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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2005
Minoru Ikeda, Inagi, JP;
Yoshihiro Iwama, Kokubunji, JP;
Yuichiro Kota, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuo Shimoyamada, Hitachinaka, JP;
Minoru Ikeda, Inagi, JP;
Yoshihiro Iwama, Kokubunji, JP;
Yuichiro Kota, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuo Shimoyamada, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A mobile telephone in which a camera portion is rotatably provided in a coupling portion for rotatably coupling a first casing and a second casing to each other, and a main display part and a manipulating part are provided in a casing surface and is hidden when the first and second casings are closed relative to each other. A sub-display part and an image pick-up button are provided in a surface of the first casing and are always exposed. A switch is provided for changing over the display condition of the sub-display part between a camera mode and an equipment status display mode, whereby the image pick-up by the camera portion can be simply carried out with no affect resulting from any folding motion of the casings.