Patent ID: 8570434

Claim:
A communication apparatus, comprising: a camera section including a camera that inputs an image of an object; an arm; an enclosure that includes therein a transmitter for sending image data from the camera over a network, the enclosure including a recess at one side thereof; a uniaxial hinge directly connecting the arm to the enclosure and rotatable around a first axial line that extends substantially perpendicular to a length of the recess, the uniaxial hinge connected to the enclosure; a two-axis hinge directly connecting the arm and the camera section, a first axis of the two-axis hinge being parallel to the first axial line, and a second axis of the two axis hinge being parallel to a second axial line which is perpendicular to the first axial line, the two axis hinge including a mount for the camera section, a mount for the arm, and a combination of a single rotating connection and two rotating connections that are each perpendicular to the single rotating connection, the single rotating connection connected to the two rotating connections, the combination connected between the mount for the camera section and the mount for the arm.