Video still camera with a lens unit rotation device
US6445417B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 5, 1997 |
| Grant date | Sep 3, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 5, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03B2215/0503
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A video still camera with a strobe allows angle or high angle photographing to be carried out without changing an angle of user's hand holding a camera body. A recess portion is formed in a tap surface portion of an outermost housing of a camera body which has a built-in recording/reproducing unit. A photographing unit having a lens unit and a strobe unit which are arranged in a transverse direction with a predetermined separation, is fitted into the recess portion and is rotatable in an up-and-down direction, and is pivoted about openings on opposite sides of the recessed portion. Electrical connections of the lens unit and the strobe unit for connection with the camera body side are introduced through the opening, and connected to the recording/reproducing unit.
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