1) Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a new structure of refractive reflecting mirror, which is installed around the liquid crystal display of a digital camera for image refraction. By way of the principle of refraction, the user is allowed to view images on the display from multiple visual angles or directions.
2) Description of the Prior Art
With new technologies constantly emerging, a large number of electronic products in the market are being digitalized; meanwhile, using digital cameras to take pictures as records in lives has become a popular life style as a result of leisure activities prevailed.
The inventor ever invented a refracting device for display of digital camera with registered number M262742 in Taiwan. The objective of that device installed on a digital camera is to provide a user to view images on the display even from an angle of optical dead-zone through the refracting device mounted on the display when a user requires taking pictures at a multitudinous scene or at the occasion that needs special view-finding angle, or needs to raise/lay down a camera for a wide-angle shot.
Furthermore, because many users trying self-shots with digital cameras need to take pictures through reflection of lens or intuition, some repeated shots to verify objects within the intended scope lead to inconvenience in utilization. In addition, the fact that two sets of upper & lower rotating arms on the previous invention are used for raising or laying-down of a camera only results in extra consumption in processing and manufacture expenses.
Thus, to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks, the inventor invents a new structure of the refractive reflecting mirror that meets image viewing on a display from multiple angles or directions with a connecting arm pivotally connecting the hollow frame and the cover as a resolution to simplify procedures in assembly and reduce cost.
The new structure of refractive reflecting mirror is a device of reflecting mirror containing a hollow frame, a connecting arm, and a cover. Wherein two pivot bases are installed on ends of the follow frame and the cover respectively to pivotally link the connecting arm, and a refracting plate is configured within the cover to provide the cover for freely flipping with multiple angles or directions that a user can observe images shown on the liquid crystal display through the refracting plate.
The objective of this invention, the new structure of the refractive reflecting mirror, is to provide a connecting arm to pivotally link the hollow frame & the cover and view images on the display from multiple angles and directions according to the refraction principle on the refraction plate.
In this regard, the said description for the present invention may correspond with conditions of patent application. To further describe the technical details of the present invention, the preferred embodiments together with the accompanying drawings are described in the following:
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Further, pivot bases 31 & 31′ of the refracting device 3 are configured on the central location beside left & right sides of the frame 33, which can be pivotally linked to the reflecting mirror 4 with two rotating arms 32 & 32′ for image observation on the display 11 after flipping. Thus, this device can solve an issue of visual dead-zone on the display 11. However, with self-shot activities of using digital cameras popularized nowadays, the refracting device 3 provides a single method of raising or laying down a camera to observe images through the reflecting mirror 4. In this regard, this device fails to offer an alternative to view images shown on the display 11 from a viewing angle ahead a camera or from multiple angles as well as directions.
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Further, the reflecting mirror configured around the display 11 of the digital camera 1 with a rotation action based on axes X & Y can supply an opportunity that a user, under random shooting angles, can clearly observe images on the display 11 through the refracting plate 25 with a fine-tuning mechanism of the reflecting mirror 2.
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