Patent ID: 7331724

Claim:
A portable device, comprising: a camera section having an optical axis and being capable of capturing an image of an object in an image-capturing direction parallel to the optical axis; a display capable of displaying the image captured by the camera section; a first case having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the first surface having the display provided therein; a second case that can be positioned over the second surface of the first case; a rotation axis section supporting the second case to the first case rotatably about a rotation axis perpendicular to the first surface of the first case, the rotation axis section accommodating the camera section, the optical axis being parallel to the rotation axis, the image-capturing direction being directed from the first surface of the first case to the second surface of the first case; and an operation section configured to operate at least one of the camera section and the display, the operation section being provided at a portion of the first surface of the first case opposite to the image-capturing direction of the rotation axis of the rotation axis section.