Patent ID: 8111317
Filing Date: 2012-02-07
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image capturing apparatus comprising: a camera body having an image-capturing lens for receiving light to form an image of a subject; a display unit having a display screen for displaying the image, the display unit being slidably supported by the camera body, a surface of the display unit opposite a surface having the display screen disposed thereon facing a surface of the camera body opposite a surface having the image-capturing lens disposed thereon; wherein an image capture button used for capturing the image is disposed on the surface of the camera body opposite the surface having the image-capturing lens disposed thereon and wherein the image capture button is exposed when the display unit is slid over the camera body in a first direction and the image capture button is covered by the display unit when the display unit is slid over the camera body in a second direction opposite the first direction; a lens cover configured to cover and uncover the image-capturing lens, the lens cover being slidable with respect to and over the camera body together with the display unit when the display unit is slid in the first and second directions; wherein the lens cover uncovers the image-capturing lens when the display unit is slid in the first direction and exposes the image capture button and the lens cover covers the image-capturing lens when the display unit is slid in the second direction and covers the image capture button, wherein, with the display unit slid to a maximum extent in the second direction over the camera body, the lens cover covers the image-capturing lens without covering a portion of the surface of the camera body having the image-capturing lens disposed thereon.