Patent ID: 7440024
Filing Date: 2008-10-21
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus for outputting an image signal to an external display device, the imaging apparatus comprising: a main body including at least part of electronics devices for image signal generation, the main body comprising a display unit positioned on a front major surface thereof, the display unit operable to display, based on an image signal generated by the electronics devices, an image of an object taken by an imaging device; a leg attached to a first end of the main body; the imaging device operable to take the image of an object and located on the first end of the main body; and a leg movable mechanism that facilitates the leg to take a first attitude and to take a second attitude, in the first attitude the leg overlapping the main body on a rear side of the main body, in the second attitude the leg supporting the main body so that the main body has a second end, opposite the first end, in contact with a top surface of a supporting base for the object and inclined relative to the top surface, wherein in the second attitute: the inclined main body and the leg form a straddle region such that the inclined main body and the leg straddle the object on the top surface of the supporting base, the imaging device is directed toward the object while the main body and the leg straddle the object, and the display unit on the front major surface of the main body is viewable from an outside of the straddle region, wherein the main body comprises an imaging device holding mechanism that automatically directs the imaging device toward the object on the straddle region when the leg is brought from the first attitude to the second attitude.