| US 7,414,656 B2 | ||
| Mobile terminal with camera | ||
| Yong-Hee Lee, Gyeonggi-Do (Korea, Republic of); and Joon Jang, Seoul (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Assigned to Le Electronics Inc., Seoul (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 23, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/624,524. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10-2002-0045057 (KR), filed on Jul. 30, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0003817 A1, Jan. 05, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04N 5/222 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04M 1/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 348—333.06 [348/376; 348/14.01; 455/575.3; 455/556.1] | 32 Claims |
| 1. A mobile terminal with a camera, comprising:
a main body having a plurality of buttons formed on a front surface;
a folder foldably connected to the main body and having a display formed thereon, the folder being foldably connected to allow
an open state and a closed state, and wherein, in the closed state, the folder covers at least one of the plurality of buttons;
and
a camera module for imaging a target,
wherein a protrusion is formed at an upper portion of a rear surface of the main body, and the camera module is provided in
the protrusion, the protrusion having a surface,
wherein the camera module is mounted such that a viewing direction of the display and an imaging direction of the camera module
are substantially parallel when the folder is maintained in the opened state, the viewing direction being substantially orthogonal
to a viewing surface of the display, and the imaging direction of the camera module being approximately 90 degrees from the
surface of the protrusion, wherein the protrusion is formed such that the surface of the protrusion is at an angle of approximately
30° to the rear surface of the main body.
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