Patent ID: 7035536
Filing Date: 2006-04-25
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
1. A flash controlling mechanism of a camera comprising: a flash; a flash case in which said flash is housed, said flash case being rotatably supported by a camera body; a case rotating mechanism that moves said flash case between a down position at which said flash case is received by said camera body and an up position at which said flash case projects from said camera body; and a controller that controls said case rotating mechanism such that when said flash case at said down position is moved towards said up position by an external force, said flash case is automatically moved to said up position, when said flash case at said up position is moved towards said down position by an external force, said flash case is automatically moved to said down position, and when said flash case is at said up position and a power source of said camera body is turned off, said flash case is automatically moved to said down position; a first position detector that detects a current position of said flash case; a position memory in which a detected result of said first position detector is stored; and a comparator that compares said current position detected by said first position detector with said detected result which has been stored by said position memory; wherein, when said current position is different from said stored detected result, said controller drives said case rotating mechanism such that said flash case is moved to a position opposite to said stored detected result, and when said power source is turned off and said current position is said up position, said controller drives said case rotating mechanism such that said flash case is moved to said down position.