Expansion unit, portable data processing apparatus and imaging device
US6873356B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 30, 2000 |
| Grant date | Mar 29, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 25, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N23/50
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An expansion unit capable of being detachably mounted to an expansion bay of an information processing apparatus, the expansion unit including an imaging device, a moving member moving the imaging device between a state in which the imaging device is stored inside the expansion unit and a state in which the imaging device projects outwardly from the expansion unit, and a member capable of changing a direction in which the imaging device is pointed when the imaging device is extended from the expansion unit, the imaging device being detachable from the expansion unit and supportable in such detached state.
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