Patent ID: 8520136

Claim:
A small industrial electronic imaging camera comprising: a lens mount which comprises an imaging window and forms a front face part of a box-type camera housing having a hexahedral structure wherein the hexahedral structure also has a back face part formed in a plane parallel to the plane in which the lens mount is formed; a tri-face cover having a U cross-section and which is configured to be attached to the lens mount with edges switched in relation to edges of the lens mount about a vertical axis parallel to an optical axis of the imaging window, and is configured to be assembled in two or more configurations including at least a first configuration in which the tri-face cover forms arbitrary three side face parts of the camera housing excluding a back face part and a second configuration in which the tri-face cover forms arbitrary two side face parts and a back face part of the camera housing; a board mount frame which comprises a board mount mechanism containing and supporting a plurality of boards in an imaging chamber formed in the camera housing, and is attached to the lens mount thereby forming an arbitrary face part of the camera housing; a connector metal bracket which is attached to the lens mount and forms an arbitrary side face part of the back face part of the camera housing; and an external interface connector which comprises an external connection terminal for connecting an external interface cable, and is attached to the connector metal bracket, with the external connection terminal exposed to outside the camera housing.