Abstract: The present invention relates to a portable terminal in which the orientation of the displayed subject is the same as the actual orientation of the subject. The reference attitude when taking a picture is shown in FIG. 5, with the lid 12 being rotated substantially about 90 degrees about the X-axis with respect to the main body, and a perpendicular of the display 32 is in the same orientation as the optical axis of the CCD 41. In this attitude, the image captured by the CCD 41 is displayed as it is in the display 32. On the other hand, when the angle detector 51 detects that the lid 12 is rotated by a further 90 degrees with respect to the main body 11 from the attitude of FIG. 5 and the lid 12 and the main body 11 are opened by about 180 degrees, the image captured by the CCD 41 is rotated by 90 degrees, and the rotated image is displayed in the display 32. The present invention can be applied to portable type terminals such as mobile phones having a two axially rotatable structure, PDA, personal computers.

Abstract: A portable communication device including a first housing and second housing, wherein the second housing is connected to the first housing so that it is rotatable around a first hinge axis while facing a top surface of the first housing to allow movement toward or away from the first housing. The device also includes a third housing connected to the second housing so that it is rotatable around the first hinge axis while facing the top surface of the first housing to allow movement toward or away from the first housing, and rotatable around a third hinge axis to allow rotational movement of a display. A battery pack, serving as a grip, is connected to the first housing so that it is rotatable around a third hinge axis while facing a bottom surface of the first housing to allow movement toward or away from the first housing. A sensing unit is provided to sense whether the battery pack is rotated.

Abstract: In the method of properly deleting music data in a music player or other equipment with audio reproduction function, and a camera with audio reproduction function, unnecessary audio file can be exactly deleted to keep a recording area of image data during image-capturing. The camera is a digital camera for recording electronic image data picked up via a CCD in a memory card. This camera contains an audio decoder circuit that can reproduce a music file stored in the memory card and can output audio from a speaker or a head phone. When the music file is deleted, a part of the file is reproduced to prompt an operator to make a confirmation. Also, when the memory card becomes full in an image-capturing mode, the music file can be reproduced if a photographer depresses a shutter button, thereby prompting the operator to confirm deletion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a portable terminal in which the orientation of the displayed subject is the same as the actual orientation of the subject. The reference attitude when taking a picture is shown in FIG. 5, with the lid 12 being rotated substantially about 90 degrees about the X-axis with respect to the main body, and a perpendicular of the display 32 is in the same orientation as the optical axis of the CCD 41. In this attitude, the image captured by the CCD 41 is displayed as it is in the display 32. On the other hand, when the angle detector 51 detects that the lid 12 is rotated by a further 90 degrees with respect to the main body 11 from the attitude of FIG. 5 and the lid 12 and the main body 11 are opened by about 180 degrees, the image captured by the CCD 41 is rotated by 90 degrees, and the rotated image is displayed in the display 32. The present invention can be applied to portable type terminals such as mobile phones having a two axially rotatable structure, PDA, personal computers.

Abstract: An apparatus for mounting a rotational lens housing and a folder-type telephone therewith are provided. The apparatus for mounting a camera lens housing of a telephone including a body housing, a folder, and a hinge for rotatably connecting the body housing to the folder includes a hinge arm arranged in a direction of one side hinge axis of the body housing, a lens housing with a camera lens assembly, a connector, around which a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) of the camera lens assembly is wound at least once and through which the FPCB passes so that the FPCB of the camera lens assembly is connected to a main printed circuit board (PCB), the connector for rotatably confining the lens housing to the hinge arm within a predetermined angle, and a latch for confining the lens housing and the connector in a direction of a hinge axis.

Abstract: A portable apparatus or camera is provided with: a basic date data generator for generating basic date data based on a standard time of a first place; a display device for displaying date data; a first memory for storing data on a second place and data on travel schedule for the second place; a second memory for storing data on time difference between the standard time of the first place and a standard time of the second place; a field date data generator for changing generated basic date data into field date data of the second place based on the time difference data stored in the second memory; a judging device for judging, based on the travel schedule data, whether generated basic date data corresponds to a traveling period of the second place; and a controller for controlling the display device to display the field date data of the second place when the generated basic date data is judged to correspond to a traveling period of the second place.

Abstract: A panoramic camera has a camera housing rotatable about an axis of rotation that defines a viewpoint which points along a radial optical path that object rays traverse as the camera is rotated about its axis; a lens assembly having an optical path and a front nodal point mounted for rotation with the camera housing with the optical path of the lens offset from the radial optical path; a specular assembly including an object specular member along the radial optical path mounted for rotation with the housing that cooperates with the lens assembly for gathering object rays that traverse the radial optical path and for deviating them along the optical path of the lens assembly in such a way that the front nodal point of the lens subassembly virtually appears to lie on the axis of rotation thereby eliminating image smearing; and has different ambient light responsive controller embodiments operative either to continuously vary or to preset exposure, or to base exposure on a control sinewave whose phase is obtained

Abstract: A first timer unit generates a first time-measurement output by performing a first timer operation. A second timer unit generates a second time-measurement output by performing a second timer operation different from the first timer operation by the first timer unit. A printing unit prints at least one of the first and second time-measurement outputs generated by the first and second timer units on a film upon film exposure.