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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
May. 15, 2003
Masaharu Kitano, Kitakatsuragi-gun, JP;
Sadao Nakamura, Kitakatsuragi-gun, JP;
Masaharu Kitano, Kitakatsuragi-gun, JP;
Sadao Nakamura, Kitakatsuragi-gun, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A mobile telephone quipped with a camera may employ, as a camera flash, one or more RGB tri-color LEDs arranged on a face of the mobile telephone which is aligned with the direction in which a photograph may be taken by the camera. The viewing angle of the RGB tri-color LED may be greater than the field angle of the camera, and a lens may be arranged in front of emitting portion(s) of the RGB tri-color LED so as to cause illuminance to be uniform within the field angle of the camera. The RGB tri-color LED may also serve as an indicator of telephone functions.