Patent ID: 8023039
Filing Date: 2011-09-20
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image capture apparatus, comprising: a housing body constituting an exterior; an image capture optical system for guiding an image of a subject into an interior of the housing body; an image capture device for capturing the image guided by the image capture optical system; a display panel for displaying the image captured by the image capture device, the display panel being secured to the housing body to be pivotable between a usage position where a display surface of the display panel is visible and a storage position where the display surface of the display panel is in contact with a surface of the housing body; a connector for connection to an external device, the connector being built-in in the housing body and having an insertion/removal opening exposed on a surface of the housing body, wherein the insertion/removal opening is provided in a portion of the housing body, which portion is exposed on an outer side of the display panel in a state that the display panel is positioned in the storage position; a cover for opening or closing the insertion/removal opening by extending or retracting on the insertion/removal opening from the interior of the housing body; and an operation member that moves the cover along a direction of opening or closing the insertion/removal opening, the operation member being provided on a portion of the housing body that faces the display surface in the state that the display panel is positioned in the storage position, wherein,