Patent ID: 8159592

Claim:
A portable terminal, comprising: a terminal body including at least one wireless communication function; a display unit positioned on the terminal body and configured to display visual information related to a capturing mode of the portable terminal; a touch input unit provided at the display unit and configured to receive touch inputs for inputting information when at least one of the displayed visual information is touched; a camera body rotatably coupled to the terminal body and arranged in a longitudinal direction in relation to the terminal body; a camera mounted in the camera body and arranged such that a viewing direction of the camera rotates in a perpendicular direction in relation to the longitudinal direction when the camera body is rotated; at least one camera manipulation unit positioned on the camera body and configured to receive manipulations for inputting at least one command for operating the camera; and a hinge module positioned between the terminal body and the camera body, the hinge module configured to stop rotation between the camera body and the terminal body at preset angles, wherein the camera body is aligned with the terminal body such that the portable terminal has a bar-type configuration when the portable terminal is in a first status, wherein the camera body is oriented at a 90° angle in relation to the terminal body when the portable terminal is in a second status, wherein the viewing direction of the camera is perpendicular to a display direction of the display unit when the portable terminal is in the first status, and wherein the hinge module comprises: a first hinge member coupled to the terminal body or the camera body; a second hinge member coupled to the other of the terminal body or the camera body; a cam member fixedly coupled to the first hinge member, the cam member including stopping grooves extending in a radial direction on a periphery surface of the cam member; and an elastic stopper fixedly coupled to the second hinge member and configured to rotate with the second hinge member, the elastic stopper including protrusion members biased toward the cam member and configured to lock into the stopping grooves when rotatably aligned with the stopping grooves.