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Image pick-up device mounting arrangement

US6417884B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 12, 1998
Grant dateJul 9, 2002
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Expiry dateAug 12, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F1/1686
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image pick-up device mounting arrangement includes a CCD (charge-coupled device) module mounted in an opening at a notebook computer's cover housing, which hold an LCD module, the CCD module being controlled by the notebook computer to pick up the image of the scene before it by using of a lens and a circuit board thereof, and to convert picked-up image signals into digital data for storing in memory in the notebook computer or transmission to a video conference system through a modem.

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