Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Satoshi Mizuno

Tamaki Nakamura

Kohji Sawayama

Yonosuke Amano

Kimiaki Imai

Koji Nishida

Masao Shimazu

Michio Ogawa

Sunao Kajihara

Kohji 903 Daiyamondo Foramu Enjoji Sawayama

A longitudinally-extending liquid crystal display part is provided at a front face of a first housing. A camera accommodation part is provided at an upper end of a second housing to bulge from a front face of the second housing and extend laterally, and an operating part is disposed in the second housing below the camera accommodation part. The first housing is supported by a cam mechanism (support mechanism) in the second housing changeably between a vertical position in which it is superposed on the second housing as viewed from the front face of the second housing and a horizontal position in which it lies orthogonal to the second housing to expose the operating part by turning the first housing on and along the front face of the second housing by means of the cam mechanism.

Portable electronic device

A cellular phone includes a first case and a second case, which are connected in a foldable manner through a hinge. When the cellular phone is in a folded state, a second display unit displays an image with the side (upper side) closer to the hinge as the upper side. Accordingly, the user can hold the second case of the cellular phone in his/her hand regardless of whether the cellular phone is in a folded state or in an open state. The user can easily switch between a folded state and an open state with respect to the first case and the second case.

Foldable cellular telephone

Foldable cellular telephone having image pick up unit and external display operable in folded state

Growing community of inventors

Higashihiroshima, Japan

Satoshi Mizuno