Patent ID: 7430443

Claim:
A portable communication terminal comprising: a first enclosure including a function device for compression processing an image data, a first CPU for controlling said function device, a first memory controlled by said first CPU, a first bus line connecting said function device, said first CPU, and said first memory, a first interface connected to said first bus line and receiving compression processed image data processed by said function device, and a display for displaying the data processed by the function device; a second enclosure mechanically and electrically connected to the first enclosure, the second enclosure including a transmission/reception circuit for performing communication between the terminal and the outside, a second CPU for controlling said transmission/reception circuit and compression processing image data from the transmission/reception circuit, a second interface which receives the compressed image data from the second CPU, and a second memory controlled by said second CPU, wherein the display also displays the information obtained from the transmission/reception circuit; and a coupling portion for coupling said first enclosure and said second enclosure mechanically and electrically, said coupling portion connecting said first and second interface and including a signal wire transmitting and receiving compression processed image data between said first and second interface, wherein said first enclosure and said second enclosure are foldably coupled with each other at a folding portion.