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US 2004/0169769 A1Published application
Digital camera and photographing display for displaying images
AssigneePENTAX Corporation
InventorHisashi Tatamiya
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Abstract
In a digital still camera body, a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel displays images at both the front and rear of the camera, is provided. In addition, a front back-light attaching space, and a rear back-light attaching space are also formed to attach a back-light unit. To display a subject image as a non-inverted image seen from the rear side, the back-light unit is attached in the front back-light attaching space. On the other hand, to display a subject image as a right to left inverted image seen from the front side, the back-light unit is attached in the rear back-light attaching space.
Claims20
A digital camera comprising;
- a camera body;
- a photographing optical system that forms a subject image;
- a lighting unit including a light-source device that emits light in a predetermined direction;
- and
- a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel that selectively transmits light emitted by said light-source device to display said subject image;
- wherein the camera body has a first space to attach said light-source device in front of said LCD panel and a second space to attach said light-source device at the rear of said LCD panel, and said LCD panel transmits light so as to display a non-inverted image when viewed from the rear side of said digital camera.
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A digital camera body comprising;
- a photographing optical system that forms a subject image;
- and
- an LCD panel that selectively transmits light emitted by a lighting unit including a light-source device to display said subject image;
- wherein said camera body has a first space and a second space to attach said light-source device at the front side of said LCD panel or at the rear of said LCD panel, and said lighting unit is detachably attached in one of said first space and said second space for said light-source device so as to be arranged in one of said first space and said second space selectively, and said LCD panel transmits light-emitted by said lighting unit to display a non-inverted image when viewed from the rear of said LCD panel.
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A digital camera comprising;
- a photographing optical system that forms a subject image;
- a lighting unit including a light-source device that emits light in a predetermined direction;
- and
- an LCD panel that selectively transmits light from said lighting unit to display said subject image, and that is arranged in a digital camera body so that a first panel surface faces a front side of said camera and a second panel surface located at the opposite side of said first panel surface, faces a rear side of said camera;
- wherein said lighting unit is attached to said camera body so that said light-source device is selectively arranged at one of said first panel surface side and said second panel surface side, and said LCD panel transmits light to display a non-inverted image when viewed from the rear of said digital camera.
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A digital camera body comprising;
- a photographing optical system that forms a subject image;
- a lighting unit including a light-source device that emits light in a predetermined direction;
- and
- an LCD panel that selectively transmits light from said lighting unit to display said subject image, and that is arranged so that a first panel surface faces a front direction of said camera and a second panel surface located at the opposite side of said first panel surface, faces in a rear direction of said camera;
- wherein said lighting unit is detachably attached so that said light-source device is selectively arranged at one of said first panel surface side and said second panel surface side, and said LCD panel transmits light to display a non-inverted image when viewed from the rear of said digital camera.
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A photographing display apparatus comprising;
- a light-source device that emits light;
- a light modulator unit that has a first surface facing a first side which is a subject side and a second surface facing an opposite side of said first side, and that selectively transmits light emitted by said light-source device from said first surface to said second surface, or from said second surface to said first surface to display a subject image formed by a photographing optical system;
- wherein said light-source device is selectively arranged in one of said first surface side and said second surface side, and said light modulator unit transmits light emitted by said light-source device to display a non-inverted image when viewed from said second side.
A method for displaying a photograph image comprising:
- emitting light in a predetermined direction;
- arranging a light-source device for emitting light, selectively in one of a first side and a second side of a light modulator unit that has a first surface facing said first side which is a subject sideband a second surface facing said second side which is an opposite side of said first side, and that selectively transmits light emitted by said light-source device from said first surface to said second surface, or from said second surface to said first surface to display a subject image formed by a photographing optical system;
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- transmitting light emitted by said light-source device to display a non-inverted image when viewed from said second side.
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A digital camera comprising;
- a camera body;
- a photographing optical system that forms a subject image;
- a plate-shaped lighting unit including a light-source device that emits light in a predetermined direction;
- and
- an LCD panel that selectively transmits light from said plate-shaped lighting unit to display said subject image;
- wherein the camera body has a first space to attach said plate-shaped lighting unit in the front of said LCD panel and a second space to attach said plate-shaped lighting unit at the rear of said LCD panel, and said LCD panel transmits light from said plate-shaped lighting unit to display a non-inverted image when viewed from the rear side of said digital camera.
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A digital camera comprising;
- a camera body;
- a photographing optical system that forms a subject image;
- a U-shaped lighting unit including a light-source device that emits light in a predetermined direction;
- and
- an LCD panel that selectively transmits light from said U-shaped lighting unit to display said subject image;
- wherein the camera body has a first space and a second space that are connected from a camera front side to a camera rear side, and said light-source device is formed in one of two bar-shaped members of said U-shaped lighting unit, and said U-shaped lighting unit is selectively and detachably attached to said first space and said second space that are connected so that said light-source device is arranged in said first space and said second space, and said LCD panel transmits light from said U-shaped lighting unit to display a non-inverted image when viewed from the rear side of said digital camera.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.