Portable electronic device having a rotatable camera

Details Portable electronic device having a rotatable camera Portable electronic device having a rotatable camera

2005-07-26

2005-07-26

Ho, Tuan (Department: 2615)

Television

Camera, system and detail

Support or housing

C348S376000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06922212

ABSTRACT:
A portable electronic device is capable of protecting a camera against impact from outer peripheries of a casing, and clearly indicating the passage of the camera through an image-inversion position. A camera (30) is rotatably installed in a casing (40). Windows (40d, 40e), through which the camera is able to view the outside of the casing and to be operated to rotate by a user, are formed in a front wall (40a) and a rear wall (40b), respectively, of the casing. Each of frames enclosing the windows, respectively, has a part which lies near an outer peripheral side of the casing and which is constituted by a bridge portion (44) connected with the casing. In this construction, all the outer peripheral sides of the camera (30) excepting those corresponding to the front and rear sides of the casing are covered with the casing and the bridge portion (44). As a result, an impact applied to the camera from a peripheral side of the casing adjacent to the bridge portion can be blocked by the bridge portion. In addition, when the camera is rotated to move the shooting or picture-taking plane thereof to the front side or the rear side of the casing, the image on the display becomes dark at a time for example, and hence the user is able to clearly recognize that the camera has passed an image-inversion position. A control part performs prescribed control based on an image of a wall of the casing which is taken by the camera and which lies between the front side and the rear side.

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