Patent ID: 7692717
Filing Date: 2010-04-06
Classification: H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A portable terminal having a digital camera function, comprising: a display body having a display; a speaker and mike to receive and output voice information so as to allow a user to perform voice communication; a camera assembly having a camera module, the mike and at least one key, the camera assembly being arranged to rotate about a rotational axis perpendicular to a widthwise direction of the display body, the rotational axis extending in a first direction, and the mike being operatively associated with image capturing by the camera module; a terminal body having an information processing function, the terminal body being movably mounted on the display body; a turning unit having a shaft extending from the display body toward the camera assembly in the first direction, the turning unit coupled to the display body to allow the camera assembly to rotate relative to the display body about the rotational axis that extends in the first direction; and a rotation-stopping unit configured to be operatively associated with the shaft so as to stop the camera assembly being rotated with respect to the display body at one or more positions between a starting point and an ending point, wherein the starting point, the ending point, and the one or more positions are not on the same location with respect to each other, wherein the rotation-stopping unit includes a first element and a second element interworked with each other, and an elastic member configured to provide an elastic force to at least one of the first element and the second element so that the first element and the second element interwork elastically, wherein the camera assembly is disposed to protrude from an end portion of the display body and having a same width as the display body in the widthwise direction and being flush with the end portion, and a length of the camera assembly in a longitudinal direction of the display body is shorter than a length of the display in the same direction, and wherein a total thickness of the display body and the terminal body is the same as a thickness of the camera assembly when the portable terminal is in a closed state.