Digital camera

1. A digital camera capable of performing wireless communication with an external device, the digital camera comprising:

a camera body; and

a lens barrel assembly mounted to the camera body and comprising

a plurality of barrels for accommodating a plurality of photographing lenses,

wherein at least one of the plurality of barrels is used as an antenna barrel configured as an antenna for the wireless communication,

wherein the antenna barrel is formed from a metal material and comprises at least one slit filled with a dielectric material, so that

the antenna barrel emits radio waves to perform the antenna function, and

wherein an outer casing of the camera body, which surrounds an outer surface of the antenna barrel, is formed from a metal material so as to operate as a ground of the antenna barrel.

2. The digital camera of claim 1 , wherein the antenna barrel is one of the plurality of barrels that is arranged at an outer-most side.

3. The digital camera of claim 1 , wherein the outer casing that surrounds the outer surface of the antenna barrel, is arranged perpendicularly to the antenna barrel.

4. The digital camera of claim 1 , wherein the slit is formed along a circumferential direction of the antenna barrel.

5. The digital camera of claim 4 , further comprising:

a feeding unit mounted to an inner circumference of the antenna barrel and configured to feed voltage to the antenna barrel.

6. The digital camera of claim 5 , wherein the feeding unit is extended along the slit to partially cover the slit.

7. The digital camera of claim 6 , wherein the feeding unit comprises:

a first feeding member which is conductive, and which is in contact with a first point of the antenna barrel to feed a first voltage to the first point; and

a second feeding member which is conductive, and which is in contact with a second point of the antenna barrel to feed a second voltage to the second point, wherein

the second feeding member comprises,

a barrel contact which is in contact with the second point, and

an extension portion extended from the barrel contact toward the first feeding member.

8. The digital camera of claim 5 , wherein the slit is formed to surround an outer circumference of the antenna barrel,

wherein the slit is mounted to an inner wall of the antenna barrel are a first conductive member and a second conductive members which are at predetermined interval and which are overlapped with the slit, respectively, and

wherein one of the first and second conductive members is in contact with the feeding unit.

9. The digital camera of claim 4 , wherein the slit of the antenna barrel may be provided in plural number, in which case the slits are disposed at predetermined intervals from each other.

10. The digital camera of claim 9 , wherein the antenna barrel is used as at least one of a Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) antenna and an array antenna.

11. The digital camera of claim 4 , wherein the antenna barrel is movably mounted to the camera body so as to rotate along a circumferential direction of the antenna barrel.

12. A digital camera capable of performing wireless communication with an external device, the digital camera comprising:

a camera body;

a lens barrel assembly mounted to the camera body and comprising a plurality of barrels for accommodating a plurality of photographing lenses; and

at least one antenna for the wireless communication which is mounted to one of the plurality of barrels,

wherein the one of the plurality of barrels to which the antenna is mounted, is formed from a non-metal material, and

wherein an outer casing of the camera body, which surrounds an outer surface of the one of the plurality of barrels to which the antenna is mounted, is formed from a metal material so as to operate as a ground of the antenna.

13. The digital camera of claim 12 , wherein the one of the plurality of barrels to which the antenna is mounted is a barrel among the plurality of barrels that is arranged at an outer-most side of the plurality of barrels.

14. The digital camera of claim 13 , wherein the outer casing that surrounds the outer surface of the one of the plurality of barrels to which the antenna is mounted, is arranged perpendicularly to the barrel to which the antenna is mounted.

15. The digital camera of claim 14 , wherein the antenna is a slit antenna which has a slit formed therein, and

wherein the slit is formed along a circumferential direction of the barrel to which the antenna is mounted.

16. The digital camera of claim 15 , wherein the antenna comprises a feeder configured to feed voltage for the purpose of emitting radio waves.

17. The digital camera of claim 16 , wherein the feeder comprises:

a first feeder configured to feed a first voltage to a first point of the antenna; and

a second feeder configured to feed a second voltage to a second point of the antenna,

wherein the second feeder comprises,

a protrusion portion protruding from the second point in a widthwise direction of the slit, and

an extension portion extended from the protrusion portion within the slit toward the first feeder.

18. The digital camera of claim 15 , wherein the antenna may be provided in plural number, in which case the antennas are at predetermined intervals from each other.

19. The digital camera of claim 15 , wherein the antenna barrel is used as at least one of a Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) antenna and an array antenna.

20. The digital camera of claim 15 , wherein the one of the plurality of barrels to which the antenna is mounted, is movably mounted to the camera body so as to rotate along a circumferential direction of the one of the plurality of barrels to which the antenna is mounted.

21. An electronic device comprising:

a body;

a communication unit; and

a camera assembly;

wherein the camera assembly comprises an antenna with which the communication unit performs wireless communication with a counterpart electronic device,

wherein the antenna is provided on a lens barrel assembly of the camera assembly, and

wherein the lens barrel on which the antenna is provided comprises at least one of a portion and a slit that does not include a metallic material.