Title:
THROWAWAY DIGITAL CAMERA
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2000/070866
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A throwaway digital camera suited to a recycling system. The throwaway digital camera (1) includes a unit substrate (8), on which are mounted expensive parts, including a CCD device (83a) as imaging means, RAM (83b) as storage means, infrared emitting/receiving photodiodes (86c, 86d) as data transfer means, and CPU (83e) and ROM (83f) as control means. The unit substrate (8) and a power supply battery (9) for supplying power to all the means described above are housed in a container (2) from which they can be collected separately. Expensive parts can be easily collected by removing the unit substrate (8) separately from the battery (9) as a source of environmental pollution.
Inventors:
TAKEMOTO TAROU (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2000/001488
Publication Date:
November 23, 2000
Filing Date:
March 10, 2000
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SBU CONSULTANT COMPANY (JP)
TAKEMOTO TAROU (JP)
TAKEMOTO TAROU (JP)
International Classes:
G03B19/02; H04N1/21; H04N5/225; H04N1/00; (IPC1-7): H04N5/225
Foreign References:
| JPH09154052A | 1997-06-10 | |||
| JPH0686120A | 1994-03-25 | |||
| JPH11243523A | 1999-09-07 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 1102479A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Nakai, Nobuhiro (Temmabashi-kyomachi Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi Osaka, JP)
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