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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2002
Filed:
May. 17, 1999
Tomoki Nishimura, Kawasaki, JP;
Hidenori Miyamoto, Urayasu, JP;
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Camera having a built-in and self-contained flash sub-assembly. The camera includes a body having a movable cover member, and a flash device for illuminating a subject to be imaged. The flash device includes a light emitting unit, a capacitor for supplying electric current to the light emitting unit to emit a flash of light, and a step-up circuit which, in accordance with a power source such as a battery, etc., charges the capacitor. The light emitting unit, the capacitor, and the step-up circuit are disposed in the moveable cover member of the body. The flash sub-assembly also may be disposed within a pop-up/out flash type unit supported by a camera body.