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Patent No.:

US 9307135 B1

PDFFull Text
Expired
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016

Filed:

May. 09, 2014

Electronic viewfinder capable of providing various photographing angles to a user, and photographing apparatus using the same

Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Seung-tack Noh, Suwon-si, KR;

Myung-gyu Kim, Yongin-si, KR;

Assignee:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Attorney:

Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Primary Examiner:

Rochelle-Ann J Blackman

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 13/08 (2006.01); G03B 13/02 (2006.01); H04N 5/222 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G03B 13/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2013.01); G03B 13/02 (2013.01); G03B 13/06 (2013.01); H04N 5/2251 (2013.01); H04N 5/2252 (2013.01);
Abstract

A photographing apparatus is provided. The photographing apparatus includes: a main body including a photographing unit configured to photograph a subject; a first holder fixed to the main body; a viewfinder including a display unit and an ocular portion configured to view an image of the subject displayed on the display unit, wherein the viewfinder is supported by the first holder such that the ocular portion is slid to a first position adjacent to the main body and a second position spaced apart from the main body; and a toggle spring configured to elastically connect the first holder and the viewfinder, wherein a direction of an elastic force of the toggle spring is switched from a slide obstructing direction to a slide allowing direction when the viewfinder is slid.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Noh, Seung-tack. (2016). Electronic viewfinder capable of providing various photographing angles to a user, and photographing apparatus using the same (U.S. Patent No. 9307135). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9307135

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