Patent ID: 7963688
Filing Date: 2011-06-21
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A portable electronic device, comprising: a first body; a second body connected with the first body so as to be transformable from a first state in which the second body is superimposed with the first body to a second state, which is different thereto; a light emitting element that is housed in the first body, and emits light; a first light guiding member that is housed in the first body, and includes a first propagating path for propagating light emitted from the light emitting element and an irradiating unit for irradiating the light; a light receiving element that is housed in the second body, and receives light; a second light guiding member that is housed in the second body, and includes a light collecting portion for letting in light irradiated by the irradiating unit and a second propagating path for propagating light let in from the light collecting portion to the light receiving element; and a complementary location region of the irradiating unit and the light collecting portion that communicates a light signal between the first light guiding member and the second light guiding member in the first state and the second state.