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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:
Nov. 05, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shih-Hsiung Weng, Taipei, TW;
Chee-Heem Hoe, Taipei, TW;
Assignee:
Inventec Multimedia & Telecom Corporation, Taipei, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/718 ; G03B 1/310 ; H04N 5/225 ; H04N 5/238 ; H04N 9/74 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/718 ; G03B 1/310 ; H04N 5/225 ; H04N 5/238 ; H04N 9/74 ;
Abstract
A digital camera with rotatable components is disclosed. In the front of camera there is provided a lens, a flash, and a viewfinder, while in the rear thereof there is provided a liquid crystal display (LCD) corresponding to lens, a control button, and the rear of viewfinder. Control button is operable to press for rotating lens, flash, viewfinder, and LCD in the same direction and into a desired angle with respect to an object. Next a shutter button on the camera is operable to press for taking a picture. This camera has the benefits of ergonomic, precise picture taking, and full covering of the object by flash.