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Conference device

Granted 2 Apr 2013 · no office action yet

Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.

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Inventors: Ryota Yano · Examiner: Sheryl Lane · AU 2915 · TC 2900

Application
29/393,925
filed 10 Jun 2011
Publication
Not published
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US D679263
granted 2 Apr 2013

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front view of the…

FIG. 1 is a front view of the conference device, showing the new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 3 is right-side view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left-side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a front, left side, and top perspective view thereof, where a movable camera arm and a movable camera portion are in a storage position, and the camera portion is in an aligned orientation relative to the camera arm;

FIG. 8 is a front, left side, and top perspective view of the conference device, with the camera arm in an upright position, and with the camera portion rotated ninety degrees from the aligned orientation of FIG. 7 to a turned orientation relative to the camera arm, where a face portion of the camera portion faces to the front in FIG. 8 , and is visible in FIG. 8 , and a back portion of the camera portion faces to the rear in FIG. 8 , and is not visible in FIG. 8 , whereas the face portion of the camera portion faces down in FIG. 7 , and is not visible in FIG. 7 , and the back portion of the camera portion faces up in FIG. 7 , and is visible in FIG. 7 ; and,

FIG. 9 is a front, right side, and top perspective view of a portion of the conference device, showing the camera arm and the camera portion, where the camera arm is in its upright position, the camera portion is in its aligned orientation relative to the camera arm, and the face portion of the camera portion faces to the right. When the camera arm is in its upright position and the camera portion is in its aligned orientation relative to the camera arm, as shown in FIG. 9 , then the rear view of the camera arm and the camera portion is a mirror image of the front view of the camera arm and the camera portion.

The conference device shown in the drawings and described herein is a portable conference device that performs bidirectional communication with another device (not shown) through a communications network (not shown). The illustrated portable conference device operates as a movable camera, a microphone and a speaker.

The broken lines represent portions of the article and form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/149

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Pendency
1.8 y
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Examiner
Sheryl Lane
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