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US 7,680,404 B2Granted
Compressible zoom camera
AssigneeSony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
InventorsGöran Schack, Olof Simonsson, Stjepan Begic, Gustav Fagrenius
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Abstract
A device includes a housing capable of forming an internal space during operation of the device. The device also includes a camera having an optical zoom portion provided within the housing. The optical zoom portion is capable of expanding into the internal space when the camera is in use.
Claims13
A device comprising:
- a front portion;
- a rear portion provided in a plane parallel to the front portion and slideably connected to the front portion in the parallel plane, internal space being formed between the front portion and the rear portion when the rear portion moves away from the front portion in a direction associated with the parallel plane, where the internal space does not exist prior to the rear portion moving away from the front portion;
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- a camera including an optical zoom portion provided within the front portion, the optical zoom portion being capable of expanding into the internal space in a direction associated with the parallel plane.
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