Camera having a display device with a protector
AssigneeNikon Corporation
InventorNobuo Matsukawa
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Abstract
A camera having a display device with a transparent window member at the top surface of the camera body. The camera body has a cover with an outer wall rising from the cover top surface, so that a direct impact on the window member is difficult, and the cracking of window member or its dislodgment from the cover, is difficult. The cover outer wall surrounds the periphery of the window member. In one embodiment, the cover outer wall is made up of a plurality of wall portions which do not surround the entire periphery of the window member and have cutout portions so that water drops and dust can be easily removed from the window member.
Claims23
A camera having a camera body with a top surface and a bottom surface, the camera comprising:
- a display device, being within and towards one side of the camera body and facing the top surface, that displays information concerning picture taking by the camera;
- a cover forming the camera body top surface and having a cover portion with an opening corresponding to the display device;
- a window member, affixed in the cover opening and covering the display device, that allows the display information of the display device to be viewed;
- a view finder unit, extending higher than a top surface of said window member, and arranged in a center portion of the camera body at a side of said window member;
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- wherein said cover has an outer wall, distinct and spaced apart from said view finder unit, said outer wall rising higher than a top surface of said window member in a direction perpendicular to the top surface of said window member and rising to a height lower than a top of said viewfinder unit in the perpendicular direction, said outer wall extending along a periphery of said window member.
A camera having a camera body with a top surface and a bottom surface, the camera comprising:
- a display device, facing the top surface, that displays information concerning picture taking by the camera;
- a cover forming the camera body top surface and having a cover portion with an opening corresponding to the display device;
- a window member affixed in the cover opening and covering the display device, that allows the display information of the display device to be viewed;
- a view finder unit, extending higher than a top surface of said window member, and arranged in a center portion of the camera body at a side of said window member;
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- wherein said cover has an outer wall distinct from an upper section of said view finder unit, said outer wall rising higher than a top surface of said window member in a direction perpendicular to the top surface of said window member and rising to a height lower than a top of the upper section of said viewfinder unit in the perpendicular direction, said outer wall surrounding a portion of a periphery of said window member.
A camera having a camera body with a top surface and a bottom surface, the camera comprising:
- a display device, being within and towards one side of the camera body and facing the top surface, that displays information concerning picture taking by the camera;
- a cover forming the camera body top surface and having a cover portion with an opening corresponding to the display device;
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- a window member, affixed in the cover opening and covering the display device, that allows the display information of the display device to be viewed;
- wherein said cover has an outer wall distinct from an upper section of said viewfinder unit. Said outer wall rising higher than a top surface of said window member, in a direction perpendicular to the top surface of said window member and rising to a height lower than a top of the upper section of said viewfinder unit in the perpendicular direction, said outer wall extending along a periphery and along at least two sides of said window member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.