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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 07, 1998
Toshiyuki Tanaka, Sakai, JP;
Hirokazu Yagura, Sakai, JP;
Toshihito Kido, Matsubara, JP;
Manabu Inoue, Kobe, JP;
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A digital camera includes a main body and an image pickup section connected to the main body rotatably. The main body has a display monitor which displays an object picture. A switch SCPOS detects rotation position of the image pickup section When the image pickup direction of the image pickup section is detected to agree generally with the direction to the side of display monitor, the image data taken by the image pickup section is displayed in the display monitor with reversal upside down, while it is recorded without reversal in an IC card Thus, when a photographer takes a picture thereof, the picture can be taken and recorded at a fast speed without a complicated and expensive circuit.