Patent ID: 6697117
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: H04M,H04N

Abstract:
An image capture apparatus, comprising:a main member having an inner face and a cover face opposite said inner face; a display support member having a front face and a back face opposite said front face, a display screen being disposed on said front face, said display support member and said main member being rotatably coupled together at a coupling end such that at least one of said display support member and said main member is rotatable so as to allow said image capture apparatus to be in a folded position, in which said inner face and said front face oppose each other in substantially parallel planes, and in an unfolded position, in which said cover face and said back face are angled relative to each other; and a lens housing having enclosed therein a lens for capturing an image of an object, said lens housing being rotatable independently of the rotation of at least one of said main member and said display support member so as to allow said lens to be visibly exposed when said image capture apparatus is in said folded position, wherein: said lens housing is disposed in a cut-out portion formed in both said main body member and said display member, and said cut-out portion is located in proximity of said coupling end.