Patent ID: 7426113

Claim:
An electronic device comprising: a slot unit to which a memory medium is inserted; an operation panel disposed at the front of the electronic device, the operation panel having an operation panel surface on which operation keys are mounted; wherein the electronic device is able to read out image data from the memory medium inserted to the slot unit; the slot unit comprising: a slot unit panel mounted to the front of the operation panel, the slot unit panel having a swelled surface which is separate and non-continuous from the operation panel surface and is swelled toward the front side of the electronic device away from the front of the operation panel; and a memory medium accommodating portion provided in the slot unit panel and having on the swelled surface an opening to which the memory medium is inserted; wherein a degree of swell of the swelled surface changes in a vertical direction of the slot unit panel; wherein a mark representing the type of the memory medium to be inserted into the opening is provided at a position of the swelled surface corresponding to the upper side of the opening.