| US 7,508,439 B2 | ||
| Digital camera having a movable image display screen | ||
| Yoshitaka Naito, Ome (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Olympus Corporation, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 16, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/990,044. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2003-393006 (JP), filed on Nov. 21, 2003; application No. 2003-407263 (JP), filed on Dec. 05, 2003; and application No. 2004-121826 (JP), filed on Apr. 16, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0068443 A1, Mar. 31, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04N 5/222 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 348—333.06 [348/333.01; 348/14.07] | 24 Claims |
| 1. A digital camera comprising:
a camera body;
a photographing lens provided on the front side of the camera body;
an image display unit which displays images taken through the photographing lens; and
a movable unit which moves the image display unit between the front position on the front side of the camera body and the
rear position on the rear side,
wherein the image display unit is so disposed as to oppose a display panel against the front side of the camera body and cover
the photographing lens when moved to the front position, and the image display unit exposes the photographing lens when moved
to the rear position,
wherein the movable unit is provided at the bottom of the camera body and has a connection unit for connecting the camera
body electrically to an accessory which is to be added to the camera body, and
wherein the connection unit is so provided on the surface of the camera body as to be covered when the image display unit
is at the front position, and exposed when the image display unit is at the rear position.
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