Patent ID: 7269443
Filing Date: 2007-09-11
Classification: H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A mobile communication unit having a main housing with upper and lower surfaces, a folder with upper and lower surfaces, and a hinge for rotatably connecting the folder to the main housing, said communication unit further comprising: (a) a camera lens opening means formed on an edge of the lower surface of the main housing corresponding to the hinge; (b) a pair of side hinge arms respectively formed on both sides of the camera lens opening means; (c) a first LCD and a second LCD respectively formed on the upper and lower surfaces of the folder ( (d) a camera hinge housing formed on the hinge in a designated direction so as to expose a camera lens, the camera hinge housing integrally extending from the folder and rotatable with the folder, the camera hinge housing fully disposed inside the camera lens opening means to protect the camera hinge housing from the environment, wherein the camera lens is exposed and faces the user when the folder is opened from the main housing, and a camera lens assembly including the camera lens is exposed via the camera lens opening means when the folder is closed into the main housing, and further wherein data obtained by photographing using the camera lens is displayed on the first LCD when the folder is opened away from the main housing, and is displayed on the second LCD when the folder is closed into the main housing.