Patent ID: 7817142

Claim:
An imaging apparatus comprising: a first housing having a main surface with a horizontally long shape and having a first projection which projects from the main surface of the first housing at an upper long side portion of the first housing in a direction perpendicular to the main surface of the first housing; a second housing having a main surface with a horizontally long shape and having a second projection which projects from a side surface of the second housing at an lower long side portion of the second housing in a direction perpendicular to the side surface of the second housings the first and second housings being connected to each other so as to be foldable by the first and second projections being connected to each other; a first display section having a display screen which is provided in an inner surface of the first housing which is a surface located inside when the first and second housings are folded; a second display section having a display screen which is provided in an inner surface of the second housing which is a surface located inside when the first and second housings are folded; a first imaging section provided in an outer surface of the second housing, which is a surface located outside when the first and second housings are folded, on a side of the second display section in a horizontal direction of the second housing, and at an end of the outer surface of the second housing, which is opposite to a connection portion where the second housing is connected to the first housing; a second imaging section provided in the inner surface of the second housing at the second projection; a plurality of operation buttons provided on the inner surface of the first housing and on both sides of the display screen in a horizontal direction of the first housing; selector for selecting one of the first and second imaging sections; two imaging instruction buttons located at ends of a side surface at the upper long side portion of the first housing, respectively, and each imaging instruction button being usable regardless of a selection state by the selector for performing an instruction to store a taken image; and a touch panel provided on the display screen of the first display section.