Patent ID: 7881605
Filing Date: 2011-02-01
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
1. A camera, comprising: a camera unit equipped with photographing components including an optical system; a projector module equipped with a projecting optical system, with an optical axis extending along a longer side of the projector module running substantially parallel to an optical axis of the camera unit extending along a longer side of the camera unit; a camera body that houses the camera unit and the projector module; and a battery chamber in which a power source battery is housed, wherein: the camera unit and the projector module are disposed such that the optical axis extending along the longer side of the camera unit and the optical axis extending along the longer side of the projector module run substantially perpendicular to a longer side of the camera body; and the battery chamber, the projector module and the camera unit are disposed in sequence from one end of the camera body along the longer side of the camera body in an order of: the battery chamber, the projector module and the camera unit.