Image pickup device having display function and mobile communication terminal
AssigneeHitachi Maxell, Ltd.
InventorAkito Sakemoto
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Abstract
In an image pickup device, an image receiving surface is divided into a plurality of unit areas. The image pickup device establishes a predefined unit area as a light transmission area based on electrical control, receives externally-incoming light through this established unit area, and takes an externally-incoming image based on the externally-incoming light. Further, the image pickup device establishes a predefined unit area as a light transmission area based on electrical control, and displays an image by externally outputting light through this established unit area.
Claims17
An image pickup device having a display function, in which an image receiving surface is divided into a plurality of unit areas, configured to:
- establish a predefined unit area as a light transmission area based on electrical control, receive externally-incoming light through this established unit area, and take an externally-incoming image based on that externally-incoming light;
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- establish a predefined unit area as a light transmission area based on electrical control, and display an image by externally outputting light through this established unit area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.