Digital camera with rotatable components
AssigneeInventec Multimedia & Telecom Corporation
InventorsShih-Hsiung Weng, Chee-Heem Hoe
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Abstract
A digital camera with rotatable components is disclosed. In the front of camera there is provided a lens, a flash, and a viewfinder, while in the rear thereof there is provided a liquid crystal display (LCD) corresponding to lens, a control button, and the rear of viewfinder. Control button is operable to press for rotating lens, flash, viewfinder, and LCD in the same direction and into a desired angle with respect to an object. Next a shutter button on the camera is operable to press for taking a picture. This camera has the benefits of ergonomic, precise picture taking, and full covering of the object by flash.
Claims1
A digital camera enclosed in a housing comprising:
- a lens and a flash in a front portion of a housing;
- a liquid crystal display (LCD) in a rear portion of said housing and corresponding to said lens;
- a first gear means on periphery of a first cylindrical member coupled to said. LCD;
- a viewfinder extended from said front to said rear;
- a second gear means on periphery of a second cylindrical member coupled to said viewfinder;
- a drive means in said housing having a gear meshed with said first gear means;
- a gear assembly in said housing meshed with said first and said second gear means respectively;
- a control button on said housing electrically coupled to a circuit in said housing for controlling said activation of said drive means;
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- a shutter button on said housing being operable to press for taking a picture;
- wherein said first gear means comprises a first gear member along a shoulder on said periphery of said first cylindrical member coupled to said LCD, said first gear member is meshed with said gear of said drive means, and a second gear member abutted said shoulder on said periphery of said first cylindrical member;
- said second gear means is meshed with one gear in said gear assembly such that said LCD, said viewfinder, said lens, and said flash are rotated in a same direction and into a desired angle with respect to an object when said gear assembly is driven clockwise or counterclockwise by said drive means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.