Patent ID: 7450977
Filing Date: 2008-11-11
Classification: H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A mobile communication terminal including a camera, a first pivot having a first axis, a first section, and a second section capable of folding up to the first section around the first axis as a rotational axis; the first section further comprising: a camera optical system of the camera; and an operation input section, having an operation surface, and the second section further comprising: a second pivot having a second axis; a base section connecting to the first section in a rotatable manner about the first axis; a display section, including a display device, connecting to the base section so as to be capable of rotation through at least 180 degrees with respect to the base section around the second axis, the display device having a display surface; whereby the first section and the second section are deployable into four states, including an unfolded first state with the display surface facing toward the operation surface, a folded second state reached from the first state by rotating the second section around the first axis so that the display surface moves up to the operation surface and covers the operation surface facing thereto, an unfolded third state with the display surface facing away from the operation surface, and a folded fourth state, reached from the third state by rotating the second section around the first axis, wherein the operation surface is covered and the display surface is not covered, and the operation surface and the display surface face in a same direction; wherein the mobile communication terminal further comprises: a display section rotation state detector for detecting a rotation state of the display section with respect to the base section around the second axis; and a control section that sets an operation mode to a camera mode when the display section rotation state detector detects a change to the third state from the first state, and that sets the operation mode to the camera mode in the fourth state; the camera mode comprising a scene imaged by the digital camera being displayed on the display surface; and wherein the camera optical axis is orthogonal to the operation surface.