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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2000
Grant B. Carlson, Pittsford, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A digital camera having a wideband RF transceiver, includes: a graphic user interface for displaying a camera control menu, the graphic user interface having a normal viewing axis; camera grips located on opposite sides of the camera body for holding the camera to operate the transceiver while viewing the graphic user interface; and a directional antenna arranged with respect to the camera to point away from a user of the camera and having a 90±10 degree vertical beam width centered on the horizon ±20 degrees, and a 180±20 degree horizontal beam width when the camera is held by the grips for normal viewing of the graphic user interface while operating the transceiver.