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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2003
Applicant:
Yoshihisa Tsuchida, Chiba, JP;
Inventor:
Yoshihisa Tsuchida, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B005/027 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A video camera having a camera body unit including a lens, a view finder, and a group of operation buttons. Also included is a battery housing unit that can function as a grip unit and that is provided to be rotatable in a vertical direction to one side of the camera body unit through a rotational axis and that is equipped with a lock mechanism so as to be maintained in a lock state at a preset position. In this way the camera body unit can be miniaturized to be convenient for carrying, and further the battery housing unit can be used as the grip unit, so that it is possible to improve the operability without destroying the design.