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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1993
Hirokuni Takano, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Electronic equipment has a display unit and an operation input unit. The display unit is arranged to be pivotal between a state wherein it obliquely stands on an electronic equipment main body (tilt state), and a state wherein it is folded on the equipment main body (close state), and the operation input unit is arranged to be pivotal between a state wherein it is inclined with respect to the electronic equipment main body, and a horizontal state. The operation input unit is interlocked with the pivotal movement of the display unit. When the display unit is pivoted to the tilt state, the operation input unit is pivoted to the inclined state. When the display unit is pivoted to the close state, the operation input unit is pivoted to the horizontal state.