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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2004
Hiroyuki Kinemura, Nishinomiya, JP;
Motohiro Sasada, Kobe, JP;
Shigeru Miki, Yao, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Moriguchi-shi, JP;
Abstract
A display cabinet having a monitor is attached to a main cabinet serving as a handle portion so as to be overlapped with the main cabinet. The main cabinet and the display cabinet are pivotal within a plane generally perpendicular to the optical axis of a lens with one end of the main cabinet being connected to one end of the display cabinet. A soft lock device is provided between the main cabinet and the display cabinet for holding the display cabinet at a pivot position with respect to the main cabinet. The display cabinet has a pivot center axis which is aligned with the optical axis of the lens, and an image pickup device is located behind the lens. An operation button is provided on the main cabinet within the reach of a finger of a hand holding the main cabinet.