Panasonic Corporation

Tadashi Ooga

Tomoaki Nishikido

Kenya Nagano

Yutaka Saitou

Yasunari Tanaka

Nagano Kenya

It is an object of the invention to provide a portable wireless apparatus capable of maintaining high quality of a communication in various using configurations obtained by a two-axis hinge mechanism. A portable wireless apparatus () having a two-axis hinge portion includes a first antenna () which is suitable for a talking state and a second antenna () which is suitable for a waiting state. The first antenna () or the second antenna () is selected based on a result of opening/closing detection decided from an angle &#x3b1; of a first axis () and the result of opening/closing detection decided from an angle &#x3b2; of a second axis (). Consequently, it is possible to select either of the antennas which is not influenced by hands or fingers of a user.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Tadashi Ooga