CAMERA, DOCKING STATION FOR CAMERA AND TRIPOD FOR CAMERA

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate layout design and to avoid cost rising in the production or the storage of attachments by providing a terminal for an external power source and a terminal for an image monitor inside a tripod hole. ;SOLUTION: A round hole 24 having a specified inside diameter Da and specified depth La is bored at the center part of the bottom of the tripod hole 22 of the camera 20, and a pair of electrodes 27 and 28 to which electric wires 25 and 26 are connected respectively is attached to the inner wall surface of the hole 24. A pin 29 having a specified outside diameter Db and specified length Lb is attached to the center part of the tip of a male screw 23 on the upper surface of the docking station 21, and a pair of electrodes 32 and 33 to which electric wires 30 and 31 are connected respectively is attached to the outer wall surface of the pin 29. For example, by connecting the positive and the negative electrodes of the extenal power source to the electric wires 30 and 31 respectively, the external power is transmitted through a path such as the electric wires 30 and 31, the electrodes 32 and 33 of the pin 29, the electrodes 27 and 28 of the round hole 24 and the electric wires 25 and 26 of the camera 20.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2000,JPO