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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 11, 1999
Hiroyuki Okada, Izumi, JP;
Masayuki Ueyama, Takarazuka, JP;
Minoru Kuwana, Osaka, JP;
Shinya Matsuda, Kyoto, JP;
Tetsuro Kanbara, Takaishi, JP;
Takashi Matsuo, Itami, JP;
Takashi Kondo, Sakai, JP;
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An electronic camera is provided with an image pickup unit in a casing at a position opposite to an opening of the casing. The image pickup unit includes an image pickup device and an optical system. The electronic camera is further provided with a rotating mechanism for rotating the image pickup unit, a changer for changing over a photographing possible state and a photographing impossible state, and a controller for controlling the rotating mechanism to rotate the image pickup unit into a target position in response to the changer.