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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2003
Applicants:
Takaaki Watanabe, Yokohama, JP;
Seiji Horii, Yokohama, JP;
Shigeru Matsumura, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kyocera Corporation, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, KP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A folding-type portable information deviceprovided with an image capturing function including a first housingand a second housingrotatably connected via a connecting unitan image capturing unitbeing provided in the second housingor in the connecting unitand an image display unitfor displaying an image captured by the image capturing unitbeing provided in the first housingwherein an image capturing direction control unitorfor varying the image capturing direction of the image capturing unitaccording to the folding angle between the first housingand the second housingis provided.