Patent ID: 7890149

Claim:
A portable terminal having: a first casing and a second casing connected through a hinge portion to each other; an operating portion provided on a front part of the first casing; a display portion provided on a front part of the second casing; a receiving portion that is accommodated in one of said first casing and said second casing and is adapted to receive a picture signal; and a control portion adapted to process a picture signal and cause said display portion to display a picture, said hinge portion having a first support shaft erected on said front part of said first casing, and a second support shaft that is connected to said second casing and is connected perpendicularly to said first support shaft; wherein said control portion in a picture display mode, starts a picture display in said display portion when a configuration is changed by turning said first casing and said second casing around said first support shaft to an intersecting configuration from one of a spread configuration and a standby configuration; wherein, in said intersecting configuration, said first casing and said second casing intersect with each other, and in said spread configuration, said operating portion and said display portion are arranged substantially around said second support shaft, and in said standby configuration, said operating portion and a rear surface of said second casing are faced to each other by performing a relative turn of said first casing and said second casing from the spread configuration around said first support shaft; and wherein an antenna synchronization picture display mode, in which the picture display is started by extending an extensible antenna connected to said receiving portion in a state in which the picture display mode is selected, can be selected.