Patent ID: 7876377

Claim:
A digital camera having a housing and a lens assembly in the housing, the digital camera comprising: a touch screen in the housing comprising an image-displaying area and a virtual button area having a plurality of virtual buttons for controlling the digital camera; a right shutter button configured for right-handed activation of a shutter function of the lens assembly of the digital camera; a left shutter button configured for left-handed activation of the shutter function of the lens assembly of the digital camera; and a selection switch comprising: a left-handed operation button and a right-handed operation button disposed on the virtual button area of the touch screen, the left-handed operation button electronically connected to the left shutter button and configured for starting the left shutter button, the right-handed operation button electronically connected to the right shutter button and configured for starting the right shutter button, and a selected one of the left-handed and right-handed operation buttons for activating one of the left and right shutter buttons and changing a relative position of the image-displaying area and the virtual button area according to the selection of the left shutter button and the right shutter button; and an elongated slider, a first contact, a second contact, and a bolt connected to the elongated slider, the first and second contacts being mounted on two opposite sides of the elongated slider relative to the bolt, the bolt comprising a head and a threaded shaft connected to the head, the housing comprising an elongated through opening, and first and second joints respectively mounted on the two opposite sides of the housing relative to the elongated through opening corresponding to the first and second contacts, the elongated through opening being smaller than the head but larger than the threaded shaft.