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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2003
Nobuharu Murashima, Nara, JP;
Akihiro Baba, Izumi, JP;
Yoshiyuki Mizumo, Kaizuka, JP;
Yoshito Konishi, Sakai, JP;
Hisanori Itoh, Osaka, JP;
Nobuharu Murashima, Nara, JP;
Akihiro Baba, Izumi, JP;
Yoshiyuki Mizumo, Kaizuka, JP;
Yoshito Konishi, Sakai, JP;
Hisanori Itoh, Osaka, JP;
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A small-sized photographing apparatus in which a single display device performs both of a viewfinder and monitor display. The apparatus includes a body having a viewfinder window; the display device, the display surface of which can be observed from outside of the body; a pair of reflection mirrors inside the body; and a member for moving one of the reflection mirrors between a reflection position at which a beam of light from the display surface of the display device is reflected so that the beam is guided towards the viewfinder window, and a non-reflection position which is different from the reflection position.