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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2002
Masaki Shimamura, Tokyo, JP;
Masaki Shimamura, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
When no photographing is carried out, a control unit applies no voltage to a dimming film of a lens concealing plate, sets a light blocking state to scatter incident light, and prevents a camera lens from becoming visible. When an operator depresses a photographing mode selection key, the control unit applies a predetermined voltage to the dimming film to set a transparent state, thereby enabling photographing to be carried out. In this state, when photographing a landscape, the operator directs the camera lens to an object, sets a cellular phone ready, decides a composition by watching an image of the object displayed on a main display unit, and correcting a position of the cellular phone, and depresses the photographing mode key again.