid;

a board disposed in the housing and is fixed in a sandwiched state between the housing and the housing back lid;

a capture that is disposed on a front surface of the housing and images an object;

a recording switch that is disposed on the front surface of the housing and, which, in operation, receives an imaging start operation from a user; and

a switch portion fixed to the board that starts recording of the capture by the imaging start operation of the recording switch, the switch portion is fixed to the board at a position facing a bottom wall portion of a recessed surface of the recording switch of the board,

wherein when the imaging start operation is input, the recording switch propagates a click sound and a click vibration of the switch portion, and the recording switch vibrates.

16. A wearable camera comprising:

a housing;

a board that is disposed in the housing;

a capture that is disposed on a front surface of the housing and images an object;

a recording switch that is disposed on the front surface of the housing and, which, in operation, receives an imaging start operation from a user, the recording switch includes an outer peripheral edge, a flange portion, and an annular ring thick portion in a vicinity of the outer peripheral edge; and

a switch portion fixed to the board that starts recording of the capture by the imaging start operation of the recording switch,

wherein when the imaging start operation is input, the recording switch propagates a click sound and a click vibration of the switch portion, and vibrates,

wherein when the recording switch is pressed down, the annular ring thick portion is elastically deformed with respect to the flange portion and the recording switch approaches the board.

Assignments (8)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 16, 2023
From: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
To: I-PRO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063101/0966 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Mar 16, 2023
From: I-PRO CO., LTD.
To: I-PRO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063102/0075 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 31, 2020
From: PSP HOLDINGS CO., LTD
To: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054883/0234 →
MERGER Recorded Dec 31, 2020
From: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
To: PSP HOLDINGS CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 054883/0201 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Dec 31, 2020
From: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054883/0248 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE EXECUTED DATE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 051249 FRAME: 0136. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jan 13, 2020
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051580/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 11, 2019
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051249/0136 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 28, 2018
From: OOMORI, YASUHITO; TOBIMATSU, TATSUYA; TAKADA, NOBORU; TAKAHASHI, EIJI; SATO, IZUMI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 045364/0486 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-028295 · Feb 17, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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