Cellular phone with imaging device
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1. A cellular phone equipped with an imaging device, comprising:
- a housing which accommodates a transceiver capable of transmitting and receiving an audio signal, and includes a first face and a second face facing in a substantially opposite direction to said first, face;
an imaging device which includes a lens disposed facing outwardly on said first face and an image device for converting a light from said lens into an image signal;
a monitor which is disposed on said first face and capable of displaying an image; and
a viewfinder defining a light passage aperture leading from said second face to said first face, wherein said viewfinder is provided on a viewfinder mounting member which is accommodated in a recess provided in said housing, pulled out from said recess when it is used, and fastened to the outside of said housing, and wherein said recess is formed on the first face or the second face of said housing;
the cellular phone equipped with the imaging device further comprising;
a speaker which is mounted on an internal part of said housing, and outputs said audio signal; and
an opening which is formed within said recess, outputs a sound of said speaker, and covered with said viewfinder mounting member accommodated in said recess.
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Hitherto, in the cellular phone equipped with an imaging device in which the cellular phone and the imaging device are integrally accommodated, for the purpose of taking a picture while visually recognizing a photographing screen on a monitor, a camera of the imaging device faces in opposite direction of the monitor. Therefore, to take a picture of a user while watching on the screen a person to whom the user is speaking, it is necessary to change the direction of the imaging device every time. In a cellular phone equipped with an imaging device 1 according to the invention, on the front side 1a provided with a monitor 4 of a housing 100 of the cellular phone, a lens 2 of the imaging device is disposed facing outwardly. Further, a viewfinder 3a is provided facing in the same direction as that of the lens 2.
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1. A cellular phone equipped with an imaging device, comprising:
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a housing which accommodates a transceiver capable of transmitting and receiving an audio signal, and includes a first face and a second face facing in a substantially opposite direction to said first, face;
an imaging device which includes a lens disposed facing outwardly on said first face and an image device for converting a light from said lens into an image signal;
a monitor which is disposed on said first face and capable of displaying an image; and
a viewfinder defining a light passage aperture leading from said second face to said first face, wherein said viewfinder is provided on a viewfinder mounting member which is accommodated in a recess provided in said housing, pulled out from said recess when it is used, and fastened to the outside of said housing, and wherein said recess is formed on the first face or the second face of said housing;
the cellular phone equipped with the imaging device further comprising;
a speaker which is mounted on an internal part of said housing, and outputs said audio signal; and
an opening which is formed within said recess, outputs a sound of said speaker, and covered with said viewfinder mounting member accommodated in said recess.
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2. A cellular phone equipped with an imaging device, comprising:
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a housing which accommodates a transceiver capable of transmitting and receiving an audio signal, and includes a first face and a second face facing in a substantially opposite direction to said first face;
an imagine device which includes a lens disposed facing outwardly on said first face and an image device for converting a light from said lens into an image signal;
a monitor which is disposed on said first face and capable of displaying an image; and
a viewfinder defining a light passage aperture leading from said second face to said first face, wherein a tiltmeter showing a degree of tilt of said housing is provided on the surface of said housing, and wherein said tiltmeter is provided with an indicator light that is illuminated when a signal has come into said transceiver.
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3. A cellular phone equipped with an imaging device, comprising:
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a housing which accommodates a transceiver capable of transmitting and receiving an audio signal, and includes a first face and a second face facing in a substantially opposite direction to said first face;
an imaging device which includes a lens disposed facing outwardly on said first face and an image device for converting a light from said lens into an image signal;
a monitor which is disposed on said first face and capable of displaying an image; and
a rear side monitor which is disposed on said second face and capable of displaying an image based on said image signal, wherein a tiltmeter showing a degree of tilt of said housing is provided on the surface of said housing, and wherein said tiltmeter is provided with an indicator light that is illuminated when a signal has come into said transceiver.
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Current AssigneeMitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
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Original AssigneeMitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
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InventorsMiyake, Hiroyuki
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Primary Examiner(s)Nguyen, Lee
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Assistant Examiner(s)Dao, Minh D.
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Application NumberUS10/061,297Publication NumberTime in Patent Office1,170 DaysField of Search455/556.1, 455/557, 455/550.1, 455/575.1, 455/90.3, 455/418, 455/466, 455/566, 348/14.01, 348/14.02US Class Current455/556.1CPC Class CodesH04N 2007/145 Handheld terminalsH04N 7/142 Constructional details of t...
