Patent ID: 7619686

Claim:
A clam-shell handset device comprising: a screen half that contains a display; and a keyboard half that contains keys and, a camera lens, and an image sensor; and a hinge coupled to a first side of the keyboard half that connects the screen half to the keyboard half and allows the two to rotate with respect to each other through a range of 0 degrees to 270 degrees; wherein the orientation of the image sensor is along a first axis that is perpendicular to a second axis that is pointed in the same direction as the direction the keys move when they are actuated, and further wherein the lens is located on a second side of the keyboard half that is both adjacent to the side with the keys and directly opposite from the first side of the keyboard half that is coupled to the hinge, and is on an opposite side of the device as the display; and the lens is pointed orthogonal to the second side on which it is located, and wherein the image through the lens can be viewed on the display when the screen half is rotated 270 degrees relative to the keyboard half.