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Video still camera with a lens unit rotation device

  • US 6,445,417 B1
  • Filed: 08/05/1997
  • Issued: 09/03/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/19/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An image pickup apparatus comprising:

  • an image pickup portion having a lens unit and a light-emitting unit; and

    a display portion having a display unit for displaying an image picked up by said image pickup portion, wherein said image pickup portion and said display portion are rotatably joined at first and second joint portions, said lens unit is rotatable relative to said display unit for shooting an object which is located in front of said display unit or at the back of said display unit, said light-emitting unit and said lens unit of said image pickup portion are disposed apart from each other in a direction parallel to a major of axis of said image pickup unit, said lens unit and said display unit are electrically connected via a first electric connective line through said first joint portion, and a second electric connective line of said light-emitting unit is located at said second joint portion.

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