Camera with touch sensitive switch

• US 5,933,671 A
• Filed: 07/07/1998
• Issued: 08/03/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
• Original Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
• Inventors: Haas, Kenneth M., Stephany, Thomas M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gellner, Michael L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lum, Lee S.
• Application Number:
  US09/111,296
• Time in Patent Office: 392 Days
• Field of Search: 396/502, 396/263, 200/305, 200/502, 200/600
• US Class Current: 396/535
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/02 Bodies
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 2217/002 Details of arrangement of components in or on camera body

Abstract

A touch sensitive electronic switch for a camera comprises a pair of front and rear cover parts of the camera that constitute separate electrical conductors which when temporarily bridged by one'"'"'s hand allow a direct current path between the front and rear cover parts, and an insulator configured to fill a space between the front and rear cover parts in order that the front and rear cover parts and the insulator together define a housing for the camera.

Claims

1. A touch sensitive electronic switch for a camera comprising:

a pair of front and rear cover parts of the camera that constitute separate electrical conductors which when temporarily bridged by one'"'"'s hand allow a direct current path between said front and rear cover parts; and

an insulator configured to fill a space between said front and rear cover parts in order that said front and rear cover parts and said insulator together define a housing for the camera.

2. A touch sensitive electronic switch for a camera as recited in claim 1, wherein said front cover part has a taking lens opening and a front viewfinder opening, and said rear cover part has a rear viewfinder opening.

3. A touch sensitive electronic switch for a camera as recited in claim 1, wherein said front and rear cover parts are conductive plastic.

4. A touch sensitive electronic switch for a camera as recited in claim 1, wherein said front and rear cover parts are each electrically connected to a battery.