# US 6,295,088 B1 · Portable display device

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- Number: US 6,295,088 B1
- Document ID: US6295088B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 09/007,067
- Filed: 1998-01-14
- Granted: 2001-09-25
- Earliest claimed: 1997-02-17
- Assignees: Nikon Corporation
- Inventors: Daiki Tsukahara; Tomoaki Kawamura; Nobuya Kawahata
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US6295088B1

## CPC

- H04N 23/51: Housings
- H04N 23/531: {being rotatable or detachable}
- H04N 23/631: {Graphical user interfaces [GUI] specially adapted for controlling image capture or setting capture parameters}
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

The invention provides improved operability for portable electronic devices. A portable electronic device includes a display component and a device aperture component which are mounted on separate segments of the electronic device. Each segment can be rotated with respect to the other, thus permitting a user to photograph an object while adjusting the display to a desired viewing condition.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A portable device, comprising:
a display component main body having a first surface, a first side surface smaller than said first surface, and an external display device disposed on said first surface;
a device main body having a second side surface that has approximately a same height as said first side surface, and a third side surface that intersects said second side surface;
said first side surface rotatably coupled to said second side surface so that said display component main body and said device main body are rotatable relative to each other about an axis of rotation; and
a grip projecting from a surface of said display component main body that faces opposite said first surface;
wherein a distance between said third side surface and said axis of rotation is equal to a distance between a surface of said grip and said axis of rotation.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The portable device according to claim 1, further comprising a wireless communication aperture formed on one of a surface perpendicular to said third side surface on said device main body and a surface perpendicular to said first surface on said display component main body.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The portable device according to claim 1, further comprising an operating button for operating said external display device disposed on said first surface of said display component main body.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The portable device according to claim 2, further comprising an operating button for operating wireless communication disposed on said first surface of said display component main body.