Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Tatsuo Okuda

Masahiro Kurita

Yoko Nakamura

Masami Iida

Akira Momose

Kenichi Tomatsu

Masanori Hashimoto

Shigeru Horiguchi

Hiroki Fukuoka

Fumiyo Kojima

Akira Ishida

Takafumi Hoshimura

Hirohisa Yamada

Ken-ichi Tomatsu

Mayumi Hamasaki

Fumio Kojima

A digital camera having a camera body, a shutter release button, a photographic optical system, a display cover, a lens/strobe flash cover, a nonskid grip pits/projection, a mode dial, operation buttons, indication lamps, a display screen, and a strobe flashing unit. When the camera is not in use, the display screen is covered by the display cover and a lens of the photographic optical system and the strobe flashing unit are covered by the lens/strobe flash cover to provide protection to such features. The lens/strobe flash cover is mechanically coupled to the display cover via a coupling mechanism such as a gear mechanism or a link mechanism or a chain/wire mechanism, or a combination of those mechanisms. An electric power switch to turn on and off an electric power supply to operate the digital camera is activated coupled to the movement of the display cover and the lens/strobe flash cover.

Digital camera with improved portability and ease of use

A camera includes a base section, and a grip section which is provided in at least one lateral end of the camera, bending to a rear side of the camera. The grip section is disposed with a slip-proof section adjacent to a zoom key which is longitudinally arranged. Additionally, a slip-proof section to prevent finger slipping is positioned on a back surface of the grip section.

Camera including a slip-proof section

Digital camera

Control portion of a digital camera

Digital camera having a display device with a cover

Digital camera and method are configured to operate in various photographic modes of operation that capture a sequence of images. The sequence of images is stored in memory, and selected of the stored images are retrieved from memory and automatically displayed after the sequence of images has been captured. The images are viewed on a on-camera display that is automatically turned on at the conclusion of the capturing of the sequence of images. A duration of the image display time is user-settable.

Digital camera and imaging method

An image formation apparatus includes a console that has a display consisting of a liquid crystal display, a start key, and ten keys. The console is integrated on the front side of a platen that is mounted on a main body of the image formation apparatus. The upper surface of the console is inclined.

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Tokyo, Japan

Tatsuo Okuda