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Camera mounting mechanism for supporting an electronic camera on a portable computer

  • US 6,118,653 A
  • Filed: 06/03/1998
  • Issued: 09/12/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/03/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A camera mounting mechanism for mounting an electronic camera onto a display unit of a computer system, comprising:

  • a camera receiving body adapted to be pivoted on a top surface the display unit of the computer system, supporting the electronic camera operatively connected to internal circuitry of the computer system;

    a camera receiving room defined in said camera receiving body having a lens of the electronic camera exposed to the exterior of the computer system through an aperture formed on a front side of said camera receiving body at a desired position; and

    a latch mechanism mounted onto said camera receiving body accommodating fastening of said front side of said camera receiving body with a front side of a main body of the computer system placing the computer system in a closed position where the display unit is parallel with the main body, the main body having an input device on a top side and pivotally hinged with a bottom surface of the display unit, the front side of the main body being perpendicular to the top side of the main body.

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