JP2018004780A - Optical device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical device which can access a base board more easily than before.SOLUTION: The optical device includes: a control base board for controlling a control target member; a connector for electrically connecting the control base board to an external device; a power source holding unit for holding a power source supplying electricity to the control base board; and a holding member capable of holding the power source holding unit. The power source holding unit is removable from the holding member. The connector is exposed at least partially by an opening when the power source holding unit is not equipped to the holding member, and the opening is covered by the power source holding unit when the power source holding unit is equipped to the holding member.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

  The present invention relates to an optical apparatus, and more particularly, to a binocular device that makes an object to be viewed enlarged with both eyes.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a binocular device described in Patent Document 1 is known as a binocular device having an image stabilization function that corrects image blur caused by camera shake or the like. In the binocular device described in Patent Document 1, when an operation switch provided on the upper surface of the binocular device is operated, a signal is transmitted to the substrate, and the image stabilization unit in the binocular device operates to correct the above-mentioned image blur.

JP-A-2006-29403

  In a binocular device provided with a substrate for controlling the image stabilization unit, the substrate may be accessed for rewriting the farm during the manufacturing stage or maintenance. Here, accessing the board means that the board is electrically connected to an external device such as a computer via a connector provided on the board.

  In order to access the substrate with the binocular device described in Patent Document 1, it is necessary to remove a relatively large component such as the front cover that covers the objective optical system and the image stabilization unit while holding the cover glass and the operation switch. The operation until accessing the substrate becomes complicated.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an optical apparatus that can access a substrate more easily than in the past.

In order to achieve the above object, the optical apparatus of the present invention comprises:
A control board for controlling the controlled member;
A connector for electrically connecting the control board and an external device;
A power supply holding unit for holding a power supply for supplying power to the control board;
A holding member capable of holding the power holding unit, and an optical device comprising:
The power supply holding part is detachable from the holding member,
In a state where the power supply holding part is removed from the holding member, at least a part of the connector is exposed through the opening,
In the state where the power supply holding part is mounted on the holding member, the opening is covered by the power supply holding part.
It is characterized by that.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the optical apparatus which can access a board | substrate more easily than before can be provided.

Sectional drawing which looked at the binocular device of 1st Example from the upper surface Sectional drawing of the state which attached the battery chamber unit to the binocular device of 1st Example (A) Cross-sectional view of the battery compartment unit removed from the binocular device of the first embodiment (focused at infinity), (b) Battery compartment unit removed from the binocular device of the first embodiment Sectional view (in close focus) (A) The figure which shows the binocular device opening part seen from the arrow B of Fig.3 (a), (b) The figure which shows the binocular device opening part seen from the arrow B of FIG.3 (b) Diagram explaining details of battery compartment unit Diagram showing opening

  Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be illustratively described below with reference to the drawings. However, the relative arrangement of the component parts described in this embodiment should be appropriately changed according to the configuration of the apparatus to which the present invention is applied and various conditions. That is, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described later, and various modifications and changes can be made within the scope of the gist.

[First embodiment]
Hereinafter, binoculars (optical apparatus, binocular device) as a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

(Configuration of binoculars)
1 is a cross-sectional view of the binoculars viewed from above, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the binoculars cut along the line AA in FIG. 1, and FIGS. 1 and 2 are attached to the binoculars with a battery chamber unit 11 to be described later. It is the state that was done.

  The binoculars are objective units 2L and 2R that hold a pair of left and right objective optical systems 1L and 1R that receive light from the object to be observed, a cover member 3 that includes these, and a base member that can hold the battery chamber unit 11 4 (holding member) and eyepiece units 5L and 5R. The pair of left and right objective units 2L, 2R is a focus group, and moves forward and backward in the optical axis 0L, 0R direction along the threaded portion formed on the screw member 17 by rotating the dial 16.

  The eyepiece units 5L and 5R hold regular cubic optical system prisms 6L and 6R that are optical axis decentering means, and a pair of left and right eyepiece optical systems 7L and 7R. A pair of eyepiece units 5L and 5R are attached to the base member 4 so as to be rotatable about the optical axes 0L and 0R of the objective optical systems 1L and 1R.

  An image blur correction device 8 is provided on the eyepiece optical systems 7L and 7R side of the objective optical systems 1L and 1R. The image blur correction device 8 includes a movable member 8a and a fixed member 8b, and corrects image blur by moving the movable member 8a in a direction perpendicular to the optical axes 0L and 0R with respect to the fixed member 8b. The fixing member 8b holds a control board 9 on which an element for controlling the image blur correction device 8 is mounted. A plurality of connectors 10 and sensors (not shown) are mounted on the control board 9, and image blur correction control is performed by them. That is, the controlled member in this embodiment is the image blur correction device 8.

(Installation of battery compartment unit 11)
As shown in FIG. 2, a battery chamber unit 11 (power holding unit) is provided between the objective optical units 2L and 2R, and the battery chamber unit 11 is screwed to the base member 4 with screws 18 (fastening members). Has been attached. More specifically, after aligning the positions of the second hole h2 provided in the battery chamber unit 11 and the first hole h1 provided in the base member 4, the screw 18 is attached to the first hole part. Insert into h1 and second hole h2 and tighten with screws.

  Here, as shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, the first hole h <b> 1 and the connector 10 are provided at different positions in the normal direction view of the opening 19. In other words, the first hole h1 and the connector 10 do not overlap each other.

  If the arm member 4a (holding member or part of the holding member) provided with the first hole h1 in the base member 4 is on the connector 10, the battery chamber unit 11 is removed and the opening 19 is exposed. However, the connector 10 cannot be easily accessed. For this reason, as described above, the first hole h1 and the connector 10 are preferably provided at different positions. In addition, the area | region in which the opening part 19 is provided is an area | region shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, the connector 10 is exposed through the opening 19.

  As shown in FIG. 5, an electrode 12 is incorporated in the battery chamber unit 11, and a battery 13 a is inserted into the battery housing portion 13 (housing portion) so as to be in contact with the electrode 12, thereby driving the image blur correction device 8. To supply power to the control board 9. In addition, the battery 13 a is inserted into the battery storage unit 13 and then covered and held by the battery cover 15. In addition, the holding method of the battery 13a is not limited to the battery cover 15, and may be held by a separate holding member.

(Removal of battery compartment unit 11)
3 is a cross-sectional view of the battery chamber unit 11 with the battery chamber unit 11 removed in FIG. 2, FIG. 4 is an opening portion 19 of the binoculars viewed from the arrow B in FIG. 3, and FIG. 3 (a) and 4 (a) are diagrams showing a state in which the object to be observed at infinity is in focus, and FIGS. 3 (b) and 4 (b) illustrate the object to be observed at a close distance. It is a figure of the state which focused.

  As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, when the battery chamber unit 11 is removed from the base member 4, the base member can be removed simply by removing the battery cover 15, removing the battery 13a from the battery chamber unit 11, and removing the screw 18. The battery chamber unit 11 can be removed from the unit 4. That is, the battery chamber unit 11 can be attached to and detached from the base member 4.

  When the battery chamber unit 11 is removed, the state in which the battery chamber unit 11 covers the opening 19 is eliminated. Therefore, the opening 19 formed by the cover member 3 and the base member 4 and the flexible printed circuit board 20 for power connection. Is exposed. One end of the flexible printed board 20 is connected to one of the plurality of connectors 10 mounted on the control board 9, and the other end (first terminal) is held by the base member 4.

  A power connection sheet metal 14 (second terminal) is assembled to the end of the electrode 12 attached to the battery chamber unit 11 opposite to the end in contact with the battery 13a. The electrode 12 and the power connection sheet metal 14 may be connected to the battery chamber unit 11 by tightening, or may be connected by welding or soldering. When the battery chamber unit 11 is assembled to the base member 4, the power connection sheet metal 14 comes into contact with the end (first terminal) held by the base member 4 of the power connection flex 20 and energizes.

  That is, the end of the flexible substrate 20 as the first terminal is provided in at least a part of the outside of the binoculars. When the battery chamber unit 11 is attached to the base member 4, the end of the flexible substrate 20 is Covered by the battery chamber unit 11. The battery chamber unit 11 has a power connection sheet metal 14 as a second terminal that can be electrically connected to the first terminal. When the battery chamber unit 11 is attached to the base member 4, the first terminal and the first terminal The two terminals are electrically connected, and power is supplied to the control board 9. As a result, when the battery chamber unit 11 is attached to the base member 4, not only the opening 19 but also the outside of the binoculars 2 can be covered. For this reason, while being able to improve sealing performance, electric power can be supplied to the control board 9 without the necessity of finely adjusting the position of the battery chamber unit 11 in particular.

(Effect of this embodiment)
From the opening 19, the control board 9 and at least one connector 10 mounted on the control board 9 can be accessed. In other words, the opening 19 is covered by the battery chamber unit 11 when the battery chamber unit 11 is attached to the base member 4, and at least the opening 19 is removed when the battery chamber unit 11 is removed from the base member 4. Part is exposed. That is, the battery chamber unit 11 can be attached to and detached from the base member 4, and at least a part of the connector 10 is exposed through the opening 19 when the battery chamber unit 11 is detached from the base member 4. On the other hand, when the battery chamber unit 11 is mounted on the base member 4, the opening 19 is covered with the battery chamber unit 11.

  Since at least part of the opening 19 overlaps the connector 10, the connector 10 can be accessed by removing the battery chamber unit 11 from the base member 4. As a result, adjustment of the control board 9 such as rewriting of the farm can be performed using the connector 10. Here, at least a part of the opening 19 overlaps with the connector 10, in other words, the connector 10 can be visually recognized through the opening 19 in a state where the battery chamber unit 11 is detached from the base member 4. Say. In other words, it can be said that the connector 10 is located in a region including at least a part of the opening 19 and extending in the normal direction of the opening 19. The normal direction view of the opening 19 described above may be replaced with, for example, the longitudinal direction of the screw 18 as a fastening member or the rotation axis direction view of the screw 18. Or you may replace with the direction view perpendicular | vertical with respect to the plane containing each optical axis of two objective optical systems.

  That is, according to the configuration of the present embodiment, when adjusting the control board 9 with the image blur correction device 8 incorporated in the binocular device main body, the connector mounted on the control board 9 simply by removing the battery chamber unit 11. 10 can be accessed. For this reason, it is not necessary to remove the cover member 3 and the like, and the control board 9 can be accessed with a small number of man-hours. As a result, it is possible to realize an optical apparatus that can access the substrate in a shorter time than conventional.

(Further effects of this embodiment)
As described above, according to this embodiment, it is not necessary to remove the cover member 3 when adjusting the control board 9 in a state where the image blur correction device 8 is incorporated in the binocular device main body. For this reason, the objective optical systems 1L and 1R are not exposed to the outside, and the objective optical systems 1L and 1R can be prevented from being damaged, or the optical performance can be prevented from deteriorating due to dust inside.

(More preferred configuration)
In the present embodiment, in addition to the pair of objective units 2L and 2R, the image blur correction device 8 also moves in the direction of the optical axes 0L and 0R as a focus group, and the control board 9 is held by the fixed member 8b. It moves in the optical axis 0L, 0R direction with the group. That is, at least a part of the plurality of optical elements included in the objective optical systems 1 </ b> R and 1 </ b> L can move in the optical axis direction together with the control board 9 and the connector 10.

  In this case, as in this embodiment, when the direction in which the control board 9 moves together with the connector 10 is the first direction, the longitudinal direction of the battery storage portion 13 or the opening portion 19 is parallel to the first direction. Is preferred. In addition, when the battery 13a is stored in the battery storage unit 13, it is preferable that the longitudinal direction of the battery 13a is also parallel to the first direction. That is, the battery storage unit 13 can store the battery 13a so that the longitudinal direction of the battery 13a is parallel to the first direction. The first direction here is the direction of the optical axes 0L and 0R in this embodiment.

  With such a configuration, even when the control board 9 moves in the first direction together with the connector 10, it is easy to maintain a state where the connector 10 can be accessed through the opening 19.

[Other Examples]
As mentioned above, although preferable embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not limited to these embodiment, A various deformation | transformation and change are possible within the range of the summary.

  For example, in the first embodiment described above, the configuration of the optical device using the battery as the power source is illustrated, but if it can be used as a power source other than a disposable dry battery or a rechargeable battery, the battery 13a can be used instead. May be used for

  Further, in the first embodiment described above, a total of two batteries 13a are stored in the battery storage unit 13, but the number of batteries is not limited to two, and even if there is only one, three or more. There may be.

  In the first embodiment described above, the optical apparatus (binocular device) having the image blur correction device 8 as the controlled member is exemplified, but the present invention is not limited to such a configuration. For example, the configuration described in the first embodiment may be applied to such an optical apparatus by using a controlled member as an imaging apparatus in an optical apparatus (binocular device) including the imaging apparatus.

  In the first embodiment, the binoculars are exemplified as the optical device. However, for example, the configuration described in the first embodiment may be applied to monoculars.

1L, 1R Objective optical system 2L, 2R Objective unit 3 Cover member 4 Base member 5L, 5R Eyepiece unit 6L, 6R Prism 7L, 7R Eyepiece optical system 8 Image blur correction device 8a Movable member 8b Fixed member 9 Control board 10 Connector 11 Battery Chamber unit 12 Electrode 13 Battery compartment 13a Battery 14 Power connection sheet metal 15 Battery cover 16 Dial 17 Screw 18 Screw 19 Opening 20 Flexible printed circuit board for power connection

Claims (10)

A control board for controlling the controlled member;
A connector for electrically connecting the control board and an external device;
A power supply holding unit for holding a power supply for supplying power to the control board;
A holding member capable of holding the power holding unit, and an optical device comprising:
The power supply holding part is detachable from the holding member,
In a state where the power supply holding part is removed from the holding member, at least a part of the connector is exposed through the opening,
In the state where the power supply holding part is mounted on the holding member, the opening is covered by the power supply holding part.
An optical apparatus characterized by that. The control board is movable with the connector in a first direction,
The power supply holding part has a storage part for storing the power supply,
A longitudinal direction of the storage portion is parallel to the first direction;
The optical apparatus according to claim 1. The longitudinal direction of the opening is parallel to the first direction;
The optical apparatus according to claim 2. The power source is a battery;
The storage portion can store the battery such that a longitudinal direction of the battery is parallel to the first direction.
The optical apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, wherein A first terminal is provided in at least a part of the outside of the optical instrument;
The power supply holding portion is configured to cover the at least a part of the region when attached to the holding member, and the first terminal when the power supply holding portion is attached to the holding member. And a second terminal that can be electrically connected to
When the first terminal is electrically connected to the second terminal, power from the power source is supplied to the control board.
The optical apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the optical apparatus is an optical apparatus. The holding member has a first hole;
The power supply holding part has a second hole part,
The power supply holding part is attached to the holding member by a fastening member inserted into the first hole part and the second hole part,
In the normal direction view of the opening, the first hole and the connector are provided at different positions.
The optical apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the optical apparatus is an optical apparatus. The optical apparatus includes an image blur correction device as the controlled member,
The control board controls the image blur correction device;
The optical apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the optical apparatus is an optical apparatus. The optical apparatus includes a photographing device as the controlled member,
The control board controls the imaging device;
The optical apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein The optical instrument is:
Two objective optics,
A binocular device comprising two eyepiece optical systems;
The optical apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the optical apparatus is an optical apparatus. At least a part of the plurality of optical elements included in the two objective optical systems is movable in the optical axis direction of the two objective optical systems together with the control board and the connector.
The optical apparatus according to claim 9.

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