Patent ID: 7151571
Filing Date: 2006-12-19
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A digital camera comprising: a handgrip section that comprises a power button, a shutter button, a swivel lock and a battery compartment for housing batteries; a body section that rotates relative to the handgrip section at abutting side surfaces thereof and that comprises: a rotary joint that couples the handgrip section to the body section and that permits rotation of the body section substantially one-hundred-and-eighty degrees clockwise or counterclockwise relative to the handgrip section; a rear surface comprising a liquid crystal display, a microphone, a joystick pad, one or more buttons for setting functions of the camera, and an output port; a lens extending from a front surface; a shutter disposed behind the lens; a metering element disposed on the front surface; and at least one flash device for generating a light flash.