Patent ID: 7925313

Claim:
A portable electronic device, comprising: a first housing having a longitudinally-extending display part provided at a front face thereof; and a second housing including a camera accommodation part provided at an upper end thereof to bulge from a front face thereof and extend laterally and an operating part disposed below the camera accommodation part, wherein the first housing is supported by a support mechanism in the second housing changeably between a vertical position in which the first housing is superposed on the second housing as viewed from the front face of the second housing and a horizontal position in which the first housing lies orthogonal to the second housing to expose the operating part by turning the first housing on and along the front face of the second housing by means of the support mechanism, and the support mechanism comprises a cam mechanism includes, a first guide groove formed in the second housing and extends in a lateral direction; a second guide groove, provided independently from the first guide groove, and formed in the second housing below the first guide groove; a first guide pin provided on the back face of the first housing to slidably engage into the first guide groove; and a second guide pin provided on the back face of the first housing to slidably engage into the second guide groove.