US 11,838,612 B2
Electronic apparatus
Hidetoshi Kei, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Dec. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/551,315.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-209338 (JP), filed on Dec. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0201178 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 23/53 (2023.01); G02B 17/04 (2006.01); G02B 13/06 (2006.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/531 (2023.01) [G02B 13/06 (2013.01); G02B 17/04 (2013.01); H04N 23/633 (2023.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic apparatus that can move between a retracted state in which a display is retracted in a main body and a projecting state in which the display projects from the main body, the display comprising:
a viewfinder having a movable eyepiece portion; and
a limiting unit configured to limit a movement of the eyepiece portion, wherein the limiting unit includes a lock member,
the electronic apparatus comprising a cam shape portion that is brought into contact with the lock member if the viewfinder moves from a state retracted in the main body to a state projecting from the main body,
wherein if the viewfinder is rotated around an axis orthogonal to a moving direction of the eyepiece portion in the projecting state, the limiting unit limits the movement of the eyepiece portion,
wherein the limiting unit limits the movement of the eyepiece portion during or after a rotating operation of the viewfinder,
wherein during or after the rotating operation of the viewfinder after the eyepiece portion is extracted in a first direction, the lock member is brought into contact with the eyepiece portion and limits the movement of the eyepiece portion in a second direction opposite to the first direction,
wherein the lock member disposed on the viewfinder can switch between a first position where the movement of the eyepiece portion is limited and a second position where the movement of the eyepiece portion is not limited, and
wherein the cam shape portion causes the lock member to switch between the first position and the second position according to the operation of the viewfinder.