Patent ID: 7742100

Claim:
A portable terminal having a digital camera function, comprising: a display body having a display; a camera assembly having a camera module, and arranged to rotate about a rotational axis perpendicular to a widthwise direction of the display body; a turning unit coupled to the display body to allow the camera assembly to rotate about the rotational axis; a main body; a mechanism to couple the main body and the display body to each other; and a rotation-stopping unit configured to stop the camera assembly being rotated with respect to the display body at one or more positions between a starting position and an ending position, wherein at least one function associated with the portable terminal is performed when the camera assembly being rotated has a changed position from one to another one of the positions with the display being outwardly exposed regardless of the rotation of the camera assembly, wherein the camera assembly is disposed to protrude from an end portion of the display body and has the same width as the display body in the widthwise direction and the camera assembly 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 a same direction, wherein a total thickness of the display body and the main body is the same as a thickness of the camera assembly when the portable terminal is in a closed state.