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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:
Jan. 11, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2002
Applicant:
Chi Ping Yeung, Hong Kong, CN;
Inventor:
Chi Ping Yeung, Hong Kong, CN;
Assignee:
Concord Camera Corp., Hollywood, FL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 1918 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image capture device is provided, a portion of which is insertable into an expansion slot of a handheld PC or PDA device, which is configured like a camera familiar to the user. In one embodiment, the image capture device includes a lens unit that is rotatable over about 180 ° degrees. The image capture device additionally includes an optical viewfinder rotatable with the lens unit. The image capture device advantageously includes an indicator visible from either side of the image capture device regardless of the lens position.