Patent ID: 8917985

Claim:
An imaging apparatus comprising: a first housing having a button at a right end on an upper surface thereof and a button at a left end on an upper surface thereof, each button being on a same surface of the first housing and each button is for performing the same photographing instruction operation, the right end button extending at its right end to the right end of the first housing, the left end button extending at its left end to the left end of the first housing; a second housing having a lower side which is connected to an upper side of the first housing such that the first and second housings are foldable; a first display section having a display screen which is provided in an inner surface of the first housing when folded except in regions of the inner surface that are to the lower side of the right end button and the left end button; a second display section having a display screen which is provided in an inner surface of the second housing when folded except in regions of the inner surface that are to the upper side of the right end button and the left end button; an imaging section provided in the inner surface of the second housing and located substantially at a center of the second housing in a left-right direction; and sound output sections provided in the inner surface of the second housing and on both sides of the display screen of the second display section in a left-right direction, respectively, wherein: an image taken by the imaging section is displayable on the first or second display section, when the first and second housings are folded such that the first display section and the second display section are not visible, the buttons on the first housing are still visible, the right and left end buttons are located so as to be hidden from view when the first and second housings are open and the imaging apparatus is viewed in plan view from the first and second display sections' sides of the first and second housings, and the right and left end buttons are effective for performing the same photographing instruction operation at the same time.