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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2014
Applicant:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Shinichiro Okamura, Fukuoka, JP;
Hiroki Yamanaka, Fukuoka, JP;
Tamotsu Uchida, Fukuoka, JP;
Masami Asanuma, Fukuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 15/06 (2006.01); G03B 15/16 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 15/16 (2013.01); H04N 5/2252 (2013.01); H04N 5/232 (2013.01); H04N 5/23206 (2013.01);
Abstract
A camera apparatus includes a camera unit that is provided with a camera lens, a camera body that rotatably holds the camera unit, and a rotating mechanism that rotates the camera unit in response to an emergency signal so as to be switched from a first state where the camera lens is stored inside the camera body to a second state where the camera lens is exposed to an outside of the camera body.