Portable electronic device having a rotary camera unit
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorCyrille Davoine
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a portable electronic device comprising: a housing; a camera unit (1), which can be rotated relative to the housing, for capturing an image;—electromechanical detection means for detecting a rotational position of the camera unit, wherein the electromechanical means comprise a cam (3) attached to the camera unit and a switch, said switch comprising two blades (4, 5) attached to the housing and surrounding the cam, the cam being adapted to hit one of the two blades when the camera unit is rotated so that the two blades are no longer in contact.
Claims7
A portable electronic device (20) comprising:
- a housing (26);
- a camera unit (1), which can be rotated relative to the housing, for capturing an image;
- electromechanical detection means for detecting a rotational position of the camera unit, wherein the electromechanical means comprise a cam (3) attached to the camera unit and a switch, said switch comprising two blades (4,5) attached to the housing and surrounding the cam, the cam being adapted to hit one of the two blades when the camera unit is rotated so that the two blades are no longer in contact.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.