Patent ID: 7577345

Claim:
A water/drip-proof structure of a camera having an acoustic member, comprising: a first member which has a first sound hole at a position opposed to the acoustic member; a first water-proof sheet which is disposed on the first member so as to cover the first sound hole; a second member which is spaced from the first water-proof sheet and disposed so as to face the outer surface of said water-proof sheet, and which has a second sound hole; and a second water-proof sheet which is disposed between the first water-proof sheet and the second member which has the second sound hole, wherein the first water-proof sheet is made of thin material having high water-proof ability compared with the second water-proof sheet, the first water-proof sheet enhancing water-proof ability, wherein the second water-proof sheet is made of thick material having high sound-transmittancy and having low water-proof ability compared with the first water-proof sheet, the second water-proof sheet enhancing the impact resistance against water stream, wherein the acoustic member, the first water-proof sheet and the second water-proof sheet are located on a same axis, and wherein, when a water stream enters the second hole, the second water-proof sheet weakens momentum of the water stream entering from the second sound hole, and then the first water-proof sheet secures water-proof ability against the acoustic member and secures a sound-transmittancy from the first and second sound holes to the acoustic member, thereby securing sound quality detected by the acoustic member.