Image photographing apparatus having photographic mode based on position of camera unit

An image photographing apparatus, comprising:

• a body, on which a tape cassette is removably mounted;
• a camera unit installed in the body and provided with a plurality of camera sections having pixel numbers and independently driven;
• a mode sensing unit to sense a photographic mode to correspond to at least one of the camera sections;
• a control unit to select a photographic mode according to a signal transferred from the mode sensing unit and to drive the camera unit to correspond to the selected photographic mode;
• and
• a display unit provided in the body to show an image photographed by the at least one camera section,
• wherein the camera sections comprise:
• a first camera section used as a digital still camera to photograph still images, and
• a second camera section used as a digital video camera to photograph images including moving images, wherein the second camera section has a pixel number lower than a pixel number of the first camera section, and
• the first and second camera sections are located so that photographing directions thereof are opposite to each other.

An image photographing apparatus, comprising:

• a body, on which a tape cassette is removably mounted;
• a camera unit installed in the body and provided with a plurality of camera sections having pixel numbers and independently driven;
• a mode sensing unit to sense a photographic mode to correspond to at least one of the camera sections;
• a control unit to select a photographic mode according to a signal transferred from the mode sensing unit and to drive the camera unit to correspond to the selected photographic mode;
• and
• a display unit provided in the body to show an image photographed by the at least one camera section,
• wherein the camera unit comprises:
• a housing to receive the camera sections to be oppositely directed on a same line, and
• a hinge section to rotatably connect the housing to the body,
• wherein the hinge section comprises:
• a first hollow shaft member rotatably installed in a bore provided in the housing;
• and
• a second hollow shaft member assembled to be rotatable in relation to the first shaft member and secured in the bore.

An image photographing apparatus, comprising:

• a body, on which a tape cassette is removably mounted;
• a camera unit installed in the body and provided with a plurality of camera section shaving pixel numbers and independently driven;
• a mode sensing unit to sense a photographic mode to correspond to at least one of the camera sections;
• a control unit to select a photographic mode according to a signal transferred from the mode sensing unit and to drive the camera unit to correspond to the selected photographic mode;
• and
• a display unit provided in the body to show an image photographed by the at least one camera section,
• wherein the camera unit comprises:
• a housing to receive the camera sections to be oppositely directed on a same line, and
• a hinge section to rotatably connect the housing to the body,
• wherein the camera sections comprise:
• a first camera section installed in the housing and used as a digital still camera to photograph still images;
• and
• a second camera section to photograph images including moving images in a direction opposite to the first camera section, wherein the second camera section has a pixel number smaller than a pixel number of the first camera section.

An image photographing apparatus, comprising:

• a body, on which a tape cassette is removably mounted;
• a camera unit installed in the body and provided with a plurality of camera sections having pixel numbers and independently driven;
• a mode sensing unit to sense a photographic mode to correspond to at least one of the camera sections;
• a control unit to select a photographic mode according to a signal transferred from the mode sensing unit and to drive the camera unit to correspond to the selected photographic mode;
• a display unit provided in the body to show an image photographed by the at least one camera section,
• wherein the camera unit comprises:
• a housing to receive the camera sections to be oppositely directed on a same line, and
• a hinge section to rotatably connect the housing to the body, and
• a battery mount section provided in the housing to removably mount the battery;
• a locking release unit to release a locking of the battery mounted in the battery mount section;
• and
• a detaching unit to detach the battery from the battery mount section by forcibly pushing out the released battery,
• wherein the bottom of the battery section is provided with a pair of power terminals electrically connected to the battery, the locking release section and the power terminals are spaced from each other in opposite directions in the battery mount section the detaching unit is provided on the bottom of the battery mount section and positioned more adjacent to the locking release unit than to the power terminals.

An image photographing apparatus, comprising:

• a body, on which a tape cassette is removably mounted;
• a camera unit installed in the body and provided with a plurality of camera sections having pixel numbers and independently driven;
• a mode sensing unit to sense a photographic mode to correspond to at least one of the camera sections;
• a control unit to select a photographic mode according to a signal transferred from the mode sensing unit and to drive the camera unit to correspond to the selected photographic mode;
• a display unit provided in the body to show an image photographed by the at least one camera section,
• wherein the camera unit comprises:
• a housing to receive the camera sections to be oppositely directed on a same line, and
• a hinge section to rotatably connect the housing to the body;
• and
• a battery mount section provided in the housing to removably mount the battery, wherein the battery mount section is concavely formed on an outside of the housing to be offset about a rotational center of the housing.

An image photographing apparatus, comprising:

• a body, on which a tape cassette is removably mounted;
• a camera unit installed in the body and provided with a plurality of camera sections having pixel numbers and independently driven;
• a mode sensing unit to sense a photographic mode to correspond to at least one of the camera sections;
• a control unit to select a photographic mode according to a signal transferred from the mode sensing unit and to drive the camera unit to correspond to the selected photographic mode;
• and
• a display unit provided in the body to show an image photographed by the at least one camera section,
• wherein the camera unit comprises:
• a housing to receive the camera sections to be oppositely directed on a same line, and
• a hinge section to rotatably connect the housing to the body;
• and
• a battery mount section provided in the housing to removably mount the battery,
• wherein the battery mount section has at least one concavely curved surface having a radius of curvature,
• the housing has a curved surface in at least one end thereof formed to have a center of curvature identical to a center of curvature identical of the concavely curved surface of the battery mount section.

An image photographing apparatus, comprising:

• a body, on which a tape cassette is removably mounted;
• a camera unit installed in the body and provided with a plurality of camera sections having pixel numbers and independently driven;
• a mode sensing unit to sense a photographic mode to correspond to at least one of the camera sections;
• a control unit to select a photographic mode according to a signal transferred from the mode sensing unit and to drive the camera unit to correspond to the selected photographic mode;
• and
• a display unit provided in the body to show an image photographed by the at least one camera section,
• wherein the camera sections comprise:
• a first camera section used as a digital still camera to photograph still images, and
• a second camera section used as a digital video camera to photograph images including moving images, wherein the second camera section has a pixel number lower than a pixel number of the first camera section,
• wherein the camera unit comprises:
• a housing to receive the first and second camera sections to be oppositely oriented with reference to the rotational axis;
• and
• a hinge section to rotatably connect the housing to the body.

An image photographing apparatus, comprising:

• a body, on which a tape cassette is removably mounted;
• a camera unit installed in the body and provided with a plurality of camera sections having pixel numbers and independently driven;
• a mode sensing unit to sense a photographic mode from among a plurality of different photographic modes to correspond to at least one of the camera sections;
• a control unit to select the photographic mode according to a signal transferred from the mode sensing unit and to drive the camera unit to correspond to the selected photographic mode;
• and
• a display unit provided in the body to show an image photographed by the camera section,
• wherein the camera unit is installed in the body to be rotatable in relation to the body, and the photographic mode sensed by the mode sensing unit is determined from among the different photographic modes according to a rotated angle of the camera unit.