Patent ID: 7808550

Claim:
A digital camera comprising: an imaging unit, having an image pickup device including an objective lens; a camera body; a rotational supporting mechanism for keeping relatively rotatable said imaging unit and said camera body arranged vertically from one another, said camera body being rotated to be aligned with the imaging unit in a non-photography operation, and being rotated to be offset from the imaging unit in a photography operation; a flexible display unit having a display surface for displaying an image thereon, wherein said flexible display unit is secured to said rotational supporting mechanism, and wherein said flexible display unit comprises a flexible display panel wound around said imaging unit and said camera body when said camera body is aligned with said imaging unit; a shutter release button positioned on a first surface of the camera body, the first surface facing the imaging unit in the non-photography operation; and an operating member disposed on a second surface of the camera body, the second surface being different from the first surface, wherein said camera body is in a shape defined by extending a shape of said imaging unit in a direction along a central axis of said rotational supporting mechanism, and wherein the shutter release button is configured to be covered by said imaging unit in the non-photography operation, and be offset from said imaging unit to be exposed in the photography operation, wherein the objective lens and the operating member are directed to the same direction in the non-photography operation and directed to different directions in the photography operation, and wherein lateral portions of said imaging unit and said camera body are connected to said rotational supporting mechanism, and the axis of the rotational movement of said imaging unit and said camera body exists in said rotational supporting mechanism.