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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
May. 19, 2006
Applicant:
Haruo Hayashi, Chiba, JP;
Inventor:
Haruo Hayashi, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/222 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed is an image pickup device which includes a camera body and a display unit serving as a monitor, supported for turning on an upper surface of the camera body and capable of being folded in a horizontal position on the upper surface of the camera body and capable of being set in a standing position at an angle to the upper surface of the camera body. A first recess capable holding the folded display unit therein is formed in the upper surface of the camera body, and the display unit has a back surface which is substantially flush with the upper surface of the camera body when the display unit is held in the first recess.