Rotatable Grip Stand for Compact Camera Stability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional imaging apparatuses with external grips compromise portability and design due to increased size, while offering limited flexibility for both still and moving image capture.
Innovation Solution
An imaging apparatus with a rotatable stand portion orthogonal to the optical axis, allowing for flexible grip and support configurations, including handheld, stationary, and suspended use, while maintaining a compact form factor through magnetic accommodation mechanisms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If an external grip is attached to the camera body, then the user can hold the camera more stably and capture moving images with less camera shake, but the entire apparatus becomes large and portability is deteriorated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the grip function and stand function into a single integrated structure. The grip portions can be rotated to serve as support portions, eliminating the need for separate external grips and tripods. This merging resolves the contradiction by providing both stability functions within a compact integrated design rather than adding separate components that increase size.
Solution Approach 2:
The grip portions are designed to serve multiple functions: they can be used as grip portions for handheld shooting and as support portions when rotated. This multi-functionality allows a single structure to provide both grip stability and stand support, reducing the need for additional equipment and maintaining compactness while improving reliability.
2Ease of operation
If an external grip is attached to the camera body, then the user can grip the camera below the optical axis for better moving image capture, but the attachment portion increases the overall apparatus size
Solution Approach 1:
The grip portions are integrated into the camera body structure rather than being separate external attachments. This merging allows the grip function to be provided within the existing apparatus volume, maintaining ease of operation with proper grip positioning below the optical axis without increasing overall apparatus size.
3Adaptability or versatility
If grip portions are added to both sides of the camera body to serve as both grip and stand functions, then the apparatus can be used in various shooting styles, but the apparatus becomes larger due to the attachment portion
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates the stand function into the existing grip portions rather than adding separate stand components. The grip portions can be rotated to serve as support portions, providing versatility for different shooting styles while maintaining compact apparatus dimensions by utilizing existing structural elements for multiple functions.
Solution Approach 2:
The grip portions are designed to be rotatable, allowing dynamic reconfiguration between grip mode and stand mode. This dynamic capability provides adaptability for various shooting styles without requiring additional static components that would increase apparatus size, as the same structures serve different functions through rotation.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances user flexibility and stability for various shooting styles without the need for additional tripods, maintaining compactness and operability.
Implementation Method 1
a magnetic body is disposed on the inner surface of an accommodation groove formed in both side surfaces of the camera body 100... a magnet is embedded in the stand connection portion 42... the stand portion 4 is accommodated in the camera body 100 by the magnetic attraction force
Data Source
AI summary
An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging unit configured to capture an image of a subject; a main body having a grip region provided on a first surface on which the imaging unit is disposed so that a user is able to grip the grip region; and a stand portion provided at a first end portion of the main body and disposed with the grip region separated from the imaging unit. The grip region faces a long side of an imaging surface of the imaging unit. The stand portion is located on a first axis orthogonal to an optical axis of the imaging unit and is rotatable within a plane along the optical axis and the first axis.