Camera Stand Layout for Stable Shooting Without Added Thickness
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image capturing apparatuses with integrated stands face challenges in maintaining stability while minimizing size increases, particularly when using a tripod, which can be cumbersome and time-consuming.
Innovation Solution
The image capturing apparatus is designed with a rotatable stand that overlaps an accessory attachment/removal portion and a battery, allowing for enhanced stability without increasing the apparatus' size by optimizing the placement of components.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Length of stationary object
If the stand is arranged to overlap thick members (battery and operation section) in the thickness direction to reduce overall thickness, then the image capturing apparatus body thickness is reduced, but the stability when the apparatus independently stands is lowered
Solution Approach 1:
The stand rotational axis is positioned to overlap the accessory attachment/removal portion when viewed from the third direction (width direction), and the stand legs extend in the third direction to form a wide base. This spatial reconfiguration moves the stability-supporting structure from the thickness direction to the width direction, allowing the apparatus to maintain compact thickness while achieving stable independent standing through the widened base formed by the stand legs.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the stand is made rotatable about a stand rotational axis to enable flexible positioning, then shooting flexibility is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The stand rotational axis is integrated with the accessory attachment/removal portion, combining the functions of accessory mounting and stand rotation into a single structural element. This merging reduces the number of separate components and simplifies the overall mechanism while still enabling the stand to rotate for flexible positioning during shooting.
3Stability of the object's composition
If the stand legs are extended in the third direction to improve stability, then the stability when independently standing is enhanced, but the width of the image capturing apparatus body increases
Solution Approach 1:
The stand legs extend in the third direction (width direction) to form a wide base for stability, while the stand rotational axis is positioned to overlap the accessory attachment/removal portion when viewed from this same direction. This spatial arrangement allows the legs to provide stability through width without requiring excessive width increase, as the rotational axis positioning optimizes the distribution of mass and support points within the available space.
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AI summary
An image capturing apparatus 1 has a barrel unit 2 and a tripod screw portion 35a, and includes a tripod attaching portion 35 disposed with respect to the barrel unit 2 in a Y direction orthogonal to a Z direction as an optical axis direction, a battery 80 disposed between the barrel unit 2 and the tripod attaching portion 35 in the Y direction, and a stand 9 which is held rotatable about a rotational axis A2 parallel to an X direction orthogonal to the Z direction and the Y direction and has a connection portion connecting leg portions provided at ends in the X direction. The battery 80 is plate-like and has a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and at the same time is disposed such that a thickness direction thereof is parallel to the Z direction. The tripod screw portion 35a is exposed to appearance in a bottom surface of the image capturing apparatus 1. The rotational axis A2 overlaps the tripod screw portion 35a on a projection plane as viewed in the X direction, and at the same time, overlaps the tripod screw portion 35a, the battery 80, and the barrel unit 2 on a projection plane as viewed in the Y direction.