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US 2007/0166027 A1Published application
Camera
AssigneeFUJIFILM Corporation
InventorAtsushi Misawa
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Abstract
An aspect of the present invention provides a lens-interchangeable camera which has operability equal to a right-handed user and a left-handed user without necessity of any addition of extra members and without sacrificing a design for a smaller size. Since a camera according to the present invention does not need any extra members, a user-friendly camera which eliminates any disadvantage for a use by left-handed persons at a high level that any conventional cameras have not yet achieved can be achieved. Also, since a camera body can be disposed on a left side as needed even for a right-handed user and the right-handed user can operate the camera body only with his/her left hand, this form is convenient when the user picks up images while the user is operating another apparatus with his/her right hand.
Claims50
A camera, comprising:
- a lens part having an image pickup device;
- a camera body which has a grip part, and to and from which the lens part is attached and removed;
- and
- a mount part which is provided on each of opposite sides of the lens part, and to and from which the camera body is attached and removed.
1 more element
A camera, comprising:
- a lens part having an image pickup device and a plurality of mount parts;
- a camera body which is mounted to one of the plurality of mount parts;
- and
- a switching device which is provided to the camera body, the switching device for switching a camera control which is performed by a camera operating member provided to the camera body.
1 more element
A camera, comprising:
- a lens part having an image pickup device and a plurality of mounts;
- a camera body having an identifying device for identifying to which one of the plurality of mount parts the camera body is mounted;
- and
- a switching device which is provided to the camera body, the switching device for switching a camera control which is performed by a member provided to the camera body based on the mount part identified by the identifying device.
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A camera, comprising:
- a lens part having an image pickup device;
- a camera body which has a grip part, and to and from which the lens part is attached and removed;
- and
- a mount part which is provided on each of opposite sides of a lens barrel of the lens part, and to and from which the camera body and an accessory member are attached and removed.
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A camera, comprising:
- a lens part having a plurality of mount parts;
- a camera body having an identifying device for identifying to which one of the plurality of mounts the camera body is mounted;
- an accessory member which is mounted to one of the plurality of mounts;
- and
- a switching device which is provided to the camera body, the switching device for switching a camera control based on the mount identified by the identifying device.
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A camera, comprising:
- a lens part having an image pickup device;
- and
- a camera body which has a grip part, and to and from which the lens part is attached and removed,
- wherein the camera body is mounted to the lens part via an accessory member.
1 more element
A camera, comprising:
- a lens part which includes a lens barrel having a lens barrel body that has an image pickup device built therein and a mount part on a side surface thereof;
- and
- a camera body which is removably mounted to the mount part on the lens part, the mounted camera body being rotatable relative to the lens part.
A camera, comprising:
- a camera body;
- a lens part;
- and
- a circular mount part which is provided to each of the camera body and the lens part, the mount part for connecting the camera body and the lens part,
- wherein one of the mount parts has a cylindrical recess into which a groove is formed in the inner circumferential surface thereof, and
- the other of the mount parts has a pawl which fits in the groove, so that the camera body and the lens part are rotatably connected to each other with the pawl being engaged into the groove.
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A camera, comprising:
- a camera body;
- a lens part;
- a circular mount part which is provided to each of the camera body and the lens part, the mount part for connecting the camera body and the lens part,
- wherein each mount part has an electric contact which is used as a terminal for a power supply, an operation system, a heavy current, or a reduction of time lag, and an other communicating device which is used for image data.
1 more element
A camera, comprising:
- a lens part which includes a lens barrel having a lens barrel body that has an image pickup device built therein and a mount on a side surface thereof;
- a camera body which is removably mounted to the mount part of the lens part, the mounted camera body being rotatable relative to the lens part;
- an angle detecting device for detecting a rotation angle of the camera body relative to the lens part;
- and
- a switching device for switching an operation mode of the camera body into a predetermined mode based on the rotation angle detected by the angle detecting device.
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A camera, comprising:
- a camera body;
- a lens part integrally having an image pickup device;
- and
- a mount part which is provided to each of the camera body and the lens part, the mount part for removably connecting the camera body and the lens part,
- wherein one of the mount parts has a plurality of patterns concentrically formed therein about the center of the mount part, and
- the other mount part has a plurality of contacts radially arranged thereon about the center of the mount part.
3 more elements
A camera, comprising:
- a camera body;
- a lens part integrally having an image pickup device;
- and
- a mount part which is provided to each of the camera body and the lens part, the mount part for removably connecting the camera body and the lens part,
- wherein one of the mount parts has a plurality of patterns concentrically formed therein about the center of the mount part, and
- the other the mount parts has a plurality of contacts spirally arranged therein about the center of the mount part.
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A camera, comprising:
- a lens part which includes a lens barrel having a lens barrel body that has an image pickup device built therein, a mount on a side surface thereof, and an image displaying section on a rear surface thereof;
- a camera body which is removably mounted to the mount part of the lens part, the mounted camera body being rotatable relative to the lens part;
- an angle detecting device for detecting a rotation angle of the camera body relative to the lens part;
- and
- a controlling section which is capable to display and record an image which is displayed on an image displaying section after flipping the image, based on the rotation angle detected by the angle detecting device.
2 more elements
A camera, comprising:
- a lens part which includes a lens barrel having a lens barrel body that has an image pickup device built therein and a mount on a side surface thereof, and
- a camera body which is removably mounted to the mount part of the lens part at a plurality of different angles relative to the lens part.
A camera, comprising:
- a lens part having an image pickup device therein;
- a camera body which has a grip part, and to and from which the lens part is attached and removed;
- and
- a mount part which is provided at least one side of the lens part, and to and from which the camera body is attached and removed.
1 more element
A camera, comprising:
- a lens part having an image pickup device and a mount part, provided on at least one side of a lens barrel, to and from which a camera body is attached and removed;
- a camera body which has a grip part;
- and
- an accessory unit,
- wherein the mount part is provided at a side of the accessory unit and the camera body so that the camera body is attached to and removed from a side of the lens part via the accessory unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.