Title:
PORTABLE DEVICE WITH CAMERA
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2004/066616
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A portable device has a camera section, display means where an image taken by the camera section can be displayed, a first housing with a first face where the display means is provided and a second face opposite the first face, a second housing that can be positioned above the second face of the first housing, a rotation shaft section supporting the second housing at the first housing so as to be rotatable about the rotation axis of the shaft, which axis is perpendicular to the first face of the first housing, and operation means with which at least either the camera section or the display section can be operated. The camera section has the optical axis and is capable of taking an image of an object in a shooting direction parallel to the optical axis. The rotation shaft section enables the camera section to be stowed such that the optical axis is parallel to the rotation axis and that the shooting direction is the same as the direction from the first face to the second face of the first housing. The operation section is provided at a part of the first face of the first housing, which part corresponds to the side opposite the shooting direction on the rotation axis of the rotation shaft section. The portable device is closable even when the camera section is long in the direction of the optical axis.
Inventors:
HASEGAWA AKIRA
OTSUKI SUSUMU
NANMOKU TERUO
YAMAGUCHI KATSUMASA
TSUMURA TOSHIYUKI
OTSUKI SUSUMU
NANMOKU TERUO
YAMAGUCHI KATSUMASA
TSUMURA TOSHIYUKI
Application Number:
PCT/JP2004/000368
Publication Date:
August 05, 2004
Filing Date:
January 19, 2004
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD (JP)
HASEGAWA AKIRA
OTSUKI SUSUMU
NANMOKU TERUO
YAMAGUCHI KATSUMASA
TSUMURA TOSHIYUKI
HASEGAWA AKIRA
OTSUKI SUSUMU
NANMOKU TERUO
YAMAGUCHI KATSUMASA
TSUMURA TOSHIYUKI
International Classes:
F16C11/04; H04M1/00; H04M1/02; H04N5/225; H04N5/232; H04N7/14; H04W88/02; H04N101/00; (IPC1-7): H04N5/225; H04M1/00; H04M1/02
Foreign References:
| JPH08321863A | 1996-12-03 | |||
| JP2002158758A | 2002-05-31 | |||
| JP2003069676A | 2003-03-07 | |||
| JP2003239942A | 2003-08-27 | |||
| JP2003298698A | 2003-10-17 | |||
| US5973915A | 1999-10-26 | |||
| EP1353487A2 | 2003-10-15 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 1608151A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Iwahashi, Fumio c/o Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. (1006, Oaza Kadom, Kadoma-shi Osaka 01, JP)
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