Patent ID: 6922212
Filing Date: 2005-07-26
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A portable electronic device including a camera rotatably mounted on a casing having a front wall and a rear wall, and a display for displaying thereon an image taken by said camera at the front wall of said casing, wherein said camera is arranged in said casing at a location between the front side and the rear side thereof; said casing has a pair of windows which are formed in, and enclosed on their peripheries by, the front and rear walls thereof, respectively, said camera is rotated by the user through respective openings in said pair of windows and allowed to view the outside of said casing so as to ensure its field of view; and said camera is rotatably supported on said casing through a rotational operation mechanism which is rotated using said pair of windows formed in the front and rear walls, respectively, thereby changing a direction of view of said camera in a range between a direction of said front wall and a direction of said rear wall.