Patent · US Expired

Imaging device having dual opening with open/close unit and electronic equipment incorporated therein the same

US7408135B2 · kind B2 · utility

35Cited by
3References
21Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateSep 24, 2002
Grant dateAug 5, 2008
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 29, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2203/0338
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A first housing is provided so as to be able to rotate with respect to a second housing and a first and second openings are provided in the first housing. Within the first housing are provided an image pickup device having a plurality of photosensitive elements therein arranged on one face of a transparent substrate, a surroundings imaging lens system fixed to the first opening and disposed on the side of the transparent substrate of the image pickup device, a fiber collection member fixed to the second opening and bonded to the side of the photosensitive elements of the image pickup device via an adhesion layer, and a light emitting element. In addition, a light absorbing face is formed in a surface of the second housing, which becomes in contact with the first housing.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.