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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2005
Toshiaki Ueda, Saitama, JP;
Takayoshi Yamasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Okuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Kouta Nagano, Tokyo, JP;
Tomonori Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Shin Miyashita, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsuko Koyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiaki Ueda, Saitama, JP;
Takayoshi Yamasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Okuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Kouta Nagano, Tokyo, JP;
Tomonori Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Shin Miyashita, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsuko Koyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an imaging device including a battery compartment having an opening for insertion and ejection of a battery, a battery release lever for allowing the insertion of the battery into the battery compartment through the opening and the ejection of the battery from the battery compartment through the opening, and a battery lid for openably closing the opening of the battery compartment. The battery release lever is located adjacent to the battery lid so as not to be substantially covered with the battery lid in its closed condition. Accordingly, the position of the battery release lever can be visually recognized even in the closed condition of the battery lid.