Patent ID: 7530277

Claim:
A measuring apparatus comprising: a first main unit on which a clamp-type sensor capable of clamping a measured object is disposed; a second main unit that is rotatably connected to the first main unit via a hinge unit capable of maintaining an arbitrary rotation position and on which a display unit is disposed; a display control unit that has a screen displayed on the display unit; a rotation detecting unit that detects whether the second main unit is in an opened state or a folded-up state with respect to the first main unit and outputs a detection signal; and an operation unit including a rotation operation switch that outputs an operation signal; wherein: the first main unit and the second main unit are capable of being folded onto one another; and the display control unit has the display unit display the screen in one of a display way corresponding to the opened state and a display way corresponding to the folded-up state in accordance with the detection signal outputted from the rotation detecting unit, the display control unit rotating the screen, displayed in the display state in accordance with the detection signal, by a predetermined angle to have the display unit to display the rotated screen when the operation signal is outputted from the rotation operation switch.