Patent ID: 7864243
Filing Date: 2011-01-04
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image pickup apparatus comprising: a camera body; a front cabinet provided at the front of the camera body; a viewfinder provided on an upper rearward face of the camera body; and a grip belt provided on a first side face of the camera body, wherein said front cabinet is generally cylindrical in shape and has an upper forwardly arcuate face disposed forwardly of and longitudinally aligned with the upper rearward face of the camera body, wherein said front cabinet has built-in microphone mechanisms on both the right and left arcuate sides of the front cabinet sandwiching a flash mechanism therebetween, wherein the built-in microphone mechanisms are disposed adjacent the flash mechanism, wherein each microphone mechanism comprises two or more microphone bodies, wherein said microphone mechanism comprises said microphone bodies, dampers made of an elastic material holding the microphone bodies, and a damper supporting plate with the dampers mounted in damper mounting holes, wherein said damper supporting plate is mounted to the inner face of said front cabinet with said dampers facing microphone receiving holes made in a microphone mounting part of said front cabinet, wherein said damper comprises an inner cylinder portion in which said microphone body is inserted and held, an external cylinder portion which is made by folding back one end of the inner cylinder portion, and a flange provided on one end of the external cylinder portion, and wherein said flange has an annular concave groove in its rim and is mounted to said damper supporting plate when an edge of the microphone receiving hole of said damper supporting plate is fitted in the annular concave groove.