Image capturing apparatus with a lens barrier that is a portion of a body of the image capturing apparatus

An image capturing apparatus, comprising:

• a body having a front face, a back face, and a side face provided between said front face and said back face;
• a lens section, provided on said body, operable to form an image;
• and
• a lens barrier operable to cover said front face, said back face and said side face of said body and to pivotally move around an axis substantially parallel to an optical axis of said lens section;
• wherein said lens barrier comprises a portion of said body in a case that said lens barrier covers said lens section and in a case that said lens barrier opens said lens section;
• and
• wherein said lens barrier is axially supported by an axis provided on a front face and a back face of the body, and the axis is located on substantially a center of an arc of the lens barrier.

An image capturing apparatus, comprising:

• a body having a front face and a back face, a side face provided between said front face and said back face;
• first and second lens sections, provided on said body, each operable to converge an image;
• and
• first and second lens barriers, provided on said body, operable to protect said first and second lens sections, respectively, wherein
• said first and second lens sections are substantially parallel to each other, and
• said first and second lens barriers cover at least parts of said front face, said back face and said side face, and are pivotally movable, independently of each other, around corresponding axes, which are substantially parallel to respective optical axes of said first lens section and said second lens section, to protect said first and second lens sections, respectively;
• wherein said first and second lens barriers comprise first and second portions, respectively, of said body in a case that said first and second lens barriers cover said first and second lens sections, respectively, and in a case that said first and second lens barriers open said first and second lens sections, respectively;
• wherein each of said first and second lens barriers is axially supported by an axis provided on the front face and the back face of the body, and the axis is located on substantially a center of an arc of the lens barrier.

An image capturing apparatus, comprising:

• a body having a front face, a back face and a side face provided between said front face and said back face;
• an image forming lens section provided on said body, said image forming lens section having an optical axis;
• and
• a cover member having a first section, a second section and a third section arranged to face said front face, said back face and said side face of said body, respectively, said cover member being supported by said body on an axis extending substantially in parallel with said optical axis of said image forming lens section;
• wherein said cover member comprises a portion of said body in a case that said cover member covers said image forming lens section and in a case that said cover member opens said image forming lens section;
• wherein each of said first, second and third sections of said cover member is axially supported by an axis provided on the front face and the back face of the body, and the axis is located on substantially a center of an arc of the lens barrier.

An image capturing apparatus, comprising:

• a body having a front face, a back face, and a side face provided between said front face and said back face;
• a lens section, provided on said body, operable to form an image;
• a lens barrier operable to cover said front face, said back face and said side face of said body and to pivotally move around an axis substantially parallel to an optical axis of said lens section;
• and
• a lens barrier attachment disposed at or near a center of said body for allowing said lens barrier to pivotally move around said axis.

An image capturing apparatus, comprising:

• a body having a front face and a back face, a side face provided between said front face and said back face;
• first and second lens sections, provided on said body, each operable to converge an image;
• first and second lens barriers, provided on said body, operable to protect said first and second lens sections, respectively;
• and
• first and second lens barrier attachments disposed at or near a center of said body for allowing said first and second lens barriers to pivotally move around said axis, wherein
• said first and second lens sections are substantially parallel to each other, and
• said first and second lens barriers cover at least parts of said front face, said back face and said side face, and are pivotally movable, independently of each other, around corresponding axes which are substantially parallel to respective optical axes of said first lens section and said second lens section to protect said first and second lens sections, respectively.

An image capturing apparatus, comprising:

• a body having a front face, a back face and a side face provided between said front face and said back face;
• an image forming lens section provided on said body, said image forming lens section having an optical axis;
• a cover member having a first section, a second section and a third section arranged to face said front face, said back face and said side face of said body, respectively, said cover member being supported by said body on an axis extending substantially in parallel with said optical axis of said image forming lens section;
• and
• a cover member attachment disposed at or near a center of said body for allowing said cover member to pivotally move around said axis.