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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:
Sep. 23, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2002
Applicants:
Chisato Yoshida, Saitama, JP;
Sachi Kaho, Tokyo, JP;
Yuu Hirono, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Chisato Yoshida, Saitama, JP;
Sachi Kaho, Tokyo, JP;
Yuu Hirono, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/222 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A digital still camera has a cylindrical image pick up portion with a lens, a strobe unit, and a display. The image pick up unit is cylindrical and is rotatably held at each end, so that the lens and strobe unit move in concert. The image pick up unit can be rotated to face the rear of the camera, where the display is located, so that the user can do self-images.