Apparatus for displaying information in camera view finder

Claim 1

An apparatus for displaying camera information in the view finder of a camera, comprising: (a) a sheet-like display member having a plurality of display portions on which reference characters indicative of said camera information are depicted, respectively; (b) a light emission array including a plurality of light emission elements each corresponding to a respective one of said display portions on said display member, said light emission array being disposed opposed to and spaced away from said display member; (c) light blocking means dividing the space between said light emission array and said display member into a plurality of regions each of which contains one of said light emission elements and one of said display portions, said light blocking means preventing said one display portion in each of said regions from being directly illuminated by light from the light emission elements in the adjacent regions; (d) light condensing means disposed within each of said regions for condensing the light from each of said light emission elements and projecting it toward the corresponding display portion in said display member; (e) light diffusion means located between said light condensing means and said display member and disposed substantially parallel with said display member; and (f) said light condensing means including a plurality of plano-convex lens elements, each having an incident convex surface convex toward and opposed to said light emission array and an exit flat surface opposed to said light diffusion means, the exit flat surfaces being arranged on a fixed plane which is substantially parallel to said display member.

Claim 2

An apparatus for displaying camera information in the view finder of a camera, comprising: (a) a sheet-like display member having a plurality of display portions on which reference characters indicative of said camera information are depicted, respectively; (b) a light emission array including a plurality of light emission elements each corresponding to a respective one of said display portions on said display member, said light emission array being disposed opposed to and spaced away from said display member; (c) light blocking means dividing the space between said light emission array and said display member into a plurality of regions each of which contains one of said light emission elements and one of said display portions, said light blocking means preventing said one display portion in each of said regions from being directly illuminated by light from the light emission elements in the adjacent regions; (d) light condensing means disposed within each of said regions for condensing the light from each of said light emission elements and projecting it toward the corresponding display portion in said display member; (e) light diffusion means located between said light condensing means and said display member and disposed substantially parallel with said display member; and (f) said light condensing means including a plurality of plano-convex lens elements, each having an incident convex surface convex toward and opposed to said light emission array and an exit flat surface opposed to said light diffusion means, the exit flat surfaces being arranged on a fixed plane which is substantially parallel to said display member.

Claim 4

An apparatus for displaying camera information in the view finder of a camera, comprising: (a) a sheet-like display member having a plurality of display portions on which reference characters indicative of said camera information are depicted, respectively; (b) a light emission array including a plurality of light emission elements each corresponding to a respective one of said display portions on said display member, said light emission array being disposed along a fixed plane opposed to and spaced away from said display member; (c) light blocking means dividing the space between said light emission array and said display member into a plurality of regions each of which contains one of said light emission elements and one of said display portions, said light blocking means preventing said one display portion in each of said regions from being directly illuminated by light from the light emission elements disposed in the adjacent regions; (d) light condensing means disposed within each of said regions for condensing the light from each of said light emission elements and projecting it toward the corresponding display portion in said display member; (e) light diffusion means located between said light condensing means and said display member; (f) said light condensing means including a plurality of plano-convex lens elements, each having an incident flat surface which is substantially coincident with said fixed plane and an exit convex surface convex toward and opposed to said light diffusion means, each incident flat surface being formed with a depression; (g) said light emission elements being disposed in said depressions, respectively.

Claim 5

An apparatus for displaying camera information in the view finder of a camera, comprising: (a) a sheet-like display member having a plurality of display portions on which reference characters indicative of said camera information are depicted, respectively; (b) a light emission array including a plurality of light emission elements each corresponding to a respective one of said display portions on said display member, said light emission array being disposed along a fixed plane opposed to and spaced away from said display member; (c) light blocking means dividing the space between said light emission array and said display member into a plurality of regions each of which contains one of said light emission elements and one of said display portions, said light blocking means preventing said one display portion in each of said regions from being directly illuminated by light from the light emission elements disposed in the adjacent regions; (d) light condensing means disposed within each of said regions for condensing the light from each of said light emission elements and projecting it toward the corresponding display portion in said display member; (e) light diffusion means located between said light condensing means and said display member; (f) said light condensing means including a plurality of plano-convex lens elements, each having an incident flat surface which is substantially coincident with said fixed plane and an exit convex surface convex toward and opposed to said light diffusion means, each incident flat surface being formed with a depression; (g) said light emission elements being disposed in said depressions, respectively.

Claim 7

An apparatus for displaying camera information in the view finder of a camera, comprising: (a) a sheet-like display member having a plurality of display portions on which reference characters indicative of said camera information are depicted, respectively; (b) a light emission array including a plurality of light emission elements each corresponding to a respective one of said display portions on said display member, said light emission array being disposed along a fixed plane opposed to and spaced away from said display member; (c) light blocking means dividing the space between said light emission array and said display member into a plurality of regions each of which contains one of said light emission elements and one of said display portions, said light blocking means preventing said one display portion in each of said regions from being directly illuminated by light from the light emission elements disposed in the adjacent regions; (d) light condensing means disposed within each of said regions for condensing the light from each of said light emission elements and projecting it toward the corresponding display portion in said display member; (e) light diffusion means located between said light condensing means and said display member; (f) a base plate member having a surface corresponding to said fixed plane and supporting said light emission array thereon; (g) said light condensing means including plano-convex lens elements, each having an incident flat surface opposed to said base plate member, an exit convex surface convex toward and opposed to said light diffusion means and an annular projection projected toward said base plate member and having an end fixed to said surface of said base plate member; (h) said light emission elements disposed, respectively, inside of the annular projections of said plano-convex lens elements.

Claim 8

An apparatus for displaying camera information in the view finder of a camera, comprising: (a) a sheet-like display member having a plurality of display portions on which reference characters indicative of said camera information are depicted, respectively; (b) a light emission array including a plurality of light emission elements each corresponding to a respective one of said display portions on said display member, said light emission array being disposed along a fixed plane opposed to and spaced away from said display member; (c) light blocking means dividing the space between said light emission array and said display member into a plurality of regions each of which contains one of said light emission elements and one of said display portions, said light blocking means preventing said one display portion in each of said regions from being directly illuminated by light from the light emission elements disposed in the adjacent regions; (d) light condensing means disposed within each of said regions for condensing the light from each of said light emission elements and projecting it toward the corresponding display portion in said display member; (e) light diffusion means located between said light condensing means and said display member; (f) a base plate member having a surface corresponding to said fixed plane and supporting said light emission array thereon; (g) said light condensing means including plano-convex lens elements, each having an incident flat surface opposed to said base plate member, an exit convex surface convex toward and opposed to said light diffusion means and an annular projection projected toward said base plate member and having an end fixed to said surface of said base plate member; (h) said light emission elements disposed, respectively, inside of the annular projections of said plano-convex lens elements.