Patent ID: 8177441
Filing Date: 2012-05-15
Classification: A63F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A foldable imaging apparatus comprising: a first imaging section; a second imaging section; a first housing having a first display; a second housing having a second display; a connection section for foldably connecting the first housing to the second housing; and at least one photographing button provided on a side surface of the first housing in a case where an inner surface of the first housing when folded is referred to as a front surface, which side surface is on a side on which the second housing is located when the first housing and the second housing are opened, for performing an instruction to record an image taken by the first imaging section; a coordinate input section operable to input coordinates on the first display; and a control section for displaying a predetermined image on the first display so as to have the predetermined image located to be bilaterally symmetrical in a left-right direction, and for recording an image taken by the first imaging section when an input by the coordinate input section is performed in an area of the predetermined image, wherein the first imaging section is provided in an outer surface of the second housing when folded; the second imaging section is provided substantially at a center of an apparatus main surface, which is formed by the inner surface of the first housing and an inner surface of the second housing when the imaging apparatus is opened, in a left-right direction; and the at least one photographing button comprises first and second buttons provided on left and right ends of the side surface, respectively.