IP Library Granted Patent US 7,679,644
Granted Patent B2
US 7,679,644 · App. 11/206,026 · Granted Mar 16, 2010

Digital camera

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Patent No.
US 7,679,644
App. No.
11/206,026
Granted
Mar 16, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a digital camera comprising a planar image display device, a camera body coupled to an end of the image display device, and a printer device coupled to another end of the image display device. In the digital camera, the camera body and/or the printer device can store the image display device, and the camera body and the printer device can be coupled to each other through a coupling device when the image display device is stored.

Claims (13)

1. A digital camera, comprising:

a planar image display device which is composed of a flexible electronic display;

a camera body coupled to an end of the image display device;

a printer device coupled to another end of the image display device and which can perform printing when the image display device displays an image; and

an ejection device which ejects printing paper substantially parallel to the image display device when the printer device prints an image, and which ejects printing paper on the image display device so that the orientation of the image displayed on the image display device and the orientation of the image printed on the printer paper become the same orientation wherein:

the camera body or the printer device can store the image display device in a wound state;

the camera body and the printer device can be coupled to each other through a coupling device when the image display device is stored; and

the camera body or printer device are formed into a substantially cylindrical housing and functions as a grip.

2. The digital camera according to claim 1 , wherein the coupling device is a magnet provided at the camera body and the printer device.

3. The digital camera according to claim 1 , wherein

the image display device is wound into the camera body and/or the printer device through the slit aperture provided in the camera body and/or the printer device.

4. The digital camera according to claim 1 , wherein

the printer paper is contained in the printer device in a rolled state.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2007
From: FUJIFILM HOLDINGS CORPORATION
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 018934/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 15, 2007
From: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 018898/0872 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 18, 2005
From: FUNATO, KENICHI; KOJIMA, KENJI
To: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 016903/0609 →