VISUAL PRESENTER

• US 20110134313A1
• Filed: 09/29/2010
• Published: 06/09/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Elmo Co., Ltd. (TECHNO HORIZON Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Elmo Co., Ltd. (TECHNO HORIZON Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: KATO, TETSURO
• Application Number:
  US12/893,491
• Publication Number:
  US 20110134313A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/373
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/54 with projector
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 27/323 Copying cameras G03B27/34 - G03B27/70 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/195 the array comprising a two-dimensional array or a combination of two-dimensional arrays
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/19594 using a television camera or a still video camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0081 Image reader H04N2201/0091 - H04N2201/0094 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0436 Scanning a picture-bearing surface lying face up on a support H04N2201/0434 takes precedence; using cylindrical picture bearing surfaces H04N1/06; with manual scanning H04N1/107
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/51 Housings

Abstract

A visual presenter includes a base, a support column mounted on the base and a video camera head mounted on a distal end of the support column. The support column includes a first support column and a second support column. The first support column is mounted on a right or left corner of a front of the base so as to be pivotable in a right-left direction relative to the base. The second support column is mounted on a distal end of the first support column so as to be pivotable in the right-left direction relative to the base. The video camera head is mounted on the distal end of the second support column so as to be pivotable in the right-left direction.

Claims

1. A visual presenter comprising:

a base having a front;

a support column which is mounted on the base so as to stand and so as to be pivotable; and

a video camera head mounted on a distal end of the support column, the video camera head being located substantially right above a material placed on a base installation surface so that the material is imaged by the video camera head, wherein;

the support column includes a first support column and a second support column;

the first support column is mounted on a right or left corner of the front of the base so as to be pivotable in a right-left direction relative to the base between a first folded position where the first support column overlaps the front of the base and a standing position where the first support column stands at a predetermined angle to the base;

the second support column is mounted on a distal end of the first support column so as to be pivotable in the right-left direction relative to the base between a second folded position where the second support column overlaps the first support column and an extending position where the second support column extends from the first support column; and

the video camera head is mounted on the distal end of the second support column so as to be pivotable in the right-left direction between a third folded position where when the first and second support columns are located at the first and second folded positions respectively, the video camera head lies along a side of the base and an upper surface of the video camera head is substantially coplanar with an upper surface of the base and a first imaging position where when the first support column is located at the standing position and the second support column is located at the extending position, the upper surface of the video camera head is substantially parallel to the upper surface of the base.

2. The visual presenter according to claim 1, wherein the video camera head includes an imaging lens, and the video camera head is pivotable in a front-back direction between the first imaging position and a second imaging position where the imaging lens of the video camera head is directed posterior to the base.

3. The visual presenter according to claim 1, wherein:

the base is formed into a box shape and has a rectangular planar shape;

the video camera head has substantially a rectangular planar shape;

the first and second support columns have respective widths that are substantially equal to a thickness of the base; and

the entire visual presenter is folded into a substantially book shape when the first and second support columns and the video camera head are located at the first, second and third folded positions respectively.