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US 2004/0165107 A1Published application
Digital camera for use by right-handed and left-handed people
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorThomas W. Yip
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Abstract
A digital camera for use by both left-handed to right-handed users. The digital camera has a body design that employs a swivel mechanism and symmetric placement of pertinent camera hardware components, particularly flash devices.
Claims18
A digital camera comprising:
- a handgrip section that comprises a power button, a shutter button, a swivel lock and a battery compartment for housing batteries;
- a body section that rotates relative to the handgrip section at abutting side surfaces thereof and that comprises:
- a rotary joint that couples the handgrip section to the body section;
- a rear surface comprising a liquid crystal display (LCD), a microphone, a joystick pad, one or more buttons for setting functions of the camera, and an output port;
- a lens extending from a front surface;
- a shutter disposed behind the lens;
- a metering element disposed on the front surface;
- and
- at least one flash device for generating a light flash.
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A digital camera comprising:
- a handgrip section that comprises a power button, a shutter button, a swivel lock and a battery compartment for housing batteries;
- a body section that rotates relative to the handgrip section at abutting side surfaces thereof and that comprises:
- a rotary joint that couples the handgrip section to the body section;
- a rear surface comprising a liquid crystal display (LCD), a microphone, a joystick pad, a zoom control dial, one or more buttons for setting functions of the camera, and an output port;
- a zoom lens extending from a front surface;
- a shutter disposed behind the lens;
- a metering element disposed on the front surface;
- and
- at least one flash device for generating a light flash.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.