Patent ID: 7636121

Claim:
A recording and reproducing device comprising: a main body formed approximately in the shape of a rectangle; an input portion for receiving audio information; an output portion for outputting recorded audio information; an image capture portion for capturing image information, having an image capture lens and an image sensor; a rotation support member; a monitor for displaying information, slidably provided along the longitudinal direction of the main body; and a chassis including guide grooves formed along the longitudinal direction of the main body and slidably engaging the monitor, and an urging member for urging the monitor to one end of the longitudinal direction of the main body or to the other end according to the slide position of the monitor, wherein the rotation support member rotatably engages the image capture portion, detects a rotational angle of the image capture portion, and change the operation mode of the device according to the rotational angle, and wherein, when the monitor is slid to the inner side of the main body, a portion of the monitor faces outside the main body, and information is displayed in the portion facing outside, and when the monitor is slid outside the main body, the whole area of the monitor faces outside the main body, and information is displayed in the whole area.