Patent ID: 7092624

Claim:
A flash camera powered by a power source, comprising: a housing having a front portion having an interior surface and an exterior surface wherein at least a portion of the front portion is transparent; a flash assembly inside the housing, the flash assembly having a flash charging switch, a flash charging circuit, and a flash emitting device; and a light emitting and image generating assembly positioned inside interior surface of the housing, the light emitting and image generating assembly having a light emitting substrate layer at least a portion of which is made of phosphor, a color filter layer, a mask layer, and a conductive substrate layer, the light emitting substrate layer and the conductive layer electrically connected to the power source for excitation of the phosphor within the light emitting substrate layer, wherein the flash charging circuit excites and illuminates the light emitting substrate layer using power received from the power source in response to an activation of the flash charging switch.