Pivotable Display Overhang Prevents Lid Interference
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional imaging apparatuses face issues with interference between the display unit and lid components, leading to potential damage, increased size due to overlapping components, and compromised self-shooting functionality, particularly when trying to perform self-shooting with a touch panel display.
Innovation Solution
The design incorporates a pivotable display unit and lid that avoids interference by allowing the display unit to overhang when transitioning between use and storage positions, enabling thin body design and improved operability, with a hinge system that maintains electrical connection and stability even when the panel is inclined.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the display unit is made pivotable to enable various shooting angles including self-shooting, then the versatility and ease of operation are improved, but the display unit may interfere with the lid causing potential damage and reducing reliability
Solution Approach 1:
The patent positions the display unit to overhang the surface in which the opening is provided, utilizing the spatial dimension above the opening surface. This dimensional arrangement allows the display unit to pivot through a wide range of angles including self-shooting positions without colliding with the lid, which moves in a different spatial plane during opening and closing operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The display unit is designed to overhang the opening surface in advance before the lid operation begins. This preliminary positioning ensures that when the lid opens or closes, the display unit is already positioned in a trajectory that avoids interference, preventing potential damage before it can occur.
2Volume of moving object
If the display unit and imaging lens overlap in projection to reduce overall device thickness, then the compactness is improved, but the video display device thickness increases and weight balance is disrupted
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of overlapping the display unit with the imaging lens in the projection direction (thickness dimension), the patent positions the display unit to overhang the opening surface, utilizing the lateral spatial dimension. This arrangement maintains compact thickness while distributing weight more favorably for self-shooting stability.
3Reliability
If the display unit is positioned to overhang the opening surface to avoid lid interference, then the reliability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The hinge mechanism supporting the display unit serves multiple functions: it enables pivoting for various shooting angles, positions the display unit to overhang the opening surface for interference avoidance, and maintains electrical connections during movement. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate components, thereby limiting the increase in device complexity.
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AI summary
A video camera includes a camera body provided with an opening; a panel unit configured to be pivotable with respect to the camera body between a use position and a storage position; and a lid configured to be pivotable with respect to the opening so as to open/close a battery box. The opening is provided on a surface adjacent to a storage position against which the bottom of the panel unit is brought into abutment at the storage position. The panel unit overhangs a surface in which the opening is provided by the pivot of the panel unit from the storage position to the use position, and the lid pivots relative to the opening to a position which does not interfere with the panel unit so as to open the opening.