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Video camera with flat screen viewfinder

US6778775B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 27, 2000
Grant dateAug 17, 2004
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 27, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N23/531
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention proposes a camera 1 furnished with a flat screen viewfinder 4 which comprises a specific fixing system. The fixing system essentially comprises a boom 5 for connecting the viewfinder 4 and the camera body 2. The boom 5 is connected on the one hand to the camera body 2 and on the other hand to the viewfinder 4 by fixing means 6 and 7 allowing fine-tuning and positional retention. According to one embodiment, the boom 5 extends towards the rear of the camera 1 so that a possible position of the viewfinder 4 lies in the extension of the lens 3.

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