Compact holder for memory storage device and digital image processing apparatus having the same

A digital image apparatus comprising:

• a housing;
• a chamber within the housing for accommodating a plurality of different types of memory storage devices;
• a plurality of accommodating units disposed within the chamber wherein each accommodating unit has a plurality of sides, a top, a bottom, and a cavity, wherein a perimeter around the first accommodating unit lies in the same plane as a perimeter around the second accommodating unit such that the perimeter of each accommodating unit at least partially intersects and the cavity of each accommodating unit at least partially overlaps, wherein each accommodating unit is adapted to receive one of the plurality of different types of memory storage devices;
• an opening on one side of each accommodating unit for receiving the memory storage device into the cavity, wherein the accommodating units are oriented such that the opening of the first accommodating unit is oriented in a different direction than the opening of the second accommodating unit;
• and
• connecting pins that are formed on at least one side of each of the plurality of accommodating units.

A digital image apparatus comprising:

• a housing having an opening;
• a cover over the opening;
• a chamber within the housing for accommodating a plurality of different types of memory storage devices;
• a plurality of accommodating units disposed within the chamber wherein each accommodating unit has a plurality of sides, a top, a bottom, and a cavity, wherein a perimeter around the first accommodating unit lies in the same plane as a perimeter around the second accommodating unit such that the perimeter of each accommodating unit at least partially intersects and the cavity of each accommodating unit at least partially overlaps, wherein each accommodating unit is adapted to receive one of the plurality of different types of memory storage devices;
• an opening on a side of each accommodating unit for receiving the memory storage device into the cavity;
• and
• a set of connecting pins formed on at least one side of each of the plurality of accommodating units and oriented such that each set of connecting pins is oriented in a different direction than the other set of connecting pins.