Patent ID: 7145593
Filing Date: 2006-12-05
Classification: G06F,H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A mobile terminal device comprising: an hinge portion; a second housing formed nearly in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped; a first housing formed nearly in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped and coupled to said second housing by said hinge portion foldably and so that said first housing is capable of turning in relation to the second housing in the direction orthogonal to the foldable direction; a first image pick-up section provided for a surface opposed to said second housing in a state that the device is folded; a second image pick-up section provided, in a state where said first and second housings are unfolded at an angle of about 90° and further the first housing turns at an angle of about 90° to the second housing, for a surface on the opposite side to the surface having said first image pick-up section, of said first and second housings; and a position detecting section for detecting a positional relation between said first and second housings according to a change of the angle between said first and second housings; wherein, in a state when said position detecting section detects that said first and second housing are initially unfolded at an angle of at least about 90°, an operation of said first image pick-up section is automatically started, wherein, in a state where said first and second housings are unfolded and said first image pick-up section is operating, when said position detecting section detects that said first and second housings are changing in a direction to be folded to each other, an operation of said first image pick-up section is stopped.