Image photographing apparatus and rotatable gripping unit of same
US7878718B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 22, 2007 |
| Grant date | Feb 1, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 12, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03B17/563
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image photographing apparatus includes a main body, and a gripping unit rotatably disposed on the main body. The gripping unit includes a first member that protrudes from and is rotatably disposed on a side surface of the main body to adjust in a linear direction, and a second member fixed at approximate right angles to the first member. With this construction, a user can photograph while freely changing a position of her/his hand according a photographing angle that she/he wants to photograph at, in a position that a gripping state to the apparatus is held.
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