Image pick-up device including camera angled with respect to a display device
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHirofumi Oda, Kimiaki Imai
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Abstract
A camera-equipped portable device has first and second bodies, a camera for taking a picture, and a main display portion displaying the taken picture. The camera and the main display portion are arranged on the same surface of first body, and the camera is fixed to the first body such that an optical axis of the camera extends in a direction different from a direction perpendicular to a display surface of the main display portion. Thereby, it is possible to provide an image pick-up device, which allows picture-taking in a natural position, can suppress increase in product cost and can have a compact structure.
Claims16
An image pick-up device comprising:
- a main body including a first body having a first surface and a second body having a second surface;
- a camera located on the second surface for taking a picture;
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- a display device displaying a picture taken from the perspective of the camera and arranged at the first surface of said first body on the same side as said camera, wherein
- said camera is rigidly fixed to said main body such that an optical axis of said camera extends in a direction different from a direction perpendicular to a display surface of said display device and the optical axis of the camera extends in a direction different from a direction perpendicular to the second surface, wherein an inclination angle of the optical axis with respect to the second surface does not change.
An image pick-up device comprising:
- a main body having a first side and a second side, wherein said main body includes a first body having a first surface and a second body having a second surface;
- a camera for taking a picture, wherein said camera has an optical axis and is rigidly fixed to said main body first side and the second surface such that an inclination angle of said optical axis with respect to the second surface does not change;
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- a first display device including a display surface displaying a picture taken by said camera and arranged on said first side and the first surface;
- wherein said optical axis extends in a direction different from a direction perpendicular to said display surface and the optical axis of the camera extends in a direction different from a direction perpendicular to the second surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.