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US 2003/0165337 A1Published application
Camera having an openable lens cover
AssigneePENTAX Corporation
InventorsMasahiro Inazuka, Kiyoshi Kawano
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Abstract
A camera includes a camera body having a photographing lens, a lens cover plate which is supported on the camera body so that said lens cover plate moves between a closed position at which the lens cover plate covers the front of the photographing lens and an open position at which the lens cover plate uncovers the front of the photographing lens, and a light emitting device, wherein at least one element of the light emitting device is positioned on the lens cover plate.
Claims23
A camera comprising:
- a camera body having a photographing lens;
- a lens cover plate which is supported on said camera body so that said lens cover plate moves between a closed position at which said lens cover plate covers the front of said photographing lens and an open position at which said lens cover plate uncovers said front of said photographing lens;
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- a light emitting device, at least one element of said light emitting device being positioned on said lens cover plate.
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A camera comprising:
- a camera body having a photographing lens;
- a lens cover plate which is supported on said camera body so that said lens cover plate moves between a closed position at which said lens cover plate covers the front of said photographing lens and an open position at which said lens cover plate uncovers said front of said photographing lens;
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- a light-emitting indicator including a light source and a transparent member positioned in front of said light source, said light emitting indicator being fixed to said lens cover plate.
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A camera comprising:
- a camera body having a photographing lens;
- a lens cover plate which is supported on said camera body so that said lens cover plate moves between a closed position at which said lens cover plate covers the front of said photographing lens and an open position at which said lens cover plate uncovers said front of said photographing lens;
- a light source formed at a position on said camera body which is covered by said lens cover plate when said lens cover plate is positioned in at least one of said open position and said closed position;
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- a transparent portion formed on said lens cover plate to allow light emitted from said light source to pass through said transparent portion.
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A camera comprising:
- a camera body having a photographing lens;
- a lens cover plate which is supported on said camera body so that said lens cover plate moves between a closed position at which said lens cover plate is positioned in front of said photographing lens and an open position at which said lens cover plate is positioned aside from front of said photographing lens;
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- a light emitter;
- wherein said lens cover plate comprises a transparent portion through which said light emitter emits light toward front of said camera.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.