| US 7,522,212 B2 | ||
| Handheld electronic device with rotatable image-capturing apparatus | ||
| John C. Wang, Tao Yuan (Taiwan); and Mickey Mii, Tao Yuan (Taiwan) | ||
| Assigned to HTC Corporation, Taoyuan County (Taiwan) | ||
| Filed on May 18, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/709,605. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 93201366 U (TW), filed on Jan. 30, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0168628 A1, Aug. 04, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04N 5/225 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 348—373 [455/575.1] | 11 Claims |
| 1. A handheld electronic device, comprising:
a first casing having a front surface and a rear surface, a display screen being mounted on the front surface;
a second casing pivoted to the rear surface of the first casing about a hinge section; and
an image-capturing apparatus set up on the second casing for capturing an image, wherein the image-capturing apparatus is
set up at a distance away from the hinge section between the first casing and the second casing, and the second casing is
permitted to move between first and second positions, wherein at the first position, the second casing is received in the
rear surface of the first casing, and at the second position, the second casing is located outside the first casing and the
image-capturing apparatus and the display screen face a same direction,
wherein the rear surface of the first casing comprises a hinge-accommodating groove accommodating the second casing, the groove
having an opening through a top wall of the first casing, the image-capturing apparatus extending through the opening when
the second casing is located at the second position; and
wherein the top wall of the first casing has an extension plate over the opening, and the second casing has a groove accommodating
the extension plate when the second casing is at the second position.
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