Camera-equipped cellular phone
AssigneeSanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorMasami Makino
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Loading patent…
AssigneeSanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorMasami Makino
Estimating the term…
The present invention provides a portable telephone with camera including a casing provided with an auxiliary light window 23 adjacent to a camera window 22, and an auxiliary light source 8 disposed in the rear of the auxiliary light window 23 and emitting light in photographing with a camera 7. A main optical cover 4 is mounted on the casing for covering the camera window 22 and the auxiliary light window 23. The main optical cover 4 has an opening 43 formed at a position opposed to the auxiliary light window 23. An auxiliary optical cover 5 is fitted around the opening 43. A flange 53 projects from an outer periphery portion of the auxiliary optical cover 5. The flange 53 is held between a flange portion 25 surrounding the auxiliary light window 23 and formed on the casing, and an edge portion 43a defining the opening 43 and formed on the main optical cover 4.
A portable telephone having a display (6) and a camera (7) mounted as opposed to a display window (21) and a camera window (22), respectively, provided on a casing (1), the portable telephone with camera being characterized in that the casing (1) is provided with an auxiliary light window (23) adjacent to the camera window (22), an auxiliary light source (8) being disposed in the rear of the auxiliary light window (23) and emitting light in photographing with the camera (7), a main optical cover (4) made of a transparent resin being mounted on the casing (1) for covering the display window (21), the camera window (22) and the auxiliary light window (23), the main optical cover (4) being formed with a transparent display window cover portion (41) and a transparent camera-window cover portion (42) opposed to the display (6) and the camera (7), respectively, and having an opening (43) formed at a position opposed to the auxiliary light window (23), an auxiliary optical cover (5) being fitted around the opening (43), a flange (53) projecting from an outer periphery portion of the auxiliary optical cover (5), a flange portion (25) surrounding the auxiliary light window (23) being formed on the casing (1), an edge portion (43a) defining the opening (43) being formed on the main optical cover (4), the flange (53) of the auxiliary optical cover (5) being held between the flange portion (25) of the casing (1) and the edge portion (43a) of the main optical cover (4).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.