Television – Camera – system and detail – With object or scene illumination
Reexamination Certificate
2011-08-30
2011-08-30
Aggarwal, Yogesh K (Department: 2622)
Television
Camera, system and detail
With object or scene illumination
C348S371000, C348S372000, C348S373000, C348S374000, C348S375000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08009226
ABSTRACT:
A digital camera having a camera body, a shutter release button, a photographic optical system, a display cover, a lens/strobe flash cover, a nonskid grip pits/projection, a mode dial, operation buttons, indication lamps, a display screen, and a strobe flashing unit. When the camera is not in use, the display screen is covered by the display cover and a lens of the photographic optical system and the strobe flashing unit are covered by the lens/strobe flash cover to provide protection to such features. The lens/strobe flash cover is mechanically coupled to the display cover via a coupling mechanism such as a gear mechanism or a link mechanism or a chain/wire mechanism, or a combination of those mechanisms. An electric power switch to turn on and off an electric power supply to operate the digital camera is activated coupled to the movement of the display cover and the lens/strobe flash cover.
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Aggarwal Yogesh K
Oblon, Spivak McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
Ricoh & Company, Ltd.
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