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Apparatus for removably mounting an electronic camera to a computer system

  • US 5,808,672 A
  • Filed: 08/14/1997
  • Issued: 09/15/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/21/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for removably mounting an electronic camera to a computer system, wherein:

  • said computer system has a slot, formed on an outer surface thereof, including input terminals inside thereof for receiving an image signal from the outside;

    said electronic camera includes a camera head protruded from said computer system;

    a holder having at one end thereof a connector which is removably inserted into said slot of the computer system for electrically and mechanically coupling said electronic camera to said computer system; and

    a supporter fixedly mounted on the holder for rotatably and swivelally supporting said camera head at the other end of said holder such that an imaging direction of said camera head is freely adjustable in horizontal and vertical directions within predetermined ranges independent of adjustment movement of said computer system.

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