Patent · US Expired

Compact camera with flash unit

US4796034A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 16, 1988
Grant dateJan 3, 1989
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Expiry dateMar 16, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B2215/0507
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A compact camera includes an elongate electronic flash unit that is mounted at the rear of the camera body, proximate a rear viewfinder window, for rotation generally about the viewfinder window. The flash unit is rotatable between a folded inoperative position within a recessed area of the camera body and an erect operative position sufficiently higher than the camera lens to substantially prevent red-eye druing a flash exposure.

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