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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2002
Masami Tatehana, Yokohama, JP;
Kenji Kino, Yokohama, JP;
Hidehiro Yanagibashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Yutaka Masutani, Yokohama, JP;
Ichiro Kajiya, Yokohama, JP;
Masami Tatehana, Yokohama, JP;
Kenji Kino, Yokohama, JP;
Hidehiro Yanagibashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Yutaka Masutani, Yokohama, JP;
Ichiro Kajiya, Yokohama, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide a mobile terminal device with a camera, in which orientation of the camera can be easily adjusted in association with opening and closing motions of an upper case, and the camera can be protected from the exterior in association with a motion for folding the cases of the mobile terminal device, after photographing operation of the camera has been finished. The mobile terminal device with a camera according to the present invention includes a lower caseprovided with an operating part, an upper caseprovided with a display part, a hinge partfor connecting the upper casewith the lower casein a foldable manner, and a photographing partrotatably an association mechanismby which the photographing partis rotated in association with opening and closing motions of the upper case