Elmo Company, Limited

Shinji Ono

Kazuhiro Sukenari

Hiroshi Yamakose

Tetsuro Kato

Kenichi Maruyama

Shuntaro Hayashi

Teruaki Nabeno

A head arm pivot shaft support mechanismhas a cord covering unitincluding a first part, a second part, and a third part. The first partand the second partare located on a side of one head-side engagement legof bifurcated head-side engagement legsandand are arranged to be rotatable about a pivot shaft member. The first partand the second partrespectively have an arc-shaped peripheral walland an arc-shaped peripheral wallprotruded toward the third partto fill a space on a bifurcation base side between the bifurcated head-side engagement legsand. The third partis located on a side of the other head-side engagement legand is arranged to be rotatable about the pivot shaft member. The third parthas a first arc-shaped peripheral walland a second arc-shaped peripheral wallprotruded toward the first partand the second partto fill spaces between edges of the arc-shaped peripheral wallof the first partand edges of the arc-shaped peripheral wallof the second part. A cord extended from an internal camera incorporated in a camera headruns through a cutformed in the arc-shaped peripheral walland a cutformed in the arc-shaped peripheral walland is covered with these arc-shaped peripheral wallsandwith avoiding interference with the pivot shaft member

Arm pivot shaft support mechanism and imaging device equipped with the same

A visual presenter includes a camera support arm including a pivot support arm pivotally supported on a base and having an interior cavity and a slide support arm which is inserted into the interior cavity of the pivot support arm so as to be slidable and having a distal end on which the image pickup camera is mounted. When the pivot support arm is caused to pivot from a storage location where the camera support arm lies to a setup location where the camera support arm stands up, the slide support arm is pushed out of the pivot support arm by the sliding mechanism so that the image pickup camera is set up at a predetermined location. When the pivot support arm is caused to pivot from the setup location to the storage location, the slide support arm is brought into the pivot support arm by the sliding mechanism.

Visual presenter

A visual presenter includes a base, an upright portion standing from the base and having a distal end, a support column including a horizontal portion formed by bending the distal end of the upright portion so that the horizontal portion protrudes forward away from the base, the horizontal portion having a distal end, an imaging camera head mounted on the distal end of the horizontal portion, and a pivot portion provided on the upright portion of the support column so that the horizontal portion is pivotable horizontally.

A visual presenter includes a camera support arm pivotally mounted on a base and having one end on which a camera is mounted, a pivot support including a bracket, a pivot having one end formed with a male thread, a disc spring fitted with the male thread and a nut brought into threading engagement with the male thread so that the spring is fastened to the bracket by the nut with a result that a brake force is effected and a free stop function is given to the pivot support, and a one-way clutch fitted with the pivot to allow the pivot support to be free against rotation causing the pivot support to stand up and to exert a clutching function against rotation causing the pivot support to lie. The camera support arm is pivotally mounted on the pivot support with the one-way clutch being interposed between them.

Image scanner

To achieve both uniform illumination and a reduction in the LED light sources, after simplifying illumination control of the light sources. In an illumination unit 130, when arranging LED light sources in a linear arrangement on a light source base plateinstallation thereof will be thinned out in the center, while providing the base plate left and right ends with LED light sourcesLand Land LED light sourcesRand RThe light emitted by the LED light sourceLand the LED light sourceRwill be reflected by a left inside wall faceLS and a right inside wall faceRS respectively, and directed onto the table upper face. The light emitted by the LED light sourceLand the LED light sourceRlying towards the center zone of the light source array where the light source placement has been thinned out will be reflected by a left outside wall faceLS and a right outside wall faceRS respectively, and directed onto the table upper face.

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Nagoya, Japan

Shinji Ono