Patent ID: 7359740
Filing Date: 2008-04-15
Classification: H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A portable information processing apparatus comprising: a first movable part; a second movable part, the first movable part and the second movable part being connected so as to be mutually angularly displaceable, from a closed condition where the movable parts are opposed to each other to an open condition where areas of the first and second movable parts opposed in the closed condition are exposed to the outside; an inner operation section for entering predetermined information, the inner operation section being provided in an area of the second movable part opposed to the first movable part in a closed condition where the first and second movable parts are opposed to each other; an inner display for displaying a predetermined display content in response to predetermined information entered from the inner operation section, the inner display being provided in an area of the first movable part opposed to the second movable part in a closed condition where the first and second movable parts are opposed to each other; an outer display for displaying a predetermined display content, the outer display being provided in an area exposed to the outside, of at least one of the first movable part and second movable part in a closed condition where the first and second movable parts are opposed to each other; an outer operation section for entering predetermined information on the predetermined display content displayed on the outer display, the outer operation section being provided in an area other than the exposed area of at least one of the first and second movable parts whichever comes behind the outer display in a closed condition where the first and second movable parts are opposed to each other; an externally oriented imaging section provided in the exposed area; a condition detector for detecting a closed condition and an open condition of the first and second movable parts; and a controller for causing the imaging section to shoot an image in response to predetermined information entered from one of the inner operation section and the outer operation section causing the inner display to display the image shot by the imaging section when the predetermined information was entered from the inner operation section, and causing the outer display to display the image shot by the imaging section when the predetermined information was entered from the outer operation section, wherein the inner operation section is activated and the outer operation section is deactivated in case the first and second movable parts are in an open condition, and the inner operation section is deactivated and the outer operation section is activated in case the first and second movable parts are in a closed condition.