Patent ID: 7636124

Claim:
A portable terminal having a digital camera function, comprising: a display main body having a display on one surface and having an end surface to define one end of the display main body; a rotatable camera assembly to protrude from the end surface of the display main body and having a camera module to focus on a subject and to photograph an image of the subject, the rotatable camera assembly arranged to rotate about a rotational axis perpendicular to a widthwise direction of the display main body; a turning unit to rotatably couple the display main body to the rotatable camera assembly; a terminal main body having an information processing function, the terminal main body being movably mounted on the display main body; and a rotation-stopping unit configured to stop the rotatable camera assembly being rotated with respect to the display main body at one or more positions between a starting point and an ending point, wherein the starting point, the ending point, and the one or more positions are not on a same location with respect to each other, wherein the rotation-stopping unit includes a first element and a second element to interwork with each other, and an elastic member configured to provide an elastic force to at least one of the first element and the second element so that the two elements interwork elastically, wherein the rotatable camera assembly is flush with the display main body and the terminal main body when the display main body and the terminal main body are provided in parallel, wherein the rotational axis is provided at a center of an imaginary area defined by side surfaces of the display main body and the terminal main body that are projected to the rotatable camera assembly, wherein a thickness of the rotatable camera assembly is the same as a total thickness of the display main body and the terminal main body when the portable terminal is in a closed state.