Patent ID: 7957629

Claim:
An image recording/reproducing apparatus comprising: a recording/reproducing unit configured to record or reproduce an image; an image display unit having an image display surface configured to display the image; a biaxial hinge configured to attach the image display unit to the image recording/reproducing apparatus so as to allow the image display unit to open and close with respect to the recording/reproducing unit and to rotate with respect to the recording/reproducing unit in a case where the image display unit is in an open state with respect to the recording/reproducing unit; a multidirectional operation switch which is disposed on the same surface side as the image display surface of the image display unit and is positioned at the other end of the biaxial hinge; an open/close detecting unit configured to detect an open/close state of the image display unit with respect to the recording/reproducing unit; a rotation detecting unit configured to detect a rotating state of the image display unit with respect to the recording/reproducing unit; and a control unit configured to perform control for enabling or disabling an input from the multidirectional operation switch on the basis of the open/close state detected by the open/close detecting unit and the rotating state detected by the rotation detecting unit.