Electronic camera
US6590614B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 15, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jul 8, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 15, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N23/65
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention provides an electronic camera which is excellent in portability and capable of sensing an image in portrait angle by holding a lower portion of the camera as well as of providing users with a drivability and an operational feeling equivalent to those of a silver halide film camera. The electronic camera comprises: image sensing means for photo-electrically transforming a subject image which is sensed through an optical system; a memory cartridge 4 for recording image data which is produced from the image sensing means as an image picture; and a battery 3 for supplying electric powers to built-in electronic components and various circuits, wherein: the battery 3 and the memory cartridge 4 are disposed, respective width directions being aligned in a depth direction of a main body 1 of the camera while respective thickness directions being aligned in a height direction of the main body of the camera. Further, the battery 3 and the memory cartridge 4 are stored in a vertical adjacency to each other near a bottom portion of the main body 1 of the camera.
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