Patent ID: 7496378

Claim:
A portable information terminal comprising: a fixed display part; a movable display part in a shape of a lid body that can be opened from a back of a case; a transmission and reception circuit which transmits and receives data including image data for a telephone conference; a camera which photographs an image and which is rotatably mounted on the fixed display part of said portable information terminal; a control unit which controls, during the telephone conference, the fixed display part and the moveable display part to display a received image and a transmitting image on any one of the fixed display part and the moveable display part; and a protection cover, which is entirely or partially transparent and which protects the movable display part, wherein in a state where the movable display part is protected by the protection cover, the entire or part of the display screen of the movable display displays the received image, wherein the camera is rotatable in a range of 360 degrees, wherein the camera is capable of photographing the image throughout the range of 360 degrees, and wherein the image photographed by the camera corresponds to the transmitting image.