Patent ID: 6477329
Filing Date: 2002-11-05
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A digital camera enclosed in a housing comprising:a lens and a flash in a front portion of a housing; a liquid crystal display (LCD) in a rear portion of said housing and corresponding to said lens; a first gear means on periphery of a first cylindrical member coupled to said. LCD; a viewfinder extended from said front to said rear; a second gear means on periphery of a second cylindrical member coupled to said viewfinder; a drive means in said housing having a gear meshed with said first gear means; a gear assembly in said housing meshed with said first and said second gear means respectively; a control button on said housing electrically coupled to a circuit in said housing for controlling said activation of said drive means; and a shutter button on said housing being operable to press for taking a picture; wherein said first gear means comprises a first gear member along a shoulder on said periphery of said first cylindrical member coupled to said LCD, said first gear member is meshed with said gear of said drive means, and a second gear member abutted said shoulder on said periphery of said first cylindrical member; said second gear means is meshed with one gear in said gear assembly such that said LCD, said viewfinder, said lens, and said flash are rotated in a same direction and into a desired angle with respect to an object when said gear assembly is driven clockwise or counterclockwise by said drive means.