Patent ID: 8081436

Claim:
A portable electronic device, comprising: a host, comprising a receiving portion; a cover, pivoting on the host; an image capture element, disposed on the cover; an auxiliary mechanism, comprising: a body; a fixer, connected to the body, wherein a image medium is fixed on the fixer; a connecting element, connected to the body and detachably connected to the cover, wherein the connecting element is connected to the cover and the image capture element capturing an image data of the image medium in a first state, and the auxiliary mechanism is received in the receiving portion in a second state, wherein the connecting element is a magnetic element, and the connecting element connects to the portable electronic device by a magnetic force; and a magnetoresistive sensor, disposed in the cover, electrically connected to the image capture element, wherein the magnetoresistive sensor is actuated by the magnetic force to send a magnetoresistive signal in the first state, and the image capture element is switched to a copy mode according to the magnetoresistive signal.