Camera incorporating method and mobile electronic equipment with camera
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorSyunji Haruyama
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Abstract
In a mobile electronic equipment, a main body has a flat bottom surface and a flat side which cooperatively form a frame and having a recess with rib slots on its side. A camera unit is constructed by connecting a flexible cable to a substrate on which a camera IC portion is mounted. A holder has a window portion through which the camera IC portion is passed and a cover portion which covers the camera unit and which has ribs engaging with the respective rib slots. The camera unit is housed in the recess together with the holder in which the camera IC portion is passed through the window portion, and the ribs are fitted into the respective rib slots to incorporate the camera unit into the main body.
Claims12
A camera incorporating method comprising:
- providing a main body having a flat bottom surface and a flat side which cooperatively form a frame and having a recess with rib slots on its side;
- providing a camera unit constructed by connecting a flexible cable to a substrate on which a camera IC portion is mounted;
- providing a holder having a window portion through which the camera IC portion is passed and a cover portion which covers the camera unit and which has ribs engaging with the respective rib slots;
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- housing the camera unit in the recess together with the holder in which the camera IC portion is passed through the window portion, and fitting the ribs into the respective rib slots to incorporate the camera unit into the main body.
A mobile electronic equipment comprising a main body having a flat bottom surface and a flat side which cooperatively form a frame and having a recess with rib slots on its side;
- a camera unit constructed by connecting a flexible cable to a substrate on which a camera IC portion is mounted;
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- a holder having a window portion through which the camera IC portion is passed and a cover portion which covers the camera unit and which has ribs engaging with the respective rib slots a holder having a window portion through which the camera IC portion is passed and a cover portion which covers the camera unit and which has ribs engaging with the respective rib slots, the camera unit being housed in the recess together with the holder in which the camera IC portion is passed through the window portion, and the ribs being fitted into the respective rib slots to incorporate the camera unit into the main body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.