Single-hand held camera usable in narrow space

• US 20040056961A1
• Filed: 09/24/2002
• Published: 03/25/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kenzo Ito
• Original Assignee: Kenzo Ito
• Inventors: Ito, Kenzo
• Application Number:
  US10/252,706
• Publication Number:
  US 20040056961A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/207.99
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/00052 positioned at proximal end of the endoscope body
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/24 for the mouth, i.e. stomatoscopes, e.g. with tongue depressors tongue depressors per se A61B13/00; Instruments for opening or keeping open the mouth combined with saliva removers A61C17/00; mouth openers for animals A61D15/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/50 Constructional details
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/51 Housings
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/56 provided with illuminating means

Abstract

A single hand held camera with a monitor for use in narrow space includes a main body, a photographing member, a head member, and a handle. The main body has a monitor for image of a subject to be displayed thereon. The head member extends from the main body to be opposite the head member for allowing light from a subject to traveling through to be received by the photographing member. The handle is equipped with a button, which is to be pressed with the user'"'"'s index finger for recording image of the subject in a memory. The camera can be used in dental practice, in which occasion the practitioner can always observe inside of the patient'"'"'s oral cavity through the monitor, not having to move his head away from the monitor while adjusting orientation of the head member.

Claims

1. A single hand held camera with a monitor for use in narrow space, comprising:

a main body, the main body having a monitor disposed on a rear side thereof for image of a subject to be displayed thereon;

a photographing member for receiving image of a subject;

a head member extending from a front side of the main body to be opposite the head member for allowing light from a subject to traveling through to be received by the photographing member; and

,

a handle, the handle being joined to the main body for allowing a user to hold in operating the camera.

2. The single hand held camera with a monitor for use in narrow space as claimed in claim 1, wherein the handle has a battery disposed therein, and a memory chip inserted therein, and the handle is equipped with a button on a same side of the head member for effecting recording of image of a subject with the memory chip, and a control panel on a same side of the monitor, which is provided with a power switch, an indicator lamp, a stand-by switch, and forward and reverse play buttons to be operated for replaying images recorded in the memory chip on the monitor.

3. The single hand held camera with a monitor for use in narrow space as claimed in claim 1, wherein the head member is provided with white light emitting diodes therein for providing light to a subject to be photographed, and the photographing member is a digital camera, provided for photographing image of the subject, and the monitor is a TFT colorful display device, provided for displaying image of the subject on.

4. The single hand held camera with a monitor for use in narrow space as claimed in claim 3, wherein the head member is 0.8 to 2.5 centimeters in diameter, and 1 to 15 centimeters in length, and the digital camera has a fixed focus lens made in such a manner as to allow subjects to be photographed over a long range, and the monitor is 2.5″

to 3.5″

in size, and the camera is under 1 kg in weight.