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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 26, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348372 ; 348375 ; 348373 ;
Abstract
A digital camera having an upper cover functioning as a cover for the monitor and also attached to the basic body of the camera so that it can freely be opened or closed, and exposing or incorporating the monitor by opening or closing the upper cover, in which an upper cover state detector detects whether the upper cover is opened or closed, and a controller controls power supply to the basic body of the camera and/or to monitor according to a result of the detection by the upper cover state detector.