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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2000
Yukinobu Maruyama, Kokubunji, JP;
Takeshi Hoshino, Kodaira, JP;
Takeshi Minemoto, Sagamihara, JP;
Taisuke Kashima, Urawa, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A portable electronic computer has a cabinet having a top case forming an upper surface of the cabinet, a bottom case forming a lower surface of the cabinet and a middle case interposed between the top case and the bottom case to form a side surface of the cabinet, a display unit provided on the upper surface of the cabinet so as to be visible from outside, at least one circuit board mounted to the lower surface of the cabinet and adapted to implement the function of a camera unit and the function of a portable information terminal, and a camera lens provided on the lower surface of the cabinet so as to be directed to the outside of the cabinet. The portable information terminal operates to display image information photographed by the camera unit or image information from an external apparatus on the display unit, the display unit has a displaying region for display of the image information and an operating region for operation of the camera unit and portable information terminal, the top case has a first opening corresponding to the displaying region of the display unit and a second opening corresponding to the operating region, and the middle case is mounted with a mode switching lever for switching the operation mode of the portable electronic computer between the camera unit and the portable information terminal and a scroll unit for scrolling image information displayed on the displaying region.