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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2000
Yoshimi Kubo, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuo Motoki, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A portable telephone set includes an image pickup unit, an input terminal for inputting an image from the outside, a display unit for displaying an image, an image input switching key for performing a switching operation in which any one of an image photographed by the image pickup unit and the image input from the input terminal is displayed on the display unit and transmitted from the portable telephone set, and an output terminal for outputting the image photographed by the image pickup unit. The image pickup unit is detachably connected to a portable telephone body by a plug and a jack, whereby there is provided such a portable telephone set which is capable of photographing and transmitting an image by only the portable telephone set and easily performing photographing at a desired angle even during speech communication using the portable telephone set.