Patent ID: 7649565
Filing Date: 2010-01-19
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A power supply circuit for a digital camera, comprising: a power supply device which supplies power; an image inputting device driven by the power supplied from said power supply device; a strobe emitter driven by the power supplied from said power supply device and which auxiliarly illuminates a subject to be imaged by said image inputting device; a strobe emitter drive circuit inserted between the power supply device and the strobe emitter, and which supplies the power supplied from the power supply device to the strobe emitter to drive the strobe emitter; a light emitting diode device connected with the strobe emitter drive circuit and driven by the power supplied from the power supply device through the strobe emitter drive circuit, and which auxiliarly illuminates the subject to be imaged by the image inputting device; and a controller which selects at least one of said light emitting diode device and said strobe emitter to auxiliarly illuminate the subject, and which drives said strobe emitter drive circuit to supply the power supplied from the power supply device to the light emitting diode device to drive the light emitting diode device when said light emitting diode device is selected, the strobe emitter drive circuit including a blocking oscillation controlling circuit connected to an output side of the power supply device and controlled by the controller, and a boosting transformer inserted between the blocking oscillation controlling circuit and the strobe emitter and connected with the light emitting diode device, and driven by the block oscillation controlling circuit to output the power supplied from the power supply device to the strobe emitter and the light emitting diode device.