Patent ID: 7142244
Filing Date: 2006-11-28
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A digital camera with integrated cable storage comprising: a camera-housing having a wall structure defining (i) an outer surface, and (ii) a first enclosure; a cover having a closed state and an open state, wherein, in the closed state, the cover substantially encompasses a given portion of the wall structure so that the cover and the given portion cooperatively define a second enclosure between the cover and the given portion; a cable extending from an origination point on the wall structure to a distal end, the distal end having a connector for coupling the digital camera with a processing device wherein the origination point is external to the given portion of the wall structure substantially encompassed by the cover, wherein the cable has a stored-state in which at least a portion of the cable, including the connector, is stored within the second enclosure, and an accessible state in which the cable extends out from the origination point and is not stored within the second enclosure; wherein, when the cover is in the closed state and the cable is in the stored state, the cable extends from the origination point, into the second enclosure; wherein, in the accessible state, the connector is connectable to the processing device; and wherein, the cable is switched from the stored state to the accessible state by moving the cover from the closed state to the open state and thereby rendering accessible at least the distal end of the connector-cable.