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US 7,606,483 B2Granted
Electroluminescent display device and a digital camera using an electroluminescent display device
AssigneeHoya Corporation
InventorYuichi Kurosawa
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Abstract
An electroluminescent display device includes an electroluminescent display, and at least one switch which is positioned adjacent to an inner surface of the electroluminescent display, the switch being activated upon an outer surface of the electroluminescent display being pressed to resiliently deform the switch.
Claims15
A digital camera, comprising:
- an electroluminescent display;
- a plurality of switches which are positioned adjacent to an inner surface of said electroluminescent display, each of said switches being activated upon an outer surface of said electroluminescent display being pressed to resiliently deform said switch, said plurality of switches comprising one or more switches provided at a right side of said electroluminescent display, and one or more switches provided at a left side of said electroluminescent display;
- a right release button provided on a right portion of a body of said digital camera;
- and
- a left release button provided on a left portion of said body,
- wherein said digital camera is configured to operate in a right-handed mode and a left-handed mode, based on a dominant-hand setting operation, and
- when said digital camera operates in said right-handed mode, said right release button is enabled, and said electroluminescent display displays one or more function indicators corresponding to said one or more switches at said right side of said electroluminescent display, and
- when said digital camera operates in said left-handed mode, said left release button is enabled, and said electroluminescent display displays one or more function indicators corresponding to said one or more switches at said left side of said electroluminescent display.
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