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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2004
Applicant:
Kyung-tae Yang, Seoul, KR;
Inventor:
Kyung-Tae Yang, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
LG Electronics, Inc., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A mobile terminal having an image pick-up apparatus comprising a housing formed at a side of the mobile terminal, the housing having a through hole, a camera body formed at the through hole of the housing, the camera body being movable in an axial direction of the housing and having a camera module, and a regulating means formed within the through hole of the housing for controlling movement of the camera body in the axial direction of the housing. The image pick-up apparatus is capable of protracting and retracting a lens of the camera module from and into the housing to thereby protect the lens from an external contaminant or an impact.