Patent ID: 7929846
Filing Date: 2011-04-19
Classification: F16M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A visual presenter comprising: an image pickup camera; a base having an upper surface on which a stage is formed; a camera support arm including a pivot support arm pivotally supported on the base and having an interior cavity and a slide support arm which is inserted into the interior cavity of the pivot support arm so as to be slidable and having a distal end on which the image pickup camera is mounted; a sliding mechanism incorporated in the pivot support arm so as to be operable in synchronization with pivoting of the slide support arm, wherein: when the pivot support arm is caused to pivot from a storage location where the camera support arm lies to a setup location where the camera support arm stands up, the slide support arm is pushed out of the pivot support arm by the sliding mechanism so that the image pickup camera is set up at a predetermined location; and when the pivot support arm is caused to pivot from the setup location to the storage location, the slide support arm is brought into the pivot support arm by the sliding mechanism.